Chapter 7; proof of number 1, vs Wave and Knuckles
Sonic and the gang were riding their runners towards the last city of Germany they would search. Frankfurt. Afterwards they would return to Berlin and fly to another country to look for the other 2 god cards. Sonic was a bit disappointed that no god card was found. Inside of him he was discussing with his ancient Egypt's ego.
"Man sorry for taking so long. These guys could be anywhere. Practically we're looking for a needle in haystack." Sonic apologized to the other Sonic after leaving Cologne.
"It's ok. I understand. Don't feel guilty. As I have learnt from my previous lives, it is important to head for your destination at all times but not to rush the journey. And thanks to you I have seen a lot about the future of the world. The present for you. And I am grateful for that. Of course I still want to find peace but I have waited for 5 millennia, some more days won't hurt."
"Thanks for understanding. I'll make sure we find them."
They arrived at Frankfurt at 8PM. Immediately the checked in to the first hotel they could find and decided to stay in for tonight. The next day unfortunately they were being expected by tons of journalists and fans. The journalists rushed to Sonic first and those who couldn't reach him approached his friends.
"Mister the Hedgehog how do you find the changes in the meta?" Sonic was asked.
"Honestly I think the game needed some strategy on the field besides the deck balance and stuff. It makes it more of a board game finally where you need to put the pieces in the best possible position to gain advantage of the field just like chess."
Amy was right next to him at that time and was asked at the same time as Sonic tons of questions herself.
"Miss the hedgehog how long are you and the king married?"
"Over a year."
"Do you think that falling below second place will change your relationship with Mr the hedgehog?"
"Of course not. Our relationship is based on love not on the game"
"If you were ever defeated Mr the hedgehog how do you think your wife would react?"
"We won't leave each other if we lose a duel. We got married because of our love for each other and our love for the game."
Just a few steps away Tails was asked about their rivalry.
"Mr prowers do you think the new meta gives you an advantage over the king that you would use to defeat him?"
"I always try my best to beat Sonic. although to tell the truth I don't think I will beat him soon. He is just a card master."
"Yeah. Our buddy would never lose to anyone." Knuckles popped out of nowhere on the camera.
"Do you really call him a card master? Not to be offensive but…. I would refer to him more as master of the blackwings than master of the cards. He wins by dueling with his blackwings. Who do you think would win if Sonic took on you with red-eyes monsters? Or if he took on miss the swallow with blue-eyes white dragons?"
Both Knuckles and Wave who were standing right next to each other wondered for a second. Tails and Amy saw their faces darken.
"I'm sorry folks but time is running out for us. We have some work to do here. No more comments.
And after 1 more hour of asking Sonic and his friends questions, the latters made their way to their runners and split to look for the gods. During the search Sonic and Amy who were searching nearby sections of the town met and decided to stop to drink something.
"So did you find anything?" he asked her.
"Nothing. I wonder where they could have gone and hide. Silver said they were in London just one day before we arrive there. Isn't it strange that we didn't find anyone in London or Paris or anywhere here?"
"Yeah.. maybe they can teleport or something. But I know that eventually we will come across them. So we have 2 hours of search left. We'll meet with the rest of the team at the hotel."
"About the team Sonic um…"
"What is it?"
"Well in the morning when the journalists surrounded us… Knuckles and Wave had weird looks on their faces."
"Nah I'm sure they will be alright."
"I hope you're right. After all you're almost always right with our guises."
After the conversation ended they split and returned to searching Once again nothing changed. The god cards were still gone. Sonic decided that they should return and sleep early so they would leave for Berlin before dawn so they would take off as soon as possible. However once they returned to the hotel to Sonic noticed Knuckles and Wave's bad attitude and hoped he wasn't wrong about before.
"Knucks. Wave? what's wrong?"
"Nothing."
"Don't pretend to me Knuckles. I know when something is wrong."
"Well…" Wave started saying "the journalists in the morning asked me and Knuckles a question that made a lot of sense."
"What question?" Amy asked joining the conversation.
"They asked us if we think of you as a card master or a just a blackwing master. They also asked us who we think would win if you took on me with red-eyes monsters just like my deck or if you took Wave on with Blue-eyes white dragons just like her deck."
"And what do you think?" Sonic asked with his pride hurt.
"I don't wanna be mean dude but.. I honestly believe you can't beat me in a duel red-eyes vs red-eyes."
"Same here." Wave said "sorry but I think I am a master of blue-eyes myself. After all we have our connection too."
"How can you let those creeps fill your mind with doubts about Sonic's skill?!' Amy screamed in rage unable to believe what her friends just said.
"We're not doubting Sonic's skill. I just think that his skill comes from mastering a broken deck like the blackwings." Knuckles admitted.
"WELL STILL YOU SHOULD KNOW…"
"ENOUGH!" Sonic screamed in anger scaring and silencing everyone. He turned to Amy and Tails.
"What do you guys think about this?"
"I know your skill first hand Sonic. it's not like you fought me only with your blackwings in our dueling life." Tails supported him.
"I know your power Sonic. you would never lose to anyone. You are a champion because you earned it not because you are a broken deck user." Amy said in determination.
Sonic then turned to Jet and Silver.
"And you guys?"
"I'm with you. Your skill is beyond the blackwings."Jet said without hesitating
"I'm a fan of you not for the blackwings but for your true skill Sonic." Silver said as well.
Sonic felt satisfied that the rest of his friends were supporting him. Now Knuckles and Wave were the only ones doubting him. He turned back to them.
"Meet me in 1 hour outside."
"Why?"
"You'll see then." Sonic said and leaft the room. Amy followed him.
"Sonic were are you going?"
"I'm going to prepare for duel."
"No Sonic. Don't fight them just because some idiot journalists doubted your power."
"It's not because the journalists did it. It's because Knuckles and Wave believed it. I'll remind them why they are in 4th and 6th place accordingly." Sonic said ending the conversation and left.
Amy went inside once again and confronted Knuckles and Wave.
"I can't believe you guys. You believed what those dressed camera-holding human-like apes said about your best friend?"
"Amy don't you yourself believe you are a master of your deck?"
"No. one does not become number one by mastering only one deck. Sonic has mastered them all. That's why he is number 1."
"Hmph well I want proof for it."
1 hour later the gang went outside and saw a letter on Sonic's runner. It guided them to a dueling field just 2 minutes away from the hotel. Sonic was waiting over there.
"So you came." he said looking at Knuckles and Wave.
"Yeah. So what is this about?" Wave asked.
Sonic instead of answering threw her a duel disc. then he stepped on his side of the field.
"We're dueling right here and now!"
"What for? To show us once again you are a master of blackwings?" Knuckles answered back.
"Wave you will be first. Go first as well."
"Hmph. Fine."
"LET'S DUEL!"
"My turn. I summon maiden with eyes of blue. Then I discard sage with eyes of blue to target and tribute her and summon blue eyes from my deck. Also she summons thanks to being targeted another one from my deck. Then I show you the blue eyes in my hand to summon blue eyes alternative white dragon! I discard the blue eyes I showed you with trade in to draw 2 cards. I then play return of the dragon lords to revive my fallen blue eyes. Then I overlay my 2 blue eyes together into number 107: galaxy eyes tachyon dragon! I place 2 cards face down and end my turn."
"My turn then. I draw. I summon an alternative white dragon as well by showing you a blue eyes. Then I discard blue eyes to activate twin twisters and destroy your 2 sets!"
"NO!"
"I then play return of the dragon lords as well to revive the discarded blue eyes. Then I summon manju of the ten thousand hands. Thanks to his effect I add the chaos form ritual spell in my hand."
"CHAOS FORM?!" Wave screamed in horror.
"Tails what does chaos form summon?" Knuckles asked him.
"The deadliest blue-eyes monster ever existed." Tails answered in awe.
"I then overlay my 2 monsters to xyz summon galaxy eyes cipher dragon! Cipher dragon's effect enables me to discard an xyz material to take control of amonster you have and treat it as a galaxy eyes cipher dragon as well! I choose your tachyon dragon!"
"Oh no!"
"So what?" Knuckles said relaxed "cipher dragon is now the only monster that can attack directily. Wave's ok."
"No Knuckles she is not." Tails said realizing Sonic's plan.
"I now overlay my cipher dragon into galaxy-eyes dark matter dragon! But I'm far from done! I also overlay my cipher dragon-named tachyon dragon into galaxy-eyes full armor proton dragon!"
"You can't! you already use your link zone!"
"Naïve Wave. This technique works exactly like the zoodiac combo Blaze used. Exactly as hammerkong left at her field can be used to summon another xyz monster so can the controlled cipher dragon. I activate proton dragon's effect to destroy one of your blue eyes."
"I banish return of the dragon lords to save it."
"Let's end it then. I activate chaos form! I banish the blue eyes from my graveyard to ritual summon BLUE-EYES CHAOS MAX DRAGON!"
"CHAOS MAX?!" Wave asked shocked by the appearance of the only blue-eyes card she wasn't holding.
"I also activate dark matter dragon's effect. I detach my alternative so dark matter dragon can attack twice on monsters!"
"SAY WHAT?!"
"Let's battle. Dark matter dragon attack blue eyes!"
"AAAH!" (Wave LP 7000)
"Now attack the other one!
"AAAH!" (Wave LP 6000)
Full armor proton dragon attack directily!"
"AAAH!" (Wave LP 2000)
"And now to end this! Chaos max dragon! Attack with Chaos max burst of destruction!"
"AAAAAH! (Wave LP 0)
The gang was shocked. Wave summoned a very hard to penetrate field and Sonic managed to penetrate it and beat her in one turn! Sonic turned to Knuckles.
"Your turn now Knuckles!"
Knuckles started to hesitate. Sonic defeated Wave practically using her own deck without a single turn passing. If that was what he could do with blue-eyes what was his potential with red-eyes. Sonic noticed his hesitation.
"Are you backing out?'
"Never!"
"Then come here and fight me!"
But Knuckles still hesitated. He had made a big mistake doubting Sonic. The duel with Wave was enough to persuade him he was wrong. But it looked like he couldn't escape the fight. He exchanged places with Wave.
"DUEL!"
"Heads or tails Knucks?"
"What?"
"So we can see who goes first."
"Um.. Heads."
Sonic tossed the coin and it landed on heads.
"You pick."
But Knuckles was under pressure. If he allowed Sonic to go first he would seize the chance and create an unbeatable army of monsters. But if he went second who knew how fast his life points would go down.
"Go first."
"Ok then. My turn. Pretty sweet hand. I'm sorry but you're not gonna make a move. I'll end you in one turn!"
"No way! Red eyes decks can't do this!"
"If created right yes they can. Here I'll show you! I play red-eyes fusion. I fuse together red-eyes black dragon and meteor dragon red-eyes impact to fusion summon Meteor Black Comet dragon!"
"Already a beater monster out?"
"I activate his effect. I send a red-eyes monster from my deck to my graveyard like red-eyes Black dragon to deal you half its attack as damage!"
"Oh no you don't miamigo! I discard ash blossom and joyous spring to negate the effect to send a card to the graveyard!"
"Hmph good one. I activate in that case inferno fire blast!"
"But inferno fire blast requires a red-eyes black dragon out! and you have…."
"A red-eyes black dragon. Knuckles is this a mastery level of red-eyes? Don't you know that the monster summoned by red-eyes fusion has its name treated as red-eyes black dragon?!"
"Oh no I forgot!"
"You take damage equal to my dragon's attack points so 3500!"
"AAAAH" (Knuckles LP 4500)
"And I'm not done yet. I activate red-eyes insight!"
"Oh no!"
"With her effect I add another inferno fire blast in my hand! Take this!"
"AAAAH" (Knuckles LP 1000)"
"I end my turn."
"My turn then. I draw. I activate my own red eyes fusion to fuse red-eyes black dragon and beast of talwar to fusion summon Archfiend Black Skull Dragon!"
"Good. But Archfiend Black Skull Dragon is weaker that Meteor Black Comet Dragon."
"Not yet. But once I equip it with 2 Black Metal Dragons I'll increase its attack by 1200!"
"You're kidding!"
"Not at all! Attack!"
"AAAH! (Sonic LP 7100)
"And also you can't bring back red eyes due to my dragon's effect who prevents all effects occurring until after the damage step. Furthermore I can return my red eyes black dragon to my deck from the graveyard and deal you 2400 damage!"
"AAAH!"(Sonic LP 4400)
" I end my turn with a face down!"
"Not bad Knuckles. But I haven't shown my real strength yet. I draw. I activate return of the dragon lords to resurrect my red-eyes black dragon. Now I play a little handy and very rare magic card known as left arm offering!"
"WHAT?! LEFT ARM OFFERING?!"
"Precisely. I discard my entire hand and add a spell card from my deck to my hand. And of course the one I choose is my third inferno fire blast!"
"NOOO!"
"Eat this! Go inferno fire blast!"
"AAAH" (Knuckles LP 0)
"Impossible….. I lost! My precious red-eyes deck lost!"
"See now Knuckles?"
Knuckles looked up to Sonic's eyes embarrassed for his behavior.
"This is the true extent of my skills."
"I… I'm sorry I got so carried away in front of the flashlight that I believed the garbage these fools said about you and forgot who you are."
"Knuckles I can only be addressed by you as your friend. But I just thought you needed a reminder of who I am."
"I know. No hard feelings?"
"No hard feelings" Sonic said while they hi-fived.
The rest of the gang congratulated them for the duel. Then Tails realized they had lost 2 precious hours of sleep. They returned to the hotel immediately. After a few hours of sleep at 4 AM they rode their runners and left for Berlin. At 6AM they arrived there and after 1 more hour of sleep they took off from Germany once and for all.
"So where are headed now?" Tails asked while keeping company to Sonic so he wouldn't fall asleep and crash the plane. After all they were both exhausted from the consecutive searches and driving.
"Rome buddy."
"ROME?! Cool! I'll call Cosmo once I reach there. She is on vacation with some of her friends there."
"Ok we'll let you loverbirds have your day and we will rest. We need a day to just sit in here and sleep. Then we will search for a god card."
And so the decision for the next destination was made. The gang more united than ever and with their respect for Sonic's power and leadership they headed for Italy. Tails was the happiest of all since he would see Cosmo so soon. Little did he know that there was an nasty surprise waiting for him in the old Roman Empire's capital.
