Yu-Gi-Oh! G2X
G-Duel 2: Duel, On! VS. Isaac
Judai awoke with a start, dripping with cold sweat.
"W-What was that about? When did I go to sleep? Wh-wh-what t-time is it, anyway?" he finished the last question with a stifled yawn.
"Heh heh, forgot to set your alarm now you don't have any classes, little graduate?" A voice spoke softly at the sleepy adolescent.
"Whoa-! Yubel, don't scare me like that!" Judai said, slightly pissed at his bichromatic-eyed soulmate.
"Sorry, you just make it too easy! Besides, you wanted to know what time it is? It's ten-thirty, sleepyhead!"
"N-No way! I have to get going, I have to get my pack on, I have to-!"
"-Have to put on your pants!" Yubel smirked. Judai turned a shade of red that Slifer the Sky Dragon would have been proud of. He grumbled at Yubel, hastily slipping on his dark blue jeans. As he reached for his shirt, Judai saw something move under his covers.
"What's that?" After he asked this, however, there was a good, long "Meeoooooooow" coming from the lump. "Oh, it's you, Pharaoh." Judai sighed as the brown-striped cat crawled out from under the cover. Judai finished getting dressed after this without incident, and packed everything up. After his clothes were put away, Pharaoh stored safely at the top of Judai's pack, the tent was taken down, and everything was otherwise packed, Judai called out to no one in particular, "Iku ze!"
After travelling about a mile and a half, Judai finally saw signs of civilization ahead. There were skyscrapers, parks, fast food places… And, Judai saw, Duel Arenas! He rushed towards the city, not noticing the onlooker standing atop a hill near the path Judai was on. The person pulled a small walkie-talkie out of an inside pocket of their coat, and spoke into it.
"He's here." A crackled voice responded,
"E..x..l-lent, d… y..o a..v…e t…he…ct?"
"I do, now it's only a matter of time until we can begin Phase One."
"Hmm… No…w, w-we n-ne-e-ed h-his as…is…tense, u-unders-stood?"
"Yes, I assure you, no harm will come to him while I'm around. I don't break toys, only play with them a little."
"Car-ref-full, b-bzzt, we need him, but o-only in full mental s-stren..gth.."
"Don't worry, he'll be fine." And with that, the figure stowed the walkie-talkie in the inner pocket once more, and took off towards the city.
Judai was happily munching on a double bacon-cheeseburger, when he bumped into a redheaded boy running perpendicular to him.
"Whoa, sorry, didn't mean to-!"
"N-No, I'm sorry! I should've paid more attention..." the boy stammered, looking up. "W-Wait, you're-!"
"Judai Yuki, at your service!" said Judai, finishing his sentence with two raised fingers and a wink. Judai then noticed a strange bulge in the boy's backpack. "Is that a Duel Disk?" Judai asked.
"Y-Yeah, why?" The boy replied.
Judai smiled, "'Cause I wanna duel you, of course." As he said this, Judai reached into his pack, and brought out his red-edged Academy Duel Disk.
"M-Me… Duel you?" The redhead sounded as though Judai had just suggested that aliens were real.
"'Course, I mean, what's the reason for having a Duel Disk with you, if you're not gonna use it? By the way, kid, what's your name?" Judai asked.
"I-I'm Isaac." the redhead answered, pulling out his Duel Disk.
"Well then, Isaac, let's have a fun duel!" Judai grinned, activating his Duel Disk. Isaac did the same with his, and they each back away from the other to have a good fifteen foot distance between them. They cried out in unison,
"DUEL!"
Life Points:
Judai: 4000
Isaac: 4000
"I'll let you go first, Isaac." Judai nodded to his opponent.
"O-Okay, then…" Isaac searched his hand. "I summon Saggi the Dark Clown in defense mode!" A Picasso-like, wickedly grinning clown appeared on the field, before doing a backwards somersault into a defensive stance. (DEF: 1500) "And…" Isaac looked at his hand again. "I play one card face down. Turn end." Judai smiled.
"My turn. I draw," Judai took one card from his deck, "and summon Elemental Hero Sparkman in attack mode! Sparkman, take out his Dark Clown! Spark Shooter!" A blue-and-gold armor-clad figure appeared on the field, (ATK: 1700) and immediately its fist was crackling with energy, and it punched the air, sending out a wave of lightning towards Saggi. The Dark Clown made a ghastly face of surprise before bursting into pieces.
"Okay, I activate Limit Rebirth! With this, I select 1 monster in my Cemetery with 1000 or less attack points, and summon it in attack mode," Isaac called out. Saggi reappeared on the field, but this time stood with its fists raised. (ATK: 600)
"That's weird, why would Isaac bring it back in attack mode when Sparkman'll just take it out next turn? Not to mention, this time he'll take the difference to his Life Points. He must be planning to use it for something." Judai thought to himself. "Alright then, I place one card face down and end my turn." Judai decided to play it safe.
"My turn, then; I draw!" Isaac examined the card before putting on a small smile. "I sacrifice Saggi the Dark Clown,"
"I knew it!" Judai thought.
"-And summon Sword Stalker of Vengeance!" Saggi the Dark Clown exploded, and in its place, a very creepy, purple, beetle-like horned demon carrying a wicked sword and flashing a maniacal grin rose. (ATK: 2000) "Sword Stalker, attack Sparkman!" Sword Stalker of Vengeance slashed through Sparkman, causing it to burst; while the sword went through to Judai.
Life Points:
Judai: 3700
Isaac: 4000
"Okay, that sets off my trap card! Hero Signal! With this, whenever one of my monsters is destroyed, I get to summon a Lever 4 or lower Elemental Hero from my hand or deck, and I choose this one! Come out, Elemental Hero Clayman!" A large, bulky, clay-armored Hero with a red head appeared, crouching low with its arms crossed. (DEF: 2000) Isaac was nonplussed, and stuttered,
"O-Okay, then, I normal summon Blood Vorse, and end my turn there." A tan skinned, equally maniacally grinning armored warrior appeared, equipped with a Halberd-style lance. (ATK: 1900) Judai smiled even more as he drew his next card.
"Ok, first I summon Elemental Hero Burst Lady in attack mode!" A masked woman in a skin tight red outfit appeared, he long black hair flowing behind her. (ATK: 1200) "And next, I play Fusion, and combine Elemental Hero Clayman and Elemental Hero Burst Lady to combine…" Clayman ad Burst Lady were suddenly warping together in a spiral, and fused together to form a large soldier with one arm being a huge blaster, the other a large shield. "…Elemental Hero Rampart Gunner in defense mode!" The large soldier crouched low, putting its shield in front of itself. (DEF: 2500) "And this Hero has a special ability: When it's in defense mode, at the cost of halving its attack points, Rampart Gunner can attack you directly!"
Isaac was stunned. "W-What? No way!"
Judai's grin only got bigger. "Oh heck yes way! Rampart Gunner, attack with Blast Shoot!" Rampart Gunner, from behind its shield, fired a series of missiles towards Isaac. (ATK: 1000)
Life Points:
Judai: 3700
Isaac: 3000
Although, despite just losing 1000 Life Points, Isaac didn't look too concerned; in fact, he looked almost smug. Judai had the upper hand, but he had to step carefully.
"I put one card face down, and end my turn." Judai declared. Isaac's turn started.
"Then it's my turn. I draw!" Isaac looked pleased when he confirmed his card, and played it at once. "I activate Fusion! Now I combine my Sword Stalker of Vengeance and Blood Vorse into Bloody Sword Stalker of Vorse!" As Isaac said this, Sword Stalker of Vengeance and Blood Vorse were warped the same way Judai's monsters were, but what came out was much more terrible. It had the demonic horns, wings, and purple color that Sword Stalker had, but it wore Blood Vorse's armor. Its new weapon appeared to be Sword Stalker's blade attached to the end of Blood Vorse's spear, but the blade turned obsidian black, and glowed with dark energy born from bloodlust. The demonic figure's grin was twice as malice filled, and twice as bone-chilling as its two materials' were. It stood in a fairly casual position, 'polishing' its blade with its long tongue. (ATK: 2650) Isaac gave a disgusted shudder, and commanded his new monster: "Bloody Sword Stalker! Use your special effect! Bloodthirsty Wave!" Suddenly, Rampart Gunner was in an offensive stance. (ATK: 1000)
"What?" Judai was stunned.
"Bloody Sword Stalker's special effect is to change all defense position monsters to attack position on the turn it's summoned. It also can attack all monsters affected by this in one turn." Isaac was no longer smiling, though, he had a few sweat drops running down his face and his eyes looked scared. "Now, Bloody Sword Stalker, attack Rampart Gunner!" Judai's smile returned.
"Sorry Isaac, to get rid of your best monster as soon as it appears, but your command to attack activates my trap, Widespread Ruin!" Before Bloody Sword Stalker reached Rampart Gunner, it was blown up by Widespread Ruin's effect. Isaac looked almost relieved.
"Turn end."
"My turn! Draw!" Judai smiled at his card. "I play Monster Reborn! Now I bring back Elemental Hero Sparkman from the Cemetery!" The armored Hero appeared once again on Judai's field. "Next, I play Spell Recovery and bring Fusion back from the Cemetery as well! Next, Fusion Cancel to split Rampart Gunner into Elemental Heroes Burst Lady and Clayman! And to finish this off, I play my recovered Fusion on Sparkman and Clayman to form Elemental Hero Thunder Giant!" After Rampart Gunner split back into the two Heroes, Clayman jumped up alongside Sparkman, warping them together. Coming out of the vortex was a large, white-and-yellow giant with a large, lightning-filled purple gem on its chest. (ATK: 2400) "Now, Thunder Giant, attack Isaac directly with Lightbolt Berserker!" Thunder Giant's whole body crackled with lightning, and then sent out a huge stream of pure [holographic] lightning at Isaac.
Life Points:
Judai: 3700
Isaac: 600
"Now, Burst Lady, finish this with Burst Fire!" Burst Lady's fist glowed, and she charged Isaac and struck him with an explosion-like punch.
Life Points:
Judai: 3700
Isaac: 0
"Gotcha! That was a fun duel, Isaac!" Judai laughed, doing his signature pose. "But, you seemed hesitant, even scared, to use your own monsters. What's up? It's your deck."
"Actually, it's not my deck, Judai." Isaac said, looking nervous. Judai was startled.
"W-What d'you mean, 'it's not your deck'? You didn't steal it or anyth-"
"Of course I didn't steal it!" said Isaac, suddenly full of a zeal not present during the duel. "I'm only using because…" Isaac took a deep breath, as though preparing to confess something big, "Because some jerks forced me to switch decks, that's why!" This angered Judai enough to have his eyes flash with Yubel's colors for a moment, before turning back to Isaac.
"How could they! A duelist's deck is their pride, made with their soul! Anyone who both doesn't care that someone else made a deck, and not caring about their own deck enough to keep it, doesn't deserve the title of Duelist!" Judai was raving with passion he hadn't known before his intense duel with Yugi Mutou. Isaac nodded in fervent agreement.
"You said it, Judai!" he said, pumping his fist in the air. "W-Whoa, sorry… Got overexcited for a minute there." Judai laughed despite himself.
"I know the feeling, Isaac! You know, you remind me a little of how a friend of mine used to act. He was quiet too, but he could be a bit of a dork about things. Ah, I miss him… But, I digress. What kind of deck did you use anyway, Isaac? So I can know right away when I see the guy who did it?" Isaac sighed, as though remembering a particularly loved memory.
"I used a Cyber/Machine type deck, focusing around the more Gear-like monsters and their support cards." Isaac explained, with a kind of quiet excitement that only he could express.
"Sounds sweet! Tell you what, Isaac, I'll help you get your deck back-," Judai began, before Isaac cut him off with:
"No way, Judai! I could never ask you to do that for me-!"
"-In exchange for you dueling me with your own deck afterwards!" Judai finished. Isaac's eyes widened slightly in awed appreciation, before nodding.
"Okay, Judai, I'd love to have your help!"