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Episode 5: Noir Cross Part 3: Flare – Duality of Dragons
"Stay the hell away from her!" Flare commanded. "I'm trying to help her!" "She doesn't need help, you have one duel and you're freaking drooling over her!" "You're killing her mind! She can't think for herself because of you two!"
Flare had enough. She just wanted to beat Laeon and put this day behind her. "Shut up and let's duel so we can put this day away! I'm tired of listening to you preach!" Flare drew her five cards and was ready.
"Fine, but when I win, you will see justice prevails." Laeon drew his five cards studying them carefully. 'A strategy already…'
Laeon's LP: 8000
Flare's LP: 8000
"I will start off," Flare announced drawing a card for the beginning of her turn ", and I will summon Red-Eyes Black Chick (800/500) in attack mode!"
The tiny devilish dragon squeaked and squealed trying to intimidate Laeon, though it didn't happen. It then breathed a tiny speck of fire and continued this.
"Now I use my chick's effect, by discarding him to the graveyard, he becomes all grown-up! Meet the big Red-Eyes Black Dragon (2400/2000)!"
The dreaded dark dragon flew in circles above Laeon and Flare. Its giant wings spread for yards as each beat of the wing was heard. The roar of this dragon was absolutely petrifying.
"If you thought I was done there, you're mistaken; I activate the spell Inferno Fire Blast! This card only works when I have a face-up Red-Eyes Black Dragon on my field. Now he can cause 2400 points of direct damage to you even though it is my first turn! So Red-Eyes, use your Inferno Fire Blast!"
The dark dragon stopped its circling and landed on the ground. It roared with all of its might and charged a burning nova blast in its mouth right before firing it at Laeon with full-force.
Laeon's LP: 5600
Flare's LP: 8000
For some reason, Laeon wasn't knocked to the floor after that attack. It felt weak. He barely felt the hit at all. "Was that it?" Laeon asked being serious. "Don't joke around with me boy! I play two cards face down and end my turn."
'Damn. That was a hell of a turn…' Laeon thought to himself. 'But I bet I can get a better one…' "I activate the magic of Graceful Charity! Now I draw 3 cards, and discard two which I will do now!" Laeon drew his three cards then looked at his whole hand and discarded Freed the Brave Wanderer and Makyura the Destructor.
He then looked back at his hand. "This is going to blow your turn away. I remove from play both my Makyura the Destructor and the Freed the Brave Wanderer I just discarded to summon my favorite, Black Luster Soldier-Envoy of the Beginning (3000/2500)!"
This certainly did put Flare's turn to shame as Laeon's best card was brought on the first turn! The mystical dark-armored Black Luster Soldier appeared marauding his way through a pale barrier making him look like a majestic calm angel striding through the heavens.
"Now feel the wrath of my soldier! Attack Red-Eyes Black Dragon with your Shining Luster Stab attack!" Laeon commanded as he smiled sinisterly.
"My Red-Eyes will live for another day, because I activate Negate Attack! This card like its name negates your attack of course." Flare revealed.
A giant spinning vortex shielded the giant dragon and Flare as Black Luster Soldier charged the dragon but only to fall back on his head.
"Alright then… I guess I play two face downs and end my turn…" Laeon didn't think his turn would end in a way he didn't like it to end. This was all he had so far and had to show it, but how?
Flare drew a card and automatically set it on the field. It was a monster from it being placed into defense position. She then pushed a button on her duel-disc activating her face down card.
"Now come on Metalmorph!" A giant steel barrier circled Red-Eyes Black Dragon concealing it in its grasp.
"What did you do to your monster!" Laeon asked confused. "Why, I made him even stronger than before! You see, when I activate Metalmorph on my Red-Eyes, I can summon a new creature!" Flare explained excitedly.
Laeon stepped back a little not knowing what was going on. "Come forth, Red-Eyes Black Metal Dragon (2800/2400)!" The giant steel barrier exploded creating a giant and thick cloud of dust around the concealed dragon. Red eyes glowed beyond the white of the mist revealing something more devilish. Squeaks and scratches were heard within the dust sending shivers down Laeon's back. The hiding dragon let out a metallic and squeaky roar which was still intimidating towards Laeon.
Kazuma and Izumi jumped to the floor as they heard the roar. "Yes, that frightening roar was caused by a new dragon within the mist. Not just any dragon though, a full machine. Now Red-Eyes had come toward its full potential! Come forth my machine dragon and reach for your fate!"
Giant silvery wings came for out of the dust. The wings reached a wing span of over 12 feet. The roar was sounded again only louder and more earth-shattering. The giant wings began to beat ferociously toward at the ground not only dissipating the mist, but also launching the metal armored dragon into the air.
"Shit…" Laeon whispered as he watched the armored behemoth of a dragon circle around high in the sky. "If you thought that was frightening, wait until you see my next move!" Flare announced revealing a spell card in her hand.
"I activate Limiter Remover! This is a very powerful card. This card doubles a machine-type monster's attack points for one turn. And since I activated Metalmorph on my Red-Eyes, he became a machine doubling his attack points!"
The armor on the new dragon released slightly moved upward but still hung to its body. The dragon roared out once again feeling the rage and power course through its body boosting its power to 5600.
"Impossible…" Kazuma whispered. "That card is completely unfair…" "Well if it makes you feel any better, all machine monsters will be destroyed after my turn is done…"
"That doesn't really help…" Laeon said. "Now what are you going to do before I go to sleep?"
"No one disrespects me! Red-Eyes-…" Laeon had interrupted Flare's last sentence. "Sorry… You will lose during my turn Flare… but someone had to put you in your place!"
"What are you talking about?" Flare asked timidly. "You can't be serious right?"
"I'm dead serious Flare! You and the princess there have taken over a poor girl's mind and left her an empty shell. Won't live after this turn! I activate Ring of Destruction on your Red-Eyes!"
"You idiot, you will kill yourself!" Flare yelled in dispersion. "We will see! It will be your hunger for power that will defeat you and not me!"
4 stones circled the metal dragon. They then joined together at the dragon's neck in a circle. After they joined, the dragon struggled to get free but it was helpless. The stones caught fire and exploded in an instant causing 5800 points of damage to both of them.
The white smoke appeared once again covering the two duelists making them blind from the other's eyes. "What happened!" Kazuma yelled confused. "Laeon! Did you kill yourself!" Izumi yelled after Kazuma.
The police cars drove back up into the parking lot. The passenger of one car swung open revealing an eager Leon. "What just happened!" he asked repeatedly.
"Well right after you left, the vandals appeared right here. So Laeon made a bet with them that if he beat all of them in a duel one after another, they turn themselves in…" Kazuma explained concernedly.
"How did it go?" Laeon asked. "Well," Izumi now started to explain to her idol ", Laeon defeated the first two and I'm guessing he is exhausted. And… we are still waiting to see what just happened in the third duel…"
Laeon looked around and ran towards the mist. Izumi reached out for him and grabbed his shoulder. "This is his fight…" she whispered looking down. Leon turned around and nodded his head. Izumi then looked straight upholding a notebook and a pen. "By the way Mr. Leon, can I have your autograph?"
The mist finally began to vanish as Flare was lying on the ground and Laeon standing straight up barely hanging on. Laeon had one some how. But the question was 'how?'
The cops ran towards Glare and Mare and brought them to the floor. "No!" Laeon shouted at the police. "She is innocent…" he said pointing toward Glare. The police didn't seem to care as they pushed her and Mare toward the police car in hand cuffs.
"Laeon how the hell did you win? She had you backed up into the corner!" Kazuma and Izumi asked at the same time. Laeon shook his head at the question. "Leon you have to do something… That girl didn't do anything…" he said towards his older brother.
"Sorry little brother… I'm not with the police… I'm with dueling…" Leon answered smiling and turned around and began walking off. "Ass hole…" Laeon whispered as he turned back to Kazuma and Izumi. "So?" Kazuma asked annoyingly over and over again.
"Okay… I will tell you…" Laeon gave in and told his fast win.
Within the smoke showed Laeon hiding behind a series of green shields that clung together on a circlet that spun around protecting him from the blast made by Ring of Destruction. Flare was completely helpless as she stood straight before the explosion tossing her back many yards away from where she originally was.
"Thanks to my Ring of Defense spell card, all damage I took is reduced to 0! And I take your silence as 'It's my turn!'"
Laeon's LP: 5600
Flare's LP: 2200
Laeon draws his card not caring what it was. "Black Luster Soldier, attack Flare's face down monster with Shining Luster Sword!" Laeon says pointing at it.
Black Luster Soldier jumps in the air and repeatedly stabs the card revealing that it was a two-headed snake dragon known as Twin-Headed Behemoth. Right after the face down was destroyed; Black Luster Soldier jumps right back into the air and continues the stabbing on Flare finishing her off from his special ability. Once it has destroyed a monster, it may attack again.
Laeon's LP: 5600
Flare's LP: 0
"Then I waited for the smoke to clear…" Laeon said sitting on a curb in the parking lot. He was battered and bruised from the three duels. Tomorrow morning he would be sorer when he would wake up…
"Well at least you caught the perpetrator…" Kazuma said patting Laeon on the back. "Ah!" Laeon yelled. "That's one of my bruises man…" Laeon replied after his yelp caressing his aches.
"Well… do you think we will e able to go to school tomorrow?" Izumi asked changing the conversation. "Oh god I hope not! We were supposed to do that test today and I know the teacher will make us do it anyway…"
In the driveway pulled up Laeon's father Jonathon. Laeon slowly got up, from his aches, and walked towards him. "Hey kid you alright?" he asked concernedly. "Yeah I guess… Just some aches and pains… no big deal."
"Well…" Jonathon said sitting on the trunk of his car ", I have a big deal with you… Now that I know who is leader out of you and your brother, I can finally let this go…" Jonathon pulled out a deck box with a locked on it. He handed it to Laeon and smiled.
"What is this?" Laeon asked. "You will learn when you need to… C'mon I will take you and your friends' home…"
Laeon smiled and made a sign to Kazuma and Izumi to come on. They all entered the card and drove off into the sunset.