41. Diabound Lady VS Hide
The score stood at Genesis: 2000 and Hide: 600. Genesis smiled, knowing her Diabound Lady was back on the field. But Hide had his stronger Sword Master, Naked Gearfried, powered up by Sword of Lightning.
"Ready, draw!" Genesis announced, drawing her next card. "I'll activate this magic card, Double Magic!"
"I bet you plan to take effect of your Flame Wrecking..." Hide predicted.
"Wrong, little boy. I discard two magic cards from my hand, to re-activate Flaming Wrath!" Genesis announced as the magic card appeared on the field. "Now you'll automatically lose the duel because my Diabound Lady attack strength is halved and taken from your life points!"
"And half of her attack strength is six hundred, equal to the amount of life points I have." Hide said. "But I'm prepared, I still have a card face down on the field! And now, I reveal it, Shrink!"
"No..." Genesis hissed.
"And just in time to reduce the attack strength of your monster by half!" Hide said as Diabound Lady's attack power reduced to 600.
The snake woman charged, turning into a pale ghost and crashing through Hide. Hide shielded himself as he took on the direct attack. The effect of Flaming Wrath caused Diabound Lady's attack strength to reduce to 300, reducing Hide's life points to 300.
Genesis growled. "So close..." She said to herself. "I end my turn now."
"Draw!" Hide announced drawing his next card. Hide smiled "She has no other cards on the field and her hand is empty, this is a sure win!"
"Heh..." Genesis said to herself, watching as Hide got ready.
"Naked Gearfried! Attack her life points directly!" Hide announced, pointing forward.
"Not so fast!" Genesis announced. "I'll activate yet another Heavenly Virus of Resurrection!"
"Another one?" Hide gasped as a hideous cell appeared on the field, then began to transform into Diabound Lady.
"That's right, you can have too much of a good thing." Genesis giggled. "Diabound Lady! Take the attack!"
The snake woman charged forward and the sword master slashed through her, destroying her and reducing Genesis' life points to 400.
Genesis suddenly laughed, like it didn't matter if she was down the her last few life points. "She's... Laughing? Why?" Hide thought.
"Oh dear Hide, only if you knew what was heading your way, you'd know why." Genesis said.
"I'll then set a card face down and end my turn." Hide announced, knowing there was no other move to make.
"Draw..." Genesis announced, drawing her next card. "I'll activate this, Pot of Greed! Allowing me to draw two cards from my deck."
Genesis swiftly drew her two cards. "Excellent..." She said to herself, viewing her two cards. "First, I'll use this, Raise Dead, to bring back my Diabound Lady! (1800/1200)"
"This again..." Hide thought. "But she still has one card in her hand..."
"Finally, I'll activate this, Cobra Head!" Genesis announced. "By sacrificing my Diabound Lady, I can summon a fresh new monster..."
"And monster besides Diabound Lady?" Hide chuckled as the Diabound Lady began to dissolve in red flames.
"Shut up, well anyways, see for your self! Go! Lady Kobra Head! (3400/2400)" Genesis announced as a woman appeared, her lower body took form of a cobra's head. Its neck flattened out, revealing a exotic design on it's neck, it hissed loudly, flickering it's tongue out. "Meet your match, Ryou Hide..."
"Hm?" Hide said.
"This monster automatically destroys all of your monsters with the attack of twenty five hundred or more!" Genesis said.
"What!" Hide gasped.
"Say bye bye to Naked Gearfried." Genesis chuckled as his warrior exploded.
"And for each monster destroyed by my Lady Kobra Head, we lose one hundred life points." Genesis smiled as her life points reduced to 300.
Hide watched as his life points reduced to 200. "Of course, no wonder she was laughing earlier, I have no way of winning this duel if she has more life points than me. If I keep summoning stronger monsters, I'll lose for sure, but if I keep summoning weak monsters, she'll win for sure because of her monster's higher attack strength." Hide said to himself.
"Looks like this duel is mine now!" Genesis laughed. "Lady Kobra Head! Attack his life points directly!"
"Activate magic card, Swords of Revealing Light!" Hide announced as his magic card flipped up. "With this, you won't be able to attack for three turns!"
"Hmph..." Genesis said as a suddenly wave of light bearing swords appeared, shielding Lady Kobra Head from Hide. "I'll set a card face down and end my turn."
"Draw..." Hide announced.
"Activate trap card!" Genesis announced, startling Hide.
"Already!" Hide gasped as the face down card flipped up.
"Chain of Hades will bring back your Sword Master!" Genesis explained as the trap card began to glow, throwing out a spiked chain into the ground. It then began to pull, pulling out the warrior from under the ground. "Sword Master, Naked Gearfried (2600/2300) is back on your field."
"Also, because I've brought it back with my trap card, it loses seven hundred attack points" Genesis explained as the warrior's strength reduced to 1900. "Also, you can draw another card from your deck."
"Of course. She just wants to attack it so she'll win the duel..." Hide said, drawing another card. "I'll have to build up my defense."
"Well? Are you going to do anything or am I going to have to force you to surrender." Genesis said impatiently.
"I'll shift Sword Master, Naked Gearfried into defense position (2300/1900)" Hide announced. "Next, I'll summon Silent Swordsman Level 1 in defense mode (1500/1500)"
"Alright, Hide's personal monster is on the field, but it's weak..." Yukie thought. "How will it help him?"
"I'll set a card face down and end my turn." Hide announced.
"Draw..." Genesis announced, drawing her next card. "Now! The effect of Lady Kobra Head is activated, giving five hundred attack points to each monster on your field!"
"What!" Hide gasped as Silent Swordsman's attack strength rose to 2000, and Naked Gearfried's attack strength rising to 2400.
"Heh, now all of your monsters will be destroyed on my next turn, then you'll lose." Genesis smiled evilly. "My turn ends from here."
"Draw..." Hide said, taking his next card. "I've got to do something this turn or else I'm going to lose..."
Hide stood there, looking at his hand as Genesis awaited his move. "Come on Hide!" Yukie cheered. "I know you have something that'll stop her!"
"Silent Swordsman's effect is activated..." Hide said sadly. "He evolves to Silent Swordsman Level 2 (2000/2000)"
Suddenly the small warrior evolved into a much older warrior, wielding a longer sword. "Heh, that's no use." Genesis said.
"Wait a second..." Hide said, looking at the card he just drew. "Maybe this can help..."
"He looks like he's got something..." Genesis said, narrowing her eyes.
"Now! I'll summon this, Swordsman of Landstar! (500/1200)" Hide announced as the small warrior appeared on the field.
"I didn't notice this before, but Silent Swordsman Level 2 and Sword Master, Naked Gearfried are both light monsters, that includes my Swordsman of Landstar!" Hide said with a smile.
"So?" Genesis said.
"Now! I sacrifice Sword Master, Silent Swordsman, and Swordsman of Landstar to summon this!" Hide said, revealing the card to Genesis. "Guilford The Lightning! (2800/1400)"
"What! No way!" Genesis gasped. Suddenly lightning flashed, and the warrior rose up, wielding it's heavy sword and slashing it through the air. "Wait, the effect of my Lady Kobra Head will automatically destroy it because of its high attack points!"
"I don't think so!" Hide said. "Due to chain effects, my Guilford The Lightning's effect is started first, destroying all monsters on your side of the field!"
"No!" Genesis gasped as the warrior pointed his hand into the air, causing lightning to shoot down from the sky and strike the Lady Kobra Head, destroying her.
"Now! Guilford The Lightning! Attack her life points directly!" Hide called out, thrusting his hand forward. The warrior charged forward.
"Ahh!" Genesis screamed, raising her arm to her head as the warrior slashed at her, causing her to fall on her butt, her life points reducing to 0.
"No, how could I have lost..." She said sadly.
"You can't win them all." Hide said as Yukie jumped up, giving him a victory hug.
"You did it Hide!" Yukie said as Hide blushed.
The big screen read the stress levels of both duelist, luckily they both had normal levels, keeping them in Duelist Academy.
Kyu ran into the duelist arena, searching for the the two. "Kyu!" Hide called out from the duel stage.
"Hide!" Kyu said happily, running down the stairs to greet them. "How'd you guys do?"
"We did well, we got normal levels." Yukie said, nodding her head.
"Great!" Kyu said. "Come on, let's get to lunch, I'm starving!"
"Yeah, all this dueling has got me hungry..." Hide said as they walked to the cafeteria. They sat and talked for awhile until Kyu mentioned this new project that was going on.
"I thought maybe I should talk to Seto Kaiba, try and get him to stop this and let Doxx come back..." Kyu said.
"Are you sure?" Yukie asked. "I mean, look at him, he's the type of person who won't obey a students plea."
"But it has to work, I mean we have some proof that will eventually lead him to think about it." Kyu said.
"But then what, I think he won't change his mind." Hide said.
"You guys are seriously doubting me? I can do this, just don't sweat it." Kyu said.
CARDS PLAYED
Double Magic: MAGIC / Desc: Discard 2 Magic Cards from your hand, to your Graveyard to activate 1 Magic Card from your Graveyard.
Flaming Wrath: MAGIC / Desc: Sacrifice 1 face-up "Diabound Lady" on the field to deal direct damage to your opponent's Life Points by half of the equal amount of ATK the sacrificed monster had.
Shrink: QUICK PLAY MAGIC / Desc: Reduce the ATK of one face-up monster on the field by half for the remainder of the turn.
Heavenly Virus of Resurrection: TRAP / Desc: When this card is sent to your Graveyard, from your hand, you can equip this card to 1 face-up monster on your side of the field. If the equipped monster is destroyed by Battle or Card Effect, the equipped monster is automatically Special Summoned back on the field after Damage Calculation.
Pot of Greed: MAGIC / Desc: Draw 2 cards from your deck.
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.
Cobra Head: MAGIC / Desc: Sacrifice 1 face-up "Diabound Lady" to Special Summon 1 "Lady Kobra Head" to the field, from your hand or deck.
Lady Kobra Head: Level 10 / 3400/2400/ Dark / Demon / Desc: During each of your Standby Phases, increase all of your opponent's face-up monster's ATK by 500. Any monster on your opponent's side of the field with the ATK of 2500 or higher is automatically destroyed. Each time a card is destroyed by this card's effect, deal damage to both players Life Points by 100 for each monster.
Swords of Revealing Light: MAGIC / Desc: Flip all face-down monsters on your opponent's side of the field face-up. Your opponent cannot attack you for three of your opponent's turns.
Chain of Hades: TRAP / Desc: This card can be activated only if your opponent's monster is destroyed. Special Summon the destroyed monster on to your opponent's side of the field and decrease the ATK of the monster by 700. Your opponent may draw 1 card after the activation of this card.
Sword Master, Naked Gearfried: Level 8 / 2600/2300/ Light / Warrior / Desc: This card can't be Normal Summoned. This card can only be Special Summoned by the effect of "Remove Restraints". Whenever an Equipment card is Equipped on this card, destroy 1 Monster on your opponent's Field.
Silent Swordsman Level 1: Level 4 /1500/1500/ Light / Warrior / Desc: This card can only be Special Summoned by the effect of "Silent Swordsman Level 0". During each of your Standby Phases, you can Special Summon 1 "Silent Swordsman Level 2" from your deck or hand, to the field. This card cannot be designated as a target for any Magic Cards
Silent Swordsman Level 2: Level 4 /2000/2000/ Light / Warrior / Desc: This card can only be Special Summoned by the effect of "Silent Swordsman Level 1". During each of your Standby Phases, you can Special Summon 1 "Silent Swordsman Level 3" from your deck or hand, to the field. This card cannot be designated as a target for any Magic Cards
Swordsman of Landstar: Level 3 / 500/1200/ Earth / Warrior
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.