Disclaimer/Author's Note:
Just to tell you, I got one review. Wow. I've seen one-chapter stories with over thirty reviews, and I have NINE. Come on, all you have to do is press the 'Go' button at the bottom of the page and type some nice stuff in. If you're really feeling benevolent, include a deck as well. Just to tell you, all of my characters make an appearance at the end of the story…as long as you all cooperate. The prefix co- followed by operate. Meaning: I need you all to tell me how I can make this story better. Give me characters! Give me decks! Tell me whether romance should be a secondary theme!!! …Enough ranting. Anyway, here are the decks of Aldrai and Adriel. If I like your character enough, he/she could be up here as well. Think about it as you read my latest installment.
Adriel's Deck
Harpie's Brother
Pot of Greed
Acid Trap Hole
Mystical Space Typhoon
Vorse Raider
D. Tribe
Tyrant Dragon
Mirror Force
Michizure
Change of Heart
Monster Reborn
Shadow Spell
Rope of Life
Dragon's Rage
Waboku
Witch of the Black Forest
Raigeki
Dragon Claws
Summoned Skull
Magic Drain
Mystical Elf
Dragon Treasure
Buster Blader
Swords of Revealing Light
Red-Eyes Black Dragon
B. Skull Dragon
De-Fusion
Aldrai's Deck
Magician of Faith
Time Wizard
Horn of Light
Polymerization
Seven Tools of the Bandit
Witch of the Black Forest
Sword Hunter
Gemini Elf
Monster Reborn
Axe of Despair
Kuriboh
Man-Eater Bug
Waboku
Multiply
The Fiend Megacyber
Exchange
Spellbinding Circle
?Wildcard?
Black Luster Soldier
Horn of Light
Mystical Elf
Chorus of Sanctuary
Giant Soldier of Stone
Hayabusa Knight
Sanga of the Thunder
Kazejin
Chapter 2-Restraining Order
The final round of the tournament would commence in less than five minutes. Aldrai and Adriel sat patiently at their table, the only one remaining. The two others, Bind and Strike, were talking with the judges and pulling a few cards out of their decks to show to the judges. After a little, they sat down. 'Bind', or Flo Mitsukasa, (Short for Florence Mitsukasa) was a well known soccer player from the other end of Tokyo. She had dyed her hair blue earlier in the school year. She wore it short, the blue barely showing against her blonde hair. She had amber eyes, and wore a vibrant green halter top with a colorful butterfly in the center and tight black shorts. She wore an old friendship bracelet, consisting of three thin ropes-one green, one white, and one seafoam, wound around her wrist. Her partner was her boyfriend. 'Strike', whose real name was Aaron Teriyamusa. Aaron was a surfer who went to the same school. His attire consisted of an open white, short-sleeve, dress shirt over a deep blue tee shirt bearing the logo of a popular boarding company. He also wore a pair of black board shorts. His hair was tousled blonde and his eyes were green. Both of them were slim and muscular. Adriel and Aldrai were fairly surprised to see them here of all places-there was a huge soccer tournament and a major surfing competition that day.
When the duel countdown was announced, the four students took out their decks and exchanged them for shuffling and cutting. The duel started-Flo would be going first. She drew her six cards. "I start off by playing a card face down and summoning The Forgiving Maiden in defense mode. (850/2000)" Aldrai drew six cards; Sword Hunter, Spellbinding Circle, The Fiend Megacyber, Hayabusa Knight, Chorus of Sanctuary, and Kazejin. " I play a card face down too, then I summon Hayabusa Knight in attack mode." (Spellbinding Circle | 1000/700) Aaron drew six cards, then set two face down. "Now I end my turn by summoning Cannon Soldier in attack mode." (1400/1300) Adriel was the last to go, and drew his hand, consisting of Dragon Claws, Dragon Treasure, Tyrant Dragon, The Flute of Summoning Dragon., Vorse Raider, and Gemini Elf. 'What the hell…' he thought. " I summon Vorse Raider in attack mode and lay a card face down." (1900/900 | Dragon Claws)
Flo drew again. "I summon Patrician of Darkness by sacrificing The Forgiving Maiden. (2000/1400) Now I attack Hayabusa Knight!" Aldrai flipped Spellbinding Circle. "Now you can't attack. Is your turn over?" Flo nodded. Aldrai drew Man-Eater Bug. "I summon a monster in defense, switch my other monster into defense mode, and end my turn." Aaron drew. "Now I summon a second Cannon Soldier! I end my turn." Adriel drew Metalmorph. "I summon Gemini Elf in attack mode! (1900/900) Then, I attack Aaron…er…Strike…with my elf."
"I activate Patrician of Darkness's effect!" said Bind. I can change your attack's target as long as this card is on the field. And I choose to have you attack me." Adriel discarded his elf and lost 100 life points. "I end my turn, then." Flo drew the first card of the third round. "I play a monster in defense mode." Aldrai drew. "This duel isn't very exciting for the finals…I play Kazejin by sacrificing my Hayabusa Knight and my facedown card, which happens to be Man-Eater Bug. (2400/2200) So, I activate its effect and destroy Patrician of Darkness." Flo flipped Royal Command. "This card negates the effects of all flip effect monsters. Man-Eater bug fits into that category." Aldrai looked slightly put out. "Well, I can still attack you, seeing as how I can destroy any of either of your monsters." Flo smiled. "That's why I love my deck-people don't pay attention to detail. I think that I want you to attack Adriel's Vorse Raider." Adriel was furiously working the rules of Patrician of Darkness, trying to figure out if that move was legal. It was. So far, Adriel had already lost 600 life points, and he now had no monsters on the field. Adriel discarded his last monster. Aaron drew. "I play my third Cannon Soldier in attack mode and end my turn." Adriel drew Red Eyes Black Dragon. "Aldrai, I need you to cover me until I get the final piece of my combo." Aldrai nodded. "I end my turn."
Flo drew. "I play Gravity Bind! Activating on Aldrai's side of the field, he can now only have a total of three monsters on the field at any time. Your turn." Aldrai drew Suijin. "I end my turn, seeing as how an attack would just hurt my ally."
"Smart move." said Strike as he drew. "I summon Mystic Tomato, then sacrifice it, doing 1500 points of damage to Adriel! Then I activate its effect to summon another Mystic Tomato and do another 1500 points of damage! Finally, I summon a third Mystic Tomato. Now I could eliminate Adriel, who only has 400 life points left, or I could do damage to Aldrai. I think I'll take the latter option. It's fun to see weaklings squirm. I won't attack with my soldiers, seeing as how Aldrai would just defend with his Kazejin card." The scores now stood at Adriel-400, Aldrai-2500, and both Bind and Strike with 4000. Adriel drew his Lord of D. card. "No way!" he exclaimed. "I summon Lord of D. in defense mode. (1200/1100) Then I activate The Flute of Summoning Dragon to get my Red Eyes Black Dragon onto the field! (2400/2000) I activate Dragon Claws on my Red Eyes, giving it 600 more attack power. Now, I attack Strike's first Cannon Soldiers! And there's nothing Bind can do about it, since Lord of D. prevents Dragons from being affected by monster effects." Strike discarded a Cannon Soldier and 1600 life points, leaving him with 2400.
Flo drew her card. "I play the card Restraining Order! It prevents any player from attacking more than once per turn, and to eliminate a player, you must pay 1000 of your own life points. That means you can get either of our life points down to 100, but those last 100 will stay unless you can offer 1000 life points." Aldrai drew, lowering his life points by 100. "I play Giant Trunade! Now Adriel is free to eliminate Strike!" Aldrai ended his turn, passing the game to Strike, who drew a card. "I play the magic card Swirling Vortex! Now, whenever a card is drawn, played, or discarded, the owner loses 100 life points until my ally's next turn. In case you were wondering, this is one of several cards designed especially for tag team duels. Then, I sacrifice my two Cannon Soldiers to summon Bleak Mist in attack mode! (2300/1800) This card allows me to steal the attack of one monster card level four or lower from your side of the field and add its powers to Bleak Mist for one turn. And I choose Lord of D. Now my monster has 3500 attack, more than enough to take out a measly Red-Eyes. Attack!"
"I defend with Kazejin!" Aldrai's monster was destroyed along with 1100 of his life points, plus 100 for discarding Kazejin. The life points were as follows; Adriel with 400, Aldrai with 1100, Bind with 3800, and Strike with 2100. Adriel drew Rope of Life, losing 100 life points. "I place these two cards face down and then attack Bleak Mist with Red Eyes Black Dragon!" In the course of that turn, Adriel lost 300 life points, and Strike lost 200, plus his Bleak Mist. Flo drew. "I replay Restraining Order, then I play Summoning of the Spirits! This card requires me to select either high, low, magic, or trap as a choice. Then, we each play a card that fits into that category. And I pick high, meaning we all summon our strongest monsters. Adriel, that finishes you off, seeing how you only have 100 life points left."
"Wrong. Swirling Vortex's effect ended as soon as you drew that card. And since your bizarre card negates the special effects of any monsters requiring tributes to special summon, I don't have to sacrifice my Red-Eyes! Now I summon Tyrant Dragon in attack mode and chain its summoning with this trap card, Dragon Claws! (2900/2500) This card was sent back to my hand earlier by Giant Trunade, but now it's back, boosting my Red Eyes' attack to 3000!"
"And I summon my monster, Suijin in attack mode! (2500/2400)" called Aldrai.
"I summon my beast, the Victory Dragon in defense mode! (2400/3000)" said Strike.
"And finally, I summon my monster, Miyazukinoyaiba in defense mode. (2200/2350) Then, I summon Vorse Raider in attack mode, and play Polymerization to fuse them together into the Bladed Dragon! (3500/3000) Then I attack Tyrant Dragon!"
"I defend using Suijin's effect! Your life points have dropped to 1300." Bind grinned darkly. "Too bad Bladed Dragon prevents any types of effects from affecting it when it attacks, as long as my opponent specifies my monster. Well, that's the end of my turn." Aldrai drew, just having lost 1000 of his life points plus a good monster. But... "I play Monster Reborn on Suijin. (2500/2200) I end my turn." Strike drew. "I play a card face down and end my turn. Adriel drew. "I place one card face down, then I sacrifice my Red Eyes Black Dragon and my Lord of D. to summon Buster Blader! Then, I activate Rope of Life to return my Red Eyes Black Dragon to the field. I then play Dragon Treasure, one of the first cards I drew, on my Tyrant Dragon. And my Buster Blader gets 300 more attack points because of your Victory Dragon, Miyazukinoyaiba, and Bladed Dragon. What do you think? My Red Eyes, Buster Blader and Tyrant Dragon are all on the field, all with power bonuses. Now, I attack Victory Dragon with Tyrant Dragon, leaving Strike open to attack. I end my turn."
Bind drew again. "Now I attack Buster Blader!"
"I defend with Kazejin's effect-"
"Which you already used in this duel. That means that one of you is eliminated. I feel generous, so you two can choose. "I choose to be eliminated." said Adriel. Before Aldrai could say anything, Flo chuckled and said "Okay. So Aldrai, it's your turn now. Draw whatever you want." He drew. "I play Swords of Revealing Light!" Both of his opponents passed their next turns, reasoning with the fact that "As soon as your wimpy swords disappear, we can crush you anyway. If we can drag it out, that just makes it more fun." Aldrai drew Last Turn. "I play a card face down and end my turn." Strike drew, but Aldrai flipped his card. "You probably know what this card does, but in case you don't, I select a monster on my side of the field, and all others are destroyed, along with magic and traps. Both of you summon a monster from your decks. Whichever is strongest wins the player's duel. And I select Suijin." Bind and strike cleared their fields and looked through their decks. Whispering could be heard:
"Aaron, I don't have any more good monsters!"
"Neither do I, my deck just tries to do direct damage. Victory Dragon was my only strong card."
"Now what?"
"I guess we have to forefeit…" Adriel, who was an expert eavesdropper, overheard this and smiled internally. Both their opponents put a hand over their decks, signaling a forefeit. Without saying a word, they put away their decks, got up, and left. However, Strike paused before he left. "This isn't the last you'll ever see of us. We know what you're about to receive, and know that we'll be seeing you two very soon…"
The duel, having no time limit, ended as soon as Bind and Strike stalked off. The coordinator walked out and gave a congratulatory speech. After he had finished speaking, he took Adriel and Aldrai into the back room. "Congratulations again, both of you. First of all, you both get to pick out one of these lots." He held up five small glass cases, each filled with cards. "Each of these lots contains five cards. They were delivered to us before the tournament started from KaibaCorp, who bought Industrial Illusions. You probably knew that, it was in the news. Something about Maxamillion Pegasus ripping out his eye and some other stuff…apparently, that happened over seventy years ago! Ah well…he's deceased, and so is the original Kaiba and even his little brother…but I digress. Please, choose!" The pair looked over the lots, each one having a label listing the contents.
1. Blue Eyes White Dragon, Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon, Red Eyes Black Dragon, Red Eyes Ultimate Dragon, Gold Eyes Chaos Dragon
2. Curse of the Masked Beast, The Masked Beast, Mask of Brutality, Mask of Weakness, Mask of the Accursed
3. Perfectly Evolved Great Moth, Great Moth, Cocoon of Evolution, Petit Moth, Insect Queen
4. Sanga of the Thunder, Suijin, Kazejin, Gate Guardian, Soldier of the Trinity
5. Relinquished, Thousand Eyes Restrict, Toon World, Blue Eyes Toon Dragon, Red Eyes Toon Dragon.
Before looking thoroughly, Adriel chose pack one. Aldrai chose pack four, seeing as he knew the strategies well enough to radically reinforce his deck. The coordinator smiled. "Good choices. The second thing I have to give to you are these." He handed them two cards. Each of the cards was black and had the image of an eclipsed sun. "This card is your invitational card to the Tournament of the Eclipse, held by KaibaCorp." He then handed them each a fairly large, badge-like item. "You both now have one phase. If you look, they're not the same. For this tournament, you need all eight phases of the moon to enter the finals. In order to keep track of them, you clip them onto this," he said, giving them each a belt. "You see how there are eight spaces. You need to put them in order-I assume you know the phases of the moon by now. Anyways, you two need to get going. Information will be mailed to you shortly."
The two boys walked out of the room, much happier then they had been when they entered.
*~End~*
Author's Note
Sorry for the lack of update...school started, I'm failing a class, I've had writer's block, needed to rewrite the chapter three times, discouraged at the lack of reviews, among other factors. Anyway, things are going to get more exciting as we continue in the story. Millennium Items will be incorporated later, but don't think it's the same as in the show…oh no…