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Yu Gi Oh- Tournament of the Eclipse
Chapter 5-A Reprieve…
Three days after the boys won the tournament, they received mail giving details on the new tournament. The message looked like this:
To all who have qualified for the elusive Tournament of the Eclipse,
Congratulations on your achievement. Your fellow participants were selected from all over the world-there are 64 of you. The way this tournament works is this; each of you has one phase. To advance to the second stage, (stages will be described later on) you need to win a second, different phase. Seeing as how there are 64 of you, you will undoubtedly run into opponents with the same phase as you. If, at any time, you lose your phases, you are kicked out of the tournament.
The island on which you will be playing is an artificial island built by KaibaCorp, and is in the shape of a perfect circle. The first stage, the stage on which you begin, is an open stage. To advance to stage two, which is on higher ground than stage one, you must place your phase tokens in the scanner next to any of the doors on the second stage wall. If you advance, the system will automatically update your rank and deposit your phases on the other side of the wall. You will then take the tokens and ascend to level two. Stage three, higher up than stage two, requires four tokens, and is entered in the same way. Stage four is higher still, and requires all eight phases. Once you commit to this competition, you cannot leave, no matter what.
From entering the tournament, you have a limited amount of time to win. Giant TV screens are visible from all stages of the island, and will be displaying an image of a slowly eclipsing sun. When the sun is completely eclipsed, the top level, which is actually a spacecraft, will be lifted into the sky, and the island, which is actually a shell, will be destroyed. No rescue patrols will be looking for survivors. They exist to escort losers back to their homes, so there are a set number of them.
When you arrive at your departure site, which is attached to this letter, you will receive the custom DuelDisks you have created for this tournament. If you have not done so, go to the KaibaCorp website and type in the card ID number of your invitational card. You will see a page asking you to do a list of things.
When you receive your DuelDisk, you must activate it and follow the simple procedures the system requires. On a final note, you have each been sent one final card that will be used especially for this tournament.
Congratulations,
Seto Kaiba II
Neither Adriel nor Aldrai had created their custom DuelDisk, so they both proceeded to do so as soon as they got their letter, before removing the rest of the package. After all, it's not every day that you get to make a custom DuelDisk free of charge.
Adriel was the first of the two to create his machine. The devices looked startlingly similar to the ones used in BattleCity 1, although there were some slight modifications. The main body was almost exactly alike, two parts that were attached to a disk, which is where you attached the item to your arm. The two wings still folded out, and were still startlingly angular. However, a small flatscreen monitor was attached to the underside of the longer wing. Upon command, it would swing out via a thin, but durable metal arm and begin receiving signals. The island had few signals; one channel displaying the eclipse picture; one with a private radio broadcast of current events in the tournament; one displaying a calendar, the date, and time; one displaying a list of all the duelists nearby and their phases and rankings; and a series of channels displaying duels all around the island.
The standard coloring was blue for the card pads and white for everything else on the wings, which was the outer edges and the main body. The border of the screen and its arm were also white. The ring around the disk was red, and the 'K' was black. The rest was white. There were six buttons on the disk ring, three on one end, and three on the other. On the diagram of the disk, the first end was labeled 'DuelDisk'. The second was labeled 'Monitor'. Under 'DuelDisk', the three buttons were 'power', 'duel', and 'surrender'. Under 'Monitor', the buttons were 'power', 'next channel', and 'previous channel'. The buttons were blue by default. The default for the life point screen was gray background and white counter. The arm clasp was silver.
Clicking around, Adriel found a setting he liked-The outer edges of the wings were black, the body was gold, and the card pads were black. The monitor and arm were black as well. On the main disk, the ring was black, the 'K' was black, the buttons were gold, and the body of the disk was gold. He made the arm clasp gold, the background for the lifepoint counter black, and the numbers gold. Fairly simple, but flashy. Adriel confirmed his choice.
Aldrai, on the other hand, was much more selective, previewing every little modification. In the end, he had changed the card pads to blue, the outer edges of the wings to blue, the body to silver, the screen border and arm to blue, the disk ring to blue, the rest of it to silver, and the 'K' was the only thing to be black. The buttons were silver, the lifepoint tracker's background to black, and the numbers remained white. The arm clasp was good as it was-silver.
The second letter listed the site where the boys would need to go, and that they would not need to pack anything. The cards were packed in a vacuumed package. Adriel received a White D. Knight card, the partner of his Black D. Knight card. Aldrai received a Triple Attack card.
A week later, Adriel and Aldrai met up at the said location, along with six other duelists. It was seven o'clock at night. "Hey Adriel, long time no see!" said Aldrai happily. "Yeah, it's been a week…that's like a record for us, seeing as we're not mad at each other or anything…anyway, what's your disk like?" The two went into a discussion about how they designed their disks. A little later, suits from KaibaCorp came by and distributed the disks. Adriel and Aldrai activated them, commenting on how light they were. They slid their decks inside and turned the disk on.
They proceeded to enter the needed information, consisting of name, deck type, and rarest card. This took a while, since the duelists had to select individual letters using the channel controls. After the process was finished, the system activated the disk, and rainbow light flooded through the lines on the disk, altering its settings to how they should be.
After this tedious process, the first duelists to finish pretended to be dueling, experimenting with how they would hold their hands, and how to play a card as flashily as possible. At about ten, the suits from KC told the duelists to say their last goodbyes, as they would be leaving momentarily. After the last moments between children and their parents, the teens boarded the small jet and it took off.
On the flight over, Adriel and Aldrai picked out two seats and watched a movie on the history of duel monsters. The other participants were sleeping, reading, updating their decks, or dueling. Neither of the boys felt much like talking-Adriel because it wasn't his nature to do so and Aldrai because the airplane food had made him sick. After three trips to the bathroom, Aldrai finally went to sleep. Adriel was thinking about the tournament and how the competition would be. One of his natural talents was eavesdropping, and the duelists next to him were showing off their decks. He smiled inwardly and began listening;
"I bet no one can beat me with my three-turn summon combo!"
"Yeah right…in three turns, you could be wiped out."
"See, that's what my other monsters are for-they defend until I can summon my monster"…Adriel stopped listening. The duelists sounded like idiots, and he wondered how they got in the tournament. Once during the flight, a duelist asked Adriel if he wanted to trade. Adriel sent him away with an icy glare. Eventually, he drifted off as well. When the two of them woke up, breakfast was being served. Dinner had been small-a tuna noodle casserole the size of a duel monsters card, or a chicken breast in gravy that tasted oddly like dried out ink.
Breakfast was more substantial-your choice of apple/orange juice, a banana or an apple, one of three flavors of muffins, eggs, bacon, and two pieces of toast. After taking his banana, blueberry muffin, and breakfast platter, Adriel began a conversation with Aldrai. "So how're you feeling?" he inquired through large bites. "Still a little sick…I had some weird dreams." replied Aldrai.
"Like what…I had a dream about plushie duel monsters flying around and bumping into each other…"
"I had a dream that my cards jumped out of my pocket and blew up the planet…"
After breakfast had ended, the jet was arriving. They landed in a clearing in an otherwise dense forest. The passengers disembarked, and their DuelDisks began beeping. Each duelist turned the TV on, and the face of the new head of KaibaCorp, Seto Kaiba II, flashed onto the screen. "Welcome duelists. You have landed in the first sector of the island with several other duelists. Some last minute details are in order…every time you win a duel, you will earn 500 duelist points. These points are spent at shops that are installed along the walls of the island, and are vital to survival. There are no hotels. So keep in mind that you need to buy supplies as soon as possible. You have each been given 1000 points to start off. It is not part of the rules, but you can bet on your duels. Duelists can pool their points together if they wish, but this must be done at a store.
"The dueling doesn't officially start until noon, so feel free to roam around and meet new people. Remember to tune in at noon for the official commencement of the tournament." Kaiba's face flashed off of the screen to the time and date. It was only ten in the morning. Adriel and Aldrai wandered until they found a shop. Pooling their points immediately, the two bought a tent and sleeping bags. They would worry about food later-the tent had cost them 400 points, and the sleeping bags had been 300 each. In total, they had already spent half of their money.
That process had only taken an hour, so the two hung out at the store. A boy approached them...
*~End~*
Author's Note
Well, that was no cliffhanger. But anyways, review. Whilst writing this, I thought of another reason for the lack of reviews-my deck review chapters still count as chapters. Therefore, if you send me a deck or review that chapter, (Most likely thinking that it was a new chapter, but reviewing for the actual text on the deck page) you can't review again. Therefore, I have lowered my quota to fifteen. Read this story by me too… I'm posting it here because it doesn't show up in searches. It's a chibi story, just to warn you. Please review, I need reviews for both stories…It's not that hard. Click the button, sign in, enter text. I like the kind that compliments me and helps me out.