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Chapter21: Past Problems and Promises
Near the waterfall area, Jim had Jaden rest against a tree with Jesse and Crystal looking over them. They tried to get to where they saw the flames located, but Jaden ended up losing stamina with how much time he spent in the water. They let the Silfer rest and catch his breath.
"You alright, Jaden," Jim asked.
"Fine," Jaden replied, "That's the last time I go swimming in a pit trap..."
"Looks like Viper wanted to take out one of the biggest threats in the area," Crystal figured, looking towards the Silfer, "After all, you are the best duelist on the island."
"Well, thanks for the compliment," the E-Hero duelist smiled.
"Still, it's good to see you alive," Jesse added, "Don't want you dying on Allyson and Reyna..."
Suddenly, Shirley's eyes flashed and then she started to stand up on her hind legs and roar viciously, startling everyone.
"Uh oh," Jesse said, "She's at it again..."
"Those electromagnetic waves are strongest here," Jim noted, "But I'm not sure that's what's causing her to be like this..."
Then, they saw Shirley deliberately smack herself upside the head with her tail and getting knocked out.
"Whoa, that was crazy," Jaden said.
"Is she going to be alright?" Crystal wondered. She got her answer when the crocodile jumped back to her feet, looking at them with calm eyes.
"Yup," Jim smiled, petting the crocodile on the head. He then decided to pick her up and then strap her to his back. "Hey, I'm going to look for the others... You three stay put until Jaden recovers." He then made his way towards the forest. "I think we need to be altogether instead of separated if we're getting ambushed..."
"But what if you run into more of Viper's traps?" Jaden asked.
"Shirley and I can spot them just fine," the Fossil duelist replied with Shirley growing in the affirmative. "Later!"
Elsewhere...
"RRRAGH!"
Hassleberry's eyes flashed and changed into his dinosaur pupils suddenly when he tried to search for the others. He was now looking like a natural predator in his territory, scouring the forest for his next meal. His eyes narrowed when he saw a shadow of something human just several feet away. With a growl, he began his charge and leapt at his would-be prey...
That is until he was struck in the face by a karate chop and knocked down and out. The person stepped out of the shadows, revealing to be Kenji.
"What was that all about?" He wondered as he picked up Hassleberry into a sitting position. "Hey, Hassleberry... wake up..."
The dino duelist shook his head and opened his eyes, seeing the ninja duelist in his sights. "Kenji?"
"What's going on," the ninja duelist asked, "And why did you come at me like that?"
Hassleberry rubbed the spot on his face where he was struck, "I guess I was acting out because of those weird waves Jim and Yuri talked about..."
"Oh, because of your Dinosaur DNA," Kenji stated. "Yeah, I was filled in about your leg and then I heard from Yuri about how you and Jim got into the infirmary. Anyway, I'm trying to get everyone together... Viper had some duelists that came after me and Alexis."
"She alright?"
"Yeah, an old acquaintance of mine showed up and helped me out. Watching over the defeated ones with Alexis... and you?"
Hassleberry sighed sadly, "We had the same problem... Melody dueled Miss Ivy and won... but..."
Kenji acknowledged the look on the dino duelist's face, "Say no more; I think I know... listen, take me Claudio, Melody, and Syrus and then we can go see Alexis and Kenshin."
"Kenshin?"
"I'll have you meet after we get everyone together..." Kenji stated. "Just lead the way..."
"Right, come on..." Hassleberry nodded as he led the ninja towards the Ras.
In another part of the forest...
Atticus ran through the trees, following Wheeler who was leading him back to the entrance and see if the guys were there. Once they made it, the Red-eyes duelist and the Monkey duelist were the only ones there.
"Well, there's the entrance... but no one here," Atticus thought out loud. "They couldn't have gone back up..."
[Maybe we should stay,] Wheeler guessed, [Friends look for us]
"With how much time that passed, they could be looking for us now," the Red-Eyes duelist figured, but then he looked down the straight, "Or maybe they could be heading straight for Viper... I bet the most obvious path to take is straight ahead."
[Makes sense] the monkey nodded, [Too many turns]
"Then, let's not keep them waiting!" Atticus shouted as he ran through the middle of the forest with the monkey chattering, following after.
Unknown to them, they were being watched by Tiana who flew over them.
"Hey, those are two of the people Master talked about," She exclaimed. "And they're headed for those other two that were with Master. I'll just find whoever's left..."
She then flew to another direction, going to work in finding the others...
Back with Jaden, Jesse, and Crystal they were eating some food they packed.
"I needed this," Jaden said, munching down on his food.
"You need to slow down, Jay," Jesse stated.
"Yeah, save some if we run into some trouble," Crystal added.
Several flashed appeared behind her and then two of her spirits appeared, Lockette and Digit.
"Hey Crystal," they greeted.
"Did you locate the others?" the Magical Girl duelist asked them.
"Yeah," Digit stated and pointed out to the right "It seems they in an area on the right."
"Really?" Lockette wondered as she pointed her key towards the left, "I sensed they were somewhere to the left." The pixies then looked into Digit's computer and then found both of their statements to be correct. "Why are they walking away from each other when they are close?"
Digit gasped, "It's because of some others are heading right for them! They are friendly, though..."
Crystal smiled, "That means everyone's starting to regroup and meet... Meaning we should do the same if we're going to get to Viper quickly. Thanks guys!"
The pixies smiled as they vanished.
"So, what's the word?" Jesse asked.
Crystal stood up, "We should get moving... everyone's planning to meet up. It's time to stop Viper..."
"Sweet," Jaden replied, gulping down the last of his food before packing up.
Suddenly, a figure walked up to them and alerted their presence. They saw a girl with long bluish-black hair that went to her ankles. She wears red lipstick, black eye-shadow and her outfit is a lolita-style dress in various shades of purple. "Oh look, it's the little crybaby..."
"Violet?" Crystal asked.
"Hey, isn't she the girl who also tried to get into North Academy with you," Jesse asked. "And the girl basically bullied you through elementary school..."
"Yeah," the Magical Girl duelist stated. "Now I know where all of her arrogance and self-centeredness led her to... a pawn for Viper..."
"I guess you two had quite a history." Jaden figured.
"Come now," Violet said, "Is that any way to treat someone who wanted to toughen you up? Not everyone can get by in the world being sweet and gentle like you were growing up. In fact, I'm surprise that you became a duelist seeing that you have to typically fight and having your monsters die... more things you hate. Talk about hypocritical... or maybe I did get through to you... Not like your daddy did..."
Crystal narrowed her eyes and frowned.
"Ooh, did I step on a nerve?" the taunting girl asked with a look of mock fear. "Not something you like to hear..."
"It makes me wonder why you're here," Crystal replied, "You still want to verbally abuse me... you just haven't grown up." She then activated her duel disk, "Maybe I should help you see how weak you truly are... like all bullies are. You intimidate others, but when others intimidate back you're nothing."
Violet hissed in anger, activating her duel disk.
"Did I step on a nerve?" the Magical Girl duelist smiled. "I became much stronger without your 'help'..." The six pixies appeared around her, staring down Violet as well.
"We'll see about that..." Violet replied.
Both players drew their opening hands.
"GAME ON!"
Crystal: 8000
Violet: 8000
"Here we go," Jaden said.
"I'll start the duel," Crystal stated, drawing her sixth card. "I'll play the Spell Pot of Greed to draw two more cards!" The Grinning Pot appeared, letting her draw two more cards, "Next, the card Double Summon, allowing me to perform two Normal Summonings this turn." She then took two cards from her hand and placed them on the field. "I summon two Winx Pixies... one of Technology and one of Portals!"
"I guess she's using the other part of her deck," Jesse figured.
Two small flashes of light appeared on the field, bringing out both Lockette and Digit flying near Crystal.
"Are you sure it's best to play us so soon?" Lockette whimpered, holding up her key wand. (1/0/0)
"We need something amplify our strength or protect us," Digit reminded her partner while pulling out her mini-computer. (1/0/0)
"Don't worry, I got you covered," Crystal assured them as she inserted a facedown card.
"That's the best you could do," Violet laughed, drawing her sixth card. "This will be like a walk in the park. I summon Goblin Ghoul in attack mode!"
A dark smoke erupted from the card and unleashed a small, purple demon walking on all fours with thick, black eyebrows, black teeth, and bright yellow eyes. (2/1000/1000)
"And do you know the best thing about this monster?" the woman asked, "It multiplies by creating Ghoul Tokens equal to the number of monsters on the field! So that means 3 more tokens coming your way!"
Crystal and the Pixies gasped as three more puffs of dark smoke appeared and unleashed three more tokens on the field. (2/1000/1000) x3
"She's outnumbered," Jesse gasped.
"And with the Pixies at zero it's like four direct attacks," Jaden added.
"Ghouls attack and swarm the little pixies!" Violet commanded as the ghouls leapt into action...
"Not today," Crystal countered, revealing her facedown card, "I activate the trap Pixie Ring! My pixies will create a barrier which will protect monsters with the weakest ATK from being struck so long as I have at least two monsters in attack mode!"
"And they both have 0 ATK," Jaden realized, "Sweet!"
"Yup, both of them are safe," Jesse nodded.
Lockette finally got a little confidence boost as she and Digit started spinning around to create the ring from the trap, repelling the Ghoul attacks and making them retreat.
"You made a lucky move that's all," Violet stated, setting one card into her disk. "But I don't expect you to get it from some girl who wanted her daddy's attention..."
"Whatever," Crystal sighed. "Now I activate the effect of my Winx Pixie of Technology! During the Draw Phase, she allows me to draw two cards instead of one!"
Digit created an electrical current sent into Crystal's fingertips, allowing her two take two cards from her single draw.
"And then the effect of the Winx Pixie of Portal activates," She continued, "I can replace a card from my hand to put into my deck and then draw a new card."
After choosing what card to replace, Lockette created a portal that took in the chosen card and shuffled it back into the deck, and then took another card from the top of Crystal's deck and gave it to her.
"Thank you," Crystal smiled as her pixies smiled back. "Now I go on the offensive! I summon Winx Fairy of Zenith!"
In a flash of glitter and bright lights, a tall girl with magenta colored, pixie/boy-cut styled hair, teal eyes, and a pale skin tone appeared. She was dressed in a full body suit of a sparkling lavender color covering the torso and legs. She has powder blue sleeves which cover her hands and blue knee-high boots. She wears a lavender helmet which has a lime green tear-shaped brooch on it, similar to the one on her chest. She sprouted her wings, which were green bars that formed in the shape of a glider. (4/1400/1200) Digit flew up to the new fairy and hugged her arm.
"Now I attack one of your Goblin Tokens!" She announced as her fairy launched a digitized disc and threw it at one of the tokens, slicing it to pieces.
Crystal: 8000
Violet: 7600
"I place another two cards facedown and then activate Heart of the Underdog to end my turn." Crystal concluded, inserting her facedown cards and showing off the Continuous Spell.
"Nice, now those tokens can't touch Crystal's monsters without getting beaten themselves," Jesse cheered.
"Gotta say, you got some competition," Jaden noted.
"Well I'll say she's still worthless," Violet announced, drawing her next card, "Exhausting her hand like that and she's about to pay the price! I play Goblin Ghoul's effect! For every Ghoul monster on the field, I can deal 300 points of damage for each one!" Everyone gasped as the Ghoul's mouths shined with dark purple orbs, "Before that, I activate the Quick-Play Spell Twister, destroying Pixie Ring for 500 life points, and then, I'll chain that with my facedown card, Chain Summoning!"
Jaden gasped, "That allows her to perform three Normal Summonings this turn!"
"Those Tokens were a setup," Jesse realized.
"Of course," the dark girl smirked as Chain Summoning card vanished, "Now Twister, do your thing!"
A grey cyclone kicked up and shattered the Pixie Ring trap, letting the Pixies' defense fade away.
"Now Ghouls, Dark Swarm!"
The orbs fired, zooming past the three monsters and then blasted Crystal with the same amount of damage.
Crystal: 7100
Violet: 7100
"Crystal!" the Pixies shouted worriedly while the Zenith Fairy looked worried as well.
"Now let's get to the best part," Violet announced, as her Ghouls vanished into sparkles. "Now I'll summon my favorite three monsters; The Trix Witches!"
"The Trix Witches?" The boys wondered.
But Crystal and her monsters gasped, 'She has them!?' She thought.
"Come forth Trix Witch of the Ice, Trix Witch of the Dark, and Trix Witch of the Storm!" the dark girl rejoiced as her three cards hit the disk.
Next, a dark storm cloud had formed above the field which had a combination of white hail, purple tornadoes, and dark lightning descending from it. Then, three female figures dropped down from the cloud all with the same vindictive smirk.
Trix Witch of the Storm has dark blue eyes, and dark blue frizzy hair shaped like a cloud with whitish purple curls that go past her shoulders. She was dressed in a maroon dress with the letter "S" embossed at the middle of her outfit, a choker around her neck, matching maroon fingerless gloves that go to her elbows, and high-heeled boots. She also wears eye makeup of the color of her outfit. (5/1600/1400)
Trix Witch of the Dark has yellow eyes with indigo eye shadow, and long brown hair that reaches down her ankles, and bangs that reach to her waist that are a lighter shade of brown. She was dressed in a sort of indigo bodysuit with no sleeves, and capri-style pants. The accessories added light purple gloves, ankle boots that are the same color as her witch outfit, and a choker that forms a "D" at her belt. (5/1800/1200)
Finally, Trix Witch of the Ice had blue-white hair pulled back into a high ponytail held with a dark teal-tube piece. Her eyes are pale blue with dark blue eye shadow and like her sisters, she lacked the visible bangs but with curls reaching her shoulders. She was dressed in a dull navy blue one-piece suit and a royal blue cape, with boots a darker shade of blue. Down the front of the suit is a white stripe that forms a thin belt with the letter "I" over the stomach. (5/1900/1100)
Immediately, the Zenith Fairy backed up defensively trying to be protective of the pixies. The three witches only laughed at the poor defense that Crystal had.
"Aw man, what's Crystal going to do now?" Jaden gasped.
"She's going to cry when her monsters are beaten!" Cassandra laughed along with her monsters, "Because when these girls are together, they gain 600 ATK since they are with their dear sisters."
All three witched glowed with a purple, indigo, and blue respectively. (5/1600-2200/1400), (5/1800-2400/1200), (5/1900-2500/1100)
"As if they were powerful enough already," Jesse grumbled as Ruby looked on worriedly.
"Now, let's start with one of those Pixies!" Violet smirked, "Trix of the Ice, attack the Technology Pixie!"
Digit looked horrified as the witch in question launched a blizzard across the field, preparing the freeze the whole field...
"I activate my trap card," Crystal countered, revealing her facedown card, showing an Obelisk Blue girl holding her Rescue Cat protectively from a Mother Grizzly, "I activate my Graceful Protector! When a monster is destroyed, it instead goes back into my deck!" Her monsters were relieved at that outcome.
"But you're still losing that damage!" the witch duelist announced as the pixie shattered into pixels but went into Crystal's deck except fading away. Some of the ice from the blizzard pelted against the Magical Girl duelist.
Crystal: 4600
Violet: 7100
"Trix of the Storm and Trix of the Dark, the other two are yours!" Violet continued as Storm fired a bolt of lightning at the Zenith Fairy and Dark launched a black beam at Lockette, shattering them both into pixels but sending their cards into the deck. Now you're dead!" The lightning and darkness went for Crystal, but they faded when a digital shield protected her. "What?"
"That's the Special Ability of my Pixies!" Crystal announced, "When they are destroyed, the rest of the damage I take this turn is zero!"
"Then, I'll end my turn with a facedown card," The witch duelist concluded, inserting her final card.
"I'll activate my, Solemn Wishes trap before my turn starts!" Crystal announced, revealing her Continuous Trap card. "Next, the second effect of my Graceful Protector activates, letting me draw a card for each Monster destroyed," She drew out three more cards, "Solemn Wishes activates and grants me 500 Life Points!"
A sparkling shower rained over Crystal.
Crystal: 5100
Violet: 7100
"And then, I'll draw!" She drew her next card. "Solemn Wishes activates again, granting me 500 life points!"
Crystal: 5600
Violet: 7100
"And then, Heart of the Underdog activates letting me show you the Normal Monster I got from the draw and then draw again!" She then revealed her drawn card, "I've drawn Winx Fairy of Solaria, so I get to draw again..." She drew the next card, "Fairy of Linphea!" She drew the next card, "Fairy of Melody!" She drew the next card, "Fairy of Tides!" She drew the next card, which wasn't a Normal Monster, so she didn't show it. "And have that, I've draw a total of four cards separately! Meaning I gain another 2000 life points from my Solemn Wishes Trap!"
Sparkling rain poured down on Crystal, granting her life points.
Crystal: 7600
Cassandra: 7100
"She's back where she started!" Jesse cheered.
"But, with Graceful Protector, I pay 1500 life points to keep it activated!" The Magical Girl duelist stated, as a red aura translated the payment.
Crystal: 6100
Cassandra: 7100
"But now I can get to business," She continued, playing her next card. "I activate the Field Spell Alfea!"
The forest around them faded away and transported into an open, green area of a college campus. It had a sparkling fountain in the middle of it and surrounded by three large, white buildings.
"Now I summon my Winx Fairy of Tides in attack mode, and she gains 300 ATK and DEF!"
Soon, a dark-skinned girl with long, wavy dark brown hair and cerulean eyes wearing a sparkly green shoulder top, a sparkly green mini skirt, and green boots. She also wears a green sash connecting her top and skirt, and several silver rings around her outfit and on her arms. Aisha's wings are sky blue with mauve tips. (4/1600-1900/1500-1800)
"It's still no match for my witches," The witch duelist stated.
"Which is why I'll give her the Equip Spell Charmix," She continued, inserting her facedown card. "This gives her 500 ATK and DEF while protecting her from Spells that destroy!"
Appearing on the fairy was a leaf pin on her top and a waist bag in the shape of a water gourd on the skirt. (4/1900-2400/1800-2300)
"Sweet, that means she can attack the weaker one," Jaden realized.
"And when that happens, the other two will be weaker than her Fairy is," Jesse added.
"Fairy of Tides, attack Trix of the Storm with your Morphix energy!" Crystal commanded as her Fairy created a pink fluid out of nowhere and then morphed it into solid blocks. She then sent it flying into the Storm Witch, causing her to shatter into pixels, leaving the other two witches narrowing their eyes in anger. (5/2400-2100/1200), (5/2500-2200/1100)
Crystal: 6100
Violet: 6900
"One down," Crystal smiled as her monster got a determined look on her face as well.
"Whatever," Violet scoffed, revealing her facedown card, "I activate my Continuous Trap Card, Witch Rising! I pay increments of 500 life points to Special Summon a Spellcaster from the graveyard at the end of the Battle Phase! So it's the return of my Trix of the Storm!"
Crystal: 6100
Violet: 6400
A dark lightning flashed from the cloud above and let Trix of the Storm descend on the field. (5/1600-2200/1400), (5/2100-2400/1200), (5/2200-2500/1100)
"That can't be good," Jaden muttered as Winged Kuriboh looked on worriedly.
Seeing her plan fail, Crystal inserting another card into her disk, "I activate the Fairy Spell Plasma Wall!" Soon, the Winx Fairy then created more of the Morphix in her hand and then formed it into a wall, "For the next three turns, you can't deal any Battle Damage and Fairy of Tides cannot be destroyed as well!"
The Witch duelist smirked, drawing her next card, "Like it matters... since I don't have anything to destroy any of those cards, I'll just activate the collective effect of the Trix!"
"Collective effect?" the boys wondered.
"If I give up all three of the Trix Witches rights to attack, I can deal 200 points of damage for every card you own!" Violet explained with a narrowing smile, causing everyone from the humans and their spirits to gasp. "And I see that you have seven cards, making 1400 for just one Witch! And then with three Witches, that's 5200 collectively!"
The Pixies and Winx Fairy looked on horribly as they saw the dark cloud above the field now glowing. The witches cackled as they raised their hands towards Crystal and then sent a barrage of ice, darkness, and electricity down the Magical Girl duelist, making her cry out in anguish and pain.
Crystal: 900
Violet: 6400
Once it faded, Crystal collapsed onto the ground.
"CRYSTAL!" The Pixies cried as they flew over to their fallen friend.
Jesse tried to walk over their but...
"No, no, no," Violet said, wagging her finger at the Crystal Beast duelist, "Any interference will result in an automatic loss and all of her energy will be Viper's. And with how she's distraught and in pain right now, she may die right here." She then cackled loudly with her Witches.
"What's wrong with you," Jesse snapped, "What did she do to deserve this much?"
"Just showing her how pathetic she is," the Witch duelist stated, "All of her hopes and dreams to be a well-loved duelist, be accepted by her father... he didn't even want a daughter..."
The boys looked confused at that.
"What father wouldn't want a daughter like Crystal?" Jesse asked, looking down at his classmate.
"Well, there's actually a good story behind it," Violet noted. "When she was born, only her mother loved her and her father didn't like the fact that he was with a daughter that would grow up to be a sweet and gentle girl. In fact when she was three, her parents divorced and since the mother could only afford to care of herself, she had to stay with daddy. The mother didn't love her either..."
"That's not true!" Jaden shouted.
"When she turned six, her father remarried and got the perfect son he always wanted." Violet continued without remorse, "Together, along with the step sisters that got into the family, Crystal now has a family that will forever hate her. It would make sense they would pay to send her away for three years at North Academy just so the perfect family can live together in perfection!"
"Get... a life..."
The laughter stopped and all eyes were on Crystal, who got up on her hands and knees while glaring at her opponent.
"Don't deny everything I said," Violet scoffed. "You know you have a family that hates you so much..."
"Don't listen to a word she says," Chatta said to Crystal.
"She's just a heartless witch like her own monsters," Tune stated, glaring at Violet.
"She'll always have hate in her whole body," Amore shouted.
Piff landed on Crystal's head and patted her head assuring her that everything would be okay.
"I know girls," Crystal sighed. "Of course I knew I grew up with an unloving family... at first..." She stood up and stared Violet in the eyes. "Something you don't know is that when I was twelve, all I had were my cards to talk to most of the time. And as luck would have it, I was able to have these six Pixies among those cards. They helped me out so much in life..."
(Series of Flashback scenes)
She would remember how Piff would cry sometimes and wanted comfort from her, finding a motherly instinct within herself. In turn, Piff trusted Crystal and always helped her friend ward off nightmares when they slept.
Digit would help Crystal in studying when no else would. In turn, Crystal helped to Digit to understand emotions without resorting to computers and technology.
Tune taught Crystal to be a lady, and be proud no matter what negatives were thrown her way. Crystal would always have a role model to look to.
Chatta was always the chatterbox and would cheer Crystal on in anything she wanted to do. Crystal had found a friend to share gossip and have a good laugh with.
Amore helped Crystal find the courage to talk to a boy she had a crush on. Crystal now had a great relationship with him and forever thanked Amore.
Crystal saw Lockette as herself, being fearful of acceptance despite the little good things she had. And being the good friend she was, she was always there for the young pixie.
(End flashback)
"And because of all that, I decided on perfecting my skills as a duelist," Crystal continued. "After having many cards created by Pegasus, I won many tournaments with my new friends at the age of 12. My father was actually proud and sent me to North Academy, nearly having all boys. He was even proud that I beat them all, a little disappointed went Jesse handed me the only loss then... but he's not angry knowing that I never backed down and showed Jesse I was a tough duelist."
"And my old deck and my Crystal Beasts had a problems with finding a footing against her," Jesse laughed.
Crystal smiled and nodded at her classmate before looking back to Violet saying, "My father actually was proud knowing that his daughter wasn't weak... basically his way in saying that he loves me... always had problem saying it... to add on, my half-brother actually was nice to me and thought I was lucky to be not dependant to the family," She then prepared to draw. "So, I may have those bad memories of the first 12 years... but it's now all better..."
"YEAH!" The pixies cheered.
"Go get her!" Jaden added.
Violet scoffed, "Please... with only so little to work with on life points, how do you expect get at my life points with you only able to beat one Witch that will only comeback with 500 of them as the payment?"
"I'll show you," Crystal announced, drawing her next card and caused the sparkling rain shower to cover her. "First, I gain 500 life points total with Solemn Wishes!"
Crystal: 1400
Violet: 6400
"I have to destroy my Graceful Protector... since I don't have enough life points to pay," the Magical duelist sighed as her trap card vanished. "But that's okay because I have something that will get around all you have! I summon my Winx Fairy of Linphea in attack mode."
Once she placed the monster card on the disk, a flurry of flower petals, released another fairy appeared with a sweet and gentle look on her face. She had tan skin with long honey brown hair with blonde in her bangs and jade eyes. Her outfit consists of a fuchsia and orchid sparkling one piece, bare shouldered top and ankle-high boots also the same color. A green choker with a pink colored four petal flower adorns her neck, and she has wrist length fingerless gloves covering her arms. Her wings are lime green. (4/1400-1700/1600-1900)
"Attack mode, huh," Violet laughed a little. "She doesn't stand a chance, even with my Storm Witch being destroyed.
"Then let me remove one of them without a fight," Crystal announced, inserting another Spell Card depicting a Giant Cephalotus eating a Goblin Ghoul. "I activate the Fairy Spell Venus Gobbler! With Fairy of Linphea on the field, I send one card on your side of the field back to the player's hand! With that, I send Trix of the Ice back to your hand!"
Trix Witch of the Ice growled as she watched a Venus flytrap uproot and grow in front of her and her sisters. With a lash of its hidden tongue, the Ice Witch vanished in a blue light and went back into Violet's hand. The other witches looked wary of another plant coming in. (5/2200-1900/1400), (5/2400-2100/1200)
"Now Fairy of Tides, attack Trix of the Dark Witch!"
More plasma was formed from the green-clad fairy's hand and then launched it as giant ball that smashed into the Dark Witch and shattered into pixels, leaving the Storm Witch fearful for her life. (5/1900-1600/1400)
Crystal: 1400
Violet: 6100
"Fairy of Linphea, attack the Storm Witch!" She continued as the new fairy summoned numerous vines that entangled the last witch and tossed her back into the dark clouds.
Crystal: 1400
Violet: 6000
"Take that you evil witches!" Chatta cheered.
"The Battle Phase ends, so I activate Witch Rising again!" Violet growled, seeing her monsters being taken down. "I play 1000 life points to send them back to the playing field!" A red aura surrounded her, translating the payment.
Crystal: 1400
Violet: 5000
From the dark cloud, both the Witch of Storms and Witch of Dark descended onto the field. (5/1600-1900/1400), (5/1800-2100/1200)
"I place one card facedown and end my turn," Crystal concluded, inserting a facedown card.
"She's looking good out there," Jaden stated.
"Of course," Jesse nodded, "You didn't think she'd lose, did you?"
"Of course not," the E-Hero duelist waved off.
"It's my turn," Violet announced, drawing her next card, "I activate my Star Blast, paying 500 life points to decrease Trix Witch of the Ice's Level by 1 so I can summon her without sacrificing other monsters!" Another red aura surrounded her.
Crystal: 1400
Violet: 4500
Then, she played her monster card letting the Ice Witch rejoin her sisters. (5-4/1900-2500/1100), (5/2100-2400/1200), (5/1900-2200/1400)
'She's giving up so much for her monsters as well,' Crystal noted.
"Now it's time to put you out of your misery," Violet continued, "I'll just let my Storm Witch use her power and give up her attack in order to win the game! I see eight cards on that field of yours, dealing 1600 points of damage!"
The Storm Witch prepared to conjure up her dark lightning powers...
"Not yet," Crystal interjected, revealing her facedown card, "I activate the Quick-Play Spell, Bonded Pixie! Since there are two Winx Fairies on the field, I can Special Summon two Winx Pixies from the deck! I just have to send two cards to the graveyard from the top of my deck afterwards."
'Good,' Violet thought with a smirk as her opponent searched out her deck to pick up her choice cards, 'That'll be nine cards for 1800! All the more pain for me to squeeze out of her...'
Crystal held up her cards and saw Piff and Chatta go into them, "Winx Pixie of Chatter, Winx Pixie of Sweet Sleep! I summon you two in defense mode!"
Once she placed the cards on the field, the two pixies appeared on the field.
"Let's go, go, go!" Chatta shouted. (1/0/0)
Piff was sleeping on Crystal's head, unaware of the dangers around her. (1/0/0)
Crystal then sent the top two cards from her deck and placed them into her graveyard.
"All that means is 1800 points of damage coming at you!" Violet laughed as the dark lightning rained down upon the field, heading straight for Crystal.
That's when the Pixie of Sweet Sleep started glowing bright pink, having Crystal glow with the same aura. Once the lightning impact, it exploded into a sparkling rain that energized Crystal's side of the field.
Crystal: 3200
Violet: 4500
"She gained life points?" Jaden gasped.
"You gained life points!" Violet shouted, "How?"
"Easy," Crystal said, taking the sleeping pixie off her head and cradling her. "When I'm about to take effect damage, my little friend turns it into Life Points gained. Goes to show you, the smaller the package, the greater the reward…" She giggled when she saw Piff smile in her sleep.
"She escaped defeat again," Jesse stated.
"Also, don't bother attacking with the other two," Crystal continued, taking another card from her graveyard. "With Electromagnetic Turtle in the graveyard, I can stop it just as quickly as you brought it out."
Violet growled, 'Your Plasma Wall's going down after the end of my turn, so don't get cute...' She then announced, "I end my turn." On cue, the Fairy of Tides' Plasma Wall melted away.
"Then let's go," Crystal announced, drawing her next card, "I gain 500 life points from Solemn Wishes..."
Crystal: 3700
Violet: 4500
"Now time to dance with the Winx Fairy of Melody!" She continued, playing another Monster Card.
In a magenta flash, another Fairy girl Musa with blackish blue hair in twin short tails and deep blue eyes appeared. She was dressed in a sparkling red top with translucent pink fabric at the middle, a red mini skirt, and knee-high wedge red boots. She also wears purple headphones atop her head and purple ribbons around her forearms (the one on her left arm has loose ends hanging from it). Her wings are translucent bright blue with purple bands in the middle. (4/1400-1700/1600-1900) She gave a hi-five to the Tides Fairy while sharing a soft hug with the Linphea Fairy.
She then played a spell having a disco ball firing multiple blasts at numerous Ghoul Goblins, "And then, I'll have her play some music with her Fairy Spell Boogie Blaster! It makes all monsters on your side of the field lose 500 ATK!"
Violet and the witches gasped as the Fairy of Melody created a giant disco ball above her. Then, it unleashed numerous silver blasts from it and three of them hit the witches to disorient them. (4/2500-2000/1100), (5/2400-1900/1200), (5/2200-1700/1400)
"She's really making a comeback," Jaden exclaimed.
"Told ya, you can't keep this girl down for long..." Jesse added with a smile.
"Let's go Witch Hunting!" Crystal announced, "Fairy of the Tides, attack the Witch of the Ice!"
The green fairy launched another plasma wave that engulfed the Witch and sent her back into the dark cloud, leaving the other witches behind. (5/1900-1600/1200), (5/1700-1400/1400)
Crystal: 3700
Violet: 4100
"Fairy of Linphea, attack Witch of the Dark!"
The pink fairy used her spells to re-grow her vines which sent the Storm Witch into the dark ground with several cracks against the skin. (5/1400-1100/1400)
Crystal: 3700
Violet: 4000
"Fairy of Melody, attack Witch of the Storm!"
The red fairy took in the energy of the disco ball and then launched a spell of red musical notes that surrounded the last Witch and blew her back into the clouds with her sisters.
Crystal: 3700
Violet: 3400
Violet shrieked in anger. "I activate my Witch Rising Trap card!" She shrieked again at the red aura surrounding her, still in anger and none of the pain.
Crystal: 3700
Violet: 1900
Then the three witches descended back onto the field. (5/1600-2200/1400), (5/1800-2400/1200), (5/1900-2500/1100)
In the control room...
Viper looked on at the duel and was surprised at the startling revelation.
"It looks like the anger I need is not in Crystal Rose," Viper mused. "The anger of killing off her loved ones and doing whatever it takes to protect them. It seems Violet has what I need... the anger of having someone against her not accepting defeat yet having the best way to protect her 'loved ones'."
Back to the duel...
"I end my turn." Crystal concluded.
"She's almost there..." Jesse said silently. "She just needs one of those miracle draws to win..."
"It's my turn," Violet shouted, drawing her next card. Once she looked at it. "Now you'll be through..."
"Well off course," Crystal sighed, "You can beat them, but at least I know they're still with me..." She looked to her monsters and smiled, who in turn smiled back at her. "You can't hurt me anymore, Violet... I'll defeat you next turn."
The witch duelist scoffed, "I wasn't talking to you." Everyone was confused, until she snapped and pointed at three others, "I was talking about you three!"
It was her Trix Witches, who looked back in startling confusion.
"The Trix?" Jesse wondered.
"What about them?" Jaden asked as well.
"You three were supposed to be the most dangerous of cards amongst magic-related beings," Violet snarled at her monsters, "Even monsters that had more ATK couldn't hold a candle to you all! Well, I'm fed up!" She then held the card she just drew, "If you three can't grant me the victory against a weakling with fairies and pixies in her deck... then the only thing you three need to be is Tribute Fodder!"
The Witches gasped horribly and started backing away from their mistress slowly; their eyes practically pleading for mercy.
"Violet, don't!" Crystal shouted, knowing what was about to happen to the three monsters.
"I sacrifice my worthless witches and the other cards in my hand and field to summon the most powerful of them all!" Violet shouted, "Dark Magic Incarnate – Ancestral Witches Trio!"
Suddenly, pitch black thunder erupted from the ground and shocked the Witches into unforgiving and everlasting pain. Everyone watched in horror as the witches suffered from the mistress' anger. Next, three black hands popped out and grabbed each of the witches, clutching them tightly.
"You have to stop!" Crystal continued to plead.
It still fell on deaf ears when three figures appeared from the hands. They were three very old women with graying hair and black masks around their yellow glowing eyes. They also were barefooted as well, wearing black, grey, dark blue dresses and capes. (10/3000/3200) The Witches inside the hands suddenly fell limp as the old Witches cackled loudly.
"Because of their sacrifice, they become Equip Cards to the Ancestral Witches," Violet continued, who calmed herself down from all the madness. "And with those Equip Cards, they offer themselves to their ancient past!"
"You hurt them..." Jesse shouted.
"Those monsters were practically your friends," Jaden shouted also. "And then you give them up for some old and outdated?"
"They failed me," the Witch duelist said coldly, "I have no use for failures..."
Crystal looked confused, 'Why does that sound familiar...?'
"I activate the effect of the Ancestral Witches," Violet continued, "I send one of the Equip Cards to the graveyard in order to attack, since you control more monsters than I do!"
One of the dark hands sunk into the ground, taking the Witch of the Storm into her grave.
'She's not even calling them by their names...' Crystal thought sadly.
She quickly regained her senses when saw the old Witches combine their powers into a single black orb of energy. They sent it in one quick motion, completely engulfing Crystal's side of the field in dark smoke.
"Crystal!" Everyone shouted.
The smoke faded, leaving the Magical Girl duelist coughing and on her knees, shivering.
Crystal: 700
Violet: 1900
"I end my turn," Violet stated without feeling.
"You alright, Crystal," Jesse called out.
"Yeah," Crystal replied, standing up and drawing her next card, letting Solemn Wishes heal some points.
Crystal: 1200
Violet: 1900
"I activate Shrink on your monster!" She announced, inserting her Quick-Play Spell, "Now I cut your Ancestral Witches' Power in half!"
"Sweet, that will put their power less for Crystal's monster to defeat the Witches!" Jaden cheered.
"I activate the second effect of my Ancestral Witches," Violet announced, "I send another Equip Card in order to negate cards that target my monster and then cut your life points in half, ignoring effects!"
Crystal gasped, "That means Piff's effect is negated!"
Suddenly, she was surrounded by a circle of light that shocked her to her knees.
Crystal: 600
Violet: 1900
Then, the hand holding Witch of the Dark sunk into the ground.
"I end my turn," Crystal grunted.
"Now the end has been ensured," Violet announced, drawing her next card. "I send the last Equip Card to graveyard in order attack directly!"
The hand holding the Witch of Ice sunk into the ground and then came back out of the ground and headed straight for Crystal.
"This is it!" Jaden shouted.
"I activate Rescuer from the Grave!"
A spell card slid out of Crystal's graveyard, creating a barrier that repelled the giant hand and sent it back into the ground.
"What!" Violet gasped.
"Rescuer from the Grave activates when you attack!" Crystal explained. "When it's in the graveyard, and I have five other cards in the graveyard to remove, Rescuer from the Grave ends the current Battle Phase!" She removed her Graceful Protector, Pot of Greed, and her three Fairy Spells.
"Cool, Crystal bought herself another turn," Jaden cheered.
"Well, that's what she needs..." Jesse noted. "If she doesn't draw the right one, it's all over."
"I end my turn," Violet concluded. "And my Ancestral Witches gain immunity from destruction plus 1000 ATK with the Trix Witches in the graveyard!"
The Witches cackled as more power from the darkness was increased. (10/3000-4000/3200)
"Let's go," Crystal announced, drawing her next card, letting Solemn Wishes activate.
Crystal: 1100
Violet: 1900
"I activate Heart of the Underdog," She continued, showing off her Normal Monster. "It's my Winx Fairy of Sparx, so I can draw again!" She drew another card, letting her trap activate again.
Crystal: 1600
Violet: 1900
The card she drew wasn't a Normal Monster, so she had to stop. "I activate Fairy-Pixie Swap!" She continued, playing a Spell Card that depicted a split screen of six Winx Fairies on the left and the six Winx Pixies on the right. "I send both of the Winx Pixies from my field to the bottom of the deck and then trade for two Winx Fairies in my hand!" She turned to Piff and Chatta. "Thanks girls!"
Both of them smiled as they went transparent and flew back to her side, while their cards were placed at the bottom of her deck. Then, she played the other two Monster cards from the hand. "Now I summon Winx Fairies of Solaria and Sparx in attack mode!"
Two flashes of light brought forth two more Fairies to delight of the others on the field.
The first had brown eyes and a medium skin tone. Her outfit consists of a sparkling orange one-shoulder top and mini-shorts, with knee-high boots of the same color. She wears her long golden hair in two pigtails with orange tube ties. She also wears light blue cuff wrist bands and a headband of the same color. Her wings are three leaflets with the color of powder blue with teal tips. (4/1500-1800/1400-1700)
The second had long red hair, pale skin, and cyan eyes. Her outfit is a sparkly light blue top decorated with a gold jewel at the center of her chest, a matching light blue miniskirt and light blue ankle boots. She also wears light blue gloves around her arms from elbow to wrist and wears a small golden tiara with rounded points at the top of her head. Her wings are cyan with teal tips. (4/1600-1900/1400-1700)
All five Winx Fairies shared a big group hug.
"And now for the final card," Crystal announced, revealing a card that showed the Winx Fairies combining their powers, "Convergence! I'll have Winx Fairy of Sparx become the only attacker, and she gains 1000 ATK for every other Winx Fairy on the field!"
Violet gasped as the Fairies surrounded the target Fairy and energized her with their powers. Once done, Winx Fairy of Sparx flew up to the skies and was surrounded in multicolored energy while letting out a shout that sounded like a dragon's roar. (4/1900-5900/1700)
"Attack!"
Crystal: 1600, Winner
Violet: 0
Both Bio-Bands activated, draining the energy from their duel and both fell to their knees as a result. Crystal was quickly held up by Jesse as she was breathing heavily. Violet was in shock of her loss and everything she sacrificed... even her favorite monsters and it still wasn't enough.
"Violet..." Crystal was able to say. "Where's Viper...?"
"Don't strain yourself, you need to rest," Jesse said softly.
"Go right... from here..." Violet managed to say, confusing Jesse and Jaden. "I'm sorry... I'm just like you..."
"Huh?" Jaden asked. "What do you mean?"
"I grew up... having no one..." the Witch duelist said weakly, "No one cared... so... I did what I did to be... noticed... I heard Crystal was... the same way... I chose her... to let out my... frustration on..."
"By picking on Crystal," Jesse wondered. "Sounds like a crazy way to be noticed..."
"I don't expect... kindness..." Violet said, lying down. "Just... make sure... she goes home... my only... friend..."
"What about you?" Jaden asked.
"Just leave me..." She replied. "If I live... or if I die... I'll just accept whatever punishment... I get..."
Jaden tried to run over to her but then he was stopped by three dark lights erupting around the fallen Witch duelist, pushing him back.
"Jaden," Jesse shouted, but then gasped at what the dark lights emitted. It was the three Trix Witches that blocked Jaden's path, "The Trix Witches?"
They stood around Violet protectively with eyes of determination.
Crystal smiled, "I knew it... Duel Spirits..."
"Yeah... but..." Jesse stated. "Shouldn't they be mad at her...? She gave them up at a chance for victory..."
"They are..." the Magical Girl duelist replied, "But her anger was misplaced... they are all she has..." She then looked at the witches. "Don't hurt her... she's just hurt, too... make sure she... gets home safely... I was able to endure all the pain... and find my happiness... she still had to find hers..."
The Witches nodded as that sat by their fallen mistress, watching all sides.
Seeing that, Jesse had Crystal on his back while she was eating something to regain a little strength. Jaden got back on his feet and walked with them.
"Let's go guys," Jesse stated as he followed Violet's earlier instructions and took the right direction of where Viper was.
Back the site of Melody's last duel...
"Melody... Melody..." A soft voice called out to her.
She fluttered her eyes a bit before she slowly opened them and was greeted by the sight of Claudio and Syrus looking concerned.
"Claudio... Syrus..." She moaned.
Immediately, the J-Hero duelist hugged her and was relieved she was awake.
"This must be how you felt when Axel had you tied up and I had my energy drained," He said with a sad laugh.
Melody smiled as she enjoyed the embrace and leaned on his shoulder. "At least we got to know that we're still alive and together..."
"Okay, I'm starting to feel like a third wheel here..." Syrus stated as looked away.
The couple looked back to the short Ra and smiled sheepishly. "Sorry Syrus..."
"It's okay..." Syrus laughed a bit. "Just glad you two are still with us..."
Melody then turned back to Claudio but saw a white blanket covering over something next to the dead plant monster. She gasped as she realized something... "Is that...?"
"Yeah," Claudio said sadly, "I can't believe she went through all of this... just for getting at me..."
"But it's not your fault..." Syrus noted.
"Might as well be..." the J-Hero duelist interjected, "I could have stopped Miss Ivy from lashing out by telling everyone to just cool it with the music practice... but now..."
Melody turned his head towards her, "But it was Viper who goaded her into this action! She's also to blame for this! She listened to Viper's words and took the wrong course of action by trying to kill you. Think about it; you were right about that she should have talked to you since everyone would have listened. And I know you would have talked to everyone practicing somewhere else on their free time."
"That's true," Syrus added. "You love music, but you always made sure that everyone felt good about it whether it was you performing, helping others perform, or giving them the courage to do it themselves."
Claudio sadly smiled, "Yeah... still... I'm just sad for Miss Ivy... she was right that I didn't give a flip about her class, yet I listened to her about taking care of them… wish I could've told her..."
The other Ras could only pat his shoulders to assure him...
"Hey guys, look who I found!"
Everyone looked to see Hassleberry return with Kenji behind him...
"You found Kenji," Syrus said with a smile.
Kenji looked over at the damage around the area and saw the covered body with a sad cringe. "So someone wasn't saved..."
"You had personal problems, too," Claudio asked.
"Yeah... on the family level..." the ninja duelist stated, "But we can trade stories later... we got to find everyone and stop this mess."
"I hear you," the J-Hero duelist nodded as he stood up with a grunt. He still remembered the hard squeezing the plant monster gave him and saw the tears in his clothes with some dried blood. "Gotta thank you, Syrus..."
"Thank Miss Fontaine," Syrus replied. "Being in the infirmary last year so long, had nothing better to do..."
"I'm not feeling too hot myself," Melody said, standing up. "But I'm well enough to get moving..."
"Alright then," Kenji spoke up, pointing out the direction he and Hassleberry came from. "If you follow me, I'll lead you to Alexis and another friend of mine..."
"Can't wait to meet him," Hassleberry replied, as the four Ras followed the Obelisk...
With Kenshin and Alexis...
Both of them were still sitting against trees, keeping watch over the unconscious Haku and Shana and waiting for Kenji or Tiana to return.
Suddenly, they heard a rustle in the bushes... Alexis gasped while Kenshin stood up calmly and prepared to draw his sword. Once someone came out, he drew his sword and pointed it at the person.
"Hey, put that away!"
[He's got a sword!]
"Wait a second," Alexis shouted, recognizing the voices. "Atticus, Wheeler!"
Kenshin saw closely at the mentioned person and monkey, seeing how terrified they were.
"Hey sis..." Atticus said, "Can you tell him to put the sword away?"
[Please!] Wheeler shouted, still wary of the sharp object.
The samurai calmly sheathed his sword, "I take it these are two of your friends?"
"Yeah, Atticus is my brother," Alexis noted, walking up to her brother and giving him a hug, "I'm glad you're safe..."
"Sorry about running out on you guys..." the Red-Eyes duelist said as the embrace broke. "Just lashed out... At least I know you're safe..." He then looked to Kenshin, "And who's this... Kenji's brother or something?"
"Actually, he's Kenji's rival," the Cyber Girl duelist replied. "Kenji was supposed to be looking for you guys, but you two found us."
Atticus then looked at the unconscious girls tied to the tree, "And why are they there?"
"They tried to kill us..."
"Then we should get to the others," Atticus noted, "I had a run in with some guy in a black cloak... If Viper's got duelists down here... it isn't safe in groups."
"Then let's go on ahead and catch up with them," Kenshin offered.
"Are you sure?" Alexis asked, pointing Shana and Haku, "But should you stay with them?"
"Positive," the samurai nodded, carrying a large bag on his back, with a sword and several other times inside, "These two could escape, but they'll have to be on the run and it's not safe for them out there with two families' worth of samurai and ninja on their tails. I got what I came for plus I took their tools and sword. That's proof enough the mission went well... And I got a big hunch where all of this will take place... we can meet there for Kenji and your friends..."
[Then let's go!] Wheeler announced.
Kenshin then noticed Wheeler for the first time, "A talking monkey?"
"Long story," the Rhodes siblings stated as the four of them headed for another part of the forest.
"I guess you'll be telling me the story as well."
The four of them looked up and saw Jim with Shirley strapped on his back.
"Jim, you're here, too," Alexis said.
"Yup," the Fossil duelist said, "Follow me if you want to find the others... I think I know where to find Viper..."
With Allyson and Reyna...
Allyson wiped the tears she shed seeing Mr. Stein fall to his death and went back to Reyna's side.
"Reyna... Reyna..." She said, trying to wake her up.
"Allyson! Reyna!"
The Spirit Monster duelist gasped happily as she looked to see Jaden and Jesse with Crystal on his back.
"Jaden! Jesse!" She said as she quickly hugged them both and planted a kiss on Jaden, making him blush, "I'm so glad you're alright and you didn't drown..."
Losing the blush, Jaden said, "You knew what happened to me?"
"Viper showed me and Reyna of you nearly drowning while she dueled Professor Stein." She replied.
Jaden gasped as he ran over to the unconscious form of his sister, "Reyna! Are you okay?"
He was answered with a groan, "I'll be okay... just stop with the shouting..." Reyna whined. "Too loud..."
Jaden had a grin on his face, hugging his sister, "Yeah, you're okay!"
Crystal smiled along with the Anderson siblings but then noticed something, "Where is Mr. Stein if he was dueling Reyna?"
That's when it got silent for Allyson as she sadly pointed to the abyss, "I tried to save them both, but I could only get to Reyna in time..."
"Why was he dueling against you guys," Jaden wondered.
"Because he had a big grudge against you," Reyna replied, causing the elder Yuki to gasp. The younger sibling looked to him and said, "Jay, have you ever thought about what you do affecting everyone else in this school? Stein was pretty mad about you not..."
Suddenly, the roar of a motorcycle engine was heard interrupting Reyna's sentence.
"Hang on," Jesse said suddenly, walking across the bridge.
"Jesse?" Crystal wondered.
"What is it?" Allyson asked.
Hearing a big laugh amongst the engine noise, the Crystal Beast duelist narrowed his eyes, "It's him..."
"Him, who?" Jaden wondered.
"A duelist I've been looking for..." He replied.
Crystal gasped, "You mean..."
"...Trapper?" Allyson finished.
"The one and the same," Jesse stated.
"What about him?" Reyna asked.
"Well..."
(Flashback)
Jesse remembered when he was walking down the street in his home town during the summer. He then came down to an alleyway when he noticed a floating, light green bean monster wearing a cape and holding a shield and sword. It looked worried as it was looking for something.
"This was before I got the Crystal Beasts," Jesse told his story, "I noticed this Duel Spirit wandering around with a sad look on its face..."
"Hey little guy," Jesse said, "Something wrong?"
The duel spirit floated down the alleyway without a word, prompting Jesse to follow it. But at the end of it, he saw a little boy with brown hair with a duel disk on his arm. He looked roughed up and his cards were scattered around him. He quickly ran over to the fallen boy and helped him up.
"You okay, pal?" He pleaded as the kid woke up, "What happened to ya?"
"My Jerry Beans Man..." the kid said sadly, "My Jerry Beans Man was taken from me."
"Huh?"
"This big guy dueled me, but I lost. And then he knocked me down, took my card and ran off..."
Jesse gasped, "Who is he?"
"He called himself Trapper..." the kid replied. "He called himself a 'Spirit Collector' and said that my card was one of them. Now it's gone..."
"Not for long..."
The kid looked up to Jesse, who had a determined smile.
"I'll find this guy and get your card back," Jesse said. "After all, I know what it's like to have a close bond with your cards. And when I do find Trapper, I'll make sure he doesn't take anyone else's cards."
The boy smiled and nodded, "Thanks..."
(End Flashback)
"Sometimes, I got close enough to catching him," Jesse stated, "But he always got away with a crazy laugh, taunting me..."
"Yeah, you told me this," Allyson said. "You always talked to me about Duel Spirits and all that..."
"He told me that, too," Crystal added. "Because I could see Duel Spirits and he warned me that Trapper could be looking for me..."
Suddenly, another crazy laugh was heard from the opened door.
"Was that him?" Jaden asked.
"Yup," Jesse nodded as he headed for the door, "I know that laugh anywhere..."
Once inside, Crystal Beast Sapphire Pegasus and Topaz Tiger appeared.
"Be careful guys," Pegasus warned.
Topaz Tiger could see a shadowy figure in front of him and prepared to pounce. "It's feeding time. I see fresh meat!"
He then leapt into action. But at the same time, Pegasus saw a black whip lash out and forced him to take action by pushing his tiger friend away but he ended up taking the whip, making him scream out.
"Pegasus!" Jesse cried out.
"Oh no!" Crystal gasped.
Jaden, Reyna, and Allyson finally got into the door and saw Pegasus fall to the ground. However, the latter couldn't see what was going on but could tell something bad was happening. "Jesse... is it..."
She got her answer when a man in a motorcycle launched a giant, egg-shaped container near Jesse and dropped in front of him. The others saw that Pegasus was trapped in there...
"No way," Reyna gasped.
"He can trap spirits?" Jaden asked in shock.
The shadowy figure on the motorcycle shouted in a country accent, "Your little pony's mine now!" He then revved up his motorcycle and raced off with a cable connecting Pegasus' prison and taking off.
Crystal got off of Jesse's back and went to her knees. Jesse looked back, "Crystal?"
"I'll be fine, go help Sapphire Pegasus," She protested.
He nodded, and looked back to Jaden and the others, "Stay here with Crystal, I'll be back!"
Topaz Tiger vanished as well when Jesse ran after the motorcyclist.
"I'm coming with you," Allyson shouted, chasing after her brother.
Reyna looked to Jaden, "Guess that leaves you to take care of me and Crystal..."
"Looks that way," Jaden nodded as he carried her over to the Magical Girl duelist and looked to where Jesse and Allyson ran to. "Just hope they're going to be alright..."
Both the Anderson siblings chased after the motorcyclist down a hallway until they came into a windowless and dark room. On the other side, they saw the motorcyclist stop his engine and jumped off, finally letting two kids see his face. He had bright orange hair with yellow tufts on the side and an orange goatee. He was dressed in a green outfit similar to a hunter's attire and had a duel disk on his left wrist.
"No more games, Trapper!" Jesse shouted.
"Are you kidding," Trapper laughed, "My whole life's a game..."
"Stealing other peoples' cards is a game to you," Allyson shouted.
"Of course, little missy," Trapper stated as Sapphire Pegasus' prison launched itself from the motorcycle and launched cables from the top and bottom. They attached to the ceiling and floor, leaving the Crystal Beast dangling in the air. "Just hoping either one of you is ready to deal."
"Give him back, Trapper," Jesse shouted. He then looked to his Pegasus, "Don't worry, pal! I'll have you out in a jiffy!" He turned back to Trapper, "Alright, if you want a duel against me... you got one!"
"Good," Trapper smirked, "You win, and you get your Spirit back. You lose, and I get the rest of your Crystal Beasts! I'm looking to collect the whole set!"
"You're on," the Crystal Beast stated with determination, activating his duel disk, "I don't plan on losing..."
"Neither do I!" Trapper stated, inserting his deck into his disk and activating it.
Both players drew their opening hands.
"DUEL!"
'I know I can't see your spirits, Jesse,' Allyson thought, looking at the suspended egg case above, seeing nothing in there. 'But I know your monster's in there, and I hope you get him out...'
Jesse: 8000
Trapper: 8000
"I'll go first, squirt," Trapper announced, drawing his sixth card, "I'll summon my Lure Phantom in defense mode!"
Once he placed the card on his field, a grey ghost with a mask that had a happy face appeared. It blocked with its white-gloved hands. (1/0/0)
"I'll then lay down these three facedown cards." He concluded, inserting his three cards into his disk.
"Then it's my turn," Jesse announced, drawing his sixth card. "I summon out my Crystal Beast Jade Unicorn to the field!"
A jade stone appeared on the field, until it brightened up and brought out a white unicorn with a jade horn. (4/1800/1600)
"Okay Jesse," It said in a feminine voice, "We will get our friend back!"
"Right," the Crystal Beast duelist nodded.
"So," Trapper grinned, "You do have more than just the original seven! It's my lucky day, I'm gonna collect them all! Even thought, I only need your other original six to get the seven I want."
"You'll never have them all," Jesse retorted, "I activate Jade Unicorn's effect! I can take another Crystal Beast from my deck and then add it to my hand."
'That's right,' the Spirit Hunter smirked as his opponent took his choice card, 'Bring all your little critters to the field! I got something nice for 'em...'
"Now, I'll attack your Phantom!" the North Academy duelist announced as the unicorn galloped across the field, preparing to jab the horn into the ghost...
"But wouldn't you be comfortable attacking me?" the Spirit Hunter smirked, "After all, I'm holding one of your pals..."
"Huh?"
"I activate the trap, Astral Barrier!" Trapper countered, revealing his facedown card and let it glow bright, "Thanks to this, I can make your attacks, direct attacks!"
"That's fine with me!" Jesse said as his unicorn leapt over the Lure Phantom...
"But that activates Lure Phantom's effect!" Trapper continued, "It sends both it and your monster back to the hand when I'm under a direct attack!"
Suddenly, the Phantom grabbed Unicorn by the leg and then tossed it back over to Jesse's side.
"Don't worry, I got ya," He said, holding out his arms to catch the Crystal Beast.
"No, I got ya!" Trapper cackled, revealing his facedown card. "I play my second Trap card, Hunting Net!"
Jesse gasped as he saw a large net with rocket thrusters in each corner catch the Unicorn before the Crystal Beast could return to him. The rockets gathered up the Crystal Beast and brought them behind Trapper who let out his infamous.
"Jesse, help me!" The unicorn cried out.
"Give her back!" He shouted.
"Oh no," Trapper grinned, "Hunting Net captures any monster that would have returned to your hand, slaps a Prey Counter on it, and then put it right on my field." He eyed the Unicorn. "This is just cheap prize in place of your other one I got behind me and the ones I want."
"Well, I can't do anything else so I'll place two cards facedown to end my turn." Jesse stated, inserting two of his cards into the disk.
"Alright, it's my move," Trapper announced, drawing his next card, "And then, replay my Lure Phantom to the field in defense mode!"
Once again, the goofy looking ghost reappeared to defend its master. (1/0/0)
Jesse groaned, 'And with that Astral Barrier, he can switch any attack to a direct attack... I'm locked out!'
"Don't fret, little man," the Spirit Hunter smirked, "You want your unicorn back? I can give it to you... that is, if you're willing to make a sacrifice?"
"What?" the Crystal Beast Duelist shouted desperately.
"I activate the Spell Dark Auction!" He announced, inserting a Spell card that depicted a man selling off a rare beast at an auction. "This puts your Unicorn back into your hand... but at the cost of its ATK coming out of your score... but that's not a choice you can make!"
A black aura surrounded Jesse, draining him of his life points and causing him pain.
Jesse: 6200
Trapper: 8000
'I don't like that he lost life points just to get his monster back that already belonged to him,' Allyson thought with slight anger, 'But at least Trapper doesn't have it anymore...'
Then, the net around Jade Unicorn vanished as Trapper said, "You're free, now scat!"
Jade Unicorn scoffed and then ran for Jesse, "I'm sorry that you had to lose your life points for me..."
But Trapper grinned as he activated his last facedown card, "Hunting Net, activate!"
Jesse, Allyson, and Jade Unicorn gasped as the latter one found herself caught in another net and placed right back into Trapper's Spell and Trap card Zone.
"No!" The unicorn shouted.
"Sorry kid," Trapper laughed, inserting another two facedown cards. "But you should know I would keep a spare net, just in case! Now move on with your turn... but be careful... you don't know what I got planned for you..."
"I'll draw," Jesse announced, drawing his next card.
Allyson was looking back to the capsule that held Pegasus and saw something faint, 'Wait... can I...' To her a big flash emitted inside the capsule, and she then saw a white horse with yellow wings and a sapphire horn. She gasped at watch she saw, 'Sapphire Pegasus...' She looked to her big brother. "Jesse, what's wrong with your Pegasus?"
Jesse looked to his captive Spirit and saw that Sapphire Pegasus was now having trouble breathing. "He doesn't look so good," He then gasped. "You can see him?"
Trapper looked smugly at the siblings, "Well isn't that great? You're going to love this then... consider this a welcome gift to earning your sight to the spirits..."
He then pulled out a small, cylinder remote and pressed a blue button on the bottom of it. The Andersons were met with a smaller capsule rising up and saw the spirit of a small, brown bug with four gloved hands and a green bowtie.
"A Gokipon?" Allyson wondered.
"These capsules don't just capture Spirits," Trapper explained with a grin on his face. "They allow me to take whatever energy they have... with a push of this here red button..."
He pressed the red button and then the capsule glowed red, which had the Gokipon scream in unforgiving pain which got both siblings to gasp horribly as the monster finally shattered into red pixels.
"You have no right to do this to them!" Allyson snapped.
"You're sick!" Jesse added.
"Please," Trapper winked at both of them, "You know both of ya'll enjoy what you saw today..." He then eyed Sapphire Pegasus, "And the same will happen to your horsey when you lose..." He then thought, 'And I know you'll send all of your Crystal Beasts to send my way in order to save your Pegasus. But I'm only looking for the other six that goes with him...'
Jesse shook with anger as he looked over his hand, but calmed down a bit, 'But I can't attack with his Astral Barrier and that Lure Phantom on the field... but as long as I got my monsters kept in my hand, I can keep myself safe. I need to make him come to me...' "I'll pass this turn..."
"Aw," Trapper mocked, "I thought you would take action to save all your spirits... think of it, it'll be like a family reunion every time I get one of them to come to my side!"
Jesse growled as his opponent laughed.
"Jesse, calm down," Allyson pleaded, "He wants you angry, and that's how Viper's getting your energy..."
"Looks like I got to put a little fear in your brother's heart," the Spirit Hunter stated as he drew his next card. "First, I use Pot of Greed! And greed is good right about now!" He then drew two more cards after the grinning pot appeared, "I sacrifice my Lure Phantom for my Infernal Blasthound!"
The ghost vanished into thin air and brought out a giant, black bulldog wearing a spiked, bronze collar and twin cannons on its back. (5/1000/500)
"Now I'll have my beast attack directly!" Trapper continued, inserting another card, "And then I'll add my Ego Boost, giving it 1000 ATK during the Battle Phase!"
The bulldog charged at Jesse, ready to pounce as it was glowing yellow... (5/1000-2000/500)
"Watch out," the Spirit Monster duelist gasped.
"I activate a trap card, G-Force!" Jesse countered, revealing his facedown card, "This will summon a Crystal Beast and make it the new target of your attack!"
"I think not," Trapper stated, revealing one of his facedown cards, "Since we're in the Battle Phase, I can activate Trap Jammer to negate your trap and let my beast continue the attack!"
Allyson and the Crystal Beasts watched in horror as Infernal Blasthound slammed Jesse to the ground, and keep its hold on him.
Jesse: 4200
Trapper: 8000
Allyson ran over to the hound to get it off her brother, but the giant dog launched a blast of flames that caused her to duck and drop to the ground.
"Allyson," Jesse shouted, but was cut short by the hound's grip on him.
"This is between you and me, Jesse," Trapper smirked, "And then, when my hound deals Battle Damage, I get to discard one card from your hand!" He continued as his hound scratched a card out of Jesse's hand, revealing it to be Ruby Carbuncle who squeaked in pain before her spirit was sent to the graveyard.
"Ruby!"
"Now there it is, one of the originals!" Trapper grinned as his Blasthound came back to him, "Can't wait to add her to my collection... so I can go and get the Rainbow Dragon!"
Allyson gasped, "How do you know about Rainbow Dragon?"
"The card doesn't exist, yet!" Jesse added as he got up.
"But the spirit does," the Spirit Hunter interjected. "And I want that Dragon... and I know where it is! In a place called the Valley of the World! It's also where the Rainbow Dragon was created."
Jesse was in shock, 'Even I didn't know that!'
"And to get it, I need your original seven Crystal Beasts to unlock it," Trapper stated, "I knew you'd come after me when I took that kid's own monster; the little squirt didn't know it carried a Spirit! But since you can see them, you'd come running..."
"Well here's some news for you," the Crystal Beast duelist shouted, "You'll never have the Rainbow Dragon or my Crystal Beasts!"
In the control room...
Viper laughed as he watched the duel take place.
"Not only Crystal and Cassandra had their problems, but I can see Jesse's rage will bring me the energy I need to get my son back," He stated. "He'll do anything to get his monsters back..."
"I'll end my turn." Trapper concluded. "Now that you know what I want, I'll make sure your sister and your monsters watch as you suffer a painful defeat."
"He won't lose," Allyson shouted back. "Those are his monsters!"
'Right,' Jesse thought with determination. 'The Crystal Beasts are my responsibility... after all; they chose me as their owner. Mr. Pegasus said I was able to unlock them from their crystals and even created more of them to help fortify the deck.'
"It's my turn now," Jesse announced, drawing his next card. "You're not getting away with my Crystal Beasts! They're my family and their power will never be yours to command!" He then inserted his next card, "I play my Pot of Greed to draw two cards!" The Grinning pot appeared, letting him draw two more cards, "Next, I play Crystal Beast Garnet Fox!"
A garnet gem appeared on the field and then shattered to reveal a medium size red-orange fox with a black tipped ears and legs and a red garnet gem embedded in its forehead. (3/600/600)
"I'm ready, Jesse!" the Fox announced, baring his fangs at the Spirit Hunter.
"First, since you were summoned, I get a Spell card from my deck!" the Crystal Beast duelist stated as he retrieved his choice card, "Next, I equip you with the Crystal Release Spell to give you 800 ATK!" After inserting his Spell card, the gem on the fox's forehead had brightened, giving it more power. (3/600-1400/600)
"Now he can attack that Infernal Blasthound," Allyson cheered.
"Time to attack," Jesse commanded as the fox dashed right for the larger enemy and then leapt to bite...
"I activate my Capture Trap," Trapper countered, revealing his facedown card. "Since I got one of your pets, this allows me to negate your birdie's attack and then grab it!"
Fox gasped as the Infernal Blasthound jumped out of the way and let it get caught inside of a cage, "Oh no!"
"Two down!" Trapper grinned. But Jesse smirked, causing the Hunter to be confused. "What are you smiling about, boy?"
"Because when you took my fox, Crystal Release went into the graveyard and activates its effect," the Crystal Beast duelist stated, "I place my Crystal Beast Diamond Phoenix into the Spell and Trap Zone!"
Soon, a shattered fragment of a blue diamond appeared on the field.
"So it's true how they can stay on the field as precious stones," Trapper mused, "But that won't make a difference if you can't do anything to protect yourself!"
"Well, I'll activate the card I got from Garnet Fox, my E-Force," Jesse smiled, inserting the Quick-Play Spell card. "This lets me Special Summon my Crystal Beast Diamond Phoenix from the back row!"
The diamond fragment shattered into revealing an orange phoenix with a diamond stripe around its neck and a yellow beak. (4/1200/800)
"Let's do it, Jesse!" The Phoenix smiled. "Especially since my Special Ability comes into play!"
"Right, when you're summoned from the Spell and Trap card Zone, you gain 400 ATK!" Jesse cheered as the diamond stripe started glowing around the phoenix's neck. (4/1200-1600/800)
"Attack that Infernal Blasthound!" He announced as the Phoenix charged straight for the Blasthound dead on and pierced the last monster into pieces.
Jesse: 4200
Trapper: 7400
"You may have gotten him, but I got Blasthound's effect," Trapper countered, "I get to Special Summon Infernal Blasthound from my deck in defense mode!" As he put the card on the field, another black bulldog appeared and sat down in front of its master. (5/1000/500)
"And I'm happy you did that," Jesse smiled, revealing his facedown card, "I activate Triggered Summon! Now I can Special Summon a Level 4 or below monster from my hand! My Crystal Beast Aquamarine Swan now joins the field!"
An aquamarine stone appeared on the field and shattered apart, bringing out a beautiful white swan with aquamarine gems embedded in its forehead and wings. (3/1000/1400)
"I'm here, Jesse," She said in a calming voice.
"And to make things worse for ya, I can play M-Force which increases my swan's ATK by 500 and inflict piercing damage to you!" He continued, inserting his next card.
The swan sighed happily feeling the power coursed through her. (3/1000-1500/1400)
"Attack that second Blasthound!" He commanded.
"Yes!" the swan shouted as she flew into the sky and then flapped her wings, setting blue, air cutters into the dog and ripped it apart.
Jesse: 4200
Trapper: 6400
Trapper growled as he brought out another Blasthound in defense mode again. (5/1000/500)
"I then end my turn." Jesse concluded.
"It's my move," Trapper announced, drawing his next card, "I summon Lure Phantom in Defense mode!"
"It's too bad, you don't have any more Capture Nets to use that Lure Phantom for your troubles," Jesse stated, drawing his next card. "I'll summon my next Crystal Beast Opal Panther!"
Soon, an opal stone had appeared on the field and then flashed into a black panther with opal gems embedded in the sides of its legs. (4/1100/1000)
"Time to get serious," The Panther growled. "Our comrades are in trouble!"
"And you're getting more serious when your Special Ability doubles your ATK until the end of the Battle Phase!"
Trapper gasped as the Panther's gems brightened up (4/1100-2200/1000) "Oh no!"
"Alright, Aquamarine Swan and Diamond Phoenix," Jesse announced, "Take down his two monsters!"
The birds let out a loud call as they flapped their wings furiously and sent a whirlwind that blew away both the Blasthound and the Lure Phantom.
'It wouldn't have mattered if he tried to use Lure Phantom's effect,' Allyson smiled, 'Because he would have just put himself in a loop that wouldn't escape damage from Jesse's other monster!'
"Opal Panther, attack directly!"
The panther snarled as she raced across the field and then pounced on top of Trapper, putting him on his back.
"Compliments of the Crystal Beasts," Panther smirked and then slashed her prey in the face, making him cry out.
Jesse: 4200
Trapper: 4200
The Opal Panther went back to Jesse's side with a pleased smile on her face, even as she powered down. (4/2200-1100/1000)
"That had to hurt," Allyson laughed.
"And with the scores tied up it's all you, Trapper," Jesse smiled.
"Laugh it up, kids," Trapper scoffed as he got up and drew his next card. "I activate Magic Planter to destroy my Astral Barrier and draw two cards!" The trap in question shattered into pixels, letting him draw two cards. He smirked at his find and inserted one of his cards into his disk, "Time for some payback of my own! I activate the Decoy Baby Spell card! I can take your Opal Panther, since I got a monster that's the same type: your Garnet Fox in my Spell and Trap card Zone!"
Opal Panther gasped as a robotic version of Garnet Fox appeared in front of her and then exploded into a cage, trapping the Panther inside and placing her onto Trapper's field.
"He's got three of them now," Allyson said.
"And then, to make sure you don't attack, I'll activate my Dark Hole Spell card to destroy all of your Monsters cards!"
A black hole opened up in the middle of the field and then pulled the Swan and Phoenix into void, shattering them into fragments of their respective stones.
"You must have forgotten by destroying them, I can place them in my back row as Continuous Spell cards," Jesse stated.
"Well, you don't have anything to play like I do," Trapper retorted, signaling the end of his turn.
"Let's see about that," the Crystal Beast duelist stated, drawing his next card. He then played, "I play Rare Value! You select one of my Crystal Beasts to go the graveyard, and then I can draw two more cards!"
'There's no stopping this kid!' Trapper gasped and then made his choice, "I pick the Phoenix!"
The Diamond vanished into sparkles as Jesse drew his two cards. "Next, I summon my Crystal Beast Pearl Butterfly!" Next, a white pearl appeared on the field and then shattered to create a small brown butterfly with green and pink wings and pearl gems embedded in its wings. (3/500/400) "And then, I got up to four Crystal Beasts in my graveyard and on my field so I can play my Rainbow Moonstone Wyvern!"
A giant rainbow-colored moonstone appeared on the field, and then shattered into the serpentine dragon that put the school in awe during the opening school day. It let out a righteous roar as it felt the trouble from the other Crystal Beasts. (6/2400/1000)
"Wait..." Trapper shouted as he saw an image of a larger dragon behind the wyvern, "I thought you didn't have the Rainbow Dragon!"
"I don't," Jesse smirked, "But one of his effects treats him as such! And now he and my Butterfly will treat you two double direct attack!"
Trapper braced himself as the Butterfly squeaked angrily and struck him in the face.
Jesse: 4200
Trapper: 3700
Then, the Wyvern opened its mouth and let out a breath of the fiery seven colors and engulfed Trapper into its flames and left him kneeling on the ground.
Jesse: 4200
Trapper: 1300
"We're almost there!" Allyson cheered.
"It's your last turn, Trapper," Jesse declared, "And you won't have my monsters for very long!"
With Jaden, Reyna, and Crystal...
Jaden was looking over Crystal and his sister while looking at the door for Jesse's and Allyson's return.
"Alright then," Reyna said, picking herself up. "Let's go help out Jesse and Allyson..."
"Hey wait a sec," Jaden protested, "You're still out of it..."
"And we can't sit here knowing that the Spirits are in danger," Crystal added, standing on her two feet as well. "We can't let Trapper do as he pleases..."
The E-Hero duelist sighed and nodded, "Okay..."
"Then let's go..." Reyna nodded as her brother helped them inside the next room...
In the control room...
Viper nodded at the screen. "Very good, once the duel between Jesse and Trapper ends, I'll have all the energy I need to complete my mission." He then turned to the containers behind him. "Just a little longer until you two resurrect and grant me my son's resurrection as well..."
Back to the duel...
Trapper growled defiantly and drew his next card, turning out to be Pot of Avarice, 'Damn! But I haven't lost yet... I can still play my real trump card from an old friend of his!' He then inserted one card facedown. "I place one card facedown and end my turn. Now come and bring your big dragon my way, so I can put him in the biggest cage I got set for him!"
"Don't even try to act tough anymore," Jesse stated, drawing his next card, "I know that facedown card isn't a trap card, otherwise you wouldn't look so angry from it."
"Looks like you got it, Jesse!" Allyson smiled.
"Looks that way, sis," the Crystal Beast duelist said, "First, Pearl Butterfly will give me 200 life points for each Crystal Beast on the field! That's her and my Swan as a crystal in the back row!"
The Butterfly rained small sparkles over the Crystal Beast duelist, giving him a small amount.
Jesse: 4600
Trapper: 1300
"Now Wyvern..."
"Hang on, there," Trapper interrupted.
"You won't be able to talk your way out of this one," the Spirit Monster duelist retorted. "You've lost..."
"Oh yeah," the Spirit Hunter smirked as he pulled out a card from his vest pocket, "Tell that to this little guy!"
Suddenly, the Spirit of the Jerry Beans Man appeared behind Trapper with a worried look on his face.
"You took that card from that kid," Jesse shouted out. "He's been looking for him!"
"But of course," Trapper smirked. "After all, since you said you were coming for him... and it's good thing you were around when you made that promise. But let's see how loyal you are to that kid's promise... Call off your attack, or else I will tear up this little card!"
Jerry Beans Man started screaming in fear when it heard what its captor was planning to do.
"Don't do it!" Jesse pleaded.
"Stop that!" Allyson shouted.
"It's either this card or your Pegasus," the Spirit Hunter stated. "If you win, I'll tear up this card, but if you lose, I kill your Pegasus with this button and drain its energy. I don't have to have the spirit alive in order to unlock the real Rainbow Dragon!"
Jesse sighed, "I end my turn by switching my Pearl Butterfly into defense mode."
Allyson looked worried at the Spirits, 'This is what Jesse has to endure with having Spirits? With how he says, they're not supposed to be like this...'
"Good boy, now I draw," Trapper announced, drawing his next card. "I reveal my facedown card Pot of Avarice!" His facedown card revealed his Spell he tried to bluff with, "I take my 3 Infernal Blasthounds and 2 Lure Phantoms in the graveyard, shuffle them back into my deck, and draw two more cards!" He then took his five monsters and shuffled them back into his deck, and then drew two afterwards, "Now it's time to make you lose some of them life points! I play the Spell, Substitute Pain! For every monster I captured from ya, I deal 400 points of damage!"
Allyson gasped as Trapper took the whip from his side and then gave Jesse three lashes against his body, making him cry out and kneel down, "Jesse!"
Jesse: 3400
Trapper: 1300
"I suggest you stay where you are, little missy!" Trapper continued, inserting a Spell card into his disk, "You move, and I'll tear up the card! Now I play Snatch Steal! This equips on to one of your monsters and then makes it my own! Now let me have the thrill of a fraction of the Rainbow Dragon's power by taking your Wyvern!"
"No!" the Andersons shouted as large dragon vanished from their side to Trapper's side.
"Oh yeah," Trapper announced, inserting another Spell card, "I'll give your dragon a present... the Neon Laser Blaster! It gives MY Rainbow Moonstone Wyvern 500 ATK and the ability to pierce through your Butterfly and into those life points of yours!"
The Wyvern was now strapped to twin, golden cannons with armor around its neck. (6/2400-2900/1000)
"Now give that brat a beating!" The Wyvern had no choice as it felt most of its energy being transferred into the Neon Laser Blasters and then went full force into destroying Pearl Butterfly, reducing her into a pearl fragment, and then knocking both Jesse and Allyson back.
Jesse: 900
Trapper: 1300
"I end my turn!" Trapper concluded, having a laugh at the siblings' plight, "But don't worry, you gain 1000 life points when your turn comes around from Snatch Steal. But..." He then took out Jerry Beans Man and prepared to tear it apart, "You try to attack and I'll give this little guy his death..."
Jesse growled feeling helpless and then Allyson stood up and shouted, "Why are you doing this!? What did these Spirits do to you!?"
"I got my own reasons," the Spirit Hunter shouted back, "Once upon a time, I was like your big brother... me and my Spirits were pals, tied to the hip and all... but now I see the only reason they exist is for me to trap them and use their energy! That's how I get my bond!"
Hiding out to the sides, Jaden, Reyna, and Crystal were looking on worriedly.
"That's not true," Allyson shouted, "That bond still exists! Something bad must have happened to you, if you have to feel like that's your purpose in life!"
"Like you're on the one to talk," Trapper snapped, "You just found out you can see spirits... but you don't have any of your own... so how do you know what that feels like?"
"Because she knows how I feel about my Crystal Beasts," Jesse interjected, getting up on his feet, "She knows how I treat my monsters like family and I will get them back."
Reyna looked behind her and saw a ladder that lead into the next room and then alerted her brother to it. He silently got the message and both of them started climbing. Crystal looked to them and saw where they were going.
'Good luck, guys,' she thought. 'And hurry...'
"You know what, I'm through playing nice!" Trapper shouted angrily, "I gave you a choice to save one of these spirits, but now I'm just going to kill both of them!" He then held up Jerry Beans Man's card and then started bending it.
On top of the room, Jaden and Reyna could hear the cries of the Spirit calling for help and then found some ropes to swing down...
"Just listen to the little thing," the Spirit Hunter grinned, "Wish you could have saved him..."
"Leave him alone!" Allyson shouted.
Trapper only laughed as he continued to bend the card, increasing the screams of the Spirit.
"Let's go!" Two voices shouted.
Everyone stopped what they were doing and looked around for the voice.
Suddenly, Jaden and Reyna came down swinging and dealt Trapper a kick to his chest before landing, causing the latter to drop the card for Reyna to catch and the control that killed the Spirits in the capsules for Jaden to catch.
"Yes!" Allyson cheered.
"Thanks guys!" Jesse said happily.
Both Yukis gave their two finger salute to the Andersons with Jerry Beans Man joining in.
"It's okay, he's safe," Jaden said.
"Now go rescue your Pegasus!" Reyna added.
Trapper growled as he got back up and watched the Silfers run over to Allyson's side. The Spirit Monster duelist immediately hugged Reyna for recovering and adding kiss for Jaden. Crystal then revealed herself and joined up with the others.
"Got it," Jesse nodded as he drew his next card, "Now I get that 1000 life points for your Snatch Steal!" He had a glowing blue aura around him, regaining his life points.
Jesse: 1900
Trapper: 1300
"But with only one card, that can't save you!" Trapper stated, "And I still got your horsey!"
"Let's see what this card says about that, Crystal Beast Lapis Lazuli Dolphin!" Jesse announced, placing his lone card on the field.
A Lapis Lazuli appeared in the sky and then shattered to create a light blue dolphin with spots filled with Lapis Lazuli gems. (3/900/600)
"Hi, Jesse!" the dolphin greeted with a young girl's voice
"And I'll activate her effect," Jesse continued, "I can pick up the top five cards, keep two, and then send the other three to the bottom of the deck! Wish me luck!"
The dolphin's gem spots shined bright, revealing the five cards he picked up. Jesse scanned the cards and eyed one of them, 'I can't use GEM Burst; I won't have enough Crystal Beasts in my hand,' He then gasped at two in particular, 'Yeah that can work out, it's perfect! Hang tight everyone, I'm comin'!'
He then took two of his choice cards and then placed the rest underneath his deck.
"Alright, I activate a Spell called Crystal Blessing!" Jesse announced, inserting his spell card into his disk, "This lets me place Diamond Phoenix and Ruby Carbuncle in my Spell and Trap card Zone!"
Both Crystal Beasts flew out of the graveyard and then transformed into their crystal fragments next to Pearl Butterfly and Aquamarine Swan.
"Now the field's perfect... for my Crystal Abundance Spell Card!" He continued, inserting the last card into his disk. "Now it's time to free all of the Crystal Beasts!"
"How?" Trapper demanded.
Soon, he got his wish when all four of the crystals on Jesse's side started glowing and unleashed pillars of light according to their color. The lights bended and went straight into Trapper's side of the field, bathing his field in the same light.
"No! What's going on?" He shouted. He gasped as he saw the nets started to dissolve off the Crystal Beasts and then transform into their own crystals that emitted their own lights. Next, Rainbow Moonstone Wyvern vanished into a rainbow light that combined with the others. Then the collective light turned on the capsule that held Sapphire Pegasus and set him free by breaking the capsule. Finally, the light and the spirit of the Pegasus went back into the graveyard.
"Wow!" Allyson, Jaden, Reyna, and Crystal watched.
"What just happened...?" Trapper was also at a loss for words.
"Crystal Abundance uses the four Crystal Beasts in my Spell and Trap card zone and send all cards on the field to the graveyard," Jesse replied, "Lucky for me, it also freed my Pegasus! But that's just part one! Part two, for every card you had on the field, I get to Special Summon the same number of Crystal Beasts from my graveyard!" He then raised his disk up high, "Come on back everyone!"
In a collective flash of light, Crystal Beasts Garnet Fox (3/600/600), Jade Unicorn (4/1800/1600), Opal Panther, (4/1100/1000), Diamond Phoenix (4/1200/800), and Pearl Butterfly (3/500/400) appeared on the field with angry looks on their faces.
"Looks like the hunter's become the hunted," Jesse announced. "Everyone, attack now!"
The five Crystal Beasts charged all at once toward the frightened Trapper, clawing, tackling, and pecking away at the rest of his life points and made him collapse on the ground.
Jesse: 1900, Winner
Trapper: 0
Jesse was left breathing hard as the other three ran up to him.
"You did it, Jesse," Jaden praised.
"Yeah, I couldn't have done it without you and Reyna," the Crystal Beast duelist replied.
"Hey no problem," Reyna said, holding up the Jerry Beans Man Card, "At least you get to return this card to who it belongs to."
"And he'll certainly be very happy that you didn't give up on it," Crystal added.
"Jesse..."
The five students turned to see Trapper lying down, stunned at the attacks he received. He was still able to talk...
"You were right..." He said in a tired, raspy voice. "I was just like you; I had a great bond with my monsters... until one day, they were taken away. I felt the only way to fill the void was to trap a Spirit and then take their energy... then, I was hired by Viper..."
They gasped, "So he did bring you here," Allyson stated.
"He promised if I helped him in gathering energy for his Bio-Bands, he'd lead me to the Rainbow Dragon tablet," Trapper continued. "So, I took him up on his offer..."
"But you got to tell us what Viper is plan..."
Jesse was interrupted when his and Trapper's Bio-Bands activated and drained their energy. Jesse fell to his knees and was held up by Allyson and Jaden.
But for Trapper, he saw something else...
He saw the all the spirits he had killed in the past inside glowing white orbs. They all surrounded him and were enveloped in the same light... seconds later, he vanished...
"He's gone!" Reyna exclaimed.
"No..." Crystal whispered.
"Not another one…" Allyson said sadly.
"It will stop once we take down Viper," Jesse said weakly.
"Yeah, but we better wait for the others," Jaden added. "We have to see if they made it alright..."
In the control room...
Viper watched the conclusion of the duel with a satisfied smirk.
"Your services are no longer required, children," He stated, "I have all the energy I need!"
He then walked out of his chair and went to the containers… but he gasped as he found out that the containers were finished filling up. He ran back to the controls and saw that the energy wasn't enough... in fact, he reviewed over the previous duels and saw that two of them were one duelist show in extracting energy; when Nabaat dueled, and when Shana and Haku dueled against Kenji and Kenshin...
Viper felt disappointed, yet he was laughing...
"It's not enough..." He stated, staring at the containers. "You two must need more energy than I thought... when I thought energy was a little light from some of the other duels, it was going to be no problem. But it looks like fate was kind that Jaden and Claudio weren't killed by their vengeful teachers... I need their energy in order to finish this. And I'll even duel them both if I have to..."
Whoo! We're almost to the final part of the arc! Hang on, people!
Crystal Beast Diamond Phoenix
Level: 4
Attribute: Fire
Type: Winged Beast
Attack: 1200 Defense: 800
Effect: When this card is summoned from the spell/trap card zone it gains an additional 400 atk points. If this card would be destroyed while it is in a monster card zone, you can place face it up in your spell/trap card zone as continuous spell card instead of sending it to the graveyard.
Appearance: An orange phoenix with a diamond stripe around its neck and a yellow beak
Crystal Beast Garnet Fox
Level: 3
Attribute: Fire
Type: Beast
Attack: 600 Defense: 600
Effect: When this card is successfully normal or special summoned you can search your deck for 1 spell card and add it to your hand. If this card would be destroyed while it is in a monster card zone, you can place it face in your spell/trap card zone as a continuous spell card instead of sending it to the graveyard.
Appearance: A medium size red-orange fox with a black tipped ears and legs and a red garnet gem embedded in its forehead
Crystal Beast Lapis Lazuli Dolphin
Level: 3
Attribute: Water
Type: Beast
Attack: 900 Defense: 600
Effect: Once per turn you can flip the top 5 cards in your deck select two and send the other three to the bottom of your deck. If this card would be destroyed while it is in a monster card zone, you can place it face up in your spell/trap card zone as a continuous spell card instead of sending it to the graveyard.
Appearance: A light blue dolphin with spots filled with Lapis Lazuli gems
Crystal Beast Opal Panther
Level: 4
Attribute: Dark
Type: Beast
Attack: 1100 Defense: 1000
Effect: When this card is successfully normal or special summoned its atk points are doubled until the end of the battle phase. If this card would be destroyed while it is in a monster card zone, you can place it face up in your spell/trap card zone as a continuous spell card instead of sending it to the graveyard.
Appearance: A black panther with opal gems embedded in the sides of its legs
Crystal Beast Pearl Butterfly
Level: 3
Attribute: Wind
Type: Insect
Attack: 500 Defense: 400
Effect: Once per turn at the start of your main phase you can gain 200 life points for every Crystal Beast on your field. If this card would be destroyed while it is in a monster card zone, you can place it face up in your spell/trap card zone as a continuous spell card instead of sending it to the graveyard.
Appearance: A small brown butterfly with green and pink wings and pearl gems embedded in its wings
Crystal Beast Aquamarine Swan
Level: 3
Attribute: Water
Type: Winged Beast
Attack: 1000 Defense: 1400
Effect: Once per turn when a face up Crystal Beast you control is targeted for an attack you discard 1 card from your hand to end the battle phase. If this card would be destroyed while it is in a monster card zone, you can place it face up in your spell/trap card zone as a continuous spell card instead of sending it to the graveyard.
Appearance: A white swan with an aquamarine gem embedded in its forehead and wings
Crystal Beast Jade Unicorn
Level: 4
Attribute: Light
Type: Beast
Attack: 1800 Defense: 1600
Effect: When this card is successfully normal or special summoned you can search your deck for 1 Crystal Beast and add it to your hand. If this card would be destroyed while it is in a monster card zone, you can place it face up your spell/trap card zone as a continuous spell card instead of sending it to the graveyard.
Appearance: A white unicorn with a green horn
(Created by PrincessAnime08 and creative rights to go to her)
Goblin Ghoul
DARK
Level 2
Fiend/Effect
When this card is Normal Summoned: Special Summon any number of Ghoul Tokens (DARK/2/1000/1000) for each Monster that is on the field. During each of your Standby Phase: You can inflict 300 points of damage to your opponent for each "Ghoul" monster you control. "Ghoul" monsters you control cannot declare an attack during the turn you activate this effect.
Trix Witch of the Ice
DARK
Level 5
1900/1100
Spellcaster/Effect
This card gains 300 ATK for every other card with 'Trix' in its name. Once per turn: Deal 200 points of damage multiplied by the number of cards your opponent controls. (If you activate this effect, this card cannot attack during the same turn.)
Trix Witch of the Storm
DARK
Level 5
1600/1400
Spellcaster/Effect
This card gains 300 ATK for every other card with 'Trix' in its name. Once per turn: Deal 200 points of damage multiplied by the number of cards your opponent controls. (If you activate this effect, this card cannot attack during the same turn.)
Trix Witch of the Dark
DARK
Level 5
1800/1200
Spellcaster/Effect
This card gains 300 ATK for every other card with 'Trix' in its name. Once per turn: Deal 200 points of damage multiplied by the number of cards your opponent controls. (If you activate this effect, this card cannot attack during the same turn.)
Ancestral Witch Trio
DARK
Level 10
Spellcaster/Effect
3000/3200
This cannot be Normal Summoned or Set. This card cannot be Special Summoned except by Tribuiting 3 DARK Spellcaster-Type monsters from your field, and sending all other cards in your hand and field to the graveyard. When this card is Special Summoned, the Tributed Monsters become equipped to this card. Once, during your opponent's turn, when this card is targeted for a card effect, while it has cards equipped to it: Send one of them to the graveyard to negate that effect. During your Main Phase 1, if your opponent controls a monster whose ATK is higher than this card: You can send one Equip Card from this card; this turn, this card can attack your opponent directly. When all three Trix Witches are in the graveyard: This card gains 1000 ATK and cannot be destroyed in battle.
Graceful Protector
Continuous Trap Card
During your Standby Phase: Destroy this card unless you pay 1500 Life Points. Whenever your monster(s) is destroyed in battle, it is instead shuffled into your deck. During the End Phase when a monster (s) is destroyed: Draw 1 Card for each monster you controlled that was destroyed during the turn.
Witch Rising
Continuous Trap Card
Activate when a Spellcaster-Type monster(s) is destroyed in battle: Pay increments of 500 Life Points to Special Summon 1 Spellcaster-Type Monster each that was destroyed in battle this turn.
Bonded Pixie
Quick-Play Spell
Activate when you have at least 1 Winx Fairy on the field: Special Summon 1 Winx Pixie from your deck for each Winx Fairy on your side of the field. Afterwards, send the top two cards of you decks to the graveyard.
Fairy-Pixie Swap
Quick-Play Spell
Activate 1 of the following effects:
Send any number of Winx Pixies back to your deck and Special Summon Winx Fairies from your hand, equal to the number of Winx Pixies returned to the deck.
Send any number of Winx Fairies back to your deck and Special Summon Winx Pixies from your hand, equal to the number of Winx Fairies returned to the deck.
(The top nine cards were created by myself, and creative rights got me while the inspiration goes to the creators of the Winx Club for the Witch cards)
Lure Phantom
DARK
Fiend/Effect
Level 1
0/0
If an opponent's monster attacks you directly, you can return this card and the attacking monster to the hand.
Hunting Net
Counter Trap
Activate if a monster would return to the hand. Place it face-up in your Spell & Trap Card Zone, instead. Then, place 1 Prey Counter on it.
Dark Auction
Normal Spell
Select and return 1 monster with a Prey Counter to its owner's hand. Then, inflict damage to your opponent equal to that monster's ATK.
Decoy Baby
Normal Spell
Select 1 monster in your Spell & Trap Card Zone with a Prey Counter. Place one of your opponent's monsters with the same Type as the selected monster face-up in your Spell & Trap Card Zone, and place 1 Prey Counter on it.
Capture Trap
Normal Trap
Activate only when you control a card with at least 1 Prey Counter on it, and your opponent declares an attack. Negate the attack and place the attacking monster face-up in your Spell & Trap Card Zone and place 1 Prey Counter on it.
Substitute Pain
Normal Spell
Inflict 400 points of damage x the number of cards you control with Prey Counters on them to your opponent
Infernal Blasthound
DARK
Beast/Effect
Level 5
1000/500
If this card inflicts Battle Damage to your opponent, your opponent discards 1 random card from their hand. When this card is destroyed, you can Special Summon 1 "Infernal Blasthound" from your hand or Deck.
(The above 7 cards were used by Trapper in the two-part GX episode: Trapper Keeper. All rights go to the respective creators).
G-Force
Normal Trap
Activate only when an opponent's monster declares an attack. Select and Special Summon 1 "Crystal Beast" monster from your hand in Attack Position. That monster becomes the new attack target. The Special Summoned monster is returned to your hand on the End Phase.
E-Force
Quick-Play Spell
Select and Special Summon 1 "Crystal Beast" card from your Spell & Trap Card Zone.
M-Force
Quick-Play Spell
Select 1 face-up "Crystal Beast" monster you control. It gains 500 ATK. During battle between that attacking card and a Defense Position monster who's DEF is lower than the ATK of that card, inflict the difference as Battle Damage to your opponent. These effects continue until the end of this turn.
(The above 3 cards were used by Jesse Anderson in the two-part GX episode: Trapper Keeper. All rights go to the respective creators).
Neon Laser Blaster
Equip Spell
The equipped monster gains 500 ATK. When the equipped monster attacks a Defense Position monster whose DEF is lower than the ATK of the equipped monster, inflict piercing Battle Damage to the opponent.
(This card was used by Gekko Tenma in the R manga. All rights go to the respective creator.)
Next time: The final duels are made as Viper vows to take on both Jaden and Claudio at the same time. How will this fare?
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