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, the translations are from Edo and all of 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 walked around the center of the Duel Dome, the hallways were empty and spacious. This entire floor hadn't been used in a long time, most people knew the general reason but most of the details were called rumours. Chance found a small slip of paper on the Duel Gear and read the instruction that were printed on it.
Since the new Duel Gear contained the spaces for the cards, the Duel Disc only existed to generate the card effects and monster holograms. This meant that one didn't have to toss the disc out every turn. It seemed like a perfect evolution of the Duel Disc system to Chance. He also liked the new look of it, all sleek and shiny.
Chance found his room and began to tap quietly on his dueling deck. The doors slid open when he moved towards it and he was greeted to a very large, very dark room. The entire room was circular, with a square in the center for the dueling to take place on. Standing on the opposite end of the room was a dark figure with a green-lined Duel Disc System.
"My name's Chance." He called out to the shadows. "I'm here to duel you."
"I know who you are Chance." The figure said as he moved into the light. Chance quickly recognized the very familiar face.
"Ichiro?" Chance asked, his friend pulling up his Duel Gear.
"That's right Chance. It's time to Duel." Ichiro said. The room darkened for a moment before it was replaced with cliff beside the ocean. Digital spray from the waves could be seen far down the cliff. Small plants in the rocks shifted wildly in the wind. The life point counter appeared and the spinner began to spin quickly between Chance and Ichiro.
"What are you doing here? You're good enough to actually be playing in the tournament, not playing as an eliminator." Chance called out, since the wind and the roar of the ocean produced far too much sound. He pulled his Duel Gear up and tossed forward the Disc.
"I'll explain everything in due time, Chance. Until then duel with everything you've got." Ichiro told Chance as he tossed out his own disc. "Since this is an eliminator duel, you'll get a special prize for beating me, but you don't have to wager one of your own cards."
"Sounds fair." Chance said. The spinner began to slow down and finally rested towards Ichiro. Both Duel Gears made a low rumble as they shuffled the decks.
"Looks like I'm going to have the first move here." Ichiro said, drawing his cards.
"Go right ahead." Chance told him as he drew his first hand. There were some good cards in his hand, but nothing to pull off an immediate combo with. He had drawn his Black Magician though, which was a lucky break. Since he had been winning all of the other cards Chance felt slightly worried that his deck might contain too much clutter and he wouldn't be able to draw anything.
"I'm going to play one magic or trap card face down and end my turn." Ichiro said, the card flashing in one of the spaces closest to him.
Chance looked at his hand and drew his card. That one card on the field worried him. What kind of trap was Ichiro pulling him into? He wasn't willing to sacrifice his Black Magician just to set off a trap.
"I'm going to play Magnet Warrior Alpha (1400/1700) in attack mode and attack you directly!" Chance called out as his warrior fired off an attack towards Ichiro. Chance looked at the face-down card as the Alpha attacked and Ichiro's life points dropped to 2600.
If that wasn't a trap then what could Ichiro be planning?
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Lucas entered his own dueling arena and didn't even have a chance to look around before his opponent greeted him.
"Welcome Lucas." The man standing across the room from him said. "My name is Gary." He pulled up his Duel Gear. "There's no need to say anything. This is going to be an elimination duel, and you're playing not only for your duel in the semi-finals but also for a pair of special prize cards."
"Listen Gary, I've worked too hard to lose now. Are you ready to duel or not?" Lucas said, pulling his own Gear up.
"Oh, I'm ready to duel all right." Gary said with a smile. The life point counter and spinner appeared between the two of them as their battleground became that of a desert. The spinner slowed and pointed at Lucas, who began drawing cards.
Lucas looked at his cards and than at his opponent. By now people would be expecting certain cards from him, and he wasn't about to disappoint. His first hand contained the Demon Summon and the Fusion card. He drew Dragon Rage, but he didn't have a dragon in his hand quite yet. "I'm going to start with playing the Lamp Spirit - Ra Djinn (1800/1000) in attack mode." He tossed out his Duel Disc and played the card onto the field on his Gear. The genie appeared directly in front of him and stood silently. "Your move."
"A very nice monster." Gary told him. "I see that you too play Demon monsters." He tossed his disc out and played a card. "I'm going to start by playing the Death Rook Demon (1100/1800) in defence mode. Then I'm going to play the Iron Cage of Nightmares." He played the card down and a cage of steel appeared around Lucas. "Your move."
Lucas drew his next card, the Gilfar Demon. Not too much use right now. "Because your Iron Cage stops me from attacking, I have no choice but to end my turn." Lucas said to his opponent. The air between them was constantly being filled with the sand that as blowing back and forth.
"I'm going to play the Genocide King (2000/1500) in attack mode. Sadly, I have to pay some of my life points for having the rook in play." Gary explained as his counter dropped to 3500. "I will then end my turn."
Lucas looked directly at Gary as he drew his card. He grinned as he found that his card was the Red Eyes Black Dragon. "I'm going to use the power of Fusion to combine the Red Eyes Black Dragon and the Demon Summon into the Black Demon's Dragon!" The demon grew out onto the field, and the Iron Cage expanded to fit the monster inside. "It's your move now." Before his opponent made a move that cage dissolved.
"A dangerous monster indeed." Gary commented as he drew his card. "I think I know exactly how you play now, so get ready, okay?"
"I'm ready for anything you can throw at me Gary." Lucas told him.
"I'm going to start by plying Gift to the Dead, and I'm going to discard 1 card to destroy your Demon Dragon." The monster was suddenly wrapped and dragged underground, but before Lucas could speak Gary continued. "I'm than going to play the Swift Lightning Demon King - Skull Demon (2500/1200)!" The monster appeared on the desert field, standing over Lucas' lone Ra Djinn. Gary's life points also dropped down to 2200 as he paid for his monsters. "And just to stop that annoying drop in life points, I'm going to play the Lair of the Ten Thousand Demon Lords!" The desert territory shook as he played the card, walls grew from ground and the sand shifted away to reveal the lair. "Attack the Ra Djinn!" He called out, and the monster fired a bolt of electricity to destroy the genie.
Lucas was taken aback at the explosion that the monster caused, and he realized that the sound was echoing in the dungeon. He had just lost one of his best monsters and now he was up against an entire force of monsters. Gary motioned for him to draw and Lucas looked at his deck. What cards could save him now?
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Chance stood listening to the crash of the waves while waiting for Ichiro's next move. His opponent played down the Millennium Shield in defence mode and equipped it with the Raregold Armour. Chance himself recognized the card, which Ichiro had played before. It would stop him from attacking any other monsters, and was a great way to stall for long amounts of time.
"It's your move Chance." Ichiro told him, waking him from deep thought.
"I really have to ask again." Chance said as he drew his card. It was the Fused Blade Murasame, but he didn't have a warrior to equip it on. "What is it that made you play as an eliminator? With you living in the south part of town you'd be a division champ by now." He motioned for his opponent and friend to make his move.
"It's complicated." Ichiro told him, playing a monster face down. "I could be dueling an eliminator myself right now, but there was more being offered by this position." He looked at the deck that he was drawing from and then at Chance. "Your move."
Chance drew his card and looked over at it. It was the Magnet Warrior Beta. He thought for a second about it and then realised that there was one way out of this. If he could combine all three Magnet warriors, then he just might be able to make it past that Shield. He played it face down and looked up at Ichiro. "It's your move." He told him.
"I'm not at all surprised to see you here Chance." Ichiro told him. He played another card down and looked up at his friend. "How's Lucas been doing? We eliminators were told not to watch any of the battles. Your move."
"Lucas is doing just fine." Chance said while he pulled his card. He held back his excitement as he drew the Magnet Valkyrion. "He's currently playing against his own eliminator. I end my turn."
"Well I'm not surprised." Ichiro said as he played another card down. "We may not see him as a major competitor but with every duel he comes closer and closer to beating one of us." He motioned for Chance to go.
"I must agree that he is getting better, but you should always have faith in him." Chance drew his card and thought about what to do with it. "I'm going to play Thunderbolt, and destroy all of your monsters!" The skies above glowed as multiple bolts of electricity fell towards Ichiro's monsters.
"Not so fast Chance. I'm going to activate Declaration of God, pay half my life points and negate your Thunderbolt!" A holy man stood up out of the trap card space and stopped the thunder with his hand. Ichiro's life points then dropped to 1300.
"I should have known that you'd be able to negate that." Chance said.
"Don't worry." Ichiro said smiling. "I've been given nearly unlimited resources to build this deck."
"I still can't figure out what you're playing." Chance thought out loud. "It's your move."
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Lucas drew his next card and looked unhappily at another Ra Djinn. He could play his Gilfar Demon, but he might need it later. He put the genie card face down and looked over to the eliminator. "It's your move."
"Very well." Gary drew his card placed it into his hand. "I'm going to attack your card with the Skull Demon!" The monster quickly destroyed Lucas' defences. "I'm then going to end my turn."
Lucas nodded and drew his next card. This time he has pulled the Lord of Dragons. He did have the Flute of Dragon Summoning, but he didn't have any Dragons in his field. He still felt that he should keep the Gilfar Demon for now, so he placed down his Lord of Dragons instead. "I'm going to end my turn."
"I'm going to place down one card and destroy your face-down card." His Skull Demon quickly destroyed the monster and Lucas again had an open field. "I was really hoping that a district champion would have a little more to play against me than just one big card." He said, crossing his arms. "Your move."
"Oh, I've got cards to play. I just haven't pulled any of them yet." Lucas told him, pulling his card. It wasn't exactly what he wanted but it would have to do.
"I'm going to start by removing three Demon monsters from my graveyard to summon the Dark Necrophia (2200/2800), and then I'm also going to summon the Gilfar Demon (2200/2500), both in attack mode." The pair of demons appeared on the field, side by side. "Now I'm going to destroy your Genocide King Demon!" The Gilfar demon leaped forward and slashed, its attack being stopped by a sudden wall of force.
"You were so close there Lucas." Gary said calmly. "But I just activated my Attack Nullification card."
"Am I the only person not playing that card?" Lucas asked. "It's your move."
"I'm going to attack your Gilfar Demon with my Swift Lightning Demon King." Gary said. The monster shocked the other demon, shattering it into an array of light as Lucas' life points fell to 3000. "Your move."
"It's too bad that you destroyed my Gilfar Demon." Lucas said, drawing his card.
"Why's that?" Gary asked him, intrigued.
"The Gilfar Demon has a special effect. You see, when it goes to the graveyard, I get to equip it onto a monster on the field. Take a look at your Skull Demon." Lucas explained, pointing to Gary's monster of the field.
"His attack points have dropped by 500 points!" Gary exclaimed, looking at his monster. Grappling to the monster was the Gilfar Demon.
"That's right," Lucas said proudly, "but before I destroy it I'm going to play the Harpy's Feather Sweep, to destroy the Lair of the Ten Thousand Demon Lords!" The walls and floor sunk into the sand as the desert once again became the dominant field. "Now Necrophia, destroy the Skull Demon!" The monster cleanly attack the monster as the Gilfar Demon held back its arms. The Demon King and the Gilfar demon then exploded into shards of light and Gary's life points fell to 2000.
"I knew that there was more to you than your Black Demon Dragon Lucas." Gary said. "But that attack won't mean as much in the long run."
"Oh but there is. It's your move." Lucas said, smiling to Gary.
"Very well." Gary said, drawing his card. His life points then dropped to 700. "What?"
"Oh, I thought that you might have noticed the change of scenery. Since I destroyed the Demon Lair, you have to pay for the Genocide King and the Death Rook." Lucas explained to Gary, proud of his move.
"That's a very clever manoeuvre." Gary said. "But I always have a backup play. I'm going to play Pact with the Dark Master and sacrifice the monsters of the field plus one from my hand to summon the Dark Master - Zork (2700/1500)!" The monsters of the field dissolved and were replaced with a single large dark figure. "And one of Zork's abilities is to randomly destroy monsters on the field." A large die appeared in the center of the field and rolled end over end until it finally landed with one dot facing up.
"What does a one mean?" Lucas asked as the die disappeared.
"That means that I destroy all of your monsters, but since you only have the Dark Necrophia on the field, I'll have to just destroy it." Gary said as Necrophia was pulled into a black pit. "And now your life points are open. Attack him directly Dark Master!" Gary called out. Zork fired a sphere of black energy directly at Lucas and it exploded before him, his life points falling to 300 points. "Your move Lucas."
"You know." Lucas started. "In most situations, I might be afraid right now."
"And you should be. You're going to have a hard time protecting yourself against the Dark Master." Gary said.
"You know so much about Demon monsters, and yet you've missed so much." Lucas told him. "The Dark Necrophia has an effect much like Gilfar Demon. Except instead of weakening your monster, I take control of it!" Lucas grinned wildly as the Dark Necrophia appeared on his side of the field and pulled over the Dark Master.
"What?" Gary called out. "But that leaves my field completely open!"
"That's right, and since you have no other cards on the field, I can attack your life points directly with your own monster." Lucas explained. "Attack him directly Dark Master Zork!" He called out, and the monster fired a ball of black energy towards Gary, exploding and finishing off his live points. Gary stood silent as the desert calmed around them and they returned to the Dueling Arena.
"You know, I have called myself the Demon master in the past. But I have to say that I have never been beaten by Demon monsters before." Gary said, looking up. He walked across the tournament floor and present to cards to Lucas. "As an official eliminator I present with the Devilzoa and Metal Devilzoa cards."
"Thank you." Lucas said bowing and taking the cards.
"One more thing though. Since you defeated me I want you to take on the title of Demon Master and my Zork card and ritual." Gary offered up both of the cards.
"Only if you really want me to have them." Lucas said, taking the cards. He put them all into his deck and bowed again to Gary. "Thanks for the duel, I'll see you around." He walked out of the room.
It had been a very difficult duel, but he was now ready for the semi- final matches.
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"I'm going to play one magic or trap and one monster card, both face down and end my turn." Ichiro said.
Chance drew his next card, Magic Shield Arm. He placed it down and looked up at Ichiro. "I'll play this one card face down. Your move."
"Anyway Chance," Ichiro said, drawing his next card. "What exactly do you expect to do after this duel? I'm not saying you're going to win, but I have to wonder, do you know about the other district champions?" He placed one card down and motioned for Chance to make his move.
"I'm not really the kind to keep track of other players." Chance said, drawing his card. "All I know is that I try to be ready for anything." He looked down at his card, Magic Removal. "I'm going to start by playing Magic Removal and destroying your Raregold Armour. Then I'm going to play the Black Magician in attack mode, now I'm going to attack your first face down card."
"Very nice move Chance, but it won't work as well as you thought." Ichiro warned.
"Thanks for the warning Ichiro, but this is something I have to do. Attack the monster Black Magician." Chance said. The space flipped over to reveal the Water Guardian: Suga (2500/2400).
"Your monster would normally destroy mine Chance, but Suga has the ability to lower your attack down to 0. And since my defence is higher, I'm also going to activate Counter-Punch!" Ichiro called out, and as the Black Magician ran full into a shield of water, the water guardian countered and destroyed the mage.
"One of the Gate Guardians segments?" Chance asked Ichiro as his life points dropped to 1600.
"That's right Chance. I'm playing with one of the rarest and most powerful monsters in the game." Ichiro said.
"It's your turn then Ichiro." Chance said.
"I'm going to play down another monster and end my turn." Ichiro noted.
Chance drew his next card, the Magnet Warrior Gamma. He now had all the pieces he needed in order to play the Magnet Valkyrion. "I'm going to sacrifice the Magnet Warrior Alpha, Beta and Gamma to summon the Magnet Valkyrion (3500/3800)!" Chance called out. "Then I'm going to attack the Water Guardian Suga!"
"Not so fast Chance!" Ichiro called out. "I'm going to play Shift Change to shift Suga with another face down card!" His face down monster jumped in the way of the attack and was suddenly destroyed.
"You can't last too much longer." Chance warned. "I'll end my turn."
"It's too late Chance." Ichiro said, smiling. "I'm going to play the Gate Guardian (3750/3400)!" The three parts of the monster that were on the field formed together, Suga on the bottom, Wind Guardian: Hyuuga as the midsection and Electric Guardian: Sanga for the upper body. "Now I'm going to destroy your Magnet Valkyrion!" The blast flew forward towards the smaller segmented monster.
"Now it's my turn Ichiro, I'm going to play the Magic Shield Arm to pull your Millennium Shield in the way!" Chance called out, and the shield was destroyed in place of the Valkyrion.
"Okay Chance, you've stopped one attack. But how many times can you block me?" Ichiro said. "I'm going to end my turn."
Chance looked over the field and at the two monsters. While he couple play the Valkyrion in defence mode, it wouldn't be long until Ichiro could destroy it or equip the Gate Guardian with a weapon. Then again, if he pulled a weapon, it would all be over. He pulled the cards from the top of his deck and looked at the card. He looked directly into Gilford the Lightning. The monster was too weak to destroy the Gate Guardian by about 1000 points.
"You've put up a good fight Chance, but these next turns will decide the fate of the game." Ichiro told his friend.
Chance nodded and moved his hand to switch the Valkyrion to defence mode when a thought hit him. Gilford had an effect! "You're right Ichiro, but it all ends with my turn. I'm going to split the Magnet Valkyrion back into Alpha, Beta and Gamma, and then I'm going to sacrifice all three parts towards a sacrificial summoning of Gilford the Lightning!" Chance called out, and looked to Ichiro as his friend recognized the monster and the effect. "Gilford's special summoning destroys all of your monsters, or rather your Gate Guardian!" The thunder that struck the multi-part monster made such an echoing crash that Chance couldn't even hear the crashing that the wave did below.
"The Gate Guardian!" Ichiro called out as the monster shattered.
"That's right Ichiro." Chance told him, calming down. "And now your life points are completely open to a direct attack. Gilford, attack!" The monster leaped forward at his command and Ichiro's life points dropped to 0. The cliff and the ocean disappeared as the familiar surroundings of the Duel Arena appeared.
"That was very good Chance, I thought that once I got out the Gate Guardian I would be unstoppable." Ichiro said.
"It's okay, I was a little afraid there when you got that out." Chance said.
"Well anyway, as an eliminator, I'm going to present you with the Chaos Soldier and the Ritual of Chaos." Ichiro said, presenting him with the cards.
"Thanks Ichiro." Chance said, accepting the cards and putting the cards into his deck. "Listen, I have to know. What was it that they offered you to be an eliminator?"
"Well Chance, you know me." Ichiro said. "They just had to offer me a couple of really nice cards that I've been looking for." Ichiro gave Chance a wide grin.
"I should have known!" Chance said, smiling back. "Listen, I've got to go Duel in the semi-finals now, so you can watch me or go find Lucas."
"It's no problem." Ichiro told him. "I'm going to go make a full report about our battle, but I'll try to watch the duels."
"Great Duel Ichiro, I'll see you later then." Chance said as he nodded to his friend. He walked out of the arena and turned towards his next duel.
"Good luck Chance." Ichiro said once the doors had shut. "I'm not sure if you're ready for your next challenges, but I'm behind you all the way." He then turned and walked out the back door towards the staff room.
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Chance walked around the center of the Duel Dome, the hallways were empty and spacious. This entire floor hadn't been used in a long time, most people knew the general reason but most of the details were called rumours. Chance found a small slip of paper on the Duel Gear and read the instruction that were printed on it.
Since the new Duel Gear contained the spaces for the cards, the Duel Disc only existed to generate the card effects and monster holograms. This meant that one didn't have to toss the disc out every turn. It seemed like a perfect evolution of the Duel Disc system to Chance. He also liked the new look of it, all sleek and shiny.
Chance found his room and began to tap quietly on his dueling deck. The doors slid open when he moved towards it and he was greeted to a very large, very dark room. The entire room was circular, with a square in the center for the dueling to take place on. Standing on the opposite end of the room was a dark figure with a green-lined Duel Disc System.
"My name's Chance." He called out to the shadows. "I'm here to duel you."
"I know who you are Chance." The figure said as he moved into the light. Chance quickly recognized the very familiar face.
"Ichiro?" Chance asked, his friend pulling up his Duel Gear.
"That's right Chance. It's time to Duel." Ichiro said. The room darkened for a moment before it was replaced with cliff beside the ocean. Digital spray from the waves could be seen far down the cliff. Small plants in the rocks shifted wildly in the wind. The life point counter appeared and the spinner began to spin quickly between Chance and Ichiro.
"What are you doing here? You're good enough to actually be playing in the tournament, not playing as an eliminator." Chance called out, since the wind and the roar of the ocean produced far too much sound. He pulled his Duel Gear up and tossed forward the Disc.
"I'll explain everything in due time, Chance. Until then duel with everything you've got." Ichiro told Chance as he tossed out his own disc. "Since this is an eliminator duel, you'll get a special prize for beating me, but you don't have to wager one of your own cards."
"Sounds fair." Chance said. The spinner began to slow down and finally rested towards Ichiro. Both Duel Gears made a low rumble as they shuffled the decks.
"Looks like I'm going to have the first move here." Ichiro said, drawing his cards.
"Go right ahead." Chance told him as he drew his first hand. There were some good cards in his hand, but nothing to pull off an immediate combo with. He had drawn his Black Magician though, which was a lucky break. Since he had been winning all of the other cards Chance felt slightly worried that his deck might contain too much clutter and he wouldn't be able to draw anything.
"I'm going to play one magic or trap card face down and end my turn." Ichiro said, the card flashing in one of the spaces closest to him.
Chance looked at his hand and drew his card. That one card on the field worried him. What kind of trap was Ichiro pulling him into? He wasn't willing to sacrifice his Black Magician just to set off a trap.
"I'm going to play Magnet Warrior Alpha (1400/1700) in attack mode and attack you directly!" Chance called out as his warrior fired off an attack towards Ichiro. Chance looked at the face-down card as the Alpha attacked and Ichiro's life points dropped to 2600.
If that wasn't a trap then what could Ichiro be planning?
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Lucas entered his own dueling arena and didn't even have a chance to look around before his opponent greeted him.
"Welcome Lucas." The man standing across the room from him said. "My name is Gary." He pulled up his Duel Gear. "There's no need to say anything. This is going to be an elimination duel, and you're playing not only for your duel in the semi-finals but also for a pair of special prize cards."
"Listen Gary, I've worked too hard to lose now. Are you ready to duel or not?" Lucas said, pulling his own Gear up.
"Oh, I'm ready to duel all right." Gary said with a smile. The life point counter and spinner appeared between the two of them as their battleground became that of a desert. The spinner slowed and pointed at Lucas, who began drawing cards.
Lucas looked at his cards and than at his opponent. By now people would be expecting certain cards from him, and he wasn't about to disappoint. His first hand contained the Demon Summon and the Fusion card. He drew Dragon Rage, but he didn't have a dragon in his hand quite yet. "I'm going to start with playing the Lamp Spirit - Ra Djinn (1800/1000) in attack mode." He tossed out his Duel Disc and played the card onto the field on his Gear. The genie appeared directly in front of him and stood silently. "Your move."
"A very nice monster." Gary told him. "I see that you too play Demon monsters." He tossed his disc out and played a card. "I'm going to start by playing the Death Rook Demon (1100/1800) in defence mode. Then I'm going to play the Iron Cage of Nightmares." He played the card down and a cage of steel appeared around Lucas. "Your move."
Lucas drew his next card, the Gilfar Demon. Not too much use right now. "Because your Iron Cage stops me from attacking, I have no choice but to end my turn." Lucas said to his opponent. The air between them was constantly being filled with the sand that as blowing back and forth.
"I'm going to play the Genocide King (2000/1500) in attack mode. Sadly, I have to pay some of my life points for having the rook in play." Gary explained as his counter dropped to 3500. "I will then end my turn."
Lucas looked directly at Gary as he drew his card. He grinned as he found that his card was the Red Eyes Black Dragon. "I'm going to use the power of Fusion to combine the Red Eyes Black Dragon and the Demon Summon into the Black Demon's Dragon!" The demon grew out onto the field, and the Iron Cage expanded to fit the monster inside. "It's your move now." Before his opponent made a move that cage dissolved.
"A dangerous monster indeed." Gary commented as he drew his card. "I think I know exactly how you play now, so get ready, okay?"
"I'm ready for anything you can throw at me Gary." Lucas told him.
"I'm going to start by plying Gift to the Dead, and I'm going to discard 1 card to destroy your Demon Dragon." The monster was suddenly wrapped and dragged underground, but before Lucas could speak Gary continued. "I'm than going to play the Swift Lightning Demon King - Skull Demon (2500/1200)!" The monster appeared on the desert field, standing over Lucas' lone Ra Djinn. Gary's life points also dropped down to 2200 as he paid for his monsters. "And just to stop that annoying drop in life points, I'm going to play the Lair of the Ten Thousand Demon Lords!" The desert territory shook as he played the card, walls grew from ground and the sand shifted away to reveal the lair. "Attack the Ra Djinn!" He called out, and the monster fired a bolt of electricity to destroy the genie.
Lucas was taken aback at the explosion that the monster caused, and he realized that the sound was echoing in the dungeon. He had just lost one of his best monsters and now he was up against an entire force of monsters. Gary motioned for him to draw and Lucas looked at his deck. What cards could save him now?
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Chance stood listening to the crash of the waves while waiting for Ichiro's next move. His opponent played down the Millennium Shield in defence mode and equipped it with the Raregold Armour. Chance himself recognized the card, which Ichiro had played before. It would stop him from attacking any other monsters, and was a great way to stall for long amounts of time.
"It's your move Chance." Ichiro told him, waking him from deep thought.
"I really have to ask again." Chance said as he drew his card. It was the Fused Blade Murasame, but he didn't have a warrior to equip it on. "What is it that made you play as an eliminator? With you living in the south part of town you'd be a division champ by now." He motioned for his opponent and friend to make his move.
"It's complicated." Ichiro told him, playing a monster face down. "I could be dueling an eliminator myself right now, but there was more being offered by this position." He looked at the deck that he was drawing from and then at Chance. "Your move."
Chance drew his card and looked over at it. It was the Magnet Warrior Beta. He thought for a second about it and then realised that there was one way out of this. If he could combine all three Magnet warriors, then he just might be able to make it past that Shield. He played it face down and looked up at Ichiro. "It's your move." He told him.
"I'm not at all surprised to see you here Chance." Ichiro told him. He played another card down and looked up at his friend. "How's Lucas been doing? We eliminators were told not to watch any of the battles. Your move."
"Lucas is doing just fine." Chance said while he pulled his card. He held back his excitement as he drew the Magnet Valkyrion. "He's currently playing against his own eliminator. I end my turn."
"Well I'm not surprised." Ichiro said as he played another card down. "We may not see him as a major competitor but with every duel he comes closer and closer to beating one of us." He motioned for Chance to go.
"I must agree that he is getting better, but you should always have faith in him." Chance drew his card and thought about what to do with it. "I'm going to play Thunderbolt, and destroy all of your monsters!" The skies above glowed as multiple bolts of electricity fell towards Ichiro's monsters.
"Not so fast Chance. I'm going to activate Declaration of God, pay half my life points and negate your Thunderbolt!" A holy man stood up out of the trap card space and stopped the thunder with his hand. Ichiro's life points then dropped to 1300.
"I should have known that you'd be able to negate that." Chance said.
"Don't worry." Ichiro said smiling. "I've been given nearly unlimited resources to build this deck."
"I still can't figure out what you're playing." Chance thought out loud. "It's your move."
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Lucas drew his next card and looked unhappily at another Ra Djinn. He could play his Gilfar Demon, but he might need it later. He put the genie card face down and looked over to the eliminator. "It's your move."
"Very well." Gary drew his card placed it into his hand. "I'm going to attack your card with the Skull Demon!" The monster quickly destroyed Lucas' defences. "I'm then going to end my turn."
Lucas nodded and drew his next card. This time he has pulled the Lord of Dragons. He did have the Flute of Dragon Summoning, but he didn't have any Dragons in his field. He still felt that he should keep the Gilfar Demon for now, so he placed down his Lord of Dragons instead. "I'm going to end my turn."
"I'm going to place down one card and destroy your face-down card." His Skull Demon quickly destroyed the monster and Lucas again had an open field. "I was really hoping that a district champion would have a little more to play against me than just one big card." He said, crossing his arms. "Your move."
"Oh, I've got cards to play. I just haven't pulled any of them yet." Lucas told him, pulling his card. It wasn't exactly what he wanted but it would have to do.
"I'm going to start by removing three Demon monsters from my graveyard to summon the Dark Necrophia (2200/2800), and then I'm also going to summon the Gilfar Demon (2200/2500), both in attack mode." The pair of demons appeared on the field, side by side. "Now I'm going to destroy your Genocide King Demon!" The Gilfar demon leaped forward and slashed, its attack being stopped by a sudden wall of force.
"You were so close there Lucas." Gary said calmly. "But I just activated my Attack Nullification card."
"Am I the only person not playing that card?" Lucas asked. "It's your move."
"I'm going to attack your Gilfar Demon with my Swift Lightning Demon King." Gary said. The monster shocked the other demon, shattering it into an array of light as Lucas' life points fell to 3000. "Your move."
"It's too bad that you destroyed my Gilfar Demon." Lucas said, drawing his card.
"Why's that?" Gary asked him, intrigued.
"The Gilfar Demon has a special effect. You see, when it goes to the graveyard, I get to equip it onto a monster on the field. Take a look at your Skull Demon." Lucas explained, pointing to Gary's monster of the field.
"His attack points have dropped by 500 points!" Gary exclaimed, looking at his monster. Grappling to the monster was the Gilfar Demon.
"That's right," Lucas said proudly, "but before I destroy it I'm going to play the Harpy's Feather Sweep, to destroy the Lair of the Ten Thousand Demon Lords!" The walls and floor sunk into the sand as the desert once again became the dominant field. "Now Necrophia, destroy the Skull Demon!" The monster cleanly attack the monster as the Gilfar Demon held back its arms. The Demon King and the Gilfar demon then exploded into shards of light and Gary's life points fell to 2000.
"I knew that there was more to you than your Black Demon Dragon Lucas." Gary said. "But that attack won't mean as much in the long run."
"Oh but there is. It's your move." Lucas said, smiling to Gary.
"Very well." Gary said, drawing his card. His life points then dropped to 700. "What?"
"Oh, I thought that you might have noticed the change of scenery. Since I destroyed the Demon Lair, you have to pay for the Genocide King and the Death Rook." Lucas explained to Gary, proud of his move.
"That's a very clever manoeuvre." Gary said. "But I always have a backup play. I'm going to play Pact with the Dark Master and sacrifice the monsters of the field plus one from my hand to summon the Dark Master - Zork (2700/1500)!" The monsters of the field dissolved and were replaced with a single large dark figure. "And one of Zork's abilities is to randomly destroy monsters on the field." A large die appeared in the center of the field and rolled end over end until it finally landed with one dot facing up.
"What does a one mean?" Lucas asked as the die disappeared.
"That means that I destroy all of your monsters, but since you only have the Dark Necrophia on the field, I'll have to just destroy it." Gary said as Necrophia was pulled into a black pit. "And now your life points are open. Attack him directly Dark Master!" Gary called out. Zork fired a sphere of black energy directly at Lucas and it exploded before him, his life points falling to 300 points. "Your move Lucas."
"You know." Lucas started. "In most situations, I might be afraid right now."
"And you should be. You're going to have a hard time protecting yourself against the Dark Master." Gary said.
"You know so much about Demon monsters, and yet you've missed so much." Lucas told him. "The Dark Necrophia has an effect much like Gilfar Demon. Except instead of weakening your monster, I take control of it!" Lucas grinned wildly as the Dark Necrophia appeared on his side of the field and pulled over the Dark Master.
"What?" Gary called out. "But that leaves my field completely open!"
"That's right, and since you have no other cards on the field, I can attack your life points directly with your own monster." Lucas explained. "Attack him directly Dark Master Zork!" He called out, and the monster fired a ball of black energy towards Gary, exploding and finishing off his live points. Gary stood silent as the desert calmed around them and they returned to the Dueling Arena.
"You know, I have called myself the Demon master in the past. But I have to say that I have never been beaten by Demon monsters before." Gary said, looking up. He walked across the tournament floor and present to cards to Lucas. "As an official eliminator I present with the Devilzoa and Metal Devilzoa cards."
"Thank you." Lucas said bowing and taking the cards.
"One more thing though. Since you defeated me I want you to take on the title of Demon Master and my Zork card and ritual." Gary offered up both of the cards.
"Only if you really want me to have them." Lucas said, taking the cards. He put them all into his deck and bowed again to Gary. "Thanks for the duel, I'll see you around." He walked out of the room.
It had been a very difficult duel, but he was now ready for the semi- final matches.
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"I'm going to play one magic or trap and one monster card, both face down and end my turn." Ichiro said.
Chance drew his next card, Magic Shield Arm. He placed it down and looked up at Ichiro. "I'll play this one card face down. Your move."
"Anyway Chance," Ichiro said, drawing his next card. "What exactly do you expect to do after this duel? I'm not saying you're going to win, but I have to wonder, do you know about the other district champions?" He placed one card down and motioned for Chance to make his move.
"I'm not really the kind to keep track of other players." Chance said, drawing his card. "All I know is that I try to be ready for anything." He looked down at his card, Magic Removal. "I'm going to start by playing Magic Removal and destroying your Raregold Armour. Then I'm going to play the Black Magician in attack mode, now I'm going to attack your first face down card."
"Very nice move Chance, but it won't work as well as you thought." Ichiro warned.
"Thanks for the warning Ichiro, but this is something I have to do. Attack the monster Black Magician." Chance said. The space flipped over to reveal the Water Guardian: Suga (2500/2400).
"Your monster would normally destroy mine Chance, but Suga has the ability to lower your attack down to 0. And since my defence is higher, I'm also going to activate Counter-Punch!" Ichiro called out, and as the Black Magician ran full into a shield of water, the water guardian countered and destroyed the mage.
"One of the Gate Guardians segments?" Chance asked Ichiro as his life points dropped to 1600.
"That's right Chance. I'm playing with one of the rarest and most powerful monsters in the game." Ichiro said.
"It's your turn then Ichiro." Chance said.
"I'm going to play down another monster and end my turn." Ichiro noted.
Chance drew his next card, the Magnet Warrior Gamma. He now had all the pieces he needed in order to play the Magnet Valkyrion. "I'm going to sacrifice the Magnet Warrior Alpha, Beta and Gamma to summon the Magnet Valkyrion (3500/3800)!" Chance called out. "Then I'm going to attack the Water Guardian Suga!"
"Not so fast Chance!" Ichiro called out. "I'm going to play Shift Change to shift Suga with another face down card!" His face down monster jumped in the way of the attack and was suddenly destroyed.
"You can't last too much longer." Chance warned. "I'll end my turn."
"It's too late Chance." Ichiro said, smiling. "I'm going to play the Gate Guardian (3750/3400)!" The three parts of the monster that were on the field formed together, Suga on the bottom, Wind Guardian: Hyuuga as the midsection and Electric Guardian: Sanga for the upper body. "Now I'm going to destroy your Magnet Valkyrion!" The blast flew forward towards the smaller segmented monster.
"Now it's my turn Ichiro, I'm going to play the Magic Shield Arm to pull your Millennium Shield in the way!" Chance called out, and the shield was destroyed in place of the Valkyrion.
"Okay Chance, you've stopped one attack. But how many times can you block me?" Ichiro said. "I'm going to end my turn."
Chance looked over the field and at the two monsters. While he couple play the Valkyrion in defence mode, it wouldn't be long until Ichiro could destroy it or equip the Gate Guardian with a weapon. Then again, if he pulled a weapon, it would all be over. He pulled the cards from the top of his deck and looked at the card. He looked directly into Gilford the Lightning. The monster was too weak to destroy the Gate Guardian by about 1000 points.
"You've put up a good fight Chance, but these next turns will decide the fate of the game." Ichiro told his friend.
Chance nodded and moved his hand to switch the Valkyrion to defence mode when a thought hit him. Gilford had an effect! "You're right Ichiro, but it all ends with my turn. I'm going to split the Magnet Valkyrion back into Alpha, Beta and Gamma, and then I'm going to sacrifice all three parts towards a sacrificial summoning of Gilford the Lightning!" Chance called out, and looked to Ichiro as his friend recognized the monster and the effect. "Gilford's special summoning destroys all of your monsters, or rather your Gate Guardian!" The thunder that struck the multi-part monster made such an echoing crash that Chance couldn't even hear the crashing that the wave did below.
"The Gate Guardian!" Ichiro called out as the monster shattered.
"That's right Ichiro." Chance told him, calming down. "And now your life points are completely open to a direct attack. Gilford, attack!" The monster leaped forward at his command and Ichiro's life points dropped to 0. The cliff and the ocean disappeared as the familiar surroundings of the Duel Arena appeared.
"That was very good Chance, I thought that once I got out the Gate Guardian I would be unstoppable." Ichiro said.
"It's okay, I was a little afraid there when you got that out." Chance said.
"Well anyway, as an eliminator, I'm going to present you with the Chaos Soldier and the Ritual of Chaos." Ichiro said, presenting him with the cards.
"Thanks Ichiro." Chance said, accepting the cards and putting the cards into his deck. "Listen, I have to know. What was it that they offered you to be an eliminator?"
"Well Chance, you know me." Ichiro said. "They just had to offer me a couple of really nice cards that I've been looking for." Ichiro gave Chance a wide grin.
"I should have known!" Chance said, smiling back. "Listen, I've got to go Duel in the semi-finals now, so you can watch me or go find Lucas."
"It's no problem." Ichiro told him. "I'm going to go make a full report about our battle, but I'll try to watch the duels."
"Great Duel Ichiro, I'll see you later then." Chance said as he nodded to his friend. He walked out of the arena and turned towards his next duel.
"Good luck Chance." Ichiro said once the doors had shut. "I'm not sure if you're ready for your next challenges, but I'm behind you all the way." He then turned and walked out the back door towards the staff room.
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