Disclaimer/Author's Note:
Yay, the finals have begun! Look for two very specific cards Adriel uses…won't be that hard to find…but it'll definitely be cool! Note-this duel is short. I don't know how it got so short, but it did. Sorry about that…gonna stick some random stuff in for compensation.
Yu Gi Oh- Tournament of the Eclipse
Chapter 20-Dragons in the Deep
Suddenly, both Adriel's and Michael's dueling platforms rose to a mark labeled '4000'. "Draw your cards!" shouted Kaiba. As the DuelDisks activated, a spinner appeared in the middle of the room. It began to spin. "What's this?" asked Michael. "This will decide who makes the first move." Stated Kaiba. The spinner stopped on Michael. "Alright, here we go! I summon Gagagigo in attack mode!" (1850/1000) "Then, I lay one card face down and end my turn." Adriel drew from his new deck. "I already have two Red-Eyes Black Dragons! All I need is a polymerization…" he thought to himself. "I summon Kaiser Sea Horse in defense mode, lay three cards face down, and end my turn." (1700/1650) Michael drew again. "Alright, I place a monster in defense mode as well, then I activate Terraforming!" The area in front of the two duelists began to glow with energy. So did Michael's deck. "I draw this field magic card into my hand and activate it! Go, A Legendary Ocean!" The field suddenly became an underwater castle. "Now, I attack your Kaiser Sea Horse with Gagagigo!" As the monster attacked, it fell into a vortex. It reappeared on Michael's side of the field."
"That was Negate Attack. Your battle phase is over, and I expect your turn is, too." Michael nodded. "Then I draw." "Buster Blader! But he can't help me right now, since I need to draw Polymerization to do anything. I can only end my turn…" He sighed and said calmly, "I end my turn." Michael drew and laughed. "What, can't seem to do anything? Oh well, I can! I summon Amphibious Bugroth Mk-3 in attack mode!" (1500+200/1300+200) "This card can attack your life points directly if Umi is on the field, and my Legendary Ocean counts as Umi! So not only do I attack your Kaiser Sea Horse with Gagagigo," The lizard rushed Kaiser Sea Horse and destroyed it. "I also attack you with my Bugroth!" (Adriel-2300 | Michael-4000) "Your move…if you dare to make one." Adriel's platform rose up almost to the 2000 mark. "No…I need to do something fast!" He drew. "Yes! My Polymerization card! I now fuse the Red-Eyes Black Dragon in my hand with my Buster Blader to form the Black D. Knight!" (3250/3000) "Now I attack your Bugroth and destroy it, along with a chunk of your life points!" Michael smiled. "Activate Gravity Bind! No monsters level 4 or higher can attack, and yours definitely falls into the restricted category. My move?" Grimacing, Adriel nodded.
"Good. I now switch my Gagagigo into defense mode and flip summon Water Fungus. This card lets me search my deck for a water monster with three or less levels. So I add this card to my hand and summon it in defense mode. Then I attack you directly with my bugroth! Adriel stood stunned as his life points decreased to 600, and he rose even further, almost to the top. He had to yell down to the bottom to be heard; "What? Your bugroth is level 4!" Michael grinned. "No. The effect of my ocean card also decreases the level of all my water monsters by 1, making this one's level 3, just enough to squeeze by!" Adriel scowled and drew. "Fine then…if I can't attack your monsters, I'll have to prevent you from attacking as well. I set a card face down and end my turn." Michael drew. "You know, you really shouldn't blurt your strategies out loud. And that mistake will cost you. I play Mystical Space Typhoon on your left card!" As the typhoon approached, Adriel flipped a card. "Not this time. I activate Judgment of Anubis! You fell for my bluff!" A small altar with a dog-shaped statue appeared on the field. The jackal's eyes opened and a fiery pair of red energy beams shot through the typhoon, destroying its card and negating it.
"Now then…onto the effect of my card. If I activate it, which I just did, I can destroy one monster. That monster's attack power is subtracted from your life points. And the monster I choose is your Amphibious Bugroth!" Michael scowled as two ice blue beams shot out at the fungus. It was absorbed into the energy, which turned a cerulean color, and blasted at Michael, whose life points then dropped by 1700. He rose to the spot where Adriel once was. Adriel yelled at him from the top; "You're not the only one who can make use of the ocean." (Adriel-600 | Michael-2300) "I set a card face down and end my turn," said Michael.
"Draw!" shouted Adriel. "Oh, this is all too perfect…" he said. "Activate Card of Sanctity!" Adriel threw the card on his disk. "This card makes us draw until we both have six cards in our hand." Adriel smiled gleefully as he slipped two magic cards into his Duel Disk. "Activate Monster Reborn and Polymerization!" Buster Blader was reborned as another monster appeared on the field. "And now my Buster Blader and Blue-Eyes White Dragon will combine to form the White D. Knight!" (3850/3000) The monster looked like the polar opposite of the Black D. Knight already on the field. "And now, due to my monster's special effects, they both gain 1000 points for being on the field at the same time!" (3250+1000/3000 | 3850+1000/3000) Michael laughed. "Good job Adriel, nicely done. However, you forget that as long as Gravity Bind is in play, you can't attack with either of your monsters."
"I know…" said Adriel, "But I can still block your attacks, thanks to your Bugroth being destroyed. And now, I set two card and end my turn." Michael drew. "Hehehe, it doesn't matter. I have two monsters on the field. And now I'll activate Ultimate Offering! With this card in play, either of us can sacrifice 500 life points to summon an additional monster during our turns. Now, since I have A Legendary Ocean in play, I'll summon Orca Mega-Fortress of Darkness without tribute!" (2100+200/1200+200) A huge whale burst onto the field. "In addition, I sacrifice 500 life points so I can summon Cannonball Spear Shellfish to immediately tribute it by my whale's effect and destroy Gravity Bind!" (Adriel-600 | Michael-1800) Adriel looked at him funny. "What're you trying to do? Your monster is a lot weaker than mine is!"
Michael looked up at him. "You might think so, but not for long when I activate this card! Go, Riryoku!" Suddenly, the White D. Knight began to glow oddly. Its attack was halved to 2425, and the other 2425 flew into the Orca Mega-Fortress, raising its attack to 4725. "And now I can wipe out the monster I just drained to end the duel!" As the monster let loose a barrage from the artillery on its back, Adriel flipped a card. "Activate Waboku! This card reduces all damage to zero for this turn." Michael scowled. "No matter, I'll just use another Riryoku next turn. I set two cards and end my turn." Adriel drew. "Too bad there won't be a next turn for you." Michael smirked. "Why, what can you do? You can't attack me!" Adriel cut in. "How could you possibly have forgotten? You destroyed your trap card!"
"Oh no!" shouted Michael. "Oh yes. And now I'll destroy your whale with my Black D. Knight, ending the duel!" Michael flipped a card. "If I go down, I'm taking you with me! Activate Ring of Destruction! I destroy your White D. Knight and deal over 4000 damage to each of us!" Adriel quickly flipped a card. "Activate Trap Jammer! This card negates any trap used in a player's battle phase, including the one you just tried to pull! Now feel the wrath of my knight! Destroy his orca!" The Black D. Knight slashed through the monster, destroying it and leaving 1950 runoff damage. Michael screamed in defeat as his life points hit zero and he was briefly shot up to the zero mark before plummeting back down. Adriel was shot up past the zero mark, into a rotating chamber. He was moved around a little before rising into a large dome consisting of triangular glass plates. A clump of huge TV screens snapped on. Kaiba's face was shown.
"Excellent dueling to the both of you. Adriel advances to the next round. With that being said, the next match shall be Aldrai versus Hunter! Duelists ready? Duel commence!"
*~End~*
Author's Note
Well, that was short, sorry! Must compensate by creating a huge author's note…okay, remember how "Enter the Shadow Realm" had nothing to do with the shadow realm? Well what I'm planning will truly be self-explanatory. There are probably going to be four more chapters in this story-one for each of the remaining duels, then a final one. After that, a sequel will be created. I have yet to think of the name. That was still too short…