Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! Before we begin, I just have a few things to
say.
First of all, two reviews that I feel I must reply to.
moczo: If you don't like my characters, don't read the story. There will be an explanation of Kirbin's past (much) later on. Until then, lay off. I'll design my characters the way I want.
andy: I've been hammered for my inaccuracy in describing cards' effects throughout the time I've been writing this story. However, this time I can defend myself. Just go to yugiohetc.com, click on "single cards", click on "Labyrinth of Nightmare", click on "non-rares", and scroll down to the link to Tornado Wall.
Secondly, I'd like to thank everyone who has supported me throughout my time as an author on ff.net. You've all been great with your constructive criticism and it's helped me become a better writer. This Friday is my six- month anniversary on ff.net.
With that, enjoy the story.
Tokyo Tournament
Chapter Ten: Burst of Magic
Also Entitled: If a Muggle Walked Into Hogwarts
Twin swords cut through him with ease. His Life Points plummeted from the attack and he fell backwards from the shock of seeing the armed thing seemingly cut through him. Then the one who had dealt the final blow faded away, and its master stepped forward to accept his prize.
The Duel was over, as was the loser's time in the tournament. He handed over a microchip and his rarest card, which his opponent pocketed. The victor then walked away, feeling content with the feeling of being a little bit closer to the finals.
But the loser was simply content that the Duel was made of holographic images. He had been defeated in these holographic duels before, but always by a strong monster like a Dark Magician. This thing that defeated him, however, simply wielded two swords instead of a magical blast. The loser felt that he could have handled an instant death, but two swords would have cleaved through him, and his blood would have...it sickened him to think about it.
"And now that your monster has been destroyed by my Thousand Knives Magic Card, I can attack your Life Points directly!" With a single Dark Magic Attack, the mighty spell caster that was the Dark Magician won the Duel for its master. As the victor received his prize from the defeated duelist, he issued a challenge to the duelists about him. "Come one, come all, prepare yourselves to be amazed by the great dueling talent of Rerecros, the magician duelist!"
Naturally, for the good of the plot of the story, Yugi and his friends had happened to be passing by, and among them were five duelists eager for an opponent. "I suppose you want an opponent?" shouted Term to Rerecros.
"Of course, yes," he replied, "all good acts require a volunteer from the audience."
Term was suddenly in front of him. Rerecros jumped back in surprise, then calmed himself. "So," he said, "you wish to face me in a duel. Very well then, but I must warn you, you don't stand a chance."
"I was about to say the same to you," replied Term coolly. He walked a short ways away from Rerecros before their DD2's activated.
Rerecros: 4000 Term: 4000
"This looks like it'll be interesting," said Yugi, "from what I've seen from them both, these two look like great duelists."
"Maybe so," said Giyan, "but I've never seen Term lose a duel, and I don't think a wannabe magician can beat him."
Rerecros overheard the last comment. "HOW DARE YOU!" he cried in anger, "YOU SHALL BE PUNISHED FOR THE INSULT YOU HAVE JUST DEALT TO THE GREAT RERECROS!"
"Plus, he's never lost to someone who speaks in the third person," muttered Giyan.
"Now, to the matter at hand," began Rerecros as he drew a card, "I play a card facedown, plus the field card Yami, raising all Fiends' and Spellcasters' attack and defense by 200 points. Now I'll play Neo the Magic Swordsman (1700/1000) in attack mode, and Yami powers him up to 1900/1200!" Several things happened on the field. First, a facedown card appeared in front of Rerecros. Then a blanket of darkness covered the field and red lightning crackled through the air. Finally, a blonde man in silver and black armor appeared with a sword in one hand while the other glowed with a blue aura. "I'll end my turn here."
"Then I play a card facedown, and my Battle Ox (1700/1000)in attack mode."
"You fool! Your ox is easily weaker than my Swordsman, and now that it's my turn, I order him to attack!"
"You just fell into my trap," countered Term as he flipped up his facedown card, "the Reverse Trap will now decrease 400 points from your Swordsman's attack and defense, making it weak enough for my Battle Ox to easily take care of." Neo lunged at the Battle Ox, its sword raised, but as the trap took over, its power decreased to 1500/800. The Battle Ox then leapt out of the sword's path and brought its axe down on Neo's vulnerable head, killing him instantly.
Rerecros: 3800 Term: 4000
"And now it's my turn," said Term, "so, I'll have my Battle Ox attack you directly." The minotaur swung its axe with a mighty heave, slicing through Rerecros and taking away a chunk of his Life Points.
Rerecros: 2100 Term: 4000
"You may have defeated my Swordsman," stated Rerecros as he drew a card, "but now I shall wreak my vengeance. I summon the Skilled Dark Magician (1900/1700) in attack mode!" A spellcaster wielding a staff similar to that of a Dark Magician appeared. It was clothed in black and blue robes and seemed to emit a dark aura. "Now I activate my facedown card, Pitch-Black Power Stone, which will send three Magic counters too my Skilled Dark Magician!" A black orb with a yellow triangle at its center appeared. Three small balls of energy emitted from it and were absorbed into the Skilled Dark Magician's staff. "Now that he has three magic counters, my Skilled Dark Magician can be used as a sacrifice, to summon my Dark Magician (2500/2100)!" A large column of black energy was released from the Skilled Dark Magician. A few seconds later, the column disappeared, and standing where the Skilled Dark Magician had just been was its more powerful counterpart. "And now, with its power boost from the Yami field card, I order my Dark Magician to attack!" The Dark Magician (2700/2300) raised its green staff and blasted the Battle Ox with a Dark Magic Attack.
Rerocros: 2100 Term: 3000
"Your Dark Magician is strong," commented Term, "but that does not make it invulnerable. I play Graceful Charity, allowing me to draw three cards and discard two." He did so. "Now I'll just play two cards facedown and a monster in defense mode before ending my turn," all three cards appeared in front of him.
Rerecros laughed in triumph as he drew his card. "I play the Book of Secret Arts on my Dark Magician!" he exclaimed. Immediately, the magician's power rose to 3000/2400. "And now," he continued, "I play A Thousand Knives! With this card, I am able to destroy your defending monster!" Six knives appeared in the Dark Magician's hands. As he threw them at the facedown card, hundreds more appeared behind him and followed the first six. The card quickly resembled an abused pincushion and was revealed as the Axe Raider before disappearing. "Now, with the field clear, my Dark Magician can attack you directly and finish you off!" The Dark Magician prepared to deal the final blow, raising its staff to deliver one more magical blast.
"But before it can do that," interrupted Term, "I activate Call of the Haunted, reviving Gaia the Fierce Knight (2300/2100) from my graveyard to the field in attack mode!" A knight in blue armor with red blades in several areas appeared. In either hand he carried a red lance, and he was seated atop a purple horse.
"You fool!" Gaia is weaker than my Dark Magician anyway, but it's too late for you to change your mind now that my Dark Magician has already attacked!"
"That's why I'm activating my other facedown card," said Term, "Rush Recklessly, which will power up Gaia's attack to 3000, matching your Dark Magician point-for-point." Magician and knight clashed in a frenzied battle, staff and lance locked in melee combat. Eventually, both were run through by the other's weapon, and disappeared.
"NO!" cried Rerecros in anguish as he witnessed his magician fall.
"Now that it's my turn, I summon Gearfried the Iron Knight (1800/1000) in attack mode, and attack directly!" Another knight appeared, this one completely covered in black armor with streaks of silver. From either gauntlet a blade extended forward from the wrist. After appearing, it charged at Rerecros and swiped at him with one of its blades.
Rerecros: 300 Term: 3000
Rerecros drew a card nervously and grimaced. There wasn't a single monster in his hand! But there was still one last chance. "I play Pot of Greed," he said, "and now I draw two more cards." He looked at the cards and grinned. "I play two cards facedown and end my turn," he said.
"Then I play Goblin Attack Force (2200/0)," said Term, "and now I order Gearfried to attack!" Gearfried lunged at Rerecros again, prepared to finish the duel. But Rerecros pressed a button on his DD2.
"It's not over yet," he said, "I activate the Spellbinding Circle, which will prevent your Gearfried from attacking or changing its position." A yellow ring of light appeared around Gearfried. Though he struggled, he could not move at all.
"That's what I was counting on," said Term, "but now that you've used that trap, I can attack with Goblin Attack Force!" The small mob of goblins rushed forward, pickaxes, swords, hammers, and other assorted weapons waving in the air.
"You've forgotten my other facedown card," said Rerecros, "the Magic Cylinder will stop your attack and fire it right back at you." Two pink cylinders with a hole each at their bottoms appeared. The Goblin Attack Force charged right into one, then flew right out of the other and began beating on Term!
Rerecros: 300 Term: 800
"Before I end my turn," said Term, "I play one card facedown and end my turn."
"Well now," said Rerecros as he looked at the card he drew, "it looks like now I have my shot at winning. I play the magic card, the Dark Magic Curtain!" A black curtain appeared in front of Rerecros. "By paying half of my Life Points, I can now summon..."The curtain then dropped to reveal another Dark Magician. "My second Dark Magician! Dark Magician, attack Gearfried the Iron Knight!" The Dark Magician released another Dark Magic Attack; soon it would envelope the knight.
"I won't be defeated!" cried Term, "I activate my facedown Mystical Space Typhoon, which will destroy the Yami field card and take away the Dark Magician's power boost!" The black sky and red lightning above the field disappeared, and the Dark Magician lost a bit of its power. However, Gearfried, as well as a chunk of Term's Life Points, was destroyed.
Rerecros: 150 Term: 100
"You may have survived for now," said Rerecros, "but one more turn and I'll take you down!"
"That's what you think," said Term, "but the card I've just drawn says otherwise. I play the Spell card Costdown, which will lower the level of one monster in my hand by one. I choose the card that I will summon now! I sacrifice my Goblin Attack Force to summon my strongest monster to the field!" The Goblin Attack Force disappeared, and a summoning vortex took its place. "Behold, the Mystical Knight of Jackal (2700/1200)!" What emerged from the portal looked like the Egyptian God known as Anubis. The half-man half-jackal that appeared was garbed in a green Egyptian headdress and armor. A blue cape was slung about its shoulders, and in either hand it wielded a golden weapon with a spear-blade just above the handle. "Mystical Knight of Jackal, attack the Dark Magician and finish the duel!" The mighty beast's eyes blazed red as it leapt at the spellcaster and ran it through with one of its weapons. The Dark Magician disappeared with a cry of agony.
Rerecros: 0 Term: 100
Rerecros's shoulders slumped and he bowed his head as the holograms faded. Term walked forward and extended his arm for a handshake, which Rerecros returned vigorously (though he eventually pulled away from it due to the temperature of Term's hand). "Your dueling skills are quite admirable," he said as he dug through his deck for his rarest card.
"You aren't so bad yourself," returned Term, "it has been awhile since I have had such a close duel." Rerecros found his Magic Cylinder card and handed it to Term along with his two chips.
"I expect you to make it to the finals," said Rerecros as Term took the card and chips, "I wouldn't want to have to tell my friends that I lost to a second-rate duelist." And he laughed then and turned away to return to his room.
Longest duel yet on Tokyo Tournament, 1,530 words from start to finish. Hope everyone liked reading this duel as much as I enjoyed writing it. Until next update, please read and review my other stories, Twilight Realm and Lost Items of Legend.
First of all, two reviews that I feel I must reply to.
moczo: If you don't like my characters, don't read the story. There will be an explanation of Kirbin's past (much) later on. Until then, lay off. I'll design my characters the way I want.
andy: I've been hammered for my inaccuracy in describing cards' effects throughout the time I've been writing this story. However, this time I can defend myself. Just go to yugiohetc.com, click on "single cards", click on "Labyrinth of Nightmare", click on "non-rares", and scroll down to the link to Tornado Wall.
Secondly, I'd like to thank everyone who has supported me throughout my time as an author on ff.net. You've all been great with your constructive criticism and it's helped me become a better writer. This Friday is my six- month anniversary on ff.net.
With that, enjoy the story.
Tokyo Tournament
Chapter Ten: Burst of Magic
Also Entitled: If a Muggle Walked Into Hogwarts
Twin swords cut through him with ease. His Life Points plummeted from the attack and he fell backwards from the shock of seeing the armed thing seemingly cut through him. Then the one who had dealt the final blow faded away, and its master stepped forward to accept his prize.
The Duel was over, as was the loser's time in the tournament. He handed over a microchip and his rarest card, which his opponent pocketed. The victor then walked away, feeling content with the feeling of being a little bit closer to the finals.
But the loser was simply content that the Duel was made of holographic images. He had been defeated in these holographic duels before, but always by a strong monster like a Dark Magician. This thing that defeated him, however, simply wielded two swords instead of a magical blast. The loser felt that he could have handled an instant death, but two swords would have cleaved through him, and his blood would have...it sickened him to think about it.
"And now that your monster has been destroyed by my Thousand Knives Magic Card, I can attack your Life Points directly!" With a single Dark Magic Attack, the mighty spell caster that was the Dark Magician won the Duel for its master. As the victor received his prize from the defeated duelist, he issued a challenge to the duelists about him. "Come one, come all, prepare yourselves to be amazed by the great dueling talent of Rerecros, the magician duelist!"
Naturally, for the good of the plot of the story, Yugi and his friends had happened to be passing by, and among them were five duelists eager for an opponent. "I suppose you want an opponent?" shouted Term to Rerecros.
"Of course, yes," he replied, "all good acts require a volunteer from the audience."
Term was suddenly in front of him. Rerecros jumped back in surprise, then calmed himself. "So," he said, "you wish to face me in a duel. Very well then, but I must warn you, you don't stand a chance."
"I was about to say the same to you," replied Term coolly. He walked a short ways away from Rerecros before their DD2's activated.
Rerecros: 4000 Term: 4000
"This looks like it'll be interesting," said Yugi, "from what I've seen from them both, these two look like great duelists."
"Maybe so," said Giyan, "but I've never seen Term lose a duel, and I don't think a wannabe magician can beat him."
Rerecros overheard the last comment. "HOW DARE YOU!" he cried in anger, "YOU SHALL BE PUNISHED FOR THE INSULT YOU HAVE JUST DEALT TO THE GREAT RERECROS!"
"Plus, he's never lost to someone who speaks in the third person," muttered Giyan.
"Now, to the matter at hand," began Rerecros as he drew a card, "I play a card facedown, plus the field card Yami, raising all Fiends' and Spellcasters' attack and defense by 200 points. Now I'll play Neo the Magic Swordsman (1700/1000) in attack mode, and Yami powers him up to 1900/1200!" Several things happened on the field. First, a facedown card appeared in front of Rerecros. Then a blanket of darkness covered the field and red lightning crackled through the air. Finally, a blonde man in silver and black armor appeared with a sword in one hand while the other glowed with a blue aura. "I'll end my turn here."
"Then I play a card facedown, and my Battle Ox (1700/1000)in attack mode."
"You fool! Your ox is easily weaker than my Swordsman, and now that it's my turn, I order him to attack!"
"You just fell into my trap," countered Term as he flipped up his facedown card, "the Reverse Trap will now decrease 400 points from your Swordsman's attack and defense, making it weak enough for my Battle Ox to easily take care of." Neo lunged at the Battle Ox, its sword raised, but as the trap took over, its power decreased to 1500/800. The Battle Ox then leapt out of the sword's path and brought its axe down on Neo's vulnerable head, killing him instantly.
Rerecros: 3800 Term: 4000
"And now it's my turn," said Term, "so, I'll have my Battle Ox attack you directly." The minotaur swung its axe with a mighty heave, slicing through Rerecros and taking away a chunk of his Life Points.
Rerecros: 2100 Term: 4000
"You may have defeated my Swordsman," stated Rerecros as he drew a card, "but now I shall wreak my vengeance. I summon the Skilled Dark Magician (1900/1700) in attack mode!" A spellcaster wielding a staff similar to that of a Dark Magician appeared. It was clothed in black and blue robes and seemed to emit a dark aura. "Now I activate my facedown card, Pitch-Black Power Stone, which will send three Magic counters too my Skilled Dark Magician!" A black orb with a yellow triangle at its center appeared. Three small balls of energy emitted from it and were absorbed into the Skilled Dark Magician's staff. "Now that he has three magic counters, my Skilled Dark Magician can be used as a sacrifice, to summon my Dark Magician (2500/2100)!" A large column of black energy was released from the Skilled Dark Magician. A few seconds later, the column disappeared, and standing where the Skilled Dark Magician had just been was its more powerful counterpart. "And now, with its power boost from the Yami field card, I order my Dark Magician to attack!" The Dark Magician (2700/2300) raised its green staff and blasted the Battle Ox with a Dark Magic Attack.
Rerocros: 2100 Term: 3000
"Your Dark Magician is strong," commented Term, "but that does not make it invulnerable. I play Graceful Charity, allowing me to draw three cards and discard two." He did so. "Now I'll just play two cards facedown and a monster in defense mode before ending my turn," all three cards appeared in front of him.
Rerecros laughed in triumph as he drew his card. "I play the Book of Secret Arts on my Dark Magician!" he exclaimed. Immediately, the magician's power rose to 3000/2400. "And now," he continued, "I play A Thousand Knives! With this card, I am able to destroy your defending monster!" Six knives appeared in the Dark Magician's hands. As he threw them at the facedown card, hundreds more appeared behind him and followed the first six. The card quickly resembled an abused pincushion and was revealed as the Axe Raider before disappearing. "Now, with the field clear, my Dark Magician can attack you directly and finish you off!" The Dark Magician prepared to deal the final blow, raising its staff to deliver one more magical blast.
"But before it can do that," interrupted Term, "I activate Call of the Haunted, reviving Gaia the Fierce Knight (2300/2100) from my graveyard to the field in attack mode!" A knight in blue armor with red blades in several areas appeared. In either hand he carried a red lance, and he was seated atop a purple horse.
"You fool!" Gaia is weaker than my Dark Magician anyway, but it's too late for you to change your mind now that my Dark Magician has already attacked!"
"That's why I'm activating my other facedown card," said Term, "Rush Recklessly, which will power up Gaia's attack to 3000, matching your Dark Magician point-for-point." Magician and knight clashed in a frenzied battle, staff and lance locked in melee combat. Eventually, both were run through by the other's weapon, and disappeared.
"NO!" cried Rerecros in anguish as he witnessed his magician fall.
"Now that it's my turn, I summon Gearfried the Iron Knight (1800/1000) in attack mode, and attack directly!" Another knight appeared, this one completely covered in black armor with streaks of silver. From either gauntlet a blade extended forward from the wrist. After appearing, it charged at Rerecros and swiped at him with one of its blades.
Rerecros: 300 Term: 3000
Rerecros drew a card nervously and grimaced. There wasn't a single monster in his hand! But there was still one last chance. "I play Pot of Greed," he said, "and now I draw two more cards." He looked at the cards and grinned. "I play two cards facedown and end my turn," he said.
"Then I play Goblin Attack Force (2200/0)," said Term, "and now I order Gearfried to attack!" Gearfried lunged at Rerecros again, prepared to finish the duel. But Rerecros pressed a button on his DD2.
"It's not over yet," he said, "I activate the Spellbinding Circle, which will prevent your Gearfried from attacking or changing its position." A yellow ring of light appeared around Gearfried. Though he struggled, he could not move at all.
"That's what I was counting on," said Term, "but now that you've used that trap, I can attack with Goblin Attack Force!" The small mob of goblins rushed forward, pickaxes, swords, hammers, and other assorted weapons waving in the air.
"You've forgotten my other facedown card," said Rerecros, "the Magic Cylinder will stop your attack and fire it right back at you." Two pink cylinders with a hole each at their bottoms appeared. The Goblin Attack Force charged right into one, then flew right out of the other and began beating on Term!
Rerecros: 300 Term: 800
"Before I end my turn," said Term, "I play one card facedown and end my turn."
"Well now," said Rerecros as he looked at the card he drew, "it looks like now I have my shot at winning. I play the magic card, the Dark Magic Curtain!" A black curtain appeared in front of Rerecros. "By paying half of my Life Points, I can now summon..."The curtain then dropped to reveal another Dark Magician. "My second Dark Magician! Dark Magician, attack Gearfried the Iron Knight!" The Dark Magician released another Dark Magic Attack; soon it would envelope the knight.
"I won't be defeated!" cried Term, "I activate my facedown Mystical Space Typhoon, which will destroy the Yami field card and take away the Dark Magician's power boost!" The black sky and red lightning above the field disappeared, and the Dark Magician lost a bit of its power. However, Gearfried, as well as a chunk of Term's Life Points, was destroyed.
Rerecros: 150 Term: 100
"You may have survived for now," said Rerecros, "but one more turn and I'll take you down!"
"That's what you think," said Term, "but the card I've just drawn says otherwise. I play the Spell card Costdown, which will lower the level of one monster in my hand by one. I choose the card that I will summon now! I sacrifice my Goblin Attack Force to summon my strongest monster to the field!" The Goblin Attack Force disappeared, and a summoning vortex took its place. "Behold, the Mystical Knight of Jackal (2700/1200)!" What emerged from the portal looked like the Egyptian God known as Anubis. The half-man half-jackal that appeared was garbed in a green Egyptian headdress and armor. A blue cape was slung about its shoulders, and in either hand it wielded a golden weapon with a spear-blade just above the handle. "Mystical Knight of Jackal, attack the Dark Magician and finish the duel!" The mighty beast's eyes blazed red as it leapt at the spellcaster and ran it through with one of its weapons. The Dark Magician disappeared with a cry of agony.
Rerecros: 0 Term: 100
Rerecros's shoulders slumped and he bowed his head as the holograms faded. Term walked forward and extended his arm for a handshake, which Rerecros returned vigorously (though he eventually pulled away from it due to the temperature of Term's hand). "Your dueling skills are quite admirable," he said as he dug through his deck for his rarest card.
"You aren't so bad yourself," returned Term, "it has been awhile since I have had such a close duel." Rerecros found his Magic Cylinder card and handed it to Term along with his two chips.
"I expect you to make it to the finals," said Rerecros as Term took the card and chips, "I wouldn't want to have to tell my friends that I lost to a second-rate duelist." And he laughed then and turned away to return to his room.
Longest duel yet on Tokyo Tournament, 1,530 words from start to finish. Hope everyone liked reading this duel as much as I enjoyed writing it. Until next update, please read and review my other stories, Twilight Realm and Lost Items of Legend.