"Ladies and gentlemen, we have a very special treat for you tonight! Here tonight in the Kaiba Dome, we have two amazing duelists going head to head."
Turning towards the audience, the announcer smiled at the fact he had the audience seemingly eating from the palm of his hand. Pointing off to his left at a young man who had silver hair that reached his upper back in length and light blue eyes and was wearing a silver business suit, as well as a standard issue White Duel Disk on his left arm, he said "Introducing first, a phenomenon that has been taking the dueling world for many years. He has been one of the top ranked duelists in the world since entering the Pro Circuit and has earned many hard fought victories. He is the sensation who relies on destiny and cannot be denied! I'm speaking of none other than Aster Phoenix!"
Listening to the loud cheers for him, Aster slightly smirked as he looked out at the crowd up in the stands. Taking his attention from them to the duelist across the arena that was facing him, he began walking towards the middle of the dueling ring while fisting his hands.
Standing at the other end of the arena was a blue-green haired young man with green eyes. His clothing consisted of a mostly white jacket with a blue collar and a blue vest, and black pants. Like his opponent, he wore a white standard issue Duel Disk on his left arm.
"And introducing next, he is an up and coming new star to the Pro Circuit. He only graduated from North Duel Academy earlier this year, yet he has taken himself up through the ranks like a man possessed. To add to his story, he is the proud owner of the Crystal Beasts, an exclusive set of cards given to him by Maximillion Pegasus. Give it up for Jesse Anderson!"
Waving to the crowd while moving towards the middle of the dueling ring, Jesse yelled out "Thank you, thank you!"
Reaching the middle, both duelists stared one another down with confident looks etched into their faces. Looking between the two, the announcer smirked at the sight of the growing tension between the two duelists. Hearing the crowd cheering, he glanced up at them, motioning them to cheer louder.
Having his fill, the announcer twirled the microphone in his hand and said "I think it's time to get this duel underway. First, a coin toss to determine who will choose to go first. Mr. Anderson, the honor is yours to call the coin."
Turning his attention to the announcer, the blue-green haired young man nodded. Watching the announcer pull a coin out from his pocket, Jesse waited till the coin was flipped up into the air before he called out "Heads!"
The coin soon came tumbling down into the announcer's hand, who caught it expertly. Holding his hand out to reveal the results to the two duelists, he announced to the crowd "The coin has landed tails, meaning Aster Phoenix has the right to choose to go first."
"I shall go first." Aster commented instantly.
Nodding in reply, the announcer once more twirled his microphone, saying "Aster Phoenix has chosen to go first. Now then duelists, shake hands and let's get this duel underway!"
Both duelists extended their hands to the other, with both slightly smiling. Grasping one another's hand in a tight handshake, the pair stared each other in the eye for a few long moments.
"Don't forget the bet we made earlier." Aster commented.
Replying with a nod, Jesse said "I haven't. May the best duelist win."
Breaking apart their handshake, the pair turned away from one another and headed towards their starting positions. Watching this, the announcer walked over to the edge of the dueling ring and saw the pair soon come to a complete stop and face one another again. Each drew out their decks and shuffled before placing them into their deck slots. Immediately, both Duel Disks glowed to life, with both duelists taking up a ready position. Pushing out in sync with one another, the two Duel Disks simultaneously pushed the hidden arm of the Duel Disks out as the life point counters counted up to 8000 instantly.
"Game on!" both Aster and Jesse called out loudly, earning a cheer from the crowd.
Both duelists picked up five cards from the top of their decks and placed them into their left hands. Picking up his sixth card, Aster called out "I'll kick this duel off by playing this spell, Destiny Draw! By sending a Destiny Hero from my hand to the Grave from my hand, I get to draw two new cards. I'll toss out Destiny Hero – Malicious."
Placing the monster card into his Graveyard Slot, the silver haired duelist watched it slowly suck down into the slot before drawing two new cards. Eyeing them, he smirked and held one of the two out, saying "What do you know, I drew another spell, which I'm playing now! Go D – Spirit! Thanks to this card, I check my field for Destiny Heroes. If I have none, I get to special summon one from my hand to the field, so long as it is level four or less. I'm picking Destiny Hero – Dunker (1200/1700)!"
Appearing onto the field instantly was a muscular tanned man with dark purple dreadlocks, a green masked face with red eyes, and green tattoos on his shoulders. The man wore dull gray armor covering his chest and arms from his elbows down to his hands, and similar metal boots.
"I'm activating Dunker's special ability, which allows me to send a Destiny Hero from my hand to the Graveyard, allowing him to dish out 500 points of direct damage. Say goodbye to Destiny Hero – Disk Commander and hello to 500 points of damage!"
Glowing with a light red aura, Jesse let out a low growl as his life points decreased slowly.
"Next I'm summoning Destiny Hero – Diamond Dude (1400/1600) in attack mode!"
A slight glow formed on the field, and from it was a man with a green tattered cap, long grey hair, black leather pants and a black shirt, a diamond looking mask over his eyes, and many diamonds covering his body, some sticking out at least two feet in width. Immediately, the man crossed his arms.
"Want some more, check out his effect! Diamond Dude let's me flip the top card on my deck, and if it happens to be a Normal Spell type, I get to put it in my Graveyard, but I can activate it on my next Main Phase."
Drawing the top card on his deck and glancing at it, the silver haired duelist smirked and turned it towards his opponent, saying "Lucky me, it's Doctor-D, which is a Normal Spell. I'll just place this in my Grave and hold onto it for next turn."
Placing the spell into his Graveyard Slot, the silver haired duelist saw the card instantly was sucked down. With it gone, he called out "I'll lay a face down and activate the field spell Clock Tower Prison!"
Surrounding the pair in a flash was a large courtyard with a large rectangular set of walls and a massive clock tower with gold filling in the hours and clock hands. A loud tolling bell sounded throughout the arena, giving off an eerie feeling to the blue-green haired duelist, along with the crowd.
"That does it for me." (Aster = 8000, Jesse = 7500)
Lightly chuckling, Jesse called out "Wow, your Destiny Heroes are pretty cool, Aster. I have to admit, they're tough, but don't think my Crystal Beasts will roll over because of them."
"Heh, I wouldn't have it if they did." Aster commented with a small smirk.
"You'll see what they can do soon enough." the blue-green haired duelist remarked. Drawing his sixth card, he added "In fact, why wait!"
"One second, Jesse!" Aster interrupted. Pointing up in the air at the large clock tower behind himself, he said "Time keeps marching on, much like my clock tower. During each of your Standby Phases, it gains one Clock Counter."
Coming to life upon the end of the silver haired duelist's words, the large hour and minute hands on the clock began winding forward till reaching three o'clock. Reaching the designated time, the clock tower's bells began ringing out.
Frowning slightly, Jesse commented "I'm not sure what that means, but I'm not going to let it stop me. I'll begin my turn by summoning Crystal Beast Cobalt Eagle (1400/800)."
Glowing to life on the field was a cobalt blue stone. Shining brightly, the gem vanished and in it's place was a brown eagle with an orange like mane of feathers that rolled down his back. Around his chest was some kind of plate with blue on it. On each of his wings, near the tips, was a blue rounded stone.
"Cobalt Eagle, attack Destiny Hero – Dunker with Cobalt Skydive!"
Flapping it's wings hard several times till he lifted off to a height of twenty feet above the field, the bird called out "You got it chief!" Dive bombing towards the purple haired warrior, the eagle smashed beak first into the warrior, shattering it instantly and making the silver haired duelist cover his face from the wind blowing back against him from the force of the attack.
Selecting two cards from his hand and placing them into two empty Spell/Trap Slots, Jesse calmly said "I set these two face down cards and end my turn." (Aster = 7800, Jesse = 7500)
"Back to me then, so let's go!" the silver haired duelist called out while drawing a new card. "I first activate Diamond Dude's effect, allowing me to use the spell I sent to the Graveyard last turn. Now that Doctor-D is activating, I can remove one Destiny Hero from the Grave. I'm picking Destiny Hero – Malicious."
Slowly, the called out monster card slid out of the silver haired duelist's Graveyard Slot. Picking it up, he placed it into his pants pocket.
"Once that is done, I can select another Destiny Hero in my Graveyard and special summon it. I'm picking Destiny Hero – Disk Commander (300/300)."
Materializing onto the field in a flash of golden energy was a light blue and gray muscular warrior in a body suit. Covering his head was a helmet that was sleek and showed no facial features. On his arms, just above his wrists, were a two spinning round disks. As well, on his back was a pair of much larger round disks that were sticking out from his upper back.
"When Disk Commander is special summoned from my Graveyard, I get to draw two new cards."
Snapping off two cards, Aster eyed them before selecting one and slapping it onto his Duel Disk, saying "I summon Destiny Hero – Doom Servant (400/700)!"
Forming onto the field immediately was a silver and dull gray armored warrior with red covering his chest. On his back was a tattered olive colored cape. His right hand held a long silver staff with a spiked tip on the upper end and a golden shield was attached to his left arm. The warrior's head was covered by a dull gray helmet that had large spikes sticking out the back of it that made it look like pointed ears. Poking out from under his helmet was a set of purple dreadlocks.
"On the turn Doom Servant is summoned, I get to place a Clock Counter onto Clock Tower Prison."
Turning and facing the large clock tower, the silver armored warrior pointed his staff at it, causing the arms on the clock to suddenly begin winding till they stopped at six o'clock. Like before, a bell toll rang out through the air, sending out a chilling feeling.
"I'm not done yet, for I reveal my face down trap, Eternal Dread! With this, I can add two more Clock Counters to my field spell, giving it a total of four!"
Coming to life, the large clock tower's arms began spinning. They finally came to rest at midnight while the tower began letting out a loud bell tone that seemed to make everyone in the crowd shiver.
"Next up, I play Diamond Dude's effect, allowing me to flip the top card on my deck."
Drawing his next card, Aster smirked and showed it to Jesse, saying "I just drew Graceful Charity, which is most definitely a Normal Spell. I'll put this in my Grave and save it for next turn."
Upon placing the card into his Graveyard Slot, he added "I'll play these two cards face down and end my turn." (Aster = 7800, Jesse = 7500)
Gazing over his opponent's field, Jesse frowned slightly at the monsters out front. "I don't get what he's up to. He put two monsters out with less attack points than Cobalt Eagle, leaving himself wide open to an attack. Is he trying to goad me into attacking one of them so he can trigger one of his face down cards? I bet one of them will destroy a monster."
Pausing for a moment, the blue-green haired duelist mentally shook his head, saying "I guess I'll have to force him to use them up."
Snapping off the top card of his deck, Jesse threw a glance at it before slapping it onto his Duel Disk. "I'll start things off by summoning Crystal Beast Topaz Tiger (1600/1000)."
Emerging onto the field was a bit of a roughly cut topaz colored gem. Glowing to life, a white tiger with black stripes, a sharp silver fang like horn on his head, sharp fangs, and four silver fang like spikes, each on a leg, appeared.
"Why don't you tell our friend about my special ability?" the tiger commented.
Nodding to the tiger, the blue-green haired duelist said "Whenever Topaz Tiger attacks one of your monsters, he gains 400 extra attack points (1600 + 400 = 2000/1000). But before he attacks, I'll let Cobalt Eagle have a shot. Go, attack Disk Commander!"
Letting out a light screech, the eagle took to the air. Immediately upon reaching a secure height in the air, it dive bombed towards the weaker light blue and gray armored creature. Staring at the incoming attacker, the warrior made no move to dodge as the eagle smashed into it, shattering the warrior into millions of pixels and sending a plume of smoke into the air.
Slowly, the smoke cleared, revealing the silver haired duelist still standing with his life points unchanged.
"Wait, shouldn't you have lost some life points? I know for a fact my monster won that fight."
Lightly chuckling, Aster replied "Normally that'd be true, but not so this time. I'm sure you didn't notice that my field spell didn't gain any Clock Counters when your Standby Phase passed. That is due that it's full. Four Clock Counters is the maximum it can hold. When it reaches that limit, I take zero Battle Damage."
Growling lightly, Jesse fired back "That may be the case, but I'm not done. Attack his Diamond Dude now, Topaz Tiger, with Incisor Slash!"
Roaring loudly, the white tiger bounded across the field gracefully towards the diamond covered warrior, who stood his ground, seemingly unafraid of the impending attack.
"Hold on once second, I play my face down trap, Attack Guidance Armor!"
Forming on the field in a blinding white light was a set of dull gray armor that looked like it could fit a person's chest down to their torso. It had a break in the middle where sharp purple fangs poked out in between, a set of red eyes on the upper half, and a teal covered stripe beneath it's eyes. Seeing the armor, the tiger seemed to become entranced with it and stopped his attack.
Growling lightly, Jesse grunted out "I knew you'd play a trap eventually."
"Right you are, Jesse." Aster commented. "And this trap isn't just your normal run of the mill trap either. No, Attack Guidance Armor allows me to redirect your attack to another monster on the field, so long as it's not the attacking one or one being attacked."
Eyes widening a fraction, the blue-green haired duelist mumbled "That means Cobalt Eagle…"
"Not to worry." Aster interrupted. "I'm not after your other monster. No, your monster's new target will be my Doom Servant!"
Glowing with a light white light, the dull gray armor suddenly vanished, but soon reappeared on the chest of the gray and red armored warrior. Looking up at the tiger, the warrior saw the tiger begin growling as he was drawn towards his direction. Without hesitation, the tiger pounced upon the warrior, making him cry out in pain before shattering into nothingness.
"I don't understand, why destroy your own monster?" Jesse questioned.
Smirking, the silver haired duelist smartly replied "Excellent question, and here is your answer in the form of two words: special ability. You see, whenever Doom Servant goes to the Graveyard due to battle, I can destroy one spell or trap on my field."
Still looking confused, Jesse asked "You mean you're destroying a card on your field?"
"That's right, and the card happens to be my Clock Tower Prison!"
As soon as the silver haired duelist finished talking, the large clock tower suddenly exploded, sending debris flying across the field while the remains of the walls vanished. A cloud of dust blew across the field, hiding the remains of the tower behind the silver haired duelist.
"I still don't understand that move."
Smirking still yet, Aster replied "Allow me to explain. Whenever my Clock Tower Prison is destroyed, it's final effect kicks in. It allows me to special summon Destiny Hero – Dreadmaster (?/?) to the field from my deck."
Appearing out of the dust was a massive, muscular tan skinned warrior with dark brown hair that reached his butt in length. The warrior appeared to have many past battle scars on his body where he had been in past battles. His head was covered with a metal mask that hid all his facial features, with exception to his mouth and eyes. Around his neck was a large chain that had a huge golden lock hanging from it that had a big 'D' inscribed into it. The only clothing he wore was a pair of purple ripped pants that were cut off just above his knees and had a single brown drawstring tie at the top of them. On each wrist and ankle was a massive handcuff that had a two foot chain hanging from each.
"Now Dreadmaster, activate your special ability! I'm allowed to special summon two Destiny Heroes from my Graveyard to the field. Disk Commander (300/300) and Dunker (1200/1700) return!"
Materializing onto the field at once were the gray and light blue armored warrior with disks spinning on his body and the other tan skinned warrior with purple dreadlocks.
"As you might remember, Disk Commander's effect kicks in when he's special summoned from the Grave. That means I pick up two new cards!"
Drawing two cards from his deck and placing them into his left hand, the silver haired duelist added "But I'm not done yet, for I play my other trap, Destiny Signal! This can be used whenever one of my monsters are destroyed in battle, I get to special summon another level four or below Destiny Hero from my hand or deck. I'm picking my deck."
Pulling his deck out and sifting through it, the silver haired duelist searched for a moment till he finally found his desired card. Placing it onto his Duel Disk, he called out "I summon Destiny Hero – Captain Tenacious (800/800)!"
With a mighty battle cry, a man with long orange hair that fell to his ankles in length, a black mask that covered half of his face, a bare chest that was well toned, with powerful arms that had some sort of set of shields strapped on, and strong legs in blue green armor appeared.
"Oh yeah, one last thing before I let you continue. I'm sure you're curious about Dreadmaster's points by now. Well, they're determined by adding the total attack and defense points of all of my Destiny Heroes on the field together (1400 + 300 + 1200 + 800 = 3700/1600 + 300 + 1700 + 800 = 4400)."
Eyes widening to the size of saucer plates, Jesse took an involuntary step backwards while taking in the strength of his opponent's monster. "That's a lot of monster…"
"You bet it is." Aster commented in a smug tone. "Now then, back to you."
Trying to calm down, the blue-green haired duelist clenched his right hand tightly. Slowly, a small smile appeared on his face as he began to laugh. "Man, you don't disappoint one bit. I heard you were tough, but they weren't kidding. I know for certain I'm going to win that bet now."
"We'll see about that one." Aster remarked.
Smirking, the blue-green haired duelist selected a card from his hand and laid it into a Spell/Trap Slot, saying "I'll throw down a face down to end." (Aster = 7800, Jesse = 7500)
"Stand back, because it's my turn once more." the silver haired duelist declared while drawing a card. "I first play Diamond Dude's effect, allowing me to use the spell I discarded last turn. So it's time for Graceful Charity, letting me to draw three new cards, but afterwards I must ditch two."
Snapping off three cards from his deck, the silver haired duelist looked them over before adding them to the three cards in his left hand. Selecting two, he placed them into his Graveyard Slot, which quickly sucked both down.
"I'll kick things off by sacrificing Disk Commander for Destiny Hero – Double Dude (1000/1000)!"
Appearing onto the field in a flash was a man dressed in a black suit with white gloves, with one hand holding a cane that had a blue sphere at the top, a purple scarf that covered his mouth and nose, wore glasses that hid his eyes from view, and a black hat on top of his head.
"With Double Dude taking the field, Dreadmaster gets stronger (3400 + 1000 = 4400/4100 + 1000 = 5100). Up next is my field spell Dark City!"
Rising up from the ground as the area above the duelists turned into a night time sky were several large black skyscrapers with yellow lights on in their windows. The ground beneath them turned to blacktop while a full moon rose up into the sky.
"In here, if my Destiny Heroes happen to attack a monster with more attack points, that hero will gain 1000 attack points. And with that, Double Dude, go take down his Topaz Tiger (1000 + 1000 = 2000/1000)!"
Taking to the air, the man wearing the black suit came crashing down towards the tiger and slammed his cane into the head of the tiger. The tiger roared out in pain upon being struck, but soon exploded into a small plume of smoke that covered the field of the blue-green haired duelist. Slowly, the smoke vanished, revealing a yellow crystal before the silver haired duelist's opponent.
"Sorry, but I forgot to mention something about my Crystal Beasts." Jesse smartly commented. "When they're destroyed, instead of going to the Graveyard like normal, they're placed into my Spell/Trap Slots as Continuous Spell Cards. Of course, they have no effect in this manner, but that's alright."
"It won't matter for long, because Double Dude has a special ability of his own. He can attack twice in a turn. Go, take down Cobalt Eagle!"
Spinning around to face the brown eagle, the man in the black suit suddenly transformed into a hulking behemoth of a man with many rippling muscles, long purple hair that reached down the middle of his back, and blood red eyes. The tattered remains of his suit covered his body, but more skin was revealed than anything else. Drawing back his large right hand, the crazed man slammed it heavily into the brown eagle, making it screech out loud before exploding and sending smoke into the air. The smoke soon cleared, revealing a blue crystal next to the yellow one before the blue-green haired duelist. Seeing he was done, the large man reverted back into his smaller form.
"You're going down, Jesse! Dreadmaster, bring his life points down!"
Releasing a mighty roar, the large tan skinned warrior leapt into the air and drew back his right hand, causing the chain on it to rattle loudly.
"Hold that thought there Aster! I'm playing a trap called G-Force, which allows me to special summon one Crystal Beast from my hand to the field in attack mode. I'm picking Crystal Beast Emerald Turtle (600/2000)!"
Materializing onto the field with a bright glow was an eight sided green emerald gem. The gem slowly glowed to life, and in a flash, the gem was gone and a blue turtle shell with green emerald spikes sticking out appeared. The skin of the turtle was a lighter shade of blue while it's eyes were green and a emerald colored gems were stuck on it's legs, with one hanging also from it's chin.
Frowning, the silver haired duelist remarked "I don't get why you played that weaker monster, but I won't let it stop my attack. Crush that turtle now Dreadmaster!"
Letting out a low grunt, the tan skinned warrior continued towards his target and slammed his large fist into the blue turtle. A massive explosion ensued with smoke covering the field where Jesse stood. Bit by bit, the smoke cleared, revealing an emerald crystal before the blue-green haired duelist, but also another face up trap card.
Noting his opponent's life points had increased instead of decreasing, Aster asked "Why did your points go up?"
"I played Rainbow Life right when your attack hit. To use it, I had to discard a card from my hand, but it was worth it because for the duration of this turn, instead of taking Battle Damage, the damage I would be inflicted is added to my life points."
Letting out a low growl, the silver haired duelist looked at the two remaining cards in his hand before selecting both and placing them into his Spell/Trap Slots. "I'll throw down two face downs, and then play Diamond Dude's effect. I flip the top card and see if it's a Normal Spell."
Snapping off the top card on his deck, the silver haired duelist eyed the card for a moment before revealing it, saying "It's a trap unfortunately, so I have to put it on the bottom of my deck. That ends my turn." (Aster = 7800, Jesse = 10300)
Drawing a new card, Jesse threw a glance at it before revealing it, saying "I play the spell Rare Value. With this, you get to select one of my Crystal Beasts that is in my Spell/Trap Zones. The chosen one goes to my Grave, but I get to draw two new cards. So, go ahead, pick one."
"I'm picking your Topaz Tiger." Aster answered immediately.
Nodding, Jesse took the chosen card and placed it into his Graveyard Slot. Finished, he drew two new cards and looked them over for a moment. "I activate my face down spell, Crystal Blessing, allowing me to take up to two Crystal Beasts from my Grave and place them back into my Spell/Trap Zones. Since I only have one in the Graveyard, I return Topaz Tiger."
Finishing up on placing the monster card that slid out of his Graveyard Slot into an empty Spell/Trap Slot, the blue-green haired duelist said "Next up, I'm summoning Crystal Beast Sapphire Pegasus (1800/1200)!"
Forming on the field was a round blue colored gem. Glowing brightly, the gem vanished and was replaced by a white horse with a white mane, powerful wings that had golden feathers, a blue gem horn on it's forehead, and blue round gems on the tips of each wing.
"When Pegasus is summoned, I can take one Crystal Beast from my deck and place it into a Spell/Trap Zone."
Pulling his deck out, Jesse sifted through it for a moment before selecting a card and sliding it into a Spell/Trap Slot. Shuffling his deck, he replaced it as a red crystal formed before him. "I picked Ruby Carbuncle, whose effect kicks in. When special summoned to my field in such a way, I can special summon her, so come on out Crystal Beast Ruby Carbuncle (300/300) in defense mode."
Glowing brightly, the red crystal shattered, releasing a small purple colored creature that looked like a small cat. It had ruby colored eyes and a glowing red sphere attached to the end of it's tail, four ears on the side of it's head, and a single red dot on it's forehead. Fully formed, the small creature sat down onto a horizontal card image.
"Now that Ruby Carbuncle is on the field, her effect kicks in. Ruby can allow me to special summon all the Crystal Beasts I have in my Spell/Trap Zones."
"You're joking!?" Aster stated with surprise on his face.
Smiling back, Jesse replied "Not at all, so welcome back Crystal Beasts Topaz Tiger (1600/1000), Emerald Turtle (600/2000) in defense, and Cobalt Eagle (1400/800)!"
One by one, the three crystals shattered, revealing each of the said creatures. First was the white and black tiger, with the blue turtle next, and finally the brown eagle.
"Time to go on the attack! Sapphire Pegasus, attack Diamond Dude with Sapphire Horn!"
Releasing a mighty whinny, the white horse took to the air with it's powerful wings and threw back it's head. Upon doing so, it's sapphire colored horn began glowing as dark blue energy built up on the tip of it.
Smirking, Aster called out "Diamond Dude is going nowhere because I play the trap D – Chain! When activated, this card becomes an equip card and can only be equipped to a Destiny Hero. I equip it to Diamond Dude, which increases his attack points by 500 (1400 + 500 = 1900/1600), meaning your Pegasus is outmatched."
Forming in the hands of the diamond covered warrior's hands in a flash was a dull gray chain with a purple gem on the end of it in the shape of a fang. Gripping the chain tightly, the warrior began swinging the chain rapidly to it's right side. Without warning, he flung the end of the chain into the air at the white horse. The chain pierced through the horse with ease, making it whinny out in pain before exploding and vanishing from the field. A moment passed before suddenly a blue crystal formed before the blue-green haired duelist.
"One more thing, whenever a monster equipped with D – Chain destroys a monster in battle, my opponent is dealt 500 points of direct damage."
Growling lightly as his body glowed with a red aura, Jesse ground out "That's fine, because Topaz Tiger will finish what Pegasus began. Don't forget, when he attacks, Topaz gains 400 attack points (1600 + 400 = 2000/1000)!"
Roaring to life, the white tiger bounded across the field towards the diamond covered warrior, who stood his ground. Suddenly, the other face down card before the silver haired duelist rose up, making the tiger howl in pain before shattering into millions of pixels. A moment passed before a yellow crystal formed on the field next to the blue one.
"What happened!?" Jesse demanded.
Lightly chuckling, Aster smirked once more, saying "I played my other trap, D – Counter. If one of my Destiny Hero's are attacked, I can use this to protect them and destroy the attacking monster."
Clenching his right fist tightly, Jesse called out "I'm not done yet! Cobalt Eagle, destroy his Dunker! Go Cobalt Skydive!"
Beating it's wings several times, the brown eagle took to the air and soon went into a nose dive before slamming into the weaker tan skinned warrior. Immediately, the warrior shattered, leaving a bit of dust in the air from it's destruction while the large warrior with the metal mask let out a low growl as his strength decreased (4400 – 1200 = 3200/5100 – 1700 = 3400).
"I'll throw down this card and use Emerald Turtle's effect to switch Cobalt Eagle into defense mode. That's all for me." (Aster = 7600, Jesse = 9700)
Drawing a card and glancing at it before placing it into his left hand, Aster called out "Guess what Jesse, during my Standby Phase, Destiny Hero – Captain Tenacious's special ability activates. When I lose a Destiny Hero, during my following Standby Phase, I can special summon it back with Tenacious's special ability. Welcome back Destiny Hero – Dunker (1200/1700)!"
Reforming onto the field in a flash of white sparkling energy was the tan skinned warrior with purple dreadlocks. Fully on the field, he took up an attack position. At the same time, the metal masked warrior let out a low grunt as his strength seemed to increase once more (4400/5100).
"Time to go on the attack, so Double Dude, attack Jesse's Cobalt Eagle! And since Double Due is weaker, he gains a 1000 attack points thanks to Dark City (1000 + 1000 = 2000/1000)."
Leaping into the air, the man in the black suit drew back his can and readied himself to strike out at the weaker brown eagle.
"I can't stop your attack, but I can play this trap! I reveal Last Resort, which allows me to take the field spell Ancient Rainbow Ruins from my deck and put it into play."
Pulling his deck out, the blue-green haired duelist searched through it for a few moments before finally finding the field spell card. Shuffling his deck, he returned it to it's slot before tapping the end of his Duel Disk, causing another slot to shoot out. Placing the selected card into the slot, the slot shut, causing the Duel Disk to glow to life.
Instantly, the black buildings and nighttime sky vanished as a blue sky formed above the pair with a rainbow in it. The ground changed as well to a stone floor with an ancient coliseum surrounding two duelists.
"Of course, when I played my trap card, since you had a field spell out already, you get to draw one card. In the meantime, your Double Dude gets a bit weaker due that Dark City is gone (1000/1000)."
"It still doesn't change the fact that your eagle is going down!" Aster heatedly fired back while picking up a new card.
Continuing onwards towards the brown eagle, the man in the black suit smashed his cane into the body of the eagle, making it screech loudly before shattering. A moment passed before a blue crystal formed next to the dark blue and yellow ones.
"Double Dude isn't done yet, because he can attack again. Take out Ruby Carbuncle!"
Transforming into his larger warrior form, the hulking warrior let out a battle cry and slammed a massive fist into the weaker purple creature. It let out a shriek just as it exploded, leaving a red gem in it's place. Satisfied, the large warrior returned to his normal smaller form and returned to the side of the other monsters.
"I hate to waste this attack, but I have no choice. Dreadmaster, crush that turtle!"
Taking to the air, the large tanned warrior with the metal mask let out a mighty battle cry and leapt the entire length of the field. Coming downwards, he drew back his large right hand, causing a dark purple glow to engulf his fist. Throwing it forward, he slammed it hard into the blue turtle's shell. The shell held for a moment before shattering into millions of pixels. A green crystal formed instantly afterwards beside of the others, but left the blue-green haired duelist wide open with exception of the five crystals.
Pointing at his opponent, the silver haired duelist called out "Direct attack him now Diamond Dude, Captain Tenacious, and Dunker!"
Rushing forward, all three warriors charged towards the blue-green haired duelist. Each struck out at him, intending upon doing as much damage as possible.
"Hold on one second!" Jessed called out. "Thanks to Rainbow Ruins, whenever I have two or more Crystal Beasts in my Spell/Trap Slots, I can halve the Battle Damage I'm about to take from a single monster. I'm choosing to cut Diamond Dude's damage to me in half."
Growling lightly, Aster called out "That may be, but you'll still take plenty!"
Striking out one at a time, the three warriors let loose their attacks upon the blue-green haired duelist. With each strike, he cried out in pain, but managed to remain on his feet.
Taking a card from his hand and putting it into a Spell/Trap Slot, the silver haired duelist said "I activate the spell D – Formation. Each time you destroy a Destiny Hero, let's just say there will be a small price to pay. At that, I'm done for now." (Aster = 7600, Jesse = 6750)
Nodding while picking up his new card, the blue-green haired duelist pointed at his crystals before him. "First thing is first, I should explain my field spell. You see, it gains effects based upon how many Crystal Beasts I have in my Spell/Trap Slots. For example, if I have one Crystal Beast, it has one effect, whereas when I have five, it has five effects. I'll start by playing the fourth effect, which requires four Crystal Beasts to use. I can now draw one card during my Main Phase."
Picking up another card, Jesse threw a quick glance at it before saying "Next, I'll play the fifth effect. This lets me special summon one Crystal Beast from my Spell/Trap Zones to my field. I'm picking Crystal Beast Ruby Carbuncle (300/300)!"
Cracking open, the red crystal fell away, allowing the small purple cat like creature to escape and return to it's place on the field.
"And you know what that means? It means Ruby can use her effect again to bring back all my other Crystal Beasts! Rise up once again Cobalt Eagle (1400/800), Sapphire Pegasus (1800/1200), Topaz Tiger (1600/1000), and Emerald Turtle (600/2000)."
Each and every crystal suddenly shattered, revealing each creature and allowing them to return to the field in their full glory.
"I'm not done yet, because I activate the spell M – Force. This card grants one of my Crystal Beasts 500 extra attack points, and those points are going to Emerald Turtle (600 + 500 = 1100/2000). And with that, Turtle will attack! Take out Double Dude with Emerald Shards blast!"
Pulling it's body back into it's shell, the blue shelled turtle's shell began spinning while the emerald crystals on it's back glowed to life. A shower of emerald spikes went flying across the field, striking the warrior in a black suit over and over, making him grunt out in pain before exploding into a plume of smoke. In the smoke, the large metal masked warrior let out a grown as it's strength weakened (4400 – 1000 = 3400/5100 – 1000 = 4100). At the same time, one of the D's on the spell card before the silver haired duelist lit up with a red aura.
"Topaz, attack Diamond Dude (1600 + 400 = 2000/1000)!"
Bounding across the field, the white tiger let out a mighty roar as it leapt into the air and came down swiping it's claws across the chest of the diamond covered warrior. Once more, the large metal masked warrior groaned as his strength decreased (3400 – 1400 = 2000/4100 – 1600 = 2500). A moment passed before suddenly the other D on the spell card before the silver haired duelist lit up, making both Ds glow bright red.
"I'm not done, so Pegasus, take out Captain Tenacious!"
Whinnying, the winged horse took to the air with it's massive wings beating hard. High in the air, the horse suddenly came flying downwards at an incredible speed towards the orange haired warrior. Smashing it's horn into the chest of the warrior, the horse let out another whinny as the warrior groaned for a moment. In a flash, the warrior shattered into millions of pixels, leaving behind a small amount of smoke. After a moment, the large metal masked warrior groaned again as his strength was cut down some more (2000 – 800 = 1200/2500 – 800 = 1700).
"Attack Dunker now Cobalt Eagle!"
Lifting off into the air immediately, the large brown eagle quickly gained altitude before coming down at rapid speed. Smashing it's beak into the chest of the purple dreadlocked warrior, the eagle flew away as the warrior cried out in pain and exploded. At the same time, the strength of the masked warrior dropped down to nothing (0/0).
Smirking, Jesse pointed at the weakened warrior, saying "Since I took out all your Destiny Heroes, with exception of Dreadmaster, he has no attack points left. Ruby, I'm leaving this one up to you. Go get him!"
Nodding, the small purple creature leapt into the air and turned it's tail towards the lone masked warrior. The large sphere on it's tail glowed brilliantly red before releasing a laser beam from it. Slamming into the weakened warrior, the beam shot through him, making the warrior groan before exploding into nothingness.
"To end, I'll use my Emerald Turtle's effect to put him into defense mode. That's all for me this turn." (Aster = 5900, Jesse = 6750)
Snapping off the top card of his deck quickly, Aster examined it before smirking. "To kick things off this turn, the effect of Double Dude activates. When he's sent to my Graveyard, I get to special summon two tokens in his place, so meet Double Dude Token number one and Double Dude Token number 2 (1000/1000) (x2)."
Forming onto the field instantly were two look-a-like warriors in black suits. They looked exactly the same as the warrior they had spawned from.
"Next, I'm sacrificing a token so I can summon Destiny Hero – Dasher (2100/1000)!"
In a flash, one of the warriors in the black suit vanished, only to have a metallic looking gray skinned warrior with purple on his toes and lower jaw. On the bottom of it's feet and hands were a pair of wheels.
"By the way, during my turn, I can sacrifice another monster to Dasher, allowing him to gain 1000 attack points (2100 + 1000 = 3100/1000) for this turn alone."
Fading into a cloud of golden dust, the warrior in the black suit disappeared as the metallic warrior glowed with a golden aura while his strength increased.
Pointing across the field at the smaller purple creature, Aster called out "Show him what you've got Dasher by taking out Ruby Carbuncle!"
Zooming forward on his wheeled feet, the metallic warrior suddenly leaned forward, allowing the wheels on it's hands to begin sliding along. Leaping into the air suddenly, the warrior spun around a few times before coming down with it's right fist extended. The fist struck the weaker purple creature, who cried out in pain before exploding and leaving a small cloud of smoke in it's wake. Slowly, the smoke settled, revealing a red crystal before the blue-green haired duelist.
Returning before it's master, the metallic warrior fell into a kneeling stance and crossed it's arms before it's body. Instantly, a horizontal card image formed underneath of it.
"After Dasher attacks, he goes to defense mode. I'll throw down a face down and end my turn (2100/1000)." (Aster = 5900, Jesse = 3950)
Seemingly unfazed, Jesse picked up a new card, saying "Not bad Aster, but why don't I return the favor! First, I'll switch Emerald Turtle into attack mode, and then I'll summon Crystal Beast Amethyst Cat (1200/400)."
With a light glow, a purple gem materialized onto the field. With a bright glow, the gem vanished, only to be replaced by a tall pink female cat with a golden crest that looked like it had wings and a purple gem in the center of it. Off of each of her feet, there were golden like strips as well.
"At last, some fresh meat." the pink cat commented.
Lightly chuckling, Jesse smartly replied "Why don't you go get a taste then. By cutting Amethyst Cat's attack points in half, she can direct attack (1200 / 2 = 600/400). Go get him!"
Letting out a low growl, the pink cat leapt high into the air, easily jumping over the metallic warrior. Extending her claws, the cat began to swipe it's claws out at her target.
Smirking at the sight of the pink cat, Aster pointed at his face down card, which quickly rose up to reveal it was a trap. "Not happening Jesse because I activate D – Fortune! With this, when I'm direct attacked, I can remove a Destiny Hero from my Graveyard in order to end your Battle Phase. I'm picking Destiny Hero – Dread Servant!"
Glowing to life, the Graveyard Slot of the silver haired duelist pushed the said monster card out into his awaiting hand. Picking it up and placing it into back pocket with his other card, the silver haired duelist watched as a red shield formed before him. Slamming her claws into the shield, the pink cat growled with irritation before retreating to her side of the field.
"Not too shabby Aster. I gotta admit I'm surprised you stopped my attack. Anyways, I'll use Emerald Turtle's effect to place him back into defense mode. I'm done." (Aster = 5900, Jesse = 3950)
Picking up a new card, Aster stared at it for a long moment before slapping it horizontally onto his Duel Disk horizontally, saying "I summon Destiny Hero – Fear Monger (1000/1000) in defense mode."
An olive colored warrior with what looked like a set of jet wings on his back, a jet like engine weapon on his right arm, sharp clawed fingers on the other hand, and solid armor covering his body appeared onto the field with a small battle cry. Falling to one knee, the warrior crossed his arms over his chest.
"Next, I switch Dasher back into attack mode. And with that, Dasher, take out his Amethyst Cat!"
Standing up, the gray metallic warrior broke into a quick run, using his wheels to increase his speed. Moving onto his hands and feet, the warrior increased his speed before suddenly leaping into the air and coming down quickly upon the pink cat with a clenched right fist. The fist connected evenly with the pink cat, who roared out before exploding into millions of pixels. A moment passed before the pixels suddenly reformed into a purple crystal.
"Dasher goes back to defense mode and that ends my turn." (Aster = 5900, Jesse = 3050)
Nodding, Jesse drew a new card quickly and held it carefully as a small smile appeared on his face. "First things first, I switch Emerald Turtle back to attack mode. Next, I summon Crystal Beast Amber Mammoth (1700/1600)."
Materializing instantly onto the field was a round oval amber colored jewel. It glowed brilliantly for a moment and vanished, giving way to the image of a dark grey mammoth creature with four large tusks, a trunk, an amber colored round jewel in his forehead, and a grey mane on his head.
"Cobalt Eagle, take down Fear Monger!"
In a flash, the brown eagle was across the field and slammed into the olive colored warrior, destroying it instantly, leaving the silver haired duelist covering his face from the smoke.
"Up next, Topaz, claw that Dasher up!"
Roaring loudly, the white tiger bounded across the field as his strength increased (1600 + 400 = 2000/1000). Reaching it's target, the white tiger pounced onto the gray metallic warrior. The impact of hitting the ground shattered the metallic warrior easily, leaving only a small puff of smoke in it's wake.
Smirking at the empty field before his opponent, Jesse called out "Go direct attack him Emerald Turtle and Sapphire Pegasus!"
Bounding across the field, the winged horse let out a loud whinny, but suddenly launched itself into the air while the blue turtle drew itself back into it's shell. Slowly, it's shell began spinning and released shards of emerald colored shards in the direction of it's target. The shards struck the silver haired duelist lightly, making him grunt out in pain. He didn't have long to recover before the white horse rammed it's horn into him. Screaming out from the pain he felt, the silver haired duelist fell to his hands and knees while panting heavily.
"I think that's enough for now." (Aster = 3500, Jesse = 3050)
Panting heavily still with sweat sliding down his face, Aster began to stand up, only to fall back to one knee. Forcing himself back to his feet, the silver haired duelist attempted to slow his breathing, only to hear his opponent seemingly mocking him.
"Not done are you? Do you need to take a break?" Jesse questioned with a slight bit of mocking in his tone.
"Why, do you need one, because I have plenty of fight left!" Aster fired back as he drew a new card. "I play the effect of Fear Monger! When destroyed, during my Standby Phase, I can return one Destiny Hero from the Grave to my field, so I pick Destiny Hero – Double Dude (1000/1000) in defense!"
Materializing onto the field in a flash was the warrior in a black suit and hat with is cane in hand. Immediately, the warrior fell to one knee while crossing his arms before himself.
"Next, I set this monster and end my turn." (Aster = 3500, Jesse = 3050)
Drawing a new card, Jesse immediately turned it towards his opponent, saying "I activate the spell Pot of Greed, allowing me to draw two new cards."
Picking up two new cards, the blue-green haired duelist smiled and said "Next I'll activate Graceful Charity. Thanks to this, I can draw three more cards, but I gotta ditch two."
Once more picking up more cards, the blue-green haired duelist selected two and placed them into his Graveyard Slot. "And now, I can play the spell To the Wings! To play this, I need Crystal Beast Sapphire Pegasus on the field, which I happen to have. Next, all of my Crystal Beasts, other than Pegasus, return to my hand."
Each of the creatures on the field, along with the two crystals before the blue-green haired duelist, glowed to life and suddenly transformed into beams of light. All six suddenly shot into the duelist's hand, with all reforming into cards.
"And now, I play another spell, Gem Burst. With this, I need to remove from my Graveyard the following cards: G – Force, E – Force, and M – Force."
"Hold on one second!" Aster interrupted. "You don't have E – Force in the Grave."
Chuckling softly and shaking his head, the blue-green haired duelist replied "Not quite, because I sent it there with the help of Graceful Charity. As I was saying, I need to remove all three from play."
One by one, the three cards pushed out of Jesse's Graveyard Slot. Picking up all three, he placed them into his back pocket. Smirking, he added "Next, thanks to Gem Burst, I can place as many Crystal Beasts from my hand as I can into my Spell/Trap Slots. I'll be placing Crystal Beasts Emerald Turtle, Cobalt Eagle, Amethyst Cat, Topaz Tiger, and Ruby Carbuncle."
Forming before the blue-green haired duelist instantly were five crystals. The first was green, next was a blue one, then a purple one, a yellow one, and finally a red colored one.
"For each one I put into my slots, you take 500 points of direct damage."
Eyes widening as the blue-green haired duelist finished his sentence, Aster watched all five crystals glowed to life. All at once, all five shot out a beam of energy straight at the silver haired duelist, each striking him head on and making him cry out in pain as a small explosion formed around him. Slumping forward slightly, he growled lowly while casting a glare at his opponent.
"Next, I play the fourth effect of Rainbow Ruins, allowing me to draw a new card."
Picking up a new card, Jesse glanced at it before placing it into his left hand with his other two cards. "And now, I summon Crystal Beast Amber Mammoth (1700/1600)!"
Reappearing onto the field with a mighty bugling sound was the large gray skinned elephant.
Pointing into the air, the blue-green haired duelist called out "Up next, I play the fifth special ability of my field spell, allowing me to special summon another Crystal Beast. Welcome back to the field Crystal Beast Ruby Carbuncle (300/300) in defense!"
Breaking free from the ruby colored crystal instantly was the familiar purple cat like creature.
"And I hope you remember her effect. She automatically special summons as many of my Crystal Beasts from my Spell/Trap Slots as possible to my field. I'm choosing Crystal Beasts Topaz Tiger (1600/1000) and Amethyst Cat (1200/400)!"
Raising it's tail above it's body, the purple cat like creature released a beam of red energy at the yellow and purple crystals. Each crystal immediately shattered, releasing the white tiger and pink cat.
"Let's get to it guys! Amber Mammoth, crush his Double Dude!"
Releasing a bugling sound, the large mammoth crossed the field and stamped it's massive foot on top of the warrior wearing the black suit. The warrior didn't stand a chance as the mammoth's foot smashed cleanly through him, leaving nothing but a small explosion behind.
"Topaz (1600 + 400 = 2000/1000), pounce on his face down monster!"
Letting out a mighty roar, the white tiger leapt across the field with it's front paws extended and claws out. Landing on the card image, the tiger sank it's claws deep into the image, shattering it and causing a plume of smoke to form.
"Looks like you're defenseless." Jesse smartly remarked.
Hearing chuckling coming from the smoke, the blue-green duelist was about to comment when he saw the smoke clear out, revealing a massive gray brick like monster in a kneeling position with his arms up as shields. On the creature's head, there was a small golden grate that revealed only a pair of red eyes. Pushing against the brick creature's right arm was the white tiger, who appeared to be making no headway. Without warning, he was flung backwards across the field and back before his comrades.
In a smug tone, Aster called out "You just attacked my Destiny Hero – Defender (100/2700). It seems your little kitty bit off more than he could chew, giving you a bit of damage for your trouble."
"That might be, but thanks to my field spell's second special ability, my damage is halved (700 / 2 = 350). I may not be able to take down that monster, but I can still dish out some more damage to you with Amethyst Cat. By cutting her attack points in half, she can direct attack (1200 / 2 = 600/400). Go get him!"
"This time it's purrsonal." the pink cat said with a heavy emphasis. Leaping into the air, the pink cat crossed the field in a single leap. Landing before the silver haired duelist, the cat slashed out at him, making the duelist cringe as his life points dropped once more.
Still smiling, Jesse calmly said "I think that's enough for now. I end my turn." (Aster = 400, Jesse = 2700)
