Yu-Gi-Oh!
The Duelist Championship
Disclaimer: yada da you know the restEpisode 2: The Qualifying Rounds Part 1
Seto Kaiba's face was on the television. He was smiling contently, pleased that this little fright worked.
"Hello fellow duelists, I am Kaiba, as you know. Although it was at first a secret who organized the tournament, now I reveal that I am the official organizer of the tournament, and there is some new rules to tell you about."
"Who would of thought that this rich dope is holding the tournament!" Shard said. He loathed Kaiba, and Kaiba usually was just as cruel. Shard wanted to crush Kaiba in a duel.
"First of all, I am only competing in this tournament at the end. Whoever wins will go on to face me, and the winner will be declared King Of Games, with a worldwide rank of number 1" he said, confident it would be him.
"And boys, that title will be going to me!" Wanda said. "Yeah right!" Slit protested.
"Also, the duels will have 8000 life points, and direct attacks our allowed, so adjust your decks to fit these new rules!" he shouted, making sure he was clear on what he was saying.
"8000 Life points? Sounds interesting..." Kakuta thought out loud.
"Also, before every duel, you must make your way through a obstacle course, and to your arena in a certain amount of time. People who fail to follow this rule will be disqualified immediately!" Kaiba was quite ruthless, wanting this tournament to not have any detours like Battle City and Marik...
"You will be using the Kaiba Corporations duel disks, with state of the art portability and holograms. You will find them in your cabin, under the leather couch. That is all. Goodbye!" and the screen flickered off.
Suddenly the electricity came back on, and the train started to move. They were now on their way to the championship.
"Let's go get our duel disks guys!" Wanda excitedly said, rushing to the couch and sticking her arms under. She pulled them out, now holding 4 duel discs.
"Slick man. I saw them use these on T.V. There wicked!" Kakuta said, inserting his deck into the cardholder. The rest of the gang put their decks in the cardholders as well, after a tiny bit of modification. Suddenly the T.V flickered on showing Kaiba again.
"One rule I forgot. When you lose a duel, you have to give up your rarest card!" the screen flickered off quickly.
"What! That's a bad rule!" Shard said, sounding like the newbie he was. He just got a good deck, and his best card was the Tri-Horned Dragon.
Wanda, Slit and Kakuta kept quiet. Slit didn't want to part with his Dark Necrofear, neither Kakuta with Freed The Matchless General and Wanda with Dark Magician Girl.
The train kept on going, and they all got bored. Wanda and Shard had enough duel, and Wanda trounced him again. They all decided to have a rest before the tournament.
They where almost their when a boy barged in the carriage. He blocked the door as people where trying to barge in. He had a blood nose, red jacket and black top and pants. He was around the age of 10, and his blue eyes showed it. He had brown hair, just casually gelled with some grit. It actually looked good. Finally the people left. And the boy turned around to see 4 people staring at him. He had taken the gang by surprise.
"Sorry" the boy said. He looked around. They seemed nice enough, so he decided they would let him in.
"Hi I'm Sammy, do you mind if I stay with you guys?" he asked. Wanda was first to react.
"Ok Sammy. I'm Wanda, and these are my friends Kakuta, Shard and Slit" she said, introducing him.
"Hi" Sammy said. He could just tell they were going to be friends.
"So Sammy, why were those kids chasing you?" Shard asked. Sammy sighed. "Those are people from my school. For them, I'm just a loser, and a victim of their bullying." He said, hiding his face in shame after."Don't worry 'bout them kiddo, they won't touch while were around!" Shard exclaimed.
"But what about when I'm alone, huh Shard? Then they just bash me up. I can't do anything right!"
"You OK Sammy? You look kinda worried?" Kakuta asked.
"I'm fine" Sammy replied.
Suddenly the train started to slow down. They all sighed in relief.
"We must be here!" they shouted. They hurried out of the Carriage, and to the front of the train, were they where being let out. They got out eagerly, and gaped in amazement at the place.
It was a huge island. There were forests, Artic regions, deserts and even theme parks. There was a large building at the end, where they assumed Kaiba was. Right in front of them though, were a bunch of courts. They wondered what all of this was for.
Out the front was Seto Kaiba, with his brother Mokuba next to him.
"Hey it's the welcoming committee. Kaiba looks happy to see us" Shard said sarcastically.
"Ok duelists! We are getting straight into the action, with the qualifying rounds here. All of you, will be assigned a random deck to use, testing your skill. All decks a well rounded, so there is no favourite to advance, but it comes down to skill. The giving up a card rule will not count, and you have all been assigned matches randomly for the qualifying rounds. You will verse 2 opponents, so when this is done only 1 3rd of you will be in the real tournament bracket. All the duels are to take place on these courts. Understand!" he barked.
Everyone nodded. "Also, only effect cards with the effect to attack opponents life points can attack, as the duels will only have 2000 Life Points! Now go over to our staff and they will pair you up and give you the random decks!"
Everyone moved towards the staff members, and very soon they had their random decks and opponents.
Kakuta had the first match of the lot. He had to verse some guy called Hassen, who was a big bulky guy.
Soon other people had started too, and things were of to a start.
"D.D Scout Plane attack his Kuriboh!" Kakuta shouted. He just dropped Hassen's life points to 0, knocking him out.
Meanwhile, Sammy was duelling a tall girl called Sara. The lifepoints where even, each at 500.
DUEL:
Sara: 500
Sammy : 500
Sara: I will draw (draws) I will play this card face down, and summon the Mystical Elf in attack mode!(ATK:800 DEF: 2000) End my turn
Sammy: I'll attack with, Celtic Guardian (ATK: 1400 DEF: 1200) Attack her Mystical Elf!
Sara: I'll activate the trap card, Zero Gravity, Switching both of our monsters to defence mode!
Sammy: I'll end my turn
Sara: I'll draw, and tribute Mystical Elf for Flame Cerebrus! (ATK: 2100 DEF: 1800) Attack Celtic Guardian! End my turn
Sammy: Looks hopeless. Let's draw. ALL RIGHT! I am going to win! I play Hinotama dealing 500 direct damage do your life points!
LIFEPOINTS:
Sammy: 500
Sara: 0
"Alright!" Sammy shouted as he won. By then, Wanda had blown away her opponent, and Shard had barely scraped through. Slit had destroyed his opponent.
Kaiba announced there would be a 10-minute interval, so they all talked about their duels.
"Just won." Shard said panting. He would have to do better to qualify.
10 minutes passed, and they had to go back and see their match ups.
"Kakuta VS Donamai" Kakuta looked to see a Dark Boy to be facing him.
"Emily VS Shoen" and it went on for a while.
"Sammy VS Cranch" Sammy looked away in fear.
"What's wrong Sammy?" Wanda questioned.
"He-e-e I-I-I-s the b-u-u-lly from school!" he stuttered totally afraid.
"Hey, beat him a duel and he will leave you alone!" Slit said. "You think?" "Yes now whoop his hide in the arena!" Wanda said. He gained a bit of confidence.
"Wanda VS Cosmo" Cosmo was a freak. He had green hair, green eyes, green pants and a black hat and shirt. He had a mischief look to him.
"Slit VS Jason" Jason was a porky kid with brown hair, and he couldn't tell what eye colour he had.
"And lucky last, Koti VS Shard"
"Yeah and I will have the luck!" Shard murmured.
"Take your positions and duel!"
Kakuta's duel kicked off first. Donamai was ready.
BOTH: Duel!
Duel Start!
Donamai to go first.
Donamai: I will pick up (draws) OK, I'll place this card face down, and end my turn
Kakuta: Not much else you could do huh? (draws) I'll play Rocket Jumper in Attack mode! (ATK: 1000 DEF: 800) Its special effect is if there is only monsters on your side of the field in defence mode, I can attack life points directly!
Donamai: No! Kaiba said if it has an effect it could still attack life points!
Kakuta: Yes! Now Rocket Jumper, attack his life points directly.
A goblin in with a rocket rams into Donamai, knocking him off his feet.
LIFEPOINTS:
Kakuta: 2000
Donamai: 1000
Donamai: ( getting up) Ok. You end your turn?
Kakuta: Yes
Donamai: OK, for my turn (draws ) I'll flip up Mystical Elf in attack mode, and play the magic card, Shield and Sword!
Kakuta: Not that card. Now your monster will be stronger than mine for a turn!
Donamai: Yes!
Mystical Elf (ATK: 2000 DEF: 800)
Rocket Jumper ( ATK: 800 DEF: 1000)
Donamai: Now attack, taking a chunk out of his life points.
The Mystical Elf casts a magical spell, and Rocket Jumper blows up in a bang.
LIFEPOINTS:
Donamai: 1000
Kakuta: 800
Donamai: I'll place one card face down and end my turn
Kakuta: Ok (draws) I'll play the Great Angus in attack mode (ATK: 1800 DEF: 1600) and attack, Mystical Elf!
Donamai: No you don't! I'll activate, Waboku! It will protect my monsters!
Kakuta: End my turn
Donamai: (draws) I'll sacrifice Mystical Elf for the Summoned Skull! (ATK:2500 DEF: 1200) Now attack Great Angus!
Summoned Skull created a field of electricity. Great Angus fell for the trap, as he tried to ram Summoned Skull. He was burnt to shreds.
LIFEPOINTS:
Donamai: 1000
Kakuta: 100
Donamai: This match is over Kakuta. You have now chance of coming back!
Kakuta: He may be right! What do I do?
To Be ContinuedSo how was that? Read and review please!