14. Quartz's New Deck
"Duel!" both Hide and Quartz announced as their life points rose to 4000.
"Draw..." Quartz announced, drawing his first card. "I'll first play this, Bond of Brothers!"
"Bond of Brothers? That's the card Kyu has..." Hide said, remembering back when he first used it against the duel with Genesis.
"By sacrificing one thousand life points (LP: 3000) I'll summon both X Head Cannon (1800/1500), and Y Dragon Head! (1500/1600)" Quartz announced.
"Same exact cards as Kyu... He must be up to something.. Maybe copying his deck and using it against him!" Hide said, shocked.
"That's right... The only way to beat Kyu is to be like him, deck-wise though." Quartz chuckled as the two machines engaged in offensive positions. "I'll set a card face down and end my turn."
"Draw!" Hide announced, drawing his card. Hide looked at his card and smiled with determination. "Ha! Bad move, summoning two monsters in one move. Now! I'm able to special summon this, Fiend Megacyber! (2200/1200) Also, I'll summon Marauding Captain in defense mode! (400/1200)"
"Hmm going on the defensive side I see..." Quartz said to himself.
"By summoning Marauding Captain, I can special summon another level four warrior from my hand, so now! I summon Swordsman of Landstar! (1200/500)" Hide announced as his second warrior materialized onto the field, guarding itself with it's shield. "Now! Fiend Megacyber, attack and destroy his X Head Cannon!"
The warrior charged forward, smashing his fist through the machine and tearing it apart, reducing Quartz's life points to 2600.
"Activate trap card!" Quartz announced as his face down card came up. "Seal of Hades!"
"Seal of Hades? Never heard of it so he must have created it..." Hide thought.
"This trap card, one of my favorites, causes your Fiend Megacyber to never attack again, including any other monster with a higher attack strength." Quartz explained as a glowing seal wrapped itself around the Fiend Megacyber, binding it.
"So I can't attack with Fiend Megacyber again or with any other stronger monster..." Hide said. "I'm stuck with weak monsters through out the duel, Quartz too."
"Heh, you're a courageous duelist, but fool at heart knowing you're up against a duelist like me." Quartz taunted.
"I'll set a card face down and end my turn" Hide calmly announced.
"Draw!" Quartz announced, drawing his next card. "Now! I summon Dark Blade! (1800/1500)"
"I remember this..." Hide said, remembering when Kyu had summoned Pitch Dark Dragon and combined it with Dark Blade.
"Next, I'll activate this, Frontline Base, which now allows me to summon a level four union monster during each of my turns..." Quartz explained.
"What does he think he's doing? Copying a deck like Kyu's." Hide said out loud.
"Heh, fool. I'm not copying anyone. I've assembled this deck only for Kyu-Haru, and no one else." Quartz smiled. "I may have a few similar cards, but the ultimate power is within my deck."
"So now! By using Frontline Base's ability, I'll summon Pitch Dark Dragon! (900/600)" Quartz announced as the black dragon appeared. "Next I'll use this, Pot of Greed! Allowing me to draw two cards."
Quartz swiftly drew his two cards and smiled at Hide. "Ah..." Hide said.
"Now! I activate this, Fusion!" Quartz announced. "Which will fuse Pitch Dark Dragon and Dark Blade!"
The two monsters began to fuse into one warrior riding dragon. "Which will make Dark Blade Dragon Knight! (2200/1500)"
"Heh, that won't be able to attack! Because it's attack power is equal to my Fiend Megacyber, your Seal of Hades will not allow you to attack with it." Hide pointed out.
"Activate, Pump Up!" Quartz announced, smiling evilly.
"What?!" Hide said, shocked.
"With this magic card, I'll double your Fiend Megacyber's attack power!" Quartz announced as the warrior began to glow, it's attack power increasing to 4400. "With this, it changes the rules for Seal of Hades, allowing my monster to attack! Now! Attack his Marauding Captain!"
The dragon snapped at the air and sent an energy wave from it's mouth, destroying the captain. "No!" Hide said.
"And now, Dark Blade Dragon Knight's effect is activated, it allows me to remove up to three monsters from your graveyard, so now your Marauding Captain is removed from the duel!" Quartz pointed out as the card slid out of Hide's graveyard holster. "To end my turn, I'll shift Y Dragon Head into defense mode (1600/1500), then end my turn."
"My turn, draw!" Hide announced, drawing his card. Hide smiled at the one card he had drawn. "Now! I sacrifice Fiend Megacyber, and Swordsman of Landstar, to summon this mighty warrior..."
The two warriors dissolves, causing Quartz's Seal of Hades to be destroyed. "No..." Quartz hissed.
"Buster Blader! (2600/2300)" Hide announced as the tall warrior materialized onto the field. "This warrior's attack strength increases for every dragon type monster on the field or in your graveyard, and since you had to discard Pitch Dark Dragon for a fusion, it increases my Buster Blader's attack power!"
"Damn..." Quartz growled as Buster Blader's attack power rose to 3100.
"Now, Buster Blader, attack and destroy his Dark Blade Dragon Knight!" Hide announced, pointing at the dragon warrior. The warrior leapt forward, slashing his long sword down the monster, destroying them easily.
Quartz growled, shielding himself from a gush of wind that was created during the attack, reducing his life points to 1700.
"Awesome! I've never been so close to defeating such a high ranked duelist!" Hide said in his mind. "If I can hold out for long, I'll be able to win this duel!"
"My turn ends!" Hide announced.
"My turn, draw..." Quartz announced. Quartz smiled, looking at his face down card. "Now! Reveal magic card, Enemy Controller!"
"Ah!" Hide said in shock.
"By sacrificing one thousand life points (LP: 700), I can activate one of two effects for this." Quartz said as the giant controller materialized onto the field. A chord whipped out, connecting to Buster Blader's forehead. "Now! Left, Right, A, B! Activate, Enemy Controller!"
Suddenly Buster Blader's eyes turned red and floated over to Quartz's side. "Now Buster Blader is in my possession."
"No... This can't be!" Hide said, shocked.
"I'll also shift Y Dragon Head into attack mode (1500/1600)" Quartz announced. "Now! Y Dragon Head, attack his life points directly!"
The red mechanical dragon charged up a ball of energy and fired it at Hide. Hide screamed as the blast burned off his life points, reducing him to 2500.
"And finally! Buster Blader, attack his life points directly!" Quartz announced, pointing at Hide.
The warrior charged forward, slashing his blade down across Hide's body. A big explosion occured. Hide kept it in but the attack was too much and let out a loud scream.
Kyu turned around, hearing the scream. "Hide!" Kyu said, in shock, feeling angered by this. "Ok, Quartz... If you want a rematch, I'll find you and bring you down!"
Hide fell on to his knees, panting as the rest of his life points were gone. "Looks like I win!" Quartz said. "This is almost what I can picture of doing to Kyu-Haru, you were an easy opponent."
"No! I won't let you get away with this!" Hide said, standing up, but too weak to walk.
"Sit down, fool. You're nothing but a weak duelist." Quartz said, turning his back. Suddenly a net fell over Hide, picking him up into the air.
"No!" Hide said, thrashing in the net as he was carried up into a helicopter and carried away.
Quartz smiled deviously with his arms crossed, picturing the perfect loss for his rival. Kyu ran down a trail, searching for the scream, but found nothing.
Kyu found some of Hide's left behind cards after he was carried away. "Hide... How could he do this to you?" Kyu said to himself, picking up the cards and placing them into his pocket. "I'll avenge you, my friend..."
Night began to fall. half of the duelist in the forest area were now gone. People were getting stronger by every win. Kyu knew he would have to move on in the morning.
Hide got off of the helicopter, depressed by his loss. Doxx met up with him. "Hide!" Doxx called out.
"Hey..." Hide said, sadly.
"What's wrong?" Doxx asked. "Don't be down because you lost... I lost too... Because of that stupid..."
"Quartz?" Hide asked.
"Yeah... Did he get you?" Doxx asked.
"More like I got him... I protected Kyu, but I couldn't stand up to such power. He's right... I am weak." Hide sighed.
"You're not weak! As long as you are confident in yourself, you can accomplish a lot." Doxx said. "So how bad of a beating did you give me?"
Hide laughed. "A pretty good one. You've should have seen his face!" Hide said as the two walked in side. "But I'm sure Kyu will do good and win this tournament. He deserves it a lot."
"Yeah." Doxx replied.
"Guardian Grarl! Attack!" Yukie announced, pointing her hand at her Ra Yellow opponent. The dinosaur warrior attacked, reducing the student's life points to 0.
The duelist was quickly carried away. "Wow, that's one more duel won by Yukie. I think you should stop, that's your tenth duel so far." Genesis said.
"Yeah.. I'm kind of tired." Yukie said.
"Yeah, we should stop for the night, and start some dueling tomorrow. Tomorrow is an important day! Who ever's last will win the competition!" Sophia said. "And hopefully I'll win it..."
CARDS PLAYED
Bond of Brothers: MAGIC / Desc: Pay 1000 Life Points to Special Summon 2 monsters with the same Type to the field.
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.)
Fiend Megacyber: Level 5 / 2200/1200/ Dark / Warrior / Desc: If your opponent has 2 or more monsters than you do on the field, you can Special Summon this card to the field.
Marauding Captain: Level 3 / 1200/400/ Earth / Warrior / Desc: As long as this monster remains face-up on the field, your opponent cannot select any other Warrior-Type monster on your side of the field as an attack target, when this monster is normal summoned successfully, you can Special Summon 1 Level 4 or lower monster from your hand.
Swordsman of Landstar: Level 3 / 500/1200/ Earth / Warrior
Seal of Hades: PERMANENT TRAP / Desc: When your opponent's strongest monster deals Battle Damage, any monster with the same ATK or higher cannot attack as long as this card remains face up on the field.
Dark Blade: Level 4 / 1800/1500/ Dark / Warrior.
Frontline Base: PERMANENT MAGIC / Desc: Once during each of your Main Phases, you may Special Summon 1 Union-Type monster to the field.
Pitch Dark Dragon: Level 3 / 900/600/ Dark / Dragon / Desc: Once per turn, during your Main Phase, if you control this monster on the field, you can equip it to your "Dark Blade" as an Equip Magic or change it back to a monster in face up Attack Position. When equipped to a monster by this card's effect, that monster's ATK and DEF is increased by 400 points, and when it attacks with an ATK that is higher than the DEF of a Defense Positioned Monster, inflict different as Battle Damage to your opponent's life points. (1 monster can only be equipped with 1 Union Monster at a time. If the Monster that this card is equipped to is destroyed in battle, this card is destroyed instead)
Pot of Greed: MAGIC / Desc: Draw 2 cards from your respective deck.
Fusion: MAGIC / Desc: Fuse 2 or more monsters on the field or from your hand to create 1 Fusion Monster.
Dark Blade Dragon Knight: Level 6 / 2200/1500/ Dark / Warrior / Fusion / Desc: "Dark Blade" "Pitch Dark Dragon" Each time this card inflicts Battle Damage to your opponent, you can select up to 3 Monster Cards from your opponent's Graveyard and remove them from play.
Pump Up: MAGIC / Desc: Double the ATK of 1 face up monster on the field for the remainder of the turn.
Buster Blader: Level 7 / 2600/2300/ Earth / Warrior / Desc: The ATK of this card increases by 500 points for every Dragon-Type monster on your opponent's side of the field and Graveyard
Enemy Controller: QUICK PLAY MAGIC / Desc: Sacrifice 1000 Life Points to activate one of the following effects:
1. Take control of one face up monster on your opponent's side of the field.
2. Destroy 1 monster on the field.