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. Mystic was gracious enough to give me the deck used by Hunter…it uses anime versions of cards. By the way, I agreed to advertise. Remember Michael from the last chapter? He's a real person. Here's his forum, and I'm a moderator. Remove the extra spaces.
::Edit:: The URL was screwing up the chapters…just email me if you want the address.
Onto the fic…
Yu Gi Oh- Tournament of the EclipseChapter 21-Big Bugs
From the upper dome, Adriel watched as Aldrai and Hunter were risen to the 4000 mark. Kaiba announced the duel, and Hunter went first. He drew a card. "I summon Neo Bug in attack mode!" (1800/1700) "Then I set two cards facedown and end my turn." Aldrai drew. "Fine, then. I summon Big Shield Gardna in defense mode and set two cards of my own. Your move." Hunter picked up a card. "I set Pinch Hopper in attack mode and end my turn." (1000/1200) Aldrai drew. "Too bad you didn't set your Pinch Hopper. I tribute Big Shield Gardna to summon Summoned Skull in attack mode and destroy your monster!"
Sean flipped a card. "I activate Lunar Phases! This trap card allows me to switch one of my monsters into face-down defense position each turn. And I choose Pinch Hopper!" The large grass hopper disappeared before reappearing and being destroyed, disappearing once more. "Thank you for attacking my monster. Now I can special summon one insect sub-type monster from my hand without tributing. And I choose Insect Queen!" (2200/2400) The behemoth ruler of insects appeared on the field. "This monster gains 200 attack points for every insect monster on the field. And just in case you can't count, that number is two, giving my monster a total of 2600 attack points. Care to end your turn?" Aldrai nodded, knowing what would come next. Hunter drew. "Now I summon Sharp-Needle Cactus in defense mode!" (1000/1850)
"And now I attack your skull with Insect Queen!" The royal bug chomped down on the fiend before it was destroyed. (Aldrai-3900 Hunter-4000) She then lay an egg. (100/0) "You'd want to be careful about that egg. First of all, it's an insect." Aldrai watched helplessly as Insect Queen gained another 200 attack points, setting it at 2800. "Second of all, you really don't want to be around when it hatches. Another of my bugs will pop out. Now I end my turn." Aldrai drew. "I summon Marauding Captain in defense mode!" (1200/400) Hunter snorted. "Why bother? I mean, my queen can crush it, and it can't even break through my cactus." Aldrai smiled. "You'll see…"
"Fine then. I set another Sharp-Needle Cactus and attack you with Insect Queen!" As the queen launched acidic breath at the Marauding Captain, Aldrai flipped a card. "Activate ?Wildcard?! This card mimics any card that has been played. And I choose my Marauding Captain!" Hunter stared at him ludicrously for a second. "Why?" Aldrai explained. "Because Marauding Captain's effect prevents any other warrior-types from being attacked. And with two of them on the field, you can't destroy either." Hunter scowled and ended his turn. Aldrai drew. "I summon Dark Blade in defense mode!" (1800/1500) "End turn."
Hunter drew. "You know, you have one turn left to destroy that egg my queen laid. What kind of fool are you for not attacking? Even if you would lose a lot of life points from having a monster in attack position, it'd save you…oh well. Now I activate Massive Flood-Desert Disruptor!" The field began to flood. "This card lets me tribute my two cacti," he said as the cacti disappeared. "To summon Needle-PointCactusTower in defense mode!" (2100/2600) "So now you not only have my queen to worry about, but this as well. And you don't even know its special effect…" He ended his turn. Aldrai drew. "Yes! Now I have enough monsters to ritual summon my Black Luster Soldier!" (3000/2500) Aldrai's Dark Blade and both captains disappeared as the armored knight appeared. "This monster has more attack points than your queen. Although it would be better to attack your egg, I think I'll get rid of the threat of queenie! Attack now!" Aldrai's soldier destroyed the queen, along with 200 of Hunter's life points. (Aldrai-3900 Hunter-3800)
"Now I end my turn." Hunter cackled. "You were right, it was definitely better to attack my egg. Because now it hatches! I intended to use it for another purpose, but I will now summon another Insect Queen!" (2600/2400) "In addition, I will tribute my Neo Bug for Insect Princess!" (1900/1200) The butterfly-like princess appeared on the field, fluttering her wings next to her mother. "Having said that, I will empty my hand by playing Insect Barrier and flipping DNA Surgery, changing all your monsters to insects, along with my cactus. And that's your soldier as well. Now a few things happen. First of all, your monster can no longer attack. Second of all, my queen gains 400 attack points. I end my turn now, since 3000 still can't beat 3000."
Aldrai pulled a card into his hand, making the total three. "I can't do anything, I end my turn…" Hunter laughed. "I know you can't. Now I summon a monster in defense mode and end my turn as well." Again, Aldrai drew. He paused. "…I pass." Hunter laughed some more. "Not much of a challenge…and funny isn't funny without the fun." Several people from below snorted at this comment. "Well, since I have only one card in my hand, I will pass as well." Aldrai drew. "Yes! I activate the magic card School of Sasuke! This card lets me special summon one of each Sasuke Samurai in my deck to the field. So welcome the Sasuke Trio!" Aldrai threw out his hand as three small monsters appeared on the field.
"Sasuke Samurai!" he shouted as an odd-looking, orange creature with a flaming sword appeared. (500/800) "Sasuke Samurai #2!" cried Aldrai as a slightly lighter orange creature burst onto the field, its sword wielding a greenish afterimage. (200/300) "And Sasuke Samurai #3!" he said as the final samurai appeared, an odd peachlike color. "All three of my monsters appear in defense mode." (1000/1000) "Finally, I draw three cards as well as you. Your move." Hunter drew. "You fool! You just gave my Insect Queen more power, since all your monsters are insects. That gives her 600 more attack points, raising her to 3600! In addition, I flip summon Parasite Paracide! This card is placed in your deck, face up. When you draw it, it is special summoned in face-up attack position on your side of the field. All of your monsters then become insects, and cannot attack."
"Now then, what was I going to do? Ah yes…my Insect Princess changes the position of all your face-up insects to attack! And all of your monsters are insects…Ha! So now I have three monsters whose attacks add up to 7600 attack points! You have 3900 life points. Now the only way to do this would be to have my queen attack your soldier, doing 600, then you'd have 3300. With my remaining 4000 (19002100), if I attack your two weakest samurais, that totals 700 points of resistance. Exactly 3300 damage. Now I use this plan! I switch my cactus tower into attack mode! Go, my monsters!" As the attacks were launched, Aldrai flipped his last facedown card. When the smoke cleared, Aldrai's Black Luster Soldier was still standing, although his #1 and #2 were both gone, along with 3300 of his life points. He was left with a paltry 300 life points. However, Hunter was down 3600, leaving him with 200. (Aldrai-300 Hunter-200) "You activated Magic Cylinders. And now you have no choice but to end your turn." Hunter did so.
"I draw, and activate Monster Reborn on your Insect Queen! But instead of attacking with it, I sacrifice it, my last samurai, and Black Luster Soldier for Gilford the Lightning!" As Gilford was summoned, all three of Hunter's monsters were destroyed. "What?!" shouted Hunter. "Gilford's effect states that if I use three monsters to summon it, all your monsters are destroyed. And there's more…you lose." Hunter's eyes nearly popped out of his skull. "That's not possible! You can't attack me!" Aldrai smiled. "Ah yes…you'd think so, wouldn't you? I activate Giant Trunade to return all magic and trap cards to their owner's hands. So goodbye, Insect Barrier and DNA Surgery!" Everything on the field except Gilford was destroyed. "And now I attack with Gilford to win the duel!" Gilford blasted Hunter with a bolt of lightning.
Hunter began crying in rage. He plummeted from the top of the tower to the bottom as Aldrai was raised from the 300 mark. He passed through the same room as Adriel, popping up next to him. "Hey!" he said. Kaiba appeared on the screen. "Another excellent duel! Aldrai advances. The third duel will be between Matthew Galloway and Aria Donella. Prepare yourselves! Let the third match begin!"
End
Author's NoteWow, that took forever! Sorry everyone! Ahh…the next one will also take a while…maybe I should go on hiatus so when I get back I'll go insane with updates…?