Well, here I am with another story. But this one has some very unique characteristics. For one, I'm Co-Authoring with my friend, Edgar. Next, this story is 100 Years since Battle City (For another good story about that, check out Aldea's 100 Years After Battle City). Now, here we go!
Disclaimer: Neither Edgar, nor I, Time Mage, owns Yu-Gi-Oh!
Return of Battle City: Wandering Souls
Ultimate Clash!
Nearly one hundred years have passed since the last major Duel Monsters Tournament. The God Cards have disappeared, and the Millennium Items have been hidden for decades, waiting in the shadows. However, the Items will never be gone forever, refusing to leave the world that they are a part of.
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A small wind rushed across the ground, carrying dust with it. The streets of Domino were barren and crumbling. Two boys stared each other in the eye, determination blazing in their eyes.
"I've got two Locator Cards, so I'll wager only one against you." The one on the left hand side stated calmly. He was younger than his opponent, no older than sixteen. His hair was blond and spiked into small locks that fell against his scalp. He was dressed in blue jeans, while his shirt was red, hanging open over a black t-shirt.
"Same here." The other responded. He was tall, nearly six feet, and nearing seventeen years of age. He wore a white t-shirt that was almost completely covered by a black vest that he let hang open, blowing in the breeze, while his light-weight black pants tugged in an attempt to escape with the wind. He held out his left arm and his white Duel Disk activated, the holographic projectors releasing and lighting up in the sides, lining the field, while the Hologram Display drives clicking together. His opponent did the same. "I'm Kai Kaethan, by the way."
"Kevin Hunter, and I am honored to face you."
"Duel!" they simultaneously shouted, drawing a five-card hand each. Their Duel Disks both clocked up to four thousand Life Points.
LP: Kai-4000/Kevin-4000
"I'll go first." Kevin offered as he drew a sixth card, Kai nodding in agreement. "I'll set one card face down," he began, sliding the card into the Dueling System, a brown backed card appearing in front of him. "Then I summon Sangan in defense mode." Another card appeared, but face up, and a flash of light covering it as a small ball of tan fur with three large yellow eyes and small acid green appendages appeared. (1000/600). "That ends my turn."
"A Sangan." Kai muttered slowly, drawing his card. "I see. Well then, I'll summon the Retrained Celtic Guardian, in attack mode!" The new monster was slightly taller than Kai, but had a much broader body, covered in leather and steel armor. His eyes were a yellow, very similar to Sangan's, but his hair was yell, mostly covered by a thick skull cap. In its right hand it wielded a broadsword. (1400/1000). "And I'll attack your Sangan with it!" The elf charged across the field and slashed down, splitting the Sangan in half.
"Then I'll end my turn by setting two cards face down." Twin brown backed cards appeared between Kai and his sword wielder.
"You of course know Sangan's special ability?" Kevin asked.
"You're allowed to search you deck for a monster with up to 1500 attack points." Kai confirmed.
"Exactly." Kevin laughed as he pulled his deck loose and began to shuffle through it. He quickly decided on his monster and then rapidly shuffled his deck before sliding it back into the Duel Disk. "And now I'll draw, fallowed by a monster in defense mode. That'll end my turn." Kevin smiled as anther card appeared on his field.
Kai picked up his card nervously. 'If I attack, it may be a trap. He most likely chose one of two things with his Sangan. First, it's a monster with a special ability that'll be activated when I attack. Or two, it has a very high defensive power, which will seriously hurt my Life Points.' He glanced at his new card and smiled wide.
"I activate Card of Sanctity." He said, slipping the new card into the Duel system and pressing a button to activate it.
"What does that do?" Kevin asked bewildered.
"Card of Sanctity allows us both to draw until we each have six cards in our hand."
"Well, as much as I'd love a new hand, I can't risk you getting anything useful, so I activate Magic Drain!" Kevin's trap card rolled up into Kai's view, a bright light bursting from it. "With this trap card, I can negate your magic card." Out of the light sprung a pale green figure that seemed weak and under nourished. It latched onto Kai's Card of Sanctity and began to try and absorb it energy. However, as it seemed to be growing stronger, it disappeared altogether. "What?" Kevin shouted in confusion.
"Magic Drain is powerful and effective, but it can be countered if I discard one magic card from my hand, such as the Giant Trunade I just discarded." Kai explained as Kevin stared into his eyes, a smile appearing.
"You surprise me, Mr. Kaethan." He chuckled. "I was hoping that I could fool you by leaving that bit of information out. Now I see that I shouldn't have underestimated you."
"Nor I you. Now, let us get serious."
"Agreed."
"Now then, I draw three cards for Card of Sanctity, while you draw only one." Kai said with a grin. "Then I play my Y Dragon Cannon, in attack mode." The new monster was red and seemed to be made of metal plating. It had a small body with a long neck that extended forward, ending in a serpent head, two sapphire blue eyes shimmering above the large mouth. Small bat-like wings stretched forward on either side, giving it a completed dragon look. (1500/1600)
"Now my Dragon Cannon will attack!" he commanded. The mechanical monsters jaws opened wide, revealing a thing gun barrel. A blast of blue lightning extended out of the monster and struck Kevin's face down card, a sphere of electricity enclosing and covering Kevin's monster, which flipped over to show a monster that was truly just a small ball of gray mass. It exploded, Kevin grinning happily all along.
"That was my Giant Germ." Kevin began to explain before Kai could even ask. "Although relatively weak, it has a rather useful effect."
"And that would be…?" Kai began his question, his words trailing.
"When Giant Germ is attacked, it will inflict 500 points of damage to your Life Points," Kai stared wide-eyed at his Duel Disk as his Life Points dropped from 4000 to 3500. "Next, I'm allowed to search my deck for two more Giant Germs to take its place." Kai watched in horror as two more of the colorless amebas appeared in defense mode.
"Funny that these cards, like a plague, spread and multiply as they are fought, allowing for the stronger to rise."
"Very interesting." Kai jested with a smile. "I'll set one more card face down and end my turn."
LP: Kai-3500/Kevin-4000
"No attack?" Kevin inquired. "If you don't attack, you leave me with two monsters to sacrifice this turn."
"Very true, but I'll take my chances with an attack I can block over direct damage, which I can't counter." Kai reasoned.
"Suit yourself." Kevin shrugged. "Now I'll sacrifice my two Giant Germs for my Hyozanryu!" The two balls of mass disappeared and were replaced by a tall dragon that was a brilliant light blue, yet there was a transparent white mixed in. It seemed to be made of a rough-edged diamond. Its head was thin and pointed, with a single horn extending upward out of its snout, while two more out of the back of its head. Extending out of its back were two wings of the same jagged diamond as the rest of its body. (2100/2800). "Now my dragon, attack! Destroy his retrained Celtic Guardian!" Kevin commanded. The dragons mouth opened and a small ball of energy appeared, growing in size. "Attack!" The dragon released the blast, which completely engulfed the swordsman.
However, when the smoke had cleared, the sword wielder was still standing strong, its sword tightly clasped in its hands.
"What the...How?" Kevin gasped.
"The Retrained Celtic Guardian has a special effect." Kai explained. "It cannot be destroyed by a mosnter with more than 1900 attack points. I still take battle damage," he glanced at his Duel Disk, which ticked down to 2700. "But that means I have an everlasting barrier between you and my Life Points."
"Fine then. I end my turn." Kevin muttered.
"Then I'll gladly go." Kai smiled. "I summon a monster in defense mode, switch my two monsters to defense mode, and end my turn."
"Well then, I guess I have little choice but to attack your face down monster." Kevin sighed. "After all, attacking your Guardian wouldn't achieve much, and I think I can do more with that face down card in comparison to attacking that Dragon. So go Hyozanryu, attack with Thunder Burst!" The dragon charged its energy high and then released, incinerating Kai's monster. What was revealed was a small silver pod with a large green lens.
"That's my Cyber Jar." Kai explained. "And it is one of the most powerful cards in the game. It destroys all monsters on the field, and then we each draw four cards. Then we summon all level four or lower monsters to the field."
"I know." Kevin said, sounding annoyed. He watched as an immense explosion covered the field and destroyed Kai's two monsters and Kevin's one dragon. They then both pulled five cards from their decks and placed them on their Duel Disks, large holograms of each appearing. "You've got Kycoo the Ghost Destroyer, Skilled Dark Magician, Mystical Space Typhoon, Spell Shield Type-8, Dust Tornado, and another Mystical Space Typhoon." he read.
"And you have," Kai analyzed each card. "Riryoku Field, Nightmare Steel Cage, Dragon Dwelling in the Cave, Spear Dragon, and...." His voice stropped in shock. He continued to stare at the card, his focus intense, yet he seemed ready to faint.
Kevin smiled with satisfaction of how his last card had surprised so effectively. "Yes," he began, smiling wide. "A Blue Eyes White Dragon."
"How?" Kai stammered.
"It wasn't easy, trust me on that. It took me nearly five years to hunt it down, and then about six months to win it from the guy that had it before I did. I entered Battle City in hopes of finding the other two."
"Who are you, some decedent to Seto Kaiba?" Kai demanded.
"No, just a skilled collector."
"Well, I think I know what card I'll be walking away from this Duel with." Kai said with a hearty laugh. "But you'll just have to wait and see my rarest card."
"Fair enough." Kevin nodded. "Now my Dragon Dwelling in the Cave is summoned in defense mode, while I'll summon my Spear Dragon in attack mode." A young, small dragon with turquoise scales appeared, laying on its belly, while a small, blue dragon with a manila stomach and a large horn extending out of its face began to hover over Kevin's field, poised for attack. "Then I'll set one card face down and end my turn."
"Very well." Kai said as he drew a card. "I'll set two card face down and the I'll use this Mystical Space Typhoon I just drew to destroy your trap card." A swirl of wind emerged around Kevin's single face down card, which began to shake violently. Finally, a bolt of lightning reached down into the monsoon and struck the card, blowing Kevin's Riryoku Field apart. "And my magic card will not only destroy your trap, but it also triggers my Skilled Dark Magician's special ability." Kai smirked.
"What special ability?" Kevin demanded, raising an eyebrow.
"Whenever a magic card is played, my Magician will receive one magic counter. Once he has three magic
counters, I'll be able to summon one of my most powerful monsters. But for now, I'll sacrifice my Ghost Destroyer to summon my Chaos Command Magician!" The blue robed spell caster dissolved and reformed as a taller figure in black robes lined with gold, a long ebony staff in hand. (2400/1900) "And I'll attack your Spear Dragon; Chaos Curse!" The mage extended his staff towards the sky as blasts of black lightning reached out of the sky and obliterated the blue lizard. "That ends my turn."
LP: Kai-2700/Kevin-3500
Kevin drew a card and then glanced at his hand. "I'll summon a monster in defense mode. Plus, I'll activate my Heavy Storm magic card!" A large gust of wind began to pick up, spinning around both players as Kai's four face down cards began to shake and tremble.
"I'm not gonna let you!" Kai shouted, pressing one of the switches on his Duel Disk. One of the cards lifted itself, revealing a golden circle with Gaelic symbols scratched into it appeared. A purple vapor began to seep out of the ring and swirl in the opposite direction of the wind, soon canceling the storm. "By discarding one card from my hand, I can disarm your magic card. So I'll discard this, my Z Metal Tank." Kai slipped the card into his Graveyard, which began to pull the card in. "And by using your magic card, you've also added a magic counter to my Skilled Magician."
"You mean it also gains counters for my magic cards?!" Kevin asked in disbelief.
"Exactly. Now, can I go?" Kai inquired. Kevin nodded. "Good. I draw." he glanced at the new card before slipping it into his Duel Disk. "I activate Card Destruction!" he said, folding his hand together and setting it in his Graveyard.
"We both discard our hands and draw a new hand of the same number of cards. So I draw two cards, and you draw six." Kevin clenched his teeth as he folded his cards together and shoved them into his Duel Disk, and then drew the required cards. "And that makes three magic counters. So now, Skilled Dark Magician, I sacrifice you to summon," The sorcerer disappeared in a flash of light and was replaced by a tall figure in robes of similar make to the Chaos Magician, but purple, while he held an aquamarine stave. "The Dark Magician!" (2500/2100) "Now Dark Magician, attack his defense monster! Dark Magic Attack!" The magician extended his staff towards the brown backed, a wave of bright neon light rushing towards it, but then bounced off harmlessly before it turned and fell upon Kai. "What was that?"
"That would be my ultimate defense, the Big Shield Guardna!" Kevin laughed in triumph. "And with a defensive power of 2600, you can't break through! In fact, you just lost yourself 100 Life Points."
LP: Kai-2600/ Kevin-3500
"True." Kai admitted. "But your Guardna has one major weakness. It switches to attack mode every time it successfully fends off my attacks. Which means next turn I'll be able to seriously damage you life points!"
"Shows how much you know." Kevin grinned. "I'll now activate Monster Reborn to revive my Blue Eyes White Dragon!" he shouted, slapping the card onto the card reader. The great leviathan sudden erupted from the green magic card that had appeared. It's blue and white scales shimmering while its solid sapphire eyes glared down on my magicians. "Then I'll summon the Lord of Dragons, in attack mode!" Kevin's new monster was a man in armor that appeared to be made of dragon hide, while a blue cape began to flap in the wind. "And I'll use this Flute of Summoning Dragon to summon two more dragons to the field." The next magic card was that of a long gold pipe with a dragon head carved into the end. The capped figure snatched it out of the air and blew hard, which then was allowed by two more dragons appearing. The first being small and blue, hovering in the air by way of two small wings. "Sapphire Dragon." (1900/1600) Kevin introduced. "And then Luster Dragon!" (2400/1400) The next monster was green, seeming to be made of emerald. It's head was pointed and its wings wide. "That gives me an attack force of four monsters, plus my Guardna's overwhelming defensive power." he chuckled, turning the card side ways. "Now my Blue Eyes, attack! Destroy the Dark Magician!"
The dragon opened its jaws, revealing a maw of jagged teeth. A star of white and blue began to form, but quickly transferred to a beam of white light that reached towards Kai's monsters.
"I'll activate my Negate Attack trap card, stopping your attack and ending your turn!" Kai sighed as he watched his trap card come to life and form a wall between the attack and his monsters. "That is, unless you want to use any magic or traps cards still."
"Not right now." Kevin grinned. "But soon, I'll have you on your knees. Nothing can save you from some of the greatest monsters in the entire game!"
"We'll see." Kai replied, rather calmly as he picked his new card. "I'll set this card face down, and end my turn by switching both of my monsters to defense mode."
"Very well." Kevin smiled as he drew his new card. "I now play Pot of Greed."
"I don't think so!" Kai replied, activating another of his trap cards. "My Spell Shield Type-8 allows me to discard one card from my hand to negate the activation of one of your magic cards. So goodbye Blade Knight, and he'll take your Pot of Greed with him." Kai said, dropping the card into the Graveyard. "Anything else?"
"Yes, as a matter of fact." Kevin smirked. "Luster Dragon, attack and destroy his Chaos Magician!" The green beast opened its mouth as green flames began to lick at his tongue while forming together. "Burst Stream!"The flames exploded from its mouth, quickly consuming and burning the Chaos Command Magician. "Then my Blue Eyes will attack your Dark Magician!" The white blast began to lance towards the mage again.
"Yet again, I'm not going to let you!" Kai shouted, activating his newest face down card. A pair of cups appeared in front of the magician, the first one absorbing the beam. "My Magic Cylinders trap will take your attack and turn it back on one of yours." The light began to transfer into the second cylinder. "And I'll aim for your Lord of Dragons! The attack was released and struck Kevin's monster, which withered in pain before disappearing. "That should help to even the score."
LP: Kai-2600/ Kevin-1700
"Fine." Kevin growled as he set two cards.
"Then I'll go." Kai said, drawing a card. "And I'll start by destroying your two face down cards with my two set Dust Tornado's!" Kai's two cards both rose up, a cyclone of wind reaching from each, striking Kevin's two set cards, which revealed themselves to be Seven Tools of the Bandit and Imperial Order. "That was close." Kai sighed in relief.. "Then I'll set this card face down, and I'll switch my Dark Magician to attack mode, and end my turn by attacking your Sapphire Dragon!" Kai's mage released another wave of light, which overpowered and destroyed the blue creature.
LP: Kai-2600/ Kevin- 1100
"You fool!" Kevin shouted in disbelief. "Your monster is five hundred points weaker than my monster. Which means one of two things. One: You're trying to destroy yourself. Or two, and far more likely, you've set up a trap for my dragon. Am I right?"
"Maybe." Kai said with an offhand shrug.
"Well, I'm not going to take that risk. So I'll first summon my Kamouri Dragon, and then set this card before attacking." Kevin grinned as a new brown backed card appeared. Then his dragon began to power up for another attack.
"I activate Shadow Spell!" Kai shouted as black chains sprung forth out of the card that had raised itself up. The shackles began to wrap around the beast, which then began to lessen the ferocity of its attack. "That will keep you from changing to defense mode, plus it will lower your attack points by 700." Kai said as the dragons power dropped to 2300.
"You're right." Kevin smiled. "My attack points will be lowered, but not low enough."
"What do you mean?" Kai demanded, his eyes widening.
"I activate my placed magic card, Dragon Nails!" The Blue Eyes White Dragons claws began to glow, shifting in shape and size. When the light had gone, the taloned hands had been covered by thick steel gauntlets. "This card will raise my monsters attack power by 600, all the way up to 2900. That should be enough to block your attack and destroy your Magician." As he said this, the magicians attack was met and overpowered by the dragons White Lightning attack. "And that should affect your Life Points significantly. Especially when my Kamouri Dragon attacks your Life Points directly!" The purple reptile released a small explosion of orange flames that beat against Kai's body.
LP: Kai-700/ Kevin- 1100
"Your turn."
Kai reached a shaking hand towards his Duel Disk and gripped the top card from his deck. He began to pull when a sound to his left stopped him.
"Mind if we cut in?" A cold voice seethed.
Kai and Kevin both shifted their attention towards two men in cloaks, both bearing a Duel Disk on their left arm.
"And who are you?" Kevin demanded. "And why are you interrupting our Duel?"
"We are called Rare Hunters." The shorter one explained, not that he was short. He seemed to be about three inches taller than either Kevin or Kai. "We hunt for rare cards and present them to our master, who then rewards us handsomely."
"Yes, and you two have a variety of cards that we want. So the stakes are our entire Dueling Decks against yours, winners take all." the other one explained.
"So you want to tag-team us?" Kai observed.
"Exactly." The second one replied, smiling wickedly.
Kevin and Kai turned their heads to each other, held a silent conversation in a matter of seconds, and then returned their attention to the Rare Hunters.
"We accept."
To be Continued....
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Well people, there you have it. The first step of myself and Edgar in our careers as Co-Authors. We'll be accepting Original Characters (OC's) soon. For now, enjoy. I'll get back to this after I've done some more work on Return To Duelist Kingdom. See ya.