Here's chapter 2 of my new Yu-Gi-Oh fanfic. This time a duel between two forces of legendary proportions; Ancient Egypt against Astrology.
DISCLAIMER: ALL THE CREDIT FOR YU-GI-OH GOES TO KAZUKI TAKAHASHI AND SHONEN JUMP. I OWN ONLY SOME OF THE OCs AND THE DECKS USED BY THEM.
Duel II: Pyramid Party; Egyptian Spirits v. Zodiacs
As the helicopter blades cut through the air most of the applicants who had won their duels were excitedly looking out at the volcanic island. Two of which being Destiny and the young boy from the duels before with the symbols lining his clothes. The third person, the older boy who looked more like a demon, stared at the two of them with cold eyes.
When the helicopter landed the new students went onto the island with Destiny, and the two boys bringing the rear. Inside the building the new students were given blazers divided into three colors; red, yellow, and blue just as the older boy explained the dorm situation.
Destiny and the two boys found themselves clad in red. The three walked together to the dorm to find it was more like a hotel that needed a visit from the board of health. Destiny smiled at the other two gaining a smile from the younger boy and an indifferent look from the older boy. Inside the dorm the three found the entire building empty save an old man living on the bottom floor with a computer on his desk.
"Dorm head." The older boy said.
The three inspected the dorm to find no sign of anyone their and decided which room would be occupied by which person. Destiny gained the room directly above the dorm head; the younger of the two boys got the dorm to the right of her, while the older boy took the dorm farthest from the other two. The three spent most of the day moving in to their rooms when they heard a bell ringing and looked out their doors to find the dorm head calling them down for dinner.
At the dinner table Destiny and the younger boy took a seat in front while the older boy sat near the back. The old man came in stroking his long beard and looking at the three students.
"Hello, children. My name is Professor Ninomiya, and I would like to take this opportunity to get to know all three of you. To be honest I haven't taught in 20 years so I'm a little out of practice. Let's start with you on the end." The old man explained.
"My name is Destiny; I have a real obsession for fortune telling and astrology." Destiny slightly embarrassed at telling her interest.
"I'll make sure to stock up on newspapers. Now you young man." Ninomiya said.
"Like I didn't see that comment coming." The boy in the back thought.
"My name is Amun, I've spent a lot of time overseas in Egypt, so I gained accelerated learning from the University at Cairo, and I find a large favor in Egyptian mythology." The younger boy said.
"And now you, in the back." Ninomiya said towards the boy in the back.
"Name's are meaningless, just call me Tao. I don't have a particular interest in much of anything." He said keeping his head propped on his head on his arm.
"Well, for now let's enjoy each other's company" Ninomiya said and then turning to Tao, "for the most part."
Tao shot him a cross look and got up to leave.
"You'll be found out eventually." Ninomiya whispered to him.
"Yeah, we'll see about that." Tao whispered back.
"What was that about?" Amun asked gorging himself with the bento prepared.
"Don't worry about it. Y'know you two should duel tomorrow." Ninomiya said changing the subject.
"Hmm, why?" Destiny said with a full face of rice.
"Things like truth always come out when it comes to dueling. Well what do you say? Are you two tough enough to duel with each other even though you're new to each other?" Ninomiya asked.
"As if you need to ask." Destiny said.
"I'm all for it." Amun said and the three went back to their rooms.
Alone in his room Tao stared at the wall contemplating, "She would've gone for the card closest to the deck, it's an idiosyncrasy it doesn't make sense. What is that girl? I won't rest I figure it out. I need a catalyst to bring that power out."
Tao's train of thought was interrupted by Ninomiya when he entered the room.
"What do you want, old man?" Tao asked slightly annoyed.
"Just wanted to tell you that Destiny and Amun were going to be dueling tomorrow on the area in front of the dorm. Just thought you'd be interested." He said leaving after telling him and smiling to himself.
"Perfect"
The next morning Ninomiya and Tao watched the two challengers from the deck on the dorm. Tao watched both duelists intently as more students began to draw a crowd around the two duelists, but none would go near the dorm itself. Ninomiya raised his hand and brought it down initiating the duel to begin.
"Duel!" the two said in unison as two Life Point gauges both read 4000.
"Ladies first." Amun offered.
"Fine I will. Draw! I summon Zodiac Tauros (600/2000) in defense mode! And when this card is normal summoned I select two monster card zones and as long as this card remains on the field you can't use them for anything! Next I'll play a card face-down and end my turn."
"Clever, but now it's my draw. And I summon Egyptian Spirit Ammit (1800/100)! Next, I play face-down cards and activate the Field Spell card Tomb of the Pharaoh!"
The area around the two duelists changed to a large pyramid with an open chamber leading into it.
"What is that?" Destiny asked.
"Nothing good for you." Tao thought to himself.
"We'll worry about that later. For now it's your turn, Destiny."
"Fine, draw!" Destiny declared.
"And now the effect of my Tomb of the Pharaoh activates. I can discard one card and then I select one card in my hand and you guess whether it's a Spell, Trap, or Monster card if you guess right I take one thousand points of damage, but if you guess wrong than you have to discard all the cards in your hand that are the same type of the card I chose." Amun said.
"Just what I needed." Tao thought."Show me your power, Destiny; show me you have the power that I am seeking. If you have that strength to see past the surface, then you should be able to see it without even breaking a sweat."
Destiny stood there for several seconds and looked around and saw Tao staring down at her through the simulated desert. She closed her eyes and opened them after several seconds.
"…Spell…" she said after hesitating.
"Idiot" Tao thought.
"Sorry, this is a Trap card. Now any Trap cards in your hand are automatically discarded." Amun said as he discarded a monster card from his hand.
Destiny discarded two cards in her hand and looked at her other cards in her hand. Tao stood up straight and began to leave when Ninomiya put a hand on his shoulder.
"Don't leave yet." He said with hard eyes.
"She doesn't have the power I'm looking for."
"Maybe because she needs a more powerful catalyst. Remember, when she used it before she was up against a very powerful spirit. Maybe Amun needs to summon his powerful spirit of the desert."
"Amun. He is the advent of the pharaoh who ruled in that time isn't he?" Tao asked.
"You would think so, but the pharaoh of Seti never would have an advent, but maybe a different spirit dwells inside him. These people aren't like you, they don't know." Ninomiya said.
"They will, if I ever have anything to say about it." Tao said.
Back to the duel Destiny pulled one of the cards in her hand and summoned it in attack mode.
"Zodiac Scorpio (1700/1000), and like my Taurus it prevents you from using two of your Spell or Trap cards zones. Now I activate the Spell card Solar Alignment, now any Special Summon counts as a Normal Summon instead. I end my turn."
"Fine, now to show you the true power of ancient Egypt. Draw! Now, I activate the Spell card Osiris' Second Chance! According to legend Osiris was the god of the underworld and therefore this card has the power to free an Egyptian Spirit from that bond Osiris has on it."
"But you don't have any monsters in the Graveyard." Destiny stated.
"Think again, when I activated my Tomb of the Pharaoh I had to discard a card, and now I'll resurrect that monster. Egyptian Spirit Anubis (2800/2000), rise from your grave."
The ground below Amun began to break around him and out of it jumped out the Egyptian lord of the dead. Anubis took a fighting stance as the monster put a chain around Ammit.
"What's with the pet on the leash?" Destiny asked.
"Whenever Ammit and Anubis are on the field at the same side of the field both of their effects activate; Ammit destroys a monster while Anubis negates the effect of Taurus to absolutely. Ammit, sick 'em!" he commanded as Ammit jumped up and chomped down on the Scorpio destroying it into multiple shards. "And Anubis, free me from the bonds of that overgrown hamburger!" he commanded to his other monster as it jumped up and sliced through one of Taurus' horns negating the effect. "Now I activate the Spell card Pyramid Reaction!"
"With that Destiny's final move will have to be her greatest yet." Tao thought.
"With Pyramid Reaction one of my Egyptian Spirits gains an effect that whenever I attack a defense mode monster you take the difference between my monster's attack points and your monster's defense points." Amun explained. "So now, Anubis attacks Taurus and now you'll take the damage. Judgment Break!"
Anubis sliced through the astral bull and went right into Destiny's Life Points from 4000-3200.
"Now, Ammit attacks your Life Points directly. Soul Cruncher!"
Ammit launched itself in the air and attacked Destiny directly dropping her from 3200-1400. Tao continued to glare at the two duelists and looked back over at Ninomiya.
"You're going somewhere with this?" Tao asked.
"Wait for it. Destiny has this duel won."
"How do you know?"
"Take a look at her eyes."
Tao looked over at Destiny whose eyes seemed to be more and more confident.
"The spirit." Tao said.
"Exactly…" Ninomiya said in affirmation.
"Guess it's time to turn up the heat." Destiny said rather confidently.
"That is if you can get past my Tomb of the Pharaoh. What is this card?" Amun said dangling the card in front of him.
"You think you could make things a bit harder? Because the card in your hand is like every other in your hand; monster." Destiny said.
"Humph, guess you're right. So now I take the damage." Amun said as his Life Point gauge dropped from 4000-3000. "Looks like my greatest barrier is my greatest destroyer.
"Spirits are the catalyst. Now to find the source of her power." Tao thought to himself.
"Now I summon Zodiac Sagittarius (1900/1000), and when this card is Normal Summoned I can automatically destroy one monster whose attack is less than or equal to itself. Sagittarius, take out that Ammit, Fire Arrow Disintegration!"
Sagittarius took aim and shot an arrow straight into the center of Ammit destroying into the small shards.
"Now I activate the Trap card Star Gazer Path. With this card I can bring one Zodiac monster from my deck that is the same attribute as the one on the field. So I bring my Zodiac Leo to my hand and now I'm gonna finish this with this Spell Card, Celestial Fusion. With this I can fuse Zodiacs together for my greatest companions. So I fuse three Zodiacs; Aries, Leo, and Sagittarius to make the Celestial Emissary Ignis (3000/2500)!"
The three Zodiacs began spiraling throughout the sky and came back as one giant monster made entirely from stars, magma, and fire spouts.
"When I summon I select one card in your hand, say that extra Ammit monster in your hand and now you discard it, and now all monsters you control are destroyed! Ignis, Magma Rage!"
The giant volcano spouted out a flame that landed on the Egyptian lord and reducing it to nothing.
"You may have destroyed my Anubis, but try and get past this, Scarab Ruby!" Amun said as a Trap card revealed itself as a black ruby. "With this I take no damage after one of my Egyptian Spirit monsters is destroyed by an effect."
"Sorry, but this is over, Neptune's Tsunami!" Destiny said revealing another trap card with a swirling vortex of water. "With this I automatically negate the effect of any Trap card at the cost of half my Life Points." As her Life Point gauge dropped from 1400-700. "Now, Ignis, Celestial Eruption!"
The large monster shot out another spout of magma that fell on Amun dropping his Life Point gauge from 3000-0. Amun kept a strange smile on his face as he took Destiny's hand when she offered it.
"To tell the truth, I was hoping you'd get that card wrong so I could've won." Amun said.
"Well, you can't win 'em all." Destiny said. "But I had fun indefinitely."
Tao looked at the two of them and smiled to himself maliciously."To think, I've searched my whole life for people like them and now I'm so close and they were from the same school I went to so long ago. Just you wait, this isn't over."
The two raised their arms up in achievement while Ninomiya applauded and noticed Tao gone into his room.
"I think this year will be the most exciting one ever in the history of this school. I wish the three of you the best in life, and now to get some tea."
Chapter two complete. Remember to send in those ideas for the OCs I can use later on, and keep them as private messages to keep everything secret.
When a beauty queen gets a bone to pick with one of the Slifer dorm members it will show a dark side of the dorm and maybe a light side to it at the same time. Next time: By Light and Shadow; Tao v. Magick. Until next time, sayonara.