Chapter 4: Fortune Favors the Revolution
That night, the group of friends split themselves up between the two rooms - the guys all managed to make due with the one room while Tea kept the second. Yugi and Joey kept themselves occupied with yet another practice duel to sharpen their skills for the next day. As they went to bed, thoughts of who their opponents would be came to mind. They had each gotten a good look at the majority of the competition within the parlor, with the exception of a small number that left their seats empty.
The next morning, Yugi woke up and found Joey already at the computer, flicking away at the roller ball in the mouse.
"Joey? What're you doing up?" Yugi asked.
"Nyeh, I'm looking through da Deck Master stuff," Joey said. "I got a message on my PDA about my duel having Deck Masters!"
"Already?" Tristan said, rubbing his eyes as he woke up. "Your luck never changes, does it?"
"Ah yeah!" Joey exclaimed. "Dis is great! I can use my Flame Swordsman again!"
"What?" Yugi asked.
"The Deck Master system gave Flame Swordsman da same ability he had back in dat virtual world incident," Joey explained. "Hehe, dat other guy won't even know what hit 'im!"
"That's assuming you meet up with a guy," Tristan pointed out.
"That's true," Yugi agreed. "After all, there were a couple female duelists around."
"Eh, I'm not worried," Joey said. "Time to get dis show on da road!"
"Do you know where you're going?" Yugi asked.
"Yeah, some Duel Field with a number," Joey answered. "Let's see...eh...a 23A...nyeh? Where's dat supposed to be?"
"I think there might be a map function on it somewhere," Yugi said. "I kinda looked at mine for a bit to figure it out."
After showing Joey the map, they managed to locate the exact whereabouts of the Duel Field and the accompanying spectator booth. With that in mind, they picked Tea up and headed over to the Duel Field, with Joey preparing his Duel Disk for the upcoming battle.
On the Duel Field, Joey awaited his opponent to appear. In the meantime, Yugi, Tristan, and Tea waited in the spectator booth Tristan looked up at the TV monitor stationed in the room to check up on the match-up.
"Looks like Joey's dueling a girl," Tristan said.
"Lucky Lynn," Yugi read off the screen. "I wonder if she's as lucky as Joey is."
From the other side of the field, a brown-haired girl wearing dirty and ragged clothing entered the field, a different-styled grey Duel Disk on her arm. Joey was taken aback by her appearance but then regained his focus.
"So you're gonna be my opponent, eh?" he asked.
The girl simply activated her Duel Disk, with a single space coming out from the body before the other spaces spread out from it.
"It would seem so," she replied, bringing out her deck, shuffling it, and inserting it into the deck space of her disk. "My name's Lynn by the way."
Joey prepared his own Duel Disk and deck for the duel. "Joey Wheeler's mine," he said, introducing himself.
A small speaker in the room spoke out: "Please select your Deck Master at this time."
"Alright! I choose da Flame Swordsman!" Joey announced. A tall muscular man wearing blue clothing and an orange headdress and kilt appeared next to Joey.
"I choose United Resistance," Lynn announced. Several hooded figures appeared next to her, a couple having their arms folded.
With that down, the two drew their starting hands and said, "Let's duel!"
Lynn: 8000
Joey: 8000
"It's my turn," Lynn said, drawing a card. "And I'll start by Setting a monster on the field in Defense mode. That's all for now."
A holographic card appeared on Lynn's field, turned horizontally with the back of the card facing up.
"Alright, time for Joey Wheeler to rock the house!" Joey said, drawing a card. "And I'm bringing in Alligator's Sword in Attack mode!"
An armored green lizardman wielding a sword appeared on Joey's field (4/1500/1200).
"Go, Alligator's Sword!" Joey declared. "Attack her monster!"
The lizardman lunged at the face-down card. It flipped over to reveal several ragged people wielding scythes. The group banded together and deflected the strike of Alligator's Sword with their own weapons.
"Nyeh?! What happened?" Joey said as his life points dropped.
Lynn: 8000
Joey: 7500
"You just attacked my Oppressed People (1/400/2000)," Lynn explained. "And since their Defense of 2000 is greater than your monster's Attack of 1500, you just lost some Life Points."
Meanwhile in the spectator booth...
"Oppressed People?" Yugi wondered aloud.
"You know that card?" Tristan asked.
Yugi nodded. "It's one in a set of cards," Yugi explained, "and if she's got this one, and she's got United Resistance, then chances are she's got the other two cards needed for the combo."
"What combo is that?" Tea asked curiously.
"The Huge Revolution," Yugi answered.
Back on the field, Joey picked out two cards from his hand.
"I'm Setting dese cards face-down," he said, "and my turn ends here."
"My move," Lynn said, drawing a card. "And now I'll summon People Running About in Attack mode!"
A group of people appeared on the field, panicked and frightened (2/600/600).
"Dat monster's Attack points are only 600," Joey said. "Ya can't expect to beat my monster with that, do ya?"
"Not at all," Lynn replied. "But I won't have to worry once I activate the Level Limit Area - B Spell card!"
A spell card appeared on the field and emitted a pulse, forcing Joey's Alligator's Sword into Defense mode.
"What da -?!"
"You're going to find things to be a little trickier now," Lynn said. "My Level Limit Area-B spell forces all monsters with a level of 4 or greater into Defense position."
Ah man, dat means I can't even use my Alligator's Sword!
"Next I activate Secret Pass to the Treasures!" Lynn announced. "And with this spell, by selecting a monster with 1000 or less Attack points, I can use it to attack your Life Points directly! So now, People Running About, attack him directly!"
Suddenly, a group of guards appeared behind the People Running About and began attacking them, forcing them to run at Joey!
"Not so fast!" Joey said, triggering a button on his Duel Disk. "I activate my trap, Magical Arm Shield!"
Alligator's Sword gained a robotic shield, which activated and snagged Oppressed People and dragged them in front of the People Running About! The People ran into the Oppressed, who held them back from reaching Alligator's Sword!
"With dis, I can snag a monster on your field when your monster attacks," Joey explained, "and since I got your Oppressed People, you take damage between your People's Attack and da Oppressed's Defense!"
Lynn: 6600
Joey: 7500
"Yeah!" Tristan said from the booth. "Way to go, Joey!"
"Don't get too excited," Yugi said. "She's definitely planning on using that combo, and if she succeeds, then Joey's going to be in for a rough time."
"Not bad," Lynn said as she Set two cards. "I'll just end my turn with these."
"Alright, my move!" Joey announced, drawing a new card. Okay, I can't use a monster with at least 4 stars, or else her card's gonna switch it to Defense mode. So then dat means...
"I summon Baby Dragon (3/1200/700) to the field in Attack mode!" he declared. A small orange dragon appeared on the field, giggling a little.
"Now go! Attack the People Running About!"
The dragon takes in a deep breath and lets loose a fireball at the People!
"Not so fast!" Lynn said. "I counter with my Negate Attack!"
The fireball was intercepted by a warphole which completely absorbed the attack!
"With this, your attack is negated, and your Battle Phase ends," Lynn announced.
"Nyeh~!" Joey yelped. He looked over his hand quickly to plan his next move. After picking out a card, he announced, "Alright, den I'll play dis card face-down and end my turn!"
"Fine then," Lynn said, drawing a card. "My turn!"
"Not so fast!" Joey said, opening one of his face-downs. "I'm activating Graceful Dice!"
A chibi fairy with a bowtie and a blue die appeared.
"Now my monsters will have dere power increased by 100 points multiplied by da roll of da die!" Joey said, and with that the fairy tossed the die into the air. When the die landed, it revealed a 4!
"Yeah! Now my monsters' are gonna get a boost of 400 Atk and Def points!" Joey announced.
Alligator's Sword (4/1500/1200 - 4/1900/1600)
Baby Dragon (3/1200/700 - 3/1600/1100)
"Powering up your monsters before my attack?" Lynn mused. "Not exactly the smartest move. Now then, for my turn, I summon United Resistance (3/1000/400) from my hand!"
With that, more hooded people appeared on the field next to the fearful and the ragged peoples.
"And now for my ace trap card!" Lynn said. "Go, Huge Revolution!"
"Hey Yugi," Tristan asked. "What exactly does Huge Revolution do?"
"Well, if it's her Main Phase, and she controls Oppressed People, People Running About, and United Resistance on her field," Yugi explained, "the Huge Revolution trap card can be used to destroy all the cards on the opponent's field and in their hand."
"It can what?!" Tristan yelped, just as Joey said the same thing as Lynn explained the effects of her card.
"Go, Huge Revolution! Wipe out all of his cards!"
The trap card glowed fiercely as the Oppressed People, People Running About, and United Resistance raised their fists into the air! Then a huge surge of energy was unleashed from the card!
"Gah! I activate my trap card!" Joey said, just before the explosive force wiped out Alligator's Sword and Baby Dragon!
After the smoke cleared, a single red die was lying on the field, a 6 on the top side.
"What?!" Lynn asked.
"Hehehehehe," Joey laughed. "I got to activate my Skull Dice trap card just before you wiped out my cards! And since the number rolled was a 6, your monsters all lose 600 Atk and Def points!"
Oppressed People (1/400/2000 - 1/0/1400)
People Running About (2/600/600 - 2/0/0)
United Resistance (3/1000/400 - 3/400/0)
"Not bad," Lynn said. "Reducing my offensive capabilities by a lucky roll. But that won't save you! Now I play Thousand Energy, raising the Attack and Defense of my People Running About by 1000!"
People Running About (2/0/0 - 2/1000/1000)
"Nyeh!" Joey yelped.
"Now go, my people," Lynn declared, "and attack his Life Points directly!"
The hooded and frantic people all teamed up for an assault on Joey's Life Points, and with nothing to defend himself with, Joey had to take the entire attack!
Lynn: 6600
Joey: 6100
"Man, dat was brutal," Joey said.
"Fortunately for you," Lynn explained, "my Thousand Energy wipes out all the monsters affected by it, meaning the People Running About are destroyed."
With that remark, the frantic group of people were blown apart into holographic sparkles.
"And that's all I can do for now," Lynn said.
But it sure was a lot, Joey thought. Now I've only got whatever comes to the top of my deck! And now that her turn's over, my Skull Dice's effect wears off.
Oppressed People (1/0/1400 - 1/400/2000)
United Resistance (3/400/0 - 3/1000/400)
"Good luck to you, Joey," Lynn said. "You're going to need it."
Luck? Ha! Joey's got all da luck he needs! Joey thought.
"It's my turn now!"
Joey drew his card, looked at it, then he smiled with glee.
"Alright!" he said. "Now I'm summoning out my Fiend Megacyber (6/2200/1200) in Attack mode!"
A large golden warrior appeared on Joey's field.
"Thanks to da Fiend Megacyber's special ability," Joey explained, "since you have two more monsters out dan I do, I can Special Summon 'im free of charge!"
"Very good," Lynn said, "but I'm afraid you'll have to do better!"
Suddenly, Fiend Megacyber shifted to a kneeling position. (6/2200/1200 - 6/2200/1200)
"Nyeh~? What happened?!" Joey asked.
"Did you forget? My Level Limit Area - B is still in effect," Lynn explained, "and as long as it's on the field, I can continue to hold off your attacks no matter how long it takes."
"Gahhh, I end my turn," Joey said disgruntled.
"Then it's my move!" Lynn said. She drew her card, looked at it, then Set it on the field.
"I'll only play this one card and end my turn," she said.
"Alright, time for some more luck," Joey thought aloud. "Here goes!"
Joey drew his next card, and once again he smiled.
"Alright!" he said "This oughta get me outta dis for sure! I activate Roll of Fate!"
The Spell card activated, depicting a woman and a man facing opposite ways with a single die between them.
"With dis, I can roll a die again," Joey explained, "and depending on the roll of the die, I can draw dat many cards from my deck. But den I have ta discard dat many too."
With that said, an arm popped out of the card and rolled a white die. The die spun around before landing on 3!
"Alright!" Joey said. "Now I draw three cards and den discard three cards."
After performing the actions, Joey looked over his new hand and smiled.
"Here goes!" Joey said. "First, I'm playing the Giant Trunade spell, which returns all other Spells and Traps on the field to the owner's hand!"
A great wind swept the field, forcing Lynn's Level Limit Area - B and face-down card back to her hand.
"Next, I'm sacrificing The Fiend Megacyber," he continued, "in order to bring out my Jinzo (6/2400/1500)!"
A tall cyborg with a mask over its face rose up on Joey's field, accompanied by dark lightning.
"Alright!" Tristan said. "With that, Lynn can't use her Huge Revolution card!"
"Or any other trap card for that matter," Yugi added.
"Now I'll have Jinzo attack your United Resistance!" Joey declared.
Jinzo charges a dark sphere of electrical energy and sends it at United Resistance! The people are destroyed!
Lynn: 5200
Joey: 6100
"And now I play dis card face-down," Joey said, "and end my turn!"
"My move then," Lynn said, drawing a card, "and I'll replay Level Limit Area - B in order to put Jinzo on the defensive!"
Jinzo (6/2400/1500 - 6/2400/1500)
"That's all I can do for now," Lynn said.
"It's my turn now!" Joey said, drawing the top card, looking at it, then immediately activating it. "Now for my Dangerous Machine Type-6 to enter play!"
A blue machine with several lottery ball attachments appeared on the field. The machine kicked into gear and started rotating the balls at high speed!
"And now with dis card," Joey explained, "a different effect will happen depending on what comes up during my Standby Phase. But for now, I'll just end my turn!"
"My turn!" Lynn called out, drawing a card. "And now I'll activate the card I drew: Double Snare! With it, I can destroy any card that negates the effects of Trap cards, such as your Jinzo!"
With the power of the spell, Jinzo explodes into sparkling dust!
"Oh no!" Joey reacted.
"And now," Lynn announced, "I summon another Oppressed People in Atk Mode and switch the one already on my field to Atk Mode!"
Another group of beaten-down people appeared on Lynn's field! The combined mob looks aggressively at Joey!
Oppressed People (1/400/2000 - 1/400/2000)
"And finally," Lynn continued, "I'll use Triangle Power to increase the Atk and Def of my Oppressed People by 2000 each!"
"Say what?!"
Oppressed People (1/400/2000 - 1/2400/4000)
"Now go, my people!" Lynn called out. "Attack Joey's Life Points directly!"
The people charge at Joey and brutally beat him down with their farm tools!
Lynn: 5200
Joey: 1300
"Oh man," Tristan noted, "Joey just lost a huge chunk of his Life Points."
"That's true, but Lynn is taking a big risk with that," Yugi explained. "At the end of her turn, all her monsters are going to be destroyed by Triangle Power's effect, meaning her Life Points are going to be wide open for a counterattack by Joey."
"I'll end my turn here," Lynn announced, and with that, all her monsters were destroyed.
"Hehe, not bad," Joey said, "but I've been in tighter spots dan dis before, and I've always come through! It's my turn now!"
Joey draws a card from the top of his deck.
"And now I activate Dangerous Machine Type-6's effect!" Joey declared. The lottery balls begin to spin wildly as Joey explains, "With dis card, depending on what number da machine stops on, a different effect activates! So now, let's see what we got!"
The lottery balls continued spinning rapidly until finally they slowed to a halt. The numbers revealed 3!
"Alright!" Joey said. "Now thanks to my machine, I get to draw another card!"
After Joey draws his card, he announced, "And now's da time to trigger my trap!"
"What?!"
"Dat's right," Joey explained, "or did you forget that I had a card face-down? And now, I activate it! Take One Chance!"
The lone card on Joey's field revealed itself, depicting a picture of a person pondering which of three chests to pick.
"With dis card," Joey continued, "I can pick out a random card from my Graveyard, and if it's a Monster card, I can Summon it, and if it's a Spell or Trap card, I can activate it! So let's go..."
A card ejected itself from Joey's Duel Disk. Immediately, Joey picked up the card, looked at it, smiled, and activated it!
"Giant Trunade!"
"Again?!" Lynn said, taken aback by the sudden windstorm that swept her Level Limit Area - B once more off the field! Joey returned his Dangerous Machine Type-6 to his hand as well.
"Next I activate da Arduous Decision Spell card!" Joey said. "Now with dis, I get to draw two cards, and then you get to pick one of dem, and if it's a Monster, I can Special Summon it to da field!"
With that said, Joey drew his next two cards and held them up for Lynn.
"Alrighty," Joey said. "Lefty or righty?"
Lynn gazed intensely at the cards for a moment. "I pick the card in your right hand!" she declared.
"Are you surrrre?" Joey taunted.
"Yes, I'm sure," Lynn said nervously.
Joey smiled. "Well den, let me show ya what ya picked!" he said, playing the card on the field. "I summon Gilford the Lightning (8/2800/1400)!"
A mighty warrior clad in armor an wielding a large sword charged with electricity appeared on the field. He stood proudly by Joey, his cape fluttering as though a breeze had come by.
"Next I play da Monster Reborn card!" Joey said. "And with dis, I get to Special Summon a monster from my Graveyard!"
"I already know what monster you're going to summon, and it won't work," Lynn said. "My United Resistance Deck Master has the ability to destroy any card that can negate Trap cards, as long as I pay 1000 Life Points. So the moment you bring back your Jinzo-"
"Who said I was summoning Jinzo?" Joey said, smiling.
"What?!"
"Dat's right," Joey continued, "cause da monster I'm summoning is my Red-Eyes Black Dragon (7/2400/2000)!"
A mighty dragon appeared on Joey's field, its scales tinted with darkness and a scarlet gleam in its eyes. It roared fiercely as it made its grand entrance onto the battlefield!
"But that can't be," Lynn said. "I never sent that card to the Graveyard!"
"Dat's right, you didn't send it to the Graveyard," Joey explained. "Dat's cause I sent it to the Graveyard when I used my Roll of Fate!"
"That's right," Lynn said. "You discarded three cards then...meaning one of them was this card..."
"Dat's right!" Joey said. "And if my calculations are correct, dis oughta be game, set, match! Go, Gilford the Lightning! Attack her Life Points directly!"
The mighty warrior raised his sword to the sky and struck down a mighty lightning bolt on Lynn, depleting her Life Points!
Lynn: 2400
Joey: 1300
"And now, Red-Eyes Black Dragon! Attack! Inferno Fire Blast!"
The dragon let out a mighty roar before releasing a dark crimson fireball at Lynn, reducing her Life Points to 0!
Lynn: 0
Joey: 1300
"Yeah! Way to go, Joey!" Tristan cheered.
Lynn bowed her head for a moment before looking up at Joey once more. "Thanks for a great duel," she said. "You're a really lucky duelist, it seems."
"Hehe, don't sweat it! You were pretty tough to beat," Joey said.
Lynn reached down to the top card of her deck and drew it. "It seems my luck would have run out sooner or later," she said, revealing to Joey a spell card depicting a bear trap snapping at a very surprised goblin.
"Nyeh? What's that?" he asked.
"It's a Quick-Play Spell called Booby Trap!" she said. "It allows a player to activate a Trap card in the turn it was Set. I remember giving a lot of people trouble with this card in combination with my Huge Revolution."
"Wow, dat's pretty nifty!" Joey said.
"Yep," Lynn said. "Anyways, I hope you do well for the rest of the tournament!"
And with that, Lynn departed from the room. Joey met up with his friends and celebrated his first victory in the tournament!
AUTHOR'S NOTES
And so the duels begin! Here's a look at some of the cards:
Oppressed People (Normal Monster)
Level 1, 400 Atk, 2000 Def, Aqua, WATER
People Running About (Normal Monster)
Level 2, 600 Atk, 600 Def, Pyro, FIRE
United Resistance (Normal Monster)
Level 3, 1000 Atk, 400 Def, Thunder, WIND
Huge Revolution (Normal Trap)
Effect: During your Main Phase, if you control "People Running About", "Oppressed People", and "United Resistance": send all cards in your opponent's hand to the GY and destroy all cards your opponent controls.
Jinzo (Effect Monster)
Level 6, 2400 Atk, 1500 Def, Machine, DARK
Effect: Trap cards and their effects cannot be activated. The effects of all face-up Trap cards on the field are negated.
Gilford the Lightning (Effect Monster)
Level 8, 2800 Atk, 1400 Def, Warrior, LIGHT
Effect: You can Tribute 3 monsters to Tribute Summon this card. If you do, destroy all monsters your opponent controls.
Red-Eyes Black Dragon (Normal Monster)
Level 7, 2400 Atk, 2000 Def, Dragon, DARK
Booby Trap! (Quick-Play Spell)
Effect: Activate 1 face-down Trap Card that you Set this turn.
More duels to come! Don't go too far!
