Alright, this isn't an episode story, but a Tag Force chapter story! I mean, all the chapters are practically Tag Force anyways, but this is different! Why? You'll see!
Disclaimer: Mage of Hope doesn't own Yu-Gi-Oh series, only the OCs!
Today was a peaceful Saturday for Elize as she was laying her head on her desk with mechanical parts and tools scattered about along with a small blueprint. She had stayed up all night working on a new invention after finding some blueprints in Banner's room after performing her daily cleaning chores. Being a bit of an average level mechanic, she started to getting to work on the new invention.
By the time she finished, it was already midnight, but she was too exhausted to get to bed properly and before long, blackness invaded her vision, so she had to sleep near her desk. This wasn't the first time she spent time fixing things and recreating inventions, though she was more proper towards the fixing than the recreating.
She may have also forgot to lock her door last night, which is also how Hassleberry came inside so easily.
"Elize! Soldier! Get up! I need you for something!" called out Hassleberry, walking inside and shaking her shoulders. When Elize didn't respond, he took out a small megaphone from his pocket and yelled right in her ear. "Wake up! Hut, two, three, four! Hut, two, three, four!"
"Waah!" Elize cried out, falling off her seat. "I'm awake! I'm awake! ...Hassleberry? Good morning! I mean, what are you doing here?"
Putting away his megaphone, Hassleberry stood proudly as he said, "Ah, you're awake! Finally! Morning, Elize! Today I heard an interesting rumor! It appears that there's a legendary card lying around this island somewhere! Elize, let's go look for some legendary dinosaur card together! If we find one, my deck will be even stronger!"
"Um...I can help, but what about the others?" asked Elize.
"Alexis is helping Truesdale with his dueling skills somewhere in the forest, Bastion's studying something, and Chazz...well, he's still a lunatic saying stuff like the Society of Light or something," replied Hassleberry. "So, you're pretty much the only one I can turn to. My Tyranno team members are also busy, by the way."
"Oh, okay," said Elize, picking up the invention she's been working on for a while. "Then, it's a good thing I finished this."
"What is it? Isn't that a metal detector?" wondered Hassleberry. "I may not the brightest bulb in the room, but even I know that cards are made of paper, not metal."
"I mean, it is a metal detector, or rather, something similar to it, but this is a different detector," stated Elize. "This detector can detect small things buried underground! I mean, I haven't really tested it yet, but coincidentally, this might be good for the card searching task."
"That's even great!" said Hassleberry; his eyes suddenly pierced. "Do you feel that? My dino senses are tingling! It's leading me somewhere! Haha! This oughta be fun! Come on, follow me!"
"Huh? Wait a minute, Hassleberry! At least let me get ready!" called out Elize as Hassleberry ran off. Sighing, she quickly grabbed what she needed, stuffing them in her backpack before heading out and following after the energetic boy.
Eventually, the two of them landed somewhere around the Obelisk Blue Girls Dorm in the garden section. Hassleberry immediately pulled out a shovel from the nearby garden warehouse and began digging.
"Come on! Let's start digging!" encouraged Hassleberry.
"Hold on, Hassleberry!" cried out Elize. Oh, this was bad! They weren't allowed here unless given permission, and now they were totally ruining property! The best plan was to find the card as soon as possible, put dirt back in the holes, and then get out of here! Using her detector, she walked around, trying to find the card.
Just as she was about to receive a signal, two Obelisk Blue girls, Mindy and Jasmine, spotted the two.
"Hey, you two! What are you guys doing in the girl's dorm garden?!" questioned Jasmine angrily.
Seeing Hassleberry, Mindy suspected he must be up to something bad. "Eek! A pervert?! A peeping tom?! Help! Help!"
Ceasing his digging activity, Hassleberry dropped his shovel and shook his head. "N-No! You've got the wrong idea!"
The Obelisk Blue girls' cries reached out to a couple other Obelisk Blue girls, who surrounded but Hassleberry and Elize, preventing them from leaving as Mindy rushed to get the head of the female Obelisk Blue dorm, Fontaine. Both Hassleberry and Elize quickly explained their predicament and what they were trying to accomplish.
"Oh, I see. Next time, get permission, ok?" spoke Fontaine, easily forgiving them. Knowing the two as Jaden's close friends and seeing that they were telling the truth, Fontaine never suspected they did anything wrong.
"Y-Yes, ma'am. I'm truly sorry about this," apologized Hassleberry.
"Me too! We're sorry!" Elize also apologized.
With all things said and done, Hassleberry turned to Elize with a grin. "Well then, let's get back to digging!"
Unfortunately, Mindy and Jasmine still weren't satisfied. "Hold on! This is totally backwards! Anything you find at the girl's dorm belongs to us!"
"Yeah, totally," agreed Mindy. "It's technically ours, you know."
Hassleberry seemed to be in a bit of a conflict there. "I-I never thought about that...but, finders keepers!"
That comment further angered Jasmine. "Get out if you're going to be like that! We'll dig!"
Annoyed, Hassleberry argued, "Oh, come on! I'm the one who found the digging spot!"
"Uh, yeah. But it's totally part of the girls' dorm. Hello?" reminded Mindy, getting into the tensed conversation.
Elize, being the only neutral one out of the four, tried to calm down her friends. "Um...guys? Can't we just settle this through and just share the cards? There might be more than one card hiding, and we could-"
"NO!" yelled Mindy, Jasmine, and Hassleberry, causing Elize to shrink back and cringe.
"I'm sorry!"
Sighing, Fontaine decided to put an end to all this nonsense. "Oh, what a mess. Okay, let's do this. How about we settle this with a Tag Duel? Elize and Hassleberry vs Jasmine and Mindy. Whoever wins gets to dig here."
"There ya go! We'll duel anyone we need to!" Hassleberry agreed. He needed to take his frustration out on someone, and what better than the two girls who annoyed him just now?
"Bring it on!" agreed Jasmine. "We're ready for you anytime!"
Elize sighed. "I was hoping to avoid anymore fighting, but okay. I guess a duel's not that bad."
Making way and space for the four duelists to duel against each other, the rest of the Obelisk Blue girls cheered for Mindy and Jasmine, who waved at them. The four duelists activated their duel disks at the same time and proceeded to duel.
"DUEL!"
- DUEL -
Elize and Hassleberry - 8000 LP
VS
Jasmine and Mindy - 8000 LP
"My turn!" said Elize. "I set a Monster facedown and end my turn!"
"My turn!" Jasmine said. "I know just what to do!~ I summon my all-powerful Birdface to the field before ending my turn!"
Birdface - (WIND/Winged Beast) - LV4 - (1600/1600)
"Then it's my turn!" Hassleberry said. "By discarding Destroyersaurus from my hand to the Graveyard, I can add 1 Jurassic World from my deck to my hand! Then, I summon Giant Rex to the field!"
Giant Rex - (EARTH/Dinosaur) - LV4 - (2000/1200)
"And why not boost up his power with a special Field Spell I like to call Jurassic World? Here goes!"
Much to the girls' surprise, the entire playing field changed from an elegant garden of flowers towards a field of plain grass with mountains, rocks, and a volcano around the middle of it all.
"Thanks to Jurassic World, all Dinosaur-Type Monsters gain 300 Attack and Defense Points!"
Giant Rex - (EARTH/Dinosaur) - LV4 - (2300/1500)
"With that done, I'm done with my turn as well!"
"Me next!~" sang Mindy. "Ooh! I just know what to do! I'll set a Monster and end my turn!"
"It's back to me!" Elize said, drawing her card.
Hassleberry nodded, thinking, 'Alright, she'll just whip out one of her Flip Summons and then take over Birdface, leaving only Mindy's Monster!'
"I Flip Summon Gigobyte to the field!"
Gigobyte - (WATER/Reptile) - LV1 - (350/300)
"Awwww! So cute!~" squealed Mindy and Jasmine.
"Hey! What is that?!" shouted Hassleberry. "I thought that was a Charmer Monster! What gives?!"
"I'm sorry, but I wanted to try something new with my deck," apologized Elize. "But don't worry! I'll still give you support with my healing and defensive Spells and Traps!"
Turning around, Gigobyte was giving off the cute puppy-dog eyes expression to Hassleberry and seeing how cute he was looking and the fact that he couldn't be mad at reptiles, who were similar to dinosaurs, Hassleberry groaned. "Alright, alright! Just finish your turn!"
"Not yet!" said Elize, focusing back on the battle. "I sacrifice Gigobyte in order to summon Giga Gagagigo!"
Giga Gagagigo - (WATER/Reptile) - LV5 - (2450/1500)
Upon arriving at the playing field, Giga Gagagigo growled, causing the two female Obelisk Blues to shiver at the sight of a scary Monster. Elize gulped, knowing the backstory of Giga Gagagigo. He may be restricted by the magic of dueling, but she can't control his aggressive battle style when it came to the Battle Phase.
Elize shouted, "Giga Gagagigo, attack Birdface, please!"
Not wasting any time, Giga Gagagigo charged forward, leaving deep footprints in his trail before grabbing ahold of Birdface as he tried to flap away, only to shriek upon being bit and torn apart.
"That's enough! Come back!" called out Elize, ceasing more of the fight since Birdface was about to be sent to the Graveyard as a result of battle anyways. No need to add salt to the wound, anyways.
Elize and Hassleberry - 8000 LP
Jasmine and Mindy - 7150 LP
"Oh, yeah! When Birdface's sent to the Graveyard as a result of battle, I can add Harpie Lady from my deck to my hand and then shuffle my deck!" added Jasmine.
"I set a card and end my turn," Elize said. 'Looks like he still needs some controlling. Miss Doriado and Mystical Elf were right, he is really hard to control.'
"My turn!" Jasmine said. "Sweet! I discard Harpie Queen from my hand to the Graveyard to add Harpies' Hunting Ground from my deck to my hand! I summon Harpie Lady in Attack Mode!"
Harpie Lady - (WIND/Winged Beast) - LV4 - (1300/1400)
"Ooh! I can't wait to try this one out! The Spell, Elegant Egotist! Because I have Harpie Lady on the field, I can Special Summon the Harpie Lady Sisters from my deck!"
Harpie Lady Sisters - (WIND/Winged Beast) - LV6 - (1950/2100)
"Now I play Harpies Hunting Ground, a cool Field Spell!"
The entire field summoned forth strong winds enough for Jurassic World to crumble away and revert the field back to its original form, except with more wind around.
"Noo! My Jurassic World's gone!" cried out Hassleberry. That meant none of his Dinosaur-Types could get the power boost they needed!
Giant Rex - (EARTH/Dinosaur) - LV4 - (2000/1200)
"With Harpies Hunting Ground out on the field, all Winged Beast Monsters gain 200 more Attack and Defense Points!" said Jasmine, trying to recall the effects of the Field Spell. "Sweet!"
Harpie Lady - (WIND/Winged Beast) - LV4 - (1500/1600)
Harpie Lady Sisters - (WIND/Winged Beast) - LV6 - (2150/2300)
"Oh yeah! There was one more effect! If any Harpie Lady or Harpie Lady Sisters were Normal or Special Summoned, I could target a Spell/Trap card on the field and...destroy it...whoops. Should have done that earlier. Oh, well."
"Still, you did pretty good!" said Mindy. "With you on my side, there's nothing we can't accomplish! Plus, Alexis did teach us to duel properly, so...there was that, too."
'I'm guessing those two were amateurs before Alexis intervened,' thought Hassleberry. 'Wait, what am I saying?! Now my Monster's weaker than that Harpie Sisters Monster!'
"Now I'm going to attack!" proclaimed Jasmine. "Harpie Lady Sisters, do your stuff and destroy that weird Dinosaur thing!"
"Not so fast!" shouted Elize. "I activate Negate Attack and defend Giant Rex, thus cancelling the Battle Phase!"
"Drats! Well, nothing else I can do right now but end my turn."
"Nice one, soldier! Thanks for the backup!" thanked Hassleberry. "Okay, my turn! I sacrifice my dinosaur in order to Tribute Summon Dark Driceratops!"
Dark Driceratops - (EARTH/Dinosaur) - LV6 - (2400/1500)
"Now Dark Driceratops, destroy Harpie Lady Sisters! Crush them!"
Rushing ahead, Dark Driceratops leapt high despite his heavy weighted body and slammed onto the three Winged Beast sisters, crushing them under his weight.
Elize and Hassleberry - 8000 LP
Jasmine and Mindy - 6900 LP
"No! And I worked so hard to summon those sisters," whined Jasmine.
"I just set two cards and end my turn!"
"Ooh! Ooh! My turn!" said Mindy. "I Flip Summon A Cat of Ill Omen! All I have to do is select a Trap card from my deck and place it on top of my deck! Ooh! I summon Mecha-Dog Marron in Defense Mode!"
A Cat of Ill Omen - (DARK/Beast) - LV2 - (500/300)
Mecha-Dog Marron - (LIGHT/Machine) - LV4 - (1000/1000)
"Then, I play Pot of Greed and draw two sweet cards!~ Okay, I end my turn by setting a card facedown!"
"My turn," said Elize. "I-"
"Mistress! I insist that you allow me to destroy the pathetic weaklings this instance!" growled Giga Gagagigo.
"Not with that attitude! Miss Doriado and Mystical Elf and everyone else warned me-"
"Why listen to those old hags?! Just send me into battle before I return to the Spirit World and crush everyone else!"
"B-but the others will stop-"
"I can easily crush 10 or so weaklings before they seal me away again! But I can prevent from doing that if you allow me into combat this instant!"
"O-Okay!" Not wishing for any havoc in the Duel Spirit World, Elize complied quickly. "Then, please attack Harpie Lady!"
"At last!" Jumping high in the air, Giga Gagagigo prepared to slice Harpie Lady into bits.
"I'll protect your Monster, Jasmine!" promised Mindy. "I activate the Trap, Mirror Force to destroy that gross Monster!"
Just as Giga Gagagigo was about to land near Harpie Lady, a force field knocked him back and shot a beam through his chest, destroying him.
'...I just hope he isn't too mad,' thought Elize. "I set a Monster and end my turn."
"Yay! I did it! My turn!" said Mindy. "Hmm...I guess I'll switch all my cute Monsters into Defense Mode and end my turn!"
"Finally, my turn!" said Hassleberry. "I activate my Continuous Trap, Fossil Excavation! I just discard one card and Special Summon 1 Dinosaur-Type Monster from my Graveyard, but his effects are negated! I Special Summon Giant Rex!"
Giant Rex - (EARTH/Dinosaur) - LV4 - (2000/1200)
"Alrighty! Now it's time! I sacrifice my two Monsters to summon Black Tyranno!"
Black Tyranno - (EARTH/Dinosaur) - LV7 - (2600/1800)
"I activate the Trap, Survival of the Fittest and equip it to Black Tyranno, giving him 1000 extra Attack Points!"
Black Tyranno - (EARTH/Dinosaur) - LV7 - (3600/1800)
"Now devour Harpie Lady, Black Tyranno!"
Black Tyranno roared and marched forward, gobbling up Harpie Lady, much to the disgust of the others as they watched such a horrendous scene.
Elize and Hassleberry - 8000 LP
Jasmine and Mindy - 4800 LP
"And now another effect of Survival of the Fittest kicks in!" explained Hassleberry. "Because my Monster destroyed a Monster and sent it to the Graveyard, he can make a second attack! And now Black Tyranno's effect activates! When there's only Monsters left in Defense Mode on my opponent's side of the field, he can make a direct attack!"
"Whart?!" cried out Jasmine and Mindy.
"Crush those two gals!" cried out Hassleberry. "It's not proper for me to hurt girls, but you two kinda annoyed me, and I've been meaning to take my anger out, so...GET THEM!"
Pushing past Mindy's Defense Mode Monsters, Black Tyranno whirled around, slapping both Jasmine and Mindy aside with his tail before returning.
"Ow!"
"That hurt!"
Elize and Hassleberry - 8000 LP
Jasmine and Mindy - 1200 LP
"Okay, now I'm happy! I end my turn!" said Hassleberry.
"Oh, no! We're almost out of Life Points! I gotta turn things around!" said Mindy. "My turn! No, no! It's no good! I...end my turn."
"Hey, you could have attacked Elize's Monster!" said Jasmine. "Oh wait, then we'd have to deal with that dinosaur thing."
"It doesn't matter! When it's my turn again, me and my dino will be delighted to crush ya again!" said Hassleberry.
"My turn!" said Elize. "I activate Monster Reborn and revive Gigobyte!"
Gigobyte - (WATER/Reptile) - LV1 - (350/300)
"I Flip Summon Archfiend Marmot of Nefariousness!"
Archfiend Marmot of Nefariousness - (EARTH/Beast) - LV2 - (400/600)
"Then, I summon Happy Lover to the field!"
Happy Lover - (LIGHT/Fairy) - LV2 - (800/500)
"Then, I play the Spell, Thousand Energy! With this Spell, I can increase the original Attack and Defense Points of all Level 2 Normal Monster by 1000 Points until the end of this turn!"
Archfiend Marmot of Nefariousness - (EARTH/Beast) - LV2 - (1400/1600)
Happy Lover - (LIGHT/Fairy) - LV2 - (1800/1500)
"Happy Lover and Archfiend, please attack Mindy's two Monsters!"
Releasing battle cries, Happy Lover and Archfiend Marmot of Nefariousness sprung into action, tackling the other two Monsters down and defeating them with their newfound strength.
"Mecha-Dog Marron's effect activates!" said Mindy. "When he's destroyed by battle, we both receive 1000 Points of Damage!"
Elize and Hassleberry - 7000 LP
Mindy and Jasmine - 200 LP
"Alright! Gigobyte, please finish this off!"
Gigobyte nodded and trotted over to Mindy and Jasmine...before biting their legs.
"Ow!" Both girls cried out, flinching from the pain.
Elize and Hassleberry - 7000 LP
Mindy and Jasmine - 0 LP
Winner: Elize and Hassleberry
"We did it! We won! High-five!" cheered Hassleberry, giving Elize a high-five.
"Awww! We lost!" whined Jasmine.
"Sorry, everyone!" apologized Mindy to the audience.
Fontaine was just relieved that this whole card problem was over. "What a shame. Still, a deal's a deal. If you find the card, it's yours. But you have to show it to everyone, okay?"
"Will do! Well, what are we waiting for, Elize? Let's dig!" said Hassleberry, picking up the shovel he dropped earlier as everyone but Jasmine and Mindy left.
Elize started to scan the area first before an alarm she installed onto the detector began beeping loudly, alerting Elize. "Hassleberry! The detector's found something! I think it's right here!"
"Really? Alright, I'm gonna start digging!" Abandoning the hole he was previously digging, he rushed over to where Elize was at and started digging rapidly. "Yeah! I'm gonna use my dino-power to dig faster!"
Elize stood back and watched alongside Mindy and Jasmine as Hassleberry continued digging deeper and deeper until he hit something solid. "Hey, did he find something?" wondered Jasmine, hearing the thunk sound.
"Hehe, that was easy! Is this the legendary card?" Hassleberry climbed out of the hole he created with the box under his armpit before proceeding to open it. Inside was...
A Monster card known as Goblin Calligrapher.
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"Mindy, let's go finish our makeup inside," sighed Jasmine.
"Yeah, I was dumb to believe there was actually a legendary card," said Mindy before the two girls left, leaving Hassleberry and Elize alone.
"Hassleberry? Are you alright?" asked Elize towards Hassleberry, who was both silent and trembling; traits unlike him. "You've been quiet for-"
"WAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!" sobbed Hassleberry. "I-I actually thought there was a legendary card! Instead, there wasn't!"
Unsure how to comfort him, Elize did the best she could by rubbing his back. "There, there. Do you want some tea back in my room?"
"*sniff* Yes..."
"But, could you help me refill these holes first before we do that?"
"Okay..."
Skit: Legendary Guesses
"Hassleberry, hold on!" pleaded Elize, managing to catch up to Hassleberry. "How do you even know it's going to be a dinosaur card? For all we know, it could be anything else!"
"I just know it! My dino senses never failed me before! They helped me out in tight situations!" replied Hassleberry.
"Like...what?"
"Well, on a multiple choice quiz I took once, I wanted to do Answer C, but my dino senses told me that I should pick B. The real answer was A, but if I picked C, then I would have failed! Then there was that time when I ate a hotdog! There were three choices; expired mustard, regular ketchup, and barbeque sauce. I wanted to try out the mustard because it was my favorite, but my senses told me to choose the ketchup. I ate it, but I didn't like it. Come to think of it, I could have chosen the barbeque sauce."
Elize sweatdropped. 'I...really don't think those are admirable traits, Hassleberry.'
Skit: Duel Stories
"By the way, you said you were trying out a new deck?" asked Hassleberry.
"Not exactly. I'm still going to stick to my Spellcaster Monsters, but I haven't tried out the familiars of my Charmers," said Elize.
"Familiar? Familiar with what?"
"Familiar doesn't just have to mean that. They have another word, like servant or something like that. Besides, I have some...trouble with a certain Monster, but it's nothing too much to worry about, considering his backstory."
"I'm confused," said Hassleberry.
"Well, behind every Duel Monster card, there's a story behind them," said Elize. "I could tell you the whole story of Gagagigo when we have tea."
"Sure!"
Yup! You guessed it! Just in case you guys were wondering, the Monsters Elize summoned were either the evolved version of the low-leveled Monsters, or the familiars belonging to the Charmers. If you look carefully at the Charmer Monster cards, you can see a secondary Monster besides each one. I figured their familiars need an introduction!
Anyways, read and review!