Chapter 25.1- Surf's Up
Time- [11:11am (Hoenn), Sa 7/5/2008] [9:11pm (NYC), F 7/4/2008]
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"Fifteen minutes until arrival." A pleasant voice said over the intercom. It was Lulu's voice, taking her information from Brother.
"It's 11:11" Yuna said, looking at the sphere. "Make a wish."
"I wish I could strangle Seymour, get the transportation card, and send him back to the Farplane." Rikku replied.
"If only it were that easy." Pegasus added.
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Something shiny was glittering in the distance. It was unnoticed by the Airship, even if Seymour was looking dead at it on top of the Articuno.
"Let's go to work, again." he said, calmly, calling out an ice beam attack. He began freezing the ocean, starting about a mile from the shoreline. It was at this time that the Airship kicked into gear, racing at full speed.
"Make that ten minutes to arrival." Lulu called out, noting the speed jump.
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Surfers began to notice the drop in temperature, coming inshore. A short point in time later, the town was deserted. Hoenn police demanded the evacuation. Seymour was more or less disappointed when he got to the port, seeing Brawly standing alone.
"Well, here they come." he said. "Apparently, lightning won't be striking twice, entertainment wise, today." He released a dark disk. Brawly accepted it, willingly.
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The airship had no acceptable place to land on the island, so, carefully, attempted to land on the ice. Little did they know that the ice froze the water all the way to the bottom, making it impossible to break. Misty was the only person to leave the airship.
"Welcome." Seymour said. "Well, since no one was allowed to watch this duel, I say we get it underway."
"Duel!"
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Misty and Brawly drew five cards each, Misty about to draw card six.
"Oh, wait!" Seymour added. "One more thing." Seymour placed a card in his duel disk. "Activate Shift." Misty and Seymour swapped places. Misty was now on the port, Brawly on the ice."
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"I draw." Misty said. I'll summon my Staru in attack mode (1750). Then, I'll put a card facedown and end my turn."
Brawly drew. "I will summon my Machop to the field (1800). Attack Misty's Staru!"
"I activate my facedown card, Star Power. This will automatically evolve my Staru into a Starmie (2350)" Misty announced.
"I cancel the attack, and play a card facedown." Brawly said.
"My turn, then." Misty called out. "I'll play my Goldeen (1580) and begin my attacks.
Starmie, attack his Machop!" Brawly-3450. "Now, my Goldeen will attack you directly."
"This one, I have a problem with." Brawly announced. "Activate Water Security! In order to call make a direct attack, you have to sacrifice life points equal to half your monster's attack points. Now, even though I'll lose 1580 points, you take 740." Misty-3260, Brawly-1870
"I end my turn." Misty said.
"My move!" Brawly called out. "I'll play a facedown and activate Great Ball to summon my Hariyama (2400). Hariyama, attack her Goldeen!" Misty- 2440. "To end my turn, I will play a facedown card and end my turn."
Misty drew. "I will now activate the spell card, Pokeblocks, transferring 200 of my monster's defense points into attack points (2550/1990). Atta-!"
"Reveal Trap!" Brawly yelled. "Fake Quick-Play! It allows me to activate a normal or continuous spell card as a quick-play spell. I use Toll, forcing a player to give up 500 points to declare an attack."
"Fine!" Misty yelled. "I give up 500 life points in order to attack Hariyama." Misty-1940, Brawly-1720. "I play two cards facedown and end my turn."
"Ah, the score is becoming more even by the minute." Brawly reminded Misty. "Time to activate my Ultra Ball. This will summon out my Hitmontop. Hitmontop has a special ability, allowing me to lower the attack points of a monster that does battle with it by 500. I also activate the card Hyper Spin! This equip card can only be used on Hitmontop, and it gives it 1000 extra attack points (3000). Now, I pay 500 points in order to attack Starmie (2050)." Misty-990, Brawly-1220. "Next, for every 300 points that you just lost, you lose a card from your hand. Meaning, you lose your entire hand! To end the turn, I will play the last two cards in my hand facedown."
Misty drew the perfect card for her situation. "I use the magic card Needed Rain, forcing both of us to draw until we have six cards! Next, I use Sand Castle Destruction Wave to rid the field of your Toll card. Then, I activate the card, Master Ball to summon my Politoed (4500 (x1.5))! Go now and attack his Hitmontop (Politoed-4000)!" Misty-445.
"This duel is over!" Brawly exclaimed. "I activate my trap card, Cleared Path, turning your attack into a direct attack. I also use my second trap, Negate Damage, negating any battle damage that I would take during this battle. Meaning, you lose 2000 life points, which you don't have, while I end up unharmed!"
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Misty covered her face in preparation for the direct damage. From inside the Airship came cries of retaliation, and from the citizens of Dewford watching, a mighty shock.
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"You. Shall. Not. Win. That. Easily." Misty said. Misty-445LP.
"What!? But, how?" Brawly called out.
"Thanks in no small part to Emergency Potion, allowing me to activate Mega Potion, restoring 2000 of my life points just before your card took that same amount. Also, because I played it with Emergency Potion, I don't have to immediately end my turn. So, I activate my other facedown card, Revenge! By giving up half of my life points, while they are 1000 or under, I can attack you again! Go, Attack!" Misty-223, Brawly-220. "My turn will end one two facedown."
"Because Politoed destroyed Hitmontop, it will lose 500 points permanently. I now use my own Master Ball in order to summon out my ace, Machamp (3900 (x1.5)). Now, I use the card Megamorph." Brawly said. Misty-223, Brawly-110. "Since I am losing the duel, even if it is by only 113 points, my monster's original attack points are doubled (2600x2=5200x1.5=7800 ATK). Attack her monster now, and send her life points to-"
"Zero." Misty finished for him. "But, I would never let that happen. "I'm activating the spell card, Shrink, halving your monster's attack points to 3900." Brawly-10.
"I'll play these two cards, and end my turn. This will be the final turn." Brawly said.
"I draw. I activate another Sand Castle Destruction Wave, destroying Water Security. Now, Politoed, attack his life points directly." Misty called out.
"I was correct." Brawly said, allowing the attack to come within inches of him. "Mirror Coat forces both of us to take the damage that I was about to take, and Enchanted Javelin will balance out the damage. Brawly- 10, EJ-4010, MC-10. Misty-0.
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"She…lost!" Seymour shouted. "Finally, I get to have a little fun! Activate Shift, let's go, Articuno!" He had already begun his plans for the next use of the Shift trap card. "Just a few alterations on the ability of the card, and everything should go according to plan from what I'm cooking up for this region. And these changes, will, regretfully be…permanent."
Chapter 25.2- Overfreeze
Brawly rose his hands, now on the dock once again. He took from his pocket a card, entitled Overfreeze. Turning around, he slid it into his Dark Disk, beginning a process that would not be forgotten.
"Brawly, don't…" Misty said, weak, laying on the ice. It was to late. A harsh wind blew. It began to slowly freeze the usually tropical weather that occurred in Dewford every day. Houses, boats, the Pokemon Center, everything. Brock and Wakka ran to pick Misty up from the ice, fearing that she would freeze along with the town. She was taken to the medical floor, where she was given things to warm her up.
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Time- [1:41am (Hoenn), Sa 7/5/2008] [11:41pm (NYC), F 7/4/2008]
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"Just be thankful that the duel wasn't underwater in Sphere Water." Lulu said. "You would have been frozen underwater."
"The woman makes a good point." Wakka said.
"Excuse me?" Lulu responded.
"Just jokin' around." Wakka said.
"This isn't a time for joking, Wakka."
"Okay, okay…" Rikku started, holding onto Seto's arm. "The point is, we, and all of the islanders are safe." Yuna stepped out of the elevator.
"The ice was briefly examined by Officer Jenny, and, er…Officer Jenny. Its solid, and completely unable to be scratched. The entire population of the town was take, via boat, to Rustboro. Devon Co. has opened their doors to as many citizens as they can take, same with Roxanne at the Gym, and the Pokemon Center is also flooded with people."
"That's terrible." Rikku added.
"Other than that, everything is normal…for now." Yuna finished, knowing nothing could be normal for very long.
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Time- [10:00am (Hoenn), M 7/7/2008] [8:00pm (NYC), Su 7/6/2008]
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"Hello, Hoenn. I'm standing in Lavaridge Town, today, where for the first time ever, smog is in the air, and the heat has hit a new record."
"Hello. Hoenn. I am coming to you live from Fortree City, which has been stricken with sub-freezing temperatures."
"Hello Hoenn. Here, just east of Fallarbor, Route 113, the ash usually found on everything is gone, everything, spotless. It's a though a mystic typhoon fell from space to clear the area of all smog and ash. Whatever the reason, all is clear."
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"Well, it's about time!" Rikku said. She got a smirk from Lulu, holding her son in her arms, gracefully. Lulu continued to go up to the bridge to meet Yuna.
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"Well, after an entire day of peace and quiet, I was beginning to wonder what torture could take this long. Apparently the ability to change the weather took an entire day." Lulu said.
"Now if only the same could be applied to meteorologists, we would be in business." Grandpa added to everyone's chuckling.
"Our first stop today is Lavaridge, which is being covered by volcanic ash and smog." Yuna began over the intercom. "Afterward, Fortree City has endured recent freezing temperatures, unnatural to the area. If Seymour has invaded these Leaders, then we will, of course, retaliate."
"Sounds like the usual." Joey said, arriving in an original Duelist Kingdom outfit.
"Officer Jenny has provided gas masks for anyone who exit's the Airship. Brother, how far away are we?"
"Half an hour at longest." he responded, pressing some buttons. The Airship fired up its engines.
"Alrighty then." Joey said.
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"Now approaching. Attempting to land." the computer voice announced.
"This one's not going to be easy." Brother said. The ash was thickening by the minute. Brother decided to divert to the east, landing on a cliff.
"How safe." Lulu said, looking out the window. Pegasus put on a gas mask, followed by his duel disk. He would be the only person leaving; the others would have to settle for the multiple screens placed on the Airship.
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"Flannery, is it?" Pegasus called, entering the Gym.
"You may take off your mask." a voice said from the dark corner. Flannery stepped out. "Seymour has assured me clean breathing in my gym during the duel. Or at least, the usual haziness."
"Lovely. Ready to go?" Pegasus asked, calmly.
"And Waiting."
"Duel!"
Chapter 25.3- Fiery Hot Battle! Pegasus v. Flannery
"Let's turn up the heat!" Flannery called, drawing to begin her turn. "I'll put my Slugma in attack mode (1800). Then, a facedown card will end my move."
Pegasus smiled. "This could be almost too easy. I'll start my turn with my Mystical Space Typhoon, destroying your facedown card. Next, I activate Seto's favorite card, Toon World!" Pegasus-3000.
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"I hate that card!!!!" Seto yelled from the Airship.
"We know." Tea said.
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"Now, I activate my Toon Gemini Elf (1900). Now, who should I target with my fabulous toon?" Pegasus asked.
"Ooh, ooh, I know!" Flannery called. "Your only choice is my Slugma!"
"Wrong. Toon Gemini Elf, attack her life points directly!"
"What?!" Flannery-2100
"My elf's special ability allows it to attack your life points directly if you don't have a toon monster." Pegasus explained.
"Well, how about this?" Flannery said. "I play five cards facedown, and switch Slugma to defense mode (1200).
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"That's a dangerous move, I hope she knows." Grandpa said.
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"My move then." Pegasus said. "I sacrifice Toon Gemini Elf in order to summon my Toon Dark Magician Girl (2000). Toon Dark Magician Girl, attack her life points directly!"
"Time for card number one: my Magic Cylinder card, which will cancel out your attack, and deal 2000 points of damage to your life points!" Flannery called out. Pegasus- 1000
"I place one card facedown and end my turn." Pegasus finished.
Flannery drew. "I'll summon Numel in defense mode and end my turn (1800)."
Pegasus drew. "Go, Heavy Storm! Get rid of his magic and traps!"
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"And that's why playing a multitude of facedowns at once is a bad thing." Grandp finished.
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"Solemn Judgment, negate the effect!" Flannery activated. Flannery-1050. "Oh well."
"Toon Dark Magician Girl, attack her directly!" Pegasus called.
"Shrink!" Flannery called back TDMG-1000, Flannery-50.
"Turn end."
"I draw!" Flannery said. "I activate the magic card, Endeavor! This is an extremely powerful magic card that will lower your life points to be equal to my life points!"
"No!" Pegasus said. Pegasus & Flannery- 50 LP.
"Now, I end my turn."
Pegasus drew. "Toon Dark Magician Girl, attack her life points directly!"
"Activate Bomb Armor!" Flannery announced. "This card will destroy your monster on contact!" "Now, you're defenseless!"
"I end my turn." Pegasus said, eyeing something on his right.
"I will switch my Slugma into attack mode (1800). Attack his life points directly!" Flannery said.
"Facedown card, activate! Waboku! Negate all damage for this turn." Pegasus said. "Now, I will take my turn. I activate my card, Spell Reproduction. By discarding two spell cards from my hand, I can regain one spell card from the grave. Then, I will use my Heavy Storm magic card again!"
"Mystic Wok, activate!" Flannery said. "Now, I gain 1800 life points by sacrificing my Slugma!" Flannery-1850.
"Pot of Greed! I draw twice. Now, I have exactly what I need to beat you!" Pegasus announced, looking at his draw. "First, Stop Defense will being Numel to attack mode (1500)!"
"So? You'd need a monster with 3350 point in order to win right now." Flannery said. "Now, I summon Cecilia's Spirit (?/?)! My wife's attack and defense points are equal to the total number of monsters in our graves times 200, and spells and traps in our graves times 100. That's a grand total of 3 monsters, surprisingly, and 15 magic and trap cards. The grand total is 2100."
"You're still 1250 points short." Flannery reminded.
"I can make up for that. I activate Rolling the Dice V! This will create a die token, and its attack points are determined by the number I roll! So, go!"
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"Ha! That can't be enough, its only a three!"
"That means 1000 attack points." Pegasus interrupted.
"Hah."
"Cecilia, who now gains an additional 300 points, to make 2400, attack his Numel!" Pegasus called out. Flannery- 950.
"What? No!!!! I'm sorry, Seymour!" Flannery cried, looking at her life points.
"Die Token, attack her life points directly!" Pegasus called out. Flannery-0.
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Flannery fell to the ground. The Dark Disk disappeared. Pegasus put his mask back on, in caution. He put her on his back, and walked her out of the gym, as fast as possible, into the ever thickening fog and 105 degree temperatures.