Hope you enjoy this instalment.
Disclaimer: I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh
In the DMH Headquarters, the boss was seen playing chess with a member.
"So, you think you have what it takes to defeat these people?" asked the boss
"Of course, Duel Monsters is alot like chess, you have to find a way to make your opponent bring their best cards out of hiding, then you trap them into a move where there is no way out" said the member
"Very well Mason, you may have what it takes in order to beat these people, but I'm warning you, I've had enough failures, they were even able to beat James, and he was one of our best" said the boss
"I know, but I am a much better duelist than James by far. Checkmate" said the member
"Well done" said the boss
Meanwhile the group were getting some ice-cream, but Alex couldn't think clearly, he was distracted by the Stardust Dragon card his uncle gave him, as well as a photo of his father that he kept with him.
"Hey, Alex, you okay?" asked Thomas
"Yeah, I'm fine" said Alex
When the gang left later, they saw a local priest outside.
"Hello Father Andrew, what are you doing?" asked Rick
"I'm just collecting some donations for the church" said Father Andrew
"Alright, well, see you later Father Andrew" said Thomas
When Alex arrived home, he went to his bedroom and grabbed a box out from under his bed. He looked inside it, when Thomas arrived.
"What you looking at?" asked Thomas
"How did you get in here?" asked Alex
"You left the door unlocked" said Thomas
"Well, what is it?" asked Alex
"You've been acting a bit weird, is something up?" asked Thomas
"No, I'm fine" said Alex
"Come on, something's bothering you" said Thomas
Alex reached into his pocket to show Thomas the picture of Alex's dad.
"Who's that?" asked Thomas
"My dad, he went missing a few years ago, I live every day hoping to find him" said Alex
The next day, Thomas was going for a walk when he saw something on the floor.
"What's this?" asked Thomas
Thomas picked it up, and noticed it was a chess piece, a white pawn.
"A chess piece?" asked Thomas
Thomas looked again and saw another chess piece, and alot more making a trail, Thomas followed the trail and was lead into what seemed like a theatre, on the stage was a man in a black hoodie, sitting at a table, with a chess board.
"Um, hello, who are you?" asked Thomas
"Nice to meet you, my name is Mason, I am a member of the DMH, now follow me" said the man
Thomas followed Mason to the basement of the Theatre, he didn't know why, but Mason didn't seem like the other members of the DMH, he seemed calm and level headed, he would even go so far as to call him nice.
When Mason and Thomas reached the basement, there was a hologram system in the middle of the room.
"Whoa, it doesn't take a genius to realise what's going on, you want to duel" said Thomas
"Correct, now take your position at your podium" said Mason
Thomas did so, when 2 mechanical arms grabbed his ankles, Thomas tries to shake them off but they wouldn't budge.
"Hey, what's going on?" asked Thomas
"This is how we are going to duel, those ankle bracelets locked into the system, they will automatically unlock once the duel is over, and you better hope that you don't lose too many life points at a time" said Mason
"Why?" asked Thomas
"You'll see, but until then, let's begin" said Mason
Both players drew 5 cards from their decks.
"I'll go first" said Mason
Mason drew 1 more card.
"I summon White Pawn 1" said Mason
White Pawn 1
Attribute: Light
Level 1
[Warrior/Effect]
ATK: 500 DEF: 500
When this monster is destroyed, special summon "White Pawn 2" from your deck.
"Then I set 1 card face down" said Mason
"My move then, and I summon Familiar Knight in attack mode" said Thomas
Familiar Knight
Attribute: Dark
Level 3
[Warrior/Effect]
ATK: 1200 DEF: 1400
When this monster is destroyed by battle and sent to the graveyard, each player special summons 1 level 4 monster from their hand.
"Familiar Knight, ATTACK" said Thomas
"I activate my trap card, Chess Piece Change" said Mason
Chess Piece Change
[Trap Card]
Activate only while you control 1 "White" or "Black" monster, return it to your hand to special summon another "White" or "Black" monster from your hand.
"So White Pawn 1 returns to my hand and I get to special summon White Rook" said Mason
White Rook
Attribute: Light
Level 4
[Rock/Effect]
ATK: 2000 DEF: 2000
When this monster attacks, it is switched to defense mode until the end of your next turn.
"So your Familiar Knight is destroyed" said Mason
Thomas' LP (8000-800=7200)
Thomas receives an electric shock.
"What was that?" asked Thomas
"I told you that you wouldn't want to lose too much life points, and that's why, when you lose life points, you will receive an electric shock and the more life points lost at once, the more painful the shocks" said Mason
"That's sick, but back to business, when Familiar Knight is destroyed his special ability allows us both to special summon 1 level 4 monster from our hands, so I choose my Rare Metal Dragon" said Thomas
Rare Metal Dragon
Attribute: Dark
Level 4
[Dragon/Effect]
ATK: 2400 DEF: 1200
This card cannot be normal summoned or set.
"And I choose my White Knight" said Mason
White Knight
Attribute: Light
Level 4
[Warrior/Effect]
ATK: 1700 DEF: 1700
By paying 500 life points, this card can attack your opponent directly.
"I never ended the battle phase, so Rare Metal Dragon, attack White Rook" said Thomas
Rare Metal Dragon destroys White Rook.
Mason's LP (8000-400=7600)
Mason is given a shock
"I set 3 cards face down, your move" said Thomas
==Meanwhile==
Alex, Emily and Rick were hanging out at Rick's, when Bethany arrived.
"Hey, guys, have you seen Thomas anywhere?" asked Bethany
"No, I thought he was with you" said Alex
"No, I was meant to meet up with him, but he was over an hour late, he's never late for anything" said Bethany
"That's true, maybe we should find him" said Alex
==Duel==
Mason draws a card.
"I summon my White Pawn 1 again, then I play the spell card, Pawn's first move" said Mason
Pawn's First Move
[Spell Card]
Activate only while you control at least 1 "Pawn", tribute it to destroy one of your opponent's set spell or trap cards.
"So by sacrificing my White Pawn 1, I can destroy your left set card" said Mason
Thomas' Negate Attack is destroyed.
"Now, since my White Pawn was sent to the grave, I can special summon White Pawn 2" said Mason
White Pawn 2
Attribute: Light
Level 1
[Warrior/Effect]
ATK: 1000 DEF: 1000
When this monster is destroyed, special summon 1 "White Pawn 3" from your hand or deck.
"Now, I activate my White Knight's special ability, by paying 500 of my life points, he can attack you directly" said Mason
"I trigger my set card, Enemy Controller, this switches your Knight to defense mode" said Thomas
"Nice move, I end my turn" said Mason
Thomas draws a card.
"I discard one card from my hand, in order to special summon the Tricky" said Thomas
The Tricky
Attribute: Wind
Level 5
[Spellcaster/Effect]
ATK: 2000 DEF: 1200
You can discard 1 card from your hand to special summon this card from your hand.
"Now my Tricky will attack your knight" said Thomas
The Tricky destroys White Knight
"Now, my Rare Metal Dragon will attack your White Pawn" said Mason
Rare Metal Dragon destroys White Pawn 2.
Mason's LP (7600-1400=6200)
Mason receives a shock.
"By destroying my White Pawn 2, you activated his special ability, now I can summon my White Pawn 3" said Mason
White Pawn 3
Attribute: Light
Level 1
[Warrior/Effect]
ATK: 1100 DEF: 1100
When this monster is destroyed, special summon 1 "White Pawn 4" from your hand or deck
"I end my turn" said Thomas
==Meanwhile==
Alex, Bethany, Rick and Emily were searching all over New Domino to find Thomas, but couldn't find him anywhere.
"Anyone find him?" asked Alex
"No" said Emily
"Nothing" said Rick
"Same here" said Bethany
"Well he couldn't have just disappeared" said Alex
Just then, 3 members of the DMH surrounded them, they activated their duel disks.
"Great, looks like we've got to duel" said Bethany
Alex, Rick and Bethany activated their duel disks.
"I summon X-Head Cannon" said Alex
"I summon Legendary Six Samurai-Kizan" said Rick
"And I summon Cyber Harpie" said Bethany
==Duel==
Mason draws a card.
"I summon to the field, my White Bishop" said Mason
White Bishop
Attribute: Light
Level 3
[Warrior/Effect]
ATK: 1600 DEF: 1600
When this card attacks an opponent's monster, that monster is automatically destroyed.
"Then I play the spell card, Pawns Second Move, like my Pawn's first move from before, well, this card is similar, except instead of destroying one of your spell or trap cards, this card destroys your monster, so I sacrifice my White Pawn 3 to destroy your Rare Metal Dragon" said Mason
Rare Metal Dragon is destroyed.
"Next, I switch my White Knight to Attack mode" said Mason
"Oh no" said Thomas
"Then, my White Pawn 3's ability kicks in, so I special summon my White Pawn 4" said Mason
White Pawn 4
Attribute: Light
Level 2
[Warrior/Effect]
ATK: 1400 DEF: 1400
When this monster is destroyed, special summon 1 "White Knight", "White Rook" or "White Queen" from your hand.
"Now, White Bishop, attack The Tricky" said Mason
The Tricky is destroyed.
"Now, White Knight, attack him directly" said Mason
"I think not, go trap card, Draining Shield, this negates your attack and increases my life points by the number of attack points your monster has" said Thomas
Thomas' LP (7200+1700=8900)
"Very well, but my White Pawn 4 can still attack" said Mason
White Pawn 4 attacks Thomas directly
Thomas' LP (8900-1400=7500)
Thomas receives another shock
"I end my turn with a face-down" said Mason
==Meanwhile==
Alex, Rick and Bethany are still duelling the 3 DMH members.
"I activate my Limiter Removal, this card doubles my Jinzo's attack points to 4800, Jinzo, destroy his Jirai Gumo, Cyber Energy Shock" said Alex
Jinzo destroys the spider.
DMH Member's LP (1750-2700=0)
"Next, I remove 8 Bushido Counters from my Gateway of the Six, this increases my Great Shogun Shien's attack by 2000, for a total of 4500, now Shien, destroy his Cyber Dragon" said Rick
Rick's Shien destroys Cyber Dragon
DMH Member's LP (1300-2300=0)
"Now, Windrose, destroy his Dark Magician" said Bethany
Windrose destroys Dark Magician.
DMH Member's LP (200-300=0)
"You three are defeated, now tell us, where is our friend?" asked Alex
One of the members mustered up enough strength to point to the left.
==Duel==
Thomas draws a card.
"I play Pot of Greed, this card allows me to draw 2 cards" said Thomas
Thomas drew 2 cards.
"I summon Axe Dragonute" said Thomas
Axe Dragonute
Attribute: Dark
Level 4
[Dragon/Effect]
ATK: 2000 DEF: 1200
If this card attacks, change it to defense position at the end of the damage step.
"Next, I activate a spell card known as Monster Reborn, this card will bring back one monster from the grave, so I choose Rare Metal Dragon" said Thomas
"Oh my, 2 dragons? That's not good" said Mason
"I know it's not, Axe Dragonute destroy White Bishop" said Thomas
White Bishop is destroyed.
Mason's LP (6200-400=5800)
Mason receives a shock
"Now, Rare Metal Dragon, destroy White Knight" said Thomas
Rare Metal Dragon destroys White Knight
Mason's LP (5800-700=5100)
Mason receives another shock
Axe Dragonute switches to defense mode due to it's effect.
Mason draws a card.
"I activate a spell card, it's known as Chess Board" said Mason
Chess Board
[Spell Card]
Each player sends the top card of their deck to the graveyard, if it is a monster, they must special summon it in attack mode, they must continue until each player has 5 monsters on their side of the field.
"So I get to special summon my White Queen..." said Mason
White Queen
Attribute: Light
Level 6
[Warrior/Effect]
ATK: 2500 DEF: 2500
When this card is destroyed, add 1 "White King" to your hand.
"...Black Pawn 3..." said Mason
Black Pawn 3
Attribute: Dark
Level 1
[Warrior/Effect]
ATK: 1100 DEF: 1100
When this monster is destroyed, special summon 1 "Black Pawn 4" from your hand or deck.
"...Black Bishop..." said Mason
Black Bishop
Attribute: Dark
Level 3
[Warrior/Effect]
ATK: 1600 DEF: 1600
When this monster attacks an opponent's monster, that monster is automatically destroyed.
"...and finally, my Black Rook" said Mason
Black Rook
Attribute: Dark
Level 4
[Rock/Effect]
ATK: 2000 DEF: 2000
When this monster attacks, it is switched to defense position until the end of your next turn.
Thomas was surprised that Mason didn't flip a single spell or trap.
"Okay then..." said Thomas
Thomas flipped over the first card of his deck, it was Block Attack
Thomas flipped over 3 more cards, they were Magic Jammer, Paths of Destiny and Polymerisation, before he flipped up a monster, Lord of D.
"I summon Lord of D." said Thomas
Thomas went back to his deck, he flipped over Stop Defense, then Spirit Ryu.
"Spirit Ryu" said Thomas
Spirit Ryu
Attribute: Wind
Level 4
[Dragon/Effect]
ATK: 1000 DEF: 1000
You can only activate this effect during your Battle Step, if this card battles during your turn. Discard 1 Dragon-Type monster from your hand to the Graveyard to increase the ATK and DEF of this card by 1000 points until the End Step.
Thomas flipped his next card, and he was definitely happy with what he flipped.
"And last, but definitely not least, I summon the Blue-Eyes White Dragon
"Oh no, not him, not him" said Mason
"That's right, the Blue-Eyes White Dragon" said Thomas
"Well, it's still my turn, Black Rook, destroy Spirit Ryu" said Mason
Black Rook destroys Spirit Ryu
Thomas' LP (7500-1000=6500)
Thomas is shocked.
Black Rook switches to defense mode.
"White Queen, take out his Rare Metal Dragon" said Mason
Rare Metal Dragon is destroyed.
Thomas' LP (6500-100=6400)
"Black Bishop, attack Blue-Eyes White Dragon" said Mason
"Why? My dragon is more powerful" asked Thomas
"Because just like White Bishop, Black Bishop destroys any monster it attacks" said Mason
Black Bishop is destroyed.
Mason's LP (5100-1400=3700)
Mason receives a shock.
"Why wasn't your dragon destroyed?" asked Mason
"Because of Lord of D. he is able to prevent my dragons from being targeted by your card effects" said Thomas
"I end my turn" said Mason
==Meanwhile==
Alex, Rick, Bethany and Emily had found the theatre where Thomas was, they found their way inside, but the theatre was so big, he could be anywhere.
"Man, are you sure that DMH member lead us to the right place?" asked Rick
"Not really, but we have no other choice" said Alex
They heard a loud noise coming from the basement, they decided to follow it.
==Duel==
Thomas drew a card.
"I attack your Queen with my Blue-Eyes" said Thomas
White Queen is destroyed.
Mason's LP (3700-500=3200)
"When my Queen is destroyed, I get to summon out my White King" said Mason
White King
Attribute: Light
Level 8
[Warrior/Effect]
ATK: 3000 DEF: 3000
This monster gains the effects of the monsters used to tribute summon it.
"Fine by me, I attack your Pawn with my Lord of D.
Mason's White Pawn 4 is destroyed.
"When my White Pawn is sent to the grave, it allows me to special summon White Queen, White Knight or White Rook from my hand or deck" said Mason
"Check again, you've used them already, and they're all in the grave" said Thomas
A banging noise is heard, and the group burst through the door.
"Guys?" asked Thomas
"Thomas, you're here" said Bethany
"Yeah, I got stuck in a duel with this chess nut" said Thomas
"And it's my move, and I play a spell card known as Checkmate" said Mason
Checkmate
[Spell Card]
[Continuous]
Both players return all cards in their graveyards to their decks, neither player receives life point damage. During each player's draw phase, if they draw a spell or trap card, it is removed from play, if it is a monster, it is automatically special summoned. Both players can only attack once per turn. When one player attacks their opponent directly, they win the duel.
Both players shuffled their graveyards back into their decks.
"This has become a real game of chess, because once one of us attacks the other directly, this game is over" said Mason
"Well, what else are you going to do?" asked Thomas
"I attack your Blue-Eyes with my White King" said Mason
Both Blue-Eyes and White King are destroyed.
"I end" said Mason
Thomas draws a card, it was Pot of Greed, so it was removed from play.
"My Axe Dragonute is switched to attack mode, so he will attack Black Pawn 3" said Thomas
Black Pawn 3 is destroyed.
"Now I get to summon my Black Pawn 4" said Mason
"I end my turn" said Thomas
Mason drew a card, it was a spell card, so it was removed from play.
"I will attack your Dragonute with my Black Pawn 4" said Mason
Axe Dragonute is destroyed.
Thomas drew a card.
"I set a monster in defense mode" said Thomas
Mason drew a card, it was another spell, so he removed it from play.
"White Pawn 4, destroy his set monster" said Mason
Mason destroyed Thomas' Morphing Jar.
"When Morphing Jar is flipped, we discard our hands and draw 5 new cards" said Thomas
Both Thomas and Mason drew 5 new cards.
"And since your Checkmate only affects the cards we draw during our draw phase, we get to keep all the spell and trap cards" said Thomas
"As if it would help, I end my turn" said Mason
Thomas drew a card.
"I special summon my Photon Crusher" said Thomas
Photon Crusher
Attribute: Light
Level 4
[Warrior/Effect]
ATK: 2000 DEF: 0
When this monster attacks, it is switched to defense position at the end of the damage step.
"Then, I activate a spell card, Raigeki" said Thomas
Raigeki
[Spell Card]
Destroy all monsters your opponent controls.
"Since you destroyed my Pawn, I can summon my Black Rook" said Mason
"I also activate Lightning Vortex, this does the same as Raigeki, except I have to discard a card" said Thomas
Thomas discards a card and Black Rook is destroyed.
"Oh no, I'm wide open" said Mason
"Correct, and remember, thanks to your Checkmate, if I attack you directly, I win" said Thomas
"Alright, Thomas can't lose" said Alex
"Photon Crusher, attack him directly, Photon Smash Attack" said Thomas
Photon Crusher attacks Mason directly, Thomas wins.
"He won!" cheered Bethany
Thomas' ankle bracelets are released and Thomas is able to get down.
"Nice one Thomas, you beat him" said Alex
"Yeah, in truth, I think this guy should stick to chess" said Thomas
"Come on, let's go home" said Bethany
"Agreed" said the others
That's it for this edition
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