Hello, everyone! This is my very first fanfic! Let me know what you think of it! Feel free to comment and leave your reviews! Let me know if there's anything I should improve on! Also, in this fanfic, I'll use some made up cards! I try my best to use all real cards, but where's the fun in that? If I do use a made up card, I'll be sure to underline it and describe it as detailed as I can! Enjoy!
MC: Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls! The moment you've all been waiting for is finally here! It's time for our final match in our Inizan City Tournament! The winner of the duel will become our next Inizan City Champion!
In the stadium, there were thousands of people sitting in their seats, cheering.
MC: Many duelists have entered this tournament and only two remain! These two duelists have worked hard to get this far! They'll now both duke it out, and duel with all their might! Without further ado, let's meet our final contestants in this duel! The first duelists have traveled far to get here! From Dayton, Ohio, put your hands together for NATE TOWNSEND!
The roar of the crowd was deafening. Everyone began cheering for him, especially the girls. A young duelist began walking out of one side of the stadium. The young duelist wore a blue shirt. Underneath his blue shirt was a white long-sleeved thermal shirt. It was suitable for the weather in Inizan City. He also wore blue jeans, and wore black and white shoes. He had black and blue spiky hair and a black Duel Disk on his right arm. The duelist made his way onto his own respective side of the duel arena.
Girls from the audience: NATE, WE LOVE YOU!
Nate ignored the shouting.
Two shady looking people in the audience were sitting next to each other. Unlike everyone else, they weren't cheering. One was a male, and the other was a female.
?: Is that him? The female asked.
?: Yes. The male answered.
On the other side of the arena, two people were seen talking to one another. One was an older male, and the other was a younger male. The older male was wearing a grey suit, black shoes and a black shirt underneath his suit. He had a matching grey tie too. The younger male had on a similar suit. His suit was silver though. Underneath his suit was a black shirt, and he had black shoes. The older male placed his hands on the younger male's shoulders and began talking.
?: Now listen, Alexander. This is it. The final duel. You've come a long way to get here. You can't afford to lose. You're a Skyler. And Skyler's don't lose. Understand?
Alexander: Yes, Jason. I won't embarrass the Skyler name.
Jason: That's good to hear. Now, get out there and defeat this guy!
Alexander nodded.
MC: It's now time to introduce our second duelist! From Eau Claire, Wisconsin, let's hear it for Alexander Skyler!
The crowd began cheering once again, and applauding as Alexander came out from his side of the stadium. He then walked onto the duel arena and stood on the opposite side of Nate's field.
MC: Now, we all know the rules in this duel! Both duelists will now meet each other halfway in the arena, and shuffle each other's decks!
Nate and Alexander met each other halfway in the arena and exchanged decks. They then began shuffling.
Nate: May the best man win.
Alexander nodded. After shuffling the decks, the two duelists walked back to their own sides.
Both duelists activated their Duel Disks, and drew their first five cards.
MC: LET THE DUEL BEGIN!
Nate and Alexander: Let's duel!
Nate (LP 4000) I'll make the first move. *draws* I'll go ahead and summon Fairy Archer (Level 3 ATK:1400/DEF:600) in defense mode. Thanks to the effect of Fairy Archer, once a turn, by not attacking with her, I can inflict 400 points of damage to my opponent's Life Points for every Light monster on my field. I have one, meaning you lose 400 Life Points.
The small pixie on Nate's field then shot an arrow at Alexander. The arrow struck Alexander in the chest, making him grunt a little. His Life Points dropped by 400.
Nate: That's it for me. I'll go ahead and end my turn.
Alexander: (LP 3600) My draw. *draws* I activate Polymerization. I'm going to fuse Divine Dragon Ragnarok (Level 4 ATK:1500/DEF:1000) and Lord of D. (Level 4 ATK:1200/DEF:1100) in order to Fusion Summon King Dragun (Level 6 ATK:2400/DEF:1100). My King Dragun has a special effect which allows me to Special Summon a Dragon-Type monster from my hand. I can only activate this effect once a turn though.
Alexander went through his hand, picked a card out, and slapped it on his Duel Disk.
Alexander: I summon Luster Dragon #2 (Level 6 ATK:2400/DEF:1400).
Alexander then began laughing.
Alexander: You don't stand a chance. King Dragun, get rid of his pathetic pixie. Attack with Fire Scorch!
The long dark orange dragon with blue wings aimed its flute at the pixie creature across the field. Flames then shot out of the head of the flute, and struck the pixie, burning her, and shattering her into pieces. Nate shielded himself from the blast.
Alexander: I'm not done. My Luster Dragon #2 will attack your Life Points directly with Emerald Blaze!
The large dragon with spikes of emerald sticking out of its body aimed its head in the air. Once the dragon tilted its head back down, it shot out a stream of flames at Nate. Nate grunted and slid back a few feet from the attack. Nate's Life Points dropped from 4000 to 1600.
Everyone in the stadium watching the duel gasped. There was a lot of commotion among them.
MC: Wow! Alexander is off to an impressive start! He took out over half of Nate's Life Points with one attack! One more attack like that, and this duel will be over!
Jason: *thinks to himself* There you go, little bro! Keep dueling like this, and you'll have duel won in no time.
Alexander: I'm done for this round. So, I'll go ahead and end my turn.
Nate drew his next card, and took a quick look at it.
Nate: (LP 1600) I'll place this card face down. That's it.
Alexander: That's it?
Alexander drew his next card. Before he could say anything else, Nate pushed a button on his Duel Disk, making a card flip up.
Nate: I activate my trap Thunder of Ruler!
Bolts of lightning shot down from the sky, and blocked Alexander's entire field, preventing any of his monsters from advancing forward with their attacks.
Alexander: What's this about?
Nate: *smirking* It's a trap called Thunder of Ruler. I can only activate it during my opponent's Standby Phase. It prevents you from declaring an attack this turn.
Alexander: *scoffing* Please. All you've done is stall for time. Since I can't attack this turn, I'll go ahead and perform an Xyz Summon. All I have to do is send monsters on my field to the Graveyard with the same Level, and then I can summon an Xyz monster that has a Rank equal to the Level of the monsters I send to the Graveyard. I'll send King Dragun, and Luster Dragon #2 to the Graveyard, to Xyz Summon Hieratic Dragon King of Atum (Rank 6 ATK:2400/DEF:2100). Since I Xyz Summoned my monster using two monsters, it has two Overlay Units. I'll go ahead, and activate the effect of my Dragon King of Atum now. By using an Overlay Unit from it, I can Special Summon a Dragon-Type monster from my Deck, and make its attack and defense points zero.
Alexander took his Deck out from the slot, and fanned it out, looking for a card.
Alexander: The monster that I'll choose to summon is this one.
Alexander chose a card from the Deck, and placed it onto his Duel Disk.
Alexander: I summon Tri-Horned Dragon (Level 8 ATK:2800 - 0/DEF:2350-0). Then, I'll go ahead and activate Hieratic Seal of Supremacy from my hand. With this spell card, I can Special Summon a Hieratic monster from my hand. I choose Hieratic Seal of the Sun Dragon Overlord (Level 8 ATK:0/DEF:0).
Nate: Both of your monsters have no attack points.
Alexander: I didn't summon these two monsters to keep them around, and fight. I'm going to summon another Xyz monster. By sending my Tri-Horned Dragon and Hieratic Seal of the Sun Dragon Overlord to the Graveyard, I can build the Overlay Network. I summon Hieratic Sun Dragon Overlord of Heliopolis (Rank 8 ATK:3000/DEF:2400).
The gasps from the crowd got even louder.
MC: Unbelievable! Alexander's managed to summon both of his Hieratic Xyz monster's in one turn!
Alexander: *smirking* Now that I have my two new monster's out, you'd better come up with something or you're going to lose!
Nate: *thinks to himself* He's right. I need something on this turn. I draw *draws* I'm going to activate Pot of Greed. This spell card will let me draw two cards from my Deck.
Nate drew two new cards from the top of his Deck.
Nate: It's time I turn this duel around. I summon Nova Summoner (Level 4 ATK:1400/DEF:800) in attack mode. Then, I'll activate the spell card Celestial Transformation. With this, I can Special Summon a Fairy-Type monster from my hand. The only downside to using this is that my new monster will have half of its attack power. Also, during my End Phase, it'll be destroyed.
Alexander: So, in other words, you'll have two useless monsters?
Nate: Not necessarily. To show you what I mean, I'm going to summon another Nova Summoner (Level 4 ATK:1400 - 700/DEF:800) in attack mode. With these two monsters on my field, I can build the Overlay Network.
Nate sent his two Nova Summoner's to his Graveyard from his field.
Nate: I Xyz Summon Number 39: Utopia (Rank 4 ATK:2500/DEF:2000). With the effect of Utopia, I can negate any attack by using an Overlay Unit. I'll get to that later. As of right now, I'll have Utopia attack and destroy your Dragon King of Atum with Rising Sun Slash!
The white, and gold armored warrior leapt into the air with the assistance of his wings. He pulled out his sword. His sword glowed with a gold aura. The warrior flew towards the blue dragon wearing gold armor and slashed the dragon in half. The dragon then exploded. Alexander lost 100 Life Points from the attack.
Alexander: You've managed to destroy my Hieratic Dragon King of Atum. So what? I still have my Hieratic Sun Dragon Overlord of Heliopolis.
Nate: I'll place three cards face down and end my turn.
Alexander: (LP 3500) *draws* I draw. I'm going to remove Tri-Horned Dragon, Divine Dragon Ragnarok, and Luster Dragon #2 from play. By doing this, I can summon this monster from my hand. I summon Hieratic Dragon of Sutekh (Level 8 ATK:2800/DEF:2000). With my new monster's effect, once a turn, I can remove from play a Dragon-Type monster from my Graveyard, and destroy a card on the field. *thinks to himself* Hmm...He has three face down cards on his field and that Utopia. Which should I destroy? I could go straight for his Utopia, but his face downs cards could stop me. That Utopia only has two Overlay Units. Both of my dragons could get pass that easily.
The large gold dragon shot out a stream of flames towards a face down card on Nate's field. Nate quickly acted.
Nate: I'm activating the trap that you're trying to destroy. I activate the trap card Trap of Darkness. I can only activate this trap if I have 3000 or fewer Life Points. By paying 1000 of my Life Points, I can have this trap copy the effect of a Normal Trap Card in my grave. I choose Thunder of Ruler. So, in other words, you can't declare an attack this turn. Trap of Darkness will then remove the trap I copied from play.
The same lightning bolts touched down on Alexander's field once again, blocking his monsters from doing anything. Nate's Life Points then dropped down from 1600 to 600.
The stream of flames targeting the card destroyed it.
Alexander: Big deal. I have plenty of firepower left. I still have my Hieratic Sun Dragon Overlord of Heliopolis. By using an Overlay Unit, I can Tribute any number of Dragon-Type monsters from my hand and/or my side of the field, and then destroy an equal number of cards on your field. So, I'll get rid of my Hieratic Dragon of Sutekh, and the Hieratic Seal of the Dragon King (Level 6 ATK:0/DEF:0) in my hand.
The gold dragon on Alexander's field vanished into particles. The only card in his hand also got sent to the Graveyard. Suddenly, the huge red dragon with gold armor shot out a large stream of flames toward Nate's remaining face down cards. The cards flipped up, revealing them to be Xyz Veil, and Negate Attack.
Alexander: *frustrated* I'll just end my turn.
Nate: (LP 600) *draws* My draw. I activate the Equip Spell Card Xyz Unit. I'll equip this card to my Utopia. My Utopia will now receive 200 attack points multiplied by its Rank. Also, this card can be treated as one of my Utopia's Overlay Units whenever I wanna activate his ability. That gives him one more for a total of three. (ATK:2500+800=3300)
Alexander: "What?"
Nate: Utopia will now slay your dragon. Attack with Rising Sun Slash!
The warrior's sword glowed with a brilliant gold aura. The warrior flew towards the red dragon, and slashed the dragon with its powerful sword. The dragon roared before being destroyed. Alexander took 300 points of damage to his Life Points.
Nate: I end my turn.
The crowd that was watching the duel began cheering for Nate for his performance in the duel so far.
MC: Impressive! It looks like Nate isn't giving up without a fight! In just only two turns, he's managed to destroy both of Alexander's Xyz monsters. I wonder if Alexander has anything left in that Deck of his!
Jason: *thinks to himself* Alexander, what are you doing? You're supposed to be winning! Not losing! Quit messing around!
Alexander looked back and saw his brother. His brother didn't look too happy.
Alexander: *thinks to himself, while holding his head down* I'm sorry, brother.
?: Well, it looks like Nate has fight in him after all. The female said.
?: If Nate's who Norman says he is, then he should win this duel with no problem. The male said.
?: It's a good thing we were able to get here and watch this duel. The female said, turning her head towards the male.
?: Winning this duel won't prove anything. Remember what Norman said. We challenge Nate to a duel, and if he can defeat the both of us, then we'll know for sure that he's the one we've been looking for all this time. The male said, turning towards the female.
They then turned their attention back to the duel.
Alexander drew his next card and placed it into one of his unoccupied Spell & Trap Card slots.
Alexander: (LP 3200) From my hand, I activate the spell card Dragon's Mirror. I can take Fusion Material Monsters from my side of the field and/or in my Graveyard, and remove them from play. Then, I can summon a Dragon-Type Fusion Monster who has those Fusion Material Monsters listed on that monster's text. I'm going to now remove from play the only five Dragon-Type monsters' I have left in my Graveyard. By removing Hieratic Dragon of Setukh, Hieratic Seal of the Dragon King, Hieratic Dragon King of Atum, Hieratic Seal of the Sun Dragon Overlord, and Hieratic Sun Dragon Overlord of Heliopolis in order to Fusion Summon my strongest monster. Five Headed Dragon (Level 12 ATK:5000/DEF:5000)!
MC: What's this? He's fusing five dragons together? Ladies' and gentlemen, this is our first time seeing Alexander doing this! Is Nate in trouble? Let's find out!
The gasps from the crowd got even louder as they saw the sight of the giant yellow dragon with five different heads, symbolizing elements.
Alexander: *thinks to himself* With my new monster, I'll win this duel! Hopefully, my brother will be proud of me for once.
Jason: *thinks to himself* Impressive, little bro! Now, finish him off!
Alexander: *points at the white and gold armored warrior* Attack with Element Annihilation!
The giant yellow dragon aimed its five head towards the warrior and fired five different streams of elements. There was a stream of flames, water, wind, a dark mystic energy, and a powerful stream of dirt. The five different streams of elements combined, forming a multi-colored blast of energy.
Nate began taking a look at the only card left in his hand. He then discarded it to the Graveyard.
Nate: I'm activating the effect of Honest (Level 4 ATK:1100/DEF:1900). Whenever a Light monster on my field battles another monster, I can discard it so that my monster gains attack points equal to the opposing monster's attack points.
The white and gold armored warrior glowed with a brilliant gold aura as its strength increased drastically. (ATK:3300+5000=8300)
Alexander: No! This can't be happening! I can't lose!
The warrior, now stronger than ever, raised its glowed sword towards the air, and then flew towards the yellow dragon. While still flying, the warrior used its right hand, and blocked the oncoming blast with ease. The dragon then gave up and all five of its heads quit firing their own elements. The white and gold armored warrior delivered the final blow, slicing the dragon in half. The dragon roared before exploding into millions of pixels. Alexander suffered 3300 points of damage from the counterattack. The duel was over. (Alexander:0/Nate:600)
The image of the white and gold armored warrior disappeared and both duelists' Duel Disks died down. Everyone was in suspense from the ending of the duel.
The MC then cleared his throat.
MC: Ladies' and gentlemen, I give you our NEW Inizan City Champion, NATE TOWNSEND!
The crowd roared and began cheering like never before. There was confetti raining from the ceiling, and victorious music playing. Two women then came into the arena and handed Nate a gold trophy.
MC: Nate Townsend has came far to win this title! He's dueled with a lot of heart and passion in his previous duels! This wasn't easy! It takes a lot of time and dedication to become a great duelist! Once more, let's hear it for NATE TOWNSEND!
Girls from crowd: NATE, WE LOVE YOU! YOU'RE THE BEST!
It was the same group of girls from before. This time, instead of ignoring the girls, he smiled at them. There were three fan girls from that group.
Fan girl #1: Did you see that? He smiled at me!
Fan girl #2: No way! He totally smiled at me!
Fan girl #3: Are you girl's blind! Clearly he smiled at me!
Nate held the trophy in one arm, and caught Alexander just before he made his way out of the arena.
Nate: Hey, kid.
Alexander turned around.
Nate: I just wanted to say good game. You're a good duelist.
Nate then extended his arm to give Alexander a handshake. Alexander smiled a little, and accepted the handshake. Alexander then walked over towards his brother, with his head held down.
Jason: Just what were you thinking out there? You were supposed to win!
Alexander: I'm sorry. He just got the best of me.
Jason: Sorry doesn't cut it. Did you forget that you were a Skyler? What was it that I told you earlier? Skyler's don't lose!
Choosing not to cause too much of a scene, Jason ordered to Alexander to leave with him.
Jason: Let's go!
Alexander followed.
In the audience, the shady looking male and female finally stood up after all this time once they saw Nate leaving.
?: We must catch up to him right away. The male said.