Chapter 3: Opponent #1, Al Roy
"The tournament starts today!" Nikki cried jumping out of bed. She quickly dressed and ate then ran back upstairs to strap on her duel disk. She placed her deck in the slot and smiled, ready to take on anyone.
"Let's get going," Raijouta said putting on his own duel disk. "I've been up for 3 hours getting my deck ready."
"Wow!" Said Nikki with awe. "You must be pretty prepared.
"I am," he replied. "Ryu-Yami isn't beating me this time. Enough talk, let's go." Raijouta and Nikki left the house and headed to Domino Square where other duelists were already lining up. Nikki scanned the area for Mark, hoping to take him down with some new cards she had gotten recently. She couldn't spot him but she figured she'd run into him sooner or later. Suddenly, the TV screens usually used for news switched to a picture of Ryu- Yami.
"Greetings and welcome to my tournament!" He said. "I hope you are all ready to duel and maybe one of you will be good enough to face me in the final round. Now as you know you must obtain 8 talismans. I wish you luck. Now, without further ado, let the tournament begin!" Firecrackers went off seemingly from everywhere as duelists began to search for each other.
"Let's split up," Raijouta said, "I don't think we should duel until the final round." Nikki opened her mouth to protest but he simply replied "Don't worry, you'll make it." With that, Raijouta disappeared into the crowds.
Nikki looked around the crowd to spot duelists with a talisman other than fire. Suddenly, she was still was a broadsword was at her neck. "Lord Al Roy III of Winchester challenges thou to a duel." Came a regal, upper-class voice.
Nikki turned to see a boy not much older than herself on the other end of the weapon. "Put that down before you hurt someone." She snarled pushing it away from her neck.
"Terribly sorry, Madam," he said sheathing it. "Now wilt thou duel or not?"
Nikki studied his necklace. It too only contained one talisman, the one of metal. "Sure, I'll duel you." Nikki and Al both put their duel disks forward and the hologram projectors launched.
"As it is only courtesy the lady may go first," Al smirked.
Nikki 8000/Al 8000
"Fine then," Nikki said drawing her sixth card. "I'll set one monster in defense mode and place one card face down."
"I see. I shall activate Polymerization to fuse the M-Warrior #1 and #2 in my hand to summon my Kabalona Warrior!" 1500/1500. A man wearing purple armor and holding a long sword emerged. "Now attack her face down monster now!"
"You fell for it!" Nikki laughed as the warrior brought his sword down, slashing her Witch of the Black Forest in half. "Now I can add a monster with 1500 or less defense points to my hand."
"Cursed knave!" Al roared. "I'll set one card and end my turn."
"Not good enough," Nikki chuckled. "I summon my Gemini Elf in attack mode!" 1900/900. Two beautiful elfin women arose from the card. "Now attack and destroy his Kabalona Warrior!" The elves rushed forward firing various energy blasts destroying the warrior.
Nikki 8000/Al 7600
"Ha! Now I will defeat you. I set one monster in defense mode." Al said with a craft smile.
"I'll summon my Harpie's Brother in attack mode!" 1800/600. A male harpie with red wings and dark clothes rose up. He took to the air and then landed next to Gemini Elf. "Now Harpie's Brother, attack his set monster with Sonic Slash!" The harpie flew and swung his long right claw but was stopped. "What?" Nikki cried.
"My Giant Soldier of Stone is more than a defense against your puny beasts." Al guffawed. "He won't be penetrated that easily."
Nikki 7800/Al 7600
"Now it's my turn," Al said as he drew a card. "I'll set another monster and place another card face down giving me two."
"I don't care!" Nikki roared. "I also have two face down cards and now I'll sacrifice Gemini Elf and Harpie's Brother to summon Dark Magician!" 2500/2100. A spell caster wearing violet armor holding a long pale green staff appeared. "Now attack and destroy his Giant Soldier of Stone with Dark Magic Attack!" The mage fired a blast of dark energy that obliterated the stone soldier.
"Pitiful. You fell into my trap." Al chortled with delight. "I sacrifice my set monster to summon Succubus Knight!" 1650/1500. A woman with six arms clutching many weapons appeared.
"What a waste," Nikki laughed. "My Dark Magician can take her down with no problem."
"Not exactly. You see, in ancient times kings and queens would have court magicians to serve them. So now I'll activate Change of Heart! Your Dark Magician now belongs to me!" Dark Magician floated over to Al's field. "Now my monsters attack Nikki directly!" The slashing of many weapons followed a blast of dark energy.
Nikki 3650/Al 7600
"Damn it," Nikki groaned. "He has almost double my life points!"
"Yes, however all is not lost. You do regain your Dark Magician as now my turn is over."
"That's good at least," Nikki murmured as she drew a new card. "Awesome! I play Dark Hole!" A dark energy began swirling around the field and absorbed the monsters. "Now I summon my Seven Colored Fish in attack mode!" 1800/800. A large mouthed fish of several colors floated before Nikki. "Now Dark Magician destroy his Knight and attack directly my fish!" A blast of dark magic flew from the mage's staff destroying the Knight while the fish fired a jet of water at Al depleting some of his life points.
Nikki 3650/Al 4950
"Looks like we're almost even now," Nikki giggled.
"A peon like you can't win! I won't allow it!" Al roared. "Ah yes, the card I need to defeat you. I will activate my face down card from very early in the duel...Ultimate Offering!" Suddenly, two large balls of energy flew out of Al and landed on the field as his life points dropped.
Nikki 3650/Al 3950
The balls of energy soon formed into the shapes of two knights. One was female wearing red armor with a sword in her left hand and a shield in her right. (1500/1600). The other was male, resplendent in gold armor holding a blade in his right and a shield in his left. (1600/1400). "Meet Queen's Knight and King's Knight! Now because of their effect I can special summon another powerful knight...Jack's Knight!" 1900/1200. A younger man wearing bluish armor holding a long sword and broader shield appeared between the other two.
"So what?" Nikki retorted. "They still aren't strong enough to beat Dark Magician."
"Of course a one so lowly as yourself doesn't see what is coming next. I sacrifice my three monsters to summon the noble Gilfer the Lightning!" 2800/2300 (If I get his stats wrong I apologize). A muscular man wearing silver and gold armor holding a huge broadsword appeared. "Now Gilfer's effect activates!" Gilfer raised his sword and sent a blast out destroying all of Nikki's monsters.
"No way!" She screamed.
"Yes way," Al replied. "Now attack her directly!" Gilfer raised his sword and slashed Nikki making her step back from the impact.
Nikki 850/Al 3950
"Ha! I told you there is no chance you can win!" Al mocked. "You might as well hand over your talisman now."
"Never," Nikki said drawing a card. "I will defeat you. I promised Raijouta I'd meet him in the finals...now I draw..." Nikki slowly drew a card. "Perfect! I summon Giant Soldier of Stone in attack mode!" 1300/2000. A large guardian of stone rose up holding two stone swords. "Now I activate Change of Heart to take control of your Gilfer! Now I'll equip Gilfer with Legendary Sword raising his attack to 3100! Now Gilfer and Soldier of Stone, attack Al directly!" The two monsters raced and slashed at Al lowering his life points to 0.
Nikki 850/Al 0
Al slowly walked over to Nikki as the holograms disappeared. "Here," he said holding out his hand. "Take my talisman." Nikki grasped it and slowly clipped it onto her necklace. She then walked off, looking for her next opponent.
Next time on Amateur Duelist: Nikki is now more motivated than ever after seeing her rival Mark has 3 talismans already. Fired up and ready to go, she foolishly challenges Reina, a duelist whose strategy is all about removing cards. Will Nikki be able to defeat Gren Maju Da Eiza? Find out next time on Cast to the Shadows.
"The tournament starts today!" Nikki cried jumping out of bed. She quickly dressed and ate then ran back upstairs to strap on her duel disk. She placed her deck in the slot and smiled, ready to take on anyone.
"Let's get going," Raijouta said putting on his own duel disk. "I've been up for 3 hours getting my deck ready."
"Wow!" Said Nikki with awe. "You must be pretty prepared.
"I am," he replied. "Ryu-Yami isn't beating me this time. Enough talk, let's go." Raijouta and Nikki left the house and headed to Domino Square where other duelists were already lining up. Nikki scanned the area for Mark, hoping to take him down with some new cards she had gotten recently. She couldn't spot him but she figured she'd run into him sooner or later. Suddenly, the TV screens usually used for news switched to a picture of Ryu- Yami.
"Greetings and welcome to my tournament!" He said. "I hope you are all ready to duel and maybe one of you will be good enough to face me in the final round. Now as you know you must obtain 8 talismans. I wish you luck. Now, without further ado, let the tournament begin!" Firecrackers went off seemingly from everywhere as duelists began to search for each other.
"Let's split up," Raijouta said, "I don't think we should duel until the final round." Nikki opened her mouth to protest but he simply replied "Don't worry, you'll make it." With that, Raijouta disappeared into the crowds.
Nikki looked around the crowd to spot duelists with a talisman other than fire. Suddenly, she was still was a broadsword was at her neck. "Lord Al Roy III of Winchester challenges thou to a duel." Came a regal, upper-class voice.
Nikki turned to see a boy not much older than herself on the other end of the weapon. "Put that down before you hurt someone." She snarled pushing it away from her neck.
"Terribly sorry, Madam," he said sheathing it. "Now wilt thou duel or not?"
Nikki studied his necklace. It too only contained one talisman, the one of metal. "Sure, I'll duel you." Nikki and Al both put their duel disks forward and the hologram projectors launched.
"As it is only courtesy the lady may go first," Al smirked.
Nikki 8000/Al 8000
"Fine then," Nikki said drawing her sixth card. "I'll set one monster in defense mode and place one card face down."
"I see. I shall activate Polymerization to fuse the M-Warrior #1 and #2 in my hand to summon my Kabalona Warrior!" 1500/1500. A man wearing purple armor and holding a long sword emerged. "Now attack her face down monster now!"
"You fell for it!" Nikki laughed as the warrior brought his sword down, slashing her Witch of the Black Forest in half. "Now I can add a monster with 1500 or less defense points to my hand."
"Cursed knave!" Al roared. "I'll set one card and end my turn."
"Not good enough," Nikki chuckled. "I summon my Gemini Elf in attack mode!" 1900/900. Two beautiful elfin women arose from the card. "Now attack and destroy his Kabalona Warrior!" The elves rushed forward firing various energy blasts destroying the warrior.
Nikki 8000/Al 7600
"Ha! Now I will defeat you. I set one monster in defense mode." Al said with a craft smile.
"I'll summon my Harpie's Brother in attack mode!" 1800/600. A male harpie with red wings and dark clothes rose up. He took to the air and then landed next to Gemini Elf. "Now Harpie's Brother, attack his set monster with Sonic Slash!" The harpie flew and swung his long right claw but was stopped. "What?" Nikki cried.
"My Giant Soldier of Stone is more than a defense against your puny beasts." Al guffawed. "He won't be penetrated that easily."
Nikki 7800/Al 7600
"Now it's my turn," Al said as he drew a card. "I'll set another monster and place another card face down giving me two."
"I don't care!" Nikki roared. "I also have two face down cards and now I'll sacrifice Gemini Elf and Harpie's Brother to summon Dark Magician!" 2500/2100. A spell caster wearing violet armor holding a long pale green staff appeared. "Now attack and destroy his Giant Soldier of Stone with Dark Magic Attack!" The mage fired a blast of dark energy that obliterated the stone soldier.
"Pitiful. You fell into my trap." Al chortled with delight. "I sacrifice my set monster to summon Succubus Knight!" 1650/1500. A woman with six arms clutching many weapons appeared.
"What a waste," Nikki laughed. "My Dark Magician can take her down with no problem."
"Not exactly. You see, in ancient times kings and queens would have court magicians to serve them. So now I'll activate Change of Heart! Your Dark Magician now belongs to me!" Dark Magician floated over to Al's field. "Now my monsters attack Nikki directly!" The slashing of many weapons followed a blast of dark energy.
Nikki 3650/Al 7600
"Damn it," Nikki groaned. "He has almost double my life points!"
"Yes, however all is not lost. You do regain your Dark Magician as now my turn is over."
"That's good at least," Nikki murmured as she drew a new card. "Awesome! I play Dark Hole!" A dark energy began swirling around the field and absorbed the monsters. "Now I summon my Seven Colored Fish in attack mode!" 1800/800. A large mouthed fish of several colors floated before Nikki. "Now Dark Magician destroy his Knight and attack directly my fish!" A blast of dark magic flew from the mage's staff destroying the Knight while the fish fired a jet of water at Al depleting some of his life points.
Nikki 3650/Al 4950
"Looks like we're almost even now," Nikki giggled.
"A peon like you can't win! I won't allow it!" Al roared. "Ah yes, the card I need to defeat you. I will activate my face down card from very early in the duel...Ultimate Offering!" Suddenly, two large balls of energy flew out of Al and landed on the field as his life points dropped.
Nikki 3650/Al 3950
The balls of energy soon formed into the shapes of two knights. One was female wearing red armor with a sword in her left hand and a shield in her right. (1500/1600). The other was male, resplendent in gold armor holding a blade in his right and a shield in his left. (1600/1400). "Meet Queen's Knight and King's Knight! Now because of their effect I can special summon another powerful knight...Jack's Knight!" 1900/1200. A younger man wearing bluish armor holding a long sword and broader shield appeared between the other two.
"So what?" Nikki retorted. "They still aren't strong enough to beat Dark Magician."
"Of course a one so lowly as yourself doesn't see what is coming next. I sacrifice my three monsters to summon the noble Gilfer the Lightning!" 2800/2300 (If I get his stats wrong I apologize). A muscular man wearing silver and gold armor holding a huge broadsword appeared. "Now Gilfer's effect activates!" Gilfer raised his sword and sent a blast out destroying all of Nikki's monsters.
"No way!" She screamed.
"Yes way," Al replied. "Now attack her directly!" Gilfer raised his sword and slashed Nikki making her step back from the impact.
Nikki 850/Al 3950
"Ha! I told you there is no chance you can win!" Al mocked. "You might as well hand over your talisman now."
"Never," Nikki said drawing a card. "I will defeat you. I promised Raijouta I'd meet him in the finals...now I draw..." Nikki slowly drew a card. "Perfect! I summon Giant Soldier of Stone in attack mode!" 1300/2000. A large guardian of stone rose up holding two stone swords. "Now I activate Change of Heart to take control of your Gilfer! Now I'll equip Gilfer with Legendary Sword raising his attack to 3100! Now Gilfer and Soldier of Stone, attack Al directly!" The two monsters raced and slashed at Al lowering his life points to 0.
Nikki 850/Al 0
Al slowly walked over to Nikki as the holograms disappeared. "Here," he said holding out his hand. "Take my talisman." Nikki grasped it and slowly clipped it onto her necklace. She then walked off, looking for her next opponent.
Next time on Amateur Duelist: Nikki is now more motivated than ever after seeing her rival Mark has 3 talismans already. Fired up and ready to go, she foolishly challenges Reina, a duelist whose strategy is all about removing cards. Will Nikki be able to defeat Gren Maju Da Eiza? Find out next time on Cast to the Shadows.
