Grr... I am so glad I didn't put a dragon duelist in this fic yet! I just got Yugioh Spirit Caller and I can't beat the stupid obelisk dragon duelist, so I'm just mad at dragons right now! (sigh) Not that any of you probably care... Anyhoo, Qu-ko, ur forgiven, and just so ya'll know, there's a mistake in that chapter's duel! However, it doesn't affect the duel, so I'm in the clear!
RER! (and don't forget what the last R means!)
Chapter 8: Mind Haxorz
"What are you mumbling about?" A rude, yet nonchalant, voice asked.
"Hey you, why don't you-" Takashi rudely began, but then stopped when he rotated his head and saw who was talking. "Oh, nothing," Takashi answered.
"Right," The person said, walking away.
It was lunch the next day, and Slifers, Ras, and Obelisks galore were gathered around Chris' table, congratulating him on his duel against Sachi—even though Chris had lost, he still came close to winning.
"So much for privacy," Chris groaned to Sarah, Sam, and Kengake, who had begun to eat lunch with Chris almost every day. Chris began eating his lunch, trying to block out all the screams and shouts. Suddenly, all the screams transformed into quiet mutterings. Chris looked up to see what had happened and a boy in an Obelisk uniform was standing to Chris left. He was about 6 inches taller than Chris, had glasses, brown eyes, and dark hair. There was a radius of about one and a half feet around him, which people seemed afraid to enter. "Can I help you?" Chris asked.
"No, you can't," he said with a slight accent as he reached his hand forward, pushed Chris off the table, and walked to where Chris had been sitting. "It's you that I want."
"HEY! WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE?" Chris demanded.
"That's Brainiac, the second best duelist in the school!" Someone whispered into Chris' ear. "And you don't just talk to him that way! Him, Sachi, and Shadow can do basically anything they want!"
"Huh? Why do you want me?" Sam asked, looking up. The light reflected off his classes, blocking his eyes and causing the lenses to turn white.
"Because," Brainiac chuckled, taking out his deck. "I want to test you."
"I don't think so," Sam sighed, looking down, causing his lenses to become clear again. "I'm not that good, and I bet you'd crush me."
"Yeah, why don't you duel me?" Chris shouted, interrupting Sam. "I mean, didn't you see my awesome duel yesterday?"
"Yes, I did see you lose," Brainiac replied without even turning around to face Chris. "Besides, I want someone who might actually be somewhat of a challenge."
"Why would I be a challenge?" Sam asked.
"I think you know why."
Sam said nothing, and just sadly returned to his lunch and started to slowly eat it.
"Why do you want to challenge him?" Chris yelled, starting to get annoyed.
"Because," Brainiac explained, "Your friend over here not only got every question correct on the written exam, but also finished it quicker than anyone else who took it this year. That makes him most likely the smartest first year here, and I would like to see his aptitude and dueling skills."
"Really?" Chris asked, looking at Sam. "Is this true?"
Sam just quickly gave a small nod.
"That's great!" Chris exclaimed. "Why didn't you tell me or anyone else sooner? Why did you seem so ashamed of that? Why don't you wanna duel?"
"B-because," Sam began but was then interrupted.
"If you don't want to duel, don't," Brainiac sighed. "Think about it. Message me on my PDA with your decision, but be sure to do it by 10 o'clock P.M., tonight." And with that, Brainiac left. People cleared the way as he walked to keep the 1.5-foot radius.
Sam was in his room—alone—sitting at the dining table with his deck in front of him, facedown. What are you so afraid of, Sam? He asked himself. Why won't you duel?
Because I'm afraid!
Yes, I know that already! Argh! I'm not getting anywhere! I know I'm afraid, but… of what?
Losing?
Yes! No! I mean, well… sort of? I guess losing is what I'm afraid of… or maybe not. Maybe not just losing, but…
But what?
But… maybe what people will think of me if I lose… yeah… that's it! That's what I'm afraid of!
But just knowing that doesn't help me…
But maybe it will! I mean, now I know what I'm afraid of, so I know what I need to conquer!
So… I'm afraid of what people will think of me when I lose. I mean if I lose, He quickly corrected himself. People are going to make fun of me, think I'm a bad duelist… I'll be a social outcast. Again.
But will that really happen? I mean, Brainiac is a brainiac, and the second best duelist in the school. And what am I? Just a first year Ra! Is anyone going to making fun of me for losing to someone to someone that great? No! Chris lost to Sachi, and they were congratulating him! I'll do it!
I'll duel Brainiac! He decided after having that conversation with himself. He took his PDA out of his pocket, and just as he was about to record his message for Brainiac, the screen flashed indicating he had a message. He opened it, and Brainiac's face appeared on the screen.
"I'm glad you decided to accept my challenge, Sam," Brainiac smiled. "Our duel will take place tomorrow at 12:15—you should be done with lunch by then—in the Main Dueling Arena in the Cathedral. I look forward to it."
The PDA clicked off and Sam smiled to himself. Man, he really is smart, Sam chuckled as he began to sort through his deck in preparation for his next duel.
Sam walked into arena, where Brainiac was already waiting at the grounded arena, shuffling his deck. Brainiac no longer wore his Obelisk uniform; now he was wearing a white coat, with navy blue pants, and a black shirt and shoes. The diameter of this arena was only about half of the Dueling Coliseum, but it was still quite big. It was mostly white, and most of the seats were filled with students. Sam walked up to his side of the dueling field, took out his deck, and began shuffling.
Battle of the losers, Takashi chuckled to himself. This is gonna be interesting!
Battle of the geniuses, The person who had confronted Takashi earlier thought to himself.
After Sam had finished shuffling, he put his deck on the specified slot—as did Brainiac—and the arena swapped decks, allowing the players to quickly shuffle their opponent's deck. They then placed the decks on the machine again, the decks swapped a second time, and shouted, "Let's Duel!" Brainiac: 4000; Sam: 4000
"I'll go first," Brainiac declared before Sam could, drawing a card(6). "I'll set a monster(5), 3 face-downs(2), and end my turn."
"Well that move was… bland," Sam snorted as he drew his sixth card(6).
"Bland, but good," Brainiac smirked. "Activate trap: Mind Haxorz! This card lets me pay 500 lifepoints to view all cards in your hand, so let's see them!"
Brainiac: 3500; Sam: 4000For a split second, six holographic cards appeared in front of Brainiac, and then just disappeared. "You could memorize all my cards that quickly?" Sam asked, a little surprised.
"Sam, you could show me your entire deck that way for that length of time and I'd be able to memorize it!" Brainiac declared.
"Fine, it doesn't really matter that you know my hand, I'll-"
"I'll activate my other trap!" Brainiac interrupted. "Mind Crush! So now send your Graceful Charity to the graveyard!"
Suddenly Sam grew dizzy, and he started to see double. He had no idea what was going on, and couldn't think straight. He fell to his knees, and everything blacked out for a moment. Then things instantly went back to normal and he got up. When he looked at his hand, he discovered he was missing a card(5), and his Graceful Charity card had been placed on the graveyard pile. "Fine then, I'll just defeat you without Graceful Charity! I'll first summon Skilled Dark Magician(4;1900/1700) in attack mode!"
Yami gasped when he saw the young man in the black robes with the black staff. He uses Dark Magician too? He thought to himself.
"I'll set 2 cards face-down(2), and now I'll have Skilled Dark Magician attack your set monster! Black Magic Blast!" The magician unleashed a ball of shadow energy at the metallic eye that appeared. The eye absorbed the attack, and released a small portion of it back at Sam.
Brainiac: 3500; Sam: 3900"It seems my Cyber Seer's(1000/2000) defense was too much for your mage to handle," Brainiac chuckled. "Oh, and as long as my seer is on the field, I can view any cards you draw!"
"Fine, I'll end my turn," Sam grumbled.
Brainiac drew a card(3) and began talking. "As I'm sure you know, most decks focus on destroying cards on the field, in order to get to your opponent's lifepoints. Well, this deck takes it a step further! You see, these cards go after your hand. If you have no cards in your hand, then you can't put anything on the field, correct? And that is why this deck is going to win! I'll tribute my Cyber Seer to summon Thestalos the Firestorm Monarch(2;2400/1000)! And now a card is randomly sent from your hand to the graveyard!" The mechanical eye disappeared, and then a giant suit of armor with a head covered in bandages appeared. A fireball appeared in the hands of the armor, which was launched at Sam, sending his Magic Cylinder to the graveyard(1). "Now, Thestalos, attack Skilled Dark Magician!"
"Just like you used your traps last turn, I'll use mine this turn!" Sam shouted. "I activate The Magician's Secret, sending my other trap to the graveyard to activate Sakuretsu Armor from my hand(0)!" The face-down card on Sam's field disintegrated, and then Skilled Dark Magician got covered in the familiar blue-gray armor. As soon as Thestalos came in contact with the armor, it exploded. "And now my Magician's Secret has another effect: it can increase the attack of my Skilled Dark Magician by 500! Oh, and the card I sent to the graveyard was Dark Coffin, so now you have to discard a card from your hand."
"That is fine with me," Brainiac smirked. "I knew you were going to do that, so I had this card prepared." He placed a card from his hand to the graveyard(1), and then a black version of Pot of Greed appeared in front of him. "I'll activate my set trap card, known as Pot of Vengeance. This card only be activated when I'm forced to discard a card from my hand by your card effect, and it lets me take two cards to replace what you made me lose(2).
"And of course, you're not the only one able to increase your monsters' attack or defense points. Since you have no cards left, I think I'll start my turn(3)."
"What monsters?" Sam asked. "I've destroyed them all!"
"Yes, and I've destroyed your hand," Brainiac countered. "And if I have no monsters, I'll just summon one! I play the spell Shield Summon(2), summoning my Cyber Seer back, but with 500 more defense points!" The Mechanical Eye appeared again, but with a faint golden glow that increased its defense to 2500. "I'll end my turn with a set spell/trap(1)."
"And of course, my Skilled Dark Magician gains a spell counter because you activated your Shield Summon," Sam said as the black orb on his magician's staff got a faint white glow and he drew a card(1).
"And of course, my Cyber Seer lets me see the card you just drew," Brainiac smiled. The eye unleashed a yellow light at Sam's new card, revealing it to be Excavation of Mage Stones. Without the 2-card cost necessary for his spell card, Sam just sighed and ended his turn as Brainiac took a card from the top of his deck(2). "Now I'll activate my trap that I set last turn, known as Magical Thorn."
"What does that do?" Sam asked as thick, light-blue vines almost completely covered with thorns grew around Sam's graveyard.
"You'll see very soon," Brainiac smirked. "But before I can show you, I'll have to summon my Magic Archer(1;700/1900) in defense mode!" A blonde archer with a forest-green tunic and pants, black leather boots, and a light brown travel tunic appeared. He kneeled on the ground of the arena, and held his giant wooden bow in front of him as a shield. "Now I can activate his effect! I can declare a card name, and if that card is in your hand, it is discarded from your graveyard! And I know that that card you just received is Excavation of Mage Stones!" The archer brought his bow into position, and a golden streak of light appeared in it. He released the bowstring, and the golden arrow flew forward, piercing Sam's card. Sam placed the card into his graveyard(0), but as he did that his hand scraped against the thorns surrounding his graveyard.
Brainiac: 3500; Sam: 3400"Ow! What happened?" Sam cried.
"It was my Magical Thorn," Brainiac explained. "You see, every time you discard a card from your hand to the graveyard, Magical Thorn inflicts you 500 points of damage. And as you can see, that should be happening quite often. I don't have anything else to do, so I'll let you make your move." The crowd was cheering at Brainiac's amazing combo and lockup.
Sam arched his eyebrows down in frustration. He didn't have any monsters to get to Brainiac's lifepoints with, and every time he got a card he couldn't use, he would lose it along with some lifepoints. He drew his card(1), and then his facial expression changed. He looked up and saw that now Brainiac had his brow furrowed. "Guessing from your facial expression, I'm assuming you've seen what I've received!" Sam laughed. "I'll just set it(0) and end my turn."
Brainiac drew a card(2), and now it was his turn to smile. "I play Nobleman of Crossout(1)! This will remove your Old Vindictive Magician(450/600) on your field and the copy in your deck from play!" The blonde man appeared and quickly slashed his sword through the card backing, and then Sam searched his deck. He took a card out, and placed it on the special pile next to his graveyard. "I'll end my turn."
Sam drew his card(1) and smirked. When Brainiac saw it, he frowned. "I play Card of Sanctity(0)!" Sam yelled as coins fell from the sky, allowing Sam and Brainiac to draw 6(6) and 5(6) cards, respectively. Also, the orb on Skilled Dark Magician's staff began to glow a little, so it appeared to be a light gray. "Now, just one more spell card!" Sam shouted. "And I have the perfect one, so I'll play Mage's Battlefield(5)!" The orb glowed so it was snow white. The magician raised his staff, and soon the glow covered his entire body. When it stopped, he was taller, and his robe and staff were dark blue with thin red stripes. His staff also had a small, blue orb. He had dark eyes, light blue skin, and blonde hair. "Meet the Dark Magician(2500+300/2100+300)! Then I'll play Smashing Ground(4) to destroy your Cyber Seer! And to end my turn, I'll have my Dark Magician attack your Magic Archer!" A giant pole-like foot dropped from the sky, crushing the metal eyeball and obliterating the ground around it. The black-clad magician then unleashed his famous dark magic attack at the archer, destroying it.
Brainiac sighed as he drew his card(7). "Sam, I would have thought that you would know better than that."
"Better than what?" Sam asked, a little confused.
"Not to give your opponent too many cards!" Brainiac explained. "For you see, now is when you are really going to be in trouble!"
I wasn't before? Sam asked himself as Brainiac began to play his card combination.
"I'll start off with Onus Ritual(6), sending another Magic Archer in my hand to the graveyard(5) in order to summon Onus Idol(4;400/1100)!" A strange, deep blue altar, with two blue torches with bright orange flames appeared. Also along the altar were several strange, small figurines. Magic Archer appeared on the altar. The flames on the torches turned blue, and began to wrap themselves around the archer. They formed a cocoon of sorts, which then transformed into the Onus Idol. It had a humanoid shape; a head, two arm parts, two leg parts, and a torso. Its 'skin' was the deep shade of blue as the altar. In the middle of its face was a single, red eye with a green pupil. It also had a sky blue circlet, along with a small mouth. Its arms and legs had no hands or feet, and also had purple bracers. The torso had a 'shirt' that was slightly lighter than the 'skin', and also had a brown 'belt'. It rotated its arm parts in front of itself to signify it was in defense.
"That freaky thing is going to beat me?" Sam laughed.
"I would have thought that you would know that looks can be deceiving," Brainiac scolded. "I feel like you're not taking this duel seriously; that you're being… careless. Anyway, I'll summon another Cyber Seer(3) in defense mode. I'll end my turn by equipping my Onus Idol with 2 cards(1): Heart of Clear Water and Ring of Magnetism. I trust that you know what they do?" Brainiac asked as Sam drew his card(5).
Sam silently nodded his head. He knew what it meant: attacks were pointless. But maybe this would help. "Well, since you saw what I drew with Cyber Seer, I'm assuming you know that I'm going to play Pot of Greed(4)!"
"Of course I did," Brainiac smiled as Sam took his cards(6). "And now Cyber Seer lets me see what you drew from your little pot. And now, the effect of my Onus Idol activates! You see, whenever you draw cards, I can declare card names. And the amount of names I can declare is equal to the number of cards you drew."
"So? What does that have to do with anything?" Sam asked.
"So? If you drew any of the cards I declared, they're sent to the graveyard!"
"And with Cyber Seer on the field, you'll always know what I get!" Sam finished as his eyes widened, and again the crowd burst in cheering for Brainiac's spectacular play.
"So now… send your Premature Burial and Magician of Faith(300/400) to the graveyard!" Brainiac demanded.
Sam sighed as he placed the two cards on his graveyard pile(4), causing his hand to be scratched by the giant thorns.
Brainiac: 3500; Sam: 2400Sam sighed. "Any attack I make will the pointless. Each turn, when I draw, that card will be sent to the graveyard, and I'll take 500 points of damage. That gives me five turns to win… And that's just what I intend to do!" Sam yelled, still determined. "I activate Different Dimension Capsule(3), which you should remember from Chris' duel two days ago!"
"Of course I remember," Brainiac said as Sam searched his deck, took a card, and placed it face-down on top of his Old Vindictive Magician.
"I'll end my turn with that. But just remember: 5 turns until I lose.
"2 turns for you."
"We'll see about that," Brainiac laughed as he drew his card(2). "I play Pot of Greed(1) to draw 2 cards from my deck(3)! I'll then play Giant Trunade(2), returning all spells and traps on the field to the owner's hand!" A giant wind picked up, returning the mass of spells that had been on the field to their owner's hands (5). "Then I play Graceful Charity(4), drawing 3 cards(7) and then discarding 2(5). Next I play Trap Warp(4)! By discarding a trap from my hand(3) I can activate Magical Thorn(2) again!" Sam groaned as the vines, which had disappeared grew back around Sam's graveyard. "I'll set a monster(1), and then play another card you should remember from Chris' duel: Book of Taiyou(0)! Now my Morphing Jar(700/600) activates, forcing you to discard your hand! And with 5 cards in your hand, that's 2500 damage, just enough for me to win!"
"Well, I guess you're victorious," Sam smiled weakly as he placed his hand on his graveyard pile, giving him the deepest cut so far.
Brainiac: 3500; Sam: 0"Good game," Sam quietly said as he gathered up his cards, with the small smile still on his face. Well, I lost. But it was against Brainiac, so who can blame me? Sam thought as he exited the arena.
His question was quickly answered.
As soon as he left through the arena, there were two Obelisks waiting for him. The first one was a little above average height, had a semi-muscular frame, and had spiky red hair. The second one was about an inch shorter than the first, was skinny, and had short blonde hair.
"Hey, there's the loser!" The first one teased.
"Yeah, did you see how bad his duel went?" The blonde asked.
"Of course! The only thing worse than his deck is his face!" The redhead smirked as Sam's right eye began to water.
"What about his strategy?"
"Or his voice!"
"Oh wait," They both said in unison as Sam's eyes began to water even more. He tried to keep it in, but he could feel it was going to come out any second. "Everything about him is horrible!"
"Hey, knock it off you two!" Sam heard someone said just before the water was going to release. He looked up and saw Chris there, standing in front and to the right of Sam. "He dueled great! Besides, it was against Brainiac!"
"Yeah," Sarah, who was now in front and to the left of Sam, said. "And I'm sure Sam could duel circles around you two! And if he doesn't want to…"
"We'd be happy to show you!" finished Kengake, who was visibly holding his deck. He stood in between Sarah and Chris, completing the wall between Sam and the bullies.
Well, Sam happily thought as the tears began to go away. I may have lost all my lifepoints, but… at least I haven't lost my friends.
Aww... yay sappy endings!! And I think you all know what time it is... review time! Yay! XD
Card of the Day
Magical Thorn
Continuous Trap
When your opponent's card(s) in their hand are discarded to the graveyard, inflict 500 points of damage to their Life Points for each card that was discarded.
Original Cards
Cyber Seer; level 3; Machine/Effect/DARK; 1000/2000; As long as this card remains face-up on the field, you can view any cards your opponent draws.
The Magician's Secret; Trap; You can only activate this card when you have a spellcaster-type monster on your side of the field. Destroy one trap card on your field (excluding this card) to activate a trap card from your hand. Then increase the ATK of a face-up spellcaster-type monster on your side of the field by 500 for as long as it remains face-up on the field.
Pot of Vengeance; Trap; You can only activate this card when you discard a card(s) from your hand to the graveyard by an effect controlled by your opponent. Draw 1 card from your deck.
Shield Summon; Spell; Special summon one monster in defense mode from your graveyard that was sent to the graveyard while in defense mode. Increase the DEF of that monster by 500 for as long as it remains face-up on the field.
Magic Archer; level 4; Warrior/Effect/EARTH; 700/1900;Once per turn, declare 1 card name. If your opponent has a declared card(s) in his/her hand, discard all of the declared card(s) to the Graveyard. If you activate this card's effect, this card cannot attack this turn.
Mage's Battlefield; Field Spell; Increase the ATK and DEF of all spellcaster-type monsters by 300. Also, you may use monster card zones for spells.
Onus Ritual; Ritual Spell; This card is used to Ritual Summon "Onus Idol". You must also offer monsters whose total Level Stars equal 3 or more as a Tribute from the field or your hand.
Onus Idol; level 3; Rock/Ritual/EARTH; 400/1100; This monster can only be Ritual Summoned with the Ritual Magic Card, "Onus Ritual" or "Tri-God Ritual". You must also offer monsters whose total Level Stars equal 3 or more or exactly 12 as a Tribute from the field or your hand. Whenever your opponent draws a card(s), declare a number of card name(s) equal to the number of card(s) drawn. If any of the drawn cards are the declared card names, discard them to the graveyard. This card cannot be attacked as long as "Ludos Idol" is face-up on your side of the field.
Trap Warp; Spell; Discard 1 trap from your hand. Activate 1 trap from your hand.
Next Time: Senri Eye
