Chapter 7 War of the Machines
I decided to try somethin else. Since the evil will cut no slack, I need to seriously fine-tune my deck. Yugi agreed to doing the same, as well as Jonouchi... and Honda. Honda wanted a shot at dueling some bigshot evil."The more the merrier" fits this situation well.
Shadi materialized again with good news in the whereabouts on Ashiro.
"Ashiro has taken over your high school. And changes the blueprints to his liking."
Part of me was wanting so say "YAAAAY!" because I HATE going to school. On the other hand, i need to complete my education. Besides, Ashiro hasn't given me any time to buy a place of my own.
"What about the staff and faculty? Have they made it out?"
"Yes, they all made it out safely... Ashiro is starting to amass his forces. Now hurry!"
Then he disappeared.
"...oooookay. He is in too big a huury for his own good." Despite my knowledge of the Millennium Items, I was a bit oblivious on the Millennium Key's abilities. "Let's head for the school."
Domino High School. Now resembling a convincing 50-story-tall fortress of unimaginable doom. Personally, I see no difference. I always thought of school as a teenager detainment center. I came with my green binder, as always. And you'd never guess who's at the front gate. Some guy who claims to be Bandit Keith.
"I'm sorry, but by Master Ashiro's orders I cannot allow you to pass!"
He took off his cloak and revealed a sleeker-looking DuelDisc.
Jonouchi stared at Keith. "Ohhhhhhh. A duelist cult. Keith, How many times have you been serving the dark side?""
"??? Uh let's see..." Keith was using his fingers to count. "1... 2... Aaaaah, I lost count. But THIS time the plan will work! You can go through but only when you beat me in a duel!"
Yugi, Jonouchi, Honda, and I looked at each other. Then we burst out laughing. All we were doing right now was pissing Keith off.
When we stopped, I decided to look seriously at him. He had every known vein in the forehead bulging out.
"I'll duel him." I placed my green binder down, brandished my Millennium Sword and stuck it in the ground. Then I readied my DuelDisc. Keith followed suit, except the part with the Millennium Sword.
Duel begin! Azurada VS Bandit Keith!
(Both at 4000LP)
I drew first. I summoned Neo Bug in ATK mode (1800/1700.
Keith drew and placed a monster in DEF mode facedown and played a card facedown.
I drew. I set a card facedown and played Nobleman of Cross-Out. It destroyed Keith's monster and removed it from play. I killed Keith's Cyber Jar (900/900). Then i summoned Oni Tank T-34 (1400/1700). I then played Limiter Removal to double Oni-Tank's attack (2800/1700). I attacked with Neo Bug (Keith: 2200LP). Then I attacked with Oni-Tank. Keith activated his facedown card: Nutrient Z. His LifePoints went up by 4000 before damage was added (220040006600. 6600-28003800. Keith3800LP). So that attack was pretty much wasted. Due to Limiter Removal's 2nd effect, Oni-Tank T-34 was destroyed, ending my turn.
Keith drew and summoned MechanicalChacer (1850/800). He equipped MechChacer with Machine Conversion factory to up his attack and defense (2150/1100). Keith ordered MechChacer to attack my Neo Bug. But I activated a trap of my own: Reinforcements. Reinforcements increased Neo Bug's ATK by 500 for the turn (2300). So MechanicalChacer blew up in Keith's face and lost 150 Life Points (Keith: 3650LP.
My turn. I drew and sacrificed Neo Bug to summon Machine King (2200/2000). By it's effect it gained 100 extra ATK points from itself: a Machine-Type monster (2300/2000) I attacked Keith's Life Points directly (Keith: 1350LP.
Keith drew and made some angry comment about Machine King begin HIS card. He laughed at what he drew. He placed one card facedown and ended his turn.
I drew and summoned Robotic Knight (1600/1800). With another Machine, my Machine King powered up by another 100 (2400/2000). Jonouchi was laughin his ass off saying something about me copying Keith's Machine strategies. I ordered Robotic Knight to attack him directly. He activated a trap card: A Hero Emerges. I had to pick a card in his hand, and if i pick a monster, it's automatically summoned to the field!
So I picked the card on his far left. Damn, I picked a monster: HIS MACHINE KING (2200 ATK)! And his effect was as same. Now both Machine Kings were at 2500 Attack. I grinned and explained a bit of rules. If attacking, and another monster is summoned during battle. the battle resets, so I can rethink the attack. Keith scoffed at this and said my Robotic Knight was joining the scarp heap. I convinced him by having MY Machine King attack his own in a suicidal attack. (boom). Keith just wasted a perfectly fine trap. I coulda used it better.
Back to the fight. Robotic Knight attacked Keith's Life Points and he was down.
I won. But I wasn't about to let Keith off scot-free.
"Bandit Keith. For your crimes in aiding and abetting in a plan to destroy the world, I'm banishing you to the Shadow Realm! And this time, you are to be permanent residence!"
I grabbed the Millennium Sword and did a running stab. An inch before contact, he disappeared in a puff of black smoke.
Picking up my green binder, I asked, "Uhhh... was that supposed to happen?"
All of a sudden I felt something grow big and my hair went up for a brief moment.
Yugi, apparently now Yami, walked to me and explained. "Yes, that WAS supposed to happen. For every time a bearer of a Millennium Item banishes a soul to the Shadow Realm, the bearer's Shadow Powers increase. The more you banish, the more powerful you become."
"Sometimes power corrupts. But I know that I gotta be careful with my Millennium Sword now. I do not wish to be TOO powerful. I don't want innocents flying everywhere like the portrait of Sakuretsu Armor."
Jonouchi looked quizzically at me. "Sakuretsu Armor? I never heard of that card before."
Flipping through my green binder, I showed my card to him. The portrait showed some fiend in a gray-and-black, butt-ugly and spikes-just-about-everywhere armor. There were a few regular soldiers blasted away from the Armor's aura.
"... Oh. So that's what you mean." Jonouchi looked at his watch. "Odd. It's pitch-dark, other than the light emanating from the fortress. And my watch says that it's 5:30."
"It's starting. The earth cannot live without the sun, so I guess Ashiro is starting to suffocate it. We better move on in before it gets any worse."
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