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Fiery Souls
Chapter One
The story began in Domino City, home to some the most powerful duelists around, such as Yugi Mouto, Joey Wheeler, and Seto Kaiba. These three were top class duelists and anyone who wished to surpass them had their work cut out for them. But that didn't matter to Lucas Maguire as he approached the KaibaCorp building for his entrance exam. He felt that he was ready for whatever life threw at him.
Just a few months before this Lucas had been shocked to see all his cards deteriorating before his eyes. The reason why was never released to the general public, but he was glad his deck was up to snuff afterwards. He entered the building and entered the line for registration.
"What's your name, kid?" asked the male proctor, whose name would be forever unknown. "Lucas Maguire," "Aha, so you're Number Seven," the proctor remarked, "You're just in time," Lucas stepped into the examination hall, and began to prepare himself for his duel.
As the elevator rose Lucas began to wonder if his deck was actually ready, and if he should've even been in this hall at all. He understood duelling very well on the basis of theory, but when it came to duelling itself, he never got much practice, but was still quite skilled in his own opinion. But before he could consider the consequences of a loss, the elevator reached the stadium. Lucas took a deep breath, cleared his mind and said "I'm ready!"
The duel began like any other, the Proctor set a monster and two cards face-down, and ended his turn.
"My move! I draw!" shouted Lucas, as he drew his card. He grinned and said "I summon Rust Apprentice in Attack Mode!"(1200/1600)A young man in rusted armour appeared on the field. "I then activate the Spell Card, De-Oxidising. This allows me to tribute a 'Rust' monster to special summon a 'Steel' monster of the same level from my Extra Deck! Come out, Steel Apprentice!" Rust Apprentice's armour then began to become a more traditional silver. (1900/2200) "Now I'll activate the card Shield Crush, so I can destroy one monster on the field that's on the field," The Proctors face down monster was destroyed, as he watched, impressed by Lucas' move. "Now I'll equip my Steel Apprentice with the card Lucky Iron Axe, raising his attack points by five hundred points!" Steel Apprentice smiled as the axe materialised in his hand. (2400/2200) "Now go, Steel Apprentice! Attack his life points directly!"
The Proctor smirked as he said "I activate my Trap Card!" He was surprised to see the face-down card stay face down. "Huh? What's going on?" "My Steel Apprentice's effect, that's what! If he's equipped with an Equip Spell, you can't activate face-down cards during the Battle Phase!" The Proctor's eyes widened as he was struck directly by the axe-wielding monster. He screamed in pain as his life points depleted by 2400 points. (4000 LP - 1600 LP) "I then set a card face down and end my turn!" Lucas exclaimed.
"My turn! Draw!" said the Proctor, "I activate the Spell Card, Monster Reborn! So come back in Defence Mode, my Marshmallon! Then I activate Pot of Greed, and because I drew my Watapon by Pot of Greed's effect, I can special summon it!" Both monsters appeared on the field. Marshmallon: (300/500) Watapon: (200/300) "Now I'll sacrifice them both to summon my Red Eyes Black Dragon!" (2400/2000)
A large black dragon appeared on the field, surprising many of the spectators. "Now I'll activate the Spell, Block Attack!" "I won't let you!" exclaimed Lucas," I activate the Trap Card, Re-Mold! Now by sacrificing a 'Rust' or 'Steel' monster, I can summon a level six or below 'Rust' or 'Steel' monster from my Deck or Extra Deck. So come out, Steel Guardian!" A large shield bearing knight in steel armour took the place of Steel Apprentice. (500/2800) "Ugh, guess I'll end my turn," grumbled the Proctor. "Thank you, because I just won the duel!" "What!?" replied the Proctor. "I activate my Double Summon Spell Card, so I can Normal Summon twice! I summon Rust Sentry and Rust Archer!" Both monsters appeared on the field, bearing rusty armour and either a sword or a bow. Rust Sentry: (1500/1000) Rust Archer: (1700/1300) "Now because I have three Warrior Type monsters on the field I can tribute them all to special summon my Blacksteel Ifrit to the field! COME OUT, BLACKSTEEL IFRIT!"
The three monsters on Lucas' field were incinerated, and from the ashes came a man composed entirely of fire, who was then donned in black armour, holding a black sword with flames imprinted on it. (3000/3000) "When Ifrit is summoned to the field, I can destroy one card on the field. Say goodbye to Red Eyes!" Red Eyes was incinerated, and the ashes were absorbed by the fiery warrior. (3500/3500) "When Blacksteel Ifrit successfully destroys a monster with this effect, he gains 500 attack points!" The Proctor gasped as he saw the powerful creature grow even more powerful."Th-thiry five hundred? No way!" Lucas smiled "Thanks for the duel sir. Ifrit, ATTACK WITH BLACKFLARE BARRAGE!" Ifrit raced towards the Proctor, covering his sword in black flames, and attacked, creating a huge explosion. (1600 LP - 0 LP)
"I won," said Lucas, who was surprised by his own skill in the duel.
"WOOHOO! I WON!"
End of Chapter One
Well I hope you enjoyed my miserable attempt at a first chapter, if you're going to review leave constructive criticism please, sorry that it's short, saltedpeanuts11 writing off.