Happy Memorial Day


"Dang it, this is horrifyingly boring!" Faron whined as Anthia started to announce the next two duelists. "Seriously, all of these people are lame!" Suddenly, Edon's fist came down on Faron's head with enough force to cause him to tumble into the next row. Faron stumbled to his feet. "What was that for!" he shouted.

"Will you quit your whining?" Edon growled. "That's the thing about tournaments. You have to do a lot of waiting. If you can't wait until your next turn, than you shouldn't be here."

Suddenly Myrine got up from her seat and started walking down to the dueling field. "Hey, where are you going?" he asked. Edon grabbed a hold of Faron's head and pointed to the television screen which had 'Myrine Yonai'. "Oh," With a loud pop, Faron disappeared and reappeared next to Edon. "By the way, why is Myrine so gothic?" he asked.

Edon sighed. "Geeze, you sure do know when to ask a random question, and that is not a complement." Edon put his hand over his head. "But to answer your question, it is because she was a guinea pig of sorts. You see, Myrine was the first person that Adelie used her powers on. The problem is that it completely messed up her personality and made her like she is now. Another effect was that she is totally obedient to Adelie, but she is aware of want she is doing. That is a problem for Myrine because she never wanted Adelie to be using her powers on her to begin with."

"Well that explains a lot." Faron mused as Myrine's opponent was announced. It was a Ra Yellow girl named Aya Kudo. "I wonder what kind of cards she uses."

"Isn't it obvious?" Edon asked, staring at Faron. Faron shook his head. Edon sighed in exasperation. "Faron, why don't you do a favor to mankind and jump off a cliff?"

By now, Myrine and Aya had taken their positions on the dueling field. Aya studied Myrine intently. She sniffed in disapproval. "Do you think you have enough black?" she asked. About the only non-black things on Myrine that could be black were her Obelisk Blue coat and the cards in her black duel disk.

"Shut up." Myrine said coldly.

"Whatever, but lets get this duel started." Aya said as she drew a card. "I start us of by summoning Harpie Lady 3 in attack mode (1300/1400). Next, I play the field spell Harpies' Hunting Ground. This will give all winged beast monster 200 attack and defense points (1300-1500/1400-1600). I finish my turn by placing one card facedown."

Myrine drew a card. "I summon Despair Marionette in attack mode (0/0)." A white marionette with a look of despair painted on its head appeared on the field. Cut strings hung loosely from parts of its body. "I place one card facedown and end my turn."

Aya drew a card. "I summon Harpie Lady 2 in attack mode (1300-1500/1400-1600). This activates the other effect of my Harpies' Hunting Ground. When a "Harpie Lady" is normal or special summoned, I can destroy one spell or trap card. So say good-bye to your facedown card." Myrine's facedown card was destroyed. "Now my Harpie Lady 2 will attack your Despair Marionette!" Harpie Lady 2 flew forward, but before it could strike, Despair Marionette's mouth opened and a dark fog started to spew out of it.

"Your attack activated my monster's effect." Myrine explained. "When it is attacked, the attack is negated and the original attack points of all monsters on the field become 0 until the end of the battle phase."

Aya growled in anger. "I set one card facedown and end my turn (HL2 0-1500, HL3 0-1500)."

Myrine drew a card. "I summon Shadow of Madness in attack mode (1000/1000)." A large, black shadow in the shape of a fiend appeared on the field. "I end my turn."

Aya drew a card. "I summon Harpie Lady 1 in attack mode (1300-1500/1400-1600). Her effect gives all wind monster 300 extra attack points (HL1 1500-1800, HL 2 1500-1800, HL 3 1500-1800). Now my Harpie Lady 1 will attack your Shadow of Madness." Harpie Lady 1 flew towards Shadow of Madness.

"The effect of Shadow of Madness activates." Myrine said coldly. "When it is attacked, it gains half of the attack monster's attack points (1000-1900). But luckily for you, it can't destroy monsters." Shadow of Madness easily knocked away Harpie Lady 1 and Aya's life points dropped from 4000-3900.

"I end my turn." Aya growled in anger.

Myrine drew a card. "I place one card facedown. I end my turn."

Aya drew a card. "I summon Harpie Girl in attack mode (500-700/500-700). Next I activate the spell card Double Summon, which allows me normal summon twice. So now I sacrifice my Harpie Girl and Harpie Lady 3 to summon Harpie's Pet Dragon in attack mode (2000-3100/2500-2700). I'm sure I don't need to explain its effect, so now I use Premature Burial to special summon my Harpie Lady 3 from my graveyard (3900-3100) giving my Harpie's Pet Dragon another boost (3100-3400). Now my Harpie's Hunting Ground field spell will destroy your facedown card." Myrine's facedown card was destroyed ". Now my Harpie's Pet Dragon will attack your Shadow of Madness!" Shadow of Madness's attack points rose to 2700 as Harpie's Pet Dragon grabbed it in its jaws and bit it clean in two. Myrine's life points dropped from 4000-3300. "I end my turn."

Myrine drew a card. "I activate the spell Endless Despair. When I have a monster with 0 attack points on the field, all cards except for monsters whose original attack points are 0 are destroyed." A black mist covered the field. Loud screeches and tearing sounds could be heard until the fog disappeared, revealing only Despair Marionette on the field. "Now my Endless Despair will allow my Despair Marionette to attack the number of times equal to the monster that were just destroyed."

Aya laughed. "Why would that matter?" she scoffed. "You doll has no attack points! Since your Despair Marionette has 0 attack points, any attacks it would make would be pointless!"

"Normally that would be true." Myrine said as held up a card from her hand. "But I have one more card to play." Myrine slipped the card into her duel disk. "I activate the equip spell card Axe of Despair to increase Dark Marionette's attack points by 1000." Aya gasped as the axe appeared in Dark Marionette's hand (0-1000/0). "Now, Dark Marionette will attack your life points directly." Dark Marionette lurched forward and slashed Aya four times with Axe of Despair. Aya's life points dropped to 0.

"The winner is Myrine Yonai." Anthia announced as the students applauded timidly. Some had been disturbed by the strange cards used by Myrine. Myrine simply turned and walked back to her seat.

Back up in the stands, Faron leaned over to Edon and whispered, "You'd think she'd crack a smile even after she won." Suddenly, and small knifed embedded itself on the seat arm rest and a millimeter from Faron's arm. Faron yelled and surprise and jumped away, causing him to crash into Edon and fall into the next row.

"Idiot." Myrine muttered as she retrieved her knife. Meanwhile, the next two duelists were being chosen. "The first duelist is Nori Luchi!" An Obelisk Blue Boy stood up and walked down to the dueling field. "The second duelist is Edon Ando!" With a grunt, Edon stood up and walked down to the dueling field.

"I'll start us off." Nori said as he drew a card. "I set a monster facedown, and place two cards facedown. I end my turn."

Edon drew a card. "I summon Flamer Soldier in attack mode (1700/1300)." A soldier armed with a large flamethrower appeared on the field. "Flamer Soldier, attack his facedown." Flamer Soldier walked over to the facedown and sprayed it with flame. "By the way, my Flamer Soldier destroys any defense mode monster it attacks." The card shattered.

"I activate my trap card Snake Whistle!" Nori shouted. "This card allows me to special a reptile type monster from my deck when a reptile monster I control is destroyed. So I special summon Humanoid Snake in attack mode (1800/1100)." A large grey snake appeared on the field. Where its head would have been, there was a male torso with two arms and a serpentine head.

"Whatever," Edon sighed. "I place one card facedown and end my turn."

Nori drew a card. "I summon Botis in attack mode (1700/1900). Now my Humanoid Snake will attack your Flamer Soldier!" Humanoid Snake slithered forward and wrapped itself around Flamer Soldier, crushing it. Edon's life points dropped from 4000-3900. "Now the effect of my Humanoid Snake activates. When it destroys a monster, I can add a level 4 or lower reptile monster from my deck to my hand." Nori took a card from his deck and shuffled it. "Now my Botis will attack your life points directly!"

"I activate the trap Minefield!" Edon shouted as five metal objects appeared in front of him. "This trap will fill all of my monster zones with mine tokens. Now every time you make a direct attack, your monster will be destroyed along with a mine token." Botis slithered over one of the mines and exploded.

"I end my turn." Nori muttered.

Edon drew a card. "I summon Sniper Soldier in attack mode (1000/1500)." A man in a heavily camouflaged uniform holding a sniper rifle appeared on the field. "I activate the effect of my Sniper Soldier. He can attack you life points directly." Sniper Soldier fired its gun at Nori, his life points dropped from 4000-3000. "I place one card facedown and end my turn."

Nori drew a card. "I summon Invisibility Snake in attack mode (600/300)." A snake that was jumping between states of visibility and invisibility appeared on the field. "Now my Invisibility Snake will attack your life points directly!" Invisibility Snake slithered over to Edon and was destroyed by a mine token. "Now my Humanoid Snake will attack you Sniper Soldier!"

"I activate the trap card Negate Attack." Edon shouted.

Nori sighed as the attack of his Humanoid Snake was stopped. "I place one card facedown end my turn."

Edon drew a card. "My Sniper Soldier will make another direct attack." Sniper Soldier fired its rifle at Nori, and his life points dropped from 3000-2000. "I place one card facedown and end my turn."

Nori drew a card. "I summon Swampland Cobra in attack mode (1200/1300)." A small dark green cobra appeared on the field. "Now my Humanoid Snake will attack your Sniper Soldier!" Humanoid Snake slithered forward and destroyed Sniper Soldier with a swipe of its tail. Edon's life points dropped from 3900-3100. "Now I activate the effect of my Humanoid Snake to take reptile monster from my deck. Now my Swampland Cobra will attack your life points directly!" Swampland Cobra slithered forward only to be destroyed by a landmine token. "Now the effect of my Swampland Cobra activates! Since it was sent from the field to the graveyard, I can special summon another Swampland Cobra!" A second Swampland Cobra appeared on Nori's field. "Now it will attack your life points!" The second Swampland Cobra slithered forward and was destroyed by a landmine token. "Now I get to summon a third Swampland Cobra!" Nori shouted as the third Swampland Cobra appeared. "And now, it will make a direct attack!" The third Swampland Cobra slithered forward only to meet the same fate as the other two. "I end my turn."

Edon drew a card. "I activate my trap A Soldier's Rallying Cry. This trap allows me to special summon a level 4 monster with 'soldier' in its name from the graveyard. I special summon Sniper Soldier in attack mode (1000/1500). Sniper Soldier, attack his life points directly." Sniper Soldier fired at Nori and his life points dropped from 2000-1000. "I place one card facedown and end my turn."

Nori drew a card. He smirked broadly. "I remove my Humanoid Snake and the six other reptile monsters in my graveyard to special summon my Evil Dragon Ananta (?/?)!"

Edon yawed. "Yeah, big whoop."

Nori snorted in anger. "Yeah well, you change your tune when my Evil Dragon Ananta's attack and defense points gain 600 for every reptile monster I removed (0-4200/0-4200). Now my Evil Dragon Ananta will attack your Sniper Soldier!"

"I activate my trap Soldier's Orders!" Edon said. "When this card activates, all monsters with 'Soldier' in their name change battle position." Sniper Soldier switched to defense mode. It was soon destroyed.

"I end my turn." Nori muttered.

Edon drew a card. "You know, duelist like you who get one powerful monster and think they've got the duel in the bag really annoy me. Seriously, has it ever occurred to anyone that monsters like your Evil Dragon Ananta are really not that powerful. For example, I activate this card in my hand called Artillery Barrage. This card is the same as Black Hole, meaning that it destroys every monster on the field." There was a loud screeching sound and several small objects slammed into the ground, exploding as they hit the ground. "Now that your field is clear, all I have to do is summon a monster with 1000 attack points or more which I can. I summon Combat Engineer in attack mode (1500/1100)." A man wearing a green camouflage uniform appeared on the field. Several C4s were strung around his shoulders, and two Bangalore Torpedoes were slung over his back. "Now Combat Engineer will attack your life points directly!" Combat Engineer ran forward, panted some of its C4 around Nori, and ran off.

"Oh crap." Nori muttered. The C4 exploded, knocking Nori to the ground. His life points dropped to 0.

"The winner is Edon Ando!" Anthia shouted as the rest of the students applauded. Nori swore under his breath as he walked of the field, while Edon had just silently walked off.


Myrine's Cards

Despair Marionette

Type: monster/dark/fiend-effect

Level: 1

Stats: (0/0)

Effect: When this card is attacked, negate the attack. Then the original attack points of monsters on the field become 0.

Shadow of Madness

Type: monster/dark/fiend-effect

Level: 4

Stats: (1000/1000)

Effect: When this card attacks or is attacked, it gains half of the other monster's attack points. This card can't destroy monsters as a result of battle.

Endless Despair

Type: normal spell

Image: a fog with several images of faces twisted in pain and fear swirling within it.

Effect: This card can only be activated if you controll one monster on the field whose attack points are 0. Destroy all monster on the field whoses attack points are not 0. All monsters whoses attack points are 0 can attack the same number of times as the number of monsters destroyed by this spell until the end of the turn.

Edon's Cards

Flamer Soldier

Type: monster/pyro/warrior-effect

Level: 4

Stats: (1700/1300)

Effect: When this card attacks a monster in defense mode, that card is automatically destroyed and battle damage is negate. If that monster is facedown, the monster is not flipped.

Sniper Soldier

Type: monster/earth/warrior-effect

Level: 4

Stats: (1000/1500)

Effect: This monster can attack your opponent's life points directly.

Combat Engineer

Type: monster/earth/warrior-effect

Level: 4

Stats: (1500/1100)

Effect: Once per turn, destroy one facedown spell or trap card on the field.

Artillery Barrage

Image: several artillery pieces firing at the same time.

Type: normal spell

Effect: Destroy all monsters on the field.

Minefield

Type: trap

Image: a minefield with several men walking into it.

Effect: Fill all of your empty monster zones with 'mine tokens'. When one mine token is destroyed, destroy the monster that attacked it.

A Soldier's Rallying Cry

Image: a officer shouting and waving a flag as soldiers cheer around him.

Type: normal trap

Effect: Special summon one monster with 'soldier' in its name from your graveyard.

Soldier's Orders

Image: a army officer barking orders to soldiers.

Type: normal trap

Effect: Change the battle positions of all monster with 'Soldier' in their name on the field.

Nori's Cards

Humanoid Snake

Type: monster/dark/reptile-effect

Level: 4

Stats: (1800/1100)

Effect: When this card destroys a monster, add one level 4 or lower reptile monster from your deck to your hand.

Invisibility Snake

Type: monster/dark/reptile-effect

Level: 3

Stats: (600/300)

Effect: This card can attack your opponent's life points directly.

Swampland Cobra

Type: monster/earth/reptile-effect

Level: 4

Stats: (1200/1300)

Effect: When this card is removed from the field to the graveyard, special summon one 'Swampland Cobra' from your deck.