50. Ambush! Return of The Ghost Ryder!
Ryder smirked as his life points stood at 3100 while Kyu's at 2000. Ryder held a great force with his Vampire Genesis (3000/2100) along side with his Tomb Arc and Goblin Zombie (1100/1050).
Kyu's field was totally empty except for one face down card. "My turn!" Kyu announced.
"Wait just a sec." Ryder smiled. "The effect of your Seraphim Gun-Blader forces you to skip your draw phase since you attacked twice during your last Battle Phase."
"I know..." Kyu said. "But then again, I'll activate my face down card, Pot of Greed!"
"Errm..." Ryder said.
Kyu swiftly drew his two cards and smiled. "Now! I remove Seraphim Guardner, Seraphim Gunner, and Y Dragon Head from my graveyard, so I bring this to the field, Seraphim of Hope! (2500/1800)" Kyu announced as three cards slid out of his graveyard holster. Kyu took them, sliding them into his uniform pocket. Suddenly a bright light lit up the hall ways as a tall angelic woman with wide spread wings and halo appeared, outfitted in a long white dress. "With this I can take a magic card either from my graveyard or deck! and I chose Fusion!"
"What a unlikely decision." Ryder smirked. "Even I would have picked a better card for the job."
"We'll see who made the right decision when I'm done with you..." Kyu said. "Next, I'll summon Seraphim Sabre in defense mode (1500/1600). Now! Seraphim of Hope, destroy his Goblin Zombie!"
The angel opened her arms, sending a wave of feathers at the gruesome looking zombie, destroying it instantly. Ryder smirked, watching his life points reduce to 1400.
"By destroying my Goblin Zombie, you once again activated its effect, allowing me to retrieve a undead monster from my deck with the attack strength of twelve hundred or less." Ryder said. "I know just which one I want..."
Ryder didn't take long to chose the card, he took it and added it to his hand then put his deck back to his duel disk. "My turn ends..." Kyu announced.
"Heh, your angel may be strong, but not strong enough..." Ryder laughed. "Draw!"
"Here it comes..." Kyu thought. Knowing how Ryder dueled he'd try to create an army of the dead, giving him life points and easily stomping down Kyu's monsters.
"Now! I activate Vampire Genesis' ability! By discarding a monster card from my hand, I can bring back a monster from my graveyard with an equal level or lower! But since I just discarded a level 6 monster, why not just bring it to the field since it's in my graveyard now..." Ryder said, as he took the card.
"What? He's bringing back the monster he just discarded!" Kyu gasped.
"Now! I bring forth Puppet Master! (0/0)" Ryder announced as the zombie puppet rose to the field.
"No..." Kyu gasped, realizing what had just happened.
"But since this monster has no attack points, I gain no life points, but who cares! I activate its special ability!" Ryder announced as Puppet Master turned to Ryder. The zombie rose its boney hands, sending strands of string into Ryder's graveyard holster. "By sacrificing one thousand life points (LP: 400) I can bring back three undead monsters from my graveyard, to the field!"
Kyu looked nervously as a bead of sweat came down the side of his head. The Puppet Master yanked the strings out, pulling out three of Ryder's old monsters.
"Vampire Lady! (1550/1550) Goblin Zombie! (1100/1050) and Headless Knight! (1450/1700)" Ryder called forth as the three monsters stood in front of Ryder. "And since all three of these monsters were special summoned, I gain life points due to my Tomb Arc!"
Suddenly Ryder's life points rose to 2450. "I'm not done yet! Now I sacrifice Puppet Master so I can summon this, Ghost Count! (2000/700)" Ryder hollered as the puppet zombie disappeared and was replaced with a rapier wielding zombie dressed nicely for such an occasion. "Now I have my army of dead, and you won't be able to win this!"
"No..." Kyu said, nothing else he could say.
"There is no future for you... I have you pinned." Ryder smiled. "Vampire Genesis, destroy his Seraphim of Hope!"
The giant tyrant vampire thrusted his hand down, crushing the angel easily and reducing Kyu's life points to 1800. "Now! Ghost Count, destroy his Seraphim Sabre!" Ryder called forth, pointing at Kyu's defensive sword wielding angel.
The zombie slashed its rapier across the angel's chest, causing it to explode into digital pieces, but because it was in defense mode, Kyu didn't lose any life points.
"Now! Vampire Lady, attack his life points directly!" Ryder commanded, pointing forward.
The woman slashed her claws across Kyu's chest. Kyu screamed in pain, falling down backwards as his life points reduced to 250.
"And that activates my Vampire Lady's effect, so I force you to discard a monster card from your deck!" Ryder called out.
Kyu slid out his deck choosing a card. "Perfect..." He said to himself, sliding the card into his graveyard holster.
"And now for the finishing attack!" Ryder laughed insanely. "Goblin Zombie! Attack his life points directly and end this duel!"
"Not so fast!" Kyu said. Suddenly a card slid out of his graveyard holster and Kyu took it.
"I activate the effect of my Lightning Turtle!" Kyu said, revealing the card.
Before the Goblin Zombie could reach Kyu, an electrical barrier popped up, sending Goblin Zombie back to Ryder's side of the field.
"No!" Ryder growled.
"Making me discard a monster card was your mistake!" Kyu said, pointing at Ryder while he slid the card into his pocket. "And now I've been given a second chance!"
"I'll set one card face down and end my turn..." Ryder growled.
"Draw!" Kyu announced, drawing the second card of his hand. "You know, Ghost Ryder, I've discovered something..."
"And what's that?" Ryder said with a smart remark.
"I've found out why you won't use the shadow realm... It's because you're all talk but no show..." Kyu said. "If you were so bent on beating me, you'd be using it right now... I bet you don't even control it..."
"What do you know, you know nothing!" Ryder hissed.
"I've been here long enough to see what people are deep down. All I see in you is a power hungry monster..." Kyu said. "That is why you'll never succeed..."
"Oh and what's your recipe for winning? Heart of the cards?" Ryder laughed.
"Not exactly... I'm confident in myself and I don't need to rely on strong or rare cards for me to win..." Kyu said. "I've constructed this deck to my liking, and if I believe that I can win, then I can!"
"Then let's see you win!" Ryder said, impatiently.
"Very well! Now, I activate this, Treasure of Heaven!" Kyu said. "Which forces us to draw until we each have six cards in our hands!"
"Excellent..." Ryder smiled happily at his new cards.
"Now! I'll activate Weak Revival to bring back Seraphim Gun-Blader! (2500/1800)" Kyu announced as the muscular angel appeared, wielding a magnum with a blade on the head. "And because I used Weak Revival, it loses one thousand attack points (1500/1800)"
"What a waste of a good card." Ryder smiled. "You know, I'm pretty confident in myself, maybe you'll end up surrendering after all..."
Ryder finished with a laugh but Kyu's face was serious. "Next, I'll use Raise Dead to bring back Seraphim Sabre! (1600/1500)" Kyu announced as the sword wielding angel appeared. "Then I'll use this, De-Fusion! To split my Seraphim Gun-Blader back to its two monsters which were used to create it!"
"Err... This is totally useless." Ryder said. "Hurry up so I can finish you off!"
"So I get back my Seraphim Gunner (1800/1200) and Seraphim Guardner (2000/1000)" Kyu announced. "Now for my next move..."
All three monsters stood high, as if they were ready to directly attack Ryder themselves without warning. "Ryder, you are too careless to even think what I'm about to do, you're only bunched up with yourself!"
"Heh..." Ryder said, not caring.
"Now! I activate the card which I brought back by the effect of Seraphim of Hope! Fusion!" Kyu shouted as the card flipped up. "Which I use to fuse all three of my Seraphim's!"
"Err..." Ryder growled. "Probably a souped up monster..."
Suddenly all three monsters began to glow a bright shining light, lighting up the hall ways again. Ryder and Kyu shielded their eyes as the three monsters formed to one. "And I've created Seraphim Lionhart! (3500/2500)"
Suddenly a well armored angel knight appeared, wielding a long shining sword and shining shield. Its chest plate was in the shape of a roaring lion.
"And for every other Light monster in my graveyard, your monsters lose five hundred attack points!" Kyu said, pointing at Ryder.
"No way!" Ryder gasped.
"I count a total of five light monsters in my graveyard, causing your monsters to each lose twenty five hundred attack points!" Kyu said as Ryder's Vampire Genesis reduced to 500, and the rest of his monsters to 0.
"No..." Ryder said sadly. "This can't be happening..."
"It is! And with this final attack, I'll win the duel! Seraphim Lionhart, destroy his Vampire Genesis!" Kyu called out, pointing his hand forward.
The angel warrior dove forward, slashing his shining sword down across the vampire's head, then along its body, striking it into two pieces and destroying it.
Ryder looked in shock as his life points reduced to 0.
He fell to his knee, in a sea of sadness. "Why... Why me..." He said.
"Hey it's not all that bad, you can't win them all..." Kyu said, walking up to him.
"I've trained so hard to become the best... Yet, I can't cut it... Being a rare hunter doesn't help..." Ryder said.
"I think I know something that will..." Kyu said as Ryder stood up.
"What?" Ryder said.
"Just give up on the rare hunters, they're people who don't even care about others, just for themselves. If you really want to become the best, join the good guys, like us." Kyu said.
"I'll give it some thought. You won't let the officers take me will you?" Ryder asked, a bit nervous. "Please, I've already got into enough trouble, I don't want to get serious with the law..."
Kyu smiled. "To the docks, wait there for a ship to come by, usually by five. Hitch a ride and you'll be out of here in no time." Kyu said, pointing over to another hall.
Ryder sighed with relieved and smiled. "I owe you one..." He said. "I don't exactly know where your friends are at, but I can assure you that our leader, Von Bourg will be in Kaiba's office..."
Ryder's face turned to a serious tone. "Trust me, you'll need a lot of help to defeat him, but I'm not the right person." Ryder said. "Be aware, if he doesn't get what he wants, he'll do anything to get it..."
"Thanks, Ryder..." Kyu said. With that Ryder ran off, his shredded scarf trailing as he ran into the darkness.
"Kaiba's Office... There must be a spare key there..." Kyu thought as he headed toward a different route.
As Hide, Violet, and Genesis made their way, they lost sight of the leader. "Man, where did he go?" Violet said, stopping then looking around.
"It's practically too dark to see..." Hide said.
"Come... On... Guys... Wait... Up!" Genesis said, trying to take a breath.
"Genesis, don't slow us down or you'll get lost..." Violet warned.
"Trust me guys, I'm finished, there's no on else in this school. They must have evacuated, knowing that there are some dangerous people in here! We might as well join them!" Genesis said.
"And leave Yukie behind? That's not an objective!" Hide said.
"Maybe if we split up..." Genesis said.
"Alright, me and Hide will go this way..." Violet said.
"Nah uh! I'm staying with you!" Genesis said, grabbing Violet's arm.
"Fine... Is that ok with you, Hide?" Violet asked.
"It's alright to me. Don't worry about me, I can take care of myself!" Hide said, holding a thumbs up.
"Alright, see you around." Violet said as she and Genesis ran off toward a hall way while Hide took the different route. As soon as both teams split, there was a sudden bang.
Violet and Genesis looked back to see solid steel doors blocking their entrance. "Looks like we won't be coming back..." She said.
Hide also looked back. "That means I just got to move on..." Hide thought. "I won't let my friends down..."
CARDS PLAYED
Pot of Greed: MAGIC / Desc: Draw two cards from your deck
Seraphim of Hope: Level 7 / 2500/1800/ Light / Angel / Desc: This monster can only be Special Summoned by removing 3 Light-type monsters from your graveyard. When this card is successfully summoned, take 1 Magic Card from your deck or Graveyard and add it to your hand.
Seraphim Gun-Blader: Level 6 / 2500/1400/ Light / Angel / Fusion / Desc: "Seraphim Guardner" + "Seraphim Gunner". When this card is in face-up defense position, switch this card's ATK with its DEF. You can skip your next Draw Phase to have this card attack twice during Battle Phase.
Seraphim Sabre: Level 4 / 1600/1500/ Light / Angel / Desc: The ATK of this monster increases by 300 for each Angel-Type monster on the field.
Puppet Master: Level 6 / 0/0/ Dark / Undead / Desc: Sacrifice 1000 Life Points to Special Summon 3 Undead-type monsters from your Graveyard (This effect can only be used once).
Vampire Lady: Level 4 / 1550/1550/ Dark / Undead / Desc: Each time this card inflicts Battle Damage to your opponent's Life Points, declare 1 card type (Monster, Magic, or Trap). Your opponent must select 1 card of that type from his/her deck and send it to the graveyard.
Goblin Zombie: Level 4 / 1100/1050/ Dark / Undead / Desc: When this card does Battle Damage to your opponents Life Points, you opponent must put the card on top of their deck, to their Graveyard. If this card is destroyed and sent to the Graveyard, you may put 1 Undead-Type monster with the ATK of 1200 or less from your deck, to your hand. Your deck is then shuffled.
Headless Knight: Level 4 / 1450/1700/ Earth / Demon.
Ghost Count: Level 5 / 2000/700/ Dark / Undead.
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 from their respective decks until each hand has 6 cards.
Weak Revival: MAGIC / Desc: Special Summon 1 monster from your Graveyard, to the field. That monster's ATK is reduced by 1000 ATK.
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.
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.
Seraphim Gunner: Level 4 / 1800/1200/ The Attack points of this monster increases by 300 for each Angel-Type monster on the field.
Seraphim Guardner: Level 4 / 1000/2000/ Light / Angel / Desc: The DEF of this monster increases by 300 for each Angel-Type monster on the field.
Fusion: MAGIC / Desc: Fuse 2 or more monsters on the field or from your hand into 1 Fusion Monster.
Seraphim Lionhart: Level 12 / 3000/2500/ Light / Angel / Fusion / Desc: "Seraphim Guardner" + "Seraphim Gunner" + "Seraphim Sabre". Decrease all of your opponent's face-up monsters by 500 for each Light-Type monster in your graveyard.