15. Tag Duel! Battle For The Best!
The sun rose, the light shined on Kyu's face and his eyes opened. "Ack!" He said, blocking his eyes. He sat up, the fire had gone out.
Kyu remembered the other day, first Doxx, then Hide are gone. "I need to find Yukie and tell her the truth..." He thought to himself. "But first I need to eat! I'm starving!"
Kyu took out some canned foods from the bag he had gotten at the beginning. Kyu quickly ate and got up, packing his stuff and moving on.
Yukie lead her group toward a grassy field. "Wow it's so nice." She said, feeling the wind blow in her hair.
"Ain't it, let's keep going." Sophia said, giving Yukie a little push.
Kyu entered the field, seeing the three girls walking down the small trail into a large campsite. "Wait up!" Kyu hollered.
Genesis and Sophia moved their heads, seeing Kyu wave his arms wildly. "Well look who arrived..." Genesis smiled evilly.
"Kyu.." Yukie said, growling to herself.
Kyu ran up to the three. "Yukie! Stay away from them!" Kyu said.
"No..." Yukie simply said. "You stay away from me."
"You don't understand, they're the bad ones! They've been just telling you lies the whole time, please just understand, this is a plan just to turn you against me!" Kyu tried to say.
"Oh great now the jig is up..." Sophia groaned.
"What?" Yukie said, turning around.
"Oh! Nothing..." Genesis said, covering Sophia's mouth.
"They've been at me ever since school began, I don't know why, but they're manipulating you. How could I possibly take your cards anyway!" Kyu said.
"You could have smashed her locker open and just take it away!" Sophia said.
"Sophia, shut up!" Genesis said, elbowing her.
"Please, just be quiet..." Yukie said. "I don't know who to believe, you all seem suspicious.."
"He's just trying to trick you again!" Genesis said.
"No I'm not! I never meant to do any harm!" Kyu said.
Yukie looked into Kyu's eyes. "Is he for real?" She asked her self.
"Ugh! Look at her she's moving toward his side now!" Sophia said.
"So you guys were just tricking me the whole time, thinking I'll take out your so called 'bad guy' eh?" Yukie said, turning out and glaring at them.
"Heh, you were stupid enough to believe us, new kid." Genesis said.
Yukie felt angered, she hated them. "Why?!" Yukie said.
"It's not fair that everyone favors him, and becoming your new friend! It's not fair that he got to become an Obelisk Blue student when it was obvious he was a drop out boy!" Sophia screamed.
Yukie growled. "I'll take you down!" Yukie said as her duel disk folded out. "The both of you!"
"How? It's two against one, you'll never succeed." Genesis smirked.
"Then I'll pitch in." Kyu said, stepping forward. "It'll be a tag duel."
"Tag duel?" Yukie said.
"It'll be me and Yukie against you two." Kyu said. "I read about it in a book Hide leant me."
"Oh wow, the boy knows how to read, good job." Sophia said sarcastically. "We'll accept your challenge."
All four duelist took a minute to get ready. Kyu quickly explained the rules to Yukie. "I get it. We'll be a great team." Yukie said, giving Kyu a high five.
"Alright hurry up!" Genesis said.
"Duel!" All four duelist announced as each team's life points increased to 8000.
"I'll start, draw!" Sophia announced, drawing her card. "Obviously, Yukie is the weaker duelist... We could aim after her..."
"I won't hold out anymore..." Yukie growled to herself.
"I'll summon Valkyrie Dritt (1600/1000) in defense mode!" Sophia announced as the valkyrie appeared, shielding herself with her shield. "I'll then set a card face down and end my turn!"
"My turn, draw!" Yukie announced, drawing her card.
"Activate trap card!" Sophia announced. "Solemn Wishes!"
"Solemn Wishes?" Yukie said.
"This trap card gives us a bonus of five hundred life points for every set of cards we draw." Genesis snickered.
"So they'll keep gaining life points every turn eh?" Kyu said.
"Alright, I'll summon Back-Up Guardian in defense mode! (2200/500) I'll then set a card face down and end my turn!" Yukie announced.
"Draw!" Genesis announced, drawing her card. "And because I've drawn, we gain five hundred life points (LP: 8500). Now, I'll summon this, Injection Angel Lily! (400/1500) In attack mode. I'll then set a card face down and end my turn."
"What kind of monster is that?" Yukie said.
"And why did she place it in attack mode?" Kyu wondered, drawing his card.
"Now! I'll summon this, X Head Cannon! (1800/1500)" Kyu announced as the machine appeared on the field. "I'll then end my turn."
"Draw!" Sophia announced, drawing her card. "And since I've drawn a card, we gain life points! (LP: 9000)."
Suddenly sparkling rain began to rain down on the both of them. They smiled evilly as their life points increased."I'll then sacrifice Valkyrie Dritt to summon this, Valkyrie Sovite! (1600/1600)" Sophia announced as the pink haired valkyrie materialized onto the field. "With this, I can remove a monster from your side of the field!"
"Eh, of course. She still has a Valkyrie deck..." Kyu said.
"So now! Remove Back-Up Guardian!" Sophia announced, pointing her finger. Suddenly the monster vanished.
"What are you doing?! What about his X Head Cannon?" Genesis said.
"Yukie had more strength with her guardians, but she needs the right magic card to equip to." Sophia said. "So now! Valkyrie Sovite, attack Yukie directly!"
"No..." Yukie gasped as the valkyrie commanded her horse to charge. The valkyrie began to commence her attack.
"X Head Cannon, defend Yukie!" Kyu announced suddenly. Suddenly the machine dove in front of the Valkyrie, taking the attack.
The sword hit the machine, but caused no damage. Suddenly X Head Cannon punched through the valkyrie's shield, destroying it.
"No!" Sophia whined as both their life points reduced to 7800.
"Ha. For being such high ranked duelist, you should have known the golden rule of protecting your partner when they have no monsters." Kyu smiled, waving his finger.
Sophia growled. "I'll set a card face down and end my turn." She announced.
"Draw!" Yukie announced, drawing her card. She glanced at Kyu and Kyu nodded, allowing Yukie to perform her move. "Now! Activate magic card, Rod of Silence!"
"Rod of Silence?" Genesis said.
"And I'll equip it to X Head Cannon!" Yukie announced as X Head Cannon's defense strength rose to 2000."Also, X Head Cannon can't be designates as a target for any magic cards. So now that is done, I can summon this, Guardian Keitsu! (1000/1800) This monster can't be attacked by any other monsters on the field."
"Heh, so the rookie found out a way to protect herself, but not her partner." Sophia grinned.
"I can't risk attacking her Injection Angel Lily yet, so I'll wait it out now." Yukie said to herself. "My turn ends!"
"Finally." Genesis said, drawing her card. Suddenly, Sophia's Solemn Wishes began to glow, increasing their life points to 8300. "Now! Injection Angel Lily, attack X Head Cannon!"
"What? How could she attack me with a weaker monster?" Kyu said.
"Injection Angel Lily has a real effective effect." Genesis smirked. "By sacrificing two thousand life points (LP: 6300), Injection Angel Lily's attack power increases by three thousand!"
"Three thousand!" Yukie said in shock as Injection Angel Lily's syringe grew larger, her attack power rising to 3400. The angel nurse then threw the syringe at X Head Cannon, destroying it easily.
"Err..." Kyu said as the debris flew at him, reducing their life points to 6400.
"Easy as pie, we're practically in a tie now." Genesis said, smiling evilly. "I'll end my turn by summoning Stone Gargoyle, in defense mode (2000/300)."
"My turn! Draw!" Kyu announced, taking his next card. Kyu chuckled with excitement, seeing his Kuriboh get drawn. "I'll summon Kuriboh in attack mode! (300/200)"
"In attack mode? You've got to be kidding me!" Sophia laughed.
"I'll place a card face down and end my turn!" Kyu announced.
"Why Kuriboh?" Yukie wondered.
"Draw!" Sophia announced, drawing her card. Suddenly sparkling rain came down on them, increasing their life points to 6800 "Heh, now! I activate this, Change of Heart! This allows me to take control of a monster on the field, so I chose Genesis' Injection Angel Lily!"
"What do you think you're doing?!" Genesis said.
"We can't risk another turn! We have to take them down!" Sophia replied as Injection Angel Lily flew over to her side. "Now! Injection Angel Lily! Attack Kuriboh now!"
Suddenly the angel held up her syringe. "And by doing this, I'll sacrifice two thousand of our life points (LP: 4800) to increase her power by three thousand! (3400/1500)" Sophia explained as the angel fired her syringe at the tiny creature.
"Alright!" Kyu said happily. "Activate trap card, Wings of Sanctuary!"
"What?" Sophia said in shock.
"Ha, when there's a battle between two monsters with the difference of three thousand life points between the two monsters, you'll take the battle damage instead of us!" Kyu said as the syringe destroyed Kuriboh.
"No way! Activate trap card, Hallowed Life Barrier!" Genesis announced as her trap card flipped up. "By discarding a card from my hand, any damage toward us is reduced to zero!"
"No his plan failed..." Yukie said sadly.
"Don't worry, we can still take them down." Kyu said to Yukie, giving her a thumbs up.
"Sophia! You're taking me down and I need you to support me now!" Genesis said, glaring at Sophia.
"I'm trying the best I can!" Sophia snapped. "I'll summon a monster in defense mode and end my turn."
"Draw!" Yukie announced, drawing her card. "Now! I'll equip Guardian Keitsu with Gravity Axe!"
"Alright, Yukie will aid us with her strongest monster so far! This is so cool!" Kyu thought.
"With Gravity Axe on Guardian Keitsu, her attack power increases by five hundred!" Yukie said as the mermaid grabbed the axe, increasing her attack points to 1500. "And now! I'll set three cards face down and summon this without sacrifice! Guardian Grarl! (2500/1000)"
"No..." Genesis and Sophia sneered as the dinosaur warrior appeared on the field.
"But on the other hand, your whole magic and trap card zone is filled up." Sophia laughed, pointing at Yukie.
"Guardian Grarl! Attack and destroy her face down monster!" Yukie announced, pointing at Sophia.
"It worked..." Genesis smirked as the dinosaur warrior leapt forward.
"Reveal monster! Egg Trap! (300/400)" Sophia announced as the purple egg appeared, then being cracked into pieces.
"No!" Yukie gasped.
"When this monster is destroyed, I'm allowed to special summon a monster from my hand with the same level." Sophia snickered. "Now! I summon Valkyrie Altest! (1600/1600)"
Yukie growled, having been fooled. "My turn ends." She announced.
"Draw!" Genesis announced, drawing her card, and also activating Solemn Wishes ability, increasing their life points to 5300. "Finally! I sacrifice Stone Gargoyle to summon this, Diabound Lady! (1800/1200)"
Suddenly a whirl wind of purple wind blew up, summoning the woman with long white hair and the lower body of a snake. Genesis chuckled as her favorite monster appeared.
"Ah... I remember this." Kyu said to himself, remembering his first duel with Genesis.
"Also, I'll equip my Diabound Lady with this! Flame Wrecking!" Genesis announced. "it increases my Diabound Lady's attack power by one thousand (2800/1200). Also, I can discard a card from my hand to shift any monster you guys summon into defense mode."
"But my Gravity Axe..." Yukie said.
"Not so great now, huh? Well my Flame Wrecking is more powerful than your axe, so I control the duel now!" Genesis said. "Diabound Lady! Destroy her Guardian Grarl!"
The woman held her hands together, forming a fire ball then firing it at the dinosaur. The blast hit Yukie hard. Yukie screamed as the fire reduced their life points to 6000.
"Activate trap card..." Yukie announced as her Rope of Life trap card began to rise.
"Not so fast, hun!" Sophia announced as her own trap card flipped up. "I activate Valkyrie's Hush!"
"What?" Yukie said.
"When I have a Valkyrie on my field, I can negate the effect of your trap card and destroy it!" Sophia explained as Yukie's trap card exploded into pieces. "We won't be seeing that monster for a while."
"I'll end my turn now!" Genesis announced.
"I need to turn the tides of this duel..." Kyu thought, drawing his next card. "And to be sure of that, I'll destroy your Injection Angel Lily!"
"How? If you even try to destroy it, we'll just use her effect." Genesis said, pointing her finger at Kyu.
"Now! I summon this, Dark Blade! (1800/1500)" Kyu announced as the dark warrior materialized onto the field. "Attack Injection Angel Lily!"
"I'll sacrifice two thousand life points in order to activate her effect! (LP: 3300)" Genesis announced as Injection Angel Lily's attack power rose up to 3400.
"I knew you'd do that." Kyu smirked. "Activate magic card, Shrink!"
"No!" Sophia and Genesis both screamed.
"And with this, Injection Angel Lily's attack power is reduced by half! (1700/1500)" Kyu announced as Injection Angel grew smaller. The dark warrior jumped up, slashing down on the nurse with his sword and destroying it.
Yukie smiled at Kyu's work, knowing she could really trust him. Sophia and Genesis' life points reduced to 3200.
"This is all your fault!" Sophia said, glaring at Genesis.
"How is it my fault?" Genesis snapped.
"You had Flame Wrecking, why didn't you use it's second ability?!" Sophia snapped back. Genesis suddenly felt stupid and buried her face in her hand.
"God! Why is it so hard to beat those two?!" Genesis said to herself.
"I know Yukie's trying her hardest, it's practically working, but they've been targeting her the whole time... I need her to be strong now." Kyu said, glancing at Yukie.
CARDS PLAYED
Valkyrie Dritt: Level 4 / 1000/1600/ Light / Warrior / Desc: This cards gains 100 ATK for each monster removed from play.
Solemn Wishes: TRAP / Desc: Increase your life points by 500 for ever time you draw a card(s)
Back-Up Guardian: Level 4 / 500/2200/ Dark / Demon.
Injection Angel Lily: Level 3 / 400/1500/ Earth / Angel / Desc: This card's effect can be activated only during the Damage Step of either player's turn. Pay 2000 Life Points to increase the ATK of this card by 3000 only during the Damage Step
X Head Cannon: Level 4 / 1800/1500/ Light / Machine.
Valkyrie Sovite: Level 5 / 1600/1600/ Light / Warrior / Desc: When this monster is Normal, Reversed, or Special Summoned, remove 1 monster on your opponent's side of the field out of play.
Rod of Silence: EQUIP MAGIC / Desc: A Monster equipped with this card increases it's DEF by 500. Negate the effect of a Magic Card (Excluding this card) that specifically designates a monster equipped with this card as a target and destroy it.
Guardian Keitsu: Level 4 / 1000/1800/ Water / Sea Serpent / Desc: This card can only be Normal, Flip, or Special Summoned when there is a "Rod of Silence" on the field. This card is unaffected by any Magic Cards and cannot be attacked by your opponent's monsters.
Stone Gargoyle: Level 4 / 300/2000/ Earth / Rock / Desc: When this card is being sacrificed for a Earth-Type monster, this card counts as 2 sacrifices.
Kuriboh: Level 1 / 300/200/ Dark / Demon / Desc: If this card is in your hand, you can send this card to your graveyard to negate Battle Damage of an attacking monster.
Wings of Sanctuary: TRAP / Desc: If two monsters engage in battle and there is a 3000 ATK point difference or more between the two monsters, the owner of the strongest monster takes Damage to their life points instead of the player with the weaker monster.
Hallowed Life Barrier: TRAP / Desc: Discard 1 card from your hand. During this turn, any damage you take from your opponent becomes 0.
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 Normal, 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.
Egg Trap: Level 4 / 400/300/ Earth / Demon / Desc: FLIP: When this card is destroyed by a monster, you may Special Summon 1 monster from your hand, to the field with the same level.
Valkyrie Altest: Level 6 / 1600/1600/ Light / Warrior / Desc: If a monster is removed from play or sent to the graveyard, increase this card's ATK by equal to the amount of the destroyed monster's ATK until the end of the turn.
Diabound Lady: Level 6 / 1800/1200/ Dark / Demon / Desc: Each time this card attacks a Defense positioned monster, switch that monster into Attack Position during Damage Calculation.
Flame Wrecking: EQUIP MAGIC / Desc: This card can only be equipped to "Diabound Lady". As long as this card is equipped to a monster, increase the monster's ATK by 1000. Each time your opponent summons a monster, you may discard 1 card from your hand to shift the monster into defense position.
Valkyrie's Hush: TRAP / Desc: This card can only be activated if you have a monster with "Valkyrie" in it's name on the field, Negate the effect of 1 Magic or Trap card on the field and destroy it.
Dark Blade: Level 4 / 1800/1500/ Dark / Warrior.
Shrink: QUICK PLAY MAGIC / Desc: Reduce 1 face up monster's ATK by half for the remainder of the turn.