Disclaimer- Nope, don't own Yugioh.
Season 2: Chapter 22- Gaining entrance to the castle of Giovan Garlin
"Different Dimension Dark Magician! (2700/2700) Dimension Magic Attack!" The crystalline blue spellcaster flew across the field and in one flash of crystal blue light Deondre's opponent had lost their monster and the rest of their life points.
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From the side-lines everyone cheered him on, and he couldn't help but smile. They had succeeded in winning the 100 points that was needed to gain entrance that was at the top of The Asylum.
"Why would the Shadow Corporation still call this place The Asylum anyway? Couldn't they have changed the name when they purchased the place?" He re-adjusted his do-rag and tugged on his jersey. He didn't care that much what the place was named. If they had a decent shower and a bed for him then he would praise them for it.
CJ shrugged and tugged his cap lower over his face. "I knew I shouldn't have worn all black." He tugged on his own jersey and sighed in exhaustion. They had been walking for over four hours now. If it hadn't been for the fact that Team Topdeck had been challenged to a duel then they would have still been walking.
"Come on guys we can't stop now! We're almost there!" Amy shouldered her backpack and trudged past them. Though she wouldn't admit it the grey sweater that had kept her warm during the morning was starting to stink. Seeing the castle up ahead, with the good possibility of it having a shower for her to use, drove her on.
Rebecca Pilkington was silent. She had been silent for the entire day, ever since they had left her brother and his "spirit" to duel Giovan Garlin. She looked back down the mountain towards the graveyard zone that they had passed through earlier for maybe the hundredth time today. Every time she looked back at that place it gave her chills, like something was wrong. ("I only hope it is my imagination.")
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Less than an hour later the group of four had made it to the entrance to the castle. The only problem now was figuring out how to get inside the place.
"HEY! OPEN THE GATE!" CJ kicked the door a few times, feeling a little better as he made a racket. If it brought people running to see what the problem was all the better for them.
Deondre shook his head at his team member. "Do you ever act subtle at all?"
CJ responded to that with another echoing clang as he kicked the door again.
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Giovan Garlin watched as CJ Anderson continued to abuse the entrance to his home. He shook his head and looked over to his desk. Pressing a button on his intercom, he sat back and waited. Within mere seconds a voice answered.
"Yes sir?"
Giovan tapped his fingers together eagerly. "Could you please tell Spark to proceed to the front entrance with his deck ready? We have some gate crashers and they need to pass the initiation test before we can allow them in."
"At once sir."
Giovan tapped a button on his desk and brought up a list of the dueling teams that had so far entered through the front gate. Since the limit was eight teams, each one had to pass the initiation test before they were allowed entrance.
Entered Teams
1) Team Domino
2) Team Ancient Duelist
3) Team Emissary
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8)
So far only three teams have made it past his initiation test and were now entrants. At this rate he would have the quarter finals of the Shadow Corporation tournament underway by tomorrow morning. He allowed himself to show happiness through a smile. It was one of the rare occasions that his plans were coming together without any outside interference. The worst threat would most likely either be from Team Topdeck, because they knew about him and to an extent they knew about his plans, or Team Domino.
In his mind Team Domino was the major threat to his plans. It did have the top three duelists in the world in it. ("Yugi Moto, Seto Kaiba, and Joey Wheeler.") He couldn't help but laugh. Joey Wheeler wouldn't be a threat to his plans at all. Kaiba had the potential to be a problem, but he very much doubted it.
If anyone at the moment worried him, it would have to be Yugi Moto. The boy had caused more than enough trouble in the past. ("Considering he has the spirit of an ancient Egyptian Pharaoh within his body though, it can only be expected that he would cause problems.") He wasn't very worried though. He knew of ways to make Moto behave himself during the tournament. After all, his credo was and would always be "Knowledge is a good thing."
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It had been an hour and CJ was so tired that the best he could do was chuck rocks at the door every once in a while.
Deondre had taken a nap on the ground.
Rebecca and Amy both were watching the door.
Finally the thick black steel rolled open and a man in a black cloak stepped forward. Around his arm was a black and silver duel disk.
CJ, recognizing this guy as an Emissary, was immediately back on his feet. He may have been tired, but if this bozo wanted to fight then CJ would be more then willing to comply.
The man snorted at CJ's fighting stance and threw his cloak to the side, revealing orange features and orange eyes. "I am Spark. This will be an official Shadow tournament duel, and you have no choice but to bet all 100 of your dueling points. Do we have a deal?"
CJ opened his mouth, but Amy had already pushed him out of the way and leaped forward. With a grin she nodded. "Team Topdeck accepts your challenge!" CJ just sighed tiredly and hefted himself to his feet.
"So, who wants hot stuff over there?" When no one responded her yawned tiredly and stepped forward. "I guess I'm your opponent."
Spark's disk clicked into place. "Excellent, you should be easy prey for me."
CJ, Amy and Rebecca all rolled their eyes. CJ's disk clicked into place.
"Let's duel!"
Spark flicked his COC across the ground. It bounced a few times and landed on a 4. "All tribute rules to summon higher level monsters have been removed. So are you ready?"
CJ had already drawn his sixth card. "I summon Manticore of Darkness (2300/1200) in attack mode." A winged lion appeared on CJ's field. "Now I'll set two cards face-down and that is the end of my turn."
Spark drew and slid a card into his duel disk. "First I play Death Meteor, dealing you 1000 points of direct damage!" A huge ball of flame appeared over Spark's field and slammed into CJ.
CJ- 7000
Spark- 8000
As the smoke cleared CJ brushed his jersey off. "Anything else?"
Spark scowled at his opponent. "You dare to take me lightly?" CJ rolled his eyes at the stupidity of that question.
"Of course I do. You're just a speed bump on our way to the top."
Spark's right eye started to twitch in rage. "You...you..." He set one monster in defense mode on his duel disk. "End.....turn."
CJ drew and grinned. "I'll begin with the magic card Nobleman of Crossout! This will remove your face-down monster from the game." A man in silver armor appeared on the field and leaped forward, cutting Spark's monster apart.
"Now I'll summon Enraged Battle Ox (1700/1000) in attack mode." The enraged Minotaur monster appeared on CJ's field and snorted, drawing its hoof in the dirt.
CJ slid a card into his duel disk. "Now I play the magic card Wild Nature's Release, which will transfer all of the defense power of my monsters straight into their attack points!"
Manticore of Darkness (3500/0)
Enraged Battle Ox (2700/0)
Spark shivered in fear. He knew he was about to take a lot of pain. At least he knew that he would survive the attack.
CJ saw the look partial relief on Spark's face and shook his head sadly. "Let me make this quick. I need to use the bathroom." He slid a card into his duel disk. "I play Excalibur to double the attack points of my Manticore of Darkness." (7000/0)
Spark's jaw dropped...
CJ waved his hand dismissively at Spark. "Now get out of our way!" The Enraged Battle Ox charged forward and slammed its axe down on Spark's shoulder, brining the Emissary to his knees. Then the Manticore of Darkness launched forward and slammed Excalibur down on the man's back. He let out one cry of pain and then collapsed.
CJ- 7000
Spark- 0
Shuffling his cards up and sliding his deck back into his disk, CJ switched the device back into standby mode. He turned and flashed the victory sign to the girls. "If I am correct that gives us enough points to enter the castle, right?"
Amy smiled and nodded, flashing his victory sign right back.
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Giovan frowned angrily. Not only had his Emissary lost to CJ, but CJ had made the victory look easy. That was unacceptable. If there was one thing Giovan Garlin hated it was weakness amongst his troops. He would have to reprimand Spark for losing so quickly. ("For now though...") He wrote down the name of Team Topdeck in the fourth spot on the list.
He spun around in his chair and looked at his television screen, watching as CJ continued to praise himself for his incredible dueling skills. ("If he thinks his beatdown will work in this tournament, he had best think again.")
To be continued...
Author's Notes: Now I know this was a really short chapter, but I can't really make any progress yet. As you saw I have three storyline dueling teams in the tournament now, and one submitted team. So please submit your team and help me fill up the roster for the tournament. Then I can continue. Or at least give me a single duelist to use. I have some single duelist characters in my computer who are waiting to be used, but not enough for a team.
Alright, start sending in those entries.