Coral: The Representative Tournament part 2! Decided to do two duels instead of one here!... Yeah, that's all I can say for today. Anyway, to the story, I do not own any Yugioh. The only OCs I own would be Kohaku and her family. The decks they own are also my doing. Every other OCs and their decks goes to their own creators.
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'thoughts'
Language other than Japanese (this is English sub after all)
*OPENING*
(Instrumental)(The scene begins with a nice top view of the island)
To the beginning sky... towards the shining light
(The camera looks up to the sky, having a nice view of it and the sun as the anime logo slowly appeared)
There's nothing to fear... because I'm here...
(Freakstar Dragon with Naruto on his back and Time Space Magician flew pass the logo the Spellcaster-type shined the crystal ball on his staff, changing the scene)
Falling countless times to your knees
Not protecting your own pride
(Kohaku slipped on a banana peel and was laughed at by many students. She laughed along with them)
Only coming up with just doubts
Do not close your eyes just yet
(Alex and Bella looked at the scene in slight envy at how she was, in a way, getting along with many others despite her being in Red and daughter of a famous circus' ringmaster and walked their separate ways)
I absolutely cannot see
the possibility that's here and now
(Judai was imagining himself as the next King of Games. Manjoume and his friends along with Chronos glared at how impossible it would be for him while Misawa, Shou and Hayato looked at him with interest or slight admiration)
When these tears turn into rain
I just want you to notice
(Asuka and Ryou were at the entrance of the Abandon Dorm and stared at a picture of the latter's brother with determination)
Spit out all the vexing things
Because there's a meaning for taking things
(Bella was remembering the time when she was younger, getting bullied and being isolated by others because of her powers. Her patience went to her limit as she accidentally summoned a monster and released it onto them)
Even if you desire everything, you don't need to grasp it all
(Alex was remembering when he was accepted into Duel Academy and told the principal that he wished to start at the lowest rank, just to be bullied by those of a higher rank)
Just keep a hold of one most important thing
(Kohaku placed her hands on their shoulders and snapped them out of the memory lane and smiled at them then pushed them to the rest of their friends)
In the beginning of the sky, I welcome you
do not ever look back just look forward
(Judai had out Flame Wingman, who fought against Chronos' Antique Gear Golem and Asuka's Cyber Blader, as Kohaku had out Time Space Magician, who was going head-to-head against Alex's Light and Darkness Dragon and Bella's Nine-Tailed Beast, Kurama)
If you feel the wind on your back
then there won't be anything to worry about
(Shou and his monsters were looking at his brother and his monsters with determination, who smirked in approval, causing the younger sibling to smile back)
If you would look around, you'd see all these smiling faces
(In another realm, it showed all of Kohaku, Bella, Alex, Judai, Shou, Hayato, and Asuka's monsters smiling at the camera)
Do not carry everything by yourself
(Kohaku was looking at her late sister's deck in her hand with a solemn look, the deck's monster spirits floating right by her side)
Don't rush either, the answer is along the way
(The scene turned dark and the whole gang were running towards the light)
you'll definitely find it for sure
(They arrived at a lighthouse, looking up at the night sky)
After an exciting introduction of how an Action Duel is played, Judai and Mitsuru both entered the field.
"Judai-kun. I see that we can duel at last," Mitsuru said. Judai nodded at his statement. Before he could say anything in response to that... "Today marks the day we truly decides who gets to be Asuka-kun's fiancee!"
"Huh?!" everyone in the stadium gasped.
"That guy is still up on that?!" Shou shouted in shock.
"And to think he learned..." Alex groaned.
Asuka hid from her spot, in an attempt to hide her embarrassment from the attention she was suddenly getting from some people around her. "That idiot..."
"Wowza. I truly didn't expect that," Kazato said.
"I don't think any of us expected to hear that at all," Kate told him. "And by the looks of it, I'd say that the girl in question wanted nothing to do with what he had said."
"I don't!" Asuka shouted in confirmation.
"Look on the bright side. Judai still doesn't know about your feeling for him," Kohaku said to her.
Back in the stadium, Mitsuru seemed to have ignored everything going on around him. "I will definitely beat you and have Asuka's hand in marriage!"
"She just said she wants nothing to do with this bet," Kate told him, in which he disregarded.
"And after I'm done with you, I will have my revenge on Bella for the humiliation she had caused me! Although it was temporary, I was treated like I was a girl rather than a guy I am! And soon I will pay her pack tenfold! No, a hundredfold!"
"If you weren't so arrogant and didn't steal my card, it wouldn't have happened!" Bella shouted.
"Now, now," Jacko tried to calm her.
"I don't know what's going on, but bring it on!" Judai challenged.
Kohaku's parents both looked at each other and sighed, as the mother chose a field. "Well, in any case. Shall we get started? Action Field on! Field Magic, Sports Arena, activate!" The field changed once again. This time into a track field, mixed with a football field in the middle, basketball hoops and soccer goals. There's also a baseball field in the center .
"Do our contestants remember the oath?" Kazato asked.
"Yeah!" Judai replied, as Mitsuru simply nodded.
"Then prove it to me!"
"Duelists locked in battle!" Judai started.
"Kicking against the earth and dancing in the air alongside their monsters!" Mitsuru followed.
"They storm through this field!"
"Behold! This is the newest and greatest evolution of Dueling!"
"Action! DUEL!" both shouted in unison.
Mitsuru: 4000 LP
Judai: 4000 LP
"I go first! Draw!" Mitsuru drew his sixth card. "I summon Vijam the Direction World Seed!" A blue ball with an eye at the center, small blue, devil-like wings and an eye coming out from the top appeared on the field in Defense Mode.
Vijam the Direction World Seed: Level 1/DARK/Fiend/0 ATK/0 DEF
"Eh? What happened to your other deck?" Judai asked.
"I discarded it and started to train myself with this one. And believe me, this deck is way better and stronger!" Mitsuru replied.
"You can't do that! A duelist's deck is their soul!"
"Says who?! I set one card face-down and end my turn!"
Judai gritted his teeth. "If that's how things are going to be... My turn! Draw!" When he looked at his hand, he saw one, small error. "Ahh! This isn't my deck!"
"Eh?!" everyone gasped.
"Whose deck is he using then?" Kohaku asked, looking over both her decks.
"My deck is here," Shou said.
"So is mine," Misaza followed.
"Ahh! He's using me second deck!" Bella shouted.
"Eeeeh?!" her friends gasped.
Kate seemed uneasy about the situation. "Hmm... This is kind of troublesome. If a duelist isn't using their deck, they can't duel at their fullest."
"Who cares what kind of deck they're using?" Kazato asked. Everyone all had their eyes on him. "If they're a true duelist... They should be able to duel no matter what deck they use! So what if it's only made of trap cards? So what if it only has Magic cards? I could care less if a deck has nothing but Level 1 monsters. A deck is a deck. And all decks have a winning method. It is a duelist's job to discover that method!"
Everyone was touched by Kazato's speech, especially Judai. Hearing those words, he disregarded the fact that he wasn't using his 'Hero' deck. "I summon Seven Military Sea Pirate, Buggy!" A pirate who looks like a clown appeared on the field.
Seven Military Sea Pirate, Buggy: Level 4/EARTH/Warrior/1500 ATK/1200 DEF
"Huh? Who are you?! You're not Bella!" Buggy demanded.
"It's okay. I'm a friend," Judai assured. "But more importantly, we have a Duel to win." Buggy looked back to the front and saw that he was true to his words.
"All right, fine. I guess I'll team up with you."
"Great. Then attack Mitsuru directly!"
Mitsuru, discarding the fact that Judai was talking to a hologram, said to him, "You're a fool! You can't attack directly!"
"With Buggy's effect, he can attack directly!"
"Bara Bara Cannon!" Buggy's hand, filled with knives, shot itself to the opposing duelist, dealing damage to him.
Mitsuru: 3250 LP
Judai: 4000 LP
"When he inflicts damage this way, the damage is half his ATK. I set one card face-down and end my turn," Judai ended.
"My turn. Draw!" Mitsuru drew his next card. "I activate Geira Guile the Direction World King's effect from my hand! By sending a 'Direction World' monster I control the the Graveyard, I can Special Summon this card from my hand!" A green monster with featherless wings appeared on the field.
Geira Guile the Direction World King: Level 2/WIND/Fairy/0 ATK/0 DEF
"When this card is summoned this way, he against 800 ATK!" Said monster glowed a green aura as its power rose.
Geira Guile the Direction World King: 0 + 800 = 800 ATK
"Also, if this card is Special Summoned from my hand, I can inflict 800 points of damage to my opponent!" Sparks were being produced from the monster as it shot out a beam of lightning at Judai and shocked him.
Mitsuru: 3250 LP
Judai: 3200 LP
"Indirect approach? Not bad," Kazato stated.
"Next, I summon Duja, the Meteoric Direction World Vessel!" A black legless machine with a red mark on the front appeared on the field.
Duja, the Meteoric Direction World Vessel: Level 4/LIGHT/Machine/1600 ATK/1600 DEF
"When Duja is summoned, I can send one 'Direction World' card from my deck to my Graveyard! I will send Dark Garnex the Direction World Beast to my Graveyard!" He sent a card from his deck to the Graveyard. "And if a monster was sent to my Graveyard while I control this card, for each monster with different name in my Graveyard, it gains 200 more ATK!" Two monster spirits appeared and fused with Duja.
Duja, the Meteoric Direction World Vessel: 1600 + 200 x 2 = 1600 + 400 = 2000 ATK
At the rise of the ATK power, Judai ran off to find an Action Card. "Battle! I attack Buggy with Duja!" The Machine-type monster raised its arm as it charged at the clown pirate.
Judai, on the other hand, found an Action Card. "There's one!" He picked it up and, to his confusion, saw that it was a trap card. "Huh? A Trap Card? Field Injury. Target one monster on your field; that monster loses half of its ATK and its effect until the End Phase. Eh? EEH?!" All of a sudden, a soccer ball was shot at Buggy and hit him... Where guys don't like to be hit, as he covered his injury and fell on his knees in pain.
Seven Military Sea Pirate, Buggy: 1500 / 2 = 750 ATK
(Field Injury: Action Trap: Target one monster on your field. That monster loses half its ATK and its effect until the End Phase.)
Everyone in the audience, especially the guys, winced in pain at the sight, as Duja went and destroyed the pirate.
Mitsuru: 3250 LP
Judai: 1950 LP
"Oh! Now that's what I call backfire!" Kazato said.
"Wouldn't expect it to be that easy," Kate agreed.
"What just happened?!" Hayato asked.
"That was an Action Trap," Kohaku replied. "Remember what my dad said about how Action cards can also turn against you? That's how."
"I see... So there's also a chance of getting cards that assists your opponent," Misawa analyzed.
Back on the field, Judai got back on his feet. "Ow... That was unexpected. But it looks like I have to be even more careful," he muttered.
"Next I attack directly with Geira!" Mitsuru declared. His weaker monster went and attacked Judai.
Mitsuru: 3250 LP
Judai: 1150 LP
"After this card battled, I can target up to two Vijam the Direction World Seed in my Graveyard and, sending this card to my Graveyard, Special Summon that card!" The green Fairy-type was having cracks all over it and broke into many pieces. The pieces reformed themselves into Vijam, again in Defense Mode. "Then I add Vulcan Dragni the Direction World King to my hand!" He added the said card to his hand. "I end my turn. At this time, Duja's ATK returns to normal."
Duja, the Meteoric Direction World Vessel: 2000 - 400 = 1600 ATK
"My turn! Draw!" Judai drew his next card. "If I control no monsters on the field and my Life Points are at least 2000 points lower than my opponent's, I Special Summon Seven Military Sea Pirate, Trafalgar Law!" A slim man wearing a white fur hat with brown spots appeared on the field. He wore a black and yellow hoodie and blue jeans with brown spots on them. In his hand was a sword.
Seven Military Sea Pirate, Trafalgar Law: Level 6/WATER/2600 ATK/2000 DEF
"If he's summoned this way, his ATK and DEF is swapped and I gain Life Points equal to the amount I had lost from the most recent Battle or Card effect!" Law took out a vile from his pocket and tossed it at Judai. The duelist caught the vile and drank it up, regaining 800 of his Life Points.
Seven Military Sea Pirate, Trafalgar law: 2600 -} 2000 ATK/2000 -} 2600 DEF
Mitsuru: 3250 LP
Judai: 1950 LP
"Battle! I attack with Duja! And when Trafalgar Law attacks, my opponent cannot activate Magic or Trap cards!" the Osiris then declared.
"Room: Shambles!" Trafalgar summoned a force field that covered the field. He quickly unsheathed his weapon and swiped it at his opponent, instantly cutting him in half and destroyed him.
Mitsuru: 2850 LP
Judai: 1950 LP
"I activate the Trap Card, Time Machine! The moment a monster is destroyed, I can Special Summon back on the field in the field in the position it was in!" As though it never left the smoke lifted and Duja was still on the field.
"I end my turn," Judai ended.
"My turn. Draw!" Mitsuru drew his next card. "By sending Vijam and Duja to the Graveyard, I can Special Summon Vulcan Dragni the Direction World King!" The two monsters were released as a red, machine-like monster with blades appeared on the field.
Vulcan Dragni the Direction World King: Level 3/FIRE/Fairy/0 ATK/0 DEF
"When summoned this way, he gains 1600 ATK and inflicts 800 points of damage to my opponent!" The newly summoned monster shot its blades out at Judai.
Vulcan Dragni the Direction World King: 0 + 1600 = 1600 ATK
Mitsuru: 2850 LP
Judai: 1150 LP
"However Trafalgar is still the stronger monster," Judai pointed out.
"I activate the Continuous Magic, Direction World Karma!" Mitsuru continued. "By sending a number of Vijam the Direction World Seed from my hand or deck to my Graveyard, a 'Direction World' monster I control gains 800 ATK for each! I send two of those cards from my deck to the Graveyard and give Vulcan Dragni 1600 more ATK!" A pair of Vijam spirits appeared and granted the said monster more power.
Vulcan Dragni the Direction World King: 1600 + 1600 = 3200 ATK
At the massive boost, Judai ran to find another Action Card. "You're running for an Action Card? Didn't you pay attention to what happened earlier? Action Field is no good for an Osiris like you," Mitsuru boasted. "Battle! I attack Trafalgar with Vulcan!" Vulcan Dragni shot all of its blades at Trafalgar, who readied himself for the pain.
Judai, on the other hand, found an card on the tracks and snatched it off. He grimaced at the card he found, not because it was an Action Trap, but because... "Action Magic, Monster Barrier! If I control a monster during battle, I take no damage!" The blades all turned into soccer balls and Trafalgar was in a soccer goalie's uniform. The balls all hit him and knocked him out.
(Monster Barrier: Action Magic: During the Battle Phase, if you control a monster(s), you take no Battle Damage this turn.)
"Che. Managed to protect yourself, I see. I activate Vulcan Dragni's effect! After this card battles, I send this card to the Graveyard and Special Summon up to three Vijam the Direction World Seed from my Graveyard." The FIRE monster was split into three Vijams, all in Defense Mode. "Then I add an Indiora Doom Volt the Direction World King from my deck to my hand!" Said card was added to his hand. "Also, Direction World Karma's second effect! If a Vijam the Direction World Seed was Special Summoned by the effect of a Cubic Monster, by sending this card to the Graveyard, my opponent's Life Points is halved and I get to add a 'Direction World' monster from my deck to my hand!" A fire tornado appeared and engulfed Judai.
"Judai/Aniki!" his friends called in a worried tone.
Mitsuru: 2850 LP
Judai: 575 LP
As soon as that was over, Judai decided to just run and look for more Action cards, in which Mitsuru noticed. "I won't let you get the advantage!" He went to look for some himself. "I set one card face down and end my turn!"
"My turn! Draw!" Judai drew his next card. "I summon Straw Hat Pirate, Luffy!" The Straw Hat wearing pirate appeared on the field.
Straw Hat Pirate, Luffy: Level 4/FIRE/Warrior/1800 ATK/2100 DEF
"Yosh! It's my turn!" he cheered.
"And I activate the Equip Magic, Armament Haki! This gives Luffy 600 more ATK and the ability to inflict piercing damage to my opponent!" Luffy's arms were coated in black metal.
Straw Hat Pirate: Luffy: 1800 + 600 = 2400 ATK
"Battle! I attack one of your Vijam with Luffy!" Judai declared.
"Gomu Gomu no Pistol!" Luffy threw a punch at one of the Defense Position monsters.
"Trap card, Holy Javelin! This card increases my Life Points by the ATK of one attacking monster!" Mitsuru defended. A javelin with a winged crown on the blade side appeared and went to the attacked Vijam's wing as it used the weapon to block Luffy's attack. After the stalemate, the weapon was destroyed, but not the monster that was using it.
"Vijam the Direction World Seed cannot be destroyed by battle!" the 'Direction World' duelist explained. "However, after this card battles an opponent's monster, this card is then treated as a Continuous Magic!" The wings and eye were folded into the spherical body. "Also, the monster that battled it gains a Direction World Counter!" The Vijam that was treated as a Continuous Magic shot a beam at Luffy. The next thing everyone knew, he was suddenly trapped in a cube.
"Hey! What the hell is this?! Let me out!" the pirate demanded.
"What did you do to Luffy?!" Judai demanded.
"Monsters with a Direction World Counter can't attack or activate their effects!" Mitsuru explained.
Judai's friends gasped at that effect.
"Anita's monsters can't attack?!" Shou gasped.
"That's one scary Counter," Seth stated.
"And the only way to get rid of Counters is if a monster that benefits them removes them itself," Alex said.
"Or if there's a card that has to do with Counters," Tiffany added.
"And not only that, but Luffy also lost his indestructible ability," Ryo added.
Judai looked back at his hand and took a card from among them. "I set one card face-down and end my turn!"
"Judai seemed to be on the struggle now. Would you say that this is a start of Mitsuru's comeback, Kate?" Kazato asked.
"Let's find out on his turn, Kazato," she replied.
"My turn! Draw!" Mitsuru drew his next card. "And now you will fall, Yuki Judai! If Vijam is treated as a Continuous Magic during my Main Phase, I can summon it onto the field as a monster!" The Vijam in the back row moved up, unfolding its wings and eye. "Then by sending these three Vijams to the Graveyard, I Special Summon Indiora Doom Volt the Direction World King from my hand!" A light blue monster generating electricity appeared on the field.
Indiora Doom Volt the Direction World King: Level 4/LIGHT/Fairy/0 ATK/0 DEF
"When summoned this way, he gains 2400 ATK and, like the other two 'Direction World' monsters, inflict 800 points of damage to my opponent! It's over!" The monster shot out lightning at Judai.
"Aniki, look out!" Shou shouted.
Judai found and picked up an Action Card and used it. "Action Magic, Energy Mate! My Life Points goes up by 500 points!" A snack bar appeared in his hand as he quickly gobbled it up.
Mitsuru: 2850 LP
Judai: 275 LP
Indiora Doom Volt the Direction World King: 0 + 2400 = 2400 ATK
His friends sighed in relief to see his Life Points didn't reach zero.
"That was close," Bella said.
"You said it," Jacko agreed.
Mitsuru's smirk never left his face, however. "From my hand, by revealing three 'Direction World' cards from my hand, I Special Summon Crimson Nova of the Dark Direction World God!" He revealed two different 'Direction World' monsters from his hand and a 'Direction World' Trap card from his hand. The field had turned dark as a purple monster with a glowing cube as the head appeared on the field. It also had mechanical arms with blades at the end.
Crimson Nova of the Dark Direction World God: Level 10/DARK/Fiend/3000 ATK/0 DEF
"That monster has more than enough power to finish this duel!" Tiffany said.
"Battle! I attack Luffy with Crimson Nova! Dark Crimson Cutter!" The high-level monster's blades were being filled with energy. Once they were completely filled, it tossed the blades at him.
"Judai!" Asuka cried out.
"Trap card open! Defense Draw! If I were to take damage from battle, I can reduce that damage to zero!" As the attack hit Luffy, a barrier appeared and protected Judai from the damage he would've taken. "Then I draw a card from my deck!
Now Mitsuru was annoyed at Judai's defense. "I activate the Magic card, Dian Keto the God of Healing to increase my Life Points by 1000!"
Mitsuru: 3850 LP
Judai: 275 LP
"He's increasing his Life Points now?" Shou questioned.
"Doing that definitely means one of his monsters have a risky effect," Ryo said.
"I end my turn. And at this time, Crimson Nova's effect activates! Both players take 3000 damage!" Everyone gasped at the nasty effect. "My Life Points is over 3000, so I'm safe from losing. You, on the other hand, Yuki Judai, have only hundreds of Life Points left! You lose!" Both of Crimson Nova''s blades were engulfed in flames as it slammed them both down on both players.
Judai saw an Action card on the edge of a basketball hoop and, with Luffy's help, went to it. The flames on the oncoming blade shot out and exploded where the original 'Hero' duelist was.
"Judai!" his friends cried out.
All was silent, wondering if he had or hadn't survived that attack. Their question was answered, when they heard a familiar scream.
"Whooooooooaaaaaaa!" Judai flew out of the smoke, a jetpack on his back. He clearly had no control over his flying skills as he was screaming, "Someone! Stop me!" The jetpack was slowly running out of fuel as it slowly descended onto the ground, causing Judai to land and skid on his face.
"WHAT?! Don't tell me you're still in the game!" Mitsuru demanded.
Judai, dizzy from his flight, replied, "I-I did. Action Magic, Acceleration. Effect damage inflicted onto me becomes zero."
Mitsuru: 850 LP
Judai: 275 LP
"Now that's what I call a save! Judai proved to be extremely athletic to be able to get that card!" Kazato stated.
Mitsuru gritted his teeth in frustration. "There is no way you're going to beat me, Yuki Judai!"
Judai shook his head to get the dizziness away. "But I will. After all, I'm not one for losing! My turn! Draw!" Judai drew his next card. He smiled at the card he drew. "I activate the Magic card, Pirates Rebellion! By banishing a number of 'Pirate' monsters from my hand and/or Graveyard, I can Special Summon a 'Rebel' monster from my hand whose Level is the same as the number of monsters banished this way! I banish from my Graveyard, Seven Military Sea Pirate, Buggy, Trafalgar Law, and Straw Hat Pirate Luffy from my Graveyard and Straw Hat Pirate Usopp, Robin and Chopper from my hand to summon out Crossdressing Rebel, Ivankov!" A portal was opened and a large man with a purple afro appeared on the field. His full-body appearance was... unique, for lack of better word. He wore female garments and heavy makeup on his face, as well as a crown on his head, a necklace and fishnet stockings.
Crossdressing Rebel, Ivankov: Level 6/DARK/Warrior/2600 ATK/1700 DEF
Seeing the monster sent chills down everyone's spine.
"Bella, what's with these monsters of your's?" Alex dared to ask.
"Ah ha ha ha..." the girl simply laughed nervously.
Out of everyone, Mitsuru had the worse reaction of all.
"AAAAHHHHHH! It's you! The thing that humiliated me!" he pointed.
"How rude, Mitsu-boy! And after I had showed you the wonders of being a lady!" Ivankov retorted. "And you do not refer a girl as a 'thing'!"
"You're a girl?" Judai asked, not loud enough for everyone else to hear. He then shrugged it off and continued his turn. "Oh well. When Ivankov is Special Summoned, all monsters on the field have their ATK and DEF switched! This includes Ivankov himself!" The okama leapt over to the monster, nails growing long enough to be sharp claws. He stabbed Indiora and Crimson Nova with them, then to himself. For the Fairy and Field-type monsters, nothing seemed to be happening, until both were starting to shrink down, small enough to be the same height as Vijam.
"How does it feel, young ones?" Ivankov asked. The audience saw that his whole form changed. What was once a man was now a woman in the garments and accessories.
Indiora Doom Volt the Direction World King: 2400 -} 0 ATK/0 -} 2400 DEF
Crimson Nova of the Dark Direction World God: 3000 -} 0 ATK/0 -} 3000 DEF
Crossdressing Rebel, Ivankov: 2600 -} 1700 ATK/1700 -} 2600 DEF
"What just happened?" Asuka asked her fellow female Obelisk.
"That would be Ivankov's effect," Bella replied.
"What a weird sight to see, for an effect," Ryo said, sweat dropping a little.
Judai didn't seem to be affected by the change so much like everyone else. "Battle! I attack Crimson Nova with Ivankov!"
"Death Wink!" Ivankov simply winked at the monster and a blast of air pressure was sent at his opponent, sending him flying and into a soccer goal, ending the duel.
Mitsuru: 000 LP
Judai: 275 LP
WINNER: JUDAI!
Everyone cheered at the result as the field changed back to normal.
"And that is it! The winner of this match and going on to the next round is Yuki Judai!" Kazato announced.
"Nice one, Aniki!" Shou cheered.
"Great job advancing to the next round!" Hayato followed.
"Congratulations, Yuki Judai. Now, if we can have Muramasa Seth and Gokaido Houzan on the field for the next match, please?" Kate requested. The two boys got up from their spot and made their way down, Mitsuru and Judai returning to their seats, the former mourning as he did so.
Both Seth and Houzan were down on the field. Houzan was an Obelisk blue male with brown, spiky hair.
"So you're the so-called prodigy?" Houzan asked.
"And what if I am?" Seth asked back.
Houzan scoffed at his response. "I say, you're nothing but a fraud. You must've cheated your way here and bribed the examiner to let you win! Well I'm going to to put an end to your lies! What do you say? Loser gets expelled?" The audience all muttered at the bet Houzan was making.
"Hey! You can't just make bets!" Kate scolded.
"No, wait," Kazato stopped her. "This is getting interesting actually."
"Someone of your age is years way early for a place like this. Beating you would just put you in your place," the Obelisk continued.
Seth, although not showing it, was getting quite annoyed at his ranting. "If you have the energy to brag, then you should have the energy to duel. I accept your challenge!" The audience, especially his friends, were shocked at his decision.
"What is he thinking?!" Shou questioned. "He can't accept that bet!"
"If he doesn't, he wouldn't be a man," Kohaku said. Everyone turned to her. "If he's a man, he should accept and overcome any challenges."
"You believe in him, don't you?" Jacko asked.
"Of what I know, he looks up to me. And if he's a fan, he should give everything he got and end this duel with a bang."
Kazato seemed to have the same thought, as he let the conditions be as they are. "Now then, without further ado, let's get on with the show!"
Kate selected a field. "Action Field, on! Field Magic, Frontier Fang Castle activate!" The field changed into a weird looking castle in the woods, with lots of broken bridges around the castle. Both Seth and Houzan were standing on one of the castle's balcony.
"Duelists locked in battle!" the Ra started.
"Kicking against the earth and dancing in the air alongside their monsters!" followed the Obelisk.
"They storm through this field!"
"Behold! This is the newest and greatest evolution of Dueling!"
"Action! DUEL!" both shouted in unison.
Seth: 4000 LP
Houzan: 4000 LP
"I'll be nice and let you start first, kid," Houzan mocked.
Seth just glared at the boy. "I draw!" He drew his sixth card. "I summon Darkus Siege in Defense Mode!" His black armored warrior with a purple cape and a black spear appeared on the field.
Darkus Siege: Level 3/DARK/Warrior/1800 ATK/1000 DEF
"I set two cards face-down and end my turn!"
"You summon a monster with a weak Defense in Defense Mode? Ha! What a novice mistake!" Houzan insulted. "Let me show you how an elite summons a monster. Draw!" He drew his next card. "I summon Gaia Lord the Dark Knight!" Rather than the original horse-riding Gaia the Dark Knight, a dragon-riding Gaia appeared. The dragon the warrior was on was orange and had on a red helmet.
Gaia Lord the Dark Knight: Level 7/EARTH/Warrior/2300 ATK/2100 DEF
"How was he able to summon that out?" Tiffany asked.
"If not because of its Level, then it must be because of its effect," Ryo answered.
"Gaia Lord can be Special Summoned from my hand if I control no monsters while my opponent does control a monster," Houzan explained. "Battle! I attack Darkus Siege with Gaia Lord! Lord Spiral Shaver!" His monster charged at Siege, who placed his weapon up to defend himself and successfully block the attack. "What?!"
"Once per turn, Siege cannot be destroyed by battle while in Defense Mode," Seth explained.
Houzan gritted his teeth as he continued his turn. "I set one card face-down and end my turn."
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"My turn. Draw!" The Ra drew his next card. He then leapt off the balcony. "I summon Darkus Falconeer!" His black-winged purple humanoid falcon appeared and grabbed his master by the shoulders, safely landing him on the ground.
Darkus Falconeer: Level 3/DARK/Winged-Beast/1600 ATK/500 DEF
"Battle! I attack with Darkus Falconeer!"
"You must be a fool!" Houzan exclaimed. "Gaia Lord has a higher ATK than your puny monster!"
"Who said he was battling Gaia Lord?" The Obelisk raised a brow at the response. "Falconeer can attack directly! Falcon Strike!" The bird bypassed Gaia Lord and scratched the Warrior-type monster's duelist.
Seth: 4000 LP
Houzan: 3200 LP
"Once he inflicts Battle Damage this way, the damage is halved. I end my turn."
Houzan glared at the young Ra. "You'll pay for that! My turn! Draw!" As he drew his card, Houzan got on his monster as they flew down in search for an Action Card as well. "I activate the Magic card, Graceful Charity! I draw three cards and discard two cards from my hand!" He drew and discarded some cards. "Next I activate the Magic Card, Feast of the Wild LV5! With this card I can Special Summon up to two Level 5 Warrior-type monsters from my hand and/or Graveyard! From my Graveyard, I summon General Freed and Monster Tamer!" A warrior who seemed to be from a royal family in silver armor and a slightly muscular arabic guy with a whip in his hand appeared on the field.
General Freed: Level 5/EARTH/Warrior/2300 ATK/1700 DEF
Monster Tamer: Level 5/EARTH/Warrior/1800 ATK/1600 DEF
"Next I activate Turret Warrior's effect from my hand! By released a Warrior-type monster from my field, I can Special Summon this card from my hand!" Monster Tamer was suddenly wrapped in clay. The clay formed and hardened into Houzan's new monster.
Turret Warrior: Level 5/EARTH/Warrior/1200 ATK/2000 DEF
"And when this card is summoned this way, it gains ATK equal to the original ATK of the monster that was used to summon it!" The newly summoned monster had a yellow aura surrounding it.
Turret Warrior: 1200 + 1800 = 3000 ATK
"I activate the Magic card, Silent Doom to summon Monster Tamer back form the Graveyard!" Said monster returned from the grave. "And finally, I activate the Magic card, Fusion! With this card I fuse Monster Tamer and Black Dragon Jungle King into First of the Dragons, Wyrm!" The two monsters appeared and fused into a purple scaled dragons with icy-blue spikes.
First of the Dragons, Wyrm: Level 9/DARK/Dragon/2700 ATK/2000 DEF
To say the audience was shocked would be an understatement, for Houzan now had a field filled with powerful monsters.
"If all those attacks hit, Seth would lose!" Asuka stated.
"Battle! General Freed attacks Falconeer!" At Houzan's order, General Freed leapt into the air and began to swing his sword down on his target.
"Trap Card, open! Blackout!" Seth defended. The whole field became dark. Due to the loss of sight, General Freed stopped his attack. "This turn, my opponent's monsters cannot attack or activate their effects!"
Houzan was getting even more annoyed with his opponent's defensive tactics. "I end my turn!" At his End Phase, the darkness was lifted and both duelists and their monsters regained their vision.
"My turn! Draw!" Seth drew his next card. "I activate the Magic card, Fusion! With this card, I fuse Darkus Hydranoid and Darkus Wormquake from my hand! Great fearsome hydra, gain the power of the terrifying earthworm and give birth to a new power! FUSION SUMMON! Appear now, undying creature of darkness! Darkus Dual Hydranoid!" His two-headed ace monster appeared on the field, allowing Seth to ride on him.
Darkus Dual Hydranoid: Level 6/DARK/Dragon/2600 ATK/1300 DEF
"Gaia Lord's effect activates!" Houzan shouted. "When my opponent special summons a monster with an ATK higher than itself, it gains 700 ATK until the End Phase!"
"I activate Dual Hydranoid's effect! Once per turn, when my opponent activates a card effect, I can negate that effect and give Hydranoid 500 more ATK!" Hydranoid released a deadly roar that caused Gaia Lord and his dragon to cover their ears and cancel their effect.
Darkus Dual Hydranoid: 2600 + 500 = 3100 ATK
"What?!" the Obelisk gasped.
"Now Seth's monster is strong enough against all of Houzan's!" Tiffany stated.
"Let's go, partner!" he said.
"Got it," Dual Hydranoid nodded.
"Battle! Attack General Freed! Destruction Impact!" Dual Hydranoid released his upgraded signature move at his target and destroyed him.
Seth: 4000 LP
Houzan: 2600 LP
"Dual Hydranoid can attack twice per Battle Phase! The next target is Wyrm! Destruction Impact!"
"Disappear!" The lower level Fusion Monster shouted as he released another dose of its attack at his second target.
Houzan got an Action Card. "Action Magic, Damage Vanish! If I were to take Battle Damage, that damage is reduced to zero!"
"But Wyrm is still going to be destroyed!" Seth said, as the attack made contact. To everyone's shock, the Fusion Monster was still on the field. "What just happened?!"
"Wyrm can only be destroyed by battle with Normal Monsters!" his opponent smirked.
"In that case, I attack directly with Falconeer! Falcon Strike!" The Winged-Beast went in for another direct attack.
Houzan picked up another Action Card. "Action Magic, Avoid! A monster's attack is negated!" He ducked from Falconeer's attack and was safe from the damage.
It was Seth's turn to grit his teeth as he looked down at the only card in his hand. "I set one card face-down and end my turn. At this time, Dual Hydranoid's ATK reverts back to normal."
Darkus Dual Hydranoid: 3100 - 500 = 2600 ATK
"My turn!" Houzan drew a card. He saw another Action card in a tree and snatched it. "This kind of dueling must be for me. I activate the Action Magic, Bi-Attack! I can double the ATK of one monster on my field!"
"I activate Hydranoid's effect! I will negate the effect of Bi-Attack and increase his own ATK!" Seth countered. Hydranoid let out another roar as his power rose.
Darkus Dual Hydranoid: 2600 + 500 = 3100 ATK
"Nice try, kid," he mocked. Not that most people knew what he was saying.
"That's just what I was hoping for." Seth and Hydranoid were confused as to why he had said that. "I activate the Magic card, Fusion Recovery! I add a Fusion and a monster that was used for a Fusion Summon from my Graveyard to my hand! And if I recall, your monster's effect is only once per turn!" He added the said Spell card and Black Dragon the Jungle King to his hand. "Next I activate Fusion! This time I fuse Gaia Lord the Dark Knight with Black Dragon the Jungle King to summon Gaia the Soaring Heaven Dragon Knight!" The knight's armor turned into a golden color as his dragon's armor spread all over its body.
Gaia the Soaring Heaven Dragon Knight: Level 7/WIND/Dragon/2600 ATK/2100 DEF
"And when Soaring Heaven is summoned, I add the Continuous Magic, Spiral Shaver to my hand! And activate it!" The moment he added the card to his hand, he immediately used it. "With this card, Gaia the Soaring Heaven Dragon Knight can inflict piercing damage when attacking a Defense Position Monster! And when Soaring Heaven attacks a monster he can change that monster's battle position!"
Seth and his friends' eyes widened at the effect.
"All of Seth's monster's have low Defense stats!" Alex stated.
"Battle! I attack Dual Hydranoid with Soaring Heaven! Soaring Spiral Shaver!" His declared monster went to attack his target. "And with his effect, I switch your monster's Battle Position!" Soaring Heaven's dragon unleashed a terrifying roar of its own, forcing Seth's monster to go into defense.
Hydranoid spotted an Action card on a bush and called to his duelist. "Seth, over there!"
Seth saw the card and ran to it, in which Houzan noticed. "You're not getting that card!" Soaring Heaven's dragon breathed out flames from its mouth, quickly destroying Seth's monster and blowing him and the card away.
Seth: 2700 LP
Houzan: 2600 LP
The card flew into Houzan's hand, who smirked at the sight. "Too bad for you. This card is no help to you anyway. Action Magic, Illusion Fire! I target one monster I control! This turn, it can attack a number of times equal to the number of monsters I control! Besides Soaring Heaven, I also control Wyrm, and Turret Warrior! That makes a total of three monsters! So now Soaring Heaven can attack two more times! And now I attack your Defense Position Siege! And with Spiral Shaver's effect, take the piercing damage! Soaring Spiral Shaver!"
"Trap card open! Hungering Shadows!" Seth shouted. "For each DARK monster I control, my opponent's monsters lose 500 ATK and DEF! There are now two on my field, so that's 1000 points each!" Shadows appeared and clung onto Houzan's monsters, as they got weaker.
Gaia the Soaring Heaven Dragon Knight: 2600 - 1000 = 1600 ATK/2100 - 1000 = 1100 DEF
First of the Dragon, Wyrm: 2700 - 1000 = 1700 ATK/2000 - 1000 = 1000 DEF
Turret Warrior: 3000 - 1000 = 2000 ATK/2000 - 1000 = 1000 DEF
"You lessened the damage?" Houzan questioned, as his monster's attack hit again.
Seth: 2100 LP
Houzan: 2600 LP
"And with Siege's effect, he isn't destroyed this battle!"
"But he is in this battle! Soaring Spiral Shaver!" At Houzan's order, his monster attacked Siege once more, this time destroying him.
Seth: 1500 LP
Houzan: 2600 LP
"Because of Illusion Fire's effect, other monsters I control can't attack. So I will end my turn," Houzan ended.
"At this time, your monster's ATK and DEF are returned to normal," Seth informed.
Gaia the Soaring Heaven Dragon Knight: 1600 + 1000 = 2600 ATK/1100 + 1000 = 2100 DEF
First of the Dragon, Wyrm: 1700 + 1000 = 2700 ATK/1000 + 1000 = 2000 DEF
Turret Warrior: 2000 + 1000 = 3000 ATK/1000 + 1000 = 2000 DEF
Seth's friends sighed in relief to see that he had survived the assault.
"He somehow survived..." Shou sighed.
"But still, he has this one turn left," Bella pointed out. "If nothing comes to him now, it'll be over for him."
"I believe in him," Kohaku said. "Seth will win this. I won't accept that he's the only one out of all of us who wouldn't make it to the second round."
Back on the field, Seth was panting heavily from all the running, as well as the shockwave he was feeling from the damage he was taking.
"Might as well give up now and save the embarrassment," Houzan spoke. "It's clear enough that you don't belong here. So how about you make this easy for us and surrender?"
"No way! I'm not giving up. Not now, not ever! My turn! Draw!" Seth drew his next card. He smiled at the sight of it.
"First, I activate my last face-down. The Trap card, Fusion Reserve! I reveal one Fusion Monster from my Extra Deck and add one of its Fusion Materials from my deck to my hand and Polymerization from my Graveyard to my hand! The card I'll be revealing is Darkus Alpha Hydranoid!"
"He has another Fusion Monster?" Hayato questioned.
"And one that's stronger than Dual Hydranoid?" Tiffany followed.
"From my deck, I add Darkus Vladitor! And next, I summon Darkus Centipoid!" His centipede-like monster appeared on the field.
Darkus Centipoid: Level 4/DARK/Insect/2000 ATK/100 DEF
"And with Centipoid's effect, I Special Summon Darkus Dual Hydranoid!" His Fusion Monster returned to the field.
"Payback time..." he growled.
"And since he's summoned this way, I take 200 points of damage for each of his level!" Seth was surrounded by a dark purple energy as his own Life Points went further down.
Seth: 300 LP
Houzan: 2600 LP
"What is he thinking? Dealing that much damage to himself," Asuka asked.
"He must have an idea," Kohaku said, her trusted smile not leaving her face.
"You must really want to humiliate yourself, if you summoned a monster that's not even a point higher than any of mine," Houzan said, smirking at his assumed victory.
Seth returned the smirk with his own. "Who said I'll be battling with Dual Hydranoid? I activate the Magic card, Fusion! With this, I fuse Dual Hydranoid with Centipoid! Great undying hydra! Gain the power of the calling centipede and give birth to a new power! FUSION SUMMON! Appear now, great unyielding draconic hydra! Darkus Alpha Hydranoid!" Hydranoid seemed to have evolved as he gained another head, tail and grew wings on his back.
Darkus Alpha Hydranoid: Level 8/DARK/Dragon/3000 ATK/2000 DEF
"An ATK of 3000?!" Houzan gasped.
"Oh yes... This is much better!" Hydranoid roared.
Seth ran to a nearby Action Card as he shouted, "Battle! Alpha Hydranoid! Attack Gaia the Soaring Heaven Dragon Knight! Indigo Nightmare!" The three heads each formed a purple energy ball covered in black aura and got ready to fire. "Also, I activate Alpha Hydranoid's effect! When this card attacks an opponent's monster, I can discard one monster card from my hand whose Level is the same as or higher than the target! That target's ATK and DEF goes down by the discarded monster's ATK! In my hand is Darkus Vladitor, a Level 7 monster just like Soaring Heaven! And his ATK is 2600! The same as Soaring Heaven!"
Houzan got off his attacked monster for an Action card at the top of a tree. "Action Magic, Quick Guard! I can change an Attack Position monster on the field to Defense! And I will use this on your Alpha Hydranoid!" The Action Magic shot out a beam at its intended target. Just when it looked like it would hit, Falconeer got in the way and was affected instead. "What?!"
"Action Magic, Guard Cover! This turn, each time my opponent uses a card or effect that targets only one monster on my field, I can change that target to another monster! Falconeer was also in Defense Mode!"
"But then... That means..."
"Alpha Hydranoid's effect and attack goes through! Destroy Vanish!" Hydranoid shot out wires from its sides and wrapped them around his target. The spirit of Vladitor was seen by his side as he went and combined himself with the opposing monster, sapping his strength away.
Gaia the Soaring Heaven Dragon Knight: 2600 - 2600 = 0 ATK
Once his energy was sapped, Alpha Hydranoid released his triple energy balls at his opponent. The attack hit and destroyed him, as well as ending the duel.
Seth: 300 LP
Houzan: 0000 LP
WINNER: SETH!
"And there we have it! Seth is the third duelist to advance on to the next round!" Kazato announced. "As for Houzan... Samejima? What has become of him?"
Every student looked at the headmaster, all wondering the same thing.
"That bet is nothing but a childish grudge, I'm sure. I'll let this slide," he simply said, much to their shock. Houzan was more shocked at the decision.
"You're saying that when in truth, you were too focused on the duel to pay attention to the things going on beforehand, were you?" Kate guessed.
"What? Of course not." Kate raised a brow. "Okay, maybe a little bit." Samejima turned to Kazato. "You're wife is quite sharp," he whispered.
"I know," he whispered back. "Now than, without any further interruptions, what do you say we get on with the next match?!" Everyone went wild at the suggestion.
"In that case, will Alejandro Nagase and Torimaki Taiyou come down, please?" Kate called.
"This should be easy for you," Kohaku said to Alex.
"Is that a challenge?" he asked?
"Oh I don't know? Maybe it is, maybe it isn't."
'And there they go again,' most of the group thought, as Alex walked down to the field for his duel.