43. Mental Test, Power of The Blue Eyes
Kyu looked at on his life points stood at 1500, Violet's life points stood at 4000, untouched, while Kaiba's life points stood at 2400.
"My turn, draw!" Violet announced, drawing her next card. She smiled at her new card. "Now! I activate this, Pot of Greed, allowing me to draw two cards from my deck."
Violet smiled as she swiftly drew her two cards and glanced at them. "Now! I activate my Fusion!" Violet announced. "Fusing my Elemental Hero, Featherman, and Burst Lady into Elemental Hero, Flame Wingman! (2100/1800)"
Suddenly the heroic creature materialized to the field. "Next, I'll activate this final card, Skyscraper!" Violet announced as her field card slot opened and she slipped in the card.
Suddenly holograms of buildings rose from the ground, turning the day to night, and filling the dirty streets with lights from the buildings. "When I have this up, all my hero monsters gain one thousand attack points when in battle." Violet explained. "And with that, you lose Seto Kaiba! Flame Wingman, attack his Blue Eyes White Dragon!"
With that, the creature lunged forward with its claw, its attack strength rising to 3100. "Activate Lightning Turtle!" Kaiba announced as the monster card suddenly popped up.
"No..." Violet hissed.
"I discarded this card to my graveyard when I used my Cost Down, and by removing it from play, I'm able to stop your attack." Kaiba smirked as the hero suddenly stopped, jumping back to its side of the field.
"And its my turn!" Kaiba said, drawing his next card. "Now! I activate this, Treasure of Heaven! Forcing us all to draw until we have six cards!"
Each player refreshed their hands, taking cards from their deck holsters. "Atleast I have some new cards..." Kyu thought, looking through his hand.
"Excellent..." Violet smiled.
"I'll summon Lord of Dragon in defense mode (1100/1200)" Kaiba announced as a well armored warrior appeared on the field, crouched down and shielding himself. "Then I'll use this, Flute of Summoning Dragon!"
"This is Kaiba's big strategy..." Kyu thought, remembering back to the other times he saw Kaiba duel, using this same tactic, summoning his dragons, then forming them together.
"By using this, I'll summon my last Blue Eyes White Dragon! (3000/2500)" Kaiba announced as the second Blue Eyes White Dragon appeared on the field. "Then I'll use this Move Dead! In which to bring back a monster from my graveyard, to my hand."
"And I bet it's his Blue Eyes White Dragon..." Violet thought as Kaiba's graveyard holster slid out a card. Kaiba took it and added it to his hand. "But he won't be able to attack because my Flame Wingman will be stronger than him when he attacks. Plus he won't be able to attack Kyu since I'm able to shield him with my Flame Wingman."
"Violet, you don't understand what's about happen do you?" Kyu asked, a bit worried.
"Come on Kyu, he won't be able to attack now." Violet said.
"Violet's acting way different from when I've met her before... Is it because she knows that Kaiba is the bad guy? I'm not sure myself who's the bad guy of this duel..." Kyu wondered.
"Now..." Kaiba said, holding his next card up. "I'll use my magic card, Fusion!"
"He's going to do it..." Kyu said in shock.
"I use this to fuse, my two Blue Eyes White Dragon, and another Blue Eyes from my hand..." Kaiba announced.
"Obviously, Violet is clueless from this play.. Hasn't she seen any of his duels before?" Kyu thought.
"Into my Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon! (4500/3800)" Kaiba announced as the three blue eyes fused together, forming one single dragon of three heads.
"What the..." Violet gasped. "What kind of a monster is that!"
"It's my ultimate monster..." Kaiba smiled.
"With the attack power of four thousand and five..." Violet gasped.
"Exactly..." Kaiba said. "Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon! Destroy her Flame Wingman!"
All three dragon heads aimed toward the single creature, opening their mouths and sending a wave of electricity. The monster screamed, even with its thousand power bonus, it was destroyed, reducing Violet's life points to 2600.
"I'll then set a card face down and end my turn." Kaiba announced.
"Draw!" Kyu announced, drawing his next card. "Now! I'll use the card which I took from your graveyard, Kaiba! Raise Dead in which I use to bring back Y Dragon Head! (1500/1600)"
"And here comes the combo..." Kaiba thought.
"Next, I'll use this Bond of Brothers! By sacrificing one thousand life points (LP: 500) I'll be able to special summon two monsters of the same type! Now I bring forth X Head Cannon (1800/1500) and Z Metal Caterpillar! (1500/1300)"
"Now! I combine my three monsters!" Kyu announced as the three monsters launched into the air, conjoining together into one giant machine. "XYZ Dragon Cannon! (2800/2600)"
"Hmmm..." Kaiba smiled.
"And now! I'll activate XYZ Dragon Cannon's effect, discarding a card from my hand to automatically destroy your Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon!" Kyu announced. "Such a powerful monster to waste, Kaiba..."
"Activate magic card!" Kaiba announced as the machine fired a giant torpedo. "De-Fusion!"
"No!" Kyu gasped as the three headed dragon became three dragons. The torpedo missed all of them, flying into the roof and exploding.
Kaiba laughed. "I find it strange both of us managed to use up our whole hand during this duel." He said.
"I'll end my turn now..." Kyu announced.
"Draw!" Violet announced, taking her next card. "Kyu's monster may be the only thing that can save us in this duel right now. I'll have lure his dragons away from it..."
"Now! I activate my Hero Rebirth! Which allows me to revive Elemental Hero, Flame Wingman! (2100/1800)" Violet announced as the one winged creature formed on the field. "But it won't be able to attack during my battle phase, so I end my turn."
"Draw..." Kaiba announced, drawing his next card. "Too bad Violet, you're plan has failed to protect Kyu's monster."
"What?" Violet said.
"I activate my magic card, Cyclone!" Kaiba announced. "To destroy your Skyscraper!"
"No!" Violet gasped as a giant whirlwind picked up, causing the buildings to disappear and light to restore the giant office.
"I'll then switch my Lord of Dragon to attack mode (1200/1100)" Kaiba announced. "Blue Eyes White Dragon, destroy his XYZ Dragon Cannon!"
The first dragon opened it's maw, sending out a lightning sphere and thrashing the machine to pieces, reducing Kyu's life points to 300. "Now! Lord of Dragon, attack his life points directly!"
The dragon warrior leapt forward, punching Kyu in the chest. Kyu let out a cry, holding his chest as his life points reduced to 0.
"Kyu!" Violet gasped, feeling sweat run down the side of her face.
"Kyu may be out, but I'm not finished with you!" Kaiba said, glaring at Violet. "Now! The rest of my Blue Eyes White Dragons will attack now!"
The two dragon fired two separate blasts, one hitting her Flame Wingman and destroying it, then one hitting her directly. Violet cried out, shielding herself as much as she could but the blast caused her to fall over, reducing her life points to 0.
"No..." She said as Kyu rushed over to help her up.
Kaiba smiled as his big screen slid up from under the windows, showing their stress levels. "A level of 5, Violet, that's a warning note." He said. "Kyu you still seem normal."
"So tell me, if you had a higher stress level, and won this duel, what would have happened?" Kaiba asked.
Both of them didn't know what to say. "Ok, I guess you two are right about what you said before." He smiled. "I will stop this project and let all the students come back."
"Alright..." Kyu smiled.
"But, Violet, I have my eye on you from now on." Kaiba said as they began to leave the office.
"Just another idea, thrown out..." Kaiba thought, throwing a bunch of papers into a small trash can as the doors closed.
The next day arrived. Kyu, Hide, and Yukie all welcomed Doxx's arrival back. "So how was it?" Yukie asked.
"Not that bad." Doxx sort of laughed. "But I missed being here."
"It's good to see you back." Hide said.
"But I have to warn you, Kyu-Haru..." Doxx said with a serious look. "There's been a lot of word that Quartz has been doing incredibly well..."
Kyu looked confused, he didn't know whether he should worry or forget it. "Quartz... I haven't heard from him in weeks."
An hour later, class started. Kyu walked down the hall when he saw a huge crowd walking toward him, and in front of the crowd was Quartz, dressed all nicely in a new black uniform and a tall man walking beside him with a slick suit and deep dark shades.
"Kyu-Haru..." Quartz smiled.
"This is the boy then?" The man asked.
"Yes, he's the one I've had my eye one for several months." He said.
Both Quartz and Kyu stopped and faced each other. "Quartz... Welcome back?" Kyu said, not knowing what to say.
Quartz just laughed. "How pathetic you still are. I see you've managed to stop this project from happening." He said, going from a serious voice. "But what kept me there so long?"
"This wasn't my own fault... I did what was right, none of us had a clue this was going on for a week after your duel with Violet." Kyu said.
"Silly little Kyu. I would love for a challenge match right here right now..." Quartz said, raising his duel disk.
"Fine, Quartz, I've improved much, and I can show you what it means to be a true duelist..." Kyu said, raising his duel disk.
"Not now..." The man interrupted.
"Yoshio, this has nothing to do with you, back off." Quartz growled.
"I said enough..." Yoshio growled. "We have a meeting with Seto Kaiba, remember?"
Quartz kept his eyes on Kyu. "You were just lucky." He sneered and passed by, bumping into him, both duelist glaring as they walked off.
People began to whisper, wondering if there was really going to be a rematch. The two have been enemies for long and there was no way no one would want to miss a thing like that.
Kyu stood there, holding his book bag while he saw the backs of Quartz and Kazu Yoshio. "Who was that man?" Kyu wondered. "Would he be a real threat to me or Quartz?"
CARDS PLAYED
Pot of Greed: MAGIC / Desc: Draw 2 cards from your deck.
Fusion: MAGIC / Desc: Fuse 2 or more monsters on the field or from your hand into 1 Fusion Monster
Elemental Hero, Flame Wingman: Level 8 / 2100/1800/ Air / Warrior / Desc: "Element Hero Featherman" + "Element Hero: Burst Lady". This monster can be Summoned only by "Fusion". When this Monster destroys a Monster as a result of Battle, do direct damage to your opponent's Life Points equal to the amount of ATK of the destroyed monster.
Skyscraper: FIELD MAGIC / Desc: As long as this card is face-up on the field, increase all monsters with "Hero" in their names by 1000 when involved in Battle with a monster with a higher ATK.
Lightning Turtle: Level 4 / 0/1800/ Light / Machine / Desc: You can remove this card from your Graveyard, from play to end one of your opponent's Battle Phases.
Treasure Of Heaven: MAGIC / Desc: Each player must draw until they have 6 cards in their hands.
Lord of Dragon: Level 4 / 1200/1100/ Dark / Magician / Desc: All Dragon-type monsters cannot be targeted by Magic, Trap, or Monster card effects that specifically designates a target while this card is face-up on the field.
Flute of Summoning Dragon: MAGIC / Desc: You can only activate this card when "Lord of Dragon" is face-up on the field. Special Summon up to 2 Dragon-type monsters onto the field, from your hand.
Blue Eyes White Dragon: Level 8 / 3000/2500/ Light / Dragon.
Move Dead: MAGIC / Desc: Return 1 Monster Card from your Graveyard, to your hand.
Fusion: MAGIC / Desc: Fuse 2 or more monsters on the field or from your hand into 1 Fusion Monster.
Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon: Level 12 / 4500/3800/ Light / Dragon / Fusion / Desc: "Blue Eyes White Dragon" +"Blue Eyes White Dragon" + "Blue Eyes White Dragon"
Bond of Brothers: MAGIC / Desc: Pay 1000 Life Points to Special Summon 2 monsters with the same Type to the field.
X Head Cannon: Level 4 / 1800/1500/ Light / Machine.
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.)
De-Fusion: QUICK PLAY MAGIC / Desc: Return 1 face up Fusion Monster back to your Fusion Deck. Return all Fusion Material monsters back to the field which created that Fusion Monster.
Hero Rebirth: MAGIC / Desc: Special Summon 1 monster from your graveyard, with "Hero" in its name, to the field. That monster cannot attack during your battle phase.
Cyclone: QUICK PLAY MAGIC / Desc: Destroy 1 Magic or Trap card on the field.