To Dethrone a Prince
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Revastan Manor was quite an impressive place. It was a large house near the base of Mount Dracon, on the other side of the mountain. It had at least four stories, was made of what appeared to be marble, or some other type of beautiful stone, and had numerous servants that went from here to there.
Evan maneuvered Felgrand to the ground and slid off the dragon while the others carefully made their way off the large reptile. One of the maids came and bowed to Evan, "Welcome home, milord, did your campaign go well?"
The newly revealed Lord nodded, "Yes, very well. This land won't have anymore problems from the Dragon clans. It has been stopped and the clans are united as one. Hopefully, we'll have peace instead of war around here," he patted Felgrand on the snout, "I'll be needing him again soon, so take care of him until then while I take my guests to the dueling chamber,"
The maid looked at the group, "Another challenge, milord? They don't look very strong...,"
Evan chuckled, "These people passed the rulers of Dracon Forest and had a hand in bringing the Clan War to an end. Besides, they've sought me out,"
"Well, actually, Jaden was the one who did the forest...," Christina pointed to her friend.
Siho nodded and pointed to Jordan and Bastion, "These guys, too!"
Chazz growled, "Who cares who did what, let's just get on with this already! I've been waiting forever to duel you, punk, so let's get on with it!"
Evan frowned, then turned and walked towards the mansion, "As you wish Chazz. Follow me, everyone. You want a duel with a Marshal, then you got one!"
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"Hee hee...this is great!" the hacker cackled, watching the duelists follow the Lord, "Just a little bit longer...only a little bit longer!"
Sticking another cigarette in it's mouth, the hacker pushed the wheeled chair away from the monitor towards a stack of disks and notebooks.
"Gotta find the party favor...,"
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"Wow, nice digs...,"
"No kidding,"
Jaden and the others had entered a large, round room that reminded them a lot of the duel arenas back at school, complete with a dueling platform, lights above them, and stands circling the entire perimeter with a large set of double doors on one end. Chazz and Evan had climbed onto the platform, each one having a calm look on their faces.
Evan no longer wore his cloak, but a full set of violet armor, complete with gauntlets, plated boots, and breastplate, a large symbol of a dragon carved into the plating. Needless to say, his wardrobe was impressive, if not intimidating.
"So, Chazz, you're about to get the chance to, and I quote, 'clobber the old geezer of a lord' in a duel," Evan held up a disk that resembled a dragon, "Still up for it?"
"Yeah!" Chazz held up his disk, "I've been waiting for this for a long time, so let's get on with it!"
"You ever hear patience is a virtue?" Evan shook his head and held up his disk arm, "Friends, lend me your power! I call upon you in this time of battle once again! Come to me!" he cried out.
Everyone watched in awe as what appeared to be dozens of small orbs of light flew into the dueling arena and circled Evan a few times before merging into his duel disk. When the last light disappeared, they saw that a deck of Duel Monster cards was now in his disk.
"My friends are here, ready to back me up," Evan smiled, "Come, Chazz, let's have a friendly game!"
"Shut up, and let's duel!"
E: 4000
C: 4000
"Chazz, since you're so eager to duel, why not go first?" Evan asked calmly as they drew their hands, "I don't mind at all,"
Chazz grinned and drew his card, "Alright. First off, I summon V-Tiger Jet (1600/1800) in attack mode!" he declared as a mechanical tiger appeared above the ground in front of him, "I place one card facedown and I end my turn,"
"Alright," Evan drew his card, "First off, I play the Spell card known The Cheerful Coffin. This makes me send three Monster cards from my hand to the Graveyard," he paused and slipped the three cards into his Graveyard.
Siho frowned, I know that card well...and usually, people use it for only one purpose. Why else would he empty half of his own hand?
"I believe I'll summon Decoy Dragon (300/200) in defense mode, and end my turn," Evan said as an adorable baby dragon appeared on the field, it's big blue eyes staring up at Chazz's monster.
"AWWW!" Christina squealed, "So cute!"
Siho and Jaden slowly edged away from her.
"Feh, you call that a monster?" Chazz scoffed, "Please...I'll show you a monster!" he drew his next card, "I summon W-Wing Catapult (1300/1500) in attack mode, but he won't be staying long. I remove both my V-Tiger Jet and my W-Wing Catapult in order to summon VW-Tiger Catapult (2000/2100)!!"
One of Chazz's familiar Machine-Union monsters appeared on the field, hovering above the field, poised to strike as electrical arcs danced around it.
Evan tilted his head, "Nice monster...,"
"Thanks, but that's not all! By discarding one card from my hand, I can change the Battle Position of a monster on your field. So, by discarding Ojama Yellow (0/1000)," Chazz paused and slipped the mentioned monster into his Graveyard, "Your squirt of a dragon's switched to attack mode!"
Evan watched as Decoy Dragon came out from it's defensive curl, "That's...not good,"
"You're right about that!" Chazz pointed to the small dragon, "VW-Tiger Catapult, destroy Decoy Dragon with Heat Seeker Blitz!"
Evan watched calmly as VW-Tiger Catapult soared towards his dragon and let loose a volley of mortar blasts.
"I think not, Chazz, I activate my Dragon's special ability!"
"I KNEW IT!" Siho snapped aloud, startling the others around him.
Chazz frowned, "Special ability...?"
Evan nodded, "That's right! Decoy Dragon's ability allows me to select one Level 7 or higher Dragon-Type monster from my Graveyard and Special Summon it to the field, and then your monster's attack is directed to that!"
"But you don't have-," Chazz remembered The Cheerful Coffin from the last turn, "Great!"
"Indeed!" Evan's card popped out of the Graveyard slot and he slapped it onto the field, "I summon Darkblaze Dragon (1200/1000)!"
Everyone watched as a large dragon with black and orange scales appeared on the field. Chazz smirked at the monster's stats.
"What kind of strategy is that, Revastan?" he taunted, "My monster's still stronger! Continue your assault, VW-Tiger Catapult!"
Evan smirked as the mortars bombarded his dragon, covering the dueling platform with a thick cloud of smoke.
"Bye-bye, Darkblaze!" Chazz chuckled as the smoke cleared. He was surprised to not only see Darkblaze Dragon still on the field, but he watched as his Fusion Machine monster's remains fell to the ground into a metal heap.
"What the-?!" Chazz looked at Darkblaze and he saw why his monster was destroyed while the weaker one was still on the field.
Darkblaze Dragon (2400/2000)
"Hey, what gives!" he demanded, "How'd he get more points?!"
Evan smiled, "When Darkblaze Dragon is Special Summoned from the Graveyard, like he was with Decoy Dragon's ability, his attack and defense points are doubled, meaning that he had enough to destroy your VW-Tiger Catapult," he explained.
E: 4000
C: 3600
"But that's not all, Chazz. My Darkblaze has another special ability. You see, when he destroys a monster in battle, and sends it to the Graveyard, you get dealt damage equal to your destroyed monster's attack points!"
E: 4000
C: 1600
Jaden stared, "Whoa...,"
Bastion nodded slowly, "Impressive. He managed to wipe out Chazz's defensive with bait. I wonder what else Evan has to show him?"
Chazz looked at his hand and grit his teeth, "I end my turn,"
"Thanks, and don't worry, Chazz, I won't beat you...yet. I know what you're capable of, and out of mercy and sportmanship, I'll see how long we both can go," Evan drew his next card, "First, I play Pot of Greed, which lets me draw two more cards," he paused and drew the new cards, "Next, I play the Spell, Mystik Wok! By sacrificing my Darkblaze Dragon, I can gain points equal to either it's attack or defense points. Can you guess which one I choose?"
Chazz remained silent, glaring at him.
"Alright, since you won't...I'll sacrifice Darkblaze and gain points equal to his attack points!" Evan smiled as his dragon disappeared and his points went up, "That's some good stuff!"
E: 6400
C: 1600
"Next up, I sacrifice my Decoy Dragon in order to summon White-Horned Dragon (2200/1400) in attack mode!" Evan stepped back as a large, red dragon with a glowing white horn in the middle of it's head appeared on the field, "I end my turn,"
Little snot-nosed punk! He thinks he can beat the Chazz with dragons? Ha...wait until he gets a load of the dragons I got on my side! Chazz drew his card and looked at his hand, "I play my own Pot of Greed!" he drew two new cards, "Next, I activate my facedown Trap card, Call of the Haunted to bring back my Ojama Yellow to the field!"
The ugly little bugger smiled widely as he came back, "Thanks, Boss, I knew you cared!"
"Shut up, you annoying parasite!" Chazz snapped at him, "Now, I sacrifice my Ojama Yellow to summon to the field, Armed Dragon LV5 (2400/1700) in attack mode!"
Ojama Yellow let out a sad yelp as he disappeared, the large red and black, spiked dragon taking his place.
Evan whistled, "Wow...an Armed Dragon," he nodded, appreciating the new blood, "Very nice, Chazz. Tell me something though...think you can take down my dragons with that?"
Chazz smirked, "Just wait and see," he inserted a card into his disk, "I now play the Spell card, Level Up! This card allows to bypass any and all summoning requirements. I just have to sacrifice any LV monsters on my field and from my hand or deck, I can summon the next form! So, I sacrifice my Armed Dragon LV5 in order to summon Armed Dragon LV7 (2800/1000)!"
Evan, as well as the rest of the group, tilted their heads back when the enormous dragon appeared on the field, the buzzsaw blades on it's body whirring to life. Evan couldn't help but smile and clap at the new monster.
"Bravo, Chazz! You have great taste in friends, I'll give you that,"
What's with this kid? Chazz frowned, He's staring down one of my best monsters and laughing it off like Jaden does! Well, he may act like Jaden, but he won't win like Jaden!
"That all, Chazz?"
"Not by a long shot!" Chazz looked at his hand, "I know Special Summon from my hand, the most powerful Dragon at my disposal!"
"Uh oh...,' Jaden looked at his friends, "Is he gonna bring out...?"
Everyone but Noah nodded in silence.
"I sacrifice my Armed Dragon LV7 in order to Special Summon from my hand, the almighty and all powerful...Armed Dragon LV10 (3000/2000)!" Chazz cried as his LV7 monster disappeared in a large whirlwind, and in it's place, was the ultimate form of Chazz's prized Dragon.
"Are you done yet?"
"Almost," Chazz inserted another card into his disk, "I play the Spell Premature Burial! By sacrificing 800 of my Life Points, I can bring back a monster from my Graveyard. So, making his comeback is the Armed Dragon LV5!"
Chazz's smaller Armed Dragon appeared next to the big one, it's own buzz saws whirring as Chazz's Life Points went down further.
E: 6400
C: 800
"Next, I activate my Armed Dragon LV10's ability! By discarding one, or in this case, the last card in my hand, all the monster on your side of the field are destroyed!"
Evan held up an arm as his White-Horned Dragon was blown to pieces, leaving him wide open, "Not bad!"
"Armed Dragon LV5, attack with Inferno Roar!"
The walls of the arena shook violently, making dust and small chunks of rock falls from the ceiling as an ear-splitting roar filled the air. Evan even had to cover his ears as the attack surrounded him.
E: 4000
C: 800
"Now, Armed Dragon LV10, attack!"
Evan suffered another, more violent direct attack from one of Chazz's dragon, his Life Points severely damaged.
E: 1000
C: 800
On the sidelines, everyone cheered for Chazz's comeback against the so-called Lord. Everyone except for Khamille, who was chewing on her thumbnail, looking at the duel intently.
Evan's not that easy, Chazz...trust me, I know!
"Your turn, Revastan," Chazz grinned smugly, "Try and beat that!"
"Very well," Evan drew his card, "First, I play the Spell, Card of Sanctity! With this, we both draw until we have six cards in our hands,"
"Heh," Chazz drew the new batch of cards, "Thanks for the hand, Evan...let's hope that it doesn't come back to haunt you,"
"We'll see," Evan held up a card, "I play Brain Control! By giving up 800 Life Points, I can gain control of one of your monsters. Like say...oh, I don't know...Armed Dragon LV10!"
E: 200
C: 800
"Next, I summon a very good friend of mine to the field, Baby Dragon (1200/700) in attack mode," he paused and looked fondly at the small dragon on his field, "Welcome to the fun, Drake!" he greeted the small dragon, who chirped happily at the sight of his friend, then cringed at the sight of the Armed Dragon LV10.
"I place one card facedown, and then I attack Armed Dragon LV5 with Armed Dragon LV10!"
E: 200
C: 200
"I end my turn," Evan finished as Chazz's stolen monster returned to his side of the field, "Thanks for letting me borrow him, Chazz, he was most helpful,"
Chazz glared daggers at him as he drew his card. With seven cards in his hand, he discarded one and pointed at the Baby Dragon, "Armed Dragon LV10...,"
"Chazz, don't do it!" Khamille yelled from the sidelines.
"...attack Baby Dragon...,"
"CHAZZ, DO NOT ATTACK!"
"...now!"
Khamille cursed under her breath and took a seat as Armed Dragon roared and swiped his massive claws towards Baby Dragon.
Chazz laughed, "You go bye-bye!"
As the Armed Dragon's attack neared, a small smile crossed Evan's face.
"Sucker...," Evan pressed a button on his disk, "I activate my face-down Trap card, Justi-Break!"
Chazz stopped laughing at once, "Huh?!"
"You're too cocky, Chazz," Evan looked up and watched as Armed Dragon LV10's attack not only stopped, but the huge dragon exploded in a giant cloud of smoke, "My Trap card activates when my opponent attacks a Normal monster, such as Baby Dragon here, and every single monster on the field that's not a Normal Monster in attack position, gets destroyed,"
"W-What?!" Chazz's jaw dropped, "My Armed Dragon...,"
"...has gone bye-bye," Evan finished, "I think I'll finish this now. Drake, attack Chazz directly right now and show him the power of true dragons!"
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Outside in the real world, the hacker watched in great anticipation as the duel wound to a close. Sticking the cigarette between licked lips, the hacker's fingertips flew across the keyboard.
"Fun time...now!" the hacker laughed gleefully, punching the ENTER key on the keyboard.
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Chazz backed away as the Baby Dragon now hovered directly in front of him, smoke rising from within his jaws. The Baby Dragon opened his mouth and fired a torrent of flame that covered Chazz's form entirely, the duelist's screams filling the air.
E: 200
C: 0
Khamille shook her head, "I warned him...Evan's combo never fails him,"
Jaden turned to her, "Wait, how'd you know he'd do that?"
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"And Chazz is the first one to go," Kairi shook her head, "That's pathetic for him...he took down a Shadow Rider and he gets his ass handed to him in a virtual game...must be all the bad karma," she hopped up from her seat and walked over to Chazz's VR tube, tapping on it, "Alright, Chazzy, get your butt outta there,"
Kristerr stared intently at the screen, "C'mon...please let it not be in effect now," he whispered.
"Chazz...," Kairi tapped on the glass again before turning to the technicians, "Hey, how long does it take for him to come back?"
One of the technicians walked over and checked Chazz's tube, "This is odd,"
"What is?"
The technician shook her head, "He should've been out by now, but the tube's on lockdown. Must be a glitch,"
"Oh, nice guess, but that is so wrong!" a distorted voice laughed, startling them.
Everyone looked around the room, confused looks on their faces. Kristerr had a look of anger on his face.
"Guys...what's going on?" Kairi asked slowly, "Is this part of the game?"
"It is now, my young friend," the distorted voice chuckled, "You see, I've made some modifications to this wonderful game your friends have been playing, I hope you don't mind,"
Kristerr clenched his fists and looked around, "Who are you and what do you want?!" he shouted, face going red.
"Who I am is not important, but what I want? I think that's another story for another time. Right now, I think you should worry about your friend,"
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As the smoke cleared, everyone left the sidelines to go and try to get Chazz to feel better about his defeat, but when they arrived at the platform, they saw that Chazz was no where to be found.
"Where'd he go?" Jaden looked around the arena, "Chazz, where are you?"
"Yeah, c'mon, Chazz! We don't care that you got your ass handed to you by a dragon runt!" Siho yelled, laughing between words, "Come out of hiding!"
Christina looked around as well and saw that Noah was leaning against the platform, a strange look in his eyes.
"Dude, you alright?"
Noah gulped, "Your friend's not here, Jaden...he's not here at all,"
"What do you mean?" Alexis asked him, "How do you know that?"
"If he's not here, then he must be back where we came from!" Jordan waved them off, "Don't worry guys, those were the rules, right?"
Noah shook his head and turned to them, "You don't get it! This game is not the game you guys entered to test and have a fun time!"
"How did-," Jaden started to ask but was cut off by Noah's hand.
"I'll explain later, but right now, you gotta know that your friend is not here, and that you guys are in serious trouble!"
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"Hey Boss! Boss, wake up!"
"Maybe we need to splash some water on him?"
"Knucklehead, where are we gonna get that in a place like this?!"
Chazz groaned and opened his eyes, quickly covering them when they met with an intense bright light.
"Geez! You idiots mind turning down the headlights?! I lost and the first thing I don't need is to be blinded!"
"Uh...Boss?"
Chazz sat up and let his eyes adjust to the light. As his vision cleared, he saw that he wasn't in Revastan Manor anymore. In fact, he wasn't in any area that he could recognize. He was in a huge, barren desert with the hot sun bearing down on him while his there Ojamas hovered around his head.
"Where...am...I?"
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Kilnorc: DUN DUN DUN! Chazz lost against the first Game Marshal and now, some messed up stuff is happening! What is going on?! Stay tuned to find out, because there are some major mysteries going on here! BTW, regarding the title, which prince could it mean? Prince of Dragons (Evan) or Prince of Annoyances (Chazz)? Think about it -nods- it could blow ya mind away!