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Chapter 6 part 2
DISCALIMER: I don’t own Harry Potter or Yugioh or have any rights to them or make any money and such so don’t sue me as you won’t get much!
Chapter 6
Panik VS Hari duel – part 2
“Alright,” Hari said as he gathered his courage “I play the Winged Dragon Guardian of the Fortress (1200 defence points) in defence mode.”
“I summon this monster,” Panik said as he play another card that was hidden by the shadows “Your defensive manoeuvring might keep you safe from one of my monsters but not two.”
‘His right, defending alone won’t win me the duel’ Hari thought.
“Just admit it,” Panik’s voice reached Hari’s ears “Just admit your terrified and that all of your courage has been devoured by my shadowy fog.”
Tristan turned to Mai and asked “Just how the hell is he suppose to take this guy out! I mean with the shadows hiding his monsters it’s impossible!”
Mai sighed and gave him a defeated look “If knew that then we wouldn’t be in this situation now would we? The kid, Hari must think there’s some way of counteract Panik’s shadows but they were created by the Castle of Dark Illusions which is nearly impossible to impregnable.”
Hari suddenly thought ‘what if I attack the darkness itself?’ Hari then gave Panik a grin “I switch the Winged Dragon into attack mode (1400 attack points) and I attack the darkness with its fireballs!”
The Winged Dragon’s fireballs went into the darkness, illuminating the darkness making it so Hari’s computer could get a quick scan and give him information. The monster’s in the darkness appeared for a quick second and the computer told Hari that the monster’s was Barox and Dark Chimera.
“I destroy your Winged Dragon Guardian of the Fortress,” Panik said with an evil grin “Which takes your life points down to 1606, has it sunk in yet? That standing up to a bully leaves you nowhere to go but down.”
‘His right’ Hari thought as he looked at his life points then at Panik’s whose has even been scratched ‘I’ve lost two good monsters while Panik’s not lost any, I can’t even hear what I’m up against. But things where worse with my relatives and I’ve got people waiting for me this time, I’ll keep going to find a way to put that big bully in his place.’
“Your dragon has been defeated,” Panik said with a curl smirk “Think you can keep going?”
“I live in the darkness before I found my father, I’m still in the darkness but I have people who love me now waiting for me in the light,” Hari said “In the dark it’s hard to take aim at the enemy’s monsters and even though I can shine a light in the darkness for a moment it will soon be taken over by darkness again, the computer might not be able to tell me what the monsters are but I won’t give up, I’ve been and survived through worse.”
“The night has eyes and all of them are n you kid,” Panik said from within the darkness.
‘The Castle of Dark Illusions is on the field, which makes it impossible for the computer to tell me what Panik’s monsters are but I have to remember that panicking about it will only make things worse, I better do this and not let Panik see me sweat’ Hari thought as he got his computer to read what was in his hand for him again.
“Don’t stop struggling on my account,” Panik said “It’s so much more fun when they resist.”
“Stop talking tough,” Hari said “It’s nothing coming from someone who makes all of his attacks while hiding in the shadows.”
“I’m invincible in the dark!” Panik yelled.
“That’s not true,” Hari deadpanned “You’re just hiding in the dark; you’re merely a useless thing.”
Panik growled and hit the button causing the fire to come out again “You better think twice before insulting someone who can scorch you with the touch of a button. Your all lost and alone in the dark while I’m the big bad bogeyman who has your life in my hands.”
“Yeah right,” Hari laughed “I know your type Panik, you are the bogeyman, scaring little children into being afraid of the dark, until they realize that the dark is nothing to be afraid of,” Hari held up a card “This card will expose you Panik and left up the veil of shadows you cower behind and then you’ll taste the real darkness.”
“Why is Hari telling Panik his strategy for?” Tristan asked as they listened to Hari.
“His panicking,” Mai said simply “It’s the same thing that happened to me you start making amateur mistakes but that confident look in his body isn’t fake.”
“But he doesn’t look like his panicking,” Bakura commented “And what does he mean by ‘the real darkness’?”
Panik let out a dark laugh “That card is just a bluff, I dare you kid to prove me wrong.”
“Why should I?” Hari asked simply “You don’t allow my computer to tell me what your cards are with all the hiding in shadows but to prove it I’ll show you the card.”
“You don’t need to do anything to prove anything,” Jo yelled hoping that this hadn’t made Hari slowly fall back into his old ways.
Hari ignored Jo and turned the card around to reveal the Swords of Revealing Light (also known as the Sealing Swords of Light).
“Not only will the Swords of Revealing Light stop all of the enemy's monsters' attacks, it will bathe the field in light and expose the creatures lurking in the shadows,” Hari said with a grin “But, I won't play it now. I'll let you worry about how and when I'll use it. I’ll defeat you in five turns.”
Hari picked the card that his computer told him was the Curse of Dragon (1500 defence points) in defence mode and placed a face down card on the field then said “I’ll make it so you can see the light Panik, in just five turns from now.”
‘That face down card must be the Swords of Revealing light’ Panik thought as he planned out his next move.
“Why is he keeping that card out if he’s not going to play it yet?” Tristan asked.
Mai sighed “It’s not a good sign, I was able to keep it together for about this long too but after a while Panik has a way of getting to you and making you slip up.”
“Don’t worry,” Joey said as he calmed down Jo “Hari knows what his doing.”
“I sure do hope so,” Bakura said gaining a glare from Joey as Jo clinged to him.
“I’m sure that Hari will be fine,” Yugi said to the worried and over protective Jo.
“He might be good but fighting Panik isn’t about being good,” Mai said gaining everyone’s attention “It’s about keeping your head when you’re lost in the dark or being attacked by fire, the kid’s going to need guts to win not skill.”
“I know Hari,” Jo said determinably “His got heart, he won’t give up no matter what the odds are.”
“That may be true,” Bakura said “But look, his left the best cards out and vulnerable, you don’t make a mistake like that unless you’re nervous.”
“This is more than just a game of duel monsters,” Mai said “This is also a battle of words.”
Panik took his turn, he looked at the card he drew and let out a haunting laugh “It was a daring move to tell me about your card but it was also a critical mistake to leave it on the field exposed. I summon the Reaper of the Cards (also known as the Death God Reaper of the Cards and has 1380 attack points) when it’s summoned all magic cards fear the ghostly toll of doom, Reaper of the Cards, attack the face down card.”
The Reaper flies towards Hari’s face down card, as, shouts of panic and worry could be heard from the gang watching, but when the Reaper's scythe hits Hari's face-down card, its attack stops.
Panik stared at the warning sign flashing on his game readout in astonishment.
“I never said that my face down card was the Swords of Revealing Light,” Hari said with a grin which gained several shocked looks “It’s a trap card called Spellbinding Circle (also known as Hexagram Spell) it seizes your Reaper, stopping it from attacking.”
The Reaper of Cards was frozen in place by the Spellbinding Circle.
“Duellists must be wary of the Reaper and its ability to send magic cards to the graveyard,” Hari said in a lecture tone making Panik angrier “I figured that you’d probably had one in your deck but now that its frozen I can play whatever magic cards on the field I want.”
“He did it!” Jo said happily as he hugged Joey making them both go bright red.
‘Just who is this kid, I can’t even keep up with him on the sidelines’ Mai thought ‘How can he make such calm moves while facing such a strong enemy?’
“His doing good but he hasn’t won the duel yet,” Bakura reminded them “Just look how angry Panik is.”
“Panik, you’ve fooled yourself and wasted a powerful card too, now the coast is clear,” Hari said as he placed a card down “I play the Swords of Revealing Light along with another magic card, both face down.”
“What is he going to do now?” Joey wondered out loud.
“We'll soon find out,” Bakura said.
“So what if you’ve captured my Reaper?” Panik said angrily “It’s only one of the powerful cards that I have in my deck and the others will destroy you, you brat!”
“That’s one smooth move,” Yugi said “His caught one of Panik’s most powerful monsters and now he’s got two magic cards on the table as well.”
“I may ofnot launched an effective attack yet but that will soon change,” Hari said innocently “I will defeat you in five turns Panik and that is a promise.”
Panik began to sweat as he got more nervous by the second.
“Only four more turns left Panik,” Hari said lazily.
4 turns left
“Just four turns before I drag you out from your shadows and show you up for what you really are,” Hari said with an evil smirk “A bully.”
“Have you forgotten just who you are facing? I’m Panik, the Eliminator!” Panik yelled as he turned the flames on.
“They are nice and warm and everything but…” Hari said as he looked from the area were the heat was to Panik “Are the pretty flames suppose to scare me? Because its not working. Could you just hurry up and take your turn please?”
“The kids playing with fire,” Mai muttered “I sure hope he knows what his doing.”
“For once I agree with you Mai,” Joey said as he comforted Jo “This guy’s playing for keeps.”
“Oh yeah,” Mai said “Panik enjoys breaking people down, watching them sweat, for him duelling is just an excuse to practice his cruelty.”
“His overcoming the Eliminator with words,” Jo said “Just you wait until Mr. Pegasus hears about what happened to his son.”
“Mai, is this card really Hari’s ‘trump card?” Joey asked.
“Yes,” Mai answered “Panik has the advantage of the darkness but he’s also being played around by the kid’s word’s, he Panik is in a bad position. The kid’s doing alright.”
“You do know that you can’t stall forever right?” Hari asked.
Shakily, Panik drew his next card, only to laugh out in triumph which caused Hari to frown.
“This beast will win the match for me,” Paink announced “I summons King of Yamimakai (Supreme Ruler of the Dark Demon World, 2000 attack points).”
The power up by the field power bonus made it far stronger than any of Hari’s creatures in Yugi’s deck.
“King of Yamimakai attack the brat’s Curse of Dragon,” Panik ordered confidently only to falter at Hari’s smirk.
They then watched in shock as King of Yamimakai's Shock Attack veers away and destroys Reaper of the Cards instead.
The gang cheer as Panik's life points go down to 494 causing Panik to curses Hari's Spellbinding Circle, which drew in his monster's attack.
“Your monsters don’t do well when they step out into the open and out of the darkness do they Panik?” Hari asked in mock concern.
Hari then activated the Swords of Revealing Light, dispelling the darkness hiding Panik's monsters.
Panik cowered from the brightness “Stop it! I can't stand the light.”
The light forms into shining swords around Panik's monsters, exposing them.
“He did it!” Jo yelled as he, Tristan, Joey, Mai and Bakura cheered.
Hari stood there with a smug grin on his face as his computer finally gave him the needed information.
“Just three more turns left Panik,” Hari said as he held up three fingers “Just three more turns left.”
3 turns left
“You do know that I didn’t just use the Swords of Revealing Light just to reveal your monsters so I could have my computer tell me what I need to know,” Hari added “It also causes them to be frozen, preventing them from attacking for three turns.”
‘The kid’s only monster on the field is the Curse of Dragon whike I still have three strong monsters’ Panik said as he tried to calm himself down ‘Barox (1380 ATK, raised to 1794 by the field power bonus), Dark Chimera (1610 ATK, raised to 2093), and King of Yamimakai (2000 ATK, raised to 2600). After three turns, they'll be free again, and the brat will be begging me to end this duel!’
“Your stalling,” Hari said as he cutely tilted his head to one side “Are you panicking? Are you afraid to draw your next card?”
“Usually, my opponents are sobbing and broken by now, but you’re not like the others. I'll relish crushing your spirit,” Panik said with an angry growl in his voice.
Panik draws, he looked at what he drew and laughed “You can forget about your foolish thoughts of beating me in three turns kid, I’ve just drawn the Chaos Shield (this is the Japanese name of the card—the real card's English name is Yellow Luster Shield, and it's been given a slight redesign in the US version), I place the card face down on the field.”
‘His put all of his monsters into defence moved and raised their defence by 300 points’ Hari realized as the computer gave him the information from Panik’s play.
“I’ve combined this card with my Castle of Dark Illusions to protject a defensive shield around my area,” Panik said with an evil grin as a shield of light forms around the Swords and surrounding Panik’s monsters.
“He can’t get near Panik’s monsters now,” Mai said as she bite her lip in worry.
“What do you mean?” Tristan asked Mai.
“Panik's untouchable, while Hari's a sitting duck!” Mai said Hari's enemy is no ordinary person.”
“As long as Chaos Shield is in place you can’t touch my monsters brat,” Panik gloated “Do you still think that you can defeat me in three turns?”
“The Shield has raised the defence points of all of his monsters, the Castle of Dark Illusions now has a defence of 3200, while Dark Chimera, Barox, and King of Yamimakai's defences all rise to 2600,” Panik said in glee.
‘His right’ Hari thought ‘that shield’s protecting him against any attack, even from the strongest monsters in this deck.’
“He doesn’t stand a chance,” Mai said with a shake of her head as Panik laughed “Panik is brutal, ruthless and everything the ultimate duellist needs to be.”
“It seems that you’ve become so cynical about Duel Monsters, and you don't understand what’s going on at all. There's much more to Hari than meets the eye,” Jo said as he loosened his grip on Joey’s arm.
Tristan grabbed Joey by the shoulder “Hari can win this, can't he?”
Joey didn’t reply but the look on his face showed that he was unsure.
“Give up and admit defeat,” Panik demanded “It’s your turn so give up.”
“Don’t worry about this duel ending,” Hari said with a small laugh “You just win through intimidation not skill. I’ve figured your strategy out the minute I found out what type of man you are Panik. I knew that you’d play Chaos Shield, cowardly bullies always try and hide behind something.”
“Shut up!” Panik yelled, through he was starting to lose it and sweating like mad.
“Your whole strategy is nothing but hiding and cowering,” Hari said with a shrug.
Furious, Panik turned the fire jets up to maximum and blasted them at Hari, but Hari casually shifts out of their way.
“I might be blind,” Hari said “But I’m not stupid, I can feel the heat that those lovely flames of yours give off.”
“It’s a battle of who can hold their nerve,” Mai said as she suddenly realized what was going on.
“Shut up and admit defeat or I’ll burn you to a cinder,” Panik threatened as he placed his hand close to the button again.
“That would just prove what a big coward you are Panik,” Hari said with a shrug of his shoulders “If you’re not afraid then you should just stop hiding in the shadow’s and play the game with honour or I’ll rip your pathetic fearsome façade away and drag you out.”
“Your just bluffing kid,” Panik said.
“There's only one way you'll know for sure,” Hari said “Play out the game. They'll know in two turns.”
2 turns left
“But the question Panik, do you have the courage?” Hari asked.
“I'll crush you and wipe out your life points,” Panik yelled.
“The kids really shook Panik up. Psychology is half the game,” Mai said, slightly impressed “He's safe for now but the battle of life and death starts here.”
Hari drew, then summoned Gaia the Fierce Knight (2300 ATK).
“You idiot, do you really think that a monster that weak can break through his Chaos Shield?” Panik asked, practically foaming at the mouth.
“Read and weep,” Hari said as he flipped his remaining magic card to reveal Polymerization, which Hari used to fuse Gaia with Curse of Dragon to form Gaia the Dragon Champion (2600 ATK). “I ends his turn, and you are finished Panik.”
‘What the hell is the kid up to’ Panik wondered ‘the Castle of Dark Illusions is still much too strong with a defence of 3200. There must be more to the brat’s plan than this, or he wouldn't be so confident. I can't risk attacking, but if I wait one more turn, then the Swords of Revealing Light will wear off. Then I'll deactivate his Chaos Shield, and all his monsters will be free to attack the brat at once.’
Panik drew, and plays Metal Guardian (2150 DEF) in defence mode. The field power bonus raises its defence to 2795 points.
“Any attack against his monsters is impossible!” Panik said with a grin.
“You’re doing it again, your cowering again,” Hari scolded “Your strategy is nothing but putting up defences.”
“Shut up,” Panik yelled “Next turn the Sword’s of Revealing Light will disappear and I’ll be able to hit you with everything at once!”
“To bad that it will be too late, that was your last turn,” Hari said with a smile.
1 turn left
“I summon Catapult Turtle (1000 ATK), you know the saying, slow and steady wins the duel,” Hari said “I can use it to launch Gaia the Dragon Champion and shatter Panik's defences. Catapult Turtle raises Gaia's attack power to 3200.”
Twitching, Panik said “My monsters defence power is still too strong brat, you can't touch them.”
“Whoever said I was going to attack your monster’s Panik?” Hari asked with a mischievous smile “I’m attacking the Castle of Dark Illusions!”
“You’re a fool,” Panik yelled out “My Castle is still invincible.”
“We'll just have to see won’t we?” Hari asked
Hari then launched Gaia the Dragon Champion. The Dragon Champion was destroyed, and Hari’s life points go down to 300.
Hari stood confidently listening as the smoke cleared.
Everyone looked closely (Hari listened to what the computer was saying), The Castle appeared to be intact at first, but then the ring around it cracked and fall to the ground. The rest of it remains in the air, though.
“Damn it,” Jo cried out “The castle’s still floating!”
“To bad brat,” Panik laughed “All that hard work and for nothing, my Castle is still unharmed and your attack only knocked the flotation ring off. Your attack has failed and I’ll eliminate you now, once and for all!”
“It’s been five turn’s brat,” Panik said still laughing “And I’m still standing, all of my monsters are still safe and protected within the Chaos Shield. When this turn is over, the Swords of Revealing Light's magic will vanish, and I'll attack with all four of my monsters.”
“There will be no next turn,” Hari said suddenly, shocking everyone “Is it just me or do you think it’s strange that a Castle that’s lost its flotation ring is still floating?”
Realization hit everybody then.
“The Swords of Revealing Light are all that's holding it up now, and once my turn’s is over, the Swords will disappear,” giving Panik a thumbs down, Hari ended his turn.
The Swords disappeared, and the Castle of Dark Illusions begins to fall.
“No! Run my monster’s! Run!” Panic yelled out.
“Sorry but they’re going to go bye bye now,” Hari said “the Chaos Shield that you placed down is trapping them inside. The Castle is slowly sinking and crushing your monsters.”
Panik's life points drop to zero.
The duel platforms lowered down and the duellists stepped off of the platforms.
“I believe these belong to you Mai,” Hari said as he reached for Mai’s hand, which she held out for him, and placed her Star Chips in her hand.
“These Star Chips are yours kid so I still owe you,” Mai said through there was a slight smile on her face “We will meet again and when we finally do face each other in a duel, it will be an honourable one and this time I’m not just aiming to duel Yugi either.”
Mai gave them her goodbye’s and left the group.
“You crippled little thief!” Panik suddenly yelled making everyone jump, they had forgotten that he was still there “When I get my hands on you I’ll-“
Before Panik could say or do anything Jo’s phone went off, the ring tone making Panik fall to the floor and pale. That was the ring tone that only the boss, Pegues, used and none of the employee’s could use it.
They watched as Jo answered the call, talked and then hanged up and put the phone away. Jo then placed a hand on Hari’s left hand side shoulder and tapped it three times.
Yugi, Tristan and Joey frowned in confusion at Jo’s actions but it was soon explained as the next thing they knew was Alex, the baby dragon, had Panik in his claws and was flying over to the castle.
“Turns out that Pegues didn’t know what was going on,” Jo explained as he knew thoughts of ‘how could Pegues let his son go through all that’ were going through their heads “But Pegues has given me orders for me and Hari to…”
To be continued…
Chapter 6
Panik VS Hari duel – part 2
“Alright,” Hari said as he gathered his courage “I play the Winged Dragon Guardian of the Fortress (1200 defence points) in defence mode.”
“I summon this monster,” Panik said as he play another card that was hidden by the shadows “Your defensive manoeuvring might keep you safe from one of my monsters but not two.”
‘His right, defending alone won’t win me the duel’ Hari thought.
“Just admit it,” Panik’s voice reached Hari’s ears “Just admit your terrified and that all of your courage has been devoured by my shadowy fog.”
Tristan turned to Mai and asked “Just how the hell is he suppose to take this guy out! I mean with the shadows hiding his monsters it’s impossible!”
Mai sighed and gave him a defeated look “If knew that then we wouldn’t be in this situation now would we? The kid, Hari must think there’s some way of counteract Panik’s shadows but they were created by the Castle of Dark Illusions which is nearly impossible to impregnable.”
Hari suddenly thought ‘what if I attack the darkness itself?’ Hari then gave Panik a grin “I switch the Winged Dragon into attack mode (1400 attack points) and I attack the darkness with its fireballs!”
The Winged Dragon’s fireballs went into the darkness, illuminating the darkness making it so Hari’s computer could get a quick scan and give him information. The monster’s in the darkness appeared for a quick second and the computer told Hari that the monster’s was Barox and Dark Chimera.
“I destroy your Winged Dragon Guardian of the Fortress,” Panik said with an evil grin “Which takes your life points down to 1606, has it sunk in yet? That standing up to a bully leaves you nowhere to go but down.”
‘His right’ Hari thought as he looked at his life points then at Panik’s whose has even been scratched ‘I’ve lost two good monsters while Panik’s not lost any, I can’t even hear what I’m up against. But things where worse with my relatives and I’ve got people waiting for me this time, I’ll keep going to find a way to put that big bully in his place.’
“Your dragon has been defeated,” Panik said with a curl smirk “Think you can keep going?”
“I live in the darkness before I found my father, I’m still in the darkness but I have people who love me now waiting for me in the light,” Hari said “In the dark it’s hard to take aim at the enemy’s monsters and even though I can shine a light in the darkness for a moment it will soon be taken over by darkness again, the computer might not be able to tell me what the monsters are but I won’t give up, I’ve been and survived through worse.”
“The night has eyes and all of them are n you kid,” Panik said from within the darkness.
‘The Castle of Dark Illusions is on the field, which makes it impossible for the computer to tell me what Panik’s monsters are but I have to remember that panicking about it will only make things worse, I better do this and not let Panik see me sweat’ Hari thought as he got his computer to read what was in his hand for him again.
“Don’t stop struggling on my account,” Panik said “It’s so much more fun when they resist.”
“Stop talking tough,” Hari said “It’s nothing coming from someone who makes all of his attacks while hiding in the shadows.”
“I’m invincible in the dark!” Panik yelled.
“That’s not true,” Hari deadpanned “You’re just hiding in the dark; you’re merely a useless thing.”
Panik growled and hit the button causing the fire to come out again “You better think twice before insulting someone who can scorch you with the touch of a button. Your all lost and alone in the dark while I’m the big bad bogeyman who has your life in my hands.”
“Yeah right,” Hari laughed “I know your type Panik, you are the bogeyman, scaring little children into being afraid of the dark, until they realize that the dark is nothing to be afraid of,” Hari held up a card “This card will expose you Panik and left up the veil of shadows you cower behind and then you’ll taste the real darkness.”
“Why is Hari telling Panik his strategy for?” Tristan asked as they listened to Hari.
“His panicking,” Mai said simply “It’s the same thing that happened to me you start making amateur mistakes but that confident look in his body isn’t fake.”
“But he doesn’t look like his panicking,” Bakura commented “And what does he mean by ‘the real darkness’?”
Panik let out a dark laugh “That card is just a bluff, I dare you kid to prove me wrong.”
“Why should I?” Hari asked simply “You don’t allow my computer to tell me what your cards are with all the hiding in shadows but to prove it I’ll show you the card.”
“You don’t need to do anything to prove anything,” Jo yelled hoping that this hadn’t made Hari slowly fall back into his old ways.
Hari ignored Jo and turned the card around to reveal the Swords of Revealing Light (also known as the Sealing Swords of Light).
“Not only will the Swords of Revealing Light stop all of the enemy's monsters' attacks, it will bathe the field in light and expose the creatures lurking in the shadows,” Hari said with a grin “But, I won't play it now. I'll let you worry about how and when I'll use it. I’ll defeat you in five turns.”
Hari picked the card that his computer told him was the Curse of Dragon (1500 defence points) in defence mode and placed a face down card on the field then said “I’ll make it so you can see the light Panik, in just five turns from now.”
‘That face down card must be the Swords of Revealing light’ Panik thought as he planned out his next move.
“Why is he keeping that card out if he’s not going to play it yet?” Tristan asked.
Mai sighed “It’s not a good sign, I was able to keep it together for about this long too but after a while Panik has a way of getting to you and making you slip up.”
“Don’t worry,” Joey said as he calmed down Jo “Hari knows what his doing.”
“I sure do hope so,” Bakura said gaining a glare from Joey as Jo clinged to him.
“I’m sure that Hari will be fine,” Yugi said to the worried and over protective Jo.
“He might be good but fighting Panik isn’t about being good,” Mai said gaining everyone’s attention “It’s about keeping your head when you’re lost in the dark or being attacked by fire, the kid’s going to need guts to win not skill.”
“I know Hari,” Jo said determinably “His got heart, he won’t give up no matter what the odds are.”
“That may be true,” Bakura said “But look, his left the best cards out and vulnerable, you don’t make a mistake like that unless you’re nervous.”
“This is more than just a game of duel monsters,” Mai said “This is also a battle of words.”
Panik took his turn, he looked at the card he drew and let out a haunting laugh “It was a daring move to tell me about your card but it was also a critical mistake to leave it on the field exposed. I summon the Reaper of the Cards (also known as the Death God Reaper of the Cards and has 1380 attack points) when it’s summoned all magic cards fear the ghostly toll of doom, Reaper of the Cards, attack the face down card.”
The Reaper flies towards Hari’s face down card, as, shouts of panic and worry could be heard from the gang watching, but when the Reaper's scythe hits Hari's face-down card, its attack stops.
Panik stared at the warning sign flashing on his game readout in astonishment.
“I never said that my face down card was the Swords of Revealing Light,” Hari said with a grin which gained several shocked looks “It’s a trap card called Spellbinding Circle (also known as Hexagram Spell) it seizes your Reaper, stopping it from attacking.”
The Reaper of Cards was frozen in place by the Spellbinding Circle.
“Duellists must be wary of the Reaper and its ability to send magic cards to the graveyard,” Hari said in a lecture tone making Panik angrier “I figured that you’d probably had one in your deck but now that its frozen I can play whatever magic cards on the field I want.”
“He did it!” Jo said happily as he hugged Joey making them both go bright red.
‘Just who is this kid, I can’t even keep up with him on the sidelines’ Mai thought ‘How can he make such calm moves while facing such a strong enemy?’
“His doing good but he hasn’t won the duel yet,” Bakura reminded them “Just look how angry Panik is.”
“Panik, you’ve fooled yourself and wasted a powerful card too, now the coast is clear,” Hari said as he placed a card down “I play the Swords of Revealing Light along with another magic card, both face down.”
“What is he going to do now?” Joey wondered out loud.
“We'll soon find out,” Bakura said.
“So what if you’ve captured my Reaper?” Panik said angrily “It’s only one of the powerful cards that I have in my deck and the others will destroy you, you brat!”
“That’s one smooth move,” Yugi said “His caught one of Panik’s most powerful monsters and now he’s got two magic cards on the table as well.”
“I may ofnot launched an effective attack yet but that will soon change,” Hari said innocently “I will defeat you in five turns Panik and that is a promise.”
Panik began to sweat as he got more nervous by the second.
“Only four more turns left Panik,” Hari said lazily.
4 turns left
“Just four turns before I drag you out from your shadows and show you up for what you really are,” Hari said with an evil smirk “A bully.”
“Have you forgotten just who you are facing? I’m Panik, the Eliminator!” Panik yelled as he turned the flames on.
“They are nice and warm and everything but…” Hari said as he looked from the area were the heat was to Panik “Are the pretty flames suppose to scare me? Because its not working. Could you just hurry up and take your turn please?”
“The kids playing with fire,” Mai muttered “I sure hope he knows what his doing.”
“For once I agree with you Mai,” Joey said as he comforted Jo “This guy’s playing for keeps.”
“Oh yeah,” Mai said “Panik enjoys breaking people down, watching them sweat, for him duelling is just an excuse to practice his cruelty.”
“His overcoming the Eliminator with words,” Jo said “Just you wait until Mr. Pegasus hears about what happened to his son.”
“Mai, is this card really Hari’s ‘trump card?” Joey asked.
“Yes,” Mai answered “Panik has the advantage of the darkness but he’s also being played around by the kid’s word’s, he Panik is in a bad position. The kid’s doing alright.”
“You do know that you can’t stall forever right?” Hari asked.
Shakily, Panik drew his next card, only to laugh out in triumph which caused Hari to frown.
“This beast will win the match for me,” Paink announced “I summons King of Yamimakai (Supreme Ruler of the Dark Demon World, 2000 attack points).”
The power up by the field power bonus made it far stronger than any of Hari’s creatures in Yugi’s deck.
“King of Yamimakai attack the brat’s Curse of Dragon,” Panik ordered confidently only to falter at Hari’s smirk.
They then watched in shock as King of Yamimakai's Shock Attack veers away and destroys Reaper of the Cards instead.
The gang cheer as Panik's life points go down to 494 causing Panik to curses Hari's Spellbinding Circle, which drew in his monster's attack.
“Your monsters don’t do well when they step out into the open and out of the darkness do they Panik?” Hari asked in mock concern.
Hari then activated the Swords of Revealing Light, dispelling the darkness hiding Panik's monsters.
Panik cowered from the brightness “Stop it! I can't stand the light.”
The light forms into shining swords around Panik's monsters, exposing them.
“He did it!” Jo yelled as he, Tristan, Joey, Mai and Bakura cheered.
Hari stood there with a smug grin on his face as his computer finally gave him the needed information.
“Just three more turns left Panik,” Hari said as he held up three fingers “Just three more turns left.”
3 turns left
“You do know that I didn’t just use the Swords of Revealing Light just to reveal your monsters so I could have my computer tell me what I need to know,” Hari added “It also causes them to be frozen, preventing them from attacking for three turns.”
‘The kid’s only monster on the field is the Curse of Dragon whike I still have three strong monsters’ Panik said as he tried to calm himself down ‘Barox (1380 ATK, raised to 1794 by the field power bonus), Dark Chimera (1610 ATK, raised to 2093), and King of Yamimakai (2000 ATK, raised to 2600). After three turns, they'll be free again, and the brat will be begging me to end this duel!’
“Your stalling,” Hari said as he cutely tilted his head to one side “Are you panicking? Are you afraid to draw your next card?”
“Usually, my opponents are sobbing and broken by now, but you’re not like the others. I'll relish crushing your spirit,” Panik said with an angry growl in his voice.
Panik draws, he looked at what he drew and laughed “You can forget about your foolish thoughts of beating me in three turns kid, I’ve just drawn the Chaos Shield (this is the Japanese name of the card—the real card's English name is Yellow Luster Shield, and it's been given a slight redesign in the US version), I place the card face down on the field.”
‘His put all of his monsters into defence moved and raised their defence by 300 points’ Hari realized as the computer gave him the information from Panik’s play.
“I’ve combined this card with my Castle of Dark Illusions to protject a defensive shield around my area,” Panik said with an evil grin as a shield of light forms around the Swords and surrounding Panik’s monsters.
“He can’t get near Panik’s monsters now,” Mai said as she bite her lip in worry.
“What do you mean?” Tristan asked Mai.
“Panik's untouchable, while Hari's a sitting duck!” Mai said Hari's enemy is no ordinary person.”
“As long as Chaos Shield is in place you can’t touch my monsters brat,” Panik gloated “Do you still think that you can defeat me in three turns?”
“The Shield has raised the defence points of all of his monsters, the Castle of Dark Illusions now has a defence of 3200, while Dark Chimera, Barox, and King of Yamimakai's defences all rise to 2600,” Panik said in glee.
‘His right’ Hari thought ‘that shield’s protecting him against any attack, even from the strongest monsters in this deck.’
“He doesn’t stand a chance,” Mai said with a shake of her head as Panik laughed “Panik is brutal, ruthless and everything the ultimate duellist needs to be.”
“It seems that you’ve become so cynical about Duel Monsters, and you don't understand what’s going on at all. There's much more to Hari than meets the eye,” Jo said as he loosened his grip on Joey’s arm.
Tristan grabbed Joey by the shoulder “Hari can win this, can't he?”
Joey didn’t reply but the look on his face showed that he was unsure.
“Give up and admit defeat,” Panik demanded “It’s your turn so give up.”
“Don’t worry about this duel ending,” Hari said with a small laugh “You just win through intimidation not skill. I’ve figured your strategy out the minute I found out what type of man you are Panik. I knew that you’d play Chaos Shield, cowardly bullies always try and hide behind something.”
“Shut up!” Panik yelled, through he was starting to lose it and sweating like mad.
“Your whole strategy is nothing but hiding and cowering,” Hari said with a shrug.
Furious, Panik turned the fire jets up to maximum and blasted them at Hari, but Hari casually shifts out of their way.
“I might be blind,” Hari said “But I’m not stupid, I can feel the heat that those lovely flames of yours give off.”
“It’s a battle of who can hold their nerve,” Mai said as she suddenly realized what was going on.
“Shut up and admit defeat or I’ll burn you to a cinder,” Panik threatened as he placed his hand close to the button again.
“That would just prove what a big coward you are Panik,” Hari said with a shrug of his shoulders “If you’re not afraid then you should just stop hiding in the shadow’s and play the game with honour or I’ll rip your pathetic fearsome façade away and drag you out.”
“Your just bluffing kid,” Panik said.
“There's only one way you'll know for sure,” Hari said “Play out the game. They'll know in two turns.”
2 turns left
“But the question Panik, do you have the courage?” Hari asked.
“I'll crush you and wipe out your life points,” Panik yelled.
“The kids really shook Panik up. Psychology is half the game,” Mai said, slightly impressed “He's safe for now but the battle of life and death starts here.”
Hari drew, then summoned Gaia the Fierce Knight (2300 ATK).
“You idiot, do you really think that a monster that weak can break through his Chaos Shield?” Panik asked, practically foaming at the mouth.
“Read and weep,” Hari said as he flipped his remaining magic card to reveal Polymerization, which Hari used to fuse Gaia with Curse of Dragon to form Gaia the Dragon Champion (2600 ATK). “I ends his turn, and you are finished Panik.”
‘What the hell is the kid up to’ Panik wondered ‘the Castle of Dark Illusions is still much too strong with a defence of 3200. There must be more to the brat’s plan than this, or he wouldn't be so confident. I can't risk attacking, but if I wait one more turn, then the Swords of Revealing Light will wear off. Then I'll deactivate his Chaos Shield, and all his monsters will be free to attack the brat at once.’
Panik drew, and plays Metal Guardian (2150 DEF) in defence mode. The field power bonus raises its defence to 2795 points.
“Any attack against his monsters is impossible!” Panik said with a grin.
“You’re doing it again, your cowering again,” Hari scolded “Your strategy is nothing but putting up defences.”
“Shut up,” Panik yelled “Next turn the Sword’s of Revealing Light will disappear and I’ll be able to hit you with everything at once!”
“To bad that it will be too late, that was your last turn,” Hari said with a smile.
1 turn left
“I summon Catapult Turtle (1000 ATK), you know the saying, slow and steady wins the duel,” Hari said “I can use it to launch Gaia the Dragon Champion and shatter Panik's defences. Catapult Turtle raises Gaia's attack power to 3200.”
Twitching, Panik said “My monsters defence power is still too strong brat, you can't touch them.”
“Whoever said I was going to attack your monster’s Panik?” Hari asked with a mischievous smile “I’m attacking the Castle of Dark Illusions!”
“You’re a fool,” Panik yelled out “My Castle is still invincible.”
“We'll just have to see won’t we?” Hari asked
Hari then launched Gaia the Dragon Champion. The Dragon Champion was destroyed, and Hari’s life points go down to 300.
Hari stood confidently listening as the smoke cleared.
Everyone looked closely (Hari listened to what the computer was saying), The Castle appeared to be intact at first, but then the ring around it cracked and fall to the ground. The rest of it remains in the air, though.
“Damn it,” Jo cried out “The castle’s still floating!”
“To bad brat,” Panik laughed “All that hard work and for nothing, my Castle is still unharmed and your attack only knocked the flotation ring off. Your attack has failed and I’ll eliminate you now, once and for all!”
“It’s been five turn’s brat,” Panik said still laughing “And I’m still standing, all of my monsters are still safe and protected within the Chaos Shield. When this turn is over, the Swords of Revealing Light's magic will vanish, and I'll attack with all four of my monsters.”
“There will be no next turn,” Hari said suddenly, shocking everyone “Is it just me or do you think it’s strange that a Castle that’s lost its flotation ring is still floating?”
Realization hit everybody then.
“The Swords of Revealing Light are all that's holding it up now, and once my turn’s is over, the Swords will disappear,” giving Panik a thumbs down, Hari ended his turn.
The Swords disappeared, and the Castle of Dark Illusions begins to fall.
“No! Run my monster’s! Run!” Panic yelled out.
“Sorry but they’re going to go bye bye now,” Hari said “the Chaos Shield that you placed down is trapping them inside. The Castle is slowly sinking and crushing your monsters.”
Panik's life points drop to zero.
The duel platforms lowered down and the duellists stepped off of the platforms.
“I believe these belong to you Mai,” Hari said as he reached for Mai’s hand, which she held out for him, and placed her Star Chips in her hand.
“These Star Chips are yours kid so I still owe you,” Mai said through there was a slight smile on her face “We will meet again and when we finally do face each other in a duel, it will be an honourable one and this time I’m not just aiming to duel Yugi either.”
Mai gave them her goodbye’s and left the group.
“You crippled little thief!” Panik suddenly yelled making everyone jump, they had forgotten that he was still there “When I get my hands on you I’ll-“
Before Panik could say or do anything Jo’s phone went off, the ring tone making Panik fall to the floor and pale. That was the ring tone that only the boss, Pegues, used and none of the employee’s could use it.
They watched as Jo answered the call, talked and then hanged up and put the phone away. Jo then placed a hand on Hari’s left hand side shoulder and tapped it three times.
Yugi, Tristan and Joey frowned in confusion at Jo’s actions but it was soon explained as the next thing they knew was Alex, the baby dragon, had Panik in his claws and was flying over to the castle.
“Turns out that Pegues didn’t know what was going on,” Jo explained as he knew thoughts of ‘how could Pegues let his son go through all that’ were going through their heads “But Pegues has given me orders for me and Hari to…”
To be continued…