Yu-gi-oh
No Limits
Chapter 24-Round one begins
By Kevin Jones
Authors Note: Sorry it's taken so long with this one, been really busy but I promise to try and be more consisitant in the future.
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11:58, only 2 more minutes before the King's Championship begins. I'm currently in my Earth Science class and we're supposed to be working on lab on weather… or something like that, but right now I'm more worried about things running smoothly. 11: 59, in theory, the letter that will tell me who my first opponent is, will be in my mail box over in the dorm building. The only problem with that is that the first 2 rounds of the tournament will be during the school day, and there's no way my teachers going to let me out because I have a duel to get to. I tried that excuse once before, it didn't work. Noon, now if I'm correct the phone should start ringing right about- and here we go.
"Hello," for those of you who don't know, my teacher in this class is named Mrs. Sanders, although to be perfectly honest she looks more like Colonel Sanders than anything else.
"Rhodes," yes Colonel, "apparently you've been called down to guidance."
"…Works for me."
I grab my stuff and dash out. As I close the door behind me, I look around to see if anyone is around... nope, to the exit I go.
I should probably explain. When I got back to school yesterday, Vanessa grabbed me by the arm and brought me to the principal's office. Turns out the same FBI Agents from the whole Arcadia thing have a man on the inside. They were also able to bug all 4 of us, how? I don't know.
It also turns out that the man they have on the inside is the same guy who was smoking yesterday. It also turns out the reason he was smoking was because he had a tiny camera in his cigarette, crazy, I know.
After that they told me everything they knew about Segas. They didn't know much more than what I already knew. They did, however, tell me that they would help all 3 of us make sure we made it to our matches on time, hens, me having to go to Guidance.
Good, I've made it to the dorm building without incident but it doesn't look like the guy they have watching the place, FBI Agent Fury, hasn't noticed anything out of the ordinary.
"Oh Mr. Rhodes," he begins, "it looks like you made it here alright but I hate to tell you but no one has been around."
They've got Fury behind the mail sorter desk and it looks like he's actually organized- wait a minute.
"If they haven't showed up yet, then why is there an envelope in my square?"
Confused, he turns around and nearly jumps as he sees that there really is a letter in my square.
"But, but how, I've been here all day and no one has so much as even asked about you."
"No point in trying to find that out now."
I get on to the counter and jump over. I pull out the letter and open it.
Dear Mr. Rhodes
Congratulations on making it to your letter. Now then, in order to find your first challenge you must be able to scratch the sky with your large sword, but make sure that you keep the sword delicate enough for a balloon to land on. I wish you luck in your match and from all of is in Segas, have a pleasant day.
Judge Taft
"What do they mean?"
Fury is currently looking over my shoulder at the letter, completely lost.
"These guys like riddles."
"Well what does it mean?"
"If I knew that, do you think I'd still be here."
"Well you better hurry before whoever your match is being over seen by forfeits you because you don't make it in time."
"No shit," OK I've got to figure this out. Scratch the sky, obviously they mean a Skyscraper, but that doesn't mean anything in New York. Large sword, they might be referring to a building that isn't part of the Tops. Could that mean the Chrysler Building or the Flatiron Building- no that still doesn't narrow it down enough. The key clue has got to be the thing about landing a balloon, could they be referring to a hot air balloon. No they don't have those in New York but-... they don't have Hot Air Balloons but they used to have something else in New York. Blimps, are basically large Helium balloons and the point on top of the Empire State Building was originally designed to be a place for blimps to be tied up to.
"You got any ideas?"
"Just one."
With that I run out of the dorm building and jump behind the line of bushes next to the building. I thought it best to hide my Runner here.
"Wait, where are you going!"
"The Empire State Building."
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OK, if I were to take a guess, then I'd imagine that the Duel is supposed to be held on the observation level. Luckily, the elevator says I'm almost to that floor.
"Ready for this?"
Debris Dragon is now next to me. We're the only ones in the clean, white, elevator so I know it's safe for us to talk.
"This could be a tough duel," I say.
"What do you mean by, "could be"?"
"There is no way all 16 of us are being considered to be leaders of these "Nut Jobs"."
"By us, you mean Toni, Kai and the kid."
"If they were really considering Kai or Toni then they would have tested them like they did me."
"Maybe those tests were meant for all 3 of you."
"It's possible, but it sounds a little farfetched that these guys have 16 people they think have what it takes to lead them."
Before Debris Dragon can respond, the door opens. The observation deck is basically a large room with several doors that lead to an outside terrace. Naturally since it's the middle of the weak there aren't too many people inside the room with glass walls and a marble floor.
Let's see, there's an Arab guy holding a 3 year old looking out the window so I doubt he's my opponent. There's a guy in a suit eating lunch on a bench so it's not him, which leaves-
"Hey you."
I turn around. It's the Hipster guy from yesterday.
"You're my opponent?"
He's dressed exactly the same as yesterday. He's even wearing the same Metallica T-shirt under the same black light jacket, with ripped blue jeans and a black skull cap covering a head of messy blond hair.
"Looks like it, now turn your disk on and let's duel."
He lifts an old beat up Duel Disk and turns it on.
"Aren't you going to tell me your name?"
"We don't need to know each other's names to duel."
He's serious, "ok let's duel."
Hipster Guy
"OK, since I got here first, the first turn is mine."
"Fine with me," we're beginning to attract the attention of the other people here.
"I play the continuous spell, Ghost parade. Now whenever I normal summon a Zombie monster from my hand, I can special summon another Zombie with the same name from my hand. Now I summon, Metamorphic Phantom (ATK: 100/DEF: 300) in attack mode and thanks to my Ghost Parade, I can special summon a second Metamorphic Phantom from my hand. Next I set 1 card face down and that's it for me."
Chase
Zombie deck, they can be tricky, "my draw."
OK, on my first draw I got Debris Dragon, in my hand, I also have Tuningware, Big One Warrior and Foolish Burial. Foolish Burial allows me to send 1 card from my deck to the graveyard. If I send Quillbolt Hedgehog to the graveyard by using Foolish Burial, then send Tuningware to the graveyard so I can summon Big One Warrior, I can then summon Debris Dragon. I'll use Debris Dragon in order to bring back Tuningware and then I'll bring back Quillbolt using his own effect which will allow me to bring out Stardust Dragon on my first turn, draw a card thanks to Tuningware and keep myself safe from most trap cards.
"Alright Chase, bring me out, because I'm ready for us to win."
Only problem with that strategy is that I'd reveal my ace. Obviously, Taft is watching this duel. With about 5 security cameras watching us I'd imagine it's possible for him to watch me scratch my ass to. If I want answers, I'm going to have to duel for them and so far the only strategy they've seen me use to get out Stardust is by using Summoner Monk. If I reveal all my tricks now then they'll be able to predict every move I make and counter it. I've got to keep Stardust a secret until the time is right.
"Well, what are you waiting for? I haven't got all day, so make your move."
"You heard him Chase, summon me so we can beat his ass."
"I play Magical Mallet."
"Wait, what?"
"Now I shuffle 3 cards from my hand back into my deck."
"Wait, that's me!"
"Now I get to draw 3 new cards." Not bad, "I summon Elemental HERO Sparkman (ATK: 1600/DEF: 1400) in attack mode, now Sparkman, Static Shock wave on his left Metamorphic Phantom!"
What the- instead of attacking, Sparkman just looks like he can't tell which ghost to attack.
"Sorry to rain on your parade but you've now fallen for my Metamorphic Phantom lock."
"Metamorphic Phantom lock?"
"That's right, while Metamorphic Phantom is in face-up Attack position, he is the only monster you can select as an attack target."
"So with 2 on the field I can't attack one because I'm supposed to attack both."
"Bingo, looks like I got you stumped."
"Not exactly, I play the Quick-Play, Enemy Controller, now I can switch your far left Metamorphic Phantom from attack to defense mode."
Up until this point, both Ghosts have been creepily smiling at me but now one is merely a floating orb and the other is beginning to look nervous.
"Wait that means-"
"You bet, now Sparkman wipe the face off that Ghost!"
Sparkman fires his lightning volt and the Ghost vanishes in a pool of light." (4000-2400)
"Shame, except my Ghost isn't leaving me alone for too long!"
"What the?" There's now a grey see through version of my Sparkman standing where his Phantom used to be."
"Pretty cool huh, you see when Metamorphic Phantom is destroyed by battle and sent to the Graveyard; he instantly special summons 1 Metamorphic Token to my field in attack mode. Plus, my token has the same ATK and DEF as the damage I just took." (ATK: 1600/DEF: 1600)
It's probably a good thing I used a weaker monster like Sparkman, I don't want to imagine giving this guy a 2500 ATK token. "I set 1 card and end my turn."
"Which means you've activated my continuous trap, Revenge plot from Hell! Now, during the end phase, of a turn where either one of us lost a monster by battle, the monster you used to destroy it loses 800 ATK and DEF points." (1600-800/1400-600)
"This is getting interesting."
Hipster Guy
"Glad you're happy," he has not changed his serious expression.
"Why don't you at least tell me your name."
"Fine," he is now showing a devilish smirk "My name's Toby and I'm about to secure my victory, now I tribute my Metamorphic Token and my Metamorphic Phantom in order to summon, Goblin Ogre." (ATK: 2200/DEF: 2050)
It's big, it looks like its decomposing and it looks hungry.
"Now Goblin Ogre, destroy his Sparkman, full Zombie crush!"
Sparkman fires his electric energy at the large beast but the energy merely bounces off the large beasts exposed yellow bones. (4000-2600)
"Now my Goblin's effect activates, you now have to send the top 3 cards of your deck to the graveyard."
Oh man, Woodsman, Ocean, and Stratos but I'm not done yet. "Now I activate my trap, Hero Signal! Now because you destroyed 1 of my monsters by battle, I can special summon 1 level 4 or lower Elemental HERO from my hand or deck!"
"I just got rid of 3 them."
"I've got a lot of Hero's, so allow me to introduce you to one of my fiery one's. I summon Elemental HERO Burstinatrix! (ATK: 1200/DEF: 800)
"That thing can't stop my Goblin."
"Don't forget, your Revenge Plot from Hell trap card reduces your monsters points by 800."
"Not exactly, I play Mystical Space Typhoon. Now I can destroy my own trap and keep my monsters points just the way they are."
Chase
"The bigger they are, the harder they fall, my Draw!"
"There's no way you can take down my monster."
"Just watch, I play Legacy of a HERO. Now, because you put 2 level 4 or higher HERO cards into my graveyard, I can draw 3 new cards," yes.
"I play Polymerization, now I send the Elemental Hero Burstinatrix on my field and the Elemental HERO Avian I just drew to the graveyard in order to fusion summon, Elemental HERO Phoenix Enforcer (ATK: 2100/DEF: 1200) in attack mode!"
He's wearing black, he's got big ass claws and Toby doesn't know just how much trouble he's now in.
"Sorry but flame boy over here doesn't have enough points to stop my monster."
"True but don't forget we're in New York City and as everybody knows, there's nowhere better for hero's to be than a city."
"And whys that?"
"Oh, higher crime rates, dangerous car accidents and of course, Skyscrapers."
"Skyscrapers?"
"Skyscrapers, and more importantly, the field spell Skyscraper!"
"I'm from Brooklyn, you're not going to scare me by using buildings."
"It's not the buildings you should be afraid of, it's my Hero. Now Phoenix Enforcer attack, Phoenix claw! Now thanks to Skyscraper, Phoenix Enforcer gains 1000 ATK while attacking an opponent's monster with more ATK points."
Phoenix Enforcer weaves through the buildings and plunges his large claws through an exposed part of the creature's chest. (2400-1500)
"Thank you."
"For what?"
"Simple, now that you've destroyed my Goblin Ogre, I can add any Zombie monster I want to my hand and I'm going with Apocalypse Ghost."
Oh shit, Apocalypse Ghost is one of the most powerful Zombie monsters in the whole game; luckily it's a level 10 so it will be a while before he can get it out. "I end my turn."
Toby
"My go, I summon Catapult Yokai." It's a little gremlin with a catapult on its back; I have a bad feeling about this. "Now I activate the effect of Ghost Parade. I summon a second Catapult Yokai from my hand. Now I activate the effect of Catapult Yokai, allowing me to normal summon a second time this turn."
"Wait, so that means-"
"Bingo, I can tribute my 2 Catapult Yokais in order to summon Apocalypse Ghost!" (ATK: 3000/DEF: 3000)
A large, crimson colored Phantom has now engulfed the field, covering every building created by my Skyscraper in a deep red haze, with Phoenix Enforcer in the middle of it all.
"My monster's first effect, all Field Spells are negated. Now, Apocalypse Ghost destroy feather boy!"
The Ghost's Jack-o'-lantern like face heads straight for my Hero. The black of its mouth now surrounds my Hero to the point where I can't see him anymore. (2600-1700)
"Now, my Ghost's effect activates, once per turn, if he inflicts damage to my opponent's life points, he can attack again! Now Apocalypse Ghost, end this duel-"
"Not exactly."
As the Ghost heads straight for me, Phoenix Enforcer jumps in front to take the attack.
"What the hell? I destroyed that monster!"
"Not exactly, you see Phoenix Enforcer can't be destroyed by battle. I may still take damage (1700-800) but I'm still in this duel."
"Yeah for one turn, now make your last move."
Chase
As much as I hate to admit it, Ghost boy's right. I can't just hide behind my Enforcer forever; I need to make this draw count. "My draw," this could work. I switch Phoenix Enforcer to defense mode and next I'll summon Wroughtweiler, also in defense mode. (ATK: 800/DEF: 1200) Well Toby, it's your move"
Toby
"Good and unlike you, I intend to make it count, my draw, perfect. I play the equip-spell, Sacred Quill Sword. Now by equipping this card to my Apocalypse Ghost I can increase his ATK by 500 (3000-3500) and also when he attacks and destroys a monster by battle, you take damage equal to that monsters level times 200. Now Apocalypse Ghost, chop his little puppy into Filipino food!"
The Phantom throws the sword to my mechanical dog, getting him in the torso, (800-200) just as planned.
"Now it's my turn to make a move count. Now because, you just destroyed my Wroughtweiler, I can add my Elemental Hero Sparkman and 1 Polymerization in my graveyard to my hand."
"A lot of good that will do you, I end my turn."
Chase
OK deck, I can't risk this duel going on another turn, I need one card to win this and I need it now. "My draw," well, this card works to. "Time to end this, I play E-Emergency Call, now I can add any Elemental HERO from my deck to my hand and I'm going with the Elemental HERO Bladedge."
"A level 7, did you smoke a joint before you got here or do you just want to put in that last fighting effort before you lose?"
"Neither, well, mostly neither. Now I play Foolish Burial!"
"Foolish Burial, you've had that in your hand since turn 1."
"And I've been waiting for just the right moment to play it and now would be that moment. Now I can send any card I want from my deck to the graveyard and I'm going with Elemental HERO Necroshade!"
"Necroshade?"
"That's right, Necroshade and once while this card is in the Graveyard, I can Normal Summon 1 level 5 or higher "Elemental HERO" from my hand without tribute! I summon Elemental HERO Bladedge, (ATK: 2600/DEF: 1800) in attack mode!"
"A lot of good he'll do you, did you forget, Apocalypse Ghost negates any and all Field Spells."
"I know but you forgot something to." He doesn't seem to realize it. "I still have 2 cards in my hand. Now, once again, I play Polymerization. This allows me to fuse Elemental HERO Phoenix Enforcer and Elemental HERO Sparkman in order to summon, Elemental Hero Shining Phoenix Enforcer." (ATK: 2500/DEF: 2100)
My new Hero is mostly green, with silver rock star hair, silver claws and a pair of silver wings.
"Big deal, your monster's still too weak!"
"Not exactly, you see Shining Phoenix Enforcer gains 300 ATK points for each Elemental HERO in my graveyard." (2500-4600)
"Wait, that means-"
"You bet, it means the light is about shine on you and your Ghouls, now, Elemental Hero Shining Phoenix Enforcer, Shining Finish!"
Apocalypse Ghost fires several blasts of red ectoplasm at my Enforcer but, his blasts aren't even remotely fast enough to hit the fastest of all Hero's. Then as the Enforcer gets close to the Spirits face, he pulls his arm back, stretches his claws apart and slashes Apocalypse Ghost to pieces. (1500-400)
"No, I can't lose, I just can't lose, every one's counting on me."
"I also can't risk losing, now Bladedge end this." (400-0)
Winner: Chase Loser: Toby
Even though it is no more than a hologram, Bladedge's attack has forced this guy on his knees. I should just walk away now and get some lunch... but... no! I'm not going to waste my time hearing about some, probably a weed smokers, sob story. "What's wrong?" Damn it, why didn't I listen to myself?
"Since when is that any of your business, you're just some rich kid."
"Rich kid?" Oh wait, I forgot, I'm still wearing my school uniform. "Believe me, I'm no rich kid."
"Yeah, well after this tournament is over somebody's going to be rich. Considering how much these people pay me when they make me do jobs for them."
"Wait Segas has you do jobs for them? What kind of jobs?"
"I'm no criminal, if that's what you're thinking. It's just me and my Mom at home. She's got to work 2 jobs and no one hires kids from my neighborhood so when these people ask me to a job, I do it."
"What kind of jobs?"
"Just deliveries- I'm out of here."
The looks on his face, it's like Nick's face was yesterday when I tried to get information from him on Segas yesterday.
"Look, if you win this tournament, just remember me as your errand boy, got it."
"Listen, I'm not in this to become the leader of these guys, I just want to learn more about these- hey wait!"
He's now dashing to the elevator. Wait a minute, the door just opened, he didn't even push the button, and it just opened.
"Wait stop!" The doors closed, he didn't do anything and me pressing the button isn't doing anything, for either Elevator. Unless... that's it then, these Segas guys are giving this Toby kid a way out. He's no more than a tool to these guys and they probably just wanted to see if he was worth more than that of a German Shepard. Even though this guy probably doesn't know anything major about Segas, they probably still told him they'd kill him if he talked.
"That's it then."
Debris Dragon materializes and says, "What's it?"
"I'm going to win this tournament and when I do, I'm going to destroy Segas."
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"The first turn is yours... what's your name?"
"Un, Unferth," says Kai's opponent. For the first round Kai is facing a chubby young man of about 23 with short brown hair that's parted in the middle."
"Unferth, what are you Danish?"
"Oh my god," he says with fear, "how do you know that?"
"Story of Beowulf, one of the characters is named Unferth."
"You've read Beowulf?" His surprised tone is starting to annoy Kai.
"Yes, contrary to popular belief, Latino people can read. Now can we just start the duel?"
Unferth
"Oh, yes, of course. I summon Mokey Mokey, (ATK: 300/DEF: 100) in defense mode. Next I set 2 cards face down and end my turn."
Kai
"Interesting first move, but it ain't going to last for long. I summon Tenkabito Shien, (ATK: 1500/DEF: 1000) and guess what he's going to be slicing your weird... square... question mark… angel thing, now sacred samurai slash!"
The bearded samurai unsheathed his mighty sword and had its great stead charge towards the strange creature, slashing it right down the middle.
"I activate my trap-"
"Sorry but Tenkabito Shien is unaffected by trap cards."
"My trap doesn't affect your monsters, just mine. I reveal Human-wave tactics, now during my end phase, I can special summon 1 level 2 or lower normal monster for every level 2 or lower monster that you've destroyed during the turn."
"Fine with me, I set 1 card face down and end my turn."
"In which case I now special summon Happy Lover." (ATK: 800/DEF: 500)
Unferth
"That's right tubby," thinks Kai, "Summon as many oranges with hearts on their heads as you want. I know your plan is just to tribute them, luckily I've got a nice little trick in mind for that."
"Now I summon, Mokey Mokey."
"Wait, what, another one!"
"Oh my god, you aren't going to kill me if I win are you?"
"The offers starting to sound tempting."
"Oh my-"
"Make your move or I'm going to have to kill you."
"Right, I play Mokey Mokey Smackdown. Now when a Fairy-Type monster I control is destroyed by battle, all Mokey Mokey I control have 3000 ATK until the end of the turn, now Happy Lover attack Tenkabito Shien!" (4000-3300) As the small Fairy is crushed by the horse's hooves, the strange little square begins to turn red and actually expands in size. (300-3000)
"Oh you've got to be kidding me."
"Now, Mokey Mokey, attack, Mokey Mokey Wave!"
The now round, red Fairy fly's towards the armed warrior, knocking him off his horse once and for all. (4000-2500)
"That's a new one."
"Next I play Mystic Wok. Now I tribute Mokey Mokey, in order to gain life points equal to its ATK points.(3300-6600) Next, thanks to Human-Wave Tactics, I special summon Haniwa, (ATK: 500/DEF: 500) in defense mode."
Kai
"OK, this is turning into an interesting duel. My draw, now because you control a monster and I don't, I can normal summon B.E.S. Big Core MK-2 (ATK: 2400/DEF: 1100) without tribute! Next I play the spell card Counter Burn!"
"What does that do?"
"Glad you asked, you see in order for my big red space ship over here to attack, he needs a counter. Only problem with that is he only gets counters when he's special summoned. Luckily not only does my Counter Burn give him the maximum amount he's allowed, 3, but you get hit with 800 points of damage for every single new counter. (6600-4200)Now B.E.S. Big Core MK-2, destroy his Haniwa, missile barrage! Now because Big Core was involved in a battle he's got to lose a counter and guess what thanks to Counter Burns final effect, whenever a counter is removed from the field while it's in the graveyard you take 800 points of damage. (4200-3600) Next I'm going to place 1 card face down and end my turn."
"Which allows me to special summon a second Happy Lover from my deck thanks to Human-wave Tactics."
Unferth
"M-my- dr-aw-"
"I'm not going to actually kill you. Now will you please just make your move!"
"Right, I play Pot of Greed, now I get to draw 2 cards. Next I play Dark Factory of Mass Production, allowing me to add the 2 Mokey Mokey cards in my graveyard to my hand. Plus I play Polymerization. This lets me fuse the 2 Mokey Mokey cards I just got back with the third I just drew in order to summon Mokey Mokey King!" (ATK: 300/DEF: 100)
"That is one big Mokey Mokey!"
"Now Mokey Mokey King, attack his MK-2!"
The giant white square attacks the ship but is shot down by the ships missiles. (3600-1500) (1500-700) "Don't forget you still take 800 points of damage thanks to Counter Burn!"
"But now I get to special summon all 3 of my Mokey Mokey thanks to the effect of Mokey Mokey King! Now happy Lover, attack his MK-2!"
"You don't have enough life points to survive the attack."
"I reveal my trap, Gift of the Mystical Elf! Now I gain 300 life points for each monster I control!" (1500-2700)
Happy Lover has now blown up, (2700-1600) the final counter has been removed (1600-800) and now all 3 Mokey Mokey have turned red. (300-3000) (300-3000) (300-3000) Now all 3 Mokey Mokey attack him and end this duel!"
"Not quite."
"Oh my god you really are going to kill me!"
"No you idiot, I have face downs remember! Now I activate Gathering Flame! Now because you control more than double the monsters I do, I can summon normal summon Fire monsters from my hand equal to the number of monsters you control!"
"But I control 3 monsters!"
"Now you're getting it. From my hand, I summon Abaki and for my second summon, I'm going to have to tribute both my MK-2 and my Abaki, in order to summon Infernal Flame Emperor!" (ATK: 2700/DEF: 1600)
"But that's a level 7!"
"And Gathering Flame let me normal summon twice during your turn."
"My Mokey Mokey is still stronger!"
"So you're continuing your attack?"
"Yes."
"Then it looks like I win. Now Infernal Flame Emperor's effect activates. I remove from play the Tenkabito Shien in my graveyard in order to destroy your Mokey Mokey Smackdown."
"But that means-"
"Correct, since Continuous spells lose their effect the minute there destroyed and you already said you're not stopping your attack you lose!"
The large beast of fire releases a large stream of fire from its mighty jaws, burning the 3 fairies once and for all.
Winner: Kai Loser: Unferth
"Oh man I lost. Now Judge Taft is probably going to cancel my Internship."
"Wait a minute, wait a minute, you're an intern at the D.A.s office?"
"Yup, I never even wanted to do this, but Judge Taft, who I had never even met before, told me to enter this tournament or he'd pull my internship."
"So you're not even supposed to be here… Join the club."
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"Oh crap you mean I have to face you first."
Toni is currently on the roof of Grand Central Station. Across from her on top of the 19Th century style building is the large Samoan from the day before.
"Hey works for me, if all I have to is beat a little girl in order to advance to the next round then I'll be done in time for lunch."
"Considering how long it took you to get here you should probably limit your lunch to a small salad."
"Keep using that mouth of yours and I'll have to stick something in there to keep you quiet."
"Why do I doubt you have a sufficient tool to shut me up with."
"You'll find out soon enough, but for now, I'll be nice and give you the first move."
Toni
"My draw, I set 1 monster and 1 card face down and end my turn. By the way who are you?"
"The names Vachel."
"Vachel?"
"That's right Vachel."
Vachel
"My draw, I play Shield Crush. Now your defense monster gets blown straight to hell! Next I summon Berserk Gorilla. Now, Berserk Gorilla attack her round little ass directly, Ape blast!"
"Fitting, an ape like you using a Gorilla, but unfortunately for you the defense position monster you just destroyed was a little armored Swallow called Blackwing-Mistral the Silver Shield. What's good about that is that when Mistral is destroyed, my next round of battle damage is negated."
"Fine, I play Ante. Now each player selects 1 monster card from his or her hand. Then who ever selected the monster with the lower level has to ditch there card and take 1000 points of damage."
"Works for me, I select the level 4 Blackwing - Bora the Spear."
"Sorry, but I select my level 5 Cyber-Tech Alligator, which means you lose your card and 1000 Life points, (4000-3000) sorry bitch. Now I end my turn with 1 Face down."
Toni
"My draw." "Damn," her brain yells as she draws a tuner.
"Need me to explain the cards for you?"
"Shut your trap. "I summon Blackwing - Shura the Blue Flame!"
"Silly girl, he's not strong enough to take down my Gorilla."
"Not yet, but now I play the Field Spell, Mystic Plasma Zone. Now all Dark monsters gain 500 ATK points and guess what my Shura is. (1800-2300) Now Blackwing - Shura the Blue Flame, destroy his Monkey!"
"Sorry but my Monkey is staying right where he is, I play Sakuretsu Armor! Now say good bye to your pidgin."
"I set 1 card face down and end my turn."
Vachel
"My draw, well, well, well looks like your about to lose this duel and I think after this I'll get a prize or 2 out of you, show you how a man does things. I summon Gene-Warped Warwolf and with no monsters on the field your done. Now Berserk Gorilla, direct attack! (3000-1000) And now its your turn, Gene-Warped Warwolf, show this girl why she should be at home playing with dolls!"
"Not today ass hole! I reveal my trap, Defense Draw, now all my damage is reduced to 0 and I get to draw a card."
"So your safe for 1 turn, you haven't made a good move all duel."
Toni
"My draw, now I play, Pot of Greed, which lets me draw 2 cards… OK fatso 2 things: 1, I've had better examples of men than you and 2, I'm going to end this duel, right here, right now. I play Black Whirlwind, now whenever I normal summon a Blackwing I can add 1 straight to my hand! Now I summon Blackwing - Blizzard the Far North (Level: 2/ATK: 1300/DEF: 0) (1300-1800) which lets me do 2 things. First, Blizzard lets me special summon Bora the Spear in defense mode! (Level: 4/ATK: 1700/DEF: 800) (1700-2500) Thing 2, Black Whirlwind lets me add Blackwing - Fane the Steel Chain straight to my hand. Next, I play Double Summon, which allows me to normal summon again. Which means, here comes Blackwing - Fane the Steel Chain (Level: 2/ATK: 500/DEF: 800) (500-1000) and if you think that's cool then watch this! I play Tuner Interruption, now by reducing the level of 1 monster I control by 1 I can special summon 1 Tuner monster from my deck so long as I don't use the reduced level monster as synchro material. Now I reduce the level of Fane the Steel Chain by 1. (2-1) Now I can special summon Blackwing - Jin the Rain Shadow." (Level: 1/ATK: 600/DEF: 500)
"So you've got a defense position seagull, and 3 wimps, I am really scared."
"You should be, because 2 of my monsters are Tuners, First up, Blizzard and Bora!" Blizzard flew high into the air with Bora close behind. As Blizzard became too far away to see he was replaced by 2 green rings. Bora then flew through the rings, dematerializing and turning in 4 shining stars and with a big gust of wind, (2+4=6) "I synchro summon, Blackwing Armed Wing!" (ATK: 2300/DEF: 1000) (2300-2800)
"Scary, but not enough to beat me."
"Don't forget, I still have 2 more monsters. First up is Blackwing - Fane the Steel Chain, you see he can attack you directly."
The ninja bird man flew up in the sky and through his knife at Vachel who doesn't even blink. (4000-3000)
"Ohhh, I'm so scared."
"Good because now, Fane's second effect kicks in, now I can switch your Berserk Gorilla to defense mode."
"But wait, when Berserk Gorilla is in defense mode-"
"He's destroyed and now Jin has his attack and if you thought Fane was fun, just watch this. When Jin attacks a monster with less defense than his attack, that monster is instantly destroyed. The small bird lifted its tiny sword, jumped over 6 feet in the air and slashed the mutant Wolf Man in half.
"That leaves me wide open!"
"No shit, now Blackwing Armed Wing, direct attack!"
Armed Wing fired several rounds of bullets at the man, yet he still refuses to look scared. (3000-200)
"I'm still in this duel."
"Not for much longer. I play the card I had set all duel long Urgent Tuning. Now I can Synchro summon during the Battle phase and guess who I am using." Jin lifted its sword once more. This time, he twirled the sword in his tiny hand and transforms into a large green circle. The circle then positions itself around a now dematerialized Armed wing and with a big gust of wind, (1+6=7) "I synchro summon Blackwing Armor Master! (ATK: 2500/DEF: 1500) (2500-3000)Now, attack, Black Hurricane!"
The large black, bird man tightens its fist and heads straight for the large fat man.
"But wait, I don't have enough life points to survive that!"
"Hence the point of attacking." (200-0)
Winner: Toni Loser: Vachel
"No way, no way, now how the hell am I supposed to get my money now?"
"These people have been pulling the strings behind New York City for centuries, and all your worried about is money?"
Vachel puts an angry look on his, a face he is now showing to Toni.
"You stupid bitch, I swear, I'm going to teach you a lesson!"
In an instant the man runs towards Toni, and grabs her right arm. However, he doesn't see Toni's left fist as it smashes itself into the man's scrotum. He screams out in pain and loosens his grip enough for Toni to let go. She then punches the man hard in the face, followed by a kick to his left hip, forcing him to the ground.
"Do you know why I couldn't believe your name?"
He does not respond.
"Because believe it or not, I've actually heard the name Vachel before, it's literally a French name meaning big cow."
Ralph Ortega
"My draw, Mr.?"
"Feral, Waldo Ferral."
"Pleasure I play Random Burial. Now thanks to this card, I can send 3 copies of the same monster to your graveyard. Next I play Revive draw, now I draw 1 card and Special summon the monster with the highest ATK from your graveyard to your side of the field in attack mode, which means you get a Malice Ascendant in attack mode. (ATK: 700/DEF: 1000) Next I play Halve Half. With this card, I send half the cards in my deck, 15, and cut your life points in half. (4000-2000) Next I summon, Malice Turtle (ATK: 50/DEF:50) in defense mode. Next I play, minus 40. Now since my deck had exactly 40 cards in it at the beginning of the duel, I can use this card. Now for every one of my cards that have been removed from my deck, this card gains a minus one counter. As of now it has 25 minus one counters. Also, every time a card is removed from my deck, minus 40 will gain a minus one counter. I set 1 card face down and end my turn."
Waldo Ferral
"Oh god you've got to be kidding me. You've got a tiny blue turtle with almost no points and I've got a creepy skeleton that has hair that's whiter than yours."
"I must be a moron."
"Must be, now I summon-"
"But wait, now the effect of Malice Ascendant activates, now I have to send 1 card from the top of my deck to the graveyard for each Malice Ascendant in your graveyard."
"Wait, so now you lose 2 of your own cards?"
"Yup," Ortega is smiling. (25-27)
"God, you must really want to lose real badly."
"So I take it, that means you want to become the new leader of Segas?"
"What can I say; I got a thing for power. Now I tribute your Malice Ascendant in order to summon, Airknight Parshath! (ATK: 1900/DEF: 1400) Now Parshath, destroy his turtle!"
The female Centaur begins to gallop towards the shelled turtle; Ortega knows he has his opponent now.
"Sorry but now I can activate my turtle's effect; I can send the top 2 cards of my deck to the graveyard in order to negate your attack." (27-29)
"Fine, I set 3 card face down and end my turn."
Ralph Ortega
"Perfect," Waldo thinks to himself. "No matter what he does next I have a counter for it. If he tributes, fuses, Ritual or Synchro summon using his turtle, I'll destroy it using my Bottomless Trap Hole. If he powers up his turtle or any other weaker monster, I'll remove it from play with my Dimensional Prison. Plus, the minute he draws, I'm going to destroy his Minus 40 with my Dust Tornado."
"My draw-"
"And I activate my trap card, Dust Tornado. Now your Minus 40 card is destroyed!"
"Not unless I activate my trap first! I play Minus 40. Now we both have to discard every card in our hands."
"Lot of good that's going to do you."
"Actually it will, you see when Minus 40 has 30 Counters, it destroys itself."
"What type of a lame ass card does that?"
"One with an unstoppable effect! Now the true effect of Minus 40 activates! You take damage equal to your life points!"
"Wait, that means that you won this duel without attacking me once!"
"That's right; I won this duel in two turns without attacking once. Not as good as the Grand Master who was able to win a duel in one turn but a win none the less." (2000-0)
Winner: Ralph Ortega Loser: Waldo Feral
…
"What the... no way... how could I lose to a little kid (800-0) and without inflicting a single point of damage?"
"That's the way it goes I guess," says Wilson.
He has beaten FBI Agent Havoc fair and square and with a man watching from a far.
"Excellent, excellent, I knew this boy showed promise."
From the observation deck of the Intrepid Air craft carrier, an old man looks down at the young boy, only being interrupted by the feeling of his cell phone vibrate against his leg.
He pulls it out and puts it to his ear; he knows who it is, even though he has not checked the number.
"So, what's the next round look like."
"As it would appear sir, all 8 duels are now complete."
"I know, I was just watching one, very entertaining."
"You don't need to convince me of that. Now, the winners of the first round are: Kai Rodriguez, Toni Sorrentino, Ralph Ortega, Andrew Smith, Benjamin Tennant, Charles Winthrop, Wilson Leonson and Chase Rhodes."
"Good, all the one's we expected to advance will be moving forward."
"It's excellent sir. Now I have a hearing to deal with, but as soon as it's over, I'll get the instructions and match ups ready for tomorrow."
"Good, get to it." The old man turns off the phone and places it back into the pocket of his black slacks.
He begins to look for any sigh, that either the boy or the man he faced are still around. Lucky for him, the man is now sitting on a bench, feeling sorry for himself.
The old man cannot help it, he is now laughing hysterically and paying no attention to the confused looks he is receiving.
"So far, both Rhodes and Leonson are do everything according to plan."
Next Time: The Stray Dot
"What is this place? It looks like something out of a mad scientist movie. I mean, everything in here is spotlessly clean. Considering where I am, this place should like the inside of a toilet but it doesn't. I guess there's only one thing to do.
I walk over to a filing cabinet. I pull open the top drawer, hopefully I should be able to find something useful in he- what the, what the hell?"