Note: The only thing from Yu-gi-oh that I am using is the game, Duel
Monsters and Kaiba's Duel Discs. Forget all the creation concepts and
characters from the show when reading this. The card names are all
translated from Japanese, and the translations are from Edo
(www.stormpages.com/edhrzic/Yugioh.htm), and the cards are all copyrighted
by Kazuki Takahashi. Also, please do not reproduce the characters or the
story without my consent.
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Lucas and Bailey stood on opposite ends of the playing field, staring the other down. Chance had moved just off the main stage so that he could still watch the match without getting in the way of the hologram field. Having recognized both duelists the field had already set the life points to 4000.
"Ready to put your deck where you mouth is Bailey? In this match I'll be offering the Holy Barrier Mirror Force." Lucas pulled out the trap card and showed it to Bailey before replacing it into his deck.
"Not a card I really need, but it will be welcome in my deck. I'll be offering Gaia, The Dark Knight of the Gale (2300/2100)." He too pulled his card out, but he placed it back into his pocket instead of his deck.
Lucas gripped the hard plastics of his Dueling Disc and clicked the power key. The room began to darken as the white dome became covered in moss and vines. The walls were suddenly stone and he saw Chance disappear into the hologram. The set-up was that of a dungeon or some kind of underground passage. Even though he knew that holograms only affect sight and sound, Lucas swore he could smell the stale air and feel the chill of cold stone.
"Let's Duel." Bailey said, and the holographic spinner appeared before them. It spun quickly and landed on Bailey. "I get to go first then." He said, and both Duel-Gears buzzed as they shuffled.
Lucas took a look at his first hand. He smiled to himself as he looked full in the Red Eyes Black Dragon. It was his favorite card and half of his deck's concept. This was going to be an easy duel.
"For my first move." Bailey started, placing a card and tossing the disc out. "I'll be playing the Hatchling Moth (300/200) in defense mode." The small worm creature appeared and Lucas looked down on the sad little insect.
"What is it going to do, bite my ankle?" Lucas said, looking up at Bailey.
"That's not my entire move." Bailey continued. "I'm going to add the Evolutionary Cocoon (0/2000) to it." The worm began to spray itself with thin thread and soon grew into a large mass of silk.
"Blah. This is why I hate insect." Lucas commented, looking away from the growing pod. "This is too easy." Lucas thought, looking at Bailey. "There's no way he could defend for too long with that."
"I'll finish by adding the Horn of Light." Bailey said as a small horn attached itself to the top of the cocoon. "Your move."
"Fine then. Better get ready to say goodbye to your pod, because it's going up in flames." Lucas pulled his card out, Raise Dead. There weren't any monsters for him to return from the dead so he moved right onto battling. "I'm going to play the Red Eyes Black Dragon (2400/2000) in attack mode and place a magic or trap card." Lucas placed the cards and tossed it out. The large dragon flew out of the disc, it's wicked wings and sharp claws glinting black in the darkness of the dungeon. "Red Eyes, attack the Cocoon." The dragon took a deep breath and spat out a huge ball of flame. The ball exploded against the cocoon and fire bounced back, scorching the dragon. Lucas' life points went down to 3600.
"Don't you know anything? The Horn of Light increases my defense by 800 points." Bailey commented, chuckling as the smoke cleared. The horn was shining a barrier in front of the cocoon, protecting it from the blast.
"Fine, I'll get that cocoon next time." Lucas said, crossing his arms. "Your move Bailey."
Bailey pulled his disc back in and drew his card. "Spooky place we're in, isn't it? There could be ghosts or something here."
Lucas took a look around the arena. "That's silly, this is all a hologram. There wouldn't be any real ghosts here."
"Guess you're right." Bailey said, placing a card on the disc. He tossed it back out. "I'll play another Hatchling Moth and add the Evolutionary Cocoon and a Horn of Light to it." A second cocoon appeared with a horn on it. "Your move."
"How in the world did you pick those cards up that fast?" Lucas asked. "What are the chances of pulling those out twice?"
"Looks like I'm just lucky. Your move." Bailey said, shrugging. On the sidelines, Chance took a long look at Bailey. He'd have to watch him more carefully.
Lucas drew his card, the Gilfar Demon (2200/2500). Its effect wouldn't be of much use against the defensive monsters, but he could still play it. "I'll play the Gilfar Demon in defense mode." He placed the card and tossed his disc out. The wicked creature appeared in a blocking position. "Your move."
Bailey pulled his disc back in and drew. He placed a trap or magic card down and tossed his disc out again, regenerating the pair of cocoons. "That's all I'm doing this turn, your move." Bailey said.
"This stalling isn't going to get you anywhere." Lucas told his opponent. "Once I get the right card all your monsters are gone." He pulled his disc back in and drew another card. "This could be it." Lucas said out loud. He placed the card and tossed it out. "I'm playing the Legend Devil (1500/1800) in attack mode."
"How's that going to help you? That must be the weakest card you have." Bailey asked, looking at the holographic demon.
"But this one has an effect. During every one of my standby phases it's attack will increase by 700. I need to wait only two turns before your cocoons are gone." Lucas said, smiling at Bailey. "It's your move."
"Your demon won't help you." Bailey said, pulling his disc in and drawing before he tossed the disc back out. "I won't do anything this turn and that makes it your move."
"You're making this too easy on me Bailey." Lucas commented, pulling his disc back in and drawing. "It's about to get easier too." He tossed the disc back out, reforming his monsters; the Legend Devil was larger, his attack increased by 700. "I'm playing the Harpy's Feather Sweep, which destroys all your magic and trap cards, including your cocoons." An aura from one of Bailey's placed cards appeared and sucked in the power of magic card.
"Your card doesn't do anything when I activate my Magic Jammer. All I have to do is discard one card from my hand to stop it, and now my cocoons are safe." Bailey laughed. "I'm sure that was your last real chance."
"I can still win this. It's your move." Lucas sighed, he looked down at the ground and kicked the stone floor.
On the sidelines Chance watched the entire battle go on. He swore as Lucas lost his chance to destroy the cocoons but then he caught a slight movement from Bailey. "That would explain a lot." He thought, moving out the door and down to the front desk.
Bailey pulled his disc in and drew another card. "This turn I'll place one magic or trap card and a monster face down." The larger teen explained. "Time is running out. You'd better destroy these cocoons quickly. Your move."
"This turn they're going down." Lucas told him, pulling in his disc. He drew the Demon Summon (2500/1200) and his Legend Devil grew larger and more powerful. He tossed the disc back out without playing anything. "Now my Legend Devil has an attack power of 2900, enough to take out your powered up cocoons. Legend Devil, attack one of the cocoons." The demon responded by leaping forward and tearing at the cocoon, but it was stopped by a wall of force a couple of feet away from.
"That was my trap card, Attack Nullification. Your monster has been stopped dead." Bailey said to Lucas.
"I know what the card does. I also know that it only works once, so next turn my Legend Devil will attack with more power then before." Lucas said, trying not to become too angry. "Your move."
"It's far too late for your Legend Devil." Bailey boasted, pulling his disc in. "Because I can now play one of the most powerful insect cards, the Great Moth (2600/2500)!" He tossed the disc back out and one of the cocoons exploded into the form of a large moth.
"That's your big trick? That thing can't even match my Legend Devil." Lucas told the other Duelist, motioning to the large demon.
"True he can't attack that card, but I don't have to. I'll just reverse my Man-Eating Bug (450/600), which allows me to destroy one card, your Legend Devil to be more exact." Bailey said, and the bug jumped onto the Devil and tore a chunk out of it, causing it to shatter. "And then my Great Moth will attack and destroy your poor Red Eyes." The moth flapped its wings and sprayed the dragon with a fine powder. The dragon began to degrade and finally shattered into fragments.
"My Red Eyes!" Lucas yelled as his life points fell to 3400.
"It's your move." Bailey said, grinning wildly at his opponent.
Lucas looked at the large floating moth and pulled his disc back in and thought about the situation, calming down. There was something familiar about the way Bailey played. Something about the combo that he pulled off, where did he remember it.
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"It's your move Lucas." Ichiro said to his friend.
"I know, I know." He replied, drawing his card. He placed one of his trap or magic cards down and looked back up. "I'm going to move my Gilfar Demon to defense mode." He said, moving the card on that mat. "Your move."
"It's too late now, watch this." Ichiro said, laying down some cards. "First I'll flip my Harpy Lady and play two Ten-Thousand Reflections so I can place two Harpy's Lady Triplets in attack mode. I'll then flip my Saint Magician and bring back one of my magic cards. I'll choose Ten-Thousand Reflections and play it again, giving me my third Triplets." He stopped and looked up at Lucas. "Scared yet?" He asked.
"Man, how do pull these things off? I can never get those kinds of combos to work." Lucas said, sighing.
"Well I'll finish you quickly then. I'll play Seal Defense and move the Gilfar Demon to attack mode, and then add Cyber Bondage to one of my Triplets. Your Gilfar Demon is gone." Ichiro said, smiling at his friend.
"Yeah, I know. Lemme see what I have down here. Wait! I'll play Holy Barrier Mirror Force, which destroys all your monsters in attack mode." Lucas said, happily flipping the card over.
Ichiro took a look over the field and sighed. "That's my weak point." He said sadly. "I give up, I don't have any other tricks in this deck."
"Great, it's nice to win against something like that." Lucas said, pulling his cards back onto his deck and shuffling them.
"Just don't tell Chance that things like that work, okay?" Ichiro asked his friend. "I build my deck around a group of cards so carefully I'm not ready for the slightest trap."
"It's okay, but I'm going to have to win the same way next time, okay?" Lucas said, grinning.
"Don't be too sure, I'll make a better deck next time." Ichiro said, smiling back. "Now let's see if Chance can defeat this combo, okay?"
"Sounds great, you might be able to beat him this time." Lucas answered, folding the mats and walking after Ichiro.
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"That's it, all I have to do is stop his combo from completing." Lucas said to himself, looking over to his opponent.
"Are you done trying to think already? I'm waiting for my turn so I can destroy you." Bailey said, tapping his foot and looking around the arena.
"Don't be too sure." Lucas said, pulling his card. He looked down to it and saw a card he liked. "Get ready for this Bailey, it'll blow your bug away." Lucas said, tossing his disc back out.
"Get it over with, you're not going to beat me." Bailey called back.
"I'm going to play the Demon Summon in attack mode, and then I'm going to use Raise Dead to bring back my Red Eyes Black Dragon." As Lucas was talking, the Demon Summon and Red Eyes appeared side by side.
"Neither of those monsters can defeat my Great Moth." Bailey said, taking a look at his watch.
"Apart they can't, but when I use the magic card Fusion to combine them I can make a far more powerful monster." Lucas told his opponent as the magic affected the monsters. They shifted together and reformed into an evil creature with huge wings and sharp claws. It was covered in bone as its armor and it roared out loud, causing the arena to shake. "The Black Demon's Dragon (3200/2600)! Your moth is toast!" The dragon charged up a gigantic ball of fire and blasted the moth away, Bailey reeling back from the light of the fire and his life points dropped to 3400.
"You will pay for destroying my moth." Bailey said, looking at the burnt spot where the moth once was.
"It's your move, why not show me." Lucas taunted, he gave a thumbs up to where he thought Chance must be, but he didn't know his friend wasn't there.
Bailey pulled his disc in and placed a card. He threw the disc back out and it spun in place. "I have a more powerful version of the Great Moth, though I rarely use it, but you've left my first cocoon alone for too long." Bailey said, the pod began to shift and move until wings burst out of it and a much larger moth appeared. "Say hello to my most powerful insect, that Perfectly Evolved Great Moth (3500/3000)!"
"How could I have let you get that thing out?" Lucas said, clenching his teeth.
"It's too late now," Bailey said, grinning wildly at Lucas. "Moth, attack the Black Demon's Dragon!" The moth flapped it's larger wings and dust and wind blew into the dragon. Particles of poison began to flow out of the moth's wings and towards Lucas and his monsters.
Lucas looked at his monster and thought about anything he could do. Then he remembered the game with Ichiro and how he always fell into traps. He activated his last hope and watched the battle. A large pipe suddenly appeared and absorbed the pollen and wind, and then another end opened and fired it back at Bailey. His life points hit zero quickly and the holograms all disappeared.
"What? What was that?" Bailey asked, looking around the white dome.
"It was my trap card, Magic Cylinder, it negates an attack and sends it right back out you. Weren't ready for it, were you." Lucas said, calming down and pulling his dueling disc back it.
"I'll duel you again and you'll lose." Bailey said, pulling his disc back in and looking at Lucas.
"I don't think so." Said a voice from the front door.
Bailey turned to the person in the doorway and looked that man there over. "What makes you think that?" He asked, slipping his cards back into his deck.
"I'm one of the tournament referees, and we don't accept cheaters." The man said, stepping forward and flashing a badge.
"What makes you think I was cheating?" Bailey asked worriedly.
"Every match is being recorded and played for other duelist and for surveillance. Thousands of people saw you pulling cards out of your Duel- Gear while your opponent wasn't looking." The referee walked up onto the stage, and Chance walked in behind him.
"Chance, what's this all about?" Lucas asked, motioning over to the ref while he placed his deck back in place.
"I noticed that he was adding cards and told this referee, he checked the tapes and found that he really was cheating." Chance explained.
"Does it really matter that he cheated? I did win after all." Lucas asked, pointing to the display that had Bailey listed at zero life points.
"We take cheating very seriously in this tournament. Bailey, you have two punishments. First, you're rank will drop by fifty places." The referee began.
"What? That's insane!" Bailey protested, but he was quickly cut off.
"Secondly, your opponent here gets to choose and keep one of your cards other then the one you bet." The referee looked down at the teen and motioned for him to hand his deck to Lucas.
"I think that this may be a little much too." Chance told the ref, but he turned and looked at him.
"Tell me," The referee said, shifting his sunglasses. "Do you think we'll have many cheaters after people hear about this?"
"Well no." Chance answered, looking over at the disgraced Bailey as Lucas looked through his cards.
"That's exactly why it's so harsh. We expect that no one else will try to cheat if they know that they'll lose a card." The ref finished and turned to Lucas. "Have you selected a card?" He asked.
"Yup, I've chosen his God of Destruction - Vasago (1100/900)." Lucas said. "And I also get his Gaia, right?" He said, holding up the second card.
"That's right. Bailey, you'll have to come with me." The referee told the teen, leading him out and away from the arena.
"Yes sir." Bailey sadly replied, following him out of the room.
Lucas and Chance watched them leave before returning to the front desk and the elimination board themselves.
"I'm really proud of you Lucas, you beat Bailey even though he was cheating. Nice work." Chance complimented his friend.
"I'm surprised I won but I guess that I've learned a lot from dueling with lots of people." Lucas responded. They stopped by the elimination board and checked out the next round.
"Looks like my match is starting soon, time to go for the northern division title, right?" Chance said finding his next match on the board.
"Well the match to decide my opponent is still going on, so I guess I could come and watch your duel." Lucas said, pointing to the blank spot by his name.
"Great, let's get over there then." Chance said, double-checking the room number and walking on to his next challenge.
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Lucas and Bailey stood on opposite ends of the playing field, staring the other down. Chance had moved just off the main stage so that he could still watch the match without getting in the way of the hologram field. Having recognized both duelists the field had already set the life points to 4000.
"Ready to put your deck where you mouth is Bailey? In this match I'll be offering the Holy Barrier Mirror Force." Lucas pulled out the trap card and showed it to Bailey before replacing it into his deck.
"Not a card I really need, but it will be welcome in my deck. I'll be offering Gaia, The Dark Knight of the Gale (2300/2100)." He too pulled his card out, but he placed it back into his pocket instead of his deck.
Lucas gripped the hard plastics of his Dueling Disc and clicked the power key. The room began to darken as the white dome became covered in moss and vines. The walls were suddenly stone and he saw Chance disappear into the hologram. The set-up was that of a dungeon or some kind of underground passage. Even though he knew that holograms only affect sight and sound, Lucas swore he could smell the stale air and feel the chill of cold stone.
"Let's Duel." Bailey said, and the holographic spinner appeared before them. It spun quickly and landed on Bailey. "I get to go first then." He said, and both Duel-Gears buzzed as they shuffled.
Lucas took a look at his first hand. He smiled to himself as he looked full in the Red Eyes Black Dragon. It was his favorite card and half of his deck's concept. This was going to be an easy duel.
"For my first move." Bailey started, placing a card and tossing the disc out. "I'll be playing the Hatchling Moth (300/200) in defense mode." The small worm creature appeared and Lucas looked down on the sad little insect.
"What is it going to do, bite my ankle?" Lucas said, looking up at Bailey.
"That's not my entire move." Bailey continued. "I'm going to add the Evolutionary Cocoon (0/2000) to it." The worm began to spray itself with thin thread and soon grew into a large mass of silk.
"Blah. This is why I hate insect." Lucas commented, looking away from the growing pod. "This is too easy." Lucas thought, looking at Bailey. "There's no way he could defend for too long with that."
"I'll finish by adding the Horn of Light." Bailey said as a small horn attached itself to the top of the cocoon. "Your move."
"Fine then. Better get ready to say goodbye to your pod, because it's going up in flames." Lucas pulled his card out, Raise Dead. There weren't any monsters for him to return from the dead so he moved right onto battling. "I'm going to play the Red Eyes Black Dragon (2400/2000) in attack mode and place a magic or trap card." Lucas placed the cards and tossed it out. The large dragon flew out of the disc, it's wicked wings and sharp claws glinting black in the darkness of the dungeon. "Red Eyes, attack the Cocoon." The dragon took a deep breath and spat out a huge ball of flame. The ball exploded against the cocoon and fire bounced back, scorching the dragon. Lucas' life points went down to 3600.
"Don't you know anything? The Horn of Light increases my defense by 800 points." Bailey commented, chuckling as the smoke cleared. The horn was shining a barrier in front of the cocoon, protecting it from the blast.
"Fine, I'll get that cocoon next time." Lucas said, crossing his arms. "Your move Bailey."
Bailey pulled his disc back in and drew his card. "Spooky place we're in, isn't it? There could be ghosts or something here."
Lucas took a look around the arena. "That's silly, this is all a hologram. There wouldn't be any real ghosts here."
"Guess you're right." Bailey said, placing a card on the disc. He tossed it back out. "I'll play another Hatchling Moth and add the Evolutionary Cocoon and a Horn of Light to it." A second cocoon appeared with a horn on it. "Your move."
"How in the world did you pick those cards up that fast?" Lucas asked. "What are the chances of pulling those out twice?"
"Looks like I'm just lucky. Your move." Bailey said, shrugging. On the sidelines, Chance took a long look at Bailey. He'd have to watch him more carefully.
Lucas drew his card, the Gilfar Demon (2200/2500). Its effect wouldn't be of much use against the defensive monsters, but he could still play it. "I'll play the Gilfar Demon in defense mode." He placed the card and tossed his disc out. The wicked creature appeared in a blocking position. "Your move."
Bailey pulled his disc back in and drew. He placed a trap or magic card down and tossed his disc out again, regenerating the pair of cocoons. "That's all I'm doing this turn, your move." Bailey said.
"This stalling isn't going to get you anywhere." Lucas told his opponent. "Once I get the right card all your monsters are gone." He pulled his disc back in and drew another card. "This could be it." Lucas said out loud. He placed the card and tossed it out. "I'm playing the Legend Devil (1500/1800) in attack mode."
"How's that going to help you? That must be the weakest card you have." Bailey asked, looking at the holographic demon.
"But this one has an effect. During every one of my standby phases it's attack will increase by 700. I need to wait only two turns before your cocoons are gone." Lucas said, smiling at Bailey. "It's your move."
"Your demon won't help you." Bailey said, pulling his disc in and drawing before he tossed the disc back out. "I won't do anything this turn and that makes it your move."
"You're making this too easy on me Bailey." Lucas commented, pulling his disc back in and drawing. "It's about to get easier too." He tossed the disc back out, reforming his monsters; the Legend Devil was larger, his attack increased by 700. "I'm playing the Harpy's Feather Sweep, which destroys all your magic and trap cards, including your cocoons." An aura from one of Bailey's placed cards appeared and sucked in the power of magic card.
"Your card doesn't do anything when I activate my Magic Jammer. All I have to do is discard one card from my hand to stop it, and now my cocoons are safe." Bailey laughed. "I'm sure that was your last real chance."
"I can still win this. It's your move." Lucas sighed, he looked down at the ground and kicked the stone floor.
On the sidelines Chance watched the entire battle go on. He swore as Lucas lost his chance to destroy the cocoons but then he caught a slight movement from Bailey. "That would explain a lot." He thought, moving out the door and down to the front desk.
Bailey pulled his disc in and drew another card. "This turn I'll place one magic or trap card and a monster face down." The larger teen explained. "Time is running out. You'd better destroy these cocoons quickly. Your move."
"This turn they're going down." Lucas told him, pulling in his disc. He drew the Demon Summon (2500/1200) and his Legend Devil grew larger and more powerful. He tossed the disc back out without playing anything. "Now my Legend Devil has an attack power of 2900, enough to take out your powered up cocoons. Legend Devil, attack one of the cocoons." The demon responded by leaping forward and tearing at the cocoon, but it was stopped by a wall of force a couple of feet away from.
"That was my trap card, Attack Nullification. Your monster has been stopped dead." Bailey said to Lucas.
"I know what the card does. I also know that it only works once, so next turn my Legend Devil will attack with more power then before." Lucas said, trying not to become too angry. "Your move."
"It's far too late for your Legend Devil." Bailey boasted, pulling his disc in. "Because I can now play one of the most powerful insect cards, the Great Moth (2600/2500)!" He tossed the disc back out and one of the cocoons exploded into the form of a large moth.
"That's your big trick? That thing can't even match my Legend Devil." Lucas told the other Duelist, motioning to the large demon.
"True he can't attack that card, but I don't have to. I'll just reverse my Man-Eating Bug (450/600), which allows me to destroy one card, your Legend Devil to be more exact." Bailey said, and the bug jumped onto the Devil and tore a chunk out of it, causing it to shatter. "And then my Great Moth will attack and destroy your poor Red Eyes." The moth flapped its wings and sprayed the dragon with a fine powder. The dragon began to degrade and finally shattered into fragments.
"My Red Eyes!" Lucas yelled as his life points fell to 3400.
"It's your move." Bailey said, grinning wildly at his opponent.
Lucas looked at the large floating moth and pulled his disc back in and thought about the situation, calming down. There was something familiar about the way Bailey played. Something about the combo that he pulled off, where did he remember it.
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"It's your move Lucas." Ichiro said to his friend.
"I know, I know." He replied, drawing his card. He placed one of his trap or magic cards down and looked back up. "I'm going to move my Gilfar Demon to defense mode." He said, moving the card on that mat. "Your move."
"It's too late now, watch this." Ichiro said, laying down some cards. "First I'll flip my Harpy Lady and play two Ten-Thousand Reflections so I can place two Harpy's Lady Triplets in attack mode. I'll then flip my Saint Magician and bring back one of my magic cards. I'll choose Ten-Thousand Reflections and play it again, giving me my third Triplets." He stopped and looked up at Lucas. "Scared yet?" He asked.
"Man, how do pull these things off? I can never get those kinds of combos to work." Lucas said, sighing.
"Well I'll finish you quickly then. I'll play Seal Defense and move the Gilfar Demon to attack mode, and then add Cyber Bondage to one of my Triplets. Your Gilfar Demon is gone." Ichiro said, smiling at his friend.
"Yeah, I know. Lemme see what I have down here. Wait! I'll play Holy Barrier Mirror Force, which destroys all your monsters in attack mode." Lucas said, happily flipping the card over.
Ichiro took a look over the field and sighed. "That's my weak point." He said sadly. "I give up, I don't have any other tricks in this deck."
"Great, it's nice to win against something like that." Lucas said, pulling his cards back onto his deck and shuffling them.
"Just don't tell Chance that things like that work, okay?" Ichiro asked his friend. "I build my deck around a group of cards so carefully I'm not ready for the slightest trap."
"It's okay, but I'm going to have to win the same way next time, okay?" Lucas said, grinning.
"Don't be too sure, I'll make a better deck next time." Ichiro said, smiling back. "Now let's see if Chance can defeat this combo, okay?"
"Sounds great, you might be able to beat him this time." Lucas answered, folding the mats and walking after Ichiro.
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"That's it, all I have to do is stop his combo from completing." Lucas said to himself, looking over to his opponent.
"Are you done trying to think already? I'm waiting for my turn so I can destroy you." Bailey said, tapping his foot and looking around the arena.
"Don't be too sure." Lucas said, pulling his card. He looked down to it and saw a card he liked. "Get ready for this Bailey, it'll blow your bug away." Lucas said, tossing his disc back out.
"Get it over with, you're not going to beat me." Bailey called back.
"I'm going to play the Demon Summon in attack mode, and then I'm going to use Raise Dead to bring back my Red Eyes Black Dragon." As Lucas was talking, the Demon Summon and Red Eyes appeared side by side.
"Neither of those monsters can defeat my Great Moth." Bailey said, taking a look at his watch.
"Apart they can't, but when I use the magic card Fusion to combine them I can make a far more powerful monster." Lucas told his opponent as the magic affected the monsters. They shifted together and reformed into an evil creature with huge wings and sharp claws. It was covered in bone as its armor and it roared out loud, causing the arena to shake. "The Black Demon's Dragon (3200/2600)! Your moth is toast!" The dragon charged up a gigantic ball of fire and blasted the moth away, Bailey reeling back from the light of the fire and his life points dropped to 3400.
"You will pay for destroying my moth." Bailey said, looking at the burnt spot where the moth once was.
"It's your move, why not show me." Lucas taunted, he gave a thumbs up to where he thought Chance must be, but he didn't know his friend wasn't there.
Bailey pulled his disc in and placed a card. He threw the disc back out and it spun in place. "I have a more powerful version of the Great Moth, though I rarely use it, but you've left my first cocoon alone for too long." Bailey said, the pod began to shift and move until wings burst out of it and a much larger moth appeared. "Say hello to my most powerful insect, that Perfectly Evolved Great Moth (3500/3000)!"
"How could I have let you get that thing out?" Lucas said, clenching his teeth.
"It's too late now," Bailey said, grinning wildly at Lucas. "Moth, attack the Black Demon's Dragon!" The moth flapped it's larger wings and dust and wind blew into the dragon. Particles of poison began to flow out of the moth's wings and towards Lucas and his monsters.
Lucas looked at his monster and thought about anything he could do. Then he remembered the game with Ichiro and how he always fell into traps. He activated his last hope and watched the battle. A large pipe suddenly appeared and absorbed the pollen and wind, and then another end opened and fired it back at Bailey. His life points hit zero quickly and the holograms all disappeared.
"What? What was that?" Bailey asked, looking around the white dome.
"It was my trap card, Magic Cylinder, it negates an attack and sends it right back out you. Weren't ready for it, were you." Lucas said, calming down and pulling his dueling disc back it.
"I'll duel you again and you'll lose." Bailey said, pulling his disc back in and looking at Lucas.
"I don't think so." Said a voice from the front door.
Bailey turned to the person in the doorway and looked that man there over. "What makes you think that?" He asked, slipping his cards back into his deck.
"I'm one of the tournament referees, and we don't accept cheaters." The man said, stepping forward and flashing a badge.
"What makes you think I was cheating?" Bailey asked worriedly.
"Every match is being recorded and played for other duelist and for surveillance. Thousands of people saw you pulling cards out of your Duel- Gear while your opponent wasn't looking." The referee walked up onto the stage, and Chance walked in behind him.
"Chance, what's this all about?" Lucas asked, motioning over to the ref while he placed his deck back in place.
"I noticed that he was adding cards and told this referee, he checked the tapes and found that he really was cheating." Chance explained.
"Does it really matter that he cheated? I did win after all." Lucas asked, pointing to the display that had Bailey listed at zero life points.
"We take cheating very seriously in this tournament. Bailey, you have two punishments. First, you're rank will drop by fifty places." The referee began.
"What? That's insane!" Bailey protested, but he was quickly cut off.
"Secondly, your opponent here gets to choose and keep one of your cards other then the one you bet." The referee looked down at the teen and motioned for him to hand his deck to Lucas.
"I think that this may be a little much too." Chance told the ref, but he turned and looked at him.
"Tell me," The referee said, shifting his sunglasses. "Do you think we'll have many cheaters after people hear about this?"
"Well no." Chance answered, looking over at the disgraced Bailey as Lucas looked through his cards.
"That's exactly why it's so harsh. We expect that no one else will try to cheat if they know that they'll lose a card." The ref finished and turned to Lucas. "Have you selected a card?" He asked.
"Yup, I've chosen his God of Destruction - Vasago (1100/900)." Lucas said. "And I also get his Gaia, right?" He said, holding up the second card.
"That's right. Bailey, you'll have to come with me." The referee told the teen, leading him out and away from the arena.
"Yes sir." Bailey sadly replied, following him out of the room.
Lucas and Chance watched them leave before returning to the front desk and the elimination board themselves.
"I'm really proud of you Lucas, you beat Bailey even though he was cheating. Nice work." Chance complimented his friend.
"I'm surprised I won but I guess that I've learned a lot from dueling with lots of people." Lucas responded. They stopped by the elimination board and checked out the next round.
"Looks like my match is starting soon, time to go for the northern division title, right?" Chance said finding his next match on the board.
"Well the match to decide my opponent is still going on, so I guess I could come and watch your duel." Lucas said, pointing to the blank spot by his name.
"Great, let's get over there then." Chance said, double-checking the room number and walking on to his next challenge.
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