80. Battle Royale, Battle To Be Number One!
Since the duel between Kyu and Von Bourg ended. Kaiba had found a new hiding place for the three legendary Lux Gods. Kyu and the others remained quiet for a couple days, knowing that with all the trouble, they had to study hard for their pre-test for the final exams which were due within two weeks.
Kyu sat at his desk smiling with glee. "You seem oddly happy today..." Hide said.
"Hell yes I am!" Kyu said.
"Heh." Yukie smiled. "Last time I actually saw you, you looked really stressed about the test."
"Well today! We find out who really is the best because I know that I've passed!" Kyu said.
"What makes you so sure?" Quartz said from behind, Yukie, Hide, and Kyu turned around to see Quartz, smirking deviously with his arms crossed. "Ever since that little revelation I've had, I'm improved myself way over your level, Kyu-Haru."
Doxx laughed. "Don't be too sure guys, I personally think I'll top all of you." He said. "I've been studying all year for this test, piece of cake."
"Heh, what about you? Hide?" Kyu said anxiously.
"Eh, I think I did enough to pass." Hide said as Mimura entered the class.
"Settle down class!" Mimura instructed, opening his suit case with a pile of papers inside. "I have you tests and your results, here."
With that, Mimura pressed a button on his desk, causing a screen to light up in the front of the room, a list of students were listed with their scores. "Top scorers reside on top, while failures reside on the bottom. Those that fail, well, I'm pretty sure you need to study A LOT more." Mimura said.
Yukie's eyes opened wide to see her name as one of the top ten. "Yes! I passed hells yeah!" Yukie said.
"I passed too!" Hide said, looking at his name which was third on the list.
"Me too!" Kyu said with glee, looking at his name which was fourth on the list.
"SECOND!" Quartz growled with anger, standing up in the class room.
"FIRST!" Doxx said with excitement, also standing up. "Now now, I wouldn't want to brag... buu-uuut."
"Don't get too over excited, Doxx-san." Mimura said from his desk. "I've got your test scores to put up."
With that, Mimura pressed another button, the percentage of the test scores showed up. "Hey! I got a 89!" Yukie smiled.
Near the top, Kyu, Hide, Quartz, and Doxx's percentage appeared next to their names, all with a good clean 95. "NO WAY!" The four boys said in utter shock and disbelief.
"I find it hard to believe too, boys, but the test don't lie. I see no sign of cheating either." Mimura said.
Mimura laughed, then saw the four boys who were glaring at each other evilly. "Guys! Settle down!" Yukie said, trying to pull Hide and Kyu away from Doxx and Quartz.
After class, all four boys were still on each others backs. "I should have been number one! I've been studying for this test all year!" Doxx growled.
"Yeah, well my question is how can a lazy boy like Kyu-Haru be able to have passed in the first place!" Quartz said, glaring at Kyu.
Kyu sort of chuckled, scratching the back of his head. "Well..." Kyu went on.
"OUT WITH IT!" Quartz and Doxx growled, fire burning in their eyes.
"Guys guys! Remember, this is just a test! We all worked hard on it. Fighting on a dumb title is really immature!" Hide said, defending Kyu.
"Ummm, I kind of looked at some answers from Hide's paper." Kyu said innocently, remembering back to when he made some gestures to secretly look at Hide's paper.
"WHAT!" Hide roared, facing Kyu. Hide tackled Kyu to the ground, sitting on his back while his hands were entwined in Kyu's hair, rubbing his face on the ground. "HOW DARE YOU COPY OFF OF ME! I WORKED HARD AND YOU STOLE MY WORK!"
Doxx and Quartz looked in shock as Yukie desperately tried to pull him off. Doxx and Quartz helped, holding back the raging Hide who desperately tried to go at him again.
Kyu sat on the ground, dazed by the attack with his face all rug burned. A while later after Hide calmed down, the five students sat together in the Obelisk Blue cafeteria.
"So how do we settle this?" Quartz asked.
"I got it..." Doxx said, snapping his fingers. "A four-way duel."
"Four-way duel?" Yukie asked.
"Yeah, it's almost like a tag team duel, but the four duelist are fighting everyone else." Hide explained.
"Ah! An excellent idea!" Yukie smiled. "You agree on this? Kyu?"
"Uh-huh..." Kyu said his voice muffled by a mask of bandages on his face.
Later during break, Doxx and Quartz waited outside, both glaring at each other. Suddenly Yukie came out, cheerfully. "Hey guys!" She said happily.
"Hey..." Doxx and Quartz said in a monotone expression.
"Oh come on!" Yukie grumbled. "Just because you all got equal scores doesn't mean you have to bite on each others backs for it."
"So where are we going to settle this?" Hide asked.
"There isn't no dueling fields made for four people." Kyu said.
"Then we'll settle it here." Quartz said.
"At the entrance area? Sounds good." Yukie smiled.
Everyone made space for the duel, making sure not to be close to anyone in case they wanted to attack them, physically.
"We'll decide who goes first, second, third, and last by the card at the bottom of our decks. Person with the card of the highest attack strength will go first, then as it goes down." Doxx explained, taking his deck out from his pocket. Hide, Quartz, and Kyu did the same. "And that card will not be able to be played for the entire duel."
"Here's mine!" Hide said, flashing his Rocket Warrior card. "Fifteen hundred, pretty high!"
"Not as high as mine!" Quartz smirked, flashing his Jack's Knight card. "Nineteen hundred!"
Kyu frowned, flashing his Kuriboh card. "Three hundred..." He said, Quartz sort of chuckled.
"Mine..." Doxx said, flashing his card. "Alcohol Dragon! A total of two thousand!"
"Agh! Doxx gets to go first!" Hide said.
"Yeah, but he can't use that card at all!" Kyu chuckled evilly.
"Now! We'll begin!" Doxx announced as all four boy's duel disks folded out.
"Duel!" All four said as their life points each rose to 4000.
"Draw!" Doxx announced, drawing his first card and smiling. "I'll first summon Yeast Dragon! In defense mode! (2100/0)"
Suddenly a foamy white dragon materialized to the field, arching its head down, guarding itself. "Oh no!" Yukie gasped.
"Heh, too bad you can't summon your all powerful Alcohol Dragon." Kyu pointed.
"Yeah? Well I'll be able to activate Yeast Dragon's special ability! Allowing me to special summon two more Yeast Dragons (2x 2100/0) from my deck!" Doxx announced as two more foamy white dragons appeared, both guarding themselves. "Also! By their special effects, each gain four hundred defense points for each and every other Yeast Dragons on the field!"
Suddenly all three Yeast Dragon's defense points rose to 2900 each. "He's going to use those dragons as sacrifices, I bet." Kyu thought.
"I'll then set a card face down and end my turn!" Doxx announced.
"Draw!" Quartz announced, drawing his first card of the duel. ''Doxx has the advantage now, if anything he'll plan to use those Yeast Dragons as a sacrifice for his lame Red Eyes..."
Quartz glanced at the smiling Doxx, growling. "I'll summon Magnet Warrior, Sigma Minus in defense mode! (1800/1500)" Quartz announced as a club wielding mechanical warrior appeared to the field, shielding itself with its arms. "I'll end my turn from here!"
"My turn, draw!" Hide announced. "I'll summon Iron Knight, Gearfried in defense mode! (1600/1800)"
Suddenly the black armored warrior materialized to the field, shielding itself with his wide metal plated arm. Hide smirked. "Of course Doxx plans to use his Red Eyes, he's been making it handy to himself every often I saw him duel." Hide thought. "I'll then set one card face down and end my turn!"
"Draw!" Kyu announced, drawing his next card. "Now! I summon a monster in defense mode!"
Suddenly a face down horizontal card materialized to the field. "Heh, Kyu-Haru is just begging to be attacked." Quartz smirked.
"I'll then set a card face down and end my turn!" Kyu announced, smiling.
"Heh, you mock us, Kyu-Haru." Quartz laughed.
"No, it is me who will mock you all." Doxx smirked, drawing his next card.
"What?" Hide and Quartz.
"I'll sacrifice my two Yeast Dragons so I can summon this, Tyrant Dragon! (2900/2500)" Doxx announced as the large dragon materialized to the field behind Doxx.
"Whoa!" Quartz and Hide said, both surprised by Doxx's monster. Kyu didn't seem phased.
"As you all know, my Tyrant Dragon comes with a promising effect." Doxx smiled. "Now! Tyrant Dragon, attack and destroy Quartz's Magnet Warrior, Sigma Minus!"
"Yeah target me first why don't you." Quartz growled as the giant dragon unleashed a giant blaze, destroying Quartz's defending warrior.
"And by destroying a monster, it allows me another attack. But who to chose." Doxx smiled, rubbing his chin as he glanced at Hide and Kyu.
"The pressure's on, already." Quartz thought.
"If I attack Hide now, Kyu will reveal his defending monster and it might have a powerful effect. But if I attack Kyu's monster, that leaves Hide with his Iron Knight, Gearfried, and I bet anything he's ready to use his Remove Restraints, plus it also gives me the liability to activate Kyu's face down monster." Doxx thought, processing all this information in his mind.
"Doxx seems really into this..." Yukie thought.
"Now! Tyrant Dragon, destroy... Hide's Iron Knight, Gearfried!" Doxx commanded, pointing forward.
The dragon unleashed another blaze, melting Hide's warrior. Hide smiled. "You got me." Hide admitted.
"So he did have Remove Restraints. I bet his face down card will allow him to re summon his Iron Knight, Gearfried. We're going to have to go all out on Hide right now. If only the others knew." Doxx growled to himself.
"Phew, he didn't attack me." Kyu sighed, patting his chest.
"I'll end my turn." Doxx announced sternly.
"Draw!" Quartz announced, drawing his next card. "I'll summon Magnet Warrior, Alpha Plus! (1100/1200)"
Suddenly a red mechanical warrior appeared, wielding double edged swords. "Agh..." Hide thought.
"And I guess it's time for the first direct attack." Quartz smirked, facing Hide. "Magnet Warrior, Alpha Plus, attack Ryou Hide's life points directly!"
The warrior jumped into the air, slashing both swords together, sending out an x-shaped slash. Hide screamed as the blast hit him hard, reducing his life points to 2900.
"Excellent. I knew he'd be saving his trap card for later use." Quartz smirked. "I'll end my turn from here!"
"My turn, draw!" Hide announced, drawing his next card. "Now! Activate trap card, Call of The Haunted! Which I use to bring back my Iron Knight, Gearfried! (1800/1600)"
"Here we go." Kyu thought, feeling the tension come.
"I'll then activate this, Remove Restraints!" Hide announced, flashing the card.
"Knew it." Doxx smiled inside.
"I'll use it to sacrifice Iron Knight, Gearfried to bring out Sword Master, Naked Gearfried! (2600/2300)" Hide announced as Gearfried's armor exploded off, revealing the muscle bound warrior wielding a long blade. "I'll also activate this, Divine Sword - Phoenix Blade!"
"No." Doxx growled.
"By equipping my Phoenix Blade to my Sword Master, Naked Gearfried, he gains a total of three hundred attack points!" Hide explained as his warrior grew to 2900. "But also, when I equip my warrior with a equip card, he automatically allows me to select a monster to destroy, and I chose your Tyrant Dragon, Doxx!"
Doxx shielded himself while his dragon exploded, creating a smoke cloud which drifted away. Doxx growled, losing a really good monster.
"I knew you would do that." Doxx smiled. "That's why I've been prepared with this, activate magic card, Medieval Heart!"
"Huh?" Hide said.
"This allows me to bring my Tyrant Dragon back to the field." Doxx explained. "But due to Tyrant Dragon's effect, whenever I special summon him from my graveyard, I have to sacrifice another dragon from my field. So I sacrifice my Yeast Dragon to bring back Tyrant Dragon! (2900/2300)"
The dragon materialized back to the field behind Doxx roaring loudly. "Hide's duel skills may be obvious but his way of dueling has increased so far this year." Doxx thought.
"Fine then." Hide smiled. "I'll end my turn from here!"
Everyone watched Kyu. "Draw!" Kyu announced, drawing his card. "I'll summon Seraphim Guardner in defense mode! (2000/1000)"
"Again he's just playing defense?" Quartz growled. "He must really think he's better than us."
"Turn end!" Kyu said happily.
"Draw!" Doxx growled. "Well Kyu-Haru, since everyone else has been on the spot, it's your turn. Tyrant Dragon! Destroy his face down monster now!"
The dragon roared, unleashing a blaze of fire which reigned down on Kyu's defense monster, revealing a mechanized hound.
"Alright! Finally you attacked my Chamber Hound! (1400/1700)" Kyu smiled.
"No!" Doxx growled, feeling foolish.
"When Chamber Hound is destroyed, it allows me to special summon a level six monster from my hand!" Kyu smirked, taking a card from his hand. "And I chose Volstead! (2300/1200)"
Suddenly a black armored horse materialized to the field, its mane flailing in the wind as it neighed loudly. "Err." Quartz growled.
"If destroyed, that Volstead will allow Kyu to use a magic card that we've previously used. But none of the ones we used will help him much." Hide thought. "Also, when attacked, Kyu will be able to use a trap card directly from his hand..."
"I'm allowed one more free attack! And I chose you, Quarzt! Tyrant Dragon, attack and destroy his Magnet Warrior, Alpha Plus!" Doxx commanded.
"You don't realize the effect of my Magnet Warrior." Quartz smirked. "I activate its effect, which allows me to target one monster on the field and transform it into a Minus Monster!"
"There's no use for that." Doxx smiled.
"Oh yes there is." Quartz smirked. "I chose Kyu-Haru's Volstead to become a Minus Monster!"
"What! Me!" Kyu said in worry as Quartz pointed at him. Kyu's Volstead began to let off a electricity.
"And now! Reveal magic card, Magnet Force Plus!" Quartz announced.
"What!" Doxx gasped as Quartz's face down card flipped up.
"When activate the monster I select becomes a Plus Monster as long as it remains on the field!" Quartz smirked. "And I chose your Tyrant Dragon!"
"Heh." Hide smirked.
"And the rules between Minus and Plus monsters are that if there is one Minus and one Plus monsters on the field, they both must attack!" Quartz smiled.
Instantly the blaze of fire that Tyrant Dragon fired from its snout changed direction, hitting, and melting Kyu's Volstead.
Kyu growled as his life points reduced to 3400.
"Don't forget about my Volstead's effect! Once destroyed I can select a magic card from anyones graveyard and add it to my hand!" Kyu smiled. Kyu instantly pointed at Quartz. "And I chose your Magnet Force Plus, Quartz!"
Quartz growled, facing Kyu as the card slipped out of his graveyard holster, he threw the card to Kyu and Kyu caught it, adding it to his hand.
Doxx growled. "If I attack one of Kyu's monsters, he'll use that Magnet Force Plus he took from Quartz's graveyard. And my Tyrant Dragon is still a Minus Monster. Wait... Heh."
Quartz looked at Doxx and growled. "I didn't foresee this." Quartz growled, wanting to kick himself. "My Magnet Warrior Alpha Plus is a Plus Monster."
"Well Quartz, looks like things are against you now! Since your Magnet Warrior is a Plus Monster and my Tyrant Dragon is a Minus Monster, that means both monsters must attack!" Doxx smiled. "Go! Tyrant Dragon, destroy Quartz's monster!"
"Damn." Quartz growled as the dragon unleashed a blaze of fire, melting Quartz's magnet warrior, reducing his life points to 2200.
"Doxx has already got the lead. He's really a powerful person." Hide said, seeing how Doxx's life points were still untouched while everyone else has suffered from battle damage.
"My turn ends!" Doxx announced.
"Draw!" Quartz announced, drawing his 6th card. "I'll summon Queen's Knight in defense mode! (1600/1500) I'll then place two cards face down and end my turn."
"Draw!" Hide announced, drawing his next card. "Well. Doxx, it seems our monsters are matched."
"Indeed." Doxx replied.
"Me and Quartz are the ones with defending monsters. Why is Hide pointing out Doxx?" Kyu wondered.
Hide looked down at one card, then taking it. "Now! I'll activate this magic card, Cyclone! Destroying my Divine Sword, Phoenix Blade!" Hide announced.
Suddenly a whirl wind spun around Hide's Sword Master, Naked Gearfried, causing him to let loose his long sword, which broke in the air.
"Ah!" Doxx gasped, figuring out his plan. Quartz stood there with his arms crossed, smiling deviously.
"Why would he do that?" Kyu wondered.
"I'm sorry to tell you, Ryou Hide, but if you want to bring back your Phoenix Blade back to your hand, you'll have to have remove two warrior monsters from your graveyard. By past reference, you have only one total warrior monster in your graveyard!" Doxx smiled.
"So that's it? Hide plans to bring back his equipment magic card, then equip it back to his warrior so he can use its effect to destroy Doxx's Tyrant Dragon, leaving his field clear for a direct attack." Kyu thought.
"I already know that." Hide said, taking the next card in his hand. "Now! I summon Fiend Double Cyber! (1500/1600)"
Suddenly a red armored warrior with a long black loin cloth materialized to the field, clenching his fists as red electricity flew through its body.
"Huh? What's that?" Yukie thought.
"Now! Fiend Double Cyber! Attack Tyrant Dragon now!" Hide hollered, pointing forward.
"What? Why is he doing that?" Kyu wondered clueless as Doxx looked in quite shock. Hide's red armored warrior leapt forward, readying its fist to pound through Doxx's dragon.
"Now when my Fiend Double Cyber is involved in battle, I'm allowed to activate a trap card from my hand!" Hide smiled, taking his second card in his hand. "And I chose my Ring of Destruction!"
"Err." Quartz growled, his eye twitching as Hide's trap card magically appeared.
"With this, I'll chose to destroy my own warrior monster in order to deplete our life points equal to the total amount of attack points my warrior has!" Hide explained, holding up a fist.
"This is going to effect all of us!" Kyu gasped as a ring equipped with grenades appeared on Hide's warriors neck. The grenades exploded, causing a massive smoke cloud to burst.
Doxx growled, shielding himself from the smoke as his life points reduced to 2500. Kyu and Quartz both growled too, being affected by the trap card.
Kyu watched as his life points dropped to 1900, and Quartz's to 700. Quartz felt a sweat drop going down his face, knowing he had the lowest life points of the party now.
Hide just stood there smiling as his life points reduced to 1400. "Now what." Quartz growled.
"Now! I remove my Iron Knight Gearfried and Fiend Double Cyber from my graveyard!" Hide explained as the two monster cards slid out of his graveyard, he took them, placing them into his coat pocket. "And with this, I'll bring back my Divine Sword - Phoenix Blade!"
Suddenly the magic card formed on the field, glowing. "And I'll equip it to my Sword Master, Naked Gearfried once again!" Hide commanded as the golden sword formed into the warrior's hands, increasing his attack points to 2900. "And that activates his effect! Once equipped with an equip card, I can destroy a monster, and I chose to destroy your Tyrant Dragon!"
"Err.." Doxx growled as the warrior slashed his blade forward, sending a golden shock wave which bashed into the dragon, knocking it to the ground, causing it to dissolve away.
"Wow, Doxx is about to lose!" Kyu gasped. "Hide's really proven himself today..."
"Damn, how can I let this guy beat one of the greatest duelist here." Quartz growled, crossing his arms.
Hide had a excited expression now, knowing he was about to defeat one of the smartest guys in school. "Now! Sword Master, Naked Gearfried! Attack Doxx's life points directly!"
The warrior let out a battle cry, pointing his sword forward, ready to battle. Doxx stood there, his face in a stern worried look. Kyu could read that Doxx didn't have anything, then the warrior began to charge.
PREVIEW
Kyu: Alright folks! In this next continuation, the battle royale continues! We've finally managed to summon our most strongest monsters to the field, but who will win! It's the continuation of the Battle Royale, and with everyone's strongest monsters on the field, how will we handle? Next chapter is Battle Royale, Battle To Be Number One! Part 2! See you there!
CARDS PLAYED
Yeast Dragon: Level 3 / 0/2100/ Earth / Dragon / Desc: When this card is summoned, you can Special Summon 1 "Yeast Dragon" from your hand, to the field. Increase this card's DEF by 400 for each "Yeast Dragon" on the field.
Magnet Warrior, Sigma Minus: Level 4 / 1500/1800 / Earth / Rock / Desc: If this Minus Monster is in battle with another Minus Monster, that battle is negated. If a Plus Monster is on the field, this monster and that Plus Monster must always attack during Battle Phase
Iron Knight, Gearfried: Level 4 / 1800/1600/ Earth / Warrior / Desc: Any Equip Card this card is equipped with is automatically destroyed.
Tyrant Dragon: Level 8 / 2900/2500/ Fire / Dragon / Desc: After this card attacks during Battle Phase, it may attack once again if there is any other monsters on the field. Negate any Trap Cards that designates this card as a target, and destroy it. If this card is Special Summoned from the Graveyard, you must Sacrifice 1 face-up Dragon-type monster on the field.
Magnet Warrior, Alpha Plus: Level 4 / 1100/1200/ Earth / Rock / Desc: During each of you or your opponents Battle Phases, you can change 1 monster on the field into a Minus Monster for the remainder of the turn. If this Plus Monster is in battle with another Plus Monster, that battle is negated. If a Minus Monster is on the field, this monster and that Minus Monster must always attack during Battle Phase
Remove Restraints: MAGIC / Desc: Sacrifice 1 face up "Iron Knight, Gearfried" to Special Summon 1 "Sword Master, Naked Gearfried" from your deck, to the field.
Call of The Haunted: PERMANENT TRAP / Desc: Special Summon 1 Monster Card from your Graveyard and equip this card to the Special Summoned monster. When this card is destroyed, send the equipped monster to the Graveyard.
Sword Master, Naked Gearfried: Level 8 / 2600/2300/ Light / Warrior / Desc: This card can't be Normal Summoned. This card can only be Special Summoned by the effect of "Remove Restraints". Whenever an Equipment card is Equipped on this card, destroy 1 Monster on your opponent's Field.
Divine Sword - Phoenix Blade: EQUIP MAGIC / Desc: This card can only be Equipped to a Warrior-Type monster. Increase the equipped monster's ATK by 300. If this card is in your Graveyard during your Main Phase, you can remove 2 Warrior-type monsters from your Graveyard, out of play to return this card to your hand.
MedievalHeart: QUICK PLAY MAGIC / Desc: When one of your Dragon-type monsters have been destroyed due to a card effect, you can Special Summon that monster back to your side of the field.
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.
Chamber Hound: Level 4 / 1700/1400/ Dark / Beast / Desc: When this card is destroyed due to battle, Special Summon 1 Level 6 monster from your hand.
Magnet Force Plus: QUICK PLAY MAGIC / Desc: Select 1 Monster on the field, the selected monster becomes a Plus Monster as long as it is face-up on the field.
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.
Queen's Knight: Level 4 / 1500/1600/ Light / Warrior.
Cyclone: QUICK PLAY MAGIC / Desc: Destroy 1 Magic or Trap card on the field.
Fiend Double Cyber: Level 4 / 1500/1600/ Dark / Warrior / Desc: When this card is in Battle, you can activate 1 Trap Card from your hand.
Ring of Destruction: TRAP / Desc: Destroy 1 face-up Monster Card on the field and inflict Direct Damage to both players Life Points, equal to the total amount of ATK of the destroyed card.