66. Quartz's Awakening, Dawn of The Ethereal Castle!
A new day rose and the group gathered together in the very same spot when they discovered about Rosie. "I think I'll keep it for an extra day." Violet said. Hide wa snoozing on the ground.
"Wake up, Ryou Hide..." Quartz said, pinching his nose.
"Ack, I'm awake..." Hide said, sitting up.
"Why so tired all of the sudden?" Kyu asked.
"All that cleaning we had to do the past two days, just drove me into a tired state." Hide said, yawning.
"Well that's one thing we don't need today. I say tomorrow we pass on the Lux God to someone else." Yukie said.
"Alright, we can discuss this tomorrow then." Doxx suggested. "What happened to Sophia and Genesis?"
"They got tired of us. Heard them ranting about it the other day." Violet said.
Suddenly Quartz's PDA went off. "I gotta go..." He said, standing.
"Where to?" Yukie asked.
"I have to start over my Oral Dueling Exam." Quartz said.
"Wha? Why?" Hide said, clueless.
"I've been gone from school for a whole month, just doing that makes you automatically transferred from this place. I'm just starting over from here." Quartz said as he walked off with his suitcase.
"I think he's seriously changed." Doxx said.
"Yeah..." Kyu said.
Quartz walked into the school where Kazu Yoshio awaited for him. "Your a minute late but don't worry." Kazu said as He followed Quartz to the Obelisk Blue Dueling Arena.
Quartz got up to the dueling arena where an Osiris Red student stood. "Duel!" They announced as their duel disks folded out.
Kazu smiled as he stood proudly. Suddenly Seto Kaiba entered the arena. "Seto." Kazu said.
"Yoshio..." Kaiba said.
"Like what I've done with him?" Kazu said, sort of boasting.
"Sure, but who's to say that I'm going to like him once you get your greedy ways." Kaiba said.
"A little pessimistic are we?" Kazu smiled.
"Listen, I know your type. You're using Quartz just so you can rule the Duel Monsters world." Kaiba said.
"Me? Why not. I've gotten my self well known in the political and business world. Whose to stop me now..." Kazu smiled again. "I've made him into quite a duelist."
"Yeah, but I got him first. After Duelist Therapy, he'll disown you." Kaiba smiled as he walked away.
"We'll see..." Kazu said with an angered expression.
"Queen's Knight, attack his life points directly!" Quartz commanded, pointing.
Suddenly the female warrior dove forward, slashing at the Osiris Red student. The student fell backwards in pain as his life points reduced to 0.
"Well done! And what excellent timing!" Kazu applauded. Quartz came over and helped the student up. "That should definitely bring you back up to where you were before you were defeated by Kyu-Haru."
"Why would I want to go back?" Quartz asked.
"You were a tough guy! People feared you and that's what brought you up to be gold!" Kazu said. Quartz still stood up at the arena, looking down at Kazu. "Plus it will make both of us filthy stinking rich!"
"Rich? I've already had my fill for wealth. But do I really need you anymore..." Quartz said.
"What? What do you mean?" Kazu said, his expression seeming to go down more.
"I know who you are. I just only needed you to get back to school. Your intentions are of a power hungry child." Quartz said. "I like the way I am now."
"So just like that you're going to toss me aside!" Kazu yelled.
"Not toss, more like ditch." Quartz smiled.
"What makes you think that you can do that to me!" Kazu growled.
"Easy. I've understood myself. Therapy..." Quartz went on but then Kazu interrupted.
"Therapy is nothing! They brainwashed you!" Kazu yelled.
"Let me finish..." Quartz said. "Therapy did nothing for me. It was just one person who showed me..."
"And who would that be?" Kazu said, folding his arms and leaning against one foot.
"Kyu-Haru..." Quartz said.
Kazu burst out laughing. "You have to be kidding me. A kid of no riches, no company, and no life gave you values on your life." He said.
"I'm just... trying to have fun with this game." Quartz said.
"Game? Do you know exactly how much money Pegasus J. Crawford and Seto Kaiba get from just production of these cards. You obviously have no clue!" Kazu said.
"I do. I work for Industrial Illusions. But the main reason this game was created was for the fun of it." Quartz said.
"You sicken..." Kazu said. "If you weren't a minor I'd have you taken down!"
"Is that a challenge?" Quartz smiled, holding up his duel disk.
"Oh you're begging for it." Kazu growled as he jumped up. He opened his suit case and took out his own duel disk, sliding his deck in.
"Duel!" Kazu and Quartz announced as their life points rose to 4000.
"I may be new, but thanks to my agreement with Pegasus J. Crawford, I was able to get my own custom deck." Kazu smiled. "You're about to go down hill from here!"
"Just move..." Quartz said.
"Draw!" Kazu announced. "I helped you create that deck, I know exactly how to stop it."
"Then let's see." Quartz smiled.
"Activate magic card, Prohibition!" Kazu announced, placing the card on the field. "With this I'll keep you from using your Attack Tower!"
Suddenly Quartz's Attack Tower magic card became skewered onto the ground by a sword. "No.." Quartz growled.
"Without that your deck is useless." Kazu laughed. "I'll then summon Lancer Dragonewt to the field in attack mode! (1500/1800)"
Suddenly a dragon warrior appeared, wielding a large lance. "I'll set one card face down and end my turn."
"I can't use my Attack Tower now..." Quartz thought, drawing his next card silently. "I'll have to use another strategy of mine."
"Well?" Kazu said, waiting.
"I'll activate this field magic card..." Quartz said, revealing it. "Activate, Ethereal Castle!"
Suddenly a giant cloud formed over Quartz and a shining white castle rose from it, bringing light to the field. "What's that!" Kazu said in shock.
"A special card made especially by me." Quartz smiled. "You may have given me one card, but I've built around it."
"Heh." Kazu smirked. "Either way, it's going down."
"I'll then set a card face down and summon Queen's Knight in attack mode (1500/1800)" Quartz announced as the red armored female warrior appeared, wielding a shield and small purple sword. "I'll then set one card face down and end my turn."
Kazu drew his next card. "Now! I'll summon this, Axe Dragonewt! (2000/1200)" Quartz narrowed his eyes as the axe wielding dragon warrior appeared. "Heh, I can summon this freely when I have another dragonewt monster on my field. I'll then activate this, Body of Mist!"
Suddenly a mist rose up, covering Kazu's Axe Dragonewt. "What's happening..." Quartz said.
"You'll find out soon enough..." Kazu smiled. "Now! Lancer Dragonewt, destroy his Queen's Knight!"
Both warriors clashed, having both attack strength they each were destroyed. "And now! Axe Dragonewt attack his life points directly!" Kazu comdanded.
"Activate trap card!" Quartz commanded as his only face down card flipped up. "Rope of Life!"
"No..." Kazu growled.
"By discarding my whole hand, I'll be able to bring back Queen's Knight! (1500/1600) but with an added bonus of eight hundred attack points!" Quartz explained as the female warrior appeared back to the field, her attack strength increasing to 2300. "And since your monster is weaker, it'll be destroyed instead!"
"Good play, but not good enough!" Kazu hollered as the Queen's Knight leapt forward, slashing her sword through the Axe Dragonewt. Suddenly the dragon warrior exploded into a giant mist cloud.
"What!" Quartz said.
"My Axe Dragonewt is equipped to my Body of Mist. My Axe Dragonewt can't be destroyed by battle and I won't be getting any damage either." Kazu smiled.
"My turn ends..." Kazu announced, calmly.
"Draw..." Quartz announced, drawing his next card, he frowned, not having any useful card. "My turn ends..."
"Draw!" Kazu announced, drawing his next card and smiling. "Now! I summon my second Lancer Dragonewt to play! (1500/1800) I'll then activate this along with it, Devil's Axe!"
Suddenly the same dragon warrior appeared, but holding a large axe with a demon's face upon it. "This gives my Lancer Dragonewt a bonus of one thousand attack points!" Kazu explained as his dragon warrior grew to 2500. "Now destroy his Queen's Knight!"
The dragon warrior charged, slashing the axe down across the female warrior, destroying her, and reducing Quartz's life points down to 3800.
"Errrg..." He growled.
"Now! Axe Dragonewt, attack his life points directly!" Kazu hollered, pointing.
The second dragon warrior leapt forward, smashing his axe down across Quartz's chest. Quartz was pushed back, the ground beneath him making smoke as he guarded himself. "Heh, stay down." Kazu laughed.
"Err..." Quartz said, weakened by the powerful attack as his life points reduced to 1800.
"My turn ends." Kazu announced.
"Draw..." Quartz announced, drawing his next card. "Now! I activate this, Treasure of Heaven! Forcing us both to draw until we each have six cards!"
"By doing this you've put me up far from the lead." Kazu laughed, looking at his new cards.
"Whose to say you're about to win." Quartz smirked. "I'll activate this, Raise Dead so I can bring back Queen's Knight! (1500/1600)"
"Heh, what a wasteful move." Kazu smirked.
"I'll then summon King's Knight! (1900/1400) And by summoning it to the field while Queen's Knight is up, I can special summon this from my deck..."
"Heh..." Kazu said as the orange armored knight appeared.
"Go, Jack's Knight! (1900/1000)" Quartz announced as the blue armored warrior appeared. The three warriors stood together, raising their swords into the air.
"What do you plan to do with such weak monsters?" Kazu taunted.
"Now! I activate Ethereal Castle's ability!" Quartz commanded, pointing up into the air where the castle stood upon the cloud it came from. "Combining the attack of all my warrior type monsters on the field into one single attack!"
"No way!" Kazu gasped.
"Attack now!" Quartz commanded as the three warriors charged forward, their attack points combined into 5000. With three quick slashes, each warriors took down Kazu's Lancer Dragonewt.
The monster exploded into digital pieces as Kazu's life points reduced to 1500. Kazu growled as the smoke cleared for the one onslaught of Quartz's monsters. "You'll dearly pay for that..." Kazu growled. "No one ever takes me down like that!"
"There's always room for a first." Quartz smiled.
"You're really having fun with this... You fool." Kazu growled.
"I'll set one card face down and end my turn." Quartz announced.
"Draw..." Kazu growled, drawing his next card. "Well looks like things will be changing soon enough."
"What?" Quartz said.
"Now! I sacrifice Axe Dragonewt so I can summon this..." Kazu went on as his dragon warrior vanished. "White Horns Dragon! (2200/1400)"
Suddenly a black dragon rose up, towering over Kazu. It brought its head down, revealing its shining white horn which stood tall on its forehead as its narrow white eyes looked down at Quartz.
"Once White Horns Dragon is summoned, I can add the attack of one of you monsters into it!" Kazu laughed. "And choosing your strongest monster, Jack's Knight, will do the trick!"
Kazu laughed evilly as his White Horns Dragon grew to 4100. "Now! Destroy his Queen's Knight and win me this duel!" Kazu commanded. "Maybe now you'll respect me as the person I am!"
"I don't think so!" Quartz yelled. "Activate magic card, Shrink!"
"No..." Kazu growled through frustration as he saw Quartz's face down card flip up.
"Once activated, your White Horns Dragon loses half of its attack strength!" Quartz explained as Kazu's dragon reduced down to 2050.
The dragon fired a white energy stream, tearing down Quartz's Jack's Knight and reducing his life points to 1650. Kazu growled, looking at his hand, but only finding useless monsters.
"Yeah boast to have a great deck, but you have a lot of holes in it." Quartz smiled.
"But but... Crawford..." Kazu stammered.
"Crawford doesn't give in easily to people like you." Quartz said, pointing at Kazu. "Only caring for money, he gave you a deck in which you'll be stuck with, one that'll give nothing back to you!"
"Heh... Crawford is an old fool, old fools who play games like this are bound to die at an early age." Kazu laughed.
"I beg to differ. Now that your turn is over, White Horns Dragon's attack strength returns to normal (ATK:2200)" Quartz said. "Draw!"
"Hrmm..." Kazu growled, feeling a in coming trouble-some move. "Even if you use your Ethereal Castle, you still can't take me down."
"We'll see." Quartz smiled deviously.
"What..." Kazu said.
"I have a more powerful warrior than just my three knights." Quartz smiled. "Now! I sacrifice King's Knight so I can summon this, Saint Knight Issac! (2300/1800)"
Quartz let out a devious smile as the knight rose, it's white robes fluttering as it came up, unsheathing his long silver sword.
"No!" Kazu said, calculating the damage he would take with a full blast by both Queen's Knight and Saint Knight Issac.
"Now! I activate Ethereal Castle's ability! Fusing both Queen's Knight and Saint Knight Issac's attack strength into one attack!" Quartz announced, pointing up at the castle on the clouds. Queen's Knight and Saint Knight Issac glanced at each other and nodded.
Both charged with a full attack of 3800. They both slashed their sword across the dragon in a 'X' shape, destroying it easily. Kazu growled as the dragon's cut pieces exploded on him, reducing his life points to 0.
"I Win..." Quartz grinned.
"Why you no good piece of..." Kazu went on, ready to strangle Quartz but then Kaiba snapped his fingers, causing two guards to run up and tackle him to the ground.
They picked him up while Kazu fumed. "Little Quartz, be as happy as you want, but once I come back, you won't be. I'm plotting revenge against you my little puppet!" Kazu yelled as the guards carried him away.
Quartz stepped down, dusting his Obelisk Blue uniform as he passed Kaiba, both made eye contact. "Nice to have you back..." Kaiba smirked.
"Good to be back..." Quartz said quietly as he left the building.
PREVIEW
Kyu: Looks like is time for another Killer 9 member. This girl is named Marika and she's packing a powerful punch. Since I've been given back the Lux God to decide who to give it to next, and now Marika is after my tail. Marika uses a powerful Magician deck, equipped with Black Magician, Black Magician Girl, and Magician of Black Chaos. I may be pinned now, but I've been preparing for a big strike! I'm not the only one surprises, Seto Kaiba makes an appearence, it seems this girl Marika is important to him in some way... Next chapter is Secret Of The Fourth Dorm! See you there!
CARDS PLAYED
Prohibition: PERMANENT MAGIC / Desc: When this card is activated, declare the name of 1 card. As long as this card remains face-up on the field, the declared card cannot be played (Cards already on the field before this card's activation are excluded).
Lancer Dragonewt: Level 4 / 1500/1800/ Earth / Dragon.
Ethereal Castle: FIELD MAGIC / Desc: During each of your Battle Phases you can activate this card's effect once. Combine the ATK of all Warrior-type monsters on your field and attack as one attack.
Queen's Knight: Level 4 / 1500/1600/ Light / Warrior.
Rope of Life: TRAP / Desc: This card can only be activated by discarding your entire hand when 1 of your own monsters is sent to the Graveyard as a result of battle. Special Summon the monster just sent to the Graveyard in face-up Attack or Defense Position, and increase its ATK by 800 points.
Axe Dragonewt: Level 4 / 2000/1200/ Wind / Dragon / Desc: This card cannot be Normal Summoned or Set unless there is another monster with "Dragonewt" in its name on your side of the field.
Body of Mist: EQUIP MAGIC / Desc: A monster equipped with this card cannot be destroyed as a result of Battle. Any Battle Damage you receive from the Equipped Monster being in Battle becomes 0. When this card is sent from the field to the Graveyard, the equipped monster is destroyed.
Devil's Axe: EQUIP MAGIC / Desc: The monster equipped with this card gains 1000 ATK. If the equipped monster is destroyed, you may Sacrifice 1 monster on your side of the field to put this card on top of your deck.
Treasure of Heaven: MAGIC / Desc: Each player must draw from their deck until each player has 6 cards in their hands.
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.
King's Knight: Level 4 / 1600/1400/ Light / Warrior / Desc: When this card is Normal, Reversed, or Special Summoned while "Queen's Knight" is face-up on the field, you can Special Summon 1 "Jack's Knight" to the field from your hand or deck
Jack's Knight: Level 5 / 1900/1000/ Light / Warrior.
White Horns Dragon: Level 6 / 2200/1400/ Wind / Dragon / Desc: For a turn, increase this card's ATK by the total amount of ATK of one of your opponent's face-up monsters on the field for the remainder of the turn.
Saint Knight Issac: Level 6 / 2300/1800/ Light / Warrior.