The Tired Eyes
There was only 30 minutes of duelling left. It was coming back to 12:00 noon and Nicola was still in the lead with 49 locator cards. Kiaba had 44, Yugi had 38, Darren had 37 Michael had 34, Reynolds had 30 and Balfour had 29. Nicola was having a smoke in her usual spot, outside a grocers. She spotted Darren across the street and she smiled
"Just the man. I need my revenge. Darren!"
Darren looked up and he saw her. He smiled as Nicola stood on the roof of a car. Darren stood on a car, opposite her and he readied his disk
"How many you want to wager. Or should I say lose Nicola"
"3 only."
"3! I'm wagering 5. Match it"
"Fine then. 5 It is"
"Who ever wins this, wins the tournament"
Darren drew first
"I summon the UFO Turtle (1400/1200) in attack mode and I play Molten Destruction!"
The field was then covered with Lava and Darren smiled
"The heat is on"
Nicola smiled as Darren placed a card face down. Nicola drew
"I summon a monster in defence mode and I place one card face down"
Darren looked at the card
"UFO Turtle, attack the face down card!"
Nicola laughed
"Reveal face down card. Castle of Dark Illusions (930/1930) and the Dark Energy. It increases the attack and defence of my monster by 300"
Darren's monster hit the castle but nothing happened. Darren's life points dropped to 1670. Nicola drew
"That's what you get for being reckless. Now, allow me to show you how its done. I summon the Crass Clown (1350/1400) in attack mode and one card face down. Remember what happened last time"
Darren smiled
"You really think I'm that stupid? I summon the Robotic Knight (1600/1800) in attack mode. Attack her monster now!"
Darren's monster was about to attack when it changed direction to the Castle of Dark Illusions. Nothing happened again and Darren's life points dropped to 1540. Nicola shook her head
"Darren you are too reckless. I now switch the position of my Crass clown into defence mode to make you UFO Turtle return to you hand"
Darren's monster vanished from the field
"And now I summon the Dream clown (1200/900) and added with Polymerisation. I can summon Bickuribox (2300/2000)!"
A large Jack in the box appeared on the field with an Axe
"And I change the Dark Energy to my Bickuribox to make its power 2600. Attack his Robotic Knight!"
Darren's monster was cut down the middle and his life points dropped to 1240. Darren drew his card
"I summon a monster in defence mode and I summon the Darkfire Soldier (1700/1150) in attack mode and end my turn"
Nicola looked at the card and she drew
"Excellent. I play the Dark Piercing Light!"
Darren's monster was turned face up and it was a huge wall of fire
"What is that!"
Darren laughed
"One of my newest monsters. The Firewall. (0/2400) It has 2600 defence points, but for every fire monster with 1500 attack points or more on the field, it gains an extra 200 defence points and all fire monsters can't be targeted unless the Firewall is destroyed."
Darren's Darkfire Soldier jumped to behind the firewall. The defence points of the monster were only 2400
"Damn. I have to make my Bickuribox stronger. I have to pass"
Darren drew his card
"Giga Tech Wolf (1200/1400) in attack mode"
The Firewall's flames intensified and its defence power increased to 2600. Darren smiled
"You can't stop my wall of fire"
"Watch me!"
Nicola noticed the defence points of the monster were only 2600. She drew her card and she smiled
"I play Monster Slayer"
"Oh dear god"
Nicola discarded 5 monster cards from her deck and shuffled her deck
"And now I sacrifice my Castle of Dark Illusions to summon the Undertaker (2000/1200)!"
Darren wasn't sure about that move. But the Undertakers attack power rose to 2500. Darren laughed
"It isn't strong enough"
"Who said I was finished? I play Point to Point Transfer. I take off 600 attack points of my Bickuribox to add to my Undertaker. Destroy his Firewall!"
The Undertaker spilt the Firewall and it was destroyed. Darren raised his eyebrows
"Impressive. Pity that card only works for one turn. For now I sacrifice both my monsters to summon the Tyrant Dragon (2900/2500)!"
Darren's monster roared as it appeared on the field
"Take out her Bickuribox!"
Darren's monster easily burned Nicola's monster and her life points dropped to 1300.
"And now, finish her Undertaker!"
Again Darren's monster easily annihilated Nicola's Undertaker and her life points dropped to 400. Nicola was stunned
"Two attacks?"
"If my opponent has two monsters on the field I can attack twice"
Nicola drew her card
"Perfect. I play the Dark Magic Curtain and the trap Card, Doubting Power"
Darren was confused
"I used this card in our last duel. But I didn't use Doubting Power. It means I get to choose who uses the effect of a magic card if we can both use it. I say that only I can use this effect. And I give up half my life points to summon the Dark Necromancer (2400/2000)!"
A ghost life creature appeared on the field
"In defence mode"
Darren drew his card and he laughed
"Perfect. I am going to win this duel and the tournament. I play Dragon's Rage!"
"What does that do?"
"It means that if I target a monster in defence mode, the difference will be calculated between my attack points and your defence points. Tyrant Dragon, finish her!"
Darren's monster easily took out Nicola's monster and she fell unto the hood of the car. Her life points hit 0. Darren smiled as claps came from the crowd. Darren walked to Nicola and Nicola gave him his 5 locator cards
"Excellent. I know have 41. I just need one more duel"
An alarm went off in the city and someone spoke
"Attention, all duellists competing in the Battle City 24 hours Tournament, please report to Domino Square"
Nicola smiled
"Sorry Darren, times up"
Nicola walked off and Darren followed.
Michael was in the square already with Yugi and Joey behind him. Michael looked at his watch
"12:00 noon. The tournament is over"
Reynolds was there and Darren walked to him
"How did you do?"
"I'll tell you later"
Sean and Andrew were there. Balfour walked up to behind them
"How did you guys do?"
Andrew held up 27 locator cards. Sean up 26. Balfour held up 31
"Good job"
The rest of the duellists made it into the square and Kiaba stood on a the top of some steps
"Welcome Duellists. You have all done well and you all look very tired. You must have been up all night duelling"
Everyone nodded
"Now it is time to announce the winners of the Battle City 24 Hours Tournament. In 5th position is Michael Kernaghan with 38 Locator cards."
Everyone clapped as Michael walked up to Kiaba
"£1,000,000 cheque in there"
Michael walked back down to his position
"In 4th place is Darren Coey with 42 Locator cards"
Darren walked up and he got a £2,000,000 cheque. Darren smiled and walked back into the crowd
"In 3rd place is Yugi Motto with 43 Locator cards!"
Yugi walked up and Kiaba gave him a £2,500,000 cheque.
"Better luck next time Yugi"
Yugi sneered at him and walked back into the crowd
"And now Ladies and Gentlemen. It seems that we have a tie for the top spot. It is between me and Nicola"
Nicola was stunned and she looked at Darren who just smiled
"Sorry I cost you the title"
"You will be"
Nicola looked up at Kiaba
"I suggest this be settled with one final match!"
Nicola smiled
"I'm all too happy to do it"
They readied their duel disks and the life point scanners read 4000. Everyone looked up
"This will be good"
Kiaba drew first
"First I summon Master and Expert (1200/1000) in attack mode. One card face down and a monster card face down"
Nicola drew her card
"I summon the Dragon Zombie (1600/0) in attack mode!"
Nicola's monster fell into a hole and she looked down
"Uh no!"
She saw Kiaba with a trap card.
"Trap hole. Damn you Kiaba. I'll just place a monster in defence mode then I play the Dark Piercing Light."
Kiaba's monster was flipped face up and it was Hane Hane (450/500)
"Uh no!"
Nicola's face down monster returned to her hand. Kiaba shouted
"Master and Expert, Hane-Hane. Attack her life points directly!"
Nicola was hit by Kiaba's monsters and her life points dropped to 2350. Nicola drew her card
"I now play the Armoured Zombie (1500/0) in attack mode and one card face down in defence mode. Destroy his Master and Expert now!"
Nicola's monster easily sliced through Kiaba's monster and his life points dropped to 3700. Kiaba smiled as he drew
"I now summon the Rogue Doll (1600/1000) in attack mode. Take out her Armoured Zombie!"
Kiaba's Rogue Doll easily blasted Nicola's monster and her life points dropped to 2250. Nicola smiled
"I now reveal my face down monster the Red Moon Baby (700/1000)!"
Kiaba laughed
"What is that supposed to be?"
"Watch. For now I also play Demotion. If I equip it to a certain monster I can reduce the stars it has by 2. So now I can summon The Patrician of Darkness (2000/1300)!"
Kiaba was stunned
"Red Moon Baby, destroy his Hane Hane!"
Nicola's monster disposed of Kiaba's monster with ease and his life points dropped to 3350. Kiaba's Hane Hane then appeared on Nicola's side of the field
"What the?"
"It's the effect of my monster. I destroy a monster I get it for the duel and the effect of Hane Hane is now activated"
Kiaba's Rogue Doll returned to his hand
"Patrician of Darkness, hit his life points now!"
Kiaba was knocked back by the attack and his life points dropped to 1350. Nicola laughed as she placed a card face down. Kiaba drew his card. He smiled
"I play Monster Reborn to revive my Rogue Doll. Then I play the Mystic Lamp, which allows me to summon La Jinn (1800/1000). And finally I sacrifice them both to summon the Blue Eyes White Dragon (3000/2500)!"
Kiaba's strongest monster roared as it appeared on the field and Nicola took a step back
"Blue Eyes White Dragon…"
"Hold it Kiaba, reveal Zero Gravity!"
All the monsters changed their positions. Kiaba sighed
"Oh well. I'll pass my turn for now"
Nicola smiled
"I'll now sacrifice my Hane Hane to summon the Undertaker (2000/1200) in attack mode. And I play two monster Slayer Magic Cards"
Nicola discarded 10 monsters from her deck and her Undertaker's attack power rose to 3000.
"Stalemate"
Kiaba drew his card and he smiled
"It won't be a stalemate for long. I play Elf's Light to increase my Blue Eyes attack power by 400. Destroy her Undertaker!"
Nicola's monster was blown to pieces and her life points dropped to 1850. Nicola drew her card and she smiled
"I now sacrifice both my monsters on the field to summon the Dark Necromancer (2400/2000) and guess who I'm going to summon first?"
Nicola's ghost like monster appeared on the field and her monster reached into the ground to revive the Undertaker, in defence mode and with half its attack points. Nicola held up two cards
"I now activate Stop Defence and the magic card Spiritualist Median. I can discard any number of cards from my graveyard and for each time I do. My monster gains 300 extra attack points and I will discard 6 cards from my graveyard to make my Undertaker's attack power rose 3400 but Nicola discarded another card from her graveyard to increase her monsters attack power to 3600. Kiaba was horrified
"My Blue Eyes"
"Will be defeated. Undertaker, finish his monster now!"
Nicola's monster sliced down Kiaba's Blue Eyes and his life points dropped to 1150. Kiaba looked at Nicola's second monster and Nicola smiled
"Dark Necromancer. Destroy his life points now!"
Kiaba was knocked off his feet and his life points hit 0. The crowds cheered as Nicola smiled. Kiaba shook his head and gave Nicola her check
"Here's your £5,000,000."
Kiaba stormed off as an announcer spoke to the crowd
"Ladies and Gentlemen, the new world champion. Nicola Mc Caughy!"
Nicola waved to the duellists who whistled at her. Michael walked off and he sighed
"Damn it"
There was only 30 minutes of duelling left. It was coming back to 12:00 noon and Nicola was still in the lead with 49 locator cards. Kiaba had 44, Yugi had 38, Darren had 37 Michael had 34, Reynolds had 30 and Balfour had 29. Nicola was having a smoke in her usual spot, outside a grocers. She spotted Darren across the street and she smiled
"Just the man. I need my revenge. Darren!"
Darren looked up and he saw her. He smiled as Nicola stood on the roof of a car. Darren stood on a car, opposite her and he readied his disk
"How many you want to wager. Or should I say lose Nicola"
"3 only."
"3! I'm wagering 5. Match it"
"Fine then. 5 It is"
"Who ever wins this, wins the tournament"
Darren drew first
"I summon the UFO Turtle (1400/1200) in attack mode and I play Molten Destruction!"
The field was then covered with Lava and Darren smiled
"The heat is on"
Nicola smiled as Darren placed a card face down. Nicola drew
"I summon a monster in defence mode and I place one card face down"
Darren looked at the card
"UFO Turtle, attack the face down card!"
Nicola laughed
"Reveal face down card. Castle of Dark Illusions (930/1930) and the Dark Energy. It increases the attack and defence of my monster by 300"
Darren's monster hit the castle but nothing happened. Darren's life points dropped to 1670. Nicola drew
"That's what you get for being reckless. Now, allow me to show you how its done. I summon the Crass Clown (1350/1400) in attack mode and one card face down. Remember what happened last time"
Darren smiled
"You really think I'm that stupid? I summon the Robotic Knight (1600/1800) in attack mode. Attack her monster now!"
Darren's monster was about to attack when it changed direction to the Castle of Dark Illusions. Nothing happened again and Darren's life points dropped to 1540. Nicola shook her head
"Darren you are too reckless. I now switch the position of my Crass clown into defence mode to make you UFO Turtle return to you hand"
Darren's monster vanished from the field
"And now I summon the Dream clown (1200/900) and added with Polymerisation. I can summon Bickuribox (2300/2000)!"
A large Jack in the box appeared on the field with an Axe
"And I change the Dark Energy to my Bickuribox to make its power 2600. Attack his Robotic Knight!"
Darren's monster was cut down the middle and his life points dropped to 1240. Darren drew his card
"I summon a monster in defence mode and I summon the Darkfire Soldier (1700/1150) in attack mode and end my turn"
Nicola looked at the card and she drew
"Excellent. I play the Dark Piercing Light!"
Darren's monster was turned face up and it was a huge wall of fire
"What is that!"
Darren laughed
"One of my newest monsters. The Firewall. (0/2400) It has 2600 defence points, but for every fire monster with 1500 attack points or more on the field, it gains an extra 200 defence points and all fire monsters can't be targeted unless the Firewall is destroyed."
Darren's Darkfire Soldier jumped to behind the firewall. The defence points of the monster were only 2400
"Damn. I have to make my Bickuribox stronger. I have to pass"
Darren drew his card
"Giga Tech Wolf (1200/1400) in attack mode"
The Firewall's flames intensified and its defence power increased to 2600. Darren smiled
"You can't stop my wall of fire"
"Watch me!"
Nicola noticed the defence points of the monster were only 2600. She drew her card and she smiled
"I play Monster Slayer"
"Oh dear god"
Nicola discarded 5 monster cards from her deck and shuffled her deck
"And now I sacrifice my Castle of Dark Illusions to summon the Undertaker (2000/1200)!"
Darren wasn't sure about that move. But the Undertakers attack power rose to 2500. Darren laughed
"It isn't strong enough"
"Who said I was finished? I play Point to Point Transfer. I take off 600 attack points of my Bickuribox to add to my Undertaker. Destroy his Firewall!"
The Undertaker spilt the Firewall and it was destroyed. Darren raised his eyebrows
"Impressive. Pity that card only works for one turn. For now I sacrifice both my monsters to summon the Tyrant Dragon (2900/2500)!"
Darren's monster roared as it appeared on the field
"Take out her Bickuribox!"
Darren's monster easily burned Nicola's monster and her life points dropped to 1300.
"And now, finish her Undertaker!"
Again Darren's monster easily annihilated Nicola's Undertaker and her life points dropped to 400. Nicola was stunned
"Two attacks?"
"If my opponent has two monsters on the field I can attack twice"
Nicola drew her card
"Perfect. I play the Dark Magic Curtain and the trap Card, Doubting Power"
Darren was confused
"I used this card in our last duel. But I didn't use Doubting Power. It means I get to choose who uses the effect of a magic card if we can both use it. I say that only I can use this effect. And I give up half my life points to summon the Dark Necromancer (2400/2000)!"
A ghost life creature appeared on the field
"In defence mode"
Darren drew his card and he laughed
"Perfect. I am going to win this duel and the tournament. I play Dragon's Rage!"
"What does that do?"
"It means that if I target a monster in defence mode, the difference will be calculated between my attack points and your defence points. Tyrant Dragon, finish her!"
Darren's monster easily took out Nicola's monster and she fell unto the hood of the car. Her life points hit 0. Darren smiled as claps came from the crowd. Darren walked to Nicola and Nicola gave him his 5 locator cards
"Excellent. I know have 41. I just need one more duel"
An alarm went off in the city and someone spoke
"Attention, all duellists competing in the Battle City 24 hours Tournament, please report to Domino Square"
Nicola smiled
"Sorry Darren, times up"
Nicola walked off and Darren followed.
Michael was in the square already with Yugi and Joey behind him. Michael looked at his watch
"12:00 noon. The tournament is over"
Reynolds was there and Darren walked to him
"How did you do?"
"I'll tell you later"
Sean and Andrew were there. Balfour walked up to behind them
"How did you guys do?"
Andrew held up 27 locator cards. Sean up 26. Balfour held up 31
"Good job"
The rest of the duellists made it into the square and Kiaba stood on a the top of some steps
"Welcome Duellists. You have all done well and you all look very tired. You must have been up all night duelling"
Everyone nodded
"Now it is time to announce the winners of the Battle City 24 Hours Tournament. In 5th position is Michael Kernaghan with 38 Locator cards."
Everyone clapped as Michael walked up to Kiaba
"£1,000,000 cheque in there"
Michael walked back down to his position
"In 4th place is Darren Coey with 42 Locator cards"
Darren walked up and he got a £2,000,000 cheque. Darren smiled and walked back into the crowd
"In 3rd place is Yugi Motto with 43 Locator cards!"
Yugi walked up and Kiaba gave him a £2,500,000 cheque.
"Better luck next time Yugi"
Yugi sneered at him and walked back into the crowd
"And now Ladies and Gentlemen. It seems that we have a tie for the top spot. It is between me and Nicola"
Nicola was stunned and she looked at Darren who just smiled
"Sorry I cost you the title"
"You will be"
Nicola looked up at Kiaba
"I suggest this be settled with one final match!"
Nicola smiled
"I'm all too happy to do it"
They readied their duel disks and the life point scanners read 4000. Everyone looked up
"This will be good"
Kiaba drew first
"First I summon Master and Expert (1200/1000) in attack mode. One card face down and a monster card face down"
Nicola drew her card
"I summon the Dragon Zombie (1600/0) in attack mode!"
Nicola's monster fell into a hole and she looked down
"Uh no!"
She saw Kiaba with a trap card.
"Trap hole. Damn you Kiaba. I'll just place a monster in defence mode then I play the Dark Piercing Light."
Kiaba's monster was flipped face up and it was Hane Hane (450/500)
"Uh no!"
Nicola's face down monster returned to her hand. Kiaba shouted
"Master and Expert, Hane-Hane. Attack her life points directly!"
Nicola was hit by Kiaba's monsters and her life points dropped to 2350. Nicola drew her card
"I now play the Armoured Zombie (1500/0) in attack mode and one card face down in defence mode. Destroy his Master and Expert now!"
Nicola's monster easily sliced through Kiaba's monster and his life points dropped to 3700. Kiaba smiled as he drew
"I now summon the Rogue Doll (1600/1000) in attack mode. Take out her Armoured Zombie!"
Kiaba's Rogue Doll easily blasted Nicola's monster and her life points dropped to 2250. Nicola smiled
"I now reveal my face down monster the Red Moon Baby (700/1000)!"
Kiaba laughed
"What is that supposed to be?"
"Watch. For now I also play Demotion. If I equip it to a certain monster I can reduce the stars it has by 2. So now I can summon The Patrician of Darkness (2000/1300)!"
Kiaba was stunned
"Red Moon Baby, destroy his Hane Hane!"
Nicola's monster disposed of Kiaba's monster with ease and his life points dropped to 3350. Kiaba's Hane Hane then appeared on Nicola's side of the field
"What the?"
"It's the effect of my monster. I destroy a monster I get it for the duel and the effect of Hane Hane is now activated"
Kiaba's Rogue Doll returned to his hand
"Patrician of Darkness, hit his life points now!"
Kiaba was knocked back by the attack and his life points dropped to 1350. Nicola laughed as she placed a card face down. Kiaba drew his card. He smiled
"I play Monster Reborn to revive my Rogue Doll. Then I play the Mystic Lamp, which allows me to summon La Jinn (1800/1000). And finally I sacrifice them both to summon the Blue Eyes White Dragon (3000/2500)!"
Kiaba's strongest monster roared as it appeared on the field and Nicola took a step back
"Blue Eyes White Dragon…"
"Hold it Kiaba, reveal Zero Gravity!"
All the monsters changed their positions. Kiaba sighed
"Oh well. I'll pass my turn for now"
Nicola smiled
"I'll now sacrifice my Hane Hane to summon the Undertaker (2000/1200) in attack mode. And I play two monster Slayer Magic Cards"
Nicola discarded 10 monsters from her deck and her Undertaker's attack power rose to 3000.
"Stalemate"
Kiaba drew his card and he smiled
"It won't be a stalemate for long. I play Elf's Light to increase my Blue Eyes attack power by 400. Destroy her Undertaker!"
Nicola's monster was blown to pieces and her life points dropped to 1850. Nicola drew her card and she smiled
"I now sacrifice both my monsters on the field to summon the Dark Necromancer (2400/2000) and guess who I'm going to summon first?"
Nicola's ghost like monster appeared on the field and her monster reached into the ground to revive the Undertaker, in defence mode and with half its attack points. Nicola held up two cards
"I now activate Stop Defence and the magic card Spiritualist Median. I can discard any number of cards from my graveyard and for each time I do. My monster gains 300 extra attack points and I will discard 6 cards from my graveyard to make my Undertaker's attack power rose 3400 but Nicola discarded another card from her graveyard to increase her monsters attack power to 3600. Kiaba was horrified
"My Blue Eyes"
"Will be defeated. Undertaker, finish his monster now!"
Nicola's monster sliced down Kiaba's Blue Eyes and his life points dropped to 1150. Kiaba looked at Nicola's second monster and Nicola smiled
"Dark Necromancer. Destroy his life points now!"
Kiaba was knocked off his feet and his life points hit 0. The crowds cheered as Nicola smiled. Kiaba shook his head and gave Nicola her check
"Here's your £5,000,000."
Kiaba stormed off as an announcer spoke to the crowd
"Ladies and Gentlemen, the new world champion. Nicola Mc Caughy!"
Nicola waved to the duellists who whistled at her. Michael walked off and he sighed
"Damn it"