Yu-Gi-Oh! Rise of a Legend

Chapter 6

Yugi and his friends were walking while looking for new opponents and places to eat. Joey was looking at his two star chips while he chuckled to himself.

Tea sighed and looked at Joey, "Joey has been looking at his star chips from time to time for the last half hour now". She knew that he was happy that he had defeated Mai, but how long would he keep looking at them.

Tristan looked at Joey as well with a smirk, "That's true, but you can't blame him. I mean he managed to beat Mai despite her being far more skilled than he is".

Yugi nodded his head with a smile and looked at Joey, "You did great against Mai, however we can't relax yet, we still need to win more star chips in order to get in to Pegasus's castle".

Joey looked at Yugi with a confident smirk on his face, "Of course, I won't lose, no matter what".

However at that moment, his stomach grumbled. Joey held his stomach with a hungry expression on his face, "But seriously, where are the food stands? I'm really hungry".

Yugi got a troubled expression on his face, "Yeah, about that, I'm starting to get the feeling that there is no food stands on the island". The other three looked at him shocked and horrified.

Yami appeared next to Yugi with a troubled expression on his face as well, "We both thought for sure that we would get food on the island, however seems like we were wrong. We should've packed some easy to make food and brought it with us". Yugi agreed with what Yami had mentally told him. It seemed like Pegasus had planned on letting the participants to fix their own food.

Joey was running his hands through his hair in frustration, "Seriously? You mean that we won't have anything to eat? Then how will we survive the next two days?" Yugi knew that Joey had a point, they needed to find something eatable if they were going be able to keep going.

Tristan sighted and reached inside of his coat and took out a book from an pocket on the inside of it, "Looks like it was a good thing I bought this, this survival guide will show us which berries and mushrooms that's eatable". He explained while he opened the book

Tristan then noticed the disgusted expression on his friends and sighed tired, "I know okay? I know that it most likely won't be tasty, but without any other food we don't have any other choice". He wanted them to understand that he didn't like the idea anymore than they did, however as things were they didn't have a choice.

Joey closed his eyes and sighed tired, not looking forward to eating mushrooms. However at that moment he felt a delicious smell. He sniffed in the air and turned towards where he felt the smell coming from, "What's that delicious smell?" He then ran off towards where he felt the smell, which caused the other three to run after him shocked and confused.

A little while later so did the gang looked out through a few bushes and saw a few fishes on sticks getting fried on a cliff. Drool was coming out of Joey's mouth as he watched the fishes, "Man that looks really good, let's get some of it".

Tea looked at him with a look of disbelief on her face, "What are you talking about? That's obviously someone else's dinner, we can't just take it". She was also hungry, but she didn't want to steal someone else's dinner.

Joey looked at her with a smirk, "Hey, we need to survive, and since no one is here, no one will find out". Tristan nodded his head as he agreed and both of them ran towards the fish before Tea or Yugi could stop them.

Tristan and Joey grabbed a fish each and sat down on tree logs that was around the fire and grabbed the both sides of the stick while they were about to take a bit out of the fishes.

However, right before they could, an angry voice called out to them, "Hey! What the heck are you guys doing?!" Joey and Tristan followed the voice confused while Tea and Yugi came up to them.

Mako then climbed up the cliff next to them with a fish on his spear while he glared at Joey and Tristan, "How dare you guys steal my fish you lowlifes? Now prepare yourselves for the consequences of your actions".

Joey stood up with an angry expression, "Calm down! We haven't taken a bit out of them yet, so we can just give them back".

Mako looked at him with an angry expression on his face, "That doesn't change the fact that you tried to steal my food and that…" However he then got a shocked expression on his face as he noticed the hungry expression on Joey and Tristan's face as they looked at the top of his head. He placed his head and felt something on top of it. He pulled it off and saw that it was a squid, he gritted his teeth and threw it out over the ocean.

Tristan and Joey cried out, "No! We could've eaten that!" Tea looked down in embarrassment over how the two of them were acting.

Yugi looked at Mako, he thought that he seemed familiar, and then his eyes widened as he realized who he was, "Wait a minute, you're Mako Tsunami, the top rank water duelist who came third in the National Championship". Tea looked Yugi shocked when she heard that and Tristan and Joey looked at Mako again shocked.

Mako looked at Yugi, "And who are you guys?" Yugi walked over to him and held out his hand with a smile, "Sorry for the late introduction, I'm Yugi Muto and I'm sorry that my friends tried to take your fish".

Mako's eyes widened in shock, "Wait! You're Yugi Muto, the only duelist that defeated Seto Kaiba?" He quickly recovered from his shock and grabbed Yugi's hand and shook it, "What a surprise. It's nice to meet you and I must say that it would be an honor to face you in a duel one day".

Yugi nodded his head, "Same her Mako". Truth to be told, while he had respected Weevil for winning the Championship before he found out how he really were as a person and Rex for coming second, he and Yami had thought that Mako was more interesting than the two finalists.

Yugi then spoke again, "Let me apologize again, we thought that we would get food on the island and so we forgot to pack some food, and then Joey smelled your fish". Yugi hoped that Mako would forgive Joey and Tristan if he explained the situation

Mako's smile grew bigger, "I see, I understand now". He turned around and looked at Tristan and Joey with a smile on his face, "Allow me to apologize, since you're friends of Yugi Muto, please come over here and eat to your heart's content".

Happy smiles appeared on Joey and Tristan's faces, "Thanks!" Both of them said before sitting down again and began eating fish. Mako sat down and made a motion with his hand to tell Yugi and Tea to sit down and eat as well. Tea and Yugi smiled at each other sheepishly before they both sat down and Mako handed them both a fish.

A little while later so did Joey and Tristan sigh satisfied. Tea looked at Mako with a smile, "Thanks for the fish, where did you learn to cock like this?"

Mako looked out over the ocean, "My father was a fisherman, so I grew up spending most of childhood either looking at the ocean or a fishing boat, which caused me to love the ocean, so if I win the tournament, I plan on buying a boat".

Tea's smile grew bigger when she heard that, "Really? You want to buy a boat? It sounds really nice to live your life on the ocean". Joey, Tristan and Yugi nodded their heads with smiles, agreeing with Tea.

Mako nodded his head with a smile, "Yeah, I have watched the ocean so much that I can understand how it feels almost as much as you can a person's feelings, right now the sea is feeling calm and friendly, pretty much inviting you to come in to it".

Mako then noticed Yugi and the others looking at him with amazed expression. Mako got a sheepish expression and scratched the back of his head, "Sorry, that must have sounded weird to you all".

Tea shook her head with a smile on her face, "Not at all, I mean you who grew up so in touch with the ocean would understand it better than people like us". Yugi nodded his head, he enjoyed listening to Mako's story.

Joey then stood up with a smile on his face, "Thanks for the food Mako, sorry that we tried to take it, it was wrong to do even if we were starving. We appreciate that you decided to share it with us".

Mako looked at them with a smirk, "What? Are you guys leaving already?" Yugi also stood up with a smile, "Yeah, we need to get going, but it was nice to meet you, and we might meet each other in the tournament". Tea and Tristan also got up and also thanked Mako before the four of them turned to leave.

Mako stood up and grabbed his spear, "Oh we will meet in the tournament, in fact, we will sooner than you expect my friend".

Yugi turned around confused when he heard what Mako said and then gasped in shock when the spear landed next to his right foot. Mako chuckled and crossed his arms, "Do you think I would really let a big catch escape from me?" He asked them with a confident tone.

Joey glared at him, "What do you mean by big catch?" He had no idea what Mako was talking about.

Mako closed his eyes, "I mean Yugi of course. You see, I knew that a lot of participates on this island would be inexperience in getting their own food, so I used the fishes I catch as bait to lure opponents to me, however…" He reopened his eyes and looked at Yugi with a satisfied smirk on his face, "I never expected that I would catch the great Yugi Muto".

Joey got a shocked expression, "Seriously? You used the fish to lure us to you?" The way Mako had acted before had made Joey think that he had really been mad about that they had tried to eat it, but according to Mako he had purposely left it there to lure duelists to him.

Mako held up his Duel Glove and revealed that he had four star chips, "I caught another duelist not long ago, but he was no challenge at all". He then pointed at Yugi and declared with a serious expression, "But dueling against you Yugi would be a test of strength".

Yugi looked at Yami who appeared next to him, Yami looked at Yugi with a determined smile on his face, Yugi knew what that expression and nodded his head. A bright light came out of the Millennium Puzzle and moments later Yami looked at Mako with a confident smirk on his face, "Alright Mako Tsunami, I accept your challenge".

A smirk appeared on Mako's face as a Duel Arena appeared out of the ocean behind him right next to the cliff. Mako got up on the red platform while Yami got up on the blue platform which got lifted up.

Yami looked at Mako, "So how many star chips do you want to bet Mako?" Yami was willing to bet all his star chips if Mako wanted to bet three of his.

Mako looked at Yami with a smirk on his face, "You have three star chips right? I have an idea. You will bet two star chips while I bet three of mine, which means that not only can we reduce the sacrifices needed for our monsters by one, but no matter who wins, the loser will still be in the tournament, what do you think?"

Yami got a shocked expression on his face when he heard that, however a smirk then appeared on his face, "If you want to do that, then sure, that sounds interesting". Mako placed down three star chips while Yami placed down two of his.

Both of them then placed down their decks on the display table and the holographic display system got activated and the field was wasteland on Yami's side while sea ob Mako's field.

Both of them drew their first five cards and looked at them. Mako looked at Yami, "You can make the first move Yugi". Yami nodded his head and placed his fingers on his deck and drew his next card. He looked at his hand, he could summon a strong monster right away, however he didn't know what Mako had so he decided to take it easy.

Yami placed the card he had just drawn in his hand and grabbed a card in his hand, "I summon Des Feral Imp in attack mode". A green reptilian monster with a yellow stomach with horns on its head appeared on the field, Atk: 1600. Yami looked at Mako, "And with that, I end my turn".

Mako nodded his head and drew his sixth card and looked at it, he then placed it in his hand before he grabbed a card in it, "I summon Great White in attack mode". A bright light appeared under the water surface on Mako's field however to Yami's shock so didn't Great White appear, he knew about Great White's attack and defense points status, but he was shocked that it could hide itself under the water.

Mako then pointed at Des Feral Imp, "Alright Great White, attack his Feral Imp now!" Moments later a large shark with human arms jumped out of the water, Atk & Def: 1600-2080/800-1040. Great White bit down on Des Feral Imp who roared in pain before he got destroyed, Yami LP: 4000-3520.

Yami narrowed his eyes frustrated as Great White disappeared under the water surface again. Mako then placed one card face down in front of him before he looked at Yami with a smirk, "I end my turn by placing one card face down, make your move Yugi".

Yami narrowed his eyes while he drew his next card, Now that I know what his monster is, I can attack without worry, Yami thought as he placed the card he had drawn in his hand and grabbed another, "I summon Summoned Skull in attack mode". A fiend monster with bones on its chest and waist with a skull for head with horns with a purple body and blue wings appeared on the field, Atk: 2500.

Yami then grabbed another card in his hand, "And next, I now I'll activate the card I just drew, Polymerization!" Yami then revealed two cards in his hand which was Gaia the Fierce Knight and Curse of Dragon, "Now I fuse together my Curse of Dragon with my Gaia the Fierce Knight in order to Fusion Summon Gaia the Dragon Champion".

Gaia the Fierce Knight and Curse of Dragon then appeared on the field before they got sucked in to the vortex. A few moments later Gaia came out of the vortex while riding on Curse of Dragon, Atk: 2600.

Joey got a smirk on his face, "Alright, Yugi managed to summon two powerful monsters at once!" Tea and Tristan had smiles on their faces on their faces".

Yami then pointed at the water, "Now Summoned Skull, attack his Great White with Lightning Strike!" Electricity gathered around Summoned Skull and he unleashed it in to the water. Great White then jumped out of the water while he roared in pain while electricity went through his body before he got destroyed, Mako LP: 4000-3580.

Yami then pointed at Mako, "Now Gaia the Dragon Champion…"

However Mako at that point flipped his face down card face up, "Not so fast, I activate my trap card Call of the Haunted! And with that, my Great White returns to me". Great White then once again jumped out of the water with a roar, Atk & Def: 1600-2080/800-1040.

Yami narrowed his eyes, he had hoped to attack Mako directly, however he guessed that destroying Great White for a second time would have to do, "Fine now my Dragon Champion, attack his Great White with Double Dragon Lance!"

Gaia flew towards Great White that jumped up in the air and slashed him with both of his lances, destroying him again, Mako LP: 3580-3060. Yami looked at the two cards left in his hand and then looked at Mako, "I end my turn now".

Mako drew his next card and looked at it, a smirk appeared on his face, he then placed it in his hand and grabbed another card in his hand and revealed that it was a monster that looked like a barnacle with drills on top of it, "Now I summon Drill Barnacle in attack mode". Drill Barnacle then jumped out of the water while the drills began spinning, Atk: 300-390.

Mako then grabbed another card in his hand and revealed a spell card of a metal turtle shell, "Next, I activate the equip spell Steel Shell, which increases Drill Barnacle's attack points by 400, and normally it would decrease defense by 200, but since he has 0 defense points so can't lose any". Drill Barnacle, Atk: 390-790.

Mako pointed at Yugi, "And thanks to his special ability, he can attack the opponent directly, so go Drill Barnacle, attack his life points directly". Drill Barnacle dived under the water and swam forward, he then jumped over Gaia and Summoned Skull and towards Yami while he drills began spinning again, he then rammed them in to the platform while Yami groaned, Yami LP: 3520-2730.

Mako's smirk then grew bigger as Drill Barnacle returned to his field, "And next, Drill Barnacle's second special ability activates, when he inflicts battle damage to the opponent, he gains 1000 attack points". Drill Barnacle, Atk: 790-1790.

Yami gritted his teeth, This is bad, if I don't get rid of Drill Barnacle soon then he will wipe out all of my life points with just two more direct attacks, Yami thought to himself, even though he was sure that Mako would have a way to protect Drill Barnacle at least for this turn which would be all he needed since with just one more attack Drill Barnacle would become too powerful for both of Yami's monsters to handle.

Mako then grabbed the card he had drawn earlier and revealed and Yami's eyes widened when he saw what it was, "Next, I activate the spell card Swords of Revealing Light". Then the swords of light fell down from the sky around both Summoned Skull and Gaia the Dragon Champion, trapping both of them.

Yami gritted his teeth since now his monsters were sealed for three turns unless he managed to destroy Swords of Revealing Light.

Mako then looked at Yami, "I end my turn now, so make your move Yugi".

Yami narrowed his eyes before he placed his fingers on his deck, "My move then". He drew next card and looked at it before he revealed that it was Pot of Greed, "I activate Pot of Greed which lets me draw two more cards". He drew two more cards and looked at them.

Yami then placed both of the cards face down on the display table, "I place two cards face down". Two spots lit up behind Gaia and Summoned Skull.

Yami then grabbed one of the remaining cards in his hand and revealed it to be a spell card with the image of goblins with merchandise being attacked, "Next I activate the continuous spell card Supply Squad and end my turn.

Mako placed his fingers on his deck, "It's my turn now". He drew his next card and looked at it, a smile appeared on his face, "Now I summon Amphibian Beast in attack mode". A large green humanoid sea creature jumped out of the water, Atk & Def: 2400-3120/2000-2600.

Mako then pointed at Yami, "Now Drill Barnacle, attack his life points directly". Drill Barnacle jumped over Summoned Skull and Gaia towards Yami once again.

However Yami at that moment flipped one of his face down cards face up and it was a trap card with the image of a magical circle, "Not so fast, I activate the trap card Spellbinding Circle!" A yellow magical appeared and Drill Barnacle got trapped inside of it while he struggled to break free.

Yami looked at the shocked Mako with a smirk, "Sorry Mako, but there won't be any more bypassing my monsters with Drill Barnacle since he won't be able to attack while trapped in my Spellbinding Circle".

Mako gritted his teeth when he heard that, however he then got a smirk on his face, "Maybe, but I still have my Amphibian Beast, and he will now attack your Summoned Skull!" Amphibian Beast then jumped out of the water towards Summoned Skull and slashed him with the claws on his right hand, destroying him, Yami LP: 2730-2110.

Yami at that moment flipped his other face down card face up and it had the image of a soldier being pulled out of a hole with a rope, "Next, I activate the trap card Rope of Life, now by discarding my entire hand, I can bring back the monster you just destroyed, only now it will gain 800 more attack points".

Yami placed the one card in his hand on to his graveyard after the explanation and then a rope appeared and fell down in to a hole that appeared on the wasteland and Summoned Skull got pulled out of it, Atk: 2500-3300.

Mako gritted his teeth and looked at his hand, he then looked at Yami, "Your Summoned Skull might be the strongest monster on the field now, but as long as my swords are up, I'm safe, so now I end my turn".

Yami looked at his deck, after this turn, there would still be one more turn where he would be unable to attack, unless he drew something good now.

Yami placed his fingers on his deck and drew his next card and looked at it. A smile appeared on his face as he turned it around and revealed it to be Mystical Space Typhoon, "Now with the power of Mystical Space Typhoon, I destroy your Swords of Revealing Light". A tornado appeared on Yami's field and shattered all the swords of light surrounding his monsters.

Yami then pointed at Amphibian Beast, "Now Summoned Skull, attack his Amphibian Beast with Lightning Strike!" Summoned Skull then gathered electricity around him and unleashed it towards Amphibian Beast who roared in pain once he got hit before getting destroyed, Mako LP: 3060-2880.

Yami then pointed at Drill Barnacle who was still struggling against the Spellbinding Circle, "Now Gaia, attack Drill Barnacle with Double Dragon Lance!" Gaia the Dragon Champion flew towards Drill Barnacle and slashed him with both of his lances, destroying him, Mako LP: 2880-2070.

Yami looked at Mako with a smirk, "And with that, I end my turn now, your move Mako".

Mako looked at Yami while a smirk appeared on his face, "Good move Yugi, however, I won't give up". He placed his fingers on his deck and drew his next card, a smirk appeared on his face and revealed it and it was Graceful Charity, "Now thanks to Graceful Charity, I can draw three cards but then I need to discard two from my hand". Mako then drew three more cards and looked at them, he then placed two in his hand while he placed the third along with another card in his hand on to his graveyard.

Mako then grabbed one of the cards he had drawn and revealed it, it was a spell card with the image of a black hole, "Now I activate the spell Dark Hole, which will destroy all monsters on the field, so say good bye to your Summoned Skull and your Dragon Champion". Yami gritted his teeth when he heard this.

A black hole appeared in the middle of the field and unleashed a gravitational pull, Gaia and Summoned Skull tried to resist, however they soon got sucked in to the vortex despite trying to resist. Yami gritted his teeth as he placed both of his monsters in to his graveyard.

However Yami then placed a hand on his deck, "However, since monsters on my field was destroyed, I get to draw one card from my deck". Yami drew his next card and got troubled when he saw that it was Mage Power since he couldn't use right now.

Mako then grabbed the other card he had drawn, "I see, well it doesn't really matter. I summon the mighty Kairyu-Shin in attack mode". The moment after Mako said that, a large blue sea serpent with a white stomach without eyes and with large sharp teeth appeared on the field with a roar, Atk & Def: 1800-2340/1500-1950.

Tea got a worried expression, "That monster has 2340 attack points now, and Yugi doesn't have any monsters or face down cards, if this attack succeeds, then Yugi will lose". Tristan also had a worried expression on his face while Joey narrowed his eyes, he refused to believe his eyes, he refused to believe that Yugi was about to lose.

Mako looked at Yami with a smirk on his face, "Looks like this is the end, looks like I'm about to beat the only guy that ever defeated Seto Kaiba". He then pointed at Yami, "Now Kairyu-Shin, attack him with your Tidal Attack". Kairyu-Shin roared once again and a massive tidal wave formed and moved towards Yami.

However right before the tidal wave hit Yami's platform, it suddenly died out, much to not only Mako's shocked but also Yugi's friends.

Yami with a smile held up a monster card with the image of a mechanical looking turtle with a magnet on its tail, "Sorry, but I activated the effect of my Electromagnetic Turtle in my graveyard that's in my graveyard. During your turn's battle phase, I can remove it from the game in order to instantly end the battle phase".

Mako got a smile on his face when he heard that, "So not only did you bring back an enhanced Summoned Skull, you also prepared a back up plan just in case you lost both of your monsters". He was really impressed that Yami had thought ahead like that since many of the opponents he had faced didn't do that.

Yami narrowed his eyes, "However, it only saves me this turn, which means that since the card in my hand can't help me, my next draw will determine if I'm going to survive your next turn". Yami couldn't help but smile despite being in such a tough spot sine Mako was a tough opponent that he had great respect for.

Mako nodded his head, "I guess you're right about that, so let's see if the Lady Luck is on your side today Yugi". He was curious to see if Yami could get out of this situation.

Yami looked at his deck with a determined expression, Alright deck, this is an all or nothing moment, but I believe in you, Yami thought to himself as he placed his fingers on his deck and drew his next card and looked at it, he then looked at Mako, "I place one monster in defense mode and end my turn". A spot lit up in front of Yami as his turn ended.

Mako then placed his fingers on his deck, "My turn then". He drew his next card and looked at it, "Now I summon my second Great White in attack mode". A second Great White jumped out of the water, Atk & Def: 1600-2080/800-1040.

Mako looked at Yami's face down monster with a serious expression, he had a feeling that Yami's face down monster might either high defense points or a special ability to save him and attacking could be risky, however a smirk appeared on his face.

"Growing up knowing how unpredictable the seas can be, I'm not afraid to take risks". He then pointed at Yami's face down monster, "Now Kairyu-Shin, attack his face down monster with your Tidal Attack". Kairyu-Shin let out a mighty roar and unleashed another tidal wave then went towards Yami's field and hit it full force.

However Mako narrowed his eyes when he saw a warrior with a large shield on the field, Def: 2600. Mako LP: 2070-1810, "So the monster you had face down was Big Shield Gardna huh? Well he might have survived Kairyu-Shin's attack, however now his weakness will kick in".

Big Shield Gardna then rose to his feet and moved his shield to his side, Atk: 100. Tea had a shocked expression on her face, "What just happened?" She looked at Joey as she asked that, while Tristan also looked at Joey with a confused expression.

Joey narrowed his eyes, "Big Shield Gardna has really high defense points for a level 4 monster, however because of that, if he manage to survive an attack, he'll be forced in to attack mode after the battle, where he has only 100 attack points". Tea and Tristan got worried expressions on their faces, if Mako had chosen to attack with Great White first, then Yami would have lost when Kairyu-Shin attacked Big Shield Gardna afterwards.

Mako then pointed at Big Shield Gardna, "Now Great White, attack his Big Shield Gardna". Great White jumped out of the water and sank his teeth in to Big Shield Gardna, who screamed in pain before he got destroyed, Yami LP: 2110-130.

Yami placed his fingers on his deck, "Now since Big Shield Gardna got destroyed, I get to draw one card thanks to Supply Squad". Yami drew his next card and saw that he had drawn a red and blue dragon called Des Volstgalph.

Mako looked at Yami, "Looks like you managed to survive this turn, I end my turn now". Mako then looked at Yami with a serious expression, "Now you see the power of the ocean? The ocean can both be calming and beautiful, but it can also be quite deadly, even for the most experienced fishermen".

Yami narrowed his eyes, "You're talking about your father, right?" He realized that something must've happened to Mako's father while he was on the seas from how he was talking.

Mako placed a hand on the display table, "When I was younger, me and my father almost lost our lives in a sudden storm, however a cargo ship happened to pass by at that time and we were saved. My father told me not to be angry at the ocean for the storm since it was just venting is anger, since an oil spill had just happened at an oil platform not long before the storm happened".

Mako then got a depressed expression on his face, "However, a while later my father and a few other fishermen lost their lives in a fishing trip". Mako then looked up at Yami with a determined, "However I made a promise to my father a long time ago, to become the greatest fisherman over, which is why I need to win this tournament, to buy a boat and fulfill that promise to my father".

Yami looked at Mako, "Mako…" He hadn't known how much winning this tournament would mean for Mako, since it would help him keep his promise to his deceased father.

Yami then got a determined expression on his face, "I understand your feelings Mako believe me, and that's because I'm also fighting for not just one, but two people who means a lot to me, and that I need to win my way in to the castle, so I can help both of them". Yami declared with a confident tone. Joey got a smile on his face since he knew that one of the ones Yami was talking about was him and his sister Serenity's situation.

Mako got a smirk on face, "I guess we're quite similar then, then in that case, show me how you will win this duel, I end my turn now". Mako was interested to see if Yami would be able to come back from this situation.

Yami looked at his deck, he had a good combo with Des Volstgalph and Mage Power, however it wouldn't be enough to win the duel, and with less than 200 life points left, he needed to end this now.

Yami drew his next card and looked at it, a smile appeared on his face before he grabbed Des Volstgalph, "I summon Des Volstgalph in attack mode". Des Volstgalph then appeared on all four on the field, Atk: 2200.

Mako got a smirk on his face, "So that's one of the cards you drew thanks to Supply Squad huh? Well it won't save you since its only strong enough to take down Great White, and then Kairyu-Shin will finish him on my next turn". Mako was certain of his victory right and thought that Yami just wanted to fight to the very end.

However Yami got a smirk on his face as he took and revealed Mage Power, "Yeah I don't think so, I now equip my Des Volstgalph with Mage Power, which means he now gains 500 attack and defense points for every spell and trap on my field, in order words, he gains 1000 attack and defense points". Des Volstgalph let out a roar, Atk & Def: 2200-3200/1700-2700.

Mako's eyes widened in shock when he saw that, however a smirk then reappeared on his face, "That's a pretty good move, however that still won't be enough to win this duel".

However Yami wasn't finished as he grabbed the last card in his hand and revealed it, "Not so fast, now I activate Graceful Charity which lets me draw three as long as I discard two". Yami then drew three cards and looked at them before he placed two of them on his graveyard.

Des Volstgalph then let out a roar, Atk: 3200-3400. Yami then explained to Mako who had a shocked expression on his face, "Whenever a normal or quick play spell card is activated, he'll gain 200 attack points until the end phase of this turn".

Yami then looked at Mako, "And with this, the duel is over Mako". Mako got a confused expression on his face while Yami pointed at Great White, "Now Des Volstgalph, attack his Great White". Des Volstgalph roared before he unleashed a stream of blue flames from his mouth that hit Great White who jumped out of the water and it twisted its body in pain from the flamed before it got destroyed, Mako LP: 1810-490.

Mako then looked at Yami with a confused expression on his face, "You said that the duel was already over, however I still have almost 500 life points left".

However he then saw how Des Volstgalph once again began to gather blue flames in his mouth, "Not quite, you see, when Des Volstgalph destroys a monster in battle and sends it to the graveyard, the opponent takes 500 points of damage". Yami explained calmly to Mako whose eyes widened in shock before he closed his eyes with a satisfied smile on his face. Des Volstgalph then unleashed another stream of blue flames directly towards Mako and hit his platform, Mako LP: 490-0.

Tea, Joey and Tristan were silent for a few seconds before all three of them cheered loudly, "Alright, you did it Yug!" Joey shouted with a smile before he did a double high five with Tea and Tristan.

The platforms then got lowered and Yami and Mako walked towards each other. Mako then held out the three star chips he had betted with a smile on his face, "That was an amazing duel Yugi, if I hadn't been so cautious of your face down monster I would've had you, but I guess Lady Luck favored you in this duel".

Yami smiled as he took the star chips and placed them in to his Duel Glove, bringing him up to six star chips, he then looked at Mako again, "I know, you're a really skilled duelist Mako, and since you're still in the tournament, you can still make it to the finals, and if we both make it then I hope that we can duel again". Mako nodded his head with as his smile grew bigger and he and Yami grabbed each other hands in a friendly gesture while Tea, Tristan and Joey looked at them with a smile.

"I agree with Yug, I hope that Mako makes it in to the castle as well, I mean me or Yugi needs to win this tournament in order to get the prize money for my sister and to save gramps, but I at least hope that Mako gets a chance to fulfill his promise to his old man". Joey said as he looked at Mako and Yami and Tea and Tristan nodded their heads since they agreed with him.

Yami then turned towards his friends and a bright light came out of his puzzle and Yugi regained control over his body as he walked towards his friends before he turned towards Mako again, "What are you going to do now Mako".

Mako smiled at the gang before e turned towards the ocean, "I'm gonna go fishing again, dueling against you made me really hungry, and besides…" He looked over his shoulder the gang again before he continued, "I'm gonna need more bait for other duelists". He then jumped off of the cliff and in to the ocean with his spear and began swimming.

Tristan chuckled as he looked at his friends, "Man that guy sure was interesting, and he was really nice too once we got to know him". Joey and Tea nodded their heads while Yugi looked over at the cliff, if possible he would have liked to talk to Mako a bit more before he and his friends turned around and began walking away from the cliff, hoping to find another opponent for either Yugi or Joey.