Disclaimer/Author's Note:
Chapter 13, and how appropriate. Returning themes in the ghoul's decks, along with plot advancements. Sorry this one took so long, but a six-way duel is pretty hard to pull off. Yep, I give myself props for getting this done! Hope you like it, gimme feedback, and send in that deck, because the story's stuck without it! Dragon, Mystic, opal, and everyone else for that matter, I need you to buckle down and work for me! Original cards are definitely welcome, but I need their descriptions, along with monster or magic or trap…I learned that Nightmare Steel Cage is a magic card, not a trap! Oh well, I'll fix that later. Invader Sam had a really good idea…the MFC edition of luster dragon shall now be called Luster Dragon #2! Good job! Also, I realize that the cards played by the duelists are probably going to exceed their hand sizes, but what can I do…actually, they probably won't.
Yu Gi Oh- Tournament of the Eclipse
Chapter 13-Resurfacing
The duel had started, and no small amount of spectators had stopped to watch the monumental duel. Team 1, made up of Adriel, Aldrai, and Mystic, were to go first. They observed their cards, and played. "I lay two cards face down," started Mystic, "As do I." added Adriel. "And I lay down three." finished Aldrai. Seven cards appeared face down in a wave motion. "I lay a card in defense mode," called Adriel as he lay a third card on the disk. (Mystical Elf) "And I summon Time Wizard in attack mode!" shouted Mystic, throwing the weak monster onto his disk. (500/400) "To end our phase, I play Gemini Elf in attack mode!" cried Aldrai. (1900/900) Team 2, consisting of the Ghouls, drew cards into their hand. "We all lay three card face down," said Omega flatly, "And play a monster in attack mode!" chained Morina. As three face down cards appeared on the field, the shock of a threat of telepathic opponents rushed through team 1. "Now come forth, Spirit of the Breeze! In defense mode!" shouted Morina. (0/1800)The green spirit appeared on the field and began to float in circles around its card. "And I'll summon Headless Knight in attack mode!" shouted Omega. (1450/1700) A knight clawed its way out of the ground and stood tall with its sword in hand. "And to end our plays, I summon Darkfire Soldier #2 in attack mode!" (1700/1100)
Team 1 recovered and drew their next cards. "I play Harpie's Feather Duster!" said Mystic. A giant feather appeared on the field and waved itself, spreading a glittering mist over team 2's side of the field, destroying the three face down cards there. "And now I summon another monster in defense mode!" called Adriel. (Witch of the Black Forest) "And I'll sacrifice my Gemini Elf to summon my Summoned Skull!" cried Aldrai. "And I'll summon Eternal Child of Light in attack mode!" (1000/500) "It's time to attack! I'll attack Headless Knight with my Summoned Skull!" shouted Aldrai. "And I'll activate Graceful Dice!" shouted Mystic. The die landed on three. "That multiplies my monster's attacks by 3, meaning I can easily destroy your Spirit of the Breeze and attack you directly, Morina!" The monsters flew across the field and attacked. When the smoke cleared, Omega had lost his Knight along with 1050 of his life points and Morina had lost her monster along with 1500 life points.
Team 2 drew their cards. "Now I'll summon Darkfire Soldier #1 in attack mode!" shouted Rae. (1700/1150) A shirtless warrior bathed in flame with a large, curved blade appeared next to its partner. As the monster materialized, something clicked in Adriel's mind… "And I summon The Gross Ghost of Fled Dreams in defense mode!" (1300/1800) Aldrai suddenly reminisced as well… "Finally, I summon Injection Fairy Lily in attack mode!" chained Morina. (400/1500) Mystic had no clue of the past duels of Aldrai and Adriel, so he merely smiled. "And it's time to attack!" The three attack monsters launched themselves at their opponents.
When the flurry of exchanged blows ended, Morina was down to 500 life points, her fairy with a syringe large enough to be a satellite laser. Lily had just speared through Mystic's Time Wizard, losing him 2900 life points and dropping him at 1100. Both Darkfire soldiers had launched themselves at Adriel's monsters. His Witch of the Black Forest was destroyed, but as he drew a monster into his hand, Darfire Soldier #2 was thrown back by his Mystical Elf, dropping Rae's life points by 300. So the scores stood at Adriel: 4000, Aldrai: 4000, Mystic: 1100, Rae: 3700, Omega: 1050, and Morina: 500. So far, team 1 was winning, but these duelists were proving to be extremely tricky. Team 1 drew again. "Time to summon Luster Dragon #2 to the field!" shouted Adriel. (1900/1600) Mystic drew "Spades!" the field between him and Morina turned to a blank playing card with only two black spades in opposite corners. "And now, I summon Jack to the field!" Aldrai ended the main phase by summoning "La Jinn the Mystical Genie of the Lamp in attack mode!" (1800/1000) "It's time to attack! Go, Jack! Destroy Lily and Morina!" The Jack card shot out its spirit of a Jack, who launched himself at Lily and proceeded to slash her head off, but not before a giant pill appeared in front of her.
As the Jack attacked Lily, the pill broke, releasing huge amounts of powder over Morina. Her life points struggled back and forth between going up and down, but eventually rose to 2300. "I used my Nutrient Z card to gain 4000 life points. Unfortunately, your attack reduced my points by…2200? But how? Your Jack only has 2200 attack points!" Mystic chuckled. "Spades increases all of my suit-type monsters' attack and defense points by 400, so Lily's attack points were negated." Morina scowled as Adriel launched his attack on Rae's Darkfire Soldier #1, but the attack was suddenly halted. "Waboku. That's only going to save you for one turn, Rae."
"I know," she responded. "But if I draw one more card, then I can defeat you easily!" Aldrai attacked Omega with both his monsters, but ended up losing his genie and 700 of his life points due to Omega's "Magic-Arm Shield allows me to take one of your monsters and defend myself with it, so you just lost one of your monsters AND some of your life points. But that's not all…I do believe that all three of us possess the monsters we need to eliminate you…" Rae and Morina nodded in agreement. Team 1 got very tense, and images began flashing through their mind…images of three powerful beasts that had the force to destroy the world, doing battle against one another, tearing apart the world…
Team two drew. "And now I activate my two facedown cards for Omega and Morina; both of my Ultimate Offering cards!" Two identical trap cards appeared on the field. "And I activate Toxin Tubes to increase my life points by 1200!" shouted Omega. "And now that their life points are high enough to use these cards," Omega had 2250 and Morina had 2300, "It's the beginning of the end!" Both Omega and Morina activated their Pot of Greed cards from their hands, and chained them with Jar of Greed, Omega chaining a second one, as well. That gave them both a large amount of cards added into their hand. "Now I summon two more monsters onto the field!" shouted Omega4, who lost 500 life points for the second monster. "And I summon three!" cried Morina.4 She lost a full 1000 life points. "And I activate Monster Reborn on Gemini Elf from Aldrai's graveyard." Adriel3Aldrai2Mystic0Omega3Morina3Rae1
"And now…prepare for the end!" shouted Rae. "For now…"
"We summon the Egyptian God Cards!" shouted the three Ghouls in unison. The skies darkened to welcome these creatures, and lightning hailed their arrival. "And now meet the God Monsters! The Winged Dragon of Ra!" screamed Rae, triumphantly. (5300/3150) "Obelisk the Tormentor!" (4000/4000) shouted Morina. "And Slifer the Sky Dragon!" (5000/5000) As the Ghouls called out the names of their cards, each monster appeared. They each discarded their 3 monsters and slapped down a fourth. Rae's monster resembled a golden orb, kind of puzzle-like. Morina's was a blue soldier whose strength was indescribable. Omega's monster was a fierce-looking monster that looked like it was a hybrid serpent/dragon. "No!" shouted Rae. However, more flashbacks shot through the minds of Aldrai, Adriel, and Mystic…
Through Adriel's mind ran the image of a duel between a young, attractive blonde dressed in purple and a demented looking male wearing a purple cape and a black shirt with platinum-colored hair and a yellow eye on his forehead. The same golden monster was on the field. The man began chanting something, and the orb unlocked itself and turned into a half-gryphon, half-dragon like creature. It flew over to the man's side of the field. Then, the monster attacked. Another teen, this one with three-colored hair, dressed in blue, with Omega's puzzle around his neck, jumped in the way of the blast. Another blond, this time a boy, was trying to get the girl out of some strange chains that bound her arms and legs…then the chant repeated itself as Adriel returned to consciousness…
Aldrai saw visions of a duel between a white-haired teen with a striped shirt and Rae's ring around his neck and the boy in Adriel's vision. The puzzle-bearer summoned the serpent, lightning striking the field. Then, the red and black monster destroyed the white-haired duelist. Aldrai woke from his trance…
Mystic was watching a four-way duel between two men dressed in long, purple robes with masks over their faces versus the puzzle boy again, and a tall, thin character dressed in black with a white trenchcoat and brown hair. The brown-haired teen summoned the blue soldier, and destroyed his two opponents. Mystic snapped out of the vision…
Rae was still complaining. "It still won't obey me!" she said. Out of nowhere, Aldrai asked Omega "Why does Slifer have 5000 attack points if you only have three cards in your hand?" Rae stopped talking, and all five of the other duelists looked at him. "What? Slifer's attack power depends on the number of cards in your hand," he said, as if it were common knowledge. Upon realizing what he said, his mouth dropped open in wonder. "Well however it happened, he's still a threat. And Morina would be more of one if she had summoned two more monsters," Mystic began, as he activated his face down card, Mystical Space Typhoon, destroying Morina's Ultimate Offering card, "Because now she can't activate Obelisk's Soul Energy Max effect." He, too, was surprised by what he had said. "Yes, well Rae can't even control her monster…but be careful. These monsters aren't affected by trap cards, and magic cards only work on them for one turn." Adriel also looked surprised.
"How do you know all of this?" inquired Rae. The three duelists exchanged glances. "No clue…but does it really matter?" Rae smiled. "Guess not, because you're finished! Or, at least, your partners are finished, and then it's three on one…three God cards on one pathetic duelist…you haven't got a chance!" As Omega and Morina commanded their monsters to attack, the other three tensed up. Suddenly, the seven Millennium Items began to glow, and they were transported to the Shadow Realm…along with a multitude of bystanders. "Hey? What happened?" One guy asked. "No clue…and where did the dueling field go?" commented a girl. It was true, and everyone's DuelDisk activated.
"No!" shouted Rae. "Aw, man…" added Morina. "A shadow war…the first in millennia…" chained Omega. Mystic remembered his first experience. "Quick, you guys! Start pulling cards out of your deck and summon your best monsters! They're going to pull out their God cards again! And now that they're using millennium magic…they can force Ra to attack!" This incentive convinced the other two, and they began drawing madly. Meanwhile, the Ghouls were regrouping. "The shadow realm doesn't need sacrifices, but still…Ra would be pitiful without them…"
"And Obelisk can't use Soul Energy Max without tributes." So the Shadow Wars began…
*~End~*
Author's Note
Aww…no decks yet! Send some in…you have maybe 2 chapters before the story HAS TO HAVE THAT DECK! Anyway, that chapter took a while to write…and the prospect of a shadow war should be incentive for you all to review, send in decks, etc…I actually DO need more characters, so you can begin sending those again as well. Just to tell you, this story is drawing to a close, and another two stories will be created immediately after. However, each chapter for each story will be written at the same time, so it'll definitely take longer to write. I need original cards for that, but not characters. So do your work, and I'll do mine…