Sammantha and Robert had been wandering the business section of the island
for almost an hour, duels taking place all around them all heated and
visually stunning. Yet the two had yet to duel anyone out of a hundred
Duelists it seemed as if Robert and Sammantha were the only two not
Dueling.
"This sucks." Robert soused as the couple passed yet another active Duel, one of the players had just attacked a face down Fiber jar, effectively resetting the game.
"I know hon, but you can't Duel people that are already in a match." Sammantha put her left arm around Robert's shoulders and gave him a hug.
"But, we could Duel each other if you really want." Sammantha added looking into Roberts eyes, a mischievous smile on her face.
"No, I want to face off in the finals with you. the last thing either of us need is to get washed out in the fist five hours of the Tournament, that'd just be embarrassing." Robert stopped and watched a Duel being shown on one of the monitors in a shop window. The Duel was Yugi and some freak in a black cloak, it looked like they were giving one another a pretty tough run.
The man in black had a Wing Weaver in attack mode and Yugi had what looked like three black top hats on the field. "Humph, must be the magical hats trap card." Robert said to himself and continued on.
"Hey, isn't that Weevil Underwood up there?" Sammantha inquired of Robert pointing ahead to a short blue haired man having what looked like a heated argument with a relatively young Duelist.
"Yeah, I think it is. Let's go check it out." Robert replied and broke into a light jog towards the Insect Duelist.
"Hand them over!" Weevil shouted, holding the young boys shirt by the collar and shaking slightly.
"But, I never agreed to give up more than one rare card if I lost, the rules say that if both Duelists don't agree the standard wager of on rare card holds." The kid was on the verge of tears as Robert and Sammantha ran up.
"Help! He's insane!!" The kid cried looking over at Sammantha, the tears now freely running down his cheeks.
"Let him go Underwood!" Robert stepped forward and placed a firm hand on Weevils shoulder and squeezed making Weevil cringe in pain under Roberts grip.
Weevil released the kid, who promptly fell to the ground and wept. Sammantha was at his side in less than a second comforting him and wiping the tears from his eyes with a handkercheif from her bag.
"This is none of your business!" Weevil cried out, rubbing his shoulder and staring at Robert angrily.
"I've just made it my business. I heard what was going on here, you were trying to rip off this kids rare cards." Robert's jaw was clenched and his eyes looked as though they were about to fire lasers at Weevil.
"If there's one thing I will NOT tolerate it's a bully, I could beat the crap out of you right now... But that wouldn't be fair. So instead we'll settle this in a Duel, my first Battle Island Opponent is you Weevil Underwood!" Robert locked his Duel Disk in place and launched the holographic projection gliders.
"Fine, and to make it interesting I'll put up both of my star points... But you have to put up three of your rare cards." Weevil said as he too locked his Duel Disk in place and launched the gliders.
"Deal. Let's rock bug boy." Both Duel Disks began to glow the words 'Terms Accepted' appeared in the middle of the newly established field. Rotating Life Point screens appeared on the corners of the field.
"Just to show you what a nice guy I am Weevil, you can go first." Robert said and then drew his opening hand.
"Fine, I'll draw and then set one Face down Monster. Followed by two magic or trap cards. My turn is done." Weevil smiled and let his hand rest near the activation switch on his first magic or trap card.
'Heh, once he attacks my man-eater bug I'll activate my Time Seal trap. He doesn't know who he's up against.' Weevil thought.
"Fine Weevil, I'll draw my card for this turn, then activate the Pot of Greed magic card." Robert slid the card into an open magic slot on his Duel Disk, the massive blue and green container appeared on the field and Robert drew his two cards.
"Next I'll play Raigeki, destroying all of your monsters without activating any flip effects they might have." Robert activated the card and massive bolts of lightning began to rain down upon Weevils side of the field.
"NO! My Man-Eater! You'll pay for that." Weevil cried out as the hologram of the face down card ignited and burned away from the lightning strike.
"I'm not done yet Weevil, maybe you should start running a tab for me." Robert smirked, his deck was being quite good to him today.
"Now I activate harpies Feather Duster, destroying your set cards." Robert set the card and pressed the activation switch. A massive vortex assaulted Weevils magic and trap cards.
"WHAT!? NO! Where did you get these cards?" Weevil was beginning to break down. Robert on the other hand continued to simply stare at the Bug Duelist with an angry look in his eyes.
"I really wish you'd stop interrupting Weevil, because I'm about to cut your life points down by more than half." Robert said as he pulled a card from his hand.
"I summon the Lord of D. in attack mode, then I'll play the Flute of Summoning Dragon, which specials summons my two Spear Dragons to the field. Then I'll set one magic or trap card and attack you directly with my three monsters." Robert said, and heeding his words the three monsters launched themselves across the field straight at Weevil.
"AH! No, How... how can you be this strong?" Weevil cried out as his life mints dropped.
Weevil: 3000
Robert: 8000
"It's called Karma Weevil, What goes around Comes around, You're going to get everything you've given back ten fold in this Duel." Robert said as he ended his turn. His two Spear dragons automatically shifting into defense mode per their effect.
"You may have taken an early lead in this Duel, But remember who you're up against!" Weevil called out as he drew his card for this turn.
"I know who I'm up against Weevil. A bully and a cheat." Robert shot back, his gaze still hadn't wavered. His black coat coat a stray breeze and whipped to his left, his short brown hair however was relatively unchanged.
"You'll regret those words! Lady Luck doesn't always stick around. I summon, Insect Soldiers of the Sky in attack mode!" Weevil said proudly as he set the monster card into his Duel Disk.
The Green and Brown flying bug materialized on the field hovering in front of Weevil.
"Then I'll equip it with the Laser Cannon Armor and attack your Lord of D." Weevil set the Magic card and the flying bugs body began to change, armor plated the thorax and head of the creature and a Laser appeared mounted to the its underside.
Roberts expression didn't waver, even as his Lord of D. caught a blast to the chest and disappeared from the field.
Weevil: 3000
Robert: 7900
"Good for you Weevil, looks like you can actually Duel." Robert was smiling.
"I'm not done yet. I'll set these magic or trap cards and end my turn." Weevil said as he slid the cards into their respective slots.
"Fine, I'll draw my card..." Robert paused as he saw Weevil press the activation switch on his first set card.
"Gravity Bind! You're mighty Dragons can't attack while it's in play!" Weevil began to cackle with glee.
Sammantha and the young boy who had introduced himself to her as Ryu once he'd stopped crying watched from the sidelines.
"Oh no, with that Gravity Bind out and his Harpies Feather Duster already used he's in trouble." Ryu said sadly.
"Don't count Robert out yet, he's pulled his butt out of much tougher spots than a little Gravity Bind lock." Sammantha reassured the boy and then looked at Robert, smiling happily as she tried to guess which one of the possibly dozens of combos his deck was capable of he was going to use.
"But, all the monsters he has out are level four or higher... and Dragon decks aren't known for having really low level monsters in them." Ryu said as he looked at Sammantha quizzically.
"Trust me Ryu, he'll be fine it's only a Gravity Bind. I run a few of those in my own deck, I know there are plenty of ways around them." Sammantha said, never taking her eyes off of Robert.
"Hiding behind a wall of Gravity Weevil? That's really sad." Robert said as he drew his card.
"I activate, the Mystical Space Typhoon, destroying your Gravity Bind." Robert activated the card and his two Dragons roared and stretched their wings as they were no longer being held down.
"Now, I'll attack your Insect Soldier of the Sky with one of my Spear Dragons." The Dragon launched itself at the much smaller bug but was stopped in mid flight.
"I activate my face down card, Negate Attack!" Weevil declared as he pressed the button corresponding to the card he wanted.
"Fine then, My turn is over." Robert said and waited for Weevil to take his turn.
"I'll activate the magic card I just drew, Pot of Greed!" Weevil announced merrily as he played the card and drew two cards from his deck.
"Perfect, I'll play Monster Reborn on my Man-Eater Bug and sacrifice both of my Monsters for my new Insect Queen!" Weevil slid the cards into the Graveyard slot and set the Insect Queen card, the hideous bug appeared on the field with a shriek.
"Unfortunately she can't attack this turn due to her effect but your monsters are to weak to be any threat to my beautiful queen so I'll end my turn." Weevil was beaming with pride at having summoned his Insect Queen.
Robert was a little concerned now, Weevil was right his Spear Dragons, while powerful, didn't stand a chance against the Insect Queen in a head to head battle. 'No, I'll take this insect loving psycho down.' Robert thought to himself as he drew his card. As he looked at it a vicious smile crept over his face.
This Duel was his.
"This sucks." Robert soused as the couple passed yet another active Duel, one of the players had just attacked a face down Fiber jar, effectively resetting the game.
"I know hon, but you can't Duel people that are already in a match." Sammantha put her left arm around Robert's shoulders and gave him a hug.
"But, we could Duel each other if you really want." Sammantha added looking into Roberts eyes, a mischievous smile on her face.
"No, I want to face off in the finals with you. the last thing either of us need is to get washed out in the fist five hours of the Tournament, that'd just be embarrassing." Robert stopped and watched a Duel being shown on one of the monitors in a shop window. The Duel was Yugi and some freak in a black cloak, it looked like they were giving one another a pretty tough run.
The man in black had a Wing Weaver in attack mode and Yugi had what looked like three black top hats on the field. "Humph, must be the magical hats trap card." Robert said to himself and continued on.
"Hey, isn't that Weevil Underwood up there?" Sammantha inquired of Robert pointing ahead to a short blue haired man having what looked like a heated argument with a relatively young Duelist.
"Yeah, I think it is. Let's go check it out." Robert replied and broke into a light jog towards the Insect Duelist.
"Hand them over!" Weevil shouted, holding the young boys shirt by the collar and shaking slightly.
"But, I never agreed to give up more than one rare card if I lost, the rules say that if both Duelists don't agree the standard wager of on rare card holds." The kid was on the verge of tears as Robert and Sammantha ran up.
"Help! He's insane!!" The kid cried looking over at Sammantha, the tears now freely running down his cheeks.
"Let him go Underwood!" Robert stepped forward and placed a firm hand on Weevils shoulder and squeezed making Weevil cringe in pain under Roberts grip.
Weevil released the kid, who promptly fell to the ground and wept. Sammantha was at his side in less than a second comforting him and wiping the tears from his eyes with a handkercheif from her bag.
"This is none of your business!" Weevil cried out, rubbing his shoulder and staring at Robert angrily.
"I've just made it my business. I heard what was going on here, you were trying to rip off this kids rare cards." Robert's jaw was clenched and his eyes looked as though they were about to fire lasers at Weevil.
"If there's one thing I will NOT tolerate it's a bully, I could beat the crap out of you right now... But that wouldn't be fair. So instead we'll settle this in a Duel, my first Battle Island Opponent is you Weevil Underwood!" Robert locked his Duel Disk in place and launched the holographic projection gliders.
"Fine, and to make it interesting I'll put up both of my star points... But you have to put up three of your rare cards." Weevil said as he too locked his Duel Disk in place and launched the gliders.
"Deal. Let's rock bug boy." Both Duel Disks began to glow the words 'Terms Accepted' appeared in the middle of the newly established field. Rotating Life Point screens appeared on the corners of the field.
"Just to show you what a nice guy I am Weevil, you can go first." Robert said and then drew his opening hand.
"Fine, I'll draw and then set one Face down Monster. Followed by two magic or trap cards. My turn is done." Weevil smiled and let his hand rest near the activation switch on his first magic or trap card.
'Heh, once he attacks my man-eater bug I'll activate my Time Seal trap. He doesn't know who he's up against.' Weevil thought.
"Fine Weevil, I'll draw my card for this turn, then activate the Pot of Greed magic card." Robert slid the card into an open magic slot on his Duel Disk, the massive blue and green container appeared on the field and Robert drew his two cards.
"Next I'll play Raigeki, destroying all of your monsters without activating any flip effects they might have." Robert activated the card and massive bolts of lightning began to rain down upon Weevils side of the field.
"NO! My Man-Eater! You'll pay for that." Weevil cried out as the hologram of the face down card ignited and burned away from the lightning strike.
"I'm not done yet Weevil, maybe you should start running a tab for me." Robert smirked, his deck was being quite good to him today.
"Now I activate harpies Feather Duster, destroying your set cards." Robert set the card and pressed the activation switch. A massive vortex assaulted Weevils magic and trap cards.
"WHAT!? NO! Where did you get these cards?" Weevil was beginning to break down. Robert on the other hand continued to simply stare at the Bug Duelist with an angry look in his eyes.
"I really wish you'd stop interrupting Weevil, because I'm about to cut your life points down by more than half." Robert said as he pulled a card from his hand.
"I summon the Lord of D. in attack mode, then I'll play the Flute of Summoning Dragon, which specials summons my two Spear Dragons to the field. Then I'll set one magic or trap card and attack you directly with my three monsters." Robert said, and heeding his words the three monsters launched themselves across the field straight at Weevil.
"AH! No, How... how can you be this strong?" Weevil cried out as his life mints dropped.
Weevil: 3000
Robert: 8000
"It's called Karma Weevil, What goes around Comes around, You're going to get everything you've given back ten fold in this Duel." Robert said as he ended his turn. His two Spear dragons automatically shifting into defense mode per their effect.
"You may have taken an early lead in this Duel, But remember who you're up against!" Weevil called out as he drew his card for this turn.
"I know who I'm up against Weevil. A bully and a cheat." Robert shot back, his gaze still hadn't wavered. His black coat coat a stray breeze and whipped to his left, his short brown hair however was relatively unchanged.
"You'll regret those words! Lady Luck doesn't always stick around. I summon, Insect Soldiers of the Sky in attack mode!" Weevil said proudly as he set the monster card into his Duel Disk.
The Green and Brown flying bug materialized on the field hovering in front of Weevil.
"Then I'll equip it with the Laser Cannon Armor and attack your Lord of D." Weevil set the Magic card and the flying bugs body began to change, armor plated the thorax and head of the creature and a Laser appeared mounted to the its underside.
Roberts expression didn't waver, even as his Lord of D. caught a blast to the chest and disappeared from the field.
Weevil: 3000
Robert: 7900
"Good for you Weevil, looks like you can actually Duel." Robert was smiling.
"I'm not done yet. I'll set these magic or trap cards and end my turn." Weevil said as he slid the cards into their respective slots.
"Fine, I'll draw my card..." Robert paused as he saw Weevil press the activation switch on his first set card.
"Gravity Bind! You're mighty Dragons can't attack while it's in play!" Weevil began to cackle with glee.
Sammantha and the young boy who had introduced himself to her as Ryu once he'd stopped crying watched from the sidelines.
"Oh no, with that Gravity Bind out and his Harpies Feather Duster already used he's in trouble." Ryu said sadly.
"Don't count Robert out yet, he's pulled his butt out of much tougher spots than a little Gravity Bind lock." Sammantha reassured the boy and then looked at Robert, smiling happily as she tried to guess which one of the possibly dozens of combos his deck was capable of he was going to use.
"But, all the monsters he has out are level four or higher... and Dragon decks aren't known for having really low level monsters in them." Ryu said as he looked at Sammantha quizzically.
"Trust me Ryu, he'll be fine it's only a Gravity Bind. I run a few of those in my own deck, I know there are plenty of ways around them." Sammantha said, never taking her eyes off of Robert.
"Hiding behind a wall of Gravity Weevil? That's really sad." Robert said as he drew his card.
"I activate, the Mystical Space Typhoon, destroying your Gravity Bind." Robert activated the card and his two Dragons roared and stretched their wings as they were no longer being held down.
"Now, I'll attack your Insect Soldier of the Sky with one of my Spear Dragons." The Dragon launched itself at the much smaller bug but was stopped in mid flight.
"I activate my face down card, Negate Attack!" Weevil declared as he pressed the button corresponding to the card he wanted.
"Fine then, My turn is over." Robert said and waited for Weevil to take his turn.
"I'll activate the magic card I just drew, Pot of Greed!" Weevil announced merrily as he played the card and drew two cards from his deck.
"Perfect, I'll play Monster Reborn on my Man-Eater Bug and sacrifice both of my Monsters for my new Insect Queen!" Weevil slid the cards into the Graveyard slot and set the Insect Queen card, the hideous bug appeared on the field with a shriek.
"Unfortunately she can't attack this turn due to her effect but your monsters are to weak to be any threat to my beautiful queen so I'll end my turn." Weevil was beaming with pride at having summoned his Insect Queen.
Robert was a little concerned now, Weevil was right his Spear Dragons, while powerful, didn't stand a chance against the Insect Queen in a head to head battle. 'No, I'll take this insect loving psycho down.' Robert thought to himself as he drew his card. As he looked at it a vicious smile crept over his face.
This Duel was his.