Here is chapter two, I hope you enjoy it. I have to stick with original characters just a bit more, please keep reading even if you don't like them, the anime characters will be here next chapter, but please read this one!
One more thing, I don't do chapter summaries at the beginning of each chapter. No one reads them anyways.
Forbidden and Limited List: Advanced Format March 2010
Chapter 3 – The End of the Plan, The Begging of the Story
Freed and Freya were destroyed instantly by the burning beast, leaving Fujimaru's field completely empty.
Fujimaru:4700 / 0 / 1 / 0 - Mark:5800 / 1 / 0 / 1
''That was easy.'' Mark said with a smile. ''Now you've got no monsters and no cards in your hand. Do you really think you can beat me like that?''
Fujimaru didn't reply at first. Everyone looked at him sadly, knowing that he was one of the best duelists at the school, and probably the smartest one. They've always hoped that he'll be the one that would defeat Mark, but some of their eyes had lost hope by now. But that feeling of lost hope went away as Fujimaru raised his head, holding a huge smile on his face.
''Mark,'' he started, ''your monster only has 1700 ATK. The base attack for a level 4 monster is 1800. You know what that means, right?''
''Base attack for level 4?'' Mark asked in a tone that tried to make Fujimaru scared but couldn't hide the fear in his voice. ''Stop talking smarty pants crap and act!''
Fujimaru drew, and then he looked back at Mark.
Fujimaru:4700 / 1 / 1 / 0 - Mark:5800 / 1 / 0 / 1
''You'll see what I mean. I summon my Dimensional Alchemist in attack mode!''
A machine-like magician was summoned into the clear field, holding a magical ball in its hands. (1300/200/4/Fairy/LIGHT)
''Bah, another copy of the monster you sent to the grave with reasoning?'' He laughed. ''He has 1300 attack points! That's not 1800, you stupid Asian!'' Relief could be seen on Mark's face, but it was gone as soon as he saw that the Fujimaru was still holding that tricky smirk.
''No, it doesn't…'' He stated, ''yet. I activate its special ability! By removing from play the top card in my deck from play, I can increase its attack points by 500 until the end of this turn!''
''Wait, then that means…''
''Exactly, now my monster will then be stronger than yours!'' Fujimaru said with a smile of completion. ''Now, to remove the top card in my deck from play… Oh, it's Guardian of Order. But my monster still gains 500 ATK.'' (1800/200/4/Fairy/LIGHT)
''Guardian of Order?'' In his desperation, Mark couldn't do anything but try to insult Fujimaru. ''I've heard about it. It's your ace card, and you've just removed it from play, loser!''
''Actually…'' Fujimaru looked at the three cards he had removed from play, ''this is better than what I expected. I can finish you off right here and right now.''
''Say what!'' Mark sounded scared.
''What you just heard! I activate the trap card Return from a Different Dimension! By paying half my life points, I can special summon as many of my monsters that have been removed from play as I want!''
''That can't be…''
''Sorry, but it can. I revive my Shinning Angel, Dimensional Alchemist, and Guardian of Order!'' (Respectively):
(1400/1100/4/Fairy/LIGHT)
(1300/200/4/Fairy/LIGHT)
(2500/1200/8/Warrior/LIGHT)
The three Light creatures appeared from a dimensional hole that had just opened in the sky. Guardian of Order was a huge warrior with a shiny armor, made of white metal and gold. The armor had four wings, two upwards and two downwards, the upper ones being bigger than the lower ones
''Now I activate my other alchemist's special ability, so it gains 500 ATK!'' (1800/200/4/Fairy/LIGHT)
''Dimensional Alchemist, crush his Twin-Headed Beast!''
The flaming monster was sucked into a huge ball that the Alchemist had just created, and there it got destroyed.
Fujimaru:4700 / 0 / 1 / 0 - Mark:5700 / 1 / 0 / 0
''Now, I attack directly with my Shinning Angel!''
The angel flew up high in the sky, and then it flopped its wings majestically towards Mark, making a wave of feathers that stroke him
Fujimaru:4700 / 0 / 1 / 0 - Mark:4300/ 1 / 0 / 0
''Dimensional Alchemist, direct attack!'' Fujimaru commanded again.
The alchemist made a huge black ball that surrounded Mark, and it exploded, making his life points go down to the last 2500.
Fujimaru:4700 / 0 / 1 / 0 - Mark:2500/ 1 / 0 / 0
''And, to end this,'' Fujimaru stated imperiously, ''Guardian of Order, attack with Supreme Light Command!''
The Guardian elevated up high, with the sun on its back, to come down with a shinning ray reducing Mark's life points to 0.
Fujimaru:4700 / 0 / 1 / 0 - Mark:0000
Mark was now standing on one knee, hurt after the Guardian's direct attack. Fujimaru took his cell phone out, pressed some buttons, and then put it back in his pocket. Then, he approached Mark, but, before he could speak a word, Mark said:
''You were lucky.''
''Even if I was, that doesn't change the fact that I just beat you.'' Fujimaru said sharply. ''And at least I had mercy. Your life point touched 0 exactly, while you made me suffer that time we met.''
Mark looked at him with anger, and then he looked at his watch. ''Well, that effort was for nothing. You've got eight minutes to defeat my other friends. If not, I can't give you the cards.''
''Did you forget the fact that I have four amazing friends?''
Mark's expression turned pale. ''No way…'' he muttered.
Fujimaru smiled. ''It's over, Mark!''
No one said anything, and then, for no apparent reason, Mark started laughing. ''Do you really think your stupid friends will be as lucky as you? I don't think so, stupid!''
Fujimaru looked at him coldly, his eyes covered by the light reflecting on his glasses. ''They are my friends. I have faith in them.''
A dragon roared as Mara drew. She looked at her cards, and then at her field, which had Naturia Hydrangea, with 1900 ATK and a face down card. Normally, that would be enough, but her opponent had an even better field: Two powerful Harpie Ladies and her Baby Pet Dragon. The Dragon was far more powerful than what its name implied: It had 2400 ATK and a bunch of powerful especial abilities.
Mara:7800 / 1 / 3 / 1 -Naturia Forest- Shannon:3200 / 1 / 1 / 3
A/N: Remember one of Mara's traps is a face-up useless Revival Gift, and the other one is a face-up Naturia Forest. Shannon's is Hysteric Party.
''I…''
''What, you don't know what to do now?'' Shannon laughed. ''Why don't you summon yet another of those weak ladybugs?''
Mara stared at her hand for some time, and then she checked her face down card. She looked up to Shannon, who could now see a confident look in her eyes. ''Good idea.'' She replied. ''Appear now, Naturia Ladybug!''
The third Ladybug ran to a leaf, and stayed there calmly. (ATK: 100)
''Seriously?'' Shannon asked. ''Come on, if you want to lose, just surrender.''
''Sure.''
That answer took Shannon by surprise. ''Uh… Then… ok. I win?''
''I never said I surrendered.'' Mara stated.
''But you just…'' Shannon was as confused as the people watching the duel.
''I just said 'sure' to the fact that I'll surrender if I want to lose. But I don't, so I'm going to keep playing.'' She finished the phrase with a warm smile, like if she had been best friends with Shannon her whole life. ''Anyways, I'll now activate my trap card, limit reverse. This will let me revive a monster with 1000 ATK or less from my graveyard in attack position.''
''In attack?'' Shannon couldn't believe it. ''1000 ATK or less? Are you out of your mind?''
''No, but I'm out of options, so I need to do this.'' Mara answered. ''I now revive my Naturia Butterfly.''
''So what are you going to do with that butte-'' Shannon then realized what Mara was doing. ''Oh, no… You are not doing THAT, right?
''It depends on what THAT is.''
''I mean another synchro summon!''
''Oh, THAT.'' Mara laughed softly. ''Yes. I tune my level 3 tuner monster, Naturia Butterfly, with my non-tuner monsters, my level 5 Naturia Hydrangea and my level 1 Naturia Ladybug.''
Six stars now made a path within three rings as Mara chanted. ''Animal, Plants, and all living beings, turn into the roar that will give peace to nature!'' A bright light was made within the three rings. ''Rule all natural beings, Naturia Leodrake!''
A humongous lion appeared galloping through the forest. It had red flower petals instead of a mane and green plants covering its fur. When it reached Mara's field, it stopped roared and galloped through the forest, finally reaching Mara's field. (3000/1800/9/Beast/EARTH)
''Now my Naturia Ladybugs have their effects activated,'' Mara said, ''so I summon the three of them, and then I sacrifice them to give 3000 more attack points to my Leodrake.'' (ATK: 6000)
''6000 ATK?'' Shannon shouted alarmed. ''That's insane! There is no possible I can beat that!''
''Don't worry Shannon, you know that effect wears off at the end of the turn. Wait, now that I think of it…'' She started to count with her fingers. ''Oops, I'm sorry Shannon, but… Following my calculations there'll be no next turn for you. I attack with my Naturia Leodrake to your Harpie's Pet Dragon and that… will end the duel. Go, Naturia Mighty Roar!''
The Lion roared one last time as it jumped towards the dragon, which seemed insignificant compared to it. It was automatically destroyed once Naturia Leodrake landed on top of it.
Mara:7800 / 0/ 3 / 1 -Naturia Forest- Shannon:0000
When the holograms were gone, Mara moved where Shannon was, tending her hand to get up. Shannon rejected it, and she started running away from the park. Mara looked down and sat in the ground, worried about the fact that she just hurt Shannon. That was fixed by Ashley, who came and patted her in the back, saying:
''Good job Mara. That's how you duel.''
Mara smiled back. ''Thank you. I hope Sean is ok though.''
''Sean? What about Fujimaru?''
Mara blushed. ''Well… We all know Fujimaru is a great duelist and all that…'' Her tone was even softer than usual.
Ashley looked gloomily at the ground. She was about to ask Mara about her feelings towards Sean, when she thought,
Wait, why do I care about it? They've known each other for a lot, so… She then shook her head, took out her cell phone, and started texting Rob about their victory
''Now, why don't you draw a card and leave yourself with just two in your deck?'' Peter said trying to make Sean even angrier.
Sean drew a card and then looked at it.
Sean:7300/ 3 / 2 / 2 - Peter:2550 / 0 / 4 / 5
He couldn't believe his luck. Of all cards he could have drawn this was definitely one of the best, as he had just put it on his deck for this duel. ''Alright,'' he put the card with the other ones in his hand and then picked another one, saying, ''I'll show you what I can do! First my Wave-Motion Cannon gains a counter! Then, I'll sacrifice both my solar Flame Dragon and my Fire Fox in order to summon Infernal Flame Emperor!''
Sean had just summoned a monster made out of fire, with the lower part of its body being like a horse, the upper part like a human with a lion face, and wings in the back of the horse part. (2700/1600/9/Pyro/FIRE)
Tsk, it may be big, but it won't go through my Sakuretsu Armor. Peter thought
''Its looks aren't the only cool thing about it!'' Sean stated with excitement. ''It also has an awesome special ability, which lets me remove from play up to 5 FIRE attribute monsters to destroy the same number of spell and traps on the field. I remove two of my Solar Flame Dragons and two of my Blazing Inpachis to destroy your two Poison Chains, your Mist Body equip spell card, and your face-down card!''
Peter looked at his cards scared as they were burnt up in flames. ''Crap!''
''My revenge isn't over yet!'' Sean shouted, picking up the card he had just drawn. ''I still have in my hand the card my friends gave me. I activate Warrior Elimination!''
The three Warrior-type monsters in Peter's field, the two Iron Chain Repairmen and the Iron Chain Blaster were shot by an invisible sniper, so they got destroyed, leaving Peter with no other cards other than his Iron Chain Snake and Iron Chain Coil.
''Wait, that's cheating!'' Peter yelled. ''You knew what kind of deck I play so you put that card!''
''I can't see where that is called cheating.'' Sean said. ''My friends and I just want you guys to return those cards you stole, so…''
''Wait, Sean, you aren't suppose to say anything!'' Rob warned him.
''It doesn't matter, Rob, now that duel has started, he has to surrender if he wants to leave.'' Sean reminded him with a confident voice.
''Oh that's tr-'' Rob stopped talking as soon as he heard his phone beep. He took it out of his pocket and read the text he had just received. ''Good news, Mara won.''
''Really? That's awesome!'' exclaimed Sean.
''I know, but pay attention to the duel!'' Rob warned him.
''Oh yeah, back to the duel…''
''Boring…'' Peter said. ''Do you have anything else?''
''Yes I do!'' Sean assured happily. ''I equip my Infernal Flame Emperor with Big Bang Shot! Now, even if it attacks a monster in Defense mode, I'll still inflict you damage equal to the difference between my monster's ATK and your monster's DEF.''
''We call that piercing damage, you moron!'' Peter said trying to sound smart.
''Oh, whatever;'' Sean didn't care anyways, ''Infernal Flame Emperor, destroy his Iron Chain Snake with Hell's Flame Burst!''
The lion roared as fire from its body for shot in cylinders towards the snake, leaving ashes where the monster had previously been.
Sean:7300/ 1 / 3 / 1 - Peter:1050 / 0 / 0 / 1
A/N: Sean's spells and traps are the face-up Backfire, Fairy Meteor Crush, and Wave-Motion Cannon
''That ends my turn. But I think I win. You've got no cards in your hand, and, even if you destroy my Emperor, I'll still have my Wave-Motion Cannon, and vice versa. You can't destroy both cards with one, the one you are going to draw. I think you can surrender now , that wa-''
''Sean, Fujimaru just won!'' yelled Rob looking at his cell phone. ''We've got this!''
''Oh yeah!'' exclaimed Sean. ''I may have two cards in my deck, but this is over Peter, surrender.''
Peter looked at his deck with apprehension. Nothing there could save him now, and he knew it. But he didn't feel like surrendering to a loser like Sean, so he drew a card.
''Wait, this…'' Peter looked at the card. ''This might help. I activate the Warrior Returning Alive, so I can take one warrior type monster from my graveyard and add it to my hand! I take back my Iron Chain Repairman and then summon it!''
The repairman appeared again next to the Coil.
''Next, I activate its effect, so I summon Iron Chain Snake from my Graveyard!''
''Dude, that's no use. Now you can't attack with your Iron Chain Repairman due to its effect, remember?''
Peter stared at his cards, doing calculations with his fingers. Then, he looked at Sean surprised and said: ''Darn, you're right.''
Sean smiled, and he looked at Rob, who was pale.
''Hey Rob, what's up?'' Asked Sean worried about him.
''Dude… Remember those monsters Mara and I use?'' Rob sounded scared. ''The ones that are pretty new and were made because of wave radiation…''
''You mean…'' Sean then realized what Rob meant and turned pale as well, ''no… It can't be.''
Sean looked at Peter and saw he was smiling. ''Oh,'' He said, ''I can't beat you with my monsters. And I have no cards in my hand. But the thing is that Iron Chain Coil was one of those cards that could control that radiation thing.''
''Human radiation into the Duel Monsters world.'' Corrected him Rob. ''It made a new special type of monsters that could only be summoned by having your monsters tune up to the exact same frequency they were in. And only a few monsters could tune the others into that level. Those monsters are known as…''
''Tuner monsters!'' Finished Peter with a smile. ''I tune my level 3 Tuner monster, Iron Chain Coil, with my level three non-tuner monster, Iron Chain Snake!''
The crowd started to whisper as soon as the monsters turned into three rings and three stars, making a bright light as Peter said:
''Uh… The chains of something… wait, I forgot… oh yeah! Chains of despair will transport the foe into a place without escape, turn into the force that will lock the whole world! Synchro Summon, show yourself, Iron Chain Dragon!
A legless blue dragon exhaling vapor by its moth was summoned from the bright light created within the rings. It had two horns like a deer, and Iron Chains were tied at its snake-like torso and wings. (2500/1300/6/Dragon/EARTH)
Sean was scared, even though he didn't even know why. That monster had 2500 ATK. Even if it could destroy his monster, he still had his cannon. And he knew Iron Chain monsters didn't destroy magic and trap cards. He had talked that over with Fujimaru.
''You seem a little scared for not having seen its special ability yet, Sean.'' Peter said imperiously. ''You see, I can remove from play all Iron Chain monsters from my graveyard and my monster will gain 200 ATK points for every monster I removed from play. Go, Chain Gain!''
The Iron Chains Coil, Repairman, Blaster and Snake came out from the graveyard in form of chain links, and then they wrapped the Iron Chain Dragon, making its Attack Points raise. (3300/1300/6/Dragon/EARTH)
Sean sighed of relief. ''I thought it was going to destroy all my life points…''
Peter smiled. ''Dude, it's not your life points I'm aiming for. It's your deck! Iron Chain Dragon, attack his Infernal Flame Emperor!''
The dragon slammed the emperor with its body, making all chains in it hit the opponent monster very hard, destroying it.
''No, my emperor!'' Sean yelled. He knew he had won anyway, as Wave-Motion Cannon was still in play, but the Infernal Flame Emperor was his ace card, so it was sad to see it be destroyed. It reminded him of how Evil Hero Dark Gaia had always beaten him.
Sean:6700/ 1 / 2 / 0 - Peter:1050 / 0 / 0 / 2
''That's not all, Sean.'' Peter stated. ''Whenever my Iron Chain Dragon inflicts battle damage, you send the top three cards from your deck to the graveyard!''
''But I only have two!'' Sean couldn't believe it as he ditched all cards he had in his deck into the graveyard. ''That means…''
''Exactly. I end my turn, and, before you activate your cannon's ability, you have to draw a card, but… you've got none.''
''So… I lose.'' Sean fell to his knees, with a gloomy expression on his face. His duel disk now said:
Sean:Deck Out - Peter:1050 / 0 / 0 / 2
No one said a word. The crowd retired silently as Rob moved where Sean was, but before that Peter took Sean's best card, the Infernal Flame Emperor.
''Sean, let's go.'' Told him Rob. ''Fujimaru is waiting for us.''
''Rob…'' Sean raised his face and looked at his friend directly. ''I can't. I can't see the rest like this. We've been working on this plan for weeks, and I've screwed it all up.''
''Screwed it all up? Come on, not even I could have faced that powerful Dragon!''
''You don't have to lie for me.'' Sean got up and turned. ''I… I need to be alone now.''
Rob looked at him walk away and said, ''Alright. I'll tell the others about it. But it's not your fault. That could have happened to any of us.''
Another person said, ''Of course that could have happened to any of you guys. You're all losers anyways.'' Rob and Sean turned around when they heard that, and they saw John standing were the crowd had been. Rob looked at him madly and said:
''Hey, just because you are a regional champion doesn't mean you can insult other people. Plus, you're a grade younger than me anyways.''
''I'm not talking to you, idiot.'' He said in a disrespectful tone. ''I'm talking to Sean.''
They stared at each other, and then Sean replied. ''Just because we used to be friends doesn't mean I am going to listen to you. You ditched me to become the champion.''
Rob looked at Sean surprised. He had never heard of that before. Now that he thought of it, Sean, Mara and Fujimaru became friends with him and Ashley at the begging of the year, so he didn't know much about their pasts.
John then said: ''It was the only way, Sean. I wanted to become better than everyone else. And here I am, standing at the top, while you look at me from the bottom. You'll never beat me, and you know it. I have given up everything for Duel Monsters, yet you still have your friends holding you back.''
Sean closed his fist and looked down at the ground, almost ready to cry
'He's right.' He thought. 'If I can't even beat a chubby bully for a honorable purpose, how am I suppose to beat him just to show him that he shouldn't have left me alone? I am the Worst Duelist Ever'
Without replying, Sean ran away. Rob then gave John a mean look, and went to Fujimaru's house, where he told everyone what had happened.
''But… where is Sean?'' Fujimaru asked worried.
''I dunno.'' Rob responded. ''He just said he needed some time alone.''
''Oh no…'' Mara was on the verge of crying; this was too much for her soft heart. ''Sean…''
The room got silent, with melancholy being as abundant as the air on the room. Then, Ashley got up and said:
''Hey, we should get up and do something!''
Mara and Rob stared at her surprised, while Fujimaru gave them a look like 'It's no time for that now.'
''You see,'' see continued, ''Sean is our friend. And he's out there, somewhere, alone. We need to find him and tell him that we don't blame him for what happened in any way, shape, or form.''
''That's how you should talk!'' Ashley exclaimed.
Mara got up and took some tears of her eyes. ''I'm with you.''
''Same here.'' Rob agreed.
''Alright.'' Said Fujimaru. ''Sounds like a good plan. Just scatter through the town and text the rest when you find him, ok? We'll stop looking for him at 7 P.M. It's 5 now, so that gives us some time. Plus, tomorrow is Saturday, so… Let's go!''
The friends cheered as they went out of the room in order to look for their lost mate.
Later on during that Friday, Sean found himself lost in the woods outside of the town. He walked for several minutes, but he couldn't find the way back. His orientation sense had always sucked. He was about to give up when he heard people talking pretty loud. He ran towards the sound, and found a wooden house, very rustic looking. Now he could distinguish what the people were saying, things like ''No, this card is not to the right one'' or ''That will work if you do this first.''
Sean approached the house and called. Then, the door opened, and John couldn't believe what his eyes were seeing. Right in front of him was standing Solomon Muto, the archeologist who had found so many rare cards and was the grandfather of the King of Games, Yugi Muto.
And here's Solomon! The good thing starts now…