Chapter 1 - Club Time Duels

Loud cheers were heard from class 2-C in Monopoly High. A crowd of teenage boys circled around a table, cheering as the two duelists made their moves.

"I summon, Dino Hatchling!" a boy, no older than 15, cried as he laid down a card onto the brown desk. "You know what that means, don't you?" He smiled, his premature mustache curling with his mouth.

His opponent, the same age, nodded. "I do, Ayol. But I know you. You're going to tell me what it does anyways…"

"It gives every other dinosaur on my field an extra 500 attack points!" Ayol laughed. He took off his beret and wiped away sweat from his damp, tan forehead. His hair, long and curly, was glued to his skin. He pulled back his hair and placed his cap back onto his head.

"And it also gains 500 defensive points for every dinosaur on the field," his opponent replied nonchalantly. "Which doesn't matter, because you summoned it in attack mode."

Ayol glanced down at his card and frantically moved it into defense position. "I knew that, Free!"

Free drew a card from his deck, his blue eyes lighting up with delight. He placed it onto the desk in the face-down defense position.

"Ha!" Ayol boomed. "You got nothing, so you have to go on the defensive!" He pointed at Free's card. "I attack your face-down with my Hyper Hammerhead!"

Free ran his hand through his shaggy brown hair, then flipped over his face-down card calmly. "Princess of Tsurugi. For every spell or trap card that you have on the field, you lose 500 life points. Seeing as you have only 700 life points and two cards in play, you lose."

Ayol's mouth gaped and he smashed his head on the desk. "You get me every time!"

Free nodded and smiled. He began to collect his cards into his hands. "You had a strategy working for you too. Maybe next time you'll be able to beat me!"

"Whatever…"

"That was exciting!" a boy said. He slid his glasses back up his nose. "Can I have next duel?"

The door to the classroom slid open quickly. Everyone, with the exception of Free, who was still fiddling with his cards, turned.

"It's Soni!" someone shouted. Free's ears perked, and he glared at the desk.

Soni, a girl the same age as the boys, came to the desk. She had short black hair that matched her dark clothing which clung tightly onto her thin body. "You guys still dueling?"

"We actually just finished," Free mumbled, avoiding her gaze.

"Duel Club is open till 5; it's still 4:15," Soni said. She pointed at the clock and glared at Free.

Free glared back. "We're closing early today!"

Soni smacked her hands onto the desk, Ayol's cards flying up in the process. "Stop avoiding our duel, Free! I beat you once, and you've avoided dueling since!"

"It was a fluke!" Free snapped, standing up from his chair.

"It was years ago!"

"Yeah, and I'm way better now. If we dueled, it wouldn't be any fun. I'd just beat you."

Ayol raised an eyebrow. "Then why do we duel every day?"

"Shut up!" Free shouted.

"C'mon, Free. If you feel that you can beat me, then let's go," Soni said calmly as she pushed Ayol from his chair. She grabbed her deck from her belt and placed it onto the desk. "It shouldn't be a problem."

Free took a deep breath and sat back down. He started to shuffle his deck and placed it back onto the desk. "Fine. But don't cry when I win!"

"But what about my duel?" the thin boy with the glasses asked.

"Next time, Matt," Free answered. "I have to teach her a lesson."

"How many life points?" Soni asked.

"2000."

"2000 works for me."

The two drew out five cards, both looking over them intently. Free reached out, placing one card face-down in defense mode, and two others in his spell and trap area.

"Oh! Are you using Princess of Tsurugi?" Ayol asked eagerly. "If so, Soni may want to avoid playing any spell or trap cards!"

I'm lucky that I drew the hand that I did. Otherwise, this could be one tough battle. I can't afford to slip up. These guys wouldn't let me hear the end of it. Free thought as he looked at Soni.

Soni smiled and drew her card. She placed a monster in face-down defense position along with two other face-down cards, mimicking what Free had done.

Now she's mimicking me. This is exactly how she plays. She'll copy me, and try to make me nervous. I cannot lose.

Free took in a deep breath, pulling out his next card. He grinned and slapped down Alexandrite Dragon onto the desk. "I attack with Alexandrite Dragon!"

"You activate my trap," Soni said nonchalantly. She flipped over one of her cards, revealing the trap card, Bottomless Trap Hole. "This means that your dragon is done for."

"Damnit!" Free murmured.

"Oh! She got you!" Ayol screeched.

"My turn," Soni said as she gazed at her new hand. "I tribute my facedown card to summon Reaper's Apprentice!" She slapped down a card onto the desk, an illustration of a pale girl in raggedy grey clothes and a scythe in her hand designed on the front.

"I equip her with my One-Shot Wand, which increases her attack by 800, bringing it to 2700."

"She's going to win!" a boy shouted from behind Free.

"I attack your facedown monster!"

Free smiled and flipped over his trap. "A Hero Emerges. Once you declare an attack, you must pick a card from my hand. If it is a monster, it is special summoned to the field."

Heather gritted her teeth and reached out. She poked one of Free's cards, causing him to smile. "You just chose my Drago Bolter!" He laid his card onto the field, the design of a warrior with armor similar to dragon scales on it. "What now?" Free asked.

"Do to the replay rule, I can still choose to attack. So, now I destroy your Drago Bolter!"

Free flipped over his other card. "Magic Cylinder. Your attack is blocked, and you take the damage that I would. That puts you at 600 life points."

Soni smiled at Free. "How ironic…"

"Whoa!" Ayol shouted. "I was wrong! Free is still the champion!"

Free shook his head. "This game isn't over yet!"

Soni nodded. "I agree. Your turn."

Free drew his card and smiled. "Normally, I would find a way to use my Drago Bolter's special ability, but instead I think I'll use him as a tribute. I sacrifice my two cards on the field." He lifted both of his cards, revealing Masked Dragon. "And I summon my Silver Destruction Dragon in attack mode."

The room grew quiet, for everyone knew that Free had hardly ever used his signature card.

If I'm going to win this duel, I'm going to have to use my Silver Destroyer. Otherwise, Soni will find a way to beat me, and I'll never hear the end of it. I can't believe that she's made me use him though.

"I attack your Reaper's Apprentice, and seeing as my attack is 2900, and yours is 2700, your life points are down to 400," Free said with a smile. "What do you plan on doing now? There's no way that you can win against such raw power."

"What do I plan on doing now?" Soni asked. She drew her card. "This. I play Enchanters' Pendant, which as long as I have no other cards on the field, and you have a monster in play, I can special summon…"

Free froze as he saw Soni lay down a card from her hand.

"Shadow Enchantress…"

A/N So, what'd you think? I decided I'd go ahead and do this for fun. Now, as you'll notice in this chapter and others to follow, I'll be making up a few cards. But I won't do this with every single card, because that seems way to easy.

Also, I've never written a Yu-Gi-Oh fanfic before, only Pokemon. So, I'm not familiar with writing a duel just yet. So bear with me.