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?

36. Chapter 36: I accept you

Chapter 36: I accept you

"I activate Plasma Dragon's effect!" Kira said, "When Future Summoned, Plasma Dragon can destroy all other Future monsters on the field and deal damage to my opponent equal to the highest ATK of a destroyed Future monster." "Trap card, activate!" Yura said, "hEARTH Goddess' Plea. I can only activate this card when a "hEARTH" Future monster I control would be destroyed by a card effect. It is not destroyed and furthermore, I take no battle damage this turn."

"Battle phase," Kira announced, "Go Universe-Eyes Plasma Dragon, annihilate Yura's hEARTH Warrior of the Past." Plasma Dragon blasts the same kind of ooz that covered its body and hEARTH Warrior melted until it was destroyed. Because of her Trap, Yura took no battle damage. "When Plasma Dragon destroys a monster and sends it to the Graveyard, my opponent takes damage equal to the destroyed monster's level x 200. Your hEARTH Warrior was a level 8, so you will take 1600 points of Effect damage," Kira said. The electrodes that made up Plasma Dragon's wings shot jolts of electricity at Yura where she'd take 1600 damage (900LP left). "Face it Yura," Kira said, "I've taken note about your hEARTH Warrior of the Past and your other Future monsters including your Xyz monster. There's not a single monster you have that can match Plasma Dragon. Now I'll end my turn by setting 1 card," she concluded.

"I'm the Goddess of hEARTH," Yura said. "Yeah, you've told me already," Kira responded. "I will NOT lose to the likes of anyone who intends to bring harm to Aru's world," Yura finished, "It's my turn now, I draw! My Goddess powers are now returning thanks to the crown. Since I now know of my Past, I will now reinterpret that Past and recreate it into the Present. I summon hEARTH Splitter (Lv.1)."

"Of course," Kira said, "She's about to do the same thing I just did. Why? Why does she keep getting stronger every time she duels?" "I banish from my field, my level 1 hEARTH Splitter, and from my graveyard, my level 8 hEARTH Warrior of the Past," Yura said. "Could it be that our decks are the same?" Kira thought. "By allowing this monster to stay on the field for 9 turns," Yura continued, "Future Summon! NOW is the time. The things that happened in the Past no longer matter. What matters now... is the Present! Come, Level 9, hEARTH King of the Present (Lv.9/LIGHT/3000ATK/2500DEF)!" Kira looked in disbelief as she witnesses Yura's brand new monster. She then smiled. "I expected no less Yura! You really are something special. Special enough for me to even consider you my rival. I accept you as that."

"I activate hEARTH King of the Present's effect," Yura said. "Like yeah you are," Kira countered, "I activate the continuous Trap card, Plasmatic Discharge. While Universe-Eyes Plasma Dragon is on the field, any Future monsters whose level is equal to or less than Plasma Dragon will now have their effects negated." I got you now, Kira thought. "Quick-play Spell card, hEARTH Treason, activate!" Yura said, "During this turn only, "hEARTH" monsters are unaffected by the opponent's Spells and Traps. Now your Plasmatic Discharge is ineffective which means I can go through with hEARTH King's effect. When Future summoned, I can special summon up to 2 level 4 or lower "hEARTH" monsters from my deck with their effects negated. I special summon hEARTH Sun Magician and hEARTH Moon Magician." If it's those 2 monsters, then I already know what's coming, Kira thought. "Next," Yura continued, "I overlay both my level 3 Sun and Moon Magician. I construct the overlay network and Xyz summon the Rank 3, Magician of black stars (2200ATK). Next, I rebuild the overlay network with Magician of black stars and Xyz summon the Rank 4 Astral Magician of white stars (2500ATK). I activate Astral Magician's effect: When Xyz Summoned, it reduces the ATK of one of my opponent's monsters by 500 for each overlay unit it has. Your Universe-Eyes Plasma Dragon will now lose 1500 ATK." Plasma Dragon's ATK is now shuttered to 2000. "Battle Phase," Yura said, "Go Astral Magician of white stars, attack her Universe-Eyes Plasma Dragon." Successfully, Yura's attack goes through and Kira's Plasma Dragon is destroyed dealing 500 damage to her (1000LP left). "At this moment, I activate Plasma Dragon's last effect," Kira said, "When destroyed, I can re-summon one of its Future material monsters but that monster's effects are negated and is banished when it leaves the field. I special summon Universe-Eyes Particle Dragon in DEF position."

"Fine, destroy her monster hEARTH King," Yura demanded. "With that, you just about have nothing left. At the moment you have only 1 card in your hand and I doubt it can help you right now. Which means the only way you can win is with your next draw. I end my turn." "Don't worry Yura," Kira said, "I won't ever stoop to your lucky draws. It's my turn now and I draw. Remember what you just said about my other card? I was saving it for this moment. I activate the continuous Spell card, Universe Catastrophe! Firstly, I pay 500 life points (500LP left) to discard 1 card from my hand. I can continue to do this until I have no cards left. Unfortunately for you, all I had to discard was 1 card. Now that I have nothing in my hand, I can activate the 2nd effect of Universe Catastrophe. By sending it to the graveyard, all monsters on the field are destroyed. Finally, for each monster on the field, both players take 500 damage." Yura is surprised. "I have 2 monsters on my field," she said, "And at the same time, I only have 900LP left, but you have 500LP which means this duel will become..." "A draw," Kira finished for her, "Just like in our last duel where you caused the draw, this time I will cause it... If only that were to be the case. Because if my LP ends up being 500 or less due to Universe Catastrophe's effect, the effect damage I take will become 0."

"No way!" Yura said. A black hole came in a swept away all of Yura's monsters. "I failed..." Yura said as she's knocked back and her LP hit 0. The force of it also knocked the crown off her head. Kira sighed and redirected her attention to Mirald who was in utter shock and disbelief. He was able to run past Kira and try to make his escape. Opening the door, Mirald is met by Kenji and the others. They had defeated the other palace guards. "You... you haven't stopped me yet!" Mirald said. He pressed a button on the wall and out of nowhere, more palace guards appeared. "Capture them all and throw them in the dungeon!" Mirald demanded. "Not... so fast," Yura said getting up slowly, "As the... Goddess of hEARTH, I order... the imprisonment of Mirald." Complying with her orders, the guards chained Mirald. Shizuka ran over to Yura and helped her up. "Take me over there to Aru," Yura requested. Shizuka nodded her head and they slowly walked over towards Aru until Yura could talk to her again. "Aru," Yura began, "You know who I am now. I'm the Goddess over this world which also means I'm the ruler just like you. I want you to answer me." Yura then noticed the same magic-imbued crown on Aru's head. "So that's why you've been ignoring me." She began to remove the crown but Aru stopped her. "Don't," Aru said, "Since you're the Goddess, you should be able to understand. I cannot go back with you, Yura."

To be continued in Chapter 37: Unwavering feelings