The day after Anthony gave Kan'u her newest card, she was busy admiring it while she walked through the hallways of the palace. Her new card was incredibly powerful, having the same strength as her Black Luster Soldier, with the added bonus of having an incredible effect, and being relatively easy to summon. She was chomping at the bit, eager to give it a test run, but who should she duel? As she made her way to the dining hall for her breakfast, she decided to issue a challenge to everyone, and see who accepted. She banged her fist loudly on the table, which succeeded in getting the attention of the others.
"Who here would like to feel the wrath of my new monster?"
Everyone at the table, which was the entirety of Anthony's peerage, himself included, looked at her with an odd stare.
"What?" asked Chohi. This prompted Kan'u to pull out Black Luster Soldier - Envoy of the Beginning and show it to everyone, with a select few like Chohi and Riri getting in close for a better look, oohing and ahhing at the powerful monster.
"Yesterday, Anthony gifted me with this card, and I'm desperately wishing to use it. Would anybody care to duel me?"
The girls were quick to request that they duel her, with the numerous offers blending together into a large uproar. Kan'u felt a bead of sweat roll down the back of her neck as the likes of Bacho, Bunshu, and Chohi loudly requested that they be selected to take her on.
"Come on, Aisha, let me take a swing at it!"
"No, me! I wanna duel! I've never dueled you before!
"Big sis, please!? Rinrin really wants to duel you! The two of us haven't dueled each other in so long!"
However, she then noticed Shokatsuryo nervously fiddling with her hands, evidently wanting to ask her, but to nervous to speak over the commotion.
"Is something wrong, Shuri?"
The other girls fell quiet as Shokatsuryo looked up, and pulled out a card with a "Hawawa." The girls gasped as they saw what she was holding.
"Whoa, what the hell is that!?" asked Bacho.
"That's Tyrant Dragon! But that's the card that I gave to Anthony! How did you get your hands on it!?" said Ensho.
"He g-gave it to me. And if it's okay with you, Aisha, I also want to test it out."
"Ah, two powerful cards having their grand debut in a single duel. How exciting!" said Kochu.
"Yeah, I wanna see, I wanna see!" said Riri, bouncing in place.
"Come on, Aisha, how can you refuse this?" said Anthony, sporting a look of glee. Kan'u smiled.
"Alright, we'll duel in the arena!"
"Okay! I'm ready!"
~KD~
The group soon made their way to the arena, with Kan'u and Shokatsuryo busy shuffling their decks as the rest of them were in the bleachers, looking forward to this.
"You know, arguably, Aisha and Shuri are the two best duelists in my peerage, so this should definitely be an amazing duel to watch," said Anthony, with everyone staring intently at the two duelists.
"I wonder who will win!" said Bacho, eagerly awaiting the action.
"Of course the shrimp will be victorious. After all, that's Tyrant Dragon that she's using! Ohohohoho!"
"Perhaps, Reiha," said Kochu, "but I've dueled both of them myself, and only Aisha was successful in surpassing me, although Shuri certainly put up a fight. Therefore, I'm inclined to root for Aisha."
As the spectators gave their own thoughts on who would win, the two duelists smiled as they shuffled their decks, then placed them into their Duel Disks.
"May the best duelist win, Shuri!"
"Got it! Let's duel!"
(Shokatsuryo: 4000 LP)(Kan'u: 4000 LP)
"If you'll allow it, may I go first?"
"Of course you may, Shuri."
Shokatsuryo then drew her sixth card, then began to carefully look over what cards she had.
"Hawawa, I summon my Fairy Dragon in attack mode!"
A new dragon appeared, being a small green snakelike dragon with a small pair of wings (LV 4: ATK 1100).
"And now I set two cards. And that will be enough for now."
"I wonder what Shuri is up to," said Choun. "Something must be going on in that brilliant mind of hers."
"Trouble for Aisha, no doubt," said Anthony, as Kan'u drew her next card.
"I draw! And I summon my Armed Samurai - Ben Kei!"
Her samurai appeared with a sly grin, twirling his polearms (LV 4: ATK 500).
"And now, I play my Lightning Blade, equipping it to my monster and giving it an extra eight hundred attack points!"
The high-voltage broadsword went into the group of weapons on Ben Kei's back, and his power went up (ATK 500-1300).
"And the best part? My monster gains an extra attack for every Equip Spell that it has! Now attack!"
Her monster began to rush towards the Dragon-type, when Shokatsuryo simply played one of her face-down cards.
"I activate my Burst Breath!"
"Uh oh," said Anthony, immediately recognizing the Normal Trap from his own duel with Shokatsuryo.
"With this card, I tribute one Dragon-type monster that I control. And then, I can destroy every monster on the field whose defense points are less than its attack points!"
Her Fairy Dragon took a deep breath, then shot a golden stream of fire at the approaching Warrior-type, destroying the monster. Fairy Dragon then exploded, and then Shokatsuryo activated her other set card.
"And now I play my Call of the Haunted, which will let me bring back my Fairy Dragon in attack mode!"
Her dragon then returned to the field, ready to battle (LV 4: ATK 1100).
"Okay then, I end my turn!"
"Man, Shuri is no slouch," said Kaku, clearly impressed. "It's no wonder that she beat me."
"I draw! And now I tribute my Fairy Dragon, in order to bring out my Different Dimension Dragon!"
Her smaller dragon then vanished in order to make room for the four-winged blue dragon, which let out a loud cry (LV 5: ATK 1200).
"I recognize that monster from my duel against Shuri. I never found out what exactly it did," said Kochu.
"Different Dimension Dragon, attack Aisha directly with your Rainbow Burst!"
The dragon unleashed the iridescent beam of chroma, and Kan'u closed her eyes and put up her arm in order to shield herself from the blast (Kan'u: 4000-2800 LP).
"And now, I play my Super Rejuvenation, which lets me draw one card during my End Phase for every Dragon-type that I discarded or tributed this turn!"
As the card appeared, Shokatsuryo declared her turn to be over, and she drew one card as a result. Kan'u put on a determined face, not about to let her opponent one-up her, even if she was a friend.
"I draw! And now I activate my Hammer Shot, which will destroy the monster on the field with the highest attack points! And since the only monster on the field is your Different Dimension Dragon, it's about to take a one-way trip to the Graveyard!"
Kan'u played her Spell Card, and the wooden mallet came down where the monster was, when suddenly, Different Dimension Dragon disappeared into a multicolored portal, and the hammer struck the ground of the arena harmlessly. After the mallet faded out of existence, the Dragon-type reappeared through the portal.
"Sorry, Aisha, but that card doesn't target a monster, it just destroys the most powerful monster. And Different Dimension Dragon can't be destroyed by a Spell or Trap Card that doesn't target it!"
"So that's what it does," said Choun. "Very useful against cards like Mirror Force."
"Or Burst Breath," said Ganryo. "Taking out her opponent's monsters, while leaving her own intact."
"Well, I may not be able to destroy it with that, but maybe this will have better results! I summon my Rocket Warrior!"
The fighter in green armor soon appeared on the field, sword and shield close to its body as it glared at the large drake (LV 4: ATK 1500).
"She used that on me…" said Ryofu, looking intently at the Warrior.
"Now attack, Rocket Warrior! Slay that dragon!"
Her monster nodded and activated its thrusters, blasting up into the air, then descending at a high speed, before it slashed downward, right through the center of Different Dimension Dragon (Shokatsuryo: 4000-3700 LP). As it landed, it looked up, expecting for the opposing monster to have been carved in two, but much to the surprise of the Warrior-type and its owner, Different Dimension Dragon was still on the field.
"Surprised? My monster has another effect, where it can't be destroyed by battle, unless the monster that it battles has at least 1900 attack points."
"Damn it! Well, I set one card and end my turn, Shuri."
"Then it's my draw, Aisha! And first off, I switch my Different Dimension Dragon into defense mode!"
Her monster brought its head down, and its wings a little closer to its body (DEF 1500).
"And now I set one monster, and one other card. I think that should do for now."
"Okay then, I draw! And I play Swords of Revealing Light, in order to flip up your face-down monster, and keep you from attacking me for three turns!"
The bright green swords of light fell from above and trapped the monsters, with one of them being revealed to be Golem Dragon, large arms locked together (LV 4: DEF 2000).
"Hawawa, what a card, Aisha. It's too bad that I'm about to destroy it! I play my Dust Tornado, which will destroy your Swords of Revealing Light!"
A large gray tornado began to rage around the perimeter of Shokatsuryo's field, picking up the Swords of Revealing Light and shattering them into tiny pixels. Kan'u remained unruffled, as she slapped a monster onto her Duel Disk.
"I summon my good friend Axe Raider to the field!"
Her monster entered the battle, swinging its golden axe in an arc before it and letting out a cry (LV 4: ATK 1700).
"And now, I end my turn!"
Shokatsuryo drew, and she smiled. It was finally time.
"I tribute my Different Dimension Dragon and my Golem Dragon, so that I can summon my newest monster! Its armor is like tenfold shields, its teeth are swords, its claws spears, the shock of its tail a thunderbolt, its wings a hurricane, and its breath death! Behold, Tyrant Dragon!"
Both of her defending dragons soon disappeared, and out came the massive king of the dragons, which let out a roar and shot a huge geyser of flame from its mouth into the air, which startled Riri and made her muzzle her mother, with Kochu calmly comforting the young child (LV 8: ATK 2900).
"Hawawa…I didn't think that it would be so big…" said Shokatsuryo, caught off guard by the size of her newest monster. It was even bigger than Red-Eyes Black Dragon, for crying out loud! And definitely more powerful as well.
"Ohohohohoho! Even if it isn't mine anymore, to see that card in action is truly incredible! And now, it's about to bring this duel to its end!" said Ensho.
"We'll see," said Bacho, watching intently.
"And now, I'll have my Tyrant Dragon attack your Rocket Warrior! Go, Dragon Flame Breath!"
Her monster stared at Rocket Warrior and opened its jaws, spewing forth a torrent of flame, when suddenly, Kan'u activated her face-down card, in hopes of taking down the mighty dragon. Almost immediately, stone spiky armor covered Rocket Warrior.
"Nice try, Shuri, but I activate my Sakuretsu Armor! I can only play this card when your monster declares an attack, and then this card targets that monster and destroys it! So Tyrant Dragon is done for!"
"Yes! It looks like Aisha is gonna win, hands down!" said Bacho excitedly, when Ensho began to laugh hysterically.
"Ohohoho! Ohohohohohohoho! Oh, you think so, don't you? But you're dead wrong!"
Suddenly, the green bead on the forehead of Tyrant Dragon began to shine brightly. The spiky armor began to crack, before it eventually broke into pieces, leaving the LIGHT monster once more unguarded from the FIRE monster's attack.
"What's happening?" said Kan'u, as suddenly, her monster became coated from head to toe in fire, and exploded into pixels (Kan'u: 2800-1400 LP).
"What just happened was the effect of my Tyrant Dragon. You see, this monster negates and destroys any Trap Card that targets it. It's a bit of a double-edged sword, as I can't use Trap Cards to make it stronger, but on the other hand, it can't be made weaker or destroyed by my opponent's cards. And what's even better? If my opponent still controls a monster after my Tyrant Dragon's first attack, I can have it attack again! Take down that Axe Raider with your Dragon Flame Breath, Tyrant Dragon!"
Her monster then spat a second stream of fire at the EARTH monster, and upon its destruction, there wasn't a single card left on Kan'u's side of the field (Kan'u: 1400-200 LP).
"What a brutal monster," said Totaku from the sidelines, watching as it finished burning Axe Raider to a crisp.
"And a powerful one," added Anthony.
"Come on, big sis, you can beat Shuri! You even beat big bro!"
Kan'u smiled at these words of encouragement, and she drew her next card, her eyes widening in surprise. She then looked towards Tyrant Dragon and Shokatsuryo, and decided that it was finally time to bring this duel to a close.
"First off, I Normal Summon my Battle Warrior!"
Her monster was a muscular brawler who had blue skin and pointed ears, and wore a blue outfit that included fingerless gloves with knuckle guards, and a mask that had a purple visor that was shaped like a crescent with a jagged inside (LV 3: ATK 700).
"Why would she summon such a weak monster to the field? It's obvious that Battle Warrior can't beat Tyrant Dragon by itself," said Kaku.
"She's obviously planning something. What exactly, I don't know," said Anthony.
"And now, it is finally time to bring out my monster. The thing about it is that it can't be Normal Summoned or set, only Special Summoned. And before it can be Special Summoned through other means, like Monster Reborn, I have to bring it out by banishing one LIGHT monster and one DARK monster from my Graveyard. So I banish my LIGHT-attribute Rocket Warrior, and my DARK-attribute Armed Samurai - Ben Kei!"
Both of these monster appeared on the field, before they both fell into different colored portals, with Rocket Warrior going into a white portal, and Armed Samurai - Ben Kei going into a black one. The portals then disappeared, and a new one appeared that was larger than the other two, black and white swirling together in a chaotic chiaroscuro.
"Here we go," said Anthony, on the edge of his seat.
"When the forces of dark and light combine, a new soldier is born, and comes to your defeat! Behold, Black Luster Soldier - Envoy of the Beginning!"
Her monster came out of the portal, head down, before it suddenly jerked up. He looked identical to the original Black Luster Soldier, with the same blue and gold armor, the same brown ponytail, the same shield with the dragon design on it, and the same scimitar (LV 8: ATK 3000). He then looked up at Tyrant Dragon with a dauntless expression, the difference in size not concerning the Warrior-type in the slightest, as he only tightened his grip on his blade in anticipation.
"Hawawa…"
"Man, this is gonna be awesome!" said Anthony, smiling like a kid in a candy store.
"Go big sis! Take her down!"
"Black Luster Soldier - Envoy of the Beginning may look like the original Black Luster Soldier, but he can do so much more! And in addition, as you can see, he's more powerful than your Tyrant Dragon! Go, Luster Blade!"
The monster then jumped high into the air, even higher than the Dragon-type. Naturally, said monster wouldn't go down without a fight, as it spat out a massive blast of fire, intending to roast the Warrior-type. However, this proved fruitless as the monster just repelled the flames with his shield, then slashed clean through the dragon, pixels falling around it like snowflakes (Shokatsuryo: 3700-3600 LP). The black knight then landed on one knee right in front of a nervous Shokatsuryo, who took a step back as the monster rose to his full height, standing over her menacingly.
"Hawawa…why is your monster still on my side of the field?"
"Because when Black Luster Soldier - Envoy of the Beginning destroys a monster in battle, it can immediately declare a second attack! Go, Luster Blade!"
Her monster then swung his sword directly through Shokatsuryo, dealing a massive amount of damage before he leapt back to his side of the field (Shokatsuryo: 3600-600 LP).
"And now, to finish you off! Battle Warrior, attack directly with Ultimate Battle Fist!"
Her monster leapt forward and sent Shokatsuryo sprawling backwards with a powerful punch to the face, with the strategist having lost the duel (Shokatsuryo: 600-0 LP)(Winner: Kan'u).
"And that is game!" declared Kan'u, before she ran over to help Shokatsuryo to her feet. The audience began to wildly cheer for the two of them, and they both smiled, welcoming the newest additions to their decks.
Edit 12/13/2018: fixed an error with Burst Breath by replacing Troop Dragon with Fairy Dragon.