Here we go again, and with the first tag team duel of the fanfiction.
Disclaimer: I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh or Metroid.
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Hi, it's Sarah again.
It's been a few days since we where attacked by a duelist working for the Space Pirates, but so far everything seems fine.
Right now, I'm currently in a Dueling Strategies class, and we're about to do a fairly important assignment, one which I will need a partner for.
I wonder what it could be.
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CHAPTER 5:
THE MACHINES OF WAR
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A couple of days later, Sarah, Theo, Lauren, and Cassie are all sitting in on a Duel Strategies class. The bell has just rung, and the teacher is writing something up on the board.
The teacher is a short man wearing a grey sweater and slacks, with a balding head, and a monocle with a short beard, his name is Dr. Clayton.
"Tag Team duels are considerably one of the most complex types of dueling," he says in a slight British accent. "Unlike in a regular duel, you cannot only rely on yourself, but you must also rely on your partner in order to win. Will you please turn to page 52 in your books?"
The students turn through their books as Dr. Clayton drones on about tag team duels.
"Excuse me sir, but wouldn't we learn better from first hand experience?" A young man in the front row asks, he has short brown hair, and is wearing a white muscle shirt with blue jean shorts, his badge shows him as being a Ra Yellow.
"You have an excellent point, Mr…" Dr. Clayton says, trying to remember the young man's name.
"Caldwell, Vincent Caldwell, I was in your class last year," Vincent says.
"Mr. Caldwell, you bring up an excellent point, yes, you should be able to learn better from experience. Which is why I want you to find a partner, because you have just volunteered yourself to show the class how a tag team duel is done properly," Dr. Clayton says.
"I'll be his partner," An African-American boy says, standing up next to Vincent, he is wearing a black jacket with a red t-shirt and blue jeans, his badge also puts him at Ra Yellow.
"Right, Vincent Caldwell and Shawn Johansen will be dueling against…" Dr. Clayton says, and goes over his roster. "Sarah Aran and Theodore Taylor."
"Okay then," Vincent says, taking his duel disk out of his bag, as does Shawn and Theo, Sarah's is attached to her armor as her deck slips out.
Hmm, this should be interesting, Cassie thinks, resting her chin on her hands as the duelists move forward to take their positions.
"All right, according to the rules of Tag Team dueling, there cannot be any sharing of strategy, otherwise that team will be disqualified," Dr. Clayton says. "Players may sacrifice their partner's monsters if they have permission to do so. Both players will have a shared total of 8000 life points, but you must defeat both duelists in order to win the duel. The duelists that win this match will each be awarded 50 extra credit points. Now let the duel begin, Miss. Aran will begin."
"All right, now look out!" Sarah says, and rapidly draws.
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"That idiot, how could he allow himself to be captured?" Valcouri screams, having just now heard about George's failure.
"You know, Sir Valcouri, you really should try and be calm down," a human woman says in the pirate language, wearing a light blue dress, and wearing a duel disk on her arm, and with long red hair. "You're nothing to our cause if you give yourself a heart attack from all that blood pressure."
"Yes, your right, thank you Christine," Valcouri says, calming down.
"You know, the men lifted that X-Box 360 the other day, they've found those Halo games very relaxing, and…" Christine starts, but gets a look from Valcouri, and stops.
"We had enough problems with the Flood without having to deal with video games that involve them," Valcouri says, and Christine shrugs as she continues on her way.
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"All right, I start with my Alpha Metroid (1700/1400), in attack mode!" Sarah says, and a small green floating alien appears. "One card face down, and I end my turn."
"All right, it's my move then," Vincent says, and draws. "And I start with my Ancient Gear Castle spell card!" He says, and a huge castle with cannons and gears sticking out of it appears behind him.
Oh that's right, Vincent uses an Ancient Gear deck, I saw him dueling the other day, how could I forget that? Theo thinks to himself.
"And now, I summon my Ancient Gear Soldier (1300/1300 + 300), in attack mode!" He says, and a rusty soldier carrying a machine gun appears. "One card face down, and that's it for me."
"All right, it's my turn," Theo says, and draws. "I summon my War Hero Tomahawk: Taski (1650/1350)!" He says, and an Indian warrior appears, wearing war paint, and carrying a tomahawk. "And I'll place these two cards face down, and end my turn."
"All right, now I can attack," Shawn says, and draws. "And I'll start by summoning Bokoichi the Freightening Car (500/500), in defense mode!" He says, and a fiendish red box car appears.
"And I activate my trap card, go Cyber Summon Blaster!" Vincent says, and a large laser cannon appears behind them.
"And then I activate my spell card Machine Duplication, which lets me special summon two more Bokoichis to the field!" Shawn says, and two more fiendish box cars appears. "This activates my partner's trap card, blasting both of you for 600 points!"
The laser powers up, and blasts Sarah and Theo, lowering their life points to 7400.
"You get the feeling that these guys have done this before?" Sarah asks Theo.
"Yeah, I know what you mean," Theo says.
"Well, we don't like to brag, but me and Shawn are the best tag team duelists in the school," Vincent says with a grin.
Okay, this is definitely trouble, these two most likely have a lot of experience tag team dueling and have built strategies that work well together, but me and Theo haven't had the time to prepare, Sarah thinks.
"And I activate my Double Summon spell card, so I'll set this monster in defense mode, and place this card face down to end my turn," Shawn finishes.
Sarah draws. "I activate my continuous spell card, "A" Cell Breeding Device!" She says, and a strange contraption appears on her field. "Then, I think I'll sacrifice my Alpha Metroid to summon my Alien Mother (2300/1500)!" She says, and a four armed white and pink monster with blue orbs in its skin appears. "And then I activate Terraforming, so I can add a field spell to my hand," she says, and takes a card out of her deck. "And I activate it; go Otherworld- The "A" Zone!"
Suddenly the ground under them cracks, and turns into a small planet as a huge aura appears around them, with space rocks floating around.
"Now Alien Mother, attack his Ancient Gear Soldier!" She commands, and the alien charges forward.
"Sorry to rain on your parade, but I activate my trap card, go Negate Attack!" Shawn counters, and a vortex swallows up the attack.
"Fine, I end my turn," Sarah says.
Vincent draws, and grins. "Since I have enough counters on my castle, I can sacrifice it to summon this monster, my Ancient Gear Golem (3000/3000)!" He says, and the castle shatters, and rising from it is a large rusty machine with a head that resembles a Spartan's helmet, and stares at the two duelists with a single red eye.
"Okay, that could be a problem…" Sarah says, realizing how big of an understatement it was.
"Now Ancient Gear Golem, attack Theo's War Hero with Mechanized Melee!" Vincent commands, and the machine throws a punch at the Indian.
"Activate trap card, go Mirror Force!" Theo counters, but the trap doesn't activate, and the attack still goes through, lowering their life points to 6150.
"Wait, whats going on, time out, his Duel disk malfunctioned!" Sarah says.
"No it didn't," Shawn says.
"That's right, when an Ancient Gear monster attacks, the opponent cannot activate any spell or trap cards," Vincent explains.
Heh, now this is getting interesting, I mean, I'd hate to see Theo lose, but if I get to see Sarah squirm under the pressure, I'll be happy, she thinks to herself.
"I'll place this card face down, and call it a turn," Vincent says, and Theo draws.
"I'll set this monster in defense mode, and that's it for me," he says.
Shawn draws. "First, I flip summon my face down monster, Dekotchi the Battlechained Locomotive, normally I could draw one card, and one for each Bokoichi on the field, but instead I'll have me and my partner each draw two," he says as an evil train engine appears, and he draws two cards.
"Thank you Shawn," Vincent says and draws two as well.
"No problem, buddy, and now I activate Thunder Crash, this will destroy every monster on our side of the field, and do you 300 points of damage for each," he says.
"But my Interdimensional Matter Transporter will save my Golem," Vincent says, and the robotic golem gets sucked into a strange device.
Lightning crashes down, and destroys the 4 train cars, and the mechanical soldier, lowering Sarah and Theo's life points to 4650.
"Whats the point? You're now defenseless," Sarah says.
"Really, well I'll just have to change that, but first I activate my face down card, Ultimate Offering. And now, my real strategy will be revealed, as I summon this monster, my Machiner's Soldier (1600/1500)!" He says, and a machine appears that looks like a marine in a flackjacket and helmet with one glaring eye; it has a blade on its right arm.
"A machiner? But those are some of the rarest machines in the world, how could you get them?" Theo asks.
"I won a tournament awhile back, and the prize was these monsters," Shawn says as if it's the most casual thing in the world. "And now I get the effect of my Soldier, allowing me to summon another Machiner to the field from my hand, like my Machiner's Sniper (1800/800), in attack mode!"A large beige robot with a cannon on his arm appears. Then Sarah and Theo are blasted again, lowering their life points to 4350.
"And I'll place this card face down, now sniper, destroy his face down monster!" Shawn says, and the robot lifts his gun, and blasts the face down monster, which is revealed to be a Sangan.
"Thanks," Theo says, and takes a card out of his deck.
"I end my turn," Shawn says, and the Ancient Gear Golem re-appears on the field.
Sarah draws nervously, and glances at the card. "I activate Pot of Greed," she says, and draws a card, looking a little surprised at the cards she drew. "First, I activate my spell card, Monster Reborn, and I'm using it to bring back my partner's Takashi!" She says, and the Indian war hero appears again.
"What's the point? My golem is just going to destroy him again on my next turn, unless…" Vincent says, and trails off.
"I'm planning to sacrifice him, which is what I am going to do, along with my Alien Mother, to summon Ghor, Cyborg Hunter (2750/2100)!" She says, and the two monsters vanish, only to be replaced by a tall humanoid robot, who stares at the two opponents before turning back to look at Sarah.
"It's my pleasure to serve the daughter of Samus Aran," the cyborg says in a voice that sounds more human than machine. "What will you have me do?"
"Uhh, right now I need your special ability," Sarah says, shocked that her card is talking to her, and he nods.
"Hey, what exactly is his special ability?" Vincent asks, now a little nervous.
"He works kind of like Buster Blader, only he gains 300 attack points for every machine monster in your graveyard," Sarah says, and Ghor's attack points rise to 4250.
"Oh crap," Shawn says in realization. "Every time you destroy one of our monsters, he'll get stronger."
"And the same will happen if we sacrifice our monsters," Vincent says. "Not bad, Sarah, that's an impressive move."
"Thanks," Sarah says, then turns her attention to the Golem, who is standing motionless on Vincent's field. "All right, Ghor, take out that Elysian reject with Plasma Cannon Blast!"
"It shall be done," Ghor says, and jumps forward, a laser activating as he blasts at the golem. Finally it collapses, melted in several places before it shatters, and Ghor returns to Sarah's field, and Vincent and Shawn's life points fall to 6750, then Ghor's attack rises to 4550.
"Come on Shawn, this is getting embarrassing," Vincent groans.
"It's your move, Vincent," Sarah says.
Vincent draws. "I'll set this monster in defense mode, and call it a turn," he says.
Theo draws. "I Summon my War Hero Samurai: Hitokiri (1950/1050)!" He says, and the brownish-gold armored Samurai appears. "Now, attach his Machiner's…""Let me point out that you can only attack my Machiner's Sniper," Shawn says, and the samurai charges at the sniper. "To which I respond with this card, my Draining Shield!" He says, and a shield appears in the machine's hands, and the attack is absorbed by it, Vincent and Shawn's life points rise again to 8700.
"Fine, it's your move," Theo says.
Shawn draws. "I'll activate Pot of Greed," He says, and draws two cards. "I'll set this monster in defense mode and place a card face down, and it's your move."
Sarah draws. "I summon Space Pirate (1800/1200), in attack mode!" She says, and the reptilian monster carrying a gun appears. "Now Ghor, destroy his Sniper, Plasma Cannon Blast!"
The cyborg sends a burst of heated energy at the monster, but only to have it deflected back at him, and he shatters.
"Sorry, that was my trap card, Sakuretsu Armor, which destroys your monster," Vincent says.
"Fine, one card face down, your move," Sarah says.
Vincent draws. "I summon my Green Gadget (1400/600), in attack mode!" He says, and a green monster covered with gears appears, as he takes a card out of his deck. "This lets me add a monster to my hand, specifically my Red Gadget."
"And I activate my trap card, Life Absorbing Machine, so whenever we pay life points, we'll get them back on the next turn," Shawn says.
"Why does he have that in his deck?" Lauren asks from behind Cassie.
"If what I've heard about these Machiner monsters, it might come in handy," Cassie says.
"Thanks, now I activate my partner's Ultimate Offerings, I pay 500 life points, and I can summon my Red Gadget (1300/1500), in attack mode!" Vincent says, and their life points fall to 8200, and a red monster made of gadgets appears as he takes a card out of his deck. "Which lets me add a Yellow Gadget to my hand, and I'll summon it now by using Ultimate Offerings (1200/1200)!" He says, and a yellow monster made of gears appears as their life points fall to 7700.
"So you've managed to summon all the Gadgets, whats the point?" Sarah asks.
"This is the point, I activate a spell card called Tribute Overload, first, I pick one card in my hand, and discard the rest of my hand," Vincent says, taking 3 cards out of his hand, and placing them in the graveyard. "But then, it requires one more tribute to summon it this turn."
"Whats the point, that seems to be a little lopsided," Sarah says.
"Wait, there is one reason why someone with an Ancient Gear deck would play that card, this could be trouble," Theo says.
"That's right, and now I sacrifice all three of my monsters, to summon this, the mighty Ancient Gear Gadjitron Dragon (3000/2000)!" Vincent says, and a huge dragon made of rusty gears and metal appears with a mechanical roar. "And since I sacrificed all three of my gadgets, I get all three of his effects, now my dragon; destroy that Samurai, Gadjitron Flame Breath!"
The mechanical dragon rears its head back, and sends a burst of green flames at the samurai, who shatters, lowering Sarah and Theo's life points all the way to 2400.
"Wait, how did we lose that many life points?" Sarah demands.
"Because I sacrificed my Yellow Gadget, you lose 600 life points when my dragon destroys a monster, and because I sacrificed my Red Gadget, you lose 400 life points when I deal damage to your life points," Vincent says with a laugh. "Unfortunately that is all I can do right now, so go ahead and take your turn, Theo."
Theo draws. "I activate Graceful Charity," he says, and draws 3 cards, and looks them over. Awesome, I drew the monster my dad sent me, and I can summon him now, he thinks, and discards two cards. "I activate Monster Reborn, so welcome to the field my Kaiser Seahorse (1700/1650)!" He says, and a seahorse warrior appears.
"Whats the point, he's not strong enough to destroy my Sniper, let alone Vincent's dragon," Shawn says, smirking.
"Well, I'm going to sacrifice him to summon my newest monster, by sacrificing my Seahorse; I can summon this monster!" Theo says, and a figure in green armor appears, carrying a futuristic rifle at his side, and staring at the enemies from behind a golden spherical visor. "Shawn, Vincent, meet Master Chief Petty Officer John-117, known to his enemies as the Demon, known to duelists as Master Chief, Last of the SPARTANS (3000/2600)!"
"Wow, they made a card based off of the Master Chief, sweet!" some random student from two seats in front of Cassie says.
"Okay, that is somewhat impressive, but your monster's attack is equal to that of my Dragon, "Vincent says, not worried at all.
"Oh, so it is, well I'll just have to change that, won't I? By discarding one card from my hand, I can raise his attack points by 1000," He says, and discards a card and Master Chief's attack rises to 4000.
"You just had to tick him off, didn't you?" Shawn asks.
"Now Chief, attack his Dragon, Spartan Laser Blast!" Theo commands, and the futuristic soldier blasts the rusty dragon with his laser cannon, and the monster shatters, lowering Vincent and Shawn's life points to 5700.
"Heh, notice that we're still in this game, and have more life points than you," Vincent says.
"Nothing short of a miracle can save you now," Shawn says.
"Well in the meantime, I'll place this card face down, and call it a turn," Theo says, and the face down card appears behind Master Chief. It's all up to Sarah right now, maybe she can think of something, he thinks to himself.
Shawn draws, and grins. "Well Vincent, it looks like we're going to win," he says.
"Okay, what did you draw that has you so happy?" Sarah asks, feeling a little nervous now.
"First, I flip summon my face down monster, go Machiner's Defender (1200/1800)!" Shawn says, and another robot appears, this one has two bulky machine guns on his shoulders. "And thanks to his flip-effect, I can add a specific monster to my hand," he says, and takes a card out of his deck.
"Well, if this card is so special, then why don't you play it?" Sarah asks.
"You asked for it, I summon the Supreme Commander of this mechanical army, the General Commander Covinton (1000/600)!" Shawn says, and a robot painted to look like he has beige riding pants and a military jacket with a tie, he has a pointed helmet that reveals only two beady eyes.
"Why summon him, he's too weak to destroy any of our monsters," Theo points out.
"Really? Well why don't you show them your effect Covinton?" Shawn says, and the mechanical general takes out a bugle, and plays a rousing tune.
"Reveille, a call to arms…" Theo says, clinching his teeth.
Machiner's Sniper, Defender, and Soldier vanish.
"By sacrificing them, I can summon this monster, my Machiner's Force (4600/4100)!" He says, and a huge Machine rose up behind him! It was a huge mecha, as big as Ancient Gear Golem, with armor, thick limbs, and a large rifle in its hands. On its back was a unit, out of which reached two mechanical limbs that held two giant missile launcher!
"4600 attack points? That's ridiculous!" Sarah says, and then groans as they get blasted again by the blaster, lowering their life points to 2100.
"Now Machiner's force, attack the Master Chief, Scud Missile Barrage!" Shawn commands, and the mechanical monster blasts the cybernetic soldier, causing him to explode as Sarah and Theo's life points fall to 500, while Shawn and Vincent's falls to 4700. "It's your move, if you can really do anything that is."
Sarah draws, and looks uneasily at the large machine. This is my only hope, if this fails; we lose, she says, and plays the card. "I activate Graceful Charity!" She says, and draws 3 cards, then discards two. "I play my face down card, Call of the Haunted, and bring back a monster I just discarded, Gandrayda, Fallen Shapeshifter Hunter!"
There is a giggle, and an alien woman appears with pink, translucent skin, and a bit of electricity gathering in her hands.
"And as for her attack, she gains the attack of the strongest monster in either graveyard, which is 3000!" Sarah continues, and the alien's stats rise to 3000/2600. "And I'll place this card face down, and end my turn there."
Vincent draws. "I activate the spell card, Revolving Table, so its Shawn's turn, but you both get to draw a card," he says, and Sarah and Theo both draw a card.
Shawn draws. "All right, Machiner's Force destroys Gandrayda, Scud Missile Barrage!" He commands, and the machine lets out a barrage of missiles.
"Go spell card, Gandrayda's Trickery!" Sarah says, and the card flips up. "So Gandrayda goes face down, as does your General, and one random card in my graveyard," she says, and Gandrayda goes into face down position, Covinton goes to Sarah's field, and does the same, and a card appears face down as well, and the three cards are shuffled. "Now, you have to pick a monster, and what happens next will determine the whole duel."
"Okay, I'll pick, the one in the middle," Shawn says, and the card flips up to reveal Samus Aran, Federation Bounty Hunter (2700/2300).
"Oh, too bad, since you picked the one from my graveyard, I get to keep all three monsters, and your monster is destroyed!" Sarah says, and the giant machine shatters.
"Uhh, okay, one monster in defense mode, and that's all," Shawn says, defeated.
Sarah draws. "I sacrifice Covinton for Gamma Metroid (2400/2000)!" She says, and an alien on 4 spindly legs appears. "Now, destroy his face down monster!" She commands, and the Metroid shatters the monster, which is revealed to be another Dekotchi. "Too bad thanks to my Metroid, you don't get his effect. Now Gandrayda, Samus, finish them off!" She commands, and Samus fires a round of shots at Shawn, lowering Shawn and Vincent's life points to 1000, then Gandrayda locks onto Vincent with a grapple beam, and then gives him a good punch, and their life points fall to 0.
"And the winner of this duel is the team of Sarah Aran and Theodore Taylor!" Dr. Clayton says as the students cheer.
"That was pretty impressive dueling," Vincent says, coming up to Sarah and Theo. "I'm glad we got to duel you."
"Yeah, same here," Shawn says, following him.
"Thanks, we tried our hardest, but you guys almost beat us," Sarah says.
"Hey, you can't win them all, now keep it up you two," Vincent says, and they all shake hands.
Hmm, that was an impressive duel, Sarah is better than I thought, Cassie thinks to herself.
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The Machiner's cards are from the Yu-Gi-Oh R manga.
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Master Chief, Last of the SPARTANS
8
Light
3000/2600
Cyber-Warrior/Effect
Trained by the UNSC, Master Chief is most well known for his victories over the alien menace known as the Covenant; very few have ever seen his true face. This monster counts as having "War Hero" in its name. As long as this monster is on the field, all monsters with "War Hero" in their names cannot be destroyed as a result of battle, battle damage still counts. Once per turn, discard one card from your hand in order to power up this monster by 1000 attack points for the remainder of the turn.
Alpha Metroid
Dark
4
1700/1400
Reptile/Effect
This monster was created in honor of the classic "Metroid" series by Nintendo. This monster can escape being destroyed as a result of battle once per turn. When this monster is destroyed, increase your life points by 850, and special summon another Alpha Metroid to your side of the field.
Gamma Metroid
Dark
6
2400/2000
Reptile/Effect
This monster was created in honor of the classic "Metroid" series by Nintendo. This monster can escape being destroyed as a result of battle once per turn. When this monster is destroyed, increase your life points by 1200. When this monster battles a machine type monster or a cyber-warrior type monster, the opposing monster is automaticaly destroyed.
Ghor, Cyborg Hunter
Earth
8
2750/2100
Cyber-Warrior/Effect
This card was created in honor of the classic "Metroid" series. This monster gains 300 attack points for every machine in the opponent's graveyard. When "Dark Samus, Space Pirate Commander" is on the field, take control of an opponent's monster, and equip it to this monster, this monster gains attack points equal to the monster's attack. When this monster would be destroyed through any means, if it is equipped with a monster, the monster is destroyed instead, and you can equip another monster at any time. If "Dark Samus, Space Pirate Commander" is destroyed, any monsters equipped to this card is destroyed as well.
Ghor's Charity
Continuous Spell
Image of Ghor handing money to a group of aliens. This card can only be activated when "Ghor, Cyborg Hunter" is on the field. When your opponent destroys a monster on your side of the field as a result of battle, draw two cards, and discard 1.
Gandrayda, Fallen Shapeshifter Hunter
Dark
8
Cyber-Warrior/Effect
This card was created in honor of the "Metroid Prime" series by Nintendo. This monster gains the attack and defense of the strongest monster in the graveyard. If "Dark Samus, Space Pirate Commander" is face-up on the field, this monster gains the attack of the strongest monster on the field with 200 more attack points.
Gandrayda's Trickery
Quick-Play Spell
Image of a soldier turning into Gandrayda. This card can only be activated when your opponent attacks "Gandrayda, Shape-Shifter Hunter." Take control of another monster on the field, and flip it face down as well as the target of the attack and one more monster in your graveyard. Your opponent must pick one of the monsters, if it is "Gandrayda" the attack succeeds, if it is the opponent's monster, that monster is destroyed, if it is the monster from your graveyard, the attacking monster is destroyed, and you keep all three monsters.
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Well, there you go, 5 chapters done.
Next up, another pirate decides to show up and cause trouble, and her target is Lauren. Can the Amazons take the heat? Find out in, "Gift of Prometheus."