8. Yukie's Guardian Deck
Hide and Kyu were scheduled to greet Yukie at the helicopter landing facility. Kyu was snoring, having to wake up at such a early notice on a Saturday. "Kyu wake up." Hide nudged.
"Huh? Oh I'm awake... Just a few more minutes" Kyu said, snoozing again.
Suddenly an annoying helicopter was heard. Militants began to signal the helicopter to land. "There she is!" Hide said, pointing with his chin.
"I can hardly see her!" Kyu said, crossing his arms.
The helicopter landed as two militants opened the door, helping her out and grabbing her bags. The militants quickly chaperoned her in front of Kyu and Hide. She wore her female Obelisk Blue uniform. Her red hair blew in the wind.
"Uhhh... Hi." Kyu said, putting his hand up.
"Hey guys! I'm Yukie!" She said, grabbing Hide's hand and shaking it.
"I'm Hide! This is Kyu." Hide said, shaking her hand.
The Militants slowly began to leave, leaving the three students at the helicopter landing facility. "So what now?" Yukie asked as Hide helped Yukie carry her bags.
"Well Master Kaiba ordered us to show you around, to get to know the place." Hide said.
"This should be fun." Yukie smiled, putting her hands to her hips.
"This is the dining area! My favorite place!" Kyu said, showing them where they usually eat every day. Yukie chuckled as she followed them down the hall.
"So when will this duel start?" Hide asked.
"Haha, just wait and see." Kyu said, waving his finger.
"Duel? What duel?" Yukie said, budging in.
"And this here is the Obelisk Blue Dueling Field. Best in the school. Although I haven't gotten to try it yet." Kyu said. "Thee's only one and people are always hogging it."
"Looks free now." Yukie said, looking inside.
"Really!" Kyu said in shock. "Cool! This is our chance!"
"Chance for a duel?" Yukie asked.
"You got it!" Kyu said, giving a thumbs up.
Both duelist got each side of the duel field. Some students sat around to watch, knowing Kyu's high duel rank, they wanted to see what kind of deck Yukie owned.
"I've been waiting for the chance to duel you, Yukie. Although I've heard nothing about your dueling skills I'm eager to see what you've got." Kyu stated as his duel disk folded out.
"Like wise. But I expect you to bring me your full potential. Don't back down because I'm a girl." Yukie said as her duel disk folded out.
"Duel!" They both yelled as their life points rose to 4000.
"Draw!" Yukie announced, drawing her card. "I summon a monster in defense position!"
"A monster in defense on the first turn? Seems kind of suspicious." Hide said.
"I'll also set a card face down and end my turn!" Yukie announced.
"Draw!" Kyu announced, drawing his card. "Well Yukie, you may think you've got what it takes to beat me, but I got a fighting chance..."
"Look, Kyu's dueling the new girl!" a kid said in the entrance. People began to pour in by the second, seeing the incredible duel.
"I'll summon X Head Cannon! (1800/1500) In attack mode!" Kyu announced as the machine appeared on the field. "Now! Attack her defense monster now!"
The machine charged, thrusting it's mechanical fist into the card. The card didn't shatter, instead a blue demon rose up, holding it's fist and throwing it back.
"You've hit my Back-Up Guardian! (2200/500)" Yukie announced. "Because of it's high defense power, you lose life points!"
"Ack!" Kyu said as his life points reduced to 3600.
"Not only that, I'll activate my trap card, Guardian Enhancement!" Yukie announced. "With this trap card, I can equip a card to my Back-Up Guardian after you've attacked it!"
"Huh?" Kyu said, confused.
"So now! I equip Back-Up Guardian with this, Butterfly Dagger!" Yukie announced as the small dagger appeared before the Back-Up Guardian. The blue demon grasped the dagger instantly. "Once this magic card is equipped to my monster, it's attack power is increased! (2200/800)"
"Why does it matter, her monster is in defense position..." Kyu said. "I'll set a card face down and end my turn!"
"Draw!" Yukie announced, drawing her next card. "Now! I summon this, Guardian Elma! (1300/1200)"
"I don't get it, all she's doing is summoning weak monsters..." Kyu said as the woman rose up from the ground.
"Next, I'll set a card face down, and activate this! Gravity Axe!" Yukie announced as a axe appeared into the sky, then falling to the ground with it's blade embedded on the ground. "And I'll equip it to my Guardian Elma!"
"All she's played so far is guardians, which means her deck is a guardian deck." Kyu figured out easily as Guardian Elma grabbed onto the hilt of the axe, increasing her attack power rose to 1800.
"Also, since she's been equipped with Gravity Axe, none of your monsters can change their battle positions!" Yukie said. "Next I'll place a card face down, then I'll summon one more monster..."
Yukie smiled, holding the last card in her hand. "What? But you've already summoned Guardian Elma!" Kyu said.
"I know, but since I only have this monster in my hand, I can special summon him!" Yukie explained. "Now! I bring forth, Guardian Grarl! (2500/1000)"
"Wow!" Kyu said surprised as the giant dinosaur man materialized to the field.
"She's practically used every single card in her hand as a key item!" Hide said, impressed.
"Guardian Grarl, attack and destroy his X Head Cannon!" Yukie announced in a serious tone, her face determined to defeat Kyu.
The dinosaur charged forward, smashing the machine into pieces with it's huge fist. Kyu growled, shielding himself from the giant wind the guardian stirred up as his life points reduced to 3300.
"Guardian Elma! Direct attack!" Yukie announced, pointing her hand toward Kyu.
The woman charged, her axe in the air. "Reverse trap card, A Hero Emerges!" Kyu announced.
"Darn..." Yukie said, narrowing her eyes.
Kyu held up his four cards, each facing their backs toward Yukie. "Now you chose which card! If it's a monster, I get to summon it, if it's not then it's discarded."
"I chose the middle card toward the right!" Yukie pointed out.
"Alright! Now I summon Catapult Turtle! (1000/2000) In defense mode!" Kyu announced as the giant turtle materialized into the field.
Guardian Elma smashed the axe into the turtle's hard shell, nothing worked. Guardian Elma jumped back as Yukie's life points lowered to 3400.
"Errr..." Yukie said. With no other cards in her hand, she ended her turn.
Kyu drew his next card. "Yes! My favorite combo!" Kyu said happily. "Now! I'll activate this, Raise Dead! Which I use to bring back X Head Cannon! (1800/1500)"
"Huh?" Yukie said, confused.
People in the crowds began to talk, knowing Kyu's plan. "I'll then activate this, Bond of Brothers! This magic card allows me to sacrifice one thousand of my life points (LP: 2300) to special summon two monsters from my hand of the same type! So now! I bring forth Y Dragon Head (1500/1600) and Z Metal Caterpillar! (1500/1300)"
Yukie gasped, finally realizing what was going on. "And now! Combine, X, Y, Z monsters!" Kyu announced as the three monsters jumped into the air. All three machines combined into one giant machine cannon, landing with a hard thud. "XYZ Dragon Cannon! (2800/2600)"
"Awesome! Kyu has summoned his favorite monster!" Hide said happily.
"Alright, buddy. Let's show her what we've got!" Kyu smiled. Kyu knew he wasn't able to activate the ability of XYZ Dragon Cannon, but it was strong enough to take out Yukie's strongest guardian. "Now! XYZ Dragon Cannon, attack and destroy Guardian Grarl!"
The machine pointed it's cannons toward the dinosaur guardian, firing a round of missiles. As the missiles reigned on the guardian, destroying it, Yukie got a chunk of that attack at her. Yukie screamed, covering her face with her arm as her life points reduced to 3100.
Suddenly Yukie smiled. "Reverse trap card!" Yukie announced as her trap card flipped up. "Rope of Life!"
Suddenly Kyu, Hide, and everyone in the crowd gasped. "No way!" Kyu said in shock.
"With this trap card, I can discard my whole hand, but seeing I have no other cards in my hand, it's still activated! Now I can bring back Guardian Grarl! (2500/1000) But this time he's changed, his attack points are increased by eight hundred!"
"Whoa..." Doxx said, from one side of the bleachers as Guardian Grarl's attack power rose to 3300.
Kyu was in shock, but then smiled. "I appreciate your dueling skills." Kyu said in his head. "I'll end my turn now!"
"Draw!" Yukie announced, drawing her next card. "Now! Guardian Grarl, attack and destroy his XYZ Dragon Cannon!"
The dinosaur charged, running right through the machine, leaving flying debris hitting Kyu. Kyu gasped in pain as his life points lowered to 2800.
"Because of his Catapult Turtle, I can't go any further with attacking him..." Yukie thought. "I'll end my turn now!"
"Draw!" Kyu announced, drawing his card and smiling. "Now! I activate this, Pot of Greed! Allowing me to draw two cards!"
"Hmm..." Yukie said.
Kyu's grinned turned into a smile for excitement. "And now! I'll activate this, Stop Defense! Which I use to switch your Back-Up Guardian into attack mode! (800/2200)" Kyu announced as the blue demon stood up, holding it's dagger up as if to attack. "And then, I'll activate this, Fusion Reborn!"
"Fusion Reborn?!" Yukie said in shock.
Everyone in the crowd began to whisper, knowing what was going to happen. "With this I can sacrifice half my life points (LP: 1400) so I can remove my XYZ Dragon Cannon from my graveyard." Kyu exclaimed. "And with this, I can bring back X Head Cannon (1800/1500), Y Dragon Head (1500/1600), and Z Metal Caterpillar! (1500/1300)"
"Of course, he wants to sacrifice them to his Catapult Turtle so he can launch a direct attack..." Yukie said.
"Yes, but doing that won't do much so now! X Head Cannon, attack and destroy Back-Up Guardian!" Kyu announced, pointing at the blue demon. The machine charged forward, destroying the blue demon in a single punch. Yukie watched as her life points reduced to 2100.
"And now! I sacrifice my X, Y, and Z monsters to my Catapult Turtle with a full on direct attack!" Kyu announced as all three monsters lined up on to the catapult. Suddenly there was a click and all three monsters flew into Yukie. Yukie screamed as a giant explosion occured, reducing her life points to 0.
Yukie fell to her knee, panting. She lost but she took it like a real duelist. Kyu walked up to her, lending a hand in friendship.
"Well, you beat me." Yukie smiled as Kyu helped her up.
"You're an awesome duelist!" Hide said to Yukie, running up to the field.
"Thanks Hide!" Yukie said, smiling.
Everyone cheered for both Yukie and Kyu as they stood in the middle of the field, shaking hands. "Welcome to Obelisk Blue, Ishikawa, Yukie." Kyu said. Yukie smiled happily as people gathered around Yukie to shake her hand.
"Look at that girl..." Sophia said. "Why should she be the one to lose, she's the better duelist..."
"How would you know, Sophia, for all we know she's just weak..." Genesis said.
"I've got a plan..." Quartz said, sitting in between the girls. Quartz smiled as both girls paid close attention to Quartz. Yukie was now on target for the three and a plan was being created.
"So this is our room!" Kyu said, letting the door open by itself.
"Wow..." Yukie said. "It's quite a mess."
"Yeah well..." Kyu said, laughing and scratching the back of his head.
"Reminds me of my old room." Yukie said walking to a neatly made bed. "I guess this is my bed"
"It sure is." Kyu said. "Too bad you weren't here in the beginning, you missed out on calling the top bunk!"
"I think I can live with this." Yukie said, sitting on the bed.
"So where do you get your dueling skills?" Hide asked, sitting down at a desk.
"My father." Yukie answered quickly. "So, where's the girls room, I need to freshen up a bit."
"It's down the left hall all the way to the right." Hide said. "We would show you but our last encounter there was a bad one."
Yukie laughed. "I see." She said, taking out some clothes from her suit case. "I'll be back in a bit, and meet you guys for lunch." She said, walking out the room.
"Living with a girl for a year... " Kyu said, laying down on his bed.
"Too much for ya?" Hide asked from the desk.
"No, it's just different. I love challenges like these, I just can't imagine what'll be coming at us next." Kyu said.
CARDS PLAYED
X Head Cannon: Level 4 / 1800/1500/ Light / Machine.
Back-Up Guardian: Level 4 / 500/2200/ Dark / Demon.
Guardian Enhancement: TRAP / Desc: When one of your monsters with "Guardian" in it's name is attacked, after the attack you may Equip 1 Equip Magic Card to the monster.
Butterfly Dagger: EQUIP MAGIC / Desc: A monster equipped with this card can increase it's ATK by 300. When this card is destroyed and sent into the graveyard while equipped to a monster, it can be returned to the owner's hand.
Guardian Elma: Level 3 / 1300/1200/ Wind / Angel / Desc: This card can only be Summoned Normally, Flip, or Special Summoned when there is a "Butterfly Dagger" on the field. When this card is summoned successfully, you can select 1 appropriate Equip Magic Card in your graveyard and equip it to this card.
Gravity Axe: EQUIP MAGIC / Desc: A monster equipped with this card can increase it's ATK power by 500. As long as this card remains face-up on the field, monsters on your opponent's side can't change their Battle Positions.
Guardian Grarl: Level 5 / 2500/1000/ Wind / Dinosaur / Desc: This card can only be Summoned Normally, Flip, or Special Summoned when there is a "Gravity Axe" on the field. If this is the only card in your hand, you can Special Summon it without any sacrifices.
A Hero Emerges: TRAP / Desc: When your opponent declares an attack, this card can be activated. Your opponent must chose 1 card from your hand. If the chosen card is a monster card, Special Summon it to the field. If the card is not a Monster Card, discard it to your graveyard.
Catapult Turtle: Level 5 / 1000/2000/ Water / Aqua / Desc: Offer 1 Monster on your side of the field as a Sacrifice to inflict Direct Damage equal to half of the Sacrificed Monster's ATK to your opponent's Life Points. Monsters used for a Sacrifice Summon or that are offered as Sacrifices due to other cards' effects are excluded
Raise Dead: MAGIC / Desc: Special summon 1 Monster Card from either you or your opponent's Graveyard onto the fiel in face up Defense or Attack Position
Bond of Brothers: MAGIC / Desc: Pay 1000 Life Points to Special Summon 2 monsters with the same Type to the field.
Y Dragon Head: Level 4 / 1500/1600/ Light / Machine / Union / Desc: Once per turn during your Main Phase, you may change this card to an Equip Magic Card, and Equip it on 1 of your "X Head Cannon", or remove it from being an Equip Magic Card, and place it in Face-Up Attack Position. While this card is an Equip Magic Card, increase the Equipped Monster's ATK and DEF by 400. (A monster can only have one Union Monster Equipped to it. If the Equipped Monster would be destroyed by battle, destroy this card instead.)
Z Metal Caterpillar: Level 4 / 1500/1300/ Light / Machine / Union / Desc: Once per turn during your Main Phase, you may change this card to an Equip Magic Card, and Equip it on 1 of your "X Head Cannon" or "Y Dragon head", or remove it from being an Equip Magic Card, and place it in Face-Up Attack Position. While this card is an Equip Magic Card, increase the Equipped Monster's ATK and DEF by 600. (A monster can only have one Union Monster Equipped to it. If the Equipped Monster would be destroyed by battle, destroy this card instead.)
XYZ Dragon Cannon: Level 8 / 2800/2600/ Light / Machine / Fusion / Desc: "X Head Cannon" "Y Dragon Head" "Z Metal Caterpillar". Remove the required Fusion Material Monsters from the field, out of play to Special Summon this monster ("Fusion" is not needed to summon this card) from your Fusion Deck. Discard 1 card from your hand to destroy 1 card on the field.
Rope of Life: TRAP / Desc: This card can only be activated by discarding your entire hand when 1 of your own monsters is sent to the Graveyard as a result of battle. Special Summon the monster just sent to the Graveyard in face-up Attack or Defense Position, and increase its ATK by 800 points.
Pot of Greed: MAGIC / Desc: Draw 2 cards from your respective deck.
Stop Defense: MAGIC / Desc: Change the position 1 one monster on the field to Attack Position.
Fusion Reborn: MAGIC / Desc: Sacrifice half of your Life Points to remove 1 Fusion Monster from your graveyard and Special Summon the Fusion Material monsters, used to create that Fusion Monster, on the field.