Chapter 7; beast vs beast tamer

Amy opened her eyes, waking up from a very sweet dream. She was dreaming that she married Sonic. And the rest of the dream was their future. A wonderful 5 year only the two of them period and after that came their 3 kids. Cursing the daylight for waking her she got up dressed up and went looking for Sonic. Just like yesterday Sonic had prepared breakfast for her. He also had left a note that he was out and training next to the river. After she ate her breakfast (corn flakes and milk) she went out and headed for the river. There she watched Sonic practice drawing. She sneaked behind him and closed his eyes with her hands.

"Guess who?" she said with some singing in her voice.

"Hehe. Good morning sweet-heart." Sonic said turning around and kissing her hard surprising her pleasantly. After this she trained with him. Around midday they went to have something to eat when they saw a poster on a wall saying that a circus would be in town this day.

"Should we go?" Sonic suggested.

"Oh yes! I love circus" Amy answered immediately.

They roamed a bit more around the city waiting for the time of the performance. Just before it started they went to the circus tent, paid for the tickets and entered. The show started soon after. It was amazing. Clowns made people laugh incredibly much, magicians performed unexplainable tricks and acrobats performed dangerous yet amazing stunts. Finally a lion tamer came out. His performance was the best. The animals he tamed, mostly lions and tigers went through rings of fire and did many more tricks. But what Sonic didn't like was the fact that he used the whip a little too much. After the performance they were about to leave but they heard the sound of a whip. They went towards the part of the tent were the cages of the animals were and saw the lion tamer putting the animals back in the cage. Then he put in each of the cages a small piece of meat. The animals made crying sounds wanting more food. The tamer got angry and started whipping his whip on the ground and sometimes made it go through the bars and hit the animals.

"Shut up you four-legged pieces of meat. This is enough food. So eat it and go to sleep or get ready for the whipping of your life!"

Amy's heart was shattered watching the suffering of these animals.

"We can't just let them suffer Sonic."

"That's exactly what I was thinking" he said and got in the tent "Hey you".

The tamer turned his head.

"What are you doing here? The performance is over. Go home kids."

"Not unless you tell us why you hurt those innocent creatures."

"Why not? They are just pieces of meat with feet. It's not like they have souls or something."

"THEY ARE CREATURES LIKE CATS AND DOGS! THEY HAVE SOULS AND FEELINGS! LOOK AT THEIR EYES!" Amy screamed in rage showing the sad eyes of a lion next to her.

"I don't see any feeling. Also why do you care?"

"Because I don't let people like you do as they please unpunished."

"Oh yeah and what are you gonna do about it?" the tamer asked Sonic who noticed a deck box at the tamer's belt."

"Oh I see. You are a duelist huh? Meet me outside in 2 minutes. And once I beat you, you'll regret what you've done and feel what they felt tenfold!" Sonic said and got out. Amy followed him outside.

"Are you sure this was the only way?"

"Yes. Even if we told his boss, nothing would change. I gotta teach him what respect is. And a duel is the best way for someone to learn respect."

The tamer came out shortly after with a duel disc and his deck.

"You will regret messing with the way I do my job kid."

"You shall regret hurting these animals!"

"DUEL!"

"I'll start. I draw I set a monster and end my turn."

"My turn. I draw. I summon blackwing bora the spear in attack mode. Pierce through that set monster!"

"AAH" (tamer LP 7750) Because my giant rat was destroyed another one appears from my deck."

"I set one card and end my turn."

"Time to teach you the real possibility of the cards. I draw. I summon x-saber airbellum in attack mode. Now I tune it with my giant rat to synchro summon the mighty voltic bicorn!"

"Wow that monster is quite awesome" Amy said impressed by the bicorn.

"Yeah but also deadly" Sonic said " 2500 ATK and if it is destroyed 7 cards from our decks are sent to the graveyard."

"Deck destruction?" Amy said in fear.

"Maybe not. Maybe he just wants to destroy my strong cards since beast types are best on brute power."

"Voltic bicorn attack his monster"

"Aaah" (Sonic LP 7200)

"I set one card and end my turn."

"My turn. I draw. I summon forth my blackwing shura the blue flame I also special summon Kris the crack of dawn and gale the whirlwind. Then I activate the trap iccarus attack. I destroy my shura to destroy your bicorn and your set."

"Sonic why?"

"The faster I beat him the better."

Voltic bicorn was destroyed.

"Now our decks lose 7 cards each."

"I play blackwing feathers to draw 2 cards. Then I tune my 2 monsters into armor master. I end my turn with another face down card."

"My turn. I draw. I play dark world dealing. Now we both draw and discard one card. I discard the fabled cerburrel. Its effect special summons it back. Then I summon mine mole in attack mode and play my set call of the haunted. I special summon my x saber airbellum back. Next I tune my fabled cerburrel with mine mole to synchro summon thunder unicorn! Thanks to thunder unicorn's effect your armor master loses 500 attack for every monster I control and it is 2. So 1000 attack points less."

"So what? You can't destroy it in battle."

"I play the forbidden chalice. I use it on your monster. It gains 400 attack and has its effect negated. Then I tune my x saber airbellum with thunder unicorn to synchro summon my ace lightning tricorn!"

"2 back to back synchro summons?"

"Then I play my last 2 cards. Solidarity so my monster's attack rises to 3600 and tamer's chain. Tamer's chain allows it to deal you damage equal to the attack points of the monster it destroys. But then I must check the top cards of my deck 1 for each 500 points and banish every monster that is in there. Then my deck is shuffled."

"You are gonna destroy your monsters just to deal me damage? You disrespect even the cards?"

"Are you insane or something? Especially the cards are soulless."

"I cannot believe I met someone who disrespects everything around him. For that you shall perish!"

"You shouldn't make Sonic angry" Amy said in a mocking tone "he becomes a beast of dueling if he is angry."

"Then no one better to beat him than me, a beast tamer."

"Let's see who will win. The beast or the beast tamer?"

"We will. Lightning tricorn. Attack armor master!"

"AAAAAAAAAH" (Sonic LP 2300)

"Now I check the top 5 cards of my deck and I remove all of the monsters who are in there. I end my turn with 2 face downs."

"My turn. I draw. I set a monster. I end my turn"

My turn. I play book of taiyu to check what monster you have down there."

"Gladius the midnight sun."

"Oh it can't be destroyed. Fine I play my 2 sets in my end phase. Rivalry of the warlords first. Now we each can have only 1 type of monster out. then I play the trap Nature's tentacles. I can resurrect once per turn one monster from my graveyard to your side of the field with its effects negated and stats of 0. I choose voltic bicorn. But since my rivalry of warlords is out you have to choose either to keep the bicorn or gladius. If gladius is destroyed bicorn will finish you off. If you choose gladius every turn 7 cards will be destroyed from our decks. But you have only 24 left and I have over 40. Which means that in 4 turns you will lose. Either way you will lose! Hahahahahaha!"

"Oh no Sonic!" Amy said scared.

"Damn" he thought "no matter what way I choose he's got me surrounded. Unless…" he knew what he had to do.

"I choose to destroy the bicorn."

"Then my deck is cut to 34 cards and yours to just 17. I end my turn."

"My turn. I draw. I set a card and end my turn."

"My turn. I draw. Bicorn appear. Now choose."

"I destroy bicorn again."

"Our decks go to 26 cards mine and 9 cards yours. It's almost over."

"I end my turn."

"My turn again I draw. I set one card face I end my turn I will say this. On the next turn I will show you what my cards have to say about you trashing your entire deck just to do the same to me. Now I end my turn."

"Wake up kid. The cards are not living things."

"You'll see."

"Fine then. Time to corner the beast. I draw. Bicorn appear one last time."

"I destroy it."

"Sonic that will leave you with one card!" Amy said scared.

"Indeed. It is over. I have 18 cards in my deck and you have one. Even the beast of duels cannot outrun a beast tamer. It is over."

"Oh it is over. FOR YOU!"

"WHAT?!"

"Do you end your turn?"

"Yes."

"Time to end it then. "

"With one card? No way."

"Yes way. I draw."

"Sonic I don't wanna be negative but he is right I know your deck by heart. You don't have anything that can beat this guy."

"No Ames. You don't know all the tricks I have up my sleeve. And I will show you one right now. I summon forth blackwing kochi the daybreak. Now I tune it with gladius to summon one of my newest monsters. Come on out ASSAULT BLACKWING CHIDORI THE RAIN SPRINKLINK!"

"Assault blackwing?! Amy said shocked.

"Exactly. Its effect gives it 300 attack points for every blackwing in my graveyard!"

"What?!" the tamer shouted shocked.

"You sent my entire deck to the graveyard. Within these cards are 23 blackwings! Which means my chidori has a starting 2600 attack points plus 23 multiplied by 300 means 2600+6900 equals 9500 attack points!"

"HOW MUCH?!"

"Assault blackwing chidori! Attack lightning tricorn!"

"Even so I wil not lose! I activate honest!"

"Oh no!" Amy screamed in terror."

"Now my tricorn will rise up to 13100! It's over!"

"Yes. It is over. For you!"

"What?"

"I activate the effect of my blackwing buster the sacrifice in my graveyard. By banishing it the same effect you used to manipulate your monster's attack points I can use it too! So after your tricorn gets to 13100 attack points my monster rises up to 22600 attack points!"

"Over 20000?!"

"It's over. Chidori! End this duel!"

"AAAAAHH!" (tamer LP 0)

"No way. I lost?! How could I not tame the beast of dueling?!"

"Because the way you treat something you will be the same way you are treated later. It is called karma!"

"why you!"

"It is over." An unfamiliar voice was heard.

Sonic and Amy turned around and saw a man walking towards their direction.

"D-D-Director?"

So you are the circus director?"

"Yes kid. And I saw the entire thing. This man treated our animals as if they are garbage with feet."

"Director I only did it so our circus can have more money. We could spend less money on the animal food."

"I won't become a monster for money. You're fired! Out of my sight before I lose my temper."

The tamer shocked looked at Sonic.

"Mark my words kid. One day I wil have my revenge on you."

"Oh I'm so scared." Sonic mocked him.

Then the tamer left.

"Thanks for teaching him what being disrespected means kid."

"It was my pleasure to help sir. We must be going now. good luck on your next performances." Sonic said and left with Amy.

They returned to the hotel. When they sat at the balcony Amy decided to express her question.

"Baby what was that new card of yours? I don't remember ever seeing it in published cards."

"That's because it is not published yet."

"No way. Why do you have it then?"

"The company that creates the game made these new blackwings and asked me to test them out myself meaning that I would keep the cards of course. I didn't get a chance though while we were still home."

"It looked awesome! Will you show them to me after we are done with this war?"

"Of course I will baby." Sonic said exhausted " but I'm beat. Should we go sleep?"

"Yeah. Me too."

They went to their bed and fell asleep immediately. If only they knew the nasty surprise that was expecting them tomorrow.