The New Generation
Chapter 1: Meeting a New Duelist
It had been ten years ever since the legendary duel between Yugi Motou, King of Games, and Jaden Yuki, an ace at the famous Duel Academy. No one really knows who won, though. But most say it was Yugi Motou. Ever since, duelist have been popping up everywhere, in every city, state, and country. But there is always one in particular that seems to be different. One who is always underestimated, yet wins in the end. This is the tale of the one in particular I'm talking about...
It was a bright, sunny Saturday morning. Like every Saturday, 15 year old Celeste Hylton would go to the DC to hang out with friends. The DC is the Duel Club, and exclusive club for duelists only. Celeste's long brown hair flew in the wind, though it was in a ponytail. Celeste ALWAYS had it in a ponytail, with the exception of when she went to sleep at night. Celeste wore a long red jacket with a black tanktop undernieth, black pants, red chucks, and her normal hairstyle of her long brown hair in a high ponytail, tyed with a red ribbon. She walked down the sidewalk happily. On her right hand was a red-traced duel disk with a deck in the slot.
Suddenly, she heard a rumbling sound from behind her. She turned to see a stampede coming at her. "Hey, where's the-" that's all she said before the stampede ran her down. A girl in the crowd turned to see Celeste on the ground. "Whoa, Celeste, is that you?" asked the girl. Celeste lifted her head. "Hello, Ophi." she said blankly. Then she stood up. "What's the big idea? What's the stampede?!" she exclaimed. The girl called Ophi laughed. Ophi had long dirty brown curly hair that reached her waist. She had on a striped green shirt, jeans, and blue sneakers. Her hazel eyes twinkled as she laughed. "Celeste, haven't you heard of the new tournament?"
Celeste blinked. "Tournament? What tournament?" she asked. Ophi stared at her friend. "You mean you haven't heard? The four best duelists in the world are throwin' a tournament!"
Now it was Celeste's turn to stare. "The four best? You mean Mai Valentine, Joey Wheeler, Seto Kaiba, and Yugi Motou?" Ophi nodded. Celeste's eyes widened. It was a dream of her's to duel Yugi Motou, King of Games. She'd always wanted to see how he got his name, and wanted to see if it was possible to actually defeat him. But that was everyone's dream. "Where do I sign up?" she asked excitelly.
Ophi grabbed Celeste's hand and pulled her to a card shop. "Kame Game Shop?" asked Celeste when they arrived. Ophi nodded. "This is where you sign up."
Celeste bursted through the front door. It looked like an ordinary game shop. At the front desk was a man in his 20s or 30s. He had long blond hair with long bangs. He looked up at them and winced. "Lemme guess: You two are here to enter the tournament, right?" he asked them. Celeste nodded. "Sign-up sheet, please?" Ophi asked impatiently. The man shrugged and pointed to a poster on the wall. "Thank you." said Ophi. "I'll sign you up, too." Ophi whispered to Celeste. She walked over to the poster and picked up a pen.
Celeste glanced at the man's nametag. "Mr. Wheeler?" asked Celeste. The man looked up from his magazine. "Yes?" he asked. Celeste tilted her head. "Like, Joey Wheeler?" she asked. The man's eyes widened, but only for a moment. "No, just Mr. Wheeler." he said. Celeste shrugged. "Just asking."
But Celeste was actually right. It was really the famous Joey Wheeler. But he didn't want anyone to know that it was him. He was taking care of the shop for Yugi. Yugi's grandfather, Solomon, was on a trip, and Joey had to take over while he was gone. "Signed us up!" exclaimed Ophi. "Let's go." Celeste waved to Mr. Wheeler. "Thanks. And bye!" she said cheerfully. Mr. Wheeler waved back, suprised.
"I'm tellin' you, Celeste, this card's gonna assure my victory!''
Ophi held up a new dragon card. It was called, 'Cloudburst Dragon'. "I'm gonna wipe the floor with this baby tomorrow!" she said gleefully. Celeste just nodded and smiled. The two stepped into a large building with the letters, 'DC' on the top. The club wasn't very packed. Duelists alike were spread around the room, either sitting down at tables or leaning against the wall. A boy with red hair waved to them and called them over. "Look, it's Todd!" said Ophi. The one nemaed Todd was sitting around with two other children, and girl with ebony black hair and a boy with dusty brown hair. "Hey, Carly and Spencer are here, too." pointed out Celeste. The five of them gathered around a wooden circular table. "So, anyone join the contest?" asked the boy called Spencer. Ophi and Celeste raised their hands. "Why didn't you guys?" asked Ophi. Todd shrugged. "I'm not really a tournament person." Carly gave a small smile. "I couldn't. I'm grounded." Spencer looked up. "I don't really think I'm ready yet."
"Haha! You lose, sucker! Now hand over your rarest card!"
Celeste looked over her shoulder. A duel, she thought. It was two boys. One was really tall and muscular, while the other was alot smaller and scrawny. The smaller one was on his knees, with the bigger one looking over him. "Come on, you lost! Hand it over!" yelled the bigger one. Celeste pushed her way through the crowd of people who had been watching. "What's goin on?" Celeste asked a girl named Julia. "Celeste!" she cried. "Oh, it's bad. That big guy, Brooner, they call him. He challenged the little guy, Peter, to a duel. But the challenge was that the loser had to give the winner his rarest card! I dunno why Peter just didn't decline, but he lost. Now Brooner's demanding his card!"
Celeste bacame angry. It was a dueling rule that the rare card rule couldn't be used anymore. Why was this guy breaking it? "Hey, Brooner!" shouted Celeste from the crowd. ''Leave Peter alone!"
Brooner looked up at Celeste. "Who are you?" he asked. Celeste broke apart from the crowd and got in the middle of the circle of bystanders. "Celeste Hylton, punk! And don't you know that the 'rare card' rule can't be used anymore? It's a rule!"
Brooner smirked. "So what?" he said. "It may be a rule, but it's not an important rule! Who cares if I break it?"
Celeste stomped her foot. "Brooner, it may not be the most important rule, but it's still a rule."
Brooner stood up and faced Celeste. "Care to teach me a lesson?" he asked smugly. "Let's duel! You and me, right now! If you win, I won't take his card. But if I win," he smirked again. "I get your rarest card!"
The crowd gasped. You see, Brooner was a well respected duelist in the DC. Nobody bothered to stand up to him because of his skill and roughness. Everyone was suprised to see Celeste trying. "Fine!" retorted Celeste. "I'll beat you anyway!"
Celeste and Brooner faced each other in the middle of the DC. They activated their duel disks. The holographic screens shot out of their duel disks and landed a few feet away. They drew their five first cards. "Duel!" they said at the same time.
"Ladies first." said Brooner with a smug smile. "Okay, so you're goin' first?" retorted Celeste. The crowd chuckled. "Grr....fine! Draw!" he drew a card. "I summon Dark World Vetrius!" ATK:1500 DEF:900 "Your move."
Celeste drew a card. "I summon Angel of Darkness!" she cried. ATK:1700 DEF:1000 "And, she has a special ability: If she's the only monster on my side of the field, I can draw one more card!" she drew her extra card. "Now, Angel of Darkness, attack Dark World Vetrius!" The angel sliced through Booner's monster in two.
Booner's LP-3800
"Grrr..." growled Booner. Celeste smirked. "Had enough?" she asked confidently. Booner shook his head. "I'll end my turn with a facedown card." The card appeared on Celeste's side of the field. "I end my turn."
Booner drew a card. "I summon Dark World Zenrir!" ATK:1800 DEF:500 "Attack her angel!" he cried. Celeste cringed. "I activate my facedown!"
"WHAT?!"
Her card revealed itself. "Shield of the Hero makes it so that your attack is aimed at me instead of my monster!" The crowd gasped. Cards that saved a duelist's monster and aimed at the duelist instead were rare. The attack aimed instead at Celeste. The dark beam hit her in the stomach and blew her back a few steps. Celeste's LP-2200
"Why would you pay life points to save your monster?" asked Booner. "There's no point!"
Celeste stood up straight. "Cause I actually care about my monsters' well-being." she replied. The crowd began to murmer.
"Wow, she must really care about her monsters to pay life points for them"
"Pretty cool. Never seen a duelist that dedicated."
"I hope she wins. What's her name again? Oh yeah, Celeste.''
"Ten bucks on Celeste!"
"I believe it's my turn." said Celeste. She drew a card and smiled. "Okay, I sacrifice Angel of Darkness to summon Posidon, God of the Sea!" ATK:2200 DEF:2000
"Attack Dark World Zenrir!" It was destroyed by waves. Booner's LP-3400
"Grrrrr......." Booner growled even louder.
"I'll end my turn."
Booner drew a card he suddenly grinned, but in a bad way. "I remove Zenrir and Vetrius from the game to summon...DARK WORLD DRAGON LORD!" The crowd gasped. This was Booner's strongest monster. A huge dragon appeared on the field. ATK:3000 DEF:2900
"Attack Posidon!" Celeste's LP-1400
Celeste bit her lip. Man, 3000 attack points? she thought. "Your move, but it's not like you van do anything."
She drew a card. "Yes!" she whispered. She looked up at Booner. "Alright. First, I'll play Monster Reborn to bring back my Angel of Darkness!" The angel appeared on her field once more. "Why bring her back?
"Because of her special ability." replied Celeste. "Now, I can draw another card."
"All the cards in the world won't help you now."
"So you think."
Booner widened his eyes. "W-Why do you say that?"
"Because I'm about to win!" The crowd gasped in shock.
"Next, I'll sacrifice her to summon Aphrodite, Goddess of Love!" A blond woman appeared on her field. ATK:700 DEF:1000
"Please! What's she gonna do?"
"Alot, cause of her special ability:when she's summoned, I can bring the spell card, 'Cupid's Arrow' to my hand!"
She took a spell card out of her deck and shuffled. "Now I'll play it!"
Booner looked nervous. "What does that do?''
Celeste smirked confidently. "I'll show you."
Suddenly, Dark World Dragon Lord's face became red, and it blushed. "WHAT IS GOING ON?!" cried Booner.
"Don't you know what Cupid's Arrow does?" Celeste explained, "As long as Aphrodite is on the field when I play it, I can take control of one of your monsters!"
"What?!"
Booner's dragon moved to her side of the field. "And now it's time for Aphrodite's special ability." she smiled. "If a monster is taken over by Cupid's Arrow, she can absorb its attack points!" APHRODITE'S ATK=700+3000=3700
"Now, attack him directly!" Aphrodite blew a kiss at Booner. It hit him. Booner's LP-0000
"Wow," said Peter.