Chapter 17; the flames of disaster, god phoenix arises

Tails was looking outside his window. He was in total despair. Tomorrow was the next round of the championship. Jet would have to fight Sonic. And Tails would have to fight Knuckles. Unless Jet beat Sonic he would die and his power would be transferred to Sonic. Same went for him and Knuckles. Whoever won would receive the other's power resulting in possibly the latter's death.

Tails looked at the unconscious bodies of his friends lying on the couch like if they were sleeping. They already had fallen victims to Sonic's deadly game. Shadow. Rouge. Storm. Wave. And now Amy. He looked at her.

"Damn you Amy you idiot. Damn you! How are we gonna beat Sonic now?" he whispered in despair.

Ancient Sonic came out of his pendant.

"Tails. Don't give in to despair yet. Whenever we went a year ago during the search for the gods you and the others always said 'believe in yourself and in your deck and nothing is impossible'. Why do you not believe in it now?"

"Cause Sonic is stronger now. He has more duel life energy than me. If Jet loses then we're doomed."

"Why do you put your faith in Jet the moment you are 3rd worldwide and he is 5th?"

"Because he is the only one who ever managed to corner Sonic in the worst position he had ever been. That's what Sonic always said."

"And if he loses?"

"Then it's over. Either Knuckles or I will fight him and we'll lose cause he will have far more power than us."

"Why don't you go right now all 3 and fight him? You, Jet and Knuckles."

"Cause he will set up the duel on his terms and fight us one on one."

"You got a point there. So the only thing we can do is wait?"

"Exactly." Tails said sinking once again in silent despair.

The next day in the afternoon Tails headed for the duel dome or duel palace as he preferred to call it. He met his Knuckles and Jet at the participants' seats. Sonic was nowhere to be found.

"How are you today guys?" Tails asked them.

Knuckles didn't respond. He was also in despair. He knew that his next duel with Tails was a duel of survival. Jet on the other hand was very ready.

"Totally ready. Today I'm avenging Wave!"

"Be careful Jet. Play with all the experience of your dueling life. We're all depending on you." Tails said.

"Mark my words today this bastard Sonic is gonna pay for his crimes."

"Jet that isn't Sonic."

"Don't blind yourself just because he is our former friend. He needs to die!"

But before Tails could answer the announcer called Jet and Sonic (under the alias of divine) to the field. Jet stood against Sonic.

"You have no idea how long I have been waiting for this. I'm gonna hurt you a lot more than you hurt Wave and our friends!"

"Friends?! I HAVE NO FRIENDS! My only ally is the darkness!"

"Then let's who wins in this battle of vengeance and darkness!"

"DUEL!"

"I'll start this. I draw. I summon the legendary six samurai kageki. Thanks to his effect I can special summon a samurai from my hand. Say hello to the secret six samurai hatsume!"

"Secret samurais is a far better name than shadow samurai don't you think Tails?" Knuckles asked him.

"Yeah." Tails said anxious for the battle to continue.

Sonic was unimpressed.

"Hello and goodbye."

"We've only just began. I use my 2 monsters to build the overlaying network! When the souls of the samurai with the six swords and the samurai with the agility of the wind combine the grand general of all warriors shall be born. XYZ SUMMON! I call forth mx-saber invoker! Now I'll use his effect. By detaching one overlay unit I get to call from my deck a new warrior so say hello to the heroic challenger thousand blades from my deck! Now I set the circuit arrows with my thousand blades and mx saber invoker! Circuit complete! Link summon! Come forth link 2! missus radiant! Next I activate brilliant fusion! I fuse together gem-knight garnet and performage trick clown from my deck! The knight with the garnet soul and the ultimate trick performer! Become one and summon the knight of unity! Fusion summon! Appear! Gem knight seraphinite! Next I play shien's smoke signal! I get to add a samurai from my deck to my hand provided he is level 3 or less! I add another kageki. Then I summon it with the effect of my seraphinite. And I use his effect to summon the secret six samurai kizaru from my hand! And now observe as he gathers the samurais from my deck! Thanks to his effect I can add a samurai with a different attribute from my deck to my hand! I control 4 monsters! So here they come! The first one! Earth attribute! The legendary six samurai kizan! The second! Water attribute! The legendary six samurai shinai! The third! Fire attribute! The legendary six samurai mizuho! And finally! Last but not least! The fourth one! Wind attribute! The secret six samurai fuma!"

"He gathered the 4 elements! He is really determined to win. This play is dangerous." Knuckles said.

"Now I special summon kizan from my hand due to controlling a samurai. Then I set the circuit arrows with seraphinite missus radiant and kageki! Circuit complete! Link summon! Come forth! Link 4! Firewall dragon!"

"Here it is." Tails thought.

"Now I set again the circuit arrows with kizan and kizaru! Circuit complete! Link summon! Come forth! Link 2! Proxy dragon! Then firewall dragon's effect kicks in! I can summon a monster from my hand. I special summon the legendary six samurai mizuho! And because she is out shinai joins her in battle! Now I'll set the arrows one final time! Circuit complete! Link summon! Come forth once again! Link 4! Firewall dragon! Finally my first firewall dragon's effect summons fuma from my hand! And now! I play the spell pot of desires! I banish the top 10 cards of my deck to draw 2 cards! And what cards! It's over Sonic! Prepare for the lockdown of your nightmares! I play monster reborn and revive kizaru! Thanks to his effect I can add the same monsters I added the first time to my hand again! And finally I'll set one card face down and invoke my ace! I tune the level 1 tuner secret six samurai fuma with the level 4 secret six samurai kizaru! When the souls of the two samurais from the secret society combine the chosen samurai of the legend shall be born! Synchro summon! Appear! The legendary six samurai Shi en!"

"So it is here! Finally I'll bring it to its knees when it faces god!" Sonic said with a maniacal smile."

"I end my turn."

"Then let the destruction commence! I DRAW!"

"Hold it!"

"What?!"

"I activate the trap mind crush! I declare a card name and if you have it in your hand all the copies of that card are destroyed from your hand! I choose….. The winged dragon of Ra!"

"NOOOO! YOU CAN'T!"

"I just did!"

"Damn you! I swear right now" He darkened momentarily and took the form he had when facing Amy "I will use god to make you meet true pain!"

"Bring it! I am not afraid of you!"

"I summon Ra's disciple! I use his effect to summon 2 of his copies from my deck! Now I activate double summon!"

"Oh no you don't! Negate it Shi en!

"Damn you! I may not be able to invoke Ra directily but there is always another way! I activate the spell land formation! By discarding one card from my hand I can add a field spell to my hand. However if I summon a monster or already control a monster at the same time and turn I use the field spell it will be destroyed. I add and activate mound of the bound creator! So it is destroyed and I get sphere mode of Ra in my hand! Now I tribute all 3 of my monsters to special summon the sphere mode on my side of the field!"

"How come you didn't try to tribute my monsters?"

"I can't. To do this I have to give away my normal summon and I already have used it. So I summon the sphere mode. I'm protected for now! You can't target it with effects or attacks.

"Well you won't defend forever!"

"I end my turn."

"My turn! I draw. Let's strengthen my attack! I activate the spell shien's dojo. Now I summon shinai then mizuho and kizan from my hand. This gives one counter to my shien's dojo for each one summoned. Now I set the link arrows. Circuit complete! Link summon! Come forth! Link 3! Gaia saber the lightning shadow! Now I activate Firewall's effect since kizan left his side. I can special summon kagemusha from my hand! Then I tribute shien's dojo to special summon one samurai from my deck with level less or equal to the dojo's counters. The dojo has 4 so I summon the last level 3 kageki! Now I tune the kageki and kagemusha together! Synchro summon! Appear! Second Shi en! I end my turn"

"My turn! I draw. Perfect. I summon the hidden agent in attack mode. When he is summoned I can pay 1000 LP and choose one monster on the field and negate its effect! I choose your firewall dragon! I can also multiply the number of life points I pay by the number of copies of firewall dragon that are on the field to negate the effects of the copies as well. so I pay 2000 LP" (Dark Sonic LP 6000) to negate the effects of the firewall dragons!"

"No you don't! I activate their effects. Now I can bounce kageki, mizuho and kagemusha from my graveyard to my hand!"

"Perfect! Now I attack your shi en!"

"What are you doing? Hidden agent only has 1000 attack points!"

Hidden agent attacked Shi en and was destroyed (Sonic LP 4500)

"When hidden agent is destroyed I can banish it in my main phase 2 from the graveyard and use the effect he negated this turn. I use firewall dragon's effect to add a monster from my graveyard to my hand. And of course I choose god!"

"NO!"

"Now I shall invoke Ra by speaking the sacred wards of the ancient chant! Great beast of the sky please hear my cry transform thyself from orb of light and bring me victory in this fight! Envelope the dessert with your glow and cast your rage upon my foe! Unlock your powers from powers from deep within so that together we may win. Appear in this shadow game as I call your name! WINGED DRAGON OF RA!"

The sphere started shining like a giant flame ball and changed into Ra's battle mode.

"When Ra is summoned using the sphere his attack and defense become 4000! Now I activate the equip spell pendant of the sun god! The monster equipped with this shall gain the defense points of the monster it battles!"

"No you don't! I activate Shi en's ability to negate it and destroy it!"

"So what? I have another!"

"And I have another Shi en!"

"Exactly as I predicted you would."

"What?!"

"I activate the spell surprise attack from beyond to get another battle phase!"

"OH NO!"

"Ra! Attack Firewall Dragon! God blaze cannon!"

"Here it comes!" Jet thought.

"At this moment I'll use the effect of the pendant of sun god in my graveyard. By banishing it Ra's attack is stopped!"

"What?!"

"And now I activate the spell double or nothing! It doubles Ra's power and grants it another attack!"

"NO WAY!"

"BURN FIREWALL DRAGON TO ASHES! GOD BLAZE CANNON!"

Ra unleashed a giant blaze attack that burned firewall dragon down to bits leaving Jet heavily injured and with only 2500 LP remaining.

"Jet are you ok?" Tails screamed worried.

Jet spitted some blood.

"It's gonna take more than that to keep me down! It hurts! But you hurt Wave far more!"

"You are all stubborn aren't you? In that case I end my turn with a face down card"

"My turn. I draw. I summon kageki and activate his effect."

"I chain with solemn strike. For 1500 LP" (Dark Sonic LP 2000) " I can negate and destroy kageki. It's over Jet!"

"No not yet! I activate pot of avarice. I return firewall dragon, missus radiant , m-x saber invoker, gem knight seraphinite and proxy dragon to my extra deck and draw 2 cards. I set both of my drawn cards and end my turn here."

"Then let's end this! Draw! Ra! Eliminate the other firewall dragon!"

"Your combo won't work this time! I'm taking Ra down! I activate the quick-play spell cunning of the six samurai! I sacrifice Shi en and summon kageki in exchange. And once he is summoned I activate torrential tribute! All monsters out will be destroyed! Except for the Shi en cause genba can be banished from my graveyard to prevent the destruction of one of my samurais! So Ra is going down NOW!"

A giant thunderstorm occurred leading to an explosionafter collision with the monsters. Once the smoke cleared on Jet's side was Shi en.

"It's over Sonic! I win."

But when the smoke cleared on Sonic's side too Jet witnessed Ra without even a scratch!

"How is that possible?! I….. I destroyed Ra! How is he still alive?!"

Sonic started laughing like a maniac. His hair once again took the same form as during the fight with Amy but his eyes didn't go white. Instead they had a crazy shine. A shine that showed pure…. EVIL!

"LITTLE FOOL! YOU THINK RA, THE MIGHTIEST OF ALL THE GODS CAN BE KILLED?! ABSURD! RA IS IMMORTAL! AND NOW I WILL SHOW YOU WHY!"

Suddenly a crack appeared on Ra's armor body. Several parts came off and golden feathers could be seen.

"Ra's…. armor… is breaking?" Jet said shocked.

The cracks on Ra's armor continued to expand until it shattered and disappeared. Under the armor was a golden phoenix. For a moment it stunned Jet with its beauty. But at the next moment it let out a loud screech. Once it stopped screeching the part of its chest where the heart was located was ignited. The flames then started to expand on its whole body.

"What? What's happening?' Jet couldn't understand what was going on.

"NAZO NEVER RECEIVED THE FULL REVELATION OF RA'S POWERS."

The flames soon covered Ra's body and transformed it into a flaming phoenix.

"WHEN THE ALMIGHTY RA IS DESTROYED AND SENT TO THE GRAVEYARD HE TRANSFORMS INTO HIS ULTIMATE FORM! THE WINGED DRAGON OF RA- IMMORTAL PHOENIX!"

"Immortal phoenix?!" Tails and Knuckles said in terror.

"THE IMMORTAL PHOENIX IS THE RA'S TRANSCENSION FROM THIS LIFE TO ITS NEXT. IT CAN ONLY BE SUMMONED FROM THE GRAVEYARD WHEN RA IN ITS BATTLE MODE IS DESTROYED. AT THE END OF THIS TURN THE PHOENIX WILL DIE AND THEN BE REBORN FROM ITS ASHES AS THE SPHERE MODE. HOWEVER YOU WILL GO DOWN BY HIS HAND LONG BEFORE THAT!"

"But… when did you send it to the graveyard?"

"Don't you remember?"

"Wait a minute!"

FLASHBACK STARTS

"I activate the spell land formation! By discarding one card from my hand I can add a field spell to my hand."

FLASHBACK ENDS

"You sneaky bastard! You sent Ra to the graveyard at that moment!"

"PRESICELY! RA ACTIVATE YOUR EFFECT! FOR 1000 LP" (Dark Sonic LP 1000) "I CAN SENT ONE OF YOUR MONSTERS TO A BURNING OBLIVION!"

"Oh no you don't I banish hatsume from the graveyard to negate Shi en's destruction!"

"POINTLESS TRICKS WON'T WORK AGAINST GOD!"

Shi en used its sword to try and cut the flames in half and dodge them but his sword melted and the flames engulfed him, turning him to ashes.

"BUT HOW?! SHI EN! HOW WAS IT DESTROYED?! WHY DIDN'T HATSUME'S EFFECT WORK?!"

"AS I SAID! THESE ARE JUST POINTLESS TRICKS. THE PHOENIX DOESN'T DESTROY SHI EN! IT SENTS IT TO THE GRAVEYARD! THERE IS NO DESTRUCTION!"

"Oh no!"

"RA! ATTACK SHI EN! GOD PHOENIX STRIKE!"

"I activate Genba's effect from my banished zone. If the monster he saved is attacked I can pay 1000 LP to destroy the attacking monster!"

"WHY MUST I REPEAT IT OVER AND OVER?! POINTLESS TRICKS DON'T WORK AGAINST GOD! THE GOD PHOENIX CANNOT BE AFFECTED BY CARD EFFECTS!"

"No way!"

"YOU LOSE!"

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH!" Jet screamed as the flames engulfed him and his LP went down to 0.

"JEEEET!" Tails screamed in agony.

When the flames evaporated Tails witnessed Jet's burned body. His green feathers were now totally black. His eyes were closed. His mark was shining. At least for a moment. Then it was deleted from his arm. It turned just like with Amy in a blue energy sphere which entered Sonic's body.

"YES!" He said with a mad expression "The power tastes so sweet!"

Tails couldn't bear it any longer. The pressure was building up inside his heart. Him and Knuckles went to Jet's body and tried to carry it to the seats. Sonic walked past them.

"You are not Sonic!" Tails said.

"Of course I am not this fool. I am the one who will become the ruler – no – the GOD of this world! And you know what the best part is?!"

Tails didn't answer.

"You two fools can only kill one another to end up in a battle where I get to defeat you because I am stronger than you! Hehehehe."

But before he left.

"Oh and by the way. Please put up a good fight both of you. This kind of show is what I love most. To see two friends fight to death! AHAHAHAHAHA AHAHAHAHAHA!"

Tails looked at Sonic who was leaving without any remorse for his actions. Then he noticed Knuckles was waiting. The time had come. Either Tails would kill Knuckles or Knuckles would kill him. He wore his duel disc leaving Jet's burned remains behind and headed for the duel field.