Rise of Destiny

Chapter 16

Kaiba VS Ryuza: Heavy Metal Part 1

RECAP

Kaiba: Blue Eyes, attack Metallic Viser now! Burst Stream of Destruction!

Blue Eyes fires a shining blast of white energy toward Metallic Viser...

/RECAP

Ryuza: Now, Metallic Viser, activate your special ability!

The attack immediately stops, and Metallic Viser rises high into the air. It starts glowing as a huge metallic hulk forms from nowhere. It solidifies into a large hulk appearing to be a suit of armor. Metallic Viser lands where the head should be on this monster.

Ryuza: laughs Meet Iron Castleguard(0/2500)! An unstoppable defense system that is built to serve a castle in medieval times. Only in this duel, my Life Points represent the castle. Therefore my monster will do anything to protect it's castle!

Kaiba: Your monster still doesn't have enough ATK points to block my attack!

Ryuza: You see, Kaiba, like I said before, my monster always defends his castle! He has a special ability that allows him to copy half of the ATK points of the attacking monster and add it to his own DEF points. That means my Castleguard has 4000 DEF points!

Iron Castleguard: 0/4000

Kaiba: No! That means I lose Life Points instead of you!

The attack reflects back and hits Kaiba dead on.

Kaiba/3000 Ryuza/4000

Kaiba: I end my turn.

Ryuza: Behold! A card that will assist in your demise! I summon Fusilier Dragon the Duel Mode Beast(2800/2000)!

Kaiba: Hold on! By the rules of the game, you can't summon any monster with a Level that high without sacraficing first! I should know...I wrote the rules.

Ryuza: Wrong. My Fusilier Dragon can be Normal Summoned by halving it's ATK and DEF points.

Fusilier Dragon: 1400/1000

Kaiba: Well, your pathetic monster only has 1400 ATK points now, it shouldn't be that hard to take care of, especially with my Blue Eyes!

Ryuza: Now, I'll set two cards face down, and play the Spell card Book of Moon, to flip Fusilier Dragon face down! And when he's flipped up, he'll be a whole new monster, which means he'll have his original 2800 ATK points! Make your move, Kaiba, because next turn you're history!

Kaiba: Quit your boasting! I'll now play a Spell card that'll make you cower where you stand! Burst Stream of Destruction! It allows my Blue Eyes to attack every one of your pathetic monsters! Go now, my mighty Dragon, smite him and wipe out all of his Life Points!

Blue Eyes rises high up into the air, and fires five blasts, one for each of Ryuza's monsters.

Ryuza: laughs. Kaiba, you really never learn, do you? I activate two cards; Book of Taiyou and Formation Union!

A Spell card bearing a book with a sun on it, and a Trap card bearing a Dark Blade fusing together with Pitch Dark Dragon appear on the field.

Ryuza: I'll use the effect of my Book of Taiyou to flip summon Fusilier Dragon immediately, raising his ATK points back to 2800. And I'll use Formation Union to combine my monster with both of my Heavy Mech Support Platforms, raising his ATK points by 1000!

Kaiba: No!

Fusilier Dragon appears on the field again, and both Heavy Mech Support Platforms attach to the bottom of the mechanical dragon. His attack points skyrocket.

Fusilier Dragon (3800/1400)

Ryuza: Fusilier Dragon, counterattack now! Metal Grazer!

Fusilier Dragon moves to protect Ryuza's other monsters, and fires a huge blast of black energy out of it's mouth, obliterating Blue Eyes.

Kaiba: My Blue Eyes!

Ryuza: Laughs maniacally.

Kaiba/2200 Ryuza/4000

Ryuza: Face it, Kaiba. You're all washed up. You can never beat me as you are.

Kaiba: I'll make you eat those words.

Ryuza: Laughs again. Whatever. I draw another card, and I'll turn my two Heavy Mech Support Platform cards back into monsters. Next, I'm going to sacrafice them both to summon the mighty Perfect Machine King(2700/1500)!

The two Heavy Mech Support Platforms disappear, and a new monster is summoned. It's a huge robot, radiating with power. It's ATK points skyrocket as soon as it hits the field.

Perfect Machine King (4100/1500)

Kaiba: What the hell?

Ryuza: Ah, let me explain. My Perfect Machine King gains strength when he's among his followers, namely machines. And I've got three; Fusilier Dragon, Big Core, and Iron Castleguard! Meaning my monster gains a whopping 1500 ATK points.

Kaiba: How am I going to beat that?

Ryuza: Let me add to your torment. I activate the Spell card Limiter Removal! This extremely powerful Spell card doubles the ATK and DEF of all of my Machine monsters for one turn!

Perfect Machine King (8200/3000)

Fusilier Dragon (5600/4000)

Iron Castleguard (0/5000)

Big Core (4600/2200)

All of Ryuza's monsters double in size.

Kaiba: Holy hell! Those monsters are huge!

Ryuza: Laughs sadistically Now, all of my monsters, attack his Life Points at once and wipe him out of the duel!

All four monsters rear up for an attack, and lauch straight for Kaiba. An explosion of smoke appears, clouding the field.

Mokuba: Nii-sama!

Ryuza: laughs I guess you really weren't that strong, were you, Kaiba?

Kaiba: Don't count me out yet, Ryuza!

The smoke clears. Kaiba is still standing, all four monsters surrounding him.

Ryuza: What? Go, my creatures, destroy Kaiba already!

Kaiba: I activated a Trap card in the nick of time. Guardian of Soul!

A Spell card with a picture of four blue orbs guarding a player appears on the field.

Kaiba: This rare card allows me to summon 5 monsters from either Graveyard to protect my Life Points for one turn. So, I'll summon...Metallic Viser! Blue Eyes! Kaiser Seahorse! Inpachi! Block all four attacks!

Ryuza: No! This cannot happen!

Kaiba: laughs Looks like I'm still the best!

Ryuza: Grrr...I end my turn.

All four of Ryuza's monsters are shattered.

Kaiba: Oh, yes, that's right. At the end of the turn, monsters powered by Limiter Removal are automatically destroyed. Looks like you've got a clear field.

Ryuza: Damn you.

Kaiba: It's what I'm here for. Anyway, I'll just set one more card and end my turn.

Ryuza: I'll summon this monster! Pinball Man(100/1000)!

A small metal ball with legs appears on the field.

Ryuza: Now, Pinball Man, I'll sacrafice you to summon a new monster.

Kaiba: Wha...?

Ryuza: Pinball Man's ability allows me to summon another monster on the same turn I summon him. So, Pinball Man, I sacrafice you to summon Armoured Valkyrie Girl(2400/1800)!

The little pinball disappears, making way for a beautiful woman wearing purple armor. She has fair skin, long, violet coloured hair, and bright wings on her back. She holds a sword in her right hand.

Ryuza: And I'll also activate this! Cloning Spell!

A Spell card with a picture of two identical metal soldiers appears on the field.

Ryuza: This Spell card allows me to Special Summon a monster from my hand with 500 more ATK points then the one I've got on the field. So say hello to Iron Colossus(2900/0)!

A huge metal man that looks as if he was made out of crude blocks appears on the field.

Ryuza: These two monsters are special to me, Seto Kaiba. They represent my friends, Kazumi and Gavon. These cards are all I've got left, now.

Kazumi's bright, beautiful face appears as a silhouette behind Armoured Valkyrie Girl. Gavon's proud, stony face appears as a silhouette behind Iron Colossus.

Ryuza: And the unity of my friends will destroy you! Iron Colossus, attack Kaiba's Life Points!

Iron Colossus rears up for attack, when a Trap card flips up.

Kaiba: Activate Attack Guidance Armor! This card will switch the target of the attack to...Armoured Valkyire Girl!

A chestpiece of armor flies out of the card, and attaches itself to Armoured Valkyrie Girl, pinning her arms to her sides.

Ryuza: No! Kazumi!

Iron Colossus brings it's gigantic fist down, smashing Armoured Valkyrie Girl to pieces. Ryuza's Life Points drop.

Ryuza: You destroyed my friend! I'm going to send you to Hell right now! I summon Metallic Deathbringer!

A Trap card flips up, and three small dark orbs appear on the field. All three of them disappear, and a new monster appears in their place...

To Be Continued

Next: Heavy Metal Part 2