Sorry for the wait, those senior classes are rough sometimes, especially when you have an extracurricular to worry about. I hope i haven't kept you guys waiting too long for the new chapter though.(And not the average kind, I mean.)Thoughts in italics, and I don't own yugioh, just my OC(s) and the story.
When we last left Zane he was just beginning his duel with one of the twins: Aran. And now, please enjoy the chapter!
The Game was set and a large screen turned on with my life points on one side and Aran's on the other: 8000LP.
"If you don't mind, I'll be going first."
He drew his cards and smirked.
"Alright, I'm gonna start this duel off by summoning the Magma Steed (Fire/Beast/Effect/3/1400/1200)."
(I might as well make this known now. The monster's stats will be shown like this: Attribute/Types/Types/Level/Attack Points/Defense Points. The two sets of types are if a monster is normal or effect and its monster type.)
The ground in front of Aran heated up until magma shot out of the ground and formed a fiery horse with blazing eyes and mane and skin made out of magma. It whinnied as fire puffed out of its nostrils like sparks from a revved up car.
"And that's not all, by summoning Magma steed I can pull another magma monster from my deck and special summon it to the field. And I think I'll summon magma swordsman." (Fire/Warrior/Effect/4/1600/1400) Similar to the Magma Steed, it appears out of an eruption of magma but he was in full medieval armor and it wielded an axe consumed by fire.
"When Magma Swordsman is special summoned to the field by Magma Steed's effect, I can bring one Magma spell card to my hand."
He pulled one card from his deck to his hand and put it in his hand.
"But when I use Magma Swordsman's effect, I can't activate that spell during the current turn. I place one card facedown and end my turn." He said with a cocky smile on his face.
I looked at him with a focused squint as I took a deep breath.
"I draw." I glanced down at my hand and thought for a few seconds.
"He's got something big planned so it looks like I'll have to go on the defensive for now."
"I place one card and one monster facedown and end my turn."
Two cards materialize in front of me as Aran smirked and chuckled.
"That's it? That's all you've got?"
I nod confidently as his smirk widens into a smile.
"Very well then, I draw. First I play the spell card Magma Merge which allows me to combine Magma Warrior and Magma Steed to create the royal guard of the magma kingdom's royalty, Say hello to the Magma Champion captain of the royal guard!"
(Fire/Fusion/Effect/6/2600/2000)
The two monsters dived into a whirlpool of lava and out rode the Warrior riding the horse who was wearing armor as well as the Warrior, but it all looked much more dangerous. The armor on the monster was glowing red from the intense heat, and had spikes protruding from the chest, shoulders, head, and forearms. The horse had spikes on it's faceplate around its eyes. I had to shield my eyes from the bright glow of the monster's armor and from the heat it exuded, but Aran didn't seem to mind the heat at all in fact he only smiled wider.
"Do you like it? Champion's magma keeps the battle hot, but that's not all it does. When Magma Champion is summoned and attacks a monster on your side of the field, you can't activate and spells or traps. Now Magma Champion, attack Zane's facedown monster with Blazing Charge." The monster's horse rears back and charges at the facedown card as the Champion swings his axe at it, only to hit a giant shield with a thunderbolt symbol on the front and a humanoid creature made of constantly flowing lightning/electricity. I had a smug look on my face, knowing full well that I made a smart move.
"What happened?" He asks surprised and confused.
"I'm afraid you fell for the bait, Aran. Meet my Summoned Gardna."
(Light/Thunder/Effect/4/1000/2600)
"Why isn't your monster destroyed?"
"Well Aran, my Summoned Gardna survives being destroyed once each turn. But wait there's more, when Summoned Gardna is attack while facedown your monster has to attack again."
Aran still had the confused look on his face as he couldn't help but question my decision.
"Why would you force me to attack again? You're monster would be destroyed."
The Champion's horse backed and charged again.
"Because this time your monster's attack points are cut in half, all the way down to 1300 attack points."
The glow that emanated from the Magma Champion dimmed and he swung his ax at Gardna's shield. The impact knocked the Champion back as Summoned Gardna's shield glowed and a lightning bolt shot out and hit Aran and shocked him.
"I end my turn."
Aran: 6700LP
Zane: 8000LP
"I Draw."
I look at my cards and I automatically have a plan in motion.
"I tribute Summoned Gardna and summon to the field one of the Bolt princes Bolt Prince Uragano." Storm clouds roll in with yellow lightning flashing through them until lightning strikes the ground and in its place is a human with yellow lightning wearing yellow robes and a crown. (Light/Thunder/Effect/7/2700/2500) The look on Aran's face had changed then, it was anger.
"Do you take me for an idiot; you think I don't know a cheater when I see one! That monster is a level 7 you shouldn't be able to summon it with only one monster." As he yelled his monsters seemed to react to his anger and glowed brighter as Aran's eyes turned from black to a glowing orange.
"There is something you should know before you explode, the storm princes only need one monster to be tributed to summon it but only if it's of the Summoned archetype. So I'm not cheating, and speaking of which I should probably tell you his effect. When he is either normal or special summoned he can increase the attack points of other Princes and Summoned monsters by 700 points including himself, which gives Uragano a grand total of 3400 attack points. Since you have no spells or traps to protect yourself from the prince's attack, now Uragano attack Magma Champion with Lightning Spear." Lightning stuck the ground next to the prince, he picks it up, forms it into a spear and takes aim before throwing it at Aran's monster electrocuting and destroying it.
"I set one card facedown and end my turn."
Zane: 8000LP
Aran: 5900LP
"Grrr, I draw." Aran said.
I watched from my end, constantly reminding myself how easily the flow of a duel can change, so as not to get overconfident and sloppy.
"I play the spell card Dormant Awakening which allows me to special summon one Magma monster that is level 5 or higher from my graveyard and I choose my Magma Champion. And if successful I can special summon one level 4 or lower monster from my deck, so welcome to the field Magma Lion." (Fire/Beast/Effect/4/1700/1400) The monster appeared the way the others did, with molten magma making up the entire body, especially around its large arms.
"When this molten beast is summoned, he calls two more of my monsters from the deck to the field. So here are two more monsters, Magma Cobra and Magma Ox." The Lion roared and two magma monsters appeared, Magma Cobra and Magma Ox both appeared with glaring eyes as I was forced to once again shield myself from the intense heat.
"Now that I have enough monsters on the field I can bring out real royalty, not that pathetic excuse for a prince."
Uragano turned around and looked at me as if to say: "Can you believe this guy?" I nodded to him with a smirk on my face to try and say: "I know what you mean." Until I stopped and realized what had just happened, that was the first time my monsters showed any type of life or free will even when dueling.
"This is something I'll have to look into later on."
I turned back to Aran to hear him say:
"I now tribute my Magma Lion, Cobra, and Ox to Fusion summon my Magma Chimera." (Fire/Beast/Effect/7/3200/2800)
I stepped back from the heat as a combination of the three monsters appeared in front of me, with the lion as the main creature in control. The Cobra was the Lion's tail, the Ox was the top head that protruded out of the lion's back and the lion's head was main head.
"How is it you can use him without a spell card?"
"When I have those three monsters on the field I can combine them to bring this beast to the field. Now my Chimera, destroy his monster with Triple Magma Flare."
"You realize that will destroy your monster right?" I mentioned to him.
He only smiled as his eyes glowed.
"My Chimera has a special effect that allows me activate it during my battle phase and I can discard any amount of Magma monsters from my hand to give 200 attack points for each monster, and I discard 3 Magma monsters from my hand to give my Chimera a 600 attack point boost for that attack."
The Chimera's heads opened their mouths ad spewed out lava at Uragano and destroyed him.
"No, Uragano!"
Once again I had to question my sudden connection to the monster, because that was my first time seeing it, or any summoned monsters in person since it was my first time dueling with the holographic technology. All the other times I just watched the duels from a distance, but today was different.
"You aren't getting off that easy, Champion Attack with Blazing Charge."
The Magma Champion charged at me on his horse and hit me with his axe, knocking me on my back; I pull myself back to my feet.
"Remember when I said I'd bring in real royalty, well here it is. I now take my Magma Champion and tribute it to Status Summon my ultimate monster."
(Status summons are a new type of summon that is different to the others. If you meet certain conditions such as having a certain leveled monster on the field or monsters in the grave or on the field, you can bring in a special monster from anywhere be that the hand, deck, grave, or banish zone. Like most cards in yugioh they are color coded, with these being colored red and having a status or prestige instead of level, some being about to have effects on lower status monsters. Status monsters are pretty much powerhouses in their own right, with effects that stop it's summon from being negated, an ability that keeps them from changing positions, and an special ability that differs to each status monster makes them very powerful.)
The ground gave way to a reveal the giant mouth of a volcano and as it erupted and blasted a stream of lava into the sky a throne of magma with a silhouette of a body on it. The lava fell back onto the throne and when it cleared a man was sitting on the throne with a magma crown and body.
"Bow to the Magma King Doresh." (Fire/Status/Warrior/Effect/9/3900/3000
The King got off his throne and walked off the volcano as it sinked back in the ground as it closed up and cooled back to regular temperature.
"When the king is on the field, all other magma monsters currently on the field lend their abilities to their king, meaning that Magma King now has Magma Chimera's effect at the cost of Magma Chimera itself, and I lose life points to its attack points. I end my turn, and bring this duel that much closer to an end by your defeat.
Aran: 2100LP
Zane: 5000LP
"What a powerful monster, but I won't allow myself to be intimidated by his monster, but I also can't allow myself to be careless."
I drew a card and knew that I wouldn't survive another turn without some kind of miracle. The moment I drew my next card I knew I had found my miracle.
"I end my turn."
Aran looked at me with an expression that I could only describe as glee.
"Magma King Doresh, attack his life points directly, and I activate Chimera's effect and discard one monster from my hand and end my turn." The monster pulled out a sword and dashed toward me, slashing me and causing me to drop to one knee before getting back up.
Aran: 2100LP
Zane: 900LP
I heard Adrial and Rom cheering for me on the sidelines as I touched the top of my deck.
Suddenly I heard a familiar voice calling for me, I looked behind me and it was my older sister Aurora.
"Hey Zane, you forgot your good luck charm." She yelled to me.
I sighed in relief, for I had an off feeling the entire duel and I had that problem fixed. My good luck charm was a card that was completely blank and black on the front (Not Xyz black just regular blank black), and had no description, level, type, or name. My parents gave it to me for my 17th birthday, said it was special.
"Hey sis, throw it to me!"
She leans back and tosses it to me and I waste no time putting it on.
"I've gotta draw a good card this turn or I'm truly done for."
Just then I heard a voice come to me from my mind that sounded as if the voice was right next to me, which to be honest almost gave me a heart attack.
"Hello? Is this thing on? Hey Zane can you hear me?" The voice asked.
"Yeah, who wants to know?"
"Uragano, I'm one of the Bolt Princes."
" .. So then let's just say for a minute that you're real, how do you know my name?"
I could've swore I heard him call me thick skulled in my mind.
"Don't you have a duel you're supposed to be winning right now? I'll tell you how later, just focus."
"Okay so how are we gonna win this?"
"I will assist you in this draw; all you need is one of my brothers to change this duel around."
"Well... Okay I got nothing to lose."
"Alright I draw."
As I reached for the card I saw the top card of my deck exude light and I pulled it into my hand. I took a deep breath and began to put my plan in action.
"Since I have no monsters on the field I can special summon another Prince from my hand, and I bring to the field Bolt Prince Jani." (Thunder/Warrior/Effect/7/2800/2600)
The sky turned dark as green lightning touched down and a human stood with dark green armor and green lightning coursing through it, he held a spiked mace with a green tint in his right hand.
"Since a Bolt Prince is on the field I can play the spell card A Prince's Ascent. With this card I can return a Bolt Prince to the field, time to join your brother in battle Uragano."
The ground suddenly shot out sparks of lightning as the form of Uragano appeared in its place.
"I play my facedown card (trap) supercharge which lets me choose one of my Princes and increase his attack by 600 points, and I choose Jani."
Jani's flow of lightning increased in speed and his mace's spikes got longer and sharper.
"Now Jani, attack the Magma King with Emerald Strike."
The prince ran and swung his mace and destroyed the Magma King with electricity flowing through his mace.
"When Jani destroys a monster his attack point's increase by 500 until my next end phase but that won't matter because you're finished. Uragano attack his life points directly with Royal Spear!"
Uragano stood ready as lightning in the shape of a spear struck the ground in front of him, he grabs it and pitches it at Aran blasting him onto his back and shocking him a little.
Aran: 0LP
Zane: 900LP
"No! How could you beat me? You must have cheated!" He accused.
"I didn't cheat; I simply put my trust in my monsters to defeat you, now about that apology."
He glared at me and finally after a very awkward two minutes he spoke.
"The boss told me to tell you something in the off chance that you managed to beat me. He said tell him that he'll have to face me to get that apology."
I growled under my breath as my fingers began to feel weird and my anger rose.
"He said he would apologize if I beat you."
Aran looked thoughtful for a few seconds before speaking again.
"He also wanted me to tell you: well I lied, meet me at the dock at 2:30 pm in a week from this Friday, then I'll duel you. And that's all he said to say. "
I walked away with my friends by my side and my sister Aurora asking me how my day went.
Later that night I dreamt that I was talking to 7 shadowed faces and the 8th chair was empty, they told me that duel monsters was more than just an anime turned into a huge card game. That card's had actual beings and emotions; they wanted to enjoy the game like everyone else. But most of all they wanted someone who could hear them, understand that they were much more than just monsters for a game. I slept that night with the information swirling around in my head as I dreamed dreams that teens are supposed to (and not mental messages and lectures from your own monsters).
So that's the duel that I've been working on while school has been getting in the way. Hope you all liked it, and if you have any suggestions to make the story better please don't be afraid to say something. Well I'm out see you at some undisclosed time again…
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Oh Wait! I almost forgot to tell you that I'll be flip flopping between my Danny phantom story and this one. Next month's focus will be Danny phantom, and then November will be Yugioh and it will basically work like that. So looking forward to it or what? Reviews, Favorites, or Follows would be most appreciated (he says in his business voice.) P.S, I'm trying to come up with a cool organization 13 name for a possible Fanfiction later on, any suggestions?
Trichinaxs Out