Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction / Hamtaro Fan Fiction ❯ Duel Hams: Duelists of the Clubhouse ❯ who's your God? ( Chapter 49 )

[ T - Teen: Not suitable for readers under 13 ]
"Attention duelists, attention! This is Pegasus J. Crawford, the one and only behind the game you love to play. It's time once again to shake things up in the dueling world. I have a few announcements to give to all of you in the fun park and I hope you're paying attention. I'm well aware that all of you are knowing about the new deck that is being shipped to vendors, so I will explain it once again to you great duelists. The newest deal is the Synchro monsters, which you probably have seen around. Anyway, These Synchro monsters have a white border around them and will also accompany your fusion monsters. Because of this, your fusion deck is now known as the extra deck... Also note that the extra deck can now hold up to fifteen cards

"Synchro monsters require a new tupe of monster called a Tuner. And while some of the Synchro monster may require a certain Tuner, others may not. When you have a Tuner, you can perform a Synchro Summon to bring out a Synchro monster. For example, I will take one of the Synchro monsters i the new deck, the Junk Warrior." All the monitors of the fun park show the Junk Warrior and Pegasus continues. "As you can see, Junk Warrior has a five star level and requires the tuner monster named Junk Synchron." and Junk Synchron is shown on the monitors. "So let's Synchro Summon the Junk Warrior. When you Synchro Summon, you need monsters that total the exact level of the Synchro Monster. In this case, as you can see, you will need Junk Synchron and at least one more monster.

"Since Junk Synchron is three levels, you just need a level two monster alongside it on your side of the field to perform your Synchro Summon. In a sense, Synchro Summoning is a modified ritual/fusion summoning... because there are no ritual spells and you don't use Polymerization. And to remind those who are hard of hearing, you need the exact level of a Synchro monster to synchro summon it. No more than the Synchro monster's level and no less. These decks will be sold by all vendors in the fun park starting tomorrow. Also, all duels in the fun park are hereby suspended until tomorrow."
It was this part of the announcement that angered all the duelists in the fun park. "No dueling in the fun park until tomorrow? That's bullshit!" someone yelled and panic was about to ensue.
"Now, now, duelists. I'm doing this dueling suspension for a reason, and that reason is the ban list. The new ban list goes into effect tomorrow, so I want everyone to adjust their decks accordingly. Please be patient, it's only for one day. I mean, there's so much for you all to do in the fun park outside of dueling anyway. And now I leave you with the ban list, which is also posted on my website if you aren't near a monitor. Until tomorrow, my many duelists..." and the following list was shown:

Forbidden Cards

Armament of the Lethal Lords
Black Luster Soldier - Envoy of the Beginning
Butterfly Dagger - Elma
Call of the Haunted
Change of Heart
Chaos Emperor Dragon - Envoy of the End
Chaos Sorceror
Chimera, the Master of Beasts
Confiscation
Cyber-Stein
Cyber Jar
Dark Hole
Dark Magician of Chaos
Delinquent Duo
Destiny Hero - Disc Commander
Dimension Fusion
Emperor of Lightning
Exchange of the Spirit
Fiber Jar
Graceful Charity
Harpie's Feather Duster
Imperial Order
King of Destruction - Xexex
Last Turn
Last Will
Magical Scientist
Magician of Faith
Makyura the Destructor
Metamorphosis
Meteo the Matchless
Mirage of Nightmare
Obelisk the Tormentor
Painful Choice
Pot of Greed
Premature Burial
Queen of Fate - Eternia
Raigeki
Ring of Destruction
Sinister Serpent
Slifer the Sky Dragon
Snatch Steal
Testament of the Arcane Lords
The Forceful Sentry
Thousand-Eyes Restrict
Time Seal
Tribe Infecting Virus
Tsukuyomi
Ulevo
Victory Dragon
Winged Dragon of Ra
Witch of the Black Forest
Yata-Garasu

One Card

Advanced Ritual Art
Brain Control
Breaker the Magical Warrior
Card Destruction
Card Trooper
Ceasefire
Crush Card Virus
Cyber Dragon
D.D. Warrior Lady
Elemental Hero Stratos
Exodia (all pieces)
Fissure
Future Fusion
Giant Trunade
Gold Sarcophagus
Gravity Bind
Green Baboon, Defender of the Forest
Heavy Storm
Level Limit - Area B
Limiter Removal
Magic Cylinder
Marshmallon
Megamorph
Mind Crush
Mirror Force
Monster Gate
Monster Reborn
Morphing Jar
Mystical Space Typhoon
Neo-Spacian Grand Mole
Night Assailant
Ojama Trio
Overload Fusion
Raiza the Storm Monarch
Reasoning
Return from the Different Dimension
Sangan
Scapegoat
Smashing Ground
Snipe Hunter
Spirit Reaper
Swords of Revealing Light
The Transmigration Prophecy
Torrential Tribute
Trap Dustshoot
Treeborn Frog
Twin-Headed Behemoth
Ultimate Offering
United We Stand
Wall of Revealing Light

Two Cards

Book of Moon
Card of Safe Return
Chain Strike
Dark Armed Dragon
Foolish Burial
Judgement Dragon
Magical Stone Excavation
Manticore of Darkness
Mask of Darkness
Necroface
Nobleman of Crossout
Phantom of Chaos
Rescue Cat

And seeing this ban list only made things worse. "Fuck, Pegasus. I just grabbed a DMoC and now it's banned..." Max was pissed.
"This is a shame, I lost DMoC now..." said Boss as he takes his Dark Magician of Chaos out of his deck. "I mean, I have access to Breaker again, but this just sucks."
"Shut up Boss, I'm the one who's really fucked." Boss turned to see Panda. "I just finished working on my Cyber Dragon deck and was about to test it... and now Cyber Dragon's restricted! I have to throw away a whole deck because of this ban list."
"Use Proto-Cyber Dragon."
"It's treated as Cyber Dragon, Boss."
"Oh yeah..."
"Man, this is bullshit..." and Panda walks away pissed.
"Sorry Disc Commander, but you just got banned." Penelope told her card. "What a shame, I lost a hero..."
"That's fucking stupid, Premie is banned." said Stan.
"Must be a substitute for Monster reborn." said Dexter. "Oh well, I don't use Premature burial anyway."
Well fuck you too, Dexter. thought Stan as he took a walk.

Nazaruda was a bit content with things. Perfect, this new ban list only makes things better for me. I will challenge the pathetic Dragon Lord for my title under these new rules. he thought.
Pegasus was done with his announcement and decided to head for the door. But as he opened the door, Hiei was right there in front of it. "We need to talk." he said.
"But of course." said Pegasus.Pegasus and Hiei went to a secure area that only they alone knew about. "You do realize that suspending duels only makes things harder to find this illegal duelist?" Hiei questioned.
"Actually, I did this so that you may find someone." Pegasus told Hiei. "I need you to locate Jam."
"I don't need his help."
"Yet he's the prime target for this illegal duelist. I thought you would've known that by now... or do you know this and choose not to tell?"
"Hmph..."
"Besides, there's more to this fun park than just dueling. Take this as moments to be a father for once, Hiei."
"Point taken, but later. She is with friends at the moment and I don't want that parade to be rained on."
*
A lot of duelists were busy tweaking their cards and trying to deal with the adjustments to the new ban list and Jam was no different. He had to run through his cards as well. "Man, this new ban list sucks." he said to himself. "No Premie to work with... now I have to get another Monster Reborn. Maybe I can use one from one of my other decks." Jam was currently looking through his Elemental Hero cards. I know Pegasus lended me pointers on how to use this deck, but the hero department is Penelope's forté. he thought as he was working on this deck. I need to find out how to make this deck my own. Luckily for me, I managed to grab these last Elemental Heroes, so I think I will try their strategies. Panda was still pretty bummed out since he truly didn't have a deck to run. I can't believe the string of bad luck. he thought to himself. I lose my deck of alphabet monsters, then I ready another deck. Only to find out that I have to throw it away. Panda looked at his deck that he currently made featureing his two Cyber Dragons. I have to deconstruct this deck since I can only have one Cyber Dragon now... There's really no use for it anymore, is there?
"You look pretty upset." someone said.
Panda turned to see Dexter. "You can say that. I built this Cyber Dragon deck and now it's practically worthless."
"Then go back to your other deck." suggested Dexter. "Luckily for me, this ban list isn't hurting my deck."
"Yes, but I don't really need it, I have my Books of Life and a spare Monster Reborn."
"I'm going home, there's no point in sticking around here since dueling has been suspended. And since I have no deck, it only makes more incentive on me leaving."
"Come with me to my store, I just might have something for you."
"Okay."

The two headed for the gate, but they soon found that leaving was a task. There were actually long lines headed out of the entrance, basically duelists not too happy with just rides and arcade games. "Did you need me to stamp your paw for re-entry?" asked Aqua politely.
"No thanks, I'll come back tomorrow." said the guest.
"Okay, see you tomorrow."
"Look at these long ass lines. I guess Pegasus ruined a lot of profit from customers." said Boss.
"No more dueling sure hits this place hard." said Hamtaro.
"Well, I still want to get in on some of the rides." said Howdy.
"The lines won't be long after all these people leave." said Boss.
"If there are lines after all these people leave." said Hamtaro.
"Man, I'm going home." said Stan. "With all the babes leaving, there's no point in me sticking around."
"Don't you wanna ride the rides?" asked Howdy.
"With girls, I don't do the male company anymore. And rides aren't fun by yourself, Howdy."
"I guess you're right."
"Late dudes, I'm leaving."

Eighty percent of the Fun Park's attendees left from Pegasus' dueling suspension alone. The drip in attendees was a first in the history of the park since it opened. The only things that stayed open were the rides, three arcades and a few vendors. Everything else was closed. Just about all of the hams were gone before sunset and the fun park was empty... or just about. The only ones still around were Necrophade Black, who was cleaning up the joint and Pegasus. But someone else was still around who didn't fit any of these margins. Cappy. He was just now coming around from passing out from his duel with Jewel. Man, what time is it... he thought as he sat up. It was at that moment that he saw a pink arm on his chest, then turns to see Kerin asleep. Wow, just like one of those romance deals, I fell asleep with my head in Kerin's lap and she's asleep too. Cappy softly nudges Kerin, waking her up in the process. Afterwards, the two stand up and begin walking away while holding paws. "It's good to see you're feeling better, Cappy. That duel took a lot out of you." said Kerin.
"I guess I needed the nap." said Cappy. "It's getting late, so I better get home now."
"I guess so."
An awkard silence was between the two. "So, see you soon?"
"Yeah. And one last thing, Pegasus has changed the ban list in addition to suspended the dueling at the park for the day."

Bijou was at home looking through her cards. I was lucky to get a Monster Reborn for my deck. she thought. Zat Kirika is... talented to say ze least. But her whole approach is flawed, she is dueling for bad influences. No matter, I will teach her properly once she becomes my student... I just hope I can fully teach Kirika since Petal wouldn't let me fully teach her... Silently, Bijou began to cry. Petal, I have failed you.....
*

That night, a lot of the hams were wide awake. Most of them hams were working on their decks, while others had different reasons as to why they couldn't sleep. Kylia had a different reason other than her deck, she was busy favoring that Magician of Black Chaos staff that Boss lended her. This thing is truly amazing. I wonder how he made this... she thought. And he really was brave... But there's a part of me that can't take it anymore.... Kylia's heat was driving her nuts. So nuts in fact, that she ended up doing something that shocked herself. Kylia took the handle of that rod and implaed her self with it, giving off slight coos in the process. Dammit, I need a man.... and the blue female hamster began to please herself with it. As she practiced her celebacy with that staff, Kylia thought about Boss. And the thoughts only made her body weaker than she already was. Her speed picked up as she worked the rod, giving herself more and more pleasure. Then, after a while of celibacy, Kylia's body arches as she has her climax. She forced herself not to keep her mouth close as she screamed her release. Once she was done, Kylia removed Boss' staf and panted heavily. I'm not that kind of girl... but I can't keep this up. she thought as she panted. She was spent from her DIYS and turned on her belly to sleep. I have to confront him tomorrow and demand to know how he feels about me.

Boss on the other hand, was finishing up his deck. This deck now holds my second Council. he thought as he placed his new deck into his duel disk. Some members of my old deck have stayed while others are completely new. But this deck can't do it alone, I must build a side deck for this portion of the council. With this side, I plan on making things new and exciting. But my side will be balanced with five monsters, spells and trap cards, and finally getting to the point. Now I must use new mages to improve on my heka. I've used my first deck so long that it hasn't truly gotten me too far. It's strong, but I am not strong enough to pull through with it like I should. Mahad, with DMoC out of this section of the deck, I might as well take the opportunity to work with the new cards. But worry not, you will still remain as my left-paw. Boss placed his duel disk on his right arm. "Tomorrow brings change in the pages of Forbidden Brown." Boss proclaims to himself. "If the other hams can build new decks with new cards, then so must I. Never again shall Forbidden Brown fall as long as my powers are true.

"Tomorrow brings a new day... no, a new era in duelists and dueling. Let the games commence."
In his store, Howdy was laughing like a madman. "It's finished, it's powerful, it's my most devistating deck." he said to himself. "Thanks to that fusion monster I found, I now have access to perhape the most devistation being of all the Duel Monsters. And with this deck set around how to summon it, I will be dealing out a lot of punishment. Especially to one Pegasus J. Crawford. I hope you and your Necrophade Black dorm gets ready for me... Because soon, very soon, you will all feel my wrath."
"Keep it down over there, Howdy, I can't sleep with all of that commotion." said Lazuli.
"Sorry about that, doll."

The next day at the fun park was packed. Everyone got their paws on that new deck and were making up the dueling suspension from yesterday. They opened up earlier than normal just to accomodate the burning desires to duel. And everyone was present to get in on the cards and activities, even new and upcoming duelists were getting in on the action. "You see, everything balances balances itself out in time, Maxwell." said Pegasus.
"Yeah, you're right about that." said Maxwell.
"So how are you getting along, young Keeper?"
"Well, but I'm trying to understand these new Psychic monsters."
"Going to try to specialize in them?"
"Nah, Forbidden Brown has enough type/class specialists. We need more normal decks in the crew..."
"Ah..."

"Seamore, do you think my deck needs a bit of work?" asked Barrette.
"Your deck was fine when you faced Aqua." Seamore answered. "I don't see why you would change it."
"I don't think that my deck has enough promise to it."
"Well, you are the captain of The Amphibious Squadron... so expand your fleet."
"That's a good idea."
"Glad to help."
A lot of the hams were around the fun park too. "Have you guys taken a look into this new deck?" asked Hamtaro.
"The new deck isn't my style." Boss answered.
"I'll pass on it too." agreed Howdy. "Besides, I'm running an all new deck anyway."
"And what's this one about?" asked Stan.
"Vengence..." and Howdy walked off.
"With this said, let's get in on some action, hams." said Boss.
"Yeah!" the others yelled.
*
A young female duelist walked down the trail of the fun park. She was a powder blue hamster with brown eyes. The most unique thing about this female hamster was her hair... and while the front tufts of her hair matched her fur, she had nine braids coming from the back of her hair and each of them was a different color. Her name is Mikuru and she isn't your ordinary duelist. "That one broad was a joke." Mikuru said to herself. "She calls herself a dragon monarch, but she's all mouth a very few skill. Nonetheless, another great dragon duelist was conquered by me." Mikuru sits down on a nearby bench and takes her powder blue braid in her paws. Then using a special brush, began to dye this braid a deep red. "What was that wimp's name... oh yeah. Her name was Hilde... such a waste of talent."

Mikuru finished dying her braid to match Hilde's fur color, a visual tribute of how many great dragon duelists she has beaten. "I have one last braid to color, a fiery red color of Jam the Dragonlord. I will find him, challenge him, and when I have beaten him, his colors will be braided into my hair and I will have set my legacy in stone as the world's best dragon duelist."

Cappy just got off of the Thriller with Hermana and he was so excited. "That was so much fun, let's do it again." he said.
"You go ahead, I'll wait for you." Hermana said sadly.
"You're still down in the dumps?"
"Yes."
"I can't help it, I miss her."
"I know this isn't something you're used to, but I promise that Hitomi will come back soon."
"How do you know that?"
"I can feel it."
"You can't feel it, I can't even feel it. Don't give me that nonesense, Cappy!"
"Hermena, that's enough. Hitomi's been gone longer than expected, but she hasn't forgotten about you. Get the fact out of your head that you were just left here, because you weren't."
"I can't! You just don't understand how I feel right now, I just want her back!"
"Hermana..."
"Leave me alone!" and off Hermana ran in tears.
Cappy felt bad. "Man, I was trying to cheer her up... I really should make it up to Hermana later when she's not feeling so upset."
"She really is going through it, huh Cappy?"
Cappy turned around to see Kerin. "Oh, Kerin, I didn't quite see you there." he acknowledged her. "Hermana has been down for weeks since Hitomi hasn't returned, so everyone's been trying to get her to think positive about things."
"She's very upset, but I don't blame her."
"Yeah..."

Kerin took Cappy by his right paw. "Can we go somewhere private, I need to discuss something with you?"
"Well, I wanted to get on this ride again, but it can wait. Lead the way, Kerin."
Jam was busy searching. Now if I were an illegal duelist, where would I be? he thought. I haven't seen any duelists use the three Egyptian God cards. Maybe I need to think about this differently... Jam decided to have a seat and look through the new deck. Hmm... Magna Drago, I could use this in my deck. A two star dragon at 1400 ATK and it boosts up after every kill? Beautiful. After walking a slight way down the road, Jam ran into a red and blue, two-tone colored hamster. "So, I found you at last, the so-called Dragon Lord..." he said. "I'm glad to have finally found you, now I can issue a challenge to face you dragon to dragon."
"You wanna face me, do you?" Jam asked the hamster.
"Not just you, you and your dragons."
"You know what, I'll give you a go. A duel will help me think about something I plan to achieve."
"Get ready, because I'm about to take your title."

Both duelists draw their five card hand and being their duel. "Prepare to be defeated by the uncanny Duo." said the two-toned hamster as he drew. "I will begin with three cards face down and one monster on the defense to end my turn."
Jam draws. "Twin-Headed Behemoth, let's roll." Jam opened up (1500/1200). "Let's see what he has face down. Attack!"
"Bad move, Dragon Lord." Jam's monster attacks the face down monster, revealing what was destroyed.
"It's a Morphing Jar." Jam wasn't too pleased.
Both duelists discard their hands, then draw five new cards. "I must thank you for replenishing my hand." said Duo. "It give me more variety to play with."
"And I had a pretty good setup going too... Well, I'm glad you liked my attack." said Jam sarcastically. "I will set two cards and end my turn."
"Before I draw, I will activate Royal Decree."
"Perfect."
Duo draws. "Now for a Panther Warrior (2000/1600), followed by revealing my Scapegoat spell." and four sheep tokens appear on Duo's side of the field (0/0 x4). "Now I will tribute one of these little lambs to destroy your Twin-Headed Behemoth with my attacking Panther Warrior." One Scapegoat is offered up and Duo's Panther Warrior attacks, resulting in Jam's Twin-Headed Behemoth being destroyed <7500>. "I will place this card face down and end my turn."
"And this is where my Twin-Headed Behemoth returns to the field, but I will place it in defense mode (1000/1000)." Jam explains, then drew. "I will activate Stamping Destruction to destroy your Royal Decree."
Duo's trap was destroyed. "So what?" <7500>
"Next up, I'll sacrifice my Twin-Headed Behemoth and Summon Kaiser Glider (2400/2200). Next, I'll activate The Dragon's Bead. Kaiser Glider, attack his Panther Warrior." and Jam's dragon prepares to attack.
"Not so fast, I play my Shrink spell card, which will cut your dragon's attack power in half."
"That would be the case... but my Magic Jammer says otherwise."
"Grr..."
Jam discards a card to activate Magic Jammer, which negates and destroys Shrink. "Kaiser Glider, destroy that Panther Warrior."
"Lucky play." and Duo saw his monster destroyed <7100>.
"Your move."
Duo draws. "I will set one card face down and end my turn."

Jam draws. "Kaiser Glider let's scratch out a Scapegoat."
Go on, get your glory. thought Duo as he saw a Scapegoat destroyed.
"Your move."
Duo draws. "I'll place this monster on the defense and end my turn."
At this time, Hiei managed to find Jam. However, he kept his cover in the brush away from the duelists. Well Pegasus, this plan of yours better work. he thought.
Jam draws. "This is useful. I'll place this monster in defense position and have my Kaiser Glider drop another Scapegoat." Duo just let his third Scapegoat be destroyed without any complaint. "I end my turn."
Duo draws. "Perfect, just who I need to take control over this duel and crush the Dragon Lord. One more monster in defense mode and I will end my turn. Now, I must be patient before I destroy this fool."
He's up to something, I can feel it. Jam thought as he drew. "Let's attack the monster in the middle, Kaiser Glider."
Duo saw his monster destroyed. "And there goes my Sangan." said Duo.
"Well, go and grab your monster."
"But of course."
Duo takes out his deck and looks for a monster, then he selects it and adds the card to his hand. "Please, continue the turn." said Duo as he shuffled his deck.
"I will set one card face down and end my turn."
Duo draws. "I will play Hand Destruction."
"So much for my current hand."
"Once again, haha."

Jam discards his hand as Duo does two cards from his hand, then both of them draws two cards from their deck. "You sure do a lot of stalling, Duo. What's so uncanny about this lame strategy?"
"Patience is very important, Dragon Lord." Duo answered. "You need to be patient."
"Yeah, well don't mistake patience for no strategy, Duo."
"Fine, then I'll pull you out. I play Hammer Shot."
"Aw shit..." and Jam's Kaiser Glider was destroyed.
"Now I summon the Marauding Captain (1200/400), and I special summon Vorse Raider in attack mode (1900/1200). I'll flip up the Old Vindictive Magician (450/600)."
"Damn, not that mage. He's a Man Eater Bug."
"Very good, now he can destroy your face down monster."
Using his magic, the Old Vindictive Magician hired a magical blast that destroyed Jam's face down monster. Before it left, the monster was revealed as Jam's Exploder Dragon. "What a shame, your Bomb Dragon couldn't do anything." Duo said, then laughed.
"I guess I should've been more patient after all..." said Jam.
"Now it's time to take you to town. and I'll start with my Old Vindictive Magician."
Jam took the blow. "Eh..." he said <7050>.
"Marauding Captain and Vorse Raider, direct attack on the Dragon Lord's life points!"
"This is where things will sting..." Jam took both blows, but the Vorse Raider's attack made him take a knee <3950>.

"Not so mighty now, are you? Go ahead and move." and Duo laughed some more.
You better recover from this, Dragonlord. Hiei growled mentally as he watched from the brush.
"Okay, let's turn this around." Jam said, then he drew. "Comeback time. Now I summon, Cyberdark Keel (800/800)."
"Well, this won't help you too much." said Duo.
"Actually, he'll help just fine."
"I don't see how."
"No one really does until I tap into their powers. Now Keel, activate your Dragon Dive, and connect to the highest dragon possible." and Jam's monster enters his graveyard.
Hmm... Duo thought. How do the Cyberdark monsters work again? Oh yes, they can attach themselves to dragon-type monsters three stars and lower. Now Bomb dragon is 1000 ATK points... and then there's the... Well, good play. Getting connected to the Twin-Headed Behemoth is smart, because of the 1500 ATK point boost.
WHIR WHIR WHIR WHIR
"All right Keel, now let's see what we're working with." Cyberdark Keel returns to the field attached to the dragon of choice. "Well played, Keel. You've selected Hunter Dragon as your host."
"What the hell, Hunter Dragon?" Duo wasn't too pleased.
"Yeah, Hunter Dragon. And the 1700 ATK of Hunter Dragon is-"
"Added to Cyberdark Keel, I know. But how the hell did Hunter Dragon get into your graveyard?"
"Hunter Dragon, along with a few others, were sent to the grave albeit your Morphing Jar. So I guess it's your turn to get a few thanks. (2500 ATK)"
Duo grumbled. "Happy to have helped."

"Same here, Duo. Now it's time For Keel to face your monster..."
"Not gonna happen, there are traps that will be activated."
"You're right, but don't jump the gun. I didn't attack yet, but you did cut me off."
"But you just..."
"Began to declare an attack, I didn't actually execute. Now as you were saying, traps are to be activated, like my face down Dragon Tribe."
Dragon Tribe? thought Hiei.
"What does that do?" asked Duo.
"Dragon Tribe turns all monsters on my side of the field into dragon-type monsters this turn. Now Keel, attack the Old Vindictive Magician."
"And I will play my Sakuretsu Armor to destroy your Cyberdark Keel."
All plays and card effects took place. And when the smoke cleared, Jam still had his monster. "Wait a minute, my monster was still destroyed!" yelled Duo. "But my Sakuretsu Armor was-"
"Not of any use in regards to stopping my attack." Jam cut off and finished up.
Duo took a look at Jam and noticed the card in his hand was gone. "Didn't you have a card in your hand?"
"Very good, Duo. You've finally understood what just happened during that battle phase." and Jam rubbed his nose.
"Well explain, because I'm confused."
"Sure. Your Sakuretsu Armor normally would've destroyed Cyberdark Keel, but it was negated and destroyed by The Dragon's Bead. The Dragon's Bead also takes a card from my hand to activate, which is why my hand is empty."
"But... but it's...."
"The Dragon's Bead negates and destroys a trap that targets a dragon I control, Duo. Which is why the card was well spent."
And since Dragon Tribe changed Cyberdark Keel into a dragon-type this turn... the Bead protected it. thought Duo. The Dragon Lord is a lot more resourceful than I'd estimated.

Interesting move, Dragonlord.
thought Hiei. You altered your monster to save it from destruction. However, you still have a long way to go.
"That was a tricky defense, but it worked." said Duo <5050>.
"And remember, Cyberdark Keel deals an extra 300 damage when it destroys a monster in battle." Jam reminded.
"I forgot about that <4750>."
"Well I'm out of cards to play, so the move is yours."
I guess he really is worth every bit of his skill. I went from just bare taking damage to almost near half. thought Duo as he drew. "I'll switch my monsters into defense mode and end my turn."
Clever move, now he will only lose 300 life for each monster destroyed by Cyberdark Keel. thought Hiei.
Jam draws. "I needed this one, I play Card of Sanctity 2." he announces.
Duo smiled as he drew. I knew he'd screw up. he thought.
Both duelists drew until their hands had six cards, then Jam continued his move. "And now to deal out some more life damage."
"Attacking already?"
"Not yet, I have a monster to summon. But I will use Mystical Space Typhoon on your face down card."
"Crap." and Duo's face down card was destroyed.
"Now I summon Cyberdark Horn to the field (800/800). Okay Horn, Dragon Dive." and Jam's monster dove into his graveyard.

Duo wasn't pleased. Damn, Cyberdark Horn can deal piercing damage... my Marauding Captain is going to be targeted by his newly summoned monster. he worried mentally. And at only 400 DEF, this will toll drastically into my life points.
Jam's monster reappears to the field. "As you can see, Horn has attached himself to the Twin-Headed Behemoth, giving it another 1500 ATK points (2300 ATK)."
"Great, just go ahead and attack me and my Marauding Captain." said Duo. "Horn will chunk my life with the blow, but I'll be able to take it."
"Now why would I attack the Marauding Captain with Horn?" Jam smirked. "Your captain will be destroyed, but by Keel. Horn's target is... your last remaining Scapegoat."
"My what?"
"Cyberdark Horn, attack the Scapegoat!" and Jam's monster went in for the attack.
Crap, I forgot that I still had a Scapegoat...
"What a shame, but at least I'll have the lead after this blow."
Duo saw his final Scapegoat destroyed. "Man, this isn't happening." he said.
"There's a new big bad wolf in town named Cyberdark Horn. And since Scapegoats have 0 DEF, this was like taking a direct shot."
"Tell me about it <2450.>"
"Well, Lemme tell you about the story of Marauding Captain vs Cyberdark Keel." and Jam's monster destroys the Marauding Captain. "Marauding Captain went bye-q and Duo lost 300 vitals, the end."
"That was cheesey, but comical at the same time." groaned Duo <2150>.
"It's classed under the joke section 'Funny ho ho.' One card face down and that ends my turn."
"You need to work on your comedy."
"If you think my jokes are bad, you should hear Howdy's material. But you were right after all, Duo. Good things really do come to those who wait... thanks for my lesson in patience."
Duo draws. "Your welcome, now I play Swords of Revealing Light."

The swords fall from the sky and paralyze Jam's monsters. "Nice defense, but will it help you?" questioned Jam.
"We're about to find out." Duo answered. "I summon Goblin Attack Force (2300/0), then end my turn."
Jam draws. "My turn's over."
Duo draws. "I switch my Vorse Raider into attack mode, then I summon Luster Dragon (1900/1600). That ends my turn."
Jam draws. All three monsters that he has can't touch my Cyberdark Keel, but I have a funny feeling that one of those cards in his hand is Heavy Storm. And if that's the case, both of my monsters will be completely exposed and it'll cost me the duel.
"Don't keep me waiting too long, Dragon Lord."
"None of those monsters can touch Keel, but I don't want to be left wide open if a Heavy Storm is on the horizon. I'll switch Cyberdark Horn into defense mode, then I'll place another monster on the defense as well and end my turn.
Duo draws. "And here's my Card of Sanctity 2, which makes everything click. Time to blow away your cards with my Heavy Storm."
"I knew it. I'll chain my Threatening Roar trap card to it."

As Heavy Storm wiped the field, Jam's Threatening Roar guaranteed the safety of his Cyberdark Horn. But as all the cards were wiped away, both Cyberdark monsters dropped in points (800 ATK x2). Threatening Roar ruined my plans, but I still have him wide open to my attack. thought Duo.
"No play for you, Duo. I had your Heavy Storm scouted, so I took the precautions to thwart it." said Jam.
"Thwart me you did." admitted Duo. "My turn's over."
Jam draws. "Two cards face down and Cyberdark Keel in the defense will end my turn.
It doesn't matter, those two cards won't stop me now. Ha ha ha... thought Duo, then he drew. "Dragon Lord, the time for patience is at an end." Duo began. "It is true that good things come to those who wait, but bad things also come. Now I will sacrifice my three monsters..."
"Lovely, you're gonna summon Gilford the Lightning."
"Powerful, but not the case. I summon a monster that will be far more devistating, observe!"
Strong winds surrounded the area. The winds were so strong that Hiei was almost esposed from the brush. Suddenly, black clouds formed in the sky, followed by a single bolt of lightning as it crashed on Duo's side of the field. In a flash of light, appeared Duo's monster, shocking Hiei and Jam. "Heke, an Egyptian God..." Jam trailed off.
"Not just any Egyptian God, Slifer the Sky Dragon!" Duo yelled, then cackled demonically.
Slifer, of all the Egyptian Gods... thought Hiei. Once the Dragonlord loses, I will confront this Duo and challenge him. Then, I will kart his carcas to Pegasus after I've defeated him.

Duo... you're the illegal duelist that Pegasus mentioned.
thought Jam. And of all the Egyptian God cards to face, it had to be Osiris....
Duo took a look at Jam as his Egyptian God had taken position on the field (X000/X000). "Look at the power that I hold, Slifer the Sky Dragon." he said. "But I think I will play an extra card, my Lightning Vortex. And with a discarded card, your Cyberdarks are destroyed."
"Lovely." and Jam saw the spell destroy his monsters.
"Look at you, I know you're scared of this Egyptian God. We can smell your fear."
"I fear no monster, not even Osiris." said Jam.
"Osiris? There is no Osiris present, just me and Slifer."
"Since you want to monologue, lemme tell you a story."
"Go ahead, make your last words amusing."
"Tch. When Pegasus went to excavate the tablets of the Egyptian Gods, he took a close friend with him. The two managed to excavate Ra and Obelisk without trouble, leaving only one more... the one you're currently weilding. The original name of that Egyptian God was-"
"We know the name, get to the point."
"I was, Duo. The Third card is named Saint Dragon Osiris - Embodiment of Destruction. As this name was read, disaster struck, taking the life of Pegasus friend. His friend's name was John Slifer, and in honor of his comrade, Osiris' card was changed to Slifer the Sky Dragon."
"Such a touching story, now to finish my turn. I equip Slifer with Fairy Meteor Crush, then I play my Card of Sanctity 2. So pray that you draw the proper cards... Not that they will help you, but hope may deal you a Kuriboh or two."

Both duelists drew six card hands. Fear not, Osiris. I will find a way to set you free... somehow. thought Jam.
"Now it is time to wipe you out." Duo continued. "As you should know, Slifer... or Osiris in your case, gain 1000 ATK for each card in my hand. And unfortunately for you, I have six cards in my hand (6000 ATK). Fairy Meteor Crush will only be active for one turn, but at least it'll guarantee my safe destruction over you. So, are there any other words that you wish to say?"
"You're an idiot. Pegasus has Necrophade Black hunting for your ass and if this duel is on the big screen, you'll be found and taken into custody. But I can still help you, but I need to know how you got that duel disk of yours to legally play the Egyptian God cards."
"You'll never get that info out of me. Slifer, attack his face down monster with Thunder Force!"
"Just so you know, you're attacking The Dragon Dwelling in the Cave (1300/2000)."
"2000 DEF, but it still won't save you, because your life points are fifty points lower than the damage you will recieve! Die, Dragon Lord!"

The attack hits, creating a lot of dust to kick up into the air. It took an Egyptian God from an illegal duelist to defeat the Dragonlord, what a shame. thought Hiei.
"It's over, this duel is over." said Duo. "And when the dust settles, it'll show my opponent's fallen frame on the ground and I will be the new and king of kings. I am the new Dragon Lord."
"The... hell... you... are!"
Duo was shocked. "Who said that?"
"The current Dragonlord, that's who." Jam answered.
"But you've lost."
"Not really."
As the dust settled, it was revealed that Jam had activated a card. "Duo, I will not lose to you or your illegally modified duel disk." said Jam.
"Wait, but I won." said Duo.
"No, you didn't. You did however, destroy my dragon. By just before everything, I activated my quick play spell Poison of the Old Man."
"But when did that happen?"
"Before damage calculation. Poison of the Old Man has two features and I used the effect of increasing my life points by 1200. 3950+1200= 5150, which means that I still have life points left <1150>."
"No, you snaked away my victory..."
"I do that a lot."
Duo simply laughed. "So you managed to snatch a move from the jaws of defeat. It doesn't matter anyway, because I've still won. You can't stop my Egyptian God, so hurry up and move." Fairy Meteor Crush is destroyed.
Jam lookedat his hand of six cards. There's only one card in my deck that can destroy Osiris, but that spell isn't in my possession. he thought. No matter, I still promise to free you, Osiris. Well deck, let's finish what we started. Jam then drew his card, but didn't get the spell that he needed. What he did draw, was the one spell he thought he had removed from his deck, Dragon's Mirror. My Dragon's Mirror... but why? I was hoping for Offerings to the Doomed, but I get this instead... he was confused, but looked at the Egyptian God that opposed him.
"Finish your turn so you may face your judgement!" Duo yelled.
"You're right, I will face my judgement. And in facing my judgement, I will cast yours as well. I play the spell card Dragon's Mirror!"

Elsewhere in the fun park, Stan was walking down the trail, but his duel disk began to glow. What's the deal? he wondered, then opened the slot to his extra deck. He removed the cards and found that the Five God Dragon was glowing. It fired a beam of light into the air that rose from the card, then the card began to fade away. "Somebody's going back to their owner...."
Meanwhile, back dueliside, Jam had activated his spell. "Prepare yourself, Duo. Because you will now face your judgement." he said as his mirror appeared. "Now the following dragons in my graveyard will be removed from play and take sanctuary into this mirror."
Duo smirked. So he plans to summon the Five God Dragon. he thought. Good, but even that card cannot stand up to the power of Slifer the Sky Dragon.
"The mirror calls for the: Hunter Dragon; Exploder Dragon; Kaiser Glider; Gray Wing: Chthonian Emperor Dragon, enter the mirror and unite as one!"
"This is going to be interesting..." Hiei trailed off as he stood from his cover.

Jam's five dragons rose from his graveyard and entered the mirror, then the mirror exploded. Soon, the ray of light that left from Stan appeared from the sky and fell to the ground near Jam. Duo couldn't believe the intense flash that it made, but soon saw that Jam had the Five God Dragon at his side once again (5000/5000). "I attack with the Five God Dragon!" Jam cries.
"Fool, what a waste." said Duo. "Slifer the Sky Dragon's second mouth will activate and weaken your monster by 2000 ATK points."
And Slifer's effect kicked in. The Egyptian God fired a blue fireball from its second mouth and hits the Five God Dragon, covering it in smoke. Seconds later, the smoke moved from Jam's dragon and swirled in front of the spell/trap zone, then was engulfed by Jam's trap card. Duo couldn't believe his eyes. "Skill Drain?" he asked.
"Yeah, Skill Drain." Jam answered <150>.
"Skill Drain still didn't help you."
"That's funny, because take a look at my dragon (5000 ATK). As you can see, it worked properly, by negating the effect of Osiris."
"But the Egyptian Gods are immune to traps..."
"The Egyptian Gods are immune to traps that specifically target them. Skill Drain targets all monsters on the field and not specifically the Egyptian God, so it negated Osiris' effect."
"It doesn't matter, I still won."
"No, you didn't pay attention. Osiris' effecr was negated, which means you're in a world of hurt."
"Heke?" and Duo looked at his Egyptian God (0 ATK). "What the hell, the power of my Egyptian God..."
"What power, Osiris has no power."
"No..."
"Five God Dragon, attack!"

The attack was launched, sinding a blast towards Duo's Egyptian God with considerable force. Though the god wasn't destroyed, it fell to the ground defeated and the duel was over. Hiei decided to stay covered and saw Jam approach the illegal duelist. "Now that you've lost, explain yourself." Jam demanded.
"Explain myself..." Duo began, "never. You will never know how this was possible. You can interrogate me as much as you want, but I won't say a word."
Jam pulled out his Blade of Ra. "What you failed to realize is that I can obtain this secret from you... with or without you telling me."
"I'd like to see you try, Dragon Lord."
"Proposal accepted."
It was at that moment where Jam thrusted his Blade of Ra into Duo's head where his third eye would be, causing him to scream. The Blade of Ra burst into flames, causing Duo to scream even further, then Jam turned the Blade. Hiei couldn't believe his eyes... This isn't the side of the Dragonlord I am used to seeing. he thought as he saw the blade turned a second time.
Duo continued to scream in pain. "I can take my answers from you..." Jam said as he turned the Blade a third time. "By unlocking your mind, all is revealeld to me. Such is the extend of my power." The Blade of Ra was turned a final time, causing more screaming from Duo. Seconds later, it was removed from Duo's head, taking a dark aura that was trapped by the Blade. This was then slashed and faded away moments later.

"I have to admit, I'm rather content with this side of you." said Hiei.
Jam turned to see Hiei approaching him. "Is that so?" he asked.
"Quite."
"Well at least he won't be fiddling with an illegal duel disk anymore. And he won't be modifying anymore duel disks either."
"So he did this by himself..."
"Yes."
Hiei went to Duo's deck and examined it. "Not only does he have the Egyptian Gods, he has other gods in his deck to play with. Too bad he had to be killed."
"Duo isn't dead, he just fainted. Such is my curse, for a cannot take lives with my Blade."
"Either way, this gets an illegal duelist out of the fun park."
"And my dragon is once again a powerful being in my arsenal."
The Light of the card was falling into Jam's open paw, but this was soon interrupted by a swish of wind. Hiei and Jam turn to see what this cause was. "Wait a minute, that's Axe Dragonute." said Hiei.
It was Axe Dragonute, then Nazaruda appeared to take the light into his paws. "I'll take this card." he said as the Five God Dragon appeared in his paw.
Hiei drew his sword. "Return that card immediately!" he ordered.
"Make me, Hiei. Even you can't through my Axe Dragonute..."
"Do not test my patience, Nazaruda."
"And what say you, 'Dragon Lord' about your card..."
Jam simply looked at Nazaruda. "You really try to had to get my attention, Nazaruda." he responded.
"You won't even say, 'Return my card, Nazaruda'?"
"You won't get that glory from me."

"Even so, I have something of yours that you will eventually want."
"Enough, this will not go without discipline." said Hiei.
""If you dare advance, I will tear this card to shreds." and Nazaruda held the card like he was ready to rip it.
Hiei stood down. "This isn't over, Nazaruda."
"And this doesn't concern you, Soldier. This is between me and him, the so-called Dragon Lord. But if he wants his card back, he'll have to find me and duel for it." and Nazaruda walked away laughing.
Hiei simply looked at Jam. "And you're just going to let him get away with your card?" he questioned.
"Yup." Jam answered.
"WHY?!"
"You forget that the five God Dragon has no use to him. Besides, Nazaruda's acting like a little brat that wants attention. The baby who cries for not being picked up spoiled."
"You are a joke. If anyone took simething that was mine even if it is no use to them, I will hunt that ass down and collect what is mine. You are too passive aggressive for your own good."
"Jam just doesn't let bad emotions dictate his actions." said a female voice.
"Who said that?" asked Hiei.
"I said that. Now turn around and see me."

Jam and Hiei turned into the direction of the voice and who appeared was someone neither of them expected.