81. Battle Royale, Battle To Be Number One!
"Naked Gearfried! Attack Doxx directly!" Hide commanded, pointing forward.
Doxx stood there, his eye twitching from the fact that little innocent Ryou Hide was targeting him. He was proving himself to be a good duelist, but Doxx wasn't about to let him be defeated that easily.
Hide smiled was he watched his warrior jump forward, his glowing golden sword shining as it was ready to slash at Doxx. Hide's life points stood at 1400.
Doxx smiled, his life points standing at 2500. "I'll activate the effect of this card!" Doxx announced, taking a card from his hand and flashing it to Hide. "Go! Direct Dragon! (1300/1400)"
"What!" Hide gasped.
"When I have this card in my hand, I can special summon it to the field in defense mode when targeted for an attack." Doxx explained.
"So my attack..." Hide went on.
"Will only be effecting my defending dragon." Doxx smiled as a yellow plated dragon appeared. Hide's warrior slashed through it, destroying it easily.
"I'll set one card face down and end my turn then." Hide announced sadly.
"Hide's been doing a good job so far, but it's up to me to see to it that Doxx doesn't stay in the lead." Kyu thought. "His life points are wide open and any monster I draw now will help!"
"I'm basically giving Kyu a good shot, let's hope he doesn't get the luck of the draw." Doxx growled to himself as Kyu drew his next card.
"BAH!" Kyu shouted, nearly falling over, but he wiped away his shock. "Now! I summon Kuriboh! In attack mode! (300/200)"
Quartz nearly fell over laughing as the brown growling fuzz ball materialized tot he field. "HA! YOU HAD THE BEST SHOT IN THE WORLD AND YOU DREW A WEAK LITTLE MONSTER!" Quartz yelled, laughing his guts out.
Yukie sighed. "Well it's the best he could do!" She said.
"Kuriboh! Attack Doxx's life points now!" Kyu hollered, pointing forward.
The fuzz ball shot forward, latching itself onto Doxx's arm. Doxx's eyes twitched as the fuzz ball dug its teeth into his arm, he later shook it off, reducing his life points to 2200.
"Ok I'll set one card face down and end my turn!" Kyu grumbled, disappointed by the weak attack.
Doxx drew his next card and smiled. "Now! I summon Sapphire Dragon! (1900/1600) In attack mode!" Doxx announced as the blue plated dragon materialized to the field. "And now! Destroy Kyu-Haru's Kuriboh!"
Kyu growled as the blue plated dragon sent forth a flaming fire ball from its mouth directly at the small fuzz ball, burning it away easily. Kyu growled as his life points reduced to 300, now having the lowest score.
"Man, for a legend of this school, you're doing badly." Quartz commented.
"You ain't doing so great yourself!" Kyu growled, but Quartz only smirked.
"I'll too set a card down and end my turn." Doxx announced, now with two cards in his hand.
"Draw!" Quartz announced, drawing his fourth card, then smiling. "Now! I'll activate this, Magnet Conductor Plus! Which allows me to return a Plus Monster back to my hand!"
A card slid out of Quartz's graveyard, it was Magnet Warrior, Sigma Plus. Quartz took it, adding it to his hand. "Now! I'll discard Magnet Warrior Sigma Plus and Magnet Warrior Omega Minus from my hand in order to summon this!" Quartz went on, flashing the card to the other three.
"Crud!" Kyu grumbled.
"Super Conductive Warrior Linear Magnum Plus Minus! (2700/2000)" Quartz announced as the yellow and purple mechanical tank-like warrior materialized to the field with two giant cannon barrels on each shoulder, ready for blasting.
"Crap, this is going to be tough now..." Doxx growled.
"Now let's see." Quartz smirked, rubbing his chin, deciding which he should attack. Kyu was left out in the open, but because of that he placed a face down card, there wasn't any way of him knowing what it could be. Then there was Doxx and his Sapphire Dragon, with it, he could destroy it, but Doxx would still be standing. Then there's Hide with his Sword Master Naked Gearfried, it has been a menace to him ever since he summoned it.
"Erk!" Hide thought, realizing Quartz had been eying him the most.
"Ok! I'll activate the effect of my Super Conductive Warrior, by increasing its attack strength by half of Sword Master, Naked Gearfried's attack strength!" Quartz announced as his giant tank-like mechanical warrior's attack strength rose to 4150. "Now! Attack and destroy his Sword Master, Naked Gearfried!"
The machine faced toward Hide's warrior who looked on. The two giant barrels on its shoulders unleashed a blazing purple blast which crashed into Hide's warrior, vaporizing it.
Hide growled as his life points reduced to 150, now having the lowest life points among the group. This duel was getting real close.
"To end my turn, I'll summon King's Knight in defense mode (1400/1600)." Quartz announced as the orange plated warrior appeared, shielding itself with its checkered shield. "And by summoning King's Knight to the field while my Queen's Knight is on the field, I'll summon Jack's Knight to the field in defense mode! (1000/1900)"
Quartz smiled deviously as the blue plated warrior appeared, also shielding itself with its shield. "My turn ends!" Quartz announced with a grunt. Instantly, his Super Conductive Warrior's attack strength reduced to 2700.
"My turn, draw!" Hide drawing the second card of his hand, and smiling. "Now! I'll summon this, Silent Swordsman Level 0! (1000/1000)"
"Oh no!" Yukie gasped.
"That's not a threat now, not until we wait a few turns to go by. But wait, judging by his field, it seems as thought we don't need to wait." Doxx growled in his mind.
"Now! Activate face down card, Time Jump!" Hide announced.
"Damn." Kyu growled.
"This card will accelerate game play by three turns! Thus activating Silent Swordsman Level 0's effect, causing it tog row up to Level 3!" Hide announced as a clock appeared, speeding forward through time until his warrior shifted through three forms, until it looked like a matured teen. "And now! I bring forth Silent Swordsman Level 3! (2500/2500)"
"This won't end well." Yukie thought.
"Now! I remove Sword Master, Naked Gearfried and Silent Swordsman Level 0 from play so I can return Divine Sword - Phoenix Blade back to my hand!" Hide announced as the three cards slid out from his graveyard, Hide took the magic card, adding it to his hand while he placed the other two cards into his pocket. "Now! I activate Divine Sword - Phoenix Blade and equip it to my Silent Swordsman Level 3!"
Suddenly a golden sword appeared into the hands of Hide's Silent Swordsman, increasing its attack strength to 2800. "And now! Attack and destroy Quartz's Super Conductive Warrior Linear Magnum Plus Minus!"
"Damn!" Quartz growled as the small warrior jumped forward, slashing its long gold sword across the machine, easily slicing it into two separate pieces. The machine exploded and Quartz shielded himself from the blast, reducing his life points to 600.
"I'll then set one last card down and end my turn!" Hide announced.
"Draw!" Kyu announced, drawing his fourth card and smiling. "Well I know who'll be the first to be out of this Battle Royale."
Kyu glanced at Quartz who looked back at Kyu, wondering what he was thinking. "Eh?" Quartz said.
"Now! I'll start off my turn by activating this! Fusion Gate!" Kyu announced as his field magic card slot opened up. Kyu slid the card into the slot, causing a slow black hole in the sky. "With this, we'll be able to remove monster cards from play in order to proceed with fusion! So now! I remove X Head Cannon, Y Dragon Head, and Z Metal Caterpillar from my hand so I can fuse them together, using Fusion Gate!"
Kyu took the three cards, slipping them into his pocket. All three machines appeared and jumped into the slow acting black hole, combining together, forming one single machine. "Go! XYZ Dragon Cannon! (2800/2600)" Kyu announced as the machine landed on the ground.
"Err." Quartz growled, feeling that he is surrounded by the series of strong monsters being summoned by everyone else.
"Now! Activate trap card, Jar of Greed!" Kyu announced. "I'll be able to draw on card with this!"
"No! He's going to activate its effect!" Hide gasped.
"And now! I'll activate XYZ Dragon Cannon's effect! By discarding the card I just drew, I can destroy a card on the field! And I chose your Sapphire Dragon, Doxx!" Kyu pointed.
"No!" Doxx gasped as his blue plated dragon vanished from the field.
"Sorry, Doxx. I like you as a friend, but a duels a duel and I plan to win this one!" Kyu smiled. "XYZ Dragon Cannon, attack Doxx's Life Points direct-"
Suddenly someone shouted from afar, suddenly quieting Kyu's commanded. "Stop right where you are! Kyu-Haru!" Violet's voice shouted as she suddenly appeared next to Yukie. Yukie looked startled by the shouting.
"Violet?" Kyu said.
"Kyu-Haru, it's not hard to see that you cheated on that test." Violet said. "It may have been a desperate move, but it was still a foolish one! And by this, I say you don't deserve this attack. And as a fellow student and friend, I advise you end your turn NOW!"
Kyu looked at Violet in shock, but in guilt, understanding her. He sighed. "But..." He went on but Violet just glared at him. "Fine, my turn ends."
"Just understand, I'm returning the favor for Hide, Doxx, and Quartz for their hard work." Violet smiled.
"Ok then, my turn." Doxx announced, drawing his next card. Doxx smiled, feeling the excitement from the card he just drew. "Now! I summon Red Eyes Black Chick! (800/500)"
Suddenly a small dragon egg appeared to the field, a sharp beak pecked a crack, revealing its dark red eyes. "Oh crap..." Kyu thought.
"Now! I'll activate its effect! By sacrificing it so I can summon Red Eyes Black Dragon! (2400/2000)" Doxx announced as the egg vanished, replacing it with a large black dragon with piercing red eyes. "And now! I'll remove Red Eyes Black Dragon from play, so I can special summon this! Go! Red Eyes Darkness Dragon! (2400/2000)"
The black dragon roared, unleashing flames all around it as it vanished, then was replaced with a larger black dragon with red lines going through and around it.
"Damn!" Quartz growled to himself.
"My Red Eyes Darkness Dragon gains a total of three hundred attack points for each and every dragon monster in my graveyard!" Doxx said, pointing. "And I count a total of seven!"
"Argh! That's a boost of twenty four hundred!" Hide gasped as Red Eyes Darkness Dragon's attack strength rose to 5100.
"Someone's going to lose right now." Yukie thought.
Doxx glanced at the three and smiled, looking at Kyu. "Kyu-Haru, there is no reason for you to be in this battle. You cheated your way here so you're going to suffer undoubtedly." Doxx smiled.
"Eh..." Kyu grumbled, hanging his head.
"Red Eyes Darkness Dragon! Attack and destroy Kyu-Haru's XYZ Dragon Cannon!" Doxx commanded, pointing forward.
The giant black dragon unleashed a fury of red flames down on Kyu's machine, melting it into a puddle, vaporizing it away. Kyu looked sadly as his life points reduced to 0.
Doxx smiled. "Alright, that's one down, two more to go." He said as Kyu backed away, joining Yukie and Violet. Violet gave Kyu a bap on the head.
"GAR! Why did you do that for!" Kyu said, holding his head.
"Punishment." Violet simply said.
"Well I have no other cards in my hand so I end my turn." Doxx announced.
"Well with Kyu out of the way, it's just one less thing to worry about." Quartz said, drawing his next card. "But you all should be worrying about me now!"
"Why is that?" Hide smirked.
"Now I activate this field magic card, Ethereal Castle!" Quartz announced as an extra slot popped out of his duel disk. Quartz then slid the card in it, causing it to activate. Clouds began to form over Quartz, causing a giant golden castle to rise up. "Now that I have this on my field, I can combine the attack of all my warrior monsters and have them attack as one single monster!"
"This looks like the end for me!" Hide gasped, nervous.
"Don't waste your worry, Ryou Hide, I'm not targeting you." Quartz said. "Doxx is the one I want!"
"What? But even if you combine the attack of your Queen, King, and Jack's Knight, my Red Eyes Darkness Dragon will still be well over one hundred attack points stronger than your three monsters!" Doxx said.
"I know that. But with my face down card, you'll be looking at things differently." Quartz smiled.
"What?" Doxx growled.
"Now! Activate trap card, Collected Power!" Quartz announced, pointing forward. "Once activated, I can equip all face-up equip cards to one of my monsters!"
"No!" Doxx growled.
Hide looked in shock as the golden sword which his Silent Swordsman held vanished from his hands. "Now! Divine Sword - Phoenix Blade, equip to Jack's Knight!" Quartz commanded, pointing as the golden sword appeared into the hands of the warrior, increasing its attack strength to 2200. "And now! I'll shift all my warriors into attack mode, then activating Ethereal Castle's effect! Combining the attack of all my warrior monsters and attacking your Red Eyes Darkness Dragon!"
The three warriors let out a battle cry, charging forward with a total of 5300. The three slashed their swords at the dragon, causing it to cry out as it exploded instantly. Doxx shielded himself from the explosion as his life points reduced to 2100.
"My turn ends!" Quartz announced, satisfied with his move.
"My turn, draw!" Hide announced, drawing a card. "Now! Silent Swordsman Level 3's effect activates! Sacrificing it, I can special summon Silent Swordsman Level 4! (3000/3000)"
"Hmm." Quartz smiled.
"This is retribution for attacking Doxx when you could have won by defeating me!" Hide said. "Silent Swordsman Level 4, attack and destroy his Queen's Knight!"
"I knew you would do that, so I had this card saved for later!" Quartz said, taking the last card in his hand. "Activate counter, Conductor Shield Plus!"
"What?" Hide gasped as the magic card appeared.
"This automatically turns all monsters on the field into plus monsters!" Quartz said as Quartz's warriors along with Hide's Silent Swordsman began to let off red electrical surges. Before Hide's swordsman could even get close enough to attack, he was launched back by red electricity. "And for the rule of plus and minus monsters, no two plus monsters can attack each other!"
"Err." Hide growled. "My turn ends!"
"Draw." Doxx announced, drawing his next card. He smiled, looking down at it. "Now! I activate this, Raise Dead! So I can bring back my Red Eyes Darkness Dragon! (2400/2000 +2800)"
The black dragon formed back onto the field again, roaring loudly as flames came shooting up from the ground. "Sorry Ryou Hide, but you could've taken me out instead of attacking Quartz. It's your mistake and you're going to pay for it!" Doxx said, shrugging.
"What!" Hide gasped.
"Red Eyes Darkness Dragon! Attack and destroy Hide's Silent Swordsman Level 4!" Doxx commanded, pointing. The dragon unleashed a fury of flames at Hide's warrior, vaporizing it instantly. Hide slumped his head, chewing on his finger as his life points reduced to 0.
"Heh heh, sorry Hide, it's the way the game goes! You can't trust no one." Doxx smiled.
"That's ok, I understand." Hide said, walking off to join Kyu.
"It's just you and me now, Doxx." Quartz smiled.
"Indeed." Doxx replied with a devious smirk.
Doxx's life points stood at a high 2100 while Quartz was at a disadvantage of 600. "This is a really close duel." Yukie commented while Kyu and Hide sulked in a corner because of their losses.
"I'll end my turn from here." Doxx announced, having no other cards in his hand.
"My turn, draw!" Quartz announced, drawing one card, the only card in his hand. "Now! I activate Ethereal Castle's effect! Combining Queen's Knight, Jack's Knight, and King's Knight's attack all together to once again, destroy your Red Eyes Darkness Dragon!"
The three warriors charged again, clashing at the dragon, destroying it. Doxx smiled as he watched his life points reduce to 2000.
"My turn ends!" Quartz announced.
Doxx drew his next card. "I'll summon Spear Dragon! (1900/0) In attack mode!" Doxx announced as the blue, spear headed dragon materialized to the field. "Now! Destroy Queen's Knight!"
"Not so fast!" Quartz smirked, activating the card from his hand. "I activate this, Conductor Shield Minus!"
"No!" Doxx gasped.
"Just like before, but instead, all monsters become Minus Monsters!" Quartz explained as his warriors and Doxx's dragon began to let off blue electricity. Doxx's dragon flew forward, but was shot back by an unseen force.
"My turn ends." Doxx announced. "But with the end of my turn, my Spear Dragon shifts to defense mode (0/1900)"
"My turn, Draw!" Quartz announced, drawing his next card.
Quartz smiled, holding his card as Doxx glared at Quartz, ready for him to strike. "This should be easy as pie." Quartz smiled. "Queen's Knight! Attack and destroy his Spear Dragon!"
"So you think!" Doxx growled. "Activate magic card, Revival of Diamond Sword!"
"What!" Quartz gasped.
"I'll use this to sacrifice my Spear Dragon... In order to summon Diamond Head Dragon! (?)" Doxx announced as his blue spear headed dragon vanished, replacing it with a tremendous dragon with a diamond horn and diamond studded tail.
"Hell yeah!" Yukie cheered.
"Once summoned, Diamond Head Dragon gains attack points equal to half the total amount my Spear Dragon had!" Doxx explained. "Plus one thousand more attack points!"
Suddenly Diamond Head Dragon's attack strength rose to 1950. "And it's too late to call off your attack since you already announced it!" Doxx smiled as the Queen's Knight stopped in her tracks, looking up at the giant dragon. The dragon smashed its diamond tail down on the warrior, destroying it easily.
Quartz growled, shielding himself from the dirt flying at him as his life points reduced to 150. "I'm not finished with you yet!" Quartz growled. "Jack's Knight! Attack and destroy his Diamond Head Dragon!"
The knight launched forward, slashing his golden blade down on Doxx's dragon, destroying it easily and reducing his life points to 1750.
"And now! King's Knight, attack his life points directly!" Quartz commanded, pointing. The knight jumped forward, slashing his sword at Doxx. Doxx cried out in pain as he fell backwards, his life points reducing to 150.
"Tie game, Doxx." Quartz smiled as Doxx got back up.
"I have to say, this is really exciting." Doxx smiled, brushing the dust off of him.
"My turn ends!" Quartz announced.
"I have to say, that Quartz still acts up with his bad side even though he's with us now." Yukie chuckled.
"Doxx, I've been thinking." Quartz said.
"Yeah?" Doxx asked.
"This duel has been tough so far, we've made it pretty far too. But it seems like a disadvantage to you. So I'd like to end this game in a tie." Quartz stated.
"You serious about this?" Doxx asked.
"Pretty sure. What kind of people would we be if we're putting ourselves against each other like this." Quartz smiled, shutting off his duel disk.
"If this is what you want, then it's what's best for me then." Doxx smiled, shutting off his duel disk. Both the boys came to each other and shook hands.
"Awww, such a happy ending. But not for me!" Kyu grumbled.
"Oh suck up!" Quartz yelled. Everyone laughed.
"But overall, it was a pretty good duel." Kyu said happily.
"Good. Then it should prepare yourself." Violet said.
"For what?" Kyu asked.
"The upcoming tournament." Violet responded.
"Oh that's right. The annual tournament is going to start in a couple weeks." Doxx said. "I got to go! See you guys!"
With that, Doxx rushed off in a hurry. "What's his deal?" Hide asked.
"Why don't you wait and fine out." Violet smiled as she walked away as well. They all looked at Quartz, he didn't know either.
"Hey, I'm just a first year like you guys, this is new to me." Quartz said as they headed inside.
PREVIEW
Kyu: Due to this upcoming tournament I've been hearing about, Seto Kaiba has chosen a group of students known as the Elite Group to part take in a mini-competition to see which two duelist will participate in the upcoming KC Battle of The Academy's! Violet and Marika are chosen among the group and must now duel each other. Winner advances while the other is left with nothing. Marika wants to prove she can defeat Violet using weak cards, but Violet is unphased while keeping clean on her Elemental Hero monsters. Next chapter is Marika VS Violet, Duel Of The Elite! See you there!
CARDS PLAYED
Direct Dragon: Level 4 / 1400/1300/ Earth / Dragon / Desc: When you're targeted for a direct attack, you can Special Summon this card in face-up Defense Position, from your hand. This monster must take the incoming attack.
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.
Sapphire Dragon: Level 4 / 1900/1600/ Wind / Dragon.
Magnet Conductor Plus: MAGIC / Desc: Place 1 Plus Monster from your Graveyard, into your hand.
Super Conductive Warrior Linear Magnum Plus Minus: Level 8 / 2700/2000/ Earth / Rock / Desc: This Monster can only be Special Summoned by sending 1 Plus Monster and 1 Minus Monster from your hand, to your Graveyard. Increase this monster's ATK by half of the ATK of 1 Monster on the field. If this Minus Monster is in battle with another Minus Monster, that battle is negated. If a Plus Monster is on the field, this card and that Plus Monster must always Battle during Battle Phase.
King's Knight: Level 4 / 1600/1400/ Light / Warrior / Desc: When this card is Normal, Flip, or Special Summoned while your have 1 face-up "Queen's Knight" on your field, you can Special Summon 1 "Jack's Knight" from your deck, to the field.
Jack's Knight: Level 5 / 1900/1000/ Light / Warrior.
Silent Swordsman Level 0: Level 4 /1000/1000/ Light / Warrior / Desc: During each of your Standby Phases, you can sacrifice this card to Special Summon 1 "Silent Swordsman Level 1" from your deck or hand, to the field. This card cannot be designated as a target for any Magic Cards
Time Jump: MAGIC / Desc: Accelerate game play by 3 of each player's turns.
Silent Swordsman Level 3: Level 4 /2500/2500/ Light / Warrior / Desc: This card can only be Special Summoned by the effect of "Silent Swordsman Level 2". During each of your Standby Phases, you can sacrifice this card to Special Summon 1 "Silent Swordsman Level 4" from your deck or hand, to the field. This card cannot be designated as a target for any Magic Cards
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.
Fusion Gate: Field Magic / Desc: As long as this card remains face-up on the field, "Fusion" is not needed to fuse monsters. Instead remove Fusion Material monsters from your hand or field, out of play to summon a 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.
Jar of Greed: TRAP / Desc: Draw 1 card from your deck.
Red Eyes Black Chick: Level 1 / 800/500/ Dark / Dragon / Desc: You can sacrifice this face-up card to Special Summon 1 "Red Eyes Black Dragon" from your hand , to the field.
Red Eyes Black Dragon: Level 7 / 2400/2000/ Dark / Dragon.
Red Eyes Darkness Dragon: Level 9 / 2400/2000/ Dark / Dragon / Desc: This card can only be Special Summoned by sacrificing 1 face-up "Red Eyes Black Dragon" on your side of the field. Increase the ATK of this card by 300 for each Dragon-Type monster in your Graveyard.
Terraforming: MAGIC / Desc: Take 1 Field Magic Card from your deck and add it to your hand.
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.
Collected Power: TRAP / Desc: Chose 1 monster on your side of the field. When this card is activated, all face-up Equip Cards are equipped to the selected monster.
Silent Swordsman Level 4: Level 4 /3000/3000/ Light / Warrior / Desc: This card can only be Special Summoned by the effect of "Silent Swordsman Level 3". During each of your Standby Phases, you can sacrifice this card to Special Summon 1 "Silent Swordsman Level 5" from your deck or hand, to the field. This card cannot be designated as a target for any Magic Cards
Conductor Shield Plus: COUNTER MAGIC / Desc: For the remainder of the turn all face-up monsters on the field become Plus Monsters.
Conductor Shield Minus: COUNTER MAGIC / Desc: For the remainder of the turn all face-up monsters on the field become Minus Monsters.
Revival of Diamond Sword: QUICK PLAY MAGIC / Desc: Sacrifice 1 face up Dragon-Type monster to Special Summon 1 "Diamond Head Dragon" from your deck, to the field.
Diamond Head Dragon: Level 8 / Light / Dragon / Desc: The ATK of this monster is increased by half of the monster's ATK which was used as a sacrifice to summon this monster. Increase this card's ATK by 1000.