This is late due to my birthday…and playing to much twilight princess, along with James going fishing on said game… and Link's crossbow training…and other stuff.
Chapter 10:
Birthday duel
Entry and a show
How do I explain to James that my duel disk is damaged due to being in contact with a non-existent creature that used a sword and nearly beat me at a 'shadow game'? He might not notice it, or if he does, I can say I found it like that, don't know why. Then again, it was my birthday so I guess he just wouldn't notice
I sighed deeply, wheeling my D-wheel out of the hotel. (This was after breakfast, Bacon sandwiches for me, egg and bread for Jack, toast for Ryan and…well, loads for Simon) the battery was fully charged after the night's plug in. we left our luggage in the hotel, James saying about how the organisers would send it along to the next hotel later.
I was annoyed that we had to keep travelling, but it didn't bother me too much. I had time to reflect on the weird dream/duel and think up an excuse for my Duel Disk damage. James led us along the road, I saw Justin and Andrew get into a bus and follow us. The breeze felt good across my person, and I think it did me good to get on the road again.
"If that was a dream" I started, looking at my deck. "Then why were Kuriboh and Darkblade in it as well?"
I looked at the bus, seeing Justin and Andrew talking to each other. I was slightly suspicious about the pair. I looked and saw a Dark magician and a Dark magician Girl next to him, most likely late Halloween goers. But then again, they do look slightly transparent.
We eventually came to our destination, a little warehouse just off the highway. James parked up inside, with me close behind him. Justin and Andrew would have to get off somewhere nearby, so I took the opportunity to call home and see how Mum was doing.
I rang the number, listening to the phone tone. Eventually, Mum picked up.
"Hello" she said on the other end.
"Hey Mum" I answered, smiling. "It's Craig"
"Oh Craig, How's your tournament going?"
"It hasn't started yet; we're nearly there just not in"
"Good, and keep safe"
"Will do, now what have I missed?"
"Nothing much, it's been extremely quiet without you and James"
"Any homework sent back?"
"For that, check you're Email, and speaking of school, a friend of yours asked if he could cheer you on with a small crowd"
"Easily done, go ahead"
"Right, goodbye"
I heard the phone get put down, then the annoying noise following it. I felt quite saddened that Mum was so far away, but I suppose at my age I might as well get used to it. Justin and Andrew walked in, introduced themselves to Simon, Jack and Ryan and we crowded around James.
"The entrance is Right…" he started, stepping on a panel in the floor. "Here" the whole place started going downwards, towards, what I presume is the first round…Satellite. Home of Yusei and his friends, the back end of town in 5d's. Hopefully we wouldn't have to do anything as important or severe as him.
I got out my deck again, looking through the cards. I wasn't 100% sure they would get me through to the final, but they would get me as far as they could. I got out Darkblade, seeing a kind of aura around him…weird, that wasn't there before. I looked through the rest, seeing no such change.
"I'm guessing you can see that as well" Justin spoke quietly. I turned around and saw him right behind me, looking over my shoulder at the card. Well, no point in lying now.
"What is it?" I asked him, holding the card a bit higher.
"It's what happens when a card has a duel spirit inside it"
"A what?"
He looked at me oddly when I said this, as if I had broken some moral code. I think I was meant to know what it was but didn't. I could see in his eyes that he was going to tell me.
"A duel spirit is a monster card that has a spirit attached to it in the image of the card" he explained. That just made me even more confused. How could that even be real?
"So basically every monster card has a spirit that can talk to us and stuff like that" I reiterated, looking at him.
"Basically"
Now I really didn't see why he didn't just explain it like that in the first place…but considering I had only just met him, I guess I could let him off…for now. The 'elevator' stopped moving, a door opening in the opposite wall. James left the room, leaving the car behind. Everyone followed him, even me. The whole place was exactly as portrayed in the anime, even down to the people walking in the streets
"Welcome to Satellite, home of the first round and kept in perpetual twilight" James announced. I looked round, seeing that, yes, it was in twilight, but the buildings were old and in need of repairs. Either the people here were actors or lived here. And if they lived here, they must have had it rough.
James was leading us around to where we were meeting the rest of the duellists, a stadium in the heart of the city. I didn't pay much attention to what he said, thinking about the card. Darkblade was, literally, one of my dream cards. Could that mean that the others have Duel spirits as well? And what about Simon and Ryan's deck…or even J.W's?
We eventually stopped in a stadium, getting seats quite high up in the place. Simon, Ryan and Jack (Actually, why is Jack in here?) sat down first. I put my deck away and joined them with Justin and Andrew behind me. James had to go somewhere else as he was staff here at the moment. The centre of the stadium had a riding duel ring, along with a standing duel field.
The stadium must have been about 50 seats high with 500 seats all the way round. (If my maths is right, that's…25 times 1000……25000 competitors in this one tournament…VERY large scale) Everyone was sitting quietly as the lights dimmed. Suddenly, J.W rides out of one of the entrances. His golden armour and D-Wheel standing out.
"Go, Holy Avenger, Wielder of the Darkblade!" he shouts, placing the monster down on the field. The angel drops out of the skies, a golden aura lighting up the stadium. Everyone gasps as they see him, applauding the show. I sat down with my arms crossed, Simon and Ryan applauding…Jack was booing and Andrew and Justin were quiet.
"Whoever wishes to pass into the realm of the king!" J.W shouts, standing up on his wheel. "Must first pass the test of the golden knight!" he punches the air, everyone going into frenzy. He lowered his hand, everyone going silent. "Here with details on how we run this tournament is Mr James Appleby!"
James walks onto the standing Duel field, a white duel disk on his arm. He was wearing casual clothes, like he had been all day…I presumed he'd be wearing formal. He placed three cards on the disk, the black, red and yellow backed cards from before.
"Thank you, King!" he shouts, with a mic on his ear. "This year, the prize is either money or a chance to face the king! Your entry card shall tell you which you have!" He breaths for a bit, letting everyone look at their cards. "Everyday, there shall be a notice from a staff member on who you will be facing…chances are you're having three duels a day!"
"You need 30 wins to proceed to the next round. Once you have the number, you may only duel with others winners as exhibition matches!" he breaths again, looking round. "For those of you with a D-Wheel helmet, the information will be sent to you, otherwise, check with staff!"
He looks round a bit more, letting people take this information in. "To those of you who seek fame from this, know that a television crew is coming along to film the matches to play on some of the channels, so your friends and family may watch!" he raises a finger, looking in my direction. "Just know that if you interrupt a duel, then you will be docked one win, meaning you have to fight for longer with more pressure!"
"If one day you don't get any matches, then don't worry, there will be enough to play one match a day or you will be compensated with extra wins!" he punches the air with the same hand that he had raised, hoping that people would cheer for him. "Duellists, one and all, Let the First round begin with a small exhibition match!"
Everyone looks at each other, wondering who it might be that he wants. I had a feeling it might be J.W, one of my friends or me…either one would be quite entertaining.
"Would Craig Appleby please step forward to show us his skills?!" he shouts, spotlight blinds me as it turns on. Me in the full beam. Everyone started clapping as they heard my name. I walked down the steps, heading towards a duel against an old opponent…easy.
"Didn't think you'd want to see me so soon" I commented, making sure my sight was secure.
"They need a show to get them started Craig" He replied smiling as he pulled the three cards off and loaded a new deck. "Besides, if you lose, you're out"
"What?" I replied, keeping my deck out of my disk.
"You've already accepted the challenge, and under the orders of the organiser of this match, if you lose, you are out of the tourney"
"And let me guess, we're on TV" I half asked, half guessed.
"Well dur, I didn't think you'd be so slow"
I put my deck into my disk, letting the mech unfold and activate, hold it towards James. He held his white duel disk towards me, a smile on his face.
"Duel!" we both shout, drawing the first five cards. I looked at my hand and saw Speed warrior, Scrap Iron Scarecrow, Pot of Greed, Anti-Regeki and Big shield Gardna…a good first hand.
"I'll let you go first" James told me…I knew he had some kind of plan, but I had to risk this duel.
"Very well, Draw" I tell him, pulling a card out of my deck and looking at it. Soul edge, perfect for defensive strategies involving weak monsters, but not good at the moment. I put the card into my hand, pulling out pot of greed.
"I activate Pot of Greed to draw two cards" I tell him, placing the spell in the grave and drawing the two cards necessary. Sacred blade of darkness and The Mercenary Hero L3. "I'll places two face downs" I pick Anti-Regeki and Scrap Iron scarecrow out of my hand, placing them on the field. "And then I place a monster in defence mode" I pull out Gardna, placing him on the field. "That'll end my turn"
"Hah, and I thought you had more" James Starts, drawing a card. I can see the film crew behind him, moving round to get a good view. "First off, I play Change of Heart" he tells me, placing the card on the field and letting it rise. "So your face down monster is mine"
"I think not, Flip Summon Big Shield Gardna" I flip the card over, watching Gardna take form on the field. "So your spell is negated" I watch as the spell shatters, James placing it in the grave and groaning.
"Lucky shot, I play Spear Dragon!" he shouts, placing the dragon on the field. 1900 attack points didn't scare me, as I had more and a trap. "Next I play two magic cards" he continues, placing two cards on the field.
One of them is obvious; United we stand, Spear Dragon's attack rises to 2700. The second one is not so obvious…actually; it looks sorta like a warrior standing in front of a volley of arrows. James Smiles as I try to figure out the card.
"I play united we stand and Warriors final battle!" he shouts, equipping United we stand to spear dragon. "With WFB, I can destroy all warrior types on the field" he points at Gardna as he explodes. I place him in the grave…Sorry Gardna, I failed you there.
"And thirdly, I play a field spell, Seal of Oricalchos!" he shouts, placing the card in the field spell zone. The familiar seal from the Yugioh series appears, this time no supernatural effects on us. "So my spear dragon has 3200 attack points"
The whole crowd cheers as they see the monster get so powerful. I was calm, knowing that I had the scarecrow to save me.
"Go, Spear Dragon, skewer him for me"
"Not so fast, Go Scrap Iron Scarecrow!" I shout, revealing my trap. The monster stops where it is and the trap flips back down. "Nice try but no cigar"
"That Trap won't save you FOREVER!" James shouts…he seems to be taking this duel too seriously.
"Look, is it my turn or what?" I ask him, he nods. "Thank you, now I draw" I pull a card out, looking at it. soul edge, not exactly what I needed.
"I play Speed warrior in defence mode and place a face down to end my turn" I basically do what I say, placing soul edge ready to activate.
"Witness the engine of your demise" James taunts me, pulling a card out of his deck. "I end my turn, as I can do nothing"
"Then allow me to provide some entertainment" I tell him, drawing a card…Graceful charity. "Go Graceful Chairty" I place the spell in the grave, drawing three cards (Bow Synchron, Magician of faith and double summon) and Discard two cards (Sacred blade of darkness and the mercenary hero)
"So now, I play double summon!" I place the card on the field, letting it fully do so before playing the two monsters. "Go Bow Synchron and Magician of Faith!" I shout, placing the two monsters on the field. They both look round, seeing the crowd and waving. "While I don't wish to disrupt your entertainment, we have a duel to win"
They both stop and concentrate, Blade synchron having gotten in a better stance then before. "I tune my three monsters together!" I watch as the squire throws his blade up, the magician firing a bolt of light at it and speed warrior jumping into the forming rings.
"The four winds provide excellent cover. Attack the enemy with your matchless fury!" I shout, the bright light emerges followed by the falling bladed bow. "Synchro Summon! Silveneste, the archer of the winds!" the archer falls out of the light, using her mastery of the winds to stop her fall just before the ground. She picked up her bladed bow, looking at the crowd.
"I activate Silveneste's special ability, and choose big shield Gardna as the monster. So I gain 2600 life points!" I shout. Silveneste creates a calm soothing wind to blow on me. And man did it feeling good. We both refocused on the battle, thinking of what to do next.
"I'll end there" I finish. Silveneste looks at me oddly, as if she had a plan of some sort.
"Too easy" James taunts, pulling a card out of his deck again. "I play Solemn resolve to special summon My Tuner, meet Scrap Synchron"
He plays the card, I look at the image and make out a soldier standing alone, trying to rally the men in a retreat (Solemn resolve lets you special summon any monster in your hand, so long as you meet the requirements to summon it. If it needs sacrifices, you need the number of monsters on the field but don't sacrifice them)
I watch the monster appear on the field, it's basically Junk synchron but pure white…and level 8 with 2000 atk points and 1000 def.
"And now, I dark tune my Scrap Synchron with Spear Dragon!" he shouts. The scrap breaks up into small black stars, each entering the 4 star dragon.
"Hang on, 'Dark tune'" I start, looking at the 4 black stars that have appeared from the dragon. "So does that mean…"
"Yeap" he pulls out a -4 star monster. "Darkness is all consumeing and the winner in every fight. Carry on the tradition of Darkness and win. Dark Synchro summon. Aris, God of the dark winds!"
I watch as the monster appears in just about the same way as Silveneste did, except he basically fits the evil god motive with dark clothes, a black long sword and a scarred face. (-4 star, 2500, 2300) Now I'm worried.
"Go, Aris, God of the dark winds, show that archer who's boss with twilight winds!" James shouted, his monster obeying all too willingly.
"Go, Scrap Iron Scare…" I start
"Don't even bother, Traps don't work on Aris!"
"Silveneste, counter with summers breeze!" I shout…it was no use, the dark and white winds collided and Silveneste was pushed back and killed, I took 100 life points of damage (6500) but was unscathed.
"And now for his other special effect!" James shouts, I looked at him, hoping it wasn't going to be too bad. "If he destroys a monster, the monsters attack points are taken out of your life points"
I felt a small shock go through me, enough to sting but not too much. James had me down to 4100, which was better then his score. I needed a few good cards at the moment.
"My turn" I told him, putting my hand on my deck. "Draw!" I shout, pulling out the card…United we stand…Great. "And I end"
"Was that it? Jeez" James taunts again, drawing a card. "Aris, attack him directly!"
This time the blow hurts, a more severe pulse going through my body. I kneeled on the ground, breathing heavily as I pondered my next move. James Laughed quite loudly.
"You call that pathetic excuse of a group of cards your DECK!" he shouts, walking round a bit. "Give up now and go home"
"What has happened to you James?" I ask him, getting up slowly. "What happened to the brother who got us here?"
"He never existed"
"Well, I'll bring him back with this turn" I tell him drawing a card…Valkyrie, perfect. "I Play Valkyrie!" I shout, showing him the card. (It's basically a half angel, half human picture) "Now I can special Summon Fallen Angel Silveneste!"
I watch as the angel flutters down by my side, bladed bow in hand. Her right side now has the opposite to what Darkblade had. (Angel wings, white clothes and a white eye) (8, 2900, 2500, can only be summon via Valkyrie)
"And for Valkyrie second effect of increasing her attack by 500, followed up with United we stand" I play the cards, watching the effects take hold to put her up to 4200 attack points. She looks at me, as if she were going to say something, and then turns back to the battle. "Fallen Angel Silveneste, Attack Aris with Angel's crusade!"
I watch Silveneste Charge the god, firing an arrow at him. The arrow finds it's mark in the god's chest, followed up by Silveneste slashing at the arrow impact area…basically the god's dead and James takes 1200 damage (2800)
"I'll end my turn there" I tell him…He might have some plan but it doesn't look like it.
"Looks like Dark synchro summoning can't beat you at the moment" he tells me, drawing a card. "I can't do anything, finish it"
"Gladly, Silveneste, finish this duel with Lighting arrow fire!"
Silveneste notches an arrow, firing it at lighting speed straight at James. He stays standing, unlike my previous duels, but he is definitely out of life points. Victory is mine. That's one less duel to do…
There's my debut with Dark Tuner monsters and Silveneste's second form. Hope you enjoyed it.
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This is me going mad. I did this chapter at 3:30 in the morning GMT. Remind me never to do that again