Chapter 10:

Deck of Past Memories

Whew! Talk about cutting it close! Last time, my brother and I just had a duel with our duelist education on the line. If that wasn't bad enough, Shrewd decided to put us up against Slade and Jagger Princeton. They're from the Princeton Corporation, which is like Kaiba Corporation. They're trying to talk over the world by becoming the best in politics, finances, and dueling. Apparently, they have a long way to go before they get to the top of dueling, considering they're using a deck of rare cards, yet not foreseeing a counterattack in mind. Kaiba, at least, is a guy I can respect, even though I don't really like his attitude. These two, however, I have no respect for whatsoever. Anyway, my bro and I are headed back to the room along with Johnny and Kazuya.

"WOW!" exclaimed Kazuya. "That was an awesome duel! And both of you getting out maxed out level monsters at the same time?!"

"Who knew a bug deck and a burn deck could do so well in a team?" asked Johnny. "Well if any two duelists could do it, it would've been two brothers like you two."

"Thanks guys, but you flatter us," said Django. We didn't really think of ourselves as top duelists, but apparently to others, we proved to be some of the best.

"That was a good duel though," I said. "Although, I do not like seeing very good dragon cards in the hands of those two.'

"That's for sure. You always did know who deserved to use dragons don't you?" My bro knew that dragons were some of my favorite creatures.

"Well isn't that an interesting fact." When we turned our attention to whoever said that, it turned out to be Judas.

"So you're Judas. We finally have a proper greeting." The only time I ever really was close enough to meet him was when I was dueling the Kaiser.

"That's Mr. Kaiba to you."

"So you're Seto Kaiba's new son eh?"

"You should be on your knees begging me to not beat you to a pulp." Arisusa was there with him.

"Looks like you managed to stay this far into school. I'm impressed."

"Well I'm not. I could see Django winning that duel by himself. So it's no wonder why Shadow is still here in school."

"Actually, he is a pretty good duelist." Out of nowhere, Sora popped out.

"Hey Sora. How are you doing?"

"I'm fine. Thanks for asking."

"Sora! What are you doing talking to this chump?!" Kaiba didn't see why she is talking to someone like me.

"This is the guy who beat me not too long ago."

"Say WHAT?!"

"It is true." Arisusa replied.

"So. I guess in order to see if you're really all that's chocked up to be, I'll have to duel you myself. Three days from now. You and me are dueling in the Coliseum. What do you say?"

"I say it's on!"

"Bro, you do know you're talking to a Kaiba, right?"

"I wouldn't care if I was talking to Seto Kaiba himself! I'm dueling this guy."

"See you there, if you don't chicken out."

"See you later Shadow." Sora said her goodbyes.

"Bye Sora."

"Bro?"
"What?"
"Do you like her?" Now my bro is trying to tease me. As he said that, my face grew red.

"Can we talk about this some other time?"

"Sure bro." Johnny and Kazuya were just laughing.

"Hey! Cut it out!" I shouted to try and get them to stop. Anyway, we continued on with our walk back to our dome.
"Whew. Finally, we can rest easy now." I was just happy to be back. Then, I just remembered out of nowhere. I looked through my bag.

"What are you looking for Shadow?" Johnny asked. I pulled out a deck.

"Shadow. Is that the deck I think it is?" Django had a suspicion about which deck it is.

"Mhmm. I haven't used this deck since I was a kid. And I'm 15 now so it's been 7 years."

"Would you like to change that Shadow? Cause in the back of the dome there is a duel robot that people can practice on." Johnny took me by surprise. By the time he said that, I was already out of the room rushing through everything and everyone in the way.

"You just can't stop him when it comes to challenges. Let's go," Django said. When they got there, I was about to begin my match.

"Duel Mode Engaged. Begin duel." The robot already processed the adjustments to the duel. I'm starting off.

S: 4000R: 4000

"Here we go! I start of with my Morphtronic Celfon in attack mode!" I summoned a cell phone with 100 attack points and it transformed into a robot like they do in Transformers. "You see, Morphtronic monsters have special abilities that change depending on what battle mode they're in. And with my Celfon in attack mode, he dials a number between one and six. Then I flip over that many cards on top of my deck. And if any of them happen to be a level four or bellow Morphtronic monster, then I can automatically summon it. So Dial On!" The suspense then got a bit tenser as the numbers kept lighting up until it stopped on four. "Now I take these four cards and check them. And what do you know? I have a monster that qualifies. I summon my Morphtronic Clocken in defense mode!" I summoned a miniature alarm clock with 1100 defense points. "And now with his special ability, I can place a Morph Counter on it since he's in defense mode. And with this facedown card, I end my turn."

"Draw. Main phase begin. I summon Machine King Prototype." The robot played a modern machine with 1600 attack points. "Special ability activates. Machine King Prototype gains 100 extra attack points for every other machine out, and since you have two, he has 1800. Battle phase begin. Machine King Prototype, attack his Celfon."

"I don't think so. I activate Morphtransition! With this trap card, I can negate one of your attack and switch the battle mode of one of my Morphtronic monsters. So Celfon will go into defense right now!"

"End turn with one facedown."

"Now I draw! Now I'll use Celfon's ability. Since it's in defense mode, it dials a number, then I get to look at the same number of cards from the top of my deck, then return them. Dial On!" The numbers dialed again. This time, it stops on two. "Now I pick up the same number of cards. Look's like you may have a few surprises in store for later.

"What is he doing with a bunch of appliance cards?" Johnny thought it didn't make sense.

"His Morphtronic monsters are meant for different strategies depending on what position they're in. And with Celfon on the field, this duel may end up taking a turn around in his favor depending on what he gets."

"And now I switch Celfon back into attack mode. Now I'll use his ability. And we so happen to get a three. And now let's introduce my Morphtronic Boomboxen in defense mode!" I summoned a boom box with 400 defense points. And I'll also summon my Morphtronic Magnen in defense mode!" Now I summoned a magnet with 800 defense points. "Now I'll use my Clocken's ability again to give him another counter. I end my turn."

"Draw. I release my Prototype to summon Machine King in attack mode." He summoned a stronger version of the prototype with 2200 attack points. "It's special ability gives him 300 extra points since you have three machines out. Now I play Twin Swords of Flashing Light. I send one card from my hand to the graveyard to equip it to my Machine King. He loses 500 attack points."

"What good does that do him?" Kazuya asked.

"I played with a Guardian deck before. It allows the equipped monster to attack twice per turn."

"Now Machine King, attack his Celfon!"

"Not so fast! Since Boomboxen is in defense mode, his special ability cancels out your monsters attack once per turn."

"Now attack him again!"

"Sorry, but since I have my Morphtronic Magnen out in defense mode, he is your new target."

"I activate Meteorain! This card gives my Machine King the Piercing Damage effect this turn, so say goodbye to some of your life points. And that will do for now."

S: 2800R: 4000

"I better do something about that card now. I draw!" Now I use Celfon's ability again! Dial On!" The moment got even tenser. "And it's a one. There is nothing to play this turn, so you are lucky. I end my turn by giving Clocken one more counter."

"Draw. I play Fiend's Sanctuary. Now I get a Metal Fiend Token. Now I release my two monsters to summon Perfect Machine King!" He has a perfect looking machine with shoulder missile cannons and 2700 attack points. "He gains 500 attack points for all of machines on the field, so he is at 4200. Go now! Attack his Celfon!"

"I don't think so. I discard my Gadget Driver to activate his special ability. Now my Morphtronic Celfon switches to defense mode! I may lose him, but I don't lose any life points."

"I end my turn."

"Whoa. That was too close." Johnny said.

"Shadow, you're going to have to end this duel soon!" Kazuya was a bit concerned.

"Don't worry. Shadow's go this." Django had confidence in me.

"I draw! Now I can sacrifice my Boomboxen to summon my Gadget Hauler!" I summoned a truck with a cannon on the grill and 1300 attack points. "Now with his ability, I can send these three Morphtronic monsters from my hand to the graveyard to give him 2400 extra attack points, 800 points for each one. I also play Machine Conversion Factory to give it an extra 300 points. And now with its 4000 attack points, my Gadget Hauler will attack!"

"Fine then. Lose if you want."

"Don't plan on it. I activate my Factory of 100 Machines! With this, I can remove every Morphtronic monster in my graveyard from play to give one machine-type monster on my field and extra 200 attack points for each one used. And I count six, so now my Gadget Hauler has 5200 attack points. Now ATTACK!"

S: 2800R: 3000

"I still have more points. So end your turn so I can win this."

"Too late. I still have one more trick up my sleeve. Remember how my Clocken has three Morph Counters? He has two abilities that involve them. So now since he's in defense mode, I can release him and send 1000 points of damage headed your way, for every Morph Counter that he had. So now I sacrifice you buddy. Let's win this duel!"
S: 2800R: 0

The duel robot shut down immediately after the duel ended.

"Whoa bro. I never knew you could use your Morphtronics like that."

"Never tried it when I was younger. I just ended up adapting the deck and strategies just now. Thanks for telling me about this robot Johnny."

"No prob. Anyway, should we be getting back to the room?"
"Please. That duel made me kinda tired." So we headed back to the room for a well-deserved rest. For Shadow, rest is what he needs for his match against Judas. It'll be the battle of Dragon Wits.