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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Chance brought his Duel-Gear up and checked that his deck was secure. He pulled out deck and shuffled it quickly before putting it back. He checked the Dueling Disc and checked the weight before replacing it by his side. Lucas looked over to his friend and saw all of his actions.
"Chance, you okay? Don't worry, this will be an easy Duel for you." Lucas said, smiling widely at his friend.
"It's not that I'm that afraid of losing Lucas, it's just that this is going to be for the northern division title. I haven't even heard of the other duelist either, and I don't know what to expect." Chance said, looking to the floor.
"Well you've dueled a lot, and I don't think there's a deck that you aren't prepared for." Lucas commented. He checked the door numbers as they passed looking for the proper room.
Chance smiled to himself and looked up, and he saw someone in the distance. It was almost a familiar person but he couldn't see them properly over the distance.
"Here it is Chance, you ready to win the Division?" Lucas said, stopping his friend and turning him towards the door.
Chance turned back to where he saw the person but they were already gone. He shook his head back and looked at the door, which quickly opened. He stepped into the room and forgot all about the person in the hall.
The room was exactly like every other Dueling arena, and there was someone dressed in black standing on the other side of the platform.
"Chance, how nice to see you." The figure said, stepping forward.
Chance stepped onto the platform and looked at the other duelist, but it wasn't someone he recognized. "I don't think I know you." Chance said, looking to the other duelist.
"That's true, but I know you." The person said. "I like to study my opponents so I can be better prepare. My name is Michael and from what I've seen, my deck is exactly like yours." The teen pulled his disc up and pressed the start button.
"There's more to dueling then just the deck." Chance commented, pulling his own disc up and turning it on. "For this duel I'll be betting the."
"Not so fast. I say we both bet a Black Magician." The other duelist said, holding up a card.
Chance looked at his deck, he didn't want to offer up his card but he knew that things would work out in this one. "Fine, but I don't find it too fair. I'm sure you know that my Black Magician isn't a normal card."
"I know all about your card, and just to make it fair I'll add the Tome of Secret, a card commonly added to the Black Magician." Michael pulled out the second card and replaced both of them back into his deck.
The white dome wavered as the hologram slowly replaced the walls. Lucas, being outside the main platform, disappeared from site and left Chance alone with his opponent for the rest of the duel. The room was replaced with a giant thunderstorm and black clouds and the floor was that of a castle wall.
Chance knew that there wasn't any rain, but the sounds of the thunder chilled his spine. "Let's Duel." Chance said, and the duelists' life points appeared a few meters off the ground. The holographic spinner appeared and landed on Chance.
The Duel-Gears whirred before the opening hands were shown. Chance looked at his cards, mostly monster but he had a couple of magic cards there too. "For my first move I'll play Iron Knight Gear Freed (1800/1600) in attack mode." Chance tossed the disc out and the robot warrior appeared. "Your move."
"A good opening play, but I have something better." Michael said, placing his cards. "I'm going to play Blood Vors and add the magic of Demon's Kiss to raise his attack to 2600." The warrior appeared over the disc and black spirits flowed through its body, charging its power. "Then I destroy the Iron Knight before I end my turn." The warrior ran forward and slashed the machine, destroying it utterly as it shattered.
Chance watched his life points fall to 3200 and he pulled his disc in. He drew his card and smiled. He placed three cards down and tossed his disc out, creating another holographic warrior. "I'll play Magic Swordsman: Neo (1700/100) in attack mode and add the power of Shine castle to raise his attack 700 points." Rays of light from the castle in a card spot engulfed the warrior and his sword glowed with power. "Before attacking I'm going to use Magic Removal to destroy your Demon's Kiss." The Blood Vors shrunk down and the dark spirits fragmented and disappeared. "I'm then going to destroy your monster." Neo cast a spell over his sword and let out a slash that tore the Blood Vors in half. Michael's life points fell to 3500 and he pulled his disc in.
"My move?" He asked. Chance nodded and the teen drew his next card. "I'm going to put this card face down and in defence mode, and I'm sure that you know what card it is. You have the same one." Michael placed the card and spun the disc back into place. "That ends my turn."
Chance grabbed his disc and drew his next card. He placed the trap card and put another card face down. "I'm going to place my own card in defence mode, and then attack your monster." Neo cast his spell and slashed with his sword, but the Millennium Shield leaped out of the card place and stopped the blast dead. A sudden return of the shockwave hit the swordsman and Chance's life points fell to 2600. "I thought as much, it's your move."
"It's much be interesting, falling into your own traps." Michael noted, pulling his disc back in and drawing a card. "I'm going to sacrifice half my life points to play the Curtain of Black Magic." He tossed his disc back out and his life points halved to 1750. The Black Magician appeared from the card and surveyed the field. "Next I play Thousand Knifes and destroy your face-down monster." The Magician swept his cape and knifes stabbed the monster. A Millennium Shield appeared and shattered before even fully forming. "Now my Magician will destroy your Magic Swordsman." The Black Magician raised his hand and projected a spell towards Neo. It was suddenly stopped by a Millennium Shield and bounced back at the Magician. Michael's life dropped to 1250 and he looked over at Chance. "I destroyed your shield!" He called.
"It wasn't my shield that blocked that attack, it was yours. I played Magic Shield Arm to use the Millennium Shield to block the attack." Chance smiled. "I guess it's my move then?"
"A good trick but you'll lose in the end. It's your move." Michael calmly said, but Chance saw him squeezing his fist tightly.
Chance pulling in his disc and pulled his next card. "I'm going to start by playing Jar of Greed, which allows me to draw two more cards." Chance told his opponent. He drew two more cards and was happy to see that one of them was the Black Magician. He looked at the other available cards in his had and smiled. He placed the remaining three cards from his hand onto the Dueling Disc and tossed it out. The disc spun and began to create the holograms. "I'm going to begin by playing that Black Magician, in attack mode."
The hologram appeared and for the first time Chance noticed that there were a number of small differences between the two Black Magicians. His cape was a little darker and there were runes all along his staff. Chance also thought that Michael's Magician had a blank look in his eyes, while his own seemed to be watching everything.
"Next I'm going to use the Magic Box of Death and switch Neo for your Millennium Shield." The boxes appeared and swords cut through the first one. They suddenly both opened and Neo was on Michael's field, but he didn't have the power of the Shine Castle boosting his power. In the skewered box the Millennium Shield appeared before it shattered. "Then I'm going to destroy my own Magic Swordsman!" The Black Magician raised his staff at the swordsman and a charge of black magic wiped the monster from the field. Michael's life points dropped to 450.
"Quite a good play, but you should know that I have all those cards too." The other duelist commented.
"I'm sure that you've used that play before. It's your move." Chance said calmly.
Michael pulled his disc in and drew a card. He looked over to Chance and sighed. "Since we both have out Magicians out, we're fairly matched for now. It's your move."
Chance pulled in his disc and looked at his card. It was a weak monster, not something that he'd want to play against the Magician. "I can't do anything this turn either so I'll end it." Chance tossed his disc back out and the Magicians were face to face again.
Michael sighed loudly as he drew his next card. "This could take quite a while Chance, I know that you don't have many equipment cards." He played the disc out and motioned for Chance to make his move.
Chance thought back to the many duels he had played in. How could you play against someone who knew your every card? This was something that had come up many times before in duels with his friends Lucas and Ichiro.
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"I play the Black Magician in attack mode." Chance said, playing his card.
"Let me guess, you're going to add Demon's Kiss?" Lucas said, smiling.
"You know it, and that means your Dark Necrophia is gone." Chance said, tapping Lucas' monster card. "Your move."
"You never disappoint Chance. I'm going to play Harpy's Feather Sweep and destroy the Demon's Kiss, and then I play the Red Eye Black Dragon with the Dragon Orb. You Magician is gone. Your move."
"Damn, that's one of my best cards too." Chance said, drawing. "But this will work just as well. I'll play the Blood Vors in attack."
"What do you have up your sleeve Chance?" Lucas asked.
"I'm going to play Magic Destruction to take out the Dragon Orb and then I'm going to add the Fused Weapon Murasame." Chance said, playing out his cards.
"What? When did you get a card like that?" Lucas asked, leaning over the playing field and looking at the card.
"You forget that I trade often and buy new packs all the time, I just picked this one up in a fair trade." Chance said, lifting the card up so Lucas could take a look at it.
"My Red Eyes is gone, isn't he?" Lucas asked.
"Yup, and that takes care of your life points too." Chance commented, he began to pick his cards up off the field.
"Here I was, thinking I could beat you by knowing your deck. Fine, I'll beat you sooner or later you know." Lucas said.
"And I'll always have something up my sleeve to make it harder for you too." Chance smiled and both teens laughed.
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Chance looked at his deck where it was placed in his Duel Gear. "There are cards in my deck that you haven't seen Michael, and you know it." Chance drew another card but decided against playing it just yet. "Your move."
Michael pulled back his own disc and drew a card. "It's too late now." He placed a card and threw the disc back into place. "I'm going to add the power of the Tome of Secrets to my Magician. I told you it was a good combo." The archaic book appeared in the hands of the Black Magician, sigils and runes written on the cover. "And since its more powerful then your Magician, I'm going to destroy it." Michael's Magician began to read the book and cast a powerful spell.
"You're going to have to get lucky to destroy my Magician, because I have a trap down, Magical Silk Hats." The Black Magician disappeared, and a top hat appeared to cover him. Two more appeared by the sides and in a flash the hats changed places.
"A useless move that will waste time. Black Magician, attack the left hat." The spellcaster raised his staff and the hat shattered in a display of dark energy. Chance's life points remained the same and his Black Magician appeared in the place where center hat had been. The two remaining hats disappeared. "I may have less life points but you're on the run and you know it." Michael taunted. "It's your move."
Chance took a deep breath and returned his disc to him. He drew his next card and placed it on the field before returning the disc to its place. "I'm going to play the Ritual of Black Chaos Magic and sacrifice my Black Magician and a monster from my hand." On the field two altars appeared and runes glowed on the floor the Black Magician and a faceless card faded and forming into a ball of energy in the center of the rune circle. "I summon the Magician of Black Chaos (2800/2600)!" The magician appeared and surveyed the scene and thunder crashed in the background. It wasn't much taller then the Black Magician, but it floated with an unholy aura around it. "Now we're matched again, and you won't be able to attack. Your move."
"Not the greatest of stalls but it could work. Unfortunately I was prepared for a play like that." He drew his card and tossed the disc out. "I'm going to attack the Magician of Black Chaos, and destroy both our monsters." The two Magicians attacked head on and their attacks destroyed one another. "Then I'm going to use Raise Dead to return the Black Magician to battle." The Magician appeared again, not noticing that it had been destroyed seconds before. "Your move Chance, but it will be one of your last."
Chance shook his head at his opponent's arrogance and drew his 'last' card. He smiled once again as he knew that his deck had saved him again. He placed the new card and one from earlier and tossed his disc out. "This battle is perfect for my next card. I play the Black Magician Girl (2000/1700) in attack mode." The female mage appeared and stood only a little shorter then the Black Magician. "And we both know her effect. Since there is a Black Magician and a Magician of Black Chaos in the graveyard, her attack increases by 300 for each of them. I'll give you one more turn to make this battle worth my while before I destroy you."
Michael pulled in his disc and looked angrily over to Chance. He drew his card and laughed. "You were foolish to give me one more draw, because now I'm going to take out the rest of your Magicians." He played a card and hurled the disc into the center stage. "I play the magic of Demon's Kiss on my Magician, and make it far more powerful then the Black Magician Girl." The evil magic crept over that Black Magician and his eyes glowed red with power. "You monster is gone!" The Magician raised his staff and fired a spell at the girl, who could do nothing but block the attack.
"You fell right into my trap Michael. I didn't give you and extra turn so you could power your Magician, I did it so my trap could make things far easier." A wall of light appeared before the Black Magician Girl and reflected that attack back at Michael's mage. "Holy Barrier- Mirror Force."
"I should have seen that coming. Finish me Chance." Michael said, hanging his head as the Black Magician shattered due to his own spell.
Chance didn't bother to use his drawn card but instead replaced his disc back into the field. "Since there are now three Black Magicians or Magicians of Black Chaos in the graveyards my Black Magician Girl is at 2900, but your life points are far to low for that increase to mean anything. I attack your life points directly, destroying you and ending the game." The female mage chanted a spell and it went directly towards Michael. His life dropped to zero and the images of the dark castle and storm disappeared.
"I don't see how I lost. My Magicians and deck were far better then yours." Michael said, standing still.
"You have to remember that your deck should be ready for all cards, not just the ones your opponent has." Chance commented, walking over to Michael.
Now that the holographic storm was gone, Lucas could be seen on the sidelines. "Hey Chance, great work!" Lucas told him happily, running onto the main stage. "You're the top in the northern division!"
"I know Lucas, pretty good, right?" Chance said, smiling to his friend. He turned back to Michael. "I believe you owe me a pair of cards.
"Fine, take your cards Chance, but remember that I'll return to beat you sooner or later, and the division title will be mine." The teen said, tossing the cards into Chance and walking out the door.
"It was a dangerous bet Chance, but looks like you have an extra Black Magician now." Lucas said, picking the cards up from the arena stage.
Chance took the pair of cards and slipped them into his deck. "Michael's helped me far more with these cards then he'll realize. I do hope to duel him again, but next time I hope there isn't a division title placed on the match."
"Yeah. My duel should start sooner or later, so let's head down there now." Lucas said. "I'm going to get the division just like you did."
"Listen Lucas, it's not that I don't want to see you duel but I'm going to check my deck and watch the other duelists at the front. The southern division match should be over so I'm going to see who won." Chance said, he smiled at his friend. "Listen, I'll get there and watch the match if you haven't already beaten your opponent."
Lucas smiled back at his friend. "Okay, I'll head out there now, this will be the fastest division duel ever."
"You'll win, I'm sure of it." Chance said, Lucas walked out the door and waved goodbye. Chance stood and breathed deeply before walking out the door himself. He looked both ways and saw nothing until the same figure as before walking in the distance. This time he could see the person properly. "Ichiro?" He said, the name echoing back and forth in the empty hall and the figure looked up. A look of surprise appeared on his face as he saw Chance and then he dodged into what appeared to be the wall.
Chance ran forward and saw that he didn't just disappear into the wall, he had going through a large door. Clearly labelled on it were the words 'Employees Only' and a light click sounded when the door was completely closed. Chance stood there and looked at the door, he knew that it was Ichiro; he had even looked up at his name. Why was it that he had run and what in the world was he even doing working at the Duelist Dome?
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End Transmission
____________________A Duel of Black Magic____________________
Chance brought his Duel-Gear up and checked that his deck was secure. He pulled out deck and shuffled it quickly before putting it back. He checked the Dueling Disc and checked the weight before replacing it by his side. Lucas looked over to his friend and saw all of his actions.
"Chance, you okay? Don't worry, this will be an easy Duel for you." Lucas said, smiling widely at his friend.
"It's not that I'm that afraid of losing Lucas, it's just that this is going to be for the northern division title. I haven't even heard of the other duelist either, and I don't know what to expect." Chance said, looking to the floor.
"Well you've dueled a lot, and I don't think there's a deck that you aren't prepared for." Lucas commented. He checked the door numbers as they passed looking for the proper room.
Chance smiled to himself and looked up, and he saw someone in the distance. It was almost a familiar person but he couldn't see them properly over the distance.
"Here it is Chance, you ready to win the Division?" Lucas said, stopping his friend and turning him towards the door.
Chance turned back to where he saw the person but they were already gone. He shook his head back and looked at the door, which quickly opened. He stepped into the room and forgot all about the person in the hall.
The room was exactly like every other Dueling arena, and there was someone dressed in black standing on the other side of the platform.
"Chance, how nice to see you." The figure said, stepping forward.
Chance stepped onto the platform and looked at the other duelist, but it wasn't someone he recognized. "I don't think I know you." Chance said, looking to the other duelist.
"That's true, but I know you." The person said. "I like to study my opponents so I can be better prepare. My name is Michael and from what I've seen, my deck is exactly like yours." The teen pulled his disc up and pressed the start button.
"There's more to dueling then just the deck." Chance commented, pulling his own disc up and turning it on. "For this duel I'll be betting the."
"Not so fast. I say we both bet a Black Magician." The other duelist said, holding up a card.
Chance looked at his deck, he didn't want to offer up his card but he knew that things would work out in this one. "Fine, but I don't find it too fair. I'm sure you know that my Black Magician isn't a normal card."
"I know all about your card, and just to make it fair I'll add the Tome of Secret, a card commonly added to the Black Magician." Michael pulled out the second card and replaced both of them back into his deck.
The white dome wavered as the hologram slowly replaced the walls. Lucas, being outside the main platform, disappeared from site and left Chance alone with his opponent for the rest of the duel. The room was replaced with a giant thunderstorm and black clouds and the floor was that of a castle wall.
Chance knew that there wasn't any rain, but the sounds of the thunder chilled his spine. "Let's Duel." Chance said, and the duelists' life points appeared a few meters off the ground. The holographic spinner appeared and landed on Chance.
The Duel-Gears whirred before the opening hands were shown. Chance looked at his cards, mostly monster but he had a couple of magic cards there too. "For my first move I'll play Iron Knight Gear Freed (1800/1600) in attack mode." Chance tossed the disc out and the robot warrior appeared. "Your move."
"A good opening play, but I have something better." Michael said, placing his cards. "I'm going to play Blood Vors and add the magic of Demon's Kiss to raise his attack to 2600." The warrior appeared over the disc and black spirits flowed through its body, charging its power. "Then I destroy the Iron Knight before I end my turn." The warrior ran forward and slashed the machine, destroying it utterly as it shattered.
Chance watched his life points fall to 3200 and he pulled his disc in. He drew his card and smiled. He placed three cards down and tossed his disc out, creating another holographic warrior. "I'll play Magic Swordsman: Neo (1700/100) in attack mode and add the power of Shine castle to raise his attack 700 points." Rays of light from the castle in a card spot engulfed the warrior and his sword glowed with power. "Before attacking I'm going to use Magic Removal to destroy your Demon's Kiss." The Blood Vors shrunk down and the dark spirits fragmented and disappeared. "I'm then going to destroy your monster." Neo cast a spell over his sword and let out a slash that tore the Blood Vors in half. Michael's life points fell to 3500 and he pulled his disc in.
"My move?" He asked. Chance nodded and the teen drew his next card. "I'm going to put this card face down and in defence mode, and I'm sure that you know what card it is. You have the same one." Michael placed the card and spun the disc back into place. "That ends my turn."
Chance grabbed his disc and drew his next card. He placed the trap card and put another card face down. "I'm going to place my own card in defence mode, and then attack your monster." Neo cast his spell and slashed with his sword, but the Millennium Shield leaped out of the card place and stopped the blast dead. A sudden return of the shockwave hit the swordsman and Chance's life points fell to 2600. "I thought as much, it's your move."
"It's much be interesting, falling into your own traps." Michael noted, pulling his disc back in and drawing a card. "I'm going to sacrifice half my life points to play the Curtain of Black Magic." He tossed his disc back out and his life points halved to 1750. The Black Magician appeared from the card and surveyed the field. "Next I play Thousand Knifes and destroy your face-down monster." The Magician swept his cape and knifes stabbed the monster. A Millennium Shield appeared and shattered before even fully forming. "Now my Magician will destroy your Magic Swordsman." The Black Magician raised his hand and projected a spell towards Neo. It was suddenly stopped by a Millennium Shield and bounced back at the Magician. Michael's life dropped to 1250 and he looked over at Chance. "I destroyed your shield!" He called.
"It wasn't my shield that blocked that attack, it was yours. I played Magic Shield Arm to use the Millennium Shield to block the attack." Chance smiled. "I guess it's my move then?"
"A good trick but you'll lose in the end. It's your move." Michael calmly said, but Chance saw him squeezing his fist tightly.
Chance pulling in his disc and pulled his next card. "I'm going to start by playing Jar of Greed, which allows me to draw two more cards." Chance told his opponent. He drew two more cards and was happy to see that one of them was the Black Magician. He looked at the other available cards in his had and smiled. He placed the remaining three cards from his hand onto the Dueling Disc and tossed it out. The disc spun and began to create the holograms. "I'm going to begin by playing that Black Magician, in attack mode."
The hologram appeared and for the first time Chance noticed that there were a number of small differences between the two Black Magicians. His cape was a little darker and there were runes all along his staff. Chance also thought that Michael's Magician had a blank look in his eyes, while his own seemed to be watching everything.
"Next I'm going to use the Magic Box of Death and switch Neo for your Millennium Shield." The boxes appeared and swords cut through the first one. They suddenly both opened and Neo was on Michael's field, but he didn't have the power of the Shine Castle boosting his power. In the skewered box the Millennium Shield appeared before it shattered. "Then I'm going to destroy my own Magic Swordsman!" The Black Magician raised his staff at the swordsman and a charge of black magic wiped the monster from the field. Michael's life points dropped to 450.
"Quite a good play, but you should know that I have all those cards too." The other duelist commented.
"I'm sure that you've used that play before. It's your move." Chance said calmly.
Michael pulled his disc in and drew a card. He looked over to Chance and sighed. "Since we both have out Magicians out, we're fairly matched for now. It's your move."
Chance pulled in his disc and looked at his card. It was a weak monster, not something that he'd want to play against the Magician. "I can't do anything this turn either so I'll end it." Chance tossed his disc back out and the Magicians were face to face again.
Michael sighed loudly as he drew his next card. "This could take quite a while Chance, I know that you don't have many equipment cards." He played the disc out and motioned for Chance to make his move.
Chance thought back to the many duels he had played in. How could you play against someone who knew your every card? This was something that had come up many times before in duels with his friends Lucas and Ichiro.
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"I play the Black Magician in attack mode." Chance said, playing his card.
"Let me guess, you're going to add Demon's Kiss?" Lucas said, smiling.
"You know it, and that means your Dark Necrophia is gone." Chance said, tapping Lucas' monster card. "Your move."
"You never disappoint Chance. I'm going to play Harpy's Feather Sweep and destroy the Demon's Kiss, and then I play the Red Eye Black Dragon with the Dragon Orb. You Magician is gone. Your move."
"Damn, that's one of my best cards too." Chance said, drawing. "But this will work just as well. I'll play the Blood Vors in attack."
"What do you have up your sleeve Chance?" Lucas asked.
"I'm going to play Magic Destruction to take out the Dragon Orb and then I'm going to add the Fused Weapon Murasame." Chance said, playing out his cards.
"What? When did you get a card like that?" Lucas asked, leaning over the playing field and looking at the card.
"You forget that I trade often and buy new packs all the time, I just picked this one up in a fair trade." Chance said, lifting the card up so Lucas could take a look at it.
"My Red Eyes is gone, isn't he?" Lucas asked.
"Yup, and that takes care of your life points too." Chance commented, he began to pick his cards up off the field.
"Here I was, thinking I could beat you by knowing your deck. Fine, I'll beat you sooner or later you know." Lucas said.
"And I'll always have something up my sleeve to make it harder for you too." Chance smiled and both teens laughed.
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Chance looked at his deck where it was placed in his Duel Gear. "There are cards in my deck that you haven't seen Michael, and you know it." Chance drew another card but decided against playing it just yet. "Your move."
Michael pulled back his own disc and drew a card. "It's too late now." He placed a card and threw the disc back into place. "I'm going to add the power of the Tome of Secrets to my Magician. I told you it was a good combo." The archaic book appeared in the hands of the Black Magician, sigils and runes written on the cover. "And since its more powerful then your Magician, I'm going to destroy it." Michael's Magician began to read the book and cast a powerful spell.
"You're going to have to get lucky to destroy my Magician, because I have a trap down, Magical Silk Hats." The Black Magician disappeared, and a top hat appeared to cover him. Two more appeared by the sides and in a flash the hats changed places.
"A useless move that will waste time. Black Magician, attack the left hat." The spellcaster raised his staff and the hat shattered in a display of dark energy. Chance's life points remained the same and his Black Magician appeared in the place where center hat had been. The two remaining hats disappeared. "I may have less life points but you're on the run and you know it." Michael taunted. "It's your move."
Chance took a deep breath and returned his disc to him. He drew his next card and placed it on the field before returning the disc to its place. "I'm going to play the Ritual of Black Chaos Magic and sacrifice my Black Magician and a monster from my hand." On the field two altars appeared and runes glowed on the floor the Black Magician and a faceless card faded and forming into a ball of energy in the center of the rune circle. "I summon the Magician of Black Chaos (2800/2600)!" The magician appeared and surveyed the scene and thunder crashed in the background. It wasn't much taller then the Black Magician, but it floated with an unholy aura around it. "Now we're matched again, and you won't be able to attack. Your move."
"Not the greatest of stalls but it could work. Unfortunately I was prepared for a play like that." He drew his card and tossed the disc out. "I'm going to attack the Magician of Black Chaos, and destroy both our monsters." The two Magicians attacked head on and their attacks destroyed one another. "Then I'm going to use Raise Dead to return the Black Magician to battle." The Magician appeared again, not noticing that it had been destroyed seconds before. "Your move Chance, but it will be one of your last."
Chance shook his head at his opponent's arrogance and drew his 'last' card. He smiled once again as he knew that his deck had saved him again. He placed the new card and one from earlier and tossed his disc out. "This battle is perfect for my next card. I play the Black Magician Girl (2000/1700) in attack mode." The female mage appeared and stood only a little shorter then the Black Magician. "And we both know her effect. Since there is a Black Magician and a Magician of Black Chaos in the graveyard, her attack increases by 300 for each of them. I'll give you one more turn to make this battle worth my while before I destroy you."
Michael pulled in his disc and looked angrily over to Chance. He drew his card and laughed. "You were foolish to give me one more draw, because now I'm going to take out the rest of your Magicians." He played a card and hurled the disc into the center stage. "I play the magic of Demon's Kiss on my Magician, and make it far more powerful then the Black Magician Girl." The evil magic crept over that Black Magician and his eyes glowed red with power. "You monster is gone!" The Magician raised his staff and fired a spell at the girl, who could do nothing but block the attack.
"You fell right into my trap Michael. I didn't give you and extra turn so you could power your Magician, I did it so my trap could make things far easier." A wall of light appeared before the Black Magician Girl and reflected that attack back at Michael's mage. "Holy Barrier- Mirror Force."
"I should have seen that coming. Finish me Chance." Michael said, hanging his head as the Black Magician shattered due to his own spell.
Chance didn't bother to use his drawn card but instead replaced his disc back into the field. "Since there are now three Black Magicians or Magicians of Black Chaos in the graveyards my Black Magician Girl is at 2900, but your life points are far to low for that increase to mean anything. I attack your life points directly, destroying you and ending the game." The female mage chanted a spell and it went directly towards Michael. His life dropped to zero and the images of the dark castle and storm disappeared.
"I don't see how I lost. My Magicians and deck were far better then yours." Michael said, standing still.
"You have to remember that your deck should be ready for all cards, not just the ones your opponent has." Chance commented, walking over to Michael.
Now that the holographic storm was gone, Lucas could be seen on the sidelines. "Hey Chance, great work!" Lucas told him happily, running onto the main stage. "You're the top in the northern division!"
"I know Lucas, pretty good, right?" Chance said, smiling to his friend. He turned back to Michael. "I believe you owe me a pair of cards.
"Fine, take your cards Chance, but remember that I'll return to beat you sooner or later, and the division title will be mine." The teen said, tossing the cards into Chance and walking out the door.
"It was a dangerous bet Chance, but looks like you have an extra Black Magician now." Lucas said, picking the cards up from the arena stage.
Chance took the pair of cards and slipped them into his deck. "Michael's helped me far more with these cards then he'll realize. I do hope to duel him again, but next time I hope there isn't a division title placed on the match."
"Yeah. My duel should start sooner or later, so let's head down there now." Lucas said. "I'm going to get the division just like you did."
"Listen Lucas, it's not that I don't want to see you duel but I'm going to check my deck and watch the other duelists at the front. The southern division match should be over so I'm going to see who won." Chance said, he smiled at his friend. "Listen, I'll get there and watch the match if you haven't already beaten your opponent."
Lucas smiled back at his friend. "Okay, I'll head out there now, this will be the fastest division duel ever."
"You'll win, I'm sure of it." Chance said, Lucas walked out the door and waved goodbye. Chance stood and breathed deeply before walking out the door himself. He looked both ways and saw nothing until the same figure as before walking in the distance. This time he could see the person properly. "Ichiro?" He said, the name echoing back and forth in the empty hall and the figure looked up. A look of surprise appeared on his face as he saw Chance and then he dodged into what appeared to be the wall.
Chance ran forward and saw that he didn't just disappear into the wall, he had going through a large door. Clearly labelled on it were the words 'Employees Only' and a light click sounded when the door was completely closed. Chance stood there and looked at the door, he knew that it was Ichiro; he had even looked up at his name. Why was it that he had run and what in the world was he even doing working at the Duelist Dome?
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