Here we go people. The beginning of what will probably be the longest, and my favorite, duel of this story. Note, although this chapter is shorter than the others, it's still intense, and it's a great precursor to what is to come. Enjoy!
The Way of the Dreamer
Chapter Nine-Professional Duel Pt. 1; Divine Duelists
"To make sure that we got to end on as amazing a note as possible, I spoke with your faculty, and two of your teachers have volunteered to give an exhibition match against three professional duelists which I brought here with me today." he grinned ferally.
Cheers erupted from the students for various reasons. For some it was because it was a promising match. For others it would be a chance to see their teachers against real pros, something any student would want to see. Others just wanted to see another duel. And still the list went on.
"Ladies and gentlemen, I give you the Duelist Pro League's very own sibling team of Yusuke, Ukon and Shizuka Toria." Again cheers erupted as the easily recognizable duelists entered the arena from the west doorway.
As they came into full view, the flooring surrounding the dueling field pulled back and a larger ring, about ten feet wide, rose up all around the current field, expanding it greatly.
"And now, their opponents, you should all be very familiar with Professors Katsu Yoriyoi and Eizan Kiske!"
Even from across the arena floor, Eizan recognized the three sibling duelists. They were known in the Pro League because they were deadly individually, but as a team, few had been able to hold out for very long, and even fewer had survived. They were also rather infamous in many peoples minds because many dueling fans felt that they hadn't earned their way into the League. Their father was on the board of directors for an oil company, so he sponsored them, rather than them going out and trying to find someone to back them.
To Eizan's right was Yusuke, the middle child. He was about six feet tall or so, with dark brown hair that was cut very short, almost short enough to be considered military regulation length. He wore black slacks and a red button up shirt, though it wasn't tucked in.
He was known in the pro league for being impulsive and chaotic, but normally it was revealed that he had an actual method to his madness, though it was very costly. He was really a laid back guy. There had been rumors that he'd even managed to gamble his way into debt a year or so ago and had needed to go to his father for support.
Between the two siblings was Ukon, the oldest. He had hair the same color as Yusuke, though his was longer and tied into a single braid down the back, reaching to his shoulders. He was actually shorter than the other two, about two inches between him and his brother. He wore tan slacks with a forest green shirt tucked in, as well as a golden pendant around his neck and...an earing in his right earlobe.
Ukon was know for being the most social of the three, having attended a number of social events of various social classes, gaining easy access thanks to his father's name. He had used his dueling title as well to assist a number of charities and other philanthropic endeavors. Also he was known for...certain activities with various women...
Finally, Shizuka was the youngest of the three, being two years Ukon's junior. However, by looking at her one wouldn't have guessed this, since she was taller than either brother. He also had dark red hair that hung straight down to her mid back, the last few inches curled lightly.
Of the three, Shizuka was the most liked. She had a kind attitude which seemed to radiate from her as she was constantly smiling. She also had the greatest duel record of them, having been defeated less only about fifteen times or so (Out of nearly two hundred duels) during her three years in the League. This was attributed to that fact that, despite her kind and gentle disposition, she was a very methodical duelist who tended to pin the enemy under her foot very quickly.
All at once the five duelists entered the ring and met in the middle. Taking their decks from their duel disks they extended them to one another, Katsu and Eizan first taking the decks of the two brothers and quickly shuffling them, and then Katsu shuffled Shizuka's as well. Once their cards were thoroughly randomized they each went to their own respective areas of the ring, activated their duel disks, and drew five cards each. (ELP:4000)(KLP:4000)(YLP:4000)(ULP:4000)(SLP:4000)
Once they were in position, Pegasus grabbed up his microphone once again and smiled ferally. "Since there are five competitors, they wont be going back and forth like they would with an even number of players. Instead, Eizan will go first, followed by Katsu, then Yusuke, Ukon, and finally Shizuka. And remember, no attackie on the first turnie!"
Once Pegasus had finished and taken his seat, Eizan lifted his arm up, reached for his deck, and drew a sixth card and added it to his hand. Taking the one to his left he set it onto his field horizontally and then placed another into a magic zone. "I set a monster in defense mode and one card face down, that I do. End."
Without a moments pause, Katsu grabbed at his deck and drew a sixth card. Keeping it separate in his right hand, he reached over to his other five and plucked the middle card from them. Slipping his draw card into a magic zone, he then followed up by placing the card from his opening hand onto his duel disk, horizontal. "Like my partner I also summon a monster in defense mode and set one card before ending my turn."
"Then it's my turn." Yusuke called excitedly, drawing. "Let's get things moving, shall we? I summon Templar Swordsman (1600/100) in attack mode."
The first monster actually summoned for the duel was a lean warrior in silver armor, a simple broadsword in his hands and a white shield with a red cross strapped to his back.
"I'll also throw in some face down action with these two guys, and end." he concluded, slipping two cards from his hand into the magic zones on his far left.
"Draw." Ukon said, his tone evenly focused, but a sense of anxiety still evident. "I summon Torrent Teutonic (1100/500) in attack mode, and then I set two cards face down. End."
In one fluid motion a warrior in silver plate armor and chain mail appeared, a sword at his waist and a white shield with a black cross on his left arm, while his right hand was holding onto the pole of a long banner which had the image of a surge of water on it. At the same time two face down cards appeared directly in front of Ukon.
'So, it's true that they'll be using those decks.' Katsu pondered. 'Makes sense, since that's how they duel when they're in team matches. This wont be as easy as Eizan and I first thought it might, but at the same time they aren't too much for us to handle. And if they've already summoned the Templars and Teutonics, that leaves just...' he trailed off as Shizuka began her turn.
As she drew, Eizan and Katsu both waited expectantly, knowing what sort of monster she would summon, though unsure as to which it would actually be. Adding the new card to her hand, she chose the three to her right and set two of them face down before slapping the third onto her duel disk.
"Two cards face down, just like my brothers, and then I summon Paladin Dori (1500/1200) to the field." she declared as a man in golden armor with the image of a tiger etched into to breastplate appeared, his sword at the ready. "And Dori is known as the standalone paladin for a reason, because when summoned he gains fifteen hundred extra attack points, minus three hundred for every monster zone on my field with a monster in it, except for his own." she explained as her monster's attack points doubled, becoming an even three thousand, an amount made famous by Seto Kaiba's Blue Eyes White Dragons, since for the longest time they had been the only cards with such amazing base attack power.
"And now the tension breaks." Pegasus lazily commented from his seat, tilting the microphone in close to his lips.
Grabbing a card from his deck, Eizan drew swiftly, giving him five cards in hand, more than anyone else currently held. Reaching for his duel disk, he flipped his lone monster over into attack mode and a woman with flowing golden hair reaching down to her legs appeared on his field, dressed in a golden gown with wings of a similar color spreading out wide from her back and three shimmering balls of light hovering around her.
"I flip summon Venus, Angel of Creation (1600/0). Now I use her effect to pay fifteen hundred life points to summon all three of my Holy Shine Spheres (500/500) from my deck to the field in defense mode!" (ELP:2500)
Everyone watching gasped in wonder as Eizan's life points were nearly cut in half and the three balls of light around Venus left their orbit of her and floated at her side. It didn't seem like a good plan to pay so many life points for such weak monsters, especially not so early in the game. However Eizan didn't seem at all worried about any of this as he grabbed another card from his hand and placed it into a magic zone, the first card he'd played from his hand that turn.
As the holographic image of the card appeared, though, his angelic monster clapped her hands together and looked upward as a light began to shine down on her. Flapping her wings once or twice she gained the needed lift and began to rise, disappearing into the light.
"The magic card Ascension allows me to sacrifice an Angel monster on the field to either special summon an Angel from my hand or deck of a higher level, or to special summon two Angels from my deck of equal or lesser level. I choose the latter effect, that I do." he explained as he took his deck from the holster and fanned it out like a large hand of cards. After a casual glance he found the cards he wanted, shuffled his deck, and placed the new monsters onto his duel disk, filling his monster zones.
First to appear was a man with dark brown wings extended up above his head and wearing light brown robes. A golden circlet wrapped around his forehead while his dark brown hair extended down past his shoulders. "Uranus, Angel of Good Will (1800/0)." Eizan introduced. Second was another male angel, this one with yellow skin and bright green eyes, while his hair was black and short cropped. "Pluto, Angel of Weakening (1500/0)."
"Angels?" Yusuke blurted out, his face twisted up as he tried his hardest not to laugh. "What're they gonna do, blind our monsters by glowing so much?"
"Yusuke, shut up." Shizuka said, turning to her older brother. Turning back to Eizan she bowed. "I apologize for my brother's rudeness. Please continue."
"I accept your apology, that I do." Eizan smiled back, adding in a small bow as well. "Now, Pluto, attack Paladin Dori (3000), please." The three siblings, along with most students in the crowd, were about to protest, since Dori was clearly twice as strong as Pluto. If the attack completed, then Eizan would be drained of three quarters of his life points, and all of his own doing.
However, all were halted as their jaws began to move when Eizan inserted another card from his hand into his magic zones. "Heavenly Glow negates all battle damage dealt to my Angel monsters and lasts until my next draw phase, that it does." A golden aura surrounded the five monsters on his field.
Flapping his wings and extending his arms the bright skinned angel began to emit an orange light from his arms. However, instead of offending the target monster, it actually seemed to sooth him. The armored warrior's expression softened and his stance shifted, becoming more relaxed.
"What did you do to him?" Shizuka asked, unsure of what to make out of her monsters behavior. Obviously it had done something, since Eizan had both hazarded the attack and he'd used an effective defense card to make sure it worked.
"Any monster that does battle with Pluto has Pluto's attack points reduced from its dominant stat. Since Pluto has fifteen hundred attack points, and your Dori had three thousand, Dori's attack points are reduced back to the starting amount of fifteen hundred, that it is." Eizan explained. "Now I will have Uranus attack your weakened monster!"
Extending an arm towards the target monster, Uranus began to emit waves of light which moved at a simple pace and seemed to have a gentle, soothing glow to them.
"Not so fast!" Yusuke suddenly shouted, extending an arm over one of his two set cards. "I activate my Attack Guidance Armor, allowing me to control who you attack." he called as heavy demonic armor suddenly appeared on his own Templar Swordsman. Upon seeing the evil armor, Uranus instantly shifted his focus to Yusuke's monster, who shattered under the pressure. (YLP:3800)
Despite the loss of his monster, Yusuke seemed please with himself for some reason. "Heh, now that you've destroyed Templar Swordsman he equips to your monster and during every standby phase it loses three hundred attack points."
After he finished explaining his monster's effect a blood-red cross appeared on the chest of the brown robed angel, whose smile suddenly faded slightly.
"Well done, that it was." Eizan congratulated. "However, even though you protected your sister, you did not stop Uranus. Since he destroyed a monster in battle I may search my deck for any Angel-related card and place it into my hand." Again fanning out his deck, Eizan found the card he wanted, re-shuffled his deck, and then quickly played the card he had searched out. "Song of the Faithful increases my life points by one thousand, plus another two hundred for every Angel monster on the field. I have five, so I gain two thousand life points total."
As one the two holy men on his field lifted their eyes upward and began to chant while at the same time an ominous sound resembling wind chimes seemed to emit from the three balls of light on the field. (ELP:4500)
"You paid fifteen hundred life points just to gain a net total of five hundred?" Ukon asked, raising an eyebrow.
"Summoning the Holy Shine Spheres can serve a number of purposes, that it can." Eizan reassured. "However that is all I plan on doing for now. Katsu, it is your turn, that it is."
Without a word Katsu drew, giving him five cards. At the same time the red mark on Eizan's monster flashed a bright scarlet and he winced in pain, his attack points dropping to fifteen hundred, the same at Pluto.
Ignoring this, Katsu looked his new hand over and quickly calculated his move. "I summon Soldier of Excerion (1700/1200) in attack mode!" A man in shimmering silver armor appeared, a bright sword in each hand. "Soldier of Excerion, attack Paladin Dori!"
Swords held low and at his sides the warrior rushed across the field, surprisingly light on his feet as he quickly covered the distance. Raising a sword he prepared to slash down on the weakened monster.
"I activate-" Ukon began, but was quickly cut off by a sharp look from his sister. Removing his hand from the activation button on the right, Ukon watched as Shizuka's monster was cut to ribbons, though the damage she took was minimal. (SLP:3800)
Taking note of which card Ukon had moved for, Katsu watched the siblings for a minute to see if anything more would be given away. When he was left without any further information, he slid a card into his duel disk and it appeared face down behind his Soldier of Excerion.
"My move!" Yusuke called in his now familiar excited tone. At the same time the red mark on Eizan's monster once again flared to life and his attack points dropped again to twelve hundred. Smirking at the handy work of his fallen monster Yusuke quickly surveyed his hand.
"Alright, I'll go a bit simple this turn. I summon Templar Archer (1300/300) in attack mode, and then his effect will go off, draining Soldier of Excerion of three hundred attack points." A man in significantly lighter armor than his previous one, consisting mostly of very thin chain mail and a silver cape, a short bow in his hands and a quiver full of arrows on his back appeared. Reaching back and grabbing one arrow he knocked his bow, took aim, and fired, striking Katsu's monster in the shoulder.
"That's it for me. Your turn, Ukon. Make it a good one, cause I did my part." he said, turning to his brother. Smiling back, Ukon drew, and Eizan's Uranus dropped to nine hundred attack points.
"I summon Shining Teutonic (1200/2200) in defense mode. Then I'll have Torrent Teutonic attack Katsu's defending monster, since Eizan's angels are still safe until he goes next." Ukon declared as another soldier in silvery armor, this one hoisting a banner with the image of a ball of light appeared, crouching behind a heavy white shield with a black cross on it. At the same time his other monster placed his banner into his left hand and drew his sword. Charging in on foot he slashed down, cutting the holographic card in half. Seconds later the image of a man in silver ceremonial robes appeared, cried in pain, and then shattered.
"You've destroyed Priest of Excerion (0/0)," Katsu suddenly spoke, his tone hinting that it was good for him and not so much for their opponents. Seconds later his duel disk beeped and a card slid partially out from his deck, which he took and added to his hand. "When destroyed I get to take my key monster from my deck and place it into my hand."
Oddly, upon hearing this Ukon seemed to grow slightly nervous. Nodding to his sister, he folded his cards up and she began her turn.
'Strange.' Eizan pondered as Shizuka looked her cards over. 'Yusuke isn't being as reckless as one would expect, based on his reputation. At the same time, Ukon worries me. Teutonics are a rush strategy, and comprised a great deal of monsters, as well as magic cards that allow even a small group to become extremely powerful. However, he thus far hasn't done anything to utilize this strategy, and he's still got three cards in hand. Normal rush strategies normally empty the hand almost instantly. They're holding back, but for what reason, exactly?'
Before he could continue to analyze his opponents, however, Eizan was snapped back to the duel as Shizuka began her move.
"I summon Paladin Drevos (0/2500) in defense mode." A warrior in bright, heavy armor appeared, a shield that seemed to actually be made of light in his hands and held out defensively. "While on the field he doubles any power up a Paladin would receive. That means that my Dori returns to three thousand, but then goes down to three hundred since Drevos uses up a monster zone on my field." she explained as the golden armored warrior began to glow with a faint blue light for a moment, his attack points increasing dramatically.
"Dori (2700), attack Soldier of Excerion (1400)!" Lifting his sword above his head, the now very muscular knight charged across the field and slashed down at Katsu's monster, who responded by crossing his blades above his head for protection. However, the two thin swords, designed for swift attacks, were quickly snapped into pieces by the much heavier weapon which had the force of gravity adding to its destructive power, allowing it to cleave the warrior in two. (KLP:2700)
"I set one card face down and end my turn." Shizuka concluded as the card appeared behind her monster.
With a smile, Eizan drew. So far the duel seemed pretty even, but at the same time none of their opponents seemed to be trying very hard, which wasn't a good sign. Also, although Katsu had been able to use his Priest's effect, he was now behind in terms of life points, plus he had been the target of the enemy moves all last turn because Eizan's angels had been protected. He needed to make it up to his friend. However, with Uranus now down to just six hundred attack points, it wouldn't be as easy as he would have liked.
"I play Blessings to the Faithful, allowing me to use an Angel monster's effect, and if there is a cost of it needs a trigger it is free and treated as if the trigger were activated. In this case I will be using Uranus's effect to search for another Angel card and place it into my hand, that I will." he began, searching his deck quickly for the card he had in mind. Setting it face down he continued, "I set the searched card face down, and then switch Uranus and Pluto to defense mode, ending my turn." he said.
Taking his cue, Katsu drew, giving him a hand of five cards, one of which was the one he had referred to as his 'key monster'.
"I activate the magic card, Throne of Excerion. When activated this card goes to my graveyard, but the reason will be made clear in a moment." he said, placing the magic card against his graveyard, which sucked it in. However, to everyone's surprise a card then popped out of the graveyard, which Katsu accepted and held up.
"I remove Priest of Excerion from the graveyard to special summon my key monster. However, I cannot use this the same turn that I used that Priest to search my deck for it." he explained as he pocketed the weak monster and then slapped the card from his hand down onto his field.
The new monster was a long, serpentine dragon with bright shimmering scales of silver. A silver mane flowed out of the back of its neck while four taloned limbs extended out of its body to serve as crude arms and legs. However, despite it's almost plain appearance, there was suddenly a very ominous feeling in the air as everyone looked upon it. Something about the creature demanded reverence and a sense of fear; maybe it was because of the shining sapphire flames that wreathed it's body, seeming to flow with the creatures will, or maybe it was because of the florescent lights in the stadium.
"Behold the Divine Dragon-Excerion (1500/900)!" Once the stats of the monster were displayed, many members of the audience face fell, while others shifted their feelings of reverence for strength into annoyance with the lights.
Again, Yusuke was unable to keep from bursting into laughter. "That's a level five monster, which you built a bunch of hype for, and it's only got fifteen hundred attack points!"
Katsu narrowed his gaze on Yusuke before continuing with his move, his tone still as cold as ever. "When summoned, Divine Dragon-Excerion allows me to activate one of its three effects for every other Divine Dragon-Excerion in my graveyard. However, I don't have any in my graveyard right now. Instead I have my Throne of Excerion, which counts as a Divine Dragon-Excerion while in the graveyard. Also, if I don't have any copies of the Divine Dragon in my graveyard, Throne of Excerion counts as one extra for each Divine Dragon-Excerion I have in play." he grinned, the first time just about any student had seen him do anything even remotely resembling a smile.
"Now then, since my graveyard is currently void of any Divine Dragons, an I have one on the field, my Throne of Excerion counts as two in the graveyard, meaning I can choose two of Excerion's effects to activate. Therefore I will increase Excerion's attack points by one thousand and give him the ability to attack a second time after he destroys a monster in battle." Katsu explained as his monster roared, it's attack power increasing to a much more impressive twenty-five hundred, regaining some of the respect it had lost from the spectators.
"Finally, while Soldier of Excerion is in the graveyard, all monsters on my field with 'Excerion' in their title receive an added three hundred attack points." Katsu finished explaining as his dragon's power came to a rest at twenty-eight hundred, making it the strongest monster in play.
"Now, before my dragon attacks, I still have not made a normal summon this turn." Katsu continued, pinching a card in his hand. "So I summon Brood of Excerion (700/400) in defense mode." A small silver lizard appeared, an obvious relative of the mighty dragon, though in no way majestic.
"Divine Dragon Excerion (2800), strike down Paladin Dori (2700)!" he shouted, the silver scaled leviathan roaring into the sky as it moved into an attack position. Rearing back its head it released a stream of shining blue flames which engulfed the target warrior and burned it to ashes. Then it lifted its head back again and prepared another blast of flames. "Excerion, attack and destroy Templar Archer!" Without pause, the dragon fired again, incinerating the lightly armored fighter. (SLP:3700)(YLP:2300)
Turning to face his partner, Katsu said, "I know it wasn't part of the original plan, but that little guy was too dangerous for the current period of the game."
"Not to worry, that you do not." Eizan smiled back. "You're just looking out for your Divine Dragon's best interest."
Nodding, Katsu turned to their opponents. "I end."
Drawing, Yusuke gave a nervous look at the other four duelists. He was now behind by a large margin, and control had completely shifted from him and his siblings over to the two teachers. 'No, that's not it at all...we never had control. They just haven't taken the offensive until now.'
Growling in irritation, he then looked over at Eizan's field and smirked as Uranus, Angel of Good Will dropped to zero attack points, thanks to his Templar Swordsman's effect. 'At least that worked out well.'
"I play Called to Crusade, allowing me to special summon a Templar monster from my hand." he called, playing the magic card and then slapping another from his hand down onto a monster zone. A man in golden armor with a crimson cross on his chest appeared, the signature white shield with a similar cross of the Templars on his back while he held two long swords in his hands. "Templar Swordsman (2550/900)!"
Taking another one of the cards from his hand, Yusuke set it face down, appearing parallel to the one he'd set hit first turn. Then, taking the last one from his hand he turned it around for everyone to see, the green border of an extremely familiar magic card.
"Mystical Space Typhoon on Katsu'a face down card!" he called as a spiral of wind launched from his field at the card set on Katsu's left.
Then, to everyone's shock, Katsu's lips twisted up in a small smirked as he snapped his fingers. Instantly Yusuke realized his mistake as the target card flipped up, revealing a trap card.
"Jar of Greed." Katsu called as the blast of wind hit the ground where the card had been previously. "This lets me draw one card from my deck."
'A decoy.' Yusuke grimaced as Katsu increased his hand to three cards. "Alright, Templar Swordsman, attack Uranus (0)!"
As the dual sword wielding warrior charged across the field, swords held up in an x, Eizan's brown robed angel hung his head in despair, his smile completely gone now. Since his attack points were completely drained, he wasn't any use anyway.
Snapping his fingers, Eizan startled everyone when one of his set cards flipped up. "I activate Drain Shield to negate the attack and increase my life points by your monster's attack total, that it will." he explained for everyone as a light blue barrier appeared around him, halting the swords as the crossed in front of the monsters chest.
After a few minutes the struggle broke, Yusuke's monster leapt backwards, and the blue shield faded away, turning into a mist of the same color that flowed into Eizan's duel disk, drastically increasing his life points. (ELP:7050)
"I thank you very much, that I do." Eizan added as his life points were displayed for all to see.
Snarling, Yusuke ended his turn, allowing Ukon to make a move. Smirking as he drew his card, he added it to his hand and then grabbed another from the three he'd already been holding. "I summon Moonlight Teutonic (1900/900) in attack mode." A man identical to his previous ones, only with a banner displaying a full moon appeared.
"Next I sacrifice him to activate his special ability, summon two more Teutonics with fifteen hundred or fewer attack points from my deck." he smiled as the new monster vanished and was replaced by two more copies of the first monster he'd summoned, banners showing a wave of water. "Two more Torrent Teutonics (1100/500)."
Taking his newly drawn card, he slipped it into a magic zone, activating it. "Brave Attack, a card common to rush strategies, allows me to combine the attacks of all my monsters this turn for one big blast!" he explained as the card resolved its effect. As one his three attack mode knights lifted their swords, crossing the tips.
Pointing across the field, Ukon declared, "my three Teutonics have a combined attack of thirty-three hundred. Katsu Yoriyoi, they're going to bring your Divine Dragon down!"
Letting loose their battle cries, the three knights charged across the field, swords held high. In response, the large dragon seemed to actually scoff at them as it let loose its flames. Raising their shields, the three charging knights continued to press on, finally coming to the dragon and slashing wildly at him.
Finally, after much slashing by the knights and flailing and burning by the dragon, all four fell to the ground, motionless, and then shattered into pixels. (KLP:3500)
"With that, I end my turn." Ukon said, seeming pleased with himself as his sister drew. Now that Katsu's dragon was gone, he was vulnerable, and her Paladin's had the power to deal huge amounts of damage in one go, especially now that Drevos was on the field, doubling their natural power boosts.
"I summon Paladin Spierel (1800/1300) in attack mode!" Shizuka called without pause, a warrior in gold armor appearing, a faint blue outline surrounding him. "He powers up all Paladin's by three hundred, but that becomes six hundred with Drevos on the field." She smiled as the blue aura grew in intensity.
"Paladin Spierel (2400), attack Katsu's life points directly!" she shouted as her monster lifted his sword. Running up to Katsu, he slashed down...
"Activate face down card, Excerion's Descent!" Katsu shouted, as his trap lifted up. "This summons one Divine Dragon-Excerion from my hand to the field." he explained, taking the card he had drawn from Jar of Greed and slapping it down. Instantly his field was engulfed in light, and another silver scaled dragon appeared.
"Damn..." Shizuka sword under her breath as her knight leapt back from the fight, now outmatched by the dragon. Grimacing, she set a card face down, and ended.
Drawing, Eizan looked over at Katsu and smiled that ever-present smile of his. "Well Katsu, I guess it's gotten to that point, hasn't it?"
Turning, Katsu nodded. "Indeed, time to stop holding back so much. Time to show them the full wrath of the Divine Duelists!"
To Be Continued...
Ah, that was fun. Short, yes, but fun. However, believe it or not, that was actually a full twenty turns. Nifty, isn't it? So that's about a third of this duel, though I'll probably finish it next chapter. Haven't decided. Either way, next chapter should be even better.
Thanks again to G.O.T.Nick for Katsu and his amazing deck. Totally kickass. And also, thanks a great deal to Seeker for use of his Angel cards, since I do love that particular set.
Original Cards-
Katsu (Unless otherwise stated, they're by Nick)-Priest of Excerion, Soldier of Excerion, Brood of Excerion, Throne of Excerion (Me), Excerion's Descent
Eizan-Uranus, Angel of Good Will (Seeker), Pluto, Angel of Weakening (Seeker), Song of the Faithful
Yusuke/Ukon/Shizuka- Basically, unless it's a card you recognize, it's mine.
Next Time- The duel is now starting to really heat up as Katsu and Eizan stop holding back and let their true strength fly. Against their hard and calculated attacks, can their opponents even hope to hold out, let alone win?
Next Time-Professional Duel; Divine Duelists Pt. 2