Chapter 2: Draconic Doom Pt. 1: Red-Eyes Black Madness!

The next day of the tournament, Mai and I started early to challenge someone for Shards. But before we could, a twosome challenged us! One was a boy, the other a girl, both about five feet tall and 14 in age. The girl had sparkling red eyes (Somehow.) and pitch-black hair, wearing black pants, a black shirt, black shoes, and black gloves. The boy had shiny black eyes and deep red hair, wearing the same clothes as his partner, only red.

"We hereby challenge you two to a duel!" they both shouted.

"Riiiiiiiight... And who are these pipsqueaks?" Mai asked no one in particular.

"Uh oh... I recognize the girl. Her name is Betty. She uses a Dragon Deck." I gulped. "I fought her in the finals of the DC Championship 2005."

"A Dragon Deck?"

"That's right! And I've come to exact my revenge on Pat for making me lose! My partner, Drake, and I wager two Shards and our two rarest cards each!"

"I might as well... Sorry if this is a waste of time, Mai." I said.

"No prob'." We readied our Fight Disks.

Setup: Mai and I vs. Betty and Drake.

First Move: Drake

No Time Limit!

Drake's, my, Mai's, and Betty's LP: 4000

DUEL COMMENCE!

"I make the first move!" Drake shouted as we all drew five cards. Drake drew, and began his turn and the duel.

"I summon Luster Dragon (Told ya I quit italics!) #1 in attack mode!"

Onto a monster space came a yellow Normal card, and on the field appeared a blue dragon with slim, scythe-shaped wings, large gray fangs (Especially the last two, which came out of its mouth!), light blue claws, and a dirt yellow belly. 1900/1600.

"Then I set a card facedown. I end my turn!" Drake shouted.

I went next. I drew a card from my deck and added it to my hand. I was running a Magician Deck today.

"I summon Ebon Magician Curran in attack position, and I equip it with Trial of the Princesses, and I set one card on the field, ending my turn." A tiny girl magician with blond hair and a pink wand in formal black attire with white lace, a green ribbon, and green designs on it appeared. Her normal stats were 1200/0, but because of Trial of the Princesses, it was 2000/0.

Mai went next, drawing a card. "I place one monster facedown, and that's it." A horizontal card appeared on the field.

"I'm last!" Betty shouted. After drawing a card, she called out: "I summon a Luster Dragon #1 of my own!"

Two Luster Dragons were on the field now. 1900/1600.

"My move again." Drake said.

"I sacrifice my Luster Dragon for its counterpart, Luster Dragon #2!"

1 Luster Dragon disappeared, and a bigger, greener one took its place. On its back were thicker wings and emerald shards, and upon its head were horns, colored yellow. It had an overall majestic look. 2400/1400.

"Now, Luster Dragon, attack Pat's Ebon Magician!"

Drake's monster launched a blast of green energy from its mouth at my magician. But I had a plan...

"CHAIN! I play my facedown Rush Recklessly, which gives Curran a total of 2700 ATK, meaning your monster is destroyed, and you lose 300 LP!" My facedown card was revealed. It had a red wild boar rushing at something. Drake's Dragon was destroyed!

Drake's LP: 3700.

Suddenly, my Magician began to glow in black light, and disappeared.

"What happened? Pat's monster had 300 more ATK than Luster Dragon #2! WHAT DID YOU DO?" Mai cried out.

"It's what I did, Mai. See, when Ebon Magician Curran is equipped with Trial of the Princesses and it destroys a level five or higher monster, from my hand or deck, by Tributing the equip card and the monster to bring out a more royal version! I Special Summon from my hand Princess Curran!"

Onto the field came Curran, only with a wider skirt, a golden and red staff with a blue sphere, and a mushroom-design cap. 2000/0.

"I end my turn..." Drake muttered.

"My move!" I shouted. As soon as my card was drawn, Curran's staff began to glow red, and it unleashed a red orb onto Betty, causing LP damage!

Betty's LP: 3400.

"What the!" she cried.

"My Princess's effect kicked in. During my Standby Phase, if my opponent has a monster on their side of the field, they lose 600 LP for each one. Now, let's see... I set one monster facedown, and now I attack Drake directly!"

Curran let loose another red orb of energy, which blew up in Drake's face, ha-ha!

Drake's LP: 1700.

"That's all." I said. Mai took control. She drew a card from her deck, and shouted: "I summon my Cyber Harpie Lady and I flip summon my Lord of Dragons!" Upon the field appeared Mai's Cyber Harpie, and from a horizontal card appeared a person in a brown robe held together with a yellow bone-like material. The human's suit had a hood that looked very draconic, two high blue collars, and claws on the ends of the arms. (Cyber H) 1800/1300. (Lord of D.) 1200/1100.

"Next I activate the Flute of Summoning Dragon, which allows me to summon up to two dragons from my hand. I summon Harpie's Pet Dragon!"

Lord of D. blew on a golden flute with a dragon head, which brought forth an orange-skinned dragon with a black head and a gold chain on its neck, a yellow belly, dark gray claws, and spikes on its head with flaps of yellow skin between them and the head. 2000/2500.

"And because Cyber Harpie is treated as Harpie Lady, my Dragon gains 300 ATK!"

(Harpie's Pet Dragon) 2300/2500.

"Now, I attack Drake's LP with Lord of D.!"

Lord of D. jumped over to Drake, who put his arms up to shield. But a slashing attack from the hologram brought down Drake's LP a lot.

Drake's LP: 500.

"And next, I'll have my Dragon finish him..."

"Mai, wait!" I shouted, causing her to stop what she was saying.

"What?"

"Don't finish him off yet. Why defeat our opponents when we can torment them for a while... Mweh-heh-heh-heh!"

"Aw... Fine! I end my turn."

"My turn, yay!" Betty cheered. She drew one card from her deck, and slapped it on her disk.

"I summon the Mystic Tomato in Attack Position!"

Onto the field appeared a tomato in a cartoon-like design, and an evil face. (Yellow eyes and a smirk) 1400/1100.

"That's all I can do, except switching Luster Dragon to defense." Betty said in a clearly fake moan.

"That's it? AH-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA! That's such a lame move; I can't believe I'm dueling you!" Mai laughed.

My eyes narrowed, and then closed. 'Don't be so sure, Mai. If her Tomato is killed in battle, then in just means she'll get a DARK monster on the field before her turn... She did that to me!' I thought, opening my eyes.

"My move!" Drake declared, drawing another card.

"Okay! I play the continual Spell Card Trap Fragrance!" Drake placed a green card onto his S/T zone, and it enlarged onto the field. It had the picture of a red Trap with red air puffing out of it. The red fog blew out over the field.

"What is this?" Mai asked, fear in her voice.

"We all can activate Traps from our hands now. Like this: I play Raigeki Break!" Drake shouted, playing a Trap.

"I discard one card from my hand to destroy 1 monster on the field, and I choose Pat's Princess Curran!" he continued, discarding the necessary amount. A thunderbolt lashed out at my Princess, destroying it.

'Why'd he do that...? Unless... He plans to summon a lot of monsters, and when Pat's turn came, his monster would inflict enough damage on Drake to destroy him!' Mai thought.

"I summon Luster Dragon 1."

The monster Drake had earlier reappeared onto the field. 1900/1600.

"Next, I activate Dian Keto the Cure Master, increasing my LP by 1000." Drake's LP: 1500.

"And then, I activate the Spell Card Polymerization!" Drake held out a card with two orange organisms bending so they touched each other.

"I send from my hand to the Grave Winged Dragon, Guardian of the Fortress #1 and 2..." Drake then held out two monsters, both dragons with clawed wings and large mouths, #1 blue and 2 red.

"To form this Fusion Monster: Fortress Guard Dragon!"

All three cards were placed in the discard pile, or the Graveyard as you mortals call it, and a purple Fusion Card was slapped onto Drake's Disk, and a new monster appeared on the field. It looked like its Fusion Materials, only it was purple, and the claws were larger. 2450/2400.

"Wow. That's more powerful." Mai said, her eyes enlarging from her head, looking cartoony.

"If you love that, you'll adore this! My new monster has a special ability: I can Special Summon one Dragon Monster from my hand as long as I inflict over 500 points of damage to one of my opponents by attacking with it. I can't Normal Summon or Set monsters with it on the field, either. And I can only Special Summon once by its effect during the duel. Okay. I attack Mai's Cyber Harpie with Luster Dragon, and I attack her Dragon with mine!"

Drake's Luster Dragon unleashed a green bolt at her Harpie, destroying it and 300 of her Dragon's ATK.

Mai's LP: 3900.

(H's P D) 2000/2500.

And then Drake's other monster unleashed several red fireballs, which blew up Mai's Harpie's Pet Dragon.

Mai's LP: 3450.

Mai grunted out from the LP loss.

"That'll be all. Your move, Pat."

'Hmph, you'll regret that, fool!' I shouted in my head. I drew a card from my deck.

"Hm... I place two cards facedown, and one monster facedown." I put two cards on my S/T Zone, and one monster down.

"Your turn, Mai."

She drew a card. "This is it." she said to herself. "I set one card onto my S/T zone, and then I summon this: my second Cyber Harpie!"

Another Cyber Harpie Lady came upon the field. 1800/1300.

"I attack Mystic Tomato!" she shouted. Cyber Harpie flew over to the Plant, and sliced it up!

Betty's LP: 3000.

"Hmm, you've activated my monster's ability! I..."

"Yeah, I know." Mai mumbled. "You can Special Summon a Dark Attribute monster from your hand or deck with 1500 or less attack."

"Right. I choose... Red-Eyes Black Chick!"

"HUH?" Mai cried.

A small black dragon with red eyes and silver horns on its head in a red egg appeared. 800/500.

"Isn't he cute?" Betty said in a loving tone, drawing out the "u".

"No."

"GRR! It's my move!" Betty growled, anger on her face.

"She did this to me..." I sighed.

"By sending my cute Red-Eyes Black Chick to the Grave, I can summon its adult form to the field!"

The aforementioned monster vaporized, and a huge black shape appeared in its place. It soon took the form of a very evil-looking dragon, with larger and sharper horns and wing tips, razor-like teeth, crystal red eyes, and long claws, as well as a long tail. It shrieked like a hawk.

"Meet... THE RED-EYES BLACK DRAGON! HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA!" Betty roared with "semi-evil and maniacal" laughter. 2400/2000. (As if I don't do that often enough around here!) Mai gasped with shock and Drake smirked...

"I knew it." I said softly, no fear in my voice. My eyes had narrowed enormously...

TO BE CONTINUED...

PM: Yes, that's the same "To Be Continued" on the show. Now, I would like to point out that Trap Fragrance, Fortress Guardian Dragon, and maybe other cards in this article belong to me! YOU MUST ASK TO USE THEM! HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA!