The Duel Monster Wars Episode 2
Author's Notes: I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh! I do, however, own all non-franchised characters and the ideas of all the cards I made up for this series. As good as you might find some of them, I ask that you not take these ideas without my permission…I worked hard to make some of these cards…
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"Oh, look who rose from the dead."
I emerged from my room, having just woken up. I wanted more time to sleep, but the constant chatter outside my room woke me up.
"Wh-what?!" I said, jumping out of my skin. Standing there were my best friends, Adam Icarus, Matthew Eros, and Andrew Nolan. "What are…you guys doing here?"
Matt, always the smart-mouth, spoke up. "If you don't remember, Leon, we're supposed to head to Duel Academy today. We have to register by noon."
I looked at the clock on my wall. 8:30. "Well, give me a few to get ready, and we can go!"
It took me about 45 minutes to get ready. When we left, we headed to the harbor to head to the island of Duel Academy, ensuring we were registered. We had about two hours to kill; why not waste the time having a practice match?
"So, which of you wants to help warm me up for the exam?" I asked.
"I will." Matt answered. "You took your dear, sweet time making us wait anyways."
We both activated our Duel Disks.
"Game on!"
Leon: 4000
L.P.
Matt: 4000 L.P.
"I'll go first." I drew a card from my deck, and looked at my hand, which now had six cards in it. "I summon Grenju of Infinite Hands in Defense Mode!"
Grenju
of Infinite Hands
LIGHT
Level 4
Spellcaster/Effect
ATK:
1000
DEF: 1000
When this card is Summoned, move 1 Ritual
Monster Card and 1 Ritual Spell Card from your Deck to your
hand.
"You know the deal; I get both a ritual monster and a ritual spell card from my deck!" I decided to take my Alchemy Ritual and my Wise Alchemist from my deck and add them to my hand. They'd come in handy later. "I then place one card face-down and end my turn."
"I draw!" he said. "I summon Armor Blade in Attack Mode!"
Armor Blade
EARTH
Level
4
Warrior/Effect
ATK: 1700
DEF: 1500
When this card is
attacked by an opponent's monster, you may switch it to Defense
Position before damage calculation.
"Now, Armor Blade, attack his Grenju!"
"Forgot my face-down? Go, Restructure!"
Restructure
Trap/Normal
Decrease the ATK
and DEF of one face-up monster on your side of the field to 0. If it
is destroyed during the turn this card is activated, Special Summon
from your Deck monsters whose combined Levels equal the Level of the
monster targeted by this card's effect.
"Restructure will bring my monster's stats to 0, but since you destroyed it, I get to bring out monsters whose total levels equal 4!" I rummaged through my Deck, finding two monsters. "I summon Alchemy Orb and Fiend Alchemist!"
Alchemy Orb
LIGHT
Level
1
Fairy/Effect
ATK: 0
DEF: 0
When this card is Summoned,
move 1 "Philosopher's Stone" from your Deck to your
hand.
Fiend Alchemist
DARK
Level 3
Fiend/Effect
ATK:
1100
DEF: 900
Tribute one monster on your side of the field to
Special Summon monsters from your Deck whose combined ATK equals the
ATK of the Tributed monster. You can only activate this effect when
there is a face-up "Philosopher's Stone" on the field.
"Now, since Alchemy Orb was brought to the field, I get to move my Philosopher's Stone from my deck to my hand!" I rummaged through my deck once again, finding my card, and adding it to my hand.
"You always had an affinity for setting yourself up early." he replied. "Well, I'll set a face-down card and end my turn."
"All right, I draw!" I said, drawing my next card. "You know what's coming; activate Philosopher's Stone!"
Philosopher's
Stone
Spell/Continuous
When this card is activated, place 3
Alchemy Counters on it. Each time a monster is Special Summoned,
place 1 Alchemy Counter on this card. As many times as you like
during your Main Phase, you can move Alchemy Counters from any card
with "Alchemy" or "Alchemist" in its name to this card or
vice-versa. Each time a monster with Alchemy Counters on it battles
an opponent's monster, you can remove all Alchemy Counters from
that monster to have the monster not be destroyed as a result of that
battle.
"Hmm…"
"Next, I play the Spell, Immaterialism!"
Immaterialism
Spell/Continuous
Each
time a monster would be sent to its owner's Graveyard, it is sent
to the owner's Deck instead.
"Now, I Special Summon my Rotting Beast Carcass!"
Rotting Beast Carcass
EARTH
Level
7
Plant/Effect
ATK: 0
DEF: 0
This card can be Special
Summoned from your hand during your Main Phase. This card is
destroyed at the End Phase of the turn it is Summoned or flipped
face-up.
"Special Summoning a monster gives my Stone 1 Alchemy Token!"
As the giant carcass materialized, my Philosopher's Stone gave off a strange aura that materialized an orb that encircled it, along with the other three that already were encircling it.
"With that, I activate Alchemy Ritual!"
Alchemy Ritual
Spell/Ritual
This card is used
to Ritual Summon "Wise Alchemist". You must Tribute monsters from
your side of the field whose total levels equal 6 or more.
"Now, I tribute my Carcass, but it's sent to my Deck instead of my Graveyard!"
The Alchemy Ritual banner showed up. My Carcass was sucked into it.
"Now, I summon my Wise Alchemist to the field!"
Wise Alchemist
EARTH
Level
6
Spellcaster/Ritual/Effect
ATK: 2300
DEF: 1600
This card
can only be Ritual Summoned by the effect of "Alchemy Ritual."
Once per turn, you can Tribute one monster on your side of the field,
and remove any number of Alchemy Counters from your "Philosopher's
Stone" to Special Summon monsters from your Deck whose total Levels
equal the Level of the Tributed monster +1 x the amount of Alchemy
Counters removed from "Philosopher's Stone."
"And remember, summoning my Wise Alchemist gets my Stone one more counter!"
Matt was yawning. My move was taking a while to make, but all good strategies take time. Regardless, a fifth counter joined the rest in encircling my stone.
"Now, I'll use the effect of my Alchemist! I'll Tribute my Alchemy Orb, and remove three Alchemy Counters from my Stone! This lets me summon monsters whose total levels equal 4!"
I placed Alchemy Orb in my Deck as I looked through it to find monsters.
"I summon two Alchemy Splicers in Attack Mode!"
Alchemy Splicer
WATER
Level
2
Aqua/Union
ATK: 300
DEF: 100
Once per turn, during your
Main Phase, you can equip this to a monster on your side of the field
who has "Alchemy" or "Alchemist" in their card name as an
Equip Spell Card, OR unequip the Union equipment and Special Summon
this card in face-up Attack Position. When this card is equipped to a
monster by this card's effect, increase the ATK/DEF of the monster
by 300 points, and place 1 Alchemy Counter on the equipped monster.
During each of your Standby Phases, place 1 Alchemy Counter on the
equipped monster. (A monster can only be equipped with 1 Union
Monster at a time.)
"My Alchemy Splicers each give my Stone a token!"
The Stone had two more tokens encircling it, for a total of four.
"Next, my Splicers attach themselves to my other two monsters, giving them each an extra 300 attack and defense points!"
The first Alchemy Splicer attached itself to my Wise Alchemist (2600/1900), and the second to my Fiend Alchemist. (1400/1200)
"Plus, the best part; my monsters both get an Alchemy Token that they can use to block themselves from being destroyed in battle!"
The Splicers each coated themselves in metal; a significance of the token placed on it.
"Each turn, they also get a new Alchemy Token that I can put on my Stone!"
"All right, already, get on with it!"
"Now, Wise Alchemist, attack his Armor Blade!"
"Activate face-down card; Nobility Banner!"
Nobility Banner
Trap/Continuous
Monsters
with "Blade" or "Knight" in their card names are not
destroyed as a result of battle. Discard one Monster Card with
"Blade" or "Knight" in its card name to make the Battle
Damage inflicted by 1 of your opponent's monsters 0. This card is
destroyed after the fifth attack your opponent declares after this
card's activation.
"Now, not only are my knights not destroyed in battle, but if I discard one of them from my hand, I can make the damage you inflict to my Life Points 0!"
"Well, you're going to have to discard, because your Armor Blade is in Attack Mode!"
"Not so fast! My Armor Blade gets to switch to Defense Mode if attacked, so I'll do just that to negate your attack!"
"Darn!" I said. I was hoping to at least do damage to him, since I couldn't destroy it. Still, I knew the banner's weakness. "Remember, the Banner can only last 5 attacks. So, there goes one."
"It doesn't matter to me!" he said. "I still have plenty more monsters left that can take on your strategy!"
"All right, well, I set one card face-down, then end my turn."
"I draw!" he said. "Summon Scout Soldier in Attack Mode!"
Scout Soldier
EARTH
Level
2
Warrior/Effect
ATK: 800
DEF: 200
When this card is
Summoned, search your Deck for a card with "Blade" or "Knight"
in its card name, and add it to your hand. When this card is
destroyed as a result of battle, Special Summon 1 "Scout Soldier"
from your Deck.
"I now get to search my deck for one of my cards with Blade or Knight in the name, and add it to my hand." He eventually picked a card, then played it. "Activate Rite of Knight!"
Rite Of Knight
Spell/Continuous
Each time a
Warrior-Type monster on your side of the field is destroyed in
battle, both players can draw 1 card from their Decks.
"!!" I knew exactly what he was up to.
"Now, Scout Soldier, attack his Wise Alchemist!"
Scout Soldier charged at my Wise Alchemist. However, it responded with a blast of aura that shattered the soldier.
"Now, by discarding my Winged Dragon Knight, I can make the damage I take 0! Now, watch this! See, my Knight goes back to my Deck due to the effect of your Immaterialism!"
"He's won…" Adam declared.
"My Scout Soldier will be destroyed, so we both get to draw a card!"
We both drew a card. However, I knew it was over.
"Now, my Scout Soldier is placed back into my Deck by the effect of your Immaterialism! Plus, I get to summon another Scout Soldier from my deck!"
Another Scout Soldier appeared.
"With its effect, I'll grab my Winged Dragon Knight from my Deck, and have my new Scout Soldier attack your Wise Alchemist!"
His Scout Soldier charged at my Wise Alchemist. However, my alchemist blocked the attack, and sent it back, destroying my Scout Soldier.
"Now, I'll return my Winged Dragon Knight to my Deck to negate the damage with my Banner, then we both draw a card, then I get another Scout Soldier, and get my Winged Dragon Knight back, my Soldier attacks your Alchemist, and rinse and repeat until one of us runs out of cards. We both run 40-card decks. I've used 4 of my cards so far; Armor Blade, Nobility Banner, Rite Of Knight and Scout Soldier. I have no cards in my Graveyard, and four cards in my hand. Therefore, I have 32 cards left in my Deck. Let's see about you; you have your Wise Alchemist, your Fiend Alchemist, your two Splicers, your Stone, and Immaterialism on the field. You have Grenju and Restructure in your Graveyard, and three cards in your hand. That leaves you with 29 cards in your Deck. Since we each draw every time my Scout Soldier is destroyed, you'll lose first by deckout."
I sighed in frustration. "Arrgh…you always know how to take the easy way out!"
"Well, that's what you get when you keep us waiting!" he retorted.
"Well, that was fun to watch Leon get his butt whooped by a technicality." Andrew sneered. "Now, we're still a good ways away from the island. How's about I take you on next, Matt?"
"Sounds good." he replied.
"I don't want to watch; you guys can go ahead, I want to scope out our classmates, see if there are any worthy competition there."
"I'm coming with you, Leon." Adam said.
"Cool." I replied.
"Game on!" yelled Matt and Andrew as they started their duel. However, Adam and I stepped outside.
"Stupid Matt…thinking he knows everything." I whined.
"He doesn't know everything…" Adam replied sarcastically. "He just knows you. He knows what gets under your skin."
"I suppose…"
We decided to get something to drink. Nothing like filling your stomach on an ocean cruise; good thing none of us were seasick.
As we were headed to the food and drink area, we both got ourselves a pop while we looked around. There were quite a few people here; from naïve, show-off runts to mysterious wallflowers; the whole place was littered with duelists.
However, we were approached by a group of women. "Hey, boys." said the one in front. She was quite the attractive one; long brown hair with beautiful eyes, and the body to match. However, she wasn't interested in hooking up with us. "I'm bored; will one of you duel me?"
"I will!" we both shouted simultaneously. We both glared at each other before entering a long argument about which of us got to duel.
"You know what?" she said. "How about I pick?"
We stopped arguing and diverted our attention to her. "Huh?"
"I want to duel you." she said, pointing to Adam. My heart sank and I died a little inside, but Adam was the only one of us who hadn't had time to warm up before the exams.
"Hmm…I accept." he said.
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Who is this mystery woman wanting to duel Adam?
How the hell did I come up with such a stupid but complicated way to make Matt win the duel against Leon?
And why the hell do they need so much practice before the exams?
Find out…next chapter!