"Mitsui Yuei, you are going to meet a bad fate. I, Kaiba Yoshida, will destroy any deck you bring forth." Yoshida put his arm out in front of him, his duel disk facing him. Both sides shot out of the black rectangle on his arm. One revealing his deck, the other a spot for his extra deck. "Yuei, show me your full strength. I want nothing less." Everyone started to form a line around the area set for a duel.
Yuei launched his arm forward. His duel disk made it's usual start-up sound. The disk moved outwards, closing each end onto itself, and moving in front of his arm. Two parts came out from under the disk, revealing spots for a spot for the extra deck, and two slots for his pendulum monsters. "Listen here, Yoshida-Kun, I will not lose this duel." Yuei stared at Yoshida, the both of them with fire in their eyes.
"Yuei," Ayumi ran up to Yuei, slapping his back. "Do your best, for me. Ok?"
"O-Of course." Yuei nodded his head, and Ayumi ran back to the crowds. "Kaiba Yoshida, are you ready?"
"The question, again, is are you ready?" Yoshida raised his arm into the sky.
"DUEL!" Both duelists screamed at the same time, Yoshida snapping his fingers shortly afterwards. The ball of cards above them exploded, and the cards scattered themselves around the two.
Duel
Yoshida: 4000
Yuei: 4000
"If I may, I'll take the first turn." Yoshida looked at his hand. The first thing he noticed was the Blue-Eyes in his hand. "No, why?" Yoshida fell to his knees, and started to grab his face. "Get it together, come on. You have to win." Yoshida slowly stood up, keeping his face hidden as best as he could. "I-I activate my spell card, Trade-In."
Trade-In
Spell Card
"Discard 1 Level 8 monster; Draw 2 cards."
"I'll discard my B-Blue-Eyes" Yoshida took the card in his hand, and slid it into the graveyard slot on his disk. He shook his head, and looked at Yuei. "I summon my Decoy Dragon, in attack mode!"
Decoy Dragon
FIRE / Level 2 / Dragon-Type Effect Monster / ATK: 300 – DEF: 200
"I'll draw the two cards from the effect of Trade-In, and end my turn." Yoshida smirked at Yuei, excalming for him to bring it. Yet, Yuei felt tension in Yoshida's movements. As if, the cards were bothering him.
"Yoshida-Kun, I won't hold back. I DRAW!" Yuei looked at the card from his deck. Ok, I have two of my focus cards. I can set them, and use Artifact Ignition to get Begalltech onto the field. "I set 5 cards face down, and end my turn!" Yuei gestured towards Yoshida, his hand open, palm up. "Now, show me what you've got. Don't hold back!"
"You'll regret saying that." Yoshida had a sadness in his voice, but Yuei couldn't figure out why. "My turn, DRAW! I activate the effect of the Red-Eyes Darkness Metal Dragon in my hand. By banishing one dragon monster I control, I can special summon him to the field." Decoy dragon turned to dust, and flew off the field. A new card appeared in it's place. A red dragon, no, a metal beast started to rise out of the card. It's wings made of Metal, with red energy flowing through them. It's whole body was red, but with the metallic silver lining it.
"I-I activate my quick-spell, Artifact Ignition!" A spell card lifted off the ground on Yuei's field. "I can destroy a face down card I control, and set an Artifact monster from my deck into my Spell/Trap card zone. I choose to destroy my Beagalltech, and to set an Achilleshield! Next, my Artifact Beagalltech is special summoned to the field!"
Artifact Beagalltech
LIGHT / Level 5 / Fairy-Type Effect / ATK: 1400 – DEF: 2100
"If this card is special summoned during your opponent's turn, destroy two Spell/Trap Cards you control."
"Next his effect! I'll destroy my face-down Caduceus, and Achilleshield!"
Artifact Caduceus
LIGHT / Level 5 / Fairy-Type Effect / ATK: 1600 – DEF: 2400
Artifact Achilleshield
LIGHT / Level 5 / Fairy-Type Effect / ATK: 1500 – DEF: 2200
"And Finally, Achilleshield's effect, you can't target my monsters for attacks when he's special summoned during your turn!"
"Only for this turn, Yuei-Kun." Yoshida thrusted his hand forward. "So I'll set up for my next turn. I activate my Red-Eye's effect! I get to special summon a Dragon-Type monster from my graveyard to my field. So, RETURN! BLUE-EYES WHITE DRAGON!" Another card appeared on the field. It was a giant blue dragon. It's eyes pierced through Yuei's, and sent a shock through Yuei's entire body. It was the most fearful thing he'd ever seen.
Blue-Eyes White Dragon
LIGHT / Level 8 / Dragon / ATK: 3000 – DEF: 2500
"Now, show me what you're really made of!" Yoshida's voice wavered, his legs starting to shake. There was no feeling, no happiness. Rather, Yuei felt the sadness in Yoshida's voice.
Yuei smiled. "You don't know what you're dealing with here!" Yuei pulled something out of his pocket, it was a card protector. But, Yoshida couldn't make out what was in it. "This is a trophy from back when Yugi Muto won Battle City. It may not be Yugi's, it could be Joey Wheeler's for all I know. But I do know that it's a family Heirloom. My family has been dueling ever since Duel Monsters became a thing. I don't care how many times I lose, I'll become the greatest one day!"
"And that's how we'll get out memories back." Something touched Yuei's shoulder. Yuei looked up, to see Tanji floating beside him. Yuei nodded, and looked at his deck.
"I don't need any one specific card to beat you. I just need to believe in my deck, and it'll pull through. My turn, DRAW!" Yuei looked at his hand, then to Yoshida's field. "I activate my focus card, Artifact Otsuchi!"
Artifact Otsuchi
Focus Effect
"Tribute two monsters you control. Shuffle one monster your opponent controls into the deck; your opponent shuffles one card from their hand into their deck as well. Your opponent draws one card."
"Now, I'll tribute my Beagalltech, and my Achillishield!" Achillishield sank back into his card, along with Beagalltech. "And I'll get rid of your Blue-Eyes!" The blue dragon dissapeared into it's card, and returned to the deck. "Now choose one card in your hand, Yoshida!"
Yoshida looked at his hand, but quickly chose his second Trade-In. He slid the card into his deck, after showing Yuei, and the deck shuffled itself. Yoshida drew one card, and let Yuei continue. "I switch my Caduceus to defense mode, and set two cards facedown to end my turn."
"Finally, I thought you would never end your turn. I draw. I'll activate the effect of my spell card, Cards of Consonance. I get rid of a Dragon Tuner in my hand, and draw two cards." Yoshida revealed The White Stone of Legend in his hand, and discarded it, and drew two cards. "Next, I activate the effect of White Stone of Legend. When it's sent to the graveyard, I get to add a Blue-Eyes from my deck to my hand." Yoshida went through his deck, and revealed a Blue-Eyes, before putting it into his hand. His hand started to shake. "Now, I'll activate my Raigeki spell card. Say bye to all your monsters." Lightning struck, and struck Artifact Caduceus.
"I activate another focus card! Artifact Ankus! I use one monster on my field, and a monster in my Spell/Trap Card zone as XYZ material for an XYZ summon!" A black hole appeared under Caduceus, and the face down Artifact Failnaught flew out to join him. "Oh great mighty sword of the ancients, show your streaks of anger upon this world. Allow me to wield your mighty power, XYZ SUMMON!" The dark hole pulled in Yuei's two artifacts. "COME FORTH! Artifact Durendal!" A giant sword rose out of the darkness, and a spirit appeared behind it, grabbing the hilt. "Durendal, your effect!" The blue and red spirit looked at Yuei, and nodded. "By detaching one overlay unit, I can change the effect of a normal Spell/Trap card. You now have to destroy one of my Spell/Traps.
Yoshida shrugged. "I'll choose your only face-down card then."
"Artifact Scythe, come forth!"
Artifact Scythe
LIGHT / Level 5 / Fairy Effect / ATK:2200 – DEF: 900
"If this card is special summoned during you opponents turn: Your opponent cannot Special Summon monsters from the extra deck for the rest of this turn."
"Sorry, Yoshida. But it looks like your plan backfired."
"I activate my Red-Eye's effect again!"
"What?"
"I can special summon a Dragon monster from my hand once per turn!" Yoshida took a card out of his hand."I choose my Blue-Eyes White Dragon!"
"No!" Yuei turned around, and ran through the crowds.
"I won't let you get an action card!" Yoshida jumped on the back of his Blue-Eyes, but immediately slid himself off. He whispered to himself. "Why am I doing this during a duel, I have to focus!" Yoshida climbed up the back of his Red-Eyes, and pointed towards Yuei. "Red-Eyes, don't let him get away!"
Yuei ran past the buildings, looking for any sign of a card. He looked up, on the edge of a building, it was there. "Durendal, launch me up!" The spirit put his sword on the ground. Yuei jumped ontop of the flat blade, as Durendal launched him upwards. Yuei jumped off the blade, and launched himself towards the edge of the building.
"Red-Eyes, Attack Durendal!"
Durendal
ATK: 2400
Red-Eyes Darkness Metal Dragon
ATK: 2800
"No!" Yuei grabbed the card, and shoved it into his graveyard. "I activate my Action Magic! Attack Force! My monster gains 600 attack during damage calculation! Now your Red-Eyes is destroyed!"
Durendal
ATK: 2400 → 3000
The two monsters clashed, Durendal sliced Red-Eyes in half, just barely missing Yoshida. Red-Eyes exploded, and Yoshida went flying, being caught by Blue-Eyes.
"PUT ME DOWN! YOU GIANT BEAST, PUT ME DOWN!" Yoshida was squirming, yelling at Blue-Eyes. The Blue-Eyes slowly put Yoshida down on a roof.
Yoshida: 4000 → 3800
Yuei jumped off the building, and was caught by Durendal. "Thanks, Durendal. Now, he still has an attack, let's look for ano-"
"I end my turn." Yoshida shot a hand out to Yuei. "I know you're better than just that. Come on, show me everything you've got!"
Yuei nodded his head, and pointed to the ground. Durendal followed his hand, and quickly got to the ground. Why didn't Yoshida attack with his Blue-Eyes? It would've been an easy destruction. Yuei picked up another card. "I'll use the action magic, Bi-Attack, doubling my monster's attack for the rest of this turn."
Durendal
ATK: 2400 → 4800
"Now, Durendal, Attack!" Durendal launched himself forward, aiming directly at Blue-Eyes. Yoshida flew off to the side, looking for any sign of an action card. "Action magic, activate! Burning Barrel! I can inflict 3000 points of damage to you just by destroying your monster. Not to mention the 1800 from my Durendal. What are you going to do, Yoshida-Kun?" Yuei laughed menacingly. He was too caught up in the moment to think about how everyone was looking at him. Yoshida felt pain from the laugh, wanting to keep his Blue-Eyes on the field. Yoshida pushed himself forward, grabbing a card off the ground.
"Action Magic! Miracle!" Yoshida exclaimed as he thrusted a card into his graveyard. "I negate the destruction of my monster, and take half the battle damage."
Yoshida: 3800 → 2900
"Now, is that all you've got?"
Yuei looked at his entire hand, he had nothing. He had to deal with whatever came at him with his monsters. "It's your turn, Yoshida."
Durendal
ATK: 4800 → 2400
"I won't let you win, Yuei. I DRAW!" Yoshida looked at his hand. "This is the only way, is it? I set one card face down, and set the pendulum scale of three with my Dragon Horn Hunter!" A blue column appeared beside Yoshida, and a man wearing spiky armor came floating out of it. "now all normal monsters gain 200 attack!" Yoshida put his hand forward. "Now, battle, Blue-Eyes!" Yoshida ran to the side, and picked up a card. "And I must also thank you for using that Burning Barrel." Yoshida jumped to a nearby rooftop, grabbing an Action Card that was flying past. "I activate the action magic, Encore! Now I can use an action card in either of our graves."
Yuei looked around for any sign of a card, but he couldn't see any. Blue-eyes dashed into Durendal. Durendal was quickly turned into dust, and vanished. "Now, Yuei, Burning Barrel's effect. Say goodbye to 2400 life points!"
Yuei: 4000 → 1600
"Now, I'll set one card face down, and a monster facedown, and I'll end my turn."
"This isn't the end, Yoshida! I'll finish you off this turn! DRAW!" Yuei looked in his hand, He drew Artifact Yumi. A red spirit wielding a giant bow. "I set one card face down." Yuei ran off to the side, looking for another card. I've almost lost, but I can't stop now!
"I activate the action magic, Twinkle Comet. Your monster loses 1000 attack, and you get dealt 500 points of damage."
"WHAT?"
Artifact Scythe:
ATK: 2200 → 1200
Yuei: 1600 → 1100
"Then I'll use the action magic, Destruction! I destroy one monster, and I can destroy a card on your field! I'll get rid of my Scythe to destroy your Blue-Eyes!"
"I won't let you!" Yoshida looked around, and saw a twinkle. He jumped down off his building, catching a card on the way down. "Action magic, Battle Rage! I can increase my monster's attack by 2000, and negate the activation of a spell card!"
"No!" Yuei dove off the roof, and grabbed a hold of Scythe, and they flew on top of the nearest building. Yuei grabbed the closest card he could, and shoved it into his graveyard. "I'll stop this! I use the Action Magic, Star Destruction. By giving your monster 1000 attack, and destroying my monster, you have to skip your battle phase!" Scythe disappeared, and Yuei fell onto the top of the building.
"I'LL FINISH THIS NOW! TRAP CARD, ACTIVATE!" Yoshida put his hand on this duel disk, as a trap card lifted itself from the ground. "Chthonian Blast! I destroy the monster with the lowest attack on the field, and we both take damage equal to half it's current attack!"
Blue-Eyes White Dragon:
ATK: 6000
Yuei: 1100
Yoshida: 2900
"Are you crazy Yoshida? We'll both lose!"
Yoshida's face became devoid of feeling, his face sinking and becoming pale. "I'm going to beat you one day, descendent of Muto Yugi!" Blue-Eyes exploded, and blasted apart the sky scrapers. Yuei fell off the building he was on, Yoshida fell to his knees.
Yuei: 1100 → 0
Yoshida: 2900 → 0
Duel End: Tie
"YUEI!" Ayumi ran up to Yuei, who was laying on his back. He had holes in his clothes, small tatters from the fall. There were bruises on his skin, and small cuts from what little foliage he had to fall through.
"Ayumi, I'm fine. Just make sure Yoshida-Kun is f-f-" Yuei fell onto his back, and blacked out." All the other students surrounded Yoshida, as he started to stand up.
"Y-You dare insult the name of the Blue-Eyes?" Yoshida fell backwards, and let his eyes close. His clothes were burnt, his hoodie with a big hole in it. There was dirt on his clothes, and bruises all over him.
"Someone, call the hospital! We need an ambulance!" Ayumi yelled at the top of her lungs, hoping to get some help. Teacher Sendo was already on the phone, calling for help, as he was watching the duel from his classroom window.
To Be Continued...