The Battle City 24
Bandit Keith was in town and he was looking for Darren. He bumped into someone
"Watch where you're going, dweeb!"
It was Andrew Halliday
"Hey I know you. You're a European champion?"
"Was, and your the former Intercontinental Champion. I'm up for a duel"
"Agreed. Two locator cards!"
The scanners came up at 2000. Andrew drew first
"Axe Raider (1700/1150) in attack mode and a monster face down in defence mode and one card face down"
"I'll summon Guardian of the throne room (1650/1600) and equip it with 7 completed increasing his attack power by 700. And one card face down. Take out his Axe Raider!"
Andrew's monster was blown to pieces and his life points dropped to 1350. Andrew drew again
"First I'll flip the Armed Ninja (300/300) to destroy that 7 completed Card"
Andrew's Ninja appeared and he put a knife through the card
"Then I play Exchange"
Keith showed Andrew his hand
"I'll take Ultimate Offering"
Andrew walked over and he took it off him. Keith took Millennium shield. They returned to their places
"I'll now use the Ultimate offering to summon Skull Mariner (1600/900) and then I'll sacrifice both my monsters to summon the Sword Hunter (2450/1700) in attack mode!"
Andrew's life points dropped to 850.
"Take out his Guardian of the Throne!"
Andrew's monster slashed down Keith's monster and his life points dropped to 1200.
"I'll finish with a card face down"
Keith drew his next card
"I'll flip my face down card, Monster Reborn to revive my Guardian of the Throne room then I'll use the Ultimate offering to summon Giga Tech wolf (1200/1400), then my Launcher Spider (2200/2500) in defence mode. And finally another 7 Completed to juice up his Defence to 3200 and a final card face down"
Andrew smiled
"Face down card activate. Attack and Receive. With this card you take 700 life points damage"
Keith's life points dropped to 700, then to 350
"What? This should be over"
Keith revealed a face down card
"Chop Block. It halves any damage done to my life points."
"No matter. I'll pass for now"
Keith smiled
"I'll place my Launcher Spider into attack mode and I'll juice his attack this time with 7 Completed!"
"Oh uh"
Keith's monster's attack points were increased to 2900.
"Then I'll summon Cannon Solider (1400/1300) in defence mode and a card face down. Launcher Spider attack!"
Keith's monsters fired a load of missiles but they all came back at his monster and his monster was destroyed
"What happened!"
The face up card was Magical Cylinder
"Damn it!"
"And now one card face down, Sword Hunter attack him now!"
Andrew's monster was about to finish his Cannon Soldier when it was blocked
"What?"
"Gravity Bind. Stops all monster with more than 4 stars from attacking"
Keith drew
"I'll now sacrifice my monster to summon your Millennium Shield… (0/3000)"
This monster was summoned but it fell into a hole
"What the?"
"Egataboon, Keith"
"Next, block attack"
Andrew's Sword Hunter was placed into defence mode. Andrew drew
"One card face down"
"Ok, I now summon Gradius (1200/800). I then play Cyclon Laser and Litter Removal to double my monsters attack power and the attack points will be taken from your life points. Gradius hit him down!"
Keith's monster was about to attack when it was blocked
"What?"
"I now have my own Gravity Bind. And now I play Remove Trap, to get rid of yours and your monster is destroyed thanks to the effect of your Litter Removal. I'll place my Sword Hunter back into attack mode. Sword Hunter, finish him!!"
Keith as struck down and he fell to the ground. His life points dropped to 0
"How! A rank Amateur defeated me!"
Andrew walked to him
"Your locator cards"
Keith gave him his cards and he ran off. Andrew walked to the official's booth
"I have 4 locator cards"
The Official typed into his computer
"Ok that puts you in first…no tied first"
Andrew looked around
"Who else won one"
Darren was just starting his first duel against a new player, Phil
"Ok Darren, two locator cards on this match"
"Agreed"
Phil drew first
"I summon the Pale Beast (1500/1200) in attack mode and two cards face down"
Darren drew
"Darkfire Soldier (1700/1150) in attack mode and the Equip card, Salamandra to increase my monsters attack power to 2400! Take out his Pale Beast"
Phil smiled
"Face down card, Waboku!"
Darren's attack was blocked and Phil drew again
"I'll place a monster in defence mode and place my Pale Beast in defence mode as well"
Darren drew
"I'll place a card face down and make my monster attack your face down card!"
Darren's monster sliced the card to pieces but Phil smiled
"Thank you. I now summon Master and Expert (1200/1000), then I'll sacrifice both my monsters to summon Garnecia Elefantis (2400/2000) in attack mode and equip him with the Horn of the Unicorn. Attack his Darkfire Soldier now!"
Darren's monster was electrocuted and his life points dropped to 600. Darren drew again
"One monster in defence mode"
"Now I summon Milas Radiant (300/250) in attack mode and it raises my Garnecia Elefantis attack power by another 500 points, making its overall attack strength 3600! Attack his face down card!"
Darren's monster was cut down. It was the UFO Turtle (1400/1200)
"Milas, hit his life points directly!"
Darren was knocked back a bit by the hit of Phil's monsters. His life points dropped to 300. Darren drew
"I'll summon a monster in defence mode, thanks to the ability of my UFO Turtle. Then I'll summon another monster face down and finally I'll remove one monster from my graveyard to summon another monster face down in defence mode"
"Quite a defence you have. I'll summon a monster in defence mode and my Garnecia Elefantis will attack your face down card on the left!"
Phil's monster sliced through the card and Lady Assailant of the Flames (1500/1000) appeared
"What?"
"Now I get to remove three cards from play to take down 800 of your life points!"
Fireballs came down and they hit Phil, taking his life points down to 1200
"And I play Emperors Holiday, which negates your Horn of the Unicorn and now it gets fun. I sacrifice both my monsters to summon The Tyrant Dragon (2900/2500)!"
Darren's favourite monster appeared on the field
"Take out his face down card!"
Darren's monster burnt the card to a crisp and Nimble Momonga (1000/100) appeared. Phil smiled
"Thank you, now I gain an extra 1000 life points"
His life points dropped to 200
"What?"
Phil looked up and he saw Darren with a card face up
"Bad Reaction to Somochi. It turns all life point increases into decreases. And now, Tyrant Dragon, finish his monster!"
Darren's Dragon burnt the monster to ashes and Phil's life points dropped to 0. Phil fell on his back and Darren was standing over him. Phil gave him his locator cards. Darren walked off
"Loser"
He walked to an officials booth
"Yeah I just saw that one, some duelling"
"Thanks"
"Well you are now tied first with 4 others"
Darren walked off
Nicola was standing on a bridge over looking the river. Some man walked past her and he stood beside her
"Nice view, isn't it?"
"If you're into that thing"
"And I take it you are?"
"No. I'm just here taking a break"
"From duelling? How many locator cards?"
"4"
"Same here"
"Oh, who'd you beat, Joey Wheeler?"
"Him. He's a good duellist and besides I beat a former Regional champion"
"Good for you"
"Well if you think you're so tuff, take me on now"
Nicola smiled
"Agreed"
"4 locator cards. Who ever wins this one, goes into first place"
"Yeah, but after 12 hours we'll be shooting blanks"
"Huh?"
"After 12 hours, no one is told their position"
They readied their disks and their decks. Nicola drew first
"One monster in defence mode and a card face down"
Matt drew
"First I summon Bean Soldier (1400/1300) then I play Insect Imitation. I can then sacrifice my Bean Soldier to summon Queen of Autumn leaves (1800/1500) in attack mode. I'll attack your face down card!"
Matt's monster attacked but the Castle of Dark Illusions appeared (930/1930)
"No!"
Matt's monster attacked but nothing happened. Matt's life points dropped to 1870. Nicola drew her card
"Dream Clown (1200/900) in attack mode and two cards face down"
Matt drew his card
"I now summon Evil Seed (1700/1200) in attack mode and I'll make him attack your Dream Clown"
Matt's monster was about to attack when it turned and attacked Matt's Queen of Autumn Leaves. Nothing happened but
Nicola lost 100 life points
"What happened"?
Nicola had a card face up on the field
"Redirection. When my opponent declares an attack I get to make it attack a monster on your side of the field but of course I get the damage done to my life points. And now I'll play Monster Slayer to put five monsters from my deck into my graveyard"
She looked at her deck and discarded 5 into the graveyard
"Then I flip my Dream clown into defence mode to destroy your Queen of Autumn Leaves"
Matt's monster was destroyed
"And next I'll sacrifice them both to summon the Dark Necromancer(2400/2000) in attack mode!"
A ghostly like Creature appeared on the field
"Oh damn"
"And I'll further increase his power by 300 with the Dark Energy Magic card. Necromancer, attack!"
Matt's monster, Evil seed was taken out and his life points dropped to 1000. Matt drew his card
"I play Exchange"
Nicola walked to Matt and she took Soul Exchange. Matt took Crass Clown. Nicola walked back to her place
"And now I summon the Crass Clown (1350/1400) in attack mode and Monster Reborn to revive your Dream Clown"
"No way!"
"Polymerisation, fuse them into Bickuribox (2300/200)!"
Nicola was stunned
"Then I play Collected Power to bring your Dark Energy to my monster. Bickuribox, slice and dice her monster!"
Bickuribox pulled out an axe from its mouth and sliced down Nicola's monster, dropping her life points to 1800. Nicola smiled
"You've made it past the gate Matt. But this must end now. I play Soul Exchange"
Matt's Bickuribox was taken and Nicola's monster also. Then The Undertaker (2000/1200) appeared on the field
"I'm finished"
"Yes you are. Undertaker attack!"
Matt was knocked off his feet and his life points dropped to 0. Nicola walked to Matt
"Your Locator cards"
Matt handed her his 4 locator cards.
"Thanks"
She walked off
Kiaba was in the Kiaba Corp office, looking at the board of duellists
"Well. It seems Nicola is on top with 8 locator cards, impressive. And Yugi is still on Two. Michael just won his first duel as has Darren and it looks like Bandit Keith is out already. He is slipping in his old age"
Mokuba was standing beside him
"If you want to win Seto you have to get duelling as well. And as the Battle City Commissioner I am ordering you to leave the building"
Seto smiled
"Ok Mr Commissioner. I'm going"
He walked out
Michael was in the park having a drink. He looked at his watch
"Two hours gone and I already have 8 locator cards. Shouldn't be too hard to pick up some more"
Michael looked behind him and he saw Chan duelling
"Perfect, this for the all out lead"
Michael walked to him
"Chan!"
Chan looked up
"Well, the UK champion, been some time"
"Yes. Good to see you. How many locator cards you got?"
"4"
"Great. I am up for a duel"
"I accept"
They readied their decks and their duel disks and the scanners read 2000. Michael drew first
"Ok Chan. I summon the Headless Knight (1450/1700) in attack mode and two cards face down"
Chan drew
"I summon the Beautiful Headhuntress (1600/800) in attack mode and two cards face down as well. Then I activate the field card, Gaia power to increase all earth monsters by 500 attack points. Headhuntress attack!"
Chan's monster sliced through Michael's and his life points dropped to 1350. Michael drew again
"One monster in defence mode and a card face down"
Chan drew
"I now summon the Celtic Guardian (1400/1200) in attack mode and I'll attack your face down card!"
Chan's Celtic Guardian sliced through Michael's card, revealing the Mystic Tomato (1400/1100)
"Oh"
"I now can summon a dark monster, 1500 attack points or less. I summon the Illusionary Gentlemen (1500/1600) in attack mode but then I sacrifice him to summon the Patrician of Darkness (2000/1300) in attack mode! Destroy his Celtic Guardian!"
Michael's monster easily destroyed Chan's monster and his life points dropped to 1900. Chan drew his card
"One monster in defence mode. Headhuntress attack his Patrician of Darkness!"
Michael smiled
"Face down card, activate, Paralysing Potion!"
Chan's monster was stopped dead
"Damn it!"
"And now I reveal De-Spell to destroy that Field card of yours to activate my own field card. Welcome to the Haunted House!"
Creepy floorboards appeared below them and ghosts began to fly around them
"This card increases the attack and defence of all fiend, spirit and zombie cards by 500. Patrician of Darkness, take out his monster!"
Michael's monster again, sliced down Chan's monster and his life points dropped to 1500. Chan drew again
"I will flip my monster, the Armed Ninja (300/300) to destroy your face down card"
Chan's monster put a dagger through it
"Monster Recovery. Then I will sacrifice my Ninja to summon Freed the Matchless General (2300/1700)"
Chan's monster appeared on the field
'I don't get it, his monster is still weaker then mine'
"And because of it special ability, no magic cards can be used against this monster and on my next turn I can pick a level 4 warrior from my deck and put him on the field"
"Yes, but your monster is weaker than mine."
"Simple solution. Axe of Despair"
"No!"
"Freed, the Matchless General. Destroy the Patrician of Darkness!"
Chan's monster sliced through Michael's monster and his life points dropped to 550. Michael was drew but Chan revealed a card
"Drop off!"
Michael sighed and placed his card in the graveyard
"I'll summon a monster in defence mode"
"Excellent, now I get to use my monster special ability. I summon the Battle Ox (1700/1000) in attack mode. But he can't attack yet so I'll wipe out that face down monster with Freed. Attack now!"
Chan's monster wiped out the face down card and it was the Witch of the Black Forest (1200/1100). Michael smiled
"Fiend Megacyber (2200/1200), attack mode!"
Chan was shocked
"How can you summon him?"
"He too has a good effect. If my opponent has two monsters on the field I can summon him without a tribute. But I will also place a monster face down. And one card face down"
Chan drew his card
"Well now I activate, the Acid Trap hole!"
Michael smiled
"Flip up that monster"
Michael turned the card and it was the castle of Dark Illusions (930/1930)
"Excellent, that card is now destroyed"
Michael's monster was blown from the field but Michael revealed his card
"Michizure!"
Chan's monster, Freed was destroyed
"No!"
"Once one of my monsters is destroyed I can destroy one of my opponents monsters."
Michael drew and he laughed
"Remember that card you send to the graveyard, when I drew it. I'm going to show you what card that was. Monster Reborn, come to me Red Eyes Black Dragon (2400/2000)!"
Michael's monster roared as it appeared on the field and Michael laughed. Chan was stunned
"Red Eyes, destroy his Battle Ox!"
Michael's monster blasted the Battle Ox out of the sky and Chan's life points dropped to 800
"Fiend Megacyber. Finish him!"
Michael's monster knocked Chan over and his life points hit 0. Michael walked over to him
"That was quite a duel"
Chan smiled and gave him his four locator cards and walked off
Nicola was at the mall, talking with Maria
"How many locator cards you got?"
"10. I'm sure I'm in the lead by now"
"Yeah. I only have 4."
They looked around and they saw Robin
"Hey Nicky, check out who's here"
Nicola looked up and he saw Robin at a clothes shop
"Perfect, fresh meat"
Nicola stood up and walked to behind Robin and she coughed. Robin turned around
"Oh, look who it is"
"And there was me thinking we were ok with each other"
"Well you are wrong"
"Want to duel me?"
Robin smiled
"Absolutely. 6 Locator cards, on the line"
"You've been busy"
They stepped into the middle of the mall and readied their duel disks. The scanners read 2000 life points
"Ok Nicola. I'll go first"
Robin drew her first card
"I'll summon a monster in defence mode and two cards face down"
Nicola drew her card
"Armoured Zombie in attack mode and three cards face down. Armoured Zombie (1500/0) attack!"
Nicola's monster attacked and Robin's monster appeared. Nicola was stunned as her monsters attack did nothing and Nicola lost 200 life points bringing her down to 1800. Robin drew her next card
"Ok, watch this. I activate Healing Miracle, which gives me 2000 life points, instantly"
Nicola smiled
"And I'll activate, Share the Wealth"
Both players life points increased by 2000
"Nice move. I now summon the Giant Red Sea Snake (1800/800) in attack mode!"
A long red snake appeared on the field
"Attack her zombie now!"
Nicola's monster was destroyed and her life points dropped to 3500
"And now I will sacrifice my other monster to activate my trap card, Regulation of the Tribe!"
"Oh no!"
"And I say that all Dark monsters can't attack."
Robin smiled
"How can you beat that?"
"Oh I will! I have plenty of non dark monsters in here"
Nicola drew but she sighed
"A monster in defence mode"
"With my trap card in play that's all you can do. I now remove one water monster in my graveyard to summon the Aqua Spirit (1600/1200). And I'll also summon the Island Turtle (1100/2000), which I'll sacrifice to keep my card in play. Then I activate the card, Ceasefire!"
Nicola's monster was flipped into attack mode
"The Castle of Dark Illusions (930/1390). Perfect and since Ceasefire is in play, you lose 500 life points for each effect monster on the field."
Nicola dropped to 2500 life points.
"And I'm not done. Giant Red Sea Snake, destroy her Castle!"
Robin's monster smashed down the castle and Nicola's life points dropped to 1650.
"Aqua spirit, attack her directly!"
Nicola was splashed with a wave of water and her life points dropped to 50. Robin laughed
"It won't be long now Nicola. You are finished!"
Bandit Keith was in town and he was looking for Darren. He bumped into someone
"Watch where you're going, dweeb!"
It was Andrew Halliday
"Hey I know you. You're a European champion?"
"Was, and your the former Intercontinental Champion. I'm up for a duel"
"Agreed. Two locator cards!"
The scanners came up at 2000. Andrew drew first
"Axe Raider (1700/1150) in attack mode and a monster face down in defence mode and one card face down"
"I'll summon Guardian of the throne room (1650/1600) and equip it with 7 completed increasing his attack power by 700. And one card face down. Take out his Axe Raider!"
Andrew's monster was blown to pieces and his life points dropped to 1350. Andrew drew again
"First I'll flip the Armed Ninja (300/300) to destroy that 7 completed Card"
Andrew's Ninja appeared and he put a knife through the card
"Then I play Exchange"
Keith showed Andrew his hand
"I'll take Ultimate Offering"
Andrew walked over and he took it off him. Keith took Millennium shield. They returned to their places
"I'll now use the Ultimate offering to summon Skull Mariner (1600/900) and then I'll sacrifice both my monsters to summon the Sword Hunter (2450/1700) in attack mode!"
Andrew's life points dropped to 850.
"Take out his Guardian of the Throne!"
Andrew's monster slashed down Keith's monster and his life points dropped to 1200.
"I'll finish with a card face down"
Keith drew his next card
"I'll flip my face down card, Monster Reborn to revive my Guardian of the Throne room then I'll use the Ultimate offering to summon Giga Tech wolf (1200/1400), then my Launcher Spider (2200/2500) in defence mode. And finally another 7 Completed to juice up his Defence to 3200 and a final card face down"
Andrew smiled
"Face down card activate. Attack and Receive. With this card you take 700 life points damage"
Keith's life points dropped to 700, then to 350
"What? This should be over"
Keith revealed a face down card
"Chop Block. It halves any damage done to my life points."
"No matter. I'll pass for now"
Keith smiled
"I'll place my Launcher Spider into attack mode and I'll juice his attack this time with 7 Completed!"
"Oh uh"
Keith's monster's attack points were increased to 2900.
"Then I'll summon Cannon Solider (1400/1300) in defence mode and a card face down. Launcher Spider attack!"
Keith's monsters fired a load of missiles but they all came back at his monster and his monster was destroyed
"What happened!"
The face up card was Magical Cylinder
"Damn it!"
"And now one card face down, Sword Hunter attack him now!"
Andrew's monster was about to finish his Cannon Soldier when it was blocked
"What?"
"Gravity Bind. Stops all monster with more than 4 stars from attacking"
Keith drew
"I'll now sacrifice my monster to summon your Millennium Shield… (0/3000)"
This monster was summoned but it fell into a hole
"What the?"
"Egataboon, Keith"
"Next, block attack"
Andrew's Sword Hunter was placed into defence mode. Andrew drew
"One card face down"
"Ok, I now summon Gradius (1200/800). I then play Cyclon Laser and Litter Removal to double my monsters attack power and the attack points will be taken from your life points. Gradius hit him down!"
Keith's monster was about to attack when it was blocked
"What?"
"I now have my own Gravity Bind. And now I play Remove Trap, to get rid of yours and your monster is destroyed thanks to the effect of your Litter Removal. I'll place my Sword Hunter back into attack mode. Sword Hunter, finish him!!"
Keith as struck down and he fell to the ground. His life points dropped to 0
"How! A rank Amateur defeated me!"
Andrew walked to him
"Your locator cards"
Keith gave him his cards and he ran off. Andrew walked to the official's booth
"I have 4 locator cards"
The Official typed into his computer
"Ok that puts you in first…no tied first"
Andrew looked around
"Who else won one"
Darren was just starting his first duel against a new player, Phil
"Ok Darren, two locator cards on this match"
"Agreed"
Phil drew first
"I summon the Pale Beast (1500/1200) in attack mode and two cards face down"
Darren drew
"Darkfire Soldier (1700/1150) in attack mode and the Equip card, Salamandra to increase my monsters attack power to 2400! Take out his Pale Beast"
Phil smiled
"Face down card, Waboku!"
Darren's attack was blocked and Phil drew again
"I'll place a monster in defence mode and place my Pale Beast in defence mode as well"
Darren drew
"I'll place a card face down and make my monster attack your face down card!"
Darren's monster sliced the card to pieces but Phil smiled
"Thank you. I now summon Master and Expert (1200/1000), then I'll sacrifice both my monsters to summon Garnecia Elefantis (2400/2000) in attack mode and equip him with the Horn of the Unicorn. Attack his Darkfire Soldier now!"
Darren's monster was electrocuted and his life points dropped to 600. Darren drew again
"One monster in defence mode"
"Now I summon Milas Radiant (300/250) in attack mode and it raises my Garnecia Elefantis attack power by another 500 points, making its overall attack strength 3600! Attack his face down card!"
Darren's monster was cut down. It was the UFO Turtle (1400/1200)
"Milas, hit his life points directly!"
Darren was knocked back a bit by the hit of Phil's monsters. His life points dropped to 300. Darren drew
"I'll summon a monster in defence mode, thanks to the ability of my UFO Turtle. Then I'll summon another monster face down and finally I'll remove one monster from my graveyard to summon another monster face down in defence mode"
"Quite a defence you have. I'll summon a monster in defence mode and my Garnecia Elefantis will attack your face down card on the left!"
Phil's monster sliced through the card and Lady Assailant of the Flames (1500/1000) appeared
"What?"
"Now I get to remove three cards from play to take down 800 of your life points!"
Fireballs came down and they hit Phil, taking his life points down to 1200
"And I play Emperors Holiday, which negates your Horn of the Unicorn and now it gets fun. I sacrifice both my monsters to summon The Tyrant Dragon (2900/2500)!"
Darren's favourite monster appeared on the field
"Take out his face down card!"
Darren's monster burnt the card to a crisp and Nimble Momonga (1000/100) appeared. Phil smiled
"Thank you, now I gain an extra 1000 life points"
His life points dropped to 200
"What?"
Phil looked up and he saw Darren with a card face up
"Bad Reaction to Somochi. It turns all life point increases into decreases. And now, Tyrant Dragon, finish his monster!"
Darren's Dragon burnt the monster to ashes and Phil's life points dropped to 0. Phil fell on his back and Darren was standing over him. Phil gave him his locator cards. Darren walked off
"Loser"
He walked to an officials booth
"Yeah I just saw that one, some duelling"
"Thanks"
"Well you are now tied first with 4 others"
Darren walked off
Nicola was standing on a bridge over looking the river. Some man walked past her and he stood beside her
"Nice view, isn't it?"
"If you're into that thing"
"And I take it you are?"
"No. I'm just here taking a break"
"From duelling? How many locator cards?"
"4"
"Same here"
"Oh, who'd you beat, Joey Wheeler?"
"Him. He's a good duellist and besides I beat a former Regional champion"
"Good for you"
"Well if you think you're so tuff, take me on now"
Nicola smiled
"Agreed"
"4 locator cards. Who ever wins this one, goes into first place"
"Yeah, but after 12 hours we'll be shooting blanks"
"Huh?"
"After 12 hours, no one is told their position"
They readied their disks and their decks. Nicola drew first
"One monster in defence mode and a card face down"
Matt drew
"First I summon Bean Soldier (1400/1300) then I play Insect Imitation. I can then sacrifice my Bean Soldier to summon Queen of Autumn leaves (1800/1500) in attack mode. I'll attack your face down card!"
Matt's monster attacked but the Castle of Dark Illusions appeared (930/1930)
"No!"
Matt's monster attacked but nothing happened. Matt's life points dropped to 1870. Nicola drew her card
"Dream Clown (1200/900) in attack mode and two cards face down"
Matt drew his card
"I now summon Evil Seed (1700/1200) in attack mode and I'll make him attack your Dream Clown"
Matt's monster was about to attack when it turned and attacked Matt's Queen of Autumn Leaves. Nothing happened but
Nicola lost 100 life points
"What happened"?
Nicola had a card face up on the field
"Redirection. When my opponent declares an attack I get to make it attack a monster on your side of the field but of course I get the damage done to my life points. And now I'll play Monster Slayer to put five monsters from my deck into my graveyard"
She looked at her deck and discarded 5 into the graveyard
"Then I flip my Dream clown into defence mode to destroy your Queen of Autumn Leaves"
Matt's monster was destroyed
"And next I'll sacrifice them both to summon the Dark Necromancer(2400/2000) in attack mode!"
A ghostly like Creature appeared on the field
"Oh damn"
"And I'll further increase his power by 300 with the Dark Energy Magic card. Necromancer, attack!"
Matt's monster, Evil seed was taken out and his life points dropped to 1000. Matt drew his card
"I play Exchange"
Nicola walked to Matt and she took Soul Exchange. Matt took Crass Clown. Nicola walked back to her place
"And now I summon the Crass Clown (1350/1400) in attack mode and Monster Reborn to revive your Dream Clown"
"No way!"
"Polymerisation, fuse them into Bickuribox (2300/200)!"
Nicola was stunned
"Then I play Collected Power to bring your Dark Energy to my monster. Bickuribox, slice and dice her monster!"
Bickuribox pulled out an axe from its mouth and sliced down Nicola's monster, dropping her life points to 1800. Nicola smiled
"You've made it past the gate Matt. But this must end now. I play Soul Exchange"
Matt's Bickuribox was taken and Nicola's monster also. Then The Undertaker (2000/1200) appeared on the field
"I'm finished"
"Yes you are. Undertaker attack!"
Matt was knocked off his feet and his life points dropped to 0. Nicola walked to Matt
"Your Locator cards"
Matt handed her his 4 locator cards.
"Thanks"
She walked off
Kiaba was in the Kiaba Corp office, looking at the board of duellists
"Well. It seems Nicola is on top with 8 locator cards, impressive. And Yugi is still on Two. Michael just won his first duel as has Darren and it looks like Bandit Keith is out already. He is slipping in his old age"
Mokuba was standing beside him
"If you want to win Seto you have to get duelling as well. And as the Battle City Commissioner I am ordering you to leave the building"
Seto smiled
"Ok Mr Commissioner. I'm going"
He walked out
Michael was in the park having a drink. He looked at his watch
"Two hours gone and I already have 8 locator cards. Shouldn't be too hard to pick up some more"
Michael looked behind him and he saw Chan duelling
"Perfect, this for the all out lead"
Michael walked to him
"Chan!"
Chan looked up
"Well, the UK champion, been some time"
"Yes. Good to see you. How many locator cards you got?"
"4"
"Great. I am up for a duel"
"I accept"
They readied their decks and their duel disks and the scanners read 2000. Michael drew first
"Ok Chan. I summon the Headless Knight (1450/1700) in attack mode and two cards face down"
Chan drew
"I summon the Beautiful Headhuntress (1600/800) in attack mode and two cards face down as well. Then I activate the field card, Gaia power to increase all earth monsters by 500 attack points. Headhuntress attack!"
Chan's monster sliced through Michael's and his life points dropped to 1350. Michael drew again
"One monster in defence mode and a card face down"
Chan drew
"I now summon the Celtic Guardian (1400/1200) in attack mode and I'll attack your face down card!"
Chan's Celtic Guardian sliced through Michael's card, revealing the Mystic Tomato (1400/1100)
"Oh"
"I now can summon a dark monster, 1500 attack points or less. I summon the Illusionary Gentlemen (1500/1600) in attack mode but then I sacrifice him to summon the Patrician of Darkness (2000/1300) in attack mode! Destroy his Celtic Guardian!"
Michael's monster easily destroyed Chan's monster and his life points dropped to 1900. Chan drew his card
"One monster in defence mode. Headhuntress attack his Patrician of Darkness!"
Michael smiled
"Face down card, activate, Paralysing Potion!"
Chan's monster was stopped dead
"Damn it!"
"And now I reveal De-Spell to destroy that Field card of yours to activate my own field card. Welcome to the Haunted House!"
Creepy floorboards appeared below them and ghosts began to fly around them
"This card increases the attack and defence of all fiend, spirit and zombie cards by 500. Patrician of Darkness, take out his monster!"
Michael's monster again, sliced down Chan's monster and his life points dropped to 1500. Chan drew again
"I will flip my monster, the Armed Ninja (300/300) to destroy your face down card"
Chan's monster put a dagger through it
"Monster Recovery. Then I will sacrifice my Ninja to summon Freed the Matchless General (2300/1700)"
Chan's monster appeared on the field
'I don't get it, his monster is still weaker then mine'
"And because of it special ability, no magic cards can be used against this monster and on my next turn I can pick a level 4 warrior from my deck and put him on the field"
"Yes, but your monster is weaker than mine."
"Simple solution. Axe of Despair"
"No!"
"Freed, the Matchless General. Destroy the Patrician of Darkness!"
Chan's monster sliced through Michael's monster and his life points dropped to 550. Michael was drew but Chan revealed a card
"Drop off!"
Michael sighed and placed his card in the graveyard
"I'll summon a monster in defence mode"
"Excellent, now I get to use my monster special ability. I summon the Battle Ox (1700/1000) in attack mode. But he can't attack yet so I'll wipe out that face down monster with Freed. Attack now!"
Chan's monster wiped out the face down card and it was the Witch of the Black Forest (1200/1100). Michael smiled
"Fiend Megacyber (2200/1200), attack mode!"
Chan was shocked
"How can you summon him?"
"He too has a good effect. If my opponent has two monsters on the field I can summon him without a tribute. But I will also place a monster face down. And one card face down"
Chan drew his card
"Well now I activate, the Acid Trap hole!"
Michael smiled
"Flip up that monster"
Michael turned the card and it was the castle of Dark Illusions (930/1930)
"Excellent, that card is now destroyed"
Michael's monster was blown from the field but Michael revealed his card
"Michizure!"
Chan's monster, Freed was destroyed
"No!"
"Once one of my monsters is destroyed I can destroy one of my opponents monsters."
Michael drew and he laughed
"Remember that card you send to the graveyard, when I drew it. I'm going to show you what card that was. Monster Reborn, come to me Red Eyes Black Dragon (2400/2000)!"
Michael's monster roared as it appeared on the field and Michael laughed. Chan was stunned
"Red Eyes, destroy his Battle Ox!"
Michael's monster blasted the Battle Ox out of the sky and Chan's life points dropped to 800
"Fiend Megacyber. Finish him!"
Michael's monster knocked Chan over and his life points hit 0. Michael walked over to him
"That was quite a duel"
Chan smiled and gave him his four locator cards and walked off
Nicola was at the mall, talking with Maria
"How many locator cards you got?"
"10. I'm sure I'm in the lead by now"
"Yeah. I only have 4."
They looked around and they saw Robin
"Hey Nicky, check out who's here"
Nicola looked up and he saw Robin at a clothes shop
"Perfect, fresh meat"
Nicola stood up and walked to behind Robin and she coughed. Robin turned around
"Oh, look who it is"
"And there was me thinking we were ok with each other"
"Well you are wrong"
"Want to duel me?"
Robin smiled
"Absolutely. 6 Locator cards, on the line"
"You've been busy"
They stepped into the middle of the mall and readied their duel disks. The scanners read 2000 life points
"Ok Nicola. I'll go first"
Robin drew her first card
"I'll summon a monster in defence mode and two cards face down"
Nicola drew her card
"Armoured Zombie in attack mode and three cards face down. Armoured Zombie (1500/0) attack!"
Nicola's monster attacked and Robin's monster appeared. Nicola was stunned as her monsters attack did nothing and Nicola lost 200 life points bringing her down to 1800. Robin drew her next card
"Ok, watch this. I activate Healing Miracle, which gives me 2000 life points, instantly"
Nicola smiled
"And I'll activate, Share the Wealth"
Both players life points increased by 2000
"Nice move. I now summon the Giant Red Sea Snake (1800/800) in attack mode!"
A long red snake appeared on the field
"Attack her zombie now!"
Nicola's monster was destroyed and her life points dropped to 3500
"And now I will sacrifice my other monster to activate my trap card, Regulation of the Tribe!"
"Oh no!"
"And I say that all Dark monsters can't attack."
Robin smiled
"How can you beat that?"
"Oh I will! I have plenty of non dark monsters in here"
Nicola drew but she sighed
"A monster in defence mode"
"With my trap card in play that's all you can do. I now remove one water monster in my graveyard to summon the Aqua Spirit (1600/1200). And I'll also summon the Island Turtle (1100/2000), which I'll sacrifice to keep my card in play. Then I activate the card, Ceasefire!"
Nicola's monster was flipped into attack mode
"The Castle of Dark Illusions (930/1390). Perfect and since Ceasefire is in play, you lose 500 life points for each effect monster on the field."
Nicola dropped to 2500 life points.
"And I'm not done. Giant Red Sea Snake, destroy her Castle!"
Robin's monster smashed down the castle and Nicola's life points dropped to 1650.
"Aqua spirit, attack her directly!"
Nicola was splashed with a wave of water and her life points dropped to 50. Robin laughed
"It won't be long now Nicola. You are finished!"