Two weeks had passed since the ancient thief's proposal and in a
worldwide announcement; Industrial Illusions announced a tournament to
commemorate their fifth anniversary. The 4-part tournament would take place
all over the world, starting in Domino City and ending in Egypt, the venues
in between would be announced as one leg ended and another began. The
dueling system was to be the duel disk system, donated by Kaiba
Corporation. If a duelist lost a duel, their disk deactivated and could not
be used again, the top twenty duelists from the first leg would go the
second leg, the top ten duelists from the second leg would go the third leg
and the top five from the third leg would compete for the championship in
the final leg in the sands of Egypt.
Two days after the announcement, Ryou was wearing a tight black short sleeve shirt, blue denim pants and sneakers. The Sennen Ring was on a cord around his neck, tucked beneath his shirt. Akira wore a black duster coat overtop a white cotton short sleeved shirt and faded blue denim pants and sneakers. The Sennen Bracelet was hidden beneath his coat's sleeve. Ryou and Akira met outside a shop selling the duel disk system; they nodded in greeting and went into the shop to purchase their respective systems.
"I will watch your first duel just to make sure that you can handle your end of our deal," Ryou said coldly, walking off before Akira could respond.
The next day the tournament began and Akira walked along the streets seeking out a duel, knowing full well that Ryou was tailing him. Soon, he found a duelist and he stopped directly in front of him.
"You, duel me," he demanded harshly.
The young man looked up, his black hair covering dark blue eyes,
"Very well, prepare to lose," he said standing up and smiling before walking a distance away from Akira, "My warrior deck shall crush you, and you will always remember the name Atrieu Matrin!"
"That is yet to be determined," Akira said with a smirk as he shuffled his deck and placed it into its slot.
Atrieu did the same and the holographic projectors launched from the disks and activated. The life points went up to eight thousand and the two duelists drew their hands. Akira went first; he placed two cards face down in the magic and trap field and set one monster face down in defense mode.
"I play two cards face down and one monster face down in defense mode, I end my turn." Akira said smiling.
Atrieu drew and placed one card face down in his magic and trap field and summoned Gearfried the Iron Knight (1800/1600) in face up attack mode. The monster appeared on the field in a flash of light and Atrieu smirked,
"I summon Gearfried the Iron Knight in attack mode and attack your face down monster!"
The face down monster, which was Ryu-Kishin (1000/500), was destroyed and sent to the graveyard, but before Atrieu could end his turn, Akira pressed a button on his disk, flipping up a trap card.
"I activate Solemn Wishes, I gain 500 life points every time I draw a card," Akira said smugly as Atrieu finished his turn.
Akira drew a card and his life points rose to 8500. He smiled and flipped his other face down card up, Graceful Charity; he drew three cards and discarded two cards, his life points rising to 9,000. He set a monster in defense mode, placed one card face down in his magic and trap field, and ended his turn. Atrieu placed one card face down in his magic and trap field and attacked Akira's face down card. The card, Trial of Hell (1300/900), was destroyed and Atrieu ended his turn. Akira drew a card and his life points rose to 9,500, his eyes brightened and he laughed loudly.
"I remove three fiend-type monsters from my graveyard from play to summon Dark Necrofear!" (2200/2800)
Atrieu's eyes widened as the creature attacked his monster bringing his life points to 7600 as well as destroying the monster. Atrieu drew his card and shook his head still in shock that Akira could summon such a powerful monster so soon in the duel. He placed one monster face down in defense mode and ended his turn. Akira laughed loudly and brought his life points to 10,000. He placed a monster face down in defense mode and ended his turn. Atrieu drew a card and flipped Warrior Dai Grepher (1700/1600) face up in attack mode and attacked Akira's face down monster.
"Ha! You've destroyed Marie the Fallen One! Now that she's in the graveyard I will gain 200 life points during each of my standby phases!" Akira said laughing loudly as Atrieu's turn ended.
Akira drew a card and his life points rose to 10,500 before rising again to 10,700. Akira smiled and played one magic card.
"I play Change of Heart to take control of your Warrior Dai Grepher and now I'll tribute your monster to summon Dark Ruler Ha Des in attack mode!" (2450/1600)
Akira laughed as he placed Mystic Plasma Zone in his field magic card slot, raising his monsters attack points by 500 and decreasing their defense by 400. He chuckled as he attacked Atrieu directly for a total of 5650, lowered Atrieu's life points to 1950 and ended his turn. Atrieu drew a card and placed one monster face down in defense mode, ending his turn. Akira laughed loudly and destroyed the face down monster, Armaill (1700/1300), with Dark Necrofear and won the duel with Dark Ruler Ha Des. Atrieu sank to his knees as the holograms faded and his life points sank to 0. Akira laughed as he watched his opponent's reaction to loss, before turning and stalking into the crowed to meet up with Ryou.
"Very entertaining duel, you will do well," Ryou said with a laugh as he shook his head, "Your deck is impressive, very formidable. See you later!"
Ryou turned on his heel and walked away, leaving Akira to stare at the white-haired young man's back.
Two days after the announcement, Ryou was wearing a tight black short sleeve shirt, blue denim pants and sneakers. The Sennen Ring was on a cord around his neck, tucked beneath his shirt. Akira wore a black duster coat overtop a white cotton short sleeved shirt and faded blue denim pants and sneakers. The Sennen Bracelet was hidden beneath his coat's sleeve. Ryou and Akira met outside a shop selling the duel disk system; they nodded in greeting and went into the shop to purchase their respective systems.
"I will watch your first duel just to make sure that you can handle your end of our deal," Ryou said coldly, walking off before Akira could respond.
The next day the tournament began and Akira walked along the streets seeking out a duel, knowing full well that Ryou was tailing him. Soon, he found a duelist and he stopped directly in front of him.
"You, duel me," he demanded harshly.
The young man looked up, his black hair covering dark blue eyes,
"Very well, prepare to lose," he said standing up and smiling before walking a distance away from Akira, "My warrior deck shall crush you, and you will always remember the name Atrieu Matrin!"
"That is yet to be determined," Akira said with a smirk as he shuffled his deck and placed it into its slot.
Atrieu did the same and the holographic projectors launched from the disks and activated. The life points went up to eight thousand and the two duelists drew their hands. Akira went first; he placed two cards face down in the magic and trap field and set one monster face down in defense mode.
"I play two cards face down and one monster face down in defense mode, I end my turn." Akira said smiling.
Atrieu drew and placed one card face down in his magic and trap field and summoned Gearfried the Iron Knight (1800/1600) in face up attack mode. The monster appeared on the field in a flash of light and Atrieu smirked,
"I summon Gearfried the Iron Knight in attack mode and attack your face down monster!"
The face down monster, which was Ryu-Kishin (1000/500), was destroyed and sent to the graveyard, but before Atrieu could end his turn, Akira pressed a button on his disk, flipping up a trap card.
"I activate Solemn Wishes, I gain 500 life points every time I draw a card," Akira said smugly as Atrieu finished his turn.
Akira drew a card and his life points rose to 8500. He smiled and flipped his other face down card up, Graceful Charity; he drew three cards and discarded two cards, his life points rising to 9,000. He set a monster in defense mode, placed one card face down in his magic and trap field, and ended his turn. Atrieu placed one card face down in his magic and trap field and attacked Akira's face down card. The card, Trial of Hell (1300/900), was destroyed and Atrieu ended his turn. Akira drew a card and his life points rose to 9,500, his eyes brightened and he laughed loudly.
"I remove three fiend-type monsters from my graveyard from play to summon Dark Necrofear!" (2200/2800)
Atrieu's eyes widened as the creature attacked his monster bringing his life points to 7600 as well as destroying the monster. Atrieu drew his card and shook his head still in shock that Akira could summon such a powerful monster so soon in the duel. He placed one monster face down in defense mode and ended his turn. Akira laughed loudly and brought his life points to 10,000. He placed a monster face down in defense mode and ended his turn. Atrieu drew a card and flipped Warrior Dai Grepher (1700/1600) face up in attack mode and attacked Akira's face down monster.
"Ha! You've destroyed Marie the Fallen One! Now that she's in the graveyard I will gain 200 life points during each of my standby phases!" Akira said laughing loudly as Atrieu's turn ended.
Akira drew a card and his life points rose to 10,500 before rising again to 10,700. Akira smiled and played one magic card.
"I play Change of Heart to take control of your Warrior Dai Grepher and now I'll tribute your monster to summon Dark Ruler Ha Des in attack mode!" (2450/1600)
Akira laughed as he placed Mystic Plasma Zone in his field magic card slot, raising his monsters attack points by 500 and decreasing their defense by 400. He chuckled as he attacked Atrieu directly for a total of 5650, lowered Atrieu's life points to 1950 and ended his turn. Atrieu drew a card and placed one monster face down in defense mode, ending his turn. Akira laughed loudly and destroyed the face down monster, Armaill (1700/1300), with Dark Necrofear and won the duel with Dark Ruler Ha Des. Atrieu sank to his knees as the holograms faded and his life points sank to 0. Akira laughed as he watched his opponent's reaction to loss, before turning and stalking into the crowed to meet up with Ryou.
"Very entertaining duel, you will do well," Ryou said with a laugh as he shook his head, "Your deck is impressive, very formidable. See you later!"
Ryou turned on his heel and walked away, leaving Akira to stare at the white-haired young man's back.