13. An Unexpected Arrival
Doxx poked at the fire with a stick, boiling some water for tea. "Wonder what's taking them two so long..." Doxx thought. It was growing quiet, the flicking of the fire was the only sound about.
Doxx sat on a log with a small wooden Chinese table in front of him, he laid down his cards, rearranging them to make his deck more fit for this battle competition.
Suddenly he heard rustling in the brush. He turned around, looking into different distances, nothing was there.
"Doxx-San..." A voice suddenly blurted. Doxx turned and Quartz stood in front of him with a devious smile.
"Quartz..." Doxx said, bunching his deck into one pile and standing up.
"Long time to see..." Quartz said, letting out a hand for a shake.
Doxx gave him a dirty look. "What have you been up to..." Doxx said, demanding an answer.
"Why do you act so offensive toward a fellow honor student?" Quartz asked. Quartz crossed his arms.
"No one has heard a lot from you since that last duel between you and Kyu." Doxx said.
"How dare you mention such a foolish ordeal." Quartz hissed. "I dueled my best and he threw me down like a rag doll."
Quartz starred into his fist, clenching it tightly. "You can't win them all..." Doxx informed. "Due to the fact Kyu's heart is bigger than yours, he had the upper hand with his confidence."
"Confidence? Define that for me... Something that your all giddy about... How is it like that... The cards are the basic rules of the game, if you have a powerful card, you are led to victory..." Quartz said. "Which is why I've created a new deck. I haven't used it yet, but I'd like to test it."
Doxx face turned into a frown. "By using me as a test subject..." Doxx said, reading his thoughts. "I don't have to duel you."
"Says who...Either duel, or be eliminated." Quartz said, pointing passed Doxx's head. Doxx turned his head to see a eliminator bot, watching their actions.
Doxx growled, knowing he had no choice now. Quartz chuckled, taking out his Duel Disk from his bag and loading his deck.
Doxx picked up his duel disk, getting it ready and loading his down deck. "Duel!" Doxx and Quartz announced.
"Your deck theme, dragons, how interesting and so old." Quartz taunted, drawing his first round of cards.
"Just move..." Doxx said. "I will give every inch of my strength to take you out."
"That's what I expect..." Quartz smiled deviously.
"Draw!" Doxx announced, drawing his card. "Now! I summon this, Sapphire Dragon! (1900/1600) in attack mode! I'll then set a card face down and end my turn!"
"Draw..." Quartz announced, drawing his card. "Two cards face down, and Z Metal Caterpillar in defense mode (1300/1500). Turn end..."
"Z Metal Caterpillar? Kyu has that same monster... Why would he have the XYZ combo..." Doxx thought.
"Draw!" Doxx announced, drawing his next card. "Now I activate this, Cost Down! By discarding a card from my hand, all monsters in my hand are reduced by two levels!"
"I know, I know..." Quartz said impatiently.
"Now! I summon this, Emerald Dragon! (2400/1400)" Doxx announced as the large dragon materialized onto the field. "Now! Sapphire Dragon, attack and destroy his Z Metal Caterpillar!"
The smaller dragon blasted a fire stream at the machine, melting it. "Now! Emerald Dragon, attack his life points directly!" Doxx announced, pointing at Quartz.
The dragon unleashed a flood of fire toward Quartz. Quartz gave in a bit, covering his face with his arm as his life points reduced to 1600. "Reverse trap card! Equal Power!"
"What?!" Doxx said in shock.
"This trap card allows me to special summon a monster from my hand with the same amount of attack points as the damage you've gave me." Quartz smiled. "Now! I summon Devil's Marionette! (2400/1800)"
"Must have been a new trap card he's created..." Doxx thought as the wooden demon puppet appeared onto the field. "Same with that monster."
"My turn ends..." Doxx announced.
"Draw..." Quartz announced, drawing his card and smiling. "Now! Activate my face down card, Call of The Haunted! This will bring back my Z Metal Caterpillar from the grave! (1500/1300)"
Suddenly the yellow tank burst up from the dirt ground. "No..." Doxx said, fearing what was in Quartz's hand.
"Next! I'll activate Devil's Marionette's special ability!" Quartz announced, pointing his hand at the puppet. "By sacrificing half of my life points (LP: 800) I can special summon two monsters from my hand of the same type."
"No... The XYZ combo..." Doxx said.
"Now! I summon X Head Cannon (1800/1500), and Y Dragon Head! (1500/1600)" Quartz announced as the two machines appeared. "And combine! X Head Cannon, Y Dragon Head, and Z Metal Caterpillar!"
All three machines joined together, creating electricity as they combined. "XYZ Dragon Cannon! (2800/2600)" Quartz announced. "That's not all! Reveal magic card!"
Quartz slashed his hand around as his magic card flipped up. "Damn..." Doxx growled.
"Pot of Greed!" Quartz announced, drawing his two cards. "Now! I sacrifice Devil's Marionette to summon this, Sabre Dragon! (2900/1600)"
"So he still has the Sabre Dragons..." Doxx said to himself.
"And now! I activate XYZ Dragon Cannon's effect! By discarding a card from my hand, I'll destroy your Emerald Dragon!" Quartz announced, discarding his card. The machine instantly reacted, firing a missile at the dragon, destroying it. "Now! XYZ Dragon Cannon, attack and destroy his Sapphire Dragon!"
Suddenly Doxx smiled. "Not so fast!" Doxx shouted.
"What?!" Quartz said.
"Reveal trap card, Holy Barrier, Mirror Force!" Doxx announced as his trap card flipped up. "Not only will this negate your attack, but it'll destroy your only two monsters!"
"Damn..." Quartz growled, clenching his fist. The blast from the machine was suddenly blocked by a wall protecting Quartz's monsters. The blast was sent back, frying the two monsters and destroying them.
"I'll set a card face down and end my turn..." Quartz announced.
"Heh, you though you could take me. You obviously had a thing coming." Doxx said, pointing.
"Speak for yourself, draw already!" Quartz demanded.
Doxx drew his next card. "Now! Sapphire Dragon! Attack his life points directly!" Doxx announced, aiming for the winning attack.
"Fool. Like all Ra Yellow's you take too many chances and fail! Activate trap card, Machine Conversion Factory!" Quartz announced.
"No!" Doxx suddenly gasped.
"With this trap card, it'll bring back my XYZ Dragon Cannon (2800/2600), forcing you to attack it instead of me!" Quartz announced as the machine appeared back on the field. "Now! Destroy his Sapphire Dragon!"
The machine blasted a stream of energy at the dragon, destroying it before it got near the machine, taking away all of Doxx's life points.
"Looks like you're eliminated." Quartz said, holding a thumbs down. Suddenly a helicopter appeared over them. Doxx shielded his face from the flying debris as a net fell down, covering him. It slowly began to pull him up.
"No!" Doxx said, struggling.
"Don't worry! Soon enough you'll see your friends again and I'll victor this competition!" Quartz smiled evilly, giving him a salute.
Quartz noticed Kyu and Hide's bags and took a rest inside Doxx's tent, awaiting their arrival. "Sophia, Genesis..." Quartz said into his PDA. "I've taken out the Ra Yellow student."
"Good! Hurry and take out the others! We're tired of hanging around with this chick!" Sophia complained.
"Who are you talking to?" Yukie asked.
"Oh it's nothing! I just got spam!" Sophia said, quickly hiding her PDA.
"Ok..." Yukie said, sitting down on a blanket.
"Ugh! I can't get this fire starting!" Genesis complained, kicking a piece of wood with her foot.
"Kicking it won't do any good!" Sophia said, throwing her a lighter.
"Did you see that helicopter?" Hide said.
"No why?" Kyu asked.
"It had a Ra Yellow student in it, I could see his yellow uniform, it came from the direction we're heading!" Hide said. "Come on! It might have been Doxx!"
"Doxx? How would he lose?" Kyu wondered as the two ran up to their campsite.
Quartz's eyes opened from his nap, detecting the foot prints. "Doxx? Doxx? Where are you?" He heard.
Suddenly the zipper opened up and Quartz appeared out of the tent. "Oh! It's Quartz!" Kyu said pointing.
"Kyu-Haru..." Quartz said, clenching his fist. "Finally you've arrived..."
"He probably wants a rematch!" Hide said out loud.
"I was just getting to that!" Quartz growled.
"No way! I have better things to do! I need to find Yukie!" Kyu said.
"No! First we duel. We have a score to settle!" Quartz yelled, his duel disk folding out.
Hide felt them clash, and getting himself stuck in the middle. He swallowed and stepped forward. "I'll duel you!" Hide said.
"Hide? What do you mean! I need you to stay in this tournament! Don't take chances like these!" Kyu said.
"You go find Yukie, Kyu." Hide said. "I know when I'm ready!"
Quartz laughed. "You've really got to be kidding me. Ryou Hide, you were only able to defeat one duelist since the beginning of the year." Quartz taunted.
"I'll stall him as long as I can, I know I'll lose, but honestly! Do you want to risk what I'm doing and not make up to Yukie?" Hide asked.
"Yukie... Such a sweet girl. Too bad she's turned to our side." Quartz boasted.
"What do you mean!" Kyu yelled, holding up a fist.
"She must have been hanging out with Sophia and Genesis!" Hide figured.
"No! Why would they do this to us? And Yukie! She's only innocent!" Kyu growled.
"Enough talk! Duel me, Kyu." Quartz yelled with impatience.
"I'm your opponent! If you want to get to him, you got to get through me first!" Hide yelled.
Quartz grew mad. "Fine..." He said.
"Kyu, run, don't bother sticking around, you need to find Yukie." Hide said.
Kyu gave in. "Alright..." He said, grabbing his back pack and running.
Quartz frowned, knowing he'll have to search for him again. "I promise you a painful defeat for setting me back." Quartz said.
Hide whipped out his duel disk and slid in his deck, turning his duel disk on. "Duel!" Quartz and Hide announced.
CARDS PLAYED
Sapphire Dragon: Level 4 / 1900/1600/ Wind / Dragon.
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.)
Cost Down: MAGIC / Desc: Discard 1 card from your hand to reduce all monsters in your hand by 2 Levels for the rest of the turn.
Emerald Dragon: Level 6 / 2400/1400/ Wind / Dragon.
Equal Power: TRAP / Desc: This card can only be activated when you recieve damage to your life points, Special Summon 1 monster from your hand, to the field with the equal amount of ATK of the damage you've recieved, or lower.
Devil's Marionette: Level 6 / 2400/1800/ Dark / Demon / Desc: During your Main Phase, you can sacrifice half of your Life Points to Special Summon 2 monsters from your hand of the same Type.
Call of The Haunted: PERMANENT TRAP / Desc: Select 1 monster from your Graveyard and Special Summon it in face-up Attack Position. When this card is destroyed or removed from the field, the summoned monster is destroyed. If the summoned monster is destroyed, this card is also destroyed.
X Head Cannon: Level 4 / 1800/1500/ Light / Machine.
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.)
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.
Pot of Greed: MAGIC / Desc: Draw 2 cards from your Respective Deck.
Sabre Dragon: Level 7 / 2900/1600/ Earth / Dragon / Desc: When this card is sent to the graveyard, you can remove the top 10 cards on top of your deck, from play.
Holy Barrier, Mirror Force: TRAP / Desc: Negate the attack of one of your opponent's monsters and destroy all of your opponent's Attack Positioned monsters on the field.
Machine Conversion Factory: TRAP / Desc: When your opponent announces an attack, this card can be activated. Special Summon 1 Machine-Type monster from your graveyard and Special Summon it to the field in either Attack or Defense mode and make it your opponent's new attack target.