85 Yugi-Lite 2

Not long later, video camera in hand Yarden walked along the path away from the Obelisk Blue boys dormitory.

Instead of heading up towards the Duel Academy itself though, he made his way down towards the docks and then passed them as well, circling around and-

A shrill high pitched scream echoed.

And it was very close by.

"Ah, I'm just on time then." Yarden grinned, picking up the pace from a walk, into a quick jog.

He rounded the corner a few moments later and found Syrus laying flat on his back beside a large rocky outcropping, while another taller teenager stood near the edge atop another, dressed in the mustard yellow jacket of Ra Yellow, with a ragged scarf around his neck.

Dimitri.

Also, for some reason he'd made the bottom of his jacket flare out at the back, the same way Yugi Moto wore his own jacket.

'How did he even do that anyway?' Yarden thought idly as he made his way over to Syrus, did he like use an iron or something? A pot of some hardening substance to stick it that way?

So weird.

"Syrus, you alright?" Yarden asked the boy who was just kind of laying there, groaning.

How did he even fall anyway? It wasn't like Dimitri had access to any real power, he highly doubted Yugi's deck would do that to some poor innocent kid just trying to get the stolen deck back.

…Maybe he just slipped? Syrus was a real klutz after all. Kid needed to work on his body and get fitter for sure, especially his legs.

Some calf raises and squats would do wonders for keeping his footing firm and stable.

"Y-Yarden," Syrus winced as he helped him up and gave him a pitiful look, "He has it….and he beat me…easily."

That wasn't exactly a grand accomplishment, but Yarden held his tongue, "Has what?" he asked, even though he already knew.

"Yugi's deck…he stole it." Syrus revealed.

"That right?" Yarden hummed, hiding a grin. With that now known, he could act on that information. He turned to Dimitri, "Alright mustard boy, how about you hand that deck back over, stealing's a crime you know?"

Dimitri merely raised an eyebrow at him, "Mustard boy? Do you mean that fool Dimitri? I think you have me mistaken for someone else young Duelist," he replied, his voice filled with a forced gravel and grit, that was nothing like his usual high pitched and rather whiny sounding voice, "I am Yugi Moto, the King of Games and greatest duellist in the world!"

He was really going to give himself a sore throat was what he was actually, if he kept that up too long.

"Aren't you a little old to be playing pretend mate?" Yarden snorted and casually jumped up atop the rocky outcropping Syrus had been standing atop previously, "Now how about you give it up before you actually get in trouble. Or before you end up catching these hands." he continued, holding up a fist.

Dimitri snorted, crossing his arms, "Threats of violence and made up nonsense about not handing over my own deck? I think not," he then uncrossed his arms and dramatically pointed at Yarden, "If you wish to take my deck from me foul ruffian, you will have to do it through the ancient ways. In a duel!"

Hmmm.

He kind of wanted to just say screw it and go kick him around a bit. He had to resist the urge to cringe from that. He was feeling embarrassed even from being involved in this nonsense.

How could he say crap like that without wanting to curl up and die?

Still, he resisted the urge to say that big final 'screw it' and do him in real proper. After all, a recorded victory over Yugi Moto's deck, used by a pretender or not, would go a long way to boost his infamy alongside his victory over the Paradox Brothers.

And if his instigations went his way, Rex Raptor sometime in the future as well. There was no way that guy with his fragile ego would stay silent with his insults on live television and then refusal to apologise.

"Fine, whatever," Yarden shrugged and agreed aloud, "It won't take long I suppose." saying that, he crouched down and held his video camera out to Syrus.

He would have tossed it over, but the klutz would have totally dropped it.

"Eh?" Syrus gave him a confused look, even as he accepted it.

"I was going to take a video of Yugi's deck, but I think a video of me crushing his deck in a duel will be much better," Yarden smirked, "Record the duel Syrus." he ordered.

"Ehh…okay?" Syrus nodded and agreed.

With that taken care of Yarden stood back up fully and turned to face Dimitri, pressing the button in his gauntlet to deploy his dragon wing duel disk.

"Let's do this then Dimitri, just don't whine too much when I wreck you." Yarden taunted.

Gotta play to his audience after all.

"Hmph, the cute smack talk of a child in over his head," Dimitri snorted, "But since you're so gung ho, then I don't suppose you mind me taking lead and drawing first? It's only natural for the King of Games to go first after all."

Yarden LP: 4000

Dimitri LP: 4000

"Go for it." Yarden shrugged, initiating the duel and drawing five cards, while Dimitri drew six.

"Then allow me to show you the true power of the greatest duellist of all!" Dimitri laughed loudly and proudly, "And I'll begin by playing a favourite spell card of mine, Dark Magic Curtain! This spell card allows me to give up half of my life points and summon the legendary Dark Magician from anywhere in my deck!"

In front of him, a large skeleton phased into view as he played the card, dangling a massive dark curtain that flapped in the wind. It pulled back a moment later to reveal a tall man dressed in purple robes and carrying a green sceptre in hand.

Dark Magician - Spellcaster/Dark/Level 7/Normal: 2500/2100

Yarden LP: 4000

Dimitri LP: 2000

Syrus gasped in awe, "The Dark Magician….and on the first turn too!"

…Okay, but why? Sure it was a twenty five hundred attack point beat stick and the face of Yugi's deck, but the idiot just went and spent half of his life points on his very first move of the duel, never mind turn.

As expected, this clown really was-

"And now with him on the field, I'll go ahead and play the continuous spell card, Sleight of Hand!" Dimitri immediately followed and played another spell card that appeared face up on the field, displaying a hand with two cards on it, one a spell, the other a trap while, the hand having the sleeve of a very familiar purple robe, "What this does young duellist, is allow me to play trap cards immediately, even from my hand as long as I have a Dark Magician monster on the field."

…Okay, that was new. Yarden had never heard of that card before.

"And immediately, I will play the trap card Solemn Wishes!" Dimitri continued, setting another card, this one displaying the face of a solemn woman, "A simple card, but powerful! It is a continuous trap that gives me five hundred life points for every card I draw!"

'Oh, so that was why.' Yarden raised an eyebrow in interest. He was planning on regaining Life Points per turn passively with that card to make up for the ones he lost with the summoning of Dark Magician.

Not a bad plan to be honest.

"And now I activate the spell card Bond Between Master of Pupil!" And it seemed Dimitri was far from finished, "This card allows me to special summon a Dark Magician Girl from anywhere in my deck so long as Dark Magician is on the field. And not only that, it allows me to set one of three different spell cards on the field ready to be used at my leisure!"

A split moment later, a familiar beautiful perky blonde, tiny pink skirt wearing magician burst onto the field with a happy giggle.

'Oh hey, it's me, hi me!' Dark Magician Girl giggled from his side.

Dark Magician Girl - Spellcaster/Dark/Level 5/Effect: 2000/1700

Yarden's second eyebrow rose, 'I'm fairly certain you're not supposed to be able to summon another monster the turn you activate Dark Magic Curtain.' he thought.

Another change, huh?

'Yep, and you better watch out,' Dark Magician Girl hummed, 'That set card can be any of Dark Magic Attack, Dark Burning Attack or Dark Magic Twin Burst, and any of them spell bad news for you master.'

Lovely.

Well, he only had two cards left in his hand so, he should be done with his turn soon, and it wasn't like there was anything so far he couldn't handle.

"Now I activate the magic of Pot of Greed, allowing me to draw two new cards!" Dimitri immediately dashed those thoughts and drew two cards, "Aha, hello my friend!" the other boys eyes lit up upon seeing one of the cards he drew.

Oh for Christ sake.

And with that his life points rose by a thousand.

Dimitri looked at Yarden with a smug looking smirk, "I drew my dear ally Watapon, and thanks to his special effect, if he enters my hand through a card effect, I can immediately summon him!"

A cute little pink fluffball burst into existence within a shimmer of light in front of Dimitri.

Watapon - Fairy/Light/Level 1/Effect: 200/300

Well, at least it was only Watapon. A tiny little defence or decent for a tribute, but nothing threatening. Still, three monsters on the first turn.

That was pretty impressive for the losers around here.

"Now, everything is in place," Dimitri chuckled, "With this, I play the equip spell card, Mage Power and equip it to my Dark Magician, increasing his attack points by five hundred for every spell or trap card on my field!"

Dark Magician - Spellcaster/Dark/Level 7/Normal: 4000/2100

Okay, a little more alarming now! But, nothing he still couldn't deal with.

"And thus the conditions are filled, thanks to Mage Power and Sleight Of Hand, I can activate the last card in my hand, the mighty trap card, Card Of Last Will!" Dimitri played the last card he had, emptying his hand in total, "When a monster on my side of the field has their attack or defence points change in any way, this card allows me to draw until I have five cards in my hand!"

…Wait, what?!

Yarden's eyes widened as Dimitri immediately began drawing until he had five cards once more in his hand, 'That's bullshit, what the fuck is that!?' he gaped.

Not only did it give him five cards back in his hand, but it also made it so his life points jumped up by a full twenty five hundred.

Yarden LP: 4000

Dimitri LP: 5500

He had nearly half again as many life points as he started with!

"Mmm, those are some lovely life points, don't you agree young duelist?" Dimitri chuckled, "I'm sure you're getting tired with me though, so I'll finish my turn…in a moment. Moving forward, I shall sacrifice my Watapon to summon the ever electrifyingly powerful Summoned Skull!"

Watapon shimmered and disappeared and in its place, a massive demonic skull clad behemoth appeared in its place.

Summoned Skull- Fiend/Dark/Level 6/Normal: 2500/1200

"And now finally, my last play of this turn!" Dimitri declared grandly, slapping down another card, "I play the spell card Dedication Through Light and Darkness! By sacrificing one Dark Magician Monster, like my Dark Magician Girl I can special summon the one, the only, the legendary DarkMagician Of Chaos from my deck!"

The Dark Magician Girl on the field pouted as she disappeared and in her place, a slender man clad in dark with a large staff exploded into existence and took to the field.

"Welcome my friend," Dimitri greeted the card before turning to Yarden with chuckle, "And now I set one final card, and I end my turn, and thanks to the effect of my Dark Magician Of Chaos, I can take back one spell card from my graveyard and and it to my hand, I choose the spell card Bond Between Student And Teacher and now pass the baton to you my dear opponent."

And Dark Magician's attack rose by another five hundred with the face down added to the field bringing it to a grand total of four thousand five hundred thanks to Mage Power.

…It was matched with Five Headed Dragon.

Dark Magician - Spellcaster/Dark/Level 7/Normal: 5000/2100

Yarden stared at the field set up before him on his opponents side. A continuous trap that gave five hundred life points for every card drawn, a continuous spell that allowed his opponent to play trap cards immediately without setting them. An equip card that increased one of his monsters attack points by five hundred for every trap or spell on his side of the field, one face down that could be one of three possibilities and another unknown.

…And…that.

Dimitri LP: 5500

Dark Magician - Spellcaster/Dark/Level 7/Normal: 5000/2100

Summoned Skull - Fiend/Dark/Level 6/Normal: 2500/1200

Dark Magician Of Chaos - Spellcaster/Dark/Level 8/Effect: 2800/2600

Well now, this could be a problem.