Disclaimer/Author's Note:
Yay, I finally hit the 20 review mark!!! Anyway, I'll have a list of requests at the end of this chapter. Choose one, and whichever is the most popular will be revealed!!! This chapter is a thank you to all my reviewers-you get a full duel and the beginning of another! Of course…this is because the next duel is kind of short…lots of heavy lp dropping…
Yu Gi Oh- Tournament of the Eclipse
Chapter 9-The Second Level and a New Threat.
The group was hanging around the fountain, discussing various trades and purchases. A man in a blue ceremonial robe stalked up to the group. "I'm here to challenge any one of you. Mystic, I believe you defeated my…associate." Mystic glared. "Yeah, if you mean Eli. And I think it's fair to warn you that I hate gangs like yours." The man sneered. "You don't scare me. At any rate, all duelists on this island have Duel Monsters profiles. Out of all the duelists, the ones we're most interested in are you three. And don't bother asking why, because you can only get that information by beating me in a duel!"
"Well then, I challenge you!" called Adriel. "Good, good, the dragon master. Well then, follow me. As for your two friends, more of my associates will be around shortly. And Mystic," he said, stopping for a moment. "Eli was just a message. Don't think that you can actually beat a member of the Ghouls!" In the minds of all three youths, that word triggered something in their subconscious. Flashes of a group of teens their same age passed through their mind, along with images of golden objects and three Duel Monsters. "So I see that even mentioning the old ways is enough to penetrate the magic that clouds your vision."
"Whatever." said Adriel. "Let's go." The two walked off, leaving Aldrai and Mystic behind. Soon enough, they, too, would be challenged.
Adriel and his unknown enemy walked into a dark chamber. As the unknown man switched the lights on, the field was revealed. It was a large, circular platform about three feet above the ground. On the platform were two small indentations, presumably for the duelists to stand in. Shadowed objects hung overhead. The two walked up the stairs into the field, which then jerked and was raised up another three feet. "What's this all about?" asked Adriel. "This is a special dueling arena made especially for you." replied his enemy. "And what is your name?"
"You can call me whatever you like, but I am known to the few who know me as Arc. By the way, since this is stage 2, we have to wager cards as well as phases. So one phase and our rarest cards on the line…but that's too simple…let's wager sets. I'll bet my XYZ-Dragon Cannon set against your Red Eyes, Blue Eyes, and Tyrant Dragon." Adriel shook his head. "No way! My Blue Eyes is worth more than your entire set! And my other two cards aren't anything to laugh at, either." Arc sighed. "Fine…I'll give you three copies of the X-Head, three of the Y-Dragon, and three of the Z-Tank, plus the XYZ-Dragon Cannon and the other three fusions."
Adriel thought it over. The entire set would be an awesome deck basis, and he could get some pretty good trades for those cards. But his Blue Eyes was almost unique… "Throw in three Combination Attacks and I'll do it." Arc smirked. "Not easy to bargain with, are you. Fine, three copies of each piece, one copy of each of the fusions, and three Combination Attacks against your three dragons."
"Well, Arc, it's time to duel!" The DuelDisks activated, Arc's being completely black, except the life point counter, which was white. "I'll make the first move, since you challenged me." said Arc. "I summon a monster in defense mode! Then, I lay two cards face down. Your move." Adriel drew his sixth card, adding Vorse Raider to his Dragon Treasure, Mountain, Tyrant Dragon, Mystical Elf, and Witch of the Black Forest. "I play a monster in defense mode as well, and end my turn." (Witch of the Black Forest)" Arc drew. "Now I summon X-Head Cannon in attack mode, and flip my Y-Dragon Head!" (1800/1500|1500/1600) "Then I attack your face-down monster with my Y-Dragon!" The Witch of the Black Forest was flipped, then blasted through by a ray of crackling energy. As Adriel drew his Gemini Elf, he was struck by the twin lasers of Arc's X-Head. His life points fell to 2200.
"That was a lucky shot…so I think I'll wipe the field clean by activating Raigeki!" Arc flipped a card. "Activate Magic Jammer!" He discarded from his hand as the lightning bolt of Raigeki was sucked into a misty vortex. "Fine…then I summon a monster in defense mode again." (Mystical Elf) Arc drew. "Ha! Now I summon Z-Metal Tank!" (1500/1300) "I now combine them into the mighty XYZ-Dragon Cannon!" (2800/2600) "Then, I think I'll attack your monster." Waves of concentrated energy blasted from the combined monster and ripped through the Mystical Elf. "Your turn." Adriel drew Change of Heart. "Perfect! I activate Change of Heart on your monster!" Arc flipped another card. "Activate Spell Shield Type-8!" A strange machine in a translucent blue bubble materialized on the field. "This card negates the effect of any magic card that targets a single monster. Namely, your Change of Heart card."
The many panels on the robotic shield began to glow, and a laser beam was expelled out of the cannon at the top. The Change of Heart hologram was reduced to shreds, which vanished off the field. "No! All I can do then is summon yet another monster in defense mode…" (Gemini Elf) "That's right. That's all you can do. Meanwhile, I can keep playing powerful monsters like this!" He slapped a card onto his DuelDisk. "Come forth, Y-Dragon Head!" (1500/1600) "Then, I activate my magic card, Frontline Base! This card allows me to summon another one of my monsters, Z-Metal Tank!" (1500/1300) "Now, I sacrifice them both to summon YZ-Tank Dragon!" (2100/2200) "Finally, I attack your face down monster with my XYZ, then attack you directly!" A first volley of energy sent the Gemini Elf to the graveyard. The second hit Adriel dead-on, reducing his life points to 100. "Ha! You should be thanking me for sparing you!"
Adriel cursed him silently then drew. "Great! I activate one of my newest cards, Chosen One!" He took his Tyrant Dragon, Mountain, and Dragon Treasure cards. "Now choose, and choose wisely." The three cards appeared, along with the spinner. It began to rotate at an increasingly rapid rate. "Just tell it when." Adriel said nervously. "Stop now!" cried Arc. The spinner stopped and landed on Adriel's…
"Yeah! Tyrant Dragon in attack mode!" As the two magic cards were discarded to the graveyard, Adriel's faithful Tyrant Dragon appeared on the field. (2900/2500) "Now attack the YZ-Tank Dragon!" The Tyrant Dragon spewed flame at the mechanical monster, melting it into a blob of metal, which then disappeared, along with 800 of Arc's life points. "And due to my monster's special effect, it can attack again! Now, attack the XYZ-Dragon Cannon!" The XYZ was also melted by the Tyrant Dragon, and took 100 of Arc's life points to the graveyard with it. Arc began to applaud. "Bravo, Bravo. You've successfully made a comeback. However, your streak will not last." He drew his card. "Well, I think that I shall play this card face down and end my turn." Adriel drew, some of his confidence returning. "I summon my Vorse Raider in attack mode!" (1900/1200) Arc flipped Spellbinding Circle. "And I think this trap will be equipped to your Tyrant Dragon."
"Fine. I attack you directly with Vorse Raider." Arc's life points fell to 1200. "Hm. Well, I'll lay another card face down and end my turn." Adriel drew again. "I play my Pot of Greed!" He drew two more cards, Bottomless Trap Hole and Rope of Life. "I set two of my cards face down and attack with Vorse Raider!" Arc smiled. "How reckless. I activate my Shadow Spell card, reducing your Vorse Raider's attack by 700 and preventing it from attacking. Now you have two monsters, just waiting for me to kill them. Which I will, by summoning Giga-Tech Wolf in attack mode!" (1200/1400) "Now attack Vorse Raider!" As the Giga-Tech Wolf ripped the throat out of Adriel's Vorse Raider, the latter monster managed to impale the wolf using its blade. Both monsters were destroyed, but…
"I flip Rope of Life! This card has me discard my entire hand to the graveyard to bring back my Vorse Raider with 800 extra attack points and without your spell's effect! So come back now, Vorse Raider!" (1900+800/1200) A virtual rope flew into Adriel's graveyard and pulled out the Vorse Raider. "No!" shouted Arc. "Yes," replied Adriel, excitement rising in his voice. "I cannot lose!" cried the Ghoul. Arc's turn ended, and Adriel commanded his powered up Vorse Raider to attack. Arc's life points hit zero as the DDs turned off. Adriel walked over to Arc, who was on the ground. "No! I can't lose! Please forgive me, Master!" A light shone from the contraption above Arc's head. Arc's image began to shatter, and he finally exploded, leaving no trace of blood, but merely the wagered cards, a single moon phase, and a golden ring with a pyramid inside of it. Adriel made to grasp the ring, but it teleported out of the storehouse and into parts unknown. He grabbed the cards and left the building, heading back to the fountain.
Unbeknownst to him, Two more ghouls had approached Aldrai and Mystic, dragging them off as well. The dialogue an hour earlier was as follows:
"Hey Mystic, when d'you think Adriel will be back?"
"Don't know." As Mystic looked off in the direction opposite Adriel and his opponent, two figures clad in the same attire were stalking nearer. "Aldrai…heads up." Aldrai wheeled around to face the threat. "Who are you?" he called out. The taller of the two laughed. "I am Usako, and this is my partner Latoss. We are here to challenge you both to a duel." Latoss smiled. "I want to duel Mystic!" Usako nodded. "Then I challenge you, Aldrai." The group of four split off into pairs and began walking towards separate fields.
Aldrai and Usako stopped at the lake, where Usako pulled on a fake tree branch, opening a secret chamber. "Down here. We will duel in the lake." The two walked down the steps and into a large glass dome on the bottom of the lake. "Here's how it will work. We both have to chain ourselves to the floor. Whoever wins will get the key to their bonds. They will then have sixty seconds to collect their prize and escape before the glass dome explodes. The loser, of course, dies. As for the wagers...we each must bet a moon phase, and then there's the ante…we shall both wager a set of cards. You, of course, will be wagering the Gate Guardian set. I myself will be wagering the Black Paladin set, which is a deal for you. So is it agreed-the three pieces of the Gate Guardian plus the monster itself against the Dark Paladin, a Dark Magician, a Buster Blader, Polymerization, a Skilled White Magician and a Skilled Black Magician?" Aldrai nodded. "Then let the duel begin!"
*~End~*
Author's Note
So there is that chapter, which was longer than I had expected…anyway, now for the list of things you all can wish for!
A) Something involving the plotline of the story. (It's not just a tournament fic!)
B) The list of changes in the Millennium Items
C) The complete details of THREE of the new Millennium Items
D) The list of changed in the Egyptian God Cards
E) The complete details of ONE of the new Egyptian God Cards.
There you go, A, B, C, D, or E. Get on my good side and I can give you all the details. The next number we're aiming for is 45. That's right, 45. And I'm going to forget that number, so it's going to change.