38. Valkyrie VS Guardian
"Announcement!" Kaiba's voice said out loud in the intercoms.
"Those who have received an invitation must now report to the Duel Centers immediately for the Duel-Out Project!" Kaiba demanded.
People seemed very nervous as one by one, people began to leave until there was only a few students left. Kyu looked on at Yukie and Hide who sighed, Hide slipped out a note from his pocket while Yukie showed hers from her book as a bookmark.
"Nah uh!" Kyu gasped.
"I'm afraid so, we'll soon be victims of this project." Hide sighed as he gathered his things.
"Well remember guys, stay calm, don't let your opponent get to you." Kyu said. "I'll try to be there as soon as I can!"
"Don't worry Kyu, we'll try our hardest." Yukie said, waving as they left the room. Kyu sighed, resting his head on his hands.
Hide and Yukie walked to the Duel Center where all kinds of students from the three dormitories began to duel. "Form a line here." Isona instructed, guiding them.
Hide and Yukie got in line. "Look who else got involved." Sophia smirked.
"So, one of you guys must have problems." Genesis chuckled. "Of course, our daddies will get us out of this situation."
"Cram it..." Yukie growled.
"Yukie Ishikawa and Ryou Hide..." the woman said, connecting two plugs to their duel disks.
They both left and Sophia and Genesis went up, having their Duel Disks identified. Suddenly the giant screen showed the new round of duelists.
"No way!" Yukie gasped. "Looks like I'm facing Sophia..."
"What! Why!" Sophia growled. "Listen girly, there is no way I'm going to be easy on you!"
"Oh well that's one thing I don't need to worry about." Yukie said sarcastically.
"Let's get it on!" Sophia growled, her duel disks folding out.
Both duelist hopped up on a free dueling field. "Come on, Yukie, don't give in." Hide said, determined Yukie won't be sent away.
"Duel!" Yukie and Sophia announced as their life points rose to 4000.
"And I'll begin!" Yukie announced, taking her first draw. "I'll summon Back-Up Guardian in defense mode! (2200/500). Then I'l end my turn by setting down five cards."
"You've got to be kidding me." Sophia smirked. "Draw!"
Sophia squealed cutely as she viewed her hand. "Now, this duel will be too easy." She said. "Activate magic card, Walkuren Ritt!"
"No!" Yukie gasped as the magic card flipped up.
"Now! I summon these, Valkyrie Sovite! (1600/1600) Valkyrie Altest! (1600/1600) Valkyrie Dritt (1000/1600) and Valkyrie Brunhilde! (1800/2000)" Sophia announced as four women materialized, all on their horses and different colored hair. They all wielded a sword and shield and were ready for an attack.
"Four monsters in one turn, crazy..." Yukie thought, determined to take down Sophia's monsters.
"No way, Yukie's in trouble." Hide gasped.
"If I want to win like Kyu, I'll have to play like him." Yukie smirked.
"Now! Valkyrie Sovite's special ability is activated, it will automatically remove a monster off of your field, so say bye to your Back-Up Guardian." Sophia said, waving bye bye.
Yukie watched as her defense monster vanished. "What sucks about this is that my Valkyrie Altest's attack strength becomes the same as your removed monster." Sophia frowned as her valkyrie's attack strength lowered to 500. "Also, since your monster was removed from play, my Valkyrie Dritt gains an additional one hundred attack points! (1100/1600). This sucks for you because all my monsters add up to more than your life points, it'll be a very sad loss for you."
"Let's see it then!" Yukie shouted.
"Wow, aren't we in a hurry to lose." Sophia chuckled. "Now! Valkyrie Brunhilde, attack her life points directly!"
"Reveal trap card, Guardian's Curse!" Yukie announced.
"What's that..." Sophia said.
"This trap card brings back my own monster that was removed from play back into defense mode!" Yukie said. "But with only half of it's defensive power!"
"Humph." Sophia said.
"So now my Back-Up Guardian returns! (1100/250)" Yukie announced as the monster reappeared back on the field.
"Too bad my Valkyrie Sovite is aiming for an attack." Sophia said as the female warrior slashed through it, destroying it. "I may not be able to defeat you now, but atleast I can take a chunk out of your life points. Valkyrie Altest, attack her life points directly!"
The green haired women commanded her horse to charge, letting out a battle cry and ready to hit Yukie. "Not so fast! I'll activate my trap card, Repeat Move!"
"What!" Sophia gasped.
"This trap allows me to use a trap card I've used on the same turn, and I chose my Guardian's Curse! In order to bring back Back-up Guardian! (1100/250)" Yukie announced as the demon returned to the field. "This time your attack won't work since my monsters defense is higher than your monsters attack!"
Sophia watched as her weak Valkyrie Altest slashed her sword, but then the demon grabbed her arm, throwing her back. Sophia growled as her life points reduced to 3400.
"Valkyrie Sovite, destroy her defense monster!" Sophia screamed, pointing at Yukie. The pink haired warrior commanded her horse to charge. She slashed her sword across the demon, destroying it. "Now, Valkyrie Dritt, attack her life points directly!"
The orange haired warrior charged forward on her horse, slashing her sword across Yukie's chest. Yukie screamed out loud, her skirt and hair flailing in the wind as her life points reduced to 2900.
Sophia laughed. "Now look whose weak." She cackled. "Normally when I end my turn, the effect of my Walkuren Ritt kicks in and I have to send all my valkyries back to my deck, but instead, I'll activate this, Rebound Shuffle!"
"What's that?" Yukie said.
Sophia's Valkyrie's disappeared but her magic card began to glow. "This baby allows me to draw a card each time one of my own monsters is shuffled back to my deck, since I'm returning four monsters, I draw four cards." She explained, taking four cards.
"No..." Yukie growled.
"And I'll end my turn by summoning Valkyrie Dritt in defense mode (1600/1000) and end my turn." Sophia announced.
Hide sighed. "That was a wild play." He said to him self, patting his chest since his heart was beating very fast.
"Draw!" Yukie announced, drawing her next card. "Now! I reveal my magic card, Raise Dead!"
"Why would you use that, you only have one measly defense monster in your graveyard." Sophia smirked.
"I always need a monster for equipment." Yukie smirked back as her Back-Up Guardian returned to the field in defense position (2200/500). "I'll then reveal my fourth face down card, Spark Cannon!"
"Spark Cannon?" Sophia said as a large blue cannon appeared, decorated with yellow lightning bolts.
"This will equip to my Back-Up Guardian, raising it's strength by five hundred!" Yukie said as her demon grabbed the large blue cannon, resting it on it's shoulder, and increasing it's attack strength to 1000. "Next, I'll be able to summon this guy, Guardian Shifter! (1500/1300)"
"No way!" Sophia gasped as a warrior in a tight blue suit appeared, it's helmet glistening as two lightning bolt shaped antenna's popped out of it, roaring as his arms created electricity.
"Now! I'll activate the effect of my Spark Cannon!" Yukie announced. "I can sacrifice my face down card on my field to automatically destroy your monster!"
Sophia growled, feeling trapped. "You won't get away with this..." She growled as Back-Up Guardian's cannon began to glow, then firing a stream of light at Sophia's Valkyrie Dritt, destroying it completely.
"Now! Guardian Shifter, attack her life points directly!" Yukie announced, pointing. The warrior jumped forward, firing a stream of lightning at Sophia. Sophia screamed as her life points reduced to 1900.
"And because my Guardian Shifter dealt damage to your Life Points, I'm allowed to draw another card." Yukie said. "I'll set this face down and end my turn!"
"Err, that girl just freaken pisses me off!" Sophia thought, drawing her next card and smiling. "Now! I'll activate this magic card, Cost Down! This will reduce all my monster's levels by two, allowing me to summon strong monsters without much sacrifice."
"And I bet I know what she's going to summon..." Yukie said, surprised.
"I bring forth Valkyrie Sovite! (1600/1600)" Sophia announced as the pink haired valkyrie materialized to the field. "And her effect kicks in! Allowing me to remove one monster on your field from play, so say bye to your Back-Up Guardian."
Yukie watched as her blue demon suddenly vanished, along with it's Spark Cannon. "Now! Valkyrie Sovite, destroy her stupid Guardian!" Sophia announced, pointing at Yukie's Guardian Shifter.
"Activate trap card!" Yukie announced. "Guardian Formation!"
"Not another one..." Sophia hissed.
"This trap protects my Guardian Shifter from your attack!" Yukie said as the warrior jumped out of Valkyrie Sovite's sword. "Also, it allows me to add a equipment magic card from my deck, to my hand."
"Hmph..." Sophia said.
Yukie very quickly took her deck out of her deck holster, viewing her cards. "Got one." Yukie smiled, taking a card and adding it to her hand, then re-shuffling her deck and sliding it back into her deck holster.
"I'll set two cards face down and end my turn." Sophia smiled.
"I have no idea what she's hiding, but I have to go with my plan." Yukie thought, drawing her next card and smiling. "Now! I activate this magic card, Butterfly Dagger! Which will equip to my Guardian Shifter!"
Suddenly a butterfly-shaped dagger appeared before the warrior, the guardian then held it. "It gives my guardian a boost of three hundred attack points! (1800/1300)"
"Next, I'll play this, Pot of Greed! Allowing me to draw two extra cards!" Yukie announced, swiftly drawing two cards from the top of her deck. "And now! I summon this, Guardian Elma! (1300/1200)"
"Grr... How I hate those pathetic monsters." Sophia growled as a beautiful female guardian materialized to the field.
"Once Guardian Elma is summoned, I can take a equip magic card from my graveyard and activate it!" Yukie smiled. "So now I bring back Spark Cannon!"
"No..." Sophia growled as the blue lightning bolt cannon returned to the field. Guardian Elma gripped the handle to the cannon, sitting on her knee and resting the cannon on her shoulder.
"With that, Guardian Elma gains an additional five hundred attack points! (1800/1200)" Yukie said. "Now! Guardian Shifter, destroy her Valkyrie Sovite!"
The guardian jumped forward, holding his fist at the pink haired valkyrie as she looked on in fear. "Exactly what I'd predict." Sophia grinned evilly. "Activate trap card, Valkyrie Formation!"
"Huh?" Yukie said.
"This trap card triples my one standing Valkyrie." Sophia grinned as two more pink haired Valkyries formed. "And since they are all Valkyrie Sovite's (2x 1600/1600) their effects are activated, allowing me to remove two monsters from your field."
"No!" Yukie gasped.
"So now! Both your guardians are off of the field!" Sophia said, pointing at Yukie as both monsters vanished completely.
"No! Yukie's in trouble now!" Hide said in shock.
"Come on, keep your cool, Yukie." Yukie said to herself, feeling the losing frustration kick in. Yukie took a big breath and smiled.
"You think that'll stop me." Yukie smiled. "Because my Guardian Shifter was gone, the Butterfly Dagger it was equipped to goes back to my hand."
"Why isn't she dreading her loss..." Sophia growled, clenching her fist. "I'm defeating her yet, she's happy about it! Is she going crazy!"
"I'll set one card face down, thus ending my turn." Yukie announced, having no other cards in her hand, and no other monsters defending herself, just one face down card.
"Ok, girly, if you're so confident then." Sophia smirked.
"Bring it on." Yukie smiled.
"Wow, wonder what Yukie could be hiding?" Hide thought. "This is a very exciting duel."
"It will get boring sooner or later." Genesis suddenly said. "There's no hope for dear old Sophia."
"What makes you think that?" Hide asked.
"Sophia is playing the bad guy, she definitely needs therapy. I have this frustration thing under control, but listen to me Hide, my dueling skills aren't the only thing you need to worry about." Genesis said, moving down closer to his head. Genesis giggled and Hide blushed. "See, you're too much of a ladies man to be focused on a duel, that is your weakness."
"Darn, why does she have to be so cute..." Hide thought.
"Don't be hoping you won't duel me, because I'm ninety-nine percent sure we're up to duel." Genesis said, with that she left the scene.
Hide's heart stopped beating fast. "Man, this is going to be a tough one for me..." Hide thought. "But like Kyu said, just relax!"
CARDS PLAYED
Back-Up Guardian: Level 4 / 500/2200/ Dark / Demon.
Walkuren Ritt: MAGIC / Desc: Special summon any monster's in your hand with "Valkyrie" in it's name onto the field. During your end phase, return all monsters you had summoned by this card's effect, to your deck. Your deck is then shuffled.
Valkyrie Sovite: Level 5 / 1600/1600/ Light / Warrior / Desc: When this monster is Normal, Reversed, or Special Summoned, remove 1 monster on your opponent's side of the field out of play.
Valkyrie Altest: Level 6 / 1600/1600/ Light / Warrior / Desc: If a monster is removed from play or sent to the graveyard, increase/decrease this card's ATK by equal to the amount of the destroyed monster's ATK until the end of the turn.
Valkyrie Dritt: Level 4 / 1000/1600/ Light / Warrior / Desc: This cards gains 100 ATK for each monster removed from play.
Valkyrie Brunhilde: Level 7 / 1800/2000/ Light / Warrior / Desc: Increase the ATK of this card by 300 for each Warrior and Dragon monster on the field. If this monster is attacked by a monster with a higher ATK, you may sacrifice 1000 DEF from this monster to keep this monster on the field.
Guardian's Curse: TRAP / Desc: If one of your monsters with "Guardian" in it's name is removed or sent tot he graveyard, you may Special Summon that very monster back on to the field in it's original position. Decrease that monster's ATK and DEF by half.
Repeat Move: TRAP / Desc: Activate 1 Trap Card from your graveyard that has been activated during the same turn.
Rebound Shuffle: QUICK PLAY MAGIC / Desc: For each card shuffled into your Deck, Draw 1 card from your hand, if the card is a monster card sacrifice 500 LP to Special Summon it to the field.
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.
Spark Cannon: EQUIP MAGIC / Desc: A monster equipped with this card gains 500 ATK. You can sacrifice 1 face-down Magic/Trap card from your field, to your graveyard to destroy 1 monster on the field. When this card's effect is activated, the equipped monster cannot attack during your Battle Phase.
Guardian Shifter: Level 4 / 1500/1300/ Light / Warrior / Desc: This card can only be Summoned Normally, Flip, or Special Summoned when there is a "Spark Cannon" on the field. Each time this card deals damage to your opponent's Life Points, draw 1 card from your deck.
Cost Down: MAGIC / Desc: Discard 1 card from your hand to reduce all monsters in your hand by 2 Levels for the rest of the turn.
Guardian Formation: TRAP / Desc: This card can only be activated when a monster on your side of the field with "Guardian" in it's name is an attack target. The monster cannot become an attack target for the rest of the turn. Take 1 Equip Magic Card from your deck and add it to your hand.
Butterfly Dagger: EQUIP MAGIC / Desc: A monster equipped with this card gains an additional 300 ATK. When this card is destroyed and sent to the Graveyard while equipped to a monster, this card can be returned to the owner's hand.
Pot of Greed: MAGIC / Desc: Draw 2 cards from your deck.
Guardian Elma: Level 3 / 1300/1200/ Wind / Angel / Desc: This card can only be Summoned Normally, Flip, or Special Summoned when there is a "Butterfly Dagger" on the field. When this card is summoned successfully, you can select 1 appropriate Equip Magic Card in your graveyard and equip it to this card.
Valkyrie Formation: TRAP / Desc: Duplicate 1 face-up monster on your side of the field with "Valkyrie" in its name 2 times. If you do not have the space on your Monster Card Zone then this card is automatically negated and destroyed.