Sorry for lateness. My school year's over, but I just had finals, so I
could hardly do any work on this chapter for a week. Then there was all the
celebration for school being over. I had to go to my cousin's graduation
ceremony, which took up almost the whole day. Then, almost immediately
afterwards, my family went to see "Shrek 2." Thus, I have missed a lot of
writing time.
The Helldragon: Hey, it wasn't MY idea! Shaun came up with the whole thing by himself, and I always find it hard to argue with him because, honestly, he kind of frightens me. While we get along quite well, he somehow gets what he wants. Having been unable to communicate with Shaun for quite a while now up until briefly recently, I was unable to squeeze a better reason out of him. As for Insect Queen, I'll just wait until you've got it up and running before giving out the word.
Tokyo Tournament
Chapter Twenty-Three: War Tactics
Also Entitled: Modern v. Medieval
Kevin Hunter pounded his fist into the wall just outside the room of the Finals. [IT'S NOT FAIR] he mentally screamed as he took out his anger on the very much unlucky wall. [Kaiba bought and traded his way to three Blue Eyes and now this guy just happens to get one for free!?] Kevin's next blow cracked a small part of the wall. [After this tournament's over, that guy goes down!]
-...back in the finals room...-
Zachary: 4000 Yamato: 4000
"I'll begin this duel by setting two cards facedown," began Yamato as he set the two cards into his Duel Disk, "and I'll also summon a monster in defense mode."
Zachary smiled as he drew. "You have a rather poor starting strategy," he commented.
"How is that?" Yamato asked in an even tone.
"You put a monster in defense so that you wouldn't lose Life Points if I attacked it," stated Zachary, "That's not only a poor strategy, it's a sign of cowardice."
"I disagree," replied Yamato, "by putting a monster in defense, I not only protect my Life Points, I also hide its strength, giving me the element of surprise."
Zachary frowned, "Is that what you really think? It is becoming more and more apparent to me tat you know little about the game of Duel Monsters, or battle in general, for that matter. Wars are not won simply by defending over and over again. Counter-assaults must be launched in order for the defender to win."
"For now, defense will work for me," Yamato stated.
"Oh, really?" Zachary replied with a grin, "Then obviously you need a lesson or two about fighting wars. First, the army must be amassed, which I'll do by playing Reinforcement of the Army, allowing me to put a Warrior of Level 4 or less into my hand. Next, troops must be mobilized, so I summon the Marauding Captain (1200/400) in attack mode!" An armored man with messy blonde hair appeared. A red cape was slung on his soldiers, and he wielded a pair of swords, the one in his right hand slightly smaller than the one in his right. "Marauding Captain's effect allows me to summon a Warrior of Level 4 or lower from my hand when he's summoned, so say hello to the Exiled Force (1000/1000)!" A group of armored men appeared, each carrying a different weapon.
"Your monsters appear to be quite weak," commented Yamato as he peered at the two Warriors that Zachary had summoned in quick succession.
"Strength is not always important in battle," replied Zachary, "I activate the Exiled Force's effect! By sacrificing the Force, I can destroy any card on the field, so say goodbye to your defense monster!" The Exiled Force vanished from the field, and Yamato's facedown monster was immediately destroyed as well. "Another thing you should know about war is that sometimes the battles between the few can decide the outcome. Thus, it is important for individuals to become stronger. So now I equip the Marauding Captain with Axe of Despair, giving him an additional 1000 attack points! Marauding Captain (2200/400) strike him down!" The immense axe appeared in the Captain's hands in place of his swords. The soldier then rushed towards Yamato and dealt him an immense blow with the Axe. Yamato hardly flinched as he saw the Axe pass through him.
Zachary: 4000 Yamato: 1800
Yamato simply drew his card and continued the duel, not seeming at all to mind the immense slice his Life Points had gone through. "You think you know everything about war," he said as he examined his hand, "yet I would assume you have never witnessed it before. You talk about all the basic strategies that are used in battle, but I'll tell you about the greatest factor in war: finding your opponent's weaknesses."
"That was pretty simple for me," Zachary said with a grin, "you left yourself wide open for my assault, that's you weakness."
"True, I was unprepared for your move," Yamato admitted, "however, now I'll show you what your weakness is but exploiting your lack of Traps."
"I don't need a Trap right now," Zachary snapped, "you seem not to realize that my Marauding Captain gives me absolute control of the field with his great attack power."
"A true warrior realizes that while his weapon is important in battle, he should not depend upon it," stated Yamato as he played a monster, "so let's see what becomes of your Marauding Captain once I play Cyber Raider, who shall steal his Axe of Despair." The blue robotic warrior appeared in front of Yamato, and immediately launched itself at the Marauding Captain. The Raider took a firm hold of the Axe of Despair and wrestled it away from the Captain after a brief struggle. "Now I shall further increase the power of the Cyber Raider by activating my facedown Metalmorph and equipping it to him." Sleek, silver armor appeared around the Cyber Raider (2700/1000), who now had more than twice the strength of the Marauding Captain (1200/400) that had once been so powerful. "Cyber Raider, show him how the tide of battle can change uncontrollably." The buffed-up robot stampeded towards the Marauding Captain and struck him a tremendous blow (3300/1000) with the Axe of Despair, while also raking him with the claws of the Metalmorph armor.
Zachary: 1900 Yamato: 1800
"Quite a fast-paced duel," remarked Giyan as he looked on.
"This is almost mindless," commented Yugi, "neither of them even appears to be THINKING about defending themselves."
Zachary drew, his eyes blazing with determination as he laid down the Pot of Greed and swiped two more cards off of his deck. After a brief glimpse at them, he immediately placed both the cards he drew into the Spell/Trap slots. His movements were automatic, as if he had been preparing for the moment for hours instead of quickly making the decision to do so. "I play Heavy Storm, blowing away all Spells and Traps on the field!" The immense monsoon appeared in the center of the field, grabbing hold of Yamato's Metalmorph, Axe of Despair, and facedown card and destroying them. Before the tornado had completely vanished, the symbol of Monster Reborn appeared and revived the Marauding Captain. "I then sacrifice my revived Marauding Captain to summon the stronger Freed the Matchless General (2300/1700) to the field!" The Captain vanished, and in his place appeared the taller, mustached Freed. "Freed, destroy his Cyber Raider!" Freed rushed forth and drew his sword. He raised the narrow blade high and brought it down on the Raider's right shoulder, cleaving through the machine's chest all the way to its left hip. The Raider fell into two separate pieces in a flash of sparks and a burst of oil before it vanished completely.
Zachary: 1900 Yamato: 900
"This duel is mine, Yamato," claimed Zachary, "you have no chance. I control the field, and now you don't have any facedown cards to surprise me with. You're finished."
"We'll see," replied Yamato as he plucked off the top card of his deck. He then briefly looked at the card and set it into one of the Spell/Trap slots of his Duel Disk. He then motioned to Zachary that his turn was over.
Zachary chose to use Freed's effect to search through his deck and draw a Warrior of level 4 or less from it. He quickly rifled through his cards and selected one, which he instantly summoned, "Come forth, Zombyra the Dark (2100/500)!" The black-armored warrior emerged with a sweep of its blood- red cape. But Yamato remained calm behind the golden-armored man that had suddenly appeared before him. "What is that?" Zachary asked in confusion.
"While you amassed your army," explained Yamato, "I activated the one thing that's keeping me safe from your monsters: Thunder of Ruler." As Yamato spoke, the man in golden armor drew his sword and thrust it forward, knocking Zombyra and Freed off their feet. "Thunder of Ruler forces you to skip your Battle Phase, so you are unable to even order your Warriors to attack."
Zachary grinded his teeth together and snapped at Yamato, "Then go! Your card will only last one turn, I assume."
"That's correct," admitted Yamato as he drew. He immediately set the new card into one of the Spell/Trap slots of his Duel Disk, and the card appeared in front of him facedown.
"You are relying too much on these single cards," stated Zachary, "in war, individual soldiers cannot decide the outcome." Then he drew, and placed a monster in defense mode. "Now, Zombyra!" he cried as he thrust his finger outward, "Attack directly!" Zombyra leapt forward, his fist held ready to strike Yamato. Suddenly, a barrier of blue light sprung up about Yamato, and Zombyra's fist rebounded off of it. Zachary looked beyond the barrier to discover that Yamato had activated Negate Attack.
"Once again I prove you wrong, Zachary," stated Yamato.
"Then take your turn," replied his opponent, "you can't defend yourself forever."
"No," confessed Yamato as he glanced at the card he had drawn, "I can't. But what I can do is play Change of Heart on your facedown monster." The half-angel, half-demon appeared, and immediately took control of Zachary's defense monster. "Then I sacrifice your monster to summon my strongest monster, the Cyber-Tech Alligator (2500/1600)." The great, scaled machine appeared in place of the facedown card, and let out a great mechanical roar. "Cyber-Tech Alligator, destroy Freed the Matchless General," at Yamato's command, the Alligator expanded its immense wings and took flight, then dive-bombed Freed and tore him to shreds with its sharp bronze claws and powerful silver jaws (hey, that rhymes!).
Zachary: 1700 Yamato: 900
Zachary drew, beads of sweat forming on his brow. When he saw the card he had drawn, he relaxed a bit and played it, "The Swords of Revealing Light will protect me for three turns!" The twenty swords appeared around Yamato, separating he and his monsters completely from Zachary.
"The Swords of Revealing Light have hindered me before," stated Yamato, "but I have never lost a duel because of them." He drew, and simply played the monster he had drawn in defense mode.
Zachary then drew, and grinned, "I have drawn the card that will spell your defeat, Yamato. I play Polymerization, fusing Zombyra the Dark with Maryokutai from my hand to summon The Last Warrior from Another Planet (2350/2300)!" Next to Zombyra, a white skull with a strange red ball attached to its top appeared. Then the two swirled together into a vortex. From the vortex emerged a huge humanoid being, about eight feet tall. Its immense muscles were visible beneath an olive-green skin. On its left shoulder a strange cannon was perched, while its right arm, which was longer than the left, was covered by a mass of metal and tubing that trailed all the way to the ground and ended in a wicked-looking claw. "The Last Warrior from Another Planet will bring about your doom, Yamato, so draw your card and watch as your monsters are shredded!"
"I disagree," stated Yamato, "I'll just summon-"
"You can't!" interrupted Zachary, "The Last Warrior from Another Planet keeps any new monsters from being summoned, which means you'll be utterly defenseless in two turns!"
"Then I'll just end my turn," declared Yamato, "my Cyber-Tech Alligator is still stronger than your Warrior, so currently I have nothing to worry about."
Zachary drew and grinned at Yamato as he played the card, "Well, start worrying. I equip the Last Warrior from Another Planet with the Horn of the Unicorn (3050/3000)!" A bright, golden horn emerged from the center of the Last Warrior's forehead, and a great light blue aura appeared about it. "Last Warrior from Another Planet, destroy the Cyber-Tech Alligator!" The Warrior thrust out its long right arm and grabbed the Cyber-Tech Alligator with its huge claw. The Warrior tightened its grip, crushing through several layers of armor on the Alligator. Then the Warrior pulled the Alligator up close, thrust its shoulder-mounted cannon into the mouth of the reptilian machine, and fired. The Cyber-Tech Alligator's head blew apart, and the winged robot, now headless, fell to the floor and vanished. "This duel's over, Yamato."
Zachary: 1700 Yamato: 150
"It's not over yet, Zachary," declared Yamato as he drew, "now I play Pot of Greed, and draw another two cards." He glanced at the two cards, and calmly played one of them, "Mystical Space Typhoon will rid me of these pesky Swords." A black cyclone appeared around Yamato, and each of the multiple Swords of Revealing Light burst.
Zachary looked confused, "Why get rid of the Swords? I would think you would be more concerned with the Last Warrior from Another Planet."
"You'll see now," Yamato explained, "as I show you perhaps the most important element of war: eliminating your opponent's strengths. I play De- Fusion." The Last Warrior was suddenly torn in half down its middle, and each half transformed into one of the two monsters that had originally been fused. "Now I flip Robotic Knight (1600/1800) into attack mode."
"It doesn't matter that you've defeated my Last Warrior," stated Zachary, "Zombyra can easily destroy that monster, it's so weak."
"I won't have to worry about my Knight fighting Zombyra," said Yamato, "Kinetic Soldier (1350/1800) will take care of him." A blue, humanoid android appeared. It had a green head and a laser cannon mounted on it left shoulder.
"That thing's even weaker," said Zachary, obviously a bit confused.
"As I said," said Yamato, "in war, you have to eliminate your opponent's strengths. That's exactly what Kinetic Soldier will do for me right now, because whenever the Soldier battles a Warrior, it will gain 2000 attack and defense points. So now, Robotic Knight, attack Maryokutai." The British- general-robot trudged towards the mechanical skull and struck with its rapier, slicing through the skull and bringing Zachary's Life Points down to 900. "Now to finish this," said Yamato, "Kinetic Soldier, attack Zombyra the Dark." The Kinetic Soldier (3350/3800) gathered green energy in its shoulder-mounted cannon and released it in an enormous blast at Zombyra, shattering the dark Warrior's skeleton and finishing the duel.
Zachary: 0 Yamato: 150
The Duel Disks and holograms deactivated, and Yamato and Zachary walked towards each other. Yamato offered his hand, and Zachary accepted it in a shake. "You duel well," said Yamato.
"As do you," replied Zachary with a smile, "I hope we will be able to duel again."
Yamato nodded in reply, and the two exited the arena.
"The sixth duel of the Tokyo Duel Monsters Tournament Finals will begin immediately!" declared Cerberus, "Nick and Lin, report to the dueling arena immediately!" Lin stood up with a smile and walked to the arena. Nick followed him after briefly adjusting the thin gray cloth that served as an eye-patch.
So, five duels down, eleven to go. Hope you guys enjoyed this, considering how late it was.
The Helldragon: Hey, it wasn't MY idea! Shaun came up with the whole thing by himself, and I always find it hard to argue with him because, honestly, he kind of frightens me. While we get along quite well, he somehow gets what he wants. Having been unable to communicate with Shaun for quite a while now up until briefly recently, I was unable to squeeze a better reason out of him. As for Insect Queen, I'll just wait until you've got it up and running before giving out the word.
Tokyo Tournament
Chapter Twenty-Three: War Tactics
Also Entitled: Modern v. Medieval
Kevin Hunter pounded his fist into the wall just outside the room of the Finals. [IT'S NOT FAIR] he mentally screamed as he took out his anger on the very much unlucky wall. [Kaiba bought and traded his way to three Blue Eyes and now this guy just happens to get one for free!?] Kevin's next blow cracked a small part of the wall. [After this tournament's over, that guy goes down!]
-...back in the finals room...-
Zachary: 4000 Yamato: 4000
"I'll begin this duel by setting two cards facedown," began Yamato as he set the two cards into his Duel Disk, "and I'll also summon a monster in defense mode."
Zachary smiled as he drew. "You have a rather poor starting strategy," he commented.
"How is that?" Yamato asked in an even tone.
"You put a monster in defense so that you wouldn't lose Life Points if I attacked it," stated Zachary, "That's not only a poor strategy, it's a sign of cowardice."
"I disagree," replied Yamato, "by putting a monster in defense, I not only protect my Life Points, I also hide its strength, giving me the element of surprise."
Zachary frowned, "Is that what you really think? It is becoming more and more apparent to me tat you know little about the game of Duel Monsters, or battle in general, for that matter. Wars are not won simply by defending over and over again. Counter-assaults must be launched in order for the defender to win."
"For now, defense will work for me," Yamato stated.
"Oh, really?" Zachary replied with a grin, "Then obviously you need a lesson or two about fighting wars. First, the army must be amassed, which I'll do by playing Reinforcement of the Army, allowing me to put a Warrior of Level 4 or less into my hand. Next, troops must be mobilized, so I summon the Marauding Captain (1200/400) in attack mode!" An armored man with messy blonde hair appeared. A red cape was slung on his soldiers, and he wielded a pair of swords, the one in his right hand slightly smaller than the one in his right. "Marauding Captain's effect allows me to summon a Warrior of Level 4 or lower from my hand when he's summoned, so say hello to the Exiled Force (1000/1000)!" A group of armored men appeared, each carrying a different weapon.
"Your monsters appear to be quite weak," commented Yamato as he peered at the two Warriors that Zachary had summoned in quick succession.
"Strength is not always important in battle," replied Zachary, "I activate the Exiled Force's effect! By sacrificing the Force, I can destroy any card on the field, so say goodbye to your defense monster!" The Exiled Force vanished from the field, and Yamato's facedown monster was immediately destroyed as well. "Another thing you should know about war is that sometimes the battles between the few can decide the outcome. Thus, it is important for individuals to become stronger. So now I equip the Marauding Captain with Axe of Despair, giving him an additional 1000 attack points! Marauding Captain (2200/400) strike him down!" The immense axe appeared in the Captain's hands in place of his swords. The soldier then rushed towards Yamato and dealt him an immense blow with the Axe. Yamato hardly flinched as he saw the Axe pass through him.
Zachary: 4000 Yamato: 1800
Yamato simply drew his card and continued the duel, not seeming at all to mind the immense slice his Life Points had gone through. "You think you know everything about war," he said as he examined his hand, "yet I would assume you have never witnessed it before. You talk about all the basic strategies that are used in battle, but I'll tell you about the greatest factor in war: finding your opponent's weaknesses."
"That was pretty simple for me," Zachary said with a grin, "you left yourself wide open for my assault, that's you weakness."
"True, I was unprepared for your move," Yamato admitted, "however, now I'll show you what your weakness is but exploiting your lack of Traps."
"I don't need a Trap right now," Zachary snapped, "you seem not to realize that my Marauding Captain gives me absolute control of the field with his great attack power."
"A true warrior realizes that while his weapon is important in battle, he should not depend upon it," stated Yamato as he played a monster, "so let's see what becomes of your Marauding Captain once I play Cyber Raider, who shall steal his Axe of Despair." The blue robotic warrior appeared in front of Yamato, and immediately launched itself at the Marauding Captain. The Raider took a firm hold of the Axe of Despair and wrestled it away from the Captain after a brief struggle. "Now I shall further increase the power of the Cyber Raider by activating my facedown Metalmorph and equipping it to him." Sleek, silver armor appeared around the Cyber Raider (2700/1000), who now had more than twice the strength of the Marauding Captain (1200/400) that had once been so powerful. "Cyber Raider, show him how the tide of battle can change uncontrollably." The buffed-up robot stampeded towards the Marauding Captain and struck him a tremendous blow (3300/1000) with the Axe of Despair, while also raking him with the claws of the Metalmorph armor.
Zachary: 1900 Yamato: 1800
"Quite a fast-paced duel," remarked Giyan as he looked on.
"This is almost mindless," commented Yugi, "neither of them even appears to be THINKING about defending themselves."
Zachary drew, his eyes blazing with determination as he laid down the Pot of Greed and swiped two more cards off of his deck. After a brief glimpse at them, he immediately placed both the cards he drew into the Spell/Trap slots. His movements were automatic, as if he had been preparing for the moment for hours instead of quickly making the decision to do so. "I play Heavy Storm, blowing away all Spells and Traps on the field!" The immense monsoon appeared in the center of the field, grabbing hold of Yamato's Metalmorph, Axe of Despair, and facedown card and destroying them. Before the tornado had completely vanished, the symbol of Monster Reborn appeared and revived the Marauding Captain. "I then sacrifice my revived Marauding Captain to summon the stronger Freed the Matchless General (2300/1700) to the field!" The Captain vanished, and in his place appeared the taller, mustached Freed. "Freed, destroy his Cyber Raider!" Freed rushed forth and drew his sword. He raised the narrow blade high and brought it down on the Raider's right shoulder, cleaving through the machine's chest all the way to its left hip. The Raider fell into two separate pieces in a flash of sparks and a burst of oil before it vanished completely.
Zachary: 1900 Yamato: 900
"This duel is mine, Yamato," claimed Zachary, "you have no chance. I control the field, and now you don't have any facedown cards to surprise me with. You're finished."
"We'll see," replied Yamato as he plucked off the top card of his deck. He then briefly looked at the card and set it into one of the Spell/Trap slots of his Duel Disk. He then motioned to Zachary that his turn was over.
Zachary chose to use Freed's effect to search through his deck and draw a Warrior of level 4 or less from it. He quickly rifled through his cards and selected one, which he instantly summoned, "Come forth, Zombyra the Dark (2100/500)!" The black-armored warrior emerged with a sweep of its blood- red cape. But Yamato remained calm behind the golden-armored man that had suddenly appeared before him. "What is that?" Zachary asked in confusion.
"While you amassed your army," explained Yamato, "I activated the one thing that's keeping me safe from your monsters: Thunder of Ruler." As Yamato spoke, the man in golden armor drew his sword and thrust it forward, knocking Zombyra and Freed off their feet. "Thunder of Ruler forces you to skip your Battle Phase, so you are unable to even order your Warriors to attack."
Zachary grinded his teeth together and snapped at Yamato, "Then go! Your card will only last one turn, I assume."
"That's correct," admitted Yamato as he drew. He immediately set the new card into one of the Spell/Trap slots of his Duel Disk, and the card appeared in front of him facedown.
"You are relying too much on these single cards," stated Zachary, "in war, individual soldiers cannot decide the outcome." Then he drew, and placed a monster in defense mode. "Now, Zombyra!" he cried as he thrust his finger outward, "Attack directly!" Zombyra leapt forward, his fist held ready to strike Yamato. Suddenly, a barrier of blue light sprung up about Yamato, and Zombyra's fist rebounded off of it. Zachary looked beyond the barrier to discover that Yamato had activated Negate Attack.
"Once again I prove you wrong, Zachary," stated Yamato.
"Then take your turn," replied his opponent, "you can't defend yourself forever."
"No," confessed Yamato as he glanced at the card he had drawn, "I can't. But what I can do is play Change of Heart on your facedown monster." The half-angel, half-demon appeared, and immediately took control of Zachary's defense monster. "Then I sacrifice your monster to summon my strongest monster, the Cyber-Tech Alligator (2500/1600)." The great, scaled machine appeared in place of the facedown card, and let out a great mechanical roar. "Cyber-Tech Alligator, destroy Freed the Matchless General," at Yamato's command, the Alligator expanded its immense wings and took flight, then dive-bombed Freed and tore him to shreds with its sharp bronze claws and powerful silver jaws (hey, that rhymes!).
Zachary: 1700 Yamato: 900
Zachary drew, beads of sweat forming on his brow. When he saw the card he had drawn, he relaxed a bit and played it, "The Swords of Revealing Light will protect me for three turns!" The twenty swords appeared around Yamato, separating he and his monsters completely from Zachary.
"The Swords of Revealing Light have hindered me before," stated Yamato, "but I have never lost a duel because of them." He drew, and simply played the monster he had drawn in defense mode.
Zachary then drew, and grinned, "I have drawn the card that will spell your defeat, Yamato. I play Polymerization, fusing Zombyra the Dark with Maryokutai from my hand to summon The Last Warrior from Another Planet (2350/2300)!" Next to Zombyra, a white skull with a strange red ball attached to its top appeared. Then the two swirled together into a vortex. From the vortex emerged a huge humanoid being, about eight feet tall. Its immense muscles were visible beneath an olive-green skin. On its left shoulder a strange cannon was perched, while its right arm, which was longer than the left, was covered by a mass of metal and tubing that trailed all the way to the ground and ended in a wicked-looking claw. "The Last Warrior from Another Planet will bring about your doom, Yamato, so draw your card and watch as your monsters are shredded!"
"I disagree," stated Yamato, "I'll just summon-"
"You can't!" interrupted Zachary, "The Last Warrior from Another Planet keeps any new monsters from being summoned, which means you'll be utterly defenseless in two turns!"
"Then I'll just end my turn," declared Yamato, "my Cyber-Tech Alligator is still stronger than your Warrior, so currently I have nothing to worry about."
Zachary drew and grinned at Yamato as he played the card, "Well, start worrying. I equip the Last Warrior from Another Planet with the Horn of the Unicorn (3050/3000)!" A bright, golden horn emerged from the center of the Last Warrior's forehead, and a great light blue aura appeared about it. "Last Warrior from Another Planet, destroy the Cyber-Tech Alligator!" The Warrior thrust out its long right arm and grabbed the Cyber-Tech Alligator with its huge claw. The Warrior tightened its grip, crushing through several layers of armor on the Alligator. Then the Warrior pulled the Alligator up close, thrust its shoulder-mounted cannon into the mouth of the reptilian machine, and fired. The Cyber-Tech Alligator's head blew apart, and the winged robot, now headless, fell to the floor and vanished. "This duel's over, Yamato."
Zachary: 1700 Yamato: 150
"It's not over yet, Zachary," declared Yamato as he drew, "now I play Pot of Greed, and draw another two cards." He glanced at the two cards, and calmly played one of them, "Mystical Space Typhoon will rid me of these pesky Swords." A black cyclone appeared around Yamato, and each of the multiple Swords of Revealing Light burst.
Zachary looked confused, "Why get rid of the Swords? I would think you would be more concerned with the Last Warrior from Another Planet."
"You'll see now," Yamato explained, "as I show you perhaps the most important element of war: eliminating your opponent's strengths. I play De- Fusion." The Last Warrior was suddenly torn in half down its middle, and each half transformed into one of the two monsters that had originally been fused. "Now I flip Robotic Knight (1600/1800) into attack mode."
"It doesn't matter that you've defeated my Last Warrior," stated Zachary, "Zombyra can easily destroy that monster, it's so weak."
"I won't have to worry about my Knight fighting Zombyra," said Yamato, "Kinetic Soldier (1350/1800) will take care of him." A blue, humanoid android appeared. It had a green head and a laser cannon mounted on it left shoulder.
"That thing's even weaker," said Zachary, obviously a bit confused.
"As I said," said Yamato, "in war, you have to eliminate your opponent's strengths. That's exactly what Kinetic Soldier will do for me right now, because whenever the Soldier battles a Warrior, it will gain 2000 attack and defense points. So now, Robotic Knight, attack Maryokutai." The British- general-robot trudged towards the mechanical skull and struck with its rapier, slicing through the skull and bringing Zachary's Life Points down to 900. "Now to finish this," said Yamato, "Kinetic Soldier, attack Zombyra the Dark." The Kinetic Soldier (3350/3800) gathered green energy in its shoulder-mounted cannon and released it in an enormous blast at Zombyra, shattering the dark Warrior's skeleton and finishing the duel.
Zachary: 0 Yamato: 150
The Duel Disks and holograms deactivated, and Yamato and Zachary walked towards each other. Yamato offered his hand, and Zachary accepted it in a shake. "You duel well," said Yamato.
"As do you," replied Zachary with a smile, "I hope we will be able to duel again."
Yamato nodded in reply, and the two exited the arena.
"The sixth duel of the Tokyo Duel Monsters Tournament Finals will begin immediately!" declared Cerberus, "Nick and Lin, report to the dueling arena immediately!" Lin stood up with a smile and walked to the arena. Nick followed him after briefly adjusting the thin gray cloth that served as an eye-patch.
So, five duels down, eleven to go. Hope you guys enjoyed this, considering how late it was.