Hi. This chapter is going to have some dueling in it, so it will be more
interesting. I didn't really like the last chapter. Just to alert you, this
chapter discusses arson threats.
Disclaimer: See first chapter.
Author's Note: I just want to say that this takes place before Yugi finds out about the Rare Hunters, so they are just going to be referred to as cloaked figures. Also, the duel disk system used here is the one from Battle City, and the rules here are the ones from the official Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG (I get so mad when I see the characters on the show misusing cards).
Chapter 5: Exhibition Match
The remaining contestants waited in the lounge of the office building as they awaited news of the future date when the tournament would continue. They were all still pretty ticked off at the sudden cancellation of their duels, but figured they could let it go. Everyone lifted their heads as they noticed Duke walk into the room. Yugi was still concerned about Duke Devlin's emotionless features, but put his thoughts aside to listen to what Devlin' had to say.
"I know you must be wondering why such a publicized event was cancelled so suddenly." Duke said
"Yeah, what's the big idea?" Rebecca Hawkins questioned irately.
Duke began to explain. "Security was warned of possible attempts to start a fire in the stadium with weak explosives. Since overall security is fairly lacking in these dueling tournaments, I thought it best to stop the tournament for now and hold again later in a safer place."
"Wait," Kaiba interjected "That doesn't explain everything. I heard in the Stadium's reception area that you would not be funding this anymore. If that's the case then how come you're saying you'll continue it later."
Duke was discomfited a little but managed to provide an answer.
"The costs for this were far greater than I expected, but I found someone else willing to pay for the expenses. I just wanted to deal with this before he took over."
Having appeased Seto's curiosity, Duke continued "The tournament will probably be held again at the park near the edge of the city, so as to keep any suspicious characters in sight. It'll be in exactly 40 days, so be prepared. That's about it."
With that, Duke dismissed them. Yugi and his friends lingered outside the building talking about the imminent competition while the other participants went on their way.
Mai Valentine decided to walk the distance to her home. The sun was beginning to set as she left the stadium, but before she got very far a cloaked figure crossed her path.
"Hey, who are you?" asked Mai
The figure responded "I am a duelist, like yourself." The figure lowered his hood to reveal a face marked with a few red lines snaking across it. His hair was brown and fairly disheveled; He was short and seemed very young like Yugi. He had a voice like a little boy, only with a touch of malevolence. "And I have come to you in hope of a duel."
"A duel?" she questioned "But there isn't any arena nearby. And even if there was, why should I duel you?"
"Because." the boy said, as more cloaked figures emerged "you have much to lose if you don't." Mai grimaced as the figures formed a circle around them.
"As for an arena, these should suffice." One of the figures stepped forward and handed her a strange device. "These are advanced duel-disk systems that we acquired from Kaiba Corp. They will create holographic simulations of are cards. If you win, you may leave unhindered by us. If you lose, then every card you own belongs to us."
"What!?!" she protested. But remembering her circumstances she agreed to their demands. Holographic simulators flew from their gauntlets and created a rectangular area for the duel to be held in. Life points were set at 8000
Duel
"For my first move" the boy said "I place three cards face down and a monster in defense mode." Four hidden cards appeared in front of him.
"My turn." Mai said "And I play Kanan the Swordmistress (ATK: 1400, DEF: 1400) to attack your monster."
The lady knight attacked, revealing the monster as a Needle Worm (ATK: 750, DEF: 600). Mai had thought that placing so many cards face down was a ploy to discourage her from attacking. She was wrong.
"Too bad; the Needle Worm forces you to send the five cards, currently on the top of your deck, to the graveyard."
Mai scowled as she ended up losing one Harpie's Pet Dragon, a Harpie Lady, a Harpie's Feather Duster, a Harpie's Brother, and a Shadow of Eyes.
"Is that all you can do Mai, I expected more."
"I'm not done yet, I place one card face down." She smirked as she placed the Mirror Wall face down.
"My turn, and I place another card face down and a monster in defense mode." Mai was a little upset that he wasn't attacking, but was eager to get her second Feather Duster so she could destroy all his face down magic and trap cards.
"You don't do much in a turn do you; well it's my turn again." Mai drew her new card. It was a Harpie's Feather Duster.
"I play Harpie's Feather Duster to blow you away." She smirked until she noticed the calm look on her opponent.
"Your Feather Duster would be detrimental to me if I didn't have my 'Fake Trap' on the field."
Mai looked confused "A fake trap?"
"It is a dummy trap card that can be destroyed in another trap cards place.or a few other trap cards' place."
Mai grimaced "That means." "That means that all my trap cards are safe, and all my face down cards are trap cards."
Mai snorted "Well I can still play my Harpie Lady (ATK: 1300, DEF: 1400) to attack." Although she didn't destroy his trap cards, she was able to see them, and none could stop her from attacking. After she destroyed his monster, she would be able to have Kanan attack his Life Points directly.
Harpie Lady attacked and destroyed the face down monster.which turned out to be The Unhappy Maiden (ATK: 0, DEF: 100), which ends the Battle Phase after it is destroyed.
"Your turn is over again Mai, I may play once more."
The boy drew a card and smiled "I play Graceful Charity, which allows me to draw three cards and discard two." The cloaked boy drew three more cards and discarded a Needle Worm and White Magical Hat.
"I place one more card face down and activate Card Destruction, which sends our hands to the graveyard."
Both duelists discarded their hands and drew the same number of cards that were in their hands from the deck.
"I now place one more card face down and place a monster in defense mode."
Mai drew a card. It was the powerful Harpie's Brother (ATK: 1800, DEF: 600). "I play Harpie's Brother to attack your face down monster." She usually wouldn't have relied on blind attacking, but she was getting very frustrated. None of her attacks were really doing any damage, but she decided that even if he took to the offensive her Mirror Wall would stop him.
The Harpie's Brother attacked the face down card, a monster called Hiro's Shadow Scout (ATK:650, DEF:500). This monster, when flipped face up, allowed Mai to draw three cards, but if any were magic cards then they would be destroyed.
"Good Luck." The boy mocked. Mai drew her three cards. The first was Harpie Lady Sisters, The second was Harpie's Pet Dragon, and the third was Magic Jammer. She sighed with relief that she lost no magic cards. She had been a bit reckless but it now seemed to pay off. Her opponent's field was empty and she could attack his Life Points.
"Harpie Lady, attack!" The Harpie Lady flew towards the boy, but was stopped by a massive gust.
"My field may be empty but my trap card, The Windstorm of Etaqua can stop you by switching all your monsters to defense mode."
Mai cursed to herself; she couldn't switch them back to attack mode during her Battle Phase, so she would have to wait. "I end my turn."
The boy drew a card and began his turn "I play a card face down and a monster in defense mode."
Mai was getting very irritated at this boy's constant face down monsters.
She drew a card and to her great delight it was a powerful one. It was a magic card called Raigeki, which could destroy all of her opponent's monsters at once, and since it didn't flip the monsters face up, it had an added bonus. Most effects that monsters have can only occur if the monster is flipped face up; this magic card would prevent that.
"I use Raigeki to destroy your monster." Mai drank in the sight of this kid's face after hearing that his monster was now useless. She once again had an open field to attack, and this time there wouldn't be anything protecting him.
"Harpie's Brother, attack." At Mai's command the monster attacked, as did her Harpie Lady and Kanan the Swordmistress. This lowered the boys Life Points right down to 3500.
"So, you want to try another monster in defense mode, or are you gonna realize you can't just keep hiding from me."
The boy scowled, but his scowl changed to a smile. "I had expected you to attack that Penguin Soldier. If you had, then two of your monsters would have been returned to your hand before you could attack. You managed to prevent that, but you have also wasted the only card that could have stopped me. I play a monster in defense mode to end my turn."
Mai frowned, but was beginning to believe he was just blowing hot air. He had not made a single attack the whole duel and was 4500 Life Points behind. She decided that his stalling tactics wouldn't hold for long against an unrelenting attack.
She drew a card; a Monster Reborn card "I play Monster Reborn on my Harpie's Pet Dragon (ATK: 2000, DEF: 2500), his attack increases for 300 points for each Harpie Lady on the field." Mai figured that he probably had a strong defense monster out now that he was falling behind. Her Harpie's Pet Dragon would most likely be able to destroy it. "Dragon, attack!" The Dragon let loose a mighty fireball that flew towards the boy's monster.
"Before that attack is completed, I think I'll activate my Magic Thorn trap cards. For every active Magic Thorn card on the field, you will lose 500 Life Points when a card is sent from your hand to the graveyard. With all three Magic Thorns active, that means 1500 points of damage for every card you discard." The dragon's attack then hit its target; a Morphing Jar (ATK: 700, DEF: 600).
"Oh no!?!" The Morphing Jar's effect would send all the cards in Mai's hand to the graveyard.
"Let's see, 1500 points multiplied by 6 cards.that means 9000 points of damage. You lose."
Mai was in complete shock; He had won the duel without ever attacking.
"You see Mai, many think that attacking is the only way to damage an opponent, but I know better. I can use special cards to attack your life points, or I can simply cause you to run out of cards with constant drawing. Some have come close but no one can beat my disruption deck."
"She came pretty close though." One of the cloaked figures chided.
"Yes." The boy answered "I did perform rather poorly this time, but it won't happen when I fight the one named Yugi. Right now let's just claim our prize.
To Be Continued...
Disclaimer: See first chapter.
Author's Note: I just want to say that this takes place before Yugi finds out about the Rare Hunters, so they are just going to be referred to as cloaked figures. Also, the duel disk system used here is the one from Battle City, and the rules here are the ones from the official Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG (I get so mad when I see the characters on the show misusing cards).
Chapter 5: Exhibition Match
The remaining contestants waited in the lounge of the office building as they awaited news of the future date when the tournament would continue. They were all still pretty ticked off at the sudden cancellation of their duels, but figured they could let it go. Everyone lifted their heads as they noticed Duke walk into the room. Yugi was still concerned about Duke Devlin's emotionless features, but put his thoughts aside to listen to what Devlin' had to say.
"I know you must be wondering why such a publicized event was cancelled so suddenly." Duke said
"Yeah, what's the big idea?" Rebecca Hawkins questioned irately.
Duke began to explain. "Security was warned of possible attempts to start a fire in the stadium with weak explosives. Since overall security is fairly lacking in these dueling tournaments, I thought it best to stop the tournament for now and hold again later in a safer place."
"Wait," Kaiba interjected "That doesn't explain everything. I heard in the Stadium's reception area that you would not be funding this anymore. If that's the case then how come you're saying you'll continue it later."
Duke was discomfited a little but managed to provide an answer.
"The costs for this were far greater than I expected, but I found someone else willing to pay for the expenses. I just wanted to deal with this before he took over."
Having appeased Seto's curiosity, Duke continued "The tournament will probably be held again at the park near the edge of the city, so as to keep any suspicious characters in sight. It'll be in exactly 40 days, so be prepared. That's about it."
With that, Duke dismissed them. Yugi and his friends lingered outside the building talking about the imminent competition while the other participants went on their way.
Mai Valentine decided to walk the distance to her home. The sun was beginning to set as she left the stadium, but before she got very far a cloaked figure crossed her path.
"Hey, who are you?" asked Mai
The figure responded "I am a duelist, like yourself." The figure lowered his hood to reveal a face marked with a few red lines snaking across it. His hair was brown and fairly disheveled; He was short and seemed very young like Yugi. He had a voice like a little boy, only with a touch of malevolence. "And I have come to you in hope of a duel."
"A duel?" she questioned "But there isn't any arena nearby. And even if there was, why should I duel you?"
"Because." the boy said, as more cloaked figures emerged "you have much to lose if you don't." Mai grimaced as the figures formed a circle around them.
"As for an arena, these should suffice." One of the figures stepped forward and handed her a strange device. "These are advanced duel-disk systems that we acquired from Kaiba Corp. They will create holographic simulations of are cards. If you win, you may leave unhindered by us. If you lose, then every card you own belongs to us."
"What!?!" she protested. But remembering her circumstances she agreed to their demands. Holographic simulators flew from their gauntlets and created a rectangular area for the duel to be held in. Life points were set at 8000
Duel
"For my first move" the boy said "I place three cards face down and a monster in defense mode." Four hidden cards appeared in front of him.
"My turn." Mai said "And I play Kanan the Swordmistress (ATK: 1400, DEF: 1400) to attack your monster."
The lady knight attacked, revealing the monster as a Needle Worm (ATK: 750, DEF: 600). Mai had thought that placing so many cards face down was a ploy to discourage her from attacking. She was wrong.
"Too bad; the Needle Worm forces you to send the five cards, currently on the top of your deck, to the graveyard."
Mai scowled as she ended up losing one Harpie's Pet Dragon, a Harpie Lady, a Harpie's Feather Duster, a Harpie's Brother, and a Shadow of Eyes.
"Is that all you can do Mai, I expected more."
"I'm not done yet, I place one card face down." She smirked as she placed the Mirror Wall face down.
"My turn, and I place another card face down and a monster in defense mode." Mai was a little upset that he wasn't attacking, but was eager to get her second Feather Duster so she could destroy all his face down magic and trap cards.
"You don't do much in a turn do you; well it's my turn again." Mai drew her new card. It was a Harpie's Feather Duster.
"I play Harpie's Feather Duster to blow you away." She smirked until she noticed the calm look on her opponent.
"Your Feather Duster would be detrimental to me if I didn't have my 'Fake Trap' on the field."
Mai looked confused "A fake trap?"
"It is a dummy trap card that can be destroyed in another trap cards place.or a few other trap cards' place."
Mai grimaced "That means." "That means that all my trap cards are safe, and all my face down cards are trap cards."
Mai snorted "Well I can still play my Harpie Lady (ATK: 1300, DEF: 1400) to attack." Although she didn't destroy his trap cards, she was able to see them, and none could stop her from attacking. After she destroyed his monster, she would be able to have Kanan attack his Life Points directly.
Harpie Lady attacked and destroyed the face down monster.which turned out to be The Unhappy Maiden (ATK: 0, DEF: 100), which ends the Battle Phase after it is destroyed.
"Your turn is over again Mai, I may play once more."
The boy drew a card and smiled "I play Graceful Charity, which allows me to draw three cards and discard two." The cloaked boy drew three more cards and discarded a Needle Worm and White Magical Hat.
"I place one more card face down and activate Card Destruction, which sends our hands to the graveyard."
Both duelists discarded their hands and drew the same number of cards that were in their hands from the deck.
"I now place one more card face down and place a monster in defense mode."
Mai drew a card. It was the powerful Harpie's Brother (ATK: 1800, DEF: 600). "I play Harpie's Brother to attack your face down monster." She usually wouldn't have relied on blind attacking, but she was getting very frustrated. None of her attacks were really doing any damage, but she decided that even if he took to the offensive her Mirror Wall would stop him.
The Harpie's Brother attacked the face down card, a monster called Hiro's Shadow Scout (ATK:650, DEF:500). This monster, when flipped face up, allowed Mai to draw three cards, but if any were magic cards then they would be destroyed.
"Good Luck." The boy mocked. Mai drew her three cards. The first was Harpie Lady Sisters, The second was Harpie's Pet Dragon, and the third was Magic Jammer. She sighed with relief that she lost no magic cards. She had been a bit reckless but it now seemed to pay off. Her opponent's field was empty and she could attack his Life Points.
"Harpie Lady, attack!" The Harpie Lady flew towards the boy, but was stopped by a massive gust.
"My field may be empty but my trap card, The Windstorm of Etaqua can stop you by switching all your monsters to defense mode."
Mai cursed to herself; she couldn't switch them back to attack mode during her Battle Phase, so she would have to wait. "I end my turn."
The boy drew a card and began his turn "I play a card face down and a monster in defense mode."
Mai was getting very irritated at this boy's constant face down monsters.
She drew a card and to her great delight it was a powerful one. It was a magic card called Raigeki, which could destroy all of her opponent's monsters at once, and since it didn't flip the monsters face up, it had an added bonus. Most effects that monsters have can only occur if the monster is flipped face up; this magic card would prevent that.
"I use Raigeki to destroy your monster." Mai drank in the sight of this kid's face after hearing that his monster was now useless. She once again had an open field to attack, and this time there wouldn't be anything protecting him.
"Harpie's Brother, attack." At Mai's command the monster attacked, as did her Harpie Lady and Kanan the Swordmistress. This lowered the boys Life Points right down to 3500.
"So, you want to try another monster in defense mode, or are you gonna realize you can't just keep hiding from me."
The boy scowled, but his scowl changed to a smile. "I had expected you to attack that Penguin Soldier. If you had, then two of your monsters would have been returned to your hand before you could attack. You managed to prevent that, but you have also wasted the only card that could have stopped me. I play a monster in defense mode to end my turn."
Mai frowned, but was beginning to believe he was just blowing hot air. He had not made a single attack the whole duel and was 4500 Life Points behind. She decided that his stalling tactics wouldn't hold for long against an unrelenting attack.
She drew a card; a Monster Reborn card "I play Monster Reborn on my Harpie's Pet Dragon (ATK: 2000, DEF: 2500), his attack increases for 300 points for each Harpie Lady on the field." Mai figured that he probably had a strong defense monster out now that he was falling behind. Her Harpie's Pet Dragon would most likely be able to destroy it. "Dragon, attack!" The Dragon let loose a mighty fireball that flew towards the boy's monster.
"Before that attack is completed, I think I'll activate my Magic Thorn trap cards. For every active Magic Thorn card on the field, you will lose 500 Life Points when a card is sent from your hand to the graveyard. With all three Magic Thorns active, that means 1500 points of damage for every card you discard." The dragon's attack then hit its target; a Morphing Jar (ATK: 700, DEF: 600).
"Oh no!?!" The Morphing Jar's effect would send all the cards in Mai's hand to the graveyard.
"Let's see, 1500 points multiplied by 6 cards.that means 9000 points of damage. You lose."
Mai was in complete shock; He had won the duel without ever attacking.
"You see Mai, many think that attacking is the only way to damage an opponent, but I know better. I can use special cards to attack your life points, or I can simply cause you to run out of cards with constant drawing. Some have come close but no one can beat my disruption deck."
"She came pretty close though." One of the cloaked figures chided.
"Yes." The boy answered "I did perform rather poorly this time, but it won't happen when I fight the one named Yugi. Right now let's just claim our prize.
To Be Continued...