So lets see here.

This is a fic that I had written down a year ago for a different site. Though that one has not been getting much traffic recently and so I decided to repost it here, because I am such a nice guy (and I hadn't done anything with this account recently...if ever.) So yeah its a story based on the card game of YGO and certain elements from the show, though thats about as far as it goes. No characters from the show, entirely separate world, so using cards like Kaibaman wont be completely bizarre.

It follows the standard rules of the game, 8000 LP, normal summoning in face-up attack mode but not face-up defense mode etc etc. Most of the cards used already exist, but if they are not there will be a short description of the card at the end of the paragraph. And for this fic I use the translated names usually, though sometimes the original names will go along with it (Because some names just sound better that way.

At the end of the chapter before the notes there will be a little summary of what bew cards showed up in the chapter, and which ones are in the actual card game.

No clue how the rating system works (Not American here). It contains somewhat explicit language, violence , religious references and stuff like that. Guess thats a 'T'

Anyway lets get this started shall we? I hope to keep the updates at a fast pace.

Testament 1: Welcome the Duelists

Somewhere in a darkened area, near a place where that not many people would suspect of corruption, the dawn of a new age was in the making. It was in the prime of night when a certain offland base had received orders to prepare for the upcoming event. Soldiers waited at the edge and on top of the high walls, waiting for the trucks to arrive. They entered the complex with ominous beams of light, and from the cars came even stranger figures, men and women whose features were obscured by in white coats. "So you have arrived at last" One of the base officers said, greeting the leader of the convoy with a stern handshake. "You sound disappointed, sir." The other responded, rather bluntly. "Not at all. We are at your disposal." The first bowed down slighlty, to hide a certain level of contempt for the people that stood before him. "As was the agreement between our two parties..." He smirked and nodded at the trick driver, who drove onward. The gate closed behind him almost immediately.

Once inside, they started to unload a very large package. Crates and crates of heavy materials, no soldier was allowed to peek inside. "I wonder what that is though." One of them pointed towards the largest crate of them all, as he carried a box away. "Who knows, we will need a forklift for that thing. But if I have to make a guess.." Some knew very well why they were here, they werent the first place to be visited by the men in white. "Sir, I have some other news you should hear." A woman walked up to the leader. "Ah yes, interesting." He picked up a pad from his companion and quoted it. "They have begun the tournament, we expect a pleasant output. See to it that your project is on schedule." He chuckled and turned away to talk with the official. "Heh, it seems your men wont have much free time." The other just sighed and shook his head. "I do not know what you people are up too, but this tournament wont benefit from it." The leader did not react and just stared into the sky, smiling.

"And that is why dont need to know"

The very next day a bulletin was issued across the globe, in all languages and to every country that harbored them. Duelists, they who played the game known as "Duel Monsters". Those who were accepted into the official hierarchy of the game, meaning that they were recognized as high-ranked players in official leagues, were notified of a special tournament coming up in an unknown location. The prices awarded, would prove to please them for a lifetime. Everything was funded by toy and game companies, most notably the firm 'Outer Deck' who shipped the cards to most countries, while making millions. However there was a catch, a new device had been invented by an offshore branch, called a dueldisk. Only players with this device could enter the games, only they would receive the proper invitation and location. The dueldisks were in the hands of every local game store owner and/or employee, instated as an official judge by the company.

The outbursts across the globe ranged from timid to furious, depending on the attitudes of every duelist who received Outer Decks notice. Whether it was first spotted in game mags, on the net or an obscure television commercial, pretty soon everyone was informed. Several players stormed to the nearest stores first thing in the morning, others waited until the buzz died down, and few elected to ignore the whole thing. It was a good thing that this competition was held at the start of summer vacation, the company wanted to avoid any negative parental backlash at all costs. However the event was still vaguely explained, all that the children knew was that they were to come to a local judge and fight for the dueldisk apparatus. At least this confusion did not last for too long, the judges quickly sorted them out as they entered the stores. This held true for the pack of gamers that visited a large-scale shop at the edge of their city. This was one of the more crowded gatherings.

"Okay children, calm down and take a seat." The head-Judge yelled over the megaphone, pointing to the makeshift stools in front of the building. "In ten minutes, we will begin the matches. Yes you heard me right, matches. Since this particular store is so packed with enthusiastic duelists, and the number of dueldisks provided to us is limited, we will have to test your skills, and hand out the disk to whomever we deem worthy." he said the last part half-jokingly. "So once you enter, you can walk up to one of the officials and ask for a dueldisk. But the hitch is...only those that beat the judge may take it home. And to win you need to win at least two out of three games." In this case the country's standard rules still applied. Even though rumors about single-match duels were flying around everywhere. "This of course means that there will be a limit, instead of 8000 lifepoints, we shall all duel with 4000. This is only to speed up the process, since we do not have all day."

Afterwards he opened the floor for questions, and some more explanations. Then when he had explained the rules clearly, the others were finally allowed to enter. Once again a variety of response was evident within the crowd, some ran others walked at a calm pace. Some immediately begged for their disk, others had to wait for their turn. "Hrn, this thing is less heavy then I thought it would be." One of the duelists commented as he received his disk from a judge, whose nametag said Mr. Pulse. "Wait... thats not your real name is it?" He asked the man quickly. "Oh no, not quite. The chief just thought it would be humorous to hand out nickname tags. I mean... What is your name kid?" He took out a note pad and pen. "I am Nero, Nero Jacobus" The judge smirked and took out his checklist. "I wonder if thats an alias as well, never the less you're signed in under that name." He took out his own disk. "Well we might as well begin this, the first of three matches."And I will show you why I earned my nickname."" He started the timer. He clicked a button on his device, while showing Nero how to follow suit, and the two had succesfully activated their machines. "Lets see what this can do.."

Nero's LP: 4000 Pulse's LP: 4000

It was normal here for a judge to take initiative in the first match. Afterwards the winner would decide who took first turn. So Pulse drew six cards, while Nero drew five. "I summon to the field, Raiou the Thunder King!" He called forth a thunder type monster card (1900/800), which could be best described as a lightning rod, that had come to life, with two electrodes hanging at its side. "Huh, have not seen that card before. Must be a promo." He gave the hologram a closer look. "Though I must say, these holograms are very impressive." This was after all his first time playing the game with such advanced specs. "Indeed, and as you can now see. I run a thunder-type deck." The fact of which was rather surprising, since those decks were not to common. "I will also place a trap card facedown. Now I end my turn." He said, leaving Nero to draw a card from his deck. "I wonder what kind of deck you will use, Mr. Nero." He said, making the kid sigh. "Well since you have a pun in your name, I think you will forgive me for mine." He activated a spell from his hand. "You see, I run this kind of deck." It was the fusing card Polymerization.

He took two warrior-type monsters from his hand and combined them. The dark-elemental hero Necroshade and the Light-elemental Sparkman "Ah, I see...E-Heroes." He couldn't help his smile. "Nero the Hero." Of course 'the hero' had heard that line very often. "A well-timed joke is fun and all, but I shall not press that matter. Yet I had hoped to face a deck which was not so common. E-heroes, and D-heroes, are very popular lately." He could not blame the cards. "But sadly, this also means I am well prepared for such a playing style, observe." To Nero's surprise, his polymerized creature faded before it even took form. "What is this? Is this the effect .." He looked forward and saw Raiou. It had caused this. "Yes, this card negates all kinds of special summons. However it must sacrifice itself to do so." So the thunder card left the field along with Nero's fusion warrior. "And I would have liked to summon that card too. Oh well." At least his opponent no longer had any defensive monsters left.

"But, I can still use my normal summon." He called out a water-warrior: E-hero the Ocean (1500/1200) "Direct attack!" He cried out. "Now is a good time to reveal this trap card." He flipped his facedown card, Raigeki Break. "By discarding a card from my hand, I can destroy one card on your side of the field." He discarded a Batterymen monster card and electrocuted the oceanic hero. "Figures." Nero was forced to end his turn, but not before he placed a trap of his own facedown. "My turn." he drew and summoned another monster card. "I normal summon the Thunder Knight (1300/1400), this thunder-monster gains 400 attackpoints for each face-up Thunder-type." The knight included himself in his effect, so it boosted to (1700/1400) "Direct attack." He said, and this time Nero opened his trap. "Sorry, two can play this game." He revealed the card, Widespread Ruin. "If I had a nickle for every time I see that card." Pulse groaned as a trap mine attached to his Knight and blew it to smithereens.

Thunder Knight 4/1300/1400 Thunder/Light
Increase this cards attackpoints by 400 for every face-up Thunder-type monster card on the field.

"Well we're right back to where we started." And this time he did not have a trap handy. "I end my turn, Mr. Nero." He said solemnly. "You know when you say it like that, you make me feel old." He drew again. "Not even my mom calls me by such a fancy title. Anyway I disgress, I'd better make use of this moment." He looked at his cemetery. "Now you know I sent Necroshade into the grave earlier, because of my failed fusing attempt." The judge nodded. "So I can use his effect to summon a high-level Hero without tributes." Once again Pulse agreed. "Well here it comes, I call E-hero Bladedge (2600/1800)." A bronze knight leaped unto the dueling stage, for a hologram it was quite shiny. "Impressive." His adversary simply noted, before he was given a sharp blow across the chest. "Thats looks rather painful, for a vision." Nero said afterwards. "Its okay, its still an illusion." His body did not move much. "Not that that attack was without effect." In one swoop he had lost half his life, meanwhile the kid placed another trap down.

Pulse's LP: 1400

But then when the official drew again, his expression changed. "Too bad ..Nero, unless you got a good facedown, this round is mine." He showed why he was so confident, he played two spell cards: Battery Charger and Inferno Reckless Summoning. "The first spell allows me to pay 500 of my lifepoints to revive a Battery-type monster. So I revive Batteryman AA" It was the one he had discarded earlier for Raigeki Break. "And since a monster with less then 1500 attackpoints was special summoned, the second spell will allow me to special summon two more Batterymen!" Three of the battery-themed cards now walked the field (0/0) "Oh boy. I know what they do, each battery gives itself 1000 points." Since three now haunted the monster zones, all three of them were at maximum strength (3000/3000). "Yet Inferno Reckless Summoning allows the opponent to special summon two more monsters on his field as well." That meant two more blade-edges. There was only one problem "I dont have more..."

Pulse's LP: 900

"I expected that, I never met a duelist who runs three of those. Now..." The thunder trio charged at Edgeman. "Wait, I still have this!" Nero revealed his own trap, Edge Hammer. "By tributing Bladedge, I can destroy one monster on the field, and inflict damage to your lifepoints equal to its attackpower! That means you will lose 3000 points before I get attacked." He hoped to survive round 1 of the match this way. "You forget one thing kid." He started talking as the Bladedge hologram grabbed his hammer and used it to flatten one batteryman. This dropped the power of the remaining two by a thousand (2000/2000) "Edge Hammer...targets original attackpower." Nero gasped, that meant, AA's original power was (0/0)...he would lose no lifepoints at all! "No.." And two 2000-attackers zapped him mercilessly. "You lost this round, Nero Jacobus." He informed him quite calmly as the holograms began to fade again. "Better make the next one count.."

Nero's LP: 0

(To be Continued in Testament 002: Apathy has a Name now)

New cards used by Nero Jacobus
Elemental Hero Necroshade
Elemental Hero Sparkman
Elemental HeroThe Ocean
Elemental Hero Bladedge

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Polymerization

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Widespread Ruin
Edge Hammer

New cards used by Judge Pulse
Thunder King
Thunder Knight (+)
Batteryman AA

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Battery Charger
Inferno Reckless Summoning

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Raigeki Break

(+) Thunder Knight is the same as the monster uses by those Monarch duelists in YGO GX Season 2. Credit goes to the anime writers for giving me a card that complements a thunder deck so well.