No Such Duel Chapter 14:
International Dueling Part 2
Back at the Juvenile Facility,
"Ok, so we know who the other seven Top Duelists are," Lisa commented.
"Kind of hard to believe that Lincoln is only Number 4." Lola commented.
"Yeah. With how he Dueled against us, you'd think he'd be at least one rank higher," Luan commented.
"What I find hard to believe is that Stinkcoln is in the Top 8 at all! He's a looser! He should be at the bottom of the barrel!" Lynn declared, only to receive a hard knock to her head from Lori.
"I don't want to hear another word about your ridiculous vendetta against Lincoln!" Lori scolded.
"Quite right. If you continue to berate on your brother like this, then you will be escorted back to your cell, by force if necessary," Alistor added, as the match between Mei-Mei and Sven had reached it's conclusion.
Back at the Royal Woods Duel Dome,
Mei-Mei: LP: 3300 Hand: 2
Sven: LP: 0
Winner: Mei-Mei Chang
"Excellent Dueling, Mei-Mei," Sven commended.
"Thank you, Sven. Hopefully I'll be able to win this whole thing," Mei-Mei commented, as the two of them made their way back over to the stands.
"Next up is our Second Match Up, between Kimba and Julie!" the announcer declared, as the two of them made their way out onto the arena floor, "And this time, the Action Field will take place in the Undersea Lost City!" he added, as the Action Field was changed to a set of Undersea Ruins.
"My Deck is ready, Julie! How about yours?" Kimba asked, activating his Duel Disk.
"My Deck has been ready since I got here," Julie replied, activating her Duel Disk.
"LET DUEL!" the two of them said.
Kimba: LP: 8000 Hand: 5
Julie: LP: 8000 Hand: 5
"And now, we'll have the coin toss!" the announcer declared.
"HEADS!" Julie declared, as the coin landed Heads Side up, "Ok, then the first move is mine! I draw!" Julie said, drawing her first card. She then examined her hand, "First up, I set one Monster in Defense Mode, and 3 Face-downs to end my turn," Julie said, placing her four cards face-down.
Julie: Hand: 2
"Alright, now I will make my move! I draw!" Kimba said, drawing his card, "I also set one Monster in Defense Mode, and place 2 cards face down to end my turn," Kimba said, placing three cards Face Down.
Kimba: Hand: 3
"My move once again, and I draw!" Julie said, drawing her card, "I summon Crystal Beast Sapphire Pegasus in Attack Mode!" Julie declared, summoning a Pegasus with a sapphire in each of it's wings.
Crystal Beast Sapphire Pegasus
Attribute: WIND
Level: 4
Type: Beast / Effect
When this card is Summoned: You can place 1 "Crystal Beast" monster from your hand, Deck, or Graveyard face-up in your Spell & Trap Card Zone as a Continuous Spell Card. If this face-up card is destroyed while it is in a Monster Card Zone, you can place it face-up in your Spell & Trap Card Zone as a Continuous Spell Card, instead of sending it to the Graveyard
Attack / Defense: 1800 / 1200
"Sapphire Pegasus' Effect now activates! I can take a Crystal Beast Monster from either my hand, deck or Graveyard, then place it face up in my Spell & Trap Card Zone as a Continuous Spell Card! And I choose to put Crystal Beast Topaz Tiger in my Spell & Trap Card Zone!" Julie said, as she
brought out a white tiger with Topaz Crystals on it's body in her Spell & Trap Card Zone.
Crystal Beast Topaz Tiger
Attribute: EARTH
Level: 4
Type: Beast / Effect
If this card attacks an opponent's monster, it gains 400 ATK during the Damage Step only. If this face-up card is destroyed while it is in a Monster Card Zone, you can place it face-up in your Spell & Trap Card Zone as a Continuous Spell Card, instead of sending it to the Graveyard.
Attack / Defense: 1600 / 1000
"I also Flip Summon Crystal Beast Emerald Tortoise! And I'll keep him in Defense Mode!" Julie said, as her Defense Mode Monster flipped up to reveal a tortoise with emerald spikes on it's shell.
Crystal Beast Emerald Tortoise
Attribute: WATER
Level: 3
Type: Aqua / Effect
Once per turn: You can target 1 monster you control that attacked this turn; change that target to Defense Position. If this face-up card is destroyed while it is in a Monster Card Zone, you can place it face-up in your Spell & Trap Card Zone as a Continuous Spell Card, instead of sending it to the Graveyard.
Attack / Defense: 600 / 2000
"Next up, I'll play the Spell Card Crystal Bond! This allows me to add one Crystal Beast Monster from my Deck to my hand, and place one additional Crystal Beast face-up in my Spell and Trap Card Zone as a Continuous Spell! I add Crystal Beast Cobalt Eagle to my hand, and place Ruby Carbuncle into my Spell and Trap Card Zone!" Julie said, as a small, purple feline creature with a ruby in it's forehead appeared next to Topaz Tiger.
Crystal Beast Ruby Carbuncle
Attribute: LIGHT
Level: 3
Type: Fairy / Effect
When this card is Special Summoned: You can Special Summon as many "Crystal Beast" cards as possible from your Spell & Trap Card Zone. If this face-up card is destroyed while it is in a Monster Card Zone, you can place it face-up in your Spell & Trap Card Zone as a Continuous Spell Card, instead of sending it to the Graveyard.
Attack / Defense: 300 / 300
"I also activate the Spell Card Crystal Beacon! If I have at least 2 Crystal Beasts in my Spell and Trap Card Zone, I can Special Summon one additional Crystal Beast from my Deck! And the one I choose is Crystal Beast Amber Mammoth!" Julie said, using one of her face- downs to bring out a large mammoth with four long tusks and an amber jewel in it's forehead.
Crystal Beast Amber Mammoth
Attribute: EARTH
Level: 4
Type: Beast / Effect
When another face-up "Crystal Beast" monster you control is targeted for an attack: You can make this card the attack target instead. If this face-up card is destroyed while it is in a Monster Card Zone, you can place it face-up in your Spell & Trap Card Zone as a Continuous Spell Card, instead of sending it to the Graveyard.
Attack / Defense: 1700 / 1600
"And now I'll go on the offensive! First up, Sapphire Pegasus will destroy that Defense Position Monster of yours!" Julie exclaimed, as her Sapphire Pegasus galloped towards Kimba's Defense Mode Monster, which revealed itself to be a little red koala, which was destroyed by Julie's Pegasus.
"Des Koala's Flip Effect now activates! For every card in your hand, you now take 400 Points of Damage!" Kimba declared.
Julie: Hand: 1
LP: 8000 – 400 = 7600 LP Remaining
"No matter, because now Amber Mammoth can now attack you directly!" Julie said, unfazed from loosing LP, as her Mammoth charged in to attack.
"I think not! Reveal Trap Card; Sakuretsu Armor! If an Opposing Monster wages an attack, this trap card automatically destroys it!" Kimba declared, as Amber Mammoth was destroyed.
"I end my turn!" Julie declared.
"Now, it is my move, and I draw!" Kimba declared, drawing a card, "First, I activate the Spell Card, Pot of Greed, which allows me to draw two cards from my deck," Kimba said, drawing two more cards.
Kimba: Hand: 5
"Next, I activate the Spell Card Polymerization, to fuse Big Koala and Des Kangaroo in order to Fusion Summon The Master of Oz, in Attack Mode!" Kimba declared, as a green kangaroo and a big, blue koala were sucked into the Polymerization vortex, and produced a Beast that looked like Big Koala with the characteristics of Des Kangaroo.
Master of Oz
Attribute: EARTH
Level: 9
Type: Beast / Fusion / Normal
Big Koala + Des Kangaroo
Attack / Defense: 4200 / 3700
"But I am not done yet! I now activate Wild Nature's Release! Now, Master of Oz gains Attack Points equal to it's Defense Points!" Kimba declared.
Master of Oz
Attack / Defense: 4200 / 3700 + 3700 / 0 = 7900 / 3700
"Now, Master of Oz will now attack Crystal Beast Sapphire Pegasus!" Kimba declared.
"Don't think so! I have some Face-downs, in case you forgot, like the Magic Cylinder, which redirects your attack right back at you as Direct Damage!" Julie said, activating her Trap Card.
"I didn't forget about it, which is why I has the Seven Tools of the Bandit! It may cost 1000 LP, but it's worth it to destroy your Magic Cylinder!" Kimba declared, activating one of his Trap Cards.
"Not quite! I activate another Face Down, known as 'Fake Trap'! This Card takes the hit for Magic Cylinder!" Julie declared, as Kimba's Trap Card went to affect Julie's other Trap Card.
"I anticipated that, which is why I also have the Spell Card, 'Remove Trap', which destroys your Fake Trap, thus allowing my Seven Tools to destroy Magic Cylinder!" Kimba declared.
"Not quite! I have my third Face Down! Magic Jammer! All I have to do is discard one card from my hand, and I can negate your Remove Trap Spell Card!" Julie declared, as her Trap Card destroyed Remove Trap, which forced the Seven Tools of the Bandit to destroy Fake Trap, which resulted in the Master of Oz's Attack being thrown right back at Kimba.
Kimba: LP: 8000 – 8900 → 0 LP Remaining
Winner: Julie Sanderson
"That was quite the back and forth struggle between both Duelists and their Spell and Trap Cards, and Julie was able to pull Victory from the Jaws of Defeat!" the announcer declared.
"Guess it can't be helped," Kimba commented, as he and Julie went back to the stands.
At the Royal Woods Mental Institute,
"Whoa, that was totes hard to follow!" Leni commented.
"I know. The way they negated each Spell and Trap Card the other played was difficult to keep up with. And these two are the Number 2 and Number 3 Duelists in the world. What do you think that Yusuke guy is like?" Lucy asked.
"I don't know, all we have to do is wait until he Duel's Lincoln," Leni replied.
At the Royal Woods Boot Camp,
"Man, if this is the pro leagues, then it's no wonder how Lincoln was so strong," Lana commented.
"And it ain't even his turn to Duel yet," Rhonda replied.
"Next up are those Hadji and Fritz kids, right?" Luna asked.
"Right. Which means there's one more Duel until Lincoln's turn," Rhonda replied.
At the Juvenile Facility,
"Stinkcoln had better win his match if he knows what's good for him!" Lynn grumbled.
"My, my, rooting for your brother, I see," Lila commented.
"Puh-lease! As if I'd ever root for that geek! Stinkcoln beat me in a Duel, which means he has to keep winning so I don't look bad! It's a common courtesy!"Lynn declared.
"Newsflash Lynn; Lincoln beat ALL of us! And what difference does one loss in a card game make to us?" Luan asked, getting increasingly annoyed with her younger sister's ego.
"Since Stinkcoln won against me, that means I'M the only one he's allowed to loose to!" Lynn declared.
"Can we get Lynn to go back to her cell, please?" Lola asked politely.
"Good call," Alistor replied, as he buzzed in some guards, who restrained Lynn, and took her out of the office.
"HEY, LET ME GO! I HAVE TO MAKE SURE STINKCOLN DOESN'T LOOSE! MY REPUTATION IS ON THE LINE!" Lynn screamed.
"Even with all we've done, she still won't let go of that ridiculous grudge," Lila lamented.
"Too bad she can't stay here any longer, or even get therapy for her ego. She literally needs it," Lori commented, as the match against Fritz and Hadji came to an end.
Back at the Royal Woods Duel Dome,
Hadji: 100 LP
Fritz: 0 LP
Winner: Hadji Khatari
"Well done, my friend! You truly earned this victory!" Fritz declared.
"Thanks, but to be fair, you did make me work hard for this win," Hadji replied, as the two walked back to the stands.
"And now, we move on to the final match up for the First Round! In this corner, all the way from the Land of the Rising Sun, it's the Number 1 ranked Duelist in the world, Yusuke Hagiwara! And in this corner, the Home Town Champion, and Number 4 Ranked Duelist in the World, it's Lincoln Loud!" the announcer bellowed, as both Duelists entered the arena.
"Well Yusuke, this is it!" Lincoln declared.
"Indeed. And I'm glad that we can Duel face to face like this. Let's make this a Duel to remember!" Yusuke declared.
"And now, the Computer will now randomly choose the Action Field! And it has chosen the Iceberg Village!" the announcer declared, as a snowy village on top of an iceberg was generated all around the two Duelists, "And now, for the coin toss!" the announcer said, as a virtual coin was tossed into the air.
"It's Tails!" Lincoln declared, as the coin landed Tails side up.
"Lincoln will have the first move!" the announcer declared, as both Duelists attached their Duel Disks to their arms.
"LETS DUEL!" they both said.
Lincoln Loud: LP: 8000 Hand: 5
Yusuke Hagiwara: LP: 8000 Hand: 5
