Hey everyone, Poke'boy24 back with the next Chapter of Duelist Loud to start off the new year.
This chapter will be Lincoln making a new friend/rival as well as a practice Duel before the actual Tournament.
First let see the Reviews.
Mr. Haziq: This takes place in the Anime as I said that some Cards will have their Anime Effects instead of their TCG Effects like Roulette Spider and Revival Jam for example.
megakdre100: Not all OCs are overpowered, that's just how most people make them and that's okay since this is just FanFiction.
qazse: Sorry you feel that way, but this is a mixture of NSL as well as Making the Case.
UnsanMusho: For the first question, Ingored Lincoln Fic. For the second, no idea yet.
SonicMax: I know right, the first 4 I can understand but the latest ones like Pendulum, Link, and now Seven are pretty confusing.
Remember that I DON'T own Yugioh or The Loud House in any form except for the OC Characters/Cards as well as the cards I buy at a store.
Now time for the Story.
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(Chapter 3: Practice for the Kingdom)
After boarding the ship, Lincoln and many of the other passengers were heading towards the Lobby since the Guards requested for all of them to gather for something.
'I wonder what this will be about?' Lincoln thought as Pegasus's top Guard cleared his throat before making his announcement.
"Welcome everyone, we will be heading towards Master Pegasus's Island in the spend of 2 to 3 Days." The Guard said before the other guards began moving around handing two items to all the ones entering the Tournament. "As you all notice, you have given a Keycard with the Number of the Room you'll be staying in until we reach the Island while the other was a small Booster Pack containing five cards that you can add to your Decks. Now use this time you all have to work on your Deck and Strategies before we reach the Island." The Guard finished before leaving.
After the announcement was over, Lincoln looked around to see several of the other participants either heading towards their rooms while the rest were either trading their cards or having practice duels.
Heading towards one of the many tables, the White hair boy sat down and pulled out his Deck before opening the booster pack he was given. Opening the pack, he pulled out the five cards with three Spell Cards, one with the image of a Purple and Gold color lock with a matching key snapping it open with Green smoke coming from the keyhole(De-Spell), another with the image of a broken Bear-trap with reddish smoke leaving it(Remove Trap), and the last having an image of a Glass Potion-bottle with bubbly Red liquid inside(Red Medicine), and two Trap Cards, one with the image of a Reddish and Bluish vortex sucking in three ray of lights(Negate Attack), and the other with the image of several chains shooting out from a bang of light in the background(Shadow Spell).
"These can defiantly help balance out my Deck." Lincoln said to himself, given how a majority of his Spell Cards are Equip Cards, before putting his new cards into his Deck.
"Hey, is this seat taken?" a voice asked causing to look up to see another participant standing next to an empty seat.
It was a Boy his age with short Light-Red hair, a tanned skin-tone, Gray color Goggles over his eyes and a Gray bandana tied around his neck. His outfit is a Lime-Green long-sleeved shirt with Light-Blue 'C' shaped image on the front, Gray cargo-pants with a belt around his waist, Brown sandals and a Red wristband around his left wrist.
"No it's not, name's Lincoln Loud from Royal Woods." Lincoln said, offering his hand as he introduced himself.
"Thanks, I'm Trek Spok from Amity Park." The Boy, now known as Trek, introduced himself as he shook the White hair boy's hand before sitting down.
"So, this is your first Tournament huh?" Trek asked, causing the Middle Loud kid to chuckle nervously.
"Y-Yeah, I only been in one Duel, and was creamed badly." Lincoln said, remembering his Duel against Pegasus, but hey the creator of a game should be very good at it since they made the rules for it.
"Well, we have a couple of days before reaching the Island. So how about a Practice Duel?" Trek suggested, taking out his own Deck.
"Sounds like a plan! So, where do you think they keep the Duel Disks?" Lincoln asked since he doesn't know everything about Duel Monsters yet.
"Oh we're not using Disks, we'll be doing this B.K.T. style." Trek said, causing the person across from him to look confuse.
"'B.K.T.'? Is that a name for a Rock Band or something?" Lincoln asked confusedly while scratching his head.
"B.K.T. means 'Before KiabaCorp. Technology', meaning we'll be doing this old school before the Dueling Arena and Disks." Trek said before motioning towards the surface of their table.
The Table has ten 'Zones' with the five on top labeled 'Monster Zone' while the bottom five were labeled 'Spell/Trap Zone'. On the right hand side were three zones labeled as 'Field', 'Graveyard', and 'Deck' while on the left hand side was a single zone labeled 'Extra Deck'.
"We will using this for own Practice Duel." Trek said as he placed his Deck in the deck zone.
Doing the same with his own Deck, both boys drew the top five Cards before doing a quick Rock, Paper, Scissor to see who'd go first.
(Lincoln LP: 4000 vs. Trek LP: 4000)
"Okay, guess I'll start things off." Lincoln said as he drew a card and looked through his hand. "I place Parro-Dactyl in Atk position and place a card facedown and that will be it." Lincoln said, placing a Yellow Monster Card with the image of a creature that's a cross between a Parrot and Pterosaur with Green feather body, a Red feather crest on its head, Red tips on the end of its wings, Red hips, Light-Green underbelly/wings, Gray color beak and talons, and a long tail with three tips with two being Light-Green and the center tip being Red flying over a dense Forest in one of the Monster Zones before placing a card facedown in his Spell/Trap zone before ending his turn.
*Parro-Dactyl: Lv4
Element: Wind
Type: Dinosaur
Atk: 1100/Def: 1400
"Hmm, OH! Parro-Dactyl as in Parrot and Pterodactyl put together. Nice since Birds and Dinosaurs are closely related, so that's clever wordplay." Trek chuckled as he understood the small joke.
"Thanks, I may not be as (annoyingly) funny as my Sister but I do have my moments." Lincoln said as Trek drew a card before making his own move.
"Small joke aside, I'll start my turn my playing Torike in Atk position." The Red hair boy said, placing a Yellow Monster card with the image of a Green skin Lizard-like creature with a 'U/V' shaped head with three Yellow horns, two in the back and one on its face that's curved forward, and toe claws with its hands formed into fists like it was ready to fight.
Torike: Lv3
Element: Earth
Type: Beast
Atk: 1200/Def: 600
"Next I'll equip my Torike with Beast Fangs, giving a 300 point boost in both Attack and Defense." Trek added, placing a Spell card with the image of a set of Fangs in the zone under his Monster giving it a power boost.
Torike(Atk: 1200/Def: 600 + 300 = Atk: 1500/Def: 900)
"Now I'll have my powered up Torike attack your Monster, destroying it as well as dealing 400 points of damage." Trek said, neither of them noticing an astral image of both Monsters battling before Torike delivered a powerful charge against Parro-Dactyl, knocking the Dino-Bird out of the air as it released a painful squawk before disappearing.
(Lincoln's LP: 4000 - 400 = 3600)
Sighing deeply, Lincoln removed his Monster of the field and placed it in the Graveyard zone.
"Hey, don't worry about it Lincoln. Sometimes you'll lose Monsters when your Opponents either play stronger ones or when they use cards to either strengthen theirs or weaken yours." Trek said, trying to cheer is new friend up.
"It's not that, it's just that how you equipped your Monster was how I lost my first and only Duel." Lincoln said, remembering how Pegasus equipped his Dark Rabbit as well as how scared Crash-Hopper looked before getting sliced in half.
"Not everyone starts out great. I mean in my first Duel, I accidently summoned one of my stronger Defense Monsters in Attack mode instead of Defense mode." Trek explained, chuckling at how many mistakes he made as a rookie.
"Yeah, but this is my first Tournament and this might be one of the things I'm good at." Lincoln said dishearteningly, placing the cards in his hand down remembering all the things he tried, and failed, in back home.
"Hey, don't be so down on yourself. A lot of people made mistakes during their first Tournament than you'd think." Trek said, trying to reassure the White hair boy about how this will be different than his last Duel. "But that's why we're practicing, so everyone here would be ready since this Tournament is held where the King of Games was first crowned." He added having watched the Duels that took place there all those years ago.
"I've never really seen any of that, I've only herd bits of about how the first Duelist Kingdom Tournament took place." Lincoln sheepishly admitted, having never got the chance to do a little more research since this all came up on short notice.
"Well then, how about we get back to our Duel then. I believe it was your turn now." Trek said, causing the only Loud Son to smile before drawing a card and picking up his hand.
"Yeah, I may make a few mistakes here and there, but I'll never know if I don't really try!" Lincoln exclaimed, his spirit completely raised back up as he looked at his current hand, trying to come up with a strategy.
So far he only have one Monster that matches Torike's current attack power, but if he uses that Monster to battle, then that'll leave him wide open for a direct attack next turn since both would be destroyed due to a stalemate. Relooking through his hand, he saw that he also had and equip card to power-up one of his other Monsters.
"I play Squirrel Knight in attack position!" Lincoln said, placing his Monster on the zone his previous one was on. "Next I'll equip him with Pinecone Mace, giving him an extra 400 atk points." He added, placing a Spell card with the image of a Bronze color Mace with the club part being shaped like a pinecone right under the furry knight.
*Squirrel Knight: Lv4
Element: Earth
Type: Beast-Warrior
Atk: (1300 + 400 = 1700)/Def: 1100
"Now I'll have Squirrel Knight attack Torike, dealing 200 points of damage!" the White hair boy exclaimed, the astral images doing battle as Squirrel Knight, now equipped with the Mace instead of his Sword, blocked Torike's horn strike with his shield before slamming his weapon against its chin knocking it back before slamming the Mace down on the Green Beast's head like a mallet on a carnival game knocking Torike back down on the ground before fading away defeated.
(Trek's LP: 4000 - 200 = 3800)
Trek gave a small smile before removing cards on his field and placing them in the Graveyard.
"Now you're starting to get the hang of it." Trek said, drawing a card as he looked through his hand. "I'll set a Monster in defense position and end my turn with a facedown." He added, setting a card faced down in a sideway position in one of his Monster Zones before adding another one in his Spell/Trap Zone before ending his turn.
"Okay." Lincoln started as he drew a card. "I play Flash Drago-Fly in attack position." He place a Orange Monster card with the image of a Green Anthropomorphic Dragonfly with Light-Blue goggle-like compound eyes, Dark-Blue neck-guard, shoulder-pads, and hip-pads, Red clothes tied around its head and waist like a Headband and Belt respectively, Dark-Green digits, 3 on both hands and 2 on each foot, and two curved tips on the end of its tail as it was zipping through the Forest, leaving a speed trail behind it next to Squirrel Knight.
*Flash Drago-Fly: Lv3
Element: Wind
Type: Insect/Effect
Atk: 600/Def: 900
"Now I'll have Squirrel Knight attack your facedown Monster." Lincoln said as the astral image of Squirrel Knight ran towards his target, slamming the Mace down on the facedown Monster, only to be launched into the air before getting grabbed by a massive shadowy figure.
Flipping his set Monster face-up, it shows the Trek set an Orange Monster card with the image of a bipedal Insect-like monster with two horns on its head, a large sharp clawed arm ready to strike, and a wide open mouth full of fangs.
Man-Eater Bug: Lv2
Element: Earth
Type: Insect/Effect
Atk: 450/Def: 600
"I activate my Man-Eater Bug's Effect, when this card is flipped faced up, I can select which one of your Monsters and destroy it. So say goodbye to Squirrel Knight." Trek said as the astral images of the giant Insect ate Squirrel Knight whole before fading away with a loud belch as both boys remove their respective cards off the field and placed them in their Graveyards.
"Well I still have my Drago-Fly to attack you with. And when this guy attacks, his attack points double so that's 1200 points of damage." Lincoln said as Flash Drago-Fly glowed a in a Greenish aura before dashing towards Trek, his attack points doubling as he sped up his flying.
*Flash Drago-Fly(Atk: 600 x 2 = 1200)
"I activate my facedown, the Trap Card Spellbinding Circle." Trek said, flipping his facedown card revealing a Trap Card with the image of a Green mystical circle with Blue and Yellow magical symbols in it. "What this trap does is stop your Monster from attacking as well as preventing it from changing its Battle Position. This is also a Continuous Trap so as long as your Monster stays on the field, so does this trap." He explained as the astral image of Flash Drago-Fly was caught in the center of the circle, struggling to get free as the aura around him faded, returning his attack point to normal.
"Guess I'll end my turn than." Lincoln said, ending his turn as there was nothing he could do at the moment.
"Now it's my turn." Trek said as he drew a card and started his move. "I play Feral Imp in attack position, as well as equipping him with Dark Energy to give 300 extra attack and defense points." He added, placing down a Yellow Monster card with the image of a Green fur creature with wings on its back, big claws, a small forehead horn, and small spikes on its wings, elbows, and knees as it was in a sitting position as well as placing a Spell card with the image of a hand gripping a Dark-Blue orb right below his monster.
Feral Imp: Lv4
Element: Dark
Type: Fiend
Atk: (1300 + 300 = 1600)/Def: (1400 + 300 = 1700)
"Now my Imp attacks your Dragonfly dealing 1000 points of damage." Trek said as the astral image of Feral Imp, shrouded by a Dark-Purple aura, pounced towards the trapped Insect that was still struggling before being sliced by the Imp's sharp claws.
(Lincoln's LP: 3600 - 1000 = 2600)
"Now since your Monster is no longer on the field, Spellbinding Circle gets sent to the grave as well." Trek said, removing his Trap while Lincoln removed his Monster before placing them in their graveyards. "With that, I'll end my turn." He added, ending his turn.
"Sigh, hope I can turn things around." Lincoln sighed as he drew a card. Looking through his hand, he saw that he doesn't have a Monster strong enough to handle Trek's Imp so he'll have to go with Defense for now. "I'll set a Monster in defense position and end my turn there." He said, setting his defense before ending his turn.
"You may be backed into a corner now, but I know you'll come up with something later." Trek said before drawing a card and making his move. "I'll play Ryu-Kishin in attack position." He added, placing a Yellow Monster card with the image of a Reddish skin Gargoyle with a single horn on its head, Dark-Purple wings, and a muscular built as it has its arms crossed.
Ryu-Kishin: Lv3
Element: Dark
Type: Fiend
Atk: 1000/Def: 500
"Now my Imp attacks your Monster while my Ryu-Kishin hits you with 1000 points of direct damage." Trek said, the astral images of his Monsters attacking with Feral Imp destroying his only defense while Ryu-Kishin attacks the White hair boy directly.
(Lincoln's LP: 2600 - 1000 = 1600)
"Now I'll end my turn, don't give up Lincoln, I know you'll come up with something." Trek said, seeing the down look on Lincoln's face as he place his Monster into the Graveyard.
"Okay, deep breath Lincoln, deep breath." Lincoln said to himself as he drew a card before widening his eyes a little at what he just drew. "Okay, time to turn this around. I'll start my turn by playing the Spell card De-Spell, destroying your Dark Energy Equip card and returning Feral Imp's attack back to normal." He said, playing his new Spell while Trek remove the equip spell from the field and placed it in his Graveyard, a smile forming on his face as he could hear the gears working inside his friend's head.
"Now I'll play Forest Pounder in attack position!" Lincoln exclaimed, placing a Yellow Monster card with the image of a Humanoid Tree creature with two oval-shaped 'eyes' and leaves over its head, shoulders, and wrists with large hammers instead of hands, the left being smooth and mallet-like while the right was roughed with root-like spikes on the ends, as it had both arms raised and ready to strike its enemies.
*Forest Pounder: Lv4
Element: Earth
Type: Plant
Atk: 1500/Def: 1250
"Now I'll have Forest Pounder attack your Imp, dealing 200 point of damage." Lincoln said as the astral image of the Tree Monster smashed its left hammer down on the Green Imp, twitching comedically before fading.
(Trek's LP: 3800 - 200 = 3600)
"Now you're starting to get it, knew you had it in you." Trek said as he removed his Monster and placed it in the Graveyard.
"Yeah, but I still got a long way to go." Lincoln said, knowing the still large gap between both their Life Points.
"At least you're staying to see this through." Trek said as he drew a card and started his turn. "I tribute my Ryu-Kishin to play Rude Kaiser in attack position." He said as he removed his Monster before replacing it with a Yellow Monster card with the image of a Reptilian Creature with Blue hair tied in a ponytail wearing Silver and Grey armor and Axes on its wrists/forearms and Blue shin-pads in a kneeing position.
Rude Kaiser: Lv5
Element: Earth
Type: Beast-Warrior
Atk: 1800/Def: 1600
"Now Rude Kaiser attacks your Pounder, hitting you 300 points of damage." Trek said, the astral image of his Kaiser slashed Forest Pounder into several pieces with its blades.
(Lincoln's LP: 1600 - 300 = 1300)
"You defiantly have more experience than me." Lincoln started as he placed his Monster in his Graveyard. "But like you said, I need to see this to the very end!" he exclaimed, his spirits high as he drew his next card.
'Okay Lincoln, what can you do with the cards in your hand?' Lincoln thought to himself as he looked at his hand before noticing the facedown he placed at the start of the Duel. 'Dang it, I completely forgot about that.' He realized before a plan formed in his head.
"First I play the facedown I set earlier!" the White hair boy said as he flipped his facedown revealing it to be a Spell card with the image of a massive hammer made of stone. "Boulder Hammer!, a Equip Spell that increase a Earth Element Warrior or Beast-Warrior type Monster's attack points by 1000, but also decrease their defense by the same amount, and I'm equipping it to your Rude Kaiser!" he exclaimed as he explained the card's effect while said Equip card appeared in the astral image Kaiser's hands.
Rude Kaiser(Atk: 1800 + 1000 = 2800/Def: 1600 - 1000 = 600)
"But why increase my Monster's attack?" Trek asked, confused about Lincoln's strategy.
"So I can play this guy." Lincoln said, revealing the Monster card he's planning to play. "Meet Crash-Hopper! When this guy is summoned, or special summoned, I can pick one Monster you control and switch its battle position, so your Rude Kaiser is now on defense!" he said as he placed his Monster onto his field.
*Crash-Hopper: Lv3
Element: Earth
Type: Insect/Effect
Atk: 600/Def: 1100
The astral image of the Grasshopper Monster appeared before leaping fast towards his target and deliver a round-house kick into the Kaiser's face, knocking it off balance and forcing it to take a knee due to the weight of Boulder Hammer.
Turning his Monster sideways, Trek was starting to get more into whatever Lincoln was planning. "But how are you going to defeat my Kaiser when both its defense and your Monster's attack are equally matched?" the Red head asked since his Rude Kaiser can attack once his next turn comes.
"Not since I'm also equipping Crash-Hopper with Sunflower Sword, giving him 500 extra attack points." Lincoln added, placing a Spell card with the image of a Sword styled like a sunflower with a Yellow-Green blade with four Sunflower-Yellow petal shaped tips on the end, a Sunflower guard, a Yellow-Green handle with a sunflower shaped end.
*Crash-Hopper(Atk: 600 + 500 = 1100)
"Now Crash-Hopper attacks Rude Kaiser, sending it to the Graveyard." Lincoln said as the astral image of Crash-Hopper, now armed with the Sunflower Sword, leaped towards the reptilian beast before slashing upward knocking the Kaiser on its back defeated.
"You may have beaten my Kaiser, but since it was equipped with your Boulder Hammer, it also goes to the Graveyard as well." Trek said as both boys placed their respective cards in their Graveyards. "However, I have other Monsters that are stronger than Rude Kaiser." He added with a grin, causing Lincoln to sweat nervously.
'I have a feeling this will only get harder.' Lincoln thought before looking at the two cards left in his hand. "Guess I'll end my turn since that's all I can do at the moment." He said as he ended his turn.
"Okay Lincoln, remember that every draw counts. Meaning that the card I'm about to draw may or may not end this Duel." Trek said before drawing his next card, looking at what he drew, he gave a small smile, causing Lincoln to take a sharp breath. "Look like you're still in this Lincoln." He added, as Lincoln released the breath he was holding in.
/ / /A Few Hours later, Lincoln's Cabin/ / /
Lincoln groaned as he face-planted against the bed in his assigned cabin.
"Man, who knew this game was harder than it looked as well as those who play it." Lincoln said out loud, remembering seeing some of the other competitors dueling after his practice duel with Trek and let just say there's a lot of tough competition. "Well, might as well start strategizing my Deck and think of some good Card combos." He added before taking out all his cards to try and create his own combinations for the Tournament.
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And there's the end to a new chapter.
Sorry for the wait, but like I mentioned in the last AN, I had to rework from scratch but also got sick because like I said before.
"If I had to choose between my Stories or my Health, I'd choose my Health."
See you all next time as I'll try to work on the next chapters for all my other Stories before my Computer broke.
