Chapter 87: To Fight a Predator

Zuzu groaned in boredom. After losing to Yugo, Sector Security had grabbed her and threw her in the back of an armored van. Something about Roget wanting to have a word with her. Still didn't explain the handcuffs, though.

Anyway, the van had suddenly stopped, and hadn't moved for an hour. With no windows, the only thing she had to go on was the sounds of cannon fire and mass destruction.

"What's happening out there?"

Just then, the doors to the van opened. She was relieved for a moment, but when she saw who her rescuer was...

"You!"

Yuri smirked evilly. He was going to enjoy this.

"Hello, dear. Nice to see that you remember me. Oh dear, looks like you're a little tied up. That's no fun, so let's take care of that, shall we?"

Taking out a pick, he opened Zuzu's handcuffs with ease, much to her shock.

"Huh? But why would-"

"A hunt is no fun if the prey doesn't fight back. Now come on, The Professor is waiting, or do you want to do this the fun way?"

"GET AWAY FROM HER!"

Just then, Yugo came charging down the road, forcing Yuri to jump back before he got ran over. Yugo glared at him, standing in between him and Zuzu.

"Leave her alone. I'm your opponent now."

"I can take care of myself, please-"

"No."

Zuzu gasped, seeing the fire in his eyes.

"You may not be Rin, but you look like her, and that's enough for me. I won't let him take you too. Please, go find the others, I'll handle this creep."

Oddly touched by his dedication, Zuzu nodded and took off running as fast as she could. Yuri, for his part, didn't seem all too displeased with this change.

"Oh, so you're Yugo? Yes, Rin did mention you. Oh, the look on her face as-"

"SHUT UP! You're going to take me to her, and then I'm going to pound your face into mush!"

Yuri smiled evilly, delighting in Yugo's hatred.

"Sure, I'll do that. IF you can beat me in a duel. And I put emphasis on the if."

"Fine. Whatever."

DUEL!

Yugo: 4000

Yuri: 4000

"Since this will be your last minutes of freedom, I'll let you take the first turn. Not that it'll matter much in a minute."

"Gee, thanks, I feel so privileged. First, I special summon Speedroid Terrortop with its own effect. And since I summoned him, I can add Speedroid Red Eyed Dice to my hand, which I now summon. Now, my Red Eyed Dice tunes with my Terrortop in order to Synchro Summon Hi-Speedroid Puzzle (1300/1600) in attack mode! I'll set two cards face down and end my turn."

"Hmm, not a very strong start, but its your funeral. First, I activate the spell card Seed Cannon. Now, whenever I summon a Plant type monster, it gains a plant counter, but more on that later. Next, I summon Predaplant Ophrys Scorpio (1200/800) in attack mode. Next, since I summoned it, I can send a monster from my hand to the graveyard to special summon another Predaplant from my deck, so come on out Predaplant Spinodionaea (1800/0) in attack mode! And when he's summoned to the field, I can place 1 Predator Counter on your Puzzle."

A monsterous vine wrapped itself around the machine, much to Yugo's confusion.

"What's with the fashion accessory?"

"You can worry about that later. But for now, all you need to know is that it reduces your monster's level to 1 (4-1). Spinodionaea, attack his toy!"

The Plant dino swatted its thorny tail at Yugo's monster, ready to strike it down...

Only for it to be blasted to ribbons in retaliation, much to Yuri's shock.

Yuri: 3200

"What? But my monster had more attack points!"

"Did it? When my Puzzle attacks a special summoned monster, its attack points double. Too bad, so sad!"

Yuri chuckled, applauding Yugo's manuever.

"Well played, but I'm afraid our little game of cat and mouse is far from over. Since Spinodionaea battled a monster with an equal or lower level, I can special summon a Predaplant right from my deck, so come on out Predaplant Flytrap (400/800)! Next, I activate the spell card Predaprime Fusion, fusing my two lovely plants together to form the last monster you will ever see: Starving Venom Fusion Dragon!"

Yuri's ace monster appeared on the field with an impressive roar, scaring Yugo despite his attempts to hide it.

"And when my Dragon is Fusion Summoned, he gains the attack of one Special Summoned monster on your side of the field, so I'll be taking Hi-Speedroid Puzzle's attack points, please (2800-4100). Starving Venom Dragon, take out his little toy!"

"Don't forget about his effect (1300-2600)!"

"I remembered, but it won't do you any good!"

Despite its best attempts to fight back, Yugo's monster was quickly devoured by Yuri's beast.

Yugo: 2500

"Hi-Speedroid Puzzle's effect activates! Since it was sent to the graveyard after being Synchro Summoned, I can add Speedroid Terrortop from my graveyard to my hand."

"And don't forget about Seed Cannon! By sending it to the graveyard, you take 500 points of damage for each counter it had! I summoned 4 Plants, so take 2000 points of damage!"

Yugo swerved in an attempt to avoid all of the seeds, but a few struck close, nearly causing him to spin out of control

Yugo: 500

"Honestly, you might as well give up now. Still, if you insist on embarrassing yourself, I'll oblige. I set two cards face down and end my turn."

"You'll pay for this, you creep! Once more, I special summon Terrortop, and I'll use his effect to add Speedroid Double Yoyo to my hand, which I'll now summon! And with his effect, I summon back Red Eyed Dice! Now my Red Eyed Dice tunes with my Double Yoyo and my Terrortop to Synchro Summon Crystal Wing Synchro Dragon!"

Their two Dragon's stood off, roaring at eachother in a battle of supremacy. As this happened, Yugo began to feel something come over him.

"No...this feeling, make it stop!"

"Good...give in to your hatred...reunite as one..."

Despite the pain and agony, Yugo continued his turn.

"Crystal Wing Synchro Dragon, take out his Fusion freakazoid!"

"Big whoop. I'll only lose a mere 200 life points.

"No, you'll lose a whole lot more! When Crystal Wing battles a level 5 or higher monster, she gains that monster's attack points (3000-5800)!"

"What? No, my Dragon!"

"Is as good as gone!"

The two Dragons clashed in the middle, each one trying to absorb the other, but at long last, Yugo's monster overwhelmed Yuri's, leaving nothing more than a puddle of venom.

Yuri: 100

"Yeah, take that!"

"No, it is you who will be taking this! When Starving Venom is destroyed, I can destroy all special summoned monsters on your field!"

The puddle leapt up and struck Yugo's monster, piercing it in multiple places and destroying it like it was nothing.

"No, Crystal Wing!"

"This duel is over! I activate the trap card Supreme King's Wrath! If a monster or monsters are destroyed by the effect of a Dragon type monster summoned from the extra deck, you take damage equal to their combined attack! So much for saving Rin!"

"Think again! I activate the spell card Spell of Pain! Now all that damage goes to you instead!"

Yuri snarled as his venom blast turned around and headed right back at him. He didn't like what he was about to do, but there was no way he was going back to Duel Academy having lost to this loser.

"I activate my trap card, Supreme King Justice! Now not only is the damage I'm about to take halved, but you also take half of it as well!"

"What? But that means..."

"Better a draw than a loss!"

A huge explosion rocked the field, sending both players flying.

Yugo: 0000

Yuri: 0000

DRAW!

When Yugo came to, he saw the road destroyed and Yuri nowhere in sight.

"Dammit! I need to find that bastard before he captures Zuzu! Don't worry Rin, I'll save you someday!"