Here I am with another chapter all. This time we've got a segment staring Kevin Hunter, so let's get going. But first off, my Card of the Chapter:
Chaos Soldier-Messenger of Creation
3000/2500/Warrior/Light/8
Effect: This card cannot be Normal Summoned. Remove one Light and one Dark type monster in your Graveyard from play to Special Summon this card. Once during your turn, select and activate one of the fallowing effects:
-Remove one monster one the field from the game. If you activate this effect this monster cannot attack that turn.
-If this card destroys an opponents monster in battle, this monster may continue to attack one more time.
Here is one of the two primary terrors (I'll do the other another time) coming out in the next expansion series some time in March or April. And why not? Very high stats and an efficient summoning cost. I mean, it's not that hard to get a Light and a Dark type monster in the Grave. You can use Magician of Faith, D.D. Warrior Lady, Reflect Bounder, or a number of other such monsters for your Light type, while Witch of the Black Forest, Sangan, Mask of Darkness, Des Feral Imp, etc are all great for a Dark type. Furthermore, either of his effects is great. Either take out an enemy monster for GOOD (See ya Jinzo) and making room for an attack is always fun. Or, we have the chance to deal a whole heck full of damage to the opponent is good.
Now, something I need to mention concerning the second effect. You cannot attack with CS, then use someone else to clear the field, then come back with CS. If you choose this effect, you must CARRY through with the attack. Once you've wiped out the first monster, you must then go ahead and attack again IMMEDIATELY!
Overall Rating: 4/5
All information concerning this and most other Japanese cards comes from Edo's Yugioh Page. For more info, ask me for the URL and I'll hook you up.
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Now, on with the fic:
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Chapter 5: Blue Eyed Struggle
Kevin Hunter kicked the pavement of the street as he continued down the road. Ever since he and Kai had
gone their separate ways after the Duel with the Rare Hunters three hours ago. He had managed to fit a good number of the Rare Hunter's cards into his deck, but other than that, nothing particularly exciting had occurred.
'I wish I could find an opponent. I've been in three Duels so far but have only three Locator Cards to show for it. I wish Kai had waited on the Rare Hunters. Then I could have taken his Locator Card and Hand Rebirth card. But why did he accept in the first place?'
His thoughts returned to his previous Duels. The first opponent had been easy enough to defeat. After only a few turns and combinations had he won their prized Megamorph magic card, which he had hoped to make use of but had so far been without luck.
Then there was the Duel with Kai. Only a few other opponents before him had been able to push Kevin that hard. But what had scared him most of all was that Kai may have won had they continued. He was unsure and didn't want to go back, keep the Rare Hunters from interfering, and find out.
Finally the Duel with the Rare Hunters. It had been difficult, but with Kai as a partner it hadn't been too strenuous. Not to mention he had acquired a good number of powerful and rare cards in the process.
Kevin rested his shoulder against a warehouse door and folded his arms in frustration. "Where are all the Duelists?" I shouted in rage, twisting and punching the door. "I need some Locator Cards!" He smashed his other fist into the wooden door again and heard a click, fallowed by the sound of metal on concrete. The door slowly opened, a faint laugh echoing throughout the structure.
Kevin stepped in, his feet brushing the rusted steel lock that he had broken off when he was attacking the door. "Hello?" he called into the dark.
"Kevin Hunter, age sixteen, rank: four Stars," A voice responded as the laughter disappeared. "And your rarest card is one of the three Blue Eyes White Dragons." The voice seemed to be coming from everywhere as a result of the echos created by the hallow building. "You use a dragon deck, with a few other elements to help it along, resulting a small lack of flow between strategies." A figure suddenly dropped to the ground several meters ahead of Kevin, having fallen from a crossbeam high above.
He was robed in white pants and shirt of sorts. Leather boots covered his feet as did a white cloth that wrapped around his face, masking all but his eyes and a curved scar that ran through the one on the right. A few small spikes of blond hair reached out from under his covering, giving a feeling of only greater mystery.
"My name is Nick Freed, and I challenge you to a Duel!" he shouted, pointing at Kevin with his left arm while his Duel Disk activated. "You see, I to use a Dragon Deck, and I would absolutely love to add your Blue Eyes White Dragon to it, as well as another dragon that you possess." he cooed, narrowing his eyes. "I'm sure that you know of what I speak. However, I dare not utter its name until it has touched the field.
"Fine." Kevin grinned as his Duel Disk activated. "I have a feeling that you've what I want."
"If you're referring to the other two Blue Eyes, no." Nick replied, closing his eyes. "But after I have yours, I'll use it to flush out the other two."
"And you'll do that how?" Kevin asked.
"Because I'm looking for them." A new voice called from behind Kevin. He turned while Nick raised his sight above his opponent to view the intruder.
She was tall and slender, most likely 17 or so. Her hair was brown and waving, reaching her shoulders. She wore black pants with a teal shirt, a blue trench coat hanging open over her whole body, somewhat hugging her upper form and then fanning out loose from just above her waist down.
"My name is Serena, and I want that dragon." she stated calmly, glaring at Kevin.
"Listen lady," he started. "I'm Dueling him first, but I promise I'll deal with you afterwards." Serena opened her mouth to object, but then closed it and looked on with a bemused grin on her features.
"You seem confident." Nick chuckled as Kevin turned back to the Duel. "Of course you're running on the assumption that you'll get past me."
"I'm not worried." Kevin called back, drawing five cards. "So, two rare cards and two Locator Cards?" Nick nodded. "Then I'll start this Duel with my Ryu-Kishin Powered (1600/1200) in attack mode!" A red gargoyle creature appeared, rubbing his claws together greedily. "Then I'll set one card face down and end my turn."
"I'll summon my Blackland Fire Dragon (1500/800) in defense mode and end my turn." Nick stated calmly as a green dragon appeared.
'That was too simple for him.' Kevin concluded mentally. 'He summon that weak monster without anything to protect it. He even let me see it and know its stats. I don't like this at all.'
"I'll summon Spear Dragon (1900/0) in attack mode!" Kevin shouted as the blue scaled monster appeared. "And his special ability allows him to deal damage to you, even though your monster is in defense mode. Go Spear Dragon, Cyclone Blast!" The dragons long beak opened as a rapidly spinning twister burst out and crushed the smaller green beast.
Kevin-4000/Nick-2900
"Now my Ryu-Kishin can attack your Life Points directly!" The red creature charged in and swiped at Nick, knocking him back a bit.
Kevin-4000/Nick-1600
"Finally, my Spear Dragon switches to defense mode, ending my turn."
"Then I'll go." Nick stated calmly. "You should have been a bit more careful when you so hastily summoned your Spear Dragon, Mr. Hunter. You should always be causous about his second ability, as being forced into defense mode with a defensive power of zero can be devastating, as I'll show you now." He picked a new card from his deck and then added it to his hand, selecting another. "I'll summon my own Spear Dragon (1900/0) in attack mode! Now my monster, attack his Spear Dragon!"
Kevin-2100/Nick-1600
"I'll also set two cards face down and end my turn." Nick finished.
"Fine. I'll sacrifice my Ryu-Kishin Powered for my Luster Dragon (2400/1400)! Now my dragon, Burst Stream!" Kevin shouted. The green flames incinerated the blue dragon on Nick's field.
"I'll activate my trap card, Dragon Horde!" Nick called. "This trap card can only be activated when one of my monsters is destroyed, but it allows me to search my deck for three dragon monsters who's attack points are all under 1000 and summon them to the field in defense mode." He pulled his deck free and began to thumb through it. "I'll summon Pitch-Dark Dragon (900/600), Troop Dragon (700/800), and Two-Mouth Darkruler (900/700)."
"I'll end my turn by setting another card face down." Kevin growled. The Duel wasn't going his way at all.
"My turn." Nick called. "And I'll activate my quick-play magic card, Last Breath! This allows me to special summon a dragon monster with of level 5 or higher without a sacrifice until the end of my turn, when it will have to go the Graveyard. So I'll summon my Kiryu (2000/1500) in attack mode. Next I'll active my magic card, Wingbeat of Giant Dragon! This forces me to return one dragon type monster on my field with a level of five or higher to my hand, and then it will destroy all magic and trap cards on the field!"
A large dragon of fire appeared on the field and soared over to Kevin, brushing over his two set cards and destroying them. "Now I'll sacrifice my Two-Mouth Dark Ruler for my Black Onyx Dragon (2500/2600)!" Nick shouted as a black dragon with shimmering scales appeared. "Black Onyx Dragon, attack his Luster Dragon now!" The reptilian creature raised his head and unleashed a wave of orange flames that incinerated Kevin's monster.
Kevin-2000/Nick-1600
"I draw!" Kevin shouted. "I summon a monster in defense mode and end my turn!"
"Now I'll sacrifice my Troop Dragon to summon one of my rarest cards." Nick chuckled. A small silver/green dragon with four narrow wings appeared. "My Different Dimension Dragon (1200/1500) in attack mode! Also, when my Troop Dragon goes to the Graveyard, he's allowed to specially summon one of his relatives to the field in defense mode. Now I'll have my Black Onyx Dragon attack your monster, fallowed up by a direct attack from my Dimension Dragon!"
The orange flames crashed down on Kevin's monster, which revealed itself to be a purple dragon with two heads. It exploded, clearing the way for the ray of rainbow colored lights that was the Different Dimension Dragon's attack.
"Not quite." Kevin called. "My defensive monster was my Twin-Headed Behemoth (1500/12000, which will reform now with 1000 defense points, blocking your attack!"
"Very well." Nick replied. "I'll set one card face down. Your turn."
"I'll summon my Possessed Dark Soul (1200/800) in attack mode!" Kevin called. "Next I'll sacrifice him for his special ability: when Possessed Dark Soul is sacrificed, I can seize control of all your monsters with a level of 3 or lower!" Kevin explained as his fiery creature melted away. "So now, Troop Dragon and Pitch-Dark Dragon, come to me!" The two monsters on Nick's field both disappeared in a flash and then reappeared on Kevin's field. "Now I'll use this magic card, Second Summon!"
"What's that?" Nick demanded.
"This magic card will allow me to summon one dragon monster this turn, even though I've already done my summon for this move. So I sacrifice your two monsters to summon this: my Blue Eyes White Dragon (3000/2500)!" Nick stepped back in fear as Serena's lips cracked into a smile. "White Lightning!" The dragon's attack reached out for Nick's Different Dimension Dragon, which began to quake and jolt under the pressure. However, once the attack had cleared, the dragon still remained. "What?"
"My Dragon's special ability!" Nick explained. "He cannot be destroyed by an attack greater than 1900."
"But you'll still take damage." Kevin grinned. "So I win."
"Not quite." Nick replied. "I'll activate my face down trap card, Selfless Sacrifice!" The trap card in front of Nick activated as his Graveyard ejected itself from the Duel Disk. "I can remove monster in my Graveyard from play until their combined attack points are equal to the damage I would take, and therefore negate the damage." He held up his two Troop Dragons and Two-Mouth Darkruler. "Also, something you may have missed when you summoned that dragon, but now my third Troop Dragon is in summoned in defense mode!"
"Go." Kevin growled.
"Gladly. I'll summon a monster in defense mode and switch my Black Onyx Dragon and Different Dimension Dragon to defense mode. That ends my turn."
"Go Blue Eyes, White Lightning!" Kevin commanded. The burst of white light obliterated Nick's Black Onyx Dragon. "I'll also set one card face down and end my turn."
"I'll play my Horn of Light magic card to boost my Different Dimension Dragon's defense points by 800 (1200/2300). Then I'll end my turn." Nick said, maintaining his cold stare.
"Draw." Kevin called. "I'll summon Battle Ox in attack mode!" A tall Minotaur in red and brass armor wielding a massive axe appeared. "Go Battle Ox, attack his defense monster!" The bull swung down and cleaved Nick's card in half. However, it then reformed into a green scaled dragon that stood low on the ground as if sleeping.
"My Dragon Dwelling in the Cave (1300/2000) has 2000 defense point, which is 300 more than your Battle Ox has in attack points, so you take the damage."
Kevin-1700/Nick-1600
"Blue Eyes, attack and destroy his Dragon Dwelling in the Cave!"
"I'll summon a monster in defense mode and end my turn." Nick declared.
"Battle Ox, attack!"
"Reveal Cyber Jar (900/900)!" Nick declared as a silver pod with a green lens appeared. "This monster will destroy every monster on the field, then we each draw five cards and summon any with a level of 4 or lower. I'll summon Cave Dragon (2000/100) in attack mode and Grey Wing (1300/700) and Spirit Ryu (1000/1000) in defense mode!"
"I've got Vorse Raider (1900/1200) and Sapphire Dragon (1900/1600), both of which I'll place in attack mode. Now Sapphire Dragon, attack his Grey Wing!"
"My turn." Nick called. "I'll play Card of Sanctity, so we both draw until we each have six cards. So I draw four and you draw one." Both Duelists freed the designated number of cards from their decks. "Now it's time for Spirit Ryu's special ability, as I switch him to attack mode. For every dragon monster I discard right now, he'll gain an additional 1000 attack points, so I'll drop this one into the Grave right now." The image of a Curse of Dragon appeared for a second before dissolving, the Blue Dragon's size growing as a result as its power increased (2000/2000). "Spirit Ryu, attack his Vorse Raider now! Sonic Flash!" The dragon's mouth opened wide and large white rings sprung forth in a straight beam towards Kevin's grey skinned warrior, destroying it. "Now I'll have my Cave Dragon attack Sapphire Dragon!" The crouching lizard opened his mouth and a rush of wind ripped away at the blue skinned dragon. "Your turn."
Kevin-1500/Nick-1600
"I draw." Kevin stared at the cards in his hand. "You made a mistake Nick, by using Cyber Jar. That cost you your Different Dimension Dragon. He may be immune to my Magic and Trap cards, as well as my monster attacks, but monster effects are a different story. Also, your Spirit Ryu's attack points are now down to 1000 again." He fiddled with some cards and then pulled them free. "I summon Hologram Dragon (2000/1500) in attack mode!" A dragon appeared, flashing neon, appearing to be none solid and made of light. "This monster is one of my best defenses." Kevin commented as the dragon began to spin rapidly while moving around in circles.
"What's it doing?" Nick demanded.
"When summon, Hologram Dragon will instantly create holographic images of himself which will appear in defense mode. Then they'll shuffle around each turn to keep you guessing which is which. The only drawback is that I can't attack with them or switch the original to defense mode. However, you have only a one in five chance of hitting the correct target." As Kevin explained this, four duplicates of his monster appeared, fallowing the original in their orbit, sometimes crossing over each other to confuse the players. Finally, they stopped and stared at Nick as if begging him to attack. "You can go."
"Clever Kevin, very clever." Nick grinned as he drew his card. "However, not clever enough. I'll now show you my greatest creature." The Spirit Ryu and Cave Dragon both disappeared as Nick prepared to place his new card on his Duel Disk. "I sacrifice two monsters to summon Tyrant Dragon (2900/2500)! Now attack and destroy two of his Holograms!"
"Two?" Kevin asked.
"Yes, one of Tyrant Dragons special abilities is that he can attack twice so long as you have monsters on the field. So after his first attack," Nick broke off as his massive beast released a series of small comets that struck and obliterated one of Kevin's monster. "You still have four left, so I'll have my dragon attack again!" Another swarm or fire balls pummeled another Hologram Dragon, which disappeared. "I'll end my turn by setting one card face down and ending my turn."
"I play Pot of Greed." Kevin called. "So I now draw two cards into my hand."
'Nothing good.' Kevin shouted in his head. 'I'll just have to hope that I draw the card I need and soon.' He stared across the field at Nick and his dragon. The eyes that seemed so empty of emotion, yet very much filled with pride and desire. 'If he wants to see it, he'll get it.' Kevin swore.
"I'll end my turn by setting one card face down." Kevin called.
"I guess it's over." Nick sighed. "And I had so much hoped to see the greatest dragon I now of. You disappoint me Kevin Hunter."
"I still have my three defense monsters." Kevin pointed out.
"True, but one of them is in attack mode while the other two have rather low defense points of only 1500. And with my face down card, it doesn't matter. Activate Meteor Rain!" Nick shouted as his down card flipped up. "This trap will deal damage to you, even if your monster is in defense mode. That means that with two attacks, I'll give you 2400 points of damage. More than enough to finish you off. Tyrant Dragon, Apocalyptic Blast!" Two of the Dragons disappeared, the third going with them.
However, when all was said and done, a spinning disk could be seen in front of Kevin, all dust and debris passing him on either side, fended off by the disk.
"How is this possible?" Nick stammered. "I had you beat."
"Wrong." Kevin began. "You see, my face down card was one a friend gave me after we teamed up in a Duel called Guard of Card. By discarding one card from my hand from my hand I block all damage I take this turn."
"But all of your dragons have disappeared, meaning that the Duel is over and the holograms are shutting down." Nick pointed out.
"Actually, no." Kevin smiled. "You must have hit the real Hologram Dragon, which caused the last duplicate to disappear."
"It doesn't matter, anyway." Nick sighed as he turned his head to his Tyrant Dragon. "There's no way you'll be able to stop my monster."
"Not if I draw the right card." Kevin said, gripping the top card of his deck. Slowly he raised it to his eye level and smiled. "Well Nick, you said you wanted to see my great dragon other than my Blue Eyes, so here it is!" Kevin's Graveyard pushed two cards out before he slapped the card onto the Duel Disk. "I must remove one Dark and one Light type monster in my Graveyard from play before I can summon it, so I remove Hologram Dragon and Vorse Raider."
A dragon with scales of dark emerald and a silver exoskeleton appeared.. It beat its wings as it roared into the air. It turned to glare at Nick, its eye narrowing in anticipation of attacking the weakling and his equally weak beast.
Nick stepped back involuntarily in fear. His eyes were open wide enough that one might believe that they could drop out just from a lack of skin to act as a valve to keep them in.
"Behold, Chaos Emperor Dragon-Messenger of the Apocalypse (3000/2500)!" Kevin called. "And now it's time for his special ability. By paying 1000 of my Life Points, I can remove all of the monsters you have on the field and all the cards in your hand to the Graveyard to deal you 300 points of damage for each card. And I have six while you have five, plus your Tyrant Dragon. That's 3600 points of damage to you." Kevin shouted as his monster released a stream of blue flames that struck Nick and pushed him back until his legs gave way and he fell to his back. The attack broke off and the dragon roared in triumph.
Kevin-500/Nick-0
Kevin walked over to Nick who had pushed himself into a sitting position. His face covering had been ripped apart and Kevin could clearly make out his features. The scar was in fact much bigger than he had originally expected for example, running from just above his left eye to barely higher than his upper lip. His hair was a darker blond than Kevin's, but was kept in a similar style. As Kevin approached, he looked up and rose to his feet.
"I bare no grudge." Nick smiled. "I may have missed my chance at the Blue Eyes and Chaos Dragon, but I achieved my other goal: I managed to see them, battle them, and meet a great Duelist."
"That's all you really wanted?" Kevin asked in disbelief. Nick nodded.
"However, had you known that, you would have held back. I needed you to fight at your best, so I threatened your two greatest treasures. Here you go." He held up his Locator Card, Tyrant Dragon and Different Dimension Dragon for Kevin to take. "I must leave this tournament, but I wont allow this parting to be forever. I will reclaim my dragons. Until then, farewell." He then turned and charged towards the back. He jumped and caught a pole, which he used to swing up to a crossbeam that he used as a springboard to reach the window and leap out.
"Well, that was interesting." Serena's forgotten figure stated, slightly bemused as she exited the shadows. "Now, if you don't mind, it's time to Duel." Her Duel Disk activated. Kevin inserted the new cards and then reset his own Duel Disk.
"Before we start, tell me why you want the Blue Eyes, aside from its power and rarity." Kevin conditioned.
"Because it is mine by birthright." she hissed, drawing five cards.
"You mean..." Kevin began in shock as he too drew a new hand.
"Yes." she affirmed. "I am Serena Kaiba, Seto Kaiba's granddaughter!"
'Wonderful!' Kevin cried within the silence of his room. 'Absolutely wonderful!'
To Be Continued....
Nick Freed is an OC by the making of the author G.O.T. Nick, whose story, Tokyo Tournament, is very good, and I advise all to read it.
Serena Kaiba is owned by Aldea, and I highly recommend her story as well.
The fallowing is a list of cards that I made for this chapter that are my original design:
Dragon Horde
Last Breath
Black Onyx Dragon
Selfless Sacrifice
Hologram Dragon
Second Summon
Any other cards that you didn't recognize are most likely only in Japan right now, or are only in the animated series so far and will appear later on. Until my next chapter, see ya.