Chapter 36
Old Friends, Destined enemies Part 2
DUEL!
Ryuga: 4000
Ayame:4000
"I'll go first this time! My draw!" I shouted quickly as I took the lead. (I can't afford to let her get 2 monsters on the field, otherwise…)
"Hehe, glad to see you're taking me seriously for once. Or then again, maybe you're just rude." she teased. I kinda grunted at her childish attitude, guess she isn't really all that different, or maybe it's a bluff…
"I'll set a monster in facedown defence mode and a card facedown. With that I'll end my turn." I said as I laid them down. She then glared at me for my simple move, "Tch! That's it? I expected more. Either you're going easy on me just because we're once teammates or you're trying to bait me." she grunted annoyed.
"Whatever, I'll make you regret taking me lightly! My draw!" she then drew. "First off, I'll activate the spell Gladiator Beast's Respite which allows me to take 2 Gladiator Beast cards and shuffle them back into my deck, so I can draw 3 new cards in return." She then took 2 cards which I remembered clearly, "I'll send back Gladiator Beast's Battle Gladius and Gladiator Beast Murmillo," she slid them in and reshuffled, "And now I draw!" As she added 3 new cards she took another from her hand, "Now I activate cost down! By discarding a card in my hand I can then reduce the levels of all monsters in my hand by 2!" She then slid a card inside her graveyard.
"That would make any normal summon much easier…" I thought nervously, getting through to her will be difficult.
"Now that his level is 3! I can normal summon Gladiator Beast Spartacus from my hand in attack mode!" The all too familiar dinosaur warrior jumped out and roared, swinging his huge axe. "Now I'll attack our facedown monster! Go Spartan Slash!" the dinosaur warrior then growled and lunged forward, slicing my monster in half, revealing it to be prairie dragon! "Thanks Ayame! You just triggered my facedown!"
"Typical…." she muttered.
"I reveal the quick play spell Miracle of draconian wrath! When a dragon has been destroyed this lets me set 2 cards from my deck and set them on the field immediately!" I then took the desired cards and laid them down.
"Not bad, seems you've upped your game a little since last time."
"I'm not done yet though! The monster you just destroyed was my prairie dragon, when flipped face up it's ability allows me to play another from my deck!" I then threw a second dragon onto the field, which tunnelled from the ground and landed in defence mode.
"Well then, guess I ought to call for reinforcements myself! I activate spartacus' special ability! I'm sure you're aware, whenever a gladiator beast attacks or is attacked, I can then tag it out for another in my deck!" Spartacus then changed into light and flew into the deck, before a new monster came, "I'll throw out Gladiator beast Secutor in defence mode!"
I then began to realise what she was planning with that seemingly harmless lizard.
"My turn's not through yet! To make sure this long awaited duel doesn't end too quickly for us! I'll activate the continuous spell Damage off Zone! As long as this remains face up all battle damage dealt to both players gets halved!"
"A drawn out battle then? Makes sense for you…" I replied with a serious expression.
"Heh, seems you've gotten an idea of my strategy, but I've learnt a few new tricks since then! I now end my turn, so you better come at me with everything!" she challenged.
As I drew my card I then hesitated, knowing if I were to go all out….. "Ayame please don't do this! Duelling should never be used for conflict or oppression, remember the fun times you had before in standard, surely you found duels to be actual fun instead of just winning and losing."
"Hmph! Still dwelling on the past? Emotions and old bonds will only hinder one's ability in battle, which was the reason why I never really intended to make friends from the start." she scoffed.
"That..can't be…" I replied in shock.
"Still, I do appreciate the advice you gave on how we should use duelling to help better one another, in fact, because of it I was able to train up some of Academia's weaker members into a task force of my own, I'm sure you've already met them, the ones you just cut down. However, because you did, I intend to avenge them by defeating you and all other opposition to our cause!" she proclaimed making me almost speechless, "Now enough talk! Make your move!"
"Tch! Guess there's only one way to make you listen to reason!" I yelled furiously as I ran to an action card I saw on an ice wall, "I activate the action spell Break Ruin! This lets me deal damage equal to the difference in the number of cards in our hands x300! Since I hold 4 cards and you hold 2, I can deal 600 points of damage!" The card then shot out some electricity which forced Ayame to guard with her cloak.
Ayame: 4000-3400
"Action cards eh? In that case…." she then leapt to an opposite cliff, which forced me to give chase below her, "I activate my trap burst breath!" I revealed one of my facedowns, "By tributing a dragon monster on my field I can destroy all monsters you have out whose defence points are lower than its attack!"
"Tch!" she grunted as prairie dragon was absorbed into the trap.
"Prairie dragon has 800 attack points which is enough for me to destroy Secutor! Go!" The trap shot out a stream of fire heading towards the opposing monster! "I activate the action spell Mirror Barrier!" she called as she plucked a card from an icicle, "This protects my monster from being destroyed by card effects this turn!" A forcefield formed around the lizard as it shielded it from the fire!
"Hmph! In that case I'll have to destroy it by battle!" I then took a new monster from my hand, "I summon dragonic warrior in attack mode!"
I called out a man sized muscular warrior man who wore a helmet which was shaped like a dragon head, he also had dragon skull shoulder pads and wore silver dragon-like armour and boots. He also wielded a sword which had spikes at the handle which resembles dragon claws.
Dragonic warrior, Level 4, Warrior, Earth ATK: 1500, DEF: 1000
"I know what you're thinking looks pretty sharp, well you're right! And so is his ability! When summoned his special ability lets me choose between 2 options, but I decide to have him call out a level 4 or lower dragon from my hand automatically! At the cost of it being unable to attack this turn!" I selected my card, "I choose my armoured dragon!"
Dragonic warrior then lifted up his sword with one hand struck the ground, opening a crack on the snowy field and a large bipedal dragon came out of it. It had a greenish upper body and a cream yellow underside, while wearing red human-like armour over its torso and over its thighs, as well as a metal face mask and a long tail!
Armoured dragon, Level 4, Dragon, Fire, ATK: 1900, DEF: 1400
"Summoning 2 monsters like that without a pendulum summon, not bad, but to be expected nonetheless," she replied unimpressed.
"In that case, how about I throw in something new! I activate my warrior's second ability! Once per duel, I can fusion summon using monsters on my field without a fusion card!"
"What did you say!?" she gasped surprised as my warrior struck the ground again which released a bright blue and orange light, which then took form as a fusion portal, "I fuse draconic warrior and armoured dragon!"
"Great commander of dragons, unite with your most trusted armoured ally and may your strengths give rise to a new draconian warrior! I fusion summon! Level 7 Dragonic knight!"
Dragonic knight was similar in colour to Armored dragon, except now it shed off its old armour and gained that of Dragonic knight's! Also it now was able to stand more upright and now wielded a shield and sword! Boasteing his tremendous strength with a big roar!
Dragonic Knight, Level 7, Dragon, Fire, Fusion, ATK: 2800, DEF: 2300
Ayame while running looked at my new monster with a small smile, "Heh, you know for someone who's against Academia, you're pretty adept at using fusion yourself. You know, the offer to join us still stands. Come on Ryuga, imagine what we can achieve together! A perfect world where we all live in a united utopia, not to mention with your level of skill you'll surely make the highest ranks in the army, surely you can't possibly refuse."
"Hmph! Sorry to disappoint but the only reason I'm doing this is to show you that what I'm doing now is because of what you taught me."
"M..me teach you?" she asked puzzled.
"Yeah, in fact seeing you duel inspired me to take to new horizons and explore new ways of duelling! Don't you see, we should be using duels to learn about each other and not try to hurt others!"
"Tch! Enough of this! Make your move already!" she grunted annoyed.
I then grit my teeth at her stubborn attitude, not wanting to open her eyes. "Guess there's no other way, you may have saved Secutor from Burst Breath but not from this! Dragonic knight! Attack with dragon slasher!" My dragon warrior then growled before charging forward with his sword and swung it down on the helpless lizard!
"Want to bet! I'll activate the action spell Miracle!" This then allowed Secutor to block the word using the metal plating on its arms! "Great…" I muttered annoyed.
Ayame then smiled since the battle phase was over, "How about I introduce you to some new Gladiator Beasts! I summon Darius and Bestiari!" She then called out a horse man in orange armour and a green falcon with emerald armour, just what I needed….
"Now for their special effects! When Darius is summoned like this, his special effect lets me summon a Gladiator Beast from my graveyard with its effects negated, so how about I reclaim the one I discard earlier due to cost down! Welcome back Tygerius!" She then took out her tiger warrior with 1800 atk. "Now Bestiari lets me destroy a spell or trap on the field, so I'll destroy your last one! Go!" The Falcon then blew a sharp gust of wind from its arm blaster.
"No! That card is..!" As it was blown away, Ayame's eyes widened, "That's…iron resolve…."
"That's right, it's the card you gave me on our first duel! I've kept it since then and thanks to it I've been able to win a number of duels while fighting for the friends I made here!"
"Friends…." she thought.
I then held out another spell, "I don't want to keep fighting you like this Ayame, so I'll use One day of Peace! Now we each get a card and until the end of your next turn, neither of us takes battle damage!"
She then gritted her teeth in frustration as she and I drew a card, "Now I activate my Knight's special ability! I get to special summon a dragon type monster from my graveyard or hand once per turn! Go rallying roar!" He then gave a loud screech like a battle cry which caused a dragon soul to erupt from the ground, "I choose armoured dragon!" The smaller dragon stood right by its fusion form. 'Now I end my turn." I stated before looking at the card I drew, "Bahamut…"
He then looked at me and nodded, "I understand, I will do my best to help you reach her, in the most helpful way as possible."
"Thanks…" I whispered before ending my turn.
"My draw!" she yelled frustrated, "Hmph! You've grown soft…"
"Say what?" I was surprised by her sudden attitude, "What do you mean?"
"I'm sure you do, you're way better than this! You're holding back something I just know it! I absolutely can't stand mercy!" she glared, "If it's because we once were 'friends' then forget it! I'll let you know that the sole reason I came was of the sole purpose of Academia and nothing more! Right now, your old attachments are only going hinder you in this do or die battle! Which is exactly the reason why we never have friends in Academia, for they'll only keep us from our cause and goal! To prove it, I'll start by showing you no mercy!"
I was almost in tears, the way she spoke, she wasn't the Ayame I knew before! Could that person have been only a front like Sora? Is there really no way for them to understand? (What she said before on students always looking out for themselves alone….She really was serious…)
"Ryuga, brace yourself."
"I draw! I special summon test tiger!" She called out her tiger like monsters to the field alongside her other 3! "Now I tribute my tiger in order to return secutor to my deck and then special summon Gladiator beast Laquari!" Her signature tiger monster took its stand from the 2 sacrifices.
"This isn't good…"
"I now fuse Gladiator Beasts Laquari, Darius and Tygerius together!" The 3 monster leapt into the air for a triple contact fusion!
"Great Gladiators of the Arena! Unite your spirits and let your combined warrior's blood and power flow through the veins of the Mighty Colisseum of War! I fusion summon! Level 8 Gladiator Beast Heraklinos!" Her ace monster appeared with an impressive 3000 atk stat, making me nervous due to its unpleasant ability. "Now I tribute my test tiger in order to shuffle back my Gladiator Beast Beatiari." The tiger vanished and sent her green falcon back to her deck, "Come forth Gladoator Beast Augustus!" A purple dragon-like bird with a sword took the place of the previous one. "Now his special ability activates! When tagged in, I'm allowed to special summon a brother in arms from my hand in defence mode! I choose Octavius! "A red eagle man then shrieked as it swooped from the sky and crouched in defence.
I then saw her charge for an action card, so I decided to give chase.
"Show no mercy Heraklinos! Attack Dragonic Knight with Blade of the hero!" As the tiger fusion charged forth to my monster, 'I activate Knight's second ability! I can shift the targets of opponent attacks and effects to another monster on my field! So I'll have you attack armoured dragon!" Dragonic Knight's shield then gave off a blinding light which made Heraklinos lose his way and then slice down on my other monster instead!
"Tch! You coward!" she grunted before grabbing an action card, "I play From the brink of defeat! Now a battling monster gains 800 attack and can't be destroyed in battle! Go Augustus! Finish that dragon!" Augustus grew in power and then shrieked before launching his sword! Luckily I managed to find an action card of my own in the snow! "I activate Tenacity! If I control only one monster, it can't be destroyed in battle!" Knight was able to block the sword with his shield and push Augustus back!
"She didn't discard her card to negate my spell…"
"Hmph, not bad, but not good either." she said, "Now that the attack is over, I'll send back Augustus in order to special summon Gladiator Beast Murmillo in defence mode!" As she exchanged the dragon bird for the blue fish I knew what she was aiming at! "Murmillo's ability now activates! Now I can destroy one monster on your field! Let's see you try and protect your monster now!" The fish then shot high pressured water from its cannons, I then spotted an action card in the distance, I leapt quickly and grabbed it after tumbling through the snow, "I activate mirror barrier! This protects my monster from card effects this turn!" Now my dragon shielded himself from the attack.
"You really are as persistent as always, guess this must come from your 'belief' in your cards." Ayame spoke smiling, "I'll be sure to crush that determination with another contact fusion! I fuse Octavius and Murmillo together! I fusion summon Gladiator Beast Essedarii!" A gorilla in orange armour on a battle chariot emerged and growled, boasting 2500 attack points, "I now activate card of demise! This lets me draw till I hold 5 cards, and in 5 turns I discard my entire hand." She then drew 5 cards, 'I set 2 facedown. It's your move." She then leapt down from her perch on to the same ground as me.
I struggled to my legs, it was difficult especially with the cold wind, it was starting to get to me but I couldn't afford to let this slow me down.
"Ryuga, it's clear she isn't holding anything back, there's no reasoning with her so we must fight back."
"Grr, I know Bahamut, but just maybe, if I can show her I don't want to hurt her in this duel she'll understand what it means about the bonds in a duel." seeing my determination alone was enough to convince Bahamut as he nodded in support though still a bit unsure. (If I keep fighting, she'll just keep retaliating and this conflict won't stop…Only one way to stop this.)
"I draw and I activate pot of greed and now I draw 2 cards!"
"Hmmm, not worth using Heraklinos' ability." Ayame thought.
"Perfect! I now use scale 2 Dragon Knight and Scale 5 Dragon Pirate Soldier in order to set the pendulum scale!" I yelled as I laid out 2 of my first pendulum monsters onto my disk which rose into pillars of light! "I activate the pendulum effect of my dragon pirate soldier! When I have another dragon monster in my pendulum zone, I can double this card's scale from 5-10!" Samurai then unsheathed his swords and 5 doubled to 10! "Now I can summon monsters from 3-9 at once!"
"Hehe Let's see what you've got now…." she was hoping for a challenge, which was why she didn't negate the effect nor setting.
"Bahamut, let's do this…Mighty power filled with infinite potential, carve me the path of hope that shall lead me to victory! Pendulum summon! Now come forth my loyal monster partner!" One light shot out, "Appear! Dragon king of resolve! Bahamut! Sacred dragon of hope!" My ace monster roared in power as he landed next to Dragonic Knight. "Heh, I remember him, he took me out last time we duelled." she smiled remembering her fun but intense battle before, "This time, things will be very different…."
"I activate the spell Dragon Heart! For this turn, I can't normal summon or set but what I can do is this, select 3 dragons form my deck and send them to my graveyard, which allows me to increase the attack power of 1 dragon I control by 1000 till the end of this turn!" I took Brain dragon, Ancient dragon (Used by Solomon Muto in Yugioh DM anime) and Genghis Ghan the emperor dragon and discarded them, their souls then rose front he ground and infused Bahamut with power!
3000-4000
"Say what? If he doesn't normal summon, then Bahamut…." she then grit her teeth in anger again.
"Bahamut! Attack Heraklinos with supreme sacred strike!" As Bahamut launched his beam attack Ayame quickly reacted, "You'll have to do much better than that! I activate my trap card defence! By discarding a card from my hand I can then negate an attack from an opponent! Then I can draw a card after!"
"Darn it!" I cursed as a card like shield formed around the gladiator beast, protecting him from the attack. "Ayame discarded a card, then drew."
"That case, I'll attack Essedarii with Dragonic Knight! Quick! Dragon slasher!" As swift as the wind, Knight charged ahead and engaged the opposing fusion monster in hand to hand combat, before ultimately overpowering it!
Knight then sliced Essedarii in half making it explode, "Grr, because of Damage off zone, all battle damage is halved…." Ayame grunted.
Ayame: 3400-3250
"I'll end my turn with that."
Ayame then went quiet for a little making me uneasy before letting out an outburst, "Are you mocking me!? You had an opportunity to end this battle if you used Dragonic Knight's ability to revive another dragon monster from your graveyard! Not only that, you could have normal summoned Bahamut and unsealed his gemini effect in order to deal effect damage to my life points! Why do you keep doing this!? Taking me lightly and acting all soft!"
"I'm trying to show you I don't want us to keep fighting like this, also, duelling should never be used as tool for war! Please stop, don't make me force you."
"Hmph! You make me? Hah! With the way you're playing, you'll never be able to take out half my life points in your next move. I'm embarrassed to think you were even worthy of joining us." she scoffed as she drew her card, smiling at it too. "Perfect, with this I'll force you to your knees…"
"I activate monster reborn, with it I'll revive the Gladiator Beast Retiari that I discarded with card defence." She resurrected her crocodile warrior with 1300 attack which snarled as it came out.
"Now I'll activate inferno reckless summon! I can only use this if only one monster with 1500 or less attack has been special summoned to my field, now we each can target a monster we have and then special summon all copies from our hand, deck and graveyard to our fields!"
"What!? But I don't have another Bahamut!"
"Too bad for you then, because I can now call out 2 more Gladiator Beast Retiari! Soon 2 more joined the first one. "Now using my 3 Retiaris I now triple contact fusion once more!"
"Another triple!?" Bahamut also sweated nervously at what she planned on calling out.
"Reptillian warriors of the arena! Combine and bring forth the Great Gladiator of the shadows! I fusion summon! Gladiator Beast Nerokius!" A shadowy mist emerged and a pair of red eyes pierced through,putting a chill down my spine as a Giant Vampire bat warrior screeched loudly and took its stand next to Heraklinos!
"Now to rid the field of your monsters! I attack Dragonic Knight with Nerokius! Vampiric Nightmare!"
"What!? But their power is even! It'll only be a tie!"
"Now quite, Nerokius can't be destroyed in battle!" she retorted as her fusion flew up high and let out a horrifying screech!
"In that case I'll activate Dragon Knight's pendulum effect!"
"Don't even try, when Nerokius attacks or is attacked, the opponent can't activate any cards or effects until the end of the damage step!"
"No!" I cried as Dragonic Knight's shield began to crack under the sheer force of the noise and then was blown out! "Urgh!" I grunted as I braced myself from the shockwaves, which were made a little more tolerable thanks to Bahamut stepping in to cover me.
"Now to avenge my previous loss against that dragon! I activate the quick play spell Indomitable Gladiator Beast! This raises my monster's attack strength making him stronger than Bahamut!" The spell charged up Heraklinos with more power as he roared triumphantly!
3000-3500
"We've got to move now Bahamut!" I yelled as I hopped onto his back and we took off.
"Get back here and fight! I won't let you escape so easily!" Ayame yelled as she charged off together with her 2 fusion monsters. Luckily I saw an action card on a hanging icicle and was able to grab it in time, "I'll activate blinding Blizzard! This ends the battle phase!"
"Didn't I tell you before that your efforts to delay me are only going to backfire on you! I reveal my counter trap Battler's Pride! This negates a card that would end the battle phase!" Her last facedown overpowered my at ion spell which blown me off Bahamut!
"Aaah!"
"Ryuga!" Bahamut gasped as I landed hard on the icy ground, then growled furiously at the opposing monsters.
"Now there's nothing that will stop me from avenging my defeat! Attack Heraklinos with Blade of the valiant warrior!" Bahamut swooped in to intercept the attack in order to protect me, "I activate Dragon Knight's pendulum effect which negates the destruction of a dragon monster I control in battle!"
"Good try but not good enough! I discard one card from my hand in order to use Heraklinos' special ability and cancel out your effect! Gladiatorial Pride!" He then knocked Bahamut aside onto the ground before launching a slash shockwave which broke my scale as it pierced through my dragon knight's armour!
"No…" I looked on helplessly as the fusion monster then swung his axe down on my helpless partner! "Y…you…"
Ryuga: 3700-3450
"You're fortunate that my continuos spell halves battle damage to both players, but it won't save you from a direct attack!" Ayame said as she relentlessly continued her assault and grabbed an action card, "I activate second attack! A monster that just attacked this turn can attack again!"
Heraklinos then set his sights on me and then, "AAAAAHHHH!"
Ryuga: 3450-1700
I then struggled to my knees as the pain spread throughout my body from the direct slash. "Urgh…Ayame…Why…after everything, you'd just throw it away like that?"
She then had a slight expression of regret looking at my weakened state before closing her eyes, "Sorry, but this is how it must be. I'll admit the times we had were fun, but those….were fake and long over! Above all, I hold Academia and our noble dream of uniting the dimensions by any means even more than anything else! I really don't want to prolong your pain, but you did accuse us of such dishonourable acts, so I'll give you only one chance to surrender and give your word you'll stop interfering with us, otherwise, I'll just have to do it myself." she then held out her disk as she was serious. "You have this one turn to think it over, so go ahead."
"She's really going to do it…" I gasped in exhaustion, defeated….. "It, can't end this way…." I muttered sadly and helpless.
(Bahamut POV)
"Ryuga…" Bahmut looked on helplessly and then glared at Ayame, "Grrr, what you all have done is unforgivable, and yet….I'm powerless to do anything! Rargh!"
A demonic, female voice then echoed in his mind, "Painful isn't it, to look on helplessly while your friend suffers…What a shame and there's nothing you can do about it."
"!..That voice, it sounds familiar…" Bahamut thought, almost as though he remembered it somewhere.
"There is one way you both can end this, permanently, and you know it."
"N..no! I refuse to let that take over me and Ryuga again!" Bahmut roared, "Besides, the consequences…"
"Are you sure you want to make that choice, remember all they have done, the destruction, the suffering, the pain. You know they deserve it,"
He then flashed back to the memories once again, and now his friend was about to suffer the same fate! "No! Stop it! I can't take much more of this!"
"Then you know what needs to be done! Accept the power and give in to it!"
"Aaaargh!" Soon the darkness overtook Bahamut and Ryuga soon followed because of his influence and connection to his soul!
(Meanwhile)
"Hehe, things are going as planned." Tiamat thought as Nushi soon felt a sting of pain in his arm! "Heh, this pain, guess I know what this means…." Nushi grinned eagerly as he stood at nearby pillar, clutching his arm as his dragon claw mark glowed red.
"If you'd like, I can take you there and we can watch the entertaining events taking place."
"Then by all means, lead the way Tiamat."
(Duel)
Ryuga then fell completely silent as a dark shade covered his eyes, making Ayame a bit uneasy, as the blizzard began to die down and the air became den more heavy and difficult to breath. "R..Ryuga?"
"Guess I was wrong."
"Huh?"
"I thought that there may actually be some hope in some of you. I actually believed we were friends that time, and I almost thought that what we built together would be enough to convince you to stop, and that we really hasd something in between us. But it seems I was only kidding myself. You of Academia are all alike, if that's the case…THEN JUST DISAPPEAR! RAAAARGH!" Soon the dark aura overtook both Bahamut and myself and then 3 dark dragons oils erupted from the ground and began to enter my body! "Raaaaargh! My hair then flared up, nails and teeth sharpened and eyes then turned blood red! Now, the real battle begins!
"R..Ryuga!? What's going on with you!?" Ayame gasped at my sudden transformation! Before stopping in fear at my face, with a demonic grin and glaring red eyes!
"I will enjoy making YOU suffer this time! My draw!" The draw itself created a black shockwave which nearly blew Ayame off her feet! "Urgh! What power! Is this what he was trying to hold back from me?!" She grunted as she covered her face and her monsters struggled to hold their own!
I then grinned sinisterly at my card, "I activate monster reborn! With it I'll bring a back monster from wither of our graveyards!"
"That case…" I saw her quickly bolt for a nearby cards, pointless!
"Do not interfere!" I waved my arm and a shot a black shadow dragon from my aura, it charged straight at my enemy, knocking her off balance before she could grab her last chance of hope!
"AAAAHHH!" she screamed in pain as the dragon shadow coiled itself around her! Listening to her choking and gasping was simply magnificent! "R..Ryuga!? What are you doing!? This isn't you!"
She then looked on in horror as I turned to her, "You shall become sustenance for me! But do not worry, I have no intention of taking one of your worthless monsters, I'll be reviving my Armored dragon!" As it revived it roared ferociously with an animalistic look in its eyes, almost feral due to the dark power. "Now I'll use monster recovery! By returning everything on my field and in my hand to my deck, I reshuffle and then draw 5 cards! My hand is now empty, so I'll just be returning my field cards instead!" Soon Dragon pirate soldier and Armored dragon returned to my deck and I drew 5 cards.
"Urgh! Please…no more…" Ayame could feel the tightening squeeze from my dark shadow, but from each lost breath, she could also feel a series of mixed pure negative emotions! Anger, sadness, hatred….She was petrified to the fullest extent from pain and fear!
"I now use scale 1 Magician dragon and scale 9 gator dragon to reset the pendulum scale!" As I reset both monsters rose as pillars of light, "Ultimate power with locked potential! Carve the mark of destruction across the Light and unleash the forces that shall crush all who oppose me! Pendulum Summon! Come forth my monsters!" 2 lights shot out! "Revive! Dragon of my undying desire for destruction! Bahamut! Sacred dragon of hope!" Once again as Bahamut revived himself, his expression was more animalistic! "And now Twin headed dragon!" My new pendulum monster took its stand before his masters and shrieked.
Twin headed dragon was a medium sized bipedal dragon with no arms, but instead 2 heads attached to long necks and wings on its back. The heads had 2 horns at the back, with a pair of spiked on the face and both faces grinned and hissed with mouths full of sharp fangs! It was blackish green in colour and had a yellow underside and a short tail.
Twin headed dragon, Level 7, Dragon, Dark, ATK 2300, DEF 1300, Pendulum Scale: 2
As Ayame looked on powerlessly at my menacing monsters, seeing her expression turn into outright terror was absolutely priceless! "I'm afraid the worse is yet to come Ayame! You see when pendulum summoned from the extra deck, Bahamut gains all of his unsealed abilities immediately!"
"What!? T..then that means!"
"Hehe, let me introduce something new to you! I now activate Bahamut's special ability and fuse him with my dark attribute Twin headed dragon without a fusion card!" Both dragon roared in unison, the melody of their furious roars was magnificent too! They rose into blue and purple lights and fused!
"Fusion!?" she gasped, "Was he capable of all this when we duelled the first time?" she thought with horror.
"Dragon king of fallen hope, discard your former past of light! Drown in the negative emotions of pain, sorrow and rage! Be consumed by darkness, discard your husk of old and be reborn as the demonic destroyer! I fusion summon! Level 9! Bahamut! Destroyer Dragon of Oblivion!"
As my demonic dragon rose from a dark crack in the ground, and gave a nightmarish roar, Ayame looked on even more with fear, "No..no…"
"Hehe! Now prepare to watch as I utterly decimate you! I activate the equip spell Rainbow Veil!" A light began to shine around Bahamut, brightening his black and red scales been more. "Hehehee! Don't let this light fool you! It's even deadlier than you could imagine! When a monster equipped with this battles I can negate all opposing monster effects!"
"N..Nerokius!"
"Now! My Destroyer dragon's special ability activates! When fusion summoned it can gain the effect of the dark material used, this case being twin headed dragon! If you control a monster after his first attack, he can attack again!" A purplish flare began to collect around Bahamut's arms as his hands then became dragon heads! (Eager to destroy!) "Finally! Bahamut's fusion ability activates! When used in a fusion summon, if that fusion ever attacks, its attack strength doubles until the end phase! Say good bye!"
"ROOAARRR!" A blackish aura soon enshrouded my monster as his strength grew!
3500-7000
Ayame only looked on in fear and helplessly as MY fusion was about to obliterate hers'!
"Attack Bahamut! Wipe out those insignificant pests with Double Desolation Claw!" My dragon then roared and charged froth without hesitation!
Mustering her last ounce of courage Ayame forced out her hand through my shadow's coils! "I..I activate the final effect of my continuos spell Damage Off Zone! By halving my life points, I negate any battle damage down to me!"
Ayame: 3250-1625
"Attack! Demolish! Devour! Burn! Grind them to dust! Ahahahahahahaha!" Bahamut mercilessly tore apart Nerokius piece by piece with his claws and then set his sights on Heraklinos who put up a pointless struggle, before being massacred!
"AAAAAHHH!" Ayame screamed as the explosions sent her flying! "Urgh!" she grunted as she landed roughly in the snow patch.'"I..Is it over.." she thought as she struggled to her legs, boy how wrong she was! Bahamut then emerged from the smoke and took hold of her! 'Gah! No more! Please! I beg of you! Ryuga!" she begged with tears of fear and sadness, "Hehehe, sorry, but your fate is about to be sealed! My Bahamut's final ability now activates! When he destroys a monster from the extra deck in battle, you'll take damage equal to the highest stats! Chaos Eraser!" Bahamut began to open his jaws at Ayame at point blank range, about to send her to her doom!
"N..no…" her eyes filled with tears of sadness and regret, "I..I'm sorry…"
I then took noticed of them at the last minute before suddenly realising…
"Meeting her, duelling alongside her, teaching her the importance of bonds, how she helped me out, our parting….."
"N..NOOOO!" I yelled as I began to fight back the control, grasping my head in my hands! "Bahamut! Stop it please!"
"Grrr..I…can't…" it was weak but I could hear the real Bahamut's voice coming from my fusion dragon, as if he too was trying to fight the dark power controlling the both of us!
"Why do you resist?" The voice spoke, "She doesn't matter, she'll only destroy you if you let her live! End her miserable existence here and now!"
"No! Not like this! She may be fusion, and did many terrible things, but she's still a duelist of honour! She'll never hurt anyone willingly! I believe in her! Most of all….She's my..FRIEND!" Ayame's eyes then winded in shock at my actions, "He called me…his friend…"
Using my last ounce of strength, I took my last hand held card, "I activate de-fusion! I'm splitting Bahamut destroyer dragon of Oblivion back!" As the spell activated and reached Bahamut, he then released Ayame, who quickly backed away in fear. Bahamut then clutched his chest as if it were in pain and he began to roar furiously as red lightning and dark energy began emitting from him! Before finally…
"BOOOM!"
"Aargh!" I fired as I was sent back b the shoickwaves, I then looked up and saw the darkness had dissipated and Bahamut fell to the ground, normal….(F..Forgive…me….) he said remorsefully as he faded.
"Urgh! Owww" I groaned as I regained my footing. I then looked around seeing no one, "Ayame! I'm sorry!" i cried as I ran off to try and find her.
(Later)
"Hmph, how unfortunate…The fun had to end so soon." Nushi scoffed as he walked out from behind a pillar of ice.
"Still, the fact that child was able to resist my power long enough to release both himself and Bahamut…It's quite admirable I admit, but very disappointing." Tiamat said before seeing Nushi's smile, "No matter, you can see him now. Full of pain, sorrow and regret…It's time that I…help deepen it….Personally."
Hi you all, this duel took way longer than expected since I'm not that familiar with Gladiator Beast strategies but hope it lived up to your expectations! As you've seen here, dragon heart is an anime exclusive card and so are Brain Dragon, Genghis Ghan the emperor dragon and Ancient Dragon. All 3 can be normal summoned so I decided to use them in this duel.
I will be using some anime exclusive cards from time to time, especially some in the next chapter! Hope you're ready for an epic duel between dragon users, it took me time to plan but as always, hope you enjoy it! Stay tuned. The new monster I introduced here, Twin headed dragon, is based off the dungeon dice monsters in yugioh just to let you know.
I'll admit I thought up darkness mode from beyblade metal fusion, but it was cool so I decided to use it here.
Armored dragon
When the effect of an opponent's monster is activated that would target and destroys a card(s) you control, you can send the targeted card(s) to the graveyard to special summon this card from your hand.
Dragonic warrior
When this card is normal summoned you can activate one of 2 effects:
1-You can special summon 1 level 4 or lower dragon type monster from your hand, but it cannot attack this turn.
2-You can add one dragon or draconic spell or trap card from your deck to your hand, but it cannot be activated this turn.
Once per duel, you can perform a fusion summon using monsters you control.
Dragonic knight
Dragonic warrior + Armored dragon
Once per turn you can special summon 1 dragon type monster from your hand or graveyard.
While this card is face up on the field, you can choose the targets of your opponent's attacks and effects that would target a monster on your field to another monster you control.
Twin headed dragon
Pendulum effect:
Once per turn you can target one dragon monster you control that has attacked this turn, it can attack an additional time this turn
Normal effect:
If your opponent controls a monster after this card's first attack, it can attack again.