Disclaimer: No I do not own Yugioh. I do own Temarocia though, and everything that happens in it.
Song of Temarocia
Chapter 30: Red and Five-Point Clash
Jason- 8000
Kyris- 8000
"Indeed…" Kyris copied his opponent's movements. "Then it's time to duel, wouldn't you say?"
"Oh yeah, I would!" Jason drew the top card of his deck and threw a different one in front of him, it disappearing in a flash of light. "I summon Five-Point Cleric in defense mode." A man wearing gray armor with dull holes for symbols on it and holding a mace appeared on his field in a crouching position. (1300/1500)
"When this card is summoned I may discard one monster from my hand. If the discarded monster's attribute is one of the ones printed on this card then the listed effect on my Cleric is activated! I discard Earth Supplemental!" The Cleric turned brown, hunks of rock floating around its body. "When an earth attribute monster is discarded this card gains 800 defense points." (1300/2300)
"Also," His Earth Supplemental left his graveyard. "When a Supplemental monster is sent from my hand to the graveyard by the effect of a Five-Point card I may either choose to return it to my hand or draw one card. I'll be taking it back for now. End turn."
Kyris snickered and drew. "So you start with a defense. I assume it is to determine just what kind of deck I run?" He threw the card in front of him and it appeared face-down on his field. "I set one monster face-down and end my turn."
("That's it?") Jason shrugged and drew from his deck. "I activate the magic card Symbol of Ice." The card he had drawn was glowing brightly before it faded away. "This card can only be activated when I have a water monster in play but with it I can destroy one set card on your field."
Kyris barely flinched as his set monster exploded, torn to shreds by a storm of icy missiles. "Red Bat, when destroyed, special summons another of itself from my deck to the field in face-down defense mode." Another monster appeared face-down on his field in place of the earlier one.
"End turn." Jason could no longer hear the others. Instead all he could hear was the beating of his own heart. ("I wonder if they're all okay…") One look at Kyris though told him that this guy liked to travel alone. ("Besides, even if he did have help King's with them. He can take care of one or two low-lives.")
"Draw." Kyris folded his hand up and crossed his arms. "End turn."
"…Right…" Jason drew. "And…end turn…" He looked around, and could swear that he heard snoring.
Kyris drew, ignoring the fact that his opponent was spacing out. ("Jason seems to find this method of dueling boring…") That meant everything was going according to plan. "I set one card face-down and end my turn."
"Draw." Jason threw the card in front of him and it became a man dressed in grey clothing holding a pair of daggers. "I summon Five-Point Thief in attack mode. When this monster is summoned I discard one monster from my hand, and just like my Cleric if it has the same kind of attribute in its text as the discarded card then it gets the printed effect in its text next to that attribute. In other words, I discard my Earth Supplemental again and return it to my hand with its effect."
His Thief turned a dull shade of brown. (300/800) "This card can already attack directly regardless of what it does, but now when it deals you life point damage you discard one card from the top of your deck! Direct attack!" The thief launched forward and slashed the Warlord across the chest, or tried to anyway. When it got close there was a loud clang noise and its charge was deflected.
("Did he block the attack?") Jason shrugged to himself. If Kyris moved so fast that he couldn't even track it then there was no reason to worry. ("It still does the damage though, regardless of what he does to stop it.")
Jason- 8000
Kyris- 7700
Kyris slid the top card of his deck into his graveyard. "Is that all?" When Jason nodded he drew. "I place one more card face-down and end my turn." A second set card appeared alongside his first. "You look bored, Jason. Is everything alright?"
"Not really, but whatever." The Grafter drew and his eyes widened in excitement. "Finally! I summon Elemental Hero Sparkman in attack mode!" In a flash of lightning a yellow and blue-suited superhero appeared on his field. "Alright, it's time to show you what my Five-Point E-Hero Combination Deck can do!" (1600/1400)
"Five-Point E-Hero?" Kyris clicked his tongue against the roof of his mouth, looking rather unconvinced. "Right, I'll keep that in mind."
"Sparkman, attack now!" Jason smirked as the superhero unleashed a blast of lightning and shattered the set Red Bat. "And now you summon another one, right?"
"Correct." Another set monster appeared on Kyris's field right before the Warlord was hit by the Five-Point Thief, the top card of his deck sliding into the graveyard.
Jason- 8000
Kyris- 7400
"I set one card face-down, end turn." Jason pounded his chest with a fist triumphantly. "Hah, now that I've gotten one of these Elemental Heroes in play you don't stand a chance."
Kyris looked at Sparkman, then at Jason. "…" He sweatdropped and drew. "I'll keep that in mind too." One look at the drawn card told him what he wanted to know about his next move. "Jason, while it's been amusing watching you play up to this point I'm about to go on the attack. Reverse card open, Mystical Space Typhoon!"
Jason gasped as his set card was hit by a blast of wind and destroyed. "My Five-Point Cyclone!"
"Next up," A card appeared on Kyris's field. "I activate the continuous magic card Precious Cards from Beyond. While this card is in effect I draw two cards whenever a level seven or higher monster is tribute summoned to my field."
"And now," Kyris removed a card from his graveyard. "I activate the magic card Red Sacrifice, removing one monster from my graveyard. One monster with Red in its name that is in my hand can be summoned for one fewer sacrifice during this turn. I remove Red Bat and then offer my set Red Bat to summon…" A red-shadowed form rose up from the ground slowly and roared loud enough to shake the ground around it. "One of my favorites, the ultimate creature which obeys my command…Hell-Eyes Red Dragon!" (2600/2100)
"Hell-Eyes Red Dragon?" Jason looked up at the towering red-bodied dragon in a rather unimpressed fashion. "That's not really too scary, when you think about it…"
"Hell-Eyes Red Dragon, attack Sparkman!" Kyris licked his lips as the crimson-eyed beast released a blast of fire which swallowed up the superhero and dissolved it. "When Hell-Eyes Red Dragon destroys a monster as a result of battle, you take that monster's attack in damage to your life points."
"…Oh, that's why it's scary." Jason noticed he was currently on fire, but since his Fire Graft was still on he didn't really feel it. "I guess my skin would be boiling if I was me right now, huh?"
Jason- 5400
Kyris- 7400
"I'm not done yet." Kyris held up a card. "I discard Red Devil from my hand when my Red monster destroys a monster of yours as a result of battle. It may attack again! Hell-Eyes Red Dragon, attack Five-Point Thief!" The dragon howled and released another burst of its flame, destroying the brown-colored man next.
Jason- 2800
Kyris- 7400
"And once more, I discard another Red Devil!" Kyris pointed at the Five-Point Cleric. "Disappear along with your master!" His dragon released one more blast of fire and destroyed the brown-colored Cleric, leaving Jason's field clear.
Jason- 1500
Kyris- 7400
"End turn." Kyris crossed his arms across his chest once more, this time with a confident smirk on his face. "Well, do you feel like this duel is still boring?"
"No, I guess not." Jason drew, though because of the fact he was immune to fire the threat of a fire-breathing dragon was kind of null and void. "I summon Five-Point Soldier in attack mode!" A grey warrior holding a shield and sword appeared on his field. (1800/500)
"If you think I'm afraid of your little monster though, then you've got another thing coming!" He discarded a card from his hand. "I give up my Wind Supplemental, giving my Soldier his wind effect and drawing a card!" The warrior turned a shade of green. "With this effect I can discard one magic card from my hand to send one monster on the field back to your hand! I discard Symbol of Sun to bounce that big lizard back where it belongs!"
Kyris's eyes flicked to his hand as the Hell-Eyes Red Dragon faded from his field and its card returned to his grasp.
"Also I activate the magic card Symbol of Sand, which can only be activated when I have an earth attribute monster in play!" Jason pointed at the Precious Cards from Beyond. "One face-up magic or trap card in play is destroyed and for the rest of this turn magic and trap cards can't be activated!" A blast of grit flew across the field from his card and wore the continuous magic card away. "Soldier, attack his life points directly!"
Kyris side-stepped the sword strike aimed for his head with ease. "Do you think you've stopped me just from returning my dragon to my hand?"
Jason- 1500
Kyris- 5400
"End turn!" Jason grinned. "Naw, try and bring your dragon out again. I don't mind if you do."
"If I do then I'll be able to easily defeat you in just one hit. You have no set traps after all." Kyris drew. "I first activate the field magic card Hell Plague Castle!" Behind him a giant red aura-lined castle rose up into the sky amongst the ruins that had been Don Karot's domain. "While this field is in play all monsters gain 500 attack points, but cost 500 life points to attack with!" (Five-Point Soldier- 2300/500)
A magic card appeared on his field. "Next I activate Red Judgment, which destroys a monster that has 2000 or more attack points." Five-Point Soldier exploded. "Also the controller of that monster takes 500 points of damage. I set one card face-down and end my turn."
Jason- 1000
Kyris- 5400
Jason drew, adding the card to his hand swiftly. ("Things are finally moving at a slightly faster pace.") "During my standby phase Symbol of Sun activates its effect. For every light attribute monster in my graveyard I gain 100 life points." A faint white light appeared around him.
Jason- 1100
Kyris- 5400
One look at the drawn card told him all he needed to know. "I summon Five-Point Paladin in attack mode!" A grey knight holding a heavy warhammer appeared on his field. (1100/1800) "I discard Earth Supplemental to draw one card and power this guy's defense up by 800." (1100/2600) "Paladin, attack his life points directly!"
Kyris side-stepped the knight's attack. "Another miss, Jason. If you intend to disable me then you'll have to try harder than that."
Jason- 600
Kyris- 4300
"Well if you'd stop moving then it wouldn't be all that difficult, would it?" The Grafter stomped the ground a couple of times. "Can't you just hold still and take what's coming to you like a man?"
"I'm not stupid, unlike some who currently stand near me." The young Warlord drew from his deck and added the card to his hand. "If you weren't stupid you might realize that you only have a monster in play that has an attack which might as well be 1100 while having only 600 life points remaining. If I summon a monster with 1700 or more attack points in this turn then I win."
"That might be the case," Jason laughed out. "But I don't think that's what is going to happen. After all, why would it end that quickly?"
Kyris frowned and held up a magic card. "I first activate the magic card Pot of Greed, drawing two cards from my deck." Pulling two new cards off of his deck, he added them to his hand and held up a different card. "Now I activate Graceful Charity, drawing three cards and discarding two." Sliding a trio of cards off of his deck he inserted his Hell-Eyes Red Dragon and another card into his graveyard. "And now I show you why you miscalculated."
"Sure, show me." Jason didn't sound like he cared too much either way.
"You should treat this duel a bit more seriously, even if my Hell-Eyes Red Dragon can't hurt you." Kyris threw a card from his hand to the ground and it slid into the dirt. "I activate the equipment magic card Premature Burial, reviving one monster from my graveyard and equipping it with this card at the cost of 800 life points." His Hell-Eyes Red Dragon appeared on the field with another roar. (3100/2100)
"This duel is over." The young Warlord pointed at the Paladin. "Hell-Eyes Red Dragon, attack now." The giant creature belched out another explosion of fire which washed over the monster and dissolved it.
Jason- 600
Kyris- 3000
"It's a shame," Jason lamented through the blood-red fires that burned around him, "That all damage through my Paladin is zero. Plus, when he goes to the graveyard all effect damage to me is zero for the turn. In other words, he easily stands fast against your assault."
"That's rather convenient for your survival," Kyris sighed melodramatically. "End turn."
Jason drew from his deck. "At this time Symbol of Sun increases my life points by 200 for my Sparkman and Paladin in the graveyard." Then he threw the card in front of him, a blue-armored superhero appearing on his field in a blast of bubbles. "I summon Elemental Hero Bubbleman in attack mode!" (800/1200) "When this monster is summoned and I have no cards in play I get to draw twice!"
"So you do, but summoning your monster in attack mode was a mistake." Kyris tilted his head over at his Hell-Eyes. "My servant will crush this strange creature that you have summoned."
"We'll see about that." Jason grabbed a card from his hand. "It's time for my counterattack to begin. I play Graceful Charity, drawing three cards from my deck and then discarding two." Now that his hand was adjusted properly, he was ready to make his move for real. "I just discarded Elemental Hero Featherman and Symbol of Breeze, in case you were wondering."
"I wasn't," The Warlord replied coldly.
"That's too bad." Jason held up a magic card. "I activate Dark Factory of Mass Production, adding two normal monsters from my graveyard to my hand!" Removing his Sparkman and Featherman from his graveyard, the Grafter held up a magic card. "I activate the magic card Five-Point Fusion!" A red aura lit up around him momentarily. (JLP: 300)
("He would pay life points this late in the game?") Kyris watched Bubbleman slowly get lifted into the sky, a pulsing five-point symbol floating behind it. "Fusion, eh?"
"That's right." Jason held up Sparkman and Featherman, the two cards fading away. "I fuse the Bubbleman and the two heroes I recovered to summon Elemental Hero Tempest!" A winged superhero with a blaster attached to its right arm appeared from within the five-point symbol. (2800/2800)
"2800?" Kyris lifted his eyebrow at the new monster. "What will that accomplish?"
"Listen up and I'll tell you!" Three points of the symbol started to glow. "Five-Point Fusion, for every different attribute of monster used as a material besides dark, powers up the final product by 300 attack points! That's light, wind, and water!" (3700/2800) "And then your field magic card works its wonders." (4200/2800)
"Have you forgotten that you need to pay 500 life points to attack?" Kyris snickered. "Power means nothing if you can't pay for its cost."
"I didn't forget." Jason lifted up his Carrier, a pair of cards sliding out of it. "I remove two cards from my graveyard to special summon Five-Point Archer in defense mode." A grey-dressed bow woman appeared on his field in a crouching position. (900/1300)
"And with that in play I can play this!" Another magic card appeared on his field and the red flame aura around Tempest grew stronger. "Symbol of Fire can only be played when I have a fire attribute monster in play! One monster on my field, for this turn, gains 1000 attack points!" (5200/2800)
"I don't really see what you can fight back with. Or do you not realize that your power…"
"You talk more than freakin' Rick, shut up already." Jason's last card disappeared and he started to glow, motes of light coming up from the ground and entering his body. "I activate the magic card The Living World. For every different Symbol card in my graveyard I gain 500 life points, but if there are three or more then it becomes 800 per card instead." (JLP: 4300)
"So you've recovered from being in the red, eh?" Kyris frowned. "I suggest you don't think that this has changed anything."
"Tempest, attack Hell-Eyes Red Dragon! Chaos Tempest!" The flaming superhero lifted his blaster and unleashed a roaring wave of red and blue energy that hit the dragon and blew it apart. "You're just lucky I can't special summon Archer in attack mode. End turn." (4200/2800)
Jason- 3800
Kyris- 900
Kyris pointed at the ground at his feet, which was starting to churn. "I think that you're getting just a little too confident for your own good." One of his set cards flipped up, and a blood-red aura erupted around his body. "I activate Hidden Self, discarding one card from my hand to revive my Dragon with 600 more attack points!" The Hell-Eyes Red Dragon reappeared in play and snarled in anger at having been destroyed. (3700/2100)
"And now," The young Warlord drew. "You run monsters similar to that Seer…and just like him I'll tear you apart! I activate the effect of the card I discarded for the cost of Hidden Self! Its name is Red Sun!" His Hell-Eyes hissed in delight as a glowing red mote of light appeared over its head. "During my standby phase I can select one Red monster in play and power it up by 300 attack points." (4000/2100)
A woman dressed in red leather and holding a red leather whip appeared alongside the dragon. "I summon Red Trainer in attack mode. (400/500)-(900/500) When this monster in summoned one other Red monster on my field gains 500 attack points." (4500/2100)
("Oh great, he's got a monster stronger than Tempest.") Jason hadn't expected to control the duel just like that, but for Kyris to have so quickly recovered was a miracle…or a calamity in his case.
"Hell-eyes Red Dragon, attack Tempest now!" The red-scaled beast opened its jaws and released a roaring fireball that crashed into the superhero and pushed him back a few feet. "He wasn't destroyed?"
"Nope." Jason was holding Five-Point Archer's card, which he inserted into his graveyard. "I can send a card from my field to my graveyard to make Tempest unable to be destroyed as a result of battle."
Jason- 3500
Kyris- 400
Kyris held up a magic card. "If I want something to die, then it dies! I activate the magic card Red Murder Feast! If a Red monster on my field attacked and was unable to destroy a monster of yours as a result of battle, then I may destroy one monster you have in play and gain its attack in life!" Tempest shattered. (KLP: 4600) "End turn."
Jason glanced at his deck and then at the rather spacious amount of room between his field and Kyris'. ("I've got nothing left and that guy is still holding two cards in his hand. Plus he's got a card face-down on his field.")
Kyris blinked at the fact his opponent was smiling. "What are you so happy about? Didn't you just lose your best monster?"
"Tempest wasn't my best." Jason drew and held up Pot of Greed. "I'll be drawing two cards, just like you did earlier." Two cards left his deck and then appeared on his field face-down. "I set one card and one monster. End turn."
Kyris drew and threw a card in front of him, a red suit of armor holding a bloody sword appearing on his field. "I summon Red Blade in attack mode!" (1800/500)- (2300/500) "Red Blade, attack the set monster now! Massacre Slash!" The armor flew forward and cut through the set monster easily. (KLP: 4100)
"The monster you destroyed was my Five-Point Guardian, which when destroyed as a result of battle and sent to my graveyard lets me add one Symbol and one attribute of monster that fits its requirement to my hand." Two cards slid out of his graveyard and he added them to his hand. "And then I activate my set Hero Signal, special summoning a level four or lower Elemental Hero from my deck or hand to the field!" A block-bodied humanoid appeared on his field in a crouching position. (800/2000) "I summon Elemental Hero Clayman in defense mode."
"Hell-Eyes Red Dragon, attack Clayman now!" Kyris was angry that he couldn't end this duel now, but it was fine. He would still break down Jason during the next turn. Even as his dragon burned the new superhero to the ground his Trainer was launching forward and striking Jason with her whip. "End turn."
Jason- 2600
Kyris- 3100
Jason tilted his neck to one side and popped his neck loudly. "I feel pretty sure about this duel now." He drew, and after looking at the card knew why he felt confident. "I summon Bubbleman again." The blue superhero appeared in play one more in a blast of the element it got its name from. (800/1200) "I have no cards in play so I draw two cards." A pair of cards left his deck and he held up the four cards in his hand. "Now I'll show you why this deck is my sure-fire. It's because when I'm down on my luck I've always got this specific field card to fall back on."
"A field card?" Kyris asked curiously, and then he sneered in understanding. "Oh, so you intend to destroy Hell Plague Castle do you?"
"That's right." The castle behind his opponent exploded at the same time that giant buildings rose up into the sky around the field. "I activate Five-Point Skyscraper. While this card is in play whenever an Elemental Hero or Five-Point monster battles with a stronger monster then it increases its attack points by 500 for every attribute besides dark on my field."
"An impressive effect, but it won't do you any good." Kyris smirked. "Or are you saying that this is the end?"
"It should be. I play the Symbol of Ice that I recovered earlier, and my target is your set card!" Jason watched it flip up in response, negating the destruction.
"Call of the Haunted activates, reviving a monster I discarded earlier." A blood-red wolf appeared on Kyris' field. "Red Wolf comes out in attack mode." (1400/1200)
"That's about what I expected too." Jason held up another magic card. "Miracle Fusion removes fusion material monsters from my graveyard and field to special summon an Elemental Hero Fusion monster! I remove Elemental Hero Tempest and Five-Point Thief from my graveyard to summon Elemental Hero Five-Point Atmospheric Roar in attack mode!" A feather-winged superhero covered in archaic symbols appeared on his field. (2400/2300)
"At this time Red Wolf lets me gain half the original attack of a monster you summon!" Kyris lifted an eyebrow mockingly as his life points rose. (KLP: 4300)
"Yeah, so what." The last card in Jason's hand disappeared. "I activate the magic card Alchemic Fusion!" (JLP: 1600) "I shuffle monsters from my removed from play pile back into to my deck to summon a fusion monster!"
"So you'll be summoning something using Tempest and your Thief? How boring…" Kyris laughed. "Come on now, do you really think it would be wise to summon another monster for me to gain life off of? And besides, with Trainer in play whatever monster it powers you is the one you must attack first."
"Who ever said," Jason sneered coldly. "That I was summoning a wind fusion? Or did you forget that Archer required me to remove two cards from my graveyard? I shuffle Sparkman and Paladin back into my deck to summon Elemental Hero Five-Point Rebirth Cry!" An angelic superhero slowly lowered into play, the archaic symbols all over its body pulsing with a golden light. (1800/1600)
Jason- 1600
Kyris- 5200
"And now," Jason pointed at the Hell-Eyes Red Dragon. "Atmospheric Roar, attack Hell-Eyes Red Dragon now! World Wind!" The superhero flapped its wings and flew straight at the 4000 attack power dragon. (3900/2300) The two collided and after a moment Atmospheric Roar bellowed in pain and exploded, throwing the field into chaos as every monster in play was destroyed. "When Atmospheric Roar is destroyed so is every monster in play."
"…you just accomplished nothing, you understand this correct?"
"Did I?" Jason inserted his monsters and his field magic card into his graveyard. "Actually I did exactly what I wanted to do. When Rebirth Cry is destroyed it becomes my first main phase again. Secondly all cards I have in play are sent to the graveyard and for every card I lose I draw one card." He pulled a card off the top of his deck. "I don't get a card for Bubbleman but it will be fine. This card will be enough."
"You can beat me with one card?" Kyris shook his head sadly. "I doubt it. You seem to have used your best magic cards already."
"There's one left I haven't employed against you, and I'm about to use it." Jason held up his new magic card. "I activate the magic card The Burning World. For every different Symbol in the graveyard you take 500 points of damage or 800 if there are five or more different kinds. As repayment I lose 400 life points per Symbol in my graveyard."
Then they both went up in an explosion of fire that enveloped the entire area.
Jason- 0
Kyris- 1200
Kyris braced himself against the sudden and powerful heat, surprised that his opponent would willingly blow himself up. ("Then again I guess that is your…") His arms lowered slightly, still blinded by the stinging heat. "You definitely are suicid…" His pupils widened in response to the surprise and fear he felt as he understood why Jason had blown himself up.
Only a couple of feet away Jason had one fist cocked back, the silver-green fur of his Vortex Beast Chimera Graft blowing in the flames his magic card had caused. "Heavy Impact…"
Their eyes met, and in that one moment Kyris understood his mistake. ("Winning or losing in this duel didn't matter. He knew all along that even if he beat me that it wouldn't have changed anything…so when he drew The Burning World he used it because I would be caught off guard…") And now he was unable to defend himself…even with his speed, the fact that his opponent was even faster wasn't to be argued.
"…Bolt Action!" Jason's braced right fist launched forward and sank into the young Warlord's abdomen, blowing the air from his lungs. And then it forced him to bend over as it released a blast of gun-like air at point blank range into his stomach, hurling him through a pile of concrete and wooden rubble like he was a doll being thrown by a child.
Air still blowing from the pores in his fist, Jason sneered wildly. "Come on, Warlord of Hell, shouldn't you have seen this coming? Did you really think the moment my life points hit zero that I would fall if your attacks weren't even hurting me?"
"I suppose not…" Kyris muttered to himself, looking down at the small crater in his chest armor with disdain. "But you should have expected…" Even as his head rose up to look at Jason he realized his second mistake. ("He's gone…of course not, he's using that trick of his…that Overpressure ability…but where is he?")
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A couple of miles away…
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Jason collapsed to his knees in his normal form, body trembling. "That was such a bad idea…I'm so freaking hungry now." Rolling to his feet, the Grafter stumbled off in the direction he had remembered the others going. ("As long as they went straight I'll find them…I just hope Kyris doesn't find me first.")
To be continued…
Jason: Plan "Hit Kyris and run away" worked like a charm! Now to get to whatever the hell the ass was talking about!
Conductor: We'll be leaving in ten minutes, please make sure you have your luggage aboard before we do.
Alita, Saika, Flair, and King: WHAT HAPPENED TO TWO HOURS?
Next chapter: Emergency Escape! Departure from the Region of Gold
Author's Note: There's a new section up in Song's forum.
