22. Revelation of Hide
The score sat at Hide: 1000 and Kagura: 3800. With XYZ Dragon Cannon and Android Psycho Shocker, it seems doubtful for Hide's win.
Kyu knew Hide's Silent Swordsman warrior can come forth and real it's strength and with Hides too. "I can do this..." Hide said to himself, facing the giant machine. "I have to do it in order to save Kyu's deck"
"This guy has no clue, just because he has a strong monster doesn't mean he can destroy two at once." Kagura smirked. "Now! XYZ Dragon Cannon, destroy his Silent Swordsman"
"No" Kyu gasped.
"Reveal magic card" Hide announced. "Interdimensional Gateway!
"Huh" Kagura said.
"This trap card saves my Silent Swordsman from your attack by removing it from play until your end phase." Hide announced as the swordsman suddenly disappeared.
"Damn, I can't destroy that thing..." Kagura growled. He saw with his Android Psycho Shocker, he could make the win.
Hide felt Kagura's victory taking place now. "As much as I would love to win, I still want to see the look on your face when I destroy your stupid swordsman, I end my turn" Kagura announced. Suddenly Silent Swordsman Level 3 returned to the field.
"Now he's just toying with Hide..." Kyu growled.
"It's just a free chance now" Hide thought, drawing his next card. "Now! Activate magic card, Treasure of Heaven"
"With this, both of us have to draw until we each have six cards in our hands." Hide said. Both players had no cards in their hands, it was a plus for both of them. "And now! Silent Swordsman evolves to Level 4! (3000/3000)"
Kagura smiled, knowing Hide was bound to lose. Hide's Silent Swordsman grew more mature, changing into a taller warrior with a longer sword. "Silent Swordsman Level 4! Attack and destroy his Android Psycho Shocker"
The swordsman jumped forward, slashing down on the android, destroying it. "Ha! Hide's gotten you loosened down" Kyu said, pointing.
"Don't think so." Kagura smirked, discarding a card from his hand. "I've activated Kuriboh! That means I gain no battle damage."
Hide growled. "I'll summon Jet Warrior (1700/1600) in attack mode." He announced as a jet-shaped warrior materialized onto the field. "I'll also set two cards face down and end my turn."
"Draw" Kagura announced, drawing his card. "Now! I discard a card from my hand, thus activating XYZ Dragon Cannon's effect"
"No" Hide cried out.
Suddenly XYZ Dragon Cannon unleashed a round of missiles at Silent Swordsman, destroying it easily.
Suddenly Hide smiled. "What are you so happy about..." Kagura said.
"Jet Warrior's effect is activated" Hide announced as it began to glow. "As soon as you destroyed my Silent Swordsman, my Jet Warrior is able to gain the exact attack points as my Silent Swordsman"
"No" Kagura gasped.
Jet Warrior's attack points rose to 4700. Kagura took a step back. "No way..." He growled.
"Draw" Hide announced, drawing his next card. "Activate magic card, Raise Dead! With this I bring back Silent Swordsman Level 4! (3000/3000)"
"Hide's going to win... But what does this mean for me" Kyu thought. "Hide's actually powerful but would he actually defeat me in a duel like this"
"This is your end, Kagura" Hide announced, pointing his finger. "Silent Swordsman, atta..."
"Stop this duel at once" Mimura shouted at the students. Hide whipped around to see Mimura and Yukie running toward them with some security guards.
"Secure that duelist" Mimura said, pointing at Kagura. The guards grabbed a hold of Kagura, but he threw them back and jumped off the high docks.
One of the security guards managed to slip off the duel disk but Kagura got away in a motor boat, but the boat was being handled by a different person.
"Look, it's Mikami..." Kyu pointed out.
"The duelist who stole Pegasus J. Crawford's deck" Hide said, peering down as they got away.
"Both must be working together." Mimura said. "I'll be sure they never return to this island again"
Mimura trailed off on how he'll get those brats and Yukie, Hide, and Kyu stuck around. "Since class is already over, we need to talk Hide." Kyu said.
"You're an amazing duelist, ever since my loss toward Violet, I knew she was a tough duelist and predicted my loss, but is there really a strength you're hiding from us" Kyu asked.
"I don't know..." Hide thought.
"Then I suggest we do a practice duel." Kyu insisted, taking Kagura's duel disk.
Hide smiled. "Sure, we're just friends." Hide laughed. "I've proven myself a lot, hey maybe I can beat you this time."
"This time" Yukie asked.
"We do practice duels like every night, Kyu always seems to win though." Hide said. But he had a feeling that bothered him. Why did Kyu want to practice duel now.
"Duel" Kyu and Hide both announced as their life points rose to 4000.
"Me first, draw" Kyu announced, drawing his first card. "X Head Cannon, attack mode! (1800/1500). I'll also set two cards face down and end my turn"
"Draw" Hide announced, drawing his card. "Melee Fighter, defense mode! (500/1400) I'll too set a card face down and end my turn"
"Draw..." Kyu announced, drawing his card. Kyu smiled. "I'll summon this, Y Dragon Head! (1500/1600)"
Suddenly the red mechanical dragon materialized onto the field, roaring through the air. "Reveal trap card! Draw! Summon!"
"Draw Summon" Kyu wondered.
"This trap card allows us to Special Summon any monster we draw outside of our draw phase." Hide explained.
"Hmm what could he be planning" Kyu wondered. "Now! I combine Y Dragon Head and X Head Cannon into XY Dragon Cannon! (2400/2100)"
Hide watched as the two machines joined together, forming one machine as electrical currents flew around them. "XY Dragon Cannon, destroy his Melee Fighter"
The machine's cannons pointed at the lone fighter, firing missiles at it and destroying it. Hide covered himself of the explosion but showed no sign of weakening.
"My turn ends" Kyu announced.
"Draw" Hide announced, drawing his card. "Now, I activate this, Emblem of Dragon Destroyer"
"No" Kyu said, surprised by the hidden strategy.
"This magic card allows me to take Buster Blader from my deck and add it to my hand." Hide said as his deck holster slid out a card. Hide took it. "And with my Draw Summon trap card up, I can special summon it to the field! Now! I bring forth Buster Blader! (2600/2300)"
"One of Hide's strong monsters has been summoned and I didn't see that coming." Kyu said to himself. "He's playing like a real duelist now."
"I'll also summon this, Silent Swordsman Level 0! (1000/1000)" Hide announced. "Buster Blader, destroy his XY Dragon Cannon"
The warrior jumped forward, slashing down on the machine and destroying it. Kyu gasped, shielding himself from the machine's after explosion, reducing his life points to 3800.
"And finally! Silent Swordsman Level 0, attack his life points directly" Hide announced, pointing at Kyu.
"Reverse trap card" Kyu announced as his face down card flipped up. "Life Barrier"
"With this, you won't be able to attack my directly for three turns." Kyu explained as a pink bubble appeared round him. The swordsman slashed it's sword at the bubble but no harm came.
"This duel seems tense, they call this practice" Yukie thought.
"My turn ends." Hide announced.
"Draw..." Kyu announced, drawing his card. Kyu smiled at his hand. "Activate magic card, Change of Heart! This allows me to take control of one of your monsters and I chose Buster Blader"
Suddenly Buster Blader floated toward Kyu's side of the field, facing Hide. "I'll then activate my face down card, Dragon Tribe! Which changes Buster Blader into a dragon" Kyu announced as Buster Blader's helmet exploded into a raging dragon's head, along with a tail and claws. "Because of Buster Blader's effect, its attack power increases! (3100/2300)"
"No..." Hide thought.
"Next, I'll activate this, Revival of Diamond Sword" Kyu announced, holding the card up. "I'll sacrifice Buster Blader to activate it's effect"
Suddenly a sword came flying down from the sky, piercing Buster Blader, destroying it. The sword was sticking out of the ground and it create a large crack which now a diamond headed dragon emerged from. "I summon Diamond Head Dragon! (2550/2550)"
The dragon roared and Hide's Silent Swordsman began to look worried. "Diamond Head Dragon, attack" Kyu pointed.
Suddenly Hide smiled. "Activate magic card, Time Jump!" Hide announced.
"What" Kyu said.
"This magic card will accelerate time, stopping three of our turns later" Hide explained as stop watch appeared, and it began to tick. "And as those three turns go by, Silent Swordsman gets stronger! Now grow from level 0, to level 3"
Suddenly the little warrior transformed to a more older warrior. "Silent Swordsman Level 3! (2500/2500)" Hide announced. "And your attack is invalid."
"Clever move..." Kyu said. "I'll end my turn now."
"Draw" Hide announced. "Now! Silent Swordsman will grow to Silent Swordsman Level 4! (3000/3000)"
"Wow, Hide's winning this duel..." Yukie thought.
"Silent Swordsman Level 4, destroy his Diamond Head Dragon" Hide announced, pointing at the giant dragon. The swordsman leapt up into the air, stabbing it's sword down the dragon's diamond head, destroying it.
Kyu covered his head with his arm as the dragon exploded into pieces and Kyu's life points reduced to 3350.
"My turn ends" Hide announced.
"Draw..." Kyu announced, drawing his card. His face didn't change. "Z Metal Caterpillar (1300/1500) in defense mode!My turn ends"
"What's he doing? Hasn't he got anything to get back at Hide" Yukie thought, seeing only Z Metal Caterpillar defending itself.
"Draw..." Hide announced, drawing his card. "Now that I'm in my Standby Phase, Silent Swordsman Level 3 grows to Silent Swordsman Level 5! (3500/3500). I'll then summon Rocket Warrior in attack mode! (1500/1300)"
"No way... Kyu wouldn't let this happen" Yukie said to herself.
"Rocket Warrior, destroy his Z Metal Caterpillar" Hide announced, pointing at the tank. The small warrior shaped into a rocket and fired itself at the tank, destroying it easily.
"And now! Silent Swordsman Level 5, attack his..." Hide said but a suddenly yell stopped him.
"Ryou Hide, Yukie Ishikawa, and Kyu-Haru! Return to your dormitories at once" Mimura screamed from the hole in the wall. "It's not play time it's school time"
"Again..." Hide frowned. Kyu came up to Hide with a good look. "We'll call it a tie."
"Deal." Kyu smiled, shaking his hand. But deep down, he could sense a greater power in Hide.
"I think you're hiding something from me." Kyu chuckled.
"Huh? What" He said as the three started heading down toward the hall.
"Your dueling skills. You obviously haven't showed us anything like it." Yukie giggled. "Maybe sometime you can give us pointers and coach Kyu."
"Coach me? You're saying I'm too bad to be dueling on my own" Kyu said sarcastically.
"No way" Yukie laughed.
CARDS PLAYED
Interdimensional Gateway: QUICK PLAY MAGIC / Desc: Select 1 face-up monster on your side of the field and remove it from play until the End Phase of the turn this card is activated.
Treasure of Heaven: MAGIC / Desc: Each player must draw from their respective decks until each hand has 6 cards.
Silent Swordsman Level 4: Level 4 /3000/3000/ Light / Warrior / Desc: This card can only be Special Summoned by the effect of "Silent Swordsman Level 3". During each of your Standby Phases, you can Special Summon 1 "Silent Swordsman Level 5" from your deck or hand, to the field. This card cannot be designated as a target for any Magic Cards
Jet Warrior: Level 4 / 1700/1600/ Warrior / Desc: When one of your Warrior-Type monsters is destroyed by Card Effect, increase this card's ATK equal to the amount of ATK of the destroyed monster
Raise Dead: MAGIC / Desc: Special summon 1 Monster Card from either you or your opponent's Graveyard onto the field in face up Defense or Attack Position.
X Head Cannon: Level 4 / 1800/1500/ Light / Machine.
Melee Fighter: Level 3 / 1400/500/ Earth / Warrior.
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.)
XZ Caterpillar Cannon: Level 6 / 2400/2100/ Light / Machine / Fusion / Desc"X Head Cannon" "Z Metal Caterpillar". You cannot use "Fusion" to Fusion Summon this monster from your Fusion Deck. Discard 1 card from your hand, to destroy 1 face up Magic or Trap card on your opponent's side of the field.
Draw! Summon!: PERMANENT TRAP / Desc: Each time a player draws a Monster Card outside of their Draw Phase, that monster is Special Summoned to the field.
Emblem of Dragon Destroyer: MAGIC / Desc: Add 1 "Buster Blader" from your Deck or your Graveyard to your hand.
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
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
Life Barrier: TRAP / Desc: Your opponent cannot attack your Life Points directly for three of your opponent's turns.
Change of Heart: MAGIC / Desc: Take control of 1 monster on your opponent's side of the field for the remainder of the turn.
Dragon Tribe: TRAP / Desc: All monsters on your side of the field are treated as Dragon-Type until the end of the turn this card is activated.
Revival of Diamond Sword: QUICK PLAY MAGIC / Desc: Sacrifice 1 face up Dragon-Type monster to Special Summon 1 "Diamond Head Dragon" from your deck, to the field.
Diamond Head Dragon: Level 8 / Light / Dragon / Desc: The ATK of this monster is increased by half of the monster's ATK which was used as a sacrifice to summon this monster. Increase this card's ATK by 1000.
Time Jump: MAGIC / Desc: Accelerate game play by 3 of each player's turns.
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
Silent Swordsman Level 5: Level 4 /3500/3500/ Light / Warrior / Desc: This card can only be Special Summoned by the effect of "Silent Swordsman Level 4". During each of your Standby Phases, you can Special Summon 1 "Silent Swordsman Level 6" 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.