21. Revelation of Hide
"So that's how I beat Genesis in my first day!" Kyu said, walking out of his dorm room with Yukie.
"Awesome!" Yukie said giving a thumbs up.
Suddenly a dark figure loomed over them. "Kyu-Haru..." The person said, stepping into the light. It was a buff Ra Yellow student.
"Yes! Who might you be?" Kyu asked.
The person smirked. "I'm a fan! I was wondering if I could have your autograph!" The Ra Yellow student said, handing him a pen and paper.
Kyu smiled, scratching the back of his head. "Ok, I guess." He said taking the paper. The student eyed Kyu's Duel Disk.
"You must be a great duelist." He said.
"Uhh who should I make this out to?" Kyu asked.
"Kagura..." The student said. "Can I see your deck, just to see what kind of rare cards you have?"
Without paying attention, Kyu nodded his head, handing him his deck. "Uhh Kyu..." Yukie said, poking his shoulder.
"Umm, To Kagura, keep dueling!" Kyu mumbled. Kyu lifted his head to see Kagura swiftly slip Kyu's deck into his pocket. "Hey wait! What are you doing?!"
Kyu grabbed onto Kagura's shoulder but suddenly he jerked around, landing a nice punch at his face. Kyu fell to the ground and Yukie screamed.
"Kyu!" Yukie screamed as Kagura ran off. The scream from Yukie caught the attention of Mimura, who was looking over graded papers.
"Out of the way!" Kagura shouted, pushing Mimura into a wall, causing all the papers to fly up.
"Stop!" Mimura shouted, pressing a button on his watch.
Guards stormed the hall ways, surrounding Kagura. "Heh..." He said. He suddenly lifted his huge boot and smashed the wall open, causing a great hole which he escaped toward the docks.
"He's gone! Search the area now!" Mimura instructed.
"Here you go!" Hide said, handing a man in a boat a letter.
"Thanks again, Ryou." The mailman said, putting the letter into his bag. The boat began to sail off and Hide stood there, watching the boat sail off.
"Nice day today..." Hide thought, suddenly hearing heavy foot steps.
Hide turned to see Kagura stopping in front of him. "Why's that boat going?!" Kagura yelled.
"Umm, time's up for mail, you'll have to wait until tomorrow." Hide said, shrugging.
"You made him leave!" Kagura said, pointing his finger. "And now I'm going to get it because of you!"
"What did I do?" Hide said innocently.
"I should feed you to the fishes!" Kagura said, pushing him back with a small push with his finger. "Weak a frail like you are!"
"Excuse me?" Hide said, taking a step back.
"Hide! Stop him, he's got Kyu's deck!" Yukie screamed, helping Kyu step out of the giant hole in the wall.
Suddenly Kagura pushed Hide aside, causing him to fall over. As Kagura passed Hide grabbed onto the back of Kagura's boot, causing him to trip also.
Kagura fell flat on his face. His angered look loomed over Hide as he got back up. "You inferior little..." Kagura said, raising his boot over Hide.
"Stop!" Kyu yelled, lashing out at Kagura.
Kagura dodged Kyu pushing him nearly over the high docks, but grabbing onto the back of his coat. He then threw him over Hide. They scurried up to face him.
"I'll go get help!" Yukie said, running off.
"Give me back my deck!" Kyu said.
"No way, I have special orders." Kagura snapped.
"It's two against one you'll never make it out!" Kyu growled.
Kagura laughed. "Make that one and a half, you're friend can't even fight like a real man." He said, flexing his arms, boasting his physical strength.
"People like you make me sick. You're all talk and no duel! Let's duel right now!" Kyu said.
"You have one thing wrong." Kagura said. "You don't have a deck."
"Oh yeah..." Kyu thought.
"I'll duel you then!" Hide said, stepping forward.
"You've got to be kidding me..." Kagura said.
"I've been pushed around by everybody, it's about time that I've shown what I'm really for." Hide growled, whipping out his duel disk. He threw off his jacket, revealing his slick black shirt, taking his deck from his pocket and putting it into his deck holster, causing his Duel Disk to fold out.
"Yeah Hide, show him who you really are." Kyu said, clenching his fists.
"Fine then, I'll use Mr. Champion's deck here." Kagura said, slipping Kyu's deck into his Duel Disk.
Hide suddenly felt some panic. "Kyu's deck?" Hide said.
"Don't worry Hide... He may have powerful cards, but he won't be able to use them at all." Kyu said. "He's not me."
"That's what I'm worrying about..." Hide thought.
"Duel!" Kagura and Hide announced, taking their first five cards.
Kagura smiled, looking at his hand. "Sapphire Dragon, in attack mode! (1900/1600) I'll then set a card face down and end my turn."
"Draw..." Hide announced, drawing his card. Hide suddenly smiled at his new card. "The card father sent me..."
"Your dad sent you cards?" Kyu said.
"Yes, and I cherish them a lot. Now! I'll summon this, Silent Swordsman Level 0! (1000/1000)" Hide announced as the small warrior appeared on the field, wielding a small sword and wearing small armor.
"Wow, weakling here plays weak cards." Kagura laughed.
"I'll then set two cards face down and end my turn!" Hide announced.
"Draw!" Kagura announced, smiling evilly. "Activate magic card, Bond of Brothers! With this I can summon two monsters of the same type by only sacrificing one thousand life points (LP: 3000)."
"No, this is similar to Kyu's combination." Hide growled.
"Now! I summon Y Dragon Head (1500/1600), and Z Metal Caterpillar! (1500/300)" Kagura announced as the mechanical dragon and tank materialized onto the field. "And also, I'll summon this, X Head Cannon! (1800/1500)"
"Err..." Hide growled.
"Heh, this is perfect, this duel is way too easy." Kagura smirked. "Now combine!"
"Reveal trap card!" Hide announced, throwing his hand into the air as the card flipped up. "Invalid Fusion!"
"What?!" Kagura shouted.
"This permanent trap card keeps both of us from summoning any fusion monsters as long as it exists on the field." Hide smiled.
"Heh." Kagura said. "Still, my machines are way stronger than your puny little warrior. Now! All three, attack!"
Hide growled. "Reveal trap card, Attack Nullification!"
Suddenly a huge vortex appeared as the machines charged forward, causing them to get sucked in and blown out back to their original positions. "This trap card negates your attack and ends your battle phase."
"All you're doing is stalling which doesn't help you." Kagura growled. "I'll set a card face down and end my turn."
"Draw!" Hide announced, drawing his next card. "Now! I can activate Silent Swordsman's effect! It'll now grow into Silent Swordsman Level 1! (1500/1500)"
Suddenly the tiny warrior grew a little. "Heh, still weak." Kagura laughed. "But I'll change that, reveal trap card, Computer Worm!"
"What's that?" Hide wondered.
"No..." Kyu said. "That trap card allows him to make his machines more stronger within each turn."
"He's right, by sacrificing a monster from my hand, I can increase all these machines by five hundred attack points." Kagura smirked. "And while you'll only have one growing monster, I'll have three."
Hide growled, knowing he can't be beaten by someone who stole his best friend's deck. Hide looked at his hand and smiled. "I'll eliminate those machines before they can over power me!" Hide said, holding up a card. "Now! I summon this, Fiend Megacyber! (2200/1200)"
"I can summon this monster when you have two more monsters than I do." Hide explained. "Now attack and destroy his X Head Cannon!" Hide said, pointing at the machine.
The warrior dove forward, ready to punch through the machine. "I don't think so." Kagura smirked.
Suddenly a barrier appeared before the machine, blocking off the warrior's attack. "What?" Hide gasped.
"Also, Computer Worm can negate one attack against one machine monster, same goes with the others." Kyu said.
"He's right so you'll have to work twice as hard, but it's not like you're showing any effort." Kagura smirked.
Hide looked at his hand once more. "I'll summon Iron Knight, Gearfried in defense mode (1600/1800) and set a card face down, ending my turn." Hide announced.
"Draw..." Kagura announced. "Because of his trap card I won't be able to summon XYZ Dragon Cannon, but I can power up my monsters."
"I have to protect my monster as long as possible..." Hide said to himself.
"Now! I'll activate Computer Worm's special effect and discard a monster card from my hand to increase all my monster's power!" Kagura announced as X Head Cannon's attack rose to 2300, Z Metal Caterpillar to 2000, and Y Dragon Head to 2000. "X Head Cannon, attack and destroy his Fiend Megacyber!"
The machine charged forward, punching through the warrior, destroying it. Hide gasped, shielding himself with his arm as the debris flew at him, reducing his life points to 3900. "Y Dragon Head, destroy his Iron Knight!" Kagura announced after X Head Cannon's attack.
The mechanical dragon blasted a energy sphere toward the warrior, destroying it easily. "And now, Z Metal Caterpillar, destroy his final monster!" Kagura announced, pointing his hand at Silent Swordsman Level 1.
The tank fired two torpedo's directly toward the swordsman. Kyu gasped. "No! Hide's new monster will be destroyed!" He said.
"Reveal trap card, Transparent Defender!" Hide announced as his trap card flipped up.
Suddenly the two torpedos went right through the warrior and directly at Hide. Hide screamed as the torpedos exploded on him, reducing his life points to 1900.
"Hide's actually that dedicated to his Silent Swordsman... He must cherish it since his father gave him the card." Kyu said.
"You're a fool to protect your monster like that!" Kagura added. "My turn ends!"
"Draw!" Hide announced, drawing his next card, now with two cards in his hand. "And now! Silent Swordsman Level 1 will transform to Silent Swordsman Level 2! (2000/2000)"
Suddenly the warrior grew more, reaching a higher age each time he transforms. "And now! I'll summon this, Rock Warrior! (1500/1300)" Hide announced.
"Yes this monster can help Hide a lot now." Kyu thought.
"Now! Rocket Warrior, attack X Head Cannon!" Hide announced, pointing at the machine. "And when Rocket Warrior attacks your X Head Cannon, instead of it being destroyed, your monster will lose five hundred attack points!"
"No..." Kagura growled as the rocket warrior's head, legs, and arms folded in, forming a rocket and firing at the machine. The rocket took a chunk out of the machine, reducing it's attack power to 1800.
"Silent Swordsman Level 2, attack and destroy his X Head Cannon!" Hide announced, pointing at the machine. The warrior jumped forward, slashing it's sword across the machine, destroying it. Kagura growled as his life points reduced to 3800. "I'll then set a card face down and end my turn!"
"Yes! Hide managed to defeat one of his monsters!" Kyu said as his heart pounded hard, hoping Hide won't doubt himself.
"Draw!" Kagura announced, drawing his next card. Kagura laughed, holding one of Kyu's cards. "Now! I sacrifice Z Metal Caterpillar to summon this, Android Psycho Shocker! (2400/1500)"
"No..." Hide gasped.
"And now! Android Psycho Shocker, destroy his Rocket Warrior!" Kagura announced, pointing at the warrior. The android blasted a energy sphere at the warrior, destroying it and reducing Hide's life points to 1000. "This ends my turn."
"He didn't attack my Silent Swordsman." Hide smiled, drawing his next card. "And now that I've moved into my Standby Phase, Silent Swordsman Level 2 changes to Silent Swordsman Level 3! (2500/2500)"
Kagura stood there, with his usual smirk as Hide's monster grew up into more of a teen. "And now! Destroy his Android Psycho Shocker!" Hide announced, pointing at the android.
"Fool!" Kagura laughed as the swordsman leapt forward. The warrior slashed down it's sword but a suddenly shield formed in front of the android, blocking it off.
"No!" Hide gasped.
"Don't you realize my Computer Worm is still in effect?" Kagura smirked. "And now that you have no other move, you'll be as useless as your little friend."
Hide growled. "He's to tough..." He thought.
"Hide... Don't give up..." Kyu said. "He's all talk but no show, show him whose truley to better duelist!"
Hide growled. "I won't let my best friend's deck be taken away!" He yelled.
"Too bad, you have no other option." Kagura smiled.
"I have this..." Hide said to himself, holding a card in his hand. "Activate magic card, Tempest!"
"No!" Kagura gasped.
"With this, all magic and trap cards on the field are destroyed!" Hide said as a giant whirl wind came up, sweeping up Hide's face down cards and his Invalid Fusion along with Kagura's face down cards and Computer Worm.
Hide smiled. "This duel will start over! And I will make sure your crime will pay!" He said, pointing his finger.
"Wow... Hide's turned into a new person..." Kyu said. "It makes me feel great to be his friend!"
Kagura growled. "You may have stopped my trap card but you've brought your own destruction." He said.
"I'll set a card face down and end my turn." Hide announced.
"Draw..." Kagura announced, drawing his card. He smiled at his new card. "I'll activate this, Pot of Greed!"
Kagura swiftly drew his two cards. "Now! I activate this, Mega Fusion!"
"No..." Hide said. "Kyu's ultimate monster..."
"That's right, the one machine which we've seen destroy everyone else here, but now it's on my side..." Kagura laughed as X head Cannon, Y Dragon head, and Z Metal Caterpillar burst out of his graveyard holster, all forming into one machine. "Now go! XYZ Dragon Cannon! (2800/2600)"
Hide felt the hairs on his neck stand up, fearing for this great monster as Kagura was about to sick on him. Kyu smiled. "It's only a monster, all monsters have weaknesses." He said.
"Right..." Hide nodded, tossing back his fears.
CARDS PLAYED
Sapphire Dragon: Level 4 / 1900/1600/ Wind / Dragon.
Silent Swordsman Level 0: Level 4 /1000/1000/ Light / Warrior / Desc: During each of your Standby Phases, you can Special Summon 1 "Silent Swordsman Level 1" from your deck or hand, to the field. This card cannot be designated as a target for any Magic Cards
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.)
X Head Cannon: Level 4 / 1800/1500/ Light / Machine.
Invalid Fusion: PERMANENT TRAP / Desc: As long as this card remains face up on the field, neither play can summon any Fusion Monster no matter what the situation.
Attack Nullification: TRAP / Desc: Negate the attack of your opponent's monster and end their Battle Phase.
Silent Swordsman Level 1: Level 4 /1500/1500/ Light / Warrior / Desc: This card can only be Special Summoned by the effect of "Silent Swordsman Level 0". During each of your Standby Phases, you can Special Summon 1 "Silent Swordsman Level 2" from your deck or hand, to the field. This card cannot be designated as a target for any Magic Cards
Computer Worm: PERMANENT MAGIC / Desc: During each of your Standby Phases, sacrifice 1 Monster Card from your hand to increase all Machine-Type monster's ATK by 500. If one of your Machine-type monsters is targeted for an attack, you can negate the attack, this effect only works for one Machine-Type monster each.
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.
Iron Knight, Gearfried: Level 4 / 1800/1600/ Earth / Warrior / Desc: Any Equip Card this card is equipped with is automatically destroyed.
Transparent Defender: TRAP / Desc: When your opponent announces an attack, you may activate this card to deal direct damage to your Life Points of the monster instead of the attack upon your own monster.
Silent Swordsman Level 2: Level 4 /2000/2000/ Light / Warrior / Desc: This card can only be Special Summoned by the effect of "Silent Swordsman Level 1". During each of your Standby Phases, you can Special Summon 1 "Silent Swordsman Level 3" from your deck or hand, to the field. This card cannot be designated as a target for any Magic Cards
Rocket Warrior: Level 4 / 1500/1300/ Light / Warrior / Desc: This effect can only be sued during your Battle Phase. When this card attacks a monster on the field with a higher ATK than this card, this monster is not destroyed and Battle Damage is reduced to 0. Also, reduce the attack target's ATK by 500 for the remainder of the turn.
Android Psycho Shocker: Level 6 / 2400/1500/ Dark / Machine / Desc: As long as this card remains face up on the field, the effect and activation of Trap Cards are negated.
Silent Swordsman Level 3: Level 4 /2500/2500/ Light / Warrior / Desc: This card can only be Special Summoned by the effect of "Silent Swordsman Level 2". During each of your Standby Phases, you can Special Summon 1 "Silent Swordsman Level 4" from your deck or hand, to the field. This card cannot be designated as a target for any Magic Cards
Tempest: MAGIC / Desc: Destroy all Magic and Trap cards on the field.
Pot of Greed: MAGIC / Desc: Draw 2 cards from your deck.
Mega Fusion: MAGIC / Desc: Remove 2 or more monsters from your graveyard, to create 1 Fusion Monster of those fusion material monsters.
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.