Chapter 8; facing what you have to face
Amy walked in the field and approached Storm who was looking at her with a serious look on his face.
"Hi Storm."
"Hi" he answered.
"Um.." she said taking his deck to shuffle it and giving him hers " how have you been doing?"
"Not easy. Not with you always in my thoughts."
"Storm we discussed this 3 times. My feelings have not changed."
"The blue hedgehog is the reason huh?"
Amy blushed momentarily but immediately got serious. Indeed she had an interest in Sonic but only during the last months. The incident with Storm occurred 5 years ago. She didn't even know Sonic 5 years ago. It was purely because she only saw Storm as a friend.
"No Storm. Sonic's not the reason. The reason is that I always saw you as my friend. And this can't change unfortunately."
" Then all I have to do is gain back my honor by proving I'm superior to him. I'll beat you and next will be him."
"You're not getting past me Storm. I won't let you."
"Then we have nothing left to discuss."
He gave her back her deck and she did so with his. Then they stood in front of each other on their positions
"LET'S DUEL!" Amy said.
"Yeah whatever let's duel" Storm said in a bored way.
"Storm! A feelings war won't work on me. If you wanna at least try to conquer my heart face me with all your might."
"Just make your move already"
"Fine. My turn. I draw. I summon forth lonefire blossom. And its effect allows me to tribute it to special summon a plant monster from my deck. Come forth tytanial princess of camellias!"
At the seats
"Impressive" Rouge said " her first move and she summoned a 2800 attack monster right away. You sure know how to pick your friends Sonic."
"Yeah they're the best. I would even trust them with my life."
At the arena
Amy looked back to see if Sonic was impressed by that play and instead she saw rouge talking to Sonic. She immediately felt like her eyeballs were swapped with skulls. She was ready to start screaming at Rouge when…
"Amy I know you wanna look at your boyfriend but move on please. I have to deal with him after this."
She looked at him trying to calm her rage and decided to deal with Rouge later.
"He is not my boyfriend ok? Now as for the duel. I place one card face down and end my turn."
"My turn then. I draw. I summon black stego in attack mode. Then I activate the field spell Jurassic world. I set two cards and end my turn."
"Back to me again. I draw. I summon botanical lion in attack mode. For every plant on the field it gains 300 atk. So it has 2200. Now tytanial sent that dinosaur to extinction!"
"I play the trap castle walls. Now my monster gains 500 defense and since it was attacked its effect switches it to defense. It has 2000 defense but with the 300 boost from jurrasic world and 500 from castle walls it has 2800 defense points equal to tytanial's attack. So nothing happens."
"Stalling is not an option Storm."
"I don't stall. Because your monster failed to destroy mine I play the continuous trap Comeback. When your monster fails to destroy mine, it is destroyed and half its attack points come out of your life points."
"WHAT?!"
Black stego used its tail to cut tytanial in half destroying her.
"AAAAH" (Amy LP 6600)
At the seats
"Weird" Knuckles said "Amy was your best 'apprentice' Sonic. How did she not see this coming?"
"Honestly I saw it coming from a mile away" Sonic answered "it's almost like as if Amy wants to finish this fast."
At the arena
Amy was just too pressured. She had to end the duel fast so she could make Storm understand that her feelings for him were the same and go back to the gang before Rouge 'made' Sonic ask her on a date. In the thought of Sonic and Rouge on a date her mind exploded.
"Amy? you ok? It's still your turn you know."
"I don't need you to figure it ok ? I set one card and end my turn."
"Back to me then. I draw. I summon alien shocktrooper in attack mode and then I activate the spell ultra evolution pill. I tribute my reptile monster to make it evolve into the black tyranno!"
"So what? You won't get past my lion."
"I don't have to. I play the spell Jurassic roar."
Black tyranno roared loudly. Botanical lion switched to def.
"What happened to botanical lion?" Amy asked.
"My spell switches a monster's position on your field if I have a level 7 or above dinosaur monster out."
"But this is in my favour. No damage."
"Amy you were one of the best in our school. Now you've fallen behind? Too bad. My Black tyranno can attack you directily if you only have defense position monsters on your field."
"Oh no I forgot!"
"Attack Amy directily! X Bomber!"
"AAAAh" (Amy LP 3700)
"This can't be" she thought "I'm being silly ahead of Sonic. This combo was obvious and I fell for it".
"I set 1 card face down and end my turn Amy."
But Amy was just looking down trying to not let her tears out. Sonic taught her how to read her opponent's moves. And she just went and teared her defense apart as if Storm was just a 4th rate duelist not worth trying to fight against.
Sonic of course noticed it.
"Woah Amy is getting beaten right there. Why is she so reckless?" he though
"My turn" she said in a low tone. I set a monster and end my turn."
"Huh you've become weaker ever since you started hanging out with that guy. Had you been with me you would be unstoppable right now. But you chose him. Then so be it. My turn. Draw. X Bomber!"
"AAAAAAAH" (Amy LP 800)
At the seats
Sonic was shocked. Amy was letting him beat her?
"Amy! What exactly are you doing there? Is this the best you can do?" he shouted at her.
Amy heard him and turned to him embarrassed.
"I.. I.. just.."
"You just NOTHING! Get back in the duel and beat him!"
"But.."
"I said but nothing! Show me the Amy I've been teaching the game to. The Amy I've given it all to. The Amy that almost defeated me back then. And remember the first thing I taught you. The way I duel."
Then Amy remembered. Her conversation with Sonic during Knuckles' duel.
FLASHBACK
"You mean that you for example wouldn't fall to a girl's charm during a duel?"
"Of course not. When I duel I only have eyes for victory and fun. Nothing can affect me in the dueling field."
FLASHBACK ENDS
Amy then understood that Sonic wouldn't fall to a skimpy girl style. With a calmer mind now she looked back at Storm ready to win.
"So his 'speech' gave you back your motive? Not enough. I end my turn."
"My turn. I will show you the power I've gained from meeting Sonic. I set one card end my turn."
"Amy. Did my words reach you?" Sonic thought while looking at her
"I win. My turn. I draw. Finish this! X Bomber!"
Black tyranno attacked Amy and an explosion occurred.
"Game over Amy. Huh?"
Suddenly the black tyrrano emerged from the smoke and attacked Storm.
"AAh" (Storm LP 5100) "What was that? Why did I get attacked?"
"Because you're reckless Storm." Amy said revealing the trap dimensional gate.
"That card.."
"That's right. It created a wormhole that made the black tyrrano attack you instead of me."
"Huh lucky. Whatever I set one card and end my turn."
"My turn. Draw . I activate the spell card plant uprising!"
"Amy no!" Sonic thought scared. " This card is way to dangerous."
"You'll bet on luck?"
"In such a situation, it's the only thing I can do. This card allows me to summon my tytanial back from the graveyard. Then I toss a coin. If the result is what I declare I destroy a monster on your field and deal you damage equal to its double its attack points. If I declare it wrong the destruction and damage applies to me. Ok I declare heads."
"She tossed the coin and grabbed it in her palm. She opened her palm. And smiled.
"Heads Storm."
"No!. I'm not letting you. I activate the trap justification. It negates an effect damage effect that would defeat me and makes both of our life points 100." (Amy and Storm LP 100)
" Still. I end this now. I discard one card to activate the spell rose knighthood. It can add a plant tuner monster in my hand from my deck. So I add and summon forth twilight rose knight! And tune it with botanical lion to synchro summon my ace! Appear black rose dragon! His effect activates when he appears. All cards on the field including him are destroyed."
"WHAAAT?!" (Sonic and Storm)
"Rage of the Rose!"
The whole field blew up.
"So what" Storm said " I'll just summon a monster next turn and finish this."
"There won't be a next turn Storm. I activate the effect of the destroyed set synchro unfair death. It resurrects my dragon until the end of the turn."
"Oh no!"
"Black Rose Dragon! Attack Storm with vengeance thorn stream!"
"AAAAH" (Storm LP 0)
"No way! I lost?"
"Yes Storm. Now you don't get to face Sonic."
"Darn. This isn't over yet Amy. Mark my words."
And he left. Amy ran back at the seats.
"Sonic I did it!" she screamed in happiness
"Of course you did. I'm very proud of you."
When Amy reached him, she fell on him and hugged him with all her strength. Feeling a bit awkward in the beginning but letting go immediately Sonic hugged her back and caressed her hair. She closed her eyes at his touch and let out a tear of happiness that no one noticed. Afterwards they heard the announcer closing the first round with the names of the four finalists being Sonic Amy Knuckles and Jet. After this the audience started leaving. Sonic and Knuckles followed by Shadow and Wave took their duel runners out of the garage and decided to go and celebrate their victories and get to know each other better. They were about to leave the dome but at the entrance..
"Hold it right there Amy!"
It was Storm.
"Storm what do you want? You just lost. Can't you accept it?"
"Not until I get a chance to humiliate your blue boyfriend. And this chance is now. You'll duel me right here and now hedgehog."
"I accept" Sonic answered right away.
"No Sonic. You don't have to." Amy tried to change his mind.
"No Amy. it's about time this guy learned to back off. And I'm gonna teach him this lesson the hard way."
"Come hedgehog"
"WAIT!" Amy screamed looking down angry.
Sonic and Storm looked at her.
"If you two are going to duel then I'll get in this duel too. Triangle duel. What do you say Storm?"
"I'm ok. Actually you know what. Doing this you will only help me humiliate him."
Amy got scared in the chance she would draw Sonic back.
"No Amy help me out."
"But what if..?"
"I want you to help me cause only this way Storm will truly learn respect. Even if he tries to turn us against each other I still trust you absolutely."
Amy looked at him with bulging eyes.
"Ok" she said finally smiling.
They stood in the shape of a triangle. Storm was looking at Sonic with hatred in his face. Amy still trying to not worry about Storm's threat. Sonic ready to teach Storm to respect Amy.
What will happen in this triangle duel?
