Hello, readers and Yu-Gi-Oh fans. Chapter 2 is available now. This one is kind of long. I have few announcements to make. I think I will write an explanations for whatever new cards introduced at the end of the chapter. That way, I don't have to repeat ATK, DEF points, Level, or effect if that monster card or Spell/Trap cards appeared again in later chapters. Plus, it is also a good note for you guys too, like a cheat sheet. Anyway, I hope you will all enjoy this chapter.
Chapter 2-The Destined Fate
The townspeople of the small desert town continued watching the duel. Boss's LF points were 2400 while the mysterious female duelist, Muiko, who was still hooded, but revealing her yellow eyes, had 800 points left.
"This just can't be!" Boss scared.
"What you see is real. Muikai monster is a special kind of monster that can only be summoned when you have two or more monsters with the same Attribute. Particularly, my Golden Angel Dragon is a LIGHT-Attribute monster, so it requires two LIGHT monsters to summon it." The hooded female figure explained. "Now, I activate Golden Angel Dragon's special effect! By sending one Level 4 or lower monster on my side of the field, I can destroy one card on your side of the field!"
Boss and his lackey thugs' jaw opened widely. "I send my E.B. Iron Hammerhead to the Graveyard to destroy Hard-Knuckle Terra Golem!" She declared.
E.B. Iron Hammerhead became a gray energy, swirled around and absorbed into the dragon's body, and its body shined up brightly like a sun. Everyone closed their eyes. "Shining Blast!" Golden Angel Dragon released a burst of energy as it roared. Hard-Knuckle Terra Golem got absorb into the energy that it disintegrated.
"Nooooo, my monster!" Boss horrified.
"Now! I declare my dragon to attack your Life Points directly! Adios!" She added. It shot a big golden fireball at the thug leader, hitting him as he screamed agonizingly, and his LPs decreased to zero as a victory screen shows that Muiko win. Golden Angel Dragon and the field faded away.
"No! Boss lost this duel!" said one of the thugs. "Quick! Let's get out of here!" said the other one. They dragged their unconscious leader to wherever they are escaping to. The townspeople walked over to her and cheered for her. Later that day, they celebrated for Muiko's victory and getting rid of the thugs for the night.
Meanwhile at a distant, but not so far away city, a young boy, who's around age of 15 and has a black hair, was studying hard at his desk. The time was almost 10 o' clock. There were cards scattered around his desk.
"No. This won't do well with this card. Maybe it will go better with this one here." He mumbled tirelessly.
Some hours later, sun had risen. The morning arrived and alarm clock went off.
"Rrrrrrrriiinnnggsss!" The boy woke up, stopping the alarm clock, and then looking at the time. "Oh no! I am late for school!" He surprised.
He quickly go over to his closet and ransacked it, changing to his clothes, and headed out. At the same time, Muiko was riding on the truck, next to the driver who was one of the townspeople. Thanks to her, she got a free ride to the city.
"Thanks for the ride." She nodded.
"Don't mention it! My people and I are the one who are thanking you. This is the least thing we can do for you." He replied happily. Back to where the young lad is, he made it to his school.
"Phew! Just made it in time." He sighed.
"Let me guess. You stay up late studying?" said a female voice.
He looked up and noticed a girl with pink hair, which was pony-tailed. "Oh. Good morning, Hannah." He said yawning.
"Good morning to you, Sleepy Head Mike. This is like a fifth time! You need to take care of yourself better." Hannah scolded him.
"I..I'll be alright. It's just that this exam will determine if I will go to second year or not. I really want to advance to the next advanced classes." He explained, yawning more.
"Oh Mike! First off all, this is a midterm, so if you do not do well on this one, you still have a chance with the final exam along with some quizzes. Second, although there are higher-level classes that only a sophomore can take and freshmen, like us, can't, it is not like difficult until you go to Junior. Third and lastly, you're over-thinking too much!" She scolded even more.
Fiery aura surrounded her body like a demon from the underworld. "Don't worry, Hannah! I will be just fine. I only want to do good on this midterm, ok." He laughed nervously, sweat dropping at the same time.
"Well, fine." She replied, letting go of it. The school bell rang, telling everyone that classes are in session. Everyone quiet down as teachers passed the paper exam to each of their students in their respective classroom.
Somewhere else, Muiko arrived in the city.
"Be careful being here, Miss Muiko. Let's just say that this place is not a good place for a person like you to be here. Well, good luck." The driver rode away with his truck until he no longer can't be seen.
Muiko looked around, surrounded by tall buildings like in any typical city. With the money she got from the townspeople, she decided to find someplace to eat. She walked around for a while until a cafe caught her attention. She opened and entered the cafe, noticing that there was no single customer.
"Welcome to Timegazer Magic Cafe!" The maid said, wearing a traditional black and white dress. "Please allow me to escort you to your table." She said smiling. Muiko simply followed her to the table, and sat down. She looked at the menu while the maid eagerly waited for an order.
"I will have a burger with cup of cream soup." Muiko said.
"Okay! That will be one burger with a cup of cream soup. Good choice." She commented. "Bob! One burger with cup of cream soup! Pronto" She yelled like a manly muscular man.
"I guess that's the reason why many people don't come here." Muiko said in her thought.
The school bell rang again, ending the day. Every student got out of the classroom excitedly. However, not everyone was cheerily although.
"I don't know if I did well on that exam." Mike sighed worringly.
"Don't worry about it! You will be just fine. You're smart." Hannah said, encouraging him to feel better.
"I guess so. At least, tomorrow is the weekend." Mike said, being back to his good old self.
"Hey, Mike. How about let's go to the mall?" Hannah asked.
"What? Right now?" He asked.
"Of course, right now! Come on!" She replied, running hurryingly.
"Hey, wait up!" Mike yelled, running after her.
3 hours later, Mike and Hannah were walking back home. Hannah was holding one bag while Mike was holding 4 bags.
"Why does this happen to me every time we go to the mall?" Mike thought, feeling pain in his arms.
"So, Mike. About the advanced classes you're talking about, which one do you want to take?" Hannah asked curiously.
"Well, I have not decided that yet. There are four currently. Each of them specializes one specific summoning techniques; Fusion, Synchro, Xyz, and Pendulum." Mike explained.
"Well, I think you should pick Pendulum since that makes Fusion, Synchro, and Xyz summoning easier, and allow you to summon multiple monsters at the same time." Hannah said excitedly. "I guess, but I still don't know yet." Mike said, pondering.
While they were walking back to home, a mysterious man watched behind them and followed them, smiling sinisterly.
"Well, this is where I go home. I will take all these bags with me, ok." Hannah said.
"Yeah, sure." Mike replied. "I will see you tomorrow, ok, Mike?" She asked. "Yeah. Sure." He replied.
"Remember, get some sleep tonight okay." She nagged.
"I know. I will." Mike sighed.
"Then, goodnight!" She said as she left and walked down the other path. Mike took the other road, which takes him back to his house.
Mike walked down the street quietly. It was getting dark, and his stomach was growling for food.
"Almost there." He thought.
Suddenly, someone or something went behind him, and when he turned around to see it, he got bashed in the head.
"Gah!" He fell down as his sight becomes blurry.
After a while, he woke up, dazed. "Ouch. My head." He said. Next thing he knew, he noticed that he was in some warehouse. "What? Where am I?" He asked.
"Welcome to my hiding place." A sinister voice said.
"Who's there?!" Mike frightened.
Out of the shadow, a mysterious hooded man with black jacket and blue jean appeared and walked up to Mike. Mike steps back away from the man.
"Who the heck are you? What do you want?" Mike asked, feeling uneasy. All he think about was that he got kidnapped and he needed to get out of here fast.
"All I want is to have a little duel with you." The man added.
"What? A duel?" Mike confused.
"That's right. If you win, I will let you go." The man explained.
"And if I lose?" Mike asked nervously.
"Oh, you will find that out if you lose, that is. Now, duel with me!" The man yelled, activating his Duel Disk. Mike's Duel Disk, which was in his pocket beeped.
"I guess I have no choice then." He said, agreeing to the term. He attached the Duel Disk to the bracelet on his left arm, activated it, showing that the duel is commenced, and touch screen for the Monster Zone appeared.
"Duel Mode Standby. Duel Mode Activated!" said both Duel Disks.
"Duel!" They both said strongly, as they began with 4000 Life Points.
Meanwhile, Muiko was walking down the path, finding a place to sleep at. Then, she sensed something, an evil energy.
"Could it be?" She thought. She went to see where the evil energy is coming from. She found the warehouse, and heard some thrashing noises from the inside.
"Aaaaahhh" Mike screamed painfully. His Life Points were down to 100. The man had 4000 Life Points left.
"Pathetic. Is that all you got?" The man asked mockingly, yet evilly.
Suddenly, a door opened, making a loud bang. Both duelists turned and looked as they noticed the hooded female duelist, Muiko, who was there standing in front of the blue light as winds blew (for very cool appearance).
"Huh?" Mike confused.
"Who the heck are you, interrupting my duel?" The sinister man asked.
"Sorry, but I just can't bear to see someone's getting hurt." Muiko replied bravely.
"Oh. You look strong, and you are seemed to be just like me." The man said sinisterly. "Just like him. What is he talking about?" Mike asked in his head.
"Just like you, huh. Sorry, but I am nothing like you, Dirtbag. Let's just duel." Muiko decided, activating her duel disk.
"Sure. I was getting bored with that amateur boy anyway." The man laughed.
"Duel!" They both yelled as the new duel began.
"I will let you go. Lady go first." The man said politely, yet suspiciously.
"Very well. My turn!" Muiko decided. "First, I summon my E.B. Fluorine Cheetah in attack mode!" The yellow metallic cheetah dashed into the field and roared for battle. "Next, I special summon E.B. Iron Hammerhead through its special ability!" The hammerhead shark, made of iron body swam into the field. "Thanks to its effect, I can inflict your Life Points equal to Iron Hammerhead's ATK. Go, Iron Hammerhead! Use Iron Headbash!" Muiko commanded.
It bashed into the man's chest, taking 800 points of damage. His Life Points were now 3200.
"Then, I place one card face down. Turn end."
Mike was amazed to see her dueling skills."Wow. This person is very good. She summoned two monsters and attacked his Life Points in one turn. Amazing!" Mike thought.
"Heh heh heh. This is good, this is good! This is the kind of duel I wanted." The man laughed maniacally. "My turn! I draw!" He looked at his cards, and smirked sinisterly, hinting he's up to something. "First, I normal summon Darksoul Man in attack mode!" A skeleton figure with dark aura and blue fire spitting out of its eye and mouth moaned into the battle. Its moan was something like a soul stuck in darkness. It was DARK Level 3 Zombie-type monster with 1000 ATK. "Then, I activate Darksoul Man's special ability. When he is the only one on my side of the field, I can add another Darksoul Man to my hand from my Deck and special summon it!" A card slid out of his Deck, he picked up the card, added to his hand, and place it on his Monster Zone. A second skeleton figure appeared alongside the first one, moaning. "Then, I activate my second Darksoul Man's effect to add one more Darksoul Man to my hand and special summon him as well!" The same trick conducted, and there were now three monsters on his side of the field.
"Oh no. This is bad!" Mike said in head. "Be careful! He is going to summon a strong monster!"
Muiko already suspected that he is going to do what she was thinking he will do.
"Now, I use my three Darksoul monsters to summon my most powerful card in possession. Muikai Summon!" The sinister man declared.
Three of his monsters turned into three dark energies, fused together, and it formed into a giant skeleton with dark aura surrounding its body. It had metal sharp claws for its hand, only showed its upper body, and the bottom half was inside of a dark swirling portal. It had blue fire spitting out from its left eye, green fire in its right, and red fire out of its mouth whenever it opens it.
"Meet my Muikai monster, Darksoul Odokuro Man!" It had 2300 ATK. "Now, I activate Darksoul Odokuro Man's special ability! Once per turn, I can send as many cards from my hand to the Graveyard to inflict 200x of damage to your Life Points for each card I sent to the Graveyard!" The man explained maniacally. "I send five of my cards to the Graveyard to inflict 1000 points of damage to your Life Points!" He declared.
The giant skeleton shot five fireballs at Muiko. She got burned from the attack, making her Life Points go down to 3000. "But, your pain does not end there! Next, I activate my Spell card from my hand, Pot of Greed so I can draw two new cards from my Deck!" He drew two more of his Deck, smiling sinisterly and chuckling evilly. "Then, I activate another Spell card, Damage Infection!" He added. It showed giant gem spores attacking warriors as their faces were tormented by it. "With this card, my opponent receives double the amount of effect damage that he or she experienced during this turn. Now, you gain 2000 more points of damage!" The spell card shot similar fireballs like his Muikai monster's effect. Muiko's Life Points decreased to 1000 points. "Next, I declare my monster to attack your Fluorine Cheetah!" Odokuro Man slashed Fluorine Cheetah in half. Her Life Points decreased to 200 points.
"This is not good! You only have 200 points left." Mike worried. "Do not worry about me. I will be just fine." Muiko replied calmly, yet confidently.
Muiko closed her eyes as she drew her card flashily, putting her heart into her Deck. She looked at the card she drew, which she grinned a bit. "Your monster is quite impressive. Your strategy is to damage your opponent's Life Points through card effects as much as possible in one turn." Muiko complimented.
"That's right. I enjoy inflicting pain to my opponent before I finish him or her off." The man chuckled.
"Well, then. I guess I will repay you through this duel." Muiko replied.
The man's sinister grin turned to frown, suspecting something.
"My turn! I draw!" She scanned through her cards on her hand. "I summon E.B. Sulfur Leopard to the field!" Another of her LIGHT Level 4 big cat monster roared into the field, standing next to E.B. Iron Hammerhead. "Next, I activate the Spell card, Attribute Machine from my hand!" It showed a machine with Dark Magician inside, and just above his head, a monitor that shows his Attribute changing to LIGHT.
"With this card, I can change one monster on my side of the field to a different Attribute I desire. I select my Iron Hammerhead and change its Attribute to LIGHT!" She declared. Iron Hammerhead's body shined up as its Attribute, WATER changes to LIGHT. "Next, I select Sulfur Leopard and Iron Hammerhead for my Muikai materials to summon my Muikai monster!" She added.
Two of her monsters turned into two yellow ball of energy, swirling together and merging into one. Mike was astonished as the sinister man was speechless. A light appeared, brightening up in the warehouse until it settled down. Out of the light, a golden dragon with angelic wings appeared on Muiko's side of the field.
"A legendary dragon, with majestic angelic wings, show your light to brighten this dark world. Show your power! Golden Angel Dragon!" Her ace monster roared strongly.
"Wow. She is...amazing." Mike amazed.
"Next, I use another Spell card from my hand, Monster Reborn. I bring back my Fluorine Cheetah!" She added, as a familiar monster roared into the field.
"Then, I activate my dragon's special ability. By sending one Level 4 or lower monster from my side of the field to the Graveyard, I can destroy one card on your side of the field. I send my Fluorine Cheetah back to the Graveyard to destroy your monster!" Fluorine Cheetah turned into an energy, get absorbed into her dragon's body, and it shot a blast of light from it.
Mike and the man closed their eyes as it was too bright to see. Darksoul Odokuro Man turned into dust as the light destroyed him. The light wore off, which now they can see.
"No. Odokuro Man!" The man said.
"Now, I declare Golden Angel Dragon to attack your Life Points directly! Go! Golden Fireblast!" Her dragon shot a big yellow fireball at the man, burning his Life Points to 700.
"Crap!" He cursed.
"But, I am done yet because I activate my Trap card that I laid down from my last turn. I activate my Trap card, Call of the Haunted." A familiar trap card that depicted a graveyard flipped on her side of the field.
"Call of the Haunted?!" Mike surprised.
"With this card, I can special summon one monster from my Graveyard. I bring back E.B. Iron Hammerhead!" She declared. The familiar hammerhead shark swam out of the purple portal. "Now, I end this duel with Iron Hammerhead attacking your Life Points directly!"
"This can't beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!" The man yelled. Iron Hammerhead head butted the man to the wall, losing all of his Life Points.
Victory screen showed up, both Golden Angel Dragon and Iron Hammerhead roared victoriously as they faded away.
"Damn you.." said the man before he fell into unconsciousness.
Muiko took a deep breath. She felt tired, but turned around and walked up to Mike, giving her a hand. "Are you OK?" She asked.
"Umm. Yeah." Mike replied, accepting her hand to help in getting up.
"Um, thank you." He thanked.
"It is nothing." She replied. Suddenly, they hear some kind of siren.
"It sounds like the police. We should tell them that..." When Mike turned back around to see her, Muiko was already gone. "Huh? Hey! Where did you go?!" He asked.
The police arrived to the scene. One of them was asking some questions to Mike, but he decided not to talk about Muiko, so he deliberately lied to them that he got saved by someone anonymously. "Who was that girl?" He asked in his head.
"That was quite a show. Wasn't it, sir." said a voice, who sounded like robotic.
"Indeed. That girl might be a good candidate." said an elderly man, who was sitting on a chair and looking at a huge computer monitor.
"Should I approach her and invite her, master?" The voice asked.
"Do it now." The man ordered.
"Yes sir." The robotic voice replied.
New Card Cheat Sheet
Darksoul Man-LEVEL: 3 Attribute: DARK TYPE: Zombie/Effect ATK/DEF: 1000/1000 EFFECT: When this card is the only monster on your side of the field, add one "Darksoul Skeleton Man" to your hand and Special Summon it.
Darksoul Odokuro Man-Level: 6 Attrribute: DARK TYPE: Zombie/Muikai/Effect ATK/DEF: 2300/1500 EFFECT: 3 DARK Zombie monsters. Once per turn, send as many cards as you want from your hand to the Graveyard. Inflict 200x of damage for each card you sent to the Graveyard.
Damage Infection-Type: Normal Spell EFFECT: Your opponent receives the double the amount of effect damage he/she received during this turn.