PM: Here's Chapter 1!
Chapter 1: The Tournament Begins
The day after my duel with Joey, everyone invited to my tournament gathered in Clock Tower Square, the center of Domino with a clock in it. Wow.
"Good morning, fellow duelists!" I said to the crowd in a booming voice. My attire consisted of an opened purple cloak with a light red inside and high collars, with the right sleeve to my wrist and the left cut off at my elbow, a Fight Disk on my left arm, a white long-sleeve shirt under that, black pants, and black shoes. Dark purple gloves were on my hands.
"I'm glad that so many of you could come to this tournament. I, regardless of my status of CEO of Patcorp, am honored to participate and create this tournament. Now, on to the rules. All of the duelists here will choose one person to be their partner, and all duels fought shall be double duels! Next, each duels start with 4000 Life Points. The losers of the duels will give up their rarest card to the winners. Now, take a look at your Disks. They all have a yellow list of Forbidden, Limited, and Semi-Limited Cards. If one of my scouts spots an illegal card or illegal copy of a card, the duel will be stopped."
Everyone looked at a slip of paper in their Graveyards.
"Lastly, all of you will get one Star Shard. When you get 10, it will show you the way to my coliseum. Only the first 16 will be able to get in the finals. Sign up in the building with me on it!"
All the participants rushed into a building with my face on it, including me. I was already signed up, but I had to give out 10 packs of cards to each duelist ranked below three. (And each pack had five cards!) But little did they know, I had slipped an extra card into some of the packs for the toughest of the... weakest.
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After Shards and cards were given out, the time came for partner choosing. (Much to Kaiba's dismay, it all included him.)
Some groups were obvious, like Joey and Yugi. But some weren't...
"Uh, Yugi, where are Tea and Tristan?" I asked him. Joey, him, and I had separated from the "massacre".
"They decided not to duel. They'll be tagging along with Joey and me, though!"
"As usual." Joey said, a foolish grin on his face.
"So Pat, who is your partner?" Yugi asked.
"Uh..."
Suddenly we all heard: "Oh, Pa-at!" in a singing voice. A female that looked like she was in her teens ran up to me. She had shining violet eyes, red lipstick, and long blond hair, and wore a light purple, sleeveless, opened vest over a white, tie-together tube top, white silk sleeves that covered her arms and ended in a triangle over her hands, leaving her fingers exposed, a dark Deck pouch strapped across her left leg, and dark knee-length boots.
"Mai? Whaddya doin' here?" Joey asked.
"I'm here to duel, Joey! What else?"
"Uh... Cotton candy?"
"AHH!" Yugi, Mai and I screamed at Joey's stupidity, falling anime style.
"Anyway, Wheeler, yes, I'm here to duel! And my partner... Is Patrick."
"IT'S PAT! GOT IT?" I yelled, mouth enlarging.
"Whatever, Pat. I just want you to know, I fully intend on winning in this tournament, the Pat World Championship '06, so don't go screwing up our duels."
"I oughta ask you that. After all, you are a girl."
"NOT FUNNY!"
"...Never get her mad."
Red anger crosses popped up on Mai's head, and she dragged me away. Joey and Yugi watched this, sweat drops forming on their heads...
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20 Minutes Later, in Front of Yugi's House
"Well, I can't wait to start dueling!" I said gleefully.
"Neither can I Pat, but we gotta challenge someone first!" Mai said.
"I know. But, with my awesome decks, we can't just duel anybody! After all, I have some ultra powerful cards!"
"Excuse us..." came a voice. Mai and I looked to our left to see two duelists with Fight Disks on. Both wore almost completely similar outfits. One had spiky red hair like fire, and the other had wavy blue hair like water. They both wore jackets, sneakers, pants, and a t-shirt, but the redhead's clothing was red, and the blue-haired wore blue, the red one had the FIRE Attribute symbol on his chest, and the other had WATER. They both had black eyes, and were only 4' 7''.
"But, we'd like to duel!" shouted the blue.
"I, Vulcan..." began Red-Boy...
"...And I, Poseidon..." said the blue haired person...
"CHALLENGE YOU TWO TO A DUEL!" they both shouted in unison.
"We each shall wager one rare card..." said Poseidon.
"And one Star Shard each as well." added Vulcan.
'Guessing from Greek and Roman mythology, Poseidon, god of the sea, and Vulcan, god of fire, respectively, those two are using a WATER Attribute Deck and a FIRE Attribute Deck. That's pretty obvious from the Attribute symbols on their chests...
"Ready, Mai?" I shouted.
"Oh, yeah!" she said. We all put our Disks in Fight Mode.
Setup: Mai and I vs. Poseidon and Vulcan
First Move: Mai
No Time Limit!
Mai's, Vulcan's, Poseidon's, and my LP: 4000
DUEL COMMENCE!
"I go first!" Mai shouted, drawing five cards from her deck like the rest, and then a sixth one for her Draw Phase.
"I'll start off with this! I place a card facedown on the field." A facedown card appeared in front of Mai. "And then I summon my Cyber Harpie Lady in attack mode!"
A female monster with long red hair and green wings with sharp claws in sleeveless, metal, purple clothing with spikes on the shoulders and a necklace appeared on the field with a screech. 1800/1300.
"Let's see ya beat that, Poseidon!" Mai said.
It was Poseidon's move. He drew from his deck, and smirked, seeing he had a good hand.
"I set this monster!"
After Poseidon placed a facedown horizontal monster card on his Monster Zone, the same card projected onto the field.
"I think that'll do."
"My move!" Vulcan declared as he drew.
"I set one monster and end my turn!"
It was my move. I drew, and since everyone had drawn, I could attack. Taking three cards from my hand, I declared:
"First, I'll place one card facedown..." A Spell/Trap card appeared in front of me.
"And then I summon this monster! Marauding Captain!" A Warrior with a red and gray cape and blond hair wearing brilliant gold and silver armor with black clothing appeared on the field. 1200/400.
"And because of his ability, I can summon another Level 4 or lower monster from my hand. I choose Vorse Raider!"
I placed another monster on my Disk, and a beast in dark green, gold, and red armor materialized. His helmet and chest armor, which was open to reveal heavy muscles, had gold circles embedded in it, as well as spikes and red circles on the helmet. Red circles adorned the sleeve armor, and last, my Vorse Raider had a black and dark green axe-like sword, with a gray and silver blade at the tip. Gold circles adorned the staff as well. 1900/1200.
"And, now, I'll have Vorse Raider attack Vulcan's monster!"
My monster sliced and diced Vulcan's facedown monster. A faint green turtle with a silver UFO for a shell with yellow lights appeared, and shattered.
"You destroyed my UFO Turtle, activating its ability! I can summon one monster from my hand or deck with as much as 1500 ATK, as long as it's a FIRE monster. I choose... The Thing in the Crater in Defense!"
A crater filled with lava came upon the field. Faint yellow eyes could be seen in a cave. 1000/1200.
"Your turn Mai." I said.
"Right." Mai replied, drawing a card. "I'll make mincemeat of your monster, Poseidon! I summon Familiar Possessed – Wynn in attack position!"
A female with shaggy green hair and soulless green eyes in a white robe with large brown sleeves and a hood, a black and green skirt, and boots came up from the holo system. She had a long, green dragon flowing around her, as well as a small sword in her hands. 1850/1500.
"And now, I'll have Wynn attack Poseidon's facedown monster!"
Familiar Possessed – Wynn took out her sword, and threw it onto the monster card. A faint blue bear with icy eyes and long claws appeared over the card, roaring in pain. It was destroyed.
"That was my Mother Grizzly. Like UFO Turtle, I can summon a WATER monster from my deck or hand with 1500 or less ATK! And I choose Neo Aqua Madoor in Defense Mode!" A purple-haired, red-eyed, brown-clothed magician with yellow collars appeared, with its arms and hands (Which were uncovered) in front of it. 1200/3000.
"Oh no... That might take a while..." Mai moaned.
"Mm-hmm."
"BUT still, I have my other monster attack Vulcan's!"
Mai's Cyber Harpie sliced up Vulcan's Thing in the Crater, but for some reason, Vulcan was chuckling!
"Uh oh... What'd I do?" Mai asked nervously.
"This! Now that The Thing in the Crater has been demolished, I can bring a Pyro monster from my hand to the field. And I choose this: my all-powerful Thestalos the Firestorm Monarch!"
From Vulcan's hand came down an effect monster. It had a red "shirt" that looked metal, with segmented sleeves, blue pants with red insides, and a gold strip down the middle of the shirt. Its feet were engulfed in fire! 2400/1000.
"Yipes! That's not good!" Mai cried out.
"I'm afraid not. My move!" Poseidon shouted. He drew a Spell Card...
'I could remain behind my wall, Neo Aqua Madoor, but I wanna go offensive!'
"I summon Freezing Beast!"
A blue monster with sharp shards of ice for a body came up. 1500/1000.
"That ends my move."
'That's a dumb move. A weak monster in Attack position? Hmm... Oh, of course! Vulcan must have Burning Beast in his hand, so that the two can combine them because they're Union Monsters!' I thought.
Vulcan drew a card from his deck. "Oh yeah! I summon Burning Beast!"
A red-eyed golem made up of red, magma rock appeared. 1500/1000.
"Uh oh... Problem here." I said.
"What is it?" Mai asked.
"I'LL answer that! I equip my Burning Beast to Poseidon's Freezing Beast!" Vulcan's monster, except for some sharp chunks, became red light, which lodged itself into Poseidon's. The chunks appeared on it as well.
"What? How is that possible?"
"Those two monsters are Union cards, Mai – One monster can equip itself to the other, giving the equipped extra abilities or strength. Seto Kaiba's XYZ monsters have the same principle!" I shouted.
"Right. And only one Union can be equipped to a monster at a time. Now, I end my turn by playing this: Raigeki! It destroys all of my opponents' monsters!"
Vulcan slipped a green Spell Card into his Disk, and a lightning bolt shot out at Mai's monsters, then mine. They were all destroyed!
"That's all." Vulcan sneered as smoke from the Spell dissipated.
It was my move. I drew a card from my deck...
"Now I activate Swords of Revealing Light! All of your monsters can't attack for three full turns!" I shouted as several illuminated swords appeared. "Now I summon Obnoxious Celtic Guardian, and I place one card facedown. Your move Mai."
"All right! All start by placing one card facedown, and then I activate the Field Spell Rising Air Current! It increases all WIND Attribute monsters' ATK by 500, and decreases their DEF by 400! Last I... Uh... End my turn..." Mai groaned, seeing she had no hand except for Spell Cards she couldn't use.
"Pathetic." Poseidon taunted, drawing a card from his deck.
"Ha! I activate Mystical Space Typhoon to destroy Pat's Swords!" A cyclone demolished the illuminated swords around my enemies.
"Now, I'll have Freezing Beast attack Obnoxious Celtic Guardian!"
Poseidon's monster launched an icy blast at my Warrior... It would be destroyed!
"CHAIN! I activate my Trap Card, Mirror Wall!" Mai shouted. A reflective mirror appeared, blocking Poseidon's attack and halving its ATK! ATK/750.
"And now my monster gets a counterattack!" I shouted.
"Obnoxious Celtic Guardian, destroy his Freezing Beast with Faerie Blade Slash!" I shouted. My superior monster jumped over Mirror Wall and over to Freezing Beast, slicing and dicing.
Poseidon's LP: 3350.
"I've taken first blood!" I cheered.
"But how did my monster get destroyed! Burning Beast should've!" Poseidon growled.
"You failed to see I played a Spell: Mystical Space Typhoon! I destroyed your Equip Monster with it, since it was a Spell at the time!"
"Grr... My turn!" Vulcan snarled as he drew a card.
"I activate my Spell: Hinotama! I inflict 500 points of damage onto... Pat's LP!"
Molten fireballs launched towards me! "Whoa... OOF!" A whole bunch of smoke came from the fireballs.
My LP: 3500.
"Next, I summon Tenkabito Shien, and I attack Pat's Guardian!"
"Hold on! My Mirror Wall is still active!" Mai shouted.
"But Vulcan's Tenkabito Shien is immune to Trap Cards, Mai."
Vulcan's monster, a warrior with a robotic body on an evil-looking purple horse in orange, gold, and red armor and a large sword slashed, through my Obnoxious Celtic Guardian.
My LP: 3400.
"And now, I'll end my turn, since my other monster is affected by Mirror Wall."
It was my turn. I drew a card from my deck and smirked.
"Heh-heh-heh-heh... I shall now call upon the super force of Warriors. First, I activate this Spell: Lightning Vortex. I discard one card from my hand –Gearfried the Iron Knight- to destroy all face-up monsters on my opponents' side of the field. Go, Lightning Vortex!" I shouted as I slipped a Spell Card into my Disk. A few thunderbolts shot toward my opponents' monsters, destroying them.
"No! Our monsters!" Poseidon and Vulcan cried out.
"Next, I activate this Spell Card: Black Luster Ritual!" Poseidon, Vulcan, and even Mai gasped when they realized my plans to summon the most powerful Warrior out there!
"I tribute from my partners hand..." I began.
"Um... Can he do that?" Poseidon asked.
"Yes. You can even tribute your partner's monsters for Tribute Summons!" I replied.
"I send to the Graveyard from my hand two Harpie Ladies..."
Two birdlike creatures dressed like Mai's previous Cyber Harpie transformed into energy, which was sucked into a dark brown pot with a blue shield and two swords above it.
"Allowing me to summon from my hand... BLACK LUSTER SOLDIER!" I roared, my voice echoing.
A holographic storm brew as the pot disappeared. A warrior with long red hair in a rat/pony tail and red eyes landed onto the field. He wore blue armor with gold pieces on it, like a shoulder spike, a snake head-like thing coming out of the chest, and gold around and in a shield held in BLS's right hand. It had the golden face of a beast on it. And in the other hand, a sword with a silver luster blade was held. 3000/2500.
"Now, I attack Poseidon directly! Go, my Soldier! Black Luster Slash!"
My super warrior jumped over to Poseidon and attacked directly with its blade, which was illuminated in dark coloring. The attack caused Poseidon to cry out in pain, even though it was a holograph.
Poseidon's LP: 0350.
"That ends my turn."
Mai drew a card, and since she had to pay 2000 LP to keep her Trap Card up, she destroyed it.
"Okay, it's my turn to shine. I activate Premature Burial since someone outlawed Monster Reborn..." Mai said, grumbling the last bit.
"Don't make me make you lose!"
"Ugh... Never mind. I pay 800 Life Points to Special Summon a monster from my Graveyard. I choose... Cyber Harpie Lady, and because of my still in play Rising Air Current, it gets 500 extra ATK and... 400 less DEF."
Mai's Cyber Harpie Lady reappeared on the field with different stats. 2300/900.
Mai's LP: 3200.
"While I could destroy Poseidon, I'll make things interesting by attacking Vulcan directly!"
Mai's monster flapped over to Vulcan and winked at him flirtingly.
"Uh..." Vulcan said slowly as a blush crept up his cheeks. Cyber Harpie put his chin in her hand, brought their lips close together, and flapped her eyelashes...
...And threw him on the ground.
Vulcan's LP: 1700.
"That's all, hon." Mai said, turning it over to Poseidon.
"Grr... I'll make a real move! Now watch. I DRAW!" Poseidon yelled, and looked at the card he drew.
"HA! I summon Amphibious Bugroth MK-3, and then I activate a Field Spell: A Legendary Ocean!" A large rush of water came out from a Spell Card with an underwater civilization on it.
"It's like Atlantis..." Mai and I gasped.
"It increases all WATER monsters ATK and DEF by 200, and is treated as Umi!" (Amphibious Bugroth MK-3) 1700/1500.
"Now that "Umi" is on the field, all WATER monsters in each players hand and on the field is decreased by one, and my Bugroth gets the ability to attack directly, because of its effect! So, I attack Pat directly!"
Poseidon's monster launched torpedoes at me, making me lose 1700 points!
My LP: 1700.
"One more attack from that thing and... I'm finished." I groaned.
"Yep! Now, Mai, remember my Legendary Ocean knocks your Rising Air Current into your Graveyard!" Poseidon gloated, and then turned the duel over to Vulcan.
"I know that." Mai mumbled. Her Cyber Harpie lost its boost. 1800/1300.
"My turn." Vulcan said, drawing a card from his deck.
'I know that if I don't help out Poseidon, he's a goner with Pat's dude on the field! Hmm...' he thought.
"Now I play Premature Burial! You know the rules. I lose 800 LP..."
Vulcan's LP: 900.
"And I get a monster from my Graveyard. I choose this: Thestalos the Firestorm Monarch!"
From the ground appeared Vulcan's Monarch. 2400/1000.
"Next, I summon Solar Flare Dragon in attack mode, since it can't be attacked when another Pyro monster is with it!"
A dragon with fire on its back that looked like hair, a molten rock body, and horns came upon the field in a blaze of fire. (DUH.) 1500/1000.
"That's not all! I activate Molten Destruction, destroying my partners Field Spell, sadly. It has the same effect on FIRE monsters as Rising Air Current."
"YOU IDIOT!" Poseidon yelled as a volcano with frequent lava flows materialized outta thin air.
"It was for the best..."
"YEAH RIGHT!" Poseidon folded his arms angrily.
(Thestalos) 2900/600. (Solar Flare Dragon) 2000/600.
"That's it." Vulcan said. "But now my Dragon's ability activates! Both of my opponents here lose 500 LP!"
His Dragon sent a wave of fire at Mai and I, which caused our LP to decrease.
My LP: 1200. Mai's LP: 2700.
"Ugh... I think were done for, Pat." Mai moaned sadly.
"No... I got a plan." We got together, and I whispered it in her ear. "Oh, yeah..." she said.
"Okay, I draw!" I shouted.
'C'mon, be a monster that can defeat Solar Flare Dragon...' I thought, and then switched to speech:
"I set a monster facedown, and I attack Thestalos with Black Luster Soldier!"
My Warrior destroyed Vulcan's only other Pyro, besides his Dragon, easily.
Vulcan's LP: 800.
"That's all." I said. I winked at Mai.
"Okay, then. I pass this turn." she said after her Draw Phase.
"Hmm. How sad. It's my turn." Poseidon said cockily.
"Okay! I attack Pat's monster with MK-3!"
More torpedoes headed my way, revealing my facedown monster.
"N-no... I-It can't be..."
"MY MAN-EATER BUG! HAHAHAHA!" I roared as a faint, dark green bug with a mantis-like look appeared and shattered.
"I can destroy a monster on the field, and I choose... Solar Flare Dragon!"
The bug reappeared and sliced up the above with extremely long claws, and disappeared again.
"Aw, no!" Poseidon cried. "Fine, I end my turn."
"Then it's my move..." Vulcan said, drawing a card from his deck, which had become a lot smaller.
"I set one card and end my turn..." A facedown S/T Card appeared, and my move began.
After I drew, I said: "Now, observe as I make one of the final moves! I summon Swift Gaia the Fierce Knight from my hand, since it's the only one in my hand." After a placed down an orange effect monster, a knight on a purple horse with gold and blue head armor, wearing red, blue, and yellow armor, with two red lances in hand, appeared beside my Soldier in attack mode!
"Now, I switch my other monster to defense!"
My Black Luster Soldier raised its shield.
'NO! I need him in attack too!' Vulcan shouted in his mind.
"And now, Gaia, attack Poseidon's monster with Swift Spiral Shaver!"
My Knight dashed over to Poseidon's monster, and slashed through it.
Poseidon's LP: 0000
"NOOOO! I LOSE!" he screamed angrily.
"Phew... There goes our worst problem. That concludes my turn. Take it, Mai."
"Gladly." Mai drew a card from her Disk.
'Trap Jammer!' she thought.
"Okay, I'm summonin' a Harpie Lady in attack mode..." 1300/1400. "...And then, I activate the Spell Card Heavy Storm, which destroys all Spell and Trap Cards on the field!" Mai slid a green Spell Card from her hand onto her Fight Disk, and it appeared on the field. From it came a, well, a heavy storm, which destroyed all the cards on the field, Molten Destruction included.
"NO!" Vulcan cried out after the storm and card faded from view.
"Sorry, Vulcan, but that's how it goes. I attack your Life Points directly with Harpie Lady!" Mai continued.
Her Winged-Beast monster flew over to its opponent and slashed him.
Vulcan's LP: 0000.
Winners: MAI AND ME!
"No... We lost our only Star Shards... Aw, man!" Poseidon and Vulcan whined as we all recollected our Decks and put our Disks on Standby.
"According to tournament rules, you two hafta give us your rarest cards and Star Shards, one each because that's what was wagered." Mai said sternly as she bent down to them.
"But we... AWWW..." Vulcan moaned. They both presented us with a blue Shard and a red Shard, the Sapphire Star Shard and Ruby Star Shard.
"Your rarest cards!" I scolded.
Out of their decks came two Ultra Rare cards, both monsters. One was a WATER-Aqua and the other a FIRE-Pyro. On the water, there was a male mermaid. He had a long white beard, a muscular bare chest (It's a MAN, not a WOMAN!), and a golden fish tail. He had a metallic gold trident, and the sea background was metallic.
The other one was a human, a male, engulfed in holographic red flames. He had fiery orange and yellow hair, which was also holo.
The man-maid card (Oh, how very punny.) had the name Neptune-Lord of the Sea and the other was entitled Hephaestus-Lord of the Fire.
"Hmm... Interesting. While your names are the same as the Greek god Poseidon and the Roman god Vulcan, these monsters are the opposite of your name heritage. Uh, I can use both. What about you, Mai?" I asked, placing Triton in a black card box around my waist.
"No. You can have it."
She put it into my hand, and I slipped it in the same box.
"Vulcan, Poseidon, I promise I'll put these cards to good use."
"Thanks, Pat." they both replied. The two walked off, out of site.
"Two down... Eight to go." Mai said to herself.
"And I can't wait 'till our next duel! YEAH!" I cheered.
PM: Oh, yeah. Now that was a long duel. If anyone is wondering, I italicize the names of cards because they are all titles, but NO MORE! TOO MUCH WORK! R&R.