Homecoming Duel from my mission! And what a coincidence, the episode I'm now doing an x-over for right now is Homecoming Duel!
For the record, I'm adding an anime effect to two monsters. While the anime effect won't be shown, one of the monsters will be shown in the next chapter's duel, the other I'm not sure when.
Daniel thought Kushina would have taken the news better. She was keeping her anger about what happened to Sakura and the Society of Light in well. However... "You mean to say you saw energy like his, not him himself?!" She growled out, hair whipping around, slowly advancing towards Daniel.
"It's a lead to where he is!" Daniel stammered out. "I didn't say it was really him!"
"I convinced Minato to pull up roots immediately," Kushina said, "and come over as soon as possible, only for you to tell me he may not be here!" SLAM! SLAM! Daniel was sent flying by her punch, through the first floor ceiling , then through the roof of the room next door.
"Something else worries me," Minato spoke up. "This group is one I haven't heard of. We don't know its purpose or final goal. And there cards; I haven't heard of Mischief of the Yokai. But by its effect, it's designed to counter Synchros or XYZ. It seems like they may have plans not just against the wielder of those cards, but also potentially against the companies that produce them."
"And know we're here, right next to them," Kushina understood. By becoming Den Parents, they cemented their ties to the Duel Academy. The Society in the Blue dorms, and the Namikaze corp in the Red. If Minato's guess was right, there could be an inter-school war.
"Which is why we need better monsters!" Naruto spoke up. "Like those Rank-Ups you used! Got anything like them for our Synchros?" Daniel finally made it back from the outside, very bruised. Note to self, buy a Kevlar armor.
"We've got a couple ready," Minato told him, "but a couple more are only on the drawing board."
"But since the Society specializes in Anti-Synchro," Kushina told him, "should we give them Assault Modes for now?"
"Assault Mode?" Naruto asked them. "What's that?"
"It's a trap card," Minato revealed. "It tributes a Synchro on your field to summon an advanced form of the same monster from your main deck."
"... Meaning they aren't true Synchros," Daniel realized, "and will have none of their weaknesses or counters."
"Correct!" Kushina agreed. She then rummaged through her briefcase. "Now, where is it... Here!" She said, pulling out four cards, "One trap for each of you, and one /Assault Mode for each."
"Sweet!" Naruto said, looking over his new monster. "I can now destroy all other monsters on the field!"
"Wait a minute," Daniel said, looking over his new monster, "mine counters any effect. But it sounds like we have the wrong monsters."
"Wrong monsters?" Naruto asked.
"My deck focuses on my cards being destroyed, some only by card effects," Daniel told him. "That monster you described will work well in my deck. Would you like to trade our Dragons?"
"All three of them?" Naruto asked, pulling his two Synchros out.
"Well... Lets try switching these two only. The third's effect would still work for both of us well, but we can trade again if we want," Daniel told him, pointing out the two he meant.
"Deal!" Naruto cheered, trading one of his Synchros and his /Assault Mode for Daniel's.
He didn't have much time to cheer, since Chazz walked into the room. "Sorry to break up the family reunion, but there's a sign outside you may want to see."
Interested, everybody, even those in other rooms, came out to look. What they saw shocked them; a sign saying that their dorm was to be demolished if Alexis lost a duel. "And there's the attack on the dorm," Daniel commented. "However, it's not by the Blue Dorm."
"We just got here," Kushina said, "and they are already kicking us out?" She ended with a scream. Turning sharply, she started walking to the main campus. Minato tried to hold her back, but got dragged along. "There's no way I'm leaving this place so soon!"
"Is this kind of duel allowed?" Alexis asked.
"Of course," Hassleberry told her. "This is their territory, and they can change the field and the rules as much as they want. But we have a chance to stake out our turf, and you're in charge of the counterattack, Private Alexis."
"Does this matter?" Chazz asked. "Soon, all the whole school will join the Society. This dorm's abandonment and destruction is inevitable."
"What about your place?" Daniel asked him. "I checked the rules; your extensions are school property. You can't keep your living quarters if Alexis loses." Whether or not he heard him, Chazz kept walking past.
"But who's the surprise duelist?" Naruto asked, looking over the sign again.
"We'll see soon," Daniel said, "The duel's in an hour. We'd better follow your mother to the main building."
When they arrived, Bonaparte greeted them. "Bonjour! I see you're here for the duel, Alexis. And here's your opponent!"
"Hey dude's! How's the evening been?" a voice from behind said.
"I know him!" Daniel and Naruto said at the same time. Soon, Aster Phoenix walked through the fog. Naruto continued speaking, turning on his duel disk. "I call rematch, against your proper deck!"
"I believe I'm here to challenge Alexis, not you," Aster said. That's the boy that changed destiny! Is he trying to do it again?
"Maybe, but Alexis isn't a Slifer Red!" Naruto pointed out. "If you want to duel for Slifer Dorms, challenge a Slifer! And I volunteer!"
"That's a good point," Aster conceded, "but the Heads of this Academy have to agree on it." If I duel him, I might as well do it with my Elemental Hero deck.
"Alright dudes," Bonaparte spoke up, "lets get funky with our bad selves!"
"They agree!" Naruto quickly spoke up, rushing ahead. "Let's get this rematch going!"
Duel!
Naruto: LP: 4000, H 5, S/T 0/0, F 0 , M/0/0
Aster: LP 8000, H 5, S/T 0/0, F 0, M 0/0
"Let's get our real game going! Draw!" Naruto announced. He then skimmed over his cards. Sweet! Looks like I'll be able to bring him out already! I just need a card and the right setup... "For my turn, I'll summon Infernity Bettle, in Def mode!" (0). "I'll set three cards; your turn!"
"You're right about that; I draw! I summon Elemental Hero Avian!" (1000). "Attack his Beetle!" A quick strike from Avian demolished Naruto's defenses. "I'll set these three cards to match yours, your turn!"
"Avian again?" Hassleberry noted. "But that guy has less strike power than the Beetle. Naruto could have crushed him instead."
"Unless he wanted his beetle in the grave," Daniel noted. "If he had set Beetle, it likely would have bluffed Aster into summoning a more powerful monster or not attacking with Avian."
"But why would he want it in his grave?" Syrus asked.
"I think I know why, but we'll see..."
Naruto: LP 4000, H 2, S/T 0/3, F 0, M 0/0
Aster: LP 4000, H 2, S/T 0/3, F 0, M 'Elemental Hero Avian'/0
"Let's see how lucky I am, draw!" It came! "My luck's arrived; I summon Beetron, in attack mode!" (Atk: 1600).
"Planning on destroying Avian with him?" Aster asked.
"Nope! I plan to protect Avian! I equip him with Heart of Clear Water! While he's equipped with this card, he's immune to battle and effect destruction. But he won't be safe for long. I activate Beetron's effect! By sending my Equip Spell to the grave, I can summon back out Beetron!" (Def 0)
"Let's see, Levels 2 and 4. Are you planning on Synchro summoning?" Aster said.
"Will you quit anticipating me? Because you're off both times! To his summoning, I chain Infernal Reckless Summon!" Since I special summoned my Beetle, and you have Avian out, we can special summon as many copies of both as we can! I'll summon my 2 Infernity Beetles in Defense Mode!"
"And I'll summon my two Avians in Defense mode as well!" Aster announced.
"And that's how he gets three tuners!" Daniel announced. "He can now Synchro Summon a monster with levels 6, 8, or 10!"
"Great Scott!" Bastion gasped.
"Aw man!" Cyrus said, shocked.
"Sam Hill!" Hassleberry exclaimed.
"I need to make my own catchphrase..." Alexis noted.
"First, I'll synchro summon using an Infernity Beetle and Beetron. Synchro Summon, Underground Arachnid! Her effect lets me equip one of your Avians to her!" A shot of string wrapped around a Defense Position Avians, dragging him to her side. "But neither card will stay, for I'll use her and another Beetle to Synchro Summon, Stardust Dragon!" (Atk: 2500).
"Ingenious move," Bastion noted. "He's taken out one of the three monsters Naruto gave Aster. Lets see how he handles the other two."
"Stardust, attack his defense position Avian!" Naruto commanded.
"I'm not sure why you're not going for damage, but this should stop you! It's my trap card Hero Barrier! Your Dragon's attack is negated!"
"Who said I'd finish with his attack? I have my own Trap, Assault Mode Activate! With this, I can tribute Stardust Dragon to evolve him."
"An evolved Synchro!" Syrus said, shocked.
"And we'll see it so soon," Daniel noted. "Lets see how well he uses it."
"Come on out, Stardust Dragon/Assault Mode!" At the command, a heavily armored Stardust appeared, with 3000 atk. "Stardust/Assault, you get an attack too! This time, on the other Avian!"
"Not so fast," Aster said. "When an Elemental Hero's attacked, I can activate Mirage Tube! This quick-play Spell deals you 1000 damage!"
"But you'll still get 2000!" Naruto noted, as both of them were dealt damage.
"I'll activate Hero Signal!" Aster moved. "I can summon out another Elemental Hero!"
"Not if I negate it by tributing Stardust/Assault!" Naruto countered. Stardust/Assault destroyed itself to destroy the signal. "Now that I end my turn, Stardust/Assault returns!" (Atk 3000).
This is bad, Aster noted. He can negate one effect every turn. I must find a way to work around that. "Draw! I activate Polymerization!"
"I know what that does!" Naruto interrupted, "I'll negate it with Stardust/Assault!"
"Then I'm free to use the Pot of Greed I just drew!"
"Nice," Daniel noted. "He did one move, then started his real one when Stardust/Assault was out of the way."
"And look what I just drew," Aster noted, "another Polymerization! I'll fuse my Elemental Heros Burstinitrix with Avial to summon out Elemental Hero Phoenix Enforcer! He'll destroy your last Beetle!" Beetron was made into barbeque. "I'll set a card, you're turn!"
"Don't forget," Naruto reminded him, "Stardust/Assault comes back!" (Hand 0).
Naruto: LP 3000, H 1, S/T 0/1, F 0, M 'Stardust Dragon/Assault Mode'/0
Aster: LP 2000, H 0, S/T 0/1, F 0, M 'Elemental Hero Phoenix Enforcer'/0
"Draw!" I'll save this for later. "Stardust/Assault, attack his Hero!"
"I activate my Trap, Mirror Force!" Aster tried.
"I'll negate that!" Naruto countered. "End turn, Stardust/Assault returns!" (Hand 2)
"I draw!" Aster began. "I'll activate the Field Spell Skyscraper! With this field spell, I can destroy your Dragon by battle!"
"Then I'll negate that card as well!" Naruto announced.
"And that's exactly what I wanted!" Aster revealed as the city was taken apart.
"Uh guys," Syrus asked, "what does he mean by that?"
"By negating the field spell," Bastion noted, "Naruto's field is barren of monsters."
Aster knew that already, "I can now attack you directly!"
"Ouch!" Naruto cried out. "But at least my Stardust/Assault returns now, and he's like to return the favor!"
Naruto: LP 900, Hand 2, S/T 0/1, F 0, M 'Stardust Dragon/Assault Mode'/0
Aster: LP 2000, H 0, S/T 0/0, F 0, M 'Elemental Hero Phoenix Enforcer'/0
"Draw!" Naruto began. FINALLY! Time to end this! "I'll summon out Inzektor Dragonfly, in attack mode! I'll also play the Field Spell Forest, to increase his attack by 200!" (1000 + 200 = 1200) "Game over! Stardust/Assault, destroy his monster!" Stardust/Assault fired his attack at Phoenix Enforcer, covering the field in smoke. But when it cleared up, Phoenix Enforcer was still standing. "WHA! How'd he do that?"
"His super power prevents him from being destroyed!" Aster revealed. "And it's a passive effect, so Stardust/Assault can't touch it!"
"I... end my turn," Naruto stated.
"This is bad," Syrus noted.
"Indeed, Bastion agreed. "The difference in attack of Dragonfly and Phoenix Enforcer is exactly enough to bring Naruto's Life Points to 0." Hand 2
Aster didn't even look at his drawn card. "Elemental Hero Phoenix Enforcer finish this duel! Squash his Dragonfly!"
"Remember my last trap?" Naruto asked. "It's Zekt Conversion! Since he was attacked by your monster, Dragonfly can equip himself to Phoenix Enforcer to let me control him!"
"No way!" Aster exclaimed.
"He did it!" Daniel cheered. "But what's the last card in Aster's hand?"
Aster got curious as well, and looked at it. This is, Sartorius' card! ... I was a fool, letting myself be distracted by that boy. "I'll set one monster, your move." Hand 0.
Naruto: LP 900, Hand 2, S/T 'Inzektor Dragonfly (EHPE)'/0, F 0, M 'Stardust Dragon/Assault Mode', 'Elemental Hero Phoenix Enforcer (equip ID)'/0
Aster: LP 1100, S/T 0/0, F 0, M 0/0
"Hey, am I missing a duel?" a new voice asked.
"Can it be?" Syrus checked...
"It is!" Hassleberry exclaimed. "I don't believe it though."
"About time!" Daniel said.
A way out of this mess! Aster realized.
Sorry for the cliffy, but I'm not sure how to have Jaden take over for Naruto. Nevertheless, it'll happen by next chapter.
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