Chapter 81: Settling the Score Part 1
"Now how was that for a kick off for the second round? Yugo moves on, and so doe the tournament!"
Yuya stared at the screen in shock, not even paying attention to what Melissa was saying.
"Zuzu..."
Still in shock, he took out his deck, pulling out his two dragons.
"What does this all mean? Yugo, Yuto, Yuri, why do they all have my face? Not to mention that Serena girl Zuzu fought, and now Rin? Lulu? We're all connected somehow, but how?"
"The next duel will be Sora Pearse vs Julia Krystal!"
Yuya glanced up to see his two friends glaring each other down at the starting line.
"Uh oh. This is going to be a bloodbath."
Back on the track, Julia and Sora stared each other down, their previous bouts running through their minds, and they could tell their opponent was thinking the same thing.
"Ready to get decked, Julia?"
"That's funny. Last time I checked, our score is 2-1, me. But if you want to embarrass yourself for a third time, who am I to say no, pipsqueak?"
Sora clenched his teeth in anger as Melissa wrapped up her opening statements.
"I activate the field spell Crossover Acceleration! On your marks...get set...GO!"
The two raced towards the opening, neck in neck. At last, though, Julia broke through first, taking the first turn.
Julia: 4000
Sora: 4000
"Too fast for you, runt? Not surprising, considering you can barely reach the pedals."
Sora clenched his teeth so hard he thought they might break.
"Oh well, my turn. And to start, I play the spell card Gem Knight Fusion, sending Gem Knight Tourmaline and Gem Knight Sapphire to the graveyard to Fusion Summon Gem Knight Aquamarine (1400/2600) in defense mode! I'll set one card face down and end my turn."
"You call that an opening play? Guess this will be easier than I thought. First, I activate the spell card Toy Vendor! Now by discarding a card from my hand, I can draw a card, and if..."
"I know what it does, so make your play already!"
Sora growled, but complied, drawing his replacement card.
"Well what do you know? I got Fluffal Owl, so I think I'll summon him (1000/1000), and when he's summoned from the hand, I can add Polymerization to my hand. Next, by paying 500 life points (4000-3500), my feathered friend here lets me fusion summon using monsters from my hand or on my field as material, so I send Owl and Edge Imp Chain to the graveyard to Fusion Summon Frightfur Cruel Whale (2600/2400)!"
The crowd gasped in horror as the demonic aquatic monster swam onto the field.
"And when he's fusion summoned, I can destroy one card on both sides of the field, so say goodbye to Toy Vendor and your Knight!"
A blood-red wave of water rose up, swallowing Sora's spell and Julia's Knight whole before washing away.
"And when Toy Vendor is sent to the graveyard, I can add either an Edge Imp Sabres or a Fluffal monster to my hand, so I choose Fluffal Dog!"
It was then that Sora noticed something. Julia was hunched over her Duel Runner, her body shaking. But not from fear. She was laughing!
"Something funny? Cut it out and take me seriously!"
"How can I when you walked right into my trap!"
"Huh?"
"I knew you would try to take me out quickly, so that's why I summoned Aquamarine! When Aquamarine goes from the field to the graveyard, one of your cards goes right back to your hand, or in the case of your Whale, back to the extra deck!"
Thinking fast, Sora quickly threw a card onto the field.
"I activate De-Fusion, splitting my Whale back into the monsters that made it!"
The ghostly image of Julia's knight tried to ram the whale with the tip of its sword, only to miss it completely as it was replaced by Sora's original monsters.
"Nice try Julia, but I'm still going to win! I summon Fluffal Dog in attack mode. Now my three monsters will attack you directly!"
"Not so fast, Sora! I activate the trap card Fragment Fusion! I banish Gem Knights Tourmaline and Sapphire from my graveyard to fusion summon Gem Knight Topaz!"
Realizing he didn't have what it took to destroy Julia's monster, he called off the attack.
"I set one card face down and end my turn. Your move."
With Sora's turn over, Julia's monster exploded into pixels. Not that it deterred her much.
"To start, I play Briliant Fusion, sending Gem Knight Emerald, Garnett, and Sardonyx from my deck to the graveyard to Fusion summon Gem Knight Lady Brilliant Diamond in attack mode!"
Spotting an action card, Julia quickly grabbed it before immediately tossing it in the graveyard so her Fusion Monster could keep her attack points.
"Now I summon Gem Knight Emerald in attack mode, but he won't be around for long because I sacrifice him to use Brilliant Diamond's effect, letting me summon Gem Knight Lady Lapis Lazuli! And by sending Topaz from my Extra Deck to the graveyard, you lose 500 life points for every special summoned monster on the field! Take this!"
Sora's runner spun wildly as the blizzard struck him, nearly causing him to crash into the wall.
Sora: 1000
"Guess you're not as tough as you think you are. Gem Knight Lady Brilliant Diamond, attack his puppy and end this duel!"
Out of the corner of his eye, Sora spotted an Action Card and grabbed it.
Perfect! Just what I needed!
"I activate the action card, Great Escape! This battle phase is over!"
"Humph, so you got lucky. I end my turn."
Now it was Sora's turn to laugh. Quietly at first, but it soon got louder and louder, much to Julia's annoyance.
"Hey hyena, what's so funny?"
"Oh nothing. Just the idea that you thought you could ever beat me! Because with the cards I have now, I have everything I need to finish you off! I play Polymerization, fusing Fluffal Owl, Fluffal Dog, and Edge Imp Chain to fusion Summon Dangerous Frightfur Nightmary (2000/3000)!"
The creepiest, ugliest doll Julia had ever seen emerged onto the field, Its golden locks flowing as it laughed creepily.
"So what? Both of my monsters have more attack points than that thing."
"I wouldn't be so sure about that. During my turn, my Nightmary gains 300 attack points for every Fairy and Fiend type monster in my graveyard! Including the Fluffal Wings I sent to use Toy Vendor's effect, I now have 4, giving Nightmary 1200 attack points (2000-3200)!"
The demonic doll opened her maw wide, sucking in the souls of Sora's defeated monsters, growing stronger and bigger with each one devoured.
"Now you'll regret crossing me. Take out her Lapis Lazuli!"
The thing floated over, shooting out her Dreadlocks like arrows that ran her knight straight through before hitting Julia, causing her to swerve to avoid them all.
Julia: 3200
"And that's not all! When Nightmary destroys a monster by battle, I can send Fluffal, Frightfur, or Edge Imp Monsters from my deck to the graveyard equal to your monster's level! Lapis Lazuli was level 5, so she'll just get stronger and stronger.
Once more, the doll absorbed more innocent souls, growing until she was taller than Brilliant Diamond (3200-4700).
"So what? All that power will be gone once my turn starts."
"Then its a good thing I have this, the trap card Eternal Power Cell! Now any temporary power up my Nightmary would get becomes permanent, meaning all that power stays right where it is!"
Julia gasped in horror as Sora's monster towered over her, laughing menacingly as Sora cackled, getting closer and closer.
"Playtime's over, Julia! Now the real fun begins!"
