Total Eclipse
Part One: The Heartless Duelist! Triangle Duel of Suffering!
In a dark room a hooded figure was speaking to a man with a black cloak. "The time is coming soon, the Crimson Dragon will soon be awakened and its powers must not stop the awaking of the dark one. Eclipse you go by the title Night Duelist so I ask you to help us Dark Signers seal the dragon away again!"
"Rest assured master." Eclipse said. He tilted his face upward showing he had red eyes and black hair while the lower half of his face was bandaged up. "When I beat them I will do worse to them than merely seal the power Crimson Dragon. Prepare yourselves Signers; get ready to enter the shadows!"
The sunlight pierced through the window into Ruca's room. It was still a little early so she was still sleeping. Suddenly an air horn was heard throughout the apartment. "Come on people, It's time to start training!" yelled her twin brother Rua.
Yusei Fudo came into the living room. "Hey could you keep it down? I just thought I'd check up on you before I checked out a rumor going on about a new Dark Signer in the old part of Neo Domino City."
"Well, you can do that later!" said Rua. "Now it's time for training!"
"Training?" Rua asked rubbing her eyes.
"Yeah, now that we know about the Crimson Dragon and how it could save the world the singers all have to be in top condition. Now we'll start this morning with practicing drawing, then we'll refresh basic strategy…"
"Uh Rua, not to brag but I am a better duelist than you are, plus you don't seem to be a signer so why are you training with us?"
"Because I want to protect you, I may not have your gift of talking to monster spirits or your talent but, you're my sister and I don't want you getting hurt."
Ruca put her hand on Rua's shoulder. "And you're my brother and I don't want you to be hurt either. I know I promised the monster spirits I would protect their world, but I could never choose between them and you."
"It always amazes me how strong your bond as twins can be." Yusei said. He then picked up a photo on the mantle of the twins. It was taken when they were babies; they were wearing footed pajamas and helping each other stand for the first time. "Even back then you always stood together, you may have your differences but it doesn't seem like they matter in the long run."
"Hey Yusei are you going to come with us?"
"You two go and have fun" Yusei said putting down the photo. "I'll go and see if Yanagi or Hirumo have seen anything strange."
A short time later the twins were with their friend Tempei and, against Ruca's better judgment decided to explore one of the older parts of the city. "Aren't you two worried about the criminals that hang around this part of the city?"
"I thought we could improve our skills by reviewing some the greatest duels of all time." said Rua.
"That's right." said Tempei. "Some of the greatest duels in the world happened right in this town. It's a shame that people just let it get so run down."
They made it to an old square with a small clock in the middle that was no longer working. "Check this out, Ruca!" Rua said "This Square was a big hangout for Yugi Moto himself. Think of all the great duels he must have had here."
"Well, that's true, but I don't see how going through an old square is going get me ready to face the next Dark Signer. Don't you think so Tempei?"
He didn't answer.
"Uh, Tempei?" Rua asked turning around only to see their friend had vanished. "Where did he go?"
"Duel me and find out!" said Eclipse as he was standing right under the clock tower that no one near just moments before.
"Duel you?" asked Ruca. "You must be working the Dark Signers!"
"I am Eclipse the Night Duelist; your friend is not harmed but if you wish for him to stay that way you must both face me in a Triangle Duel."
"Why a Triangle Duel? You'd have much more of an advantage if you took us both as a team, at least then you'd start with more life points."
"Uh sis, I've never been in a Triangle Duel." said Rua.
"It's not a problem, it's essentially like a regular duel except that you're facing two duelists at once who you could either attack you or help you. The last one with any life points wins."
"I see if we both focus on him and then we can beat him easily then just end the duel quickly to get Tempei back."
"Trust me it won't be so easy." said Eclipse taking out what looked like a hand mirror. "Because this will not be like any Duel you have experienced before!"
He turned the mirror around to show the back was black and had a golden eye on the surface. The eye glowed with a blinding light then suddenly it all changed to a swirling mass of darkness.
"Sis, you're the one with experience with this type of stuff, what's going on?"
"I don't know this feels like the Spirit World except cold and evil."
"This is the Shadow Realm." said Eclipse. "And defeating me is the only escape so prepare your Duel Disks."
Suddenly a glowing heart appeared on Ruca and Rua's chests. "What is thing?" Ruca asked.
"All will revealed in the game, even what you want don't know about yourselves." All three got ready. "Now that let the Shadow Game begin!"
GAME START!
Ruca LP: 4000
Rua LP: 4000
Eclipse LP: 4000
Ruca drew a card. "You what they say about 'Ladies first' so I'll start by summoning Kuribon in Defense Mode!
A Brown furry monster with tail with a big red bow tied around it appeared before turning blue.
Kuribon
Level 1
Fairy/Light
ATK 300 DEF 200
When your opponent's monster attacks you directly, you can reduce the Battle Damage from that battle to 0 and Special Summon this card from your hand. If your opponent's monster declares this card as an attack target, you can return this card to your hand to reduce all Battle Damage from that battle to 0. The controller of the monster targeted by this card's effect gains Life Points equal to that monster's ATK.
"That ends my turn!"
"And starts mine!" said Rua. "And I'm summoning Morphtronic Celfon to the field in Attack Mode!"
A Yellow cell phone appeared and changed into a robot.
Morphtronic Celfon
Level 1
Machine/Earth
ATK 100 DEF 100
This card gains one of the following effects according to this card's battle position: ● Attack Position: Once per turn, you can roll 1 six-sided die. Pick up an equal number of cards from the top of your Deck. If there is any Level 4 or lower "Morphtronic" monster(s) among these, you can Special Summon 1 of them ignoring the Summoning conditions. Shuffle all other cards back into your Deck. ● Defense Position: Once per turn, you can roll 1 six-sided die. Pick up and look at equal number of cards from top of your Deck and return them to top of your Deck in the same order.
"And I activate his special ability. Celfon, dial on!" the number 2 lit up on the monster's key pad. "Now I'll look at the top two cards in my deck and if one of them is a Morphtronic monster I can summon it." He drew two cards. "Cool I summon Morphtronic Magnen to the field in Attack Mode!"
A U-shaped magnet appeared before turning into a robot.
Morphtronic Magnen
Level 3
Machine/Earth
ATK 800 DEF 800
This card gains one of the following effects according to this card's battle position: ● Attack Position: If your opponent controls at least 1 monster, this card can only selected as an attack target by the monster your opponent controls with the highest ATK. ● Defense Position: While this card remains face-up on the field, your opponent cannot select another monster you control as an attack target.
"Now Magnen, attack him directly!"
"Rua!" said Ruca. "In a triangle duel you can't attack until everyone has taken at least one turn!"
"Oops. Guess I got carried away again. Ok, make your move."
Eclipse drew a card. "The nightmare begins with this, Wicked Personification-Greed in Attack Mode!"
Wicked looking monster in golden armor with a sword covered in jewels and a shield with the face of the Pot of Greed on it appeared.
Wicked Personification-Greed
Level 3
Fiend/Dark
ATK 1300 DEF 1000
Once during your turn you may send one card from your hand to the graveyard then draw 2 cards.
"Now I activate his special ability, I send one card from my hand to the graveyard so I can draw two cards. Now I play one card face down and end my turn."
"Ok, I Summon Sunlight Unicorn in Attack Mode!" said Ruca. A white horse with a blue mane and large horn appeared.
Sunlight Unicorn
Level 4
Beast/Light
ATK 1800 DEF 1000
Once per turn, you can reveal the top card of your Deck. If that card is a Spell Card, you can add it to your hand. If it is a non-Spell Card, return it to the bottom of your Deck.
"Now I can check the top card of my deck and if it's a spell I can add it to my hand. She drew the card. "And guess what it's a field spell called Ancient Forest. Now Sunlight Unicorn, attack his Wicked Personification-Greed!"
"As you wish." The unicorn's spirit said to her and began to charge.
"Now to show you how the bonds you value are your own delusions with this trap, Attack Guidance Armor! This allows me redirect your attack to any other monster on the field and I choose Kuribon to be destroyed by its own ally!" Sunlight Unicorn's eyes turned a sinister red as it turned and destroyed Kuribon. "You're just fortunate your monster was in defense mode."
"I don't know what happened." said the spirit of Unicorn. "I was filled with darkness and…"
"It's ok, if anything it's Eclipse's fault. I'm ending my turn but I won't let you hurt any more of my friends. It's up to you Rua!"
"Sure thing sis. I'll summon Morphtronic Datatron in Defense Mode!"
A robot appeared that then transformed into a lighter.
Morphtronic Datatron
Level 3
Pyro/Fire
ATK 1200 DEF 600
This card gains one of the following effects according to this card's battle position: ● Attack Position: Once per turn, you can Tribute a monster to inflict 600 points of damage to your opponent. ● Defense Position: Once per turn, you can inflict 300 points of damage to your opponent
"Now Celfon, Dial On!" this time the number 3 lit up. "Now I summon a second Magnen in defense mode and switch my first Magnen into Defense mode too!" Both magnets then created a barrier in front of Rua's other monsters.
"Now you can't attack any of my monsters. I may not have anything stronger than Greed, but thanks to Datatron's special ability you still get hit for 300 points."
Datatron sent out a stream of fire towards Eclipse who didn't even flinch.
Eclipse LP: 3700
"That's for forcing my sister to destroy her favorite monster!"
"You haven't seen my worse yet! My draw!" He had an evil grin under his bandages. "You may think that I cannot attack you boy, but this turn that will be least of your worries! I summon Wicked Personification-Gluttony in Attack Mode!"
A monster appeared that looked like a fat jolly man holding a goblet, but his chest had a pair of eyes and his stomach seemed to have a mouth lined with razor sharp teeth.
Wicked Personification-Gluttony
Level 4
Fiend/Dark
ATK 1700 DEF 1200
Once during your main phase 1 you may discard one card from your hand to the graveyard, if you do any monster defeated in battle by this card is removed from play.
"Now I send a card from my hand to the graveyard to use the special ability of Wicked Personification-Gluttony! Now for the rest of this turn when he destroys a monster in battle it is removed from the game and that isn't all; remember my last turn when I sent a card to the graveyard to use Greed's ability? Well that card is one you will be able to relate quite well boy. I send a card from my hand to the graveyard in order to revive Wicked Personification-Envy in Attack Mode!"
A wicked looking claw burst from the ground and it pulled out a masked monster that looked like it made from pieces of other monsters.
Wicked Personification-Envy
Level 3
Fiend/Dark
ATK 1100 DEF 1300
When this card is in your graveyard during your main phase you may discard one card from your hand to special summon it to the field, this effect can only be used once per turn.
"Why would I relate that ugly thing?" said Rua.
"I'll explain, deep within every human soul there is one of seven defining faults; Greed, Gluttony, Envy, Sloth, Wrath, Lust and Pride. My Shadow Charm Mirror allows me to which of these faults are strongest within a human's soul, and it tells me that for you boy Envy or Jealousy is strongest within you."
"Me, jealous? Those bandages must be wrapped around your head too tight; they're cutting off the circulation to your brain!"
"What is going to be cut off is your defensive wall, I play Shield Crush!"
"But that card can destroy any monster in defense mode!"
"And I think I'll get rid of one of your Magnen." A Magnen exploded. "Now your other Magnen is vulnerable! Envy, attack his second Magnen with Jealousy Claw!"
Envy rushed forward with great speed cut Magnen into pieces with one hit.
"Now your other monsters are wide open! Greed, attack his Datatron! Bejeweled Saber Strike!"
Greed Jumped into the air and then cut Datatron in half on landing.
"Finally Gluttony, attack his Celfon!""
The mouth on Gluttony's stomach opened and a void was inside, a fierce vacuum then pulled Celfon inside. The mouth then closed shut.
Rua LP: 2400
The heart mark on Rua's chest seemed to be erasing itself until almost half of it was gone.
"Rua, are you ok?!" Ruca asked.
Rua then suddenly seemed cross with Ruca. "Butt out! You could have set a trap to protect me but you didn't, that birthmark is wasted on you!" He then caught himself. "Ruca, I didn't mean…"
"Huhahahahaha!" Eclipse laughed. "But you did boy! Oh did I forget to mention, those marks represent your actual hearts, in this Shadow Game as you lose life points you will lose more of your own hearts to shadows!"
"That's cruel…" Ruca said with a tear.
Rua then got cross again. "How come you don't have a mark Eclipse? That's cheating!"
"That's quite simple actually, I don't have a heart; never did. But your hearts aren't your biggest problem."
"What now?"
"Just the usual stipulation in a Shadow Game, only the winner can escape the Shadow Realm; the loser's soul will become trapped here."
"So we just have to beat you!" said Ruca. "Then we can both escape!"
"Did you forget this is also a Triangle Duel? There can only be one winner."
"You mean?"
"Yes, in order to escape, one of you has to banish the other to Shadow Realm for all eternity!"
To be continued
Cards created for this chapter
Wicked Personification-Greed
Wicked Personification-Gluttony
Wicked Personification-Envy
Next Chapter: The bonds in the night. You are my family!