AN: Hey everyone, I have the next chapter here. I honestly thought it would take longer to script this duel, but it came out exactly the way I wanted. We start this one following the Ra Yellow dormers, but the duel will focus more on the player's thoughts this time around. Hope you enjoy this chapter, leave a review with your comments and questions, and have a nice day.
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Chapter 28 – The Pro Leagues Pt. 2
In his Ra Yellow dorm room, Bastion typed on his computer. He, then heard a knocking on the door, causing him to get up and open it. Entering was Yang, who easily carried a massive flatscreen television, causing Bastion moved out of the way. He then saw Tyranno walking in with a plastic bag of soda, cups, plates, and napkins. Following him was Nora, carrying a pizza. "I thought you were going to get two," Bastion asked while he only saw one box.
"Uh, they ran out of cheese," Nora responded, while Bastion focused on her right cheek, seeing a bit a sauce. He then took the box out of her hands, knowing it may not be safe in the electric Ra Yellow's possession.
Bastion then turned to see Yang and Tyranno setting up the television, "Remind me again why this has to be in my room?" He said with a sigh, "It's covering up part of my newest formula."
"Your room has the best signal." Yang responded, "Be happy, you're getting a free flat screen."
"How did you even afford this?" Bastion added on., putting the pizza on his nightstand.
"Oh, I traded Chazz back his Emperor Dragon for this." Yang said with a grin, "Not a bad return on investment if you ask me."
"This is going to be awesome," Nora said while falling on the bed, "We get to see Pyrrha Nikos and her comeback duel in HD."
"Yeah, she was untouchable," Tyranno while examining the remote, but a look of sorrow came upon his face, "Shame about what happened during that one match. That whole scaffolding just collapsed." He said with a moment of silence falling over the group.
"You know," Yang spoke up, "Bastion and I meet her in person."
"For real!?" Tyranno responded.
"Yeah, we even duel." Yang said with a wink, "I even won thanks to your card." She said with Tyranno smile returning.
Nora turned to Bastion as she started to bounce on the bed, "What about you?"
"I'd rather not talk about it." Bastion responded as he typed.
"He lost," Yang said in a hushed voice to not annoy her the posh Ra Yellow, but he still glared at her.
"Ah man, that means I might not stand a chance against her." Nora commented as she fell back on the pillow, "Still, I bet the two of us would get along." She then looked back to Bastion still typing, "What are you doing?"
"Just finishing a message," Bastion said before pressing send on the email.
Meanwhile.
In a backstage room to the stadium, a young woman with long red hair tied in a ponytail. She had her laptop open, seeing an email just come in. In opening it, she got a message from the posh Ra Yellow. "Good luck out there. We are all rooting for you." She read as a smile started to form, "Just stay calm and remember who you are."
"Yeah, Pyrrha Nikos." The magnetic pro duelist said before sighing, "It's just taken a while for me to remember that." She said before sending a thank you reply and closing her laptop. In looking over to her deck, seeing her ace Magna Warrior monster on top, "My opponent will be testing their new deck, so I won't know what I will be up against." She said before loading her deck into her bronze duel disk.
Pyrrha looked over to a bronze circuit. She put it on before standing up, then looked at her outfit in the mirror, "Maybe I should have picked something else to wear." She said before looking around, but not finding many options. The magnetic pro duelist then walked over to a closet, seeing an assortment of all the same attire she already had, causing her to sigh. However, she did find one different article of clothing, "My old Slifer Red vest." She said in slight surprise, "They put me in the other dorms so fast that I barely got to wear this… I wonder if it will still fit." Suddenly, Pyrrha noticed a sewing machine at the bottom of the closet. While also looking down, she noticed the long red shall she wore around her waist, "Well," Pyrrha said with a smile, "I maybe I can alter it a bit."
A short while later.
The crowd in the arena cheered in excitement before the Announcer's voice was heard, "Hello everyone, we have a special match for you." He said as cameras focused on the right side of the arena, "Making her return is the Untouchable duelist herself. The champion girl who could avoid all direct attacks." He said as a plume of smoke occurred. As it cleared, the magnetic pro duelist stood, who now wore a red sleeveless vest with a popped collar over her leather attire. Stitched on the back was an emblem of a spear and shield, "Pyrrha Nikos!" He introduced as the crowd screamed in joy.
Pyrrha waved as she looked around, seeing so many signs people had made for her return, all smiling., "So many people are happy to see me." She thought as she smiled back, then clenching her fists, "I'm not gonna disappoint them." The magnetic pro duelist said as she waited for her opponent.
The Announcer continued, "And now, our returning champ has to go up against a rising star." He said as the camera focused on the other side of the arena, "He's here to test out what could be his new go-to deck," as a plume of smoke occurred, a young man emerged. He wore a grey suit with a black undershirt and white tie. With his right hand, he brushed the bangs of his silver-toned hair off his face before opening his blue eyes, grinning as he looked to his opponent, "Give it up for Aster Phoenix!" The Announcer introduced as the crowd roared in excitement.
"Well, look who it is," Aster said to his opponent, "I better take it easy, or else the who stadium may come crashing down." He said with Pyrrha scowling, "Come on, I didn't mean anything against you." Aster then readied his duel disk, "I just have an eye for those fated for greatness, and those doomed for tragedy."
Pyrrha then readied her duel disk, "Do you believe in destiny?"
"Heh, it doesn't matter if I believe it," Aster commented, "It's already set in stone."
The Announcer spoke one last time, "All right, let the match begin!"
"Duel!" Pyrrha sand Aster said at the same time.
Aster: 4000 Life Points
Pyrrha: 4000 Life Points
"I'll lead off," Aster said as he drew, "And I'll take things slow with simply summoning Sparkman in attack mode." The destined pro duelist said as the shocking soldier stood on the field, but his pallet was slightly darker, (1600 ATK / 1400 DEF), "Satisfied? No, then I'll throw down two face downs and call it a turn."
"Elemental Heroes, that's his deck?" Pyrrha thought before drawing, "They're all about fusions, but he didn't make one on his first turn." She thought before examining her option, "I have to be ready for when they do come out." The magnetic duelist then took one card out for her hand, addressing it as she played the monster, "I summon Delta The Magnet Warrior in attack mode." She said as a teal prism-shaped combination of magnets formed a humanoid body, pulsating an electric field, (1600 ATK / 1400 DEF). Suddenly, a card ejected from her deck, "Delta's effect on summoning allows me to send Alpha to the graveyard." She said before doing so.
"Neat, but our monsters have the same stats," Aster commented, "Only one thing would happen if they ran into each other."
"Don't be so sure," Pyrrha responded, taking a card out of her hand, "I play the field spell, Catapult Zone. With it, I attack with Delta, and I can send a rock monster from my deck to the graveyard to prevent my monster from being destroyed." She said as floor panel launched the magnet warrior at Sparkman. The two collided with an explosion into a plume of smoke. As the smoke started to clear, only Delta remained. Suddenly, another card ejected from her deck, "This time, Beta will go to the graveyard." However, through the smoke, a spotlight shined through.
"You activate my trap card, Hero Signal." Aster said as the rest of the smoke cleared, revealing a feathered hero on his side of the field, (1000 ATK / 1000 DEF), "When Sparkman bit the dust, I got to bring out Avian."
"Tsk," Pyrrha said before she took two cards out of her hand, "I'll set these and end my turn."
"My move," Aster said as he drew, then played the spell, "I activate Fusion Gate." He said as the arena became a grid playing field. "Only one field spell can be in play at a time. No way to save your monsters now." He said before playing another card, "Now, I summon Elemental Hero Burstinatrix." He said as the fiery female elemental hero was summoned on the field, (1200 ATK / 800 DEF), "I'll use the field spell to banish my two heroes." The destined pro duelist said as Avian and Burstinatrix formed a spiral, "To fuse for Elemental Hero Phoenix Enforcer!" He said as red-suited winged demon appeared, three sharp claws on his right arm, (2100 ATK / 1200 DEF).
"That's odd," Pyrrha commented, "I thought those two made a different fusion."
"Well, you should be more worried about the one in front of you." Aster responded, "Phoenix Enforcer, attack Delta the Magnet Warrior." He said as the red demon lunged into battle.
"I activate my trap card, Rock Bombardment," Pyrrha said as a card eject from her deck, "I send a rock monster, like Gamma, from my deck to the graveyard. Them, you take 500 points of damage." Aster gasped as a barrage of stones rocketed towards his body. Right after they collided, Phoenix Enforcer last Delta across the chest, causing the Magnet Warrior to explode.
Aster: 4000 – 500 = 3500 Life Points
Pyrrha: 4000 – 500 = 3500 Life Points
Aster brushed some dust off his right shoulder, "All that did was put us back at the same life points." He said before his eyes widened, "Wait, she has Alpha, Beta, and Gamma in the graveyard."
"That's right," Pyrrha declared, showing all three Magnet Warrior before putting them away, "And if Delta is sent to the graveyard, I can remove all three of them." She said as a card ejected from her deck, "To summon Valkyrion The Magna Warrior!" the magnetic pro duelist said before summoning her ace monster. With their powers combined, The Magna Warrior formed with a sparking aura before landing beside Pyrrha, (3500 ATK / 3850 DEF), "With this method, I can ignore her normal summoning conditions."
"So, that's your ace monster, the one most people can never get past to attack you directly." Aster commented, then ended his turn with a face down, "However, I heard a rumor that you lost a match at Duel Academy. That monster of yours fell and you took a pretty nasty burn."
"How did you-?" Pyrrha said before see Aster smirking, causing her to sigh, "It's true, it was a duel I regret being a part of." She said before drawing, "But it was one I needed to lose so that I could come back to senses. And remember who I was."
"And who exactly is Pyrrha Nikos?" Aster asked with a head tilt.
At that moment, Pyrrha smirked, "A good person." She said before pointing, "And I won't let you mess with me anymore. Valkyrion, attack with Gravity Slasher!" The magnetic pro duelist said as the Magna warrior leaped into the air, its sword pulsating in a black aura.
"Too bad Phoenix Enforcer can't be destroyed by battle." Aster taunted.
"But you still take the damage," Pyrrha responded, but then remember the face downs.
"I think the opposite is about to happen." Aster counter, "I reveal my face down card, Draining Shield." He said as a teal barrier dome cover him and his fusion monster, "Your attack is about to benefit me. With 3500, this basically will double my life points."
"That's a trap card I run as well," Pyrrha responded, then reached for one of her face down cards, "And I know how to counter it. I play Zero Gravity, switching all monster's battle position." She said as Phoenix Enforcer and Valkyrion started to kneel, the magnet sword losing its black glow. "Since I stopped the attack, you don't gain life points." Pyrrha responded as the barrier faded, She then took one card out of her hand, "I'll set this and end my turn."
"Well, I'm impressed." Aster commented as he drew but then grinned at the result, "However, it looks like I got just what I needed. I play The Warrior Returning Alive to add Sparkman back to hand. Then, I'll summon him for kicks." He said as the shocking soldier returned, (1600 ATK / 1400 DEF). "Now, I fuse Sparkman and Phoenix Enforcer," He said as the two monsters merged in a black spiral, "Come on, Elemental Hero Shining Phoenix Enforcer!" Exiting the spiral was a green-winged demon with metal claws for arms, (2500 ATK / 2100 DEF). "He gains 300 attack points for every Elemental Hero in my graveyard."
"But you don't have any," Pyrrha pointed out, "All your fusions with your field spell removed your monsters from play."
"True, but I can add most of them back with this." Aster said as he showed the last card in his hand, "Burial from a Different Dimension." He said before taking out Sparkman, Avian, and Burstinatrix, "I can return three banished monsters to the graveyard, which gives me three Heroes in the graveyard now." with it, Elemental Hero Shining Phoenix Enforcer glowed with a light green aura, (2500 + 900 = 3400 ATK).
"It's still not stronger than my Valkyrion," Pyrrha commented, "Especially since I left her in defense mode." However, Aster just chuckled.
"Remember what I said," The destined pro duelist said before revealing his last face down, "It's set in stone. I activate Destruction of Destiny, letting me mill three cards from the top of my deck." Aster said before drawing three, then showing them to Pyrrha. After her gasp, he looked at the result, "A Polymerization spell card, meaning I take 1000 points of damage." He said before glowing in a red aura. "However, Clayman and Bubbleman are going to the grave as well."
Aster: 3500 – 1000 = 2500 Life Points
"That means you have five heroes in the graveyard." Pyrrha commented, "Which puts your monster's attack points at-"
"4000," Aster commented as Shinning Phoenix Enforcer's aura grew larger, (3400 + 600 = 4000 ATK). "Now, attack Valkyrion with Shinning Enforcement!" he said as the green demon lunged towards the Magana Warrior, ripping through its body before exiting out the back. Pyrrha watched as her ace exploded, while Aster's landed back at his side, "One direct attack is more than enough to finish you off." However, as the smoke cleared, Pyrrha was still standing, "You still have some fight left, even though I just made a mockery of your favorite monster."
"You know how I avoid direct attacks," Pyrrha responded, but Aster smirked, "It's because I never back down, draw!" She said before doing so, seeing the card she needed, "Now, let me show you a different kind of magnet warriors." She said with the destined pro duelist having a look of confusion, "I summon Alpha The Electromagnet Warrior." She said as steel coated soldier with a shield and copper coil lance, (1700 ATK / 1100 DEF).
"Electromagnet?" Aster responded, but Pyrrha was not done yet.
"I activate his effect, but I chain it with my face down card, Common Charity." Pyrrha responded, "With it, I draw two cards. But if I don't banish a normal monster, I send my whole hand to the graveyard." She said before drawing and smiling at her hand. Aster gritted his teeth, wonder at her results, but then saw the magnetic pro duelist send her hand to the graveyard.
"Heh, not what you wanted?" Aster commented.
"On the contrary, it was exactly what I needed." Pyrrha responded, "Alpha's effect now resolves, allowing me to a Magna Warrior monster from my deck to my hand." She said as a card ejected out, "Now, I banish Alpha, Beta, and Gamma The Electromagnet Warriors from my field and graveyard," She said as her monster vanished, as well as two of four cards she just discarded, "So I can special summon Berserkion The Electromagna Warrior!" Pyrrha declared as the parts of the electromagnets combined, forming a massive fighter with a pulsating coil bat in his right hand. He roared with a metallic screech, fully ready for battle, (3000 ATK / 2800 DEF).
"It not as strong as you other Magna Warrior," Aster pointed out, crossing his arms, "And certainly not as strong as my Shinning Phoenix Enforcer."
"You have a lot to learn about respecting your opponent," Pyrrha advised, "I activate Berserkion's effect. By removing Delta The Magnet Warrior from play, I can destroy your monster."
"No way!" Aster responded as he uncrossed his arms, taking a step back.
"Berserkion, attack Aster directly with Polarity Pulverize!" Pyrrha declared as her monster roared again, charging as it reeled back the bat. Once within range, he swung the bat into Shining Phoenix Enforcer, destroying the fusion monster. However, the momentum continued as the attack bashed into Aster's body, sending him back as the duel had ended.
Aster: 2500 – 3000 = 0 Life Points
The Announcer returned, "And the winner is Pyrrha Nikos!" he declared as the crowd roared with excitement. Pyrrha looked around in joy as others were cheering her name. As Aster stood up in slight anger, he over to the magnetic pro duelist, who smiled in joy as she waved back to the crowd. The destined pro duelist then had a small grin form before walking away.
A while later.
Back in her backstage room, Pyrrha was on her laptop as she got another message. This one from the fiery Ra Yellow, "You Rocked it out there!" The message read as a photo was attached. In it were the four Ra Yellow students, Yang holding for the selfie. Behind her, Nora held a shocked Bastion and Tyranno in a headlock as she still had half a pizza slice in her mouth. Pyrrha giggled as she sent her reply.
Suddenly, a knocking was on the door to her room. She stood up to answer it, seeing a delivery man with a bouquet of roses, "Oh, thank you!" Pyrrha accepted before the delivery man left. She then noticed a white card in the center of the bouquet, opening it, "I guess destiny can change." Pyrrha read with a smile forming, "P.S. I don't know if you like rose, but I assume red is your favorite color." The magnetic pro duelist giggled before putting the flowers next to her mirror, then let out a sigh of relief.
AN: There you go, Destiny Girl verses Destiny Boy. However, I have Aster just used the literal discount Elemental Heroes this time around, saving his other monsters for later. Pyrrha comes back, which makes me happy. Of all the first season duels, I felt her match against Yang was the weakest, but I still liked it. Magnet Warriors are fun, and the rock engine is one of my favorite niche monster types. (To also clarify, this was back in the day when you could pop a field spell with another field spell. As well, I used the real word card effect of Destruction of Destiny). Overall, it was a nice showing for her return, even giving her a little outfit upgrade since she never gets one in the show. On that topic, I'll just say I don't like a lot of the newer designs. While V7's is better than V4's, the best ones were the original or V2 alternatives, (even those were only for like three episodes). As some noticed, I had Blake change to her outfit from end of V6, but have her put on a blue long coat instead, (That ending outfit is great without one, it does mean that Blake here has worn yellow and blue. Which are the two colors Bella wore in Beauty and the Beast, so was a happy accident here). I do not think they are bad designs, but I prefer simplicity over…belts. Just to get this out of the way, I do not like any of the haircuts either. They look fine in key art, but the 3D models do not do then much justice. The character I thought was going to get a haircut first was the few who didn't, and that's Yang. I get she's Goldilocks, but her losing a chunk of her hair, forcing her to restyle, could be good for her character. I have seen some amazing fanart of shorthaired Yang and think she would probably look like normal Leone from Akame Ga Kill. But that is just my opinion on them. (The exception to this for me is Neo. I have the least issues with her outfit upgrade, mainly because they gave her the hat). Well, with that out the way, I have one more chapter planned for the pro leagues here. Like I said, the next one is a tag duel. It's already planned how it will go, but will take a while to write, mainly because of the …dialogue. That is all for now, thanks for reading, and hope to see you in the next chapter.
Now to answer some questions. With my favorite Semblance, I really like Overactive Imagination. Not only is that a cool name for a power, but it defined Neo's fighting style as one of the best in the show and was a big reason she was put in BBTAG. I'm also happy a lot of people are on the same page about Blake's reading, I'll try to play around with it in the future. Regarding Mercury's VA, I liked his voice is V2 more, it sounded unique. Every time he spoke in V3, I just heard Sasuke. For Yu-Gi-Oh, I'll save the favorite card for next chapter, since it might be a spoiler here. Yuri will just have one copy of Starving Venom, and I need to come up with an attack name eventually. Also, I got a few that generally asked about shipping character. When I do crossover, I like to do cross ships because of the unique situation. I turn to other fan works for coupling stories and artwork. With GX, I really thought Alexis was going to be with Jaden, but it never did. But the cover artist for this series, 203wolves on Twitter, has fanart of the two in a sweet coupling. I'll also shout out rouou(underscore)ill on Twitter as well for their art of the couple, since I am uploading this on Alexis' birthday (5/5). While RWBY has a lot of ships, I do not care for any of them in the show. For me, the one ship I that enjoy Backed Alaska, mainly because Burning Coals was first fanfic I read on this site and still holds up as one of my favorites. If you are on Pixiv, there is a Chinese artist named TL who has a lot of beautiful drawings of Neo and Yang as the best coupling. And finally, I got a question about what Japanese song would I have as the opening for the first part of this story. Ironically, I have though about what OP of my fanfics would look like. I do sneak some songs into chapter titles in my stories. However, the song I often here in my head for this series is Transmission by Throw The Fight. I saw it in a GX AMV and honestly imagine it as the opening here when I am in the mood to write. I also do it with the Duel Monsters dub opening, because it has a lot of nostalgia. However, if you have never heard the Italian version of the Yugioh openings, look them up, they are amazing. So, that is a lot more recommendations than I intended in my answers, but hope you find something you like. If you have more questions, I will answer them in the next section here.
