—Please forgive me for not updating in a very long time. I would go into a long, involved story, but…no, I won't. Short version: College work has been piling up, Spring Break vacation, and my grandmother had to get her hip replaced and she's been feeling pretty bad. Care to hear the long version or would you prefer to read my fanfic? Yeah…I thought you'd want the fanfic…Recap: Daelin and Diana are in a double duel – although now it's a triangular duel – with an Immortal Thief (who shall be known as "the Knight")
Chapter 11 – the Phoenix and King Dragun
It was the Knight's turn now. He drew and made a noise that sounded like a chuckle. "I lay this all powerful card face-down and end my turn." He seemed to stare directly at Diana. "It won't be long now, Rose Duelist. Soon my ultimate strategy shall fall into place and you and your little sweetheart will fail."
"Sweetheart!" Diana looked at Daelin who coughed uncomfortably. Diana turned back to the Knight with a scowl on her face. "Henry Tudor is my sweetheart, not him! No offense, Daelin."
"None taken, Diana. You're not exactly my type." Daelin muttered.
Diana sneezed in annoyance. "Shut up and take you turn."
Daelin drew. About time I drew this card, he thought. "I switch Hayabusa to defense mode and play another monster face-down also in defense mode." Hayabusa knelt on one knee with his sword across his chest.
"We skip my partner's turn. Now it's to the girl." The Knight said.
"Gee thanks." Diana grunted. She drew from her deck and thought to Val, "I wonder what thisultimate strategyis, Val."
"Not sure." Val said. "That face-down card is perhaps the only magic or trap card he's played throughout the entire duel."
"This Knight disgusts Daelin and me." said Buster Blader to both Val and Diana. "Daelin says that the Knight's whole 'ultimate' strategy actually depended on his partner's failure."
"You mean the other Knight sacrificed himself so that this guy could bring forth whatever he's planning on summoning! That's horrible!" Diana said.
Buster Blader gripped his sword tighter. "I do not like this Knight, Daelin. I want to slash him myself."
"If Val can attack, then so can you…I hope." Daelin replied. He looked at Diana and said, "Hurry and take your turn."
Diana blinked. "Oh…right, okay…" She looked at her hand. So far she had Lust Dragon #2 on the field to protect Val, but who knew what monster the Knight would play next.
"I switch Luster Dragon #2 into defense mode." Diana said.
Now it was the Knight's turn. He drew and laughed wickedly. "Here it is! My great creature! Come forth, Sacred Phoenix of Nephthys!"
"Sacred what!" Diana exclaimed as a huge metallic yellow bird with a long neck appeared, its flaming orange eyes glowing. –Sacred Phoenix of Nephthys (2400/1600)–
"Diana, Luster Dragon is just as powerful as that card! Don't worry!"
"She has right to worry, Thar Amrun Champion." the Knight said. "For now I play this magic card, Lightning Vortex."
"Crap…now he can destroy all of our face-up monsters." Diana murmured. The Knight discarded a card from his hand and bolts of lightning came down and struck Hayabusa and Luster Dragon, destroying them both. Lucky for both Diana and Daelin, their monsters were in defense mode.
At least my Lord of Dragons was face-down, Daelin thought. But now Diana has no monsters to protect herself. Darn her…
Daelin was up now anyways. He drew and smiled. "I play Graceful Charity." He drew three more cards and discarded two. "I play one card face-down and end my turn."
The Knight narrowed his eyes. He is clearly the stronger duelist, he thought. But the girl is strong as well. However…she is limiting her strength. But why…
Diana's turn. I have to draw a strong card, but I promised Daelin that I wouldn't use my Blue Eyes White Dragon. Without my Blue Eyes, I can't summon my Guardian Mage or Val's ultimate form, the Dragon Mage. She drew and sighed. "I play Kuriboh in defense-mode and that's it."
"The hell is your duelist up to?" Buster Blader said to Val, purposefully letting Diana hear him.
"She's working on a strategy." Val snapped at him. "Diana, is something wrong?"
"No." Diana lied. The truth is…without my precious Dragon, she thought, I feel limited in my dueling abilities. But I suppose it's my own fault really. Maybe I've come to rely too much on my Blue Eyes.
The Knight snorted. "Sacred Phoenix, destroy her Kuriboh!" The big bird shot a column of flames at Kuriboh…but it hit something else. A wall of rainbow lights!
"What? The girl has no traps!"
"But I do." Daelin said. "I activated Mirror Force to protect Diana's Kuriboh. Now your attack gets directed right back at your giant turkey."
But Sacred Phoenix wasn't destroyed. Daelin blinked. "What the hell?"
The Knight laughed. "My creature cannot be destroyed by trap cards, you foolish boy! That includes the effect of your Mirror Force."
Daelin frowned. Dammit, he thought. He looked at Diana. "Don't let me down, Diana. I sacrificed my trap card for you. How about showing a little more muscle?"
"I'm trying, okay!" Diana shouted.
"Diana, please don't fight. You and Daelin must work together to defeat this Knight." Val said.
Daelin look Diana in the eyes and realized what was happening. He turned away form her glare. "Just because you aren't using your Dragon doesn't mean you can't duel like a champion, Diana. You are a strong duelist, I know it. If you can prove that to Jhada, then prove it to me."
Diana sighed. "I'll try, Daelin."
"Good." Daelin said. "My turn…" He drew and smiled. "Say your prayers, Knight. I switch my Lord of Dragons to attack mode, face-up." Lord of Dragons appeared in front of Buster Blader. "Now I summon Divine Dragon Ragnarok and fuse my two monsters together with Polymerization!"
A swirling vortex appeared above Daelin's two monsters and swallowed them up. Then a new creature descended from the vortex as it disappeared. This creature had the upper body of Lord of Dragons, but its lower half was that of a dragon; a long body with orange colored scales and black wings with fire all down its spine. –King Dragun (2400/1100)–
"W-What is that!" the Knight asked.
"This is King Dragun and he has just as much attack power as your Phoenix. Oh and thanks to his special ability, you can't attack any dragon type monsters on our side of the field."
"Damn. But I can still attack your King Dra—"
"Uh no. King Dragun is a dragon type monster, you idiot." Daelin said. "Buster Blader, pass this message on to Diana…"
"Diana." said Buster Blader.
Diana blinked. "Yes?"
"There is a way that you summon your Dragon Mage. There's a trap card you can use, but Daelin and I do not know if you have such a card. It can change any monster you choose into a dragon-type." Buster Blader said to her. "Daelin told me to tell you this."
Wait, Diana thought. I know what card he's talking about! The trap card, D. Tribe. I do have that card! Now if only I can draw it. It was her turn now. She drew and played Swords of Revealing Light. Now Knight couldn't attack for three turns.
"Since we're playing in a triangular pattern, by your next turn, Diana, the Swords will be gone." Daelin said.
Diana looked at him. "I think I can draw the card I need in that much time."
Knight's turn now and he drew. "I play Spell Absorption! Now for every magic card you both have played in your last turns, my life points increase by 500 points." Polymerization and Swords of Revealing Light were both magic cards.
"Shit…now his life points increase by 1000." Daelin muttered.
"Daelin, that card is a continuous magic card." Diana said.
Daelin looked at her. "What!"
"That card stays on the field. It doesn't go away after this turn." Diana said.
"Shit, shit, and double shit!" Daelin cursed to Buster Blader. "Now we can't play magic cards anymore."
"But the card Diana needs to draw is a trap card. I just hope she gets it before those Swords fade." Buster Blader said.
"Me too, old friend." Daelin replied. He drew from his deck and played Spear Dragon in defense-mode.
It was the Knight's turn. "I lay one card face-down and end my turn. And just to remind you, my deck leader makes it impossible for you to use Monster Reborn."
Diana touched the card on the top of her deck and prayed to every god she knew that it was D. Tribe. When she drew the card, it took everything she had to keep from squealing with joy. The Swords of Revealing Light vanished and the Knight laughed with triumph.
"I wouldn't laugh if I were you, fella." Diana said. "I play the trap card, D. Tribe!"
"D. Tribe? What's that card do?" the Knight asked.
"It changes any monster I want into a dragon. And I choose my deck leader!" Diana replied. Val's body began to glow and transform into Valkyria the Dragon Mage. With 3650 attack points, Val was far more powerful than Sacred Phoenix.
The Knight took a step back. He had all four his orbs left and had 4400 life points. "It's not enough to wipe me out!" he snapped.
"My Dragon Mage gains a 1000 attack and defense bonus with every light monster on the field. That means your deck leader makes my monster more powerful!" Diana said. Now Val was 4650 attack and 4000 defense strong.
Daelin smiled. "And my Buster Blader's special ability allows me to attack one of your monsters during Diana's turn." (Author: I gave Buster Blader an extra special ability.)
"Good ahead, Daelin." Diana said.
"B-But…the Perfect Rule…" the Knight stammered.
"The Perfect Rule has been shattered!" Daelin shouted. "Go, Buster Blader! Attack his Sacred Phoenix." Buster Blader rushed forward and slashed Sacred Phoenix in half. The Knight lost 200 life points.
Diana smiled. "With 4200 life points left, my mage can easily wipe you out." Val flexed her claws and slashed Banisher of Light. The deck leader was destroyed and the darkness around the dueling field started to swallow the Knight's body.
"MASTER!" the Knight screamed as the shadows engulfed him. When it was quiet, more orbs started to appear. One crashed into Diana's body and she retched. It left like somebody had ripped her arm right out of its socket. Another orb crashed into Daelin who grunted in pain, but his armor protected his body from most of the damage. Orbs started smashing into Diana and Daelin left and right. Val and Buster Blader tried to protect them, but the orbs went right through the monsters.
"D-Daelin…what's happening?" Diana asked.
"It…must be…Bakura." Daelin lurched as two more orbs slammed into his wounded shoulder. He screamed in agony as another orb cut away his blindfold.
I won't let mynew friend die, Diana said. She drew a card and gasped in pain. It was her precious Dragon. "Blue Eyes, save him!" Diana threw the card at Daelin and the Blue Eyes White Dragon appeared and grabbed Daelin, taking him back to Thar Amrun.
Val, now back to her original form, grasped Diana's hand. "Diana!"
Another orb slammed into Diana's back and she fell over, still holding Val's hand. "I'm…sorry, Val." Everything went black as Diana heard Val sobbing her name.
—Whoa…now would I really kill off the main character? o.O umm…dunno yet. Sacred Phoenix, King Dragun, Spell Absorption, and Divine Dragon – all of those cards are real. They're from the Flaming Eternity card set. I may have bent Phoenix's effects just a little. But they're all awesome cards. – Okay…Review Responses:
Swift – Now you know the Knight's card o.o; Not much, but yeah…I was getting tired of making up cards. Yes, solved the parent problem (for now anyways) Now I must solve the huge pile of schoolwork problem…
SG – my homie g! xD (eep…sorry…scary, hyper American talk) You'll have to find out about Yugi and Diana next chapter probably. I don't think I'll need anymore information about Melisanne…I don't think I will. For right now, I think I've got the info. I need x)
Jaded – heh…Buster Blader pulled a Val I guess x) -loves that phrase now- He got to attack Sacred Phoenix, so yay! No, Jhada won't be happy when she finds out about Yugi hitting Diana. Nobody else will either.
DarkShadow – ack…I forgot about the card list you gave me x( -feels stupid now- But don't worry! Daelin has one more duel coming up and I'll be sure and use those cards you suggested.
mariks1andonly – I will…promise. I'll try to o.o
Darkfox – yes I do go on Neopets. My usernames on there are iamladyliz and valistar.
Cataracta – yeah you're right. I think it's bound…x) Thanks for correcting me, appreciate it! xD
Sara, the gang, and Lauren the fairy – Bell's duel will come soon. Maybe in Chapter 13. I haven't decided yet, though. I think she might duel Rosenburg for his humanity. Or something…dunno yet. It is interesting to make Yugi and Diana fight. Not every couple has a perfect relationship! O.o
—Thanks for your patience, everybody! I will try to update when I can, but final exams are coming up. Which means…my school year as a college freshman is coming to a close, so I have to work extra hard for the next three weeks. I promise to update when I have some free time. That's highly unlikely, but I shall NOT let you guys down!