57. Kyu Vs Deck of No Monsters
It was during the day, in the middle of class that Kyu and Hide were in. "Kyu you seem better today..." Hide whispered.
"I guess it's because I'm more confident now..." Kyu smiled. "But I know Harem and Pulce aren't here just to check on things..."
"Give it a rest! Harem and Pulce are our friends!" Hide said.
Suddenly the teacher interrupted. "Kyu-Haru, note for you." The teacher said, waving a enclosed envelope. Kyu quickly walked down the stairs, taking it. "Go ahead and take some privacy reading it."
As Kyu walked out, he stood leaning against the wall for a bit. He was hesitant, knowing if he opened it, something bad would be telling him something.
Suddenly Hide walked out. "What're you doing..." Kyu asked.
"To Mr. Nakagawa, it's bathroom break, to me it's just helping you on this mission." Hide said. "Did you read it yet?"
"No..." Kyu said, ripping open the seal, taking a heavy sigh. He took out the note. "If you'd like, meet your first Card Professor at the Coast Caves."
"We have no choice. If we avoid this, then it won't go away! Or worse, they'll come after you!" Hide said.
"Ok I'll do it..." Kyu said.
"I'll come too. If there's some sort of trap, I'll be there to do anything I can!" Hide said.
Kyu and Hide arrived at the beach. It was a nice summer filled day, but as they looked upon the cave, it was like their very souls were being pulled in.
"I alerted the others, but apparently they can't get out of class now." Hide said as Kyu walked in. "Hey wait up!"
A couple minutes later, they arrived to a wide lit room full of torches. "Glad to see you've come, Kyu-Haru, and Ryou Hide." A female voice said.
"I predicted you'd be the one to be here... Pulce!" Kyu said as Pulce revealed herself.
"Kyu..." Pulce smiled evilly.
"Why are you working for Von Bourg?" Kyu asked.
"I can answer that one for ya." Harem's voice replied, revealing himself.
"Harem too?" Hide said.
"Just to let you know, we're not working as Rare Hunters. It's just that we're actual Card Professors. And Von Bourg plans to pay us big time." Harem said.
"Von Bourg is a bad person! He'll leave you to nothing if you trust a bad person like him!" Kyu said.
"You don't get it, Kyu." Pulce said, stepping forward. "Von Bourg says he'll give us such cards we can't imagine! We're Card Professors, we strive on rare, and powerful cards! How can we say no?"
"I'll help you with that! If you're working for the enemy, then you're an enemy to us!" Kyu said, jumping up to the small flat island surrounded by water.
"Ok Kyu... You're asking for it, then you're getting it!" Pulce said, revealing her duel disk.
Hide cocked his head at Pulce's Duel Disk. It was a spiral strip of metal wrapped around her arm full of slots. "What type of duel disk is that?" Hide asked.
"This duel disk, made from Kaiba Corps officials, gives me the advantage I need with my type of deck..." Pulce smiled, throwing back her long black hair.
"That's right, you work with a deck with absolutely no monsters." Kyu said.
"Right, so let's start this duel!" Pulce said as her duel disk lit up with pink and red lights.
"Ok!" Kyu said as his duel disk folded out. Pulce fitted her deck nicely on a deck holster on top of her wrist while Kyu slid his deck into his deck holster.
"Duel!" Pulce and Kyu announced as their life points rose to 4000.
"I'll move first!" Kyu said, drawing his first card. "Now! I summon X Head Cannon! (1800/1500)"
Suddenly a machine materialized to the field, punching its fists together. Kyu looked at the rest of his hand. "I know Pulce will start out by controlling my own monster. I'll have to be prepared." Kyu thought.
"Hmm, this boy doesn't know the rest of my deck all that well." Pulce smiled, awaiting the end turn.
"I'll set two cards face down and end my turn!" Kyu announced as two face down card materialized behind his X Head Cannon.
"Draw!" Pulce announced, drawing her first card. "Activate magic card, Change of Heart!"
"No!" Hide said.
"With this card your X Head Cannon becomes mine!" Pulce said as the machine began to float to Pulce's side of the field.
"Reveal trap card! Condemned Activity!" Kyu announced. "With this trap, the effect of any control shifting is negated!"
"Oh poo..." Pulce said as Kyu's X Head Cannon floated back to his side of the field. "But with that I've gotten rid of one of your traps."
"What?" Kyu said.
"Activate magic card, Nibelung Ring!" Pulce announced, sliding the magic card into her customized duel disk.
"What's that?" Kyu said as a ring magically appeared to the field.
"With this, it'll equip to your X Head Cannon!" Pulce said as the rig fitted onto the machine's neck. "And with that, your monster won't be able to attack."
"Seems simple..." Kyu thought.
"I'll set two cards face down and end my turn." Pulce smiled.
"Draw..." Kyu announced, ready to draw his card.
"Not so fast!" Pulce said, holding her hand forward to stop him. "The effect of Nibelung Ring forces the owner to draw two cards! And any monsters you draw will be sent to your graveyard!"
"No way!" Kyu thought. "I won't be able to summon any monsters if I discard them when I draw them..."
Kyu drew his two cards and sighed, seeing a monster card. "I discard Kuriboh to my graveyard." He said, sliding the card into his graveyard holster.
"But now! I summon Gil Gars! (1800/1200)" Kyu announced as an armored demon wielding a long sword materialized to the field. "Gil Gars! Attack her life points directly!"
"Activate trap card!" Pulce announced. "Reversal strike!"
"What's that?" Kyu said as her trap card flipped up.
"With this, your attack is reversed to your X Head Cannon!" Pulce smiled as Gil Gars slashed into a barrier, sending a wave back. Suddenly X Head Cannon began to rust. "And its attack points decrease by how much attack points your Gil Gars has!"
"Errg..." Kyu growled as his X Head Cannon's attack strength reduced to 0. "My turn ends..."
"I can see you're getting frustrated. I guess my intimidation is getting to you." Pulce smiled.
"I'm not intimidated by a person with no monsters in their deck." Kyu said.
"Then let me show you what I can really do." Pulce smiled, drawing her next card. "Now! I reveal my face down card, Goddess Skuld's Oracle!"
"What?" Kyu said as her magic card flipped up. Suddenly a young girl in a wide dress and two long blue pony tails materialized.
"That's not all! I'll also activate Goddess Belldandy's Guardian and Goddess Urd's Altar!" Pulce announced as a long pink haired and orange short haired women appeared on the field, wearing similar dresses to Skuld's Oracle.
"What are those?" Kyu said, mystified by the three goddesses as they stood before him.
"These will decide this duel for you. You just have to wait until your Standby Phase." Pulce smiled. "I'll set one last card face down and end my turn!"
"Pulce's field is totally taken up, she if that face down card of hers is not any good to her, I can start taking out her life points!" Kyu smiled.
"And before you draw! Remember the effect of my Nibelung Ring, you must draw two cards and discard any monsters!" Pulce said, pointing at Kyu.
"I haven't forgotten..." Kyu said, drawing his next two cards. "I've drawn no monsters what so ever!"
"Hmph..." Pulce smiled. "Now! Activate Goddess Skuld's Oracle!"
Suddenly the blue haired goddess rose her staff up and began to glow. "You must draw three cards and I'll be able to rearrange them of my choice, but you won't be able to see." Pulce explained.
"Ok..." Kyu said, taking his next three cards, then showing them to Pulce.
"Hmm, Fusion, Wing of Evolution, and Inferno Man Tempest..." Pulce smiled in the order she said in her head. "Bring your third card to the front!"
Kyu did as he was told, placing the three cards back on top of his deck. "Now, activate Goddess Belldandy's Guardian!" Pulce announced. "By its effect, if I guess the right type of card on the first card of your deck, it'll be brought to the field!"
"What? Why would you use that kind of card?" Kyu wondered. "She already knows what I have."
"Now! Bring forth your Monster Card!" Pulce announced. "And by automatically guessing right, your monster is placed in face down defense position!"
Suddenly the horizontal card hologram appeared before Kyu, next to his Gil Gars. "And finally! Activate Goddess Urd's Altar!" Pulce announced. "Once I guess the card I just put onto your field, it'll automatically be destroyed!"
"No way! This was her plan, using these three magic cards to slowly deplete all monsters in my deck!" Kyu gasped.
"Yup." Pulce smiled. "Now, destroy his Inferno Man Tempest!"
Suddenly the flaming warrior appeared then vanished. "Your deck will soon be like mine, monster-less" Pulce smiled evilly.
"Well now I can continue my turn." Kyu said, looking at his hand. "And by the looks of it, sending my monster into my graveyard is infact a good play."
"What!" Pulce said.
"Reveal magic card, Raise Dead!" Kyu announced as the magic card rose up. "And I'll use it to bring back Inferno Man Tempest! (2500/1000)"
"No..." Pulce growled.
"Inferno Man Tempest, attack her life points directly!" Kyu commanded.
"Activate trap card, Compulsory Evacuation Device!" Pulce announced. "By this trap card's activation, I'll return your Inferno Man Tempest back to your hand!"
Suddenly Kyu's flame warrior transformed into a glowing orb, floating to Kyu's hand and returning as a card. "That's ok." Kyu smiled. "Gil Gars! Attack her life points directly!"
The sword wielding demon launched forward, slashing across Pulce's chest. Pulce screamed in pain as she tried to regain her balance. "Pulce!" Harem said worriedly as her life points reduced to 2200.
"I'll set one card face down and end my turn." Kyu announced, his life points at a full 4000. His X Head Cannon remained on the field with zero attack strength and equipped with Nibelung Ring and now with one face down card and Gil Gars.
"Draw..." Pulce announced, now having two cards in her hand. "Activate field magic card, Cloud 9!"
"Huh?" Kyu said. Suddenly pink fluffy clouds started to appear above them in the cave ceiling.
"With this field magic card, I'll be able to play magic and trap cards on my monster card zone!" Pulce snickered.
"No way! Now I'll have to deal with double of what I had to already worry about!" Kyu gasped.
"Now! Activate magic card, Pot of Greed!" Pulce announced, then drawing her two cards. "Now, prepare for a magic card none like you've seen!"
"And what's that!" Kyu said, not feeling nervous at all.
"Now! I activate this, Reanimation!" Pulce announced, activating the card. Suddenly a cauldron appeared on the field with bubbling purple liquid inside. "With this permanent magic card, by sacrificing one hundred of my life points, I'll be able to use one of my already used magic or trap cards and turn them into Magic or Trap Tokens!"
"Weird! You're actually making your own cards into monsters!" Kyu said, a little bit weirded out by this.
"Right! Now I activate Reanimation's ability! By sacrificing one hundred life points (LP: 2100) I'll bring forth my first Magic Token! (100/100)" Pulce announced as a glowing Pot of Greed magic card appeared. It had a devilish face snickering at Kyu.
"It's weak, but it can be another one of her defenses against my monsters..." Kyu thought.
"If you're thinking now that I'm only defending myself, you're wrong!" Pulce smiled. "I'll activate the last card in my hand! Ryoku!"
"Ryoku..." Kyu growled.
"By that priceless look, you know what this card does!" Pulce snickered.
"It'll decrease the attack of my monster by half..." Kyu said.
"And take the other half and add it to my Magic Token!" Pulce giggled as Kyu's Gil Gar's attack strength reduced to 600 and Pulce's Magic Token to 700. "Attack now, Magic Token!"
The magic token formally known as Pot of Greed launched forward, tearing chunks out of the monster and destroying it. Kyu watched as his life points reduced to 3900.
Pulce smiled. "The Lux God is mine..." She said.
"Not if I deplete all your life points..." Kyu smiled.
"Not if I send your monsters away!" Pulce said.
"What makes you so sure. You returned my Inferno Man Tempest back to my hand! And I still haven't heard a rule against sacrificing my X Head Cannon!" Kyu said.
"No!" Pulce gasped.
"You see what's happening now, Pulce..." Kyu said. "Your too busy keeping track of what your adding to your field of magic and trap cards you don't notice the little things."
"My turn ends..." Pulce announced with no cards in her hand.
"My turn..." Kyu announced calmly.
"Nibelung Ring activates..." Pulce said sadly.
Kyu drew his two cards, drawing both Seraphim Gunner and Seraphim Guardner. "I'll send these two to my graveyard."
"Goddess Skuld, Belldandy, and Urd is activated." Pulce said as the three goddesses began to glow. Kyu drew his three cards. "Second one on top."
Kyu did as he was told, placing his second card to the top of his deck. "Bring up your monster..." Pulce said with no other hope. "Y Dragon Head..."
"Now! Activate magic card, Tempest!" Kyu announced. "This destroys all magic and trap cards on the field!"
Suddenly there was a giant whirl wind, collecting the three goddesses, Pulce's Cloud 9 magic card, her Reanimation, Nibelung Ring, and her Magic Token.
"Your field is empty and ready for an on coming strike!" Kyu said. "I sacrifice X Head Cannon to summon Inferno Man Tempest! (2500/1000)"
Suddenly the flaming warrior materialized to the field, unleashing a flame burst. "Attack her life points directly!" Kyu commanded.
The flame warrior charged. "No!" Harem screamed, diving in front of Pulce.
"Harem no!" Pulce screamed as Kyu's warrior punched Harem's chest. Harem let out a loud grumble, falling to his knee as Pulce's life points reduced to 0.
"What... are you doing..." Kyu said in total shock.
"She's my friend... I won't let her lose like that..." Harem said, before falling over.
Pulce growled. "My job is over..." She growled.
"Wait we still have to face Harem!" Kyu said, holding up a fist.
"Not in this state! Some other day!" Pulce said, hoisting Harem over her shoulder and jumping into a motor boat, driving off.
"No!" Kyu said.
"Let it go, Kyu... We can wait a day." Hide said.
"What has gotten into those two... They were never this cruel when we faced them for the first time..." Kyu sighed. "I just wonder... Who else will I be facing..."
Kyu and Hide walked back outside, and back into the school. "Hey Kyu!" Yukie said, greeting them.
"Yukie..." Hide said.
"What's wrong?" Yukie asked, seeing Kyu's depressed face.
"It turns out, Pulce and Harem are in this Killer 9 group." Hide said.
"No way! I'd never expect them!" Yukie said, surprised.
Kyu took a big sigh, then put a smile on. "Wow! I know Pulce and Harem are doing something wrong, but still! It was a great duel!" He said, holding up a peace sign.
"D'oh!" Yukie and Hide blurted, practically falling over.
"I don't know about you, but how about an early lunch!" Kyu said.
"Now? But we have class!" Hide said.
"it's on me!" Kyu said, giving Hide and noogie. The three began to walk off happily.
"Although bad things have been going on, I just need to put up a good attitude about it! Then nothing can come through me!" Kyu thought happily.
PREVIEW
Kyu: Awesome! A new celebrity Duelist has come to visit, his name is Frederich Gordon! He's gota killer master ninja deck! Killer? Could he be apart of The Killer 9?
Yukie: He's so hot!
Kyu: Yukie goes head over heels for this guy...
Hide: Too bad Frederich doesn't care much for his fans.
Kyu: Yeah, when Yukie tries to make friends, he tosses her aside, but with hope she challenges him to a duel, hoping to gain some love and compassion! Next chapter is Yukie's Love Duel! See you there!
CARDS PLAYED
X Head Cannon: Level 4 / 1800/1500/ Light / Machine.
Change of Heart: MAGIC / Desc: Take control of 1 monster on your opponent's side of the field for the remainder of the turn.
Condemned Activity: TRAP / Desc: Negate and effect that causes monsters to switch control.
Nibelung Ring: EQUIP MAGIC / Desc: The monster equipped with this card cannot Attack, Shift Position, or activate any effects as long as this card is equipped to a monster. The owner of the equipped monster must draw 2 cards during their Draw Phase. Any Monster Cards drawn are immediately discarded to their Graveyard.
Gil Gars: Level 4 / 1800/1200/ Dark / Demon.
Reversal Strike: TRAP / Desc: Negate the attack of one of your opponent's monsters and decrease a monster, other than the attacking card, ATK by the same amount of ATK the attacking monster has.
Goddess Skuld's Oracle: PERMANENT MAGIC / Desc: During each of your opponent's Standby Phase, your opponent must draw 3 cards from their Deck. You may rearrange the cards in any order and place them back onto your opponent's Deck. You opponent cannot see the cards.
Goddess Belldandy's Guardian: PERMANENT MAGIC / Desc: During each of your opponent's Standby Phase, guess which type of card is on top of your opponent's Deck (Magic, Monster, Trap). If guessed right, your opponent must set the card on the field (Monster cards are placed in face-down defense position).
Goddess Urd's Altar: PERMANENT MAGIC / Desc: During each of your opponent's Standby Phase, guess the name of a face-down card on your opponent's side of the field. If guessed correctly, destroy the card automatically.
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.
Inferno Man Tempest: Level 6 / 2500/1000/ Fire / Warrior / Desc: You can sacrifice this monster to Special Summon 1 monster from your graveyard, increase the selected monster's ATK and DEF by 1000.
Compulsory Evacuation Device: TRAP / Desc: Return 1 Monster on the field, to its owner's hand.
Cloud 9: FIELD MAGIC / Desc: As long as this card is face-up on the field you can play Magic and Trap cards on your Monster Card zones.
Pot of Greed: MAGIC / Desc: Draw two cards from your deck.
Reanimation: PERMANENT MAGIC / Desc: You can sacrifice 100 Life Points to convert any Magic or Trap cards destroyed after activation into "Magic Tokens" or "Trap Tokens" (Level 1 / 100/100/ Dark / Demon). There is no limit to amount of "Magic Tokens" or "Trap Tokens" on the field. This effect can only be used once during each of your Main Phases. (The "Magic Tokens" and "Trap Tokens" are still counted as Magic/Trap cards)
Ryoku: MAGIC / Desc: Until the end of the turn, decrease the ATK of 1 monster by half and increase the ATK of another monster by the same amount.
Tempest: MAGIC / Desc: Destroy all Magic and Trap cards on the field.