Yu-Gi-Oh! Rainbow

by UncouthFive

The story is set in a distant future in Koragami City where dueling has taken a new form called Future Summoning. The heroine is a 15-year-old girl named Yura Minako. Abandoning her old home, Yura now must compete for a chance to enter a grand dueling school. Then one day, as she prepares for a matchup, Yura encounters a familiar named Aru in her bag. What does this mean for Yura?

21. Chapter 21: Pendulum Assault

Chapter 21: Pendulum Assault

Yura and Shizuka are surprised to learn one of their opponents can use Pendulums. Right now, it's Shizuka's turn and she, along with Yura, must deal with the onslaught of Daichi's 'God-Blade' monsters.

"My turn is next," Shizuka said. She became disappointed with the cards in her hand. "I set one monster face-down and set three cards. I'll end my turn with that."

"Now we're able to attack, I draw!" Goro said. "I'll activate the face-down trap card I set earlier, Ritua Incarnation! This trap card allows me to Ritual summon 1 "Ritua" Ritual monster from my hand using monsters from my hand or side of the field." Goro reveals the card he added to his deck previously which was his level 8 Ritua Ragnarok. "I'll sacrifice the level 4 Ritua Librarian that's on my field and my level 4 Ritua Chainman from my hand. RITUAL SUMMON! Behold, the Ritua's pet, Ritua Ragnarok (Lv.8/DARK/Sea Serpent/2900atk/1800def)! It'll only get worse from here because now I activate Ritua Librarian's and Chainman's effects! When Ritua Librarian is used to Ritual summon a "Ritua" monster, that monster gains 500 attack points!" Ritual Ragnarok's attack points boosted from 2900 to 3400. "And then," Goro continued, "whenever Ritua Chainman is used to Ritual summon a "Ritua" monster, it can't be destroyed by other card effects!" "This isn't good at all," Shizuka said.

"Battle Phase," Goro said. "Go Ritua Ragnarok, destroy Yura's hEARTH Caspian!" "I activate hEARTH Caspian's special ability! Once a turn, it can't be destroyed by battle," Yura stated. "Can't be destroyed by battle huh?" Goro said. "Then I'll activate Ritua Ragnarok's own special ability! Whenever it attacks, monsters can't activate their effects. And on a plus note, Ritua Ragnarok does piercing damage to your Life Points!" "No way!" Yura said in shock. Ragnarok crunched its teeth against Caspian, destroys it, and then sinks its teeth into Yura, plummeting her life points to 3200. "I…" Yura started, "…activate another special ability of hEARTH Caspian! For one time only, when it's destroyed by battle, I can re-summon him back in Defense Position!"

"What an impressive move!" Mitsuo said. "Now because Daichi only controls 1 Pendulum monster that can destroy Caspian, but due to Caspian's effect, it can protect itself." "Then I won't bother attacking Yura anymore," Goro said. "Go Embers of the God-Blade, attack Shizuka's face-down monster!" "Embers of the God-Blade has an effect that also inflicts piercing damage to the opponent," Daichi said. "If that's the case," Shizuka said, "then I activate my trap, Prominent's Protection!" "What does that do?!" Goro asked. Shizuka smiled. "Whenever my opponent attacks a monster I control, I can switch both the monsters, regardless of their positions on the field!" Daichi's Embers of the God-Blade and Shizuka's face-down monster swap control of their user. "And then, the monster that attacked continues their attack!" Shizuka concluded. Embers attack the face-down monster that was in Daichi's control. It turned out to be Shizuka's Prominent Joker (0def). Embers of the God-Blade attacks Prominent Joker and deals piercing damage to Daichi, dropping his life points to 2100 (because of Witch of the God-Blade). "I can hold on to your Embers until the end of the Battle Phase," Shizuka added. "You'll pay for that!" Goro said. "Go God-Blade Champion – Mandelios, destroy the Embers of the God-Blade that's in her possession!" Daichi manages to stand up and includes the fact that Witch of the God-Blade decreases Embers' attack points by 400 because of Witch's scale. Sheathing his blade, Mandelios makes a striking slash against Embers and destroys it and sends it to Daichi's Extra deck, leaving Shizuka with 3300 life points. Goro then directly attacks Shizuka with Wielder of the God-Blade and leaves her life points crunched to 1200. "Goro," Daichi said, "don't forget to re-summon Embers." "Ah, I understand," Goro said. "Because I have the scale 2 Witch of the God-Blade and scale 8 Masked man of the God-Blade already set, I Pendulum Summon Embers of the God-Blade! I'll end my turn now."

"So in the end, we couldn't beat those Pendulum monsters," Yura thought, "and then we have a powerful Ritual monster to deal with. If we don't do something soon, we're gonna lose." Yura slowly began to draw a card. "I…draw!" Yura said aloud. "I'll start my turn by activating the hEARTH's Upgrading Code spell card from my hand. With this spell card, I can tribute 1 "hEARTH" Future monster and special summon a different "hEARTH" Future monster from my extra deck. Then that monster is treated as if it was Future summoned. I tribute my hEARTH Caspian and Future Summon hEARTH Warrior of the Past (2500atk2100atk)! I activate hEARTH Warrior's effect. I can return cards on the field to the hand up to the number of monsters used to Future summon it. I realized it'd be pointless to bounce back one of those Pendulum monsters since they'll just be summoned again, so I choose Ritua Ragnarok." Ritual Ragnarok reverts to card form and returns to Goro's hand. "That's one problem dealt with for now," Shizuka said. "Yeah, now let's crush them!" Yura cheerfully said. "Let's deal with the Pendulums first Yura," Shizuka suggested. "Oh right," Yura said while coming up with a plan, "then I now activate the trap card I set earlier, hEARTH's Shift Movement. During this turn only, all monsters my opponent controls are switched to defense position and lose 500 defense points. Then one monster I control can attack all monsters that were changed to defense position!" "Attack all defense position monsters?!" Goro questioned. "I choose my hEARTH Warrior of the Past to attack all three of your "God-Blade" monsters!" hEARTH Warrior clears all the Pendulum monsters on Daichi's field. "It doesn't matter how many times you destroy my Pendulum monsters," Daichi said, "as long as the Pendulum scales are set, we both can keep summoning the "God-Blade" monsters!" "Not for long you won't," Shizuka said. "I activate the trap card, Prominent's Purge. When one monster that battled this turn destroys an opponent's monster, I can spell or trap cards on the field up each monster that was destroyed! I choose Witch of the God-Blade and Masked man of the God-Blade to destroy since they're considered spell cards in the Pendulum zone." Both monsters in the Pendulum zones dissipate into Daichi's Extra deck. "We did it Yura; now he can't Pendulum summon monsters anymore," Shizuka said happily. "Yup and I now end my turn," Yura said.

"My Pendulum monsters…are being beaten?!" Daichi said sounding angered. He drew a card from his deck. He begins to start laughing maniacally. "I activate Pendulum Reborn from my hand! With this spell card, I can add 2 Pendulum monsters from my Extra deck to my hand!" "He can what?!" Yura said. "I add Embers of the God-Blade and Masked man of the God-Blade to my hand! Now…Using the scale 3 Embers of the God-Blade and scale 8 Masked man of the God-Blade, I set the Pendulum scale! You know what happens now, PENDULUM SUMMON!" "And just when we thought we'd seen the last of his Pendulums," Shizuka said distraughtly. "I Pendulum summon," Daichi continued, "Witch of the God-Blade(Lv.6/2200atk), Wielder of the God-blade, and finally God-Blade Champion – Mandelios!" "There's…no way we can beat them anymore," Shizuka muttered. Her body again trembled in fear. "Luckily for you ladies," Daichi said, "I can't attack during the turn I use Pendulum Reborn, so I end my turn. It won't be very long before you're both defeated!"

To be continued in Chapter 22: Shizuka vs the Pendulums