Disclaimer: See Chapter 5 for details
Chapter 6: Friendly Foes, Part 3: Offense Strike
"It all ends here. But I am forced to end my turn, since you have your Cyber Harpie up." Harpie Lady stated as Mai drew.
(That's right fool! Summon any monster in your entire deck! It won't make a difference. They may seem weak at first, but my Celtic Guardian's will soon be an unstoppable army!) Harpie Lady thought, and snickered to herself.
(Perfect!) Mai thought-yelled (make sense to anyone else?) "I activate one of my personal favorite magic cards, Elegant Egotist, to summon 2 more Cyber Harpies! Now, my three Cyber Harpies, attack her Celtic Guardians and finish her off for good!" Mai commanded as the three harpies dove at a separate guardian.
"You've just activated my trap card which I've been saving for this very opportunity! Go, my powerful Rapid Speed Attack! This trap sacrifices 500 attack points from my Celtic Guardian to MY CELTIC GUARDIAN!" Harpie Lady explained as Mai chuckled.
"Big deal! You're still about to lose with one swipe of my Harpie's claws!" she boasted.
"Not quite. For in activating my trap card, I can play this magic card to the field, Slashing Frenzy! It allows one of my monsters to attack all of yours!" she explained as Mai groaned.
"And now, Celtic Guardian, destroy all 3 Cyber Harpie Sisters!" Harpie Lady commanded as the guardian chopped up all 3 in 3 slices. (M's LP: 375)
"And end your turn so I can easily destroy your life points and you!!" she demanded.
"Fine then, one card face down and that will end my turn!" stated Mai.
(COME ON!) Harpie Lady repeated to herself as she nervously drew, but gracefully.
(JACKPOT) she thought, snickering.
"I'm about to easily wipe you out dear Mai. Let's face it, you lasted a good while, but I've been setting you up for trap after trap. And this is my final one. If you can survive this, then I know I'll lose the duel." She announced.
"Prepare for a magic card that will ultimately seal your fate!" ~~~~~~ ELSEWHERE IN THIS VIRTUAL PLACE OR WHEREVER IT IS ~~~~~
Tea was on a nice cool beach, the scenery was lovely, if only there was some. It was just sand, water, and the sun. Nothing else. She had been walking for about one hour now, hoping to run into one of her friends, or even a dueling challenge. Anything that would get her out of walking forever.
As she kept getting closer she approached a building on a road that appeared from nowhere. She went inside.
"Hello?" Tea asked, receiving no reply.
"Hello!?" she asked again, moving to the second floor, discovering it wasn't a building, it was a mansion.
"Great, now it could be days before I find a challenge." She muttered to herself and continued walking. There was no one on any level, but Tea couldn't help but feel she was being watched. Not by some game master in the real world, but as if someone were right behind her, watching her every move.
"This place could go on forever!" she groaned, suddenly reaching an elevator.
"It might be a trap, but what could hurt." She reassured herself, stepping inside. Immediately before she pressed even the "Door Close" button, the elevator shut itself up and began moving at a rapid pace up the mansion, as Tea watched the floor buttons.
"15.16..17." she said, watching them going higher and faster.
"62..67..71" she went on, and finally when it reached R it jerked itself to stop.
"Whoa..nice ride." She joked, and stepped out of the opening doors where someone in complete black was standing, looking over the horizon, which now Tea saw as a luxurious coastline city.
"May I help you?" the figure questioned
"Umm..i guess. How do you get out of this place?! The elevator won't open and jumping off isn't a quite sensible idea." She responded.
"To get out of "this place" you'll have to duel me! And win, which will not happen, so get ready Tea, this is the final fate of your soul!" the figure yelled.
"I activate the magic card, Raizan Staff!" Harpie Lady declared as a giant lightning staff instantly equipped to one of the Celtic Guardians. "This little magic card adds 900 attack points to my Celtic Guardian, bringing it to 2300!" she explained. (And that's not all it will do!) Harpie Lady snickered to herself.
"But luckily for you, my Raizan Staff magic card will force me to end my turn." She lied.
(I could have finished her off easily, but I'll let her suffer. After all, revenge is a dish best served cold!) (A/N: Anyone who knows where that came from gains major house points)
"My turn! Go! Healing Angel (2400/100) in attack mode! Attack her super- powered Celtic Guardian now!" Mai commanded as the angel drew back her golden arrow and shot it at the Celtic Guardian.
"But, since I've called an attack, my life points go up 1000!" (M's LP: 1375)
"And your Celtic Guardian is gone!" Mai declared, but as the arrow was about to strike the guardian, he knocked it out of his way with the Raizan Staff.
"What?!" Mai yelled.
"Simple. My Raizan Staff will protect my Celtic Guardian from all of your monster attacks and monster effects." Harpie Lady explained.
"And since your Healing Angel attacked, it will go into defense mode!" she stated as the monster switched into a defensive stance.
"Big deal! I'll use my monster's other effect! I can sacrifice her attack points and add them to my life points, so I'll sacrifice all 2400 to increase my life points!" Mai declared as a golden light shifted from the angel onto Mai. (M's LP: 3775)
"Ok. Anyway, Celtic Guardian attack!" she commanded as the equipped monster slammed the staff against the ground, creating a circle of electricity above and below the Healing Angel. Both circles unleashed a deadly stream of lightning, shattering the angel on contact.
"And now my two other Celtic Guardians attack her life points directly!" she added as her other swordsman charged directly at Mai.
"Not this time sister! I activate my final face down card, Negate Attack!" Mai said as the vortex absorbed both attacks. "And that will end your battle phase!" Mai added on.
"And now I draw." She stated, picking up her newest card. "Alright! I've got a match for your 3 monsters!" she declared, showing Harpie Lady and Elegant Egotist.
"Look familiar? Go, Harpie Lady (1300/1400) and now I activate Elegant Egotist to triple you into the Harpie Lady Sisters (1950/2100)!" She said as her Harpie appeared then created two clones of herself.
"And now Harpie Lady Sisters-" Mai began but noticed something.
"How did that face down card get there?!" she wondered, referring to the previous turn when she had no cards face down.
"Confused Mai? When my Raizan Staff unleashes its first attack, I can play one trap card from my graveyard face down." She explained as Mai tried to remember what traps she played.
"She had that Light and Dark Combo Attack card, and the one that only Death Beam works with. And since she has no death beam, it must be Light and Dark Combo attack, so if I attacked, I'd lose!" Mai thought.
"I end my turn!" Mai declared.
"A smart move Mai. Not like it will make any difference, though. I'll still finish you off, but it'll just take longer. Anyway, I'll draw and then activate a second magic card that will crush you! I activate my Enryuu Staff!" she yelled as a giant red staff similar to the Raizan staff but glowing with deadly fire was equipped to her second Celtic Guardian. And this one holds another set of effects just like my Raizan Staff!" Harpie Lady explained. "But just like the other one my Celtic Guardian gains 900 attack points!"
Now, all 3 of my monsters, attack a separate Harpie Lady!" Harpie Lady commanded as there was a regular slash, a lightning blast and the Enryuu equipped Celtic Guardian turned around and completed a vertical slash sending a direct wave of fire disintegrating one Harpie Lady. (M's LP: 1675)
"Make your final move!" Harpie Lady commanded as Mai drew her card.
(There's nothing I can do now, only stall for time but these two should help for now.) Mai thought. "I play Yield Tribute, allowing me to summon my Harpie's Pet Dragon (2000/2500) in defense mode." Mai announced as her red and black dragon made his grand appearance on the field, but soon folded his wings into a defensive stance.
"That'll end my turn sweetie." Mai said. (This is going actually pretty well. I've got a 2500 defense monster, and unless she can pull something out this turn, which I highly doubt, I've got this duel won!) she thought, watching her opponent draw.
"Well what do you know? I activate my third equip card, the deadly Shippuu which will equip to my final Celtic Guardian, raising him to 2300 as well as the others!" she voiced as a double edged polearm with swirling green wind around it was equipped to the final Celtic Guardian.
"And now Mai prepare as I cast you into the dark abyss!"
~~ ELSEWHERE~~
And now Tea prepare as I cast you into the dark abyss!"
~~~~~~~~ CARDS PLAYED ~~~~~~~~~
Elegant Egotist: MAGIC/Desc: When there are 1 or more "Harpie Lady" or 1 or more "Cyber Harpie" cards on the field, you can Special Summon 1 "Harpie Lady" or "Harpie Lady Sisters" card from your hand or your Deck.
Harpie Lady Sisters: ******/1950/2150/Winged Beast Type/Desc: This monster can only be Special Summoned with the Magic Card "Elegant Egotist".
Rapid Speed Attack: TRAP/Desc: Sacrifice 500 attack points from one monster to give them to another monster.
Slashing Frenzy: TRAP/Desc: One monster on your side of the field may attack all of your opponent's monsters.
Raizan Staff: MAGIC/Desc: Equip this to one warrior monster with less than 2000 attack points. Increase this equipped monster's attack points by 900. When the equipped monster launches their FIRST attack, revive one trap card in your graveyard and place it face down on the field. In addition, a monster equipped with this card is immune to all monster attacks and monster effects.
Healing Angel: ****/2400/100/Fairy Type/Desc: After attacking, this monster goes into defense mode. Also, you may sacrifice this monster's attack points to increase your life points by the amount sacrificed.
Negate Attack: TRAP/Desc: When your opponent attacks with a monster, negate the attack and make your opponent's Battle Phase end.
Harpie Lady: ****/1300/1400/Winged Beast Type
Enryuu Staff: MAGIC/Desc: Equip this to one warrior monster with less than 2000 attack points. Increase the equipped monster's attack points by 900. When the equipped monster launches their FIRST attack, revive one monster card in your graveyard and play it in face down attack or defense mode. In addition, a monster equipped with this card is immune to all magic cards.
Yield Tribute: MAGIC/Desc: Choose to either normal summon or special summon a monster from your hand onto the field. If you choose to special summon a monster, you must skip your battle phase.
Harpie's Pet Dragon: *******/2000/2500/Dragon Type/Desc: Increase the ATK and DEF of this card by 300 points for each face-up "Harpie Lady" on the field.
Shippuu: MAGIC/Desc: Equip this to one warrior monster with less than 2000 attack points. Increase the equipped monster's attack points by 900. When the equipped monster launches their FIRST attack, revive one magic card in your graveyard and summon it face down on the field. In addition, a monster equipped with this card is immune to all trap cards.
Chapter 6: Friendly Foes, Part 3: Offense Strike
"It all ends here. But I am forced to end my turn, since you have your Cyber Harpie up." Harpie Lady stated as Mai drew.
(That's right fool! Summon any monster in your entire deck! It won't make a difference. They may seem weak at first, but my Celtic Guardian's will soon be an unstoppable army!) Harpie Lady thought, and snickered to herself.
(Perfect!) Mai thought-yelled (make sense to anyone else?) "I activate one of my personal favorite magic cards, Elegant Egotist, to summon 2 more Cyber Harpies! Now, my three Cyber Harpies, attack her Celtic Guardians and finish her off for good!" Mai commanded as the three harpies dove at a separate guardian.
"You've just activated my trap card which I've been saving for this very opportunity! Go, my powerful Rapid Speed Attack! This trap sacrifices 500 attack points from my Celtic Guardian to MY CELTIC GUARDIAN!" Harpie Lady explained as Mai chuckled.
"Big deal! You're still about to lose with one swipe of my Harpie's claws!" she boasted.
"Not quite. For in activating my trap card, I can play this magic card to the field, Slashing Frenzy! It allows one of my monsters to attack all of yours!" she explained as Mai groaned.
"And now, Celtic Guardian, destroy all 3 Cyber Harpie Sisters!" Harpie Lady commanded as the guardian chopped up all 3 in 3 slices. (M's LP: 375)
"And end your turn so I can easily destroy your life points and you!!" she demanded.
"Fine then, one card face down and that will end my turn!" stated Mai.
(COME ON!) Harpie Lady repeated to herself as she nervously drew, but gracefully.
(JACKPOT) she thought, snickering.
"I'm about to easily wipe you out dear Mai. Let's face it, you lasted a good while, but I've been setting you up for trap after trap. And this is my final one. If you can survive this, then I know I'll lose the duel." She announced.
"Prepare for a magic card that will ultimately seal your fate!" ~~~~~~ ELSEWHERE IN THIS VIRTUAL PLACE OR WHEREVER IT IS ~~~~~
Tea was on a nice cool beach, the scenery was lovely, if only there was some. It was just sand, water, and the sun. Nothing else. She had been walking for about one hour now, hoping to run into one of her friends, or even a dueling challenge. Anything that would get her out of walking forever.
As she kept getting closer she approached a building on a road that appeared from nowhere. She went inside.
"Hello?" Tea asked, receiving no reply.
"Hello!?" she asked again, moving to the second floor, discovering it wasn't a building, it was a mansion.
"Great, now it could be days before I find a challenge." She muttered to herself and continued walking. There was no one on any level, but Tea couldn't help but feel she was being watched. Not by some game master in the real world, but as if someone were right behind her, watching her every move.
"This place could go on forever!" she groaned, suddenly reaching an elevator.
"It might be a trap, but what could hurt." She reassured herself, stepping inside. Immediately before she pressed even the "Door Close" button, the elevator shut itself up and began moving at a rapid pace up the mansion, as Tea watched the floor buttons.
"15.16..17." she said, watching them going higher and faster.
"62..67..71" she went on, and finally when it reached R it jerked itself to stop.
"Whoa..nice ride." She joked, and stepped out of the opening doors where someone in complete black was standing, looking over the horizon, which now Tea saw as a luxurious coastline city.
"May I help you?" the figure questioned
"Umm..i guess. How do you get out of this place?! The elevator won't open and jumping off isn't a quite sensible idea." She responded.
"To get out of "this place" you'll have to duel me! And win, which will not happen, so get ready Tea, this is the final fate of your soul!" the figure yelled.
"I activate the magic card, Raizan Staff!" Harpie Lady declared as a giant lightning staff instantly equipped to one of the Celtic Guardians. "This little magic card adds 900 attack points to my Celtic Guardian, bringing it to 2300!" she explained. (And that's not all it will do!) Harpie Lady snickered to herself.
"But luckily for you, my Raizan Staff magic card will force me to end my turn." She lied.
(I could have finished her off easily, but I'll let her suffer. After all, revenge is a dish best served cold!) (A/N: Anyone who knows where that came from gains major house points)
"My turn! Go! Healing Angel (2400/100) in attack mode! Attack her super- powered Celtic Guardian now!" Mai commanded as the angel drew back her golden arrow and shot it at the Celtic Guardian.
"But, since I've called an attack, my life points go up 1000!" (M's LP: 1375)
"And your Celtic Guardian is gone!" Mai declared, but as the arrow was about to strike the guardian, he knocked it out of his way with the Raizan Staff.
"What?!" Mai yelled.
"Simple. My Raizan Staff will protect my Celtic Guardian from all of your monster attacks and monster effects." Harpie Lady explained.
"And since your Healing Angel attacked, it will go into defense mode!" she stated as the monster switched into a defensive stance.
"Big deal! I'll use my monster's other effect! I can sacrifice her attack points and add them to my life points, so I'll sacrifice all 2400 to increase my life points!" Mai declared as a golden light shifted from the angel onto Mai. (M's LP: 3775)
"Ok. Anyway, Celtic Guardian attack!" she commanded as the equipped monster slammed the staff against the ground, creating a circle of electricity above and below the Healing Angel. Both circles unleashed a deadly stream of lightning, shattering the angel on contact.
"And now my two other Celtic Guardians attack her life points directly!" she added as her other swordsman charged directly at Mai.
"Not this time sister! I activate my final face down card, Negate Attack!" Mai said as the vortex absorbed both attacks. "And that will end your battle phase!" Mai added on.
"And now I draw." She stated, picking up her newest card. "Alright! I've got a match for your 3 monsters!" she declared, showing Harpie Lady and Elegant Egotist.
"Look familiar? Go, Harpie Lady (1300/1400) and now I activate Elegant Egotist to triple you into the Harpie Lady Sisters (1950/2100)!" She said as her Harpie appeared then created two clones of herself.
"And now Harpie Lady Sisters-" Mai began but noticed something.
"How did that face down card get there?!" she wondered, referring to the previous turn when she had no cards face down.
"Confused Mai? When my Raizan Staff unleashes its first attack, I can play one trap card from my graveyard face down." She explained as Mai tried to remember what traps she played.
"She had that Light and Dark Combo Attack card, and the one that only Death Beam works with. And since she has no death beam, it must be Light and Dark Combo attack, so if I attacked, I'd lose!" Mai thought.
"I end my turn!" Mai declared.
"A smart move Mai. Not like it will make any difference, though. I'll still finish you off, but it'll just take longer. Anyway, I'll draw and then activate a second magic card that will crush you! I activate my Enryuu Staff!" she yelled as a giant red staff similar to the Raizan staff but glowing with deadly fire was equipped to her second Celtic Guardian. And this one holds another set of effects just like my Raizan Staff!" Harpie Lady explained. "But just like the other one my Celtic Guardian gains 900 attack points!"
Now, all 3 of my monsters, attack a separate Harpie Lady!" Harpie Lady commanded as there was a regular slash, a lightning blast and the Enryuu equipped Celtic Guardian turned around and completed a vertical slash sending a direct wave of fire disintegrating one Harpie Lady. (M's LP: 1675)
"Make your final move!" Harpie Lady commanded as Mai drew her card.
(There's nothing I can do now, only stall for time but these two should help for now.) Mai thought. "I play Yield Tribute, allowing me to summon my Harpie's Pet Dragon (2000/2500) in defense mode." Mai announced as her red and black dragon made his grand appearance on the field, but soon folded his wings into a defensive stance.
"That'll end my turn sweetie." Mai said. (This is going actually pretty well. I've got a 2500 defense monster, and unless she can pull something out this turn, which I highly doubt, I've got this duel won!) she thought, watching her opponent draw.
"Well what do you know? I activate my third equip card, the deadly Shippuu which will equip to my final Celtic Guardian, raising him to 2300 as well as the others!" she voiced as a double edged polearm with swirling green wind around it was equipped to the final Celtic Guardian.
"And now Mai prepare as I cast you into the dark abyss!"
~~ ELSEWHERE~~
And now Tea prepare as I cast you into the dark abyss!"
~~~~~~~~ CARDS PLAYED ~~~~~~~~~
Elegant Egotist: MAGIC/Desc: When there are 1 or more "Harpie Lady" or 1 or more "Cyber Harpie" cards on the field, you can Special Summon 1 "Harpie Lady" or "Harpie Lady Sisters" card from your hand or your Deck.
Harpie Lady Sisters: ******/1950/2150/Winged Beast Type/Desc: This monster can only be Special Summoned with the Magic Card "Elegant Egotist".
Rapid Speed Attack: TRAP/Desc: Sacrifice 500 attack points from one monster to give them to another monster.
Slashing Frenzy: TRAP/Desc: One monster on your side of the field may attack all of your opponent's monsters.
Raizan Staff: MAGIC/Desc: Equip this to one warrior monster with less than 2000 attack points. Increase this equipped monster's attack points by 900. When the equipped monster launches their FIRST attack, revive one trap card in your graveyard and place it face down on the field. In addition, a monster equipped with this card is immune to all monster attacks and monster effects.
Healing Angel: ****/2400/100/Fairy Type/Desc: After attacking, this monster goes into defense mode. Also, you may sacrifice this monster's attack points to increase your life points by the amount sacrificed.
Negate Attack: TRAP/Desc: When your opponent attacks with a monster, negate the attack and make your opponent's Battle Phase end.
Harpie Lady: ****/1300/1400/Winged Beast Type
Enryuu Staff: MAGIC/Desc: Equip this to one warrior monster with less than 2000 attack points. Increase the equipped monster's attack points by 900. When the equipped monster launches their FIRST attack, revive one monster card in your graveyard and play it in face down attack or defense mode. In addition, a monster equipped with this card is immune to all magic cards.
Yield Tribute: MAGIC/Desc: Choose to either normal summon or special summon a monster from your hand onto the field. If you choose to special summon a monster, you must skip your battle phase.
Harpie's Pet Dragon: *******/2000/2500/Dragon Type/Desc: Increase the ATK and DEF of this card by 300 points for each face-up "Harpie Lady" on the field.
Shippuu: MAGIC/Desc: Equip this to one warrior monster with less than 2000 attack points. Increase the equipped monster's attack points by 900. When the equipped monster launches their FIRST attack, revive one magic card in your graveyard and summon it face down on the field. In addition, a monster equipped with this card is immune to all trap cards.