Chapter 13; friend bonds vs dream, destiny riding on the black feathers
Sonic closed the phone. It was useless. Tails was gone.
Sonic had contacted the police and tried to use their duel disk tracking system in order to find Tails' duel disk and him as well. But 1 hour passed, 2 hours passed, the semi finals of the 'losers' ended with Wave coming up 5th and then the battle for the bronze took place ending up with Amy in the 3rd place. And still no clue. Sonic was feeling like he was carrying 100000 pounds on his shoulders. It was entirely possible that Tails' life was in danger. If he lost then there was no telling what would happen to Tails. He was sure the champion was lying. There was no way he could know Tails' location unless he was the one holding Tails somewhere. Then he heard the announcer introducing Jet as the first finalist. Sonic wore his duel disk and headed for the arena. He looked at Jet. His eyes were empty. He couldn't imagine the pressure on Jet's mind. If he won then his friend could end up in danger. But facing Sonic in the final round of a tournament was a one in a million chance.
Sonic guessed Jet's thoughts.
"Jet."
"What is it?"
"I know that you are pressured. I know how badly you wanna win right now. But I cannot allow that. But I don't want you to feel like losing your dream when you had it in your grasp. So the only thing I can 'let' you do is fight me with every last bit of your power so you will remember today as the day you completed your dream even though you didn't win."
"I will fight with my all. But as a duelist if I have the chance to beat you Sonic, I will grasp it."
"I can expect nothing less. Let's get on with it."
"DUEL!"
"I'll start this. I draw. I activate 2 black whirlwinds. I am sure I don't have to explain their effect. Now I summon blackwing-bora the spear. Due to the whirlwind's effect I add to my hand blackwings breeze the zephyr and kalut the moon shadow. Breeze springs on the field due to being added to my hand without drawing. Now breeze tune with bora to synchro summon armor master! I set 2 cards and end my turn."
"My turn. I draw. I discard grandmaster of the shien's squire to activate twin twisters. It destroys up to 2 spell or traps on the field. Your sets are destroyed."
"Right into my trap. Starlight Road!"
"Shoot. He baited me."
"Stardust dragon take flight!"
"So what? I summon the six samurai zanzi and special summon grandmaster of the six samurai and legendary six samurai kizan from my hand due to controlling a samurai monster. Now I play solidarity! My monsters gain 800 attack points. Zanzi attack armor master! Also zanzi kills any monster he attacks if he survives the damage step."
Armor master was destroyed.
"No you don't Jet. I activate call of the haunted to resurrect him."
"Ok then. Grandmaster destroy stardust!"
"AAh" (Sonic LP 7600)
" I set a card. Your move Sonic."
"My turn. I draw. I activate de synchro. It splits my armor master back to its materials breeze and bora."
"What?"
"Now I summon forth blackwing Jetstream the blue sky. And I tune all 3 of them together. Appear master warrior of the blackwings! Blackwing silverwind the ascendant!"
At the seats
"I heard about this once" Amy said " it is rare blackwing. The ultimate synchro blackwing monster."
"I thought it was only a rumor. This card will destroy Jet." Shadow said while looking at silverwind in awe
At the arena
"The legendary blackwing warrior silverwind the ascendant" Jet said trying to believe what he saw " I'm screwed."
"Your monsters are screwed. You're ok. When he is summoned he destroys all monsters with defense less than his attack. Since none of your monsters has more than 2800 defense they're all destroyed."
Silverwind unleashed a whirlwind that killed the 3 samurais
"Grandmasters' effect bring to my hand kizan from the graveyard."
"I end my turn with a face down."
"Back to me. I draw. I summon forth the six samurai irou and due to the effect of kizan, kizan himself. Kizan destroy silverwind!"
Kizan attacked. Silverwind countered. They both made it out safe from the battle.
"What's this? Silverwind is alive."
"Of course he is. He is the ultimate blackwing. You can't kill him once during your turns."
"Uh oh. Now he can attack. I'm screwed. I end my turn."
"My turn. I summon forth blackwing shura the blue flame. Due to the whirlwinds I add to my hand 2 blackwings bora the spear. And I special summon them. Then I activate Icarus attack. I tribute 1 of the boras to destroy kizan and your solidarity."
"Oh no."
"Oh yes. Let's enter the battle phase. Shura destroy irou"
"AAh" (Jet LP 7900)
Then due to shura's effect because he killed a monster he special summons a 1500 or less attack blackwing to my field. Come out kalut. Then I discard my kalut in my hand to increase the one's attack on the field by 1400. Silverwind kalut bora attack Jet directily!"
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH" (Jet LP 600)
"See Jet? For Tails' sake I can't lose. I end my turn."
Jet was down from the virtual hits. Sonic just kept revealing new cards he never used against them before.
"Can his power really be limitless?" he thought "No. A duelist fights even if his opponent has limitless power. And I know that there is still a card in my deck that can save me. Deck I trust you."
He got up.
"I ain't losing Sonic. Not today. Not now. I draw." He looked at the drawn card and smiled " Thank you my deck."
"What did he draw?" Sonic wondered
"I summon forth shien's squire and play the trap backs to the wall!"
"What?"
" now I summon back kizan irou zanzi and grandmaster for all my life points but 100 (Jet LP 100). And NOW! I tune shien's squire with irou to summon my ace The LEGENDARY SIX SAMURAI SHI EN!"
"Oh no! not him!" Sonic said scared.
"Behold my full power Sonic! I tribute 2 of my samurais in specific grandmaster and kizan to play the spell six scrolls of the samurai. I special summon thanks to it my Great Shogun shien!"
"The spell trap lock!" Sonic thought scared.
At the seats
"Sonic is screwed" Knuckles said "this spell/trap lock totally screwed Amy. it's over."
"NO" Amy yelled at him angry making everyone in the gang look at her " no matter what the situation is I'll believe in Sonic. He has always made the impossible possible"
Knuckles looked at her, thought about it and smiled.
"If you believe in him Amy, then I believe in him too."
She smiled back and looked again at Sonic praying for him to win.
At the arena
"I'm not done Sonic! I play the trap call of the haunted to resurrect kizan. Then I have the spell six style triple impact! It destroys all monsters on your field and too bad for you silverwind can only save blackwings from destruction in battle."
"NO!"
"Yes! And I still have another six scrolls of the samurai in my hand! I tribute shi en and zanzi to summon my second shogun! And finally I activate the spell cunning of the six samurai. It enables me to exvhange a living samurai for a dead one! So come back Shi en! All 3 monsters attack Sonic directily!"
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH" (Sonic LP 100)
"It's over Sonic. You have no cards in your hand, I have my samurai lock and you have no monsters. It is settled."
Sonic was down just like Jet was before. But it was not from the damage. It was from sadness. All that could be heard inside his mind was..
"Tails.. I failed you."
Sonic never let his tears out. But this time he thought that he couldn't hold them. He was about to lose. And with that he would never learn where he friend was. He was about to release his tears when…
"Sonic get up."
Sonic looked up and saw the priest of the lunar dragon looking at him. Then he noticed that they were no longer at the duel dome but in a dark place. Nothing not even where they were standing could be seen.
"Where are we?" Sonic asked.
"It is not important where we are. Sonic, the lunar dragon chose you as the leader of the singed ones. Are you gonna just fail him?"
"But I can't do anything this time. This time victory is not within my grasp."
"In one of your previous lives you said that maybe it is just ok to surrender sometimes. Are you a guy who would surrender?"
"What?" Sonic felt he was being teased "I never surrender!"
"Then get back up and win this turn. The lunar dragon will grant you the power you need. For you have a mission to accomplish."
"I do have a mission." He smiled "Thanks. Now please take me back to the dome."
"I can't. You're saying that you won't surrender to yourself. You have to find your way back."
"So this all is not real? Just happening inside my head?"
"Yes it is happening within your head. But is that a reason that it is not real?"
"Suddenly when Sonic closed and open his eyes for a moment he found himself looking down at the ground of the dome's dueling field.
"Sonic you ok? It is your turn. Let's get this over with."
Sonic was about to answer but when he raised his eyes he saw the champion behind Jet looking at him from the garage door. He was still wearing his helmet. He was smiling in an evil way. Filled with rage and determination to save Tails, Sonic got up and looked at his deck.
"My friends" he thought " grant me your power. We have to win this no matter what. You've never let me down. Let's not start today."
"My turn Jet. I draw."
But when Sonic touched the top card of his deck his mark started shining. The shine became brighter by the second! Not only his mark but all of his friends' marks. He drew his card. But when he did his mark started emitting a light blue beam. His friends' marks acted the same. The lights of the stadium started releasing bolts of electricity. The crowd once again started screaming and trying to take cover. When the beams and the bolts of electricity collided the lunar dragon's form appeared from the collision. Sonic noticed the champion was shocked by this thing. But then he made a very suspicious move. He looked at Sonic and then at his right arm. And then he left. Sonic looked again at the lunar dragon.
"Lunar dragon. My friend's life is on the line. Please. Grant me your power so I can save him."
The dragon roared and became a blue lightning that stroke Sonic's card much to Sonic's shock making him look at it. And his eyes widened. It was all he needed to win.
"Thank you lunar dragon."
And ignoring the people who were trying to leave he summoned his monster.
"Come on out Blackwing Sirroco the dawn!"
"How can he be of any help?"
"Now I activate the effect of one of my black whirlwinds"
"That's not possible. I have my samurai lock. I'm negating it with my Shi en."
"You made a fatal mistake Jet. Shi en can negate the activation of a spell or trap card. Not the activation of a spell or trap's EFFECT. I activate the effect of the whirlwind not the whirlwind as a card."
"Oh no!"
"And I'm gonna add your worst nightmare in my hand and special summon it. Come out GALE THE WHIRLWIND!"
"NOOOOO anything but gale!"
"Gale halve Shi en's attack power!"
"No way."
"Now gale and sirocco tune to become the almighty BLACK-WINGED DRAGON!"
Jet knew it was over. He had nothing to counter.
"Looks like you win Sonic."
"Good game Jet. BLACK BLAZING STREAM!"
(Jet LP 0)
"Well here we are. You're the Greece champion Sonic" Jet said smiling.
"Yup and it feels good."
They returned to the seats where everyone congratulated them on the amazing duel. But Sonic then noticed the champion on a doorway leading outside the dome. He followed him. Right before they were about to exit the dome the champion stopped. He turned around.
"Finally" he said " after all my years of waiting I will have my revenge. In 2 days you will be known as the most humiliated duelist in the world."
"I couldn't care less about your threats" Sonic answered back angry " I won. So tell me where is Tails!"
"Why rush? You'll learn tomorrow. After I defeat you."
"You are a big bastard liar! TELL ME WHERE IS TAILS!"
"NO"
Sonic tried to jump on the champion but he quickly raised his leg and hit Sonic on the face. Sonic landed right next to him. Then he felt a kick in the side as strong as if he had been stabbed. It suddenly turned too hard to breathe. He looked up and saw the champion leaving.
"Wait!... Come back.. we're not done!"
"Patience hedgehog. I want you to be perfectly healthy tomorrow for the duel. it won't be a perfect victory if I defeat an injured opponent! HAHAHAHAHA! AAHAHAHAHA! AHHAAHHAHAHA!"
Sonic felt his rage burning him from the inside. Suddenly Amy appeared next to him. The others followed her. They helped Sonic get up and he told them what happened. They wanted to stay with him today to calm him down, but he insisted on walking home this time. He called his father to come and pick his duel runner up and left. Five minutes later he noticed Amy followed him.
"How are you?"
"How can I be when I have almost lost one of my friends and a guy knows where he is and I have to duel him when I wanna kill him?"
"Sonic… you gotta let go of your rage. It will destroy you."
"But I can't. Unless I get Tails back safe and sound my rage cannot be extinguished."
"SONIC!" she yelled surprising him. She immediately afterwards spoke calmly.
"I know what you're feeling. But I'm worrying about you too. I think this champ is using Tails as a bait to get to you. So please… promise me you will let go of your rage. I don't want to lose you."
Her bulging beautiful eyes immediately destroyed Sonic's rage and hatred. He felt like if he had found peace. He took a deep breathe.
"Alright Ames. I promise you I won't let my rage and hatred consume me. And I promise you I will get Tails back and get out of this adventure safe and sound as well."
She smiled with the most beautiful smile Sonic had ever seen. She walked with him towards his house and when he was about to get in she jumped and kissed him on the cheek. Then she left. Sonic more relaxed than ever went to his room after narrating to his mother and father about Tails. Then while he was on the pc he received an email from Amy.
"Sonic
I wanna tell you something very important. Come outside the Athens zoo at the parking tonight at midnight. I'll meet you there.
Love, Amy"
Sonic read the email 3 times to make sure he was reading it correctly. Outside the zoo? What was Amy thinking? But he decided to go. He left without being noticed by his sleeping parents and rode the Furious Flame heading for the zoo.
