Disclaimer: No I do not own Yugioh.
Bloodline of the Magician
Chapter 1: Just how good are you?
Darkness surrounded him. He could feel the power of it tearing at his soul. But he would not fall to it. ("I have worked far too hard…I will not fall!") Reaching deep within his power supply, all of his energy was released to stem the power that was destroying him slowly.
"If there is one thing…"
"That you must remember about me….."
"It is that you are weak….."
"And I am strong."
("Damn you…damn you to the deepest pits of the abyss….") The form struggled more against the darkness. ("I will not be lost! I will break free!")
A Duel Monsters Night Club?
Yeah, that's what it is. Established in 2010 by Industrial Illusions to appeal to some of the older players of the game, it was the hope of the company to spread the popularity of the game. And it worked perfectly too.
Deep within the dark club, lights flashed down onto the gathered teenagers and other random adults who danced in the middle of the lit floor.
Except someone near the back of the club. "I'm sorry sir, but I have to get to work."
"What's the hurry lovely lady? Don't you want to hang out with a guy of my reputation?" The speaker was a man wearing a leather jacket with a green Mohawk. "I'm a top-notch member of the national dueling circuit."
The girl was wearing one of the leather outfits of a serving girl, her blond hair done up in a bun. It was a little scanty, but still...it was decent clothing. She took another step back. "Yeah…but…I have to get to work. Ummm…bye." Turning on one heel she got ready to speed-walk away.
Except he grabbed her wrist. "Come on cutey…"
She tried to move faster. "No."
A low growl came from him and he pulled her back next to him on the couch. "Listen here you little…" Something small and round hit him right in the temple.
The girl hopped up and ran away as quickly as she could.
The guy turned around, clutching at the bruise on the side of his head. "Who did that?"
"That would be me." A cold voice replied. Standing just a few feet away was a shadowed form.
The guy leapt up and lifted his fists. "You want to fight, buddy?"
A strobe light flashed next to the person, illuminating a pair of violet eyes and chestnut brown hair with fire red bangs. Then the light flicked off and the person was bathed in darkness again. "A fight? I'm not much for physical violence. Instead, how about you show off that special skill of yours?" They held up a glowing, activated duel disk. "Well?"
"I'll take you down. Greg Mason doesn't lose to anyone!" He grabbed his disk and attached it to his arm. "Let's do it!"
The person turned and whistled loudly. "Clear it up!" Everyone heard this and moved aside, while both duelists walked towards the dance floor. While Greg was still in the light, the challenger opted to stand in an area suspiciously short of light, so that they remained in shadow. "My name is Houdini, let's duel!"
Greg- 4000
Houdini- 4000
Greg drew. "It's my turn first! Draw!" He glanced at the drawn card. Sliding it into his hand, he drew a different card from his hand and placed it face-down on his disk. "I set one monster card face-down. End turn."
Houdini drew. "You must think you're tricky…unfortunately the only duelist here with tricks is me." They fanned out their hand. ("It's a good start…") A card was slapped down onto their disk. "I summon Witch of the Black Forest (1100/1200) in defense mode. End turn." A woman in black robes appeared on the field.
Greg drew. ("I've got you…") He pointed at his set monster. "Flip summon! 4-starred Ladybug of Doom!" (800/1200) A large ladybug with four green stars on its back appeared on the field. "When this monster is flip summoned all level four monsters on your field are destroyed!" Witch of the Black Forest exploded into dust.
The audience gasped in complete surprise.
Houdini slid the card into their graveyard and removed a card from the deck. "I search for a monster with 1500 or less defense points from my deck and add it to my hand."
Greg slid the card into his graveyard. "Now I sacrifice the ladybug…and summon Big-Tusked Mammoth!" (2000/1000) A giant wooly mammoth appeared on his field. "Attack!" It trumpeted and charged, passing through Houdini like a phantom. They stumbled slightly. ("I've nearly beaten you. However…I'd better set up for the killing blow next turn.") "I set one card face-down on the field and end my turn." A card shimmered into existence behind the giant creature on his field.
Greg- 4000
Houdini- 2000
Houdini drew. ("This card will work…") "First I'll set three cards face-down in my magic/trap zone." They held up another card. "Then I play Coins from Heaven." A shower of beautiful light fell over the field. "This card forces us both to draw until we are holding six cards in our hands." They drew three cards, while Greg drew two. ("Only one option for me…") "I summon Mystical Elf (800/2000) in defense mode." A blue-skinned elf in green robes appeared on the field in a crouching position. "Also, I set two cards face-down on the field. End turn." Now there were five cards sitting on their field, but they still had to play defensively.
Greg drew. "You're pitiful…nothing but defense. Since I can't successfully get past your monster, I'll use it to my advantage! I activate Soul Exchange!" Mystical Elf disappeared in a tornado. "This lets me sacrifice my battle phase to use your monster as a tribute." He slapped another card down and a black-armored monster holding an axe appeared on the field. "I summon Mefist the Infernal General (1800/1700) in attack mode. End turn."
Houdini drew. "First I reveal Cyclone! This quickplay magic card will destroy one magic or trap card in play!" A blast of wind shattered Greg's set card.
The punk grimaced. ("My Spell-Binding Circle…")
Houdini threw a card onto their disk. "I summon Skilled Sword Magician (1900/1700) in attack mode." A silver-robed spellcaster holding a single steel rapier appeared on the field. "Now reverse card open! Monster Reborn revives Witch of the Black Forest!" The black-robed woman appeared on the field in a crouching position. "Also, reverse card open! Serial Spell lets me discard my hand to duplicate Monster Reborn!" They slammed their whole hand into the graveyard slot of their disk. "Revive Mystical Elf!" The blue-skinned elf appeared on the field next to the Witch. "End turn."
"You dumped your whole hand just for that?" Greg drew. "Big-Tusked Mammoth, attack Skilled Sword Magician!" The giant monster roared and charged.
Houdini pointed at their set card. "Quickplay magic card activate now! Magical Textbook first requires I discard my hand." They held up their hands to indicate that they had no card in hand anyway. "Now I draw the top card of my deck. If it is a magic card then it is activated. Otherwise it is discarded." They drew…
"What magic card could you possibly draw to protect your life points?" Greg was about to smile, but paled at the sight of the drawn card. "You lucky little…" Green glowing swords of light slammed down onto his field, stopping his monsters cold.
Houdini calmly pointed at him. "The special ability of Swords of Revealing Light seals your monsters away for three turns, preventing them from attacking."
Greg snarled. "End turn."
Houdini drew. ("I just need one more magic card.") They slapped their drawn card into their disk. "I activate Spell Economics. This continuous magic card makes it so that I no longer have to pay life points to activate a magic card!"
"You have no cards in hand, so what should I care?" Greg shrugged and started to laugh.
Houdini pointed at their Skill Sword Magician. "Every time a magic card is played a magic counter is added to my monster. When it has five counters…I can sacrifice it!" The spellcaster disappeared in a flash of light. "From my graveyard I special summon Sword Saint Magician!" A lithe form exploded out of the dance floor and landed on their field. It was a magician in light green robes holding a pair of fencing swords. (2500/2100)
"During the turn that one of your monsters is summoned it cannot attack thanks to the effect of Big-Tusked Mammoth." Greg smirked.
"I don't need it to attack yet." Houdini's set card flipped up. "Pitch-Black Power Stone is a continuous trap card that comes into play with three magic counters on it." Three motes of light hovered on a jet-black stone that appeared on their field. "I transfer one of the counters to Sword Saint Magician! When it has a magic counter its attack power increases by 300." (2800/2100)
"It still can't attack." Greg sneered.
"That's what you think." Houdini pointed at Big-Tusked Mammoth. "Sword Saint Magician, activate your special ability. By removing one counter from my monster I can flip one monster on the field face-down." Big-Tusked Mammoth shimmered and turned into a set card. "Now's my chance, Sword Saint Magician, attack now!" The spellcaster glided across the field and cut through Mefist. "End turn."
Greg- 3300
Houdini- 2000
Greg drew. ("Why you little…") "I set one card face-down on the field. Also, I set one monster in defense mode. End turn."
Houdini drew. "I summon Scythe Magician!" (1400/1700) A red-robed spellcaster holding a scythe appeared on the field. "Attack the face-down Mammoth!" It slashed through the set card easily. "Sword Saint Magician, attack the right monster!" The other magician slid across the field and cut through the set monster. "End turn."
Greg drew. ("Alright…my mob control monster.") "I set one monster face-down on the field. End turn."
Houdini drew. ("Alright, one of the three mystic tomes…") "Go Sword Saint Magician, attack the monster on the left!" It leapt across the field and slashed through the monster card.
Greg snickered. "You just helped me. The effect of Skull-Mark Ladybug lets me gain 500 life points."
Greg- 3800
Houdini- 2000
Houdini pointed at the other monster. "Go Scythe Magician!" The spellcaster slashed through the set monster and all four of Houdini's monsters disappeared. "What?"
"You triggered the effect of Morphing Jar #2 (800/700) which when flipped up sends all monsters on the field back to the owner's deck. Then you burn through your deck until you reach the same number of monsters. All cards that are not monsters or that are monsters higher than four level stars are discarded."
Houdini shuffled their deck and started drawing. Four face-down monsters appeared on their field. "Because of the set-up of my field all I can do is set one card face-down. End turn."
Greg drew. "I set one card face-down and summon Zolga." (1700/1200) A cape-covered angel appeared on the field. "Attack one of the monsters!" It launched forwards and stopped right in front of the card; blasts of wind flew from its cape that slashed the set monster apart. "End turn."
Houdini drew. "I reverse summon Dark Seal-master (1800/1000) in attack mode." A man appeared on the field holding a number of pieces of paper. "Now…I sacrifice my other two monsters to summon Silver Axe Magician." (2500/2100) A silver-robed spellcaster appeared on the field with a huge silver axe in one hand. "Attack Zolga!"
Greg pointed at one of his set cards. "I activate Angry Attack! Our monsters are now both destroyed!" Zolga charged towards the magician angrily.
Houdini pointed at their set card. "I reveal Tome of Shadow!" Tendrils of smoke wrapped around the Silver Axe Magician and it stopped in mid-attack. "This quickplay magic card activates when a spellcaster on my field battles! I can protect it from destruction!" A copy of the magician sprang from its original and collided with Zolga, both exploding into dust. "Dark…"
"Reveal Call of the Haunted!" Greg's face-down card flipped up. "This card will revive one monster from my graveyard! Return Big-Tusked Mammoth!" The giant wooly mammoth appeared on the field.
Houdini frowned. "End turn."
Greg drew. "I play the magic card Pot of Greed, which lets me draw two cards." Sliding two cards off of his deck, he smirked. "First I set one card face-down. Then I play Reload. This magic card lets me shuffle my hand into my deck and draw cards equal to the number of cards I have in my hand." He shuffled and drew three cards. "Now I activate Spin! By discarding one card from my hand I can send one monster on your field to the top of your deck." Silver Axe Magician disappeared. "Now I summon Possessed Dark Soul (1200/800) in attack mode." A humanoid form made of fire appeared on the field. "Big-Tusked Mammoth, attack Dark Seal Master now!" It trumpeted and charged, trampling the spellcaster.
Greg- 3800
Houdini- 1800
"Direct attack on his life points, Possessed Dark Soul!" The form shot a blast of fire that slammed right into Houdini. "Now I set one card face-down. End turn." Greg smirked coldly. "Go ahead and draw your Magician so I can finish you off."
Greg- 3800
Houdini- 600
Houdini looked down at their deck. Then they drew. "You made one mistake in this duel. And that is thinking you had me stuck. Because I have a monster in my graveyard…" Energy flowed out of their graveyard and circled around the drawn card. "Arcane Tutor (1200/1000) when in my graveyard lets me once per game normal summon a spellcaster from my hand! Silver Axe Magician cannot be stopped!" (2500/2100) The warrior magician appeared on the field and struck a pose. "End turn."
Greg drew. "I just drew the perfect card to deal with you. Axe of Despair is an equipment magic card raises the attack power of Big-Tusked Mammoth by 1000." (3000/1000) The giant mammoth trumpeted. "Attack now!" It charged towards the Silver Axe Magician. "I've got you beaten."
"Not yet! Pitch-Black Power Stone gives a counter to Silver Axe Magician! When it has a counter on it then its attack power rises by 500!" (3000/2100) Both monsters collided.
Greg snickered. "Still, your monster will be destroyed and then Possessed Dark Soul can attack you directly!"
Houdini shook their head. "Silver Axe Magician can defeat any monster that has the same attack points as it!" Their monster slashed through the mammoth and it blew apart.
Greg paled and his Possessed Dark Soul folded its arms in on itself. "I switch my monster into defense mode. End turn."
Houdini drew. "I summon Witch of the Black Forest again!" The spellcaster reappeared in play. "Attack now!"
Greg's face-down card flipped up. "Zero Gravity switches our monsters' modes!" Both of Houdini's switched into defense mode and Possessed Dark Soul stood up.
Houdini sighed. "End turn."
Greg drew. "I play Chaos Vortex." Electricity slammed down onto the field and all three monsters in play disappeared in a flash of light. "This card prevents me from summoning for this turn, but I can remove all monsters on the field from play. End turn."
Houdini drew. ("Sword Saint Magician…but I've already used Arcane Tutor's special ability…") "End turn."
Greg drew. "I set one monster face-down on the field. End turn."
Houdini drew. "I summon Penguin Magician (750/500) to the field!" A little penguin in magician's robes appeared on the field. "Attack the set monster now!" It pointed its wand at the set monster and little twinkles of light went from the object around the set card. And it disappeared. "When Penguin Magician attacks a set monster I can send a set monster on your field onto the top of your deck! End turn!"
Greg drew. ("If I set this monster face-down…") Growling, he slapped it onto the disk. "I summon Mask of Darkness (900/400) in attack mode!" A yellow wooden mask appeared on the field. "Attack Penguin Magician now!" It rattled and the little bird exploded into dust. "End turn."
Greg- 3800
Houdini- 450
Houdini drew. "First I play Pot of Greed." They drew two cards. "I summon Matrix Magician (1500/1200) to the field!" A woman in a skin-tight green bodysuit appeared on the field and struck a pose. "Attack Mask of Darkness now!" It lifted both of its hands up and energy build up between them…and then it threw it at the Mask of Darkness. The wooden mask exploded into dust. "End turn."
Greg- 3200
Houdini- 450
Greg drew. "I the Mask of the Accursed equipment magic card." A giant ugly mask appeared on the face of the Matrix Magician. "This card prevents your monster from attacking and switching modes. End turn."
Houdini drew. "I play Cost Down! By discarding one card from my hand I can lower the level of all monsters in my hand and on my field by two stars!" They pointed at Matrix Magician. "I sacrifice my monster to summon Sword Saint Magician!"
The green magician reappeared on the field. "I activate Pitch-Black Power Stone's ability and transfer the last counter to my monster!" (2800/2100) "Attack directly!" It launched across the field and slashed its swords across Greg's chest. "End turn."
Greg- 400
Houdini- 450
Greg snarled and drew. "I set one monster face-down. End turn!"
Houdini drew, but didn't bother to look. "I activate the second effect of Sword Saint Magician!" Spell Economics disappeared. "By sacrificing one card in my magic or trap zone I can destroy one face-down monster on the field!" Their magician danced across the field and slashed through the set monster. "Direct attack!" It kept going and slashed the blade across Greg's chest, dropping him to the ground.
Greg- 0
Houdini- 450
The whole crowd, that had been holding their breath, broke into wild applause. The music picked up again.
Greg glared at Houdini. "You bastard…making a fool of me…"
Houdini stepped into the light of the club…and smiled, brushing back her fire-red bangs. "I think you mean bitch."
Greg's jaw nearly shattered from the force of it dropping. "You're a…a…a….a….a…a…a…"
She patted his cheek a couple of times and winked. "Maybe next time." Turning, she walked over towards the bar.
The waitress from before was standing behind it, with a big smile on her face. "Thanks a lot Vera."
"Hey, what are sisters for?" She sat at the bar and grinned, her leather mini-skirt and jacket glittering in the lights of the room. ("Perhaps maybe 'Greg' will remember that no means no.")
A loud thud caught both of their attention. It was the owner of the establishment. "What have I told you about dueling on the dance floor?"
Vera sighed. "You've told us fifty times since last week."
"You're both fired."
My name is Vera Rast. And the blond is my sister Sarah. We're the daughters of a famous magician. And we're pretty much homeless. Our mother and father are alive, but we ran away from home when we were sixteen. And now we're seventeen…and still homeless. I'm a pretty good duelist…
No one wants to hear your life story Vera! Sheesh…you're boring them!
They don't mind to hear…
Argh…you're hopeless! Well anyway, hello everyone!
(For the love of god…get on with it!)
Sheesh…he's irritated. Maybe you should get some sleep instead of sitting here writing?
(……..)
Well anyway, in the next episode some crazy stuff is going to happen. This weirdo guy my age who owns this mansion…
(No, I'll do it! You need to earn the right to do the preview! Alright, hi guys. This is Wolf General. Yes, another storyline in the universe of the Demon Duelist Legacy. Why? Because I'm diving into a series of cards that I've never worked with before. I always left spellcasters to the experts, but to better round my dueling skill I'm going to give it a shot. Anyway, in the next episode the girls are going to run into trouble…and that trouble's name is Yukio.)
More trouble? Haven't we had a hard enough life already?
I'll deal with whatever it is!
(Yeah, we'll see.)
Next Episode: Cyber Dragon collision
