Chapter 14: The Dragon Masters

Ryu-Hikari placed the card given to him by Raijouta in his deck and took his place in the ring. Ryu-Yami stood smirking.

"You're going down!" Ryu-Yami yelled.

"Can we just duel?" Ryu-Hikari asked.

Ryu-Yami 8000/Ryu-Hikari 8000

"I'll summon Luster Dragon in attack mode, set two cards and end my turn." 1900/1600. The shimmering dragon roared at his master's opponent and stood ready to attack.

"Not bad," Ryu-Hikari replied. "I set a monster and one card and end my turn."

"Now I'll go," Ryu-Yami declared. "I summon my second Luster Dragon in attack mode!" 1900/1600. Another shimmering dragon joined it's relative on the field. "Now my first Luster Dragon, attack his set monster!" The blast shot forth and destroyed an armored dragon. Suddenly, another appeared on the field. "A Troop Dragon? Oh well, attack his Troop Dragon my second Luster Dragon!" The monster fired a blast that destroyed the monster. Ryu-Hikari's final Troop Dragon appeared on the field.

"My move now," Ryu-Hiakri declared. "I sacrifice my Troop Dragon for my Luster Dragon!" 2400/2000. A larger, shimmering dragon descended to the field. "Now attack his Luster Dragon!" As the dragon powered up for a blast, chains ensnared it. 1700/2000

"My Shadow Spell should cut him down to size," Ryu-Yami snickered.

"Not for long, I activate my set card Seven Tools of the Bandit!" Suddenly, a Swiss-Army knife appeared and the lock-pick began to break the chains. Ryu-Hikari's dragon broke free of the chains and fired a blast of energy destroying one of Ryu-Yami's monsters.

Ryu-Yami 7500/Ryu-Hikari 7000

Ryu-Yami laughed. "You have lost more than me! How worthless! I sacrifice my Luster Dragon for Blowback Dragon!" 2300/1800. A red metal dragon with a cannon on its head appeared. "Now I'll set a card and activate his effect! If his cannon glows red he will destroy your monster!" The dragon began to gather power and its cannon started to glow...blue. "Damn. Oh well your turn."

Ryu-Hikari looked happy. "I summon my Gray Wing in attack mode!" 1300/800. A small gray dragon hovered above the field. "Now Luster Dragon attack Blowback Dragon!" The shimmering dragon blasted the mechanical one to pieces. "Now attack directly Gray Wing!" The smaller dragon shot a blast of wind at Ryu-Yami. However, its attack was stopped and a magical circle surrounded it.

"I activated Spellbinding Circle. It may be on a weak monster, but considering I saved myself from 2600 damage it is worth it." Ryu-Yami laughed.

"I end my turn," Ryu-Hikari said.

"Good," Ryu-Yami responded. "I play Cost Down! By discarding one card from my hand I can reduce the level of all my monsters by two! So now, I play Soul Exchange and sacrifice your Luster Dragon for my Barrel Dragon!" 2600/2300. The shining dragon disappeared and was replaced by a large machine-dragon hybrid with three canons mounted on its body. "Now I activate Barrel Dragon's effect! It is very similar to Blowback Dragon's." The cannons began to glow. The first red, the second red and the final blue. "Ha, two are red, that means his effect activates!" The dragon fired a blast of energy that destroyed the weaker dragon. "Now attack him directly!" All three cannons primed and fired at Ryu-Hikari hitting him hard and draining many life points.

Ryu-Yami 7500/Ryu-Hikari 4400

"No!" Raijouta growled. "He's losing. This can't happen."

However, Ryu-Hikari seemed unaffected. "That's all? Not bad, but you can do better," he drew and card and a small smile appeared on his face. "I activate my set card, Ultimate Offering! I pay 1000 life points to set two monsters. Now I sacrifice them for Buster Blader!" 2600/2300. A muscular swordsman in blue and gold trimmed armor appeared. "He gains 1000 extra attack points because you have two dragons in your graveyard!" 3600/2300. "Now attack and destroy his Barrel Dragon!" The swordsman rushed forward and slashed the monster in half. Ryu-Yami watched angrily as one of his best monsters was destroyed.

"Damn you! That was one of my best monsters! You'll regret that!" Ryu-Yami growled.

The spectators cheered as they watched his life points decrease.

Ryu-Yami 6500/Ryu-Hikari 3400

"Don't think this is over yet," Ryu-Yami said.

"You're right, it's just the beginning..." Ryu-Hikari responded.

To be continued...

HES: Thanks again to all my loyal fans for sticking by me. I know this chapter took awhile but it was difficult to write considering it is almost all dragon-type monsters. Anyway, thanks again for keeping on reading. The next part should be out by next week but might be late, please try to be patient.

Next time on Amateur Duelist: Ryu-Yami is enraged as he watches Buster Blader and several other monsters tear through his life points. However, when all looks grim, he summons a mighty dragon. What is this dragon and can Ryu-Hikari stop it? Find out next time on Amateur Duelist.