Fate’s Seal (Part 15)

[In Domino Museum…]

            “Now here’s a great looking fossil, must be thousands of years old,” stated Jim.

            “Actually that’s a stone tablet. Believe it or not, that tablet features an ancient pharaoh and his most challenging opponent plus 3 monsters at the very top that are now long gone but were once the most powerful creatures,” explained Ishizu.

            “Sounds like just the type of thing I’d be into. Are there any fossils of these creatures?” questioned Jim.

            “There were, but Maximillion Pegasus destroyed them years ago in fear of thieves once again trying to awaken and control them,” answered Ishizu.

            “I heard Arthur Hawkins does geologic work for a living, where is he?” asked Jim.

            “Someone call my name?” asked Arthur coming around the corner.

            “Right, that was me, mate. The name’s Jim Cook and you must be Arthur Hawkins.

            “That’s my grandpa alright,” agreed  Rebecca.

            “So what’s this all about?” asked Arthur.

            “I have an interest in some of the things that you do when digging through rocks, mate,” explained Jim.

            “Wonderful. You can come on our tour next week,” replied Arthur.

            “Sounds like a good plan. Good day, mate” answered Jim. He walks out of the museum. [Elsewhere…]

            “Duelist number 3, your task is to take down the other one supposedly known for dealing with fate, Ishizu Ishtar!,” ordered Dartz. Judgment Dragon flies off. [Back inside the museum…]

            “All these years and Kaiba has yet to fully believe in destiny. She sees someone. Who’s there?” asked Ishizu.

            “The one looking for Ishizu as I’m asked to Duel her,” replied Judgment Dragon (JD for short).

            “Fine, but we’re taking it outside as there are fragile artifacts in here,” warned Ishizu. [Outside the museum…]

            “Let’s begin as I play Charge of the Light Brigade (Info), which lets me pick up a Level 4 or below Lightsworn monster by first sending the top 3 cards of my Deck to the Grave. He sends the cards to the Grave. With my card’s effect, I pick up and Summon Lyla, Lightsworn Sorceress (Info) (1700 ATK) in Attack Mode. Next I set 2 cards face-down and end my turn with Lyla’s milling of 3 cards from my Deck,” stated Judgment Dragon. (Hand: 3 cards | Deck: 36).

            “Milling?” questioned Ishizu.

            “It’s another term for sending cards from the Deck to the Grave,” explained JD.

            “I’ll play Valhalla, Hall of the Fallen (Info), letting me play a Fairy-Type monster from my hand if I control no monsters like I do now. I Special Summon Nova Summoner (Info) (800 DEF) in Defense Mode, then Tribute it for Airknight Parshath (Info) (1900 ATK) in Attack Mode. Airknight, attack Lyla!" declared Ishizu.

            “I’ll discard my Honest (Info) from my hand, therefore giving Lyla your Parshath’s ATK!” declared JD. Lyla’s ATK rises to 3600 and Airknight Parshath is destroyed, leaving Ishizu with 6300.

            “I set 1 card face-down and end my turn,” stated Ishizu. (Hand: 2 cards)

            “Using Lyla’s ability, I’ll put her in Defense Mode and destroy that face-down card! *The face-down Exchange of the Spirit is destroyed*

            “With my opponent losing cards from her Deck as it is, Exchange of the Spirit was useless anyway,” thought Ishizu.

            “Now I’ll Tribute Lyla for Celestia, Lightsworn Angel (Info) (2300 ATK) in Attack Mode. Celestia, attack Ishizu directly! Ishizu’s LP drop to 4000. Unlike Lyla, however, Celestia doesn’t require me to mill anything so I’ll end my turn," said JD. (Hand: 1 card | Deck: 35)

            “I Summon Marshmallon (Info) (500 DEF) in Defense Mode. Then I discard Zeradias, Herald of Heaven (Info) from my hand to add and play The Sanctuary in the Sky (Info). With this card in play, neither of us can take Battle Damage when Fairy-Type monsters we have battle. I set 1 card face-down to end my turn,” stated Ishizu. (Hand: 0 cards)

            “Once my strongest monster is unleashed, it’ll be lights out for you!” proclaimed JD. She laughs.

TO BE CONTINUED...

Fate’s Seal (Part 14)

Previously…

            “Once I destroy your last line of defense, I’ll wipe out your remaining LP! I Summon Great Shogun Shien (3300 ATK) in Attack Mode and he’s a Special Summon since I control at least 2 Six Samurai monsters. Zanji, attack his Arcana Force 0! *Arcana Force 0 isn’t destroyed.*

           “I’m afraid Arcana Force 0 can’t be destroyed by battle,” explained Sartorius.

            “I set 1 card face-down to end my turn,” concluded Grandmaster. (Hand: 0 cards)

            “I draw and end my turn,” said Sartorius. (Hand: 1 card)

            “Well then, it’s time I finally end this Duel. Shien’s Chancellor and Shogun Shien, end this Duel!” demanded Grandmaster. *Sartorius’ LP drop to 0.* [Meanwhile…]

            “At last, my army has begun! *A zombified Sartorius appears before him.* Now to see how others fare so my army can grow!” proclaimed Dartz. [Elsewhere…]

            “We can’t keep hiding forever, especially with these Duel Runners out in plain sight,” said Yusei.

            “Just why are we hiding anyway?” asked Crow.

            “We aren’t really supposed to be here. We escaped the Satellite Sector to come here so that we didn’t get busted for trespassing and I’m sure that if we’re found here by that new police force, we’ll be in just about as much trouble,” replied Yusei.

            “So what, you don’t want to be famous here? After all, you do know what this place is, right?” asked Jack.

            “It’s Domino City, where many famous battles too place by a Duelist known as Yugi,” answered Yusei.

            “What are the odds they’ll find us here anyway? There’s a huge crowd of people here so finding four individuals would be a nearly impossible task,” stated Crow.

            “Know any other people with strange markings on their faces?” questioned Yusei.

            “Good point,” replied Crow.

            “How long will we remain here?” asked Rally.

            “As long as we need to,” replied Yusei.

            “That’s totally boring, I want to see some action,” protested Rally.

            “Wasn’t the trip over here enough action for you?” asked Yusei.

            “A Duel is much more exciting than any old jog in the park,” answered Rally. [A few miles away…]

            “There’s that new group again and it seems that we can see a bit of their faces now but what are those strange vehicles they have with them?” asked Yugi.

            “Dey remind me of dose Rare Hunters that always took cards including my Red-Eyes,” stated Joey.

            “Maybe now we can get a better idea of who they are,” suggested Tristan.

            “There’s just one problem, guys, they’re gone again,” said Tea`.

            “Man those guys are sneaky. First they waltz in here and now they come and go without anyone learning anything about them!” proclaimed Tristan.

            “At least we learned about that new Summoning,” reminded Yugi.

            “It’ll be fun finding them though,” replied Joey.

            “Yeah, we don’t know who has and who doesn’t have those cards,” agreed Yugi. [Back with Yusei’s friends…]

            “Who are those guys?” asked Crow.

            “Dunno but they seem to have found us,” replied Yusei.

            “Think they’ll turn us in?” asked Crow.

            “They don’t even know us so I don’t think they’d even know why we’re here,” answered Yusei.

            “Well I’m not just gonna stand here and wait, I’m going out there!” protested Rally.

            “Rally, don’t, it’ll blow our whole cover,” protested Yusei.

            “What’s the worst they could do, besides, it’s like you said, they probably won’t turn us in,” replied Rally. *He runs off*

            “Rally, come back!” ordered Yusei.

            “Just let him go, Yusei, they’ll all find out soon enough who we are,” stated Jack.

            “I guess you’re right. When they do find out who we are, it’ll be the shock of a lifetime.

Fate’s Seal (Part 12)

[Outside Domino Pier…]

            “Since they don’t know it’s me I’ll just continue my way around the city while my doubles do all the real work. Once I have enough players to work with, I’ll choose my partner,” thought Dartz. [With Sarina and Sartorius…]

            “We must be careful with this new threat lurking about,” warned Sarina. Pegasus appears on screen.

            “Finally the time has come for me to reveal that new Summoning you all have been talking endlessly about. They’re called Synchro monsters and are a type of Summoning that requires only a new type of monster called a Tuner monster and a non-Tuner monster, which is everything else. You bring out this new type of card by sending the Tuner and non-Tuner monsters you have out, or in rare cases, 1 from your hand to the Grave and the levels of your sent monsters must add up to your Synchro monster’s level. When this process is complete, you’ve performed the Synchro Summon! If you manage to possess these cards, you’ll note that they have a white border where you find all the other colors of your cards. If you manage to get one of Kaiba Corp’s newest Duel Disks, you get a Synchro monster free but there’s no telling which one you’ll get and last I checked, these Duel Disks are still a work in progress so until then, I’ve given you plenty to snack on as you Duel so good luck to you all out there," stated Pegasus. The TV shuts off.

            “A white monster card? Dat’s pretty boring to me,” remarked Joey.

            “Well I hope they’re worth all the waiting,” replied Yugi. [Back with Sarina and Sartorius…]

            “I hope that person isn’t one of those guys,” said Sarina to Sartorius.

            “I can’t see him well but he’s coming closer to us,” replied Sartorius.

            “Which one of you goons is Sartorius?” asked Grandmaster of the Six Samurai.

            “I am. Are you looking for a Duel?” asked Sartorius.

            “I wasn’t here for anything else,” snapped Grandmaster.

            “Then let the wheel of fate turn!” proclaimed Sartorius. I’ll start with Pot of Duality (Info), which lets look at my Deck’s next 3 cards and choose 1. The rest are shuffled into the Deck and I can’t play any other copies of Duality or Special Summon this round but I will pick my Light Barrier card, then play Arcana Force VII - The Chariot (Info) (1700 ATK) in Attack Mode and set 1 card face-down to end my turn with The Chariot getting its effect. He flips a coin. Heads it is,” concluded Sartorius. (Hand: 3 cards)

            “I Summon The Six Samurai - Zanji (Info) (1800 ATK) in Attack Mode and set 2 cards face-down. Zanji, attack The Chariot! The Chariot is destroyed and Sartorius’ LP drop to 7900. That ends my  turn,” stated Grandmaster. (Hand: 3 cards)

            “Very well, I play Arcana Force IV - The Emperor (Info) (1400 ATK) in Attack Mode. Next I flip a coin for his effect! *he flips a coin and it land* Tails but I have just the correction as I activate Reversal of Fate (Info) to give him his Heads effect, and with that, my Arcana Force monsters gain 500 ATK.Arcana Force IV’s ATK rises to 1900. Emperor, destroy his Zanji! Zanji is destroyed and Grandmaster’s LP drop to 7900. I set  1 more card face-down and end my turn,” announced Sartorius. (Hand: 2 cards)

            “I use my Monster Reborn (Info) card to bring my Zanji (Info) back! Six Samurai - Zanji appears. Next I Special Summon Grandmaster of the Six Samurai (Info) (2100 ATK) in Attack Mode since his ability lets me do so if I control a Six Samurai monster and I do. Grandmaster, destroy his Emperor! The Emperor is destroyed and Sartorius’ LP drop to 7700. Zanji, attack him directly!" declared Grandmaster.

            “I discard Arcana Force XIV - Temperance (Info) from my hand to the Grave and reduce all battle damage from your Zanji’s attack to 0!” declared Sartorius. He discards the card.

            “I end my turn by setting 1 card face-down,” stated Grandmaster. (Hand: 2 cards)

            “I’ll use my Call of the Haunted (Info) Trap to bring back my Temperance (2400 ATK)

(Info)! Temperance appears. For his ability….  He tosses a coin and it lands.…..Heads so any battle damage I take is halved. Next I use Pot of Greed (Info) for 2 cards! Then I activate Reverse Reborn (Info) to revive my Emperor (Info) with its Tails effect! The Emperor appears and its ATK drops to 900 while Temperance’s ATK drops to 1900. Finally I Tribute both of my monsters for Arcana Force XXI - The World (Info) (3100 ATK) in Attack Mode. The World, attack his Grandmaster! Grandmaster is destroyed and Grandmaster’s score drops to 6900. That shall end my turn,” said Sartorius. (Hand: 0 cards)

            “You may be ahead for now but once you see what my Deck unleashes, it’s over!" announced Grandmaster.

TO BE CONTINUED...

Fate’s Seal (Part 10)

Previously…

            “I play my Skyscraper Field Spell, which’ll power up my Elemental Heroes by 1000 ATK if they battle a stronger monster. Next I play Elemental Hero Wildheart (1500 ATK) in Attack Mode. While he’s out, my Wildheart is immune to Trap Cards so he’ll attack your Zombie Dragon! *Wildheart’s ATK rises to 2500.*

            “Why don’t I show you another of my Zombies? *He draws his card.* I play Malevolent Mech - Goku En (2400 ATK) in Attack Mode.

            “No biggie. I’ll just activate my other face-down, Solemn Judgment, which will negate his Summoning and destroy him for half of my LP!” replied Jaden. *His score drops to 4000 and Goku En disappears.*

            “You’ve already increased my odds of winning this Duel. You’re as good as mine! I’ll set 1 card face-down to complete my turn,” announced Zombie Dragon. (Hand: 2 cards)

            “It’s my go and let’s bring some Fusion action into this world as I send the Wildheart I have and the Necroshade in my hand to the Grave with Polymerization (Info) for Elemental Hero Necroid Shaman (Info) (2400 ATK) in Attack Mode. Next I use Necroid Shaman’s ability to destroy your Zombie Dragon and bring back your Goku En! Goku En appears. Since there aren’t any other Zombie-Type monsters out, he’s sent right back to the Grave and you get hit with his ATK! Goku En disappears and Zombie Dragon's LP drop to 5600. Necroid Shaman, attack him directly! Zombie Dragon's LP drop to 3700. I’ll throw down a face-down and that’s all,” said Jaden. (Hand: 1 card)

            “I play my Book of Life (Info) Spell, letting me bring back my Zombie Dragon and remove from play that Necroshade in your Grave! *Red-Eyes Zombie Dragon appears* Next I Summon Paladin of the Cursed Dragon (Info) (1900 ATK) in Attack Mode. Zombie Dragon, take down his Necroid Shaman! Necroid Shaman is destroyed and Jaden’s score drops to 3500. Paladin of Cursed Dragon, launch your assault on Jaden directly! Jaden’s LP drop to 1600. That will end my turn,” concluded Zombie Dragon. (Hand: 1 card)

            “Let’s try this! *He draws his card* Only 2 cards in hand at the moment and he’s got two big monsters ready to take more out of my LP next round so I’ll need a strategy. With Necroshade out of my Grave, I can’t bring out the Bladedge in my hand but I think this’ll do the trick. I activate Burial from a Different Dimension (Info), which lets me return the Necroshade you removed back to my Grave and with him there, I can play Elemental Hero Bladedge (Info) (2600 ATK) in Attack Mode as a Normal Summon. Bladedge, have at his Red-Eyes Zombie Dragon! Zombie Dragon is destroyed and Duelist’s LP drop to 3500. I’ll leave it at that,” stated Jaden. (Hand: 0 cards)

            “Well isn’t that special? I’ll play the Terraforming (Info) Spell, which lets me add any Field Spell in my Deck straight to my hand. I think we both know what that means……Zombie World (Info) is back! Not only that but I’ll discard my Marionette Mite (Info) card to take your Bladedge since it’s a Zombie-Type monster now.

            “Get your own monster as I activate Edge Hammer (Info) to Tribute Bladedge and destroy your Cursed Dragon, dealing you damage equal to Cursed Dragon’s ATK!” retaliated Jaden. Bladedge disappears and Cursed Dragon is destroyed, reducing Duelist’s LP to 1600.

            “A clever move but you’ll need more to take down my Zombie World. I end my turn,” said Zombie Dragon. (Hand: 0 cards)

            “That guy left one big mistake. He’s down to his last 1600 LP and I’ve got Sparkman out with 1600 ATK so when I attack here, I win. It’s time I take you down once and for all! I switch Sparkman back to Attack Mode. Sparkman, take out the rest of his LP!

            “I activate Shrink (Info), cutting your monster’s ATK by half!” proclaimed Zombie Dragon. Sparkman’s ATK drops to 800 while Duelist’s score drops to 800.

            “I’ll throw down a face-down to call it a turn,” ended Jaden. (Hand: 0 cards)

            “I use my Pot of Avarice (Info) Spell to shuffle the 5 monsters in my Grave back into my Deck and I draw 2 cards. *He shuffles his Deck, then draws 2 cards* I play my Spirit Reaper (Info) (200 DEF) in Defense Mode and set 1 more card face-down to end my turn,” said Zombie Dragon. (Hand: 0 cards)

            “Since that monster can’t die by attacking, I’ll have to put it into Attack Mode and if I can draw the right card, I can beat this guy. Here goes! *he draws his card* That’ll do nicely! I equip Sparkman with Spark Blaster (Info) and with it, I’ll change your monster into Attack Mode, but since he got targeted by an effect, he’s instantly destroyed! Spirit Reaper is destroyed. Sparkman, end this Duel!

            “You’ve just walked your way right into my Call of the Haunted (Info) Trap and it’ll cost you dearly!" declared Zombie Dragon.

TO BE CONTINUED...

Fate’s Seal (Part 9)

Previously…

            “The items are gone!” shouted Marik.

            “What?  Who could’ve taken them and with our high-tech security system?” asked Ishizu.

            “We must get them back,” insisted Marik.

            “It’s too dangerous, master but if you must go, then I’m going as well,” Odeon told Marik.

            “Very well, then I’ll stay here and think of a better security system and who might’ve caused all this,” stated Ishizu. *Marik and Odeon bolt outside again* [Outside…]

            “There’s Yugi and his friends. Maybe they have some idea of what’s going on,” pointed Marik. *They rush over*

            “I wonder if he’s one of those new Duelists that arrived,” pondered Alexis.

            “There’s only one way to find out,” stated Jaden.

            “So good that you found me, Jaden,” said the Duelist.

            “Who are you and what’s in that bag?” asked Jaden.

            “Duel me and you’ll find out soon enough but fail and join my side!” demanded the Red-Eyes Zombie Dragon.

            “Jaden, you must not Duel this guy or you might end up on his side!” pleaded Alexis.

            “Alexis, this is something Jaden’s gotta do so we might as well let him step to the front line,” replied Hassleberry.

            “Let’s do this so I can find out if you’re behind those missing items,” demanded Jaden.

            “To start, I’ll play a Field Spell known as Zombie World (Info), making Zombies out of all monsters on the field and in both of our Graves. There’s more for if any of our monsters that aren’t Zombies need Tributes, then they cannot be Tribute Summoned to the field. Next I’ll bring out Pyramid Turtle (Info) (1400 DEF) in Defense Mode and set 1 card face-down to end my turn,” stated Zombie Dragon. (Red-Eyes Zombie Dragon for short.) (Hand: 3 cards)

            “I play my Elemental Hero Sparkman (Info) (1600 ATK) in Attack Mode. Sparkman, take out that Pyramid Turtle!” declared Jaden. Pyramid Turtle is destroyed.

            “With my Pyramid Turtle vanquished, I can replace it with a Zombie containing no more than 2000 DEF and I think I’ll replace it with Red-Eyes Zombie Dragon (Info) (2400 ATK) in Attack Mode!” proclaimed Zombie Dragon.

            “Zombie Dragon?!” questioned the others.

            “I can’t wait to see what it can do! Until then, I’ll just throw down a face-down to call it a turn,” said Jaden. (Hand: 4 cards)

            “You’ll find out right now as my Zombie Dragon will attack your Sparkman!” stated Zombie Dragon.

            “I activate my Hero Barrier (Info) card, which cancels out an attack on 1 of my Elemental Heroes,” explained Jaden.

            “I set 1 card face-down to end my turn,” concluded Zombie Dragon. (Hand: 3 cards)

            “I play my Skyscraper (Info) Field Spell, which’ll power up my Elemental Heroes by 1000 ATK if they battle a stronger monster and that’s the end of your Zombie World card. Zombie World is destroyed. Next I play Elemental Hero Wildheart (Info) (1500 ATK) in Attack Mode. While he’s out, my Wildheart is immune to Trap Cards so he’ll attack your Zombie Dragon! Wildheart’s ATK rises to 2500.

            “He won’t get the chance to take down my Zombie Dragon for I have this, Spell Shattering Arrow (Info), which destroys all of your face up Spell Cards like Skyscraper!” proclaimed Zombie Dragon. Skyscraper is destroyed and Wildheart’s ATK returns to 1500, destroying Wildheart and leaving Jaden with 7100.

            “I’ll change Sparkman to Defense Mode and call it a turn,” responded Jaden. (Hand: 3 cards)

            “Why don’t I show you another of my Zombies? He draws his card. I play Malevolent Mech - Goku En (Info) (2400 ATK) in Attack Mode," stated Zombie Dragon.

            “Hold on, you need a Tribute for that guy,” protested Jaden. Zombie Dragon snickers.

            “You would be correct, but Goku En’s ability lets me Normal Summon it without Tributes and it’s not destroyed as long as there are other Zombies in play,” explained Duelist.

            “No biggie. I’ll just activate my other face-down, Solemn Judgment (Info), which will negate his Summoning and destroy him for half of my LP!” replied Jaden. His score drops to 4000 and Goku En disappears.

            “You’ve already increased my odds of winning this Duel. You’re as good as mine!" declared Zombie Dragon.

TO BE CONTINUED...