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Yu-Gi-Oh GX - A New Duelist Legend
Chapter 23 - Double Attack
"Now," Coram continued, "Since he destroyed a monster in battle, Black Luster Soldier gets to attack once again! Chaos Blade!" The chaos knight charged once again, but this time, his target was Jaden. His slash sent Jaden flying through the air.
CLP: 6400
JLP: 4300
Jaden landed at Vincent's feet. The black-haired duelist cocked an eyebrow. "Having fun?"
Jaden smirked. "Of course I'm having fun. This is a duel, after all."
Vincent just shook his head. "I'll never understand you, Yuki."
"Maybe not, but why do you need to?" Jaden replied, walking back to the duel.
Vincent just stared at Jaden's back in response. "Because I need to understand you in order to beat you, Yuki."
Coram yawned. "Have a nice little break, boy?"
Jaden smirked. "Yep. Now I'm more then ready to beat you!"
Coram sneered at Jaden. "Not with the level of skill I've seen so far, you won't." He gestured to Jaden. "I'll end my turn. Let's see what you can do."
"Alright!" Jaden yelled, after drawing. "I'll start things off by activating one of my two set cards: Light Into Darkness. This trap allows me to remove a Shining or Shadow Hero from my graveyard to add one of the opposite type from my deck to my hand. I'll remove Shadow Hero Temptress to add Shining Hero Brilliance to my hand. Next, I'll summon him! Welcome Shining Hero Brilliance!" In a flash of light, a little kid in golden armor with an oversized brain appeared on Jaden's field. (1400/800)
Coram frowned. "You're sending a little kid against one of the most feared cards in all of duel monsters?"
"Not quite." Jaden said. "You seen, Brilliance allows me to remove a Shining or Shadow hero from my graveyard to draw a card once per turn. So, by removing Radiant, I can draw a card." Jaden slid a card off of his deck. "Next, I'll activate a card I'm sure you remember, Interdimensional Fusion! I return Radiant and Temptress to my deck to summon Chaos Hero Olympia!" The two monsters converged in a portal, and out of the portal came a woman in black armor with a white dress over it, and shining golden hair. (2500/1600)
"Still not strong enough, boy." Coram remarked.
Vincent, watching the duel, saw something out of the corner of his eye. It looked like a rip in the air. As he watched, the rip got bigger. After a few moments, an arm came out of it. Then a torso, then a whole body. And it was an ugly body. He looked like a punk, but with grey, slimy skin.
The grey skinned punk looked around. "I-I-I-t looks like I'm her-e-e-e."
"And who exactly are you?" Vincent asked.
Looking at him, the punk said "C-c-c-opeli-s-s-s. W-w-w-here is Cora-m-m-m?"
"Busy." Vincent replied. "However, I'd be more than happy to deal with you for him."
Ceopelis extended a ridiculously long tongue and licked his own eye. "C-c-c-oram can wai-t-t-t. K-k-k-illing you should be fu-n-n-n."
"You're not going to kill me. Not until I kill Thatcher." Vincent replied.
CLP: 8000
VLP: 8000
"Oh yes, she is." Jaden replied. "I'll activate my other trap, Chaotic Power! By returning a Chaos Hero in my graveyard to the fusion deck, another Chaos Hero on my field gets half of its attack for one turn! Though, it's also the only monster on my field that can attack this turn." Olympia glowed with power, her attack points shooting up. (2500/1600)—(3700/1600)
"Now!" Jaden yelled, "Olympia, attack!" The glowing monster rushed forward and slammed her fist into the Soldier. He shattered, and Olympia smirked.
CLP: 5700
JLP: 4300
Jaden pulled two cards off of his deck. "I forgot to mention that, when Olympia destroys a monster in battle, I get to draw cards equal to one-fourth of that monster's level." He slid a card onto his disc. "I set one card, and then end my turn."
Coram sighed. "I suppose this is to be expected, given your lack of experience…"
Frowning, Jaden asked, "What is to be expected?"
"Your weakness." Coram replied with a sneer.
"My what?!" Jaden yelled.
"I'll show you what I mean."
Vincent drew his first card, and looked over his hand. "I will begin by summoning White Imperial Guard in attack mode." Vincent placed the card on his disk, and the white-clad monster appeared. (1000/1000)
"His effect allows me to discard a card to summon his compatriots from my deck." Vincent continued. He slid a card into his graveyard, and White Imperial Guard banged to butt of his pike on the ground, summoning reinforcements. (1000/1000)x2
Sneering at Ceopelis, Vincent said "The card I discarded was Imperial Arms Merchant, whose effect allows me to draw two cards." Sliding two more cards off of his deck, Vincent continued, "Now I'll activate Double Summon, giving me a second summon this turn. I'll use it to summon Imperial Army Commander." The gun-wielding Commander shimmered onto Vincent's field, crisply saluting. (1400/1900)
"Now I can discard a card to summon an Imperial Army monster with 1000 or less attack." Vincent said, "I discard Repayment of Losses, drawing a card, to summon Imperial Army Scout." A fatigue-wearing monster in a grey cloak appeared next to the Commander, and Vincent drew again. As he did, and aura appeared around the Commander, increasing its attack. (1000/1000) (1400/1900)—(2400/1900)
Ceopelis chuckled. "Y-y-y-ou're sure starting out stron-g-g-g. B-b-b-ut can you keep it u-p-p-p?"
"Easily." Vincent replied. "Next, I will activate the key spell in my deck, Imperial Tactics. Now you take 500 points of damage whenever an Imperial monster is sent to the graveyard, except by battle or tribute."
"I will end my turn with a facedown card." Vincent concluded.
"T-t-t-hat certainly took a whil-e-e-e." Ceopelis said as he drew. "B-b-b-ut now you're done, and I can kill you-u-u-u. I-i-i summon Berserk Breake-r-r-r!" A monster that looked like a raving lunatic ogre appeared on Coepelis' field. (1800/0)
"A-a-a-tac-k-k-k!" Ceopelis yelled. Berserk breaker charged Imperial Army Medic, but his attack was intercepted by a White Imperial Guard.
"By sacrificing a White Imperial Guard, I can negate an attack against any Imperial monster." Vincent said. "And, since he wasn't destroyed in battle, you lose 500 life points from Imperial Tactics."
CLP: 7500
VLP: 8000
Ceopelis sneered. "I-i-i will kill you next tur-n-n-n." He set a facedown, and ended.
As he drew, Vincent asked "How did you get here, anyway? This doesn't seem like the easiest place to get to."
Laughing, Ceopelis replied "T-t-t-hat's not for you to kno-w-w-w."
Coram placed his hand on his deck, and an immense aura of power welled up around him.
Jaden paled when he saw that aura. He began to tremble. He could feel how immense Coram's power was. How easy Coram had been going on him. And how there was no way he could win.
"Do you feel it, boy?" Coram yelled. "I can see in your face that you've given up on winning before I've even drawn. This is the difference between us!" he ripped the card off of his deck and played it. "I activate Maelstrom of Chaos! By sending a Light monster and a Dark monster form my deck to the graveyard, I can destroy all cards on the field!" A massive chaotic rift appeared on the field, blowing everything away.
"I'll show you what real power is, boy!" Coram slammed another card onto his disc. "By removing the monsters I sent to the graveyard, I summon Chaos Emperor Dragon – Envoy of the End!" A chaotic portal appeared on the field, and the massive dragon clawed his way out. (3000/2500)
"Attack with Chaos Breath!" The dragon breathed a massive stream of white and black fire onto Jaden, completely engulfing him.
CLP: 5700
JLP: 1300
Vincent frowned. "Fine. Then I'll beat it out of you. I tribute both White Imperial Guards for Imperial Princess!" The two Guards shimmered away, and the black-clad princess appeared on Vincent's field. The Commander and Scout both saluted her respectfully. (1800/2100)
"Now," Vincent said, "Commander! Attack his Berserk Breaker with tactical shot!" The commander cocked his pistol and fired a single shot between Berserk Breaker's eyes. Berserk Breaker roared and shattered.
CLP: 6900
VLP: 8000
"H-h-h-a-a-a!" Ceopelis laughed. "Y-y-y-ou've activated the effect of my Berserk Breaker-r-r! N-n-n-ow he returns with an additional 500 attack points!" Berserk Breaker's fist rammed out from the ground, and he crawled out of the dirt, roaring. (1800/0)—(2300/0)
Looking over his cards, Vincent said "I will end my turn, then."
Ceopelis drew, and laughed. "F-f-f-ortunetely for you, once A Berserk monster has revived itself, it is destroyed in my nest standby phas-e-e-e." As he said that, Berserk Breaker roared and shattered… only to come crawling out of the ground again. (1800/0)
Sneering, Ceopelis said "C-c-c-all of the Haunted is a good solution for that problem, thoug-h-h-h. N-n-n-ow I'll summon Berserk Kille-r-r-r!" This monster was also a raving lunatic, this one wielding a pair of rusty knives. (1500/0)
"K-k-k-ill the-m-m-m!" Ceopelis yelled.
"Activate trap!" Vincent yelled back. "Imperial Defense Grid! This continuous trap requires me to sacrifice an Imperial monster every standby phase, but it prevents you from attacking!" Both of the two charging Berserk monsters rammed into an invisible shield.
Ceopelis grit his teeth and set a card, ending his turn.
As he slid a card off of his deck, Vincent gestured. "I now sacrifice my Imperial Army Scout for Imperial Defense Grid, and then bring it back with Imperial Princess. In the process, you take 500 points of damage, and I get to rearrange the top three cards of your deck."
CLP: 6400
VLP: 8000
Shaking with fury, Ceopelis barked, "D-d-d-amn yo-u-u-u…"
Vincent grinned. "You can't get out of my lock, and you lose in 13 turns. If I do nothing but sit here, which I won't. I summon Royal Imperial Guard!" A red-clad, pike wielding guardsman appeared next to the other monsters. (1000/1000)
"Now," Vincent said, "I discard a card to summon on other Royal Imperial Guard from my deck." He slid a card into his graveyard, and a second Royal Imperial Guard appeared. "Not only that," Vincent continued, "When there's another Royal Imperial Guard on the field, Royal Imperial Guard gets an additional 1000 attack." (1000/1000)x2—(2000/1000)x2
"Imperial Army Commander, attack Berserk Breaker!" Vincent yelled. "Tactical shot!" Once again, the Commander shot the Berserker between the eyes. Once again, he shattered and came back. (1800/0)—(2300/0)
CLP: 5800
VLP: 8000
Sneering at Ceopelis, Vincent continued "Royal Imperial Guard, attack Berserk Killer!" One of the two red-clad guards charged, and impaled the Killer on his pike, shattering him. The Killer crawled out of the ground, just like the Breaker, but unlike the breaker, he came up under the Imperial Defense Grid card and destroyed it before jumping back to his side of the field. (1500/0)
CLP: 5300
VLP: 8000
Vincent frowned. "So, the Killer revives itself and destroys one of my cards? How irritating." He surveyed the field, and thought to himself I don't know if his effect can trigger more than once a turn, so I should play it safe for now."
"I'll set a card and end my turn." Vincent said.
Ceopelis drew, and began laughing hysterically. "B-b-b-oth my monsters die now, but when Berserk monsters die in my standby phase, I can summon Berserk Kin-g-g-g!" Ceopelis' two monsters vanished, and were replaced by a massive double axe-wielding lunatic. (0/0)
"A-a-a-and," Ceopelis continued, "when Berserk King is summoned, he gains 1500 attack points for each monster that died to summon hi-m-m-m!" The King roared, and his power skyrocketed. (0/0)—(3000/0)
"K-k-k-il-l-l-l!" Ceopelis roared. The Berserk King charged, and cut imperial Army Scout in half.
CLP: 5300
VLP: 5400
"H-h-h-aaaaaaaaaaaa-a-a-a! E-e-e-n-d-d-d!"
Vincent glared at Ceopelis furiously and yelled "YOU WANT DEATH?! FINE! I'LL GIVE IT TO YOU!" He ripped a card off of his deck and slammed it onto his disc. "I don't care HOW you got here anymore! activate Imperial Superweapon! This card sends every monster on my side of the field to the graveyard, than deals damage equal to half their combined attack to you! In addition, you also take 1500 points of damage from Imperial Tactics! Now DIE!!" All of the monsters on Vincent's field turned into motes of light, and converged in a giant beam. The beam slammed into Ceopelis, and obliterated him instantly.
CLP: 0
VLP: 5400
Vincent stood there and panted. "Never disrupt my plans, you stupid bastard."
"During my second main phase, I activate his effect!" Coram continued, "I pay 1000 life points to send every card on the field and in both player's hands to the graveyard, then do you 300 damage for each card sent! This duel is OVER!" The dragon glowed, then exploded, covering the field with smoke.
CLP: 4700
JLP: 0
Jaden lay sprawled on his back, once again at Vincent's feet. Vincent regarded him coolly. "Are you dead, Yuki?"
Without a word, Jaden stood up and walked over to Coram. Coram stared at him. "Do you understand now, boy?"
"I do." Jaden replied. "If that's the kind of power I'm going to be facing…" He started shaking. "Then... I can't wait." He finished with a smirk.
Coram laughed. "Nice attitude on this one!" He turned to Vincent. "Good job dealing with our guest."
Vincent just shrugged.
"Alright." Coram continued, " I'll send you back to East Academy now. A great tragedy is about to befall that place, and you two will be needed."
"Wait!" Jaden said, "What about saving the world?"
Chucking, Coram replied, "The world's a little big for you, yet. Let's start with your friends."
"What do you-" Jaden began, but Coram snapped his fingers, and Jaden and Vincent vanished.
Far away from East Academy, four people sat around a table in a darkened room. One of them would have been familiar to Jaden, the black-masked Nightshroud. A second was a girl in a dark, hooded robe. The third was in a tight black jumpsuit with a mask that covered his entire face. The last was a man with white hair in a formal business suit. The man in the business suit began to speak.
"Alright. The three of you know your task. Go to East Academy and send us as many duelists as possible. The stronger the better."
The man it the jumpsuit spoke up. "How overt should we be? What about witnesses?"
"An excellent question, Darksword. We will be cutting off their communications, so it will be awhile before anyone notices. Feel free to make as much of a ruckus as you want."
Nightshroud looked over at the robed woman. "Shadowthief, do you have anything to add? You've been unusually quiet."
Shadowthief just grunted, apparently lost in thought.
"Alright." The man in the business suit said, "If there are no more questions, then you are all dismissed. Report to the teleporter room in one hour. Oh, and use your real decks. No screwing around. I'm putting this entire operation in your hands."
Nightshroud stood up. "Don't worry. You can leave everything to us."
"Duel Academy will learn to fear the Apostles of the Dark."
A/N: Hey, I'm back. After more than a year. Wow, that's a really long time. Anyway, I hope I'm back for more than just this chapter. Although I'm not going to promise anything. It feels good to be back, though.
Next Time: Jaden and Vincent are back, but Jaden's been gone a whole week! That'll take some explaining. But even as he's doing that, the Apostles begin their war. And every war has casualties… The Introduction Arc is over. Don't miss the beginning of the Assault on Duel Academy Arc "Ogre of the Black Shadow"!