Disclaimer/Author's Note:
Okay, I got a few reviews…And a new fan of my story. So here is Aldrai's duel with a character known simply as 'Avenging'. That makes two loyal fans-Mystic Avenger and LegendaryWarrior. By the way LW, I edited your deck…added some original cards to make your deck more interesting. Here we go…
Yu Gi Oh- Tournament of the Eclipse
Chapter 8-An Unstoppable Force
"Um…guys? I'm still only a first-phase duelist." said Aldrai worriedly. "Hey, no problem, we'll find an opponent." said Mystic. "Yeah…there are still plenty of duelists here." said Adriel. At that moment, they passed a gate, where four duelists entered the second level. Aldrai's face dropped. Mystic looked at Adriel-they both knew that although there were plenty of opponents left, it was getting harder to find one, and the tournament had a time limit.
After frantically searching, Adriel found a group of duelists. Running back for Mystic and Aldrai, he told the group to wait. A few minutes later, Adriel returned with his two companions. "See, look. There are lots of duelists here." said Adriel, slightly out of breath. "Yeah…just choose one." added Mystic. "Okay! I challenge…you!" decided Aldrai, after waving his finger around. He had pointed towards a girl dressed in a cheerleader outfit. "Hey little boy…I'm not a duelist. The only duelist here is Avenging." she said, going gaga-eyed over a guy next to her. "So…when will he be done?" asked Aldrai. The girl rolled her eyes. Her boyfriend, however, laughed. "Hey, that was a good one. But anyway, I'm Avenging. That's my name. Or at least, my nickname. And I accept your challenge. But I want to up the ante a bit…how about we both bet a card?" Aldrai was about to say something about the next stage of the tournament, but a vigorous shaking of the head from Adriel and a mini deathglare from Mystic silenced him. "Okay…I bet my Gate Guardian." Avenging started flipping through his deck. "How about I bet this card, then?" He held up a Nightmare Steel Cage card. Aldrai agreed to the stakes.
The duelists walked closer and activated their DuelDisks. They drew their cards, Avenging going first after being challenged. "I set two cards face down and summon a monster in defense mode." Aldrai drew, adding a sixth card to his hand of Raigeki, Kuriboh, Sanga, Witch of the Black Forest, Anti-Raigeki, and now The Fiend Megacyber. A strategy forming in his head, he pretended to scowl. "I set one card face down and end my turn." (Anti-Raigeki) Avenging drew. "Now I summon Rogue Doll in attack mode!" (1600/1000) "Then, I attack you directly!" Aldrai winced as his life points fell to 2400. "If that's all you've got, then this duel will be a piece of cake!" Aldrai drew Axe of Despair. "Heheh…too bad you weren't more careful. Now I summon The Fiend Megacyber!" (2200/1200) Avenging took a step back as the giant creature appeared on the field. "Thanks for setting that up so nicely. And to make this combo more devastating, I activate these two cards; Axe of Despair and Raigeki!" As a lightning bolt struck the field, obliterating Avenging's monsters, two bladed armlets appeared on the wrists of Aldrai's monsters. "That's new…but it doesn't matter. Attack now!" Aldrai's monster gathered the blue aura around it into its two wrist blades and slashed at Avenging. Two brilliant blue blades of light flew towards the teen and disappeared abruptly. Avenging flipped his Negate Attack.
"Now I draw," he started, "And activate Warrior's Passage!" Two pewter goblets appeared, both holding gray fire. Avenging placed two cards in the grave. The two monsters, Battle Ox and Neo the Magic Swordsman, appeared on the field briefly before a golden mist flew out of them and into the goblets. Slowly, the fires turned golden. The goblets shattered into dust, but the fires merged together. Out of the pyre stepped a monster clad in gray armor. Every so often, a golden streak of light would dash across the warrior. He had short blond hair and green eyes. He wielded a glowing white sword, which was featureless. "Witness the force of my Knight of Ages!" (2040/2040) "This card could be considered a God Card in some respects…but you'll learn more about that later." He ended his turn. Aldrai drew Crush. "I set one card face down and summon a monster in defense mode." (Crush/Kuriboh) "Then I attack with The Fiend Megacyber!" His monster charged, but was annihilated as the Knight of Ages' attack rose to 3540. Losing a grand total of 1940 life points compared to Avenging's perfect score, Aldrai was slightly upset to say the least.
"Seeing as how you have nothing to do anymore, I will draw and explain." As he drew, Avenging began explaining his card. "At any time, I can sacrifice a monster to activate Knight of Ages' effect. If a monster is sacrificed, its attack power is divided by five, then multiplied by three. That amount is added to my monster's attack. And I activate my monster's effect to add that value from the card I just drew-Buster Blader! That makes my monster's attack power 3600!" The thin blade of the knight twisted, and became broader and sharper. "Now attack!" As the knight lunged towards Aldrai with its new sword, Aldrai flipped Crush. Kuriboh materialized onto the field, seemingly fine. A purple mist flew into Kuriboh from the trap card, and it shut its eyes in pain. Too late to stop its attack, the Knight of Ages sliced through the furball and released the virus. It fell to its knees before exploding, and the purple mist flew into Avenging's deck. The word 'VIRUS' flashed on his DuelDisk's life point monitor. Avenging ended his turn.
Aldrai drew Sword Hunter. "I play a monster in defense mode and end my turn." (Witch of the Black Forest) Avenging drew. "All I can do for now is this…Swords of Revealing Light!" He ended, and Aldrai drew. "I play another monster in defense mode." (Magician of Faith) Avenging drew. "I play a card face down and end my turn." Aldrai drew Time Wizard. "Now I flip both my monsters, activating my Magician's effect! I return Axe of Despair to my hand, then I sacrifice them both! Come forth, Sword Hunter!" (2450/1700) "Now I end my turn." Avenging drew another card, and smiled. "This card can save me later…but for now, I end my turn." Aldrai drew. "This is the last turn your swords remain in play…I summon Hayabusa Knight in attack mode and equip my Sword Hunter with Axe of Despair." Avenging flipped a card. "I play Nightmare Steel Cage, which prevents you from attacking for another two turns!" As the swords disappeared, a cage materialized around Aldrai.
"I draw." Avenging picked up a card from his deck. "Now I summon Wall of Illusion in attack mode and lay a card face down." Aldrai drew, knowing Avenging wouldn't attack. "I activate this card, one I got from the last tournament I was in. Go, Axe of Demise!" The card sent a blood-red beam of energy at Aldrai's Sword Hunter, which then disintegrated into a golden aura. That aura flew into the Axe of Despair, which then transformed into a large foil, which Aldrai's Hayabusa Knight grabbed. Its attack rose to 4450. "Ha! Now, even though I only have 2060 life points while you have all of yours, once this cage is gone, you'll be finished!" Avenging drew. "Now I activate Metalmorph on my Wall of Illusion, raising its attack to 1300. Furthermore, its attack rises by half of its opponent's attack power whenever it attacks. But I know that this isn't enough…so I set a card face down and end my turn." Aldrai drew. "I play Remove Trap on your cage, destroying it. And now, I attack your wall!" The Hayabusa Knight slashed through the wall, dealing 3150 points of damage. Avenging smiled.
"You fool! Now your monster returns to your hand and your axe is destroyed! Plus, I activate Call of the Haunted!" As the Hayabusa Knight disappeared, the Wall of Illusion returned. However, the Axe of Demise remained. "What?! That cant't be! Your axe is an equip magic card! With no monster to equip itself to, it should be destroyed!" Aldrai chuckled. "If this card's monster is destroyed, it remains behind with no defense power and the attack value of the bonus it bestowed…in this case, 3450. Now my axe, attack his monster and end the duel!" The axe flipped itself onto its side and began spinning. It slashed through the wall and into Avenging, who lost his final life points. Mystic and Adriel cheered. Aldrai smiled.
Avenging walked over to him and handed him his waxing crescent phase plus his Nightmare Steel Cage card. They shook hands, and Avenging walked off with his posse of girls. "Hey cool! We're all second-phase duelists!" The three walked towards the gate they had seen earlier. "Now what?" asked Adriel. "Um…remember the letter we got from Kaiba 2 I think we have to do something like this…" He pressed a button on the wall, and a panel with two equally sized circular slots appeared. He took out his phases and inserted them in the machine, which then sucked the panel back into the wall. The door opened, and Mystic began walking through. "See you on the other side," he said. The door shut. Adriel and Aldrai did the same, and walked through, where their phases were sitting in a small dish o a shelf carved in the wall. "Cool." The three walked up the stairs, which took them about fifteen minutes. When they reached the top, they fell over, panting. A few birds passed overhead.
Adriel sat up. "Hey, look…" They were in what looked like a huge courtyard. There were lots of fountains, and the shops were set up near these waterworks. The shops looked like they were selling the same stuff as the first level, except with the addition of card shops. Walking around, the group noticed that the shops had symbols on their counters, symbolizing different types of cards, etc. Adriel stopped at a Dragon shop, and told the others to go on. Aldrai stopped at a Warrior shop, and Mystic stopped at various shops, passing each one with varying amounts of interest. They met up an hour later in front of the gate they had passed through. "Hey, I made some good buys." said Adriel. "Yeah, me too. I traded some stuff." replied Aldrai. "How about you, Mystic?"
He smiled. "A few."
*~End~*
Author's Note
Well, Aldrai's a second phase duelist now. Their decks have been modified again, and you'll see the changes soon enough. To tell you…the next chapter will be a break, explaining more about the tournament and its natural origins. The 20 review mark is close…I'll tell you all something interesting about the future of the story if we get there. And in case you were wondering, yes, I am choosing these numbers randomly.