ARC 55: Potential VS Power! The Anticipated Rematch!

Haruki sat in his room that night, looking at his Blue-Eyes deck, his eyes falling on a certain card. "With this, I think I can bring Blue-Eyes to it's next level. Tomorrow, Ruxki you will help me do that."

The next morning in the Slifer Red Mess Hall, Ruxki sat nose deep in a fanfiction on his phone when he felt something poke his back. "What do you want Haruki? I AM READING SOMETHING!"

Haruki simply grinned in response. "Duel me again. This time, I'll win."

"Dear god, Haruna, that senior and Reiji kicked your ass harder than I thought." Ruxki said chuckling as he turned to face his friend and rival. "You are so desperate to show you're still hot shit that you're going to the bottom of the to-"

"Don't give me that Ruxki." Haruki interjected. "We BOTH know you're just as good as me. But a lousy student doesn't move up ranks."

"Bullshit. Bull and shit." Ruxki countered. "I'm stuck here cause Kaiba is a salty bastard."

"Oh right." Haruki said simply, turning and walking away. "Will you accept?"

"You know I will." Ruxki said calmly. "And when we duel, you better have your game on, or I will burn you fast."

Haruki turned back to glance at him. "Don't tempt me to use Trickstars Ruxki. That wouldn't be as fun to watch and we both know it."

"What do you mean? Explosions and flames are the best for entertainment."
"Not if it only lasts two turns."

"Who do you think you are? Yuya?"

"Bitch please, I wanna be more impressive than that." Haruki turned and walked away. "This afternoon, before dinner, let's put on a real show for the school. This Duel will show all I can do and more, it will entertain those here." He turned back and grinned. "Basically I expect this to be fun."

Later that day…

"And here we are folks!" Leo said in the mic as his position once again as MC. "Time for a rematch I'm sure I'm not alone in waiting for! Wielding the famous Red-Eyes and all it's potential, I GIVE YOU RUXKI!" There were cheers from the red and yellow dorms as Ruxki walked out and raised his fist. "And, welding the almighty power of the Blue-Eyes is HARUKI!" THe blue clad portion along with some of the reds erupted in cheers as Haruki walked in and raised his arms. "This time, there are no fancy tricks, no Skills, no Duel Runners, no Action Fields. Just a straight up Master's Duel to determine the better of the two."

Haruki and Ruxki looked at each other across the field grinning. "Did you know Ruxki, that someone once said that Red-Eyes was the dragon of potential, and Blue-Eyes the dragon of power? Don't want you to know which is stronger and more important?"

"Haruki, this is not the time to be poetic." Ruxki said activating his Duel disk as he and Haruki drew their hands. "Like I said earlier. IT'S TIME TO GET YOUR GAME ON!"

Haruki grinned wider. "Good point. It's time for me to High Five the Sky, cause I am feeling the flow!"

"That reference was so cringy, I am going to let you take the first turn out of pity…"
"Your loss."

"DUEL!"

Turn 1 - Haruki

LP: 8000 Hand: 5

Ruxki

LP: 8000 Hand: 5

"I'll start by activating Cards of Consonance. I discard White Stone of the Ancients to draw two cards." Haruki revealed the card and drew. "Next I activate Reduction Spawn. By discarding one Blue-Eyes Alternative White Dragon, and sending one Sunnai, Dragonstar of Fire to my grave from the deck, I can call upon two Dragonoid Tokens with levels equal to the difference in their levels."

Dragonoid Token x2 (1,2) LIGHT - Level 4

ATK/ 0 DEF/ 0

This Token cannot be Tributed, nor used as Material for any kind of Special Summon, besides a Link Summon.

"Next I normal summon my White Stone of Legend."

White Stone of Legend (3)

"Appear my Circuit!" Haruki declared as a large Link circuit appeared overheard. "Arrowheads confirmed, the summoning requirement is one level one monster. I set White Stone of Legend in the Link Marker." His stone flew upward and struck the middle bottom arrow and glowed white. "LInk Summon! Appear Link one, Linkuriboh!" With a squeak and cry of "Dolalalalalla" the monster appeared on Haruki's field.

Linkuriboh - DARK - Link 1 - BM (EXMZ A)

ATK/ 300

"Next, White Stone of Legend adds Blue-Eyes to my hand." The card ejected from Haruki's deck , which he revealed before moving on. "Again, appear my Circuit!" Haruki shouted as another one appeared next to him this time. "The summoning requirements are two monsters. I set my Dragonoid Tokens in the Link Markers." Turning into beams of light, the two flew up and struck the markers. "CIRCUIT COMBINE! Link Summon! Appear Link two, Proxy Dragon!" With a burst of light and roar, a small cybernetic dragon appeared on Haruki's field.

Proxy Dragon - LIGHT - Link 2 ML, MR (3)

"A final time! Appear my circuit!" Haruki shouted raising his hand skyward. "Arrowheads confirmed. The summoning requirements are at least two non-token monsters. Proxy Dragon's arrows can be used as Link Material, so I set the Link two Proxy Dragon and Link one Linkuriboh in the Link markers." Three tornadoes of light appeared, one black, two white and flew upwards, striking the bottom left, bottom middle and upper left link markers of his circuit. "Circuit Combine! Darkness and light, forever intertwined, reveal your form to me as a great mage. LINK SUMMON! Appear Link three, Aquamafrager Mage Coder!" With a burst of red light, a red robed cyberpunk wizard landed in front of Haruki, staff in hand.

Aquamafrager Mage Coder - FIRE - Link 3 - BL, BM, UL (EXMZ B)

ATK/2300

[Spellcaster/Link/Effect]

2+ Non-token monsters

When a card is summoned to this card's Link, you can move one card on either player's field to an adjacent zone. When this card leaves the field, you can Banish 1 Link monster in your GY, then destroy all cards your opponent controls in columns this card pointed on the field. You can only use each effect of "Aquamafrager Mage Coder" once per turn.

"I set one card and end my turn." One card appeared two slots left of his Coder. "Next White Stone of Ancients activates. Arise my Dragon Spirit of White!"

Dragon Spirit of White - LIGHT - Level 8 (5)

ATK/2500

"And from Haruki, we have an explosive first turn. Three Link Summons off of two cards, ending with a powerful board state to boot." Leo commented impressed. "Although Links are the new kid on the block, Haruki seems to have taken to them already, almost like a prodigy. How will Ruxki respond to his opponent's opening move?"
"All of that, just to make a specific monster and set one card?" Ruxki asked amused. "Now I know you're up to something. SO I'LL JUST BURN IT ALL! Draw!" Drawing from his deck,his grin widened. "It's time to rev it up."

Turn 2 - Ruxki

LP: 8000 Hand: 6

Haruki

LP:8000 Hand: 2

"When I control no monsters, I Special Summon Vice Dragon, next I'll normal summon my Delta Flyer!" The two dragons appeared on Ruxki's field, roaring.

Delta Flyer (3)

Vice Dragon (4)

"I think I'll take advantage of that lovely arrow pointing at my field." Ruxki sayid. "I tune Delta Flyer with Vice Dragon. The Dragon that was left to roam in the wasteland, descend now at my side. Synchro Summon! Appear level eight, Scrap Dragon!"

Scrap Dragon (3)

ATK/2800

"I activate Aquamfarger Mage Coder's effect!" Haruki shouted. "I move Scrap Dragon to the adjacent zone." WIth a flash of light, Scrap Dragon appeared in front of Haruki's monster.

Scrap Dragon (3) - (2)

"So you give me another zone to work with again?" Ruxki asked laughing. "Don't throw the duel, that's just disrespectful. I activate Fusionist with Eyes of Red in my hand, by Banishing this card, and Red-Eyes in my deck, I can Fusion Summon!" A large fiery vortex appeared behind Ruxki. "Fusion with crimson eyes, unite with my dragon and bring forth a new power! FUSION SUMMON! Red-Eyes Infernal Dragon!" A large burst of fire filled the air as the dragon roared and landed next to Ruxki.

Red-Eyes Infernal Dragon (3)

ATK/2500

"I set one card, next I activate my Banished Fusionist's effect. I can return it to my deck by sending a Red-Eyes card to my grave. I send Red-Eyes Darkness Metal Dragon."

"So, do my eyes deceive me or do I see some actual planning and set up Ruxki?"

"Don't act like I never plan ahead Haruki." Ruxki said calmly. "I just tend to adapt on the fly."

"Meaning you go in without thinking and get lucky to win."

"Better to be able to plan on the fly than be so set in stone and rigged."

"At least I know HOW I intend to get there and win. Better than I can say about the trigger happy scaly!"

"Call me what you will, at least I'm not a damned lolicon who lusts after pink hedgeho-"

"OKAY, THAT IS IT! WALLING YOU NOW!" Haruki roared blushing.

"I feel like this just got personal ladies and gentlemen." Leo said over the intercom.

"And I won't give you the chance." Ruxki said simply. "I activate Scrap Dragon's effect to destroy my set card, and your Link monster. Next my destroyed Trap activates. Castle of Dragon Souls, revive my Red-Eyes Black Dragon!"

"Aquamafrager Mage Coder's second effect activates;" Haruki shouted. "When this card leaves the field, I can remove from play Proxy Dragon to destroy all cards that were in the same columns this card pointed too. Your Scrap and Infernal Dragons are history."

A large explosion filled the area as two monsters sat on Ruxki's field, roaring. "Red-Eyes and Darkness Metal are still here though Haruki."

Red-Eyes Black Dragon (1)

Red-Eyes Darkness Metal Dragon (2)

"Good." Haruki said simply. "Now I can advance to my next play. I activate Spirit's effect. By releasing this card, I call upon my soul itself, Blue-Eyes White Dragon!" With a flash of light, Blue-Eyes descended on Haruki's field, roaring at Ruxki. "And now, to make my next move," Haruki continued as his Signer mark glowed. "I activate Super Polymerization!" His set card flipped face-up.

"YOU WHAT?!"
"I Fuse Red-Black Dragon, with my Blue-Eyes White Dragon." Haruki declared discarding one card.

"YOU ARE FUSING WHAT?!"

The two dragons roared as the began to swirl together. "Dragon of darkness and potential, unite thyself with the dragon of light and power. Meld your glory and be born a new. I Fusion Summon!" The silhouette of a large dragon loomed behind Haruki as he clasped his hands together. "By the power of Twilight, be born! Chaos-Eyes O-" A large error message displayed itself over the field as Haruki's Duel Disk started sparking then exploded throwing him and Ruxki back against the walls of the arena, their Life Points immediately dropping to zero at the same time.

DRAW

The silence that followed was start as most of the spectators got up and left, feeling trolled. Leo, for once at a loss for words shook his head and left. The rivals however, looked at each other, in equal confusion and frustration at the second draw they have endured.

"Well," Haruki began. "This su-"

"The big one. I agree. Shame, I kinda wanted to see what that dragon did."

"Why did it crash though? Pegasus apparently made this card years ago…"

"I'd be more worried about your Duel Disk mate." Ruxki said getting up and leaving.

"My Duel….goddamnit." Haruki muttered as he looked and saw it in pieces, his deck somehow unharmed but scattered. "Screw it," he said picking up his cards. "Back to Trickstars, I know I can improve it more…"

Outside Duel Academy, a man stood, his arms at his hips, grinning, his orange hair catching the setting sunlight. "Ah it will be good to see you again," he said to himself. "Haruki."

To Be Continued...