Fader stepped out of the elevator onto Level Two. He didn't even need to
look at his opponent, he already knew who it was going to be. They had both
made a promise, and Fader knew that niether of them were going to back down
from their personal challenge to each other.
"I was wondering if you were going to show up at all," came a voice from across the room.
"I thought I'd give you enough time to back out first Beezy," Fader replied with a smile.
"Not a chance," Beezy shot back with a smile of his own.
"I wouldn't expect so. And I wouldn't have it any other way."
"Let's duel!" They both said in unison.
Fader: 4000, Beezy: 4000.
"I'll set a monster in defense mode and end my turn." Fader said laying his monster card into his Duel Disk.
"Alright I'll summon Justice of the North (1900/1200) in attack mode and attack your monster."
"You attacked my Retrained Celtic Guardian (1400/1200). Your monster can't destroy it."
'Then I'll just set two cards face down and end my turn." Two images of card backs appeared on the field infront of Beezy between him and his monster.
Fader drew his next card and examined it. "I'll summon the Blade Knight (1600/1000) in attack mode," he said as his knight appeared on the field beside the Celtic Guardian, shield and sword at the ready.
"What are you up to? My Justice is stronger."
"Maybe. But it's been a while since we duelied the Gamble Brothers and I've added a few new cards to my repitoire; including this, the Axe of Despair to increase my Blade Knight's attack by 1000 points. Now Blade Knight attack his Justice." The sword and shield in the Blade Kngiht's hands disappeared and was replaced by a giant axe adorned with a skull at it's top. The Knight shifted the weight of the axe in its hands as it prepared to attack.
"You're not the only one who added some new cards to his deck. I activate my trap card, DNA Surgery."
"DNA Surgery?"
"While this card is on the field every monster in play become the the sub- type attribute that I select, and I choose dragon."
"How is that going to help?"
"I still have my other face down card to activate, the Dragon Capture Jar. Now all dragons on the field are forced into defense mode and they can't change positions until my trap is destroyed."
"That affects both of us, not just me. And now every monster that gets summoned to the field will switch to defense mode. So how are either of us going to attack?"
"I don't know how you're going to attack," Beezy started. "But I'm going to sacrifice my Justice of the North to summon the Total Defense Shogun (1550/2500). And it's going to attack your Celtic Guardian."
"How can it attack?"
"The Total Defense Shogun's special ability allows it to attack even from a defensive mode. And since it has less than 1900 attack points, your Re- trained monster isn't protected by its effect."
"I'll set a monster in defense mode and end my turn," Fader said setting his card. He continued, "There's a little problem with your strategy Beezy."
"What's that?"
"Since all of our monsters are in defense mode, even if you can attack you still can't do any damage to my Life Points."
"That's why I've got this," Beezy replied, holding up a magic card. "The Big Bang Shoot. Not only does it increase the power of my Shogun's attack by 400 points, but anytime it attacks a monster in defense mode and destroys it the difference between the attack and defense strengths of our monsters is subtracted from your Life Points. Now my Shogun will attack your face down monster."
"Reveal hte Princess of Tsurugi (900/700)," Fader declared turning over his face dwon card.
"You lose 1250 Life Points," Beezy informed him.
"And you lose 1500 from my Princess' ability. 500 for ech magic and trap card you have on the field.
Fader: 2750, Beezy: 2500.
"Next turn your Blade Knight is going to be gone," Beezy said.
"I don't think so Beezy," replied Fader. "You Shogun may be able to destroy my weaker monsters with ease but let's see it try and punch through this; the Millennium Shield (0/3000) which I summon by sacrificing my Blade Knight."
"My Shogun can't do anything to your shield, I'll just have to end my turn."
"I'll lay another monster face down and end my turn again."
"Im going to set a monster of my own as well. Now the question is do I attack you face down monster or not?"
"Your choice," Fader said grinning. "Bring it on."
"I don't think so. You're too smart, you want me to attack your monster so I'll just lose more Life Points."
"Smart move. If you had attacked my Mystical Elf (800/2000) you would have lost 50 Life Points." Fader paused before he drew his card. The game wasn't going well. He may have been winning and with his Elf and Shiel on the feild Beezy couldn't attack but the Dragon Capture Jar was preventing him from attacking. And without a way to attack he couldn't do any damage, and Beezy wasn't about to keep attacking his defense monsters. There had to be another way. He just had to trust in his deck and draw the right card.
"Make your move Fader."
"Your DNA Surgery, Dragon Capture Jar and Total Defense Shogun provides you with a powerful combo, but your house of cards is about to come crashing down."
"I'd like to see you try," Beezy said.
"I don't have to try. I just have to sacrifice my Millennium Shield and Mystical Elf."
"You're going to sacrifice the only thing defending you from my Shogun?"
"I'm not going to need a defense in a second, because I'm going to destroy your Total Defense Shogun now. I summon the Tyrant Dragon (2900/2500) in attack mode."
"You can't be serious."
"Completely. My Tyrant Dragon is going to crush your Shogun. Tyrant Dragon attack with Molten Flame Jets!" The drgaon roared and a stream of magma shot forth from its jaw and incinerated the Shogun instantly.
"How?" exclaimed Beezy. "The Dragon Capture Jar should have immobilized your monster."
"You might want to look again," Fader said pointing to Beezy's field.
Beezy looked to where Fader was pointing and to where his Dragon Capture Jar was. Or at least, where it should have been. The Jar was gone. "What?"
"The Tyrant Dragon's special ability negates and destroys any trap cards that try to affect it. Dragon Capture Jar was destroyed freeing monsters from their restraints and leaving your Total Defense Shogun open to an attack. Ironic isn't it? That the only real dragon that got summoned to the field was the only monster that wasn't affected by your trap, and was the reason that it was destroyed. No more hiding in defense mode Beezy, let's get this match started."
"I was wondering if you were going to show up at all," came a voice from across the room.
"I thought I'd give you enough time to back out first Beezy," Fader replied with a smile.
"Not a chance," Beezy shot back with a smile of his own.
"I wouldn't expect so. And I wouldn't have it any other way."
"Let's duel!" They both said in unison.
Fader: 4000, Beezy: 4000.
"I'll set a monster in defense mode and end my turn." Fader said laying his monster card into his Duel Disk.
"Alright I'll summon Justice of the North (1900/1200) in attack mode and attack your monster."
"You attacked my Retrained Celtic Guardian (1400/1200). Your monster can't destroy it."
'Then I'll just set two cards face down and end my turn." Two images of card backs appeared on the field infront of Beezy between him and his monster.
Fader drew his next card and examined it. "I'll summon the Blade Knight (1600/1000) in attack mode," he said as his knight appeared on the field beside the Celtic Guardian, shield and sword at the ready.
"What are you up to? My Justice is stronger."
"Maybe. But it's been a while since we duelied the Gamble Brothers and I've added a few new cards to my repitoire; including this, the Axe of Despair to increase my Blade Knight's attack by 1000 points. Now Blade Knight attack his Justice." The sword and shield in the Blade Kngiht's hands disappeared and was replaced by a giant axe adorned with a skull at it's top. The Knight shifted the weight of the axe in its hands as it prepared to attack.
"You're not the only one who added some new cards to his deck. I activate my trap card, DNA Surgery."
"DNA Surgery?"
"While this card is on the field every monster in play become the the sub- type attribute that I select, and I choose dragon."
"How is that going to help?"
"I still have my other face down card to activate, the Dragon Capture Jar. Now all dragons on the field are forced into defense mode and they can't change positions until my trap is destroyed."
"That affects both of us, not just me. And now every monster that gets summoned to the field will switch to defense mode. So how are either of us going to attack?"
"I don't know how you're going to attack," Beezy started. "But I'm going to sacrifice my Justice of the North to summon the Total Defense Shogun (1550/2500). And it's going to attack your Celtic Guardian."
"How can it attack?"
"The Total Defense Shogun's special ability allows it to attack even from a defensive mode. And since it has less than 1900 attack points, your Re- trained monster isn't protected by its effect."
"I'll set a monster in defense mode and end my turn," Fader said setting his card. He continued, "There's a little problem with your strategy Beezy."
"What's that?"
"Since all of our monsters are in defense mode, even if you can attack you still can't do any damage to my Life Points."
"That's why I've got this," Beezy replied, holding up a magic card. "The Big Bang Shoot. Not only does it increase the power of my Shogun's attack by 400 points, but anytime it attacks a monster in defense mode and destroys it the difference between the attack and defense strengths of our monsters is subtracted from your Life Points. Now my Shogun will attack your face down monster."
"Reveal hte Princess of Tsurugi (900/700)," Fader declared turning over his face dwon card.
"You lose 1250 Life Points," Beezy informed him.
"And you lose 1500 from my Princess' ability. 500 for ech magic and trap card you have on the field.
Fader: 2750, Beezy: 2500.
"Next turn your Blade Knight is going to be gone," Beezy said.
"I don't think so Beezy," replied Fader. "You Shogun may be able to destroy my weaker monsters with ease but let's see it try and punch through this; the Millennium Shield (0/3000) which I summon by sacrificing my Blade Knight."
"My Shogun can't do anything to your shield, I'll just have to end my turn."
"I'll lay another monster face down and end my turn again."
"Im going to set a monster of my own as well. Now the question is do I attack you face down monster or not?"
"Your choice," Fader said grinning. "Bring it on."
"I don't think so. You're too smart, you want me to attack your monster so I'll just lose more Life Points."
"Smart move. If you had attacked my Mystical Elf (800/2000) you would have lost 50 Life Points." Fader paused before he drew his card. The game wasn't going well. He may have been winning and with his Elf and Shiel on the feild Beezy couldn't attack but the Dragon Capture Jar was preventing him from attacking. And without a way to attack he couldn't do any damage, and Beezy wasn't about to keep attacking his defense monsters. There had to be another way. He just had to trust in his deck and draw the right card.
"Make your move Fader."
"Your DNA Surgery, Dragon Capture Jar and Total Defense Shogun provides you with a powerful combo, but your house of cards is about to come crashing down."
"I'd like to see you try," Beezy said.
"I don't have to try. I just have to sacrifice my Millennium Shield and Mystical Elf."
"You're going to sacrifice the only thing defending you from my Shogun?"
"I'm not going to need a defense in a second, because I'm going to destroy your Total Defense Shogun now. I summon the Tyrant Dragon (2900/2500) in attack mode."
"You can't be serious."
"Completely. My Tyrant Dragon is going to crush your Shogun. Tyrant Dragon attack with Molten Flame Jets!" The drgaon roared and a stream of magma shot forth from its jaw and incinerated the Shogun instantly.
"How?" exclaimed Beezy. "The Dragon Capture Jar should have immobilized your monster."
"You might want to look again," Fader said pointing to Beezy's field.
Beezy looked to where Fader was pointing and to where his Dragon Capture Jar was. Or at least, where it should have been. The Jar was gone. "What?"
"The Tyrant Dragon's special ability negates and destroys any trap cards that try to affect it. Dragon Capture Jar was destroyed freeing monsters from their restraints and leaving your Total Defense Shogun open to an attack. Ironic isn't it? That the only real dragon that got summoned to the field was the only monster that wasn't affected by your trap, and was the reason that it was destroyed. No more hiding in defense mode Beezy, let's get this match started."