Author's Note: This is the first chance I've had in days to do an update to this story. My whole week has just been go, go, go. I've barely had time to read manga, let alone work on any fanfics. Anyway, I hope everyone enjoys this next installment.
Disclaimer: I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL.
Chapter 10: Boxers vs. Students
"To tell you the truth, I've been hoping you'd show up again so we could have this duel." Alit admitted to Anitak. "Nothing gets me more fired up than facing a worthy opponent."
"Your eagerness is about to be your undoing." Anitak told him. "Now let's begin!"
Alit nodded, and with that he quickly activated his D-Gazer and duel disk. Kotori meanwhile activated her own D-Gazer in order to watch. Anitak's left eye changed from its usual green to gold and a silver blade-like duel disk appeared on her left arm. In an instant, the color of the surrounding area changed.
"I'll go first!" Alit declared as he drew his first card. "First I set two cards face-down. Then I summon Battlin' Boxer Headgeared in Defense Mode!"
Materializing on Alit's side of the battlefield was a dark-grey humanoid figure with glowing red eyes and almost rock-like skin. He had red boxing gloves on his hands, and adorning his head was a piece of red boxing headgear.
"That ends my turn!" Alit announced.
Anitak drew her first card. "I activate the Spell card, Polymerization! From my hand I fuse Delinquent Student Calvin with Model Student Shion to summon Malicious Student Damian!"
A small transparent vortex appeared in the air above the battlefield. Two teenagers dressed in school uniforms materialized on Anitak's side of the field. The first was a young man with a freckled face, shaggy dark-blonde hair and orange eyes. His uniform consisted of a purple jacket with black trim over a rumpled white shirt, along with black slacks and brown shoes. Around the young man's neck was a loose red necktie. The second teenager was a girl with short light-green hair and purple eyes. She had on a pair of glasses with oval-shaped frames. Her uniform was made up of a white jacket with black trim over a white shirt with a red necktie, along with a green skirt and brown shoes with knee-high socks. The girl carried a blue and white textbook under her left arm.
Both teens jumped into the vortex above the battlefield. Dropping out of the vortex a moment later was a creature that looked like it had once been a young man. He had shaggy white hair and dark-grey skin. On the front of his forehead was a pair of large horns that curved back slightly. His large mouth was open to reveal a set of sharp white fangs. The creature had on the same uniform that Calvin had worn, though the shoulders of his jacket had torn holes that had grey spikes growing out of them. His fingernails were sharp black claws, and growing from his rear end was a thin grey cord-like tail with a point at the end.
"Whoa! A Fusion Monster!" Alit observed. "Now I'm really getting into this!"
"When Damian's been successfully Fusion Summoned, all of my opponent's Spell and Trap cards are destroyed." Anitak announced.
Damian let out an ear-splitting roar that caused Alit and Kotori to cover their ears. In an instant, both of Alit's large set cards shattered to bits.
"Damian gains 200 ATK for each Trap card in my opponent's Graveyard." Anitak revealed. "Right now you have two, which means Damian's ATK rises from 2300 to 2700. Next I summon Combat Student Chad in Attack Mode!"
Appearing next to Damian was a young man with long dark hair that grew down to obscure his left eye. He had on a school uniform made up of a black jacket with white trim over a white shirt with a red necktie, along with brown slacks and black shoes. The sleeves of the young man's jacket were rolled up just beneath the elbow. Both his hands and wrists were wrapped in white tape, and each hand was armed with a set of brass knuckles.
"Chad, attack Headgeared!" Anitak commanded. "Combat Knuckle!"
Chad Dashed forward and swung his right fist at Headgeared. As the fist moved through the air, it became covered in blue flames. Headgeared quickly crossed his arms in front of his face and blocked the attack.
"Your Combat Student may have 100 more ATK points than Headgeared's DEF, but Headgeared can keep himself from being destroyed in battle once per turn!" Alit announced.
"Perhaps, but because I have another Student monster on the field, Chad can attack twice during the same turn!" Anitak revealed. "Chad, attack Headgeared again! Combat Knuckle!"
With his left hand, Chad delivered a second flaming punch to Headgeared's gut. Headgeared fell to his knees and shattered into bits of light.
"Damian, attack him directly!" Anitak ordered. "Hellfire Maelstrom!"
Damian opened his jaws and let loose a blast of red-hot flames at Alit. Alit crossed his arms to shield himself from the blast and was quickly obscured by the fire. When the attack ended and the smoke cleared, a new monster was kneeling on Alit's side of the battlefield. It was humanoid and was wearing knee-high red boots and a grey mask attached with brown leather straps that completely covered his face. On his arms were the two halves of a large round yellow shield. Alit's life points were completely untouched.
"I see. So you summoned Battlin' Boxer Veil to negate the damage to your life points." Anitak observed. "Very well. I'll set one card on the field and end my turn."
'Alit's doing really well against Anitak.' Kotori mentally observed. 'Of course I'm hoping that Alit will win, but it's hard to tell how this duel's going to go. They both seem pretty evenly matched.'
Alit drew his next card. "I activate the Spell card, Spellbooks from the Pot! Now both of us get to draw three new cards!"
"You must be desperate if you're willing to play a card that allows me to refill my hand." Anitak assumed as she drew her new cards.
"Not at all. Actually, I want you to have as big an advantage as possible in this duel." Alit told her. "It'll make things a lot more thrilling when I beat you."
"You truly are an idiot." Anitak told him.
"Say what you want. You won't dampen my fighting spirit." Alit declared. "I summon Battlin' Boxer Glassjaw in Attack Mode!"
Appearing next to Veil was a muscular green humanoid with red glowing eyes wearing strange white and black shorts. He had black boxing gloves on his hands and black headgear covering his head.
"Using the level four Glassjaw and Veil, I build the overlay network and Xyz Summon a blazing hot warrior!" Alit announced. "Arise, Number 79: Battlin' Boxer Nova Kaiser!"
A large vortex in the form of a galaxy appeared in the center of the battlefield and pulled in Alit's two monsters as balls of red energy. Rising out of the vortex soon after was a large object that looked like a red armored boxing glove with gold trim. Orbiting around this object were two balls of golden light. The object quickly unfolded and changed shape, becoming a warrior clad in futuristic red and grey armor with gold trim. His eyes glowed with a green light and on the forehead of his helmet was a golden crest. On his back was a large jetpack with two large red grey wings that were also trimmed with gold. On the front of the warrior's torso in gold alien writing was the number 79.
"Is that really one of Astral's Numbers?" Kotori asked.
"I found it as a blank card here on Earth just as the Number War was heating up." Alit revealed. "Of course I didn't have a chance to use it against Yuma and Astral thanks to Vector and Don Thousand. I activate Nova Kaiser's effect! Once per turn I can take a Battlin' Boxer monster from my hand or Graveyard and attach it to Nova Kaiser as an overlay unit! And the monster I choose is Battlin' Boxer Headgeared!"
Nova Kaiser slammed the two steel knuckles on his fists together before kneeling down and punching the pavement with his right fist. A ball of fire burst out from the ground behind Alit and turned into a ball of golden light that was quickly pulled into Nova Kaiser's orbit.
"Nova Kaiser gains 100 ATK points for each of his overlay units." Alit revealed. "Which means his ATK goes up from 2300 to 2600. Now I attack Damian with Nova Kaiser! Solar Knuckle Punch!"
"Your monster is still a hundred points weaker than Damian." Anitak pointed out. "Though he will survive the battle due to his nature as a Number, what is the point of such an attack?"
"From my hand I activate a Quick-Play Spell, Overlay Blaze!" Alit announced. "When one of my Xyz Monsters attacks a monster, Overlay Blaze drops the ATK of that monster by 400 points for each of my monsters overlay units during the battle! Which means Damian's ATK drops to 1500!"
The balls of light orbiting Nova Kaiser became balls of golden flame. The futuristic boxer punched the demon student in the chest, causing a blast of gold fire to bust from his back and leave a large hole in the center of his torso. Damian turned to black ash that blew away in the wind as Anitak's life points dropped to 2900.
"I activate a Trap, Make-Up Exam!" Anitak announced. "When one of my Malicious Student monsters is destroyed, Make-Up Exam allows me to summon one of its Fusion Materials back to the field. I summon Delinquent Student Calvin!"
Calvin reappeared on Anitak's side of the battlefield in a burst of red flames.
"I now activate Calvin's effect!" Anitak announced. "When Calvin is special summoned, the battle positions of all my opponent's monsters are changed!"
Calvin smirked and swept his right leg through the air. A beam of purple light extended from his foot and knocked into Nova Kaiser's legs. The armored boxer stumbled and fell into a kneeling position.
"For each monster that's battle mode as been changed by Calvin's effect, my opponent takes 300 points of damage." Anitak announced.
A ball of purple flames appeared in Calvin's right hand, which he bounced in his palm twice before pitching it like a baseball at Alit. Alit quickly crossed his arms to shield himself and his life points took a slight drop to 3700.
"Not bad." Alit remarked. "I set two cards on the field and end my turn!"
Anitak drew her next card. "I summon Delinquent Student Marco in Attack Mode!"
Appearing on the battlefield was a young man in his mid teens with tan skin and long unkempt dark-brown hair. He had on a school uniform like Calvin's, only instead of a red tie he had a yellow bandanna tied around his neck.
"Using my three level four monsters, I build the overlay network and Xyz Summon my ultimate monster!" Anitak announced. "Arise, Number 664: Ghost Student Mary!"
A massive vortex in the form of a red galaxy appeared in the middle of the field and pulled in Anitak's three monsters as balls of purple energy. Emerging from the phenomenon a moment later was an object resembling a broken mirror with three balls of purple light orbiting around it. A pair of bony chalk-white hands burst out of the mirror, followed by a pair of arms inside pink sleeves. Coming out of the glass after the arms was a horrid-looking head of long stringy black hair. The only part of its chalk-white face that could be seen was a large red eye.
The thing soon emerged fully from the mirror and floated over the battlefield. It looked like it was female, a fact reinforced by the pink and blue school uniform it was wearing. There was a hole torn in the entity's pink jacket right below the right breast, revealing a set of ribs. Tied around each wrist was a set of two long chains that ended with hooks that rested on the ground. Glowing on the left lapel of the creature's jacket in red was the number 664. She had a very slender almost skeletal build, and her head was tilted to the right, revealing that the eye that was showing was her left one. Orbiting around the ghostly student were three balls of blue light that resembled will-o-wisps.
Kotori went completely pale upon seeing the creature. "T-that's Anitak's Number? Yuma said it looked creepy, but I had no idea it looked like this!"
"You had this planned from the beginning, didn't?" Alit asked with a confident smirk. "You were hoping that I'd destroy your Fusion Monster so you could use Calvin to set up Ghost Student Mary's effect."
"How very observant of you." Anitak responded. "I activate Ghost Student Mary's effect! By detaching one of her overlay units, I switch Nova Kaiser to Attack Mode and reduce his DEF to zero!"
One of the will-o-wisps orbiting Mary entered her eye. After tilting her head slightly forward, Mary swung her arms and flung her hooked chains at Nova Kaiser. The chains snared the armored boxer's arms and legs and forced him to stand up.
"But why drop Nova Kaiser's DEF to zero if he's in Attack Mode?" Kotori asked.
"Because any monster that fights Mary has its ATK and DEF switched during the battle." Alit explained.
"Mary, destroy Nova Kaiser!" Anitak commanded. "Phantasmal Gurdge!"
Mary's hooked chains quickly detached themselves from Nova Kaiser. The ghostly student pulled the chains back and flung them forward so that the hooks would strike Alit's monster in the chest. At the same time, several more hooked chains emerged from nowhere from behind Mary. All of the chains struck Nova Kaiser and pierced through his chest, causing the armored boxer to shatter into bits of light. The hooks kept going and struck Alit, knocking him onto his back. His life points took a heavy plunge to 500.
"It seems you are all but finished." Anitak observed.
"Don't count me out yet." Alit told her as he rose back to his feet.
Suddenly the balls of light that had been orbiting around Nova Kaiser struck the ground and created three pillars of gold flames. The flames died down to reveal Glasjaw, Headgeared and Veil.
"What? Why are your Number's three overlay units back on the field?" a surprised Anitak asked.
"When Nova Kaiser's destroyed, I can summon a Battlin' Boxer from my Graveyard for each of Nova Kaiser's overlay units." Alit explained. "And since all three of his overlay units went to the Graveyard when Nova Kaiser was destroyed, I was able to bring all three of them back."
"…I see. This was your plan the whole time, wasn't it?" Anitak deduced.
"Yep. Looks like you and I had the same kind of strategy." Alit confirmed.
"Then I shall set two cards and end my turn." Anitak announced. "It's your move."
Alit drew his next card and grinned. "Using my three level four monster, I build the overlay network and Xyz Summon my ultimate fighter! Come forth, Number 105: Battlin' Boxer Star Cestus!"
Another galaxy-like vortex appeared on the battlefield and pulled in Alit's three monsters as balls of red energy. Emerging from the vortex soon after was a large bronze object that was shaped almost like a bowtie. The object unfolded and expanded, taking the shape of a blue and grey armored warrior with golden yellow plates on his chest and legs. A golden yellow blade adorned the top of the warrior's head, and on his shoulders were two large blue armored plates trimmed a golden-yellow. The number 105 glowed in red alien writing on the armor of the warrior's right shoulder. Orbiting around the warrior were three balls of yellow light.
"Get ready, Anitak!" Alit spoke. "This is where the real fight begins!"
Author's Note: This chapter may have been a tad short, but it was a fun one to write. Hopefully I'll have the next chapter up in a couple of days, but it'll probably end up being longer. I'm in the final two weeks of my classes, so the heat is on.
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