36. Duel-Out Project, Kyu VS Doxx
Doxx and Kyu stared each other down. Both players fields were empty, beside one face down card on each field. Kyu's life points stood at 1900 while Doxx's stood at 3400.
"My turn ends!" Kyu announced.
"No way! Kyu has nothing defending himself!" Hide gasped.
"Hmmm, looks like Doxx is handling dear Kyu-Haru well." Sophia smirked from the side lines.
"Yup." Genesis said. "Too bad that Doxx will probably be the one to lose. You can't ever tell what this little boy is hiding."
"Oh come on!" Sophia said, slapping her back. "Doxx is a higher ranked duelist than Kyu is. Kyu's a no good show offy type duelist."
"Now! I activate this, Treasure of Heaven!" Doxx announced. "This magic card forces us both to draw until we each have six cards in our hand."
Kyu and Doxx swiftly drew their cards, Kyu smiled at his new hand. "And now! I'll summon this, Spear Dragon! (1900/0)" Doxx announced as the blue, spear-headed dragon materialized to the field.
"No! That's enough for Doxx to win!" Yukie gasped.
"Spear Dragon, attack his life points directly!" Doxx commanded, pointing his hand at Kyu.
"Heh heh." Kyu smiled. "Activate trap card! A Hero Emerges!"
"No..." Doxx said as Kyu's trap card flipped up. "Kyu left this card down since the beginning of the turn, I wonder why he didn't use it on the turns before..."
"This trap card forces you to chose a card from my hand. Unless it's a monster card, it's discarded." Kyu said, revealing the back of the cards in his hand.
Doxx pointed out. "I chose the third one to the left!" Doxx announced.
"Excellent!" Kyu said, placing the monster in face down defense mode.
"Spear Dragon, destroy his monster!" Doxx announced as the dragon spiraled in the air, piercing the monster with it's sharp nose. Suddenly a metal jar appeared on the field.
"What!" Doxx said in shock.
"You've just destroyed my Cyber Pod! (900/900)" Kyu announced. "The effect of this monster destroys all monsters on the field!"
Suddenly the jar began to vacuum up the dragon into itself, then exploded. "It then makes us pick up five cards than summon any level four or lower monster we draw." Kyu said as both picked up their cards.
"Don't forget that the effect of my Spear Dragon is still active. Since I attacked your monster in defense position, battle damage is still applied." Doxx said as Kyu's life points reduced to 900. "So now! I'll summon Ruby Dragon (1200/1900), Black Pearl Dragon (1300/1500), and Ground Dragon! (2000/1300)"
"All in defense mode eh?" Kyu said, viewing his five cards. "I'll summon Kuriboh (200/300), and Dark Blade! (1800/1500)"
"I'll set three cards face down and end my turn." Doxx announced.
"Draw..." Kyu announced, drawing his card. "Now! I activate this, Fusion! To fuse my Dark Blade with Pitch Dark Dragon, from my hand!"
Suddenly the magic card began to glow, and absorbed the dark warrior, transforming it. "And now I create Dark Blade Dragon Knight! (2200/1500)" Kyu announced as the warrior appeared again, but riding on a giant black dragon. "Next, I'll use this magic card, Fusion Power!"
"What!" Doxx said as the magic card materialized to Kyu's side of the field.
"This permanent magic card will allow my fusion monsters to deal damage to your life points when they are attacking your defense monsters." Kyu said. "Now! Dark Blade Dragon Knight, destroy his Ruby Dragon!"
The dragon unleashed a stream of fire at the red dragon, causing it to melt. Doxx growled as his life points reduced to 2400.
"I'll set two cards face down and end my turn." Kyu announced.
"Draw..." Doxx announced, drawing his next card and smiling.
"He's got something..." Hide said, a bit worried.
"Now! I sacrifice Black Pearl Dragon to summon this!" Doxx announced, pointing at his black dragon with his chosen card as it dissolved. "Emerald Dragon! (2400/1400)"
Hide and Yukie looked in awe as a giant shining light appeared and a emerald green dragon emerged from the light, roaring it's misty breath out.
"I'll then activate my magic card, Big Bang Boom!" Doxx announced.
"Big Bang Boom?" Kyu said.
"This magic card will attach to my Emerald Dragon." Doxx said as a bomb attached to the dragon's chest, blinking a red light. "And when I'm able to successfully summon a level seven monster by sacrificing my Emerald Dragon, my level seven monster will gain an additional fifteen hundred attack points."
"No way..." Kyu gasped. "So, he's hiding something more..."
"Now! Emerald Dragon, destroy his Dark Blade Dragon Knight!" Doxx announced, pointing his finger.
The dragon unleashed a white fire blast at the warrior riding the dragon, destroying it easily. "The effect of Fusion Power negates any battle damage I gain when you destroy my fusion monster." Kyu smiled.
"Heh." Doxx smiled. "I'll end my turn."
"Draw..." Kyu announced, drawing his card. Kyu smiled. "Now, I'll reveal one of my new monsters..."
"What's he talking about?" Doxx wondered as Kyu held up a card. "Now! I sacrifice my Kuriboh so I can summon this, Volstead! (2300/1200)"
"Volstead?" Doxx said as an electrical flash exploded and a tall black horse with white armor and two long demon horns curling to the sides of it's head rose to the field.
"I'll also activate this magic card, Emergency Provisions! Which I use to sacrifice my two face down cards, giving me a bonus of two thousand life points! (LP: 2900)" Kyu announced, watching his two face down cards dissolve.
"That ends my turn!" Kyu said.
"Why would he summon a totally weak monster..." Doxx said, drawing his next card. "No matter!"
Doxx had his game face, he was serious with this duel and wanted to win, he could feel his heart beat fast. "Looks like he's got what he wanted." Kyu thought.
"I'll sacrifice my Emerald Dragon and Ground Dragon..." Doxx went on. The two dragons disappeared. "So I can summon this, Tyrant Dragon! (2900/2500)"
"Tyrant Dragon!" Kyu said in shock as the dragon formed onto the field, roaring out loud into the field.
"Yes, Tyrant Dragon, one of the most powerful monsters within my deck." Doxx smiled. "Also, the effect of my Big Bang Boom is activated!"
Suddenly Doxx's magic card transformed into thousands of tiny sparkling lights and began to fuse into Tyrant Dragon, raising it's attack strength to 4400.
"No way!" Kyu gasped.
"Now! Tyrant Dragon, destroy his Volstead!" Doxx announced, pointing at the horse.
The dragon charged forward toward the monster. "Now I activate Volstead's special ability!" Kyu announced. "It's effect allows me to activate a trap card from my hand when battle ensues!" Kyu said, taking a card from his hand. "And to win this duel, I activate this, Magic Cylinder!"
Suddenly a giant cylinder appeared and Doxx's Tyrant Dragon was headed right toward it. "This trap will negate your attack and send it right back to you!" Kyu smiled.
Suddenly the dragon tore through the cylinder, shattering it. "What the!" Kyu said in shock as the Tyrant Dragon thrashed his Volstead, reducing his life points to 800.
"Heh, my Tyrant Dragon is unaffected by any of your trap cards toward it." Doxx said.
"Err..." Kyu thought. "Well the second effect of my Volstead is activated, once I've used it's first effect and sent it to the graveyard, I can take a magic card from either of our graveyards and put it in my hand."
"So what do you plan to take?" Doxx asked.
"Your Inferno Fire Blast!" Kyu said, pointing.
"What! Why?" Doxx said, shocked as his graveyard holster shot the card out. Kyu caught it and added it to his hand.
"I'll end my turn now." Doxx announced.
Kyu drew his next card. "Now! I activate this magic card, Raise Dead!" Kyu announced. "I'll use it to bring back your own Red Eyes Black Dragon! (2400/2000)"
The black dragon rose to the field. "That's why he took my magic card..." Doxx said, feeling a bead of sweat come down his forehead.
"It's dragon vs dragon, and I plan to win." Kyu smiled. "Now! I activate this, Inferno Fire Blast!"
Suddenly the dragon's mouth began to glow, it then released a stream of fire, hitting Doxx. Doxx screamed out loud, feeling the intense flames on him as his life points reduced to 1200.
"And to end my turn, I'll place two cards face down and end my turn." Kyu announced.
"Draw!" Doxx announced with great pride. "I will not give in, Kyu-Haru! Like everyone else you're just an opponent."
"I agree." Kyu said.
"Now, Tyrant Dragon, destroy his Red Eyes Black Dragon!" Doxx hollered, pointing at the black dragon.
The dragon charged forward once again, aiming at the dragon. "Reveal magic card! Revival of Diamond Sword!" Kyu announced. "And I'll use it to sacrifice Red Eyes Black Dragon to summon Diamond Head Dragon! (0/0)"
Suddenly Red Eyes burst into green flames and disappeared, and then the diamond horned dragon rose to the field. It's attack power rising to 2200.
"No use, Kyu, my Tyrant Dragon is way stronger than yours!" Doxx said as his dragon kept charging.
"Not until I activate my other card, now go! Tomb Raider!" Kyu announced. "With this, I can activate a trap card from your graveyard, and I chose your Metalmorph!"
"No way!" Doxx gasped as Kyu's diamond head dragon began to transform.
"Now, my Diamond Head Dragon changes into Steel Head Dragon! (2200/0)" Kyu announced as the giant diamond on top of the dragon's head began a giant jagged steel horn. It's tail changed into a giant mechanical tail, and it's claws became sharp with silver. "Also, my Steel Head Dragon's attack power increases by two thousand! (4400/0) Equal to your Tyrant Dragon!"
"No! And I've already launched an attack!" Doxx gasped as both dragons clashed, creating giant explosions of energy. finally both dragons vanished in the explosion, leaving nothing.
"And when my dragon causes a monster to be destroyed, we must discard all cards in our hands, to our graveyards." Kyu said, sending his whole hand to his graveyard, Doxx did the same.
"Wow, now this duel will depend on one whole monster." Hide said. "If Kyu manages to summon a monster, he might win."
"Well Kyu, it's been an exciting battle so far." Doxx smiled. "I have my doubts now, but this is one fifty-fifty chance."
"I know." Kyu said, placing his one finger on the top card of his deck.
"Doxx is a great duelist, stronger than I thought before." Kyu thought. "But things change, and fate is unpredictable."
Kyu closed his eyes and drew his card, peeking open an eye and glanced at it. "Now! I summon X Head Cannon! (1800/1500)"
"No!" Doxx gasped in his mind, feeling the dreadful feeling of loss.
The machine materialized to the field, ready for an attack. "Now! Attack his life points directly!" Kyu shouted, pointing at Doxx.
The machine launched forward, punching Doxx in the chest. Doxx held his chest in pain, falling to one knee as his life points reduced to 0.
"No way!" Mrs. Yuka said, shocked by Kyu's win.
"You won..." Doxx admitted, standing up as the holograms turned off. He came to Kyu, lending a hand in friendship.
Kyu smiled and shook his hand. "It was an awesome duel!" Kyu said, holding a thumbs up. People cheered for the awesome duel and both duelist departed. Doxx's face suddenly scrunched up in frustration.
"How could this happen!" He thought.
Violet still sat at the bleachers, glaring up at the private room where Kaiba sat, watching Kyu leave with Yukie and Hide. "You..." She growled as Kaiba stood up and left.
"Seto Kaiba, is this really necessary? Both duelist didn't ever take a sweat." Mr. Nakagawa said, still confused.
"My Duel Disks weren't just for entertainment." Kaiba said, clicking a button on his desk, revealing the giant screen behind him. "My Duel Disks also shows the player's stress level of duel."
"Stress Level?" Mr. Voroboski said, confused.
Two charts popped up, one with a head shot of Doxx's calm normal face, and one of Kyu's face with his tongue sticking out and a peace sign.
"This is Kyu's, a normal level of 4." Kaiba said. "But Doxx's..."
Doxx's chart revealed itself, showing a red bar, up at a level of 7. "Level seven is usually the level which the duelist goes through anger or total frustration."
"So you mean..." Mrs. Yuka went on but Kaiba finished her sentence.
"Doxx must be informed for Duelist Therapy." Kaiba said. "And this was just one duel from my Duel-Out Project."
"Mr. Kaiba! Are you sure this is good for students? We only work here to teach, not help them." Mrs. Yuka said, standing up.
"You're wrong, Yuka. I hired you to be mentors to these students, not just teach them about a game, but about the reasons why we duel, why we do these challenges, I make you all teach how these duelists gain respect. No duelist gains respect through anger and frustration." Kaiba said. "This meeting is over."
Kaiba left with Isona opening the door for him. Mr. Nakagawa patted a handkerchief on his forehead while Mrs. Yuka and Mr. Voroboski sighed.
"Alert Mr. Doxx's parents." Mr. Nakagawa finally said and the two left.
CARDS PLAYED
Treasure of Heaven: MAGIC / Desc: Each player must draw from their respective decks until each hand has 6 cards.
Spear Dragon: Level 4 / 1900/0/ Wind / Dragon / Desc: If this card attacks with an ATK that is higher than the DEF of your opponent's Defense Positioned monster, inflict the difference of Battle Damage to your opponent's Life Points. When this card attacks, it is changed to Defense Position at the end of Damage Step.
A Hero Emerges: TRAP / Desc: When your opponent declares an attack, this card can be activated. Your opponent must chose 1 card from your hand. If the chosen card is a monster card, Special Summon it to the field. If the card is not a Monster Card, discard it to your graveyard.
Cyber Pod: Level 3 / 900/900/ Rock / Dark / Desc: FLIP: Destroy all monsters on the field. Both players must then pick up (not draw) 5 cards from the top of their decks and show them to each other. Both players must then Special Summon any Monster Cards with a level of 4 or lower on the field. The rest of the cards picked up at placed in the players' hands
Ruby Dragon: Level 4 / 1600/1200/ Wind / Dragon.
Black Pearl Dragon: Level 4 / 1500/1300/ Dark / Dragon.
Ground Dragon: Level 4 / 1300/2000/ Wind / Dragon.
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.
Dark Blade: Level 4 / 1800/1500/ Dark / Warrior.
Fusion: MAGIC / Desc: Fuse 2 or more monsters on your field or from your hand to create 1 Fusion Monster.
Dark Blade Dragon Knight: Level 6 / 2200/1500/ Dark / Warrior / Fusion / Desc: "Dark Blade" + "Pitch Dark Dragon". Each time this card inflicts Battle Damage to your opponent, you can select up to 3 Monster Cards from your opponent's Graveyard and remove them from play.
Fusion Power: PERMANENT MAGIC / Desc: When any of your face-up Fusion monsters attack a Defense Positioned monster on your side of the field, deal Battle Damage to your opponent's Life Points equal to the difference between your monster's ATK and your opponent's monster's DEF. Any Fusion monsters that are engaged in Battle are automatically destroyed, but Battle Damage is negated.
Emerald Dragon: Level 6 / 2400/1400/ Wind / Dragon.
Big Bang Boom: MAGIC / Desc: This card can only be activated if you have Special Summoned a Level 6 monster during the same turn. If the Level 6 monster is destroyed by your opponent's card effect of by Battle, inflict damage to your Life Points equal to the total amount of the Level 6 monster. If you involve the Level 6 monster in a Sacrifice for a Level 7 monster, increase the summoned monster's ATK by 1500.
Volstead: Level 6 / 2300/1200/ Dark / Beast / Desc: When this card engages in battle, you can activate 1 Trap Card from your hand. When this card is sent to the Graveyard, return 1 Magic Card from you or your opponent's Graveyard, to your hand.
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.
Tyrant Dragon: Level 8 / 2900/2500/ Fire / Dragon / Desc: After this card attacks during Battle Phase, it may attack once again if there is any other monsters on the field. Negate any Trap Cards that designates this card as a target, and destroy it. If this card is Special Summoned from the Graveyard, you must Sacrifice 1 face-up Dragon-type monster on the field.
Magic Cylinder: TRAP / Desc: This card can be activated when your opponent attacks, negate that Monster's attack and do damage to your opponent's life points equal to the ATK of the attacking 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.
Red Eyes Black Dragon: Level 7 / 2400/2000/ Dark / Dragon.
Inferno Fire Blast: MAGIC / Desc: This card can only be activated if there is 1 face-up "Red Eyes Black Dragon" on the field, inflict damage to your opponent's life points by half of the ATK of "Red Eyes Black Dragon". During this turn any face-up "Red Eyes Black Dragon" cannot attack during your Battle Phase.
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.
Tomb Raider: TRAP / Desc: Activate 1 Trap Card from your opponent's Graveyard.
Steel Head Dragon: Level 12 / Light / Dragon / Desc: This card can only be Special Summoned by sacrificing 1 face-up "Diamond Head Dragon" that is equipped with "Metalmorph". Increase this card's ATK equal to the total amount of ATK "Diamond Head Dragon" orignally had. Increase this card's ATK by 2000. Each time this card destroys a Monster Card by battle, both players must discard all cards in their hands, to their Graveyard.
X Head Cannon: Level 4 / 1800/1500/ Light / Machine.