Total Eclipse: Duel 4/ Daichi and The Butterfly
He groans as he stands up, from beneath his hood gold eyes surveys his surroundings. He looks disheartened as nothing but darkness is around him he sighs, the sigh of a man who has seen the same thing every day for thousands of years. He shoulders his pain and continues his trek through this world of nothingness, a promise pushing him on. He groans as he walks, from beneath his hood gold eyes start through…
"Soubou Sora!" came a roar from the bottom of the room.
Sora shot up groggily looking around. Most of the room was full of rows of seats on row above the other, the seats left of him were full of red students and those on the right were blue students. Around where he was sitting was full of yellow students. At the bottom of the room stood a middle-aged grey haired man wearing a blue uniform, he had blue eyes, a gray beard and was wearing think horn-rimmed glasses.
"Were you having a nice nap?" the man asked annoyed
"Yes" came Sora's tired reply.
Daichi face-palmed.
"Well, what were you dreaming of? Would you like to share it with the class?"
"You're being weird this morning Daichi, is everything alr-"
"Sora, you're in class!" Daichi cut in.
"Eh-Uh-Oh Cr-"
"Be silent Sora!" the teacher shouted "Enough of your childish antics, your disrupting the whole class and wasting ti-"
As the teacher was about to finish the school bell began ringing.
"For homework class, read pages 10 and 11 of your text book and do questions 1-5 on page 12, as for you, Sora please come down here"
Sora sighed.
Daichi groaned as he exited the school building at the end of the day, around him students were milling around. Sora had been held back after school for the third time this week, if it weren't for Sora's dueling skills Daichi doubted he'd even be allowed in this school. As for company; Kenchiro was hanging around with that Takeru guy and Shido rarely showed up for school, or at least Daichi rarely saw him.
"Maybe I should just head back to the dorm" he wondered aloud.
"You really shouldn't talk to yourself, hun , people will think you're crazy" someone said behind him.
Daichi lazily looked behind him "You are?"
"I'm the number one hunk after the hearts of all the pretty young girls here, hun, the names Akemi, Saga Akemi" replied Akemi, Akemi had long pink hair, his left eye was yellow and his right eye green, he had green eye liner on his left eye and yellow on his right, he was thin and around 5'9, his Ra yellow uniform was a size too big on him and the shoes had been replaced by black cowboy boots.
Daichi frowned "You're a boy, but your name is Akemi?"
"Do you have a problem, hun?" Akemi asked, Daichi shrugged "Do you have any other question, hun"
"Nope" Daichi asked.
"I was go-"
"Big brother" a girl shouted
Akemi looked relieved as a blonde haired girl wearing a female Ra yellow uniform nearly tackled him to the ground with a hug, she had large blue eyes.
"Nanami, you look great in your uniform, dear." He said embracing his sister.
Daichi shrugged and began walking off, when Mizuki walked up to him.
"Has that stupid idiot gotten out yet?" she growled.
"No, not yet" He replied.
Mizuki sighed as Nanami shrieked "look Mizu-zu I found big brother Akemi!"
"M-Mizu-zu?" Daichi asked nearly laughing.
Mizuki sweat dropped "Hello" she growled shaking Akemi's hand "My name is Mizuki"
"Hello, dear. I'm Akemi, Nanami's big brother"
Daichi sighed and once again began walking off.
"Where are you going, hun?" Akemi asked
"I'm going to find someone to duel" Daichi replied.
"I'll duel you, hun" Akemi replied.
"Heh, why not" Daichi retorted activating his duel disk "I need to gather more information anyway"
"Information?" Akemi asked activating his duel disk "Are you looking for new ways to pick up some of the pretty ladies here?"
"Not quite"
"Come on big brother, you can win this!" roared Nanami
"Show us what you can do Daichi" called Mizuki.
"DUEL" they both shouted in unison
(A: 4000)(D: 4000)
"I'll go first" Akemi said adding a sixth card to his hand (H:6) "I set a monster card, now you may go, hun"
"That's a pretty short turn" Daichi mused.
"There's not much else I can do" Akemi replied "I got a bad draw" (H:5)
(A: 4000)(D: 4000)
"Draw!" Daichi shouted adding a card to his hand (H:6)
"I activate the effect of the monster card Provoking Ant, which is currently in my hand" Akemi said showing Daichi the card "This card-"
"I know what it does, I am forced to show you my hand, you then pick a monster in my hand and I must summon said monster within three turns, or else I lose the top 5 cards of my deck" Daichi cut-in.
"Cor-rect" laughed Akemi looking at the cards Daichi was showing him "I choose the one in the centre"
"Alright" Daichi replied, he looked at the card and slammed it down into his duel disk "I summon the monster you picked, Cold World Priestess (4/Water/Spellcaster/Effect/1500/100)(A blue skinned woman with white hair in a long white dress), when she attacks spell/trap cards can't be activated."
"That doesn't matter at the moment" Akemi replied.
"I was just pointing it out" Daichi said in return, he then pointed at his Akemi's face-down monster "Now Priestess; freeze his monster, Frozen Requiem Wind!"
Daichi's Priestess summoned a violin made of ice and began playing an eerie shrieking melody, suddenly the wind picked up and the field began to freeze. Akemi said nothing as his monster exploded into smoke and pixels.
Sora sighed as he continued to right vigorously into a notepad. The professor was typing on his laptop, he stared at the fifteen year-old student every five seconds, and every six he cursed vehemently at his work and had to press the erase button. Sora placed his pen down and began to stretch.
"Back to work Sora!" yelled the professor.
"But Professor Nakamura I was just stretching!"
"Never start sentences with a preposition" Nakamura replied
"But is a conjunction!"
"It depends on the situation" Nakamura retorted "Besides never start a sentence with a conjunction either"
"I was still only stretching"
"You now have pages 72 and 73 for homework!" Nakamura shouted "NOW BACK TO WORK!"
Sora sighed and wrote vigorously on his notepad once more.
"It seems that you've rushed in without thinking, hun" Akemi whispered "You destroyed my Spiteful Caterpillar (L:4/Earth/Insect/Effect/ 800/800), when he's destroyed you lose the top four cards of your deck"
"Okay" Daichi mumbled taking the four cards from atop his deck and placing them into the graveyard.
"And I can special summon one Spiteful Cocoon (6/Earth/Insect/Effect/0/2100)" Akemi smiled as a large black cocoon covered in pulsing red vein like things "In five turns my cocoon will disappear and my ultimate monster will appear"
"I've never heard of these monsters before..." Daichi said scratching his chin "Are they one of a kind?"
"Yes" Akemi replied.
"Come on big bro!" screamed Nanami.
A crowd soon gathered around the duel. Some cheered for Akemi while most just whispered among themselves. Mizuki just starred around apathetically at the crowd.
"I guess I'll end my turn with a face-down" Daichi sighed. (H:4)
(A: 4000)(D: 4000) (SC: 5-4)
"Just four more turns" Akemi said drawing a card (H: 6)
"So what is this one of a kind card you're going to summon?" Daichi asked
"I'll tell you this, it has an effect that makes my opponent mind his own business" Akemi said scanning his hand.
"If it makes him mind his own business, what does it do to women?" Daichi retorted
"Let's just say that's not PG rated" Akemi replied
"..." Daichi just stared at his opponent "Just make your damn move"
"With pleasure, I summon a monster in defence position" Akemi said as a sideways face-down card appeared in front of him "I'll just set these two trap cards"
"You gave away what type of cards they were" Daichi said starring oddly
"Woops, I guess I did" Akemi replied "I end my turn" (H:3)
(A:4000)(D:4000)(4-3)
"I draw" Daichi said adding a card to his hand (H:5)
"I activate my trap Spiders Poison" Akemi smiled as a small spider flew out of his trap and bit his opponents hand "Every turn during your standby phase you lose one card off the top of your deck, beginning now"
"Okay" Daichi replied placing a card from the top of his deck into the graveyard "I'll summon my newly drawn Cold World Knight (4/Water/Warrior/Effect/1800/1200)(A suit of armor made of ice holding a large bastard sword made of ice)"
"Powerful, I wonder what he does" Akemi whistled.
The crowd continued to mumble among themselves. One shouted something out but Daichi was unable to hear him.
"My Knight will attack your face-down monster!"
"I activate my trap card Attack Toll, in order to attack you must send cards from your deck equal to the level of the monster that is attacking" Akemi retorted smiling sweetly.
"My attack must continue, so I have to follow through with your cards effect" Daichi said placing the top four cards of his deck into the graveyard"
The cold world Knight lunged forward and sliced the face-down card in twain, from the card needle worm appeared for a second.
"My monsters effect activates so you must send the top five cards of your deck to the graveyard!" Akemi shouted.
"My monster has an effect too; it negates the effect of monsters it attacks!" Daichi retorted as needle worm began to freeze and then shattered.
This was met with a wild shout from the back of the crowd. Daichi frowned, it couldn't be...He looked towards the back of the crowd and saw...
Sora stretched his arms as he exited the school building, a large bag of books slung over his shoulders. He stared at the crowd huddling a few metres from him for a few minutes, before shrugging and walking over to join in. He surveyed the centre of the crowd, he smiled as he noticed that it was Daichi duelling, he frowned when he saw his opponent.
Suddenly Daichi summoned a monster that looked like a knight "Don't attack his face-down monster! It's obviously needle worm!" Sora yelled out as Daichi was about to order his monsters to attack.
He stared as Daichi ignored his advice and destroyed the monster, when needle worm's effect was negated he yelled out once more. "Guess I was wrong Daichi...my bad!"
Daichi shook his head as he noticed Sora. Akemi, for his part remained silent.
"I guess I'll end my turn now" Daichi said gesturing for Akemi to make his move. (H:4)
(A:4000)(D:4000)(3-2)
"Draw time" Akemi said snatching a card from the top of his deck. (H:4)
"So...are you going to make a move?" Daichi asked after Akemi continued to stare at his hand for five minutes.
"No need to rush me" Akemi replied before picking a card "I summon a monster in face-down defence position, and set a card, your turn" (H:2)
(A:4000)(D:4000)(2-1)
"This is my last chance to destroy that cocoon before he can summon his ultimate card" Daichi thought as he laid his hand on the top card of his deck "I just need that card!"(H:5)
Flash Back
"Daichi" said a loud booming voice.
The ten year old Daichi turned to see his father walking across the large field, which was their back garden. Daichi smiled at his father and his father smiled back. His father bent down to meet his son's height and placed his hand into his pocket.
"Daichi I have something for you..."
End
Daichi tore the card from his deck in a slashing motion, his eyes firmly shut. "Not what I was expecting...but it'll do" he thought staring at the card.
"It seems like you got a good draw, hun" Akemi said as Daichi smiled.
"I am going to destroy your cocoon with this card" he said slamming the card into his duel disk "I tribute my Knight and priestess to summon Cold World Emperor (8/Water/Warrior/2700/1200)(A large blue skinned man wearing a helmetless suit of white armor, holding a glowing sword made of ice)"
"This does not bode well..."
"Now attack my Cold World Emperor, destroy his cocoon with Frozen Wind Slash!" Daichi roared as he put the top 8 cards of his deck into the graveyard, then his monster swung his sword horizontally and from the movement a large gust of wind flew towards the cocoon.
"...for you" Akemi said as his trap revealed itself.
"What do you mean?"
"My trap Substitution allows me to redirect your attack towards another monster on my field and I chose my face down monster" Akemi laughed as his face-down monster flipped face up and needle worm was revealed.
"Crap!" Daichi shouted as his monsters attack cut needle worm in two, he then placed the top five cards of his deck into the graveyard "I hate needle worm"
The crowd began mumbling again, some were cheering Akemi on, others cheering on Daichi. Sora was shouting something out again, but it fell on deaf ears.
"I end my turn" Daichi said staring at the ground. (H:4)
(A:4000)(D:4000)(1-0)(Daichi's deck: 15 cards)
"Draw" Akemi said smiling (H: 3)
"Well let's see this monster of awesome destruction" Daichi groaned.
"Since you waited so long I guess it would be mean to refuse" Akemi replied "My cocoon has been on the field for five turns which means I can sacrifice him to summon my ultimate monster"
The cocoon began to shatter; first a long insect leg burst forth, then five more. Finally the rest of the insect flew out. The insect was a large butterfly, it had the face of a beautiful woman, and wings that were silvery white. Its legs and main body were glowing gold colour. It had a heart pattern colored the same as his main body on its wings.
"That's...it" Daichi said staring in awe.
"This is my ultimate monster my Beautiful Queen Butterfly!" (8/Dark/Insect/Effect/2850/2000) Akemi shouted as his monster stretched its wings
"Does...does it have an effect?" Daichi asked, he stared around at the crowd, all were silent.
"You've never used that before big brother" Nanami whispered.
Ignoring his sisters comment Akemi said "On the first turn he is summoned she can attack twice"
"Balls" Daichi sighed.
"Attack my Queen! Beautiful Tornado!" shouted Akemi as his monster spun around in the air creating a large glittering tornado, the tornado sucked up Daichi's monster before shooting right back at Daichi.
"Grah!" Daichi yelped as he collided with his monster, knocking him to the ground (D: 4000-150-2850=1000)
"You can't win against my Butterfly Daichi" Akemi gloated "She's just to beautiful."
"..." Daichi stood up, stretching his neck.
"Nothing to say? I guess I'll just end my turn"(H:3)
(A:4000)(D:1000)(Daichi's deck: 15 cards)
"Okay, I have monster reborn in my hand...If I could just draw that" Daichi thought, once more placing his hand onto his deck.
Flashback
"Daichi, since it's your tenth birthday, your mother and I thought it would be best to give you something precious to us both" Daichi's father said producing a card from his pocket.
"Is that..." Daichi began
"It's my favourite synchro monster" Daichi's father said "I've never lost using this card, hopefully you'll get the same luck I did"
"Thank you Da-Father"
"Happy birthday son"
End
"Here goes nothing" Daichi said, his voice a mere whisper as he pulled his card out in a horizontal slashing motion, his eyes wide open "Yes!" (H: 5)(Deck:14)
"Let's see what you can do!" Akemi roared.
"I activate my spell card, Monster Reborn, to bring back Cold World Knight (4/Water/Warrior/Effect/1800/1200)(A suit of armor made of ice holding a large bastard sword made of ice)" Daichi's monster appeared beside him and seemed to nod at his decision "Next I'll summon the tuner monster Cold World Robin (2/Water/Winged-Beast/Effect/Tuner/1000/1000)(A small bird made of ice)"
"A level six synchro monster? He'd have to have one hell of an effect" Akemi wondered aloud.
The crowd began to talk amongst themselves, Sora was the only one not confused by the sudden turn of events "It's Daichi; he knows what he's doing…probably"
"I am going to tune my Level 2 Cold World Robin, to my level 4 Cold World Knight to summon my ultimate card!" Daichi roared as his Cold world robin turned into two rings which encircled his Cold World Knight "Beast of Frozen Mountains, hear my call, hide no longer, synchro summon, roar in anger, fear and hatred, Cold World Yeti" A large ape like being appeared beside Daichi, it stood up straighter than an ape and had glowing blue eyes, and snow white fur, the bits of skin not covered by fur were a blue-grey colour (6/Water/Beast-Warrior/Effect/Synchro/1800/1500)
"That's it!" laughed Akemi, a lot of the crowd joined in as well.
Then Daichi began laughing "I think you should pay attention to the field!"
"What do you...?" suddenly Akemi's monster and trap cards began to freeze "What's happening?"
"When my Yeti is synchro summoned, all cards except it are destroyed" Daichi replied.
"I bet you didn't know that when my monster is destroyed by a monster, through battle or effect you lose cards from the top of your deck equal to twice that monsters level!" retorted Akemi as Daichi placed twelve cards into his graveyard.
"That doesn't matter at the moment (Deck: 2)" Daichi said as his monster began to glow "My Cold World Yeti has a second effect, he gains 200 attack points for every cold World monster in the grave"
"So he has 2600 attack points?"
"Wrong!" Daichi replied shaking his head "You have now nearly completely destroyed my deck"
"H-how much monsters are in your graveyard?" Akemi asked sweating
"You've sent all the monsters in my deck to the graveyard!" Daichi shouted as his monster roared in triumph (CWY= 1800+(20x200)= 5800).
"Holy crap!" screamed Akemi stepping backwards.
"Cold World Yeti end this! Avalanche Fist!" Daichi roared, his monster than jumped up into the air before punching Akemi with a downward fist covered in ice.
"YAAH!" roared Akemi as he was hit full force by Daichi's monster (A:0)
The crowd cheered as Daichi walked over to Akemi and offering him his hand "That was a great duel Akemi"
"You were excellent, hun" Akemi said taking Daichi's hand.
The crowd began to clear, Sora ran over to Daichi and without a word they left for their dorm. Akemi walked in the opposite direction heading instead to the infirmary.
Akemi rounded the corner leading to the infirmary and found Zakuro standing outside. Zakuro nodded his hello and Akemi returned the gesture.
"What do you think?" Zakuro asked walking over to Akemi.
"He's definitely a great duellist, he might even give you a run for your money, hun" Akemi replied patting Zakuro on the shoulder "But he'd still fall before the council"
"No one can beat us" Zakuro confirmed "Especially not some first years"
"What about Takeru, and that Sora guy?"
"Sora is powerful, but not strong enough to beat us" Zakuro said as he was about to round the corner "Takeru on the other hand should be easy to take out"
Akemi walked straight into the infirmary and over to a bed near the window. Lying in the bed was a white haired tanned student, he had odd golden eyes.
"How are you feeling Masashi?" Akemi asked "Will you be returning to class soon?"
"I don't know Akemi" replied Masashi he sounded far away "Maybe in a few more days…"
"Hopefully" replied Akemi sitting down next to the bed.
"Zakuro said you were in a duel earlier" Masashi said tilting his head slightly "How was it?"
"It was good" Akemi replied "It was against a first year named Daichi…"
Some will notice the fact that this chapter is different than the description I gave in the last chapter, well I mulled it over and if I had used the first draft of this chapter than I'd have moved to far along with the plot so I've changed the description in the last chapter to match this chapter.
Anyways I hoped you liked it and Chapter five will hopefully be out within the week, hopefully.
Next Time,
Shido: Why can't I be like Daichi or Sora?
Tsuyoshi: Because you give up before you try Shido.
Shido: Who… are…you?
Tsuyoshi: I'm the person who will teach you how to be a better duellist.
?(1): Kagoshima Tsuyoshi, we challenge you to a duel.
?(2): Be prepared for our awesome might.
Tsuyoshi: Come on Shido, a tag duel will help you to become a better duellist.
Shido: But…We'll just lose.
Next time,
In the aftermath of Daichi's duel with Akemi, Shido is reminded of his defeat at Takeru's hand and how useless he is. However the 3rd best Duellist and main male heartthrob at the academy, Kagoshima Tsuyoshi is prepared to do whatever it takes to show Shido that he Is not useless. Meanwhile two unknown duellists challenge Tsuyoshi and Shido to a duel, while Sora and Daichi finally meet their elusive roommate.
Next time,
Duel 5, Tag Team Trouble
Shido: I think…I know…I will win this time.
? : Hello, my name is…