(Part 2, due to ruling mistake I editted it a bit.)
Turn 5: Yujin
Yujin
Life Points: 7800
Hand: 4
Field: N/A
Bridget
Life Points: 6700
Hand: 3
Field: Ally of Justice - Catastor (2200 ATK)
Amount of turns left before Golden Sarcophagus is resolved: 2.
"Okay, it's my turn now." Yujin noted as he thought of a way to get rid of Catastor.
"Is there any way to get rid of him with this hand? There's not even a single card there with a monster destruction effect, or in our Extra Deck." Lazuli stated.
"Heh, I've got an idea, but…" Yujin looked at Lazuli, after the devastating blow to her by Catastor she did seemed to be in a bit of pain.
"Look, if you're worried about me, don't worry. I'll be okay." Lazuli tried to keep Yujin calm.
"Are you sure?" Yujin asked, a bit concerned over her health.
"Yes I am Yujin, what are you going to do anyway?" Lazuli asked, trying to stay calm.
"Weeeeeeeeell…" Yujin said as he whispered the rest of his plan to Lazuli.
"You're going to do WHAT?!" Lazuli shouted.
"It's the only chance I've got, but that's why I'm not sure… I don't know how you'd feel about it." Yujin said.
"That's… surprisingly considerate from you…" Lazuli was pondering as she looked at Yujin who was biting on his lip thinking what to do.
"Heeeeellooooo? Are you going to do anything? I'm kind of waiting over here." Bridget said, seemingly not having paid any attention to Yujin as she was her on Smartphone.
"I can't let them, I mean her win this duel." Lazuli stated as she tried to regain her calm, she was still shivering but she seemed to have gained some courage again.
"Okay then, well I'm sorry for having to let you wait for this long Bridget, but I activate Gem-Knight Fusion once more! And I'll once again fuse my Garnet and Lazuli! Flames of truth become one with the green stone in a whirlpool of light to bring forth a new dazzling radiance! Fusion Summon! Appear! He who chases the enemy! Gem-Knight Citrine!" (EARTH, Pyro, Level 7, 2200 ATK, 1950 DEF.)
"Hah, same thing, different end result. Let me guess, you're going to use Lazuli to add Garnet back to your hand, then banish her to add that fusion card back." Bridget said.
"You've got that right, I'll do just that!" Yujin said as he added back both cards.
Bridget chuckled a bit as she looked at her opponent.
"You know, I think Lazuli's quite a fitting card for you." She then stated.
"And why's that?" Yujin said, a bit suspicious.
"Both of you are stuck to be the supporting type, and lack a lot of power meaning you have to rely on others. Monsters like that are nothing but fodder in a deck, even in mine."
Yujin was grinding his teeth, he was really getting annoyed now. His partner was getting frustrated at this too, but tried to not show it.
"I'll Normal Summon Gem-Knight Garnet." (EARTH, Pyro, Level 4, 1900 ATK, 0 DEF.)
Garnet appeared on the field, smoke appeared from his palms as he opened and closed his fists, ready to fight.
"So, what are you going to do now?" Bridget calmly stated.
"I'm going to crash Citrine and Catastor!" Yujin furiously stated.
Enter Battle Phase
"What? But Catastor's effe-"
"If Citrine attacks you can't activate card effects, which means Catastor won't trigger! But since they have an equal amount of ATK.."
"They both get destroyed?!" Bridget was caught off guard, no way she ever saw this coming.
"Citrine attack Catastor with MADEIRA… FLAMING… MAGMA… SLASH!"
Bridget wanted to comment on the attack name (which she honestly thought was rather lame), but once she saw Citrine lunge forward at incredible speeds she had never seen before she was in awe. He prepared to strike Catastor with his magma sword while avoiding the laser shots by Catastor left and right. He was so fast it almost seemed as if he was teleporting, but before anyone knew it he stood right in front of the Ally of Justice. Catastor pierced through Citrine's armor with one of its legs which Citrine promptly sliced off before he tried to pull off the finishing blow, only for Catastor's head to make a strange ticking noise.
"It's going to blow!" Lazuli stated afraid of such an explosion.
Catastor exploded into multiple pieces cracking Citrine's armor as he fell down on his knees and got destroyed.
Lazuli could feel the pain transferred to her as she almost fell down. It normally doesn't hurt that much if at all in a duel, why does it suddenly do now? Yujin looked a bit worried at her and asked: "Are you okay? You're not hurt are you?" he said softly.
"Yeah, it never hurts you know, it's just hologram with mass attacking another one." She replied back lying through her teeth. The pain was bearable, but it was the shock of such pain and that both confused and scared her.
"Look Lazuli, you don't have to lie. I know you've been acting weird the whole duel. I'm not a fool you know."
"Yujin…"
"I'm not sure why you're scared, I'm not sure why you're suddenly so hurt. And I feel bad for you, but you have to tell me. I know it's ironic that I'm saying this of all people, but if you don't tell me I don't know how I can help… and I want to help you Lazuli, we're partners."
Lazuli was silent for a second.
"Okay, I will tell you everything, but not now. I promise after the duel I will tell you."
"You better not lie." Yujin said.
"SERIOUSLY, HOW LONG ARE YOU GOING TO TAKE?! JUST ATTACK ALREADY!" Bridget shouted, obviously not having heard the conversation at all.
"If you so wish… Garnet, Flaming Iron Fist!"
Garnet jumped multiple feet up in the air charging up his fist as it was engulfed in flames before he dived forward like an eagle punching Bridget straight in the gut, causing her to flinch for a second before acting like everything was okay.
Bridget's LP: 6700-1900=4800 LP.
"I'll set all the cards in my hand in my Spell & Trap Card Zone and end my turn." Yujin declared as he set some cards, including at the least 1 Gem-Knight Fusion.
Turn 6: Bridget
Yujin
Life Points: 7800
Hand: 0
Field:
Monsters: Gem-Knight Garnet (1900 ATK)
Spells/Traps: 2 face-down.
Bridget
Life Points: 4800
Hand: 4
Field: N/A
Amount of turns left before Golden Sarcophagus is resolved: 1.
"Don't get cocky just because you have 3000 more LP than me! I'll use Lakeside Lady's effect to banish her and Cannon to destroy one of those face-downs!" She made a finger gun and pretended to shoot one of the face-down cards as a small fireballs came from the top of her fingers destroyed the set card, revealing it to be Gem-Knight Fusion.
"Now, isn't that a shame. You hit the wrong card." Yujin said, a bit mockingly.
Bridget groaned. "You asked for it, I activate Raigeki!" As she claimed that a thunderstorm formed as lightning started to hit Garnet multiple times over as his gem cracked and he poofed off the battle field.
"Isn't that a bit of an overkill?"
"Hah, like it matters you're going to lose next turn anyway! You have zero monsters and you can't fuse with just one!"
"She is right Yujin, how are we going to win this?"
"Trust me Lazuli, we can win." He stated.
"Now, I'll Normal Summon Laval Magma Cannoneer."(FIRE, Pyro, Level 4, 1700 ATK, 200 DEF).
A large purple humanoid creature was spawned on the field, he was rather bulky and strapped with two huge cannons that must at the least weigh a ton.
"With his effect twice per turn I can discard 1 FIRE monster to inflict 500 damage. I discard Flamvell Firedog and Laval Lancelord for 1000 damage!" Magma Cannoneer charged both of its cannons as Bridget declared the effect.
"Oh no." Lazuli said, as fear started to take over once again.
"Now, Magma Cannoneer! Shoot! Blazing Dual Blast!" Magma Cannoneer shot from its left cannon as it hit Yujin causing him to physically wince.
Yujin LP: 7800-500=7300 LP.
"A-are you okay?" Lazuli stated.
"I-I'm fi-" before Yujin could finish off his sentence the second blast shot with an equal amount of force surprising Yujin as he got blasted back and fell down.
Yujin LP: 7300-500=6800 LP.
"Yujin!" Lazuli shouted from the top of her lungs. She rushed over as fast as she could to him.
"Please tell me you're fine." She kept saying as she started shaking him.
"I'm fine, I told you that Lazuli… Are you crying?" He noticed that Lazuli was tearing up.
"I was so concerned for you!" She stated as she embraced him.
"You can let go Lazuli, I won't be hurt so easily. I can take a cannon blast to the face… apparently."
"But what if-"
"Trust me, I'm stronger than I look." Yujin interjected as he stood back up rubbing his finger against his nose.
"Come on Bridget, was that all? I expected a bit more to be honest!" He then said to his opponent bragging as if the attack he faced was nothing.
"Magma Cannoneer attack him directly!" He shot his two cannons directly at Yujin, however despite doing more damage it seemed to be a considerable amount less power.
Yujin's LP: 6800-1700=5100 LP.
"Huh… that didn't even hurt at all." Yujin said, only to notice Lazuli stood in front of him.
"Lazuli? What are you doing?" Yujin said hissing a bit at her.
"I.. I deflected those fireballs. I don't want to see you get hurt."
"But what if you got hurt."
"I'm a Gem-Knight a warrior of honor who lives to protect, I'm just doing my job. I trust that you can survive, but… I have to do this."
"I don't understand why…" Yujin stated.
"As I said… I'll explain it after the duel, for now… please let me help you. I can't let you get hurt." As she said that she almost started tearing up again.
"Okay okay, just don't cry."
Lazuli nodded as she stood in front of Yujin in a defensive pose, she was shivering a bit, but she tried to stay calm, or as much as she could.
"How are you still standing up?" Bridget calmly stated
"Because… because.. my deck's protecting me, and as long as it trusts in me I'll trust in them to win."
"Ugh, I want to barf on how cliché that is."
Turn 7: Yujin
Yujin
Life Points: 5100
Hand: 1
Field:
Spells/Traps: 1 face-down.
Bridget
Life Points: 4800
Hand: 0
Field:
Monsters: Laval Cannoneer (1700 ATK)
Amount of turns left before Golden Sarcophagus is resolved: 1/2.
"Draw your last pathetic card so I can end this, Yujin." Bridget said in a mocking tone
"This random deck I bought off eBay has no pathetic cards!" Yujin declared as he drew his final card.
"So, what was it? Can you finish off the duel this turn?" Bridget said once again in a mocking tone.
"… I end my turn." Yujin said shocking Lazuli as he let his head down, showing signs of frustrations.
"Oh, thank you. This will be over quick. This is how the real life is Yujin, you can't go and hope for a miracle."
Turn 8: Bridget
Yujin
Life Points: 5100
Hand: 1
Field:
Spells/Traps: 1 face-down.
Bridget
Life Points: 4800
Hand: 1
Field:
Monsters: Laval Cannoneer (1700 ATK)
Amount of turns left before Golden Sarcophagus is resolved: 0
Enter Standby Phase
"I'll add Rekindling to my hand. I think you know what it does. I'll have to thank you for bringing such a duel Yujin, it was quite an interesting experience. You had fought oh so well, even now you still have the advantage in LP, but in the end I'm the one who will win. It's almost too bad you didn't topdeck. Now I will end this duel you excuse of an Obelisk Blue!"
Yujin kept silent as Bridget was mocking him, his head still hanged down low, Lazuli took a few quick glances to her partner but she didn't know what to say. The tension on the field was increasing with every second as Bridget was about to declare her victory.
Enter Main Phase 1
"This is the end Yujin! Gaze upon the card which will defeat you! I'll activate Rekindling!" She said as she slammed the card down.
Yujin lifted his head which and stared Bridget straight in the face, a cocky smirk was formed on it as his face as he chuckled.
"Why are you smiling?!" She sneered at her opponent.
"You know, you keep talking about how you will show me what a duel really is, but you've already shown me what you believe it is. After all, a duel says more than words."
Bridget groaned at Yujin, she wanted to beat him and get over with it
"Don't think I'll give up yet by the way, as I will chain Maxx C!" Yujin declared as he discarded the card from his hand.
"What?! But that means-"
"Yep, each time you Special Summon I get to draw 1 card this turn!" Yujin drew a card as he gave a thumbs up to Lazuli who gave a sigh of relief as she realized he was fine.
"Then I'll just end my turn, you can't defeat me next turn anyway!" Bridget shouted, a slight tone of panic showing.
"Oh, but what if this card happens to be the one I need to defeat you? Not even 5 monsters might save you from that." Yujin started to play mindgames on her making her worry about the card Yujin had drawn.
"There's no way that would happen!"
"Or perhaps this face-down card is the perfect counter I need next turn." Yujin kept his head cool as he was messing with her.
"No, none of that is true! You're just trying to trick me!" She furious shouted as she stamped her foot on the ground.
"I guess that's your new card, huh?" Lazuli thought to herself.
"I'll Special Summon 2 Laval Volcano Handmaiden, Laval Forest Sprite and another Flamvell Firedog!" Upon the resolution 4 monsters had appeared, including the familiar dog.
Handmaiden's skin is made of cooled lava, giving her a dark complexion. She had long hair made of flames and wore a maid-like outfit which was predominantly blue-green, and adorned with silver medallions bearing the Laval symbol. Her burning underarm separated from her upper arm with silver bracelet on each side of the arm, and wore a choker similar to it.
Forest Sprite, resembled a far younger Handmaiden. Her outfit was similar in color but was a simple shirt with shorts, though she did wear a black hooded scarf. She wore a necklace also adorned with the same medallion as her sister, and like wore two bracelets on her upper arms and carried a small satchel next to her right hip.
Her sister Forest Sprite had a very similar, albeit shorter and less developed body as she seemed to resemble a pre-teen girl. Her outfit was also rather similar, but instead of a dress it came with shorts that like her sister were made of rocks and of the same color. She wore necklace and has 2 bracelets on either side of her arm on the upper part of her upper arm. She also had black hooded scarf with the Laval medallion on it and carried a small satchel next to her right hip.
Lazuli gazed upon the two Laval sisters (or 3, since there were 2 Handmaidens), and a familiar shiver went down her spine. She wasn't as afraid as she was earlier, and she was trying her best to stay as brave as possible, even if it means dealing with the worst of the Laval.
"I'll tune my level 1 Handmaiden with my level 4 Firedog to Synchro Summon Tech Genus Hyper Librarian!" (DARK, Spellcaster, Level 5, 2400 ATK, 1800 DEF.)
A monster Yujin had seen a few days ago appeared before Yujin, though this was the first time he'd seen it used against him.
"If you're going to draw cards I might as well." Bridget said as Yujin drew another card.
"Next up I'll be tuning my level 1 Handmaiden and my level 2 Cannoneer! The ancient tune sings through the twin blades and sets fear into the enemy's soul! Synchro Summon! Come forth! Laval Dual Slasher!" (FIRE, Warriors, Level 5, 2400 ATK, 200 DEF.)
A massive hulking red and black warrior appeared on the battlefield with two huge blades attached to his arms. His arms, his head and his entire front was covered in the medallions that showed the Laval emblem.
"DRAW!" Both players declared as gusts of wind formed around them when they drew.
"What the heck was up with that gust of wind?! They just drew a card, where did that surge of power come from?!" Lazuli said in utter confused as she almost fell down from the strong winds.
"I'll summon Laval Warrior, but no worries about him as I'll tune this level 4 with my level 2 Forrest Sprite! "The offering is consumed by a raging blaze that sets loose the supreme ruler! Synchro Summon! A force without peer! Laval the Greater!"(FIRE, Warrior, Level 6, 2400 ATK, 800 DEF.)
From an inferno of blue flames a towering creature spawned, whose size rivaled Zirconia. His front and side engraved with the Laval medallion and wore both a bracelet and an ankle bracelet. Above his rock hard abs a chain made of medallions covered his neck. He glared directly at Lazuli with his glowing red eyes that stood out from the blue flames covering his body.
Lazuli was scared, the being was incredibly imposing and unlike any of the other Lavals, but she wasn't going to move an inch. She promised she'd protect her partner, and she wouldn't go back on it for any reason.
"Please tell me you have a way to defeat her." She thought to herself.
"Okay, T.G Hyper Librarian, Laval and Forest Sprite all get activated. I'll resolve Forest Sprite first. When she's send to the Graveyard, this turn all my Lavals gain 200 ATK for each Laval in the Graveyard, and I have 7!"
"That means, a 1400 ATK boost!" Lazuli said, shocked.
Laval the Greater (ATK:2400+1400=3800 ATK.)
Laval Dual Slasher (ATK:2400+1400=3800 ATK.)
Flames covered both monsters as they grew in size from the boost. Making them look more intimidating.
"Now, I'll draw 1 card from Librarian, however due to the Greater, when he's summoned I have to discard 1 card as well." Bridget drew a card, then discarded a Reinforcement of the Army, a card she expected to not need anymore
"I'll draw 1 card too." Yujin said in response.
Enter Battle Phase
"Now, I'll finish you off! Laval Dual Slasher you go first!" Upon her attack declaration the flaming monster rushed in a mad frenzy towards Yujin preparing to slice him.
"Not so fast! I'll activate the trap card Mirror Force!" Yujin revealed his face-down, the iconic trap card that has been a popular card for years.
Bridget gasped as she knew what would happen while Lazuli squealed in happiness.
"Now, with this card if you declare an attack I can destroy all monsters you control!" As Yujin said a protective barrier surrounded him and Lazuli which absorbed the attack from Dual Slasher before blowing it back at him and all her monsters.
"I'll use Greater's effect, by banishing 1 Laval he protect himself from destruction!" Bridget ejected Forest Sprite from her Graveyard as she forcefully had to destroy two of her cards.
"Urgh, Greater attack him directly!" Bridget said. The enormous monsters covered himself in his blue flames which he then promptly shot forward causing a blazing inferno to overtake the battlefield.
Yujin took a defensive stance, but before the flames could hit him another barrier surrounded him, this wasn't however from a trap card. It appeared to be Lazuli.
"I told you I'd protect you." She said as she intercepted the blow, however as much as she tried the force was more than she could handle as she got blown away. The pain, while bearable was enough for her to make it impossible to stand up.
Yujin's LP: 5100-3800=1300 LP.
"Guess I'm not so useless after all, huh." She said. Yujin helped her stand back up as he smiled at her.
"Go get her Yujin."
"I'll end my turn, Greater's attack returns to normal." She said with a slight hint of panic in her voice
Laval the Greater (ATK:3800-1400=2400 ATK.)
Turn 9: Yujin
Yujin
Life Points: 1300
Hand: 4
Field: N/A
Bridget
Life Points: 4800
Hand: 1
Field:
Monsters: Laval the Greater (ATK: 2400)
"There's no way, there's no way this should've happened. It doesn't matter now, does it. Because there's one thing for certain, the chance those cards are the perfect way to win is zero you hear me, ZERO!" Bridget shouted, forcefully trying to convince herself she can still win.
Yujin started laughing annoying his opponent.
"What's so funny?" She was clearly annoyed.
"Just how similar we are, yet different" Yujin said, trying to suppress the rest of the laughter.
"How are we in any way similar?
"Let's look at our decks first. We both have a deck of warrior monsters made of rocks, however none of our main cards are Rock-Type. We both clearly take advantage of the Graveyard and banishing out cards. And most importantly, we both rely on our weaker monsters to support our stronger ones. And as for us, we both have the same amount of fury and passion for this game. We're quite similar, however… It's how we treat our decks and the game where we differ."
"What do you mean with that?"
"For you this game is war, a thing you must win. For me, this game is my way to enjoy myself. A way to be free, and perhaps a way to connect with others I'd normally avoid. It's great for someone as anti-social as me as it allows me to have a hobby I can enjoy with others and not feel excluded from society."
Lazuli smirked at her partner as she was feeling rather proud to be his Duel Spirit now.
"As for our decks… For you they're fodder, minions or perhaps even slaves. You don't care what would happen to them. For me however? They're comrades, the people that always stay be my side and help me. Without them I wouldn't get to this point, thus I treat my cards with the most upmost respect."
"Hah, what a bunch of baloney." She said, clearly thinking Yujin must've gone insane at this point.
"All I heard a bunch of Chuunibyou crap." She then said.
"I guess this is what they call the pot calling the cattle black huh?" Lazuli murmured.
"Well then my lady, how about I show you what my supposedly weak monsters can do?" He replied mockingly
What do you mean?" Bridget was in total shock.
"Let's not forget to banish Citrine to add Gem-Knight Fusion. Now I'll fuse Garnet and Obsidian to Fusion Summon Gem-Knight Ruby back to the field!" (EARTH, Pyro, Level 6, ATK: 2500, DEF: 1300.)
"And with Obsidian I can Special Summon Garnet back to the field! But that won't matter as I'll use Ruby to absorb him!"
Gem-Knight Ruby (ATK: 2500+1900=4400)
"You dare to comment how I'm supposed to be barbaric while you use such tactics that kill of your own allies?!" Bridget was losing her calm very quickly.
"You've got it all wrong Bridget, this isn't a permanent death. This is the very concept of the Gem-Knight themselves."
"The… very concept of the Gem-Knight themselves?"
"Allies who combine their bodies and soul to fight as one. This effect isn't a bloody murder, it's just another form of fusion on spiritual level. The Gem-Knights work together as one and will continue to do so if it's to protect their allies! Therefore I will declare this effect as Spirit Union!"
"Next I'll add back my Fusion by banishing Obsidian and fuse him and a Sardonyx in my hand to summon Gem-Knight Topaz!" (EARTH, Thunder, Level 6, ATK 1800, DEF: 1800)
Enter Battle Phase
"Ruby attack Laval the Greater! SUNRISE FLAMING INFERNO SLASH!"
Ruby jumped in the air upon the attack declaration deflecting the flames shot by Laval the Greater as if they were nothing with his scythe. The scythe struck Greater, but he blocked it with his arms and prepared to strike Ruby straight in his face with his flames, but Ruby used his scythe as a leverage as he jumped straight back in the air and dived forward with it again. Greater prepared to block the attack once again but he could his flames leaving his body as Ruby was absorbing them to power himself up even further not allowing the giant behemoth to have any power to protect himself. In one fell swoop the creature was sliced in half as he got destroyed.
Bridget's LP: 4800-2000=2800
"And Topaz can attack twice so this battle is over." Yujin said.
"I get it, I concede." Bridget declared as she gave up.
WINNER: Yujin
Bridget cleared her Duel Disk and moved her deck back in her deck box as she walked over to Yujin, looking surprisingly happy for someone shaking with paranoia and fear a few minutes ago.
"Wow you were great Yujin." She said complimenting him.
"Really? Thanks, you're not bad either."
"I mean really, look at that skill, topdecking the perfect card you needed to win. Who would've thought?" She then continued, rather sardonically.
"Aaaand that's what I should've seen coming." Yujin then said.
"Say, despite knowing each other's names… we never introduced ourselves, have we? I'm Bridget Kuznetsov, 16 years old and from Russia."
"I'm Yujin Shojiki, 16 years old and from Japan. Though I have to ask, how do you know my name?"
"You simply stand out, a face like yours, or well more like a hairdo like yours can't really be forgotten. Well, I'll see you around… Perhaps we can have a rematch at a later date." She said as she walked away.
"You still haven't explained where you've heard my name!" He shouted as she was almost out of his sight.
"A little birdie told me, but no worries. We'll meet again, don't know where, don't know when. But I know we'll meet again, some sunny day. For we're related in more ways than you think." She giggled a bit as she left.
"I wonder what she meant with that…" Yujin said as he scratched his head.
"No idea…" Lazuli thought, feeling a lot better all of a sudden.
"So, I believe you have to explain some things to me now Lazuli."
"Yes.. Yes I do."