62. Rematch, Duel For The God Card
Ryder sat at the rising sun, waiting for the boat to arrive, looking at the Lux God.
"Ghost Ryder!" Kyu called forward as he ran down the grassy hill, Violet, Yukie, Doxx, and Hide following him from behind.
"Kyu-Haru..." Ryder said, standing to face him.
"I challenge you, Ghost Ryder to a duel, if I win, you give me back the Lux God!" Kyu said, getting his duel disk ready.
"You kidding me? I've already got what I want, why should I have to duel you?" Ryder smirked.
"I can't let the world fall in darkness..." Kyu sighed. "I've gotten myself into this situation, and I'm now expected to help save the world now! if you hand that to Von Bourg... I'd fail and I don't plan to do that!"
Suddenly Ryder burst out laughing. "You thought I'd give this to Von Bourg? Von Bourg is a cheat... He couldn't give me anything I'd want if I were to have this. I have better plans for this..." Ryder smiled. "And I know a lot of people willing to give me anything just to have this card..."
"You mean, you don't plan to give that to Von Bourg at all?" Doxx said.
"Hell no! I plan to make this a good use to me." Ryder smiled.
"I still can't let that fall into the wrong hands!" Kyu said.
"Kyu-Haru, I feel you grief, I understand you..." Ryder smiled. "But I have dreams too. I can't let my past get to me..."
"And I can't let this present become the regret I don't need... Please Ryder... Just accept my challenge..." Kyu said.
Ryder smiled again, then sighed. "I respect you as a duelist... And it does seem that the fate of the world is more important than me making up to myself." Ryder said. "So! I accept your challenge!"
"Alright!" Yukie cheered.
Kyu and Ryder's duel disks folded out and both slid their decks in. "Duel!" Kyu and Ryder announced as their life points rose to 4000.
"Begin, Draw!" Ryder announced. "Death Calibur Knight, attack mode! (1900/1800)"
Suddenly a skeleton in warrior's armor materialized to the field, wielding a long sword and riding upon a black horse. "I'll then set two cards face down and end my turn!"
"Draw!" Kyu announced. "Activate magic card, Fusion!"
"Err..." Ryder growled.
"I'll use it to fuse Seraphim Saber and Seraphim Gunner from my hand to create Seraphim Rampart Gunner! (2600/1300)" Kyu announced as a giant angelic brute materialized to the field, wielding a giant cannon. "Now! Destroy his Death Calibur Knight!"
"Reveal trap card!" Ryder announced, pointing to his card on his left. "Full Red Moon!"
"What?" Kyu said, shocked by the sudden trap.
"This trap negates your attack." Ryder smiled as the moon began to shine red, stopping Kyu's angel in its place. "And it allows me to summon this! Death Calibur Carriage! In defense mode! (2000/200)"
Suddenly a rotten wooden carriage appeared with shredded and stained drapes. "With this on the field, my Death Calibur Knight will be able to attack your life points directly." Ryder smiled.
"I'll set one card face down and end my turn..." Kyu announced.
"Draw!" Ryder announced. "Now! I activate this field magic card, Immortal Kingdom, Hellvania!"
Suddenly the land began to rumble. Everyone kept their balance as a giant dark gothic castle rose up behind Ryder. "Woah!" Yukie said. "Looks more scary out here..."
"This is card he used against Genesis..." Kyu said. "But he won't be using its effect too soon since he's held up a strategy with his Death Calibur Knight."
"Now! Death Calibur Knight, attack his life points directly!" Ryder commanded, pointing forward. Suddenly the skeleton kicked up its horse, causing it to charge, slashing his sword at Kyu.
Kyu let out a painful wail as he held his shoulder from the slash of its sword, reducing his life points to 2100. Ryder then held up another card in his hand. "Now! I discard Headless Knight from my hand, to my graveyard to activate Hellvania!"
"Why now?" Kyu wondered.
"This means all monsters on the field are destroyed!" Ryder smiled as Kyu's Seraphim Rampart Gunner vanished, along with Ryder's Death Calibur Knight and Carriage. "Now! I'll remove Death Calibur Carriage and Death Calibur Knight from play!"
"Something bad is about to come, I bet..." Hide said, a bit worried as Ryder's graveyard holster slid out the two monster cards, he took them, shoving them in his pocket.
"So I can summon this!" Ryder announced, placing his last card from his hand, to the field. "Zombie Macabre! (2700/2300)"
"Zombie Macabre..." Kyu said as a giant zombie rose to the field, it's rotten and hanging flesh caused sickness in the crowd.
"How sick..." Violet said as Yukie held her mouth.
"Man..." Hide said, covering an eye from the horrid beast.
"I could end you now, but I've already wasted my battle phase. My turn ends!" Ryder announced with a snicker.
"Draw!" Kyu announced. "Now activate magic card, Pot of Greed! This allows me to draw two new cards..."
Kyu drew his cards and looked at them. "I hope Kyu can get something good. Ryder's life points haven't changed at all!" Yukie said.
"Now! I activate this magic card, Bond of Brothers!" Kyu announced. "With this, I can sacrifice one thousand life points (LP: 1100) to summon two monsters of the same type!"
"Let's see them then!" Ryder yelled.
"I'll summon Seraphim Therapist (1000/1000) and Seraphim Guardner (2000/1000) both in defense mode!" Kyu announced as two angels appeared, one wielding a giant shield, the other kneeling down and praying. "And because of their effects, Seraphim Therapists gains three hundred attack and defense points since Seraphim Guardner. The same goes for Seraphim Guardner too!"
Suddenly Seraphim Therapists' defense strength rose to 1300 while Seraphim Guardner's to 2300. "My turn ends!" Kyu announced.
"Draw!" Ryder announced, drawing his next card and frowning on it. "Now! Zombie Macabre, destroy his Seraphim Guardner!"
The zombie let out a wail, shooting out black gas at the angel, causing him to melt away. Kyu growled, knowing his monster was so easily destroyed. "My turn ends." Ryder announced.
"Draw!" Kyu announced. "Now! I activate Seraphim Therapists' special ability which allows me to special summon one level four or lower monster from my hand! I chose Z Metal Caterpillar! (1500/1300)"
"Next, I activate this, Greedy Reactivation!" Kyu announced as his magic card flipped up. "With this, I can remove Pot of Greed from play to draw two more cards!"
Kyu's Pot of Greed card slid out of his graveyard holster. He took it, placing it into his pocket, then drawing two more cards. "Next, I'll activate this, Frontline Base!" Kyu announced as his magic card flipped up. "Then I'll use its effect so I can special summon Y Dragon Head! (1500/1600)"
Ryder sighed. "Are you done yet..." He said, as the red mechanical dragon materialized to the field.
"I'm just getting started!" Kyu smirked. "Now I sacrifice Seraphim Therapist so I can summon this! KC Tank Missiles! (0/0)"
"A machine with zero attack and defense, interesting..." Ryder smirked.
"With this, I can equip it to Z Metal Caterpillar, increasing its attack by five hundred!" Kyu explained as two giant missiles appeared on top of his Z Metal Caterpillar. "Next, I'll activate their ability and sacrifice KC Tank Missiles to destroy your Zombie Macabre!"
"No!" Ryder growled.
Suddenly the two missiles fired, hitting Zombie Macabre directly and destroying him. "because I summoned Z Metal Caterpillar with Seraphim Therapist's ability, it can't attack, so I'll attack with my Y Dragon Head! Now, attack his life points directly!" Kyu commanded, pointing at Ryder.
The red mechanical dragon blasted a energy blast from its mouth, hitting Ryder in the chest. Ryder let out a grunt as he held his stance. He growled in pain as his life points reduced to 2500.
"I'll place one card face down and end my turn!" Kyu announced.
Ryder drew his next card. "Now! Return, Zombie Macabre! (2700/2300)" Ryder announced as the horrid zombie rose up from the ground again.
"What! How is that possible!" Kyu gasped.
"Zombie Macabre's ability allows me to special summon it back to the field when it's been destroyed by a card effect on my next standby phase." Ryder smiled.
"This is going to be tough..." Kyu thought. "But if he wants to destroy my monsters, he has to use Zombie Macabre... Other wise just using his field magic, Hellvania, will just have to make him wait..."
"Now! Zombie Macabre, destroy his Y Dragon Head!" Ryder commanded, pointing forward.
"No! If this attack is successful, Kyu will lose..." Doxx growled.
"Activate trap card!" Kyu announced. "One Last Chance!"
"No..." Ryder growled.
"By this card's effect, all monsters on your side of the field are reduced by three hundred attack points!" Kyu smiled with relief as the zombie's black gas dissolved Y Dragon Head, reducing Kyu's life points to 100.
"Err.." Ryder growled. "I'll discard Ghost Count from my hand to activate Immortal Kingdom, Hellvania!"
"No!" Hide said.
"Now all monsters will be destroyed on the field!" Ryder laughed as Kyu's Z Metal Caterpillar vanished, along with Ryder's Zombie Macabre. "Don't worry, my Zombie Macabre will be back to finish the job!"
"Not if I can help it..." Kyu said, drawing his next card and smiling. "Now! Activate magic card, Treasure of Heaven!"
"Ooh, smart move... But you've just given me more ways to defeat you." Ryder smirked.
"We'll see about that! Now I summon X Head Cannon! (1800/1500)" Kyu announced. "Now I'll take your Immortal Kingdom, Hellvania to good use!"
"What?" Ryder gasped.
"Kyu, has an undead monster in his deck? That's kind of hard to believe..." Yukie said.
"Yeah but it's true..." Hide said.
"Now! I discard Night of Anubis!" Kyu announced.
"Night of Anubis!" Ryder gasped.
"Yes, and with that Hellvania activates!" Kyu said as Kyu's X Head Cannon vanished.
"But what was the whole point of that if you're the only one with a monster on the field..." Ryder said.
"Think about it, I've got Y Dragon Head and Z Metal Caterpillar in my graveyard, I've just sent my X Head Cannon..." Kyu smiled.
"Oh yeah! Here comes the heavy machinery!" Hide cheered.
"Now! I activate magic card, Mega Fusion!" Kyu announced. "By removing the X Y Z cards from play I can summon XYZ Dragon Cannon! (2800/2600)"
"No!" Ryder growled as the giant machine appeared on the field, pointing its cannons down at Ryder.
"Now! Attack his life points directly!" Kyu commanded, pointing at Ryder. Suddenly the cannons fired, sending missiles in Ryder's direction, exploding on contact.
Ryder fell to his knee, his life points reducing to 0 as the holograms turned off. "Sorry..." Kyu said, helping Ryder up.
"No problem. But this is the type of adventure I crave for!" Ryder smiled. "Here, this is yours."
Ryder handed Kyu Saint Goddess of The Gale, automatically Kyu felt his spirit go up as he laid his hands on the card. "Thanks Ryder..." Kyu said.
Ryder looked back to see the boat, it was about to leave. "Well there's my ride back." Ryder said. "It was great seeing you all! You just ummm, duel really good!" Ryder said, running to the dock and jumping up on the boat.
Everyone stood there and waved as the boat carried off into the sea. Ryder waved back, then disappeared. "Well three down, seven to go." Hide said.
"Yup." Kyu replied.
PREVIEW
Kyu: Holy cow! The whole Ra Yellow class is stuck in the cafeteria!
Hide: That includes Doxx right?
Kyu: It does. Looks like Vulcan has escaped from jail and plans to trash the Ra Yellow dormitory unless he gets rare cards from all the students. Doxx stands up to Vulcan and they recognize each other from our previous run-in. It's Doxx VS Vulcan in its finest! Next chapter is Doxx VS Vulcan, Flaming Wrath! See you there!
CARDS PLAYED
Death Calibur Knight: Level 4 / 1900/1800/ Dark / Undead.
Fusion: MAGIC / Desc: Fuse 2 or more monsters on the field or from your hand into 1 Fusion Monster.
Seraphim Rampart Gunner: Level 7 / 2600/1300/ Light / Angel / Fusion / Desc: "Seraphim Gunner" + "Seraphim Saber". You can sacrifice 1 face-up Light-Type monster for this card to attack your opponent's Life Points directly. This effect can only be used once per turn.
Full Red Moon: TRAP / Desc: Negate the ATK of one of your opponent's monsters. Special Summon 1 "Death Calibur Carriage" to the field, from your deck or hand.
Death Calibur Carriage: Level 3 / 200/2000/ Dark / Undead / Desc: This card's effect can only be activated if there is a face-up "Death Calibur Knight" on the field. Any face-up "Death Calibur Knights" on your side of the field can attack your opponent's Life Points directly.
Immortal Kingdom, Hellvania: FIELD MAGIC / Desc: Each player can discard 1 Undead-type monster from their hand, to their graveyard to destroy all Monsters on both players field. When this effect is activated, you cannot Normal Summon any monsters.
Zombie Macabre: Level 7 / 2700/2300/ Dark / Undead / Desc: This card can only be Special Summoned by removing 2 Undead-type monsters from your Graveyard, out of play. When this card is destroyed due to a card effect, you can Special Summon this card back to the field during your next Standby Phase.
Pot of Greed: MAGIC / Desc: Draw two cards from your deck.
Bond of Brothers: MAGIC / Desc: Pay 1000 Life Points to Special Summon 2 monsters with the same Type to the field.
Seraphim Therapist: Level 4 / 1000/1000/ Light / Angel / Desc: The ATK and DEF of this monster increases by 300 for each Angel-Type monster on the field. During each of your Standby Phases you may Special Summon 1 Level 4 Monster Card from your hand, to the field. The summoned monster cannot attack during your Battle Phase.
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.
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.)
Greedy Reactivation: MAGIC / Desc: Remove 1 "Pot of Greed" from your Graveyard, out of play, to draw 2 cards from your deck.
Frontline Base: PERMANENT MAGIC / Desc: Once during each of your Main Phases, you may Special Summon 1 Union-Type monster to the field.
Y Dragon Head: Level 4 / 1500/1600/ 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 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 400. (A monster can only have one Union Monster Equipped to it. If the Equipped Monster would be destroyed by battle, destroy this card instead.)
KC Tank Missiles: Level 6 / 0/0/ Light / Machine / Union / Desc: This card can only be equipped to "Z Metal Caterpillar". Increase the equipped monster's ATK by 500. You can Sacrifice this card, while equipped to a monster, to destroy 1 face-up monster on the field. When the equipped monster is destroyed due to battle, send this monster to the graveyard instead.
One Last Chance: TRAP / Desc: During your opponent's Battle Phase, you can reduce the ATK of all face-up monsters on your opponent's side of the field by 300.
Treasure of Heaven: MAGIC / Desc: Each player must draw from their deck until each player has 6 cards in their hands.
Night of Anubis: Level 6 / 2550/1300/ Dark / Undead / Desc: As long as this card remains face-up on the field, any cards that target either players Decks is automatically negated and destroyed.
X Head Cannon: Level 4 / 1800/1500/ Light / Machine.
Mega Fusion: MAGIC / Desc: Remove 2 or more Monster Cards from your Graveyard to create 1 Fusion Monster.
XYZ Dragon Cannon: Level 8 / 2800/2600/ Light / Machine / Fusion / Desc: "X Head Cannon" + "Y Dragon Head" + "Z Metal Caterpillar". Remove the required Fusion Material Monsters from the field, out of play to Special Summon this monster ("Fusion" is not needed to summon this card) from your Fusion Deck. Discard 1 card from your hand to destroy 1 card on the field.