"Akiza… are you okay?"
"I'm fine… It's nothing… Just an ache in my back."
"Are you sure?"
"I fine… really… what happened next?"
"Leo, we better hurry and get through this next one a little quick." said Luna.
"… Okay."
(Thursday 11:55pm)
"So far so good, but I can't let my guard down." thought Yusei.
"Do you know who the next spirit is going to be?" asked Rally.
"I've got a hunch, which is why I've made a few new additions to my deck."
"Question. How can people who have been through Hell like Sayer and Damian still be able to duel after all they've been through?" asked Leo.
"I guess no matter what torments they've endured, they still remember hatred. And I'm willing to be their tormentor has given them information on my decks, so I'll have to be ready for anything."
Suddenly the bell struck twelve.
"That's my que."
Yusei made his way up to the roof, where he had encountered the last three apparitions. When he got there he saw someone dressed in a familiar suit of body armor.
"I thought my fourth opponent would be you… Lucifer."
"Waiting in fear?" Yusei's 1/6 clone responded.
"You wish."
"Well, I haven't got all night, so let's get this show on the road… literally."
Yusei and Lucifer went down to the streets and mounted their runners.
"Here we go."
"Duel mode engaged… Auto-pilot standing by."
"Let's ride!"
"Since I'm your superior I'll go first." bellowed Lucifer.
(Lucifer Speed: 1)
"I'll place one card face down and summon Dragon Homunculus A in attack mode!"
(ATK: 2000 DEF: 1800)
"It had to be that one." thought Yusei "No matter, I came prepared."
(Yusei Speed: 1)
"I'll place two cards face down and summon a monster in defense mode."
"Is that all? This will be easier than I thought."
(Lucifer Speed: 2)
"Now as I'm sure you remember, if Dragon Homunculus A is the only monster on my field, I can automatically destroy one of yours!"
"Not so fast, I activate my face down trap card, Divine Wrath! By discarding one card from my hand, I can negate the activation of one of your monster's effects and destroy it!"
Lucifer's Homunculus was incinerated by lightening.
"And just so you're not tempted to bring him back, I'll activate the trap card Dust Tornado, to destroy your face down card!"
Lucifer's Cloning Machine Type-X was blown away.
"Only a minor set back Yusei Fudo. I'll place one card face down and summon Dragon Homunculus D in attack mode!"
(ATK: 2000 DEF: 1800)
"And don't forget, when she destroys a defense position monster in battle, you take damage equal to the difference between her attack points and your monster's defense points. Dragon Homunculus D attack!"
Lucifer's monster charged at Yusei's faced down monster and pierced it, but much to Lucifer's surprise nothing happened.
"What!?!"
"Sorry Lucifer, but my Sonic Chick can't be destroyed in battle by a monster with 1900 attack points or more."
(ATK: 300 DEF: 300)
"Now it's my turn!"
(Yusei Speed: 2)
"I summon Rockstone Warrior!"
(ATK: 1800 DEF: 1600)
"And now I'll take the Skill Successor I discarded with Divine Wrath on my last turn and remove it from play, so my warrior gets an extra 800 attack points!"
(ATK: 2600)
"Now Rockstone Warrior, destroy his monster!"
Lucifer's Homunculus didn't stand a chance.
(Lucifer: 3400)
"Err… The first blood is yours, but the one to win this duel will be me!"
(Lucifer Speed: 3)
"I activate the speed spell Overboost! This gives me four speed counters for the duration of my turn, but at the end of my turn it automatically drops to one, but one turn is all I'll need."
(Lucifer Speed: 7)
"And with my speed counter at seven, I can activate the speed spell Flat Tire! Now for the next three turns, not only can you not attack, but you can't gain any speed counters either. Next I'll activate my face down trap card Cloning Machine Type-Z, and with it I can special summon a Dragon Clone Token once per turn!"
(ATK: 500 DEF: 500 Level: 2)
Yusei had seen Lucifer use this strategy in their first duel, but this time he knew what to expect, so it was simply a matter of getting the right cards on the field.
(Lucifer Speed: 1)
"It's my turn! And since I can't gain any speed counters, I'll just summon a monster in defense mode."
"Then it's my turn."
(Lucifer Speed: 2)
"And I think I'll just summon another token."
(ATK: 500 DEF: 500 Level: 2)
"Then it's my turn, and I'll just place this card face down."
(Lucifer Speed: 3)
"And I'll summon another token."
(ATK: 500 DEF: 500 Level: 2)
"It's my turn, and I think I'll place three cards face down!"
"I'll bet they're various trap cards. But they won't save you."
(Lucifer Speed: 4)
"I play Angel Baton, now I get to draw two cards as long as I discard one, next I summon Vilespawn Egg!"
(ATK: 0 DEF: 3000)
"Now I'll tune my egg to my three tokens to synchro summon Vilespawn Dragon!"
(ATK: 3500 DEF: 3000)
"Yes, it's the monster that blew you away in our first duel."
"So what, that's history." said Yusei.
"Did you remember that he can't be destroyed in battle, or that on the turn he's summoned he gains 500 attack points for every monster that was used to summon him?"
(ATK: 5500)
"And by removing a dragon in my graveyard from play, he gains that monster's abilities for the duration of my turn, so I'll remove the Dragon Homunculus B I just discarded from play so he gains it's invulnerability to traps. Now my monster, attack!"
"I don't think so, go Negate Attack!"
The Vilespawn Dragon's deadly attack was blocked.
"Your monster may be invulnerable to traps, but apparently its attacks aren't."
(ATK: 3500)
"Err… It matters not, I'll get you on my next turn."
"There won't be a next turn for you Lucifer."
(Yusei Speed: 4)
"I summon Junk Synchron!"
(ATK: 1300 DEF: 500)
"Now I'll tune him to my Rockstone Warrior and my face down Level Eater to synchro summon Stardust Dragon! Let's rev it up!"
(ATK: 2500 DEF: 2000)
"Next I'll activate the trap card Assault Mode Activate! Stardust Dragon, go to Assault Mode!"
(ATK: 3000 DEF: 2500)
"So now your precious Stardust Dragon is a little bigger, my monster still has more attack points!"
"Not for long, I activate the trap card Nitro Burner!"
"What!?! You've never used that card before!"
"I know, I added it to my deck when I suspected that you would be my fourth opponent. Now I gain a speed counter for the duration of my turn for every 500 life points I give up. I'll give up 3500!"
(Yusei: 500 Speed: 11)
With eleven speed counters Yusei was flying down the street.
"Now I'll activate my other face down, Hyper Velocity! This gives my Stardust Assault 500 extra attack point for every speed counter I have!"
(ATK: 8500)
"WHAT!?! THIS CAN'T BE!!!"
"Stardust Dragon, end this!"
Yusei's Stardust Dragon blew the Vilespawn Dragon away.
(Lucifer: 0)
"NOOO!!!"
Lucifer's runner crashed, then both he and it were swallowed by a fiery vortex.
"And then there was one." thought Yusei as he sped back to the hospital.
Little did Yusei know, someone was watching.
This Yusei Fudo is one tough egg to crack. I'm going to have so much fun with him tomorrow night.
(To be continued)
Do you know who it is?