Disclaimer: Keh. I lied. Lethargy made it so you all get to be answered a bit faster. My IM is WolvenLightning, give me yours if you want a faster answer (I have security set to buddies only, so you can't randomly IM me)
Chapter 1:
Seeker of the Soul – I already pretty much know what will happen to make Adriel the way he is in WG's fic. I can tell you more if you want sometime.
WolfGeneral – Hmm...sorry again! Anyway, the current deck Adriel runs is not that close to the deck I sent you, and the end result won't be 100, either.
Chapter 2:
G.O.T. Nick – Hmm. Didn't catch that. But then again, they're playing with different rules than the current game...remember, 4000 LP and such. Perhaps it's an enhanced version of the Toon Skull...you never know... Oo
Seeker of the Soul – Toons on bulk? No. Cards given to the academy's staff to test the students. Obviously, Industrial Illusions knows about the academy, so why not make a partnership? Let's ignore the fact that Kaiba would decline, eh?
Orgoth – You'll see soon. Rather, you already saw, because that detail was in chapter 3.
Gryphinwyrm7 – Refer to Seeker's answer. Anyway, no hard feelings, because I too get very tied to characters I submit to people.
Chapter 3:
G.O.T. Nick/Seeker of the Soul – Yeah, more will be explained in chapter 6.
Legends of the Demon Duelist-Dragon Arc
Chapter 4: A Rash Move
Adriel, Chase, and Eric got quite a few odd glances as they walked into the dining hall. "Who're you, the three musketeers?" came a snide remark from an Obelisk Blue student. Adriel thought about ripping his throat out, but decided that Ryu wouldn't like that very much.
"O...kay..." muttered Chase as the trio walked towards the serving line. Suddenly, Adriel spied the girl that he was trying to talk to earlier.
"Hey!" he said. "Uhh...you look good in that uniform!"
Adriel didn't have time to blink as he instantly blocked a punch to the face. "Was it something I said?" he asked.
"Don't ever talk to me like that again, you got it?" the girl snarled before stalking back to her two friends. Adriel only assumed that they were her roommates.
"Nice reflexes, dude." said Eric. Adriel shrugged and grabbed a tray.
"I need to duel someone..." muttered Chase. His DuelDisk was attached to his arm and his deck was already in its slot, like he knew someone would be dueling.
"Just eat for now." Adriel replied. "We shouldn't duel anyone until classes start...not with DuelDisks, anyway." he muttered.
"Yeah, that might look weird. I mean, we're supposed to be the worst in the school, so if we go around challenging other students, it could be construed as a rash move." Eric added.
"...fine. I'm dueling one of you when we get back." Chase replied as he poked the food with his fork.
Adriel and Eric exchanged glances, not sure what to expect from their roommate.
"Which one?" asked Chase as he locked their door.
"Uhh...him." Eric replied.
"Adriel? You ready?" Chase asked.
"...no. I'm too tired. Duel Eric." Adriel replied, feigning exhaustion and climbing into his bunk.
"..." Eric was speechless, but Chase had already activated his DuelDisk. "Wait, what!" Eric cried. "We can't use DuelDisks in here! The room is too small!" he shouted.
"Well according to Adriel, we'll look stupid if we do it anywhere else." Chase said.
"...no, that's okay, I'll just look stupid." Eric told Chase, giving Adriel a look.
"Uhh...yeah, I guess we can go outside." Adriel commented, getting out of bed.
"I thought you were tired?" Eric asked.
"Uh. Yeah. I am. But I can still watch, right?" Adriel replied. Eric sighed and opened the door.
"Okay, we'll duel here." Chase said. He was standing near the edge of the small cliff that the Osiris Red dorms were located on.
"Alright." Eric replied, activating his disk. Chase did the same.
"I'm going first, since you challenged me." Eric said as he drew a card. "I'll start by summoning this card in defense mode. Then I'll lay two cards face down and end my turn." Three face-down cards appeared in front of Eric.
"My move. I'll play Archfiend Soldier in attack mode as well as one card face down." A soldier outfitted in armor with a cape appeared on the field. "I'm not going to risk attacking your monster...yet. End turn."
Eric drew and smiled. "First I'll use the effect of my facedown monster, Nanotech Antibodies!" (1200/900) Eric's card turned into a swarm of shiny, white globs. "This monster allows me to sacrifice it to remove from play one monster on the field along with any copies either of us have." The antibodies swarmed Chase's soldier and dissolved it. Chase took it, and both copies in his deck, and removed them from play. "Next I summon Mechanicalchaser!" (1850/800) A ball-shaped robot with several arms and two wings appeared in front of Eric. "Attack him directly!"
Chase grimaced as the spear Eric's monster was holding shot 'through' him and lowered his life points significantly. (C LP: 2150 E LP: 4000) "I now end my turn."
Chase drew as Eric's monster retrieved its spear. "You'll wish you didn't remove my monster." Chase said as he slapped his new monster onto his DuelDisk. "Residual Chaos LV2!" (800/500) A turquoise-colored ball of semitransparent goo appeared in front of Chase. It had two yellow eyes and two silver steel plates on the sides of its body.
Eric chuckled. "What's that going to do to me? My monster has over 1000 more attack points than that droplet of a monster."
Chace grinned as he pulled his deck out of its slot. "The effect of my monster now activates. If, in my opponent's last turn, more than one card was sent to the graveyard or removed from play, my monster levels up and becomes stronger." (1800/1500) Chase's monster tripled in size before four long protrusions and one short one extended from its body. Its yellow eyes moved into the short protrusion. Steel plates appeared on the ends of the longer extensions, which appeared to be limbs, and all around the short 'head', save for the 'face'.
"My monster is still stronger!" said Eric confidently.
"Don't be so sure. My face-down card begs to differ." Chase flipped a card on his side of the field. "The power of Deal of Specter raises my monster's attack points by 100 for every card removed from play on my side of the field for this turn." Chase's monster suddenly had 2100 attack points. "Attack his monster!"
It was Eric's turn to feel pain as Chase's monster attacked. It shot its arms and legs at Mechanicalchaser, breaking off its limbs. It then engulfed the monster, metal corroding and warping. The remains were spat at Eric. (C LP: 2150 E LP: 3750)
"My move!" Eric said as he pulled a card from his deck. "I set this card face down and summon Battery Blood to the field!" (1700/1500) A floating pool of quicksilver-looking liquid appeared in front of Eric. "Battery Blood's effect activates! It attaches to your monster!"
Chase looked on in confusion as his monster was splashed with the liquid. "Now, during each of our main phases, your monster will lose 200 attack points!" explained Eric.
Chase was indifferent. "Since you wasted your summon, it's my move." He drew and his monster flinched. (1600/1500) "I play Level Up! to force my monster to evolve! This will also destroy your monster, which is equipped to mine." Chase's monster grew even more in size as silvery liquid was expelled from its body.
"Wrong!" shouted Eric. "When Battery Blood is supposed to be destroyed, your monster is destroyed instead. Then, Battery Blood returns to being a monster on my side of the field."
Chase's monster spasmed and exploded. "Fine. I set one monster face down and end my turn."
"This is turning out to be less of a challenge than I thought." said Eric as he drew. "I play the magic card Metal Trilobyte to special summon a level two monster to the field. Come out DNA-Blueprint A!" (750/900) A small, rickety looking chunk of a DNA model appeared on the field. "I then sacrifice my monster for Viral Rockets!" (1900/1700) Two strange-looking missiles appeared on Eric's side of the field. Battery Blood glowed for a second before flying onto Eric's new monster.
"First, the effect of Viral Rockets gives it an extra 300 attack points for my other monster being on the field and another 300 for your own monster. Then, Battery Blood equips to Viral Rockets." (2500/1700)
"Wait," said Chase. "Shouldn't your monster's attack points go down since your other monster is no longer a monster?" he inquired.
"The effect of Battery Blood makes all positive stat changes permanent, meaning that Viral Rockets does not lose its extra bonus. To show you how powerful my monster is, I attack your face down card!" Eric's two rockets launched themselves at Chase's monster, killing it instantly.
"You destroyed Spear Cretin, meaning we both choose one monster in our graveyards and revive them." Chase explained, knowing that this helped Eric much more than it helped him.
"Thanks for the 600 point boost, plus letting me bring back my Nanotech Antibodies." said Eric as his monster skyrocketed to 3100 attack points.
Chase selected his Residual Chaos LV4. "My move now." he said as he drew. "I attack your antibodies!" he shouted. Eric's monsters were engulfed in green goo and promptly fizzled out of existence.
"Darn...oh well." Eric muttered. "But that's okay, because thanks to Battery Blood, my monster retains all the bonus points it gained."
Chase grimaced, but removed his monster from his DuelDisk. "Since, during your last turn, a card was sent to the graveyard, my monster evolves again!" (2600/2300) Chase's monster, already fairly well defined, grew even more in size until it was level with Chase himself. The blobs that composed its hands and feet molded into recognizable appendages. A nose protruded slightly from its face and a faint sort of crevice appeared for its mouth. Spiky hair jutted out from the top of its head. Metal plates covered its chest, forearms, and shins. "I set this card face down and end my turn." Chase declared.
"I'm afraid that you left your monster in attack mode." said Eric as he drew. "But that's alright, because I'll summon DNA-Blueprint B to the field in attack mode!" (1500/1350) "This monster's effect will probably not be used in this duel, but it'll make sure you lose." Eric declared as he moved into his battle phase. "Viral Rockets, attack his Chaos monster!"
The rockets again fired themselves. Chase, however, was prepared. "Activate Interdimensional Matter Transporter!" A bizarre machine shimmered into existence behind Chase's fiend. The green monster was sucked into the machine and the two rockets exploded harmlessly. Harmlessly, that is, for Chase. Eric, however, was shocked to see that his life points dropped by 1650. "What!" he demanded.
"The effect of Residual Chaos LV6 declares that if you decide to attack, you lose life points equal to half your monster's attack. And when I last checked, Viral Rockets' attack was 3700. (C LP: 2150 E LP: 1900)
"Fine, but now I can attack you with my blueprint!" Eric's segment of DNA started to rapidly split and multiply. Several strands launched themselves at Chase and exploded. Chase's life points dipped to a mere 650.
"My move." Chase's monster reappeared on the field as he drew. "Since I removed from play my Residual Chaos during your turn, my monster now achieves its final evolutionary state! Evolve!" (3200/2900) Chase's monster evolved one more time, now roughly the height of a small house. Its gelatinous body took on muscles. Its armor became etched with designs, and a silvery cloak fluttered behind its body. Finally, a metal sword hilt appeared in its right hand.
"It's still not enough to defeat my monster, especially since you just raised its attack to 4000!" Eric challenged.
"You're right. But after I activate this card, it'll be more than strong enough to destroy you. However, I can't activate it just yet, so I set it face down on the field." Chase replied, ending his turn.
"All that fuss for nothing. Oh well, I know you're bluffing. There's no trap card that can raise your monster's attack high enough to defeat my monster. Just to be sure, though, I'll activate my facedown card, Limiter Removal! Now my monster has 8000 attack points! And if that still isn't enough to finish you, my DNA Blueprint has 3000 attack points. Attack now!" Eric commanded.
The two rockets fired off at Chase's monster, but were stopped by a trio of blue-robed women who were chanting a spell.
"Stalling, eh?" Eric asked. "That's okay. My blueprint might be destroyed at the end of my turn, but Battery Blood prevents my rockets from being destroyed immediately. Plus, it leaves my monster with 8000 attack points. You're finished. There's no monster in the game that has more than 4500 attack points, which is still a far cry from 8000."
Chase smiled and snapped his fingers. Residual Chaos pointed its sword hilt at Viral Rockets. A beam of green energy shot from the metal and struck the twin monsters. When the light faded, the two were no longer on the field.
"What?" Eric gasped.
"The effect of my monster states that if you attack, the attacking monster is removed from play." Chase replied curtly.
Eric paled. "But...but I..."
"Sorry. But I think I win." Chase said as he directed his monster to attack.
"Ring of Destruction!" shouted Eric. A ring attached to several grenades latched itself to Chase's monster. It exploded, taking Residual Chaos with it, and both players' life points dropped to zero.
"Whoa..." muttered Adriel.
"Well, I guess neither of us won." said Eric.
"Yeah...but still. That was a great duel. It was enough to quench my thirst for a battle. Glad you're in my dorm, though. Otherwise we might have to duel for points...or whatever this academy uses to let us advance..." Chase replied.
Adriel yawned. "Well guys, I'm a bit tired...kind of a long day, right? I'm going to bed." he turned and walked back into the dorm, followed shortly by the other two "musketeers".
