Fate’s Seal (Part 7)

Previously…

            “Rest assured that you haven’t seen the end of Necrovalley. I’ll simply discard Gravekeeper’s Commandant to pick up another Necrovalley card and I think I’ll play it. *Spy’s DEF rises to 2500.* Next I use Rite of Spirit to bring my Commandant back and due to its own effect, it’s not affected by Necrovalley! *Commandant appears with 2100 ATK.* Then, I Tribute both my monsters for Gravekeeper’s Visionary (2500 ATK) in Attack Mode and he gets another 200 ATK for all my Gravekeeper’s in my Grave. *Visionary’s ATK rises to 2900.* Visionary, destroy his Gravekeeper’s Spy!” proclaimed Chief.

            “I activate Nightmare Wheel, putting your Visionary’s attacks on hold and dealing you 500 damage with each of my Standby Phases,” announced Marik.

            “Not bad for a tomb keeper, but you will face your punishment soon enough. I end my turn,” said Chief. (Hand: 1 card)

            “I draw, then set 1 card face-down to end my turn. I’ll prove that I’m a tomb keeper!” said Marik. (Hand: 0 cards)

            “I Tribute Descendant for Gravekeeper’s Chief (Info) (2400 ATK) in Attack Mode. With my own ability, not only are my cards unaffected by Necrovalley, but since I was Tribute Summoned, I can bring back a Gravekeeper’s monster like Visionary! Visionary appears and its ATK rises to 3300. Your punishment is now at hand as you have only a Spy to defend you so I’ll destroy it in my own attack!

            “I activate my Mirror Force (Info) Trap Card, which destroys all of your Attack Position monsters!” retaliated Marik. *Chief and Visionary are destroyed*

            “I’ll set 1 card face-down and end my turn,” stated Chief. (Hand: 0 cards)

            “Then I’ll play my own Gravekeeper’s Descendant (Info) (2000 ATK) in Attack Mode and use his effect to Tribute my Spy and destroy your face-down card! Spy disappears and the face-down Graverobber’s Retribution (Info) is destroyed. Descendant, attack him directly! Chief’s LP drops to 4500. That’ll end my turn,” said Marik. (Hand: 0 cards)

            “I end my turn by setting 1 monster in Defense Mode,” stated Chief. (Hand: 0 cards)

            “I play Drillago (Info) (1600 ATK) in Attack Mode. Drillago, attack his face-down monster! The face-down Gravekeeper’s Guard (Info) (2400 DEF) is not destroyed, but Marik’s LP drops to 7000.

            “For your foolish attack, I’ll return your Descendant back to your hand,” explained Chief. Descendant disappears and the card reappears in Marik’s hand.

            “That’ll end my turn,” said Marik. (Hand: 1 card)

            “I Summon Gravekeeper’s Assailant (Info) (2000 ATK) in Attack Mode. I’ll have her attack your Drillago! Drillago is destroyed and Marik’s LP drops to 6600. That shall end my turn,” said Chief. (Hand: 0 cards)

            “I Summon my Descendant (Info) again in Attack Mode. Gravekeeper’s Descendant appears. Then I set 1 card face-down and end my turn,” concluded Marik. (Hand: 0 cards)

            “This is your final moments as a tomb keeper. He draws his card. I play Gravekeeper’s Recruiter (Info) (2000 DEF) in Defense Mode. That’ll end my turn,” said Chief. (Hand: 0 cards)

            “I use my Card of Sanctity (Info) Spell Card to let us both draw cards until we’re holding 6. They draw their cards.  I’ll give you another Lava Golem (Info) (2500 DEF) by Tributing your Assailant and Recruiter! Lava Golem appears on Chief’s field. Next I use Nightmare's Steelcage (Info) to keep all monsters at bay for 2 turns and set 1 card face-down to end my turn,” announced Marik. (Hand: 3 cards)

            “Your pointless stalling is further proving my point that you are not a worthy tomb keeper. His LP drops to 3500 by Lava Golem’s effect. I activate Gravekeeper's Stele (Info), which lets me return 2 Gravekeeper’s monsters from my Graveyard to my hand and I’ll choose the two you Tributed to bring out the Lava Golem I possess. Plus it too is unaffected by Necrovalley. Then I play my Assailant (Info) in Attack Mode and end my turn by setting 2 cards face-down,” finished Chief. (Hand: 5 cards)

            “Only one turn left before my Steelcage is destroyed so I’d better make this count. I Summon Gravekeeper’s Cannonholder (Info) (1700 DEF) in Defense Mode. Then I activate my hidden card, my own Rite of Spirit (Info) to revive my Gravekeeper’s Spy (Info) (2500 DEF)! Gravekeeper’s Spy appears. With my Cannonholder’s effect, I Tribute my Spy and Descendant to deal you 700 damage for both of them! Both monsters disappear and Chief’s LP drops to 2100. I’ll end my turn with that," stated Marik. (Hand: 3 cards)

            “Enough stalling! His LP drops to 1100 by Lava Golem’s effect. Say farewell to all the monsters in your hand as I activate Royal Tribute (Info), forcing both of us to discard all monsters in our hands to the Grave!" declared Chief.

TO BE CONTINUED...

Fate’s Seal (Part 4)

Previously…

            “I activate the effect of my Cell Breeding Device Spell Card, giving your BEWD an A Counter and with that now taken care of, I think I’ll abduct him for myself with my face-down card, Brainwashing Beam! I get control of your BEWD but first I will personally destroy your Lord of D! *Lord of D is destroyed.* He won’t do me any good so I won’t take him. However, since he’s gone, I’m free to steal your BEWD now since it has an A counter on it. *BEWD moves to AM’s field*. Blue Eyes and I will attack you directly!

            “I activate Ring of Destruction to target and destroy your Alien Mother! We now both take damage equal to your monster’s ATK. responded Kaiba.  *Alien Mother is destroyed and His LP drops to 5700 while AM’s score drops to 5000.*

            “You’ll still take your Blue Eyes’ own  direct attack!. *Kaiba’s score drops to 2700* I end my turn. (Hand: 1 card)

            “I need  a way to get rid of that Brainwashing Beam card. As long it’s in play my BEWD is useless. I use my Pot of Greed card to draw 2. Then I activate Soul Exchange to Tribute your Alien Mother for my own Dragon Seeker (2000 ATK) in Attack Mode. Once I use its effect, your BEWD is history!” stated Kaiba. *BEWD is destroyed.*

            “Too bad you can’t attack the turn you use Soul Exchange so I’ll take over. I Summon Reptilianne Gardna (Info) (2000 DEF) in Defense Mode. Then I set 1 card face-down and end my turn,” stated AM. (Hand: 0 cards)

            “I discard Thunder Dragon (Info) to add 2 more from my Deck to my hand. *he shuffles his Deck* Next I use my Polymerization (Info) card to discard them for Twin-Headed Thunder Dragon (Info) (2800 ATK) in Attack Mode. Twin-Headed Thunder Dragon, destroy her Reptilianne Gardna! *Reptilianne Gardna is destroyed* Dragon Seeker, strike her directly!

            “Before that attack can connect, my Gardna’s effect was activated and so now I can pick up Reptilianne Scylla,” explained AM.

            “Since you don’t get to Summon it, you’ll take all 2000 ATK points of my Dragon Seeker!” announced Kaiba.

            “That is true but it’ll be worth the price as I activate Damage = Reptile (Info), which will let me Special Summon a Reptile monster with an ATK equal to or less than the damage I’m about to take. Her LP drops to 3000. With that now done, I’ll Special Summon Alien Shocktrooper (Info) (1900 ATK) in Attack Mode!” announced AM.

            “I’ll end my turn now,” answered Kaiba. (Hand: 0 cards)

            “Then it’s time for me to take over this Duel by Tributing my Shocktrooper for Reptilianne Medusa (Info) (2200 ATK) in Attack Mode. Medusa, drain his Twin Headed Dragon of its ATK points! Twin-Headed Thunder Dragon’s ATK drops to 0.

            “What’d you do to my Dragon?” demanded Kaiba.

            “I simply tossed out a card in my hand to use my Medusa’s ability, which left your Twin-Headed Dragon without any ATK. Medusa, take out his Twin-Headed Thunder Dragon! Twin-Headed Thunder Dragon is destroyed and Kaiba’s LP drops to 500. That’ll do for me but it won’t be long before you join us permanently,” stated AM. (Hand: 0 cards)

            “This alien Duelist is proving to be quite a challenge here especially with that Medusa on the field. With a mere 500 LP left, there is little time before she defeats me but I cannot let that happen. It all comes down to this draw. It’s my turn now! He draws his card. I play Card of Demise to let me draw 5 cards but 5 turns later, I discard my hand. *he draws the cards* Next I Summon Peten the Dark Clown (Info) (1200 DEF) in Defense Mode and set 2 cards face-down to end my turn,” said Kaiba. (Hand: 2 cards)

            “That’s all you can do to stop my alien invasion? Well then you’re as good as ours as I Summon Alien Warrior (Info) (1800 ATK) in Attack Mode. Warrior, take out his Peten the Dark Clown!” ordered AM.

            “Big mistake as I activate Crush Card Virus (Info) by Tributing my Peten the Dark Clown! Now all of your monsters on the field with 1500 or more ATK in your hand, field and Deck are destroyed! *Alien Warrior, Mother, and Reptilianne Medusa are destroyed while Peten disappears. AM tosses out the monsters hit with CCV* Looks like I crippled your alien invasion and brought your entire army to its knees!

            “Very well, I end my turn but know that I’ll still take you down, mark my words!”stated AM.

TO BE CONTINUED...

Fate’s Seal (Part 2)

[At Domino Museum…]

            “Alright, that’s far enough,” said the policeman.

            “Why can’t we talk to them?” asked Yugi.

            “They don’t want to be bothered at this time. Not even our team can talk to them,” explained the policeman. The mystery Duelists head off.

            “I wonder if the commotion scared them off?” asked Tea`.

            “I don’t know about you guys but I’ve got a bad feeling about them,” said Tristan.

            “Yeah, why would they act so strangely? It’s like they have something to hide,” said Joey. [A few miles away…]

            “There they are,” exclaimed Sarina. She and Sartorius rush over.

            “Sarina and Sartorius, what are you two doing here?” asked Jaden.

            “Like most, we can to see just what was going on, but I guess we’re too late,” replied Sarina.

            “Did you guys manage to get anything about them?” asked Sartorius.

            “Nope, not a thing,” replied Yugi.

            “We couldn’t even get near them because that new police force blocked us,” added Joey.

            “Perhaps both those new Duelists and the police are working together somehow,” suggested Sartorius.

            “Maybe we’ll get another chance later,” said Tea`.

            “Let’s hope so,” said Jaden.

            “Yeah and I’d rather know sooner than later,” added Syrus. [Later that day…]

            “Other than the strange Duelists, not much is going on around here,” said Hassleberry.

            “I guess that’s a good thing. We’ve had pretty action-packed years here already,” said Alexis.

            “No joke, especially with Yubel controlling those people last year,” agreed Jaden.

            “That was the toughest year so far. This whole city seems to always have some enemy come in and mess up what would’ve been a quiet and relaxing year” said Yugi.

            “On the bright side though, it keeps it from being boring around here. Bad guys give us a chance to keep up our Dueling skills,” said Alexis.

            “Did any of you ever realize how much harder it is to teach a semester every year when new villains come about?” asked a voice.

            “Oui, oui, especially because it means we can’t get much done,” said Bonaparte.

            “It’s Crowler and Bonaparte,” said Syrus.

            “It’s much harder to even keep a class quiet with those new Duelists running about and it doesn’t help that they won’t tell us anything,” complained Crowler. [Meanwhile, inside Kaiba Corp…]

            “Hey Seto, what’s that in the sky?” asked Mokuba.

            “It’s some kind of space ship,” replied Kaiba.

            “It looks like an alien space ship,” observed Mokuba.

            “Don’t tell me you believe that junk, Mokuba,” snapped Kaiba. Aliens don’t exist and even if they did, why would they be here? The ship lands and several Duel monsters come out. What on earth are those things? Alright, it’s time I put an end to this now! Let’s go, Mokuba! They head outside. [Outside Kaiba Corp…] I demand you get back in your ship right now! Jaden and his friends show up.

            “That’s a UFOroid,” exclaimed Syrus.

            “You’re right, Syrus,” agreed Alexis.

            “Then are those other guys…….Duel Monsters?” pondered Jaden.

            “The brown-headed earthling is right. We have landed here to find the perfect Duelist to come aboard and lead us,” explained AM (Alien Mother for short).

            “Only morons buy into a story as lame as that,” exclaimed Kaiba.

            “Why don’t you try against us then?” asked AG (Alien Gray for short).

            “If it means that you’ll go away and stop with this stupid aliens exist ploy, then I will,” replied Kaiba.

            “We’ll leave regardless. Now then, I’ll be your opponent,” agreed AM.

            “Doesn’t matter which one of you I take on, I’ll take you down,” said Kaiba.

            “Should you lose, you’re free to go, but if you win, you’re on board our ship forever!” said AM.

TO BE CONTINUED...

Fate’s Seal (Part 1)

[Inside Battle City…]

            “Man it’s good to have Viper out of da way,” said Joey.

            “Yeah, who knows what he would’ve done if I hadn’t defeated him. Maybe now we can have a normal life here. I’ll just get some sleep and see you guys tomorrow,” said Yugi.

            “I think after all that, that’s sounds like a good idea. See you later, Yugi,” said Tea`.[Inside Yugi’s house…]

            “Night grandpa,” said Yugi.

            “Goodnight, Yugi,” answered his grandpa. *Yugi gets into bed and sleeps* [In his dream…]

            “Where is everyone? It’s like they disappeared off the face of the Earth,” said  Yugi.  

            “Hey, king of games. Glad to see ya,” said Jaden.

            “Same here I guess. So where is everyone?” asked Yugi.

            “There is definitely something strange going on here. Though there always does so that’s not all that new,” said Alexis.

            “Greetings fellow Duelists, I have some very important news that you’ll want to hear. There is a special kind of Summoning to be released very soon. You’ll find out what it is soon enough but know this, it’ll change the way you Duel,” announced Pegasus.

            “A new Summoning?” questioned Alexis.

            “A new Summoning. This sounds awesome,” exclaimed Jaden.

            “I hope it’s not too complicated,” pondered Syrus.

            “Well that’s one thing that’ll probably be out of the question. After all, if no one can play it or figure out how to play it, the whole thing will be a bust,” explained Alexis.

            “If it’s supposed to change the way we Duel, I can’t wait to get one,” replied Jaden.

            “Are you talking about that new Summoning Pegasus mentioned? There’s a rumor going around that the cards will be a different color than what we’ve ever seen before,” said Chazz.

            “Now what I’m wondering is if this new type of card will be compatible with our Duel Disks. Can’t play a new troop if it doesn’t even sign a treaty with the Duel Disk,” said Hassleberry. [Meanwhile…]

            “A new Summoning indeed. Unfortunately for them, I already have one, the very card Pegasus had before his announcement. Once I find a partner to harness the power of this card…..He sees a news report about new Duelists approaching. Well now, I think I’ve found who my opponent will be. It will be a long journey before I select my partner as my past team members weren’t good enough. He looks through his book of past Duelists. My partner needs to be more powerful than any other Duelist. Sartorius…..the Duelist who tried to take over the world with light……he’s certainly one to think about but can he or any of them truly master this new Summoning? Only one way to find out. I have to find these Duelists and Duel them!” thought Dartz to himself. [Elsewhere….]

            “Grandpa, I’m back,” announced Yugi.

            “Yugi, there’s something I want you to see. It just came up on the news,” explained Solomon. Yugi walks over to the TV.

            “Several Duelists riding strange variations of bicycles have emerged onto the scene and police are now looking into this,” said the reporter.

            “We never had a police force before. It’s good that we have it now because there were plenty of times before where other Duelists got their cards stolen and without any police to catch them, they were able to take whatever they wanted,” recalled Yugi.

            “Rest assured that these Duelists will be identified by the end of the week,” said the policeman.

            “I hope so,” said Yugi. [Later that day…]

            “Wait a sec, guys, look over there,” announced Tea`.

            “It’s the Duelists from the news,” said Yugi. *they rush over and run into Jaden and his friends*

            “Catch the new guys yet?” asked Jaden.

            “I watched the news report about it an hour ago. It seems a little strange that they don’t know who these people are and that it’ll take a week to find all of this out,” replied Yugi. [With good Sartorius and Sarina…]

            “New Duelists, something this town needs to stage new tournaments. Without my tarot Deck, I cannot predict what they will do and one can only hope that there is nothing sinister about them,” thought Sartorius.