Phantom's Requiem

Chapter 30

White

Turn 2: Yugo

Yugo LP/Hand: 4000/5

Yuri LP/Hand: 4000/1

"I activate Speedroid Scratch to send Den-Den Daiko Duke from my hand to the Graveyard and add Double Yoyo to my hand! I summon the Double Yoyo that I added with this card's effect to revive Daiko Duke and Synchro Summon! The bullet of wind rings out, carried along its path by the wondrous wings of light! Now, echo on! Level 7 Synchro Summons! Clear Wing Synchro Dragon!"

Speedroid Scratch

Spell

Send 1 "Speedroid" monster from your hand to the Graveyard; add 1 "Speedroid" monster from your Deck to your hand.

"Next, I activate Shock Surprise! I banish Double Yoyo from my Graveyard to destroy Chimerafflesia!"

Shock Surprise

Spell

Banish 1 "Speedroid" monster from your Graveyard, then target 1 monster your opponent controls; destroy it.

"Go! Clear Wing attacks your face-down monster! I set two cards face-down and end my turn!"

Turn 3: Yuri

Yugo LP/Hand: 4000/1

Yuri LP/Hand: 4000/1

"It's my turn now! I draw! I activate Predapruning, to revive my-" Yuri began, only to be cut off by his foe.

"I activate my two Traps! Dragon's Bind and Follow Wing! These two cards will prevent you from destroying Clear Wing by battle or Special Summoning monsters with lower ATK than its own!"

Dragon's Bind

Continuous Trap

Activate this card by targeting 1 Dragon-Type monster you control. Neither player can Special Summon monsters with ATK lower than or equal to that target's original ATK.

Follow Wing

Continuous Trap

Activate this card by targeting 1 monster you control. It cannot be destroyed by battle. If it is targeted for an attack by an opponent's Level 5 or higher monster: You can destroy that monster, and if you do, it gains ATK equal to the destroyed monster's ATK.

"Tch. How annoying. In that case, I set a monster face-down. Turn end," Yuri growled, eye twitching in frustration.

"What's wrong? Mad, motherfucker? Then just think about how mad I was when you took Rin from me," Yugo spat. For the first time in one of their encounters, he felt like he was invincible. He had Yuri locked out of summoning Starving Venom with its ATK gain intact, and had been able to set up a situation in which Clear Wing couldn't be destroyed. Yuto just worried too much. But now, he'd show him. He'd show both of them, and the first step to doing so was to kick Yuri's ass.

Turn 4: Yugo

Yugo LP/Hand: 4000/1

Yuri LP/Hand: 4000/0

"I attack with Clear Wing! Whirlwind Helldive Slasher! That'll be all for my turn."

"This is impossible! How could someone like you push me this far?! I'm supposed to be the strongest! This was supposed to be easy! I'd just defeat you quickly, take your Clear Wing, card you, then find Yuto, take his dragons, and card him! It was supposed to be easy! Someone like you... defeating me?! What a bad joke!" Yuri laughed psychotically, unable to accept the reality of the situation. "Me, the Professor's right hand, losing to filth! I've never lost a duel in my life, and I'll be damned if you become the first! I draw!" he continued, eyes narrowing into slits.

Turn 5: Yuri

Yugo LP/Hand: 4000/2

Yuri LP/Hand: 4000/0

"I set a card. That's all. Hahaha... HAHAHAHAH!"

"He's losing it. I can't drag this out... I have to end it now!"

Turn 6: Yugo

Yugo LP/Hand: 4000/2

Yuri LP/Hand: 4000/0

"I draw! I'm ending this right now! Clear Wing attacks you directly! Go, Whirlwind Helldive Slasher!"

"You fell for it! HAHAHAHAH! I activate a trap! Necro Fusion! I summon a Fusion Monster using materials in my Graveyard, but it can't attack this turn! I remove Cordyceps and Darlingtonia Cobra, and Fusion Summon! Two deadly flowers, unfold and become the thorn fangs of poison, rising from the pit! Level 8 Fusion Summons! Bloom! Starve Venom Fusion Dragon!"

Necro Fusion

Trap

Fusion Summon 1 Fusion Monster from your Extra Deck, by banishing Fusion Materials listed on it from your GY face-down, but it cannot attack this turn.

"Now, you can either continue your attack, or let me go. It's your choice."

"I... I end my turn."

"HAHAHAHAH! Then this is the end, as you said!"

Turn 7: Yuri

Yugo LP/Hand: 4000/3

Yuri LP/Hand: 4000/0

"I draw a card! I activate Fangs of Greed! I send Starving Venom Fusion Dragon and a Predaplant from my deck to the Graveyard to Fusion Summon!"

Fangs of Greed

Spell

Send 1 "Fusion Dragon" monster you control, and one DARK monster from your deck to the Graveyard, Fusion Summon a DARK Dragon Fusion monster from your Extra Deck, that lists those cards as material.

"I fuse Starving Venom with Orphys Scorpio in my deck! Hell, which sprouts beneath! With the venomous fangs, take form! Level 10 Fusion Summons! Emerge! Greedy Venom Fusion Dragon!"

Greedy Venom Fusion Dragon

1 "Predaplant" monster + Level 8 or higher DARK monster

DARK

ATK: 3300

DEF: 2500

[ Dragon / Fusion / Effect ]

If this card is Fusion Summoned, the Fusion Materials used for its Fusion Summon gain this effect.

If "Greedy Venom Fusion Dragon" you control is destroyed and sent to your Graveyard: You can banish this card from your Graveyard; Special Summon 1 "Greedy Venom Fusion Dragon" from your Graveyard, also the following effects of "Greedy Venom Fusion Dragon" cannot be used for the rest of this turn.

Once per turn: You can target 1 face-up monster on the field; until the end of this turn, change that target's ATK to 0, also that target has its effects negated. If this card is destroyed: You can destroy as many monsters on the field as possible, then inflict damage to the controllers equal to the combined original ATK on the field of their destroyed monsters.

"Greedy Venom's monster effect! Clear Wing loses all of its ATK during this turn, and its effects are negated! You could negate the activation, but Greedy Venom can revive itself, and you'd take damage equal to your monster's ATK, anyway, meaning you either take 3300 damage, or you take 6600 damage. It's up to you. HAHAHAHAH!"

"Tch... Then I won't negate the effect! Hit me with all you've got! Just know that I'll hit back even harder."

"That's fine. Greedy Venom attacks Clear Wing!"

Yugo LP: 4000 – 3300 = 700

"Turn end. Good luck. You'll need it."

'What do I do? There's no way I can stop that thing. It's too powerful. My only option would be to somehow inflict enough damage to drop his LP to 0 in one attack, but..."

"I'm sorry, Rin. Looks like we won't be able to back home together after all..." Yugo cried, trying to force a smile. "I sur-" he began, before feeling a stinging pain on his cheek.

"R-Rin? Why did you..." he muttered in surprise, his cheek red.

"Don't give up yet! What happened to the Yugo I used to know, back when we were kids?! Even if you didn't have anything else you could do, you never gave up! Why should you give up now?! You can still win. I know you can."

"Yeah. I guess you're right. Thanks, Rin. Let's go! It's my turn!"

Turn 8: Yugo

Yugo LP/Hand: 700/3

Yuri LP/Hand: 4000/0

"Draw!"

'This is... I can see it now! You're going down!'

"I summon Speedroid Red-Eyed Dice!"

Speedroid Red-Eyed Dice

Level 1

WIND

ATK: 100

DEF: 100

[ Machine / Tuner / Effect ]

If this card is Normal Summoned: You can target 1 other Level 1 monster you control and declare a Level from 2 to 6; it becomes that Level.

"Level 1 Red-Eyed Dice tunes Level 7 Clear Wing! Wings of light, ride the current of hope, and gather here! Level 8 Synchro Summons! Shine! Crystal Wing Synchro Dragon!"

Crystal Wing Synchro Dragon

Level 8

WIND

ATK: 3000

DEF: 2500

[ Dragon / Synchro / Effect ]

1 Tuner + 1 or more non-Tuner monsters, including a Level 5 or higher Synchro Monster

Once per turn, during either player's turn: You can target 1 monster on the field that activated its effect in this Chain; negate that monster's effects, and if you do, destroy it, then this card gains ATK equal to the ATK the destroyed monster had on the field until the end of this turn. If this card battles a Level 5 or higher monster your opponent controls, during damage calculation: This card gains ATK equal to the current ATK of the opponent's monster it is battling during that damage calculation only.

"I activate a Quick-Play Spell! Synchro Gale! When I Synchro Summon a monster successfully, I can Normal Summon a WIND monster from my hand, immediately after this effect resolves! Rolling out Speedroid Pachingo-Kart!"

Synchro Gale

Quick-Play Spell

If you Synchro Summoned a WIND Synchro Monster successfully this turn, you can, immediately after this effect resolves, Normal Summon a WIND monster from your hand (even if you have already Normal Summoned this turn).

"Pachingo-Karts monster effect! I destroy a monster my opponent controls!"

"You're finished! If Greedy Venom is destroyed, so are all of your monsters, then you take damage! DIE! HAHAHAHAH!"

"I don't think so! Crystal Wing's effect! A monster on the field that activated its effect has its effect negated, then it's destroyed, and Crystal Wing gains its ATK! Truth of Mirror!"

Crystal Wing ATK: 3000 + 1800 = 4800

"It was a valiant effort, but you still won't win. The most damage you can inflict before Greedy Venom kills you is 1500. Nice try, but I still win!"

"I wouldn't be so sure! Crystal Wing attacks Greedy Venom! Crystal Wing's effect! When this card battles a Level 5 or above monster, it gains that monster's ATK! Let's end this! Go, Crystal Wing! Eat this! Crystallos Edge of Gale!"

"No! No, this can't be happening! This is a nightmare! It has to be a nightmare! Wake me up! Wake me up! Wake me up! Wake me up! WAKE ME UP!" Yuri cried in terror, as a blinding white light enveloped the Eastern Tower.

Yuri LP: 4000 – 4800 = 0

To be continued...


Ulrich362's Review: Well... Yuto's meeting with Kaito is going to be very interesting to put it mildly. it stands to reason that unlike in canon he'll be more willing to listen to Yuto... though I doubt it'll be that simple, I can only guess what will happen between them. In regards to Yugo vs Yuri and my "suggestion" fair enough if you've given it some thought, again it's ultimately your call though if you're willing I'd be interested in hearing what you're thinking regarding it. Then we have the big mystery about Supremacy/Zarc and how they factor into everything... whatever you have in mind it should be interesting. Another awesome chapter, looking forward to the update.

Been a while since we've had a chapter that didn't alternate between the perspectives of multiple characters, huh? Anyway, Yuto's not going to be enough to bring Kaito back on his own, but he's definitely not going to be as hostile as he was toward Yuya. As for how Zarc factors into everything... he's not really going to have too many more appearances for a bit, but he's always there, moving everything into place.