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Yuki's POV
Today was the start of the big Battle City event, I was nervous since I hadn't dueled much and Cleopatra was expecting a lot from me. Fortunately, with the evet going on in downtown my work was closed for a bit so I didn't have to worry about taking time off.
"We cannot afford to lose a single duel." Cleo said "If we do they will take Anubis from us and all will be lost."
"How should we find Marik?" I asked.
"He runs a group of duelists known for stealing, that is all the Gods told me." She said "He will show up looking for Anubis sooner or later, but until then we should try and get to the finals that will be our best bet to find him."
"Okay, are you sure we can do this?" I asked.
"Why do you doubt me, you have a strong deck so trust it." She said "There's not much else to say, your goal should always be getting Vampire Lord on the field as soon as possible in order to summon Vampire Genesis, your strongest monster."
"What about the God Card?" I asked.
"Do not use such a thing without my permission!" Cleopatra snapped "Someone like you cannot control such a card, nor do you have the experience to properly plan and summon it."
"Oh…okay." I sighed "I wonder what this is though?"
I was referring to the clear card that I had gotten with the duel disc, it had a really tiny map on it but nothing else.
"Look at the bright side too, win a lot and you can earn some Rare cards yourself." She told me.
"I suppose." I looked around "Boy it's crowded and there's a lot of loud people around too."
"Pay them no mind, our focus is on the Rare Hunters and the Pharaoh." She said.
"What does the Pharaoh even look like?" I asked.
"It's hard to say given he would need a host like I do, though he has almost no knowledge of being such." She hummed.
"Duelists!" a voice boomed through the city streets.
"It's starting." I looked up.
"There." Cleopatra pointed "In that bizarre flying machine."
"It's a blimp." I told her.
I looked at the huge blimp, it had a few large projection screens that displayed a young man.
That must be Kaiba, the guy running this whole thing.
"I will now explain this contests rules." He said "Those gather here are Duelists Level Five or higher."
"Hehehe…" I laughed nervously.
"The stage for this contest is all of Domino City, nowhere is off limits, if you meet you may fight." He explained "Each Duelist has a 40 card deck, the loser will surrender a rare card of the winner's choice. The more you win the stronger your deck will grow. Only eight contestants will make it to the final round. The location of the finals is hidden somewhere in this city, even I don't know where it is since I'll be playing as well. The clear card shape plates you got with your duel disk is a Locator Card when gathered they reveal a map of the city, and the location of the finals. Stacking six will reveal a light and location."
"So only the first eight to get six Locator cards can make it." I noted.
"Then we can't dillydally."
"Now with nothing more to say, let the Battle City Begin!" Kaiba yelled.
"Where should we start?" I asked.
"There." Cleopatra appeared and pointed to the plaza across the way "The man in the top hat."
I walked over, there was a man standing by a sign, it read "The Great Phantasmo."
"A Magician." I watched him make a quarter appear from behind a child's ear "What's someone like him doing in a contest like this."
"And for my next trick." He turned from the crowd and looked to me "I'll make someone's Locator Card Disappear."
"Hmph." I glared a bit "I'll take that as a challenge?"
"Of course, the first of many volunteers for my show." He smiled.
I waved my arm and engaged my disc "Let's Duel!"
"Ladies first." He told me.
"How nice." I drew a card "What's my first move…Cleopatra?"
"Hmm…handle this one alone for a bit." She yawned "I'm still tired from the other night."
"What to you mean-Grr." I picked up a card "I summon Fear from the Dark in attack mode!"
Fear from the Dark: LVL 4 ATK 1700 DEF 1500
"I'll also place two cards face down." I slid them in "I End my turn."
"A stunning opening gambit." He drew "I'll start by playing the Field Spell Magical Citadel of Endymion!"
A large castle appeared behind him.
"Next I'm going to summon Breaker the Magical Warrior in attack mode." He said.
Breaker the Magical Warrior: LVL 4 ATK 1600 DEF 1000
A man in red and orange armor with a sword and shield appeared.
"That's all."
"Why…who cares." I drew a card "I'll attack! Fear from the Dark attack Breaker the Magical Warrior!"
The shadowy beast flew forward and swallowed up his monster.
"GAH!" the warrior yelled as it was killed.
Phantasmo lost 100 life points.
"BING!"
"Hmm?" I looked at the castle behind him and saw a 1 appear on a magic circle.
What is that?
"I'll play Pot of Greed and draw two cards." I played a spell and the counter shifted to 2.
That Citadel is up to something…
"I'll place another card face down and then activate the spell card Call of the Mummy." I told him.
Again the counter ticked up this time to three.
"I end my turn." I looked at him.
"Wonderful." He drew "I'll start by playing the Twister spell card. By paying 500 life points I can destroy a face up spell or trap, so your Mummy spell is gone!"
"Tsk." I hissed.
So much for my back up plan.
The number on the Citadel ticked to 4.
"You need to hurry." Cleopatra yawned "If that counter hits 6 things will get bad. Have you figured out why it went up?"
"Every time a spell was played it ticked up." I said "Except for the first time."
"Yes, it also ticked when Breaker was destroyed…but why?" she hummed.
"Hmm." The man smiled at me "I'm summoning Blast Magician!"
Blast Magician: LVL 4 ATK 1400 DEF 1700.
"Next I'll play the Equip Spell Mist Body!"
The red and orange magician with a large staff seemed to fade from view.
Another number ticked on the Citadel.
"Lastly I'll play the Spell Card Magical Blast!" he said playing a card "Since I control a spell cast I can deal 200 points of damage right to you!"
"GAH!" I hissed a bit as the ticker went to six.
No
"The best trick is ready!" he yelled "By removing 6 spell counters from the Citadel of Endymion I can special summon a certain monster from my hand. Come forth Endymion the Master Magician!"
There was a blinding light as a masked magician in black and white armor appeared wielding a massive staff.
Endymion the Master Magician: LVL 7 ATK 2700 DEF 1700
"That monster." I gulped.
"Now Endymion attack Fear from the Dark!"
"GRR!" I hissed as I took another thousand points of damage bringing my Life Points to 2800 compared to his 3400
"Blast Magician!" he followed up and halved my life points to 1400.
"My turn." I drew a card "Think…I have to be able to do something…THERE!"
"I play Book of Life! I can target one zombie in my grave and bring it back as well as banish a monster in your graveyard, so Fear from the Dark returns while Breaker is removed from play!"
"Hmm…" he looked across at me.
"Next I'm sacrificing Fear from the Dark to summon Ryu Kokki!"
Ryu Kokki: LVL 6 ATK 2400 DEF 2000
A large snake like beast made of skulls pulled itself forward by the arms.
"Attack Blast Magician!" I commanded.
"TSK!" the magician couldn't be destroyed by battle but he still took 1000 damage as a result and went down to 2400 life points.
"GAH!" Blast Magician was suddenly destroyed.
"But my Mist body spell." Phantasmo looked down.
"Ryu Kokki has a special effect, any time it battles with a Spellcaster or Warrior the monster is destroyed after the damage step." I smirked "I'm ending my turn."
Now I have a wall he can't break, if he attacks with Endymion he'll destroy both monsters.
"Draw!" he pulled out a card "I play a monster face down and set a card…and end my turn."
"Hmm." I drew "I'll summon Vampire Baby in attack mode.
Vampire Baby: LVL 3 ATK 700 DEF 1000
That face down monster…what could it be, I can't risk it I have to get rid of Endymion
"Attack Endymion!" I yelled.
Ryu Kokki slithered in and destroyed his monster and himself.
"Hmm." I sighed as I took 300 points of damage, but Endymion was gone.
"I'll follow up by having my Baby Vampire attack your face down monster." I said.
"HISS!" the tiny creature attack and destroyed his face down monster.
"You triggered my flip effect." He said "The card you destroyed was Old Vindictive Magician it has the effect that it can destroy a monster when flipped up, so I'm getting rid of Baby Vampire."
"Damn." I hissed as my monster was killed off only to be replaced with Old Vindictive Magician.
Old Vindictive Magician: LVL 2 ATK 450 DEF 600.
"What?" he gasped.
"My Baby Vampire has an effect to." I smirked "If it destroys a monster in battle I can special summon the destroyed monster to my side of the field at the end of my Battle Phase."
I looked at the score, I had 2500 and Phantasmo had 2400.
Just one more turn, if I can do this without Cleo…
"I lay a face down and end my turn." I said.
"I draw." He pulled a card "I summon Magical Exemplar!"
A peaceful woman in a green robe appeared.
Magical Exemplar: LVL 4 ATK 1700 DEF 1400
"Then I play the Equip Spell Malevolent Nuzzler!"
YES!
"I activate the Tarp Magic Jammer!" I yelled "I discard a card and stop the activation of a spell!"
I slid a card into the graveyard and nodded.
"It matters not, attack Old Vindictive Magician!" he destroyed my monster and left me with 1250 life points.
"I end my turn." He smirked.
I drew a card.
"Sorry but it's game over." I played a spell "Another Book of Life! This time I'll be making sure Endymion can't get back on the field and I'll be summoning the monster I just discarded Double Coston!"
Double Coston: LVL 4 ATK 1700 DEF 1650.
"Double Coston can count as two sacrifices for one!" I smiled.
"Wonderful combo." Cleopatra laughed.
"I sacrifice Double Coston to summon Despair from the Dark!"
"RAAA!" a massive red and black shadow spread over the field and laughed.
Despair from the Dark: LVL 8 ATK 2800 DEF 3000.
"Destroy Magical Exemplar!" I yelled as his Life Points were knocked down by 1100 to just 1300.
"I end my turn." I smiled.
"I…play a monster face down." He sighed.
He's got nothing left, there's not a spell counter trick to get him free.
"Finish it." Cleopatra told me.
"I summon Regenerating Mummy."
Regenerative Mummy: LVL 4 ATK 1800 DEF 1500.
"Despair destroy the face down monster then Mummy end this Duel!" I smiled.
I watched as his Life Points ticked down and I was the winner.
I did it, I won a duel against a serious duelist, maybe I'm not so bad at this.
"Alas it was not meant to be." Phantasmo sighed "Very well I suppose, these go to you."
"The Locator Card and Endymion the Master Magician." I smiled.
"Back to my true calling I suppose." He turned to the crowd.
"We still need four more cards, don't get lax." Cleopatra said "from here on things will get much harder."
"Right."
"You play well, it makes me want to jump in myself next time." She laughed.
AN
Thank you for reading. Feedback is appreciated. Feel free to message me any questions or concerns.
Just wanted to note that I'm going to try my best to keep things balanced as possible, follow real card rules and stuff. It's really easy to lose track though, like I think in this chapter I had Phantasmo play more cards then he should have had in his hand but IDK I kept having trouble counting right.
Also I'm using all the cards English names and probably gonna do the same for the character since I'm just used to hearing them. I'm writing this based on the subbed anime but just with the English names is all.
Till Next Time!
