"Will Kimberly Troy and Luigi Malverio please step onto the podium for the next match of the Semi-Finals." A voice rang out over the PA System and the two duellists stepped onto the duel arena ready for their match.
"How appropriate that I get to take out the very woman who, inadvertently mind you, helped me get reinstated in the tournament?" Luigi chuckled as he shuffled his deck, Kimberly smirked as she shuffled her own deck.
"As far as I'm concerned I'm not the one who's going to be knocked out." Kimberly said plainly as both duellists returned their decks to the deck slots and drew their opening hands. "So who's going first?"
"Ladies first." Luigi said after looking through his hand, Kimberly drew another card and grinned.
"Then I'll start things off with style, I start by discarding Archfiend General (4/2100/800) from my hand which allows me to add the field spell card Pandemonium to my hand." Kimberly discarded the card and searched through her deck before finding the spell card at the bottom of her deck, she added it to her hand and shuffled her deck. "In fact I'll go ahead and activate the Spell Card right now! Go Pandemonium!" Kimberly played the card and the scenery changed to the hellish arena. "Now I set a card facedown and summon Shadowknight Archfiend in attack mode!" Kimberly played the card and the fiendish knight appeared on the field (4/2000/1600). "Try beating that!"
"You call THAT style?" Luigi scoffed as he drew his card. "Allow me to show you true style, I summon Cyber Gymnast in attack mode!" Luigi played the card and an athletic blonde woman wearing a white mask appeared on the field, she was also wearing a purple tanktop, black pants and boots (4/800/1800).
"You can't be serious?" Kimberly asked as a massive sweat-drop rolled down her head.
"Oh I am quite serious, I activate the effect of Cyber Gymnast which lets me destroy one monster in attack mode on your side of the field in exchange for discarding a card from my hand." Luigi discarded the card from his hand and the woman charged towards the fiend...
"By targeting my fiend for an effect you've triggered his own effect!" Kimberly said as a giant six sided die appeared above the field. "See that dice? If it lands on a three your gymnast's effect is negated so go dice roll!" The die started rolling and both duellists watched intently as did the other duellists and spectators...but to Kimberly's dismay it landed on a four. "You have got to be kidding..." Kimberly muttered under her breath as Cyber Gymnast snapped Shadowknight's neck with a kick, she sent Shadowknight Archfiend to the graveyard before turning to Luigi.
"Seems fate wasn't on your side that time Kimberly, now Cyber Gymnast attack her life-points directly!" The gymnast wasn't on Luigi's side of the field for long before charging at Kimberly.
"You're going to have to try harder than that, I activate Negate Attack!" Kimberly's trap flipped up and the gymnast bounced off of a forcefield. "You done?"
"Well first I have to set a card facedown but yes, that will do for now." Luigi set the card down and Kimberly drew another card.
"I activate the Spell Card Allure Of Darkness, to activate it I have to remove one Dark Type Monster from my hand but in exchange for that I can draw two cards from my deck." Kimberly pocketed her monster and drew two cards from her deck, once she sent her spell card to the graveyard she took one look at her new cards and grinned. "Time I took out the Gymnast, I summon Lancer Archfiend in attack mode!" Kimberly played the card and the lance wielding archfiend appeared on the field...
"Sorry but Lancer Archfiend will have to take a rain-check, I activate my trap card Forced Back!" Luigi activated the trap and too Kimberly's surprise Lancer Archfiend disappeared from the field. "This trap card allows me to negate the Normal or Flip Summon of a monster and return it to your hand." Kimberly frowned before reluctantly returning her fiend to her hand.
"That Luigi kid's no slouch." Alex commented before folding his arms. "Your friend's going to need to stay on her toes if she wants to win this."
"Don't forget that the match has only been going for a few turns." Lance reminded him before folding his arms. "Besides she beat the duellist that initially knocked him out of the tournament so she should have this in the bag."
"Fine, since I can't attack I'll set a card facedown and end my turn." Kimberly set the second card that she had drawn with Allure Of Darkness down and Luigi drew his card.
"Fortunately for you I have no more monsters I can summon, doesn't mean I can't attack you with my current monster though!" Luigi said before pointing to Cyber Gymnast. "Cyber Gymnast attack her life-points directly!" The gymnast charged forward...only to be held in place by numerous chains that had shot out of the ground. "What the...?"
"Sorry Luigi but I activated a trap of my own, it's called Fiendish Chain!" Kimberly said with a smirk. "This trap lets me target one effect monster on the field, and as long as it's on the field that monster can't attack or use it's effect."
"Very clever." Luigi admitted begrudgingly before looking at his drawn card. "I'll end my turn for now." Luigi added and Kimberly drew her card.
"Now where was I last turn? Oh, that's right I was going to summon Lancer Archfiend to the field!" Kimberly played the card and lance wielding archfiend reappeared on the field (4/1600/1400). "Lancer Archfiend, attack Cyber Gymnast!" The fiend charged towards the woman, who was helpless to defend herself due to the chains, and destroyed her quickly, the chains shattered alongside the hologram for Fiendish Chain soon afterwards.
L: 7200
K: 8000
After Luigi and Kimberly sent their respective cards to graveyard Kimberly looked over her hand. "That will end my turn." Kimberly said plainly. "If the rest of his monsters are as weak as that Gymnast than this should be a piece of cake." Kimberly thought as Luigi drew his card.
"You may have defeated one of my cyber girls but there's more where that came from!" Luigi said...only to facefault when Lance and Marcus burst out laughing.
"Cyber what? Dude, do you even know how dirty that sounds?" Lance said in between fits of laughter as Luigi got up.
"I wouldn't be laughing if I where you." Brandon interrupted them. "Cyber Girls are...okay I see what you mean by how dirty that name sounds...tricky to use but in the hands of a skilled duellist they are quite lethal."
"Your friend is correct, now let me demonstrate this fact by summoning Cyber Tutu in attack mode!" Luigi, whilst ignoring the laughter, played the card and a pink haired woman in a red and white bodysuit appeared on the field, she was wearing a small blue skirt over it, a pair of high tech looking goggles and was ready for battle (3/1000/800).
"You can't be serious!" Kimberly said with a facepalm.
"Oh I'm quite serious, especially about Cyber Tutu's effect which allows her to attack directly if all your monsters are stronger than she is!" Luigi said with a grin and Lance and Marcus stopped laughing the moment they heard that, similarly Kimberly's eyes widened when she heard that. "Cyber Tutu attack her life-points directly!" Cyber Tutu leaped across the field like she was in the middle of a ballet recital, above a bewildered Lancer Archfiend, and kicked a similarly bewildered Kimberly mid twirl.
K: 7000
L: 7200
"That's not something you see every day." Lance said as a massive sweat-drop rolled down his head.
"Yes but I have a spell card that can ensure that we'll be seeing a lot more of it." Luigi said picking up a card in his hand. "I activate Heart of Clear Water and equip it to Cyber Tutu, now she can't be destroyed in battle or by a card effect that targets monsters."
"Wonderful." Kimberly muttered sarcastically as she looked over her hand. "I could really use something like Eternal Rest right now, at least I can still deal damage." Kimberly thought.
"That will end my turn." Luigi announced and Kimberly drew her card.
"I set this facedown for later, now Lancer Archfiend attack Cyber Tutu!" The archfiend charged towards the Ballerina and stabbed her in the chest with his lance, due to the effect of Heart of Clear Water she survived the attack but Luigi's life-points where a different story.
K: 7000
L: 6600
"That ends my turn." Kimberly announced and Luigi drew his card.
"Hmm, not just yet." Luigi thought before adding the card to his hand. "Cyber Tutu, do your stuff!" The ballerina once again leaped over Lancer Archfiend before landing in front of Kimberly.
"Not this time, I activate my trap card Waboku!" Kimberly flipped the card up and ballerina's twirl/kick was blocked by the three priestesses, she leaped over Lancer Archfiend again before returning to Luigi's side of the field. "You done?" Kimberly asked, Luigi took a look at his hand before nodding and Kimberly drew her card. "Hey, this trap can help me get rid of that annoying Cyber Tutu!" Kimberly thought before setting the card. "I set a card facedown, now Lancer Archfiend attack Cyber Tutu!" The fiend charged towards the ballerina and stabbed her again, though she once again survived her master's life-points weren't looking so hot.
K: 7000
L: 6000
"That ends my turn." Kimberly announced and Luigi drew his card.
"I shall set a card facedown as well, now Cyber Tutu attack her life-points directly!" The ballerina leaped over Lancer Archfiend again and kicked Kimberly mid twirl before returning to her master's side of the field.
K: 6000
L: 6000
"Thanks, I was counting on that." Kimberly said with a smirk, Luigi blinked clearly confused by that.
"Let me get this straight, you wanted me to attack your life-points directly? I'll be happy to do so again next turn!" Luigi said with a grin.
"You would, if Cyber Tutu was going to remain on your side of the field." Kimberly said as she activated her trap. "I activate my trap card A Heartfelt Appeal!" The trap flipped up and Luigi blinked. "This trap can only be activated if I suffer damage as a result of a direct attack, as a result of this my trap card will allow me to take control of the monster with the highest defence until the end of my next turn."
"And since there's only one monster on my side of the field..." Luigi's eyes widened as Cyber Tutu once again leaped over to Kimberly's side of the field. "Good move, personally I would've chained it Emergency Provisions but I suppose you had to make do with what you had."
"Wait, is he giving advice to Kimberly?" Lance asked clearly confused.
"What can I say? I like having competitive duels!" Luigi shrugged his shoulders. "Just like how I've always loved dance in all it's forms."
"You gotta be kidding me...he chose his deck style because he likes to dance?" Lance asked before glancing at the other duellists and seeing that they where equally confused. "I mean, you don't see me running a Heavy Metal deck...mostly because there isn't a Heavy Metal archetype but still."
"Err, anyway, is it my move?" Kimberly asked and Luigi took one look at the rest of his hand before nodding, Kimberly drew her card and grinned. "Good because your not getting Cyber Tutu back the way you want her back, I sacrifice her and Lancer Archfiend to summon the monster I won in my last pre Semi-Finals duel, Zoa!" Kimberly played the card and, after tossing Cyber Tutu back at Luigi who caught it skilfully and sent it to the graveyard with Heart of Clear Water, the massive blue fiend appeared on the field in the place of Lancer Archfiend (7/2600/1900). "Zoa, attack his life-points directly!" The massive fiend charged towards Luigi.
"I don't think so, I activate my trap card Scrap Iron Scarecrow!" Luigi activated the trap and a metallic scarecrow blocked the fiend's path. "I was planning on using this in combination with Cyber Tutu but this will do just as nicely as this trap card allows me to negate one monster's attack."
"No problem, I'll just attack...again..." Kimberly started but stopped when she saw Scrap Iron Scarecrow's Hologram flip facedown. "Hey that should be going to the graveyard."
"Normally that would be true but this is why I prefer Scrap Iron Scarecrow to something like Negate Attack or Waboku, in addition to negating the attack Scrap Iron Scarecrow lets me set it facedown again after activation." Luigi explained and Kimberly frowned.
"That basically means that he can use that trap as many times as he can before Kimberly draws something like Mystical Space Typhoon." Brandon realized with a frown as Zoa returned to Kimberly's side of the field.
"I'll end my turn." Kimberly announced with a frown and Luigi drew his card.
"I shall activate the Spell Card Cards From The Sky, in exchange for removing one Light-Type Monster from my hand and not Special Summoning any monsters or conducting my Battle Phase this card will allow me to draw two cards." Luigi pocketed the monster and drew two cards. "Hmm, okay I set these two cards facedown and summon the dazzling Blade Skater in attack mode!" Luigi played the cards he drew and a bald headed woman in a full body costume appeared on the field, as her name suggested she had ice skates on her feet and blades attached to her arms (4/1400/1500).
"Okay, what's her effect?" Kimberly asked impatiently and Luigi blinked. "Your other two monsters had weak attack power but backed it up with a powerful effect so what's hers?"
"You are mistaken, Blade Skater is the only Normal Type monster in the Cyber Girl archetype." Luigi explained and Kimberly blinked.
"Let me guess, you wouldn't have put her in attack mode if it weren't for the effect of Scrap Iron Scarecrow?" Kimberly asked and Luigi remained silent. "I'll take that as a yes."
"Not quite." Luigi thought glancing towards his facedown card. "Off course I'm not one to reveal my strategies to my opponents until I start using them so she'll find out in due time." Luigi thought before turning to Kimberly. "That will end my turn." Luigi said and Kimberly drew her card. "And now to activate the trap card that'll secure my victory, I activate Rivalry of Warlords!"
"Rivalry of what?" Kimberly blinked and Luigi grinned.
"In order to activate this trap card we must send one monster from our side of the field to the graveyard and we each declare one type of monster, as long as this is on the field we can only control the monster types we declared and since all the Cyber Girls are Warriors I declare that to be my monster type." Luigi explained and Kimberly smirked.
"Fine then, since my deck only contains Fiends I'll declare that to be my monster type." Kimberly said before folding her arms. "I don't see how that helps you exactly."
"Oh you will, I activate my other Trap Card DNA Surgery!" Luigi flipped the card up and Kimberly's eyes widened. "I see that your familiar with it's effect, now each monster in our hands and on the field are Warriors."
"Which means that my life-points are yours for the taking until I destroy either of or both of those trap cards." Kimberly said with a frown. "Well, seeing as how I can't do anything I'll pass." Kimberly announced and Luigi drew his card.
"Hmm, Luigi's combination could cripple my deck if we duel in the next round." Axel thought with a small smile. "He may be the first person to hand me a defeat."
"Hmm, since I'm feeling generous I will activate Card of Sanctity to refresh our hands." Luigi played the card and both duellists drew until they had six cards in their hand. "Now this is interesting."
"What is?" Kimberly asked curiously.
"Well, I get to bring out another Cyber Girl this time through the magic of Polmerization, fusing Etoile Cyber (4/1200/1600) with a second Blade Skate to summon the dazzling, the beautiful, the multi-talented, the world renowned..." Luigi started.
"GET ON WITH IT!" All the other duellists yelled simultaneously and Luigi facefaulted.
"Err, yes off course, to summon Cyber Blade in attack mode!" Luigi said once he got up and played the card, the two monsters where sucked into the vortex and from it emerged a blue skinned woman with long flowing blue hair and eyes that where concealed by a pair of red goggles, she was wearing a full purple and red bodysuit and was ready for battle (7/2100/800). "Off course there are stronger Level 7 monsters but her effects make up for that fact."
"And those effects are what exactly?" Kimberly asked and Luigi sweat-dropped.
"I can't tell you because it requires monsters on your side of the field." Luigi said and everyone else in the stadium face-faulted. "Yes, I probably should have planned that better."
"You think?" Lance shouted from the sidelines.
"Grr, Cyber Blader attack her life-points directly!" The woman charged towards Kimberly before kicking her in the stomach.
K: 3900
L: 6000
"If it weren't for his combination I would've been able to summon Battle Fader (1/0/0) and end his battle phase." Kimberly thought with a frown. "I'd better hope that my next draw gives me something useful otherwise I might be joining Marcus and Andreas in loser's column." Kimberly thought before turning her attention to Luigi. "My move yet?" Kimberly asked, Luigi looked at the rest of the cards in his hand and nodded indicating that his turn was over, Kimberly said nothing as she drew her card. "I set two cards facedown, that's all I can do."
"Indeed it is." Luigi agreed as he drew his card. "Cyber Blade attack her life-points again." The woman charged towards Kimberly...
"Sorry to disappoint you but I activate my trap card Sekeretsu Armour!" Kimberly flipped her trap card up and a piece of hideous looking armour attached to Cyber Blader...
"Fine, I'll counter Sekeretsu Armour with the Quick Play Spell Card De-Fusion to split Cyber Blader into her individual parts!" Luigi played the card and Cyber Blader disappeared from the field, in her place stood Blade Skater (4/1400/1500) and next to her stood a woman with long brown hair and ice blue skin, she was clad in a red leotard, one of her eyes was covered by a piece of cloth and had scarfs on her arms (4/1200/1600). "Cyber Blader, Etoile Cyber attack her life-points directly!" The two woman charged towards Kimberly and, to Kimberly's surprise, Etoile Cyber's attack increased to 1700.
"That's her effect I take it?" Kimberly asked and Luigi nodded.
"Yes, she gains 500 attack points when she attacks directly." Luigi explained just before his monsters attacked Kimberly.
K: 800
L: 6000
"That ends my turn." Luigi announced and Kimberly growled in frustration.
"Damn it, I need to get rid of either of or all of his trap cards now!" Kimberly thought as she got to her feet, she went to draw a card and closed her eyes. "Heart of the Cards, help." Kimberly thought before drawing her card...and frowning. "Damn it, I can't use Archfiend Soldier (4/1900/1500)...but maybe the trap I set last turn can help!" Kimberly thought before activating the trap card. "I activate Jar of Greed, this lets me draw an extra card from my deck." Kimberly drew the card and looked at it. "Sorry to disappoint you but your combo's about to go up in smoke." Kimberly announced and Luigi raised an eyebrow. "Ironically using the same card I used to defeat the woman who originally beat you, the Spell Card Heavy Storm."
"NO! NOT THAT!" Luigi yelled out as a storm washed over the field, Luigi's three trap cards where the first to go followed by Pandemonium, Luigi and Kimberly sent their respective cards to the graveyard and Kimberly picked up another card.
"Now to take card of your monsters, I summon Archfiend Soldier in attack mode!" Kimberly played the card and the purple fiend appeared on the field (4/1900/1500). "Archfiend Soldier attack Etoile Cyber!" The solder charged towards the woman and decapitated her with a single blow.
K: 800
L: 5300
"Looks like I may win this match yet!" Kimberly said confidently and Luigi scoffed.
"Even with the loss of life-points I still have a massive lead!" Luigi said defiantly as he sent Etoile Cyber to the graveyard. "I'll win this match yet!"
"Considering the fact that your strongest monster is back in your extra deck I strongly doubt that possibility." Kimberly said with a scoff and Luigi shook his head.
"Who said anything about Cyber Blader being my strongest monster?" Luigi scoffed as he looked at a particular card in his hand. "End your turn and you'll see what I mean." Kimberly looked over her hand before setting a card facedown.
"I set a card facedown and end my turn." Kimberly announced and Luigi drew his card.
"Sad to say but this duel's about to come to a close, I offer Blade Skater as a tribute to summon my strongest monster Cyber Prima!" Luigi played the card and Blade Skater disappeared from the field, in her place stood a tall blonde woman with long flowing hair, like her previous counterparts she was wearing a full bodysuit though her's was grey in colour and had several gold hoops attached to it and to top the outfit off she was wearing a red visor (6/2300/1600). "Now normally when she is successfully tribute summoned Cyber Prima would destroy every faceup Spell Card but your Heavy Storm spell card took care of that for her, now Cyber Prima attack Archfiend Soldier!" The woman charged towards the fiend and killed it with a kick.
K: 400
L: 5300
"That ends my turn." Luigi announced and Kimberly drew her card.
"Not much I can do so I set a card in defence mode and end my turn." Kimberly announced and Luigi drew his card.
"Well, I guess it's time this duel came to a close, I summon Command Knight in attack mode!" Luigi played the card and a blonde woman with long hair appeared on the field, however unlike Luigi's other monsters she was clad in red armour and was wielding a sword (4/1200/1900) and to Kimberly's surprise Command Knight and Cyber Prima's attacks increased to 1600 and 2700 respectively. "That's Command Knight's effect, as long as she's on the field all warriors, such as herself, gain 400 attack points, not only that but as long as there's another monster card on my side of the field she can't be selected as an attack target, now Cyber Prima attack her defence monster!" The woman charged towards the monster, revealed to be Sangan (3/1000/600), which was quickly destroyed, Kimberly picked up her deck and searched through it thanks to Sangan's effect before adding a card to her hand. "Command Knight, finish it!" The knight drew her sword and charged towards Kimberly...only for Battle Fader (1/0/0) to appear on the field.
"I'm sure you remember Battle Fader's effect from Brandon's duel against Marcus." Kimberly asked and Luigi nodded as Command Knight returned to his side of the field. "Before you end your turn I activate my Trap Card Dark Spirit Art – Greed and offer Battle Fader as a tribute to activate it's effect!" Battle Fader vanished from the field and Kimberly drew two cards before pocketing Battle Fader due to it's side effect.
"Very well, I end my turn." Luigi announced and Kimberly drew another card.
"Sorry Luigi but you're monsters aren't sticking around." Kimberly announced as she played the card she drew. "I activate Lightning Vortex, by discarding one card from my hand I can destroy all faceup monsters you control!" Luigi's eyes widened as lightning struck Cyber Prima and Command Knight destroying both monsters, as the two duellists sent their respective cards to the graveyard Kimberly grinned. "Now I activate Monster Reborn to bring back the monster I discarded for Lightning Vortex's effect, Double Coston in attack mode!" Kimberly played the card and the two grey ghosts appeared on the field (4/1700/1650). "But they aren't sticking around, since they count as two tributes for any Dark Type monsters in my hand I offer them to summon my strongest monster Archfiend Empress in attack mode!" Kimberly swapped out the cards and the two ghosts vanished, in their place stood the mighty queen of the archfiends (8/2900/2100).
"Impressive monster but I'll still have enough life-points to spare once she attacks." Luigi said confidently but Kimberly shook her head.
"That's where your wrong, I activate my facedown card Megamorph which doubles my Empress's attack points as long as my life-points are lower than yours." Kimberly activated the card and Archfiend Empress doubled in size and strength, all the way up to 5800. "Sorry Luigi but the person who helped you get reinstated in the tournament is about to knock you out of the tournament, Archfiend Empress attack his life-points directly and end this!" The empress pointed her staff at Luigi and fired a beam of dark light at him striking him in the chest.
K: 400
L: 0000
"I don't believe it, even with my massive lead I still lost." Luigi said as he got up to his feet. "I can see how you defeated Madame Ruska, good luck in the rest of the tournament." Luigi said before hopping off of the platform, Kimberly hopped off the platform herself and rejoined her classmates.
"There will be a twenty minute recess before the next match." Kaiba announced over the PA System, Zach grinned knowing that his match was next.
"So Zach, you think you can beat the champ?" Ray asked his friend as he watched Eddie go over his deck.
"I know I can, besides he's a Duel Academy Alumni, imagine the publicity North Academy will get if I beat him." Zach said confidently as he looked at his deck. "Besides I've been wanting a rematch with Chloe ever since she beat me the other day and if I have to beat the champ to do it then that's what I'll do."
"That's if you'll even beat me." Eddie chimed in with a confident smirk. "My deck hasn't failed me yet and I'm sure you'll be no different."
"We'll just have to wait and see then, won't we." Zach said glancing at Eddie, whilst that was going on Otto was watching the match with a critical eye.
"Yet another reason for me to wonder how Kimberly got into Obelisk Blue in the first place." Otto thought with a smirk. "That duellist's deck was pathetic and yet she barely beat him, no matter though, if we fight each other in the next round her soul will be easy pickings." Otto thought as he glanced towards the other students. "Though now that I've eliminated my brother my new target is that Osiris Red Bitch, she had better prey that we don't meet in the next round."
"Will Eddie Roberts and Zach Michaels please step onto the duel arena for the next match in the Semi-Finals?" The two duellists grinned before stepping onto the podium, they stood opposite each other and activated their duel disks before shuffling their decks.
"All right Champ, who's going first?" Zach asked, Eddie looked over his hand and smiled.
"I will." Eddie said as he drew his card. "I start by summoning Lord of Dragons to the field in attack mode!" Eddie played the card and the dragon protecting Spellcaster appeared on the field (4/1200/1100). "Next I activate The Flute of Summoning Dragon, this spell card allows me to Special Summon up to two Dragon type monsters from my hand to the field, my monsters of choice are Different Dimension Dragon and Blizzard Dragon, both in attack mode!" Eddie played the cards and once Lord of Dragons blew into the flute the two dragons appeared on the field, the first was a blue and white dragon that had it's wings on it's front legs for some reason (4/1800/1000) and the other was a green dragon that appeared out of a portal (5/1200/1500). "I set two cards facedown and end my turn." Eddie set the card down and Zach drew his card.
"Not a bad opening move but let me show you mine, I start with the continuous spell card Dragon Mastery!" Zach played the card he had drawn and grinned. "Now as long as this is on the field my Dragunity monsters will gain 500 attack points for each Dragunity monster equipped to them, allow me to demonstrate by summoning Dragunity Militium to the field in attack mode!" Zach played the card and the green winged humanoid monster appeared on the field (4/1700/1200). "Now through the magic of Dragon Mastery I equip him with Dragunity Partisan!" Zach played the card and Militium grabbed onto a small blue dragon increasing it's attack to 2200. "But I'd be doing my deck a disservice if I didn't use Militium's effect which lets me special summon one Dragunity Monster equipped to him!" As Zach played the card Dragunity's attack dropped back down to 1700 and the small blue dragon appeared on the field (2/1200/800).
"Is the fact that you've summoned two weaker monsters than Blizzard Dragon supposed to impress me?" Eddie asked folding his arms.
"Well maybe the fact that Partisan is a Tuner monster will impress you?" Zach asked and Eddy's eyes widened. "Now I tune Partisan with Militium to Synchro Summon Dragunity Knight – Vajrayana in attack mode!" The two monsters vanished and in the place of Millitium stood the dragon riding knight from his duel against Chloe (6/1900/1200). "Now that I've Synchro Summoned her I can use my knight's effect allowing me to take one Level 3 or lower Dragon Type Dragunity monster from my graveyard and equip it to her." Zach retrieved the monster from her graveyard and equipped it his knight increasing it's attack to 2400. "But where would be the fun in that? I send Partisan back to the graveyard to allow me to attack twice with her, so Dragunity Knight attack Lord of Dragons and Different Dimension Dragon!" The knight's attack dropped down to 1900 and it charged towards Lord of Dragons first...
"Your knight won't be attacking anyone, I activate my trap card Draining Shield to negate the attack and add Vajrayan's attack to my life-points!" The knight bounced off of a forcefield and was sent flying back.
E: 9900
Z: 8000
"Aren't you forgetting something? My knight can attack twice, attack Lord Of Dragons!" The knight charged towards Lord Of Dragons again...
"And she's triggered one of my traps again, I activate my trap card Call of the Earthbound!" Eddie flipped the card up and Zach blinked. "To put it simply this trap card lets me chose your attack target."
"Okay, let me guess your choosing Blizzard Dragon?" Zach asked and Eddie shook his head.
"No, your new target is Different Dimension Dragon!" Eddie explained and Zach's knight changed it's course impaling Different Dimension Dragon.
E: 9200
Z: 8000
"Why did he do that? He would've lost the same amount of life-points and a monster either way?" Chloe wondered as the monster disintegrated...only to blink in surprise when the portal opened up and Different Dimension Dragon returned to the field.
"Because my dragon can't be destroyed in battle with a monster with 1900 or less attack points." Eddie explained. "Not only that but he can't be destroyed by a Spell or Trap card that doesn't target it." Eddie added and Zach frowned.
"Fine, I set a card facedown and end my turn, not that you can do much since you emptied your hand on your first turn." Zach said confidently as Eddie drew his card.
"Not for long, I activate the Spell Card Mirage of Nightmare, this allows me to draw until I have four cards in my hand but if it's still on my side of the field by the time of my next Standby Phase I have to randomly discard four cards from my hand." Eddie played the card and drew until he had four cards in his hand, he looked at his new hand and grinned. "But that won't be a problem."
"Why do you say that?" Zach asked confused.
"Because I activate a Spell Card from my hand called Double Cyclone, this lets me select one Spell/Trap card I control and one Spell/Trap card you control and destroy them both, my choices are Mirage of Nightmare and your facedown card." Two cyclones appeared on the field, one destroyed Mirage of Nightmare and the other destroyed Zach's facedown card which was revealed to be Mirror Force.
"Drat, I would've had a clear shot at your life-points if it wasn't for that Spell Card." Zach cursed himself as he sent Mirror Force to the graveyard, Eddie did likewise with his two Spell Cards and looked at the remaining cards in his hand.
"Hey Zach, your not the only one who can Synchro Summon you know." Eddie said confidently and Zach gulped. "I summon the Tuner monster Arcane Apprentice in attack mode!" Eddie played the card and a young looking Spellcaster clad in purple and brown robes appeared on the field (2/1000/400). "Now I tune Arcane Apprentice with Lord of Dragons to Synchro Summon the mighty Explosive Magician in attack mode!" The two monsters vanished and in the place of Lord of Dragons stood a magician covered from head to toe in white and gold armour (6/2500/1800). "Explosive Magician attack Dragunity Knight Vajrayana now!" The magician put it's hands together and started forming a ball of energy, he launched it and the knight destroying it and reducing Zach's life-points to 7400. "Blizzard Dragon, Different Dimension Dragon attack his life-points directly!" The two dragons launched their attacks at Zach who winced as the attacks hit.
E: 9200
Z: 4400
"I set a card facedown and end my turn." Eddie placed the card down and Zach drew his card. "I activate my trap card Conscription, now you have to show me the top card in your deck and if it's a monster that can be normal summoned it's special summoned to my side of the field." Zach frowned before picking the card up and grinning.
"Sorry but it's a Spell Card." Zach said showing it to be the Field Spell Card Dragon Ravine. "What happens now?"
"It goes to your hand." Eddie explained as he sent his trap card to the graveyard, Zach added his spell card to his hand and played it.
"Well then, I activate the Spell Card you helped me get namely the Field Spell Card Dragon Ravine!" Zach played the card and suddenly a massive chasm opened up between the two duellists. "Now I activate the field spell's effect, by discarding a card from my hand I can either add a Dragunity monster from my deck to my hand as long as it's a Level 4 or lower monster or I can send one dragon type monster from my deck to my graveyard, I chose the first effect." Zach discarded the card and searched through his deck, once he found the card he was looking for he added it to his hand and shuffled his deck. "Next I activate the card I initially drew it's called Cards of Consonance, in exchange for discarding a Dragon type Tuner monster from my hand to the graveyard I can draw two cards." Zach discarded the card and drew two cards. "Now for some revenge on my part, I activate Lightning Vortex to clear your side of the field of monsters!" Zach played one of the cards he drew with Cards of Consonance and discarded the other, before Eddie could say anything lightning struck his three monsters, Blizzard Dragon and Exploder Magician where destroyed but Different Dimension Dragon was saved by it's effect.
"Nice try but did you forget about Different Dimension Dragon's effect already?" Eddie asked and Zach shook his head.
"No I didn't but the monster I retrieved from my deck with Dragon Ravine's effect will help me along the way, I summon Dragunity Dux in attack mode!" Zach played the card and the winged warrior appeared on the field (4/1500/1000). "Dragunity Dux attack Different Dimension Dragon!" The winged beast flew towards the dragon and punched him and even though the Dragon survived the attack thanks to it's effect Eddie's life-points took a hit.
E: 8900
Z: 4400
"I set a card facedown and that ends my turn." Zach announced and Eddie drew his card.
"Since I'm a nice guy I activate the Spell Card Card of Sanctity to refresh our hands." Eddie played the card and both duellists drew until they had six cards in there hand, Eddie took one look at his hand and grinned. "Didn't think I'd get a chance to do another Synchro Summon so soon."
"Another one?" Zach echoed and Eddie nodded.
"Yeah, another one." Eddie said picking up one of his drawn cards. "I summon Dread Dragon in attack mode!" Eddie played the card and a small orange dragon wearing what appeared to be a purple wig done up in a bun appeared on the field (2/1100/400). "Now I tune my Level 2 Dread Dragon with my Level 5 Different Dimension Dragon to summon the mighty Exploder Dragonwing in attack mode!" The two dragons vanished and in the place of Dread Dragon stood a mighty, hideous looking purple dragon which was ready for battle (7/2400/1600). "Exploder Dragonwing attack Dragunity Dux now!" The dragon breathed fire at the humanoid...
"I activate my trap card Begone Knave!" Zach flipped the card up and grinned even as Dux was incinerated.
E: 8900
Z: 3500
"Looks like your trap didn't save your..." Eddie started but stopped when he saw Exploder Dragonwing disappear from the field. "What the?"
"Begone Knave is a very useful card in a pinch, any monster that inflicts Battle Damage whilst this card is on the field is immediately bounced back to the owner's hand or in this case his extra deck!" Zach explained with a grin. "And since you've already summoned so that I can attack your life-points directly next turn!"
"So you can." Eddie admitted before looking at his hand. "I set this card facedown and end my turn." Eddie announced and Zach drew his card.
"All right, first I activate my own Double Cyclone which I use to destroy Begone Knave and your facedown card!" Zach played the card he had drawn and the two cyclones appeared on the field destroying Begone Knave alongside Eddie's facdown card.
"So much for Widespread Ruin buying me some time." Eddie thought with a frown before sending his trap to the graveyard, Zach did likewise before picking up another card.
"Now I activate Monster Reborn to bring back Dragunity Dux!" Zach announced as the humanoid reappeared on the field. "And through the effect of Dragon Mastery I equip him with Dragunity Aklys!" Zach announced as the small red dragon appeared in Dux's hands increasing it's attack to 2000. "But neither of these guys are sticking around because my next monster can only be summoned by tributing a Dragunity monster equipped with another Dragunity monster equipped to it so bye-bye Dragunity Dux and Aklys hello Dragunity Arma Leyvaten!" The two dragons vanished and out of the chasm emerged the massive sword wielding dragon (8/2600/1200). "Now that I've special summoned him I can retrieve another Dragunity monster from my graveyard and equip him to my dragon so welcome back Aklys!" Zach retrieved the monster from the graveyard and the dragon appeared atop the much larger dragon's sword increasing it's attack to 3100. "And now for the best part, I have yet to normal summon a monster so I summon another Dragunity Miltium!" Zach played the card and the monster reappeared on the field (4/1700/1200). "Attack his life-points directly!" The two dragons charged towards the dragon and slashed him.
E: 3100
Z: 3500
"One more attack from my dragon and the champ will be out after one duel!" Zach said with a triumphant smirk. "I end my turn." Zach announced and Eddie drew his card.
"I set a card in defence, that ends my turn." Eddie announced and Zach drew his card.
"Miltium attack his defence!" The dragon like humanoid flew over the chasm and slashed the facedown monster which was revealed to be Troop Dragon (2/700/800) before it was destroyed. "Great, now you can special summon another copy of that monster from your deck."
"Exactly!" Eddie announced before searching through his deck, he found the monster he was looking for, set it, shuffled his deck and sent Troop Dragon to the graveyard.
"Leyvaten attack his facedown Troop Dragon!" The dragon took flight at it's master's command before divebombing at the monster cutting it in half, once again Eddie retrieved his deck, searched through it and set his last Troop Dragon before shuffling his deck and sending his second Troop Dragon to the graveyard. "I end my turn." Zach announced and Eddie drew his card.
"I activate Cards of Consonance, by discarding a Dragon Type Tuner monster with less than a thousand attack I can draw two cards." Eddie announced before drawing two cards after he discarded his card. "I set another monster facedown and end my turn." The facedown monster appeared on the field and Zach drew his card.
"Miltium attack his last Troop Dragon, Leyvaten attack his defence!" The two monsters charged towards the facedown monsters, Troop Dragon was the first to go followed by the facedown monster...only for another to appear in it's place. "What the?"
"The monster you attacked was Peten The Dark Clown (3/500/1200), when he's sent to the graveyard I can remove him from play and special summon another from my deck." Eddie explained.
"Fine, I'll get through to your life-points eventually." Zach said before looking at his hand. "I end my turn by setting a card facedown." Zach announced and Eddie drew his card.
"Okay, I flip summon Peten and summon the Tuner Monster Eccentric Boy in attack mode!" The monster that was on the field first, a masked jester in a colourful outfit and next to it stood a small blonde boy in a white and brown robe appeared on the field (3/800/300). "Now I tune Peten with Eccentric Boy to summon Tempest Magician in attack mode!" The two monsters vanished and in the place of Peten stood a blue haired woman in a blue and purple robe appeared on the field wielding a scythe (6/2200/1400).
"Please, my dragon's much stronger!" Zach said with a grin and Eddie smirked.
"Aren't you forgetting something? My magician can beat Miltium!" Eddie said before pointing to his monster. "Tempest Magician attack Dragunity Miltium!" The magician span her scythe around somehow causing a tornado which blew Miltium away.
E: 3100
Z: 3000
"I set a card facedown and end my turn." Eddie announced as Tempest Magician caught her staff and Zach drew his card.
"Leyvaten attack Tempest Magician!" The dragon took flight again...
"Sorry but you've just defeated yourself, I activate Magic Cylinder to send your monster's attack right back at you!" Zach's eyes widened as the dragon entered one cylinder and came out the other slashing it's master.
E: 3100
Z: 0000
"And the champ is through to the next round!" Bill announced over the cheering crowd, Zach looked down at the ground clearly disappointed at his loss before the two duellists returned their card to their decks and deactivated their duel disks before hopping off the duel arena.
"That just leaves our duels Theresa." Lance commented before glancing over at Felix. "As much as I'd like to say I have it easy I don't because he's my opponent."
"Yeah, same here." Theresa said glancing over at Alex. "Whatever happens do us a favour and not lose your match, the last thing we need is two students with their souls sealed in the Orichalcos." Theresa added.
"Actually, I think I'll go check on Andreas, if I'm not back in time for your match I'll watch it from his hospital room." Lance said as he started to walk off. "By the way, what deck will you use?"
"And give away my strategy? Sorry, you'll have to wait and see." Theresa said plainly before smirking. "Don't worry, I'll still beat him." Theresa added as Lance walked off.