Before this chapter starts, I'd like to thank my reviewers in general, and say a couple personal things...
leo the white ranger: Your questions were: Will the characters of Danny Phantom be cards? Which dorm will Danny be in? Well, I can answer both your questions the same way...read on, an you may jsut find out...
Wolf-blades-wings: Thanks for correcting my spelling, and giving me the advice about having a friend read. Unfortuantely, I live in a small town, so I don't have any friends who are into both Danny Phantom and Yu-gi-oh GX, so I doubt any of the mwould agree to it...therefore, there probably will be typos in this chapter...if it's anything major, just lemme know, okay?
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"Well, well, well!" said Dr. Crowler. "So you're the duelist that managed to get the highest score in our pre-placement exams! Awfully scrawny, but I guess you can't judge a book by its cover."
-More than you know…- thought Danny, smiling. Out loud, he said, "So, you think you're ready to duel me, Chancellor Crowler?"
-Hmm…Chancellor Crowler…has a nice ring to it!- thought the doctor. Out loud, the response was: "I have a PhD in dueling, young man. The question should be: will you ever be ready to face a duelist of my caliber?"
"Let's find out!" shouted Danny, activating his Duel Disk.
"If you insist!" shouted Crowler, activating his.
"BEGIN!" shouted one of the judges as the life point meters were set at 4000 apiece.
"Hey, Jaden?" asked Syrus, up in the stands, as the duelists drew their five cards.
"Hmm?" was the reply.
"Why were you so friendly to that guy? I mean, you said 'hi' to everyone, but…"
"I don't know," responded Jaden, "Maybe it's because he's going up against Crowler, or maybe it's that when he walked by…" his eyes narrowed, "I felt something…a strong burst of bravery and strength…"
"Or maybe those seven hot dogs you ate for lunch are finally coming back on you," said Chazz.
MEANWHILE, BACK ON THE FIELD…
"Age before beauty," said Danny, indicating Dr. Crowler.
"Either way, I go first," said the good doctor, drawing a sixth card, as was required. "Hmm…not a bad hand," he mused. "Alright, first I'll play the spell card Ancient Gear Castle!"
With these words, a huge castle erupted from behind Dr. Crowler. It was menacing, foreboding, and rather old looking. As the thing awed the audience, Crowler just stood there, smiling.
"Okay…" said Danny, looking worried. "What does it do?"
"It has two effects. The first one: all cards with 'Ancient Gear' in their name gain 300 attack points…like my Ancient Gear Soldier (1300/1300)!"
Suddenly, what looked like a bunch of gears with dusty stone armor and an antique machine gun jumped down from the sky, landing ungracefully but unharmed on the field. As its attack rose up to 1600, one of the castle's tower's windows started glowing white.
"That's its other effect," said Crowler, the smile on his face getting even larger. "It gains a counter every time someone Normal Summons or Sets a monster!"
"What do the counters do?" asked Danny.
"That's for me to know and you to find out!" said Crowler. "I end my turn."
MEANWHILE, UP IN THE STANDS…
"Crowler pulled out the ol' castle early!" said Atticus. "And here I was, hoping he might go easy on the poor kid…"
"Are you kidding? Crowler never goes easy! Although, he is going a bit tougher than usual…" Alexis commented.
"Don't worry!" said Jaden. "We're supporting him, right? That means that he can't lose!"
"Go get him, Danny!" shouted Syrus.
BACK ON THE FIELD…
Danny had lost some of the confidence he'd gotten when he first looked at this effeminate chancellor, but he sure as heck wasn't about to give up. The cards he held in his hand allowed to make a nice little combo…he drew a card…and outright smiled. "This'll be good for later," he said, "But as for now…" he took a card from his hand and held it up. "I'll play Graceful Charity!"
The familiar card glowed, and a beautiful angel flew out of it, and then flew into his duel disk. "This card lets me draw three cards," he said as the angel flew back out with three cards, "After which I must discard two." With this, he handed the angel two of his cards, and then she flew into his graveyard.
Suddenly, his graveyard started glowing a bright green! "What on earth is this!" shouted Dr. Crowler, and much of the audience said similar things.
"Oh, nothing…just that the second card I sent was one called Ectoplasmic Energy Sample!" responded Danny. "When it goes from my hand, deck, or field to the graveyard due to a card effect, I get to draw two cards!" And as he said this, the top two cards of his deck glowed green, then shot off his deck into his hand. The green glowing also stopped suddenly.
"Hmm…" mumbled Crowler, "Not too bad…"
"But wait, there's more!" said Danny, taking another card from his hand. "Now, I'll summon a monster to the field! She's dark, she's smart, and she's a true friend! Let's all give a warm Duel Academy welcome for…Sam, the Fiercely Independent Goth! (1500/1000)
UP IN THE STANDS…
"Say what now!" said a shocked Jazz.
"There's a card modeled after me?" said a confused Sam.
"Heh, heh, heh!" chuckled an amused Tucker. Then, purposefully taking on a 'Aw, isn't that too precious!' look, he said to Sam, in half baby-talk, "I bet he stares at it longingly every second of his free time, just dreaming of the day when he can hold you in his arms like he holds that precious card!"
One very large WHAM later, Tucker was out of the stands, and on the floor below. It took him about 30 seconds to climb back up, just so you know.
BACK BELOW…
"Impressive monster!" said Crowler, indicating the cute (A/N: Don't deny it! Sam is very pretty) girl in font of and to the right of Danny as another tower's window started glowing. "But, not quite enough to stack up to my Soldier, I'm afraid…"
"Ah, ah, ah!" said Danny, having regained his confidence. "You forget her effect! She can summon one Dark monster from the graveyard, provided that it is level six or lower! And guess what the first card I discarded due to Graceful Charity was?"
Crowler just stared at him.
"Can't figure it out, huh? Well, here's a hint…be reborn, Chaos, Cybernetic Ruler of Doomed! (2400/1700)
Suddenly, a tall, muscular, mechanical figure in black and purple took to the field. It held at least six different weapons on its body, and was at least 10 feet tall. It also had a small ponytail identical to Sam.
UP IN THE STANDS…
"Wow! Sam sure is a sweet card!" shouted Jaden.
"Yeah, and apparently she's a duel spirit, too!" said Syrus.
"What do you mean, Sy?" asked Alexis.
"Just look over there," said Syrus, indicating the stands across from them.
"Hey…you're right!" said Jaden.
"Actually, that's just a girl, not a Duel Monster," said Bastion.
"In that case, I think I'll ask for her number after the duel's over!" said Atticus.
BACK FIELD WHOOPEE…
"Very well done! I honestly wasn't expecting that!" said Crowler. –Too bad it will never stand up to what I'm planning next…- He thought.
"Thanks…Now, Chaos!" Danny yelled, "Attack that Soldier with your Plasma Power Pistol!"
With these words, Chaos drew a small laser gun and shot a pink energy beam through Ancient Gear Soldier's chest. It hit Crowler in the chest as well, but disappeared there. Dr. Crowler took a step back and grunted as his life points went down to 3200. "Now, Sam, if you would please…" Sam card (A/N: Gotta tell the difference somehow…) started running toward Dr. Crowler. "Attack him directly with Graceful Steel-Toed Combat Boot!"
"Wait…no!" Crowler yelled. But it was no use, as Sam card suddenly jumped into the air, twirled, and delivered a sharp kick (and I do mean a sharp kick) to Crowler's abdomen. He fell over, moaning in pain, as Sam card back-flipped, with one hand, three times, landing on her feet and taking a fighting stance. Crowler's life points wet to 1700.
UP STANDS…
"Hey, can you do that in real life?" asked one boy sitting behind Sam, who obviously had "certain things" in mind.
One large POW later, that boy's new seat was in row 26e instead of 2b.
GO. FIELD. NOW.
"I'll end my turn with two facedown cards," Danny said as Crowler slowly got up.
"Grr…" said Crowler. "You, young man, have made your second mistake…making me angry!" He then drew a card, bringing his hand to five. "Now you'll find out what these counters are four…I can use them as tributes instead of monsters, so long as there is at least one counter for every monster I need to tribute…then my castle is destroyed…but it will be worth it to summon my ultimate Ancient Gear…ANCIENT GEAR GOLEM (3000/3000)!"
Suddenly, the Ancient Gear Castle started to shake, the room along with it. A break appeared here, a crack there, and the counters zoomed out of the windows into the courtyard and started to glow brightly…finally, the castle seemed to explode as the monster within was revealed…it was similar to Ancient Gear Soldier in that it was made of gears and armor, but it was much larger, and had a roman gladiator-style helmet. Suddenly, the half of its helmet that wasn't there glowed red. An eye-like device was there…and pointed straight at Danny!
Everyone got up except Crowler, who was used to these quakes and therefore had not fallen. "Feast your eyes upon the greatest monster mankind has ever known!" shouted Crowler. "Which brings us to mentioning your first mistake…ever thinking you could ever beat me!" The Golem pounded its hands on its chest as if in agreement. "But before we have it attack, I'll play the magic card, Ancient Gear Drill!"
With that, a circular device made of (you guessed it) gears and armor appeared on the field. It stood on three legs, made from pure stone and, despite its decrepit looks, really did look a drill…but one gear was clearly missing!
"Right now my gear is not currently operating, admittedly," Crowler said. "but we can always fix that, so long as a monster with "Ancient Gear" in its name is on the field. And my Golem definitely qualifies! Ancient Gear Golem?"
The monster slowly turned its gears to look down to its master. "Would you please lend my drill a gear for just a little bit?" Ancient Gear Golem slowly nodded, then used his right hand to pick a gear from his left, which went limp. He inserted the gear into the drill, then turned back toward Danny.
"I see it's a gentle giant…" mumbled Danny, hopefully.
"Only to its friends!" Crowler replied. "It is absolutely ruthless to its enemies! But we'll get to that later. As for now, I will discard one card, my Ancient Gear Beast (2000/2000), to fuel my drill…" With this, the drill started spinning madly. "Now!" shouted Crowler, over the VERY LOUD NOISE, "I can take any magic card from my deck and add it to my hand, like Pot of Greed!"
Suddenly, the drill stopped spinning, and out of the hole it created, a card inexplicably popped out. As Gear Golem took back his gear and the drill disappeared, Crowler shouted: "And now I will use Pot of Greed!"
After the doctor drew his two cards, before he could continue, Danny piped up. "How come you like Ancient Gears so much?" As Crowler looked up, Danny smirked. "Is it because they're old as you are?"
Crowler's face immediately scowled as laughter and 'Oh!'s went through the audience. Jaden and Tucker, in particular, were cracking up. A few seconds after the laughter stopped, Crowler…smiled! And chuckled! "Ah, you are a clever young man!" he said, giving off a final snigger. "I can take a joke! And, just to prove I'm a good sport I'll tell you the real reason why I love them so much." He paused for just a second before continuing.
"In my youth, I always admired civilizations of the past for being so resourceful…pioneering, even! They lived off the land, and if they ever needed something they couldn't just drive to the nearest Wall-2-Wall Mart! No, they made their own amusement, their own tools, and both are still studied in museums to this day. Things back then were built to last, not like today's sorry machinery! Allow me to show you what I mean…Ancient Gear golem, attack that weak machine known as Chaos with Mechanized Melee!" With this, the Golem raised up his left hand, intent on destroying Chaos…
"Sorry, but not after I activate this!" Danny shouted…but nothing happened. "I said: Activate this! Why can't I activate this!"
"Because of Ancient Gear Golem's effect!" Crowler said, as the Golem began to swing his fist. "When he attacks, no Spell or Trap cards can be activated until after the battle is over! So sorry…" With this, the Golem's fist smashed down on Chaos, sending parts everywhere, and sending Danny's life points down to 3400. "Oh, and he has a trampling effect too, so don't bother trying to hide in defense mode! I'll end my turn with two facedown cards…"
UPSTANDS…
"That's not fair!" shouted Jazz. "Attack equivalent to a Blue Eyes White Dragon, and you can't activate any cards when it attacks, plus a trampling effect, whatever that is? That monster is broken and cheap!"
"I know!" said Sam. "Plus, it just took out my avatar on Doomed!"
ACROSSTANDS…
"That kid's in a lot of trouble!" said Chazz.
"Yes," said Bastion. "The odds of him winning now are approximately 200 to 1. In other words, if this were a horse race, he'd be the horse distracted by the grass on the side of the racetrack."
"Don't count him out just yet," said Alexis. "I get the same feeling from him I get when Jaden plays…he's not out of this yet."
DOWNFIELDS…
"Okay…" sighed Danny drawing. He slowly opened his eyes…then breathed a sigh of relief. "I summon Ectopuss (0/800) in defense mode!" A green blob with red eyes and eight tentacles appeared on the field. "The great thing about Ectopuss is that summoning him counts as a Special Summon. So, I banish him to the graveyard as a tribute!" With these words, Ectopuss disappeared. "That way, I can summon Danny Phantom, the Hero of Amity Park! (1800/1000)
STANDS NOW, FOO!
"So, it appears Danny Fenton believes this stupid gossip about ghosts in this town…" remarked Bastion.
"Well, his parents are ghost hunters, and inventors at that," pointed out Atticus. "Don't tell you me you've never used Fenton Wipe before!"
"I'm beginning to think you know too much about this town for your own good, Atticus…" said Chazz, in his usual bored tone. "And I use Charmin, myself…I have a delicate rear…"
FIELD SPELL: DANNY VS. CROWLER
I don't think I need to tell you what everyone's favorite phantom looks like if you're reading this story. I will tell you, however, what Crowler said: "Well, its points aren't that good for a five or six star monster…so, what's his effect?"
"I'm glad you asked!" responded Danny. "If he battles a Zombie or Fiend type monster, it is destroyed automatically, no battle damage being counted unless his attack points are higher!"
"So he's Getsu Fuhma on steroids?" remarked Crowler.
"Better!" said Danny. "He also cannot be destroyed by any Zombie or Fiend type monsters!"
"I see…impressive," said the good doctor. "But in case you haven't noticed by now, Daniel, my monsters are all machines! What use will the protector of Amity Park be, hmm?"
"A lot of use after I play DNA Surgery!" shouted Danny, as the second trap card he had set lifted. The crowd who knew what DNA Surgery did (AKA everyone besides Tucker) talked amongst themselves as Danny continued. "This will allow me to change all the monsters on the field to any one type I choose…and I choose Zombie!"
Although Danny Phantom remained unchanged, Sam card's skirt and shirt changed into a slimming black dress and suddenly became much longer, her eyes glowed green, and her hair turned white. A belt with a skull on it appeared around her waist as well. At first glance, Ancient Gear Golem hadn't changed, but upon closer inspection, its eye had turned a light blue, almost white.
"Now, Danny Phantom, attack Ancient Gear Golem with Ectoplasmic Energy Blast!" shouted Danny, and Danny Phantom flew up until he was eye level with the golem, then shot a massive green energy beam straight into its eye. The golem promptly exploded. "Sam, it's your turn!" Sam card's white hair abruptly started crackling and flailing about as she rose into the air…then, ghostly skulls flew from behind her, toward Dr. Crowler, intent on striking…
"I activate Guardian Angel of the Tombstone!" Crowler shouted, indicating his facedown card, which lifted up. All of a sudden, a large tombstone sprouted out of the ground, a stone angel on top of it. The skulls rushed forward, uncaring…until the angel suddenly moved, his hands moving forward, an invisible force blowing the skulls away.
Sam card slowly sank to the ground, fuming. Danny Phantom took one step to his right to get away from the freaky show she'd just put on. "What happened?" Danny Fenton said.
"My trap card!" Crowler said. "It's like Negate Attack, only a monster of mine has to be destroyed before I can use it…that way, it's legal for me to have more than one in my deck!"
"Fine…" Danny grumbled. "I'll end my turn…"
Crowler drew a card. "Oh, goodie!" he said. "I'll save this for a little later. As for now, I activate the Trap card Ultimate Offering! Now, by paying 500 life points per extra, I am allowed extra Normal Summons and Sets! So first, I'll summon another Ancient Gear Soldier…" And one appeared. "Then I'll sacrifice it to summon my second Ancient Gear Beast!" As Crowler's life points went down to 1200, yet another armor-covered gear-creature appeared, this one a lot like a wolf. "Now, my hand's getting a little limited, and yours is too…so I'll play Card of Sanctity! Now we each draw until we hold six cards!"
They both did so. –Yeah, none of these I can use right now, thanks!- thought Danny.
-Hmm…- thought Crowler. –Nothing much I can use right now, but I might be able to soon…for now, I'll just use these…- "First I'll pay 500 more life points (700 left now) to summon Ancient Gear Cannon (500/500)!" You can probably guess what this looked like. "Now I can use its effect to hit you for 500 points of damage…but my cannon is so very aged, it won't be able to take shooting the round! Oh well…fire, my cannon!"
True to Crowler's word, it fired, although most of the round consumed the firer. 500 points were apparently still in the round though, as that's how much Danny lost, putting him at 2900. "Now, I'll play Heavy Storm!" shouted Dr. Crowler. A strong wind blew across the field, with an occasional flash of lightining...first Danny's facedown disappeared...then Ultiamte Offering...finally, DNA Surgery, putting all monsters back at their normal types! "Ancient Gear Beast, take down that pestering Phantom!" The Beast leapt toward Danny Phantom, who fought back, but alas, was no match for the raging hound. Danny's life points fell to 2700 as Crowler said: "Now, I end my turn with a facedown card."
Not a soul in the stadium spoke as Danny drew his next card. –I've got so much in my hand here, yet so little I can use! Here goes nothing…- And then he looked at the card he had just drawn…and smiled.
"Sorry, Chancellor, but I summon Tucker, the Techno-Geek!" (1000/1500)
"HEY!" came Tucker's voice from the stands. A few seconds later, there was a "Yeah, you're right…"
"Anyway…" said Danny, "Tucker's effect: If there is a Machine on my side of the field, he gains 1000 attack and defense points…and if there is one on your side of the field, it loses 1000 attack and defense points!"
"What!" went Dr. Crowler, even as tucker pulled out a small disk and tossed it at Ancient Gear Beast. A small crackle of electricity later, the Beast's new stats were (1000/1000).
"Sam Manson, do your stuff!" Danny shouted. Sam card promptly ran over and did her GS-TCB, sending Ancient Gear Beast to oblivion, and Crowler's life points to 200. "Now, Tucker, finish it with Techno Beatdown!"
Tucker card ran over to Crowler, who simply gestured toward his facedown…a familiar stone angel and tombstone sprung up from the ground and halted Tucker card in his tracks. "I told you I had more than one of those, didn't I?"
"I…end my turn…" said Danny, a little sadly.
Dr. Crowler drew a card, and the biggest grin yet broke out on his face. "I'm going to summon a second Ancient Gear Golem!"
"Um…don't you need tributes for that?" asked Danny.
"Of course I do…they're in my graveyard!" said Crowler. "I activate the device that modern day people use to remake machines first used thousands of years ago…ANCIENT GEAR FACTORY!"
Out of the clear blue sky, a giant, sea-blue container with bells, whistles, wires, and buttons and levers and all, covered with star-shaped lights came. "This marvelous device allows me to use monsters in my graveyard as tributes when I summon a monster with 'Ancient Gear' in its name, so long as the monsters I tribute also have 'Ancient Gear' in their name, AND their combined levels are at least twice that of the monster I'm summoning…so I'll tribute both Ancient Gear Soldiers and my previous Ancient Gear Golem to summon my second Ancient Gear Golem!"
As Crowler spoke, the spirits of the Gears he was tributing appeared above the device, then turned into gears themselves…they fell into the machine through a large funnel, and the bells, whistles, etc. started doing their thing.
Danny snapped out of the daze he was put in when he heard the tributes were already in the graveyard. "Oh, come ON! How cheap are these Ancient Gears going to get!"
"My dear boy, you have so much to learn…" mused Crowler, shaking his head slowly, as the stars began to light up, one by one. "A wise man once said 'All's fair in love and war'…well, he forgot to include Duel Monsters in that list!" As Dr. Crowler finished, the sixteenth star lit up, and the machine slowly opened…there stood a somewhat shinier, silver-painted Ancient Gear Golem!
"Okay, then, but you forget Tucker's ability…get 'em, Tuck!" After Danny said this, Tucker card pulled out his PDA, and shot an infrared beam into the Golem's eye. Immediately, all of its armor fell off! The Golem looked down, then covered up where its privates would be if it weren't a machine.
"And you forget, young novice," responded Crowler, "That even weakened, my Golem is much more powerful than either of your monsters! Take out Tucker with Mechanized Melee!"
The giant quickly swatted Tucker card away, then started picking up his armor and putting it back on. "I end my turn…and next turn, you'll be finished, I assure you!" Crowler said, as Danny's life points went down to 1700 and the Golem finished "dressing".
UP IN THE STANDS…
"C'mon, Danny…don't let that Gear Golem scare you…you can do it!" said Sam, anxiously.
"Little brother…the chancellor is cheap, but you're better! Do something, anything to help you win…" pleaded Jazz.
"Man, we've best friends forever…I may not have been able to get in Duel Academy, but you still can!" cried Tucker, somewhat quietly. "Don't let me down…"
ACROSS THE STANDS…
"Danny…" said Syrus, simply.
"Don't worry, Sy!" said Jaden. "I'm sure he'll win this."
"Not likely," said Bastion, who was holding binoculars and being the killjoy, as usual. "I can see his hand from here, and although all his cards are good, he can't really use them in his present situation. I'd estimate his chances of winning this to be 2000 to 1. In short, if this were a horserace, he'd be the sick horse the owner has to shoot."
"Don't sell him out just yet, Bastion," said Alexis. "The kid's got guts, if nothing else."
"Yeah, and besides that," Atticus butted in, "He's a Fenton! Go, Danny, go! Go, Danny, go!
As Atticus continued cheering, Jaden and Alexis joined in, then Syrus, then a half- hearted Chazz, then people around them, people around them, people around them, Bastion, people around them, and etc., all the way through the stadium.
Amongst all these cheers, Danny looked frightened. But, looking around himself, Danny saw people cheering, heard their cheers, and felt their faith in him in his heart. He looked down at his deck. –I've seen enough supernatural stuff in my lifetime…but…does it really work? Does the supernatural really reach into this simple game? Well…if it does…then all these people…cheering me on…if it really is real…then I can't lose!- He prepared to draw. –Heart of the Cards…please guide my hand!-
He drew.
The audience held their breath.
There was a long silence.
"Chancellor…" Danny said, his face emotionless. "You…just…lost." I summon Jazz, the Psychologist Perfectionist! (500/0)
Jasmine appeared on the field, holding a pencil and notebook. "So what?" said Crowler. "Her attack points are but a fraction of my Golem's."
"I know," said Danny. "Now…I equip her with Ring of Magnetism! Now, even though her attack and defense decrease by 500 points, all your monsters will be forced to attack her!" True to his word, the Golem seemed very attracted to the ring on her finger.
"That's your saving grace?" asked Crowler.
"Yes, because every time a magic card is played, she gains a counter, which she can use to destroy a magic or trap card on the opponent's field."
"My dear boy, I don't have any of those cards on the field, and even if I did, how would-"
"I'll show you!" he yelled. "Now, I play the spell Counter Creature! Now, I destroy all counters on my side of the field and summon a Counter Token!" (?) Then, a small creature that looked like a small, silver ball appeared, as Jazz got one more of her own. "This token gets 500 attack and defense points for each counter destroyed when you summon!"
"Sorry to burst your bubble, Mr. Fenton: Those monster's combined attack points are still 1001 short of besting my Ancient Gear Golem!"
"That's why I'm playing the Ritual Spell Card, The Darkness Didst Overcome Him! Now I must tribute 8 stars worth of monsters, so goodbye Jazz and Sam…" And they both disappeared from the field. "And hello Dark Dragon Aragon!"
A small amulet appeared on the field, above the Counter Token. (0/0)
"You tributed 2 4-star monsters to get something with zero attack points?"
"Actually, it only has zero attack points until I tribute one monster with 1000 attack points or less! Watch!"
The amulet slowly descended upon the token, finally settling where the neck would be if the Counter Token had one. The amulet glowed green, and the Counter Token began a gruesome and dark transformation…finally, when it stopped, it was a gigantic black and purple dragon!
"As I was saying," said Danny, "Say hello to Dark Dragon Aragon! (2900/2800)"
"Very impressive! Truly!" said Dr. Crowler, marveling at the dragon. "But, unfortunately, it comes up 100 less than my golem, so…"
"Hold it, Crowler!" shouted Danny. "I still have two cards left in my hand…and I'm playing this one: Souls that Died for Humanity! Now, for every Warrior card in my graveyard, one of your monsters loses 400 attack points until the end of my turn!"
"WHAT?" shouted Crowler.
Even as the spirits of Sam, Tucker, and Jazz flew out of Danny's grave and through the Golem, the audience cheered Danny's victory. "Now, Aragon! Finish it with Blackfire Breath!" The ferocious dragon breathed forth black flame, burning the Ancient Gear Golem to ashes and reducing Crowler's life points to zero.
"YES, YES, YES!" shouted Sam.
"Way to go, dude!" shouted Tucker.
"That's my little brother!" screamed Jazz.
Over at the other stands, there was also much celebrating.
"See! I told you he'd win!" Atticus said, as the others cheered.
"But…but how did he…"mumbled Bastion
"Yeah, whatever…"went Chazz, walking away.
Back down on stage, Crowler was unconscious. Danny breathed a sigh of relief as he turned off his duel disk. He looked around at the crowd, which was cheering madly, thrilled he had won.
He had gotten into Duel Academy.
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Ectomplasmic Energy Sample
Type: Magic
Attribute:-
Level:-
Atk:-
Def:-
Card Description: A test tube full of a thick green liquid, with a laboratory background.
When this card is sent from your hand, deck, or the field to the graveyard due to a card effect, draw two cards.
Sam, the Fiercely Independent Goth
Type: Warrior/Effect/Union
Attribute: Dark
Level:4
Atk: 1500
Def: 1000
Card Description: A picture of Samantha Manson in a karate pose on a purple and black background.
When you Normal Summon this monster, you may Summon a Dark Attribute Monster of Level Six or lower from your graveyard to the field. Once per turn, during your main phase, you may equip this face-up card to Chaos, Cybernetic Ruler of Doomed OR change it back to a monster in attack position. A monster equipped with this card has its ATK and Defense changed to 3000. (1 monster can only be equipped with 1 Union Monster at a time. If the Monster that this card is equipped to is destroyed in battle, this card is destroyed instead.)
Chaos, Cyber Ruler of Doomed
Type: Machine
Attribute: Dark
Level: 6
Atk: 2400
Def: 1700
Card Description: Chaos, standing in a battle position in the Doomed video game.
With cheat codes and incredible strength, this avatar is rumored to be unstoppable.
Ectopuss
Type: Zombie/Effect
Attribute: Dark
Level: 3
Atk: 0
Def: 800
Card Description: An ectopuss, halfway out of the ghost portal.
When this monster is normal summoned, it counts as a special summon.
Danny Phantom, the Hero of Amity Park
Type: Zombie/Effect
Attribute: Light
Level: 5
Atk: 1800
Def: 1000
Card Description: Danny Phantom, flying high above Amity.
When this card battles a Zombie or Fiend type monster, that monster is automatically destroyed without battle damage being calculated UNLESS this monster's attack is higher than the opposing monster's attack. This card cannot be destroyed by Zombie or Fiend type monsters.
Guardian Angel of the Tombstone
Type: Trap
Attribute: -
Level: -
Atk: -
Def: -
Card Description: A tombstone with a statue of an angel on top of it and a night sky background, with a dead tree and full moon behind it as well. Some foreign text is inscribed on the tombstone.
You can only activate this card when a monster attacks on the turn one of your monsters is destroyed in battle or by card effect. Negate that monster's attack and end your opponent's Battle Phase.
Tucker, The Techno-Geek
Type: Warrior/Effect
Attribute: Light
Level: 4
Atk: 1000
Def: 1500
Card Description: Tucker, messing around with his PDA at the Nasty Burger.
If there is a Machine type monster on your side of the field, Tucker gains 1000 Attack and Defense points. If there is a Machine type monster on your opponent's side of the field, it loses 1000 Attack and Defense points.
Jazz, the Psychologist Perfectionist
Type: Warrior/Effect
Attribute: Earth
Level: 4
Atk: 500
Def: 0
Card Description: Jasmine Fenton, pencil tapping against chin, notebook in hand.
Every time a magic card is played, this card gets a counter. You may expend this counter in order to destroy one spell or trap card on the field. This card can only get a counter from the same magic card once. (E.G. once Pot of Greed is played, this monster cannot get a counter from another Pot of Greed).
Counter Creature
Type: Magic
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Card Description: A simple spell counter against a white-yellow background.
Destroy all spell counters on your side of the field. Place a Counter Token (?) on an empty space in your monster zone. The Counter Token has 500 attack points and defense points for every counter destroyed by this card.
The Darkness Didst Overcome Him
Type: Magic/Ritual
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Card Description: A person on the balcony of a tower of a castle, his face overshadowed, his eyes glowing red, and a green, glowing amulet around his neck.
This card is used to Ritual Summon Dark Dragon Aragon. In addition, you must also tribute from your hand or the field monsters whose level stars equal eight or more.
Dark Dragon Aragon
Type: Dragon/Ritual
Attribute: Dark
Level: 8
Atk: 2900
Def: 2800
Card Description: Aragon flying over a forest of dead trees. A dark, sorrowful kingdom is on a mountain in the background.
This monster can only be Ritual Summoned with the Ritual Spell Card "The Darkness Didst Overcome Him". You must also offer monsters whose total Level Stars equal 8 or more as a Tribute from the field or your hand. When this monster is summoned, its Attack and Defense are zero until you tribute one monster with attack 1000 or less from the field.
Souls that Died for Humanity
Type: Magic/Quickplay
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Card Description: A silhouetted Elemental Hero Wildheart with a visible red heart.
Select one of your opponent's monsters. For every Warrior type Monster in your graveyard, the selected monster loses 400 attack points until the end of the turn.
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Phew! What a chapter! Yeah...anyway, if you're wondering how Jazz knew BEWD's attack even though she doesn't like Duel Monsters...well, in this world, it doesn't matter how not into Duel Monsters you are, you know something about it. And if you're wondering why some of Danny's cards were in bold...there's a common theme among them that shouldn't be too hard to figure out. Let's see if you can, hm? ;)
By the way, I wasn't sure if Ritual Summoning counted as a Normal or Special Summon...could osmeone tell me? If it's a Normal Summon, I can remedy the situation with the last card Danny had in his hand. If it's Special, the chapter stays as it is. Okay then! That's Chapter 2, and Chappie #3 will be up soon!
EDITED 9/4/06: Accidentally subtracted the cannon's firing twice...my bad.
EDITED 9/15/06: Another correction to Danny's life points, that and I forgot to add ED to the first EDITED. I'm correcting a correction. Just Great.
EDITED 9/22/06: Third time's the charm...turns out, Ancient Gear Factory is very real. Sigh...
