Chapter 1: A Duel for Destiny

"Vorse Raider, direct attack!" shouted Keith, bringing his opponent's, Chris's, life points down to 1800.

I guess I should explain a little before I continue. This story does not take place in our world. It exists world that is very much like ours, except that it is slightly more advanced when it comes to technology, and everyone plays a card game. Not just any card game, but the greatest card game of all time. Duel Monsters. It is a game in which you summon monsters to fight for you. Each person starts out with 8000 life points. When a player's life points reach zero, they loose.

This is the final round in a local tournament at a small card shop. Not just any tournament either. This was THE biggest tournament ever held in this town. It was because of the prize. The prize was 6 tickets to the biggest tournament since the Battle City tournament 30 years ago. It is called the Destiny Tournament.

Keith was a local veteran, and this kid, Chris, is a kid who had just moved there. This tournament was the first time that anyone had seen him play. They seemed almost exactly even. They had been matching each other move for move. The score is Keith: 1900 Chris: 1800. This was the 36th turn of the match, and at this rate, it

wasn't going to end soon.

Keith ended his turn by placing two cards face down. Chris started his turn.

"I will place Sea Serpent in face up attack mode. Then I will place 2 cards face down. I end." stated Chris calmly. Keith had no idea how he stayed so calm in such a big match.

"I'm getting bored, so let's finish this now." said Keith, after drawing a card. "I activate Bell of Destruction!"

"I guess you win, good match." said Chris, ever calm.

"But I've haven't chosen which card to destroy. I choose Vorse Raider. That brings both of our life points to 0." said Keith, which obviously confused Chris. "You play wonderfully, you deserve 3 of those tickets if anyone does." explained Keith.

"Good game."

"Good game."

And with that, they became friends and rivals, each promising silently to beat the other in the Destiny Tournament.

And so my fan-fic begins! What do you think? The other chapters will be longer, this is just an intro.