Hello everybody, I'm back with another chapter. I'm doing my best not to go on another hiatus or coma from finishing this story. It's been in my head for the longest and I'm ready to see how it plays out so regardless of reviews, I'm in this story for the long run.
I apologize for the long hiatus since my last chapter. Long story short: Things happen, Life can get to you sometimes.
Before I start the story I think you'll be interested to know that most of this duel was actually simulated during a game. I've done this duel multiple times with different results. However this chapter may be the shortest chapter of the story. I have other ideas in the works and I'd like to show them to you.
As I said once before, this was a simulated duel. It was a long time ago and it was one of the first duels I used a Fire Deck in so there aren't any made up cards in this particular story.
With that said, enjoy the story and happy reading.
Chapter 3: The Dragon and the Phoenix, Part 3
The Duel Arena was filled with the cheers of the spectators enjoying the duel between the two friends and rivals. Both Lucas and Rakaia had managed to summon their favorite monsters to the field and were eager to find out which of them would be victorious.
Lucas
LP/800
Cards in Hand: 3
Cards on the Field: 2
Monsters on the Field: Sacred Phoenix of Nephthys
Rakaia
LP/3200
Cards in Hand: 1
Cards on the Field: 2
Monsters on the Field: Red-Eyes B. Dragon
"Well Rakaia, here we are. Our favorite monsters are finally about to go at it" Lucas said with a confident smirk. "Looks like we're about to give everyone a real show" he finished.
"Hehe, yeah we are" Rakaia responded. "I don't know about you, but Red-Eyes and I starting to have some fun here" he continued as his dragon roared in agreement. "And I have a feeling it's only going to get more fun from here on" he finished as he gave a confident grin.
"It looks like Lucas and Rakaia are finally getting serious" Alexia stated with interest. "Rakaia's been kicking him around pretty good so far, it'll be interesting to see how Lucas can turn it around" she finished.
"Yeah, I wonder if Dragon Boy can keep up his streak" Sega added. "Normally Lucas's Phoenix would have the same Attack Points as Red-Eyes, but with that Field Spell it's a different story" she finished.
"Go Rakaia! Don't let up for a second!" Luna cheered.
"Come on Lucas! Keep it up!" Rose cheered in addition.
"Well, we'd better not keep everybody in suspense, time to wrap this up" Lucas said. "Sacred Phoenix attack his Red-Eyes, Wing Wind Blast!" he commanded. The Phoenix gave a loud screech and flapped it's wings, unleashing an intense stream of flames and winds at Rakaia's Red-Eyes.
"Not so fast! I'm activating my Trap Card, Negate Attack!" Rakaia announced as his facedown card was revealed.
Negate Attack
Trap Card
Type:Counter
Effect: When an opponent's monster declares an attack: Target the attacking monster; negate the attack, then end the Battle Phase.
The combination of flames and winds headed towards Rakaia's Red-Eyes phased through the monster when finally reaching it's target, leaving it completely unscathed.
"Better luck next time Lucas, Red-Eyes isn't going anywhere that easily" Rakaia finished with a smirk.
"Hehe, It wouldn't be much fun if it was so easy" Lucas replied. "I'll lay two cards facedown then I'll give you a shot" he finished, placing two facedown cards behind his Phoenix.
Rakaia drew a card from his deck and couldn't help but smile. "Looks like it's my lucky day, I'll start off with the Spell; Pot Of Greed!" he announced.
Pot Of Greed
Spell Card
Type: Normal
Effect: Draw 2 cards from your Deck.
"This card lets me draw two cards" Rakaia explained as he drew two cards from his deck and added them to his hand. "Then I'll activate another Spell, Stamping Destruction!" he continued.
Stamping Destruction
Spell Card
Type: Normal
Effect: If you control a Dragon-Type monster: Target 1 Spell/Trap Card on the field; destroy that target, and if you do, inflict 500 damage to it's controller.
"Here's how it works, If I have a Dragon Type monster on my side of the field I can destroy a Spell or Trap Card on the field, and I choose your Field Spell!" Rakaia explained as he pointed at Lucas's side of the field.
The volcanic field around both duelists had disappeared in an instant.
"And that's not all, when I destroy a Spell or Trap with Stamping Destruction, the owner of the card I destroyed loses 500 Life Points" he finished.
Lucas
LP/800-300
"Since our monsters Attack Points are even, I'll throw down one facedown and end it with that" Rakaia finished.
"Wow...Rakaia's not showing any mercy. Lucas is down to just only 300 more Life Points" Luna said. "And not only that, if wants to get to his Life Points he's still got Red-Eyes to deal with" she finished.
"That Field Spell gave his Phoenix an advantage over Red-Eyes, how's he going to get through it when they're evenly matched in Attack Points?" Rose asked.
"I guess that's what we're going to find out" Alexia answered, ending the conversation and earning a nod from Sega.
"Good News is that it's my turn and I've still got my Phoenix on the field. Bad News... I'm only down to 300 Life Points and I can't destroy it without also destroying my Phoenix" Lucas thought to himself as he stared at his hand. "Rakaia's been kicking me around a lot this Duel. Right now I need something to even the odds. He said he wasn't holding back and neither am I...Here goes nothing" he finished as he put his hand on his deck.
"Now it's my turn!" Lucas said as he drew a card from his deck.
Lucas
LP/300
Cards in Hand: 2
Cards on the Field: 3
Monsters on the Field: Sacred Phoenix of Nephthys
Rakaia
LP/3200
Cards in Hand: 2
Cards on the Field: 2
Monsters on the Field: Red-Eyes B. Dragon
"Perfect, this is just what I needed" Lucas thought to himself, gazing at the card he had just drawn.
"First I'll play my second Riryoku Spell Card!" Lucas announced, showing his opponent the card he was holding.
"What?!" Rakaia replied in shock.
Riryoku
Spell Card
Type: Normal
Effect: Target 2 face-up monsters on the field; halve the ATK of 1 monster, and if you do, add that lost ATK to the other monster. These effects last until the End Phase.
"Then, I'm going add half of your Dragon's Attack Points to my Phoenix's" Lucas continued.
A Black Aura suddenly surrounded Rakaia's Red-Eyes and drifted towards Lucas's Phoenix, transferring it's own power into it.
Red-Eyes B. Dragon
ATK/2400-1200
Sacred Phoenix of Nephthys
ATK/2400-3600
"He has another one of those in his Deck?!" Luna asked.
"If it's a good card you can count on any good Duelist to have more than one copy in their arsenal" Alexia replied.
"Alright let's try this again, Sacred Phoenix attack his Red-Eyes!" Lucas commanded. Lucas's Phoenix flapped it's wings once again, unleashing the same wave of flames and winds towards Rakaia's weakened Dragon, destroying it and causing an explosion and making Rakaia cover his face.
Rakaia
LP/3200-800
"Whoa... Lucas just took out Dragon Boy's favorite monster!" Sega gasped in shock.
"And just put a serious dent in his Life Points" Alexia added.
The cloud of dust surrounding Rakaia's side of the field finally settled to reveal the Dragon Duelist still standing, with an excited grin.
"Not bad Lucas, but Red-Eyes isn't out of the picture just yet! I activate my Trap, Birthright!" Rakaia announced.
Birthright
Trap Card
Type: Continuous
Effect: Activate this card by targeting 1 Normal Monster in your Graveyard; Special Summon that target in face-up Attack Position. When this card leaves the field, destroy that monster. When that monster leaves the field, destroy this card.
Rakaia's Red-Eyes reappeared on his side of the field in an instant without so much as a scratch on it.
"Like I said...You're not getting rid of my Dragon that easily Lucas" Rakaia said as his newly resurrected creature roared beside him.
"I did it once and believe me I'll do it again" Lucas replied with a smirk. "That does it for me this turn, let's see what you've got" he finished.
"Wow... Rakaia wasn't kidding. It looks like his Red-Eyes just won't go to the Graveyard" Rose said in shock.
"Not only is it a powerful monster, it's my brother's favorite card... He'll do whatever he can to keep it on the field. Just like I'm sure we'd do for any of our favorite cards" Alexia replied, smiling at the curious junior Duelist.
"Yeah, I don't think Dragon Boy could go a single Duel without summoning his trusty Red-Eyes" Sega added with a laugh.
Rakaia drew a card from his deck, added it to his hand and couldn't help but flash a smile as he looked at the card he drew.
" Get ready Lucas, this is where I turn up the heat" said the Dragon Duelist.
"Go for it, I'm ready for whatever you can throw at me" Lucas replied.
"We'll see about that, First I activate the Spell; Graceful Charity" Rakaia announced as he showed his opponent his card.
Graceful Charity
Spell Card
Type: Normal
Effect: Draw 3 cards, then discard 2 cards.
Rakaia picked up 3 cards from his deck and added them to his hand, then selected two cards he was holding and placed them in his Graveyard.
"Then I'll sacrifice my Red-Eyes Black Dragon to summon my one and only Red-Eyes Darkness Dragon!" Rakaia continued.
"Dammit... I was hoping he wouldn't do that" Lucas thought to himself as he gritted his teeth.
The Red-Eyes Black Dragon on Rakaia's side of the field was enveloped in a column of purple light and suddenly vanished, only to be replaced by the stronger and more evolved version of itself.
Red-Eyes Darkness Dragon
LV/9
Attribute/Dark
Type/Dragon
ATK/2400-3900
DEF/2000
Effect: Cannot be Normal Summoned/Set. Must be Special Summoned (from your hand) by Tributing 1 "Red-Eyes B. Dragon" and cannot be Special Summoned by other ways. This card gains 300 ATK for each Dragon-Type monster in your Graveyard.
"You'd better watch out Lucas, because not only is my he strong, but my Dragon gains 300 Attack Points for each Dragon-Type monster in my Graveyard" Rakaia explained. "And last I checked I had 5, so that's 1500 more points for my Dragon" he finished.
"Whoa...Dragon Boy wasn't kidding, Lucas had better think of something quick before it's too late" Sega said.
"Rakaia's got one of the strongest monsters in his Deck on the field. If he can take down Lucas's Phoenix with it then it's over" Luna said. "I've gotta admit, Lucas has really put up a fight for Rakaia to have to summon his Red-Eyes Darkness Dragon" she finished.
"Alright Lucas, it's been fun but now it's time to end it" Rakaia said with a smirk at his new and improved Red-Eyes monster.
"Red-Eyes attack his Sacred Phoenix and end this Duel; Inferno Darkness Cannon!" Rakaia commanded as he pointed at Red-Eyes target.
A black aura surrounded Red-Eyes as it gave a loud roar. It opened it's mouth and unleashed a blast of dark crimson flames at Lucas's Phoenix.
"This is it..." Rakaia thought as he watched his dragon's attack make it's way towards it's target.
The rest of the gang had no comment and could only watch in silence as Rakaia's Red-Eyes launched what would be it's final attack.
"It's not going to end like this!" Lucas shouted as Red-Eyes's attack continued to reach it's target, getting closer by the second.
"I activate the Trap Card; Rising Energy!" Lucas called out as he revealed his facedown card.
Rising Energy
Trap Card
Type/Normal
Effect: Discard 1 card, then target 1 face-up monster on the field; that target gains 1500 ATK until the End Phase.
"This card lets me discard one card then I can choose a monster on the field and give it 1500 Attack Points, and the monster I choose is my Phoenix!" Lucas explained as he placed a card from his hand into his Graveyard.
Sacred Phoenix of Nephthys
ATK/2400-3900
Lucas's Phoenix let out a piercing screech as a misty orange aura suddenly surrounded it, increasing it's power.
"Now Lucas's Phoenix and Rakaia's Red-Eyes have the same amount of Attack Points!" Rose gasped.
"Whoa...Who knew Lucas and Dragon Boy would end up matching each other like this?" Sega added.
Rakaia however had no words, he couldn't help but crack a smile. Amazed that his opponent would succeed in equaling one of his most powerful monsters.
"I was saving that for later but now that we're even, it's time for a Counterattack. Wing Wind Blast!" Lucas commanded. The Sacred Phoenix flapped it's wings and unleashed a stream of orange flames and winds towards the crimson colored attack of Rakaia's Red-Eyes Darkness Dragon, resulting in both attacks clashing with each other upon contact, creating a power struggle.
Both duelists covered their faces to shield their eyes from the brightness of their monsters collision of attacks, both pushing forward on one side only to be joined in the center as an even match in power.
There was a sudden flash of white light in between the collision of both monsters attacks that expanded and destroyed both duelists monsters, causing a massive explosion of smoke on both sides of the field.
There was a brief moment of silence as the crowd waited for the large cloud of smoke and dust to settle. The mist surrounding both duelists sides of the field had cleared and revealed both Lucas and Rakaia with no monsters on their sides of the field, the mist-like auras that surrounded them both gone and neither duelist taking their eyes off the other.
"Well look at this it looks like now neither of us has any monsters on the field" Lucas said with a smug grin, as the crowd's cheers resumed.
"Hehe, looks that way for now" Rakaia replied with a confident smirk. "I didn't think you'd take out Red-Eyes Darkness Dragon like that" he finished.
"I told you I wasn't close to done just yet" Lucas responded to the Dragon Duelist. "That said, it looks like this Duel is gonna end soon for one of us" he finished.
"Well it's not gonna be for me, I activate the Spell; Swords of Revealing Light!" Rakaia announced, showing his card to his opponent.
Swords of Revealing Light
Spell Card
Type/Normal
Effect: Flip all monsters your opponent controls face-up. This card remains on the field for 3 of your opponents turns. While this card is face-up on the field, monsters your opponent controls cannot declare an attack.
An array of glowing light swords had rained down from above on Lucas's side of the field and surrounded him.
"Now you're gonna have to go three turns without attacking me" Rakaia explained. "And before my turn comes to an end, I have one more effect to activate" Rakaia added.
"Well don't keep me in suspense, play your card" Lucas responded.
"The thing is...I already did" Rakaia simply replied. "It was the first monster I Summoned this duel, you remember my Red-Eyes Wyvern don't you?" he asked.
"As long as I don't summon or set a monster on my turn, I get to summon my Red-Eyes from my Graveyard" Rakaia explained as his favorite monster appeared before him once again.
"You've gotta be kidding" Lucas sighed.
"Hehe, now it's your turn" Rakaia chuckled.
Lucas
LP/300
Cards in Hand: 2
Cards on the Field: 1
Monsters on the Field: None
Rakaia
LP/800
Cards in Hand: 2
Cards on the Field: 2
Monsters on the Field: Red-Eyes B. Dragon
Lucas drew a card from his deck, smiled, and glanced at Rakaia's Red-Eyes. "Here's a blast from the blast from the past for you, I activate my Trap Card; Call of the Haunted!" Lucas announced as his facedown card was revealed.
Call of the Haunted
Trap Card
Type/Continuous
Effect: Activate this card by targeting 1 monster in your Graveyard; Special Summon that target in Attack Position. When this card leaves the field destroy that target. When that target is destroyed, destroy this card.
"And who better to rejoin the party? My one and only Sacred Phoenix of Nephthys!" Lucas announced as his Phoenix reappeared in front of him.
"Well Rakaia, It looks like we're both right back where we started, both of our favorite monsters ready to go at it again" Lucas commented.
"True, but remember you can't attack for the next few turns" Rakaia responded. "By that time, I'll have the duel all wrapped up" he finished with a smirk.
"Heh...Well I plan on ending this Duel in one more turn, so you might wanna move a little faster than that" Lucas challenged.
"He's trying to finish the Duel in one more turn?" Rose questioned. "How's he going to do that when he can't even Attack?" she asked.
"You got me" Luna replied shrugging her shoulders. "Unless he's got something to destroy those Swords he's pretty much a sitting duck" she finished.
"Either way this has been one hell of a Duel" Sega added. "I'm sure it'll have one hell of an ending regardless of who wins" she finished.
Alexia however, had nothing to add. She was more concerned with watching her younger brother and Lucas, her friend and his opponent.
"That's some tough talk for somebody who can't attack" Rakaia responded. "I wanna see how you plan on doing that when it's my turn" he finished.
"Don't worry, you will. I'll lay one card facedown and that'll be all" Lucas replied. "This is it Rakaia, it's your turn" he finished.
Rakaia drew a card from his deck and his eyes suddenly widened at the sight of what he had just drawn. "Sorry Lucas but I'm going to be the one to finish the Duel this turn" he said.
"Oh come on just hurry up and get on with it!" Sega shouted from the stands, slightly irritating Rakaia and making the part of the crowd who heard her laugh.
"Alright already, you wanna come down here and do this Duel for me?!" Rakaia responded in comical anger, silencing the crowd and making them all stare back and forth between him and Sega.
"If I could it would have already been over with and we wouldn't have to wait six years!" Sega argued back.
"It would already be over with because you would've got beat in a few turns!" Rakaia shouted.
"Come up here and say that!" Sega shouted standing up, making Rose, Luna, and Alexia sweatdrop while they stared at her.
"How about you come down here and I'll say it again?!" Rakaia responded, making Lucas sweatdrop as he stared at him.
"Calm down Sega, just let him Duel" Rose said with a nervous laugh, trying to calm her friend down so she wouldn't be stared at and embarrassed.
After a brief moment of silence between Rakaia and Sega, Rakaia returned his attention to the duel while Sega took her seat.
"As I was saying, I'm finishing this duel with the card I just drew" Rakaia continued. "You did good lasting as long as you have Lucas, really. But it's over...I play the Spell Card; Inferno Fire Blast!" Rakaia announced.
Inferno Fire Blast
Spell Card
Type/Normal
Effect: Target 1 face-up "Red-Eyes B. Dragon" you control; inflict damage to your opponent equal to it's original ATK. "Red-Eyes B. Dragon" cannot attack the turn you activate this card.
"You put up a good fight Lucas, but I win" Rakaia said.
"Not quite, I'll see your Inferno Fire Blast and raise you my Trap Card; Spiritual Fire Art- Kurenai!" Lucas announced as his facedown card flipped over.
Spiritual Fire Art-Kurenai
Trap Card
Type/Normal
Effect: Tribute 1 FIRE monster; inflict damage to your opponent equal to that monsters original ATK.
"So that's what you had up your sleeve?!" Rakaia said in shock. "You weren't planning on attacking me with your monster in the first place" he finished.
"You got me there, but you really had me when you brought Red-Eyes back with your Wyverns effect... That was pretty clever" Lucas replied.
Lucas's Sacred Phoenix began to glow orange as Rakaia's Red-Eyes charged a sphere of crimson colored energy in it's mouth. Lucas's Phoenix shot towards Rakaia's side of the field as Rakaia's Red-Eyes launched the ball of energy it was finished charging at Lucas's side of the field.
Lucas's Phoenix charged into the Inferno Fire Blast, which resulted in a second energy clash. Both duelists, and their friends in the stands watched with bated breath as they observed the power struggle between the effects of these respective monsters.
The effect of Lucas's Phoenix had suddenly phased through the sphere of energy in hit Rakaia's side of the field bringing his Life Points to zero, while the entirety of the Inferno Fire Blast had reached Lucas's side of the field, also bringing his Life Points to zero.
All cards on the field had vanished as the Duel came to an end.
"What... What just happened?" Rose asked.
"I'm not sure who won, was it Lucas or Rakaia?" Luna replied.
"Well Rakaia...It was fun while it lasted" Lucas said with a grin.
"Yeah it was... I'm glad you finally challenged me" Rakaia answered with a smirk of his own. The two duelists made their way to the center of the field and slapped each other a five as the crowd cheered for them both, glad to watch such a great performance from both duelists.
After a few minutes of cheering the majority of the crowd had left the Duel Arena, leaving only the two duelists and their friends. The rest of the gang had walked towards the center of the Arena and made their way to Rakaia and Lucas.
"So you guys finally got this Duel out of the way?" Sega asked as Luna embraced the Dragon Duelist.
"Kind of... I actually wouldn't mind doing this again some other time" Lucas replied with a laugh.
"Yeah me too... Next time will end a lot differently" Rakaia added.
"I should've seen that coming...I swear, you two and your egos" Sega sighed as she buried her hand in her face.
"What's that supposed to mean?!" Rakaia and Lucas said at the same time causing the rest of the gang to laugh at them both.
Meanwhile outside
It was sunset and the gang was headed back to the Slifer Red Dorm, exhausted after Rakaia and Lucas's long duel.
Rakaia had his arm around Luna, laughing in unison with Sega at Lucas who had tried and failed to put his own arm around Rose, but mistakenly had put it around Alexia who gave him a death glare along with Rose herself, causing him to turn red and back off.
As they reached the Slifer Red Dorm, Alexia began to stare off into space deep in thought. "What's going on Alexia?" Rakaia asked as he noticed his sister wasn't joining in the conversation they were having. "Did Lucas do something to you?" he asked as he shot a death glare of his own at his friend.
"I told you that was an accident!" Lucas responded waving his hands in defense in the hopes of calming the Dragon Duelist.
"No it's not that, it's how your Duel ended" she answered.
"Well, this isn't the first time duelists have ever tied before" Luna responded.
"Now that I think about it, it actually wasn't a tie" Alexia replied. "Somebody lost that Duel" she finished looking at Rakaia and Lucas.
"Well I won of course" Rakaia claimed as he pointed at himself. "You saw my Red-Eyes out there, you know I won" he finished with a smile, making Lucas frown and hang his head in disappointment.
"Come on now Rakaia, you don't have to rub it in any further" Luna said as Rakaia began laughing.
"Yeah Dragon Boy, you don't have to be so annoying" Sega added, making Rakaia stop his laughter.
"Why don't you take your own advice?" Rakaia muttered.
"What was that?!" Sega replied with her eyebrow raised.
"Nothing... Don't worry about it" Rakaia responded with a smirk as he put his hands in his pockets. "You're just hearing things, that's all" he added.
"Well speaking of hearing things Rakaia here's something you might not want to hear..." Alexia began, catching her brother's gaze and the rest of the gang's attention. "... Since Lucas's Trap was activated first... Lucas was technically the one who won the Duel" she finished, creating an awkward silence and wiping the smirk off Rakaia's face.
"WHAT?!...ARE YOU FOR REAL?!" He shouted, as everybody else stared at him as if he was some unknown entity.
Rakaia's jaw dropped as he hung his own head as opposed to Lucas who was triumphantly threw his fist in the air with a huge grin on his face.
The rest of the gang except for Alexia laughed as she patted her shocked younger brother's shoulder.
"Don't worry Rakaia..." Lucas said as he clapped his friend's other shoulder. "... That was only round one, we're definitely going to be Dueling again" he finished.
"Haha, yeah I guess you're right" Rakaia laughed. "Next time I just won't hold back" he finished, shocking Lucas for a change.
"I thought you were dueling for real the whole time!" Lucas yelled.
"Oh no... I had to give you some kind of a chance. I didn't wanna beat you in three turns or less, then you'd just be embarrassed" Rakaia simply responded as the rest of the gang not counting Lucas laughed.
"Well I'll be ready for you...We won't be tying again the next time we face each other" Lucas responded with a confident smirk.
"You'd better be" Rakaia responded with a smirk of his own. "And now for your next opponent..." He finished as he rubbed his hands together. Sega stepped forward with a grin on her face and inserted her Deck into her Duel Disk.
"Alright Lucas...I hope you're ready for a match with a real opponent" she said.
"Well actually...No I'm not" Lucas responded with a nervous smile, making Sega fall to the ground anime-style.
"Well we're dueling whether you want to or not!" Sega yelled at him. The gang simply watched as Sega began grabbing his arm and dragging him to a good spot to duel.
"Aw man...I can't we just play Rock, Paper, Scissors?" Lucas whined.
"NO WE CAN'T!" Sega shouted at him.
"Then I guess I've just got only one option" Lucas responded. He took a look at Rose who blushed and gave him a smile. Then Rakaia and Luna who nodded at him, and finally Alexia who nodded at him.
"It's time to...RUN!" Lucas yelled as he took off running.
"GET BACK HERE AND DUEL NOW!" Sega shouted as she chased after the running Duelist.
Alexia and Rose sighed and smiled while Rakaia and Luna pointed and laughed, both laughing so hard they were barely able to stand with out having to support one another.
The sun had finally set and night had arrived. Lucas had slept soundly that night, knowing that he did his best against his friend and rival and would only do better the next time they crossed paths in a Duel.
The End.
To Everybody who was waiting for me to finish this story and everybody else who just enjoyed reading it, Thank You.
I'm really sorry it took so long to finish but here it is. A Duel I simulated, in the form of a story.
I'm currently working on something else that I've been waiting to write, hopefully it won't take long for me to get it done.
If you enjoyed this story or have any advice or suggestions, please Review this story. Thanks for reading once again!
Lucas Black and Rose Amora are my OC's.
Rakaia Meiyo, Alexia Meiyo, and Luna Tenshi are OC's belonging to Rakaia the Dragon Duelist.
Sega Rivera is an OC belonging to SegaLovesAnime09.