Yu-Gi-Oh! The Tournament

[Fishncrabs]

Heyall. Welcome to my fan-fic. For now I am calling it 'The Tournament' because I have not thought up the whole plot yet and the Tournament makes up most of the story.

For now, there are five main characters, Matt being the most. You can see their profiles, my card effects, as well as the whole story in parts below in the spoilers.

 

[spoiler=Main Characters]

[spoiler=Matt]

Full Name: Matthew Hartlet

Deck Theme: Warrior of Darkness (cards I created, based around drawing more cards).

Age: 14

Personality: Laid back, taking it easy.

 

 

 

[spoiler=David]

Full Name: David

Deck Theme: Lightsworns

Age: 15

Personality: Serious and thoughtful.

 

 

 

[spoiler=Brain]

Full Name: Brain Jarvis

Deck Theme: Monarch

Age: 15

Personality: Likes action and doing what he can.

 

 

 

[spoiler=Sarah]

Full Name: Sarah

Deck Theme: Counter-Fairy

Age: 14

Personality: Likes to meet new people and helpful to others.

 

 

 

[spoiler=Mr. Delter]

Full Name: ? Delter

Deck Theme: Dark Armed Dragon

Age: ?

Personality: Being evil!

 

 

 

 

 

[spoiler=My Created Cards Pictures/Effects]

 

 

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The Story:

[spoiler=Part One: The Beginning]

[spoiler=Prologue]Matt’s life changed dramatically the day he found his first Duel Monsters card.

It had been given to him as a present from his Grandfather when he was seven. Since then, he had been getting new cards whenever his Grandfather came over to stay at his house. His Grandfather always said, “When I die, Matthew, you will inherit my collection. But until that day, you need to become more skilful in duelling”.

 

Matt never forgot those words, and soon, he had accumulated a deck of forty cards, which all concerned ‘Warrior of Darkness’ cards. These cards were quite powerful and each helped each other out by their owner drawing more cards. Many times Matt had asked his Grandfather if he wanted to duel, but the old man always replied, “I am really too old for this”. So Matt seeked out other opponents, with different decks, and that is how he found the Duel Tournament. The Tournament, simply called that, was a contest between duelists from all over the region. The Tournament had many rounds, the losers being sent home after their match. Eventually, if you kept winning throughout the Tournament, you could duel in the finals against the Master.

 

Matt was unfazed by the chance of losing as he knew his Grandfather had many more cards. Soon he had persuaded his mother to let him go into the Tournament on Saturday at 10:15am, when the first Round starts. This is where our story begins.

 

 

 

[spoiler=Chapter One - The Warehouse] Matt woke up late on Saturday; 10:00am. Too late.

He sprinted to the kitchen, gulped down some breakfast, threw on another shirt and shorts, shouted out goodbye to his parents, grabbed his deck and raced to the garage.

Matt jumped onto his bike – and felt the bike sink as he remembered he forgot to pump the tyres up. Looking down at it in dismay, he knew he couldn’t afford any more time, so he quickly pedalled out and down the street.

 

He arrived at the Tournament around 10:20am. It was hosted in a big, abandoned warehouse that had seen better days. The paint was peeling off, the roof had tiles missing and the walls had long cracks running through them.

Cautiously, Matt entered the building. Inside, though, was a sight that knocked him completely off guard.

Huge monsters stood almost as high as the warehouse, battling each other with various attacks. Matt could see they were just holograms, but the sight of them was breathtaking. They were massive!

 

“Dude... dude...!”

Matt turned around to see an official looking man frowning down on him. “Who are you?” he asked aggressively.

“Err... I’m Matt. Matt Hartlet.” Matt replied.

“Hartlet, eh?” the man said as he looked through a list of contestants. “I don’t see a Matt or a Hartlet anywhere here.”

“That’s because I just came here today. I just want to see what it’s like to duel.” Matt said.

The man looked over at the list again. “Sorry, kid, but you’re too late. It started at 10:15, and the Master don’t like latecomers.”

“But please, Sir! I will duel anyone! I have never duelled before!” Matt pleaded.

The man laughed. “Never duelled before? Then why join this Tournament? You’ll be out before you could say ‘Duel Monsters’”.

Matt was about to respond when an angry, red flame missed his head by inches, hitting the ground and disappearing. He turned around to see a huge, black dragon that had missed with its flame a quicker, blue dragon it was battling. The person behind the dragon barely looked and Matt, nor offered any apology.

“Hello? Mr. Hartlet?” the official growled.

Matt spun back around. “Uhh... please, Sir. I will duel anyone, even if I do get out in the first few plays. I know the rules of the game, and my Grandfather taught me some tricks to do with my deck,” he said confidently.

The official rolled his eyes. “Fine. You want to duel someone, then? Let’s see... the only available person is me. You want to duel me, punk?”

Matt shrugged. “I guess.”

“Whatever. Take your duel disk,” the official said, and gave Matt a semi-circular, silver object.

Matt grinned. Game on.

 

 

 

[spoiler=Chapter Two - Arrival of the Dark King] “What do I do with it?” Matt asked.

The official sighed. “You really have never duelled before, huh. Well, copy what I do. Put the disk across your arm. Put your monsters on top of the disk, and your spells or traps underneath them, in those slots. Got it?”

“Yeah... I think...”

“Whatever. I go first. See you out of these doors in a few seconds, eh? The official scorned.

Matt frowned. “Just go!”

“Fine!” the official responded, and drew six cards. He looked down at them and laughed. “Next turn, it’s over, bud. I’ll put two cards face down, then summon out my... Gene-Warped Warwolf! Your turn, kid.”

Matt was shocked. A 2000 attack monster, that didn’t even need a tribute? Maybe he would be out as fast as the official said. “Sure. My draw,” he said, trying to sound confident. Looking over his hand, he chose the best moves that his Grandfather had run by him.

 

“Alright. Here goes. I’ll set one monster face down – and one spell or trap face down. Go.”

“That was a coward’s move! Here’s how the real duellists do it,” the official laughed, and drew another card. “Here it comes, bud. First, I’ll activate the spell card... Nobleman of the Crossout! That means, you can say bye-bye to your monster!”

Matt grinned. “Not so fast. I activate: Warrior’s Guard, which means I can negate your spell card’s effect and destroy it, but I have to ditch a Warrior of Darkness from my hand. Not too bad, eh?”

“Gah... caught off guard by a kid... that won’t happen again, punk! See here! I tribute my Gene-Warped Warwolf, to summon... my Prime Material Dragon! Think you can beat my Prime with a fancy effect, kid? Think again, because by ditching a card, my Dragon can negate any effect towards it or any of my other monsters!” the official roared. “Now go, Prime Material Dragon – destroy his face down!”

 

The huge dragon jumped off the official’s side of the field, and flew down to Matt’s side, aiming for his face down monster. Then, Prime unleashed a fireball of crackling energy towards it, that almost made Matt shield his eyes from the pure brightness of it. The fireball slammed into the face down, and flipped it face up.

“Take a good look, big guy, but you just attacked my Diron, Warrior of Darkness! But Diron has a special ability too: it can’t be destroyed by battle! So much for that plan, huh?” Matt smirked.

“What?!” the official roared. “Stopped again! Fine... I end my turn. You won’t last much longer, punk, because with Prime on the field and its 2400 attack, you can’t do nothing."

 

“We’ll see,” Matt said as he drew a card. “Oh, and did I mention Diron’s other ability? After my first draw, I can pick up another card from my deck. Pretty good, eh? Wait; don’t answer that.

“Alright, watch this one, Mr. Official. I’ll tribute my Diron, so I can summon out... my Fahro, Warrior of Darkness!” Matt roared.

The official looked across at Matt’s monster. “No; you cheat! That’s a seven star monster, and you just summoned it with only one tribute!”

Matt smiled. “True. But, you see, Fahro also has a special ability. If I tribute a Warrior of Darkness monster, it can be tributed with only one. And I’m surprised you can even count to seven.

“Finally, I’ll equip my Fahro with Armor of Darkness, which boosts its attack by 500. So, guess what? Fahro has 2900 attack, and your Dragon only has 2400. Now go, Fahro, attack his Prime Material Dragon with your Dark Sword!”

 

Fahro ran from Matt’s side of the field towards the official’s. Prime was hovering slightly in the air, and suddenly rushed down to greet Fahro’s attack. Fahro took an almighty leap into the air just as Prime unleashed its fireball again. Fahro easily blocked it with his sword, then rushed in to attack Prime’s middle. Before it got there, though, his sword hit something else other than Prime’s underside; a scarecrow, hovering in the air, which had stopped right in front of Fahro and blocked its attack.

“Did you forget about my face downs? One of them was Scrap-Iron Scarecrow, which can block one of your attacks a turn. So, my Dragon is safe,” the official said.

Matt frowned. “Oh well. I’ll place a spell or trap down, and end my turn.”

“Wait, punk. Fahro has a side effect. You gotta throw out a card from your hand when you end your turn, if you don’t wanna get it destroyed.”

 

Matt rolled his eyes. “How observant of you.” Then he discarded a card from his hand.

“My draw,” the official said. Slowly, his face split into a grin. “Here’s a lesson for you, kid: always have back up monsters.” And with that, he shouted, “I summon my... Krebons!”

Matt raised an eyebrow. “1200 attack? Who’s the bad duellist now?”

“You, bud, because Krebons is a tuner: which means I can use it to fuse into another monster. Namely, my... Collosal Fighter! So, Prime, Krebons, I tribute you both so I can summon out my great warrior!”

 

Krebons suddenly jumped up and entered a vortex, which Prime Material Dragon was also sucked into. Twisting and turning, they burst into green gems, all forming together to create a new, massive monster. It was Collosal Fighter.

“And since he gains 100 attack for every warrior-type monster in the graveyards, let’s see... I have none, but... you have two. Which means, it is 3000 attack. Enough to wipe out your Fahro, I believe,” he laughed.

Matt’s eyes widened. It was true; Collosal Fighter’s increased 3000 attack outmatched Fahro’s increased 2900 attack.

“Oh, and here’s my other face down: it’s called, Dust Tornado. And this is how it works: I pick and destroy a spell or trap card on your side of the field. So I chose: your face down!”

 

Matt laughed. “Fine. I’ll chain with: Threatening Roar, which means you can’t declare an attack for this turn!”

The official looked a little surprised. “Well, I gotta hand it to ya, kid, you’re not bad. I’ll end my turn.”

“Alright. Now, I can draw an extra card after my normal draw, from Fahro’s effect. Here goes... something. I’ll activate the spell card: Fallen Warrior, which means by removing from play a Warrior of Darkness in my graveyard, I can normal summon them without tributes. So now, I’ll summon out: Rulenth, Warrior of Darkness!” Matt exclaimed.

“Oh, I see your trick. You’ve removed from play a monster, so my Collosal Fighter’s attack is back at 2900. So you’re going to destroy it and Fahro, and then attack me with Rulenth. A good strategy, a pity you’re forgetting something,” said the official calmly.

“No, don’t think I forgot about your Scrap-Iron Scarecrow,” Matt said. “I’ve got that covered – because I activate the spell card, Heavy Storm!”

 

“What?!” the official exclaimed. “Heavy Storm destroys all spell and trap cards on the field – including your equip card, so Fahro’s attack is back to 2400! And here I was, thinking I was going to be challenged.”

Matt shook his head. “My turn is not finished,” he said, then laughed. “I’m sorry, Sir. But it’s over. You will see the true power of my Warriors of Darkness, when they unite to become one.”

“W...what do you mean?” the official spat. “I am still on 8000 life points, with a 2900 attack monster on my field. There is no possible way for you to defeat me right now, I am sure of it.”

“Well then, you’re wrong. Here ends my first duel, and maybe your first defeat,” Matt said. It was then he noticed the assembled crowd that had formed around them.

 

“I’ve never seen anyone stand up to the Deputy for so long, and now even say he’ll be defeated soon,” one of them whispered.

“This guy’s a fake. There’s no way a newbie like him could take on the Deputy... and win? Impossible,” another person whispered back.

 

Matt grinned. “Now, I’ll activate the spell card: Magical Stone Excavation, so by ditching 2 cards, I can bring back a spell card from my graveyard; so I choose, my Armor of Darkness.”

The Deputy shook his head. “You may be able to get Fahro back up to 2900 attack. So what? By discarding 2 more Warrior of Darkness monsters, my Collosal Fighter’s attack raises to 3100.”

“Your Collosal Fighter’s attack can raise all it wants. It won’t save you,” Matt smiled sweetly. “Because, I never said I would be attacking with my Fahro. In fact, it won’t even be on the field either. It’s going to the graveyard, along with Rulenth.”

“Then my Fighter’s attack will be 3300. You’re mad.”

 

“Far from it. This is how you can make 8000 life points turn to 0 with one attack. Ready, Deputy? Because now I’ll activate the spell card: Power Bond! So, by tributing one part Fahro, and one part Rulenth, I can fuse them together to create... Dark King, Warrior of Darkness!!” Matt roared.

The Deputy’s expression changed from one of controlled seriousness to devastation. Fahro and Rulenth suddenly moved closer together, then, with a strange dark light, they began to swirl together. The darkness fusing them together became stronger as they twisted faster, until they were enveloped into the inky blackness. Then, from inside the dark core, came a sword of shimmering light, which was soon followed by a great figure astride a gigantic horse. Both figures were completely dark and they seemed to show no visible flesh, their black armour the only thing that could be seen.

“Now, Deputy. I’ll equip Armour of Darkness to my Dark King. Alright, my great warrior, attack his Fighter! Burning Slasher!” Matt yelled.

 

The dark figure on the horse pointed towards the Collosal Fighter, and started to charge towards it.

“Wait... 3750 attack... and you used power bond to... uh... 7500 attack... plus 500 from your equip card...” the Deputy said, sweat pouring down his nose.

“He just created an 8000 attack monster!” one of the bystanders said disbelieving.

“And that’s not all,” said Matt, enjoying himself. “My Dark King has a special ability too: if it destroys a monster, you take damage equal to that monster’s attack. It’s over, Deputy,” Matt said, his mouth forming into an evil smile.

“Noooo!” the Deputy yelled as the great sword was thrust through his Collosal Fighter, completely splitting the monster in half. Then, the sword continued into the Deputy as his life points fell down from 8000 all the way to 0. Matt had won.

 

 

 

[spoiler=Chapter Three - A Challenge] Matt disengaged his duel disk, his head spinning. He had won his first match on 8000 life points, against the second in command of the Tournament, and maybe even made history of 8000 damage from one attack. He knew his Grandfather’s cards were powerful, but he did not realise just how good they were until today. He made up his mind to call his Grandfather when he got home and tell him what had happened.

Just then, he realised he was surrounded by a crowd. They were all asking him questions, all at the same time and no one could be heard. Matt ignored them and pushed through the crowd till he saw the Deputy lying on the ground, his face set in an expression of surprise.

Matt offered him his hand. “Good duel,” he said.

The Deputy knocked his hand away. “Beginner’s luck. Those probably aren’t your cards anyway,” he spat as he got up and walked off.

Matt watched him go, but he was not angry. He was sad that the Deputy could not accept defeat.

The crowd had disappeared to all but one girl, who was still behind him. As soon as Matt saw her, his heart started beating faster. “Uhh... hi?” he said.

“Hey there. What’s your name?” she asked.

Matt struggled to keep his voice and expression normal. “Err... Matt.”

“Well, Ermatt, that was an amazing match. How come I’ve never seen you duel before?” she asked.

“My name is Matt, I meant to say... and that was my first duel.”

“Really? No way! You must have got all those tricks from somewhere!” she exclaimed.

“Yeah, my Grandfather taught me a bit about it... these are his cards, too,” he said and showed her his deck as he pulled it out of his duel disk.

“Wow... those are really powerful... is that really the card with 8000 attack?” she asked as she pointed to the Dark King, still lying on the duel disk in attack.

“Yeah, it is. Umm... what’s your name?” Matt asked shyly.

“Sarah,” she laughed. “I guess... I’ll see you around?”

“Sure! Good luck in you matches,” said Matt, a little too optimistically.

Sarah waved and turned away.

Before Matt could do anything else, there was a tap on his shoulder.

He spun around to see another official before him. “Mr. Hartlet?” he asked.

“Yep, that’s me,” Matt replied.

“Well. You didn’t submit any application to this Tournament, which therefore means you won’t be allowed in, but after that show, I think we can make an exception here,” he said, and wrote something on a list like the Deputy’s.

“Okay, thanks! When is the next match?” Matt asked.

“Since your duel ended late, the next one starts... in about thirty seconds,” the official smiled.

Matt’s eyes widened. “Alright. Thank you!” he said, and sped off towards his newest contestant.

 

His contestant was a boy about his age, who looked like a person who had spent most of his life being nice to everyone. His clothes were neatly ironed and his hair was nicely combed. Matt resisted the urge to laugh as he walked towards him. “I believe... you’re my contestant?” he asked the boy.

“You’re Matt Hartlet?” the boy asked.

“That’s me. What’s your name? Matt responded.

“David. Quick, though – we were meant to start a few seconds ago,” David said.

Matt turned his back and moved away from him. When he was far enough away for monsters to battle comfortably, he turned back and engaged his duel disk.

“Good luck,” he said.

“Same to you,” responded David. “You pulled some nice moves against the Deputy, but I’m ranked fourth around here, so don’t expect anything less tough.”

“That’s fine. I’m always up for a challenge,” Matt smiled.

“Okay then, I’ll go first,” David said, and drew six cards. “Right. I’ll activate the spell card: Solar Recharge, so by discarding a Lightsworn monster, I can draw two cards,” he said.

Matt was amazed. Lightsworns were one of the best and expensive decks around. This guy must really mean business.

“Alright, I’ll place one spell or trap face down, then summon out Lumina – Lightsworn Summoner. I end my turn – which means, due to Lumina’s effect, I have to discard the top three cards of my deck.”

Matt watched as David discarded all three. On the last one though, David smirked. “I sent my Wulf – Lightsworn Beast to the graveyard from my deck... which means I can special summon it to my side of the field. Now it’s your turn.”

Matt drew his sixth card and looked through his hand. Wulf had 2100 attack, quite high, but he had something even better.

 

“Alright, I’ll summon out my Nureve, Warrior of Darkness,” he said.

“Hang on... Nereve has 2400 attack, and you summoned it without tribute. Do you know how to play this game?” David asked.

“Yeah, I do. Nereve is a 4 star monster, should you care to look. Now, attack his Wulf with Iron Whip!”

David laughed. “Close. But I activate my trap card: Draining Shield, which means I can negate that attack and gain how much you attacked me with. Now, I’m on 10400 life points.”

“Fine, now I’ll activate the spell card: Warrior Tactics. That means that I can draw 1 card during my end phase for every Warrior of Darkness I control. So, I’ll end my turn, draw a card, and ditch three from Nureve’s side effect. Go,” Matt said monotonously.

David drew a card and his grin broadened. “This will be over very soon, Matthew Hartlet. Now, I will tribute my Wulf for my Celestia, Lightsworn Angel! And when she is summoned, I can send the top four cards of my deck to my graveyard to destroy two of your cards. So, say goodbye to your Nereve and your Warrior Tactics,” David said.

 

Matt’s eyes widened. There was nothing he could do but watch as David kept summoning more monsters on the same turn.

“Look here, one of those four cards I sent to the graveyard was another Wulf, so I think I’ll special summon it. Now, using Lumina’s effect, I’ll discard a card from my hand to special summon my other Wulf I just tributed from my graveyard. Give up yet? You will when I attack you with all of my Lightsworns!” David roared.

The two Wulfs, Celestia and Lumina jumped from David’s side of the field and all used their various attacks against Matt, who could only watch helplessly as his life points counter went from 8000 to 1500, just in David’s second turn.

“Give up now, Matt. You can’t win,” David demanded.

Matt fell down, and watched as David ended his turn and manage to special summon his final Wulf. Staring down five monsters with no monsters on the field and three cards in his hand, the outlook was grim for Matt.

 

 

[spoiler=Chapter Four - Light and Darkness]

It came down to this. Matt staring down five monsters, no cards on the field, and in his hand were three tribute monsters. He didn’t know if he had a card that could save him in his deck, but he wished for one all the same.

David stood over the other side of the field, grinning away. Matt knew he had to draw something good now, or it was over.

Slowly, he drew the card from his deck, and after a short pause, flipped it over.

After a second, Matt started to grin as he formulated his plan, while David’s grin slipped. What could Matt possibly do?

Matt pulled the card he just drew from his hand and showed it to David. “I play... Brain Control! So by paying 800 life points, I’ll take control of your Celestia!”

David’s smile vanished. Sure, Matt had left himself with only 700 life points away from defeat, but he took control of one of his best monsters.

 

“And now – you can say goodbye to your Celestia, because I’m tributing her for: Lednor, Warrior of Darkness!” Matt proclaimed.

“Okay, that’s not too bad of a monster. 2250 attack, but it’s not going to win you the much, sorry to say,” David frowned.

Matt shrugged. “Maybe not, but it can still do some damage now. So, Lednor, attack his Lumina with Dark Slice!”

Matt’s Lednor jumped up from his side of the field, to come crashing down on David’s Lumina. Lumina tried to put her hands up to save herself, but Lednor’s sword came down and she was destroyed.

“You quite done? My draw – and don’t forgot to discard a card from Lednor’s side effect,” David said, a little too loudly.

Matt discarded a card, then took stock of his situation. Lednor was staring down three Wulfs, but they all had 2100 attack while Lendor had 2250, so Matt was safe for now. If David had a Celestia to summon, though, he would lose. Still, Lednor’s attack had taken David back down to 9150 life points, so at least it was something.

David looked at his hand. Nothing would help against Lednor, except for the card he just drew. “It ends this turn, Matt. You had a fair run with the Deputy, but I will show you why I spent all this money, time and effort into these cards. Now, I’ll tribute one of my Wulfs so I can summon out... Gragonith, Lightsworn Dragon!”

Matt was taken aback at first by the size of the Dragon, but then he saw its attack. It had only 2000 points, not enough to take out Lednor’s 2250.

 

“Oh, and did I mention Gragonith’s special ability?” David scorned. “You see, it gains 300 attack and defense for every Lightsworn in my graveyard. Let’s see here – there’s Lumina, the Wulf I tributed, so that’s 2600 attack. Oh, and then, there’s one more Lightsworn in my graveyard from before. So, let’s see here. I have a 2900 attack monster, you have no spell or traps to stop me, and I have two 2100 attack monsters once Gragonith is finished with Lednor. Give up now?”

Matt shook his head. “Give me your best shot, David. I’m waiting.”

David was taken aback by Matt’s determination. He was a few seconds away from losing, but against the obvious he still didn’t give up. “Fine. Gragonith, Lightsworn Dragon! Attack his Lednor, Warrior of Darkness!” David roared.

Gragonith flew up into the air, and twisted into a spiral. Then, it rocketed down at Lednor, who stood silently, his sword thrust into the air, in hope of blocking the attack. Finally, Gragonith reached Lednor, smashed through his sword, and hit him with all his might, to bring Matt’s life points from 700 to 50.

 

“Good duel, Matt. Now, my Wulfs, attack him direc- wait. What’s that?” David paused.

Lednor was lying on the ground, beaten and bruised, but he was still on the field.

“Oh, did I forget to mention, David? Lednor has a special ability. If he’s attacked by a monster that’s attack is higher than its original, Lednor can’t be destroyed by battle. Yeah, I think I did forget to tell you that,” Matt laughed.

“What? That’s... that’s... oh, fine then. You hang on for one more turn. Make it a good one, because I have more Lightsworns that can attack you, Mr. Hartlet. I’ll place one card face down. Your turn,” David scoffed. And with the end of his turn, David sent three cards to the graveyard from Gragonith’s effect. “Look here, I just sent two more Lightsworn monsters to my grave. Gragonith’s attack is now at 3500. Have fun.”

Matt shrugged. “I get to draw one more card than my usual, from Lednor’s effect. Oh, look: one of them is this! Warrior’s Gift. Now, by ditching one Warrior of Darkness, I can draw three cards. Then, I gotta ditch another Warrior of Darkness, but that’s okay. It is all for what is about to happen.”

 

David beckoned with his hand. “Fine. Go on.”

“Oh, I will. Now, I’ll summon out my Byrak, Warrior of Darkness!” Matt said.

David rolled his eyes. “What’s this? A 1400 attack monster. Good work, like that’s gonna help.”

“It sure will. You see, Byrak is a tuner. Now, I’ll take a leaf out of the Deputy’s book, so I can tribute Byrak and Lednor on my field, and I will Synchro Summon... Ancient Swordsman!” Matt exclaimed.

With that, Matt’s Byrak and Lednor suddenly flew into the air, through a spiral. They twisted around until they burst into red gems, which in turn flew down and assembled themselves as one entity: Matt’s Ancient Swordsman.

David was amazed, until he saw its attack power. “It only has 2200 attack. You could destroy one of my Wulfs, but Gragonith could destroy it next turn. What’s the point?”

“This is the point, David. This is exactly what happened with your Dragon. You see, my Swordsman gains 300 attack for every Warrior of Darkness in my Graveyard. Right now, after Byrak and Lednor were destroyed, I have five. So, my Swordsman’s attack rises to 3700!"

 

“Is that so? Well, I’ll activate my trap card: Dissapear! With this, I can remove from a play a card in your graveyard. So I chose one of your Warrior of Darkness. Now, guess what? Your Swordsman is back to 3400 attack. Not enough to beat Gragonith, I believe,” David sneered.

“Yeah, you’re right. He falls 100 attack short. But you know, you could’ve used that when I was attacking your Dragon – then I would have lost,” Matt smirked.

David shook his head. “So? I have a better and more dramatic ending to our duel than that.”

“Fine,” Matt said. “Ancient Swordsman, attack one of his Wulfs with Double-Edged Blade!”

The Ancient Swordsman raced off down the field, to David’s side. Then, raising his two hands high above his head, he brought them down so fast that David’s Wulf could not even block the attack. Inside Swordsman’s hands, though, were a pair of knives, which destroyed Wulf and sent it to the graveyard.

“Okay. You destroyed my Wulf, and brought me down to 7850. Guess what? You’re on 50 life points, and one more Lightsworn in my grave means that my Dragon’s attack has raised to 3800,” David laughed.

“Oh well. I’ll place one card face down. Then, I’ll discard my last card from Swordsman’s effect, and end my turn,” Matt said.

“Good. Now, my draw!” David said. “You’re lucky; I can’t summon any more monsters. Instead, I think I’ll attack your Swordsman with my Gragonith! Go! Blinding Light Attack!”

 

Gragonith leapt off from David’s field and flew at Matt’s Swordsman as fast as it could. Before it got there, though, a huge barrier erupted from the middle of the field, and blocked out Gragonith’s attack.

“Hey, David, did I mention? I have a Draining Shield too. Guess what? You just gave me 3800 more life points. Thanks! Now I have 3850!” Matt laughed.

“Fine. I still have more than you. Go,” David growled.

“Oh, I will. Now I’ll draw two cards from Swordsman’s effect. You’re lucky, too; I can’t make any more moves either, except to attack your last Wulf, which brings you down to 6550. I’ll place a spell or trap face down. Finally, I’ll end my turn, and discard a card with Swordsman’s side effect,” Matt said. “Oh, and that card was a Warrior of Darkness, so now his attack is back at 3700. Your move.”

David drew. “Okay. I’ll activate my other Solar Recharge, now by discarding a Lightsworn, I can draw two more cards. So, my Gragonith is now on 4100 attack.”

Matt gulped. His face down was a bluff, a spell card that wouldn’t work in this situation. He just hoped that David would think it was another good trap like Draining Shield.

He was cut out from his thoughts by David’s laugh. “It’s over, Matt. I just drew my best monster. Now, since I have at least four Lightsworns in my grave, I can special summon... my Judgment Dragon! Rise, my beast!”

Matt’s eyes widened. A massive dragon, bigger than Gragonith, had appeared on the field. It was all white, except for its claws, which were blood-red.

 

“Now, I can use my Dragon’s special ability. This is, by paying 1000 of my life points, I can destroy every card on the field, except for itself! How does that sound, Matt?” David laughed.

“Err... not good?” Matt responded. “At least now you’re on 5550 life points.”

“Whatever. Now, I’ll play: Monster Reborn. This lets me bring back a monster from any graveyard, and I chose: my Gragonith! Now, attack, Judgment Dragon! Burning Claw!” David yelled.

The Judgment Dragon flew up, and soared straight into Matt. Matt’s life points went from 3850 down to 850.

“Now, Matt, you have been bested. You have no cards on your field or in your hand. It’s time for a direct attack, Gragonith. Go! Blinding Light Attack!” David roared.

The huge Dragon flew up even higher than the Judgment Dragon before it, until it suddenly folded its wings into a dive, straight for Matt’s life points. Just as it was about to hit him, though, his Ancient Swordsman appeared out of the air and put his fists up in front of Gragonith.

Confused, the Dragon hurtled into the Swordsman, which managed to repel it back to David’s side of the field before disappearing again.

 

“What kind of cheap trick was that?” David asked, not amused.

“That trick was actually my Ancient Swordsman’s special ability. You see, while it’s in the graveyard, I can remove it from play to stop one of your monsters attacking me. Which, in this case, was your Gragonith. Will that be all?” Matt grinned.

“Arrghh!” David yelled in frustration. “Stop finding ways to get out of losing!”

Matt only laughed in response, and drew a card. “Okay, now I’ll activate my Pot of Avarice, which means by returning five monster cards in my graveyard into my deck, I can draw five new cards.”

Matt did what he said, then drew two cards from his deck. “Okay, now I’ll set a monster and end my turn.”

David only laughed in response. “Is that all? Fine, Judgment Dragon, attack his monster!”

The Judgment Dragon soared over to Matt’s side of the field, and collided with his face down, to reveal Diron, Warrior of Darkness.

“Hey David, did I tell you that Diron can’t be destroyed by battle?” Matt grinned.

Silence was David’s response.

“I guess that means you’ll end your turn. Now, I’ll draw two cards from my deck, from Diron’s effect. Okay, now, I’ll activate Pot of Greed. So, I can draw two more cards from my deck.” And at that, Matt’s grin broadened. “Now, I’ll activate my spell card: Lightning Vortex, which means, by ditching a Warrior of Darkness, I can destroy every face up monster on your side of the field. Say goodbye to your two Dragons.”

 

David’s eyes widened. “You took them both out without even attacking them! That’s low.”

“No, that’s how you play the game,” Matt responded. “Now, I’ll activate: Different Dimension Reincarnation! After discarding another Warrior of Darkness, I can special summon a monster that was removed from play. So, return, my Ancient Swordsman! And since I just ditched two Warriors of Darkness, its attack rises up to 2800.”

David folded his arms. “Whatever. I have more ways to win than my Dragons.”

Matt just smiled. “You won’t have a turn to do so. Finally, I’ll summon my Nureve that I just drew, since it was put back into my deck from Pot of Avarice. Now, since you’re on 5550 life points, I’m still 300 points off. And guess how many attack points my Diron has?”

“T-hree-hundre-ed?” David stammered.

“Well, you were close. It has 800. And guess what? They’re all coming in for a direct attack at you. Good game, David.” Matt said. “Now, my monsters, attack!!”

David could only watch in horror as Matt’s Diron, Swordsman and Nureve ran from his side of the field, and attacked him directly with everything they had. Swords and whips flicked through him as his life point counter dropped from 5550 to 0.

“I-I lost... to a newbie... I lost...” he said, then fell to the ground, defeated.

 

 

 

[spoiler=Chapter Five - Monarch Madness]

Matt disengaged his duel disk, the battlefield still smoking from the last attack. His three warriors disappeared as he picked their cards up, and started walking towards David.

“Good duel,” Matt said, as nice as he could.

“Get away!” David yelled. “I have never got out on the second round before! You cheated! I could’ve beaten you twice back there!”

“Yet you didn’t. You waited for a big finish, which never came. That is why you never take your chances,” Matt smiled. “C’mon, get up.”

David’s expression turned neutral. “You’re right. I guess I was a bit a jerk back there. I was just amazed that you beat the Deputy – especially in the way you did.”

“Yeah, I could understand that. But my Grandfather taught me well; these are his cards, too,” Matt explained. “Now, let’s forget that. Friends?” he asked, holding out his hands.

David laughed, and shook. “Friends.”

 

Just then, an official came over. “David, your next contestant will be Brian Jarvis. Now watch out, he’s only a newcomer, but he beat his other contestants in just three rounds for both! So...”

“Sir. I didn’t win my match,” David told him.

The official looked confused. “But... you had your opponent down to 850 life points, and he had no cards in his hand or on the field. You were about to attack him with your Gragonith.”

“Well, he has a few tricks or two,” David winked.

Matt nodded. “Yeah. I was the winner of that match.”

The official raised an eyebrow. “Well, that’s a first – you’re a newcomer, I’m told? And you beat the deputy.”

“That’s me,” Matt grinned.

“Alright. Your next contestant will be Brain Jarvis. He runs a Monarch deck, or so I’ve heard,” the official said. “He’s got some amazing talent for a newcomer; but after watching you duel, it’ll be a great match. Now, Brain’s in that far corner over there...” the official pointed to a corner of the warehouse “...and the next round starts in a minute.”

“Thanks, sir,” Matt said politely.

 

Before he went, though, David called his name. “I’d like to watch this match,” he said, and hurried after him.

Matt arrived at the duelling ground just in time to see another boy around his age, silently waiting for him. “You’re Brain Jarvis?”

“That’s me,” he responded.

Matt nodded back to him, and went off to his side of the field, nodding to David, who had just arrived. He got to his side of the field, and re-ingaged his duel disk. “Ready, Brain?” he taunted.

“Let’s go,” Brain replied. “You go first. I wanna see what you can do.”

“Sure thing,” said Matt, and drew six cards. “Well, I wanna see what you can do too. So I’ll set a monster and a spell or trap face down. Your move.”

“You got it,” said Brian as he drew a card. “Okay. Here goes. Since I have no monsters on my side of the field, and you have one, I can do this: I special summon, my Cyber Dragon!”

A long, silver dragon appeared on the field, roaring with its might. “Now, sorry, Cyber Dragon – but I tribute you to summon, Granmarg, the Rock Monarch!” Brain declared. A huge, brown monster appeared on the field, slightly denting the ground as it did so. “Now, when Granmarg is summoned, I destroy one face down card on the field. So I’ll chose – your monster!”

Matt winced as his Diron was destroyed by Granmarg’s effect.

 

“Now, Granmarg, attack with all your might! Rock Hard Fist!” Brain roared.

Granmarg walked across half of the field, before pulling back his mighty fist and sending shock waves towards Matt.

Matt watched in dismay as his life point counter fell from 8000 down to 5600.

“Now, I’ll put down a face down, and end my turn,” Brain finished.

Matt slowly drew his card, then grinned when he saw what it was. “Now, I’ll summon out – my Kaislay, Warrior of Darkness!”

“A 1900 attack monster. Not bad, not bad,” Brain commented. “Still not enough for Granmarg, though.”

“Oh yeah? What if I equip it with my Armor of Darkness? It gives him a 500 point attack boost, so now they both have the same attack!” boasted Matt. “Now, my Kaislay! Attack his Granmarg with Broadsword Smasher!”

“Not so fast. I activate, my trap: Sakuretsu Armor!” Brain declared.

“You might activate it, but it won’t work; I counter with: Trap Jammer!” Matt grinned. “Say goodbye to your Monarch.”

“Fine. Your monster dies too, and now you have no monsters to protect you. My move!” said Brian, and drew a card. “Alright. I’ll activate: Double Summon, so now I can summon twice this turn. So, I’ll summon out my Treeborn Frog, then tribute it for – Thestalos, the Firestorm Monarch!”

 

Matt watched as another monster rose up from where the Treeborn Frog just was, a huge, warped person, his skin alight in flames.

“Now, Thestalos has an ability too when he’s summoned – I can discard a card from your hand. I chose – the one on your far left,” Brain said.

Matt shrugged. “Okay. That’s my Lednor, Warrior of Darkness.”

Brain laughed. “A monster, eh? Now you take damage equal to that monster’s level times by 100, straight to your life points... 5 stars, 500 damage. Now, Thestalos, attack him directly with Flaming Fist!”

Thestalos jumped from Brian’s end of the field, then smashed his fist down onto Matt’s, creating a blazing inferno that engulfed him, reducing his life points to 2700.

“Hang in there!” shouted David from the sidelines.

 

“Fine. My move!” declared Matt as he drew. His eyes widened – he had just drawn what he needed!

“Alright. Now, I’ll activate my spell card: Brain Control! So by paying 800 life points, taking me to 1900 life points, I can control your Thestalos. Now, you know what? I’ll summon out another one of my monsters: Nureve, Warrior of Darkness! So now, I’ll be attacking you with two 2400 attack monsters; taking you down to 3200 life points. Finally, I’ll put a face down spell or trap, and end my turn,” Matt smirked.

“Wow! You’re almost equal again! Nice moves!” David laughed from the sidelines.

“Whatever,” Brain said bitterly as he drew his card. “Now, my Thestalos returns to me, and you have to discard three cards from Nureve’s side effect, so now you only have two cards in your hand.”

Matt discarded three, and pointed to Brain. “Continue.”

 

“I will. Now, I can special summon back Treeborn Frog, since I have no spell or traps on my side of the field,” Brain said. “Then, I’ll tribute him so I can summon out... my Kuraz, the Light Monarch! And when Kuraz is summoned, I can destroy two cards on your field – but you get to pick up two. So go, Kuraz, destroy Nureve and his face down!”

In the middle of drawing two cards, Matt shouted out, “I’ll chain with my face down: Poison of the Old Man! So, I can gain 1200 life points.”

“Lucky,” Brain spat. “My Kuraz can’t attack on the turn it is summoned, but my Thestalos has an open field. So go, my monster! Bring his life points down to 700! Then, I’ll put down a face down spell or trap, and end my turn.”

Matt winced as Thestalos brought down another firey blow. “Fine. My draw!” he declared, now having five cards in his hand. “One of them is Pot of Avarice, which I’ll now activate!” he said, so he sent five Warriors from his grave into his deck, and drew two more cards. Okay, now I’ll play: Magical Stone Excavation, so by discarding two, I can bring back my Armor of Darkness from the graveyard. Now, for my last spell: Fallen Warrior! So by removing from play a Warrior of Darkness I just sent to the graveyard from my Excavation, I can normal summon them without tributes. So, I think I’ll summon out this: Fahro, Warrior of Darkness!”

 

Brian couldn’t help but look impressed. “Okay, now you’re going to summon out your Dark King?”

Matt shook his head. “I don’t have the right cards. However, I can equip Fahro with my Armor of Darkness, boosting his attack to a nice 2900!”

“Yeah! Keep it up, Matt! You almost got ‘im!” David shouted from the sidelines.

“Okay, now, Fahro! Attack his Thestalos with your Dark Sword!” Matt yelled.

Smoke poured into Brian’s eyes from the last attack, bringing him down to 2700 life points, but he still announced that it was his turn. “My draw!” he said. “And you have to discard you last card from Fahro’s side effect. Now, I can’t special summon my Treeborn Frog because of my spell or trap card, but I can do this, Matt. Are you ready? This is my most powerful monster. In fact, it doesn’t even have to attack, its effect will take your life points down to 0.”

Matt gulped. He didn’t know what was coming.

 

“I tribute my Kuraz, the Light Monarch, so I can summon... Caius, the Shadow Monarch!” Brian yelled.

Kuraz’s shining light was suddenly dimmed as it was sucked into a black vortex. Out of the vortex came a huge, dark monarch, a circle of power held in between its hands.

“Uhh... nice... Monarch?” Matt stammered.

Brian laughed. “He is the ultimate Monarch. You see, when he is summoned, I can remove from play a card on the field. If it is a dark type monster, you take 1000 damage. So, guess what attribute Fahro is? Now go, my Monarch, destroy Matt with your special ability!”

Caius raised the ball of energy high above his head, then threw it at lightning speed towards Fahro. Before it got there, though, the Armor of Darkness Fahro was wearing suddenly came off, and took the blast before Fahro was hit.

“Wha-what was that?” Brain demanded.

 

“That was my Armor of Darkness’ second effect. You see, if you use an effect that targets the Warrior of Darkness it’s equipped to, I can destroy it instead of my monster. The problem is, Fahro is now back at 2400 attack. Although, Caius still can’t destroy it, can he?” Matt laughed.

“Oh yes he can!” Brian roared. “Caius! Attack his Fahro with Dark Rage!”

Caius formed another ball of energy in his hands, and once again, threw it towards Fahro. Fahro put his swords up to block the attack, and successfully did – repelling the blast back at Caius. The energy of it, though, destroyed Fahro in the process, just as Caius was destroyed by its own attack.

“Okay. My draw!” Matt said. “Now I’ll activate: Pot of Greed, so I can draw two new cards,” he said, and grinned. “Okay. I’ll summon out my Byrak, Warrior of Darkness. Then, I’ll activate: Monster Reborn! So I can bring back my Fahro from the grave. Now, Fahro, attack him directly with Dark Sword!”

Fahro ran up, and slashed across at Brian, taking his life points down to 300.

“Now, it’s your turn, Byrak. Attack him with Axe of the Warriors!”

Byrak jumped into the air, then was about to attack at Brian, when he yelled out, “I activate my trap card – Spellbinding Circle! So Byrak cannot attack!”

Matt grinned. “Oh yeah? Fahro! Use your effect and tribute yourself to negate the trap! Byrak! Continue your attack!”

Brian watched in disbelief as Fahro disappeared. Then strands of energy came from him, and hit the Spellbinding Circle in front of Byrak. After a tense few seconds, the Circle was destroyed, and Byrak finished his attack by bringing his axe down across Brian. It was over.

 

Far above them, a person was watching the battle take place. They had been there the whole time, sitting in a roof section of the warehouse, watching the so called Matthew Hartlet win his third match.

“Is he the one?” came a voice behind the first person.

“Yes. I do believe he is,” came the response. “You see his cards. They were given to him by that traitor Hartlet. Even Matthew’s moves and strategies are identical. I think it is time to move in. Matthew Hartlet will not leave this building tonight. See to it that he does not.”

 

 

 

 

 

Keep tuned for more if you like =)

There will be new characters and a bigger plot line than this :P

[RyanAtlus]

I see some good things, which are the basic elements for a good YGO story.

Just make sure that 1 Duel should only occupy 1 Chapter, unless they are very very long.

I'd put 2 and 3 in one chapter. Also, 4 and 5 should be in one too. Good Luck!

[Fishncrabs]

thanks man =) and I will keep working on it ;)

Yeah I didnt wanna make the chapters sooooo long though, but yeh i guess it wouldnt rlly hurt :P

major plot twists coming up! stay tuned xD

[RyanAtlus]

Long Chapters R good!

Will you comment on my fic too?

[Fishncrabs]

okay. chapter five finished. i reckon its too long to fit into chapter four :P

so i'll leave it at that.

[Fishncrabs]

ok, i moved it back a lil, so the 'real' chapter five is now finished. And at the end of it, finally, the beginnings of a plot ;D

stay tuned til next ep! the plot thickens!

[RyanAtlus]

The plot should be interesting.

You reminded me of the fact I haven't used Monarchs in my fic yet. Mind if I do?

[RyanAtlus]

Mr. Delter

Personality: Being evil!

 

Epic! LOL

[RyanAtlus]

Get on with it!

 

Don't do what LK said!