Well, after another stupidly long wait, here's another chapter. I have been really busy with work and such. I really do want to finish this, but time and inspiration is hard to come by. Anyway, I hope you enjoy

Chapter 6: Catching Up

"So," Suiko asked, "How do you want to start this?"

"Ladies first," Black Moon replied.

"Very well," Suiko responded.

Black Moon Dragon vs Suiko Tatsunagi

Black Moon: "Stand my Vanguard! Stardust Dracokid!"

Suiko Tatsunagi: "Stand up, my vanguard! First Aid Celestial Penial!"

"My turn!" Suiko declared. "Draw!"

Turn 1: Black Moon; Damage 0; Cards in hand 5/ Suiko; Damage 0; Cards in hand 6

"I ride Celestial, Emergency Pegasus!" she exclaimed while placing the card on her VG circle. "Next, Penial moves from the soul to the RG due to the Forerunner ability! I end my turn."

"Draw!" Black Moon declared.

Turn 2: Black Moon; Damage 0; Cards in hand 6/ Suiko; Damage 0; Cards in hand 5

"I ride Celestial Mage, Gwenon," Black Moon stated.

"Still using the cards we gave you, Black Moon?" Suiko replied while Rekka and Kourin smirked from the sidelines.

Black Moon did not answer.

"Stardust Dracokid's skill activates. When Gwenon rides over him, I can add Black Moon Knight from my deck to my hand," Black Moon explained. "Next, Gwenon will attack your vanguard, and since she has Stardust Dracokid in the soul, she gains +2000 power!"

Celestial Mage, Gwenon 6000 - 8000 vs Celestial, Emergency Pegasus 7000

"No guard," Suiko replied.

Black Moon conducted his drive check and grimaced. He revealed a critical trigger. This would have been beneficial under most circumstances, however, given that Suiko was an Angel Feather user, this was actually problematic for Black Moon.

Suiko took two damage revealing an Emergency Celestial, Danielle and a Black Call, Nakir before replying "My turn, draw."

Turn 3: Black Moon; Damage 0; Cards in hand 6/ Suiko; Damage 2; Cards in hand 6

"I ride Frontal Celestial, Mel'ejal!" She declared. "with a boost from Penial, she will attack your vanguard!"

"No guard," Black Moon replied.

Frontal Celestial, Mel'ejal 9000 - 14000 vs Celestial Mage, Gwenon 6000

Suiko did not receive a trigger on her drive check. Black Moon took his one damage before starting his turn.

Turn 4: Black Moon; Damage 1; Cards in hand 7/ Suiko; Damage 2; Cards in hand 6

"I ride Black Moon Knight," he stated. "By discarding a grade 3, I can use Black Moon Knight's skill to ad Black Moon Dragon from my deck to my hand."

Suiko smirked as Black Moon revealed the card in question. It was somewhat refreshing to see the card after so long. It was nostalgic for her. After all, it had been a while since she had given him that card.

"I attack your Mel'ejal with Black Moon Knight, and because Gwenon is in the soul, my knight gets another 1000 power!" Black Moon declared.

"No guard," Suiko replied.

Black Moon Knight 9000 - 10000 vs Frontal Celestial, Mel'ejal 9000

Black Moon did not reveal any triggers, but neither did Suiko.

Turn 5: Black Moon; Damage 1; Cards in hand 7/ Suiko; Damage 3; Cards in hand 7

"I ride Holy Edge Celestial, Malchidael," Suiko stated. "With a boost from Penial, I attack with Malchidael and since there is another unit in my middle column, she gets another 3000 power."

"No guard," Black Moon replied.

Suiko's drive check revealed a sentinel and a critical trigger. Black Moon revealed a stand trigger and a normal unit, tying the damage.

Turn 6: Black Moon; Damage 3; Cards in hand 8/ Suiko; Damage 3; Cards in hand 8

"I ride Black Moon Dragon," he started, "And next I will stride into Holy Dragon, Life Saver Dragon. With the skill of Black Moon Dragon, I counter blast 1 to superior call Stardriver Dragon to rear guard and give it 5000 power. Next, I counter blast 2 to call Black Moon Knight from the soul to my left back row rear guard and give it 5000 power and the boost ability. Next, I activate Black Moon Knight's ability to superior call another Black Moon Knight to my right front row rear guard, and behind him, i call Lunar Crescent Knight, Felax."

"Oh my. Still as aggressive as ever I see," Suiko teased.

Black Moon smirked from beneath his mask. "With a boost from Felax, Black Moon Knight attacks your vanguard."

"I guard with Hot shot Celestial, Samyaza and Celestial, Emergency Pegasus, and since I have a Celestial Vanguard, I can send a unit from my deck with the same name as my vanguard to my damage zone and heal one damage," Suiko responded.

Black Moon Knight 14000 - 22000 vs Holy Edge Celestial Malchidael 11000 - 26000

"Life Saver Dragon attacks your vanguard," Black Moon continued.

"Perfect Guard," Suiko responded.

Holy Dragon, Life Saver Dragon 26000 vs Holy Edge Celestial, Malchidael 11000 + SENTINEL

Black Moon's triple drive revealed a heal trigger.

"I give the power to Stardriver Dragon and with a boost from Black Moon Knight, it will attack your vanguard."

"No guard," Suiko replied.

Stardriver Dragon 29000 vs Holy Edge Celestial, Malchideal

Suiko revealed a normal unit for her damage check.

Turn 7: Black Moon; Damage 2; Cards in hand 8/ Suiko; Damage 4; Cards in hand 5

"I feel like I have accomplished a great feat," Suiko stated as she started her turn. "It's not often that someone survives your first stride."

"I guess you're just special," Black Moon replied.

Suiko chuckled, "By sending four units from my drop zone back to my deck, I can legion my vanguard with Dosage Celestial, Asmodel and now that my vanguard is in legion, all units in my front row gain 2000 power. Next, I call Frontal Celestial, Mel'ejal. Every time a card is put into my damage zone while I control a Celestial Vanguard, she gets 2000 power. Also, if I have a face up card in my damage zone with the same name as my vanguard, my vanguard also gets 2000 power."

Black Moon grunted to himself unhappy with what was coming next.

"I call Nursing Celestial, Narelle to rear guard and with her skill, I can exchange a card in my hand with a card in my damage zone. Next, since a unit was just placed in my damage zone, I can counter blasting another Celestial unit to superior call Emergency Celestial, Danielle from my damage zone and put the top car of my deck into the damage zone. Because two new units were placed in my damage zone, Malchidael and Mel'ejal gain 4000 power. Finally, I will call Celestial Emergency, Pegasus to rear guard."

Black Moon prepared himself for what was coming. While Suiko and the rest of Ultrarare have been out of the public eye for quite some time (even more so now that Rummy Labyrinth had risen in popularity), they were still every bit as formidable as they were back then if not more.

"Boosted by my pegasus, I attack with Danielle," Suiko declared.

Black Moon guarded with an Encourage Angel.

Emergency Celestial, Daniell 11000 - 18000 vs Black Moon Dragon 11000 - 21000

"With a boost from Penial, my vanguard attacks," Suiko declared whilst continuing her assault.

"No guard," Black Moon replied.

Holy Edge Celestial, Malchidael 17000 - 34000 vs Black Moon Dragon 11000

Suiko's drive check revealed Dosage Celestial, Asmodel and a critical trigger. Black Moon took two damage and did not reveal any triggers.

"Finally, I attack with Mel'ejal with a boost from Narelle," Suiko continued.

"No guard," Black Moon responded.

Frontal Celestial, Mel'ejal 15000 - 22000 vs Black Moon Dragon 11000

Black Moon's damage check revealed an Encourage Angel.

Turn 8: Black Moon; Damage 5; Cards in hand 8/ Suiko; Damage 4; Cards in hand 4

"You may have survived my Life Saver Dragon," Black Moon stated, "But, it's not the only stride I have. I stride into Holy Dragon, Saint Blow Dragon. Next, I counter blast 1 with the stride skill of Black Moon Dragon and retire my Black Moon Knight to superior call Swordsman of the Explosive Flames, Palamedes to rear guard and give him 5000 power. Next, by flipping another copy of it Saint Blow Dragon in my G zone face up, he gains 3000 power for each of my rear guard. I also call another Lunar Crescent Knight, Felax to rear guard giving my dragon a total of an additional 15000 power. Also, since I have two or face up G units and two or more rear guards, my dragon also gets another critical."

Suiko grinned to herself. This was more or less the outcome that she expected. Even at the time the two had first met, before he had become stronger, she had still yet to beat him. She had grown stronger since that time too, but he was still ahead.

Black Moon's eyes grew heavy. It had been a long day. He had not rested since his card fight with Aichi. As soon as their fight concluded, he insisted that they head straight to the airport much to Rati's dismay. While it was Black Moon's idea in the first place, his hastiness was starting to take its toll on him. However, he was determined to finish the fight.

"With a boost from Felax, Palamedes attacks your vanguard and he gains an additional 3000 power since I have two or more grade three units," he stated.

"I intercept with Danielle and Mel'ejal and I call an Asmodel to guard," Suiko replied.

Swordsman of the Explosive Flames, Palamedes 15000 - 25000 vs Holy Edge Celestial, Malchidael 11000 - 26000

"With a boost from Black Moon Knight, Stardriver Dragon attacks your vanguard," he continued.

"Hot Shot Celestial, Samyaza will guard that attack," she responded.

Stardriver Dragon 10000 - 19000 vs Holy Edge Celestial, Malchidael 11000 - 21000

"Finally," Black Moon stated whilst fading in and out of sleep, "Saint Blow Dragon will attack your vanguard with a boost from Felax."

Suiko glanced at her hand. She had a two cards left in her hand. A grade three and a heal trigger. Even if she discarded the heal trigger for a G guardian, it would only have put her vanguard at 31000 power. It would not have been enough. No matter what, she had to stop two of the three attacks this turn. Even if she took a hit from one of the rear guards to save her guard for the vanguard attack, it would have been risky. Had she guarded the attack with everything, there was a chance that the triple drive could still let the attack hit. Even if she had stopped the two critical attack, there was still the other rear guard to contend with. In the end, she decided to guard the rear guard attacks and let the vanguard hit whilst hoping for a last minute heal trigger.

"No guard," she finally replied.

Holy Dragon, Saint Blow Dragon 41000 - 49000 vs Holy Edge Celestial, Malchidael 11000

Black Moon conducted his damage check and revealed a heal trigger, not that he needed it at the moment. Unfortunately, Suiko would not have the same luck. She revealed a critical trigger and a stand trigger but neither would keep her in the game. She glanced up at her opponent and found him sleeping before her. Her sisters who had been silently spectating their match were also fast asleep. Suiko got up from her seat and went to the closet. She pulled out a blanket and draped it over Black Moon before she made her way back to her bedroom.

End

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