24. Tag Duel! Death Match!
The score was now Kyu and Hide at 4200 and Harem and Pulce at 6400. Pulce had her face up Flash Control, allowing her to take control of any of Kyu's monsters for a turn that have not attacked. She also had Kyu's Tortoise Cannon (2000/1000) which allowed her to sacrifice any monster she'd like to deal damage to their life points by half of it's attack power. Harem had his three Tricky Tokens (3x 2000/1500). Kyu had Seraphim Gunner (1800/1200). And Hide had Knight of Landstar (1600/800) and Freedom Fighter of Landstar (1400/500).
"My turn ends!" Pulce announced, holding her hand in a fist.
"Draw!" Hide announced, drawing his card. "Activate magic card, Treasure of Heaven! This magic card allows us all to draw from our hands till we all have six cards!"
"Excellent." Harem smiled, drawing his full hand.
"Next I'll use this, Tempest! This will destroy all magic and trap cards on the field!"
"Wrong!" Pulce shouted as one of her face down traps flipped up. "Activate trap card, Judgement of Anubis!"
"No!" Both Hide and Kyu gasped.
"This great trap card negates the effect of your Tempest magic card!" Pulce explained as Hide's magic card exploded. "And it allows me to destroy one monster on the field. So now! I chose Knight of Landstar!"
"Why would she chose my monster when Kyu's is the strongest?" Hide wondered. "Of course, Kyu knows he can't attack without risking another back fire from Harem's Spirit of Tricky, plus letting Pulce get control of it and sacrificing it to Tortoise Cannon. Or maybe she'll let Harem attack us head on with his Tricky Tokens."
Suddenly Knight of Landstar dissolved and Hide and Kyu's life points reduced to 2600. They both growled, fearing their loss and thinking how it'd be hard without Kyu around.
"I'll shift Freedom Fighter of Landstar to defensive mode (500/1000). Then I'll set a card face down and end my turn." Hide announced.
"Draw!" Harem announced loudly. He smiled. "Tricky Token! Destroy his Freedom Fighter of Landstar!"
The warrior flew forward, destroying the warrior with a single punch. Hide growled as it's debris flew past him. "Now, my second Tricky Token, destroy his Seraphim Gunner!" Harem shouted.
The second warrior flew forward, destroying it with one punch. Kyu growled as it's debris flew passed him, reducing their life points to 2400.
"And finally! My third Tricky Token, attack their life points directly!" Harem shouted wildly, his finger twitching as he pointed at the two.
The warrior formed a wind sphere with it's hands then fired it at the two. Hide and Kyu screamed loudly as they felt the force of the monster, reducing their life points to 400.
"No!" Yukie and Doxx shouted.
"Kyu can't lose! He's gotta win!" Yukie gasped.
"I can't believe this! This is ridiculous!" Doxx said, standing.
"That's what they get for breaking the rules." Sophia smirked.
"I'm surprised to see you guys are still here." Doxx growled. Genesis stuck her tongue out at Doxx.
"I'll set one card face down." Harem smiled. Him and Pulce saw the Spirit of The Tricky invade Seraphim Gunner. Kyu and Hide already predicted that Harem had chosen Kyu's Seraphim Gunner.
"If I don't attack with it, we'll be fine, but then we'll have to worry about Pulce and her trap card." Kyu said to himself.
"Next, Death Soldier's effect is activated!" Harem announced as it revived onto the field, dark cloak and scythe together. "Death Soldier returns to the field! (1200/1400)"
"What?" Hide said.
"I can bring my Death Soldier back if it is destroyed by a card effect." Harem said. "So now I'll sacrifice it to my Spirit of Tricky magic card, keeping it up for another turn. I'll then end my turn."
"Draw!" Kyu announced, taking his next card. "I might be able to back fire his Spirit of Tricky, but this is only a one shot."
"He has a plan..." Hide smiled, looking at Kyu who was concentrating on the cards he held.
"I'll summon Z Metal Caterpillar in defense mode! (1300/1500)" Kyu announced as the tank materialized onto the field. "I'll then set two cards face down and end my turn."
"Heh, fool!" Pulce laughed. "I'll activate the effect of Flash Control, by sacrificing five hundred of our life points (LP: 5900) I'll gain control of your Seraphim Gunner!"
Suddenly the angel floated to Pulce's side of the field. "Now I'll activate Tortoise Cannon's effect!" Pulce announced.
"Not so fast!" Kyu announced, holding his hand in a stop position. "Activate trap card, Traitor of The Battle!"
"What's that?" Harem smirked.
"This trap card forces one of your monsters to attack, and I chose Seraphim Gunner to attack my Z Metal Caterpillar!" Kyu announced.
"Why would you do such a thing like that?" Pulce growled as the angel pointed it's shotgun at his tank.
"No!" Harem growled.
"I predicted you'd use your Spirit of Tricky on my Seraphim Gunner, knowing it was the only other monster on the field, so I came equipped with a back-fire. Now you'll get a dose of your own magic card!" Kyu said, pointing as a stream of electricity flew out of Seraphim Gunner, shocking Pulce and Harem.
Pulce and Harem screamed as the shock shook them around, reducing their life points to 5300. "Also, after my trap card is activated, Seraphim Gunner is automatically destroyed, making so that you won't be able to use Tortoise Cannon's ability." Kyu smiled.
"No way, he totally owned us..." Pulce growled, throwing her long black hair back.
"I should have seen this coming." Harem growled.
"I'll place one card face down." Pulce announced, filling up her magic and trap card space. "Now I activate my face down card, Emergency Provisions! I'll use to to sacrifice two of my face down cards, increasing our life points by one thousand per card."
"No way, that move was totally useless now." Kyu growled, feeling the heat come up.
Pulce laughed as her magic card exploded and two of her face down cards dissolved. As they did, Pulce and Harem's life points rose to 7900.
"Crap! Now they're almost back to where they started!" Yukie gasped.
"I'll set one more card face down and end my turn." Pulce announced, holding up a fist.
"Draw!" Hide announced, drawing his next card. Hide smiled at the card he drew. "Reveal trap card! Backup Soldier!"
"Why would he play a trap which hardly anyone uses?" Kyu wondered.
Both Harem and Pulce laughed at the fact that Hide activated such a trap. "You've got to be kidding me." Harem said.
"This trap allows me to bring back three monsters with the attacks of 1500 or less and add them to my hand." Hide announced as his trap card glowed. "So I bring back Knight of Landstar, Gunman of Landstar, and Swordsman of Landstar!"
As he called their names, his graveyard holster slid them out and Hide added them to his hand. "next I'll activate this, Gathering of The Landstars! This magic card allows me to summon all the landstar warriors I have in my hand, so now! I bring forth Knight of Landstar! (1200/800) Gunman of Landstar! (900/1200) and Swordsman of Landstar! (500/1200)"
The three warriors appeared on the field. "Are you done." Pulce said, bored.
"Not just yet, now I'll summon one of my strongest warriors! Now I'll remove Gunman of Landstar, Swordsman of Landstar, and Knight of Landstar to summon this great warrior!" Hide announced as the three warriors disappeared. "Guilford The Lightning! (2800/1400)"
Suddenly lightning flashed, hitting the ground and the warrior rose up from the ground, letting out a battle cry. "Oh wow, and souped up monster I'm so scared." Harem smirked.
"Guilford The Lightning's special effect is activated!" Hide said, pointing. Suddenly lightning flashed, hitting Pulce's Tortoise Cannon, and Harem's three Tricky Tokens. They were automatically destroyed.
"No!" Harem and Pulce growled.
"Once Guilford The Lightning was summoned, I was able to automatically destroy all monsters on your side of the field." Hide smirked. "And because you have no other Tricky monsters to keep your Spirit of The Tricky up, it's destroyed!"
Harem growled as the card dissolved. "This makes your life points wide open for a direct assault!" Hide said, pointing. "Guilford The Lightning, attack their life points directly!" Hide commanded, pointing.
"Not so fast!" Pulce announced. "Activate trap card, Compulsory Evacuation Device!
"What?" Kyu said.
"Once this trap card is activated, I'm allowed to return any monster on the field to the owner's hand. So your plan with Guilford The Lightning has failed!" Pulce announced, pointing at the warrior as it suddenly disappeared. Hide took the card, putting it back in his hand, feeling the sense of failure.
"Don't worry Hide." Kyu said. "You tried your hardest but I'll back you up on this."
"Ok, my turn ends." Hide announced.
"Draw! Now I'll bring back Death Soldier! (1200/1400)" Harem announced, angrily. "Now I'll sacrifice Death Soldier to summon this, Ultimate Trick Master! (500/400)"
"What's that?" Kyu said as a armored magician materialized to the field.
"This monster may look weak, but it comes with a excellent effect." Harem laughed. "It's attack power increases by five hundred for each card you two have in your hands!"
"No..." Hide growled.
"I see Hide here has two cards and Kyu has three." Harem counted. "Meaning, now my Ultimate Trick Master's attack power increases to three thousand!"
Harem laughed as his magician began to glow, it's attack power increasing to 3000. "It's too bad that it can't attack on the first turn it's summoned, so I'll end my turn now." Harem said.
"This was just luck." Hide said. "Kyu will have to use this turn like a pro."
"Draw..." Kyu said calmly. He smiled. "Now! I'll set a card face down, and activate my other face down card, Mechanical Magic Mirror!"
"What're you going to do with that?" Pulce questioned.
"This allows me to use any magic card from any of your graveyards, and I chose your Emergency Provisions!" Kyu announced.
Suddenly his trap card became Pulce's Emergency Provisions. "And I'll use it to sacrifice the card I just played face down to increase our life points by one thousand! (LP: 1400)" Kyu explained. "And now! I'll activate this, Bond of Brothers!"
"Yes! We'll have a chance now!" Hide said.
"I'll sacrifice one thousand of our life points (LP: 400) in order to summon these monsters, Y Dragon Head (1500/1600) and X Head Cannon! (1800/1500)" Kyu announced as the two machines materialized onto the field. "Now! I'll combine those two machines with Z Metal Caterpillar!"
All three machines launched into the air, joining together forming one machine. "Go! XYZ Dragon Cannon! (2800/2600)" Kyu announced. "And since I've already used up three cards from my hand, me and Hide now have three cards in our hand, weakening your Ultimate Trick Master!"
"No..." Harem growled a his monster's attack points reduced to 2000.
"Now! XYZ Dragon Cannon, attack and destroy his Ultimate Trick Master!" Kyu announced, pointing at the magician. The machine pointed it's cannons at the magician and fired a round of missiles.
"Activate trap card!" Pulce announced. "Attack Nullification will stop your attack and end your Battle Phase!"
Kyu smiled as the missiles disappeared into a vortex. "Now! I'll discard a card from my hand to activate XYZ Dragon Cannon's special effect! With it, I can chose to destroy a card on the field, and I chose Pulce's Flash Control trap card!"
"No..." Pulce growled as her trap card exploded.
"Now you cannot take control of our monsters now!" Kyu said, pointing at her. "And now I'll end my turn!"
Pulce drew her next card silently. Suddenly Pulce began to laugh. "Now! I activate my own Treasure of Heaven!" She announced. "Forcing us all to draw till we have six in our hand."
"Excellent Pulce." Harem chuckled, giving her a thumbs up. "And now that you both have a total of twelve cards, Ultimate Trick Master becomes stronger!"
"No..." Hide thought, watching as the magician began to glow, increasing it's attack power to 6000.
"And that ends my turn." Pulce chuckled.
"It would be impossible to attack Pulce, seeing as how Harem would only defend her with his monster." Kyu said. "It's up to Hide now."
"Draw!" Hid announced, drawing his card. "Now it's time to activate my trap card, Return From The Different Dimension!"
"By sacrificing half of our life points (LP: 200) I can bring back my monsters that have been removed from play." Hide explained. "So now! I bring forth Knight of Landstar (1200/800), Swordsman of Landstar (500/1200), and Gunman of Landstar! (900/1200)"
"No!" Both Harem and Pulce gasped.
"He'll bring back Guilford since you put it back in his hand." Harem said.
"Damn it..." Pulce growled.
"Now once again, I remove all my warriors to bring back Guilford The Lightning! (2800/1400)" Hide announced as the warrior came back to the field. "And with that, your Ultimate Trick Master is destroyed!"
"Err..." Harem growled as his magician dissolved.
"Heh." Pulce said. "You two have strong monsters, but still with their power combined, you won't be able to defeat us anyway."
"We might not have rare cards as you guys, but we still pack a powerful punch." Kyu said.
"Plus, my turn's not over." Hide smiled. "I'll activate my final card, Reversal Quiz!"
"Heh, this is a big mistake you're taking." Harem smiled.
"I'll discard all the cards in my hand and on my field to the graveyard." Hide said, sending them to the graveyard, including his Guilford The Lightning. "Once I guess the type of card I draw next, then both our life points will be exchanged."
"Depending on one card that will decipher this duel is tough." Doxx said.
"I know. I can't believe they're risking it all." Yukie added.
Hide closed his eyes. "Come on, do this for me, and for Kyu." He said in his mind.
"Well, we're waiting." Pulce said.
Kyu watched as Hide placed his hand on the top card. "Monster!" Hide called out, then drawing his card. No one could see the card, Hide kept his eyes shut, he then opened his eyes. "Alright!"
"Yes! You did it Hide!" Kyu said.
"I've drawn Silent Swordsman Level 0!" Hide said, revealing the card.
"No!" Harem and Pulce gasped.
"We've never lost how could we have not seen this..." Harem growled as their life points reduced to 200 and Kyu and Hide's life points rose to 7900.
"And now! I summon my Silent Swordsman Level 0! (1000/1000)" Hide annonced as the small warrior materialized to the field. "Attack their life points directly!"
Both Harem and Pulce looked in shock, not believing this situation as the small warrior dove forward, slashing his sword at them. Pulce and Harem buckled under the attack, falling to their knees as their life points reduced to 0.
"This is our first lost." Harem said.
"Yes! Kyu stays in school!" Yukie cheered. Suddenly everyone in the crowd cheered. Sophia and Genesis sat back, angry, holding their arms crossed.
"That was an excellent duel." Pulce said, walking over and giving Kyu a handshake.
"You did pretty well." Harem said, giving Hide a friendly punch in the arm.
"Thanks, staying here is what matters." Kyu said, scratching the back of his head.
People cheered on, chanting Hide and Kyu's name. They met up with Doxx. Yukie gave Hide a hug which made him blush, making Kyu and Doxx laugh.
"I couldn't have done it without you, Hide..." Kyu said, looking down on them.
"I'll always be there at any bad sitaution!" Hide sort of chuckled as they both high fived each other
CARDS PLAYED
Tempest: MAGIC / Desc: Destroy all Magic and Trap cards on the field.
Judgment of Anubis: Discard 1 card from your hand to negate the activation and the effect of a Magic Card controlled by your opponent that includes the effect of destroying Magic and/or Trap Cards on the field and destroy it. Then you can destroy 1 face-up monster on your opponent's side of the field and inflict damage to your opponent equal to the ATK of the destroyed monster.
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.
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.)
Traitor of The Battle: TRAP / Desc: Force one of your opponent's Monster's to attack. Destroy the monster afterward.
Emergency Provisions: QUICK PLAY MAGIC / Desc: Send Magic or Trap cards on your side of the field, to the Graveyard to increase your Life Points by 1000 per card. This card is excluded.
Back-up Soldier: TRAP / Desc: You can activate this card when there are 5 or more Monster Cards in your Graveyard. Select up to 3 Monsters with an ATK of 1500 or less from your Graveyard and add them to your hand.
Gathering of The Landstars: MAGIC / Desc: Special Summon any monster with "Landstar" in your hand with a Level of 3 or less, to the field.
Gunman of Landstar: Level 3 / 900/1200/ Light / Warrior.
Swordsman of Landstar: Level 3 / 500/1200/ Earth / Warrior
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.
Guilford The Lightning: Level 8 / 2800/1400/ Light / Warrior / Desc: This card can only be Special Summoned by removing 3 Light-Type monsters from your field, out of play. Destroy all monsters on your opponent's side of the field.
Compulsory Evacuation Device: TRAP / Desc: Return 1 Monster on the field, to its owner's hand.
Ultimate Trick Master: Level 6 / 500/300/ Earth / Magician / Desc: As long as this card is on the field, increase this card's ATK by 500 for each card in your opponent's hand. This card cannot attack on the first turn it is summoned.
Mechanical Magic Mirror: TRAP / Desc: Activate 1 Magic Card from your opponent's graveyard.
Bond of Brothers: MAGIC / Desc: Sacrifice 1000 Life Points to Special Summon 2 monsters from your hand with the same Type.
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.)
X Head Cannon: Level 4 / 1800/1500/ Light / Machine.
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.
Attack Nullification: Negate the attack of one of your opponent's monsters and end their Battle Phase.
Return From The Different Dimension: TRAP / Desc: Pay half of your Life Points and Special Summon as many of your monsters as possible that have been removed from play on your side of the field. During the End Phase, remove from play all monsters that were Special Summoned by this card's effect.
Reversal Quiz: Send all cards in your hand and on your side of the field to the Graveyard. Call the Type of card (Monster, Magic, or Trap) on top of your deck. If you call it right, exchange your current Life Points with your opponent's current ones.
Silent Swordsman Level 0: Level 4 /1000/1000/ Light / Warrior / Desc: During each of your Standby Phases, you can sacrifice this card to 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 Cardsside of the field.