23. Tag Duel, Death Match!
Hide sighed. "Man I can't believe this." He said as Kyu looked down on him.
"Why? What's wrong?" Kyu asked.
"I don't mean to doubt you, but I just can't help but feel this heavy punishment on you guys." He said, glancing at Yukie.
Suddenly the intercom went up. "Yukie Ishikawa and Kyu-Haru, report to the X-4 Dueling Arena immediately." Mimura's voice went up.
Doxx looked down to the dueling field, wondering if Kyu and Yukie would show. Sophia and Genesis smiled evilly, sitting back near around Doxx. "This shouldn't take too long, I knew this would happen." Sophia chuckled.
"You girls are something..." Doxx said. "But you both need to lighten up on these guys, give them a chance."
"It's not our fault they violated rules and for that they get a punishment duel." Genesis smirked.
Yukie and Kyu got their duel disks ready. Quartz looked down the hall toward Mimura who awaited them. "What do you have for them?" Quartz asked.
"Nothing of your business. But Quartz-san, we have much things to discuss." Mimura said, looking at him sternly. "You actions of Duelist Academy toward Kyu-Haru are wearing you down. Your reputation is becoming nothing, so I wouldn't worry about your opponent's more of your Duel Grades."
Quartz growled as Mimura stepped out onto the opposite hall of Kyu and Yukie. "Kyu and Yukie, for breaking the rules of the Battle Royale Competition, you are here by expelled from Duelist Academy, but with certain punishments come with certain opportunities. You will now enroll in the Tag team duel against two hosts of Duel Monsters chosen especially from Seto Kaiba himself."
"This is excellent." Kyu smiled.
Suddenly Isona appeared, carrying a envelope. "Sorry to interrupt, Master Kaiba must insist you read this." He said.
Mimura looked at the envelope and tore it open, revealing a letter. Mimura's eyes scanned the paper and looked back up at them. "By Master Kaiba's letter, I lift this punishment off of Yukie Ishikawa."
"What?" Yukie said in shock.
"What?" Doxx, Sophia, and Genesis all said. Everyone in the crowd began mumbling and whispering to each other.
"Due to the fact this is your first week here, this will serve as a warning. As for you, Kyu-Haru, a duelist whose been here long enough will have to chose a new partner." Mimura said.
"A new partner..." Kyu said.
"Sorry, Kyu." Yukie said.
Kyu smiled. "No problem." Kyu nodded his head. "It's not your fault."
Yukie backed down and sat up with Doxx and the two Obelisk Blue girls. "Lucky break, too bad this is only a warning." Sophia growled.
"Who do you think he'll chose?" Doxx said.
Kyu looked at the group of his friends, Doxx, Hide, and Yukie. Without a thought, he pointed his finger at Hide. "Hide!" He called out.
"Ryou Hide, you are now enrolled with this Tag Duel." Mimura announced.
"Me?! Are you sure Kyu?" Hide said, hiding behind the railing.
"When have I ever doubted you?" Kyu said. "Besides, you're my friend! Either way if we lose or not, we'll still be friends."
"But I'm not sure if I can keep up, you're practically in my hands now!" Hide said.
"Ryou Hide, please report to the duel arena." Mimura instructed.
Hide sighed, whipping out his duel disk and slipping his deck in. He swiftly ran next to Kyu and they stepped up into their squares.
"Now with this underway, I introduce your opponents. Sir Harem and Lady Pulce" Mimura announced as the other two squares rose up, revealing a man with a black mohawk and piercing above his eyes and on his chin. He wore a black leather jacket with a skull on the back and with studs along his sleeves and blue jeans with hexagram drawings. Pulce had a black tank top with long black hair, her make-up made her look pal and black eye liner gave her her own goth look. She had tight black leather pants.
"Wow..." Hide said.
"So these are our opponents for this year eh?" Harem said with a devious look. "Little guy over there look like he'll wet his pants."
"Hey!" Kyu blurted.
"Hush, man. These guys are kind of cute, cuter than the ones we took out last year." Pulce smiled.
They both readied their duel disks. Their life points rising to 8000. Kyu and Hide growled, raising their Duel Disks, causing them to glow, increasing their life points to 8000.
"Duel!" All four of them announced.
"These guys look serious..." Yukie said, looking at Harem and Pulce.
"They've got powerful deck abilities too." Doxx said. "Harem goes for the full trick attack while Pulce goes for the controlling."
"Heh, they don't have a chance at all." Genesis smiled evilly.
"I'll begin!" Hide announced, drawing his first set of cards. "And I'll summon Gunman of Landstar in defense mode! (1200/900). I'll also set a card face down and end my turn!"
Suddenly a warrior wielding a shot gun materialized to the field.
"Draw!" Harem announced, drawing his first set of cards. "Hell Soldier, attack mode! (1200/1000)"
Harem smiled as his dark warrior materialized onto the field. He glanced as Pulce and she glanced back, both of them nodding. "I'll then set a card face down and end my turn."
"Draw!" Kyu announced, taking his card.
"Tortoise Cannon! (2000/1000) in defense mode!" Kyu announced as a mechanical turtle appeared on the field, having a giant cannon on it's shell. "I'll then set two cards face down and end my turn."
"Draw!" Pulce announced, drawing her card. "Four cards face down, thus my turn ends."
"Only face down cards?" Hide wondered. "What could she be hiding..."
"It's your move, pansy boy." Harem taunted.
"Draw!" Hide announced, angered by Harem's taunting.
"Reveal trap card!" Pulce announced. "Cold Love!"
"What?" Kyu said.
"This trap card allows me to take control of a monster on the field. But I won't be able to attack or defend with it." Pulce smiled. "And I chose your Gunman of Landstar!"
Suddenly the trap card's picture created a big pink heart. It floated toward the gunman, taking it to Pulce's side of the field.
"Why would she do this... It'd be better for them if she took Kyu's Tortoise Cannon." Hide thought.
Hide looked at his hand. "Now! I summon this, Freedom Fighter of Landstar! (1000/500)" Hide announced as a warrior materialized onto the field. It had no weapons but only itself. "Because I've summoned this, it allows me to summon another landstar monster so now! I'll bring forth Swordsman of Landstar! (500/1200)"
"Kid, you've got to be kidding me for summoning all those weak monsters." Harem smirked.
"My turn ends." Hide announced.
"Draw..." Harem announced. "Now, to summon this monster, I need to discard a card from my hand."
Harem smirked, discarding a monster card from his hand, to his graveyard. "Now I can summon this, The Tricky! (2000/1200)"
Suddenly a warrior with a long cape and a big question mark on it's chest materialized onto the field. Hide and Kyu gasped. "Now! The Tricky, attack and destroy his Swordsman of Landstar!"
The warrior dove forward, ready to punch through the warrior when Hide smiled. "Activate trap card, Landstar's Shield!" Hide announced. Suddenly the two Landstar warriors held up giant shields. The Tricky punched at the shield but it didn't budge.
"What's this?" Harem said, confused.
"My trap card makes your attack invalid and keeps you from attacking any of my landstar warriors for the remainder of your turn." Hide smiled.
Harem growled. "Whatever, they're not worth attacking since they are so weak." Harem smirked. "I'll end my turn."
"Draw!" Kyu announced, drawing his next card. "Seraphim Gunner, in attack position! (1800/1200)"
"Hmmm.." Pulce said as the angel wielding a shot gun materialized to the field.
"And now! I sacrifice Tortoise Cannon so I can directly inflict life points with half of it's attack points!" Kyu said, pointing at the two.
"What?" Pulce gasped.
Suddenly the tortoise blasted itself toward the two, exploding in the middle of them. Harem and Pulce shielded themselves as the blast blew their life points down to 7500. "How dare you!" Pulce growled.
"You'll pay..." Harem scolded.
"Now! Seraphim Gunner, attack and destroy his Hell Soldier!" Kyu announced, pointing at the soldier. The angel jumped forward, blasting the soldier with it's gun, destroying it. Suddenly soldier's sword stood up and charged itself toward Kyu, slashing it.
Kyu screamed, falling to his knee as Harem and Pulce's life points reduced to 6900. Suddenly Kyu and Hide's life points reduced to 7400.
"Fool, by destroying my Hell Soldier, it damage your life points with the same damage you put on me." Harem explained.
"I'll end my turn." Kyu announced.
"Draw..." Pulce announced, drawing her card. "Now! I activate my face down card, Parasite of Life!"
Pulce laughed as her face down magic card flipped up. "With this magic card, I can special summon a level four monster from your graveyards, and I have the perfect monster in my sight, Tortoise Cannon! (2000/1000)"
"No..." Kyu growled.
"So now that I have this lovely monster, I'll use it's effect on your Gunman of Landstar!" Pulce said as the gun warrior hopped into the mechanical turtle's cannon. The cannon aimed toward Kyu and Hide who looked in shock as the cannon fired the warrior at them.
Hide and Kyu screamed in pain as their life points reduced to 6950. "I'll then set a card face down and end my turn." Pulce announced, adding a third card onto her magic and trap card zone.
"Draw!" Hide announced, drawing his next card. Hide smiled, holding up his card. "Now! I'll sacrifice Swordsman of Landstar and Freedom Fighter of Landstar to summon this, Buster Blader! (2600/2300)"
Hide's two warriors dissolved and Buster Blader's card flipped up, shattering and releasing the power warrior onto the field.
"I'll then activate Raise Dead to bring back Freedom Fighter of Landstar! (1000/500) With it's effect, I'll bring forth Knight of Landstar! (1200/800)"
"No way..." Harem growled.
"Don't give in..." Pulce warned.
"And since I have Knight of Landstar on the field, Freedom Fighter of Landstar gains an additional four hundred attack points! (1400/500)" Hide explained. "And you won't be able to attack my knight as long as my other monsters are on the field so now! Buster Blader, destroy his Tricky monster!"
"Hide's doing excellent, I'll have to do my share on my next turn." Kyu thought.
Harem smiled. "Activate magic card, Devil's Spy Glass!" Harem announced as his magic card flipped up, turning into a giant spy glass. "This card allows me to activate a magic card from one of you two hands."
"What?" Kyu thought.
The spyglass floated toward Kyu's hand, revealing his three cards. Two were monster cards, only one was a magic card. "Excellent, I chose your Shrink magic card and use it on his Buster Blader!"
"No!" Hide gasped as the warrior suddenly shrank. Before Hide knew it, the warrior was down to size and The Tricky squashed it with it's hand. Hide looked in shock as their life points reduced to 6250.
"I'll end my turn..." Hide said, sadly, knowing his work did nothing.
"Draw!" Harem announced, drawing his card. He smiled, viewing his new card. "Now! I activate this, Magic of Tricky 4!"
"What's that?" Kyu said.
"By sacrificing my Tricky, I'm able to summon Tricky Tokens (3x 2000/1200) to the field equal to amount of monsters you both have on the field." Harem explained as two Tricky monsters appeared behind the one Tricky. "That's triple the power for me."
"No way!" Hide gasped.
"He's become more powerful now..." Kyu said.
"I'll then summon this, Death Soldier! (1400/1200)" Harem announced as the scythe wielding soldier rose from the ground. "I'll then reveal this magic card, Spirit of The Tricky!"
"What's that?" Kyu said.
"This is a special magic card, in which you'll fall to." Harem smirked, glancing at Pulce. "I'll then end my turn but in doing so, I've activated my Spirit of The Tricky. To keep it on the field, I need to sacrifice a monster, so I sacrifice my Death Soldier!"
Suddenly the soldier disappeared and Harem's turn ended.
"How could he do that to his own monster?" Kyu wondered, taking his next card. "Now! I summon this, Seraphim Saber! (1600/1500) And since I've summoned this, both my Seraphim Saber and Seraphim Gunner's effect are activated! They each gain three hundred attack points for any other angel-type monster on the field!"
"Yes, Kyu'll pull through now." Hide smiled as the two angels glowed, causing Seraphim Gunner's attack power to raise to 2100, and Seraphim Saber to 1900.
"Now! Seraphim Gunner, attack and destroy his Tricky Token!" Kyu shouted, pointing at one of the Tricky monsters.
The angel dove forward but suddenly a sinister laugh appeared and the angel stopped. "What?" Kyu said in shock as a sudden burst of electricity flew out of the angel directly at Kyu.
Kyu screamed, falling to his knees as their life points decreased to 5200. "Heh, you should have done your studying. This rare card has a lot of tricks behind it." Harem laughed, pointing his his Spirit of Tricky magic card. "It allows me to equip it to one random monster on the field, and if you attack with the my chosen monster, your attack back fires, inflicting damage by half of the monster's attack power."
"Err.. No way his plan seems impossible to beat..." Hide thought.
Harem laughed. "You two will be out of here in no time." He said.
"I'll end my turn." Kyu announced.
"Draw!" Pulce announced, drawing her next card. "And now! Reveal my face down card!"
Suddenly a gush of wind blew over as the card flipped up. "Flash Control!" Pulce announced. "This is a nifty little trap card which allows me to take control of one of Kyu's monsters that hasn't attacked by paying only five hundred life points."
"Seen this before..." Sophia said out of boredom.
"They use this strategy every year, no one has yet to defeat it." Doxx said to Yukie.
"Seems awesome, but poor Kyu... I hope he can beat it!" Yukie said.
"And now! I sacrifice five hundred of our life points (LP: 6400) to take control of your Seraphim Saber!" Pulce announced as the angel flew toward her side of the field.
"Why can't she use her own monsters?" Kyu said.
"For your information, I have none." Pulce smiled deviously.
"What?! A deck with no monsters!" Hide said in shock.
"That's right, in case you haven't figured it out, my deck is strictly based on only controlling my opponent's monsters, not using my own." Pulce smiled.
"Well how can that be called a deck. You can't just rely on magic and traps to help you win a duel, monsters aren't there for no reason." Kyu said.
"Who are you to tell me? I've never been defeated before." Pulce smiled. "So now! Seraphim Saber, attack and destroy his Freedom Fighter of Landstar!"
The angel leapt forward, slashing it's blade down the tiny warrior, destroying it. Hide gasped as the slash went toward him, damaging him as their life points reduced to 5000. "Finally! I sacrifice Seraphim Saber to Tortoise Cannon!"
The angel jumped into the turtle's cannon and was directly fired at Hide and Kyu, causing an explosion. Hide and Kyu screamed again as their life points reduced to 4200.
"I'll then set two cards face down which ends my turn." Pulce announced, leaving her magic and trap card zone filled.
Hide looked at the two in depression. "How can we beat them if they have such a powerful combination in their hands?" Hide thought.
"Hide, don't worry." Kyu said, giving him a quick thumbs up. "We can beat them."
"He seems to confident, doesn't he realize that he could get expelled?" Hide thought. "What am I talking about?! It's Kyu! He's never doubted himself, I'll support him all the way!"
Harem and Pulce glared at them, knowing their success hasn't failed and it won't fail now.
CARDS PLAYED
Gunman of Landstar: Level 3 / 900/1200/ Light / Warrior.
Hell Soldier: Level 4 / 1200/1000/ Dark / Demon / Desc: When this Monster is destroyed and sent to the Graveyard, do damage to your opponent equal to the amount of Battle Damage by the controller of this card
Tortoise Cannon: Level 4 / 1000/2000/ Water / Reptile / Desc: Sacrifice 1 face-up Level 4 or lower monster to do damage to your opponent's Life Points equal to half of the Monster's ATK.
Cold Love: PERMANENT TRAP / Desc: Take control of one of your opponent's face-up monsters. As long as this card is face up, the selected monster cannot Attack or Defend. If the selected monster is destroyed by Battle, Battle Damage is negated.
Freedom Fighter of Landstar: Level 3 / 1000/500/ Light / Warrior / Desc: When this card is Normal, Reversed, of Special Summoned, the player can Special Summoned another monster with "Landstar" in it's name to the field.
Swordsman of Landstar: Level 3 / 500/1200/ Earth / Warrior
The Tricky: Level 5 / 2000/1200/ Wind / Warrior / Desc: This card can only be Special Summoned by discarding 1 card from your hand, to your graveyard.
Landstar's Shield: TRAP / Desc: When your opponent's monster attacks a monster on your side of the field with "Landstar" in it's name, negate the attack. Your opponent cannot select any monsters on the field with "Landstar" in it's name as an attack target for the remainder of the turn.
Seraphim Gunner: Level 4 / 1800/1200/ The Attack points of this monster increases by 300 for each Angel-Type monster on the field.
Parasite of Life: MAGIC / Desc: Special Summon 1 Level 4 or lower monster from your opponent's graveyard, to your side of the field.
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
Raise Dead: MAGIC / Desc: Special summon 1 Monster Card from either you or your opponent's Graveyard onto the fiel in face up Defense or Attack Position
Knight of Landstar: Level 3 / 1200/800/ Light / Warrior/ Desc: This card cannot be attacked if there are any other monsters on your side of the field. As long as this card remains face-up on the field, any face-up monsters with "Landstar" in it's name gains 400 ATK.
Devil's Spy Glass: QUICK PLAY MAGIC / Desc: Pay 1000 Life Points to activate 1 Magic Card from your opponent's hand.
Shrink: QUICK PLAY MAGIC / Desc: Reduce 1 face-up monster's ATK by half for the remainder of the turn.
Magic of Tricky 4: MAGIC / Desc: Sacrifice 1 face-up "The Tricky" to Special Summon "Tricky Tokens" (Level 5 / 2000/1200/ Wind / Warrior) to the field equal to amount of monsters on your opponent's side of the field.
Death Soldier: Level 4 / 1400/1200/ Dark / Warrior / Desc: When this card is destroyed by a card effect, Special Summon this card back on the field on your next Standby Phase.
Spirit of The Tricky: PERMANENT MAGIC / Desc: This card can only be activated if there is a "The Tricky" on the field. During each of the beginning of your opponent's Battle Phases, equip this card to one random Monster on your opponent's side of the field. When the selected monster attacks, negate the attack and deal damage to your opponent's life points equal to half the amount of ATK the selected monster has. Sacrifice 1 Monster on your side of the field during each of your End Phases, if you cannot, this card is destroyed. This card cannot be destroyed by Magic, Trap, or Monster card effect.
Seraphim Saber: Level 4 / 1600/1500/ Light / Angel / Desc: The Attack Points of this monster increases by 300 ATK for each Angel-Type monster on the field.
Flash Control: PERMANENT TRAP / Desc: Pay 500 Life Points during each of your Main Phases to take control of 1 face-up monster on your side of the field in which has not attacked during your opponent's last turn for the remainder of the turn.