Sky Top Duelists

by Sdrive

Kai has been kicked out of his apartment and has nowhere else to go when he decides to join a Duel Monsters tournament. The prize? 50,000 dollars along with a few secret cards to be given to the Champion. He and his friends, Sprite, Hajime, Dominid, an

8. Beaten Down

Sdrive: Well, here it is, the long awaited chapter of Sky Top Duelists. Hope you all enjoy it.

Disclaimer: You know the drill.

Hajime walked through the building towards Arena 11. He pulled out his deck and began shuffling as he walked. He got to his arena just as his opponent came into view. His opponent looked like he was either shot up on steroids or jogged around his country 5 times while carrying bulldozers on his back before going to work in the morning. His muscles were large and he wore a black vest over his chest. He had black sweat pants on and a leather jacket with orange sunglasses resting on top of his head.

He smiled at Hajime and walked over to him. "Hi, I'm your opponent, Suji."

Hajime nodded, "Hajime," he said a little wary about this man.

Suji laughed a big hearty laugh. "I believe in good old hard work, good physical health, and rock climbing. I'm a friendly enough guy. My son taught me how to play this game and I just got so into it that I built my own deck and here I am."

Hajime nodded "I came in second place at the card shop I go to."

"Well, congratulations, I think this will be a good duel," he said smiling. "I built a deck that sort of matches my style and I am positive it will allow me to win."

"I guess we will see," Hajime said. They went to their respective sides of the arena and shuffled their decks. Hajime inserted his deck and then ripped the disk while his duel disk unfolded. He looked on as the flash of light erupted and appeared. Once it died down he drew his cards and looked over them.

The judge pointed to Suji to start the duel. "Alright then," Suji said looking at his cards. "Well, I must say, I am quite fond of this hand. I summon Marauding Captain," He said. A man with blonde hair, clad in armor with a large sword and then a smaller sword appeared on the field (1200/400). "This man allows me to summon another monster as long as their level is 4 or lower. So now I summon Goblin Attack Force." A bunch of green goblins appeared on the field with brown clothes and large clubs appeared on the field (2300/0). "Now I have two very strong monsters on the field. I don't think you will be able to get to my Life Points now."

"We'll see," Hajime said as he drew his card. "I summon Luster Dragon," Hajime said as a blue dragon with a hard scales appeared on the field (1900/1600). "Now, my Luster Dragon will attack your Marauding Captain." The Luster Dragon shot hot flames from its mouth towards the Marauding Captain. The captain cried out in pain as he was destroyed. "So much for a strong monster," Hajime said. Suji:7300/Hajime:8000

"But now you have left yourself open for an attack by my goblins," Suji said.

Hajime shrugged and took two cards from his hand. "I set two cards under the table and end my turn," he said.

"Now I summon Gearfried the Iron Knight," Suji said as a large man covered completely in iron armor appeared on the field. (1800/1600) "Next I will equip this card, the Fusion Sword Murasame Blade." A long narrow Katana was placed inside of Gearfried's hand and seemed to meld to him. "Normally no equipments can be placed on Gearfried but the Fusion Sword has the ability to always stay connected to a warrior type monster, and it can't be unequipped by spells, traps or monster effects. On top of that it gives Gearfried an extra 800 attack points. (2600/1600)

"Well, that is quite a strong monster," Hajime said looking at it.

"You bet," Suji said giving a thumbs up. "My deck is all about getting my monsters so strong that they can't be beat, and they in turn give the beating. Now, my Goblins will attack your Luster Dragon!"

"I'm afraid not," Hajime said. "Reverse Trap, Wall of Revealing Light. The number of Life Points I sacrifice to my wall is the number of attack points your monsters have to have more of in order to attack. So the number I choose is 4000." Hajime started to glow as his Life Points decreased. Suji:7300/Hajime:4000 Suddenly a large barrier of light appeared on the field and froze Suji's monsters in place.

Suji gave out a hearty laugh, "Well played, but unfortunately for you I am prepared. I activate Mage Power!" The card appeared on the field and equipped to the Goblin Attack Force. "This card strengthens my goblins for each spell and trap on my side of the field, so it now has 1000 extra attack points. (3300/0) Then I will set one card under the table and make it get another 500 extra attack points. (3800/0) Just one more card and I can get past your Wall of Light. I end my turn."

Hajime looked at the much stronger Goblin Attack force and then at his Luster Dragon. 'If he pulls another card this could hurt,' he thought as he drew his card. "I set one card under the table and one monster on guard, I also switch my Luster Dragon on guard. That's all for me." Hajime's cards appeared on the field while the Luster Dragon reverted to a defensive stance and its card appeared underneath it.

Suji drew his card and smiled. "I activate Malevolent Nuzzler!" Suji said smiling as he placed the card on the field. Suddenly a woman appeared behind the goblins and began to give them massages. "This card gives my Goblin Attack Force an extra 700 attack points plus my Mage Power makes them even stronger. Hajime looked on as the Goblins grew in power. (5000/0) "Now its time for me to reverse one of my other face down cards. Fairy Meteor Crush. This card will give my goblins a trample ability and will bring your Life Points dangerously low."

"Crap!" Hajime said looking at his cards.

"Now go my Goblins, attack Luster Dragon!" The goblins ran towards the dragon and then began beating it up. The dragon was destroyed and then they went on to hit Hajime. He was thrown backwards and landed on his back. Suji:7300/Hajime:600. "My Goblins now switch on guard." The goblins all fell asleep and their card appeared underneath them. "I end my turn."

Hajime slowly stood up, and dusted himself off. He looked down at his deck and slowly drew his card. He looked at it before putting it in his hand and taking another card. "I summon White Magician Pikeru,"Hajime said as he placed the card on the reader. A small girl in white robes with pink hair, green eyes and a small staff appeared on the field. "Now, Pikeru, attack his Goblin Attack Force!" The small magician let out a blast of energy out of her staff and the Goblins were destroyed. "That will end my turn," Hajime said.

Suji let out a small growl. "My goblins were defeated by something so small. I can't believe it. Well, don't worry, you are down to your last 600 Life Points while I still have most of mine." Suji drew his card and looked at it. "I summon Spear Dragon!" A blue and white dragon appeared on the field with a large beak like mouth. (1900/0)

"Your dragon is too weak to get past my Wall of Light," Hajime said confidently.

"It doesn't matter, it is still stronger than your Pikeru, which means that you won't be able to get to my Life Points. That ends my turn."

"I'm not too worried about getting to your Life Points so much as restoring mine."

Suji gave yet another hearty laugh, "My friend, I admire your enthusiasm, but how do you plan on restoring your life points?"

"With my Pikeru's special ability," Hajime said as his Pikeru began to glow. Suddenly Hajime started to glow and his Life Points went up a bit. Suji:7300/Hajime:1400

"How did you do that?"

"My Pikeru's special ability allows me to gain 400 Life Points for every monster on my side of the field. Now, I will summon my second Luster Dragon," Hajime said as his dragon appeared on the field (1900/1600). "Next, I will switch Pikeru on guard and that does it for me."

Suji looked at the field, 'My new friend duels well,' he thought. 'I can't get to his life points and he is about to gain even more life points. I have to put a stop to this.' He reached for the card on top of his deck and drew it. When he looked at it he laughed. "My friend, guess what. I just drew a way to get past your pesky wall. I activate Mystical Space Typhoon! This card will blow away your wall and allow me to attack with my monsters!" The wind from the Mystical Space Typhoon blew all over the wall, when the wind died down everyone was astonished to see that the wall was still there. "What happened! Your wall should be demolished!"

"I reversed my Trap Card, My Fake Trap as a matter of fact. So because of it, it took the wind instead of my wall and kept my wall completely safe."

"I can't believe it!" Suji said astonished. "You stopped my plan from working! I set a monster on guard and end my turn," he said a bit glumly.

"My turn," Hajime said drawing his card. "And now I gain 1200 Life Points," Suji:7300/Hajime:2600. "Now, here's where things get tricky, I set one card under the table, and then I reverse my Masked Dragon!" A red dragon with a white mask and various other armor like bones appeared on the field (1400/1100) "Now, I send my Masked Dragon to attack your Spear Dragon!" The Masked Dragon opened it's mouth and attacked the Spear Dragon. The Spear Dragon folded its wings and let the blast hit it. It then opened its wings and then let out a blast of wind from its mouth and destroyed the Masked Dragon. Suji:7300/Hajime:2100

"I don't know what you were thinking, my Spear Dragon was stronger."

"True, but you have to remember, some monsters have special abilities. And Masked Dragon's special ability allows it to bring another dragon with an attack of 1500 or less from my deck to the field whenever it is destroyed in battle."

"But, a monster with 1500 can't beat my Spear Dragon, or my Gearfried the Iron Knight," Suji said trying to figure out Hajime's move.

"Unless I'm using it so that I can summon something stronger," Hajime said folding his arms. He waited for a second and then started speaking again, "The monster I chose is my Red Eyes Black Chick." Suddenly a small egg appeared and a small black dragon appeared out of it. "Now going into my second Main Phase, I offer up Red Eyes Black Chick so that I can summon Red Eyes Black Dragon!" People in the crowd gasped as the small dragon disappeared and a ferocious large black dragon appeared on the field. Its claws were long and it's teeth were extremely sharp. (2400/2000)

"That card is extremely rare! How did you get it?" Suji asked shocked.

"I got very lucky," Hajime said smiling. "That ends my turn."

Suji looked a little nervous, "No matter, my Gearfried is stronger than your Red Eyes, and besides, all I have to do is switch my Spear Dragon on guard and my Life Points are safe." He drew his card and looked at it. 'I think I'll save this, just in case,' he thought. Now I will switch my Spear Dragon..."

"Not so fast," Hajime said. "Reverse Trap, Shadow Spell." His card flipped up and a bunch of black chains came from it and ensnared the dragon. "This trap keeps you from being able to attack or switch positions with your Spear Dragon. Plus Spear Dragon loses 700 attack points." (1200/0)

"NO!" Suji said as he watched his Spear Dragon struggle to get free but to no avail. "I end my turn."

"Now my turn begins," Hajime said as he drew his card. Pikeru began glowing and gave Hajime Life Points. "Now my Red Eyes, Inferno Fire Blast, destroy his Spear Dragon!" The Black Dragon let out a stream of fire that rammed into the Spear Dragon destroying it. Suji:6100/Hajime:3300 "It looks like this duel is getting closer," Hajime said.

'I can't believe I let my friend get this much of an advantage over me,' Suji thought. 'Well, he won't get any more.' He looked down at the card he just drew and smiled. I activate the Spell, Remove Restraints!"

"What does that do?" Hajime asked.

"Well, this card allows me to offer up my Gearfried the Iron Knight so that his armor can be removed!" The armor from Gearfried exploded and out came a muscular man with long, flowing, black hair. "Meet Gearfried the Sword Master! (3500/2200) Now I will equip Gearfried with my second Fusion Sword Murasame Blade!" The long katana appeared in Gearfried's hands and he started glowing. (4300/2200) "Whenever Gearfried is equipped with a card it will automatically destroy a monster on the field. And now it's your Red Eyes Black Dragon that is going to fall!" Gearfried went towards the Red Eyes and slashed it across its chest destroying it.

"Red Eyes," Hajime said slowly.

"Now that the Fusion Sword is on Gearfried, it can attack, and its target is your Luster Dragon! Gearfried slashed its sword across the dragon destroying it. The shockwave from the attack went towards Hajime causing a large wind and making his trench coat flow in the wind. As the wind died down Hajime's Life Points dropped. Suji:6100/Hajime:900 "You should stop my friend, you don't have what it takes to win. You played a good game, but I will always get past your wall."

"I won't give up," Hajime said narrowing his eyes.

"Suite yourself," Suji said. "Either way, I end my turn."

Hajime slowly drew his card and looked at it. Pikeru began to glow and it gave him 800 more Life Points. Suji:6100/Hajime:1700. "I activate Pot of Greed, to draw two new cards." Hajime swiftly drew his two cards and thought about his moves. "I set a monster on guard and a card under the table and that ends my turn." He said as his cards appeared on the field.

Suji drew his card, "I must commend your fighting spirit, but think about it, you don't have anything to save you."

"As long as I have my wall, you can only attack once."

"Still, soon your monsters will be gone and I will get to your Life Points. I will set one monster on guard, and then I will have Gearfried attack your White Magician Pikeru." Gearfried went towards Pikeru and used its sword to destroy it. That ends my turn,"

Hajime let out a growl, he wasn't sure what he could do, but he knew that he wasn't going to give up. He drew his card and smiled. "I activate Tribute to the Doomed! This card allows me to discard one card in my hand so that I can destroy one monster on the field, and I discard A Feather of the Phoenix in order to destroy your Gearfried!" Suddenly bandages wrapped around Gearfried and slowly dragged him into the ground. "Now you no longer have your Sword Master and can't get to my monsters. That ends my turn."

"Oh, can't I?" Suji asked drawing his card. "I activate my own Pot of Greed!" Suji drew his cards and then smiled. "Now I can summon my monster easier. I activate Cost Down. I discard Marauding Captain in order to make all monsters in my hand lower by two levels. Now I offer up my on guard Enraged Battle Ox so that I can summon Buster Blader!" A Battle Ox appeared and then was offered and a mighty warrior clad in purple armor with a large sword appeared on the field. (2600/2300) "As you might know my Buster Blader gains an extra 500 attack points for each dragon on your side of the field and in your graveyard." Hajime and Suji both watched as the Buster Blader gained an extra 2500 attack points (5100/2300)

"Great, get past one strong monster just to run right into a stronger monster," Hajime said staring up at the Buster Blader.

"Now Buster Blader, attack his monster on the left!" The warrior swung his sword and ended up destroying a Masked Dragon. After that another Masked Dragon took its place and the Buster Blader gained another 1000 attack points. (6100/2300) "That ends my turn," Suji said smiling. As Hajime drew his card Suji spoke again. "Listen, you are a good duelist, but it doesn't look like you are going to be able to beat me."

"I have to beat you," Hajime said simply.

"And why is that? So that you can gain glorious fame? Just to let you know, I'm here to have fun."

"I'm here to win the prize money so that I can help a friend of mine," Hajime said looking down at his card.

"Well, although it is noble, I still don't want to lose. So I won't give up either."

"I wouldn't expect you to." 'And I don't need you to,' he thought looking down at the card he just drew. "I set one monster on guard and switch Masked Dragon on guard and end my turn."

Suji drew his card and looked down at it. "Well, I don't have much for this card at the moment. So I will send Buster Blader to attack your Masked Dragon." The Buster Blader swung its sword and destroyed the Masked Dragon. Hajime searched for a Red Eyes Chick and summoned it to the field. Buster Blader gained another 500 attack power and then Suji ended his turn. (6600/2300)

As Hajime drew his card he thought, 'All I have to do is wait for him to attack the right monster, then I will be able to take him out.' "I switch Red Eyes Chick on guard and set one card under the table and end my turn."

Suji drew his card and saw that he had drawn Creature Swap. 'If I can pull the right card I can win,' he thought. "Buster Blader attacks your little chick and that ends my turn."

Hajime drew and started wondering what would happen if he didn't Suji didn't attack the right card in time. He only had a few Life Points, he couldn't afford to be picky with them. "I end my turn," he finally said.

Suji drew but didn't get the right kind of card he needed. "Buster Blader attacks the card on the far right." Buster Blader went forward and slashed its sword across a woman in strange armor. A swirling cloud appeared on the field and a small light came from the cloud. Hajime had begun to smile. "What is that?"

"This is D.D. Warrior Lady. Do you know what the D.D. stands for?"

"No, but does it really matter."

"Yes, it stands for Different Dimension, and D.D. Warrior Lady's effect states that it can remove itself and another monster if it attacks that monster or if the monster attacks it. So now I use D.D. Warrior Lady's ability to remove itself and Buster Blader from play!"

"NO!" Suji said shocked. The Buster Blader and D.D. Warrior Lady were sucked up into the swirling clouds and they disappeared. Suji stood shocked. When he finally did speak all he said was, "I end my turn."

"Now its my turn," Hajime said. "I summon a personal favorite of one of my friends, Raging Flame Sprite." The small sprite came on the field and stared at Suji (100/200). "Raging Flame Sprite can attack your Life Points directly so go Raging Flame Sprite attack the player!" The sprite went towards Suji and attacked him. Suji:6000/Hajime:1700. "Raging Flame Sprite gains an extra 1000 attack points for doing damage and that ends my turn." (1100/200)

"You have gotten lucky, but it won't last for long,"Suji said. "This card will come in handy. But until then I have to end my turn."

"I draw," Hajime said. "I lay one card under the table and then have Raging Flame Sprite attack you directly." The card appeared and the Sprite shot a stream of fire at Suji causing him to flinch. Suji:4900/Hajime:1700. "That gives the sprite another 1000 attack points and ends my turn." (2100/200)

Suji drew and smiled, "I Play Tribute to the doomed. I discard a card from my hand and then destroy your on guard monster." The card was destroyed and Suji smiled. Now I summon Marauding Captain, and using his ability I summon Big Shield Gardna on guard. Next I will activate Creature Swap, I give you my Marauding Captain and you have only one monster on the field, so now if you would please give me your Raging Flame Sprite I would like to get on with the duel." The duelists walked across the arena and handed each other their cards. People in the audience were watching Hajime thinking he had lost his last line of defense.

"I'm not to worried, because Raging Flame Sprite only has 2100 attack points and it needs more than 4000 in order to be able to attack," Hajime said calmly.

"Maybe, but now I activate United We Stand! This card gives an extra 800 attack points to the monster equipped to it for each monster on my side of the field. So that means that Raging Flame Sprite gains 2400 attack points making it more than strong enough to get past your wall." Everyone in the audience gasped as they watched the Raging Flame Sprite gain power. (4500/200) "It was a good duel but now it has to end, Raging Flame Sprite, attack the player!" The Flame Sprite, now glowing along with the other monsters, began to charge up a its small staff while fire spread around it.

"Not so fast!" Hajime called out. "Reverse Book of Moon. This quick play spell card allows me to switch any monster on the field into face down on guard position, and this time it's your Flame Sprite."

"But Creature Swap..." Suji began.

"Creature Swap has been over ruled!"

Everyone watched as the Flame Sprite disappeared and a card appeared in it's place. "I can't believe it. I end my turn," Suji said disappointed.

Hajime drew his card looked down at it, "I pass."

Suji drew his card and immediately switched Raging Flame Sprite into attack mode. But when it switched its stats were not what he wanted them to be. (100/200) "What happened."

"Since Raging Flame Sprite was put face down, its stats reverted back to what they used to be, which means you can't attack with it."

Suji growled, "That was a move I didn't take into consideration. I have to end my turn."

Hajime drew his card and a smile crept up on his face. "I just drew my second Raging Flame Sprite so now I will summon it." The Flame Sprite appeared on the field with a smile. "Now I will set one card under the table and activate Mage Power. I believe you know what it does. So now my Raging Flame Sprite will get another 2000 attack points. Raging Flame Sprite, attack the player." The sprite attacked Suji and knocked him down to the ground. Suji:2800/Hajime:1700 "The sprite gains 1000 more and I end."

Suji slowly drew his card and sighed. "I pass."

Hajime drew but didn't even look, "Raging Flame Sprite, attack the player!" The sprite attacked and that was the end of the duel. Suji:0/Hajime:1700

Hajime picked up his cards and then walked over to Suji. He helped him up and Suji gave him a hearty pat on the back. "Well, I guess you were destined to win. After all, you're fighting for a friend, so it only makes sense that you would win instead of me, even though I had the upper hand so many times. I must say though, it was a great duel, and I'm glad we faced off."

"It was a good duel," Hajime agreed. "So, what are you going to do now?"

"Well, the tournament people said that they needed people to help them test out the duel disks, so I figure I will duel throughout the island to help them out with that."

"Well, I wish you luck," Hajime said shaking Suji's hand.

"And good luck to you throughout the tournament. I will watch you and cheer for you."

"Thank you," Hajime said. After that they went their separate ways. Hajime exited the building and saw Domid waiting for him. "How did your duel go?"

"I won," Domid said. "So, what now?"

Hajime elbowed Domid in his arm. "How many times do I have to tell you not to ask that question?"

"Um...25?"

"I better not have to, or else your arm will no longer function."

"Right," Domid said holding his arm. "So what..." When he saw Hajime glaring at him he immediately shut his mouth.

"Why don't we go check up on Sprite and Kai?"

"Sure," Domid said. With that they headed off towards the North East Dueling Arena.

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Sdrive:Well, I hope you all liked it, I know I did. Time for Reviews!

Zenryo: Yes, you guessed the right answer when you talked to me in the halls. I got it from Avatar, the last Air Bender, so he gets the CPC's. Um, I hate Thousand Eyes too but now I finally have one bwhahahah...and I'll probably never use it lol.

Peace Writer: Whoopsie, oh well, so the Thousand Eye thing was a minor mistake. Oh, and I also don't care about the Konami ruling for the Haripes. To me, since the effect says they count as regular harpies, but since their names have 1, 2, and 3, they are technically different harpies in my mind. So I say screw that rule, I'll write it my way lol.

Vyser Adept of Dragons: Well, glad to see I have a new reviewer. Thanks for all the compliments, I might just try that type of deck, thanks for the idea. When I have time I'll try to read some of your stories.

Lucien: Go read my rant on Peaces review since I don't feel like typing it twice. Either way thanks for the compliment.

High Elf: Thanks. Damn it, I gotta get around to reading your story! Um, the first duel of the finals is about to start, all the pre duel stuff is out of the way though.

john: Thanks. Yeah, never been a big harpie fan myself but figured with all the new harpie cards I might as well try lol.

Reaver: Oh, I guess you got it right away. So, I'll give you 5 extra CPC's for getting it before Zenryo. Personally, I don't remember the deck Idea you sent me. I'm having a memory fart. Oh well. Um, I guess thats all I have to say.

Sdrive: Well, not sure when the next chapter will be out. I have to work on Masters and then I think I will continue with my first Fiction,Yugioh goes Pokemon, and then I want to work on, To Worship is to Suffer. So I don't know when this will be out. But look forward because next chapter is Nine and he will face off with his BEWD. Until next time.

Power to the Hikari's