Chapter 12: Not Worried
(Jaden and Syrus 300/ Damian and Scott 5900)
Bastion, Alexis, and Chumley looked at the field in concern while Ghassan, Chazz, and Crowler smiled. On Syrus's field was Mixeroid (0/2200) and a set card. He had four cards in his hand. The only card on Jaden's field was the activated Skyscraper field spell, and he had no cards left in his hand. On Scott's side of the field was Predaplant Drosophyllum Hydra (800/2300), Predaplant Chimerafflesia (2500/2000) and the continuous trap Predaplanet. He had two cards in his hand. On Damian's side of the field was Frightfur Leo (2400/2000), a set card, and the activated Frightfur Sanctuary. Damian had one card in his hand.
Professor Banner was sitting in the bleachers next to Chancelor Sheppard. "Jaden and Syrus are in quite a predicament Banner." Sheppard said.
Banner stroked his cat, Pharaoh. "Indeed. Still, I believe that this will work out for Jaden and Syrus."
Jaden put a hand on his deck "My move."
'He has no cards in his hand, and no field. But since this is Jaden we're talking about, he'll probably get a lucky draw of some kind.' Scott thought.
Jaden drew. "I activate Pot of Greed to draw two cards!" Jaden drew two cards from his deck.
'Fucking anime world with no banlist.' Ghassan thought.
"Sweetness! I activate the effect of Elemental Hero Necroshade from my graveyard to special summon Elemental Hero Bladedge! (2600/1800)" The Elemental Hero appeared on Jaden's side of the field. "Go Bladedge! Destroy Frightfur Leo with Power Edge Attack!" The Elemental Hero jumped in the air before slashing through the Frightfur, destroying it. (Damian and Scott 5900-5700) "I'll set a face down and end my turn." Jaden said.
Scott drew. "I activate Chimerafflesia's effect. Since Bladedge is a level 7, a level equal to my Predaplant, I'm able to banish it!"
Jaden grinned. "I don't think so. I activate the my trap card Compulsory Evacuation Device!I target a monster on the field and return it to the hand. Or in the case of your Predaplant, the Fusion Deck!"
Chimerafflesia glowed with yellow energy before transforming into a trail of deck and going back into Scott's Extra Deck. 'Figures his facedown would save him.' "I end my turn."
Syrus drew a card, and gasped in shock. 'This...this is powerbond.' He then looked at Damian. 'Damian has no monsters to protect him. If I use Mixeroid's effect to sacrifice itself and get out UFOroid, I can use Powerbond to fuse UFOroid with Bladedge to summon UFOroid Fighter. It's attack points will boost to 7200, and then we'll win!'
"I activate-" Syrus stopped himself. 'Wait, this is just like when I dueled against that bully. I'm overlooking Damian's facedown. If it's something to stop the attack or make it so that they'll still have life points, me and Jaden will lose because of Powerbond's side-effect.'
"You were about to play something?" Damian asked.
'I can't be too reckless. Expulsion is on the line here.' "I summon Patroid (1200/1200) in attack mode!" A cartoonish police car with eyes appeared on Syrus's side of the field. "I activate Patroid's ability! Once per turn, I can look at one face down card my opponent controls and then return it to it's original position. I choose your facedown card Damian!"
Damian grunted before revealing his face down. It was a trap card called Necro Fusion. Syrus squinted his eyes to read it's effect. "Let's see. 'Fusion Summon 1 Fusion Monster from your Extra Deck, by banishing Fusion Materials listed on it from your GY face-down, but it cannot attack this turn'. Umm...what's banishing?"
"It's what we call 'remove from play' back in America." Damian said.
Syrus nodded. "So it's like a trap card version of Polymerization."
"Basically yeah." Damian put the card back in it's original position.
'Good thing I didn't decide to use Powerbond then. He might have fusion summoned a monster that had enough points to have them survive.' "I activate Mixeroid's effect. I tribute my Patroid to special summon a Vehicroid from my deck. I choose Dragonroid!" (2900/1000) The police car disappeared and was replaced by a cartoonish red mechanical dragon.
Zane smiled. 'Taking inspiration from me huh little brother?'
"Go Dragonroid! Attack Damian directly!" The robotic dragon flew towards Damian.
"Strange. Why'd he attack knowing about his trap card?" Bastion asked.
"To clear Damian's field of spell and trap cards for the future." Alexis explained. "Based off how Syrus stopped himself from playing a card, it's safe to guess that it's Power Bond. Since Power Bond does damage to the user at the end of the turn it's played-"
"He wants to assure that Damian won't be able to activate a card to survive the turn he uses it." Bastion surmised.
"Trying to force me to use my trap card eh? Well be careful what you wish for! I activate Necro Fusion! I banish my Frightfur Bear and two of my copies of Fluffal Mice that are in my graveyard!" Transparent images of the three monsters appeared before fading away. "Stuffed bear possessed by demons, sharp fangs-"
"ENOUGH WITH THE CHANTING AND JUST SUMMON IT ALREADY DAMIAN!" Ghassan yelled from the bleachers.
"Don't tell me what to do." Damian cleared his throat. "Become one and show us a new form and power!" A flash of light occurred. "Fusion summon! Show yourself wicked cave beast that bares it's fangs at all. Frightfur Sabre-Tooth! (2400/2000)" A large mangled blue tiger appeared on Damian's side of the field. Multiple swords were sticking out of it's body and head. Unlike Frightfur Tiger, Frightfur Sabre-Tooth was a dark blue, and on all fours as opposed to how Frightfur Tiger stood on two legs.
"You know, you'd think Frightfur Tiger would have been a fusion material to fusion summon another tiger." Topher said.
Chazz didn't reply. 'Why did Damian summon that monster in attack mode? If it was to defend his lifepoints, why not summon it in defense mode?'
"Due to Frightfur Sabre-Tooth's effect, all Frightfur monsters gain 400 attack points." (Frightfur Sabre-Tooth 2400-2800/2000)
"That's still not enough attack points to fend off against Dragonroid." Syrus said.
Damian smiled. "When Frightfur Sabre-Tooth is fusion summoned, I can choose another Frightfur monster in my graveyard and special summon it. I choose Frightfur Tiger. (1900/1200)" Frightfur Tiger reappeared on Damian's side of the field. "You're lucky that Frightfur Tiger's effect to destroy monsters only activates when it's fusion summoned. But it's effect to give all Frightfur monsters 300 attack for each Frightfur on Fluffal on the field still remains! And thanks to Frightfur Sabre-Tooth, Frightfur Tiger gains 400 attack points as well." (Frightfur Tiger 1900-2900/1200) (Frightfur Sabre-Tooth 2800-3400/2000)
Syrus gritted his teeth. 'Now Dragonroid will only be able to destroy Frightfur Tiger, and that'll destroy itself too. But I gotta follow through on this. I can't let let that Sabre Tooth monster be so powerful.' "Dragonroid, attack Frightfur Tiger!" Dragonroid and Frightfur Tiger slashed each other simulataenously, destroying them both.
"Since Frightfur Tiger's gone, Frightfur Sabre-tooth will lose 600 attack points." Damian stated. (Frightfur Sabre-Tooth 3400-2800/2000)
"I end my turn." Syrus said.
Damian drew a card. 'Because of Skyscraper, even if I attack Bladedge, it'll have more attack points than Frightfur Sabre-Tooth.' "I attack Mixer-"
"Not so fast. I activate my trap card Taunt!" Syrus yelled. "I choose one monster on our side of the field, and as long as it remains, you can only attack that monster. And I choose Bladedge!" Syrus yelled.
Damian raised an eyebrow before chuckling. "And here I thought Jaden would be the only one who'd I be having any fun with. I set a card facedown and end my turn."
Jaden drew. "Bladedge, attack Drosophil...Drosofee..."
"Drosophyllum Hydra." Scott said.
"What he said!" Bladedge ran towards the Predaplant.
"I activate Drosophyllum Hydra's effect! By banishing another Predaplant from my grave, I can choose one monster you control and have it lose 500 attack points permanently!"
Jaden and Syrus gasped.
"I banish my Moray Nepentes to make Bladedge lose 500 attack points!" The predaplant shot out vines at Bladedge, slowing down it's movements. (Elemental Hero Bladedge 2600-2100/1800) As the Elemental Hero slashed the Predaplant, it's armblade was caught in the monster's mouth before being snapped off. (Jaden and Syrus 300-100)
Jaden laughed. "Man, you guys are really putting us in a tough spot! I'll set a card and end my turn."
Scott drew. 'How is he so happy? I understand that it's a game, but he's 100 life points away from being kicked out of the school.' "I summon Predaplant Chlamydosundew (600/200) in attack mode!" A green lizard with a plant-like frill around it's neck and several red spores over it's body appeared. "I activate it's effect. I can fuse it with monsters on my side of the field or hand without using Polymerization. I could have also used monsters on your side of the field, but unfortunately, neither of your monsters have Predator counters on them. Not like that'll save you. I fuse my two Predaplant's together! Return Predaplant Chimerafflesia!" (2500/2000)
"That's just what I was waiting for. I activate my trap card, Bottomless Trap Hole!" Jaden yelled. "When you summon a monster with 1500 or more attack points, this card destroys that monster and removes it from play!"
"WHAT THE?!" Ghassan yelled from the audience. 'When did he have that card in his deck?'
"Thanks for recommending the card to me when you were helping me and Sy with our decks Damian." Jaden genuinely said.
"No problem man." Damian replied.
'I...am going...to kill him.' Ghassan, Chazz, and Crowler all thought simultaneously.
Scott gritted his teeth as a vortex opened up from below and sucked in his Predaplant. 'Since it's removed from play, I can't use Predapruning to revive Chimerafflesia then.' "I activate Predapruning. I special summon a Predaplant in my grave and equip this card to it. I choose my Drosophyllum Hydra (800/2300)"
"What's taking so long? How are you struggling so much against Jaden and his friend?" Scott knew that this was The Light of Destruction talking.
"Look, I can't decide what cards he's going to draw. Jaden's incredibly lucky." Scott responded.
"It's not only luck that's the reason. Evidently, your tag partner isn't the most trustworthy underling of mine." Scott looked at Damian. Damian looked like he was simply enjoying a duel, not too worried about who wins or loses. "Apparently your friend helped them build their decks for the tag duel. That screams betrayal."
"Maybe...but Damian's been nothing but helpful during the duel. I'll question him later." "I end my turn." Scott said out loud.
Syrus drew. "I activate Card of Sanctity. This card allows all of us to draw until we have six cards in our hand."
"Thanks for getting my hand replenished Sy!" Jaden drew until he had six cards in his hand, as did Damian, Scott, and Syrus.
"Next, I summon Decoyroid (300/500) in defense mode!" A small, red buggy appeared on Syrus's side of the field. "With Decoyroid, you can't choose any monster other than it as an attack target."
"No big deal. It should be easy enough to take out." Damian said.
Syrus smiled. "Remember when I activated Taunt a few turns ago? It's active for as long as Bladedge is on the field."
Both Scott and Damian's eyes widened. "It's a lock." Scott stated. "We can't declare an attack at all as long as either of those monsters on the field."
"Bingo! I'll set two cards face down and end my turn."
Damian drew a card. "Clever move Syrus, but locks like the ones you played are hardly impossible to get through. I activate the effect of Fusion Substitution from my grave. I banish it to return Frightfur Tiger to my extra deck and to draw a card." Damian did exactly that. "Next, I activate the spell card Frightfur Patchwork. This lets me add one Polymerization and one Edge Imp monster from my deck to my hand."
Alexis gasped. "Not good. He's going to summon Frightfur Tiger again."
Damian added a copy of Polymerization and Edge Imp Sabres to his hand. "Now, I activate Polymerization to fuse my Edge Imp Sabres with my Fluffal Rabbit. It's time for a certain Frightfur to make his reappearance!" The two monsters swirled into a blue and orange vortex before Frightfur Tiger reappeared. "With Frightfur Tiger's own effect alongside Frightfur Sabre-Tooth's, both of these guys are gonna be gaining attack points." (Frightfur Tiger 1900-2900/1200) (Frightfur Sabre-Tooth 2800-3400/2000)
"Come on! How many times is he gonna bring that monster back?" Chumley complained.
"With Fluffal Rabbit's effect, when it's sent to the grave for a fusion material, I get to add another Fluffal monster from my graveyard to my hand. I choose my Fluffal Owl. And now, since Frightfur Tiger was fusion summoned with two monsters, I get to destroy two cards on the field! I choose to destroy Bladedge and Syrus's face-down on the right!"
Frightfur Tiger extended it's scissors, cutting Bladedge and one of Syrus's face-down cards in half. "I can't attack other monsters with Decoyroid on the field, but since Jaden's field is clear, he's wide open for a direct attack! Frightfur Tiger, attack Jaden directly!" The stuffed tiger lept towards Jaden.
Syrus gulped. 'He destroyed my No Entry trap with that tiger's effect. And Jaden has no protection. I have to hope this'll work out.' "I activate my quick-play spell card Trap Booster! I discard a card, allowing me or Jay to activate a trap card from one of our hands!"
"You guys really are tenacious huh?" Scott asked.
Syrus discarded Drillroid and turned to Jaden. 'I have to hope that bro has a trap card in his hand that can save him.' Syrus thought.
Jaden smiled, and got out a card in his hand. "I activate Negate Attack!" He declared. "You know what this card does right? It negates your monsters attack and ends the battle phase!"
Damian raised an eyebrow. As Frightfur Tiger was about to slash Jaden, a barrier of energy blocked it's attack and repelled the Frightfur.
"Alright then. I summon the Fluffal Owl (1000/1000) that I added to my hand in defense mode. And with it's effect, I add a second copy of Polymerization to my hand." Damian did exactly that. "Now, I activate Polymerization to fuse my Fluffal Owl with the Edge Imp Frightfurloid in my hand."
"Two fusion summons in one turn?" Syrus asked in shock.
'Syrus would be stunned if he watched duels between competitive players in our world if THIS surprises him.' "Demonic plaything, sage of the forest. Become one and show us a new form and power!"
The two monsters swirled into the vortex before a flash emerged. "Fusion Summon! Come out sea devil that pulls everything into the abyss! Frightfur Kraken (2200/3000)!" A giant plush Kraken with sharp tomohawks at the edges of each of it's tentacles, and two demonic red eyes inside where it's mouth appeared on the field. "And don't forget. More Frightfurs means more power thanks to Tiger's effect." (Frightfur Kraken 2200-3500/3000) (Frightfur Tiger 2900-3200/1200) (Frightfur Sabretooth 3400-3700/2000)
"What does that monster do?" Jaden asked.
"As long as Frightfur Kraken doesn't attack directly the turn I use it, I can send one monster my opponent controls to the grave! I choose to send your Decoyroid to the graevyard Syrus!" The Kraken hurled a tomohawk at the vehicroid, causing it to vanish from the field.
"How many Frightfurs does that guy have?" Alexis wondered.
"This doesn't bode well for Jaden and Syrus. Even if they get out a monster on the field that's stronger than Damian's Frightfurs, both Damian and Scott's decks are filled with cards to remove them from the field." Bastion said. "And Scott hasn't even gotten out his stronger fusion monsters out."
Alexis turned to Bastion. "Wait, Scott has more cards like that Chimera-whatever card?"
Bastion nodded. "He's my roommate, so we spend time going over each other's decks and having some test runs. Scott's a good duelist, and so is Damian from what I saw, but the decks they brought from America are what make them truly dangerous."
Alexis turned. "Hmm. It makes me wonder if Damian and Scott would be doing so well with decks that most people actually know about."
"I'll set two cards face down and end my turn." Damian turned to Jaden, who had a determined smile on his face. "Hey Jaden, I have a question."
"What is it?"
"How come you're so calm about this? Like, I get that this is a game and all, but you two are on the brink of losing. And if you lose, you two are getting expelled. I'm surprised you're treating it like any other game."
Syrus turned to Jaden. 'Honestly, I was wondering the same thing.'
"Well, what good would freaking out over it do? That would just spoil the fun." Jaden answered. Scott, Damian, and Syrus were all taken aback my the response. "Duels are meant for fun y'know? If I spend all my time in a duel worrying about what'll happen if I lose, then I won't really be enjoying the duel."
"Aren't you worried what'll happen when you lose though?" Scott asked. "Like, I get keeping calm so you won't throw off your game, but I'd expect you to at least be worried."
"Somebody's confident that they'll win. Still, so long as I give it my all, it won't really change the outcome if I duel while being worried or not. So, why not choose to be happy while doing what you love? That's what I think anyway."
Chumley stared in amazement. "When he puts it like that, it's no wonder he was so relaxed when preparing for the tag duel."
"Bro..." Syrus said.
Scott smiled. "You're an interesting guy Jaden. I'll miss you when you're gone."
"That better not be a sign that you're growing too attached to him." The Light of Destruction sad to Scott. Scott ignored the entity.
Jaden smiled. "Don't count us out yet. It's my draw!" Jaden drew a card. "I activate O-Oversoul to special summon a Normal 'Elemental Hero' in my graveyard. I choose my Elemental Hero Clayman (800/2000)." The clay hero re-emerged on Jaden's side of the field. "Next, I activate Polymerization to fuse Elemental Hero Sparkman in my hand with Clayman on my field. Come on out Elemental Hero Thunder Giant!" (2400/1500) Storm clouds formed in the air before a flash of lightning struck the ground, Thunder Giant emerging from it.
Ghassan gritted his teeth. 'Not good. At this point in the anime, Thunder Giant didn't require cards to be discarded. He can just pop any one of Damian's Frightfurs with it's effect.'
"Next, I activate the effect of Thunder-Giant to destroy any monster my opponent controls whose original attack points are less than it's own. I choose your Frightfur Tiger!" Thunder Giant built up a ball of electricity before hurling it at Frightfur Tiger. The monster let out a roar as it was being electrocuted before exploding. "Since Frightfur Tiger's gone, your other two are gonna be losing a fair amount of attack points!" (Frightfur Kraken 3500-2600/3000) (Frightfur Sabretooth 3700-2800/2000)
"Not bad. " Damian said.
"And Thunder Giant isn't the only one I'm summoning. I activate Miracle Fusion! By removing from play fusion materials in my graveyard, I can fusion summon an Elemental Hero monster! I remove from play Avian, Sparkman, and Bubbleman-"
"When was Bubbleman in the grave?" Scott asked.
"Graceful Charity. Anyway, I remove those three monsters from play to fusion summon Elemental Hero Tempest!" (2800/2800) A large amount of wind came before the monster emerged. "Elemental Hero Tempest, destroy Frightfur Kraken! Powerhouse Plummet!"
"I activate-" Scott stopped himself. 'Even if I use Drosophyllum Hydra's effect to lower Tempest's attack by 500, Skyscraper will just cause it to gain 1000 attack points.' "Never mind."
Tempest flew up into the air before charging down at Frightfur Kraken, destroying it. (Damian and Scott 5700-5500) "Now, Elemental Hero Thunder Giant, destroy Frightfur Sabre Tooth with Voltic Thunder!" From Thunder Giant's gauntlets, a blast of lightning was fired at the Frightfur. "Thanks to Skyscraper, Thunder Giant's attacks will raise by 1000!" (Elemental Hero Thunder Giant 2400-3400/1500) The lightning struck Frightfur Sabre Tooth, electrifying it before an explosion occured. (Damian and Scott 5500-4900)
"Alright! Now Damian's field is wide open for Syrus's turn!" Chumley cheered.
Ghassan smiled. 'It won't be that easy to get rid of Sabre Tooth.' The dust cleared up before it was revealed that Frightfur Sabre Tooth was still on the field. Jaden, Syrus, Alexis, Bastion, Chumley, and Zane all gasped in shock.
"How's it still standing?" Jaden asked.
"Frightfur Sabre-Tooth has a third ability. If I used three fusion materials to fusion summon it, it can't be destroyed by battle or card effects."
"Huh. Gonna have to keep that in mind then. I'll throw down a face down and call it a turn. Thunder Giant's attack points go back to normal now." (Elemental Hero Thunder Giant 3400-2400/1500)
Scott drew. "I think you've been taking up too much of the spotlight Damian. I summon Predaplant Flytrap (400/800) in defense mode." A small venus flytrap appeared on Scott's side of the field. "Next I activate Polymerization to fuse my Predaplant Flytrap with Drosophyllum Hydra."
The two plants swirled together in a vortex. As this occured, Damian turned to Scott. "Come on. You know you want to."
Scott rolled his eyes but smiled. "Sure. I'm in a good mood." Scott cleared his throat as his monsters were fusing. "Two beautiful flowers with an insect-alluring fragrance! Now become one, and from the hell beneath your petals, give birth to a new terror! Fusion Summon!" A flash of light occured. "Appear poisonous dragon with hungry fangs! Starving Venom Fusion Dragon!" (2800/2000) A purple dragon with green eyes, a serpentine-like body, and glowing pink orbs over it's body emerged.
"See how cool it feels to chant out summons?" Damian asked.
"You're such a dork Damian."
Damian shrugged. "And don't forget, thanks to Frightfur Sanctuary, Starving Venom Fusion Dragon is treated as a Frightur. And with Sabre-Tooth's effect, that means it'll gain 400 extra attack points." (Starving Venom Fusion Dragon 2800-3200/2000)
Scott turned to Jaden and Syrus. "Starving Venom Fusion Dragon's effect. When it's fusion summoned, I can target one special summoned monster my opponent controls and have my Dragon gain attack points equal to the selected monster. I choose Elemental Hero Tempest!" The Dragon's eyes glowed before a stream of purple energy went towards it from Tempest's body. (Starving Venom Fusion Dragon 3200-6000/2000)
"Si-six thousand attack points?!"
Chazz chuckled. "Now even with Skyscraper, neither of the slacker's monsters can match it."
"Luckily for you, it's only till the end of this turn. Starving Venom Fusion Dragon, attack Tempest!" The pink orbs on the dragon began to glow even brighter before it let out a burst of purple energy at Tempest.
"I activate my trap card Draining Shield! When a monster of yours attacks, I negate that attack and gain life points equal to it's attack points!" Jaden yelled. A barrier of energy formed around tempest, blocking the attack. (Jaden and Syrus 100-6100)
Crowler gritted his teeth. 'Those two Slifers are like cockroaches!'
Scott set a card face down. "I end my turn. Starving Venom also loses the attack points it gained from Tempest." (Starving Venom Fusion Dragon 6000-3200/2000)
Syrus drew. 'Dueling while worried won't change the outcome huh?' "I activate Pot of Greed to draw two cards. Syrus looked at one of the cards he drew. UFOroid. 'It's time.' "First I activate Mystical Space Typhoon to destroy Frightfur Sanctuary!"
The Frightfur Sanctuary on Damian's side of the field was sucked up in a typhoon. "That means Starving Venom is no longer a Frightur. So Frightfur Tiger won't boost it's power anymore." Damian stated. (Starving Venom Fusion Dragon 3200-2800/2000)
"Next, I activate Power Bond!"
Jaden smiled. "Alright, you got it out!"
"I fuse Elemenental Hero Tempest with UFORoid in my hand to fusion summon UFOroid Fighter! (?/?)" Elemental Hero Tempest jumped onto a floating mechanical platform. "UFOroid Fighter's original attack and defense points are equal to the combined original attack points of it's fusion materials. Since Tempest has 2800 attack points and UFOroid has 1200, that makes UFOroid Fighter have 4000 attack points!"
"And thanks to Power Bond, it's original attack points are doubled, making it go up to 8000!" Jaden added. (UFOroid Fighter ?-8000/?-8000)
Chazz's eyes widened. "Not good. That's enough attack points to beat them now!"
"That'll do 5200 points of damage." Bastion said.
"Their life points are only at 4900. If UFOroid Fighter attacks either Starving Venom or Frightfur Tiger, they'll win." Alexis noted.
Ghassan clenched his fists. 'Come on guys. Tell me you have face-downs to turn the duel around.'
Scott smiled. 'Perfect.'
"Wait, we WANT Jaden and Syrus to get off Power Bond?" Damian asked. They were in Damian's room, going over each other's cards.
"Effect damage means a lot more in a world where the life point count is only 4000. Especially when, in the anime, the hero usually wins his duels only by a couple hundred points. They probably won't play Power Bond until the climax of the duel. So long as we survive the turn they use it, I can almost guarantee that we'll win." Scott replied.
"I activate my trap card Fiendish Chain!" Damian declared. "I target an effect monster on the field and negate it's effects! It also can't attack!" From the activated card, chains wrapped themselves around UFOroid Fighter, making it unable to move.
"NO!" Chumley yelled.
'They might survive the damage from Power Bond thanks to the Draining Shield card Jaden played, but they'll still be taking a bunch of damage.' Scott thought.
'Looks like Power Bond went to waste. But at Syrus was wise enough to not use it until they gained enough life points to survive it.' Zane thought.
Jaden smiled. "I activate my own Mystical Space Typhoon! This lets me destroy a spell or trap card on the field." Damian's eyes widened as a vortex destroyed his trap card.
"I knew that your facedown was backup bro." Syrus said.
Zane's eyes widened before he smiled.
"Now, UFOroid Fighter, attack Frightfur-"
"Well, I'll activate my own face-down." Scott said. "I activate Staunch Defender! When you declare an attack, you HAVE to attack the monster I choose. I choose my Starving Venom Fusion Dragon!"
"Fine. It'll still take your life points down to 0." Syrus said. "UFOroid Fighter, attack Starving Venom Fusion Dragon with Cosmic Flux Blast!" Tempest, riding UFOroid, fired a blast of water surrounded by wind at the Dragon.
Scott chuckled. 'Too bad he didn't know the last effect of Starving Venom.' "I activate the effect of Drosophyllum Hydra from my grave. I remove from play a predaplant in my grave, my Predapalnt Flytrap, to lower UFORoid Fighter's attack points by 500." (UFOroid Fighter 8000-7500/8000)
"It can activate that effect even when it's in the grave?" Chumley asked.
"That'll mean they'll have enough life points to survive!" Ghassan exclaimed.
The torrent of storming water hit Scott's dragon. (Damian and Scott 4900-200)
"Looks like the shoe's on the other foot now." Syrus said. "And since Starving Venom is gone, the other monsters don't have to attack it."
Scott chuckled. "I activate the effect of Starving Venom Fusion Dragon."
The dragon exploded before a wave of poison launched itself at Thunder Giant, UFOroid Fighter, and Mixeroid. "Wh-what the?!"
"When Starving Venom is destroyed, I destroy all special summoned monsters that my opponent controls!" The monsters painfully dissolved from the venom that covered them.
Syrus took a breath. "Since UFOroid Fighter is no longer on the field, I don't take damage from it's effect."
"Wait, seriously?" Scott asked.
Damian turned to Scott and nodded, before mouthing 'for now'. It was apparent to Scott that the effect of Power Bond got changed later on in the anime.
"Anyway, I'll summon Submarineroid (800/1800) in defense mode and end my turn." Syrus stated. 'I guess I should have had summoned Submarineroid sooner to ensure that their life points would have been taken out. I messed up. But I think we can still win this duel.'
Damian drew. He then looked at Syrus. He no longer looked terrified or hopeless. He looked as determined as Jaden did. Jaden's words must have really gotten to him. Then again, the fact that it was now Damian and Scott who were hanging by a thread while Jaden and Syrus has thousands of life points probably helped too. Still, Jaden's field was wide open thanks to Scott. It was time to end this.
"I activate my face-down card, Designer Frightfur. This lets me special summon a Fluffal from my graveyard and have it treated as a Frightufr. I choose Fluffal Owl." A flash of light occured before the plush owl returned to Damian's side of the field. However, it was looking to be a bit on the mangled side. "Next is Fluffal Owl's ability. I get to add a copy of Polymerization from my deck to my hand."
"This is his third copy of that card. It must be his last." Bastion said.
"Next, I activate my trap card Escape From The Dark Dimension. This lets me special summon a DARK monster that's removed from play. I choose my Edge Imp Sabres!" The demonic looking pair of scissors appeared on Damian's side of the field.
"Is he going to get out Frightfur Tiger again?" Alexis wondered.
Bastion shook his head. "He made sure to return Frightfur Tiger from his graveyard to his Extra deck to special summon it again rather than simply special summoning a second one. I think it's fair to say he only has one Frightfur Tiger in his deck."
"Then what's he going to summon?"
'Those two...they look so happy.' "I activate Polymerization to fuse Fluffal Owl with Edge Imp Sabres." The two monsters swirled in the blue and orange vortex. "I fusion summon Frightfur Wolf (2000/1500)." A giant, blue, mangled plush wolf with scissors sticking out of it's body and two demonic pink eyes glowing from it's mouth appeared. "It gains 400 attack points thanks to Frightfur Sabre-Tooth's effect, but that won't matter." (Frightfur Wolf 2000-2400/1500)
"What do you mean? Even if both of your Frightfurs attack directly, I'll still have life points." Jaden said.
"Frightfur Sabre-Tooth, attack Jaden directly." The Frightfur lept at Jaden before slashing him. (Jaden and Syrus 6100-3300) "Frightfur Wolf, attack directly." Frightfur Wolf dashed towards Jaden before slashing him as well. (Jaden and Syrus 3300-900)
"Ugh...you closed the gap quickly. Still, now it's my turn."
"I told you...I'm ending things." Damian said. 'I'll be taking away their happiness.' "Frightfur Wolf has an ability."
"What is it?" Syrus wondered.
'All of these people are going to suffer.' "Frightfur Wolf can attack a number of times equal to it's fusion materials." Damian explained. "That means it can attack twice." Jaden and Syrus gasped. "Frightfur Wolf...finish it."
Frightfur Wolf raised it's paw into the air. "This isn't good." Bastion said.
Zane gritted his teeth. "Damnit..."
"This can't happen!" Alexis yelled.
"NO!" Chumley screamed.
"YES!" Crowler and Chazz exclaimed.
Banner frowned.
Ghassan smiled silently.
"JADEN!" Syrus shouted.
Jaden said nothing for a little while. "It's over..." He then gave a wide smile. "But that was a fun duel guys."
"Likewise." Scott said. Damian said nothing.
Frightfur Wolf's paw came crashing down onto Jaden, knocking him to the ground. (Jaden and Syrus 900-0)
I was not expecting the chapter to be so long when I planned this out. Still, I had a lot of fun writing it. Despite their best efforts, Jaden and Syrus have been defeated in their tag duel. Who knows what'll happen to Jaden and Syrus now? Let alone what this says for the plans of The Light of Destruction.
Much like how I debated what decks Damian and Scott would use, when I planned this chapter back in September, I went back and forth for a lot of different possible outcomes for the duel. I considered making the duel end in a draw since I didn't want Damian and Scott to come off as invincible, but at the same time I felt that it would easily lead to me using draws as cop-outs to avoid consequences (not to say that there won't be draws in my story. Just that I don't want to use them frequently). And without spoiling things too much, having Jaden and Syrus win would have led to certain future events in the story being impossible to occur.
Well, I hope you guys enjoyed the chapter and are looking forward to the next one!
