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Yu-Gi-Oh GX – A League of Their Own
Chapter 2 – The Two Heroes! Strike of the Three-Turn Killer!
Japan was the first country to set up a pro dueling circuit, but they certainly weren't the last. America set up their Master League within months of Japan's Pro League. Although the Master League isn't as respected as the Pro League, success there is just as lucrative. Despite the hefty registration fee, hundreds of duelists flock to the registration every year, hoping to join the ranks of America's Masters of Dueling…
There was a huge crowd outside of the Master League headquarters in New York. The crowd stretched for blocks, everyone in it clutching a deck and hoping for the same thing: a spot in the Master League.
Near the front of the crowd, having arrived there hours before the registration opened, was a young woman, maybe twenty years old, with short brown hair and a pair of wire-rimmed glasses. She was wearing a short-sleeved white blouse and knee-length black skirt. Her name was Rita Anzem.
Rita sighed to herself and licked her lips nervously. "At least I'm close to the front of the line." She shook her head, trying to clear out the doubts beginning to cloud her mind. "No. I can't let myself worry. I just have to do the best that I can."
A few minutes later, Rita had reached the front of the line.
"Hello!" The receptionist said cheerfully. "Your name please?"
"Rita Anzem." Rita replied.
"Alright…" The receptionist typed a few things into her computer. "Your score on the written exam was an 96, which is more then enough, your deck is registered and your entrence fee has been paid. Here are your instructions." The receptionist handed Rita a piece of paper. "Go on in."
Rita thanked the receptionist and walked inside.
Looking around, Rita was amazed at the huge number of duelists who had gathered there. There were people from everywhere, and everyone had come for the same reason she had – to duel.
Looking at the sheet of paper she had been handed, Rita walked towards the indicated duel ring. When she reached it, her opponent was already standing there. He was a man about twenty-five years old, with black hair wearing a grey bomber jacket and jeans.
The man cracked his knuckles. "Let's get down to business. My name is Eric Carter, the Three Turn Killer. I intend to win. You can either forfeit now, or be crushed in three turns at the most. Your choice?"
Rita frowned at Eric's manner. "I'm not going to be intimidated. Five years ago, maybe, but not now."
Eric raised his duel disk. "I respect your courage, if not your sense. Shall we begin?"
"Let's go!" Rita replied, and they drew their starting hands.
ELP: 8000
RLP: 8000
Rita drew a card off of her deck, than flipped her hand around. "Take a look! Since I've got no monsters on the field or in my hand, I can summon Young Hero from my deck!" She slid the card out of her deck, and placed it on her disc. A teenager boy in a Japanese high school uniform appeared on her field. (0/0)
"Now," Rita continued, since Young Hero is the only monster on my field or in my hand, I can summon Young Heroine from my deck!" A teenage girl shimmered onto her field, next to the teenage boy from before. (0/0)
"I'll set two cards, then end my turn." Rita finished.
"I really am sorry." Eric said as he drew, "But I have to win this so I get the highest rank I possibly can! I'll show you why I'm called the Three-Turn Killer!" He slammed a card onto his disc. "I activate the Spell Card Giant Robot Transformation! This card lets me send three certain Fusion Material monsters from my deck to my graveyard to summon a certain fusion monster from my fusion deck. I send Rhino Mecha, Tiger Mecha and Falcon Mecha to the graveyard to summon Giant Robot Alpha!" Three robots, each on shaped like one of the named animals, appeared on his field. The three robots morphed together into a single humanoid robot. (3000/3000)
"Impressive." Rita said, "But Young Hero and Young Heroine have special abilities that can more then combat it. Young Hero, Young Heroine, transform!" Young Hero and Young Heroine each nodded and clicked buttons on their oversized watches. With a bright flash of light, the two of them were transformed from normal high school students into superheroes. Young Hero wore a uniform of white metal and blue spandex, and Young Heroine white metal with pink spandex. The two of them posed heroically. (0/0)—(3600/3600), (0/0)—(2400/2400)
"What the heck just happened?" Eric asked.
"The stronger the opponent, the stronger my heroes get." Rita replied. "Specifically, 400 points times the level of your highest level monster for Young Hero and 300 points per level for Young Heroine." Rita grinned. "Also, as long as Young Hero is on the field, Young Heroine can't be attacked, and as long as Young Heroine is on the field, Young Hero can't be the target of spells or traps."
Eric looked impressed. "Nice lock." He smirked, "But I'm not done yet." As he took another card from his hand, his graveyard began to shine. "I activate Scrapyard Fusion, removing fusion material monsters in my graveyard from the game to summon a machine-type fusion monster from my fusion deck! I'll remove Rhino Mecha, Tiger Mecha and Falcon Mecha to summon a second Giant Robot Alpha!" The glow coming out of Eric's graveyard grew into a binding flash, and when it subsided a second massive robot stood next to the first. (3000/3000)
"My force is still incomplete, though." Eric continued, "I activate Dimensional Transport Device! This lets each of us summon as many machine-type monsters as possible from our removed from play pile. You have none, but I will summon Rhino Mecha, Tiger Mecha and Falcon Mecha!" A massive rip opened up in the air, and out of it flew the mechanical animals. (1800/1500), (1700/1600), (1600/1700)
"Wow!" Rita thought, "Using only three cards from his hand, he managed to summon five monsters on the first turn, two of which have 3000 attack points! He's really good." She glanced at one of her facedown cards. "But Young Hero still has more attack points, and I have a backup plan just in case…"
"You may think that your monster's higher attack points will save you, but they won't." Eric declared, "Because I activate Limiter Removal, doubling the strength of all machine on my side of the field!" The five machines began to heat up and start crackling as their attack power shot up. (3000/3000)x2—(6000/3000)x2, (1800/1500)—(3600/1500), (1700/1600)—(3400/1600), (1600/1700)—(3200/1700)
"A pity…" Eric said, "Looks like you're not going to last past turn one. Attack!" Various compartments opened up on the five mechanical monsters, and they launched a volley of missiles at Young Hero and Young Heroine.
"That's not going to work!" Rita cried, "I activate my counter-trap, Narrow Escape! This trap negates your attack and ends your turn as long as both Young Hero and Young Heroine are face-up on my field!"
Eric blinked. "Wasn't expecting that." He smiled eerily. "Guess you've survived turn one. Two to go…"
"Don't forget about the other effect of your limiter removal." Rita reminded Eric, "Now all your monsters are destroyed."
"Oh well." Eric shrugged, as his five machines exploded around him, and Young Hero and Young Heroine de-transformed. (3600/3600)—(0/0), (2400/2400)—(0/0)
"My turn!" said Rita, drawing. She grinned when she saw the card she had drawn. She placed it onto her disc. "I activate Striking the Heart of the Evil!"
"And what, pray tell, does that do?" Asked Eric.
"Well," Rita said, "For this turn only and for all effects that are determined by monster level, the opposing player is considered to be a monster, with one level for every thousand life points that they have. You have 8000 exactly, so you're considered to be a level eight monster."
"Which boosts your monsters to 3600 and 2400 attack points." Eric deduced.
"Exactly!" Rita replied, "Young Hero, Young Heroine, transform!" Once again, the two monsters were surrounded by white light and they appeared in their costumes. (0/0)—(3600/3600), (0/0)—(2400/2400)
"Young Hero, Young Heroine, attack!" Rita said. "Bring him down!" The two monsters nodded, and rushed Eric. Young Hero kicked him in the stomach and Young Heroine punched him in the face.
ELP: 3000
RLP: 8000
Eric rubbed his nose. "Ouch."
Rita took a card from her hand and placed it facedown on her disc. "My turn's done." Her turn done, the effects of Striking the Heart of the Evil wore off and Young Hero and Young Heroine de-transformed. (3600/3600)—(0/0), (2400/2400)—(0/0)
Sliding a card off of his deck, Eric grinned. "I'll show you some real power! I activate Pot of Avarice, which lets me shuffle five monsters from my graveyard back into my deck in order to draw two cards!" He slid Rhino Mecha, Tiger Mecha, Falcon Mecha and the two Giant Robot Alphas out of his graveyard. The first three were shuffled back into his deck, and the latter two were returned to the fusion deck. He took two cards off the top of his deck and added them to his hand.
"Now," he continued, "I activate two more copies of Giant Robot Transformation!" Six cards popped out of his deck, and he slid them into his graveyard. The animal mecha again appeared on his field and formed together, turning into a pair of massive robots. (3000/3000)x2
In response, Young Hero and Young Heroine shone with light, transforming into their super powered selves. (0/0)—(3600/3600), (0/0)—(2400/2400)
"I'm not done by a long shot, though." Eric boasted, "I activate another Scrapyard Fusion, removing Lion Mecha, Tiger Mecha and Falcon Mecha to summon my third Giant Robot Alpha!" He pulled the three cards out of his graveyard, and a third giant robot appeared on his field, standing next to the first two. (3000/3000)
Eric slammed the last card in his hand onto his disc. "Now, for the finishing touch! I activate Giant Mecha Armada! Now, I select one Mecha or Giant Robot on my Field, and it gains the attack of all other Mecha and Giant Robots on my field! Also, it's the only monster that can attack this turn." Two of the three Giant Robots turned towards the third and launched energy beams at it, powering it up. (3000/300)—(9000/3000)
"Attack!" Eric yelled, "Destroy him!" The powered up Giant Robot Alpha shot a massive barrage of missiles at Young Hero. They impacted in a massive explosion, but, when the dust cleared, Young Hero was still standing.
ELP: 3000
RLP: 2600
Eric raised an eyebrow. "What just happened?"
"My set card." Rita replied, "A Hero Unyielding. For the rest of the turn, Young Hero and Young Heroine can't be destroyed."
Frowning, Eric said "One turn left." and concluded his turn.
Rita drew a card and smiled. "I activate Ultimate Teamwork! By sacrificing Young Heroine's attack for this turn, Young Hero can attack all the monsters on your field!" The two heroes nodded to each other and charged. They double jump kicked one robot, photon-blasted a second and punched down the third. Eric's three robots fell down in an explosion of scrap metal.
ELP: 1200
RLP: 2600
Eric laughed. "You're pretty good. It's been a long time since anyone's been able to beat down my forces twice."
"I'm just getting warmed up." Rita said. "I end my turn."
Eric clenched his drawing hand into a fist and placed two fingers on his deck. He ripped the top card off, and just for a second, Rita could have sworn she saw a flash of dark energy around his hand and deck, but she blinked and it was gone.
"Unless that facedown is something extraordinary, then you've lost." Eric declared. "I activate my final Scrapyard Fusion, removing my three Giant Robot Alphas to summon my greatest weapon, Supreme Giant Robot Omega!" The three giant robots appeared on the field and merged together, forming a titanic robot three times larger then they were individually. (9000/9000)
Rita gulped. "I can't stop that! My only facedown…"
Eric smirked. "Supreme Giant Robot Omega, attack." A hundred compartments opened up on the robot and he launched a titanic barrage of missiles at Young Hero.
Rita's eyes hardened. "I've got no choice. I activate my facedown card, Heroism! Now… all attacks made against my monsters become direct attacks instead!"
Eric's eyes widened. "WHY?"
"Because," Rita answered, her eyes flashing, "I won't let you hurt my friends!!" The missiles streamed past Young Hero and hit Rita instead, hitting with such force that they sent her flying out of the ring.
ELP: 1200
RLP: 0
Eric smirked slightly and stroked his chin. "She's an interesting one, alright. It's almost a shame I had to win."
Up in the box where all the duels were being observed from, a man in a business suit with a goatee and glasses watched Rita and Eric's duel. He smiled slightly. "Very interesting indeed…."
About half an hour later, Rita woke up on a couch in the lobby. She looked around. "What happened? The duel-"
"I won." Eric said from where he'd been standing next to her. "They asked me to give you this when you woke up." He handed her a card with a large three on it.
Rita blinked at it. "I made rank three?"
"Yes, as did I." Eric replied, showing her his own card. "I guess you impressed someone."
"I guess I did." Rita said with a smile, taking her card.
Across the lobby, a strange man watched Rita and Eric. The man was wearing tight black clothes and a short blue coat with only a right sleeve. He had short black hair, blue eyes and a blue tear painted on his left cheek. He smirked at the two duelists he was watching. "That girl…" He said, his voice soft and full of malice, "Her potential is simply astounding… The other one is interesting as well… but he's already reached the limits of his potential… I'll let the girl grow a bit more… But the boy will nicely sate my hunger until for now…
On the other side of the world, in Shibai's swank Tokyo penthouse, Shibai was currently listening to Ishita list off his public appearances for that week.
The young duelist groaned. "Can't we stop with all the publicity, already? Now that I've actually started dueling, do we really need so many public appearances?"
"Yes, we do. It's important to keep your name in the public eye, even when you're not dueling."
Shibai just groaned in response.
Ishita sighed. "If it makes you feel better, we got an offer I think you might be interested in."
Lifting his head, Shibai asked, "What kind of offer?"
"A highly exclusive dueling coach has offered to train you."
"Why would I need a coach?"
"It's Morisuna Nachiba."
Shibai whistled. "The legend himself wants to train me? I'm in."
A/N: Sorry this took so long. It was done two weeks ago, but I discovered that some weird new thing in my school's firewall prevents me from logging in, thus I can't post.
Next Time: In the cutthroat world of the European Kaiser League, only a few duelists are recognized as being truly great. When two of them face down, it'll be a battle to remember. Don't miss "Kaiser Battle! Army vs. Army!"
