69. Rise! Guardian Airtos!
Yukie's small watched beeped next to her ear. She looked at it, it said it was 3:00 AM. She quickly stopped her watch, throwing her blanket off, and silently creeping to the bathroom, slipping into a new clean uniform, grabbing her book bag and silently creeping off.
She grabbed an Nightly Study Session card she received from one of her teachers, taking the advantage of passing some tests successfully.
As she made her way down the hall, she yawned, turning left, then heading down toward the library. She switched on the light, noticing she was the only one there. She sat at a table, and began to study.
Yukie rubbed her eyes as she skimmed through a book, yawning again. She remembered early in the day. Remembering what Kyu had told her.
"Here... Hang on to this..." Kyu said, handing over the Saint Goddess of The Gale.
"Why do I need this?" Yukie asked.
"Marika pointed you out. If she's trying to tell us your the next to protect the Lux God, then you might want to hang on to it." Kyu said as Yukie grabbed the card.
"Ahh! I'm much to weak I'm nervous!" She said, clutching the card.
"Don't worry..." Kyu smiled. "I know you're strong enough to beat who ever stands in your way."
"You serious?" Yukie said, Kyu nodded.
Yukie smiled, going through another book and writing down notes.
Tem reached to the front of the school, his duel disk shimmering in the dim lights as he stealthfully by passed the guards, heading to the Obelisk Blue dorm.
He stopped in front of Kyu's room, and with his heavy boots, knocked the door down. Kyu and Hide jumped, Hide falling out of his bottom bunk while Kyu looked in shock.
"Kyu-Haru... Which one of you is him..." Tem said. Hide backed up against the wall as Kyu jumped down from the top bunk.
"I am, I'm Kyu-Haru... What do you want..." Kyu growled
"Hmm..." Tem smirked. "I am Tem... Of the Killer 9..."
"Errg, I expected you..." Kyu growled. "But sad for you, I don't have it right now..."
Tem stepped in, his shadow looming over Kyu as he looked down at him, kicking a nearby chair into a wall, shattering it.
"Then you'll tell me who has it..." Tem smiled.
"Err..." Kyu growled.
Hide looked in fear as Tem grabbed Kyu by the neck, holding him up. "Well? Are you going to fess up?" Tem smirked as Kyu struggled within his grasp.
"Kyu!" Hide called out.
"Yukie has it..." Kyu gasped.
"So? Where is she?" Tem smiled, his grin growing wider as the words spoke out.
Kyu looked over at Yukie's lone bed, it was empty. "I don't know..." Kyu growled.
"Really is that the best you can do?" Tem smiled, gripping tighter. Kyu gasped in pain.
"She's studying..." Hide said, standing. "She has a Night Time Study Session... She's probably in the library! Now let him go!"
Tem smiled. "Excellent..." He said, leaving, dragging Kyu on the ground.
"Let him go!" Hide yelled, ready to charge.
"No! Go get help! Now!" Kyu gasped as he was dragged away down the hall.
Yukie closed her book, looking at her watch, it was now 5:30 and it was about time for her to rest. Yukie yawned, stretching and packed her books and started to head out.
A few feet before she reached the door, the double doors slammed open. A dark wind by passed her, giving her chills as she saw Tem standing before her, holding Kyu by the back of his neck.
Tem entered into the library while Yukie backed up in fear, dropping her book bag. "Who are you..." Yukie gasped in shock. As Tem walked in, the shadows around him grew darker and stronger.
"Tem... Sixth member of the Killer 9..." Tem said, dropping Kyu onto the ground, whipping out his deck and sliding it into his duel disk. "You have the Lux God, I will duel you for it..."
Yukie growled as Tem slid a regular duel disk to her. She grabbed it, sliding it on to her wrist. She whipped out her deck and slid it into the deck holster.
"Fine.. You'll pay for what you did to my friend..." Yukie growled as her duel disk folded open.
"Heh... Such a sweet girl..." Tem laughed as his duel disk folded out.
Yukie couldn't make out Tem's face, but she knew what she had to do. Tem let his duel disk fold out, both of them readied their hands and began.
"Duel!" They both announced as both their life points rose to 4000.
"I'll begin, draw!" Yukie announced, drawing her next card. "Here goes... Now! I activate this, Fusion!"
"Fusion already?" Tem smirked as the magic card rose up to the field.
"I'll use it to fuse Cyber Bearings and Guardian Grarl from my hand to make Cyber Guardian Grarl! (2500/1000)" Yukie announced as Guardian Grarl materialized to the field. Suddenly metal material began to equip to the dinosaur's body. "And with Cyber Guardian Grarl summoned to the field, I can take one a specific equip magic card from my deck and add it to my hand."
Yukie took the first card from the top of her deck, nodding at it, then adding it to her hand. "That's not all. When Cyber Bearings is sent to the graveyard, I can return the Fusion magic card back to my hand." Yukie explained as her graveyard holster slid out the card. Yukie took it, adding it to her hand.
"Yukie has a new look for her Guardian monsters now..." Kyu said, amazed.
"I'll then activate this magic card, Cyber Axe!" Yukie announced, placing the card down to the field. A sleek metal axe formed in Guardian Grarl's hand. "I can equip it to my Cyber Guardian Grarl, increasing its attack points by five hundred! (3000/1000)"
"Heh, finished?" Tem asked.
"Not yet! Once I've activated Cyber Axe I can bring back Cyber Bearings from my graveyard, to my hand." Yukie announced as the monster card slid out of her graveyard holster, adding it to her hand. "I'll then set one card face down and end my turn."
"Amazing... Yukie managed to summon a strong monster on her first turn..." Kyu said to himself, still weak on the ground.
"I'll set one card face down and end my turn..." Yukie announced.
"Draw..." Tem announced. "Activate field magic, Heaven's Holy Gate!"
"What?" Yukie said in shock as a giant shining gold gate rose to the field, opening up.
"This field magic card allows me to special summon a light monster from my hand once activated..." Tem explained. "Now! I summon White Horns Horse! (1500/1600)"
Suddenly a white horse came trotting out of the gate, neighing as it trotted and stopped next to Tem. "But that's not all. Heaven's Holy Gate also allows me to special summon another light-type monster from my hand during each of my Main Phases." Tem smiled, taking another card. "And I'll special summon another White Horns Horse! (1500/1600)"
Another horse came trotting out, standing to the other side of Tem. Tem smiled as his two horses neighed loudly. "Errgh... You must have a good reason for summoning these monsters... They're weaker than mine..." Yukie said.
"Of course I do..." Tem smiled. "You see these horses, are apart of my plan..."
"What type of plan..." Yukie eyed.
"Each one can be used as two sacrifices..." Tem smiled. "And I have the perfect card to defeat your puny little cyber guardian."
"Agh!" Yukie gasped.
"Now! I sacrifice one White Horns Horse in order to summon this, White Horns Pegasus! (2400/1700)" Tem announced as one of his horses vanished, replaced by a tall pegasus. Its wing spand reached out widely as it neighed. "White Horns Pegasus, attack!"
"But your monster is weaker!" Yukie gasped as her Cyber Guardian Grarl charged forward at the pegasus.
"I know!" Tem laughed. "When White Horns Pegasus attacks, it gains life points equal to half of the total amount of attack points your Cyber Guardian Grarl has."
"No..." Yukie growled as the Pegasus' attack strength rose to 3900.
The pegasus trampled Yukie's cyber guardian, destroying it easily, reducing her life points to 3100. "I'll set two cards face down and end my turn..." Tem announced, emptying his hand.
"Draw!" Yukie announced, drawing her next card with a growl. "I'll activate this magic card, Pot of Greed! Which allows me to draw two extra cards..."
Yukie swiftly drew her two cards, then taking another. "Now! I activate Fusion! Fusing Guardian Keitsu and Cyber Bearings from my hand!" Yukie announced, revealing the two cards in her hands. "To create Cyber Guardian Keitsu! (1800/1000) In defense mode! And since I sent Cyber Bearings to the graveyard, Fusion returns back to my hand!"
The cybernetic mermaid materialized to the field, and the magic card slid out of Yukie's graveyard holster. "Also, since I've summoned Cyber Guardian Keitsu, I'm allowed to add a Cyber Staff to my hand!" Yukie explained, taking another card from her deck. "Now! Activate Cyber Staff!"
A metallic staff materialized within Cyber Guardian Keitsu's hands. "This increases her defense points by one thousand! (2800/1000). Also, I can bring back Cyber Bearings back to my hand!" Yukie explained. "Now my turn ends!"
"Draw.." Tem announced, drawing his next card and smiling. "Now I activate Heaven's Holy Gate's special effect, allowing me to summon a light-type monster from my hand."
"Again..." Yukie growled.
"Heh..." Tem smirked. "Looks like I won't have to..."
"What?" Yukie said, confused.
"My poor Yukie..." Tem smiled, lifting his head from his hand. "This is going to hurt you as much as it's going to hurt me..."
"What are you talking about... Who are you..." Yukie said as a cold chill went down her back. Tem lifted his head into the light, Yukie looked in fear as Tem's face instantly clicked into her mind. "Dad?"
"What!" Kyu said in shock.
"Daddy? What happened! What's wrong with you!" Yukie said in a desperate cry.
"What does it look like, he's under my control..." Tem smiled.
"Von Bourg..." Yukie growled.
"I can always trust Kyu-Haru to hand over the excellent Lux God to a poor pathetic weakling." Tem's voice laughed. "But, sadly for you, I'm not who you think I am..."
"You're not Von Bourg?" Kyu said.
"Right you are..." Tem smiled. "You will find out who I am later... But right now this guy is my puppet and once I gain the Lux God my job is done and Von Bourg will pay me handsomely."
"Then you must be just another Killer 9 member..." Yukie growled.
"Hmm maybe, but my deal here is with you first..." Tem smiled. "So now let this duel continue! I sacrifice my White Horns Horse, and White Horns Pegasus so I can summon this..."
"Your White Horns Horse can be used as two sacrifices... No way! This means..." Yukie said in fear.
"He has a god card..." Kyu growled.
"Yes! And now! I summon The Devil's Advocate! (?)" Tem's voice boomed in the library as a dark essence grew in the middle of the field. A rusted scythe shot from the ground and a boney hand grasped it as the figure of a large gothic looking skeleton rose to the field, outfitted in a long dark robe. "Let your nightmares come to life..."
"He may be hiding in my father's body, but I know deep down he won't ever do anything to hurt me!" Yukie growled.
"Too bad he won't save you from this..." Tem laughed. "Devil's Advocate, attack!"
The creature rose it's scythe up, ready to strike. "Errr..." Kyu growled, weakened by the force of darkness around him.
"My Devil God's ability will always have the exact same amount of attack points of its target, and when it attacks, its attack points are doubled!"
The devil creature swung its scythe, all the while of it's attack points rising to 3000, double of what Yukie's Cyber Guardian Keitsu had.
"Say good bye to your monster..." Tem said as a large explosion occurred as the creature's slice hit Yukie's monster. The smoke cleared and Cyber Guardian Keitsu still remained on the field. "What!"
"Heh, looks like you didn't look into my Cyber Guardian deep enough." Yukie smiled. "Your monster may be a god, but my monster's rules still apply!" Yukie said. "Cyber Guardian Keitsu can't be destroyed by battle."
"Is that so..." Tem growled. "I'll end my turn."
"Draw..." Yukie announced, with a growl. "I've save you Daddy... Just hang on a bit..."
"Yukie..." Kyu said.
Yukie looked at her hand, three cards, None that could help her now. "Errg.. Please Dad... Give me strength..." She said solemnly as she took a card in her hand. "I'll place on card face down and end my turn."
"Draw!" Tem announced. "Now! Activate magic card, Pot of Greed!"
Tem drew his two cards and laughed evilly. "Looks like this duel is over now!" He said. "Activate magic card, Stop Defense! This will force your Cyber Guardian Keitsu into attack mode!"
"I'll then have the pleasure of activating this..." Tem smirked, revealing his next card. "Sword Dance!"
"Sword Dance?" Yukie said in shock as silver swords began twirling around the duel field.
"Yes... This card's effect doubles the attack of each monster on the field until my turn is over." Tem smirked as Cyber Guardian Keitsu's attack strength rose to 3000.
"No... Yukie will only have one hundred life points left if this attack is successful..." Kyu growled.
"Now! Devil's Advocate!" Tem's voice trailed.
Yukie awaited for the devastating attack, but then she felt a familiar connection. "Daddy?" She said, watching Tem struggle.
"No... Damn you... How can you resist!" Tem growled as his eyes returned to normal.
"Yukie..." Tem's soft voice said.
"You're back!" Yukie said happily.
"Activate trap card... Kindered Relationship..." He announced.
"Why did he play that?" Kyu said, still on the ground.
Tem struggled to walk to Yukie, reaching out. "That card... If I accept his hand shake something good will happen..." Yukie thought, stepping up to her father. She reached out her hand, grabbing Tem's hand.
Instantly the trap card began to glow and as they stood in front of each other, Tem looked proudly down at Yukie as he struggled to keep the dark mind which invaded his.
"Now we each draw until we have six cards... Any magic cards and we gain five hundred life points for each..." He said, still trying to hold off his invader.
"Thank you... Daddy..." She said as she drew four other cards.
All the cards she drawn were magic card. Instantly Yukie's Life Points rose to 5100. They both looked up at each other. "I've drawn no magic cards... But now..." Tem said. "Activate magic card! Lost At The Hand of Doom!"
"Daddy... Trust me I'll save you..." She said.
"I know you will... This magic card will decrease all player's life points by half if someone has gained over two thousand life points." Tem explained as Yukie's life points reduced to 2550, and Tem's to 2000. "You know what to do now... I gave you this chance now use it wisely. You know what to do now..."
With that, Tem's eyes turned evil. "What happened!" Tem growled, holding his face. He saw that has his life points were now at 2000. "What did he do!"
"He gave me a chance..." Yukie growled as she turned around, going back to her spot. "And I'm going to take it!"
"Well whatever he did, it doesn't matter now because my god will always be stronger than any of your monsters." He smiled. "Now move!"
"Draw!" Yukie announced, placing her hand on the top card of her deck, instantly she got chills, good chills. Yukie took the card, glancing at it. "Airtos!"
"What?" Kyu said.
"Now! I'll activate this magic card, Soul Release!" Yukie announced. "I'll use it to only remove Cyber Guardian Grarl from play!"
"That's it? Heh..." Tem smirked.
"I'll then activate this magic card, Sacred Sword of Goddess!" Yukie announced as she placed the magic card onto the field. Instantly a long silver sword shot down from the ceiling, imbedding itself into the ground. "Now..."
"Well?" Tem smiled.
Yukie clenched her fists in anger. "I hope who ever you are, you get what's coming..." Yukie growled, taking the next card in her hand. "Because I have no monster cards in my graveyard, I can summon this without sacrifice!"
"Heh..." Tem smirked.
"Now! I summon Guardian Airtos! (2500/2000)" Yukie announced. Suddenly there was a bright shining light in the middle of the room. Kyu looked in disbelief.
"The ultimate guardian..." Kyu said in disbelief.
A woman dressed in a long native dress and a hawk's head appeared. White angel wings spread out from her back as she gripped the sword imbedded into the ground, pulling it out and pointing it into the air. "Once Guardian Airtos is equipped with Sacred Sword of Goddess, her special effect activates..." Yukie said. "Her attack points will increase by the same amount of every monster in your graveyard..."
Tem watched two of his White Horns Horse and one of his White Horns Pegasus were sucked out from his graveyard holster, powering up Guardian Airtos' sword, increasing her attack points to 7900.
"You forget about my Devil God. Devil's Advocate's special effect! If you even attack you'll automatically lose this duel!" Tem growled.
"Guardian Airtos! Attack Devil's Advocate now!" Yukie commanded.
Yukie's guardian prepared to attack, her sword glowing more intense. "Heh, activate your effect, Devil's Advocate!" Tem hollered as his devil god grew to 15800.
"And now! Activate magic card, Shrink!" Yukie announced. "Even thought your monster is a god, magic cards still work on it, just for one turn though."
"Damn you..." Tem growled as The Devil's Advocate reduced down to 7900, same as Yukie's Guardian Airtos.
Both monster's clashed together, Guardian Airtos' sword clashing with The Devil's Advocate's rusted scythe. There was a large explosion of light, and both monsters vanished.
"Err..." Tem growled.
"Now..." Yukie smiled. "Reveal trap card, Rope of Life!"
"No!" Tem gasped in utter shock.
"By discarding all cards in my hand, I'll bring back Guardian Airtos! (2500/2000)" Yukie announced as her guardian returned to the field. "Also she gains an additional eight hundred attack points, promising me to win this duel!"
"This can't be..." Tem growled as Airtos' attack points grew to 3300.
"And now! Guardian Airtos, attack his life points directly!" Yukie commanded, pointing forward. The guardian flew into the air, her wings catching fire, her whole body turning into a firery hawk, flying down and crashing into Tem.
Tem screamed in pain and shock as the attack hit him hard, reducing his life points to 0. Tem fell on one knee while his hand gripped the floor, trying to stand but was too weak.
Yukie ran over, holding her father up. "Damn you, girl..." Tem growled as a dark essence seeped out through his eyes.
"You're back!" Yukie said, enlightened.
The attack was too big for Tem and knocked him out. "He must still be weak from that attack." Kyu said, getting up as the darkness cleared.
"Yes, but what's stopping me from taking him back!" The dark essence laughed.
"What!" Yukie said in shock.
"It's not over yet..." Kyu growled.
"Now watch as your helpless father's soul will be trapped, never to be seen again!" The dark essence laughed as a bright light shined. Yukie felt her father's weight lift off of her as his body was reduced to a single monster card.
"No!" Yukie screamed as the card fell into her hands, the picture of her father, sleeping on the ground.
"Damn you, who ever you are..." Kyu growled as two more cards appeared in Yukie's hands.
"Look..." Yukie said. "Sophia and Genesis are here to..."
"They must have faced this guy... And lost..." Kyu growled. "These people are sick... They need to be stopped!"
Hide suddenly rushed in. "Guys! I got some help!" Hide said as Seto Kaiba appeared with Isona.
"It's ok.. We're fine now..." Kyu growled, clenching his fists in anger.
PREVIEW
Kyu: With 6 Killer 9 members down, we're becoming more aware. This leader guy is probably more tougher than the others and more sinister. But for now we can relax. Hide gets a visit by his two brothers, Roy Hide, and Rick Hide. They force him to go back home with them so they can get poor Ryou Hide into Industrial Illusions. Hide has no choice because his brothers won't listen to them. Because they think Hide is not a very honerable duelist, they give him a lame janitor job but in order for Hide to get word out, he challenges his brothers to a duel. Next chapter is Ryou Hide VS The Hide Brothers! See you there!
CARDS PLAYED
Fusion: MAGIC / Desc: Fuse 2 or more monsters on the field or from your hand into 1 Fusion Monster.
Cyber Bearings: Level 3 / 1000/200/ Light / Warrior / Desc: When this card is sent to the Graveyard, you can return 1 "Fusion" from your Deck or Graveyard, to your hand.
Cyber Guardian Grarl: Level 5 / 2500/1000/ Wind / Dinosaur / Fusion / Desc: "Cyber Bearings" + "Guardian Grarl". When this card is successfully Fusion Summoned, add 1 "Cyber Axe" from your Deck or Graveyard, to your hand.
Cyber Axe: EQUIP MAGIC / Desc: A monster equipped with this gains 500 ATK. When this card is equipped to "Cyber Guardian Grarl" you can return 1 "Cyber Bearings" from your Graveyard, to your hand.
Heaven's Holy Gate: FIELD MAGIC / Desc: When this card is activated you can Special Summon 1 Light monster from your hand, to the field. During each of your Main Phases, you can Special Summon 1 Light monster to the field. Decrease the ATK of any face-up Dark or Demon-type monsters by 1000.
White Horns Horse: Level 4 / 1500/1600/ Light / Beast / Desc: This card counts as 2 Sacrifices for any Level 5 or higher monster.
White Horns Pegasus: Level 7 / Light / 2400/1700/ Light / Beast / Desc: During each of your Battle Phases, you can increase this card's ATK by half of one of your opponent's face-up monsters on the field.
Cyber Guardian Keitsu: Level 4 / 1500/1800/ Water / Sea Serpent / Fusion / Desc: "Cyber Bearings" + "Guardian Keitsu". When this card is successfully Fusion Summoned, add 1 "Cyber Staff" from your Deck or Graveyard, to your hand. Each time this card destroys a monster due to Battle, increase your Life Points by the equal amount of ATK of the destroyed monster. This card cannot be destroyed by Battle.
Cyber Staff: EQUIP MAGIC / Desc: This card can only be equipped to 1 face-up "Cyber Guardian Keitsu". Increase the equipped monster's DEF by 1000. When this card is activated return 1 "Cyber Bearings" from your Graveyard, back to your hand.
Pot of Greed: MAGIC / Desc: Draw two cards from your deck.
Stop Defense: MAGIC / Desc: Shift the Position of 1 monster on the field from Defense Position, to Attack Position.
Sword Dance: Double the ATK of every face-up monster on the field for the remainder of the turn.
Kindered Relationship: TRAP / Desc: Offer your opponent a handshake. If they accept, both players can draw from their decks until each player has 6 cards. Increase each player's Life Points by how ever many Magic Cards they draw x500.
Lost at The Hand of Doom: QUICK PLAY MAGIC / Desc: When a player has gained more than 2000 Life Points during one turn, decrease each player's Life Points by half.
Soul Release: MAGIC / Desc: Remove up to 5 cards from either you or your Opponent's Graveyard from play.
Sacred Sword of Goddess: EQUIP MAGIC / Desc: The ATK of all Monster Cards in your opponent's Graveyard are added into the ATK of the equipped monster.
Guardian Airtos: Level 8 / 2500/2000/ Wind / Angel / Desc: This card can only be Normal, Special, and Reversed Summoned when "Sacred Sword of Goddess" is face-up on the field. This card can be Special Summoned to the field if you have no Monster Cards in your Graveyard.
Shrink: QUICK PLAY MAGIC / Desc: Decrease the ATK of one face-up monster by half for the remainder of the turn.
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.