The Shadow Realm Tournament has Begun

by Govetto

A strange new threat has surfaced, one that has been able to beat the king of games Yugi Motou and his alter ego, the pharoh, Yami. Please R&R

2. Tournament Begins

Chapter 2: The Tournament begins…

Joey takes Yugi upstairs and places his on his bed and leaves the room. Joey walks downstairs and sees Kaiba about to leave. "Kaiba, who is that guy? How do you know him?" Kaiba stops at the door and turns around with Mokuba in his arms. "Kain was a developer at Kaiba Corp. He was the one that showed me how to make holographic and virtual programs. Soon after I took over Kaiba Corp. he left and started a new business known as Rave Corp. We started playing duel monsters together, but I would always win with my Blue Eyes. He would always say 'If only I had a set of cards like those I could probably beat you.' Something is different about him, I've never seen him act so strange. He wouldn't hurt another human being in his life." Kaiba turns back to the door. "I'll figure this out, somehow." Kaiba opens the door and looks up at the unusually dark sky. Joey walks outside beside Kaiba and looks up as well. "It was just day a while ago wasn't it?" Joey asks looking around seeing that the whole city was dark.

Slowly Kain's face forms from the huge darkness. "Attention all the duelists in the world. I am Kain Kamasata, president of Rave Corp. I appear to you now to offer a formal tournament in the game of duel monsters. The winner of this contest gets the choice of two prizes, 10,000,000 dollars or a favor from me personally, which could be anything you want, even if it is Rave Corp. itself. All duelists are invited to enter via Internet. The tournament will start in three days, so prepare yourselves for the tournament. The rules of the tournament will be posted on the official Rave Corp. web page. Good luck." Kain disappears in the sky and its becomes day again. Kaiba starts walking towards the Kaiba Corp building. "See you at the tournament." Joey nods and walks back inside.

Tea, Grandpa, and Tristian start to wake up and observe their surroundings. Tea was the first to her feet and looked at Joey. "What happened?" Joey looks down at the floor and explains that Yugi had his soul taken from him by the Orichalcos. Tea drops to her knees and starts crying for the loss of Yugi. Joey walks over to Grandpa and puts his hands on his shoulders. "I'll get Yugi back gramps." Tristian just stands there with his fist clinched. "And we couldn't even see what happened." He says before punching the wall beside him.

Three days have passed and the city was filled with Duelists from all over the world. Joey walks out of the card shop with Tea and Tristian and they start walking around. "Ok, so I need eight names of this card to qualify for the final. Then I'll fight Kain and get Yugi's soul back." Joey says looking down at the card. Joey was now wearing a new reddish colored duel disk, it contained the necessary slots for the monsters and spells or magics, but also modified to handle deck master rules, and the slot for the finalist entry card.

As the group walked through the park they decided to rest near a fountain since no one would duel them yet. A man then turns the corner of the park, wearing the similar coat as Kain but was a different person. This man had spiky black hair with red stripes in it. The man walks up to Joey and smirks. "Joseph Wheeler, the one with the Red Eyes Black Dragon. I challenge you to a duel." Joey stands up and looks the guy over. "Who are you? And do you work for Kain?" Joey demands to know. The black hooded man chuckles a bit to himself. "I apologize for my rudeness, I was too eager to duel to give a proper introduction. My name is Evan, and yes I work for Kain." Tea stands up and looks at him. "Well at least he's polite." Tristian stands up and rolls clinches his hand. "I don't care if he's the nicest guy in the world. He still works for that creep Kain." Joey nods at Tristian's statement. "I agree, so I have to duel him to get to Kain. I accept your challenge Evan. Lets duel."

Both duel disks activate and they both put in their shuffled decks and their finalist entry cards. They both draw their starting five cards then Joey draws a card. "I'll go first. I'll play a monster in defense mode and end my turn." Joey holds his cards wanting to get this duel over with and get closer to his match with Kain.

Evan draws a card for his turn. "I'm the master of the Red Eyes Black Dragon. If you win, I'll give you one of mine, if you lose you have to destroy yours." Joey doesn't even think and nods accepting the terms. "Good. First, I'll play two cards face down and summon my Winged Dragon Guardian of the Fortress in attack mode." (1400/1200) The Winged Dragon appears and roars. "Attack his monster." The Winged Dragon attacks and destroys Joey's Neko Mane King. "That will do it for me." Evan puts his arms to his side and wait for Joey's move.

Joey draws his next card. "I'll play Great Angus in attack mode." (1800/600) Joey points at the Winged Dragon. "Great Angus, attack and destroy!" The Great Angus attacks and does destroy Evan's Winged Dragon. Joey smirks at Evan. "Go." (Joey8000 Evan7600)

Evan lifts his arm and draws a card. "I'll play my magic card Snatch Steal to take over your Great Angus." Great Angus then appears on Evan's side of the field. "Then I'll summon Blackland Fire Dragon in attack mode." (1500/800) Evan smirks and cracks his neck. "Great Angus and Blackland Fire Dragon attack his life points directly." Great Angus slashes at Joey and Blackland Fire dragon burns Joey. Tea and Tristian look at Joey. "Don't give up Joey, you can still win this." Tristian starts to sweat a bit. "Its going to be hard after that hit." Joey smirks and looks at Evan with a half smile. "You done?" Evan nods. "I like how you handle this stuff Joseph, yes, I end my turn." (Joey4700 Evan7600)

Joey draws a card. "I'll play a monster in defense mode and I'll play one card face-down. That will end my turn for me." Evan nods. "And thanks to my Snatch Steal magic card you gain 1000 life points." Joey chuckles a bit. "How kind of you." (Joey5700 Evan7600)

Evan draws a card. "Blackland Fire Dragon attack his defense card." Blackland Fire Dragon attacks the monster but Dark Jeroid (1200/1500) is not destroyed. "Thanks to your attack I'll decrease Great Angus by 800 points making his attack only 1000." Joey says with his chin held high." Tea and Tristian jump for joy. "That's the way to think Joey!" They both say at the same time. Then both Great Angus and Blackland Fire Dragon disappear and a Red Eyes Black Dragon appears in their place. They both stop and see the dragon. "I summon Red Eyes Black Dragon." Evan says calmly and smiling. Joey gets a worried look on his face. "That will end my turn."

Joey slowly draws a card from his deck. "I'll summon Swordsman of Landstar (500/1200) in defense mode. That will end my turn." Joey says looking into the eyes of the dragon.

Evan draws a card from his deck. "Red Eyes Black Dragon Inferno Fire Blast his Dark Jeroid." Red Eyes Black Dragon sends a fireball and destroys his Dark Jeroid. "Go." Tea looks closely at the dragon. "How is Joey going to beat it?" Tristain looks at Tea then at Joey. "He will somehow."

Joey draws a card. "I'll play another monster in defense mode. Go." Evan laughs. "Come on, I thought I would have more trouble than this." Evan draws a card. "I'll play this, the Seal of Orichalcos." The sky darkens and the seal drops from the sky and around Joey and Evan. The seal appears on Evan's head and on the head of the Red Eyes Black Dragon, also powering its attack up to 2900. Evan's lowered head looks up at Joey, his eyes dark red as if blood was pouring out of them. "Inferno Fire Blast." Is the only thing that came out of Evan's mouth after that. Red Eyes attacks the Swordsman of Landstar and destroys it.

Joey looks around at the seal. "Your seal doesn't scare me, I've dueled in it plenty of times before." Joey draws a card. "I summon Time Wizard (500/400)!" Time Wizard appears on the field. Evan now gets a scared look on his face. "Time Roulette go!" Joey commands Time Wizard as the spinner starts to spin. Please give me some luck. Joey thinks to himself. The spinner starts to slow and points to a time machine. "Yes! Destroy his Red Eyes!" Time Wizard points his wand at Red Eyes. "Time Magic." The Time Wizard says as the Red Eyes fossilizes and falls apart. Evan gives Joey an evil glare. "Now its personal." Joey smirks at Evan and sticks out his tongue. "That ends my turn."

Evan quickly draws a card. "I'll play the magic card Reload which allows me to combine my hand with my deck and draw the same number of cards." Evan puts his hand in his deck and shuffles, then draws three new cards. "I'll play a monster in defense mode and end my turn."

Joey draws a card. "I'll sacrifice my Time Wizard for my Lava Battleguard." (1550/1800) Lava Battleguard appears on the field. "Attack his defense card." Lava Battleguard attacks Evan's Troop Dragon (1200/800) and destroys it. Another Troop Dragon appears. "That's one of my other favorite dragons." Evan smirks. Joey points at the Troop Dragon angrily. "I destroyed that thing!" Evan laughs at Joey. "When Troop Dragon is destroyed another Troop Dragon takes its place. That's why its there." Joey sighs and looks at Evan. "Go."

Evan draws a card. "I'll play a card face-down and sacrifice my Troop Dragon to summon Luster Dragon #2 (2900/1400)." Another Troop Dragon appears on the field. "That will end my turn. I don't want to end you so fast." Evan says smirking.

Joey Draws a card. "Now I'll sacrifice my face-down Ryu-Kishin Powered (1600/1200) to summon my Swamp Battleguard (1800/1500) and since I have both Lava and Swamp Battleguard on the field they both get a power boost of 500 points making my Swamp Battleguard 2300 and my Lava Battleguard 2050. That will end my turn."

Evan draws a card. "I'll play one card face-down and a monster in defense mode. Luster Dragon #2 attack his Swamp Battleguard." Luster Dragon fires a fireball at Swamp Battleguard and destroys it. Reducing Lava Battleguard back down to 1550. "That will end my turn." (Joey5100 Evan7600)

Joey draws a card. "I'll play a monster face-down and switch my Lava Battleguard into defense mode. That will end my turn." Tea looks at Tristian. "He has to have something planned, right?" Tristian doesn't answer but looks out at Joey worried.

Evan draws a card. "Well, I'll play Stamping Destruction to destroy your little card there and inflict 500 points direct damage onto you." Joey's trap card is destroyed. "I'll activate my two face-down trap cards Dragon's Rage which allows me to do damage to you even when your monsters are in defense mode and The Dragon's Bead which allows me to negate a trap effect that you might have with your traps. Now Luster Dragon, destroy his Lava Battleguard." Luster Dragon destroys Lava Battleguard. "That will end my turn. "This doesn't look very good Tea." Tea nods. "I know." (Joey3500 Evan7600)

Joey draws a card. "I'll flip up my Penguin Soldier (750/500) and return your Luster Dragon and your Troop Dragon to your hand." Luster Dragon and Troop Dragon go back to Evan's hand. "Then I'll sacrifice my Penguin Soldier to summon the Fiend Megacyber in attack mode. (2200/1200) Fiend Megacyber attack his face-down card." Fiend Megacyber attacks and destroyes Evan's Magician of Faith. (300/400) "I'll return my Reload card from my graveyard to my hand." Evan says showing Joey the card. Joey nods. "I'll end my turn."

Evan Draws a card. "I'll play my reload card and get a new hand." Evan puts his hand in his deck, shuffles the deck, and draws three new cards. "First I'll play Monster Reborn to bring back my Red Eyes Black Dragon from the graveyard." Red Eyes appears back on the field. "Then I'll sacrifice my Red Eyes Black Dragon to summon Red Eyes Darkness Dragon(2900/2000)." Red Eyes Black Dragon evolves into a bigger meaner looking dragon. "My monster get an additional 300 attack points for every dragon in my graveyard, and I count three giving my monster 900 more attack points and making it a 3800 attack point monster. Attack his Fiend Megacyber with Darkness Fire Blast." Red Eyes attacks and destroys the Fiend Megacyber. "That will end my turn." Tristian looks at Joey's horrified face and sighs. "Its over. Joey has nothing that can beat that thing." Tea punches Tristian in the arm. "We have to have faith."

Joey puts his hand on his deck. Heart of the cards guide me please. Joey thinks to himself drawing a card. Joey looks at his hand and then his field then gets a big grin. "Time to lose Evan. I activate my face down card Graverobber to bring back Snatch Steal from your graveyard and I'm going to use it on your Red Eyes Darkness Dragon. Then I'll play Monster Reborn to summon your Red Eyes Black Dragon from your graveyard. Then I'll play Dark Dragon Ritual to summon my Paladin of Dark Dragon (1900/1200). Then sacrifice him to summon my Red Eyes Black Dragon. Then I'll activate Megamorph and increase the attack points of my Red Eyes Black Dragon by itself making it 4800. Now all Red Eyes, attack his life points directly." All there attacks combine as one and attack Evan directly. (Joey3500 Evan0)

Even falls to the ground and cries in agony. "It doesn't not deserve me. Take my deck and improve yours." Evan manages to get out his deck and places it outside of the seal before the seal takes him away. Evan's body disappears only leaving behind his deck. Joey walks up to the deck and picks it up. "This will definitely come in handy. Thank you Evan." Tristian and Tea run over and hug Joey for his victory. "Congratulations Joey." Joey pushes them softly off of him and sighs. "One down, seven to go." Joey says starting to walk away.