Chapter 5
The first rule of Dueling
"I play a Shinning friendship," The kid cried out as he slapped the card on the dueling station.
"Kid, first rule of this game; think before you play anything," Paul replied.
"What do you know about dueling?" The kid barked back. Paul held back the nasty retort before he played his next card.
"I play the Red Eyes Black Dragon, and then attack your shining idiot dealing 1000 damage to you, ending the match," Paul said. The star chips quickly joined the other amassing in his pockets. "Now I wonder how Patrick is doing."
~*~
"I play just desserts, dropping you down to a sickly 500 life points!" The man cried out.
Patrick looked at his hand; this wasn't how it was supposed to work. The man was playing a very annoying direct damage deck. The key to him winning was using Labyrinth Walls to protect him, and then dealing damage with cards like his brother's Princess of Tsurugi and Just Desserts. He drew his next card, Solemn Judgment. "I play one card face down, and I play a monster in defense mode," He said. He had played the Judgment, he had also played a card that might help him, Witch of the Black Forest.
"I now offer my monster to Share the Pain, forcing you to sacrifice one of your monsters!" The man cried out again.
'Right into my trap,' Patrick thought. "That activates Witch of the Black Forest, allowing me a monster with defense of 1500 or less." 'Now for cyber jar," He thought as he put it into his hand.
"Since you have nothing to your name other than that card face down, I can't attack yet, but trust me it'll be an impressive show of force," The man taunted.
'You keep thinking that,' Patrick thought as he drew his next card. It was a Witch's apprentice. "I play one card in defense mode," Patrick said dropping the cyber jar, "Then end my turn."
"Useless, I play the sword and shield! My labyrinth walls are 3000 attack creatures now!" Patrick fought the urge to activate the solemn judgment; he needed this to get off normally. "Then I attack your Face Down monsters!"
Patrick bit back the cheer as he waited. The wall rushed his monster then the Cyber Jar appeared.
"A CYBER JAR? NO!" The man bit back. It was almost game over he just needed to trust his deck now.
"Draw Five Cards now, then special summon any monsters in those five to the field," Patrick ordered. Patrick finally gave out a hoot of joy as he dropped his two heavy hitters with two Witches apprentices, leaving the last card to drop into his hand.
"No! I have nothing to stop that." The man cried out as he frantically searched his magic and Trap Cards. He then gave a wicked grin,"I activate Just Desserts! You're dead."
"Yes I would be," Patrick replied calmly.
"Would be?" The man replied quizzically.
"Yes I would be if I hadn't activated this trap card, Solemn Judgment," Patrick replied.
"What's it do?" The man asked shifty eyed.
"I pay half my life points to negate a summon, magic, or trap," Patrick smiled replying.
"NO! You just took my last hope," He screamed.
"Draw," Patrick commanded. The man drew a card then sighed in defeat.
"My turn?" Patrick asked.
"Yes," The man bitterly replied.
"I play the third witch's apprentice from my hand and kill you. Talwar Absorption Attack!" Patrick said breathing a sigh of relief.
The man broke down as he handed over the Star Chips before running off. Patrick merely put them in his pocket smiling, "I think that wraps it up for today." He then turned to walk back to the castle.
~*~
Paul was walking when he saw Patrick heading in. He smiled as he rushed over.
"Hey Pat! Did you do well today?" Paul asked playfully.
"Yeah I beat a direct damage deck today, lets go in I'm ready to turn in my star chips," Patrick said sighing. They were ready to head in when they heard a scream.
"You-"Paul was abruptly cut off.
"I heard it too, over there," Patrick said pointing. They both ran to find Panic dragging a younger child to a dueling arena. Paul had to restrain Patrick as he started to go into the clearing his hands twitching violently.
"Let's just wait till after the duel. Then Panic can't hide," Paul said quietly.
Patrick gave a growl before he backed up leaning against a tree. Panic began the duel swiftly.
"I play the Castle of Dark Illusions child," Panic began. Immediately the castle appeared and a dark mist came over the field making it hard to see what panic was doing.
"I play the all seeing white tiger," The child said in fear.
"A weak monster for a weak duelist, I play a monster which you will only see when it eventually attacks," Panic replied. Patrick narrowed his eyes as he watched the duel continued. In the end Panic attacked with an impossibly large Fiend destroying the kid. After Panic had taken his star chips Patrick surged into the clearing. Panic turned to walk away bumping right into Patrick nearly causing him to fall in shock. "Where did you come from?"
"I came from the forest; I heard someone scream and checked it out. I'm giving you a warning.." Patrick growled. He grabbed Panic and shoved him hard into the face of the cliff. He was still holding onto Panic's jacket when he continued, "If I ever find out you attacked another duelist to force them into a duel with you I will personally kick your ass where Pegasus will never know."
"You can't touch me Smith. If you do it's your job!" Panic spat back.
"First rule of dueling, if your opponent knows what's coming you can never beat them. Who ever said I'd do it during this tournament?" Patrick said giving a wicked grin. He released Panic leaving his hands up to show them to Panic.
"You can't scare me Smith; you're a bad duelist and a weak person. That's why you had to cheat to get to the semi finals of your regionals!" Panic said. Silence reigned as the words echoed in all three peoples' minds.
Paul looked at Patrick terrified, but Patrick only raised his hand up ready to strike. Panic looked at him expectantly. Then Patrick rasped, "You ever mention the semi-finals again, and I will personally make your time on this Island a living hell. You have no idea what happened, and until you do you can shut your damn mouth."
Patrick then turned and walked by Paul, who dumbly looked from Patrick to Panic then back again. He then started running to catch up with Patrick as they made their way to the castle.
~*~
Patrick walked into the dueling den and carefully placed his Star Chips in the collector. A small card slipped out of the machine with a room number on it. He looked at the board to see his ranking was still "C". With a light string of curses he turned to leave.
"Hey Pat wait up!" Jeffery called out.
Patrick gave out a low groan," What do you want Jeffery?"
"I just wanted to ask how your day was.." Jeffery said softly.
"Going good until I watched Panic duel, now if you excuse me..." Patrick left the Den. Paul walked in shortly afterwards and deposited his chips.
Paul turned to Jeffery, "I don't think you should bug him. He nearly tore off Panic's head."
"He nearly attacked our boss?" Jeffery said in shock.
Yeah, so just let him cool off," Paul said quickly. Jeffery shrugged then asked,
"Wanna play for fun then?"
"Yeah let's duel," Paul said leading him to a table.
"I play a Shinning friendship," The kid cried out as he slapped the card on the dueling station.
"Kid, first rule of this game; think before you play anything," Paul replied.
"What do you know about dueling?" The kid barked back. Paul held back the nasty retort before he played his next card.
"I play the Red Eyes Black Dragon, and then attack your shining idiot dealing 1000 damage to you, ending the match," Paul said. The star chips quickly joined the other amassing in his pockets. "Now I wonder how Patrick is doing."
~*~
"I play just desserts, dropping you down to a sickly 500 life points!" The man cried out.
Patrick looked at his hand; this wasn't how it was supposed to work. The man was playing a very annoying direct damage deck. The key to him winning was using Labyrinth Walls to protect him, and then dealing damage with cards like his brother's Princess of Tsurugi and Just Desserts. He drew his next card, Solemn Judgment. "I play one card face down, and I play a monster in defense mode," He said. He had played the Judgment, he had also played a card that might help him, Witch of the Black Forest.
"I now offer my monster to Share the Pain, forcing you to sacrifice one of your monsters!" The man cried out again.
'Right into my trap,' Patrick thought. "That activates Witch of the Black Forest, allowing me a monster with defense of 1500 or less." 'Now for cyber jar," He thought as he put it into his hand.
"Since you have nothing to your name other than that card face down, I can't attack yet, but trust me it'll be an impressive show of force," The man taunted.
'You keep thinking that,' Patrick thought as he drew his next card. It was a Witch's apprentice. "I play one card in defense mode," Patrick said dropping the cyber jar, "Then end my turn."
"Useless, I play the sword and shield! My labyrinth walls are 3000 attack creatures now!" Patrick fought the urge to activate the solemn judgment; he needed this to get off normally. "Then I attack your Face Down monsters!"
Patrick bit back the cheer as he waited. The wall rushed his monster then the Cyber Jar appeared.
"A CYBER JAR? NO!" The man bit back. It was almost game over he just needed to trust his deck now.
"Draw Five Cards now, then special summon any monsters in those five to the field," Patrick ordered. Patrick finally gave out a hoot of joy as he dropped his two heavy hitters with two Witches apprentices, leaving the last card to drop into his hand.
"No! I have nothing to stop that." The man cried out as he frantically searched his magic and Trap Cards. He then gave a wicked grin,"I activate Just Desserts! You're dead."
"Yes I would be," Patrick replied calmly.
"Would be?" The man replied quizzically.
"Yes I would be if I hadn't activated this trap card, Solemn Judgment," Patrick replied.
"What's it do?" The man asked shifty eyed.
"I pay half my life points to negate a summon, magic, or trap," Patrick smiled replying.
"NO! You just took my last hope," He screamed.
"Draw," Patrick commanded. The man drew a card then sighed in defeat.
"My turn?" Patrick asked.
"Yes," The man bitterly replied.
"I play the third witch's apprentice from my hand and kill you. Talwar Absorption Attack!" Patrick said breathing a sigh of relief.
The man broke down as he handed over the Star Chips before running off. Patrick merely put them in his pocket smiling, "I think that wraps it up for today." He then turned to walk back to the castle.
~*~
Paul was walking when he saw Patrick heading in. He smiled as he rushed over.
"Hey Pat! Did you do well today?" Paul asked playfully.
"Yeah I beat a direct damage deck today, lets go in I'm ready to turn in my star chips," Patrick said sighing. They were ready to head in when they heard a scream.
"You-"Paul was abruptly cut off.
"I heard it too, over there," Patrick said pointing. They both ran to find Panic dragging a younger child to a dueling arena. Paul had to restrain Patrick as he started to go into the clearing his hands twitching violently.
"Let's just wait till after the duel. Then Panic can't hide," Paul said quietly.
Patrick gave a growl before he backed up leaning against a tree. Panic began the duel swiftly.
"I play the Castle of Dark Illusions child," Panic began. Immediately the castle appeared and a dark mist came over the field making it hard to see what panic was doing.
"I play the all seeing white tiger," The child said in fear.
"A weak monster for a weak duelist, I play a monster which you will only see when it eventually attacks," Panic replied. Patrick narrowed his eyes as he watched the duel continued. In the end Panic attacked with an impossibly large Fiend destroying the kid. After Panic had taken his star chips Patrick surged into the clearing. Panic turned to walk away bumping right into Patrick nearly causing him to fall in shock. "Where did you come from?"
"I came from the forest; I heard someone scream and checked it out. I'm giving you a warning.." Patrick growled. He grabbed Panic and shoved him hard into the face of the cliff. He was still holding onto Panic's jacket when he continued, "If I ever find out you attacked another duelist to force them into a duel with you I will personally kick your ass where Pegasus will never know."
"You can't touch me Smith. If you do it's your job!" Panic spat back.
"First rule of dueling, if your opponent knows what's coming you can never beat them. Who ever said I'd do it during this tournament?" Patrick said giving a wicked grin. He released Panic leaving his hands up to show them to Panic.
"You can't scare me Smith; you're a bad duelist and a weak person. That's why you had to cheat to get to the semi finals of your regionals!" Panic said. Silence reigned as the words echoed in all three peoples' minds.
Paul looked at Patrick terrified, but Patrick only raised his hand up ready to strike. Panic looked at him expectantly. Then Patrick rasped, "You ever mention the semi-finals again, and I will personally make your time on this Island a living hell. You have no idea what happened, and until you do you can shut your damn mouth."
Patrick then turned and walked by Paul, who dumbly looked from Patrick to Panic then back again. He then started running to catch up with Patrick as they made their way to the castle.
~*~
Patrick walked into the dueling den and carefully placed his Star Chips in the collector. A small card slipped out of the machine with a room number on it. He looked at the board to see his ranking was still "C". With a light string of curses he turned to leave.
"Hey Pat wait up!" Jeffery called out.
Patrick gave out a low groan," What do you want Jeffery?"
"I just wanted to ask how your day was.." Jeffery said softly.
"Going good until I watched Panic duel, now if you excuse me..." Patrick left the Den. Paul walked in shortly afterwards and deposited his chips.
Paul turned to Jeffery, "I don't think you should bug him. He nearly tore off Panic's head."
"He nearly attacked our boss?" Jeffery said in shock.
Yeah, so just let him cool off," Paul said quickly. Jeffery shrugged then asked,
"Wanna play for fun then?"
"Yeah let's duel," Paul said leading him to a table.