Ok, here we are again. Ok, yeah, I know this thing is about four weeks later than I said it would be, but it was hard! I mean, I was working with a character whom I never have before, and he had a personality that I don't normally do. Also, my parents have been trying to get me to paint my room, which i's only a bit don still. So, here I am. Chapter ten. Maybe I should have done something special for it. Nah, never mind. OK, really quickly, I'm going to give you guys the Card of the Chapter, and then it's on to the story:
Reversed Worlds
Normal Trap You may activate this card is your Cemetery has 15 or more cards in it. Pay 1000 Life Points. Each player switches his or her deck with his or her Cemetery. Each player shuffles his or her new deck afterward.
Here we have another promotion card. This card is actually quite useful. For the simple payment of just 1000 Life Points, you get to turn the Duel around-Literally! I mean, you could get back some of your best cards that you unwisely used early on, or that were discarded. You could oust Exodia Necross. However, the most common use for this card is to deck your opponent out. Indeed, this card was restricted in Japan and has the whole '15 Cards in your Graveyard' requirement try and stop the fallowing combo:
1) Place a good number of cards in the Graveyard (Graceful Charity, Painful Choice, etc).
2) Summon Makyura the Destructor and then destroy him somehow.
3) Activate Makyura's effect to instantly play Reversed Worlds.
4) Sit back and laugh when your opponent goes to draw on their first turn and there is NO Deck to draw from.
Yeah, there a few other ways of using this combo, but this is one of the more common methods.
So there you have it. A fun card that's actually fairly versatile.
Overall Rating: 3/5
Now, for the ad for this chapter: Come on people, go and give Noble Paladin a chance. Make suggestions if you feel they are necessary, whatever, but it really is a good story. Come on! GO!
That is all.
Oh, and if you see a large space between paragraphs, that's because the site wont put in my abstricts.
Now, on with the chapter:
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A Battle for-Love?
Kai stared at the few cards on the table in front of him. Daylight had washed over the land about an hour ago, and now he was making some last changes to his deck before he returned to Battle City for the last day of the preliminaries.
"First I won Beast of Gilfar (2200/2500) and Zoa (2600/1900) from Ryouga in my first Battle City match." he muttered as he stared at the two cards in his hand, flashes from the battle going through his head. "Beast of Gilfar's been useful, but I haven't made any use of Zoa thus far." he commented, slipping the creature with fewer attack points into his deck while slipping the other into a box which held his extra rare cards.
"Next is Umbrak's deck, which I've gone over so many times, I'm done with it. His Dark Hole is all I really needed though." he scoffed, looking over to the next pair of cards. "Vaun's Fiend Megacyber (2200/1200) and Swift Gaia the Fierce Knight (2300/2100) are useful, so I'll hold onto them for the time being." he decided, slipping them into his deck.
"And finally, Iras' Angel of Balance (900/1300). That's gong in for sure." he smiled, remembering how that one card had created much difficulty less than twelve hours earlier. "In total, I've won six rare cards, six Locator Cards, and now I know that it's up to me to save the world." he chuckled ever so slightly at his poor attempt at a sarcastic comment. Giving his deck a quick shuffle, slipping his Locator Cards into his pocket, pulling a navy blue shirt on over a khaki undershirt, and attaching his Duel Disk to his arm, he was out the door.
Kevin Hunter slipped a forest green shirt on over his black undershirt before slipping his deck into the pouch he wore on his waist. While he was doing this, one would not be able to ignore the completely idiotic grin which was plastered to his features.
'What a night!' he sighed within his mind. 'Just me and Sakura. I don't know how she does it, but something about her, something that makes me just so happy.' he grinned again, brushing his fingers lightly over his right cheek, a bright sparkle in his eyes and a foolish smile in place as he did so. 'And man, for once I found a girl that doesn't try and move fast. A Duel, dinner, and a walk through the city, all topped off with a small peck on the cheek.' he reviewed the previous nights events in his mind. 'Memo to self: Look her up after Battle City is over.'
Shaking his head slightly to clear his mind, Kevin grabbed his Duel Disk and departed for another day of Dueling.
"Hey you!" Kai had not been wandering long before these words stopped him. "Yeah, you with the freaked out hair." the voice persisted.
Turning about, Kai was greeted by a young American, probably about fifteen, with brown, unkept hair, glasses, jeans, and a black shirt with a denim jacket over it, host a snaking dragon which completely wrapped around it. However, the most noteworthy attribute to his attire was the gleaming silver Duel Disk on his left arm.
"I assume that, based upon the Duel Disk you're carrying, you're looking for an opponent." Kai cut the American off before he could even issue a challenge.
"Thought may have crossed my mind." the boy said, inserting his deck. "Or, perhaps I just wanted to ask you to participate in a small, simple, and free survey concerning hair growth in Japan." he slurred in poor Japanese with a grin before giving into all-out laughter at his own sarcastic comment. Kai simply continued to stare, unphased by the small joke. The boy regained control and took a few steps back. "But no, seriously, I've got three Locator Cards, and so I need to hurry up and pick up the slack." he grinned stupidly.
With a sigh, Kai activated his own Duel Disk. 'What am I doing?' he moaned inwardly. 'Based upon recent events, it would seem that whenever an American is involved, something goes wrong.' he languished, remembering his and Kevin's run-in with the Rare Hunters the day before.
"So, we'll each wager one Locator Card and one rare card, correct, Mr...." he asked, stopping mid-sentence, realizing he and the boy had not yet bothered with introductions.
"Matt Willard, Dueling Professional and soon to be the new King of Games." he introduced, taking a pose that seemed to be an attempt at a heroic appearance.
"I'm Kai Kaethan." Kai responded with a raised eyebrow. "And, could you perhaps calm down." he added, drawing five cards.
"What?" Matt gasped, faking offense. "What is this 'calm down' of which you speak?" he jested, using his fingers to make a quotation sign in the air.
Kai-4000/Matt-4000
Sighing in annoyance, Kai drew a sixth card. "I'll go first." he confirmed. He glanced at his opening hand and gulped in horror upon realizing that he didn't have any low level monsters. "I'll two cards face down and that will end y turn." he finished off, slightly nervous.
"Already?" Matt smiled. "OK, not my problem. I'll just use my Tremendous Fire magic card, which will deal you 1000 points of damage directly, while I only take 500." Flames began to dance around Kai, some even advancing on his new blue shirt.
Kai-3000/Matt-4000
"Then I'll summon a monster in defense mode and end my turn." he smiled as a single brown backed card appeared before him.
"My move!" Kai called, whipping the top card off of his deck. 'Strange.' he thought. 'Matt could have attacked me directly, but instead he decided to play in defense mode. Is his monster really that weak?'
"I summon Mirage Mage (1900/800) in attack mode!" A magician in yellow robes and holding only a small wand appeared, his features obscured by his hood. "Mirage Mage, attack!" The illusionist crossed his wand across his chest, releasing a ribbon of light which cut through Matt's defensive monster.
"Ha!" the American laughed. "You've attacked my Masked Curator (500/700),and when he's destroyed, I can draw cards equal to half of the level of the monster that destroyed him. And because your Mirage Magician is a level four monster, I get to draw two cards." he laughed while increasing his hand size to six once again. "Oh, bravo. Good job, I must say."
"I'll end my turn there." Kai grimaced, staring at his four cards in despair. 'Laugh all you want. Soon, I'll get some real combos working. Then, you'll be sorry.'
"I guess I'll just draw this card," Matt said, offhanded. "And then I'll activate my Mask of the Accursed magic card, which I'll attach to your Magician!" On the face of Kai's monster appeared a green mask with a somber expression carved into it. "And with this card in effect, your monster can't switch modes or attack, and it will also deal you 500 points of damage each turn. Oh yeah!"
"Think again!" Kai smiled, extending his arm as one of his face down cards flipped up. "My Dust Tornado trap card will destroy your Mask before I take any damage from it." Kai explain as the spiral of air surrounded his enchanter, ripping the mask from his face before disappearing.
"Well, that sucks." Matt remarked, slouching his body as if in disappointment before shrugging it off. "Oh well. I'll summon a monster in defense mode and set two cards face down, ending my turn. What now, mop-head."
Kai shrugged as he drew a card, ignoring the young Anglos remark. Sarcasm was not something Kai had ever embraced in his life, and although it did at times annoy him, he decided to let it go. "I'll summon Mystical Exorcist (1800/1400) in attack mode." A priest in simple white shrine robes and holding small slips of paper in his hands appeared. "Mirage Mage, attack!" The illusionist swished his wand, again releasing a streak of magic which moved towards Matt's face down monster, which revealed itself to be a large kabuki mask of stone, which deflected the blow.
"Heh, moron." Matt laughed. "You've attacked Shield Mask (300/2400), and whenever it fends off an attack, you have to discard one card from your hand." Matt explained with a cocky smile. Kai quickly decided on his his and reach to slip it into his Graveyard. "Hold it, Dali Llama!" Matt shouted with zest, flipping up one of his face down cards. "I activate Coffin Seller, which will deal you 300 points of damage whenever a monster of yours goes to the Graveyard." he smiled as Kai growled, slipped the monster into his Graveyard, taking the damage.
Kai-2200/Matt-3500
"For your information," Kai breathed sharply. "The Dali Llama is of Tibet, not Japan." the history buff rebuked.
"Whatever." Matt said with a shake of his head. "You seriously need to lighten up."
"I'll consider that after I can figure out a couple of mysteries I currently have swimming around in my head." Kai shot back. "Anyway, I'll end my turn by setting one card face down. You can't win against me, Matt." Kai smirked. "I've already figured your deck out. You rely on direct damage spells and traps, but that's a little something my deck is more or less immune to."
"Well, it certainly has done wonders for you so far." Matt smiled, raising his arm to show the Life Point display on his Duel Disk. "Now Johnny, what have I won today?" the boy asked of no one present in a false voice full of vibrato similar to that of a game show host. "And it looks like we have a winner." he grinned. "I play Hinotama!" In the sky formed a swirl of dots of light, growing bigger as they drew closer to the field. Soon, they were a raging storm of flames which descended upon a puzzled Kai. "Oh yeah!" Matt shouted in triumph. "My magic card will deal you 500 points of direct damage at no cost to me." The balls of fire swiftly collided, striking Kai in the chest and the grown round about him, throwing him off of his feet by the force of their explosions.
Kai-1700/Matt-3500
"No wonder Seto Kaiba banned that card a hundred years ago." Kai winced, clutching his rib cage.
"But it isn't this time around." Matt quickly pointed out with an all-knowing twinkle in his eyes. "And now, to continue my move, I'll summon my Masked Shaman (1800/1300) in attack mode." he grinned as a masked man in black robes appeared, his fingers intertwined with each other. "And when he's summon, I get to activate one Mask card in my Graveyard, so I'll activate my Mask of the Accursed, and attach it to your Mirage Magician!" Once again, the green and yellow mask appeared, latching itself onto the amber robed sage. "I'll also set one card face down and end my turn."
"My move." Kai exclaimed, pulling a card free. Instantly his Life Point reader ticked down by five hundred, do to Matt's magic card.
Kai-1200/Matt-3500
"My card is the continuous magic card, Magic Sanctuary!" he called as a limestone temple appeared behind him, much smaller than the one Iras had played the night before. " And this card allows us both to place any one magic card from our decks in our hands." he explained as both Duelists pulled their decks free and each quickly chose a card. 'Knowing him, he'll choose another direct damage card.' Kai mused. 'So I'll just take this card.' he smiled as he grabbed the card, shuffled his deck, and then instantly slipped the chosen card onto his magic zone. "Of course, the second effect of my Magic Sanctuary is that we can use normal magic cards during our opponents turns, provided we set them during our own." he explained. "Now, I'll set one card face down and end my turn."
"Fine with me." Matt shrugged, drawing a card.
"Activate face down cards, Mystical Space Typhoon to destroy your Mask of the Accursed and Hand Rebirth!" Kai shouted as a blast of wind melted the yellow and green mask and Matt's face became one of confusion as he stared at the other magic card. "I see that you've never heard of this card before. Well, it's actually really simple. We each discard our entire hands and draw new ones of five each."
"Good for you." Matt called with a stupid grin on his face. "You managed to take out both of my remaining Tremendous Fire magic cards." he explained, shoving his two cards into his Graveyard. "One I grabbed with your magic cards help, and the other I drew just now at my turns begining." he chortled softly, drawing five cards. "Anyway, I'll just set two cards face down and end my turn."
"My move." Kai sighed, drawing a card. "I'll sacrifice-"
"Hold it!" Matt cut in. "I activate my trap card, Mask of Restrict!" he shouted as a massive purple mask with fangs appeared, a dark purple aura exuding from it. "This card prevents all players from sacrificing!"
"Fine!" Kai snapped. "I'll summon Gemini Elf (1900/900) in attack mode! And I'll have it attack your Masked Shaman!"
"I'll activate my trap card." Matt interrupted. "My Mask of Kings draws your attacks to my Shield Mask for one turn, which will absorb your attack." he cut in as a golden masque appeared over the large onyx mask, catching the twin elves eyes, who instantly charged the valuable rock, trying to scratch the gold off, but failing to do so. "Also, you have to discard once again, and if it's a monster, you'll lose 300 Life Points to Coffin Seller." he snickered as Kai's Life Points dropped again by six hundred.
Kai-400/Matt-3500
Growling, Kai ended his turn, allowing Matt to continue. "I'll play Pot of Greed!" he called as his hand increased to five. "Now I'll play my Mask of Skulls card." he laughed as a skeleton head latched itself onto both of Kai's elves faces. "By giving you 1000 Life Points, I can destroy one monster on your field, in this case, your Gemini Elf. So sorry." he gave a fake pout as the skulls exploded, destroying the twin girls. "And because you lost a monster, Coffin Seller will take another 300 Life Points."
Kai-1100/Matt-3500
"That ends my turn."
Kai nodded, drawing a card, increasing his hand size to five. "I'll set two cards face down and then I'll summon my Dancing Fairy's (1700/1000) in defense mode." A flower appeared next to Kai's two other magi, which then unfolded, revealing three dancing cherubs. "Finally, I'll set one more card face down and end my turn." "My turn already? Why thank you." Matt jested, a false sense of flattery in his voice. "Alright, I'll summon Masked Shadow (500/200) in attack mode." A creature with large claws and fangs, along with glowing blue eyes peering out from behind a crude mask stared into Kai's eye, a sinister blaze within. "Then I'll activate my last two Hinotama's!"
"Think again!" Kai explained to a shocked Matt. "My face down card was the Ring of Defense magic card, which blocks direct attacks aimed at me." The large disk with four arms extending out of it appeared and began to spin, knocking the balls of flame aside. "Sorry, by I don't really like losing."
"Well, neither do I." Matt grinned. "Only by winning can I achieve my goal." As he said this, Matt began to straiten his posture as if standing tall as a hero before a cheering crowd.
"And what might that be?" Kai asked. "To be the best? To have honor? To have fame?"
"Of course not." Matt chuckled, his voice suddenly changing to a false and weak European accent. "I desire to achieve the title of Duel King, so that I might find a Duel Queen, and together we might rock ze' Casbah."
"You have got to be kidding me." Kai lamented. "Duel Monsters is not a dating service."
"Not to you, maybe." Matt countered, maintaining his false accent. "However, to me, it is all that there is. Soon, I shall find my queen and present to her a bouquet of all the rare cards I win here at Battle City-except for the ones that I want, of course."
"You can't be serious." Kai shook his head. In response, Matt performed a rather rude gesture with his fingers while releasing a few small profanities under his breath. Kai simply stood unphased, his strong and powerful stare continuing.
"Son of a-"
"I'm going now." Kai cut him off before he could complete his insult. "And since it's now my Standby Phase, I gain 1000 Life Points thanks to my Dancing Fairy's effect."
Kai-2100/Matt-3500
"Next, I'll summon my X Head Cannon (1800/1500) in attack mode. Mirage Magician, attack his Masked Shaman!"
"Bad Kai, no cookie!" Matt grinned. "I activate a trap card, the Mask of Perplexity!" he laughed as a dark gas mask leapt from the trap card and latched onto Kai's face, thick lights in the eyes blinding him.
"What on earth..." Kai gasped as he grabbed at his face, trying to remove the covering.
"My trap card blinds you for one turn, forcing you to guess which monster you're attacking." Matt explained. "You ran right into that one. Actually, come to think of it, I've got a pretty funny joke about a blind man. You see, there's this blind guy... "
Matt's voice continued to ramble, but Kai ignored it, trying more soever to focus on the images rushing past his face. An image of a monster, blurred by the light flashed past Kai's line of vision. "Mirage Mage, attack-" he cut himself off. 'I need to focus.' he told himself, trying to relieve some of the panic of the sudden move. 'Alright, I can't afford a rash attack. I haven't even touched Matt yet, while he's managed to get past my monsters over and over again to whittle away my Life Points. I've got to make this the attack that counts.' Staring closely at the field, Kai entered a meditative trance, watching the images that blew past him.
"Mirage Magician, attack that one!" he commanded abruptly as the magi swished his wand, flinging a burst of magic which struck the creature.
"No way! Holy crap!" Matt exclaimed as the attack actually hit his Masked Shaman. "But how...? How the...? You-" he released another string of curses.
Kai-2100/Matt-3400
"When one focuses thoroughly, they can see past illusions and such." Kai responded. "Rather ironic that myMirageMagician was the one to see through it all." Matt began to glare. "Now, X Head Cannot, attack his Masked Shadow!"
"I've still got one more trap!" Matt cut him off. "Mirror Mask, reflect!" he shouted as a mask of glass appeared directly in the path of the lasers which Kai's monster had fired, which then ricochet off towards Kai's field! "This card will send your attack back at one of your monsters, and your Mystical Exorcist is the winner of today's declaration of war. So sorry." The beams struck the black robed mage square in the chest, knocking him back before setting off an explosion of light and dust. However, because it was only a redirected attack, X Head Cannon was not destroyed in the battle which would normally have been a draw. However, Kai had still lost a creature, which then triggered Matt's Coffin Seller.
Kai-1800/Matt-3400
"You know what." Matt seethed, drawing a card. "You're really annoying me. Most opponents, it's takes me only a few magic cards and I win. But you, no. You have to come on in, playing all of these counter moves on me. Well guess what; I'm not gonna take it any more!" he shouted, grabbing at his last three cards. "I'll play Curse of the Masked Beast to sacrifice my Masked Shadow and my Masked Assassin from my hand to summon my Masked Beast (3200/1800)!"
"No way!" Kai shouted. "That's got to be one of the most powerful cards in the game!"
"Say hello to my Masked Beast, A.K.A.: You're Screwed!" Matt once again quipped. "Masked Beast, attack!" The monster lunged towards Kai's field, forcing his thick staff through the stomach of Kai's Mirage Mage. Or, at least that seemed to be his intent. At the last second, the club-like staff punched through what appeared to be an afterimage of the original monster.
"What?" Matt nearly screamed. "How did you? Aw crap." he moaned as the gold robed magician appeared a few feet to the side as the illusion faded.
"I activated my Mirage Magician's special ability." Kai explained, holding up a hand of zero cards, when it should have still held one. "By sacrificing half of my hand, rounded up, I can avoid one attack that you target him with."
"I'll end my turn." Matt breathed as if relieved.
"I'll draw." Kai began, increasing his hand size to one. "And first I'll take 1000 Life Points for my Dancing Fairy's effect!"
Kai-2800/Matt-3400
"I'll switch my X Head Cannon and my Mirage Magician to defense mode, and that ends my turn."
Matt drew his card, took a quick glace at it, and then set it face down, once again rendering him without a hand. "Masked Beast, attack and destroy Dancing Fairy's!" he commanded, resulting in the massive creature lunging forward and smashing the three girls with its staff as Kai's Life Point's dipped a bit due to the Coffin Seller still in effect.
Kai-2500/Matt-3400
Grimacing, Kai reached for his deck, beginning his turn. "I'll draw-" Kai was cut off as Matt's face down card flipped up.
"Goodbye." he smiled idiotically. "I activate my face down trap card; my rarest card, the one you will never play with," Matt dragged it out, as if trying to build suspense. "The one, the only-"
"Oh just play it already." Kai snapped.
"Fine, fine." Matt cursed. "I activate Ring of Destruction!" From the trap card a thick steel ring with multiple explosives attached to it clamped onto Matt's own Masked Beast! "This card will destroy one monster on the field, and both of us will take damage to our Life Points equal to that monsters attack!" Matt laughed, once again performing the obscene finger gesture. "But since I have 3400 Life Points, I'll win. And you, well, you'll lose!" Matt averted his gaze towards the morning sky. "Soon, my lady, I will find you."
The ring finally burst, one grenade at a time, causing the creature to jerk with each explosion. A cloud of smoke rose up, blind the two Duelists.
"Activate magic card!" Kai's voice called above the explosion and smoke. "Dark Magic Revival, to reactivate my Ring of Defense!" The smoke dust began to suddenly clear out as the rotating arms of the ring began to increase in their rotation speed, blowing the veil of powder away. Kai continued to stand tall, staring at Matt's shocked form. "However, my Ring of Defense is now in your Graveyard, as is the one drawback to my Dark Magic Revival card."
Kai-2500/Matt-200
"It seems that the tables have turned, Matt. It's nearly a perfect reflection of our Duel a few turns ago, only now it's in my favor." Matt growled and then spat a few curses towards Kai. "Now I'll summon Y Dragon Head (1500/1600) in defense mode and end my turn."
Matt drew a card and sighed in frustration, passing the turn to Kai, who also passed. The sudden halt to the game brought an unsteady silence upon the battle field. A silence which was beginning to annoy Matt Willard even further as he drew his card, scowled, and passed. Kai, on the other hand, smiled at the face of his newest card.
"I'll set a card face down and switch my Mirage Magician to attack mode, and end my turn." Matt drew, giving him a hand of two, but was cut off before he could go any further. "Go, Dust Tornado!" Kai shouted as a cyclone appeared from underneath the Mask of Restrict, destroying it.
"Alright, time to put this whole annoyance-thing behind us." Matt grinned. "First I'll play the magic card, Mask of Gold, which allows me to draw three more cards, but then I have to discard any traps I draw." he greedily increased his hand to four cards, one of which was dropped into the cemetery. "Now then, it's time for me to take advantage of the service you just rendered me. I mean, I never knew you cared so much about your own destruction as to help me get rid of that one hindrance. I've got one more chance to finish you off. I summon Melkid the Four Faced Beast (1500/1200) in attack mode." he called. What appeared to be four masks which their backs to each other appeared next to the Shield Mask. "And now, I'll sacrifice both monsters to specially summon my Masked Beast Death Guardias (3300/2500)!" A brown skinned figure, standing about ten feet tall appeared. It was armed with five massive claws on each hand, and it's face was composed of three small blue masks. "If you weren't screwed before, you are now!" he chortled. "But first, I'll set one card face down, and then I'll attack your Mirage Magician!"
"I'll activate Mirage Magician's special ability once again." Kai shouted, discarding his one card. The mage created a copy of himself from specs of light all around him, and then the original disappeared. The brown monstrosity lunged forward, ripping his claws through the clone. "Matt, did you think I'd let you destroy him that easily. I may have lost 300 Life Points because I discarded a monster, but it's a lot less than the amount I could have lost."
Kai-2200/Matt-200
"That's fine. I'll just flip over my face down card." Matt explained. "Go, Surprise Attack from the Darkness!" he shouted as his Guardias seemed to be getting ready to launch another attack.
"What are you doing!" Kai demanded.
"This Quick-Play magic card allows me to attack a second time this turn." Matt explained. "And because you don't have any more cards to discard, your Mirage Magician is screwed, in a virtual sense at least." Again the masked creature lunged forward, and this time it's attack connected, costing Kai both the normal damage, and then the Coffin Seller took effect.
Kai-500/Matt-200
"Bow, puny mortal!" Matt shouted in a false, deep voice. "Bow I say!" he began to laugh insanely, just to add effect to his humor. "I am a god, and soon I shall find my goddess, and together, we will rule the world-After we rock the Casbah."
"I think not." Kai continued his fixed gaze, drawing a card. "I summon Z-Metal Tank (1500/1300) in attack mode!" he shouted as a tan machine on tank treads appeared. "Now, X Head Cannon, Y Dragon Head, and Z Metal Tank, combine!" he shouted as first an opening appeared on the back of the tank, which the red dragon landed upon and then latched onto. Next, the blue creature floated into the air above and the bulbous section which was it's abdomen sunk into the red dragon. "Behold, the XYZ Dragon Cannon (2800/2600)!" Matt stared in shock for a second before regaining his stupid grin.
"It may be strong," he pointed out. "But it's still 500 attack points weaker than monster. I will not be denied my love!"
"True." Kai admitted. "However, I still have two cards face down, and so I'll now activate one of them." he smiled. "Go, Card of Sanctity! Now we must each draw until we both have six cards in our hands!" he explained as they both replenished their hands. "Now I'll discard one of the cards I just drew, my Magical Academy in this case, to activate my monsters special ability." Kai slipped the card into his Graveyard. In response, the multiple cannons of the tank creature he commanded began to charge. "Whenever I discard a card from my hand, XYZ Dragon Cannon can destroy one card on your side of the field. " he explained as a flurry of laser fire fell upon Matt's Masked Beast Death Guardias.
"You've activated my Death Guardias' special ability!" Matt shouted. "Whenever eh's destroyed, I can equip the Mask of Remnants to one of your monsters, and take control of it myself." he articulated as a red mask appeared and began to float towards Kai's monster.
"I'll activate my last face down card." Kai shouted. "Spell Shield Type-8 will negate your magic card at not cost to me." he glowed as a blue barrier appeared around the tank, shattering the mask as soon as it came in contact with the field. "So now, Matt, it's over. Goodbye." he said with a small wave. "XYZ Dragon Cannon, wipe him out!" he commanded as another wave of light fell upon Matt, knocking him back several feet.
Kai-500/Matt-0
Kai calmly approached his fallen foe, who had managed to pull himself to his feet. However, before Kai could even speak to request his winnings, Matt had already produced them from his deck/pocket. Kai glanced at the reflective surface of the trap card, as well as the Locator Card, then back at Matt, who was actually smiling.
"You know, I could choose to be angry and bitter towards you for beating me, but's just not worth it. I lost, you won, it's over." He turned on his heel and began to leave. Kai glanced again at the prizes, slipped the one card into his deck and that other into his shirt pocket, and then also turned on his heel and departed. However, he could have sworn he heard from behind him, someone was ranting about how he had found true love, fallowed by a smacking sound, and the same voice crying in pain. Kai simply shook his head.
To Be Continued...
OK, there you all go. Yeah, it was weak, short, rushed, and just overall sucked, but I'll try and make that up to you all. And also, Matt Willard is the property of The Helldragon. Go him!
Anyway, my original cards of this chapter:
Kai- Mirage Magician and Mystical Exorcist
Matt- Mask of Kings, Mask of Gold, Masked Shadow, Mask of Skulls, Masked Assassin, Shield Mask, Masked Curator, and just about every other Mask in there that you didn't recognize. Ok, I gotta go. See ya.