Chapter 5: The Reptile vs. The Warrior
Only moments after the duel had been won by Namia, the next two duelists, Kou and Rex, had approached. In the moments between matches, people had gotten up, and took restroom breaks. Shisei wasn't one of them. "Come on Kou!" he shouted, almost roared for his best friend. Osmos looked at the boy questionably.
"You mean you seriously think he can win?" he questioned, amused at the thought. Sei glared up at the silver haired duelist. But he was going to keep his peace, after all, there was no reason to go get himself killed if Kou wasn't around to see it. "If you really think so, then I suppose the fool has a chance." Osmos stated. Then they were both silent as the screen came on and the announcer's voice was heard.
"Now we are going to see the newcomer to dueling, go up against an ace duelist, who likes to use dinos as his ace in the hole!" the announcer yelled with fake enthusiasm. "Can a warrior deck defeat him? I don't know, so let's find out!" he cried. The duel began.
Alright kid, let's get this show under way!" Rex cried. 'Damn, I always get the amateurs, no one's going to take me seriously after I lost to Wheeler."' Rex sighed as he reminisced about the good old days, and how he used to be one of the best duelist in the world.
Kou twitched in annoyance at how his opponent's attention was on something else. "HEY!" he shouted out to the dino duelist. "Why don't you try paying attention!" the other duelist looked up, startled, and then smirked.
"Oh, you want me to pay attention to the likes of you?" he laughed hysterically. "But that's alright, I'll show you my power! Summon Hyper Hammerhead (1500/1200)in attack mode!" he slapped the card down and the large monster, that was jumping up and down appeared. Kou gulped. 'That thing can send anything back to my hand, better be careful."'
"Okay! My move." Kou stated. He drew and smiled widely. "Alright ,I'll set two cards face down! End turn." the cards appeared on his field and Rex moved his hand over to draw.
"Let me show you real power! Summon, Uraby(1500/800) in attack mode!" Rex placed another card in his monster slot, this one was vertical as well. "Now my creatures shall direct attack!" he smirked as no trap was activated on his opponent's field.
Kou-9000
Rex-8000
"Well, looks like your falling behind." Rex smirked, he had gained the upper hand.
"You sure, cause it looks like you fell into my trap!" Kou yelled.
"What do you mean, look at the LP co- WHAT IN THE WORLD!" Rex yelled in utter confusion, he was completely lost on how his opponent's LP had increased by 1000. "Why did your LP go up? Is this some kind of joke?" rex questioned, though he wasn't laughing.
"No, silly, I just activated my Nutrient Z trap, It gives me 4000 LP before the damage is subtracted from my LP!" Kou smirked, he had gotten the advantage in LP with one card. "My move?" Kou questioned.
"After I set one card facedown, now go." he shouted.
"Alright, not only did you make the mistake of giving me more LP, you allow me to summon The Fiend Mega cyber (2200/1200) in attack mode, without offering a tribute!" Kou clenched his fist as he showed his opponent his brilliant move.
"Alright!" Sei cried from the stands. "How's that for an amateur move!" Sei smirked, ready to prove Osmos wrong on his bet that Kou would lose. But Osmos had disappeared, he was nowhere in sight. 'Well that's weird, he was just here."' he thought, scratching his blond head.
"Hey, can I sit here?" a familiar voice asked. Sei turned sharply to see the smiling face of a beautiful woman standing right beside him. The voice belonged to the beautiful fire duelist Namia Sashimi.
"Oh, um sure, no one's sitting there." he stated as the fire duelist sat beside him. "By the way, nice match." Shisei said, almost impulsively.
"Oh, so you saw my match, I didn't think anyone would really remember it." she stated nonchalantly.
"What do you mean, you tore Mako Tsunami up, that's something that Yugi Moto and Joey Wheeler had trouble with!" he smiled, pushing his glasses up. This made Namia blush. Then they heard a cry from the ring as Kou called for his monster to attack. "Come on Kou!" Sei yelled again, and the conversation between him and Namia was forgotten.
"Now Fiend Mega cyber, attack his Uraby!" Kou blared. The large golden armored warrior slashed the beast in half. "Now that's what I call a fossil fuel!" Kou snickered at his own joke, but stopped when the audience was silent.
Kou-9000
Rex-7300
"I would be phased by losing a monster, but with my face down card, you the one who's going to fear!" Rex tapped a button on his duel disk and the face down card, Rope of Life, was revealed. "This card, the Rope of light, will even us out, first off, I can only use the Rope of Life's effect if a monster is destroyed this turn, and I discard my entire hand." he slipped his cards into his graveyard and another card popped out of it. "Then the monster that I need will be revived with 800 extra attack points, so come back my mighty reptile!" Rex finished his trap play as Uraby(2300/800) appeared.
"Uh-oh!" Kou gulped, then he ended his turn.
"Nothing can save you now!" Rex yelled happily as the upper hand slipped over to him, so did the card he pulled off of his deck. "Now you lose, Uraby, attack his monster!" the brown dino rushed over and bit the armored warrior with a loud CRUNCH! Then Kou twitched as the LP score dropped.
Kou-8900
Rex-7300
"Now for my next trick, my Hyper Hammerhead(1500/1200) shall directly attack you!" and with a slam of its tail, the monster reduced Kou's LP even more.
Kou-7400
Rex7300
"Well champ, looks like I still have a higher LP score than you, and unless you drew something really good, I have a better hand too!" Kou cried triumphantly. "Now that its my turn, I'll set a monster in defense mode, End turn." the card appeared, and Rex drew.
"Not the card I'd hoped for, but it'll do. Now I'll sacrifice my Hyper Hammerhead dino to summon your defeat, reveal Driceratops(2400/1500)!" Rex then did a little dance as he set the card down by sending another to his graveyard.
Kou gulped. "Umm, break for refreshments?" he questioned as the two beasts glared down at him.
"The time is now, you'll soon see my monster's true power, now, my beast, attack his face down monster!" the beast obliged and rushed over and stomped the facedown monster, which was revealed as Mataza the Zapper(1300/800).
Kou-5800
Rex-7300
"What, how in the world did you reduce my LP when my monster was in defense?" Kou questioned, completely oblivious to the effect of the opponent's monster.
"My monster can deal damage through defense, you idiot! So your defense is useless!" Rex snickered as Kou realized that it was useless to play defense. "Now Uraby, blow him to pieces!" the Uraby rushed over and attacked.
"Oh no, now Kou can't play defense!" Shisei yelled.
Namia turned and looked at the blond. "So you and him have been friends for… how long?" she questioned. Shisei looked at her incredulously.
"Is now really the time to be asking at a time like this!" he questioned.
"Well sorry, I didn't think you'd mind. After all, we all know he's going to lose." she stated, rolling her eyes.
Shisei twitched. Then he turned his attention back to the duel.
Kou-3500
Rex-7300
"Okay, that more than stung." Kou stated as he started his turn after the attack. He drew. 'Alright, shield and sword, this along with my Throwstone Unit (900/2000) can really help. "Okay Rex, get ready, cause I'm going to blow your mind!" Kou yelled to the opponent.
"You lamebrain, I have two super strong monsters on the field, and all you've got is a lacking LP score." Rex retorted, rolling his eyes.
"Yeah, well now I'll summon, Throwstone Unit (900/2000) in attack mode." the unit of men appeared, ready and waiting to destroy the beast with a giant stone they carried. "But I'm still not done, next I'll activate the Shield and Sword spell, which'll swap attack and defense values for 1turn!" he slid the card into his duel disk and smirked.
"Oh no!" Rex cried as the full realization hit him. "Now you can destroy one of my monsters!" he stared at the Throwstone Unit, which had gotten a very large steel boulder to replace the rock they previously had.
"Yeah, but that's not all, next I'll set a card facedown, then my Throwstone Unit shall attack your Uraby!" the declared attack worked, and Rex's LP score dropped accordingly.
Kou-3500
Rex-6100
"Darn you amatuer, you'll pay for that!" Rex shouted.
"See if you can make me, I'll end my turn." he stated.
"Alright, now I draw!" the brown haired duelist took the next card off of his deck and frowned. "Not what I needed, but it'll do. Now I'll summon the Granadora (1900/700) in attack mode!" he smirked as the creature appeared on his field. "And when the mighty Granadora is summoned, I get an additional 1000 LP!" he smirked at his move and watched the LP score's readjust.
Kou-3500
Rex-7100
Namia's eyes widened at the move. Shisei's twitched in annoyance. " No offense, but I don't think your friend is in the same league with Rex that monster will be hard to destroy." Namia stated.
"So what, who cares what you think!" Shisei snapped at the flame duelist. Then he covered his mouth. It was something about the tournaments that just made Shisei upset.
"Its okay, I know I shouldn't have made it sound like your friend, Kou wasn't it?" she stopped halfway through the sentence to ask this. Unfortunately, Shisei had already refocused on his blue haired friend's duel.
"So now that I have two strong enough monsters on the field, I'll attack you're Unit of pebble launchers!" Rex cried, his Granadora launched the first attack, then it stopped and fell to one knee, the defense position in duel monsters. "WHAT!" Rex cried, annoyed that his monster… no monsters had switched to defense. "How did this happen, my monsters were in attack mode just a few seconds ago!" he grabbed his head in agravation.
"Simple, lizard brain, I activated my Zero Gravity trap, it changes the positions of all the monsters on the field, so you're attack was denied!" Kou stated, as the flipped card shined. "Now can I go?" he questioned the dino duelist. When he got a nod in return, he drew. "Alright, get ready for a world of hurt! I'll summon, Strike Ninja(1700/1200), in attack mode!" he slapped the card into the proper area on the duel disk and a tall stealthy looking ninja appeared. "Now you'll face the power of my ninja, attack his Driceratops(1500)!" the ninja took a huge leap into the air and slammed it's feet down onto the large prehistoric beast. "And that will end my turn." Kou stated, proud that he had wiped out a defense card.
"Don't look so smug, I'll wipe you out soon enough!" he drew. At first, he had no response to the card he had drawn. Then he laughed hysterically, making the audience stare. "Sorry, its just, I drew the strongest card in my deck, now fear, for I'll summon the ultimate dino I'll activate, the spell, Ultra Evolution Pill!" he smirked as the card was slid into his duel disk. "this card allows me to tribute my reptile, to summon my mighty dino!" he roared fiercer than a dino itself.
"Uh-oh!" was all that the blue haired duelist could say.
"Now, tremble in fear as I summon, the Black Tyranno(2600/1800) in attack mode!" the monster appeared, roaring as it finished evolving from the Granadora. "Unfortunately, I lose 2000 LP when my Granadora is sent to the graveyard, but that's a small price to pay to be able to wipe you out!" the dino duelist snickered as his LP score dropped.
Kou-3500
Rex-5100
"Now my beast, attack his Strike Ni-" "Hold on! I'll activate my Ninja's special ability, and remove it from play this turn!" Kou jeered triumphantly. "Sorry, but you'll have to attack my other monsters!"
"You wish, loser. Now Black Tyranno, attack his LP directly!" Rex yelled. Kou raised an eyebrow, then his eyes went wide when the attack went through. "Before you ask, if you only have defense position monsters on your side of the field, I can directly attack your LP!" Rex answered the boys question.
Kou-900
Rex-5100
Kou's eyes widened. "Oh no, Now I can't play defense." he realized.
"That's right, now you understand what a stupid idea it was to try and defeat me!" Rex yelled triumphantly.
Kou was reminded of his loss against Osmos, and once again, he fell helplessly to the ground.
To be continued
Next time: Rex and Kou continue their duel, with Kou barely hanging on, can he possible win against a duelist who knows how to counter his every move? Find out on the next: Duel Monsters Maximum!
