Disclaimer/Author's Note:

I don't own the YuGiOh TCG, although I do happen to own several original cards I'll be using in the story, plus my character Adriel and a few other original characters.  Eventually, the disclaimer will be transformed into its own chapter, but until I ask people to send in original stuff, it won't be.  Aldrai and the wild card belong to my friend, who requested to be in the story.  And at the beginning of each chapter, the revealed contents of the related player's deck will be shown.  (I.E. If Adriel is dueling, the revealed cards in his deck will be listed.)  On to the story…

Yu Gi Oh- Tournament of the Eclipse

Chapter 1-An Introduction

            *Yawn*…Adriel woke up.  It was a warm summer afternoon in Tokyo.  Sitting up, he remembered that today, a Duel Monsters tournament was being held at the local park, and he was supposed to meet Aldrai before the games began.

Adriel K. Zaytel

Age: 14

Height: 6'0"

Weight: 125 lb

Hair: Black, spiked

Eyes: Gold

Appearance: Khaki shorts, black shirt with gold symbol, red vest, black bandana with gold symbol on both tails, black sports watch, black belt, black deck holder, black backpack with gold symbol during Tournament of the Eclipse. Straight backed, confident walk.

Personality: Not easy to get close to, but loyal to his few close friends.  Deceptive and arrogant.

Deck Type: Dragon

            Adriel pulled on his normal attire and grabbed his deck.  He headed out the door after grabbing a muffin.  As he walked to the park, he stuck his deck into his deck holder, which had separate sections for the main deck, fusion deck, and side deck.  He walked slowly to the park, allowing himself to bask in the warm sunlight and cooling breeze.  If he weren't participating in the tournament, he would probably have been taking his girlfriend to the beach.  "Adriel, hey Adriel!"  Adriel turned his head and saw Aldrai running towards him.

Aldrai T. Kastien

Age: 14

Height: 5'11"

Weight: 118 lb

Hair: Dirty blonde, worn as-is

Eyes: blue-green

Appearance: Dark blue shirt with gold emblem, khaki shorts, black sports watch

Personality: slightly arrogant, deceptive, humorous

Deck Type: Warrior

            "Hi Aldrai.  How long have you been waiting for me?"  Aldrai smiled.  "Not too long.  Hurry up; the tournament is about to begin.  They haven't shown us the prizes yet."  The two walked to the check-in table and registered.  Adriel went off to get a drink while Aldrai found two spots for them to sit in.  A few minutes later, the check-in table closed and the charts were made up for the pairings.  Aldrai and Adriel noticed with some interest that the charts were set up in a fairly odd fashion.  Just then, the coordinator stepped forward to begin explaining the rules. 

"Good morning to all.  Today's tournament differs slightly from the normal tournaments you all have competed in.  The face-offs are limited to duels, not matches.  Instead of a one-on-one style, each duel will be held in a tag-team fashion.  As soon as I stop speaking, you will have five minutes to find a duelist whom you wish to partner with.  The second point of interest is that each duelist will receive a pack of tournament cards.  After the first round, each victorious pair will receive an additional pack, plus a rare card chosen based on your deck types.  After the second round, each surviving duelist will receive a third pack with three rare cards.  After the semifinals, each of the four remaining duelists will receive an extremely rare card in addition to a fourth pack of tournament cards.  The two winners will be given their prizes in the back room.  On an additional note, the prizes you receive will act as a side deck.  You may substitute any of the cards you receive into your deck.  Now then…you have ten minutes to prepare before the tournament starts.  During those ten minutes, you and your partner must place yourselves in one of the sixteen slots on the dueling chart."  The coordinator stepped down and Adriel and Aldrai began to talk excitedly about the prizes.  The booster packs were handed out.  Adriel opened his pack and got Gemini Elf, Mystical Space Typhoon, and Rope of Life.  Aldrai received Sword Hunter, Anti-Raigeki, and Numinous Healer.  The two quickly made some switches in their decks.

Ten minutes later, the two were directed to a table where their opponents were busy chatting away.  Aldrai gave the two girls a look before meeting eyes with Adriel.  They both smirked and sat down, waiting for the announcement for the duel to begin.  "You have forty minutes to complete the duel.  Should the duel end before the forty minutes are up, place your team's flag on the table."  The two glanced at each other and found that the tables were really desks, and that their desk had a red flag inside of it.  "Let the dueling begin!"  One of the girls took the coin on the table.  "You guys can call it," she said.  "Heads." Adriel said firmly.  The coin landed on tails.  The other girl let out a squeal of delight.  "Yeah!  We get to go first!"  As they drew their cards, Aldrai asked them, "Hey…what are your names, anyway?"

The girl on the left, a blonde with sparkling blue eyes, said "I'm Clover.  And my friend," she nodded towards her friend; a brunette with amber eyes, "is Carolyn.  We go to Wayne Middle School downtown.  How about you?"

"I'm Adriel." Said Adriel.  "And I'm Aldrai.  We go to Eaglecrest Middle School.  We're gong to be freshmen at Rockstone High next year."  The girls had already finished drawing their cards.  "Cool.  We're going to Rockstone too.  Maybe we'll see you there."  Carolyn said with a flirty wink.

"Hey…" Said Clover.  "We should get to dueling.  We've been talking for, like, almost three minutes!"  She was right.  Aldrai looked at the clock, which displayed 38:12:85.  "Anyway, I'm gonna play one monster in defense mode and three cards face down."  It was Aldrai's turn.  He drew his five cards, plus the one for his turn.  Aldrai's hand consisted of Magician of Faith, Time Wizard, Horn of Light, Polymerization, Seven Tools of the Bandit, and Witch of the Black Forest.  "This is one of the worst hands I have ever drawn…"  He thought to himself.  "Well, I'm playing one monster in defense mode (Witch of the Black Forest 1100/1200) and two cards face down (Horn of Light and Seven Tools of the Bandit).  Carolyn sighed.  "This is boring, no one's attacking!"  Clover punched her lightly on the shoulder.  "That's because you can't attack on the first turn."

"Ohh…well then, I play one card in defense mode and one card face down."  Adriel drew his six cards.  They were Harpie's Brother, Pot of Greed, Acid Trap Hole, Mystical Space Typhoon, Vorse Raider, and D. Tribe.  "I'm playing Harpie's Brother (1800/800) in attack mode, and laying one card (Acid Trap Hole) face down.  That means that it's Clover's turn again."

Clover drew her card.  "All right!"  She shouted.  Several duelists from other tables turned to stare.  "Sorry…Anyway, I flip my Spirit of the Breeze (0/1800) card into attack mode and play one of my face down cards; Shield and Sword!  Now Spirit of the Breeze, attack Harpie's Brother!"  Adriel sighed.  "We aren't playing with DuelDisks, but ok…" Adriel put Harpie's Brother in the graveyard and recorded a loss of 1000 life points on his life point chart.  "I end my turn."  Aldrai drew another card (Sword Hunter 2450/1700).  I play one card in defense mode (Magician of Faith 300/400) and end my turn.

Carolyn drew her card.  "I flip Ultimate Offering and play two more cards face down.  Now I flip my Spirit of the Harp (800/2000) and summon Dark Elf (2000/800) in attack mode!   To finish my first Main Phase, I pay 500 life points to tribute them both for Serpent Knight Dragon (2350/2400) in attack mode!  Now attack Adriel directly!"

"I defend Adriel with my defense monster; Witch of the Black Forest!  Obviously, my witch is destroyed, but now I get to draw a monster card with a defense lower than 1500 from my deck, and I choose…this one. (Gemini Elf 1900/900)  Aldrai took a card from his deck and shuffled it.  "Now it's Adriel's turn."  Adriel smiled gratefully at Aldrai and drew his card, Tyrant Dragon (2900/2500).  "First, I play Pot of Greed."  Adriel drew his two cards; Mirror Force and Michizure.  "Now I play two cards face down (Mirror Force and Michizure).  Finally, I play Vorse Raider in attack mode!  Now, I attack Spirit of the Breeze with Vorse Raider.  Speaking of which, why didn't you attack Clover with your Witch of the Black Forest you defended me with?"

"I didn't want to risk one of them summoning a stronger monster and taking out my life points."  The score stood at Aldrai-4000, Adriel-3000, Clover-2100, Carolyn-3500.  Aldrai had his Magician of Faith in defense position and Seven Tools of the Bandit face down.  Adriel had Vorse Raider in attack mode and Acid Trap Hole, Mirror Force, and Michizure face down.  Clover had no monsters on the field and two cards face down.  Carolyn dominated the field with her Serpent Knight Dragon in attack mode and two cards face down.

The duel proceeded to Clover's turn.  "I summon Birdface (1600/1600) in attack mode and attack your Vorse Raider, Adriel!"  The teen snickered.  "You just sent your bird to the graveyard and wasted 300 life points."  Clover smiled.  "No, you didn't let me finish.  Now I play both Graceful Dice and Skull Dice to power up my monster and weaken yours!"  She said as she flipped two cards.  Clover got out two dice from the desk and rolled them.  "The green one represents the Graceful Dice card, and the red one represents the Skull Dice card."  Aldrai moved to activate Seven Tools of the Bandit, but Adriel shook his head slightly.  The green dice landed on a four, and the red one landed on a five.  "Yeah!  Now my monster has 2000 attack points, and yours only has 1400!  Birdface, attack Vorse Raider!"  Clover looked at the card as if expecting it to jump up and rip Vorse Raider to shreds.

"I play Mirror Force, which destroys Birdface, but what's more, Carolyn's Serpent Knight Dragon is destroyed as well, seeing as how it's on the same side of the field.  That leaves both of you defenseless for Aldrai to attack you with the monster he drew through Witch of the Black Forest's effect.  Aldrai drew another card, Monster Reborn.  "Yeah!  Adriel, we've got this duel in the bag.  I summon Gemini Elf (1900/900) and play Monster Reborn to revive the Serpent Knight Dragon!"

"Not so fast!"  Shouted Carolyn.  "I play Magic Drain!  If you can't discard another magic card from your hand to the graveyard, Monster Reborn is negated!"

"But I can." Said Aldrai as he discarded Polymerization to the graveyard.  He took Serpent Knight Dragon from Carolyn's graveyard and placed it in attack mode on his side of the field.  "Now I attack Carolyn and eliminate her from the duel!"  Carolyn flipped a card.  Negate Attack.  "Darn…but it doesn't really matter, because your side of the field is empty now.  Carolyn, it's your turn."

"I know that." She snapped.  Carolyn drew her card.  "I play the magic card Exchange to trade a card with another player.  To Aldrai and Adriel's surprise, she turned to Clover.  The two exchanged cards.  "I play Injection Fairy Lily (400/1500) in attack mode and attack the Gemini Elf!"  Aldrai looked at her in disbelief.  "Either you're crazy, or you have something up your sleeve…"

"Activate Injection Fairy Lily's effect!  Her power is now 3400!"  Aldrai scowled as he lost 1500 life points and discarded Gemini Elf.  "Are you done yet?"

"Yeah.  Adriel, it's your turn."  Adriel drew his Change of Heart card.  "I play Change of Heart on your Fairy and sacrifice both it and my Vorse Raider to summon my most powerful card, the Tyrant Dragon (2900/2500)!  Hey Carolyn, thanks for activating Lily's effect earlier.  Now that you only have 1500 life points, I can take you out easily!  I attack you directly with the Tyrant Dragon and take you out of the duel!"

"Activate Kuriboh's effect!" Clover shouted.  From the judges' table a little bit off, "Miss, you must be quiet or you'll be disqualified."  Clover discarded Kuriboh, leaving Carolyn in the duel.  The field now stood heavily weighted in the boy's favor.  Adriel had 3000 life points, Vorse Raider in attack mode, and Acid Trap Hole, and Michizure face down.  Aldrai had all 4000 of his life points, the Magician of Faith in defense mode and Serpent Knight Dragon in attack mode, and Seven Tools of the Bandit face down.  Meanwhile, neither of the girls had any cards on the field.  Clover had 2100 life points left, and Carolyn only had 1500.

Clover drew a card to make a total of three cards in her hand.  "I play Swords of Revealing Light!  Now you have to wait three turns before attacking."  Aldrai flipped his Magician of Faith face up.  "Thanks…now I think I want to take my Monster Reborn back."  The blonde's face fell slightly.  "I also play a card in defense mode."  Control switched to Aldrai, who drew a fourth card into his hand.  I sacrifice my Magician of Faith and your Serpent Knight Dragon to summon Sword Hunter (2450/1700) to the field.  Then I play Monster Reborn a second time to call the Serpent Knight Dragon back to the field.  I can't attack, but when I can, you're both gone.  Carolyn drew her card.  "I play Dian Keto to restore 1000 of Clover's life points."  Clover was taken aback.  "Hey Carolyn…why did you do that?"

"Even if I had restored my own life points, I still would have been knocked out of the duel when they attacked.  This way, at least one of us can hope to pull both of us out of our little hole in the ground."

Adriel took his turn and drew his own Monster Reborn.  "I'm sorry girls, but we win.  I play Monster Reborn to resurrect Injection Fairy Lily (400/1500).  Then I activate Mystical Space Typhoon to destroy Clover's Swords.  I destroy Carolyn with Tyrant Dragon and activate Lily's effect to destroy Clover.  Game, Set, and Match."  Adriel took his cards and shuffled them back into his deck.  Aldrai did the same.  Adriel got out the red flag and put it on the table.  Sobbing, Clover and Carolyn shuffled their decks together and looked glumly at the floor.  "You two dueled well…" Clover managed to mutter.  "Hey, you did too," Aldrai said with a bit more flourish than necessary.  "You were better…"

Their duel had ended with ten minutes and thirteen seconds remaining.  The four sat in silence during the remaining time, after which judges came by, recorded the results, and gave the winners their prizes and consoled the losers.  In his second booster pack, Adriel received a Raigeki, Buster Blader, and Magic Drain.  His rare card was a second Tyrant Dragon.  Aldrai's booster had contained Crush, Multiply, and Black Luster Ritual.  His rare card was Axe of Despair.  The two made another round of adjustments before moving on to the next round.  They seated themselves in front of the elevated platform at the fountain in the middle of the park.  The coordinator stepped up.  "Congratulations on making it through the first round, and I hope your prizes were satisfactory.  The second round will proceed the same way as the first did.  Your opponents are posted on the paper.  Good luck, and you have another ten minutes."

Aldrai and Adriel walked up to the paper.  To their surprise, the duelists listed themselves as 'Fire' and 'Water'.  The two knew they would be facing a pair of very strange duelists, and they sat themselves down…

*~End~*

Author's Note

            How'd you like it?  Now I won't be able to update frequently, seeing as how school is starting.  If enough reviews come in, I might be able to pull off a chapter a week.  A side note-this story will need to have a ten page long disclaimer, seeing as how I'll be asking many people for deck ideas.  For now, I need a Fire deck and a Water deck.  Each needs to be from 45 to 65 cards.  If you want to send in one deck, thanks.  If you want to send in two, that's better for me.  If your deck doesn't make the cut, don't worry, because just keep reading and more opportunities will surely arise.  Put the decks in reviews-here's what's going to happen.  Review this chapter first, with the normal stuff like I like it/I hate it, update soon, etc.  Then go to the next chapter, which will just contain what I want reviewers to send me.  Put the deck(s) in the review for THAT chapter.  Thanks.