Jaden's Summer Break 1
Wednesday:
After knowing about the Invitational, Jaden and Natsumi went to the card shop the next day. Jaden got himself a booster, but found no cards that can help his Elemental Hero deck.
"Hey, it's a Fire monster, Ultimate Baseball Kid!" Jaden said to Natsumi. "How about you take it!"
"Wow ,thank you, Jaden! It is really nice of you!" Natsumi thanked Jaden. "This boy in the card really looks like you though!"
"Haha! Really?" Jaden scratched the back of his head.
"I actually have some cards to help you boost your deck!" Nastsumi comforted the Slifer Red student and proceeded to show him Elemental Hero Heat, Lady Heat, Inferno and Nova Master!
"Those are sort of beta Fire version of Elemental Heroes from 2I that Daddy thought would improve my Fire deck!"
"Wow looks like Burstinatrix have friends now!" Jaden smiled as he compared the cards. "Thanks Natsumi!"
Monday:
After about a week of preparations, the day is finally here!
"Ladies and gentlemen welcome to the 2I Amateur Invitational segment of tonight's event!" The announcer in his suit hyped up the crowd that cheered in a stadium usually where the pro duelists played at.
The stadium fully seated and the crowd were hot for every duel that was put on to them by the professionals, but they are not dying down just because it is an amateur match coming up; because anything from Industrial Illusions always deliver the goods.
"It is time for the Qualifiers! First up, we've Jaden Yuki vs. Bran Price!"
"Get your game on!" Both players started with 4000 Life Points.
"I summon Elemental Hero Bubbleman in attack mode!" A blue-Batman lookalike appeared on the field. "This allows me draw two cards because there are no other cards on my side of the field!"
After using Bubbleman's effect, Jaden brought forth Elemental Hero Mariner (1400/1000) by fusing it with Avian! A green amphibian like warrior appeared on the field with an anchor attached to his arm! Jaden then end his turn with a card facedown.
"Draw!" Jaden's opponent was a young muscular blond about his age dressed in a green T-shirt and a pair of blue jeans. "I play Foolish Burial to send one monster from my deck into the Graveyard!"
"Oh why would you do that, Bran!"
"That is because I use Monster Reborn to bring my trump card right now on my first turn!" Bran declared. "Manticore of Darkness!"
"A 2300 attack monster was summoned on his first turn! This duel is going to be fun!" Jaden commented excitedly.
"Look at Jaden He is having no fear at all and even praised his opponent!"
"I activate Mystical Moon to increase Manticore's ATK point to 2600!" A huge full moon appeared in the middle of field as the Field Spell Card is slotted into Bran's duel disk!
"What a move right there! Bran is making sure Jaden is going down hard!"
"To top it up, I activate Wild Nature's Release to increase Manticore's ATK points by its DEF points!" Bran shouted as his lion like Beast Warrior flexed its muscles and spread its black wings as it roared!
"Cool!" Jaden's eyes sparkled as Manticore of Darkness towered over his Mariner.
"Claws from the Dark Sky!" Bran commanded as Manticore of Darkness swept over to the opposite side of the field and slashed the frog like hero to pieces, but as soon as that happened it was also sent to the grave due to the effect of Wild Nature's Release that destroy the monster it is used on at the end of the turn.
"I activate my trap, Hero Signal!" Jaden revealed. "When a monster I control is destroyed by battle and sent to the Graveyard, I get to Special Summon 1 Level 4 or lower "Elemental HERO" monster from my hand or Deck!"
"But that doesn't stop Jaden's Life Points from dropping to 1200!" The announcer reminded.
"I summon Elemental Hero Lady Heat!" A fiery female hero who had red hair wore an exaggerated red and white costume appeared onto the field!
"Using the effect of Manticore of Darkness that allows me to send one Beast, Beast-Warrior or Winged Beast-Type Monster Card to the Graveyard, I can Special Summon Manticore of Darkness from the Graveyard!" Bran disclosed.
"What an awesome effect!" Jaden shouted at the sight of Manticore's revival.
"Apparently, Jaden doesn't feel that with 1200 going up against 4000 Life Points is of any threat to his victory!"
"I activate Continuous Spell Spiritual Forest and end my turn!" Trees that have roots coming out from the ground and a hollow trunk with lime green energy burning in them appeared all around the field.
"I fused Elemental Hero Heat and Lady Heat to summon Elemental Hero Inferno!" Jaden brought forth a robotic like fire type hero!
"But Inferno only has 2300 ATK while Manitcore has 2600 ATK!"
"I'm using H-Heated Heart to increase Inferno's ATK points to 2800!" Jaden seemingly predicted the thoughts of the announcer! "Flaming Fist!"
Inferno dashed to the opposite side and knocked the lion like winged monster with a fistful of fire. The field exploded upon impact! Both duelists stood confidently and looked on as the smoke is finally clear after the huge explosion. Inferno stood tall as the Life Points of Bran fell to 2400!
"Wait a second! Manticore of Darkness is still on the field despite it being the weaker of the both monsters when attacked in attack position!"
"Thanks to the effect of Spiritual Forest, each turn, the first face-up Beast-Type, Beast-Warrior-Type, or Plant-Type monster I control that would be destroyed by battle, is not destroyed!" Bran divulged. "So that means there is no need for me to use the effect of Manticore of Darkness that forces me to discard a Beast, Beast-Warrior or Winged Beast-Type Monster Card!"
"I throw down a card and end my turn!" Jaden slotted a card into his duel disk again.
"My turn!" Bran activated the Pot of Greed and then Graceful Charity.
"A four card "Draw Phrase"!"
"I will now Special Summon Boar Soldier from the Graveyard using Monster Reborn in attack mode!"An armored boar wielding a stone aged hammer was brought forward!
"A Level 4 monster with 2000 ATK has been summoned! However, from what I know, if this card is Normal Summoned, destroy this card, and if your opponent controls 1 or more monsters, decrease the ATK of this card by 1000 points! This card's high attack isn't worth its negative at all! Even though Bran had bypassed the first negative effect, how is he going to prevent the next one?"
"Sorry, I don't intend to use it to attack at all! I use Trap Card Beast Rising! Once per turn, I can remove from play 1 face-up Beast-Type or Beast-Warrior-Type monster I control to select 1 other face-up Beast-Type or Beast-Warrior-Type monster I control. The selected monster gains the original ATK of the monster removed from play for this effect!"
"What a strong card!" Jaden commented on the string of strong combos from Bran again.
"I select to remove Boar Soldier to boost Manticore of Darkness' ATK to 4600!" The winged lion roared as a strong aura and gust of wind surrounded it as it flapped its wings!
"I haven't had such an exciting duel in a long time!" Jaden shouted happily.
"Claw from the Dark Side of Heaven!" Bran commanded.
"Oh what a move by Bran! Jaden is certainly in trouble!"