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Chapter 7: The end of the PQ Tournament
The two faced off from each other and their duel disks clicked into place. They both smiled as they drew their five. For a moment silence reigned over the field, and then finally both duelists broke it with a cry of, "LET'S DUEL!"
Deondre drew. "I'll get us started with a monster in face-down defense mode. End turn."
Daniel chuckled as he drew. "You always were a defensive player Deondre. Well I'll fall for it. I summon X-Head Cannon (1800/1500) in attack mode." A blue and yellow robot appeared on Daniel's field. "X-Head Cannon attack!"
The machine fired laser blasts from its shoulder cannons, but when they hit the face-down monster and destroyed it the X-Head Cannon itself faded off the field.
Deondre held up his face-down monster. "That was my D.D. Warrior Lady. (1500/1600) When she is destroyed in battle she removes herself from the game and takes the opposing monster with her."
Daniel nodded solemnly and picked up his X-Head Cannon, depositing it in his jeans pocket. "End turn."
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CJ glanced over at Janeam. "Who do you have money on winning?"
Janeam thought about it. "It's Gotta be Deondre. All of his removal stuff will make it hard for Daniel to use the recursion combos that always tend to save him during his duels."
Allon thought about it too. "I'm going to bet on Daniel winning. His machine combos don't all rely on recursion to work. Who do you think is going to win CJ?"
CJ pointed down at the arena. "My friend will win." With that ambiguous answer hanging in the air, everyone looked down to the arena.
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Deondre drew his card and threw down a monster. "I summon D.D. Lancer (1500/1000) in attack mode. Now attack!" His Lancer charged across the field and drove his pike into Daniel's chest, sending him stumbling back.
Deondre- 8000
Daniel- 6500
Deondre nodded to his friend. "End turn."
Daniel drew. "I was hoping that you would summon a monster Deondre. That makes it easy for me to play my magic card Brain Control." A floating brain appeared on the field and sent out a pulse of energy. The D.D. Lancer shuddered and then floated over to Daniel's side of the field.
Sliding Deondre's D.D. Lancer into his graveyard, Daniel slapped a new monster down onto the field. "You've known me long enough to know who this is Deondre. I summon Jinzo (2400/1500) to the field in attack mode." With a metal howl the green armored humanoid robot that was Daniel's favorite creature appeared on the field, its arms crossed.
"Now Jinzo, attack his life points directly!" Cupping his hands together, Jinzo formed a pulsing ball of black energy between them and then launched the ball across the field at Deondre. It struck him hard in the chest and threw him backwards.
Deondre- 5600
Daniel- 6500
As he watched Deondre get back on his feet Daniel saluted his friend, Jinzo mirroring the movement his master made. "End turn."
Deondre drew and smirked. "I set one monster in defense mode and two cards face-down on my field. End turn."
Daniel drew and slapped a monster down on his field next to his Jinzo. "Well I summon Reflect Bounder (1700/1000) in attack mode." A monster made entirely of mirrors appeared on the field next to Jinzo. "Now Reflect Bounder, attack Deondre's face-down monster card!"
The mirror monster charged up a beam and fired it. When the smoke cleared though Daniel grimaced at what Deondre was holding up. "Another D.D. Warrior Lady. That means that Reflect Bounder gets removed from the game." He sighed and picked his Reflect Bounder up off of his duel disk, sliding it into his back pant's pocket alongside his X-Head Cannon. "Alright then Jinzo, avenge the Reflect Bounder's demise with your Cyber Shock attack!" Jinzo formed the energy ball from before and then launched it. For the second time in this duel Deondre found himself back-first on the floor of the arena.
Deondre- 3200
Daniel- 6500
Daniel set two cards face-down on his field. "End turn."
Deondre climbed to his feet and drew. "I play Pot of Greed, which allows me to draw two cards from the top of my deck." He pulled his two new cards and added them to his hand. Checking over his combos he smiled. "Alright then Daniel, first off I play one of the newest additions to my cards. Go Heavy Storm! This magic card will destroy all magic and trap cards on the field." He pulled his two face-down cards out of his duel disk and Daniel did the same. While Daniel slid his two cards into his graveyard slot though, Deondre held his up for Daniel to see.
"Sorry man, but these two traps will make things harder for you. The first one is Blast with Chain. When it is destroyed it allows me to destroy one card on the field. So I'll choose your Jinzo." Jinzo howled in anger at the audacity of being destroyed by a trap card and then it was blown to pieces.
Daniel frowned but complied, sliding his Jinzo into the graveyard along with his other two cards.
Deondre held up his other face-down. "This one is Dark Coffin. When it is destroyed then you must discard one card from your hand."
Daniel frown got deeper. "I'll discard my Z-Metal Tank then." He looked his last two cards over and sighed. "Are you going to do anything else Deondre?"
Deondre nodded. "I'm going to summon another D.D. Lancer and have it attack your life points." The pike-wielding monster lunged across the field and struck Daniel once more.
Deondre- 3200
Daniel- 5000
Deondre then set two new cards face-down. "End turn."
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CJ winced in sympathy for Daniel's plight. "He's going to have only three cards to work with now. That's harsh considering that Deondre has the advantage."
Allon shrugged. "It's not over yet. Daniel still has plenty of chances left to win this duel."
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Daniel drew and smiled. "I'm not a dead man yet Deondre. I'll use my Monster Reborn to revive Jinzo from the graveyard in attack mode." He slapped another monster down. "Now I summon Y-Dragon Head (1500/1600) in attack mode!" A red mechanical dragon appeared next to Jinzo.
"And now Jinzo will make short work of your D.D. Lancer!" Jinzo built up the energy for his attack and released it, blowing the pike wielding monster on Deondre's side of the field to dust.
Deondre- 2400
Daniel- 5000
"Now Y-Dragon Head attack his life points directly!" The monster opened its mouth and unleashed a torrent of electrical power that engulfed Deondre. When it cleared he shook his head clear.
Deondre- 900
Daniel- 5000
"Wow that really cleared my sinuses." Deondre joked.
Daniel chuckled at that. "End turn."
Deondre drew and flipped one of his face-down cards. "I didn't want to have to use this on your Daniel, but I reveal my Stain Storm!"
Daniel's eyes went wide in confusion. "What's that do?"
Deondre held it up for Daniel to see. "It will destroy all face-up machine sub-type monsters on the field, meaning you are defenseless once more."
Daniel gasped as his Jinzo and Y-Dragon Head slowly turned brown, and then both of them at once broke apart into flakes of rust. "I see. A powerful counter for my deck." He smiled weakly. "Good job Deondre."
Deondre frowned guiltily. "I wouldn't thank me yet. I reveal my other face-down card Soul Release, which allows me to remove up to five monsters from any graveyard. I choose to remove your Jinzo, Y-Dragon Head and your Z-Metal Tank."
Daniel sighed and nodded, removing the monsters from his graveyard and sliding them into his back pocket to join their brethren in the remove from play pile.
Deondre placed a monster down. "Now I'll summon Dimensional Warrior (1200/1000) in attack mode." The red-haired form of Dimensional Warrior appeared and he drew his sword, glaring at Daniel.
Deondre slid the last card he had underneath his Warrior on the duel disk. "I'll combo it with D.D. Laser Sword, which raises Dimensional Warrior's attack power and gives him the ability to remove any monster he destroys from the game."
The Dimensional Warrior snapped around its new prismatic laser blade, and then grinned at Daniel. (1700/1000)
Deondre pointed at Daniel. "Dimensional Warrior attack!" The Warrior flew across the field and slashed Daniel on the shoulder.
Deondre- 900
Daniel- 3300
Daniel knew that Deondre didn't have any other moves, so he drew. ("Useless. Call of the Haunted could bring back a monster from the graveyard, but I don't have any monsters left in there. And the other card in my hand requires two tributes to summon.")
"I set one card face-down in the magic/trap zone and end my turn. Make your move Deondre."
Deondre drew and smiled longingly. "Hey Daniel, remember what we discussed last night while we worked on your deck?"
Daniel laughed happily and nodded. "I remember. We made a pact not to be angry with each other if we dueled."
Deondre's smile wilted slightly. "Sorry Daniel but I hope you keep your promise, because I summon the last D.D. Warrior Lady in my Deck." The blond-haired dimensional hopper appeared next to the Dimensional Warrior and the two raised their weapons to strike Daniel. "Attack!" They flew across the field and as a team struck Daniel on both arms with their weapons.
Deondre- 900
Daniel- 100
Daniel took a deep breath and drew his last card in this duel. "It's time to turn the tables. I play the magic card Graceful Charity. This allows me to draw three cards and then discard two." He drew three, looked his hand over and then discarded two of the cards in his hand to the graveyard. "Now I set one card face-down and one monster in defense mode. End turn."
Deondre drew and looked over at Daniel. "Still have some fight left in you buddy?"
Daniel shrugged. "Why wouldn't I? I'm not beaten yet."
Deondre slid his new card into his disk. "I beg to differ. This magic card will end our game. I activate Mystical Space Typhoon, which will destroy your face-down card." A sharp wind picked up and shattered Daniel's face-down card.
Daniel looked at his face-down card and sighed weakly, eyes to the ground.
Deondre wouldn't let his feelings get in the way of his win. "D.D. Warrior Lady attack!" The Lady flew across the field and slammed into the monster, slashing it to pieces.
"Now I'll follow-up with an attack from Dimensional Warrior. Sorry Daniel." The red-haired warrior flew across the field and in one slash to Daniel's body the duel was over.
Deondre- 900
Daniel- 0
Daniel smiled and nodded. "I'm glad I made it as far as I did. I'll see you on the plane for the tournament in three weeks Deondre." He started to walk off but felt Deondre's hand grab his arm.
"Hold up there Daniel." He whistled up at the announcer. "Bring me my prize!"
The announcer ran down the stairs and handed Deondre the pack of Supreme Duelist Series cards.
Deondre tore it open and without looking at them shuffled the five cards. Then he fanned them out and extended the fan to Daniel. "Pick one."
Daniel wasn't going to argue with his friend. He reached over and grasped the middle card. Pulling it free, he didn't even bother to look at it. He slid it into his deck and chuckled. "I would never think you would be so kind-hearted. Does that mean you'll be giving CJ a card too?"
Deondre snorted. "Maybe when the blockhead develops a brain I just might. That won't be happening for a long while though, so I guess not." He looked up at the stands and smirked at the look on CJ's face after hearing that. ("I guess I've got another fight with him.")
Daniel gave his customary half-hearted salute to Deondre and then went up the stairs, saluting his friends too. He had been here at the tournament for over 14 hours, and all he wanted to do now was get some sleep.
To be continued...
Next Chapter: Preparations (Part 1)
Author's Notes: So how am I doing so far? Is there anything that I missing when I do my duels? Or maybe a lack of description about the characters or something? Review so I can fix it. If nothing is wrong, review anyway. See ya soon.