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Last time, It was now Rito's turn to duel. He was dueling Maiko, who was revealed to be Taiko's younger sister. The duel seems to be going into Rito's favor, but then Maiko also revealed that she was using the same archtype that Rito was using, which was the Star archtype, an archtype inspired by the "The Star Creatures Myth". Maiko used a different variant known as the Star Beast and was able stop Rito from dealing more damage to her and destroyed one of his strongest monsters. Now the true battle begins. Which Star duelist will win? Read and find out!
Chapter 10: Battle of the Star Creatures
Rito has just ended his turn and it was now Maiko's turn. Rito had Defender Star Dragon on his field in DEF Position with two Spell or Trap Cards facedown while Maiko had only Star Keeper and Star Beast Ant.
Turn 3: Maiko (4 cards in hand, 5000 Life Points)
"My turn! I draw!" shouted Maiko, as she draws a card from her deck.
Maiko looked at the card she drew and smiled.
"I activate Star Beast Ant's effect! Once per turn, I can special summon one Star Beast from my hand. However, I can't Normal Summon for the rest of this turn! I summon, Star Beast Baby Tiger!" shouted Maiko.
A small bright yellow baby tiger appeared on the field. It had black eyes and had black stripes on it's body. It stood on four legs and had small claws. It also had a small bright yellow tail with black stripes.
(Star Beast Baby Tiger, LVL 1, 100 ATK, 100 DEF, Type: Beast/Effect, Attribute: Light)
"He he. Ain't he cute? Now it's time for my ace! I tune my LVL 4 Tuner Monster Star Keeper, with my LVL 4 Star Beast Ant, and my LVL 1 Star Beast Baby Tiger!" shouted Maiko.
"She's using 3 monsters for this one?!" shouted Yuki.
"This monster must be pretty big." said Yumi.
Star Keeper turned into 3 big green rings and both Star Beast Ant and Baby Tiger went in the rings and both turned into balls of light with a big beam of light going through the rings right after.
"I Synchro Summon! Come my Star Beast Dragon!" shouted Maiko.
Out of the beam came Star Beast Dragon. It was bright and yellow and had a very long body. It's had large bright and yellow wings with yellow scales on them. It also had a thin white mustache near it's nose and had bright yellow horns on it's head. Finally, it had bright golden eyes that flashed before it roared to make it's appearance.
(Star Beast Dragon, LVL 9, 3500 ATK, 3000 DEF, Type: Dragon/Synchro/Effect, Attribute: Light)
"She can even use a Star Beast that is a dragon?!" shouted Yuza.
"Well, it is said that the Star Beast could shape shift into different animals. So, of course it would be able to turn into a dragon." said Yumi.
"So, she can use her Star monsters for Synchro Summons too. We really do use the same archtype. However, I already knew that there would be another Star user. He told me that." thought Rito.
10 Years Ago
Rito started remembering his past. The setting of his memory was a backyard of a wooden house which looked like a dojo. You could see that the entrance back into the house from the backyard was through a sliding door which also looked like a door that a dojo would have. You could see two people sitting on the grass of the backyard. One of them was a white old man with a big white beard. He only had white hair on both sides of his head and had no hair on top of his head. He had brown eyes. He wore a blue yukata with pictures of flowers on them. He also had a gold wedding ring on his right ring finger. Finally, he wore wooden sandals on both of his feet. The other person was a young white boy with black messy hair and had brown eyes. He also wore a yukata that was black and unlike the old man, wore regular black leather sandals. The old man reached for something in his yukata and it was a deck. He handed it to the young boy.
"What is this Grandfather?" asked the young boy.
"That my boy, is the Star Dragon Deck. Tell me, have you heard of Duel Monsters?" asked the young boy's grandfather.
"Yeah. It's really popular. I play it with my friends...I'm not very good though." replied the young boy.
"Hmm. Well, maybe you have potential to be a great duelist." said the young boy's grandfather.
"What do you mean?" asked the young boy.
"My boy, that deck I gave you is a special deck. It is a deck full life. The duelists doesn't choose the deck, the deck chooses it, and the deck has chosen you my boy." replied the young boy's grandfather.
"What? Grandfather, that sounds very unrealistic." said the young boy.
"I know it's hard to believe, but I am telling the truth. That deck has chosen you boy. In fact, that deck is one of it's kind." said the young boy's grandfather.
"One of it's kind? Now that you mention it, I've never seen this deck in stores." said the young boy.
"My boy, I would like you to keep that deck and use it as your own. Learn the deck and one day, you may become the greatest Star Duelist." said the young boy's grandfather.
"Star Duelist?" asked the young boy.
"Yes. A duelist who uses the Star archtype. There are only two types of the Star archtype. The Star Dragon and the Star Beast. The Star Beast of course also has it's own deck and it chooses it's user as well. However, only one Star user can wield the power of the Star God." replied the young boy's grandfather.
"Star God?" asked the young boy.
"Yes. The god of the Star archtype and the strongest. One day, you may be able to wield it, but to do that, you must best the other Star Duelist to prove your worth." replied the young boy's grandfather.
"Who's the other Star Duelist?" asked the young boy.
"That my boy, I have no knowledge of who it is. However, one day, you may meet them and compete for the Star God." said the young boy's grandfather.
The young boy's grandfather reach out and patted the boy on the head.
"Rito, you may be the chosen one and the best Star Duelist." said the young boy's grandfather.
Back to the Present
"That grandfather, I promise you that I will and to do that, I must beat Maiko at all cost!" thought Rito.
"Star Keeper's effect activates! when he's used as Synchro Material for a Star Monster, that Star Monster gains 1500 ATK!" shouted Maiko.
(Star Beast Dragon, ATK 3500 to 5000)
"5000 ATK!" thought Rito.
"That's not good." said Yumi.
"Not only that, I also activate Star Beast Baby Tiger's effect! If it's sent to the graveyard, I can Special Summon Star Beast Tiger from my deck or hand! Come on out!" shouted Maiko.
Star Beast Tiger appeared on the field. It was a bigger version of Star Beast Baby Tiger but with a long tail and claws.
(Star Beast Tiger, LVL 5, 2200 ATK, 2000 DEF, Type: Beast/Effect, Attribute: Light)
"Now it's time for battle! I attack your Defender Star Dragon with Star Beast Dragon!" shouted Maiko.
Star Beast Dragon opened it's mouth and blasted a big beam of light out at Defender Star Dragon.
"I activate Defender Star Dragon's effect! Once per turn, when it's being attacked by a monster while it's in DEF Position, that monsters ATK becomes 0 until the end of the Damage Step!" shouted Rito.
"Nice! Maiko will take damage and since Star Beast Tiger doesn't have enough ATK, she can't destroy it!" shouted Yuza.
"Oh, that's a nice effect. Too bad it won't matter. I activate Star Beast Dragon's effect! Once per turn, when it attacks a monster, all monsters on my opponent's field are destroyed, and you take 1000 points of damage for each one destroyed!" shouted Maiko.
"What?!" shouted Rito.
Star Beast Dragon's beam suddenly got bigger to destroy Rito's Defender Star Dragon.
"Luckily, I have Defender's other effect! Once per turn, I can discard a Star Dragon from my hand to prevent the destruction of a Star monster from battle or card effects! so I-" said Rito.
"Not working either. I activate Star Beast Tiger's effect! Once per turn, if a Star Beast monster is attacking or is attacked, I can target one card on the field and negate it's effects! So I negate Defender Star Dragon's effects!" shouted Maiko.
Star Beast Tiger revealed a gold gem on it's forehead and shot a beam at Defender Star Dragon, negating it's effects.
"Oh no!" shouted Rito.
"Now, on with my Dragon's effect!" shouted Maiko.
Defender Star Dragon was hit with the beam of light that Star Beast Dragon shot out and Defender Star Dragon was destroyed.
"No! Ah!" yelled Rito.
Rito's Life Points : 8000 to 7000
"Now, Star Beast Tiger, attack him directly!" shouted Maiko, winking.
Star Beast Tiger rushed at Rito and was about to slash him with it's big claws.
"Ah. I activate the Trap Card, Star's Emergency Tuning! If I have no monsters on my field, I can Synchro Summon a Star Monster by banishing monsters from my graveyard! I banish Blue Star Dragon and Damaging Star Dragon!" shouted Rito.
Blue Star Dragon and Damaging Star Dragon appeared on the field and Blue Star Dragon once again became 3 big green rings that Damaging Star Dragon with into to and become balls of light followed by a big beam of light going through the rings.
"I Synchro Summon! Help me win this, Silver Star Dragon!" shouted Rito.
Silver Star Dragon came out of the beam of light and landed on the field to protect Rito.
(Silver Star Dragon, LVL 7, 2500 ATK, 2000 DEF, Type: Dragon/Synchro/Effect, Attribute: Light)
"Alright! Rito summoned his ace!" shouted Yuza.
"Now he has something to protect his Life Points!" shouted Yuki.
"Dang. I'll stop my attack." said Maiko.
Star Beast Tiger pulled back to Maiko's field.
"Well, I guess that's pay back for me stopping your other attacks from earlier. I set 3 cards facedown and end my turn!" shouted Maiko.
3 facedown cards appeared behind Maiko's monsters.
"At least he still has the Life Point lead." said Yuza.
"Yeah, but Maiko seems pretty tough. Plus Rito has to be cautious of her 3 facedown cards. Hopefully Rito has a plan for it." said Yumi.
Turn 4: Rito (2 cards in hand, 7000 Life Points)
"I draw!" shouted Rito, as he draws a card from his deck.
Rito looks at his hand and the card he drew. Then, he looked at the field.
"Man. Maiko's tough. However, I didn't expect that 2nd Star user to be easy either, but so far, she had a counter to most of my plays. I gotta think. She has a 5000 ATK monster on her field right now. That won't be easy to get through. Sure I can easily destroy Star Beast Tiger, but then there's those facedown cards. I got to play wisely here." thought Rito.
"Rito's taking a while to do his next move." said Yuki.
"Who could blame him? It's hard figure out a way to get through a field like Maiko's." said Yuza.
"Alright. I activate Star's Emergency Tuning's effect! By banishing this Trap Card, I can bring back the Tuner Monster used to Synchro Summon the Star Synchro Monster that was summoned through Star's Emergency Tuning! I bring back Blue Star Dragon!" shouted Rito.
Blue Star Dragon appeared on the field, once again spreading it's wings.
(Blue Star Dragon, LVL 4, 1500 ATK, 1000 DEF, Type: Dragon/Tuner/Effect, Attribute: Water)
"Blue Star Dragon's effect activates, allowing me to add a Star Dragon from my deck to my hand! I add, Lightning Star Dragon!" shouted Rito.
Rito's deck sticks out a card that Rito takes and adds to his hand. His duel disk then shuffles his deck.
"Next, I activate Silver Star Dragon's effect! Once per turn, I can negate the effects of all other effect monsters on the field until the end of the turn!" shouted Rito.
Silver Star Dragon emitted a wave that affected both of Maiko's monsters and Blue Star Dragon.
"For every monster who had their effects negated by this effect, Silver Star Dragon gains 300 ATK! Since 3 monsters have had their effects negated, Silver Star gains 900 ATK!" shouted Rito.
(Silver Star Dragon, 2500 to 3400)
"Now I summon, Lightning Star Dragon!" shouted Rito.
A yellow dragon with lightning on it's body appeared on the field and spread it's wings. It's wings had yellow scales and it had blue eyes.
(Lightning Star Dragon, LVL 3, 1300 ATK, 1200 DEF, Type: Dragon/Effect, Attribute: Light)
"Now, my LVL 4 Tuner monster, Blue Star Dragon tunes LVL 3 Lightning Star Dragon!" shouted Rito.
Blue Star Dragon once again turned into 3 big green rings that Lightning Star Dragon went into and that was followed by a beam of light.
"I Synchro Summon! Appear and smite your enemies, Thunder Star Dragon!" shouted Rito.
The beam of light hit the ground along with thunder and out came a yellow dragon with electricity around it's body. It had black claws and had two yellow horns on it's head. It had a white bulky chest like Silver Star Dragon and also had sharp yellow wings with yellow scales. Finally, it had green eyes.
(Thunder Star Dragon, LVL 7, 2800 ATK, 2500 DEF, Type: Dragon/Synchro/Effect, Attribute: Light)
"I activate Lightning Star Dragon's effect! When it's used as Synchro Material for a Star Dragon monster, I can destroy 1 card on your field. Of course I'm choosing, Star Beast Dragon!" shouted Rito
Lightning rain down and was about to strike Star Beast Dragon.
"Yes! That's goodbye for that 5000 ATK dragon!" yelled Yuza.
"I won't let that happen so easily! I activate the Continous Trap Card, Star Beast Shield! I equip this to one Star Beast on my field and as long as this card remains on the field, that Star Beast can't be destroyed by card effects! I'm of course choosing Star Beast Dragon!" shouted Maiko.
Star Beast Dragon was covered with a yellow shield that protected it from the lightning.
"Dang. That doesn't mean I'm done though! I activate Thunder Star Dragon's effect! Once per turn, I can destroy cards on the field up to the number of Star Dragons on my field, including Thunder Star Dragon himself! I have two Star Dragons, so I can destroy 2 cards on the field! I choose your other two facedown cards!" shouted Rito.
Thunder Star Dragon roared and two strikes of lightning shot down from the sky, destroying Maiko's Mirror Force and another Trap Card called Star's Relight.
"Also, for every card destroyed by this effect, Thunder Star Dragon gains 300 ATK. Two cards were destroyed, so he gains 600 ATK." shouted Rito.
(Thunder Star Dragon, ATK 2800 to 3400)
"Now, onto the Battle Phase! Silver Star Dragon, attacks!" shouted Rito.
"Hmph. Go ahead and destroy Star Beast Tiger. I still have Star Beast Dragon to destroy your monsters next turn anyways." said Maiko.
"Who says I was attacking Star Beast Tiger? Silver Star Dragon's attack target is, Star Beast Dragon!" shouted Rito.
"Wait what?!" shouted Maiko
"Is Rito insane?! Silver Star Dragon doesn't have enough ATK to take on Star Beast Dragon!" shouted Yumi.
"Yeah! What's he doin- unless!" yelled Yuza.
Silver Star Dragon opened it's mouth and shot out a breath of silver flames at Star Beast Dragon. Star Beast Dragon then opened it's mouth and shot out it's beam of light, which clashed with Silver Star Dragon's silver flame
"This guy must be crazy! Why would he attack a monster who's ATK points is way higher than his own?!" shouted Chase.
"Don't underestimate him Chase. Look at his face." said Taiko.
"Huh?!" shouted Chase.
Everyone looked at Rito and saw that he was smiling.
"What the? Hey! What are you smiling for?!" shouted Maiko.
"Oh nothing. I'm just about to watch my ace monster beat yours! I activate the Trap Card, Star Dragon's Power Absorption!" shouted Rito.
"Yes! It is that card!" shouted Yuza
"When a Star Dragon attacks or is attacked, that Star Dragon gains ATK equal to the monster that it's battling ATK until the end of the Battle Phase!" shouted Rito.
"WHAT?!" shouted Maiko, with her eyes opened wide.
"Star Beast Dragon has 5000 ATK! So Silver Star Dragon's ATK is..." said Rito.
(Silver Star Dragon, ATK 3400 to 8400)
"8400 ATK?!" shouted Maiko.
"Alright! I remember when Rito used that on me once. Totally wiped the floor with me!" shouted Yuza.
"Now he can take out Maiko's Star Beast Dragon!" shouted Yumi.
"I must win this duel. At all cost! Go! Silver Star Dragon!" shouted Rito.
Silver Star Dragon's silver flame suddenly became bigger and had more power to it, so much that it overpowered Star Beast Dragon's beam of light, pushing it back, and successfully hitting Star Beast Dragon, destroying it.
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" shouted Maiko, being blown back from the impact and landing on the ground.
Maiko's Life Points: 5000 to 1600
"Alright!" shouted Yuza, Yumi, and Yuki.
"Whoa! He actually beat Maiko's ace monster just like that!" shouted Chase.
"The damage is not done yet Maiko. I still have Thunder Star Dragon. Go Thunder Star Dragon! Attack Maiko's Star Beast Tiger!" shouted Rito.
Thunder Star Dragon opened it's mouth and blast electricity from it's mouth, hitting Star Beast Tiger and destroying.
Maiko's Life Points: 1600 to 400
"Sweet! Rito managed to clear her entire field and now has the upper hand!" shouted Yuza.
"Get her Rito!" shouted Yumi.
"You can do it!" shouted Yuki.
"I set two cards facedown and end my turn. Now, Star Dragon's Power Absorption and both Thunder Star Dragon and Silver Star Dragon's effects ends."
Two facedown cards appeared behind Rito's monsters and their ATK returns to normal.
(Silver Star Dragon, 8400 to 3400 to 2500)
(Thunder Star Dragon, 3400 to 2800)
"Yes. I'm one step closer to victory and proving myself to be the better Star Duelist. I should have this in the bag. The cards I just set are both support cards. One for both Thunder Star Dragon and Silver Star Dragon. Silver Star's End makes it so when Silver Star Dragon battles, it destroys the monster that it's battling and deals the opponent damage equal to either it's ATK or DEF, whichever ones higher. The 2nd Trap, Thunder Star's Clash will activate when Thunder Star Dragon battles and that allows me to destroy cards on the field up to the number of Star Dragons that I have on my field and it also allows me to draw 1 card for each cards destroyed by this effect. These will help out with my victory. Grandfather, I might be able to beat her and become the strongest Star Duelist." thought Rito.
"He he he." someone laughed.
Everyone heard the laughing and saw that it was Maiko that was laughing.
"Huh?" said Rito.
"Wow. You're actually pretty strong. No wonder you're a Star duelist like me. Ha ha." laughed Maiko, with a smile on her face.
"Uh. Thanks I guess?" said Rito.
"However, this duel is over." said Maiko.
"...What?" asked Rito, with his eyes widen.
"I activate the Trap Card, Star's Relight!" shouted Maiko.
Star's Relight appeared on the field.
"That's the Trap that was destroyed by Thunder Star Dragon." thought Rito.
"Thanks for sending this to the graveyard for me, because I can only activate this card while it's in the graveyard. I can banish it during the End Phase to Special Summon a Light Monster that was sent to the graveyard this turn. I'm bringing back, Star Beast Dragon!" shouted Maiko.
A flash of light appeared on the field and when that light vanished, Star Beast Dragon was now back on the field.
"Oh no." said Rito.
"There's more. When Star's Relight brings back a Star monster, all cards on the field other than the Star monster is destroyed, and you take 1000 points of damage for each one destroyed." said Maiko, winking again.
"W-W-WHAT?!" shouted Rito.
4 balls of light appeared near Star Beast Dragon. Star Beast Dragon roared like it was giving the signal to fire and the balls of light shot Rito's monsters and his two facedown cards, destroying them.
"N-No." said Rito, with a pale look on his face.
"4 cards were destroyed. So you take 4000 points of damage!" shouted Maiko.
The balls of light came together and shot a giant beam at Rito, knocking him off his feet.
Rito's Life Points: 7000 to 3000
"Rito!" shouted both Yumi and Yuza.
"No." thought Yuki, as she put her hands to her mouth.
"Also, for every card destroyed by this effect, the summoned Star monster gains 500 ATK for each one. 4 cards were destroyed, so Star Beast Dragon gains 2000 ATK!" shouted Maiko.
(Star Beast Dragon, 3500 to 4500)
"Grandfather." thought Rito, as he was getting up.
Turn 5: Maiko (0 cards in hand, 400 Life Points)
"I draw! Now Star Beast Dragon! Attack him directly!"shouted Maiko.
Star Beast Dragon opened it's mouth and blasted a beam of light at Rito to deliver the finishing blow. As Rito was getting up, he looked at the beam coming toward him.
"I'm sorry. I couldn't...win." thought Rito.
Rito was hit with the beam of light and knocked off his feet again and hit the ground right on his back.
Rito's Life Points: 3000 to 0
Winner: Maiko
End of Duel
Rito was now down on the ground and Maiko turned off her duel disk and put it away.
"Good duel! That was fun!" yelled Maiko, with a huge smile on her face.
"Alright Maiko! Ya did it!" shouted Chase.
"Hmm. Another win for us." said Taiko, with a smile on her face.
"Yeah! One more and we win the entire Team Duel!" shouted Chase, putting his fist up in the air.
Maiko turned around and wave at them with both arms up. Meanwhile, Rito was getting back up, but was on his knees.
"Rito!" shouted Yuza, running toward Rito along with Yuki and Yumi.
Rito then suddenly punch the ground as hard as he can.
"I'm sorry. I couldn't win. I-I couldn't...AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" shouted Rito.
Everyone including the other team heard Rito's screaming and Maiko turned back around with a sad look on her face.
"Rito. It's ok man. I can still get us a win and-" said Yuza, putting his hand on Rito's shoulder.
Rito pushed Yuza's hand away with his shoulder.
"This wasn't even about the Team Duel anymore for me! It's...It's!" shouted Rito.
Rito suddenly got all quiet.
"Rito." said Yuza.
Yumi and Yuki were looking at Rito with sad looks on their faces.
"Wasn't even about the Team Duel anymore? Was there another reason Rito was dueling back there?" thought Yuki.
"Aw what? Ya gonna cry?" asked a familiar voice.
Everyone looked at where the voice was coming from and saw Chase, Maiko, and Taiko coming up to them.
"I don't blame ya. You did just lose horribly. You can cry if you want. Ha ha." laughed Chase.
"Stop it Chase! You shouldn't even be talking! You lost yourself!" yelled Maiko.
"Ok ok. Geez, what's gotten into you all of a sudden?" asked Chase.
"Enough." commanded Taiko.
Rito got up with a dark look on his face and walked back to his team with his cards in his hand. Yuza then walked forward.
"So I'm up next." said Yuza.
Yuza took out his duel disk, placed it on his arm, and put his deck in his duel disk.
"Yes. You're right. However, our leader still hasn't arrived. So we'll just move on to the winner's round." said Taiko.
"Winner's round?" asked Yuki.
"It's a round placed in just in case neither team won when all of their duelists have went up." explained Yumi.
"Yes. The people who won their duel duels each other to try to get their team the required points to win. The people from each team who won their duel first goes first. Which means, it's you vs me, Yuki." said Taiko, with a serious look on her face.
Yuki suddenly jumped at the sight of Taiko and the way she just said her sentence.
"There won't be a need for that. His opponent has arrived." said a voice.
Someone came forward and everyone looked at the person. Taiko suddenly had an angry look on her face.
"I-It's you!" shouted Yuza.
Question of the Day
I know this is basically recycling the question from Chapter 8, but I'll just ask it again.
Who did YOU think was the better Star Duelist and Who did YOU think deserved to win? Also, who do you think came up at the end of the Chapter?
Final Comment
Welp, that's chapter 10 done! 10 chapters! (Took me long enough) Also, I forgot to mention this in the Author's Note, so I'll just mention it here and mention it in the next Author's Note. For those of you who don't know, Link Summoning and Monsters has finally been release, which has drastically changed how the game is played with special summons. I WILL NOT use Link Monsters in this Fanfiction since it already started without it and I don't feel like putting them in at the last second. Which means the new rules that came with Link Summons WILL NOT be in this Fanfiction! Maybe if I ever finish this one and decide to make another one, I'll include Link Summoning with the new rules. (That depends if I ever stop going on freaking hiatus though!) Anyways, see ya'll in the next one!