"I had no idea so many elite duelists existed in Domino," said Lara. "I
find it hard that there are this many duelists ranked with more than four
stars.
"And I doubt that Kaiba personally invited all of them," agreed Drake. He clenched his fist when he said this.
"Don't let company rivalry get in the way of your dueling," scolded Lara. Drake smiled.
"I'm not," he insisted. "I just can't wait to prove to that egomaniac who is the true lord of dragons."
"I can't wait, either," agreed Lara. "But, you do need to find five more locator cards."
"I will," said Drake, confidently. He fingered his deck on his duel disk when he said this.
"Hey!" exclaimed a kid to his friend. They were talking to loudly, it was hard not to hear them.
"What?" asked the friend.
"Did you here about that duelists who is going around, creaming everyone?" asked the first.
"Which one, winning duelists are a dine a dozen, now," retorted the second.
"Yes, but this one is going around, calling himself the expert dragon duelists," said the first.
"Another dragon duelist?" asked Lara.
"I am going to find him," said Drake with a strange glimmer in his eyes.
"You are going to duel him, right?" asked Lara. Drake nodded with a smile.
They began to walk through downtown Domino City, in the direction the first kid had come from. Soon enough, they spotted a small crowd, which was gathering around a duel.
"He won, again!" exclaimed on of the people in the crowd.
"I don't think anyone can beat him," moaned the loser of the duel.
"No surprise," said another. "Dragons are some of the strongest Duel Monsters around."
"I think we found who we were looking for," Drake muttered to Lara. Louder he said, "Excuse me." He began to push his way through the crowd.
"What?" asked the winner.
"I want to duel you," replied Drake.
"Are you sure?" he asked. He had dust colored hair, which was covered by a backward baseball cap. He wore khaki shorts and an old T-shirt.
"I am Drake the Lord of Dragons, and I challenge you to a duel of dragons," Drake boldly announced.
"I am Collin, the Expert Dragon Duelist, and I except your challenge," said Collin with a smile.
"Let's duel!" they said together. Each took several steps back and activated his duel disk and the duel began.
"I'll begin by playing Fairy Dragon in attack mode," announced Collin as he played his first monster. The Fairy Dragon was a cute dragon with no limbs to speak of. It had two wings and a seahorse like tail. Its stats were 1100 and 1200.
"Nice opening move," complimented Drake. "But, I will play my Alligator's Sword in attack mode." His monster was an alligator in armor, carrying a sword. Its attack was 1500.
"I thought you said that you'd be using dragons," said Collin, a like disappointed.
"Watch and you'll see," said Drake. "Now, Alligator's Sword, attack the Fairy Dragon, Reptilian Fury Attack!" The Alligator's Sword raced forward and shredded the Fairy Dragon, taking Collin down to 3600 life points.
"Then I play my Koumori Dragon in attack mode, with a magic card," said Collin. His next dragon appeared. It was dark violet with two large wings. Its attack was equal with the Alligator's Sword at 1500. "Since I can't attack now, it is your turn."
"Then I will play Baby Dragon in attack mode," countered Drake. His next dragon was an orange midget of the dragon world. It had an attack of 1200 and a defense of 700.
"A lot of good that does you," snorted Collin.
"It does, watch," said Drake. "I can combine these two with Polymerization to create the Alligator's Sword Dragon!" Drake threw his magic card down and the two monsters began to melt together. The end result was a stronger, buffer, more dragon-like Alligator's Sword. It had an attack of 1700 and a defense of 1500.
"Attack the Koumori Dragon, Serpent Sword Strike!" ordered Drake. The Alligator's Sword Dragon raced forward and turned the Koumori Dragon to ribbons. This left Collin with 3400 life points.
"Then I play Darkfire Dragon in attack mode, and power it up with Dragon Treasure," said Collin as he started his next turn. His next dragon was a sinusoid, made solely of fire. It glowed and flickered beautifully. Its raised attack was 2000.
"Destroy the Alligator's Sword Dragon, Intense Smoke Incineration!" ordered Collin. The Darkfire Dragon began to spew fire, which eliminated the Alligator's Sword Dragon, taking Drake down to 3700 life points.
"Fine," said Drake. "I'll play one monster in defense mode, and a magic card and end my turn."
"I play my Crawling Dragon (#2) in attack mode," announced Collin. His next monster was pure black, except for its white belly. It stood on its two hind feet and bore its wicked front claws. Its attack was 1600 and its defense was 1400.
"Darkfire Dragon, attack his face down card, Intense Smoke Incineration!" ordered Collin
The Darkfire Dragon went in to attack the hologram of a face down card. It struck and the entire area was covered with a blinding light as the card was flipped over. It was revealed to be the Big Shield Gardna. It looked like a wild man with rugged black hair, holding a shield as big as it was. Its stats were 100 and 2600. Because of the difference in attack and defense points, Collin lost 600 life points.
"Now for my turn," said Drake.
"Not so fast," said Collin. "When Big Shield Gardna is attack in defense mode, it gets switched to attack mode."
"Oh, crap," muttered Drake, forgetting about that disclaimer. His monster was switched to attack mode.
"That makes it vulnerable to my Crawling Dragon," said Collin. "Attack it, Lethal Claw!" The Big Shield Gardna dropped its shield to meet the attack, but it failed and was sent to the graveyard. That brought Collin in the lead, 2800 life points to 2200.
"Come on Drake, you can do it!" encouraged Lara. "You are the true dragon duelist!" Drake smiled.
"I am impressed that you remembered Big Shield Gardna's weakness," said Drake.
"So am I, actually," commented Collin. "I always seem to make stupid mistakes when I duel. But two other duelists, Shayla and Mai, taught me that you have to learn to pay attention."
"You know those two?" asked Lara.
"Yes," replied Collin, blushing a little. "I must be lucky to duel against such cute duelists like that."
"Now I know why he is always distracted," muttered Drake. Louder, he said, "It is my turn, and I play Winged Dragon and Guardian of the Fortress in attack mode, with a magic card." His blue dragon appeared. It had several long claws that grew out of the end of its wings. It had an attack of 1400.
"Is that all?" asked Collin. He eyed the magic card suspiciously, but continued. "I tribute my two monsters and summon Hyozanryu." His next dragon appeared. It was beautiful, glittering like it was made of diamonds, which it was. Its wings nearly covered Collin's entire half of the field, and it wasn't even the biggest dragon out there. Its attack was 2100 and its defense was 2800.
"I attack your Winged Dragon, Dragon Diamond Storm!" ordered Collin. Thousands of glistening shards appeared around the Hyozanryu, and were sent straight towards Drake's monster.
"Negate Attack," Drake said simply as he flashed the trap card he had played earlier.
"Your move," replied Collin.
"Then I will," said Drake. "The biggest weakness with your dragon is that its primary strength is its defense, and now, it is in attack mode. So, I play Monster Reborn and bring back the Fairy Dragon, in attack mode." The Fairy Dragon reappeared on his side of the field.
Collin eyed it suspiciously, wondering what that weak dragon was going to do. But he has seen too many duels where the weak overpowered the strong, so he said nothing.
"Then, I will combine my two dragons together, creating the Kaiser Dragon," said Drake as he finished his turn by throwing down another Polymerization.
"Way to go, Drake!" yelled Lara.
The Kaiser Dragon emerged from the melting forms of the other two dragons. It was beautiful and golden, looking like it had stepped straight out of Chinese mythology. Its attack was 2300.
"Attack, Fabled Ancient Power!" ordered Drake. The field flashed bright as gold met diamonds. Collin's dragon lost, and he was down to 2600 life points.
"One dragon in defense mode, and another magic card," said Collin as he ended his turn.
"Then I will play a monster face down, and attack your defending monster," said Drake. "Fabled Ancient Power!" Collin's dragon was sent to the graveyard before it was clear what dragon it was.
Collin paused for a moment, as if he was trying to think of a way to turn the duel around. Finally, he made his move. "I play one monster face down, and another magic card."
"For my turn," said Drake, "I use Dragon Fire Blast."
"What?" asked Collin as he peered at the card he had never seen before.
"It does one of two things," explained Drake. "It can either destroy one monster with a defense of less than 800, or, it can inflict 800 points of direct damage."
"Great....." muttered Collin. A blazing inferno opened above him and burning hail began to rain down, taking him down to 1800 life points.
"It is still my turn," said Drake. "I summon Mystical Elf in defense mode." Collin raised an eyebrow as the non-dragon appeared on the field, but he said nothing.
"And now I attack," said Drake. "Fabled Ancient Power!"
"Fake Trap," said Collin as he used a stall technique. "I learned that one from Shayla."
"That makes it my turn," continued Collin. "I play Monster Reborn, and reborn my Hyozanryu." His Hyozanryu appeared in defense mode next to his face down card.
"With two monsters in defense mode, you can't attack, so it is my turn," said Drake. "I play another monster in defense mode. Then, I power up my Kaiser Dragon with Dragon Nails!"
"Reverse Trap," announced Collin as he flipped over his very first trap card. "I knew you'd have to play a power up soon or later." Drake's eyes narrowed. Reverse Trap turned power ups into power downs. The Kaiser Dragon now had an attack of 1800.
"My turn," said Collin. "And I have been waiting for this. I tribute my two monsters and summon my favorite dragon, Mikazukinoyaiba!" His Mayan warrior dragon appeared in place of the Hyozanryu and face down card. It stats were 2200 and 2350. "Attack the Kaiser Dragon, Fury Blade!"
The Mikazukinoyaiba charged the weakened Kaiser Dragon and shredded it. This took Drake down to 1800, even with Collin.
"That was a very nice combo," complimented Drake. "I can see why you call yourself the Expert Dragon Duelist. But, I am the Lord of Dragons, and now you are going to see why!"
"Go Drake!" cheered Lara. Collin said nothing, he knew how duelists' have their plans.
"First, I tribute my two defending monsters, to summon the Red-Eyes, Black Dragon!" announced Drake.
"Great...." muttered Collin as the black dragon appeared.
"Then, I use the magic card, Flute of Summoning Dragon!" finished Drake. Two other Red-Eyes appeared next to the first.
"Crap!" muttered Collin.
"Attack at once!" ordered Drake. In a blaze of light, Collin's life points hit 0.
"You did it!" cheered Lara.
Drake walked over and helped Collin back onto his feet.
"You are a good duelist," said Drake.
"Yes, but I still have a lot to learn," said Collin, sadly. He picked his Mikazukinoyaiba off of his duel disk and handed it to Drake. "This is my rarest card..... Please take good care of it."
Drake seemed surprised, and a little guilty about taking the card. "Thanks, I promise I will."
"And here is the locator card," said Collin as he turned his over.
"Collin, you really are a dragon duelist. You fight with honor and intergity. You just have some more work to do," said Drake.
"I know," agreed Collin. "I still have a locator card from a previous duel..... and my Hyozanryu is as rare as my Mikazukinoyaiba......"
"Are you continuing in the tournament?" asked Lara as she walked over.
".......No," said Collin, at length. "I still have work to do, and I am not going to lose my Hyozanryu." He began to walk off.
"Good luck!" said Drake and Lara.
"You too," said Collin as he waved good-bye.
"Great job, Drake," said Lara as she turned to he boyfriend. She gave his a victory peck. Drake's ear flushed pink in surprise.
AN/ This chapter is for all dragon lovers out there; me, Drake the Lord of Dragons, Seto Kaiba the Dragon Champion, Collin the Expert Dragon Duelists, and my not so loyal reviewer Legendary Dragon Master.
"And I doubt that Kaiba personally invited all of them," agreed Drake. He clenched his fist when he said this.
"Don't let company rivalry get in the way of your dueling," scolded Lara. Drake smiled.
"I'm not," he insisted. "I just can't wait to prove to that egomaniac who is the true lord of dragons."
"I can't wait, either," agreed Lara. "But, you do need to find five more locator cards."
"I will," said Drake, confidently. He fingered his deck on his duel disk when he said this.
"Hey!" exclaimed a kid to his friend. They were talking to loudly, it was hard not to hear them.
"What?" asked the friend.
"Did you here about that duelists who is going around, creaming everyone?" asked the first.
"Which one, winning duelists are a dine a dozen, now," retorted the second.
"Yes, but this one is going around, calling himself the expert dragon duelists," said the first.
"Another dragon duelist?" asked Lara.
"I am going to find him," said Drake with a strange glimmer in his eyes.
"You are going to duel him, right?" asked Lara. Drake nodded with a smile.
They began to walk through downtown Domino City, in the direction the first kid had come from. Soon enough, they spotted a small crowd, which was gathering around a duel.
"He won, again!" exclaimed on of the people in the crowd.
"I don't think anyone can beat him," moaned the loser of the duel.
"No surprise," said another. "Dragons are some of the strongest Duel Monsters around."
"I think we found who we were looking for," Drake muttered to Lara. Louder he said, "Excuse me." He began to push his way through the crowd.
"What?" asked the winner.
"I want to duel you," replied Drake.
"Are you sure?" he asked. He had dust colored hair, which was covered by a backward baseball cap. He wore khaki shorts and an old T-shirt.
"I am Drake the Lord of Dragons, and I challenge you to a duel of dragons," Drake boldly announced.
"I am Collin, the Expert Dragon Duelist, and I except your challenge," said Collin with a smile.
"Let's duel!" they said together. Each took several steps back and activated his duel disk and the duel began.
"I'll begin by playing Fairy Dragon in attack mode," announced Collin as he played his first monster. The Fairy Dragon was a cute dragon with no limbs to speak of. It had two wings and a seahorse like tail. Its stats were 1100 and 1200.
"Nice opening move," complimented Drake. "But, I will play my Alligator's Sword in attack mode." His monster was an alligator in armor, carrying a sword. Its attack was 1500.
"I thought you said that you'd be using dragons," said Collin, a like disappointed.
"Watch and you'll see," said Drake. "Now, Alligator's Sword, attack the Fairy Dragon, Reptilian Fury Attack!" The Alligator's Sword raced forward and shredded the Fairy Dragon, taking Collin down to 3600 life points.
"Then I play my Koumori Dragon in attack mode, with a magic card," said Collin. His next dragon appeared. It was dark violet with two large wings. Its attack was equal with the Alligator's Sword at 1500. "Since I can't attack now, it is your turn."
"Then I will play Baby Dragon in attack mode," countered Drake. His next dragon was an orange midget of the dragon world. It had an attack of 1200 and a defense of 700.
"A lot of good that does you," snorted Collin.
"It does, watch," said Drake. "I can combine these two with Polymerization to create the Alligator's Sword Dragon!" Drake threw his magic card down and the two monsters began to melt together. The end result was a stronger, buffer, more dragon-like Alligator's Sword. It had an attack of 1700 and a defense of 1500.
"Attack the Koumori Dragon, Serpent Sword Strike!" ordered Drake. The Alligator's Sword Dragon raced forward and turned the Koumori Dragon to ribbons. This left Collin with 3400 life points.
"Then I play Darkfire Dragon in attack mode, and power it up with Dragon Treasure," said Collin as he started his next turn. His next dragon was a sinusoid, made solely of fire. It glowed and flickered beautifully. Its raised attack was 2000.
"Destroy the Alligator's Sword Dragon, Intense Smoke Incineration!" ordered Collin. The Darkfire Dragon began to spew fire, which eliminated the Alligator's Sword Dragon, taking Drake down to 3700 life points.
"Fine," said Drake. "I'll play one monster in defense mode, and a magic card and end my turn."
"I play my Crawling Dragon (#2) in attack mode," announced Collin. His next monster was pure black, except for its white belly. It stood on its two hind feet and bore its wicked front claws. Its attack was 1600 and its defense was 1400.
"Darkfire Dragon, attack his face down card, Intense Smoke Incineration!" ordered Collin
The Darkfire Dragon went in to attack the hologram of a face down card. It struck and the entire area was covered with a blinding light as the card was flipped over. It was revealed to be the Big Shield Gardna. It looked like a wild man with rugged black hair, holding a shield as big as it was. Its stats were 100 and 2600. Because of the difference in attack and defense points, Collin lost 600 life points.
"Now for my turn," said Drake.
"Not so fast," said Collin. "When Big Shield Gardna is attack in defense mode, it gets switched to attack mode."
"Oh, crap," muttered Drake, forgetting about that disclaimer. His monster was switched to attack mode.
"That makes it vulnerable to my Crawling Dragon," said Collin. "Attack it, Lethal Claw!" The Big Shield Gardna dropped its shield to meet the attack, but it failed and was sent to the graveyard. That brought Collin in the lead, 2800 life points to 2200.
"Come on Drake, you can do it!" encouraged Lara. "You are the true dragon duelist!" Drake smiled.
"I am impressed that you remembered Big Shield Gardna's weakness," said Drake.
"So am I, actually," commented Collin. "I always seem to make stupid mistakes when I duel. But two other duelists, Shayla and Mai, taught me that you have to learn to pay attention."
"You know those two?" asked Lara.
"Yes," replied Collin, blushing a little. "I must be lucky to duel against such cute duelists like that."
"Now I know why he is always distracted," muttered Drake. Louder, he said, "It is my turn, and I play Winged Dragon and Guardian of the Fortress in attack mode, with a magic card." His blue dragon appeared. It had several long claws that grew out of the end of its wings. It had an attack of 1400.
"Is that all?" asked Collin. He eyed the magic card suspiciously, but continued. "I tribute my two monsters and summon Hyozanryu." His next dragon appeared. It was beautiful, glittering like it was made of diamonds, which it was. Its wings nearly covered Collin's entire half of the field, and it wasn't even the biggest dragon out there. Its attack was 2100 and its defense was 2800.
"I attack your Winged Dragon, Dragon Diamond Storm!" ordered Collin. Thousands of glistening shards appeared around the Hyozanryu, and were sent straight towards Drake's monster.
"Negate Attack," Drake said simply as he flashed the trap card he had played earlier.
"Your move," replied Collin.
"Then I will," said Drake. "The biggest weakness with your dragon is that its primary strength is its defense, and now, it is in attack mode. So, I play Monster Reborn and bring back the Fairy Dragon, in attack mode." The Fairy Dragon reappeared on his side of the field.
Collin eyed it suspiciously, wondering what that weak dragon was going to do. But he has seen too many duels where the weak overpowered the strong, so he said nothing.
"Then, I will combine my two dragons together, creating the Kaiser Dragon," said Drake as he finished his turn by throwing down another Polymerization.
"Way to go, Drake!" yelled Lara.
The Kaiser Dragon emerged from the melting forms of the other two dragons. It was beautiful and golden, looking like it had stepped straight out of Chinese mythology. Its attack was 2300.
"Attack, Fabled Ancient Power!" ordered Drake. The field flashed bright as gold met diamonds. Collin's dragon lost, and he was down to 2600 life points.
"One dragon in defense mode, and another magic card," said Collin as he ended his turn.
"Then I will play a monster face down, and attack your defending monster," said Drake. "Fabled Ancient Power!" Collin's dragon was sent to the graveyard before it was clear what dragon it was.
Collin paused for a moment, as if he was trying to think of a way to turn the duel around. Finally, he made his move. "I play one monster face down, and another magic card."
"For my turn," said Drake, "I use Dragon Fire Blast."
"What?" asked Collin as he peered at the card he had never seen before.
"It does one of two things," explained Drake. "It can either destroy one monster with a defense of less than 800, or, it can inflict 800 points of direct damage."
"Great....." muttered Collin. A blazing inferno opened above him and burning hail began to rain down, taking him down to 1800 life points.
"It is still my turn," said Drake. "I summon Mystical Elf in defense mode." Collin raised an eyebrow as the non-dragon appeared on the field, but he said nothing.
"And now I attack," said Drake. "Fabled Ancient Power!"
"Fake Trap," said Collin as he used a stall technique. "I learned that one from Shayla."
"That makes it my turn," continued Collin. "I play Monster Reborn, and reborn my Hyozanryu." His Hyozanryu appeared in defense mode next to his face down card.
"With two monsters in defense mode, you can't attack, so it is my turn," said Drake. "I play another monster in defense mode. Then, I power up my Kaiser Dragon with Dragon Nails!"
"Reverse Trap," announced Collin as he flipped over his very first trap card. "I knew you'd have to play a power up soon or later." Drake's eyes narrowed. Reverse Trap turned power ups into power downs. The Kaiser Dragon now had an attack of 1800.
"My turn," said Collin. "And I have been waiting for this. I tribute my two monsters and summon my favorite dragon, Mikazukinoyaiba!" His Mayan warrior dragon appeared in place of the Hyozanryu and face down card. It stats were 2200 and 2350. "Attack the Kaiser Dragon, Fury Blade!"
The Mikazukinoyaiba charged the weakened Kaiser Dragon and shredded it. This took Drake down to 1800, even with Collin.
"That was a very nice combo," complimented Drake. "I can see why you call yourself the Expert Dragon Duelist. But, I am the Lord of Dragons, and now you are going to see why!"
"Go Drake!" cheered Lara. Collin said nothing, he knew how duelists' have their plans.
"First, I tribute my two defending monsters, to summon the Red-Eyes, Black Dragon!" announced Drake.
"Great...." muttered Collin as the black dragon appeared.
"Then, I use the magic card, Flute of Summoning Dragon!" finished Drake. Two other Red-Eyes appeared next to the first.
"Crap!" muttered Collin.
"Attack at once!" ordered Drake. In a blaze of light, Collin's life points hit 0.
"You did it!" cheered Lara.
Drake walked over and helped Collin back onto his feet.
"You are a good duelist," said Drake.
"Yes, but I still have a lot to learn," said Collin, sadly. He picked his Mikazukinoyaiba off of his duel disk and handed it to Drake. "This is my rarest card..... Please take good care of it."
Drake seemed surprised, and a little guilty about taking the card. "Thanks, I promise I will."
"And here is the locator card," said Collin as he turned his over.
"Collin, you really are a dragon duelist. You fight with honor and intergity. You just have some more work to do," said Drake.
"I know," agreed Collin. "I still have a locator card from a previous duel..... and my Hyozanryu is as rare as my Mikazukinoyaiba......"
"Are you continuing in the tournament?" asked Lara as she walked over.
".......No," said Collin, at length. "I still have work to do, and I am not going to lose my Hyozanryu." He began to walk off.
"Good luck!" said Drake and Lara.
"You too," said Collin as he waved good-bye.
"Great job, Drake," said Lara as she turned to he boyfriend. She gave his a victory peck. Drake's ear flushed pink in surprise.
AN/ This chapter is for all dragon lovers out there; me, Drake the Lord of Dragons, Seto Kaiba the Dragon Champion, Collin the Expert Dragon Duelists, and my not so loyal reviewer Legendary Dragon Master.