Note: The only thing from Yu-gi-oh that I am using is the game, Duel
Monsters and Kaiba's Duel Discs. Forget all the creation concepts and
characters from the show when reading this. The card names are all
translated from Japanese, and the translations are from Edo
(www.stormpages.com/edhrzic/Yugioh.htm), and the cards are all copyrighted
by Kazuki Takahashi. Also, please do not reproduce the characters or the
story without my consent.
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Chance stood in front of the Duel Dome, a huge white dome in the center of downtown, created only for Duel Monsters. Each level of the building was for duels between different ranked players. Duelists like him would play on the higher levels, while many lower ranked players would duel in the far more plentiful arenas on the ground floor. The Duel Dome was created five years ago when the last Grand Duelist Tournament was held. Many thought that it would never see another tourney since it was only a card game, but people just couldn't stop playing.
Chance checked his wrist piece, a Duel-Gear, the part of a Dueling Disc that held the cards. Duelists would keep their playing decks and ranking data on it so that every duel counted towards rising in the rankings. Most people couldn't afford the holographic disk part, so people had to rent them from places like the Duel Dome. He had his trusted deck already inserted into the machine, and the protection lock down so that the cards couldn't be pulled out.
"Chance? You listening?" Said the boy beside him. Chance looked over at his friend Lucas. The two of them rarely dueled together but they have helped one another to rise to the top twelve duelists in the city. It wasn't just the city though, most of the people they had played against where from all over the world. Cerlanta City was well known for Duel Monsters, so the two of them might as well be in the top dozen in the world.
"Yeah, I'm listening. What did you say?" Chance said, snapping out of his thoughts.
"I asked if you want to go inside yet or not. You're acting like you've never seen the Duel Dome before." Lucas said, pulling his arm up to scratch the back of his head. On his wrist he had the Deck-Holder just like Chance, holding his own playing cards.
"It's just what we're getting into. Cerlanta City hasn't had a tournament like this in five years Lucas. We're making history right here." Chance told him, spreading is arms out like he could show how big it all was.
"And with the prizes, it finally pays off to have gotten into Duel Monsters. You get a cash prize for just being the best in your division." Lucas said, leaning slightly so he could think about the big piles of money.
Chance suddenly remembered that he and Lucas would have to win the division to duel against one another. Since he lived in the Northern part of Cerlanta and Lucas lived in the Eastern part, they'd only meet in the semi- finals or the finals.
"That reminds me, what's Ichiro up to?" Lucas asked, looking around and Duelists that were milling around.
"Ichiro?" Chance said, thinking about the third in their party. Ichiro liked a challenge, always trying to play with decks that may not always work. He was in the top ranks but he didn't seem to have entered. "I don't know, he should at least be here to cheer for us."
"Well maybe he's inside already, he always liked placing first. We have to pick up our discs before noon anyway, or we'll be disqualified. You got your deck already to play?" Lucas asked, tapping on the top of Chance's deck holder. Chance clicked off the protector and lifted off the first card, showing it to Lucas.
Lucas smiled at the card and Chance turned the card so he could see it. It was his Black Magician. It was a special one though, only found in one out of fifty Black Magicians. That meant it was the only one, since they had made very limited production of favored cards.
"Every single time I see that card I envy you Chance. Of all luck, you pulled that thing out." Lucas said. Chance knew what he was really talking about. When both he and Lucas had bought their first card packs, the very day that they began to collect the cards, Chance had pulled out that Black Magician. He had built his entire deck around the Black Magician, though he had yet to pull a second one from the rest of the packs he had bought.
"It's my lucky card Lucas, it's saved me in every duel it was possible to win." Chance said, pulling his deck out and shuffling it. He slipped it back into the Duel-Gear and locked them into place. "Shall we go inside then?" He asked, looking over to his friend.
"I'm ready when you are." Lucas said, cracking his knuckles and walking forward. Chance followed after him and they were soon past the automatic doors and into the lobby.
They both took the stairs to the fourth floor, where the tournament would be taking place. When they arrived, there was a small number of people trading and talking before the duels began. Chance and Lucas both walked over to a table where a young lady stood with a computer.
"Hello. How can I help you?" The young woman asked in an almost automatic way. She smiled at both of them and quickly looked at their Duel-Gears.
"Hi. We're both here for the Grand Duelist Tournament." Chance said, smiling right back her.
"Could I have your ranking data please?" The woman asked, reaching her hand out. Both Chance and Lucas responded by handing her a cord from their Gears. She plugged them into the side of the computer and looking at the data. She pulled the plugs out and turned again to the two boys. "Congratulations on entering the Grand Duelist Tournament. Now there are some special rules for the tournament that I will have to go over." The woman began, checking her screen periodically to check what she was supposed to say.
"We don't really need any help with the rules." Lucas began, but Chance reached up and stopped him. Lucas looked over with a questioning look on his face but Chance just nodded.
"Every Duel in this tournament will consist on only one battle, the winner of that moves on." The young lady began, after waiting for Lucas to finish. "In the Duel, Tributes to summon more powerful monsters are not needed, except for required special summons or effects. Only one monster may attack per turn." Lucas nodded his head slowly as the woman talked, only listening to the occasional words. "All normal restrictions apply to cards, except for certain people like the Eliminators." Chance listened carefully, knowing that there had to be something important. The Eliminators that they would face wouldn't be held by restrictions so he had to be careful about rare and powerful cards. "Finally, at the start of each duel, each Duelist must offer at least a single rare card, and the cards go to the winner of the duel." She finished, looking back at the two, who were now wearing surprised and terrified expressions.
"What? I don't want to lose one of my cards!" Lucas complained, leaning over the desk towards the woman.
"Those are the rules. It doesn't have to be from your deck though; duelists are allowed to carry any other cards they want as long as they only alter their deck in between matches." The woman told him calmly, pushing Lucas back off the desk. "Here are your Dueling Discs, you should go to the room labeled on your first duel on the Elimination Board." She added, pushing the discs over the table to the two.
"Think about it this way Lucas, you could win some really rare cards!" Chance told him, grabbing both discs and turning Lucas from the desk and towards the group of Duelists.
"You're right Chance, I could end up with some really great cards by the end of this Tournament." Lucas said, calming down. He checked his watch and looked at the Elimination board. "I have to go find my room, but you might be able to check out the others cards before yours starts. See ya." Lucas took one of the discs from Chance and headed towards the eastern corner of the floor.
Chance walked over to the group and talking and trading duelist and was quickly approached by a teen about his age.
"Hey, do you have any good Dragon cards?" The teen asked, looking Chance over. Chance recognized him from western division, but couldn't remember his name. He pulled out his small box of cards for trading and pulled out a Tri-Horn Dragon.
"That's perfect! Would you trade it for this?" The teen asked, pulled out another card. Chance recognized it, Buster Blader. He didn't have one, and he could use another warrior card.
"Sure, that's seems like a fair enough trade." Chance said, swapping cards with the teen. He took a closer look at the card. He knew that it was useful against dragons, and they seemed like the popular concept choice for this tournament. He turned the protection off his Duel-Gear and slipped the card it before turning it back on.
Chance finished checking out the other duelists, none of them were from his division though. He checked the board for his first duel and found that it was nearly time for his match. He ran off with Duel Disc in hand towards the North Division dueling arenas.
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Chance arrived at the arena first. The doors automatically identified his ranking off his Duel-Gear and opened. He walked to the far side of the room and started to plug the disc into his wrist piece. The room was a wide dome shape, with a top that was almost flat. The walls were all lined with small windows; they would supply the holographic background images for terrains and the basic arena backgrounds. The tournament hosts would probably choose an interesting background for the duels, and Chance was tense with anticipation.
Chance still had his back to the door when it slid open and someone walked in. He turned around to find a young boy, no older then twelve standing before him. Chance walked over and put his hand out.
"Name's Chance, good luck in the duel." He said, shaking the younger boy's hand. He was used to playing against younger kids, but he was surprised to see one in the tournament.
"Randy, and same to you." The boy answered, releasing his grip and walking to one side of the arena. A display appeared in the center and clearly showed that both players were at 4000 life points. Chance moved opposite Randy and prepared the Duel Disc, holding it in one hand.
"For this Duel I'll be offering my Retrained Elven Swordsman." Chance said, pulling the card out.
"And I'll be betting the Time Magician." Randy replied, pulling his own card out. They both replaced their cards and pressed the starting keys on their Duel Discs.
The white dome of the room began to disappear and was replaced with a screaming crowd. The floor turning into a stage, with markings for where both players were to stand. Chance stepped up to his mark and waited for the younger boy to do the same.
"Let's Duel." Chance said clearly, causing a holographic spinner to appear. It suddenly began to turn quickly and slowed down, ending up pointing at Randy. Chance didn't care too much about losing the spin; he won more often when he got to go second. "It's your move then."
There was a quick whir of the Deck-Gears as they shuffled automatically before they both drew cards. Chance took a look at his starting hand, clearly displayed in holographic form in front of him. He had picked up some good monster cards and a magic card. He looked up and waited for Randy to play his first monster.
"I'll begin by playing the Rainbow Fish (1800/800) in attack mode!" Randy called out, tossing his dueling disc forward. The disc spun where it landed and created the hologram of a large fish, the sound of the image generation filled Chance's ears. Randy seemed to be quite pleased by his first move, and waited for Chance's turn.
Chance drew his card, the Millennium Shield (0/3000). It might not be too useful now, so he'd just have to play something in attack. He chose the Blood Vors (1900/1200) and placed it onto the disc, tossing it out.
"I play Blood Vors in attack mode and destroy the Rainbow Fish." Chance told the younger boy, and the holographic warrior sliced through the fish and destroyed it. Chance watched his opponent's life points go down to 3900. Randy pulled his disc back in and placed a new card on it.
"I'll play the Vengeful Sword Stalker (2000/1600) in attack mode and destroy the Blood Vors." Randy said, tossing his disc out and creating another holo-battle. The large sword-wielding demon cut threw the smaller warrior and it burst into an array of light, the sound of glass shattering filled the arena. Chance life points went down to 3900, just like Randy.
Chance pulled his next card out, Demon Kiss. This could raise the attack power of one of his monsters but it might be better to stall for another draw. Chance reeled in the disc and placed his Millennium Shield face down. He tossed it back on to the field, but no monster appeared.
"I'm playing this monster face down." Chance explained, looking over to Randy. "Your move."
Randy pulled his disc back and placed a second card onto it. He twirled the disc back into place and a giant elephant appeared next to his Sword Stalker.
"This is the Garnetia Elephantes (2400/2000), a pretty rare card, and powerful too. I'll use it to attack your face down monster." Randy explained, and the warrior elephant stomped over and attacked the area over the disc, cracking its sword. Randy's life points dropped to 3300 and a shield grew out of Chance's Dueling Disc.
"You're not going to get through my Shield without some more powerful cards." Chance told the younger boy, pulling his disc back. He drew his next card, and was happy to see it was his Black Magician (2500/2100). He placed the card on the disc and threw it forward. The spell-caster in black robes appeared before him, and the monster amazed Randy. "And I'll add the magic of Demon's Kiss to power his attack up 700 points." Chance continued, playing the card from his holographic hand. The Black Magician slowly looked eviler as his attack points slowly grew over 3000, his eyes glowing red and a small fang appearing at the side of his mouth. "I'll then attack the Vengeful Sword Stalker and destroy it." The Black Magician raised his staff and aimed it at the swordsman, dark energy shattering the monster instantly and sending Randy's life points down to 2100. The false crowd surroundings the duelists cheered as the monster was defeated.
"Damn." Randy swore as he pulled his disc back him. He drew and placed a monster face down before tossing it back. "Your move."
Chance pulled his next card out, Thousand Knives. He tossed the disc back and played the card. "I play the magic of Thousand Knives, which allows me to destroy a single monster if I have a Black Magician on the field, and I choose your face-down monster, destroying it before I attack your Garnetia Elephantes." Chance told the other duelist. His Magician flipped his cloak, knives flying out of it and destroying the defensive monster, and then raised his staff towards the elephant and caused it to explode, black energy flying out of where it once stood. Randy's life points were sent down again to 1300.
Randy pulled his disc back in and looked at his holographic hand. He playing another monster facedown and tossed the disc. "Remember Chance, you can only attack once a turn, so I can stall with my monsters until I pull my card that can stop your Magician." He called to the other duelist.
"Then I'd better end this now." Chance answered, he pulled his disc in and added a small monster. "I play the Magnet Warrior Gamma (1500/1800) in attack mode, and then I play the Magic Box of Death."
"What?" Randy exclaimed, stepping back and off his mark.
"The Magic Box of Death destroys one of your monsters but replaces it with one of mine. So I destroy your face-down card and replace it with my Magnet Warrior." Chance explained as a box captured both monsters, swords cutting through one. Both boxes opened and revealed the Magnet Warrior on Randy's side and a destroyed monster in the other. "And then I'll attack the Magnet Warrior with the Black Magician." The Black Magician once again raised his staff against an opponent and destroyed it. Randy's life points were reduced to zero and the holograms on the walls disappeared.
"Damn." Randy said, pulling his disc back and walking over to Chance. "I thought I would have lasted longer."
"You were pretty good, but I have to wonder how you entered the Tournament without better cards." Chance told the duelist, pulling his own disc in and walking to meet the boy in the center of the dome.
"Well one of the top duelists didn't enter, so I won by a lottery, I'm in the top fifty in the city." Randy told him proudly.
"Well you'll do fine against any opponent." Chance complimented as he walked towards the door.
"Wait, you forgot your card!" Randy called, chasing after Chance. "Here, the Time Magician, just like I said."
"I think it's a silly rule, you can keep the card." Chance told him, pushing the card back towards the kid. He began to walk back out before Randy stopped him again.
"Please take it, I just want you to have it in your deck, so it can see some real duels." The boy told him, offering the card again.
"Okay fine." Chance answered, talking the card and placing it randomly into his wrist piece.
"Good luck on the rest of your duels!" Randy called out, running down the halls and away from the arena.
Chance shook his head and walked back to the elimination board. He checked his spot, and found that it was already updated. His next match wasn't for half an hour, so he found the room that Lucas was dueling and walked towards it. He could hear the sounds of duels as he walked down the halls, and he finally found the right room. The rooms were made so people could walk in but couldn't be seen because of the holographic arenas. He opened the door and walked in, but didn't see a battle going on, and Lucas was leaning against the wall.
"Hey Chance, how'd the duel go?" He asked, walking towards his friend. He seemed to be pretty tired, and Chance could expect that, he must have been waiting for twenty minutes now for the duel.
"It went fine, but what happened here? Hasn't the other duelist arrived yet?" Chance asked, checking around the room again.
"No, he hasn't shown up. I've been waiting the whole time. He must be some newbie afraid of my powerful monsters." Lucas said, flexing one arm and giving Chance a smile.
"He's probably perfecting his deck so he can win. If he takes any longer, he'll be disqualified." Chance told his friends, turning so he could watch the door.
"That wouldn't be any fun, winning without dueling." Lucas commented, kicking the floor. "So he better be here soon or else."
"Or else what?" Asked a voice from the doorway. Both Chance and Lucas looked up to see a tall teen about their age, wearing a thick jacket. His shoulders were quite wide.
"Or else. It'll be no fun?" Lucas lamely tried.
"It'll be no fun dueling me anyway, since you'll lose." The large teen boasted, smiling. "I'm Bailey, the Insect Champion, and your opponent."
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End Transmission
____________________Let The Games Begins____________________
Chance stood in front of the Duel Dome, a huge white dome in the center of downtown, created only for Duel Monsters. Each level of the building was for duels between different ranked players. Duelists like him would play on the higher levels, while many lower ranked players would duel in the far more plentiful arenas on the ground floor. The Duel Dome was created five years ago when the last Grand Duelist Tournament was held. Many thought that it would never see another tourney since it was only a card game, but people just couldn't stop playing.
Chance checked his wrist piece, a Duel-Gear, the part of a Dueling Disc that held the cards. Duelists would keep their playing decks and ranking data on it so that every duel counted towards rising in the rankings. Most people couldn't afford the holographic disk part, so people had to rent them from places like the Duel Dome. He had his trusted deck already inserted into the machine, and the protection lock down so that the cards couldn't be pulled out.
"Chance? You listening?" Said the boy beside him. Chance looked over at his friend Lucas. The two of them rarely dueled together but they have helped one another to rise to the top twelve duelists in the city. It wasn't just the city though, most of the people they had played against where from all over the world. Cerlanta City was well known for Duel Monsters, so the two of them might as well be in the top dozen in the world.
"Yeah, I'm listening. What did you say?" Chance said, snapping out of his thoughts.
"I asked if you want to go inside yet or not. You're acting like you've never seen the Duel Dome before." Lucas said, pulling his arm up to scratch the back of his head. On his wrist he had the Deck-Holder just like Chance, holding his own playing cards.
"It's just what we're getting into. Cerlanta City hasn't had a tournament like this in five years Lucas. We're making history right here." Chance told him, spreading is arms out like he could show how big it all was.
"And with the prizes, it finally pays off to have gotten into Duel Monsters. You get a cash prize for just being the best in your division." Lucas said, leaning slightly so he could think about the big piles of money.
Chance suddenly remembered that he and Lucas would have to win the division to duel against one another. Since he lived in the Northern part of Cerlanta and Lucas lived in the Eastern part, they'd only meet in the semi- finals or the finals.
"That reminds me, what's Ichiro up to?" Lucas asked, looking around and Duelists that were milling around.
"Ichiro?" Chance said, thinking about the third in their party. Ichiro liked a challenge, always trying to play with decks that may not always work. He was in the top ranks but he didn't seem to have entered. "I don't know, he should at least be here to cheer for us."
"Well maybe he's inside already, he always liked placing first. We have to pick up our discs before noon anyway, or we'll be disqualified. You got your deck already to play?" Lucas asked, tapping on the top of Chance's deck holder. Chance clicked off the protector and lifted off the first card, showing it to Lucas.
Lucas smiled at the card and Chance turned the card so he could see it. It was his Black Magician. It was a special one though, only found in one out of fifty Black Magicians. That meant it was the only one, since they had made very limited production of favored cards.
"Every single time I see that card I envy you Chance. Of all luck, you pulled that thing out." Lucas said. Chance knew what he was really talking about. When both he and Lucas had bought their first card packs, the very day that they began to collect the cards, Chance had pulled out that Black Magician. He had built his entire deck around the Black Magician, though he had yet to pull a second one from the rest of the packs he had bought.
"It's my lucky card Lucas, it's saved me in every duel it was possible to win." Chance said, pulling his deck out and shuffling it. He slipped it back into the Duel-Gear and locked them into place. "Shall we go inside then?" He asked, looking over to his friend.
"I'm ready when you are." Lucas said, cracking his knuckles and walking forward. Chance followed after him and they were soon past the automatic doors and into the lobby.
They both took the stairs to the fourth floor, where the tournament would be taking place. When they arrived, there was a small number of people trading and talking before the duels began. Chance and Lucas both walked over to a table where a young lady stood with a computer.
"Hello. How can I help you?" The young woman asked in an almost automatic way. She smiled at both of them and quickly looked at their Duel-Gears.
"Hi. We're both here for the Grand Duelist Tournament." Chance said, smiling right back her.
"Could I have your ranking data please?" The woman asked, reaching her hand out. Both Chance and Lucas responded by handing her a cord from their Gears. She plugged them into the side of the computer and looking at the data. She pulled the plugs out and turned again to the two boys. "Congratulations on entering the Grand Duelist Tournament. Now there are some special rules for the tournament that I will have to go over." The woman began, checking her screen periodically to check what she was supposed to say.
"We don't really need any help with the rules." Lucas began, but Chance reached up and stopped him. Lucas looked over with a questioning look on his face but Chance just nodded.
"Every Duel in this tournament will consist on only one battle, the winner of that moves on." The young lady began, after waiting for Lucas to finish. "In the Duel, Tributes to summon more powerful monsters are not needed, except for required special summons or effects. Only one monster may attack per turn." Lucas nodded his head slowly as the woman talked, only listening to the occasional words. "All normal restrictions apply to cards, except for certain people like the Eliminators." Chance listened carefully, knowing that there had to be something important. The Eliminators that they would face wouldn't be held by restrictions so he had to be careful about rare and powerful cards. "Finally, at the start of each duel, each Duelist must offer at least a single rare card, and the cards go to the winner of the duel." She finished, looking back at the two, who were now wearing surprised and terrified expressions.
"What? I don't want to lose one of my cards!" Lucas complained, leaning over the desk towards the woman.
"Those are the rules. It doesn't have to be from your deck though; duelists are allowed to carry any other cards they want as long as they only alter their deck in between matches." The woman told him calmly, pushing Lucas back off the desk. "Here are your Dueling Discs, you should go to the room labeled on your first duel on the Elimination Board." She added, pushing the discs over the table to the two.
"Think about it this way Lucas, you could win some really rare cards!" Chance told him, grabbing both discs and turning Lucas from the desk and towards the group of Duelists.
"You're right Chance, I could end up with some really great cards by the end of this Tournament." Lucas said, calming down. He checked his watch and looked at the Elimination board. "I have to go find my room, but you might be able to check out the others cards before yours starts. See ya." Lucas took one of the discs from Chance and headed towards the eastern corner of the floor.
Chance walked over to the group and talking and trading duelist and was quickly approached by a teen about his age.
"Hey, do you have any good Dragon cards?" The teen asked, looking Chance over. Chance recognized him from western division, but couldn't remember his name. He pulled out his small box of cards for trading and pulled out a Tri-Horn Dragon.
"That's perfect! Would you trade it for this?" The teen asked, pulled out another card. Chance recognized it, Buster Blader. He didn't have one, and he could use another warrior card.
"Sure, that's seems like a fair enough trade." Chance said, swapping cards with the teen. He took a closer look at the card. He knew that it was useful against dragons, and they seemed like the popular concept choice for this tournament. He turned the protection off his Duel-Gear and slipped the card it before turning it back on.
Chance finished checking out the other duelists, none of them were from his division though. He checked the board for his first duel and found that it was nearly time for his match. He ran off with Duel Disc in hand towards the North Division dueling arenas.
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Chance arrived at the arena first. The doors automatically identified his ranking off his Duel-Gear and opened. He walked to the far side of the room and started to plug the disc into his wrist piece. The room was a wide dome shape, with a top that was almost flat. The walls were all lined with small windows; they would supply the holographic background images for terrains and the basic arena backgrounds. The tournament hosts would probably choose an interesting background for the duels, and Chance was tense with anticipation.
Chance still had his back to the door when it slid open and someone walked in. He turned around to find a young boy, no older then twelve standing before him. Chance walked over and put his hand out.
"Name's Chance, good luck in the duel." He said, shaking the younger boy's hand. He was used to playing against younger kids, but he was surprised to see one in the tournament.
"Randy, and same to you." The boy answered, releasing his grip and walking to one side of the arena. A display appeared in the center and clearly showed that both players were at 4000 life points. Chance moved opposite Randy and prepared the Duel Disc, holding it in one hand.
"For this Duel I'll be offering my Retrained Elven Swordsman." Chance said, pulling the card out.
"And I'll be betting the Time Magician." Randy replied, pulling his own card out. They both replaced their cards and pressed the starting keys on their Duel Discs.
The white dome of the room began to disappear and was replaced with a screaming crowd. The floor turning into a stage, with markings for where both players were to stand. Chance stepped up to his mark and waited for the younger boy to do the same.
"Let's Duel." Chance said clearly, causing a holographic spinner to appear. It suddenly began to turn quickly and slowed down, ending up pointing at Randy. Chance didn't care too much about losing the spin; he won more often when he got to go second. "It's your move then."
There was a quick whir of the Deck-Gears as they shuffled automatically before they both drew cards. Chance took a look at his starting hand, clearly displayed in holographic form in front of him. He had picked up some good monster cards and a magic card. He looked up and waited for Randy to play his first monster.
"I'll begin by playing the Rainbow Fish (1800/800) in attack mode!" Randy called out, tossing his dueling disc forward. The disc spun where it landed and created the hologram of a large fish, the sound of the image generation filled Chance's ears. Randy seemed to be quite pleased by his first move, and waited for Chance's turn.
Chance drew his card, the Millennium Shield (0/3000). It might not be too useful now, so he'd just have to play something in attack. He chose the Blood Vors (1900/1200) and placed it onto the disc, tossing it out.
"I play Blood Vors in attack mode and destroy the Rainbow Fish." Chance told the younger boy, and the holographic warrior sliced through the fish and destroyed it. Chance watched his opponent's life points go down to 3900. Randy pulled his disc back in and placed a new card on it.
"I'll play the Vengeful Sword Stalker (2000/1600) in attack mode and destroy the Blood Vors." Randy said, tossing his disc out and creating another holo-battle. The large sword-wielding demon cut threw the smaller warrior and it burst into an array of light, the sound of glass shattering filled the arena. Chance life points went down to 3900, just like Randy.
Chance pulled his next card out, Demon Kiss. This could raise the attack power of one of his monsters but it might be better to stall for another draw. Chance reeled in the disc and placed his Millennium Shield face down. He tossed it back on to the field, but no monster appeared.
"I'm playing this monster face down." Chance explained, looking over to Randy. "Your move."
Randy pulled his disc back and placed a second card onto it. He twirled the disc back into place and a giant elephant appeared next to his Sword Stalker.
"This is the Garnetia Elephantes (2400/2000), a pretty rare card, and powerful too. I'll use it to attack your face down monster." Randy explained, and the warrior elephant stomped over and attacked the area over the disc, cracking its sword. Randy's life points dropped to 3300 and a shield grew out of Chance's Dueling Disc.
"You're not going to get through my Shield without some more powerful cards." Chance told the younger boy, pulling his disc back. He drew his next card, and was happy to see it was his Black Magician (2500/2100). He placed the card on the disc and threw it forward. The spell-caster in black robes appeared before him, and the monster amazed Randy. "And I'll add the magic of Demon's Kiss to power his attack up 700 points." Chance continued, playing the card from his holographic hand. The Black Magician slowly looked eviler as his attack points slowly grew over 3000, his eyes glowing red and a small fang appearing at the side of his mouth. "I'll then attack the Vengeful Sword Stalker and destroy it." The Black Magician raised his staff and aimed it at the swordsman, dark energy shattering the monster instantly and sending Randy's life points down to 2100. The false crowd surroundings the duelists cheered as the monster was defeated.
"Damn." Randy swore as he pulled his disc back him. He drew and placed a monster face down before tossing it back. "Your move."
Chance pulled his next card out, Thousand Knives. He tossed the disc back and played the card. "I play the magic of Thousand Knives, which allows me to destroy a single monster if I have a Black Magician on the field, and I choose your face-down monster, destroying it before I attack your Garnetia Elephantes." Chance told the other duelist. His Magician flipped his cloak, knives flying out of it and destroying the defensive monster, and then raised his staff towards the elephant and caused it to explode, black energy flying out of where it once stood. Randy's life points were sent down again to 1300.
Randy pulled his disc back in and looked at his holographic hand. He playing another monster facedown and tossed the disc. "Remember Chance, you can only attack once a turn, so I can stall with my monsters until I pull my card that can stop your Magician." He called to the other duelist.
"Then I'd better end this now." Chance answered, he pulled his disc in and added a small monster. "I play the Magnet Warrior Gamma (1500/1800) in attack mode, and then I play the Magic Box of Death."
"What?" Randy exclaimed, stepping back and off his mark.
"The Magic Box of Death destroys one of your monsters but replaces it with one of mine. So I destroy your face-down card and replace it with my Magnet Warrior." Chance explained as a box captured both monsters, swords cutting through one. Both boxes opened and revealed the Magnet Warrior on Randy's side and a destroyed monster in the other. "And then I'll attack the Magnet Warrior with the Black Magician." The Black Magician once again raised his staff against an opponent and destroyed it. Randy's life points were reduced to zero and the holograms on the walls disappeared.
"Damn." Randy said, pulling his disc back and walking over to Chance. "I thought I would have lasted longer."
"You were pretty good, but I have to wonder how you entered the Tournament without better cards." Chance told the duelist, pulling his own disc in and walking to meet the boy in the center of the dome.
"Well one of the top duelists didn't enter, so I won by a lottery, I'm in the top fifty in the city." Randy told him proudly.
"Well you'll do fine against any opponent." Chance complimented as he walked towards the door.
"Wait, you forgot your card!" Randy called, chasing after Chance. "Here, the Time Magician, just like I said."
"I think it's a silly rule, you can keep the card." Chance told him, pushing the card back towards the kid. He began to walk back out before Randy stopped him again.
"Please take it, I just want you to have it in your deck, so it can see some real duels." The boy told him, offering the card again.
"Okay fine." Chance answered, talking the card and placing it randomly into his wrist piece.
"Good luck on the rest of your duels!" Randy called out, running down the halls and away from the arena.
Chance shook his head and walked back to the elimination board. He checked his spot, and found that it was already updated. His next match wasn't for half an hour, so he found the room that Lucas was dueling and walked towards it. He could hear the sounds of duels as he walked down the halls, and he finally found the right room. The rooms were made so people could walk in but couldn't be seen because of the holographic arenas. He opened the door and walked in, but didn't see a battle going on, and Lucas was leaning against the wall.
"Hey Chance, how'd the duel go?" He asked, walking towards his friend. He seemed to be pretty tired, and Chance could expect that, he must have been waiting for twenty minutes now for the duel.
"It went fine, but what happened here? Hasn't the other duelist arrived yet?" Chance asked, checking around the room again.
"No, he hasn't shown up. I've been waiting the whole time. He must be some newbie afraid of my powerful monsters." Lucas said, flexing one arm and giving Chance a smile.
"He's probably perfecting his deck so he can win. If he takes any longer, he'll be disqualified." Chance told his friends, turning so he could watch the door.
"That wouldn't be any fun, winning without dueling." Lucas commented, kicking the floor. "So he better be here soon or else."
"Or else what?" Asked a voice from the doorway. Both Chance and Lucas looked up to see a tall teen about their age, wearing a thick jacket. His shoulders were quite wide.
"Or else. It'll be no fun?" Lucas lamely tried.
"It'll be no fun dueling me anyway, since you'll lose." The large teen boasted, smiling. "I'm Bailey, the Insect Champion, and your opponent."
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