65. X-Y-Z Blast!
The night fell, most students escaped from Rosie's grasp in the school and made it out to camp during the night. Kyu, Yukie, Sophia, Doxx, Genesis, and Quartz camped out in front of the large tree.
"So where do you think Seto Kaiba went?" Yukie asked.
"Probably got away, leaving us all here..." Quartz said.
Kyu sat away from the group, sorting out his deck. "Kyu, watcha doin?" Hide said, looking around.
"Preparing for my duel..." Kyu said, taking some cards out.
"How do you know if this lady is going to face you. She has the Lux God, she might as well leave." Genesis said.
"If she would leave how come she hasn't yet. I'm not dueling for the Lux God... I'm dueling to set free the students." Kyu said.
"Wow, when someone messes with Kyu's friends, he becomes all serious about this..." Doxx thought as Kyu gathered up his cards.
Rosie sat at her thrown, everyone was quiet or asleep in their cages while Violet paced around. "Sit still... You're annoying me..." Rosie said.
"You won't get away with this..." Violet hissed.
"Little girl, I've already gotten away with this. I have what I need, and my empire of plants will soon make your little school a living jungle for me to roam around." She squealed happily, looking at the Lux God and stroking the corner with her finger.
The sun rose up and everyone woke up. Kyu sat, waiting in front of the wooden gates. Rosie's laughter filled the air as the wooden gates suddenly opened.
Everyone's ears perked up by the loud creak and Kyu instantly disappeared inside, everyone chased after him.
Kyu stopped in the familiar open area within the tree, seeing all the imprisoned students, and Violet. "Violet!" Kyu said.
"Kyu!" Violet replied.
"Don't worry, I'll get you out of here, all of you..." Kyu said.
The rest of the group met up with Kyu at the open area. "Look!" Sophia said, pointing at the wall.
The wall in front of them had a large rose bulb on it and it began to open. It was a door way and Rosie stood at the door way. A giant leaf brought her to the ground and she stepped forward.
"So, why have you come here. It's not like I'm going to give you my Lux God." Rosie chuckled.
"I'm not here to get back the card. I don't care for it right now! Rosie, I challenge you to a duel, and if I win, you free all the students here." Kyu said, pointing at her.
"Very well." Rosie smiled. "But if I win, you and your petty friends become my servants, for the rest of your pathetic lives."
"I'm willing to take that risk!" Kyu said.
"Are you serious!" Genesis gasp
"I'm positive Kyu can do this... He's had all night to prepare!" Hide said, the only one that's a little enthusiastic about Kyu's proposal.
"Ok then, let's get this duel started!" Rosie said, the giant rose on her wrist turning on, causing vines to sprout out, and forming a duel disk.
Kyu let his duel disk fold out and both players slid their decks in. "Duel!" Kyu and Rosie announced.
"I'll begin, draw!" Kyu announced, drawing his first out of six for the duel. "I'll summon Kuriboh in defense mode! (200/300). I'll also set two cards face down and end my turn!"
"That's the almighty Kyu's plan... Summoning a weak monster in defense mode on the first turn..." Sophia said, rolling her eyes.
"Draw..." Rosie announced. "Aww it's so cute..."
Rosie cooed at the small furry creature which blushed. "But too bad it's going down, now! I activate this, Flower's Deadly Scent!"
"What's that..." Kyu said with a serious expression.
"By allowing you to special summon a level five or six monster to the field, I gain control of your cute little Kuriboh!" Rosie smiled as the fuzzy creature floated to Rosie's side of the field.
"Alright, I'll summon this, Volstead! (1200/2300)" Kyu announced as the black amrored black horse materialized to the field, it's mane flashing about as it kneeled, guarding itself with its helmet with a giant horn sticking out.
"Now the fun begins." Rosie smiled, taking the next card in her hand. "Now! I activate, The Tree of Life!"
Rosie flashed the card at Kyu and instantly a golden wave was shot out of the card as a giant tree with gold leaves and silver flowers rose up. It then unleashed another wave, destroying Rosie's Kuriboh. "And with the sacrification of your dear Kuriboh, I gain control of your Volstead!"
The horse trotted over to Rosie's side of the field, then bowing down in front of Kyu, ready to strike. "But that's not all!" Rosie announced. "Tree of Life allows me to destroy up to ten monsters within your deck."
Sudden holograms of Kyu's monsters appeared on the field, all three of Kyu's X Head Cannon, Z Metal Caterpillar, and Y Dragon Head appeared and exploded into digital pieces, then his Seraphim Guardner, Gunner, and Saber appeared and exploded into digital pieces. Finally his Android Psycho Shocker, Seraphim of Hope, Seraphim Therapist, and Chamber Hound appeared and were destroyed.
"No! All of Kyu's personal cards are gone!" Hide said.
"I'll then use this, Rose Petals! Which I activate to sacrifice your Volstead, and Thorn Princess, from my hand..."
The same spectacle as yesterday went on, rose petals began to rain down from the ceiling of the tree. "Here it comes..." Kyu said, getting ready.
"So I can bring forth Rose Knight, Bishop! (2500/2500)" Rosie announced as the red armored knight materialized to the field, unleashing his vine sword.
"Activate Volstead's special effect!" Kyu announced.
"Huh?" Rosie said. "How dare you iterrupt me!"
"Sorry, but by sending Volstead to the graveyard, you've activated its effect. I can now take a magic card from my graveyard or your own." Kyu smiled.
"Fine take whatever you want." Rosie smirked.
"Ok, then I guess you don't mind if I take your Tree of Life!" Kyu said as Rosie's graveyard holster spat out the card. Kyu caught it and added it to his hand.
"No!" Rosie growled.
"Aright! Rosie's about to get a piece of her own medicine!" Doxx said while Genesis and Sophia jumped for joy.
"Err..." Rosie growled. "Rosie Knight, Bishop, attack his life points directly!"
The knight lashed forward his sword ready to slash at Kyu. The Knight slashed and Kyu flew into the air as he was hit hard. He let out a wail as his life points reduced to 1500, then fell back on his feet.
Rosie smiled with satisfactory. "This will be too easy." She smiled.
"Reveal trap card..." Kyu announced. "Heavily Damaged Wings!"
"What's that..." Rosie said with a scowl.
"When I gain twenty thousand damage to my life points, or more, I can add a certain magic card from my deck, to my hand!" Kyu said, taking his deck out, taking the card, and adding it to his hand.
"I bet I know what it is..." Hide said.
"I'll set one card face down and end my turn." Rosie announced.
Kyu drew his next card. "Now! I activate my other face down card, Raise Dead! In order to bring back Kuriboh! (300/200)" He announced as the brown fuzz ball returned to the field.
"You must be a bigger fool than I thought." Rosie giggled. "Summoning such a weak monster in attack mode."
"It may be weak, but once evolution sets in, it's indestructible!" Kyu said. "Now I activate the card which I gained from my Heavily Damaged Wings, trap card..."
"And that would be..." Rosie said, impatient.
"Wings of Evolution!" Kyu announced as the magic card flipped up. "By discarding two cards from my hand, I'll be able to evolve my Kuriboh into a much stronger monster!"
As soon as Kyu slid his two cards into his graveyard, Kuriboh began to glow. Black wings expanded on its back, covering him while the evolution began. The purple glowing caused Kuriboh's high pitched growl to turn into a sinister one.
The wings released and Kuriboh's fur was black with red eyes, two long black obelisk horns, and two giant black claws. "meet Kuriboh Level 10! (300/200)" Kyu said.
"You might have made it look cooler, but it's not even stronger." Rosie laughed again.
"But it comes with a promising effect. Now! I activate the last card in my hand..." Kyu said, raising the card. "The Tree of Life!"
"Err..." Rosie growled. "Well this was going to happen anyway..."
"And I sacrifice my Kuriboh Level 10 to activate its effect!" Kyu said as the tree of golden leaves rose to the field. The darkened Kuriboh vanished which appeased the tree's commands. "And by Kuriboh Level 10's disappearance, this activates my counter magic card, Equivilant Trade!"
"What!" Rosie growled.
"When one of my special summoned monsters is destroyed, I can destroy one of your monsters automatically! So say good bye to Rose Knight Bishop!" Kyu explained, pointing his hand at Rosie's knight.
Suddenly a wave of golden leaves flew forward, sweeping Rosie's Rose Knight, Bishop away. "Err..." She growled, shielding herself from the strong winds.
"I'll then discard ten random monsters from your deck." Kyu said as ten monster cards flew from Rosie's deck and slid into her Graveyard holster. "But that's not all!"
"Yeah! I knew Kyu had a promising plan!" Doxx cheered.
"By sending my Kuriboh Level 10 to my graveyard, I've activated its special effect! I can draw five more cards, but you gain damage to any monster card I draw by half of its attack strength!" Kyu said, taking the top five cards from his deck.
"No... I can't let this happen." Rosie growled.
"And the monster cards I've drawn are Dark Blade, End of Anubis, Pitch Dark Dragon, and Tortoise Cannon!" Kyu said, revealing the three monster cards. "They may not be enough, but it'll surely take a large chunk out of your life points!"
"I come to disagree, activate trap card, Blockade From Heaven!" Rosie announced as her one trap card flipped up. Suddenly a army of angels wielding swords and dressed in golden armor appeared. "As long as I have no monsters on my field you can't deal any damage to my life points!"
"No!" Kyu and the others gasp.
"Did you think it would be that easy?" Rosie asked, smiling deviously.
"For a second there, yeah." Kyu smirked. "I'll summon Tortoise Cannon to the field in defense mode (2000/1000). Then set one card face down and end my turn."
Rosie smiled at the defending mechanical turtle, its cannon pointed straight at her.
"Draw..." Rosie announced, drawing a card, making only one card. "Heh, now I activate this, Raise Dead, bringing back Thorn Princess!"
"No!" Sophia and Genesis gasped as the woman with long green hair and a long purple dress appeared on the field, she smiled lustfully at Kyu.
"And since I summoned Thorn Princess, her special ability activates!" Rosie announced. "Giving me control of your Tortoise Cannon!"
Suddenly vines wrapped around the mechanical turtle, pulling it to Rosie's side of the field. "I'll then place Tortoise Cannon in attack mode (1000/2000). Now! Attack his life points directly!"
The turtle fired a red energy ball at Kyu which exploded once it reached contact with him. Kyu screamed loudly, trying to hold back the pain which his own monster brought to him. Kyu saw his life points reduced to 500.
"Oh no! Kyu's in trouble... I can't watch..." Yukie said covering her eyes.
"Now! Thorn Princess, attack his life points directly also!" Rosie announced sinisterly. The princess pointed her hand forward, sending a vine with thorns on it, slashing across Kyu's chest. Kyu let out another wail of pain as he fell to one knee, his life points reducing to 200.
"And finally, I sacrifice Thorn Princess to Tortoise Cannon, allowing me to deal direct damage to you by half of Thorn Princess' life points!" Rosie cackled as Thorn Princess disappeared, then reappeared in the mechanical turtle's cannon, reducing her attack strength to 150. The cannon fired the princess right at Kyu which exploded on him.
Kyu fell backwards, his life points reducing down to 50. "Only fifty life points left." Rosie smiled.
"And Kyu hasn't even touched hers!" Hide said in wide eyed shock as Rosie's life points still stood at 4000.
"My turn ends." Rosie smiled with Tortoise Cannon still on her side of the field.
Kyu stood up, weak at the knees, but he drew his next card and smiled. "Do you think you're still going to win..." Kyu asked.
"Hell yes! You only have fifty life points left and you haven't even touched me! You were easier than that bratty Violet." Rosie laughed.
"I beg to differ..." Kyu smirked.
"What!" Rosie said as well as everyone.
"Has he been planning something this entire time!" Genesis said in shock.
"Looks like it!" Hide said.
"I'll activate this, Fusion! Fusing Dark Blade and Pitch Dark Dragon from my hand!" Kyu announced as the magic card flipped up and formed into the fusion monster. "To create Dark Blade Dragon Knight! (2200/1500)"
Suddenly a black dragon materialized to the field with a dark warrior on its neck, riding it like a horse. "What is the whole point of this, you won't do much with that creature!" Rosie growled.
"Activate magic card..." Kyu said, pointing to his face down card. "X-Y-Z Blast!"
"What! What is that!" Rosie said in utter confusion.
"I knew you'd send my three X Y Z monster to my graveyard way before we were going to duel. So last night I planned a counter move for that." Kyu smiled. "X-Y-Z Blast can only be activated if I have X Head Cannon, Y Dragon Head, and Z Metal Caterpillar in my graveyard, and thanks to your Tree of Life, they are all in my graveyard!"
"No!" Rosie gasped.
"And in order to complete the effect of X-Y-Z Blast, I need to sacrifice a level six or higher fusion monster and that I have! I sacrifice Dark Blade Dragon Knight so I can summon this, XYZ Blast Cannon! (?)" Kyu announced as the dragon riding warrior vanished and was replaced with a giant metal cannon pointed directly at Rosie. It had X Head Cannon operating the cannon and Y Dragon Head and Z Metal Caterpillar at the bottom, holding the large cannon.
"XYZ Blast Cannon! I've never seen a thing like that!" Hide said in shock as everyone else as well as the trapped students looked in disbelief.
"I don't get it... How does he do it..." Quartz said in shock, recognizing the card.
"Now! I activate XYZ Blast Cannon's effect! By removing X Head Cannon, Y Dragon Head, and Z Metal Caterpillar from play!" Kyu said as the three cards slid from his graveyard. He took the three cards and placed them in his pocket. "Now! charge up, XYZ Blast Cannon!"
Suddenly the cannon began to glow as it gathered energy from Rosie's graveyard. "What is it doing!" Rosie said.
"XYZ Blast Cannon's attack depends on how many cards are in your graveyard, times by five hundred!" Kyu said.
"No way!" Rosie screeched.
"From what I can see you have a total of seventeen cards in your graveyard!" Kyu said. "Plus the ten cards I discarded from your deck thanks to the wonderful effect of Tree of Life!"
"That makes a total of eighty five hundred attack points..." Doxx gasped as XYZ Blast Cannon's attack strength rose to 8500.
"Now! XYZ Blast Cannon, demolish Tortoise Cannon and the rest of her life points!" Kyu commanded, pointing forward.
Rosie looked in horror as the three machines which held up the great cannon began to glow. The cannon then fired a loud blast of blue, red, and yellow lights. Rosie let out a scream as the Tortoise Cannon was easily blasted away. The blast continued, hitting Rosie and sending her flying backwards.
Rosie watched as her life points reduced to 0. "No! I'm sorry master... I failed..." She said.
"What who?" Yukie said as they ran up to Rosie.
"I've won, now release all the students!" Kyu demanded.
"Please don't change me back..." Rosie begged, seeming like she was in another world.
"Who is she talking to?" Hide said.
Kyu finally realized it. "She's talking to Von Bourg!" Kyu gasped.
Suddenly a giant screen popped up on the wall, it was Von Bourg. "Ahh, Kyu-Haru... I see you've beaten my fourth Killer 9 member." He chuckled.
"What do you want..." Kyu growled.
"See these..." Von Bourg smiled, holding up the other two Lux God. "I want the third one, and I'm just here to tell you, people like Rosie will be much worse in the future. So keep your eyes open because things are going to get more chaotic."
With that the screen shut off and the tree began to rumble and shake. The students were set free and they jumped down to escape. Violet quickly made her way towards the group.
"Thanks a lot Kyu, but what about her..." Kyu said as Rosie stood up.
"Her? She's nothing but a pitiful weed made into a human." Von Bourg's voice hissed. Suddenly Rosie began to glow, her form began to revert into a tiny flower which began to wilt and die.
"No way! She was a flower the whole time!" Sophia said in shock and disbelief. Suddenly The Saint Goddess of The Gale fell out from the sky in front of Kyu, Kyu picked it up.
"Awesome! We got it back!" Yukie cheered but suddenly a large wooden branch fell down in front of them.
"If Rosie's gone now, all the plants must be going too! We gotta get out of here!" Hide said as they raced off out the exit. They reached the exit and threw themselves out, looking back to see the giant tree revert back into a tiny little seed.
From a distance they could see the vines and roots go back under ground at the school. A helicopter flew over head. Seto Kaiba was in it.
Everyone looked up and the helicopter lowered and Kaiba jumped out."What the hell has been happening? I was gone for one day for a business trip and already I've been bombarded about plants trashing the school..." Kaiba said, angered.
"it was another Killer 9 member..." Kyu said, rubbing his face with the sleeve of his Obelisk Blue uniform. "But don't worry, the Lux God is safe."
"But whose going to clean up my school?" Kaiba asked.
A few hours later, everyone got to work in cleaning up the school from the mess. "I don't get it... We save the school, again, but we still have to do work..." Hide groaned, cleaning the floor of papers with a broom.
"I kinda like it!" Kyu laughed. "No school work atleast."
"Whatever." Yukie smirked as she cleaned up some dirt in the hall.
"Thanks a lot... Sheesh." Sophia said with a bandana on, cleaning the smudges on the walls with a cleaner liquid and sponge.
"Yeah if we just stayed out of the way of The Rare Hunter we wouldn't be having to do this anyways..." Genesis grumbled as she swept.
Yukie, Hide, and Kyu laughed as they got back to work.
PREVIEW
Kyu: It's a nice day for some dueling! Quartz arrives back to the dueling field to make his name known again, but as he does he gets into a fight with his Duelist Manager, Kazu Yoshio. Quartz states he doesn't need him anymore and he's decided to side with the good guys, but this obviously alarms Kazu into thinking he's just nothing. Now it's Quartz VS Kazu, but as Quartz makes his final attack with a new weapon of his, Ethereal Castle, Quartz's new Army Deck comes to a immediate stop and Kazu takes control of the duel with his White Horns Dragon. Next chapter is Quartz's Awakening, Dawn of The Ethereal Castle! See you there!
CARDS PLAYED
Kuriboh: Level 1 / 300/200/ Dark / Demon / Desc: If this card is in your hand, you can send this card to your graveyard to negate Battle Damage of an attacking monster.
Flower's Deadly Scent: MAGIC / Desc: Gain control of 1 monster on your opponent's side of the field. You opponent can then Special Summon 1 Level 5 or 6 monster from their hand, to the field in face-up Defense Position.
Volstead: Level 6 / 2300/1200/ Dark / Beast / Desc: When this card engages in battle, you can activate 1 Trap Card from your hand. When this card is sent to the Graveyard, return 1 Magic Card from you or your opponent's Graveyard, to your hand.
Tree of Life: MAGIC / Desc: Sacrifice all monsters on your side of the field to activate this card's effect. Gain control one 1 monster on your opponent's side of the field and destroy up to 10 monsters in your opponent's Deck.
Rose Petals: RITUAL MAGIC / Desc: This card is used to Ritual Summon "Rose Knight, Bishop". You must also offer monsters whose total Level Stars equal to 9 or more as a Sacrifice from the field or your hand.
Rose Knight, Bishop: Level 9 / 2500/2500/ Earth / Warrior / Ritual / Desc: This card can only be Ritual Summoned with the Ritual Magic Card, "Rose Petal". You must also offer monsters whose Level Stars equal 9 or more as a Sacrifice from the field or your hand. When this monster attacks and destroys a monster on your opponent's side of the field, that Monster Card Zone the destroyed monster was on can no longer be used until this card is removed from play or sent to the graveyard.
Heavily Damaged Wings: TRAP / Desc: When you gain 2000 or more Battle Damage to your life points, you can take 1 "Wings of Evolution" and add it to your hand.
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.
Wings of Evolution: MAGIC / Desc: Discard 2 cards from your hand to evolve 1 monster on the field.
Kuriboh Level 10: Level 1 / 300/200/ Dark / Demon / Desc: This card can only be Special Summoned by "Wings of Evolution" by sacrificing 1 face-up "Kuriboh" on your side of the field. When this card is sent to your Graveyard, you can draw 5 cards from your Deck. For each monster card drawn, deal damage to your opponent's Life Points by half the amount of ATK each Monster Card has.
Equivalant Trade: COUNTER MAGIC / Desc: When one of your Special Summoned monsters is destroyed due to an effect, you can destroy 1 monster on your opponent's side of the field.
Blockade From Heaven: TRAP / Desc: As long as you have no monsters on your side of the field your opponent cannot deal damage to your Life Points for the remainder of the turn.
Tortoise Cannon: Level 4 / 1000/2000/ Water / Reptile / Desc: Sacrifice 1 face-up Level 4 or lower monster to do damage to your opponent's Life Points equal to half of the Monster's ATK.
Thorn Princess: Level 4 / 300/200/ This card can only be Special Summoned by the effect of "Awakening of 100 Years". Select a monster on your opponent's side of the field and take control of it until the end phase of your turn
Dark Blade Dragon Knight: Level 6 / 2200/1500/ Dark / Warrior / Fusion / Desc: "Dark Blade" + "Pitch Dark Dragon". Each time this card inflicts Battle Damage to your opponent, you can select up to 3 Monster Cards from your opponent's Graveyard and remove them from play.
X-Y-Z BLAST!: MAGIC / Desc: This card can only be activated if "X Head Cannon", "Y Dragon Head", and "Z Metal Caterpillar" exist in your Graveyard. Sacrifice 1 face-up Level 6 or higher Fusion Monster to Special Summon 1 "XYZ Blast Cannon" from your deck, hand, or Graveyard.
XYZ Blast Cannon: Level 12 / Light / Machine / Desc: Remove 1 "X Head Cannon", "Y Dragon Head", and "Z Metal Caterpillar" from your Graveyard, out of play to activate this card's effect. Increase this card's ATK and DEF by how ever many cards that exist in your opponent's Graveyard x500. This card is destroyed during the End Phase that this card's effect was activated (This card's effect cannot be activated during your opponent's turn.)