Disclaimer: Alfred Kahn, I hate you for even taking this anime and destroying it! If i can't take it from you, i can slander you or something! lol...
Anyway, it's been a while since i updated. I'm just coming off of working 12 days straight. I haven't been this tired in ages. So i decided to knock this up on the internet before i pass out. We reach the conclusion of Terry's duel against Jamie. And the conclusion might be very close as Jamie has drawn something that might have won him the duel!
Hope you enjoy the story!
Yu-Gi-Oh! Future History
Chapter 33: Warriors
Jamie had just predicted that this turn is the end of the duel for Terry. Terry felt his muscles tighten up from nervousness and anxiousness. And even from anticipation. If Jamie thought he was going to win, he wasn't going to let him without some noise!
"First, Set Card, Open! Book of Taiyou!"
"Book of Taiyou!" Terry exclaimed. "That card, it can change face-down monsters to attack mode!" He thought quickly to himself. I have only my Big Shield Guardna and Obnoxious Celtic Guardian in reverse.
"That's right!" Jamie said. He watched his Spell Card disappear from the field but a small book with a delicate and almost gold looking cover took its place. It started glowing in an orange and red hue. That kept up for another moment then the book opened by itself and that hue turned into a beam that hit on one of the reverse monsters on Terry's field. It started to turn itself over but then the beam from the book to the card started wavering and moving. Then the beam just shattered like it was glass.
"What was that?" Jamie said.
"Oh I think I know." Terry said, flipping the targeted monster face up but still in defense mode on his Duel Disk, his Big Shield Gardna (100/2600).
"One effect of Big Shield Gardna is that when it's targeted with the effect of a Spell Card, it is automatically negated."
"Set Card, Open!" Jamie called out, pointing to another face down card on his field. "Zero Gravity!"
When that Trap Card came up on the field, all the monsters on the field started glowing in a green glow and lifted from the ground and hovered in the air. They all struggled against the air and tried to right themselves as they danced around.
"What did you do, Jamie?" Terry demanded, watching his Big Shield Gardna waver in the air.
"Zero Gravity changes the battle positions of all the face up monsters on the field. And since it's not a Spell Card, it CAN affect your Big Shield Gardna!"
Terry growled under his breath. So that's why he Special Summoned his Black Magician in defense mode on the last turn. So now my Big Shield Gardna is in attack mode as well as Jamie's Black Magician. But the Gemini Elf is in defense mode now.
"And now, I'll show you the card that's gonna win me this duel! I'll play the Spell Card, Diffusion-Wave Motion!"
Jamie slapped his card into his Duel Disk and watched Black Magician raise its staff in the air and it started crackling with dark energy. A small ball of it started collecting at the tip and it grew bigger and bigger.
TERRY: 1300
JAMIE: 2600
"At the cost of 1000 Life Points…" Jamie started, showing Terry his Duel Disk counting his Life Points down to 2600, "I can use one of my Level 7 or higher Spellcaster-Type monsters to attack all the monsters on your side of the field!"
If Jamie connects with that attack, Terry is going to lose... Vega thought to himself. But he's better than that. Terry isn't going to lose here.
"Black Magician, Diffusion Black Magic!"
The sphere of energy that was forming stopped getting larger and it just stood on the tip of Black Magician's staff. He jumped up in the air and aimed the staff at Terry's two monsters. It shot off, screaming toward his field, a trail of purple flying behind it like a comet. Jamie watched and watched, completely taken in by the power of his monster. Then it smashed into the ground in front of Terry's monsters and the sphere let out sickles of black and purple that flew out of the area where it smashed. They sliced through Gardna's shield easily and it and the monster exploded. The reverse monster which was turned face up from the attack wasn't as easy to put away. Obnoxious Celtic Guardian (1400/1200) was deflecting the sickles, swatting them like baseballs, with it's sword as soon as they came near. They clanged against its sword then went spinning away off in the darkness of the Field Magic Yami. Then they stopped coming and the field was still with silence. Big Shield Gardna was destroyed and that attack should have taken Terry's Life Points to 0. Terry spoke from his side of the field, his arms crossed.
"The attack from Black Magician takes my Life Points to 0, but at that moment, Reverse Card, Open!"
A Trap Card flipped up on the field, and Jamie recognized it immediately. "Nutrient Z?"
"Exactly. This card can only be activated during your Damage Step. If I take 2000 or more points of damage in this turn, I can increase my Life Points by 4000 before the damage is deducted from my Life Points. Therefore, my Life Points were originally at 1300. Then adding 4000 takes it to 5300 then subtracting the damage reduces it to 2700."
TERRY: 2700
JAMIE: 2600
Jamie praised him silently, but he had actually hoped the game wasn't over yet. He hadn't even played some of his other favorites yet.
"So what's up Jamie? You haven't beaten me yet and I'm still standing strong." Terry said, arms still crossed and taunting.
"How long do you think you'll be standing?" Jamie asked.
"What do you mean?"
"Just how long do you think you're gonna 'stall' for? I'm gonna get you eventually and I'm pretty patient. It something that magicians are good at, being patient and springing surprises."
"So you have another surprise?" Terry asked, the tone daring Jamie to bring it even harder to him.
Jamie didn't answer, he took a card from his hand. "I'll sacrifice my Gemini Elf to summon Black Magician Girl 2000/1700 in attack mode!"
The Gemini Elf twins started glowing white and then the two of them just became white silhouettes and shrunk into a pair of white dots. An image of the Black Magician Girl card appeared behind the dots and they zipped into it. Then the girl on the card spiraled out of it, spinning with her little wand and long flowing blonde hair and odd but scantily clad costume. She floated down toward Black Magician, looked up at it and winked at him. The Black Magician, stone-faced but a very tiny smile on his face, nodded at its pupil then turned toward Terry. Black Magician Girl followed suit and put the same expression as her teacher on her face and faced her opponent.
"Black Magican Girl!" Terry howled.
"Yep, and from the effect of Yami, her stats go up to (2200/1900), but to one up THAT, Set Card Open! Dedication Through Light and Darkness!"
The Quick-Play Spell Card flipped up and Black Magician's eyes changed from green to red and stabbed his staff in the ground. A bluish-white light came from Jamie's Spell Card and hit on Black Magician's staff. It turned slowly from the one of the Black Magician to the one used by Black Magician of Chaos. Black Magician grasped it and as soon as he touched it, his hand started to turn black, then his forearm then his entire arm. It continued like that as his whole body transformed until it was complete, he became the Black Magician of Chaos. It took the staff out of the ground and held it firmly in its hand, horizontally and in front of his chest.
"Tch…" Terry growled under his breath.
"Dedication Through Light and Darkness lets me sacrifice one Black Magician to Special Summon one Black Magician of Chaos from my deck, hand or graveyard. But now that one Black Magician is in the graveyard, Black Magician Girl's effect is activated. Whenever a Black Magician or Magician of Black Chaos is in either of our graveyards, her attack power goes up by 300 points."
Two Attack/Defense Counters appeared next to Jamie's two monsters, showing Black Magician of Chaos stats at (3000/2800), thanks to Yami and Black Magician Girl at (2500/1900).
Jamie had turned his Duel Disk so it was pointing vertically,theface of it facing Terry,and a card was ejecting out of the graveyard as he started speaking again. "Also, I can use the special effect of Black Magician of Chaos. When it's Normal or Special Summoned, I can take one Spell Card from my graveyard and add it to my hand. And I'll choose my Diffusion-Wave Motion."
"I'll set one reverse card and end my turn." Jamie said, incidentally not the one he just got from his graveyard with complete confidence in his voice.
Terry wasn't nearly as confident. He was really in trouble. He never guessed that Jamie's deck was this strong and overwhelming. It was a lot stronger than what he faced before. Jamie had his Black Magician Girl and Black Magician of Chaos on the field with 1 reverse card on the field. But he only had his Obnoxious Celtic Guardian (1400/1200) in defense mode and two reverse cards on his field. His Guardian could keep him safe but if he couldn't draw up an offense, the game is over. He looked down at his deck, staring at the top card on it.
"Jamie." Terry said, his head still hanging and staring at his deck. "This one card on the top of my deck? I will bet everything on it."
"Really, now! And if you draw nothing?"
Terry didn't answer immediately. He lowered the hand he was holding his hand cards in to rest on the top of his Millennium Puzzle. He drew in a long breath then let it out equally slow.
"I – I won't. I will draw the game changing card. Right here." He placed two fingers on the top card. "And right now!" He ripped that card from his deck and placed it to his side, pointing upward with the back facing Jamie. Terry looked over at the card.
And he smiled.
"Jamie, all the pieces of the puzzle have come to my hand!"
Jamie was silent but interested. Terry had something but whatever he had wouldn't be able to topple his magicians. Or would it? Don't keep me in suspense, Terry. Show me all you got!
"For this turn, I'll summon my Marauding Captain (1200/400) in attack mode!"
After the card appeared on the field, a blonde haired armor clad warrior appeared on the field, clenching two different styled swords in each hand. A tattered cape was attached to the collarline of its armor.
"Marauding Captain has two special effects. One is that when it is Normal Summoned to the field, I can Special Summon one Level 4 or lower Warrior-Type monster from my hand to the field."
Terry picked a card from his hand and slapped it on his Duel Disk. Both of them watched Gear Freed (1800/1600) appear on the field in a defense position, crouched on one knee with its shield and sword crossed at the front.
"That's your key card?" Jamie asked.
"No. Neither is this. Reverse Card, Open! Ultimate Offering!"
"Tch…" Jamie grunted.
"Ultimate Offering lets me have an extra Normal Summon so long as I pay 500 Life Points per summon. So I'll use that effect to buy another Normal Summon and sacrifice my Obnoxious Celtic Guardian and Gear Freed!"
TERRY: 2200
JAMIE: 2600
Terry's monsters turned into white silhouettes of themselves and floated to the middle of the field with their backs to each other. The figures started spinning, faster and faster until they just looked like a spinning tube of light. Suddenly, that light shot off up into the sky and for a moment, nothing was happening. Then in the light, Jamie could see something descending in it. Whatever it was looked human in form, with arms and legs, though they were huge. But there was, well what had to be, a massive sword in one of that figures hands. It kept descending until it lightly touched down on the ground and the light dissipated. Jamie could make out details now. The man, which he had guessed right, was indeed huge, with a grand sword. But he wore black armor and a black cape that covered a lot of the rest. What more that Jamie could see was a flowing red mane of hair that led up to a face that was concealed in a mask with two horns jutting out of it.
"That – that's…" Jamie said.
"Heh heh, descent of the warrior that surpassed Lightning, I summon Gilford the Legend! (2600/2000)"
Re'-Sha, watching and noting Terry's moves, obviously noticed Gilford. It's other incarnation, Gilford the Lightning played a great part in the defeat she suffered when she dueled Terry previously. Her teeth ground together remembering that but she went on dutifully observing.
She turned toward Jamie and remembered back to when she had visited him when she attacked him with a Summoned Skull. At the moment, she had just wanted to get Terry angry, piss him off, torture his heart by hurting him.
Then there was the time when she saw him in the hospital and gave him the 5 Puzzle Cards. She did it because of the reasons she gave him. She would love to see Terry suffer. And her plans for the eventual Game of Darkness between her and Terry would be sure to include Jamie. As well as his other friend, Knowledge. Terry would do anything to stop her, but just how far would he go when his friends would be at risk?
Oh she just couldn't wait until the final duel.
"I summoned my Gilford the Legend and at this moment, I'll use its special effect!" Terry said.
On cue, Gilford took its massive sword in one hand and thrust it into the air. The ground around him started shaking and crumbling. And then three cards rose from the earth and surrounded Gilford in a semicircle. Their backs were to Jamie and they turned to face him one at a time. The three cards were Autonomous Action Unit, Axe of Despair and Dragonic Attack.
"What are you up to, Terry?"
"Gilford the Legend's special effect. When it's Normal Summoned to the field, I can equip as many Equip Spell Cards to Warrior-Type monsters on my field. In my graveyard, I have these three Equip Spell Cards. So I choose to equip Gilford the Legend with Dragonic Attack and I'll equip Marauding Captain with Axe of Despair."
The two cards out of the three that Terry had chosen floated behind the monsters that he had selected. Marauding Captain's stats changed to (2200/400) and he exchanged his dual swords for the disfigured and demonic axe. Gilford, however, lowered it sword and turned it so it pointed toward Jamie. The Dragonic Attack card started shrinking and shrinking, floated above the sword and set itself down on the black middle part of its weapon. The sword glowed green for a moment then an Attack Counter showed it's stats at (3100/2500).
Autonomous Action Unit is an Equip Spell Card but it's a card that can only be equipped to monsters out of my graveyard. Jamie thought to himself.
Terry could look at his friend and knew something wasn't right. Something just felt off. Something he could see in his body language told him he wasn't too nervous about Gilford. But he couldn't ignore this oppourtunity!
"I'll set one reverse card. Gilford the Legend (3100/2500), attack Black Magician of Chaos! (3000/2800)" Terry exclaimed.
Gilford, who still had its sword pointed at Jamie's field swung it over its head, shot forward off its trailing foot and glided across the field toward Jamie's Chaos Magician. But that didn't worry Jamie at all.
"Set Card, Open! Ready for Intercepting!" Jamie said, swinging his arm toward the flipped Trap Card on his field.
Just as the card flipped up, Gilford, still dashing toward Jamie's monsters, started to flash white and its normal colors. Then it just vanished and a face-down monster card appeared on Terry's field.
"Jamie…you know me well." Terry said, running a hand through his hair and exhaling loudly.
"You like that one, huh?" Jamie said.
"Ready for Intercepting can flip one Warrior-Type or Spellcaster-Type monster on the field from whatever position it's in to face down defense position. Perfect weapon and/or quick defense." Terry said.
And in my next turn, with your Gilford in face-down defense mode, I'll attack it with Black Magician of Chaos and get rid of your 'key' card. Not only can Gilford the Legend NOT be Special Summoned, Black Magician of Chaos' special effect removes any monster it destroys through battle from the game.
"But my turn isn't over! Gilford is going to be the monster that helps take down your magicians! Reverse Card, Open! Double Spell!"
Terry explained Double Spell's effect of being able to use one of his opponent's Spell Cards from their graveyard as his own at the cost of 1 Spell Card from his hand. Jamie and obviously Terry noticed that that card was the last one in his hand. He had no more cards in his hand. Jamie looked down at his Duel Disk and wondered what card Terry could want from his graveyard. He couldn't think of one that could help his situation now.
"The card that I choose is…" Terry trailed off as his Double Spell card started changing. The picture part, the name and the description faded away until it was just a green card on the field. Then the card that Terry chose started to materialize on the name, description and picture parts of the Spell Card. Terry smiled watching Jamie's surprised look and then the look of acceptance.
"I chose your Book of Taiyou Spell Card. Book of Taiyou flips one face down monster into face up attack position. So I choose to change my face down Gilford the Legend back to attack mode!"
The face down monster card on Terry's field flipped itself over and slowly the body of Gilford started rising out of it, staring through its mask straight at the dual magicians on Jamie's field.
"Using that Spell Card ended my Battle Phase so I'll end my turn." Terry said, crossing his arms and awaiting Jamie's next move.
"My turn! Draw!"
Jamie remembered the other effect of Marauding Captain. That as long as its on the field, he cant attack any other Warrior-Type monsters on Terry's field. So he had to go. "Black Magician of Chaos (3000/2800) attack Marauding Captain! (2200/400)"
Black Magician of Chaos raised its staff in the air and then, one handed, tossed it like a spear at the ground near Marauding Captain. Yellow light started to seep out of the crystal on the top of the staff and casted a shadow in the direction of Marauding Captain. The shadow got larger and became wider than Terry's monster and it started to disappear into that shadow. It didn't take long for it to completely disappear and then the light started to slowly fade. Black Magician of Chaos walked over toward its staff, pulled it from the ground and seemed to glare right at Terry before it returned to its side of the field. Terry heard his Life Counter ticking and knew before it finished deducting that he was at 1400 Life Points.
TERRY: 1400
JAMIE: 2600
"Black Magician of Chaos removes any monster it battles, that would normally go to the graveyard, from the game instead. I'll set two reverse cards and end my turn there."
"My turn! Draw!" Terry said, looking at his drawn card.
"Got anything there?" Jamie asked.
"Hope." Terry said truthfully and matter-of-factly.
"Hope?"
"Yeah, in the form of this Spell Card. I'll play Pot of Greed, letting me draw two cards from my deck."
Terry took a deep breath. He needed another powerful card to help him over this new hump. This duo of magicians. Black Magician Girl (2500/1900) and Black Magician of Chaos (3000/2800) and with two reverse cards on the field. Terry didn't want to admit it but Jamie had been in control of this duel since the first cards were played.
But that didn't matter now. All it takes is one turn in a duel. That's all it takes. One turn and you can completely change the game. He pinched the top two cards from his deck and drew them, looking at them as they passed his face.
"I'll set one card. Then ill play this. Equip Spell Card, Nitro Unit!"
"Nitro Unit?" Jamie questioned. Before he could say anything else, a gray rectangular 'backpack' with some tubes with blue fluid flowing through it appeared on Terry's field. It just hovered there as he spoke.
"Nitro Unit, like any Equip Spell Card, can be placed on my monsters as well as yours. So this one is all yours Jamie! I'll equip it to Black Magician of Chaos!"
"What are you up to?" Jamie asked, getting nervous.
"Nitro Unit is a unique Equip Card. It ONLY can be equipped to my opponent's monsters. In addition to any battle damage incurred when the equipped monster is destroyed in battle, my opponent loses Life Points equal to that destroyed monster's Attack Points."
"What!"
"Oh yes!" Terry pointed toward Jamie's monster. "Gilford-"
"Set Card, Open!" Jamie rushed. "Shift!"
The unit that had been placed on Black Magician of Chaos' chest floated away from him and hung in the middle of Jamie's field.
"Shift is a Trap Card that lets me choose the target of any attack or Spell and Trap effect by my opponent. It lets me shift it to another monster on my field, so I choose my Black Magician Girl!"
"It's not that easy! Reverse Card, Open! Tailor of the Fickle!"
"Tch…damnit!" Jamie growled.
"Tailor of the Fickle lets me change one Equip Card to another monster. So I'll send it back to your Black Magician of Chaos!"
Both duelists only had one more reverse card on their fields. Jamie saw Gilford coming for his monster just like it had on the last turn. And again, he was going to stop it cold.
"Terry, you've tried three times to get my monsters with Gilford. It's not going to happen, kid!" Jamie said smiling.
Terry replied, "Gotta keep trying. Maybe I'll get you eventually."
"Well, kiss that thought good-bye! Set Card, Open! Blast Held by a Tribute!"
Jamie's card flipped up on the field but as soon as it turned up, out of nowhere, a bolt of lightning struck it and it exploded. Jamie jumped at that and stood on his field wide-eyed and open-mouthed.
"What tha?" he stammered.
Terry had his head slightly lowered. "When you activated that Trap Card, I activated mine."
"What card?" Jamie said, looking at his field for it. He didn't see it but on an impulse, he looked up and saw…God. A gray bearded man with a yellow robe but he was glowing with a blue and white aura around him. Individual beams of light criss-crossed down to the ground behind him. His face was gentle but the finger that was pointing at Jamie and the look on that gentle face made him take notice of the floating 'man'.
"What Trap Card is that?" Jamie asked, mesmerized.
"That's my Solemn Judgment card. With this Counter Trap Card, I can negate the activation of a Spell or Trap Card or a Flip Summon, Normal Summon or Special Summon of a monster and destroy them." He showed Jamie the Life Counter on his Duel Disk, which ticked down to 700. "At the cost of half of my Life Points."
TERRY: 700
JAMIE: 2600
Jamie was quiet for a moment. He didn't say anything. He brought his attention back to his monster. Black Magician of Chaos held its staff in both of its hands and raised it up to block the sword of Gilford. Gilford's sword came down with a loud, hard clang that rung through the field. Both monsters were face to face and for the briefest second, Jamie would swear he saw his monster and Terry's monster, both engaged in a battle, smile. Then Gilford brought it's sword up again and slammed it against the staff but it didn't hold this time as it went through it. The sword came down but didn't hit the magician but rather the Nitro Unit on its chest. As soon as it cut through, a discharge of yellow, white and red fire shot from where the monsters were. It was a pretty fast burn because there was nothing left of the fire after maybe three seconds. All that was there was Gilford, still standing with its sword in hand slung over its shoulder
TERRY: 700
JAMIE: 0
"And the winner is Terry Hairston!" Sinclair announced on the speakers, leading the crowd into an all out roar of approval over the duel that they just witnessed and the exciting ending to it. Jamie and Terry met in the middle of the field, shook hands and embraced in a quick hug. Jamie then took Terry's arm and raised it. Everyone in the crowd got louder than they were at that point and started stamping their feet to the chant of "Terr-y, Terr-y, Terr-y!"
"Just what I expected out of you man!" Jamie yelled over the cheering.
"You surprised me, Jamie! You're a lot stronger than I thought!" Terry said, arm still raised in the air.
"I can say with all honesty that was the best duel of my life!" Jamie hollered.
Up in the Skybox, Vega watched the crowd cheer Terry. But Vega wasn't in nearly such a cheerful mood. His face was cast in stone. I knew that's how this duel was going to end. Terry cant lose until he gets to me, then I'll be the one to destroy him.
"You're not going to beat him." Knowledge said, already knowing what Vega was thinking.
"I'm what?" Vega said back to him. "Not going to beat him?"
"Yeah."
"You're right, like I was just thinking to myself, I'm going to destroy him."
Knowledge chuckled. "His deck is strong, his skills are sharp, his comprehension of the game is remarkable. I see all that in you too, Vega, in equal levels. But your problem…"
Knowledge got up from the ledge, not smiling anymore and not even looking at Vega as he headed for the stairs slowly. "Your problem is that you're blinding yourself. You can't see past your goal at the end of the road. You're so intent on Terry and you title that you think you'll crush anyone that gets in your way."
"Like I did to you." Vega remarked.
Knowledge stopped, but didn't turn to face him. "Yeah, that's true. But you still keep thinking that you're going to beat anyone. No one can touch you. That's a real arrogant view, Vega. And that attitude, that mindset, is what's going to do you in." Knowledge left the Skybox.
For his sake, I hope he listens for once. But I've washed my hands of that. I have something I want to take care of. I remember what Terry said about these Millennium Items...But I don't care. I will have vengeance for what she did to Janet. And Jamie. And Terry. And especially me.
Knowledge looked at the backside of Re'-Sha and reached into his pocket to touch the Millennium Eye he snatched from Terry's bag.
Terry and Jamie had walked back to the tent they had occupied before when Knowledge was hurt. Both of them were smiling like they had both won their duel.
"Man, that was a great duel." Jamie said sitting down in a chair.
"I thought you had me with that Diffusion Wave-Motion." Terry remarked.
"And that Gilford the Legend was just the perfect card at the perfect time." Jamie said. Knowledge stepped in the tent just at that moment.
"Hey, speaking of perfect timing." Terry said, patting Knowledge on his back as he passed by him. Knowledge turned and leaned against a table that was near where Jamie was sitting. Terry leaned against a post holding the tent up.
"So Terry, I had a question for you." Knowledge said. Just as he was about to speak again, Vega walked into the tent followed closely by Re'-Sha. Knowledge snapped his mouth shut and stared at Re'-Sha as she slithered across the ground. She stood near the entrance to the tent while Vega took a seat in another chair on the other end of the table Knowledge was leaning against. Nobody took a lot of notice of Vega, all eyes were on Re'-Sha since she was now disliked, or hated, by everyone in that tent.
"Can I help you with something?" asked Knowledge.
"No." she said coldly.
"Then leave." Knowledge said, equally as cold.
"I'm not ready to leave yet." Re'-Sha said.
"But you're ready to duel though, right?" Sinclair said in a perky voice, half his body sticking into the tent. "I just wanted to talk to my finalists about how the rest of the tournament is going to work."
"That's just what I was about to ask about." Knowledge said.
"Well, like you may know, this tournament structure is different. Instead of an even number of duelists going to the finals, there is an odd number. And to make this tournament more interesting, this is how it will work. One of you will be guaranteed to make it to the final match, without having to duel."
Everyones eyebrows arched at that remark, especially Terry.
"This is the deal. Each duel that you played in was aired live to millions across the country, as you know. What you might not know is that Upperdeck decided to include the fans in some way with this competition."
"Include the fans? What do you mean?" Jamie asked.
"Upperdeck loves to promote their product so they decided to leave the structure of the final bracket of this tournament up to them. Through the internet, they can select the structure that they would most like to see. The structure that has the highest amount of votes will determine how we finish this tournament."
"The structure goes like this. One duelist, like I said, would receive the equivalent of a 'bye' into the final match. Then the remaining two duelist would battle to get to the final match."
"Feh…" Vega grunted. "The structure doesn't matter."
"You don't seem to care, Vega." Sinclair said. Vega closed his eyes and crossed his legs.
"The structure doesn't matter because with three finalists, that's how it has to go. One person is going to be the standout."
"Well, this standout gets to the finals for free." Sinclair said.
"What criteria are there to select the matches?" asked Knowledge.
"None, they can mix and match to their hearts content." Sinclair replied.
"And when will we know?" Re'-Sha asked.
"In one hour." Sinclair said, walking out of the tent.
Everyone was silent, thinking of their own combinations they'd like to see. Or in the case of the finalists, who they'd like to duel.
Re'-Sha was giddy with this development. No matter who I get to face, it's going to play out perfectly. If I face Vega, I get to destroy another of Terry's companions. And for all his pride, Vega still cannot stand up against me. But if I get to Terry, it'll just be sooner than I expected. And that's fine with me, heh.
I only have one goal. To defeat Terry. Vega opened his eyes and looked at Terry, who was looking at the ground But I want the grandest stage to do it on. The final duel of this tournament is going to be me against him. Therefore... he turned to look at Re'-Sha, who returned his glance. Therefore, I'll defeat Kwandao.
Terry was staring at the ground, thinking to himself. I gotta keep Re'-Sha from doing more damage. And I think she would like nothing more if she got to play against Vega and I got the bye into the final duel. I really don't like Vega's attitude but I can't let him take her on. He knows everything I know about the situation but he doesn't believe it. He doesn't know the dangers. He takes a long breath. I have to be the one to face her in the first match. Then I'll deal with Vega in the final duel.
The hour passes, no one leaves the tent. And then Sinclair returns with the results.
Ah, been a while since i left this story with a real cliffhanger that makes you think. At least to me. Now the duel can go just about anyway. I know that the people that have stuck with the story up to this point have their own desires about who faces who. We'll find out soon who's going to get that bye and who's going to be dueling next.
One thing I wanted to say about this chapter. To me, this duel was the most fun to write because it gets back to the real point Yu-Gi-Oh! was made and is played, as said by Kazuki Takahashi. Even with all the drama and decisions to be made around the characters, it does everyone some good to have fun. Even if its gotta be force fed bya guy like Jamie.
Anyways, in the next chapter, we will set the stage for the final duels of Battle City and of this story. Mind you, i said set the stage so it's not quite all over yet. And since i'm still writing it, and depending on how long it takes me to finish, it may take a little longer to get the chapter after the next one up. Edits to make the story complete and all that. But in the next one, the finals will be determined. But also, Knowledgetries to makea deal with Re'-Sha! Check out the next chapter
(another small cliffhanger coming, stop here if you want.)
It's called Terry Falls.
Huh? Terry Falls! What!
Hope you enjoyed the story!