"Rise and shine folks! You're day is going to get started as we have number one on the charts playing for you in the morning. It's...Henry Stone!" Zach's clock radio was going off with some star that's at the top. Zach wasn't really a fan so not a good way to start the morning. He practically slammed his alarm silent.
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Chaotic
Once Zach got himself ready for the day, he ported to his code to chaotic. However, he couldn't escape from that music. Erza and Lucy were fans of this Henry and loved it.
"Are they really listening to that Henry Stone?" Zach asked.
"Yeah. It's already annoying." Natsu said.
"Can you blame us? He is so hot!" Lucy said.
"His music is amazing too. Wouldn't it be amazing if we actually met him?" Erza said and they both squealed at the thought.
"It's weird seeing them both so...girly." Natsu said.
"Just save the squeals for when I win my drome match." Zach said. "This Mugic Musician is about to have his world rocked."
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Crellen Drome
Zach went over to the Crellen Drome and was setting up his team for his match. He looked at his opponent and the guy was dressed in all leather, but you couldn't really see his face.
"Let me just say that it's nice to meet you, Mugic Musician." Zach said and worked on his team, but he thought something strange. "You look familiar. Have we met before?"
"Don't think so." Zach just left it alone, but when he heard that voice, he's heard it enough times even when he didn't like it, to recognize it.
"You're... You're... Henry Stone!" Zach said. Feeling busted, his opponent took off his disguise and showed his face with him having a blonde scissor-cut-hairstyle. "You've got to be kidding."
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The Portcourt
"That really is Henry Stone!" Erza said as she and Lucy couldn't believe it with delight. Natsu just plain couldn't believe it.
"He plays Chaotic?! Zach is battling him?! He is so lucky!" Lucy said.
"You've got to be kidding." Natsu said.
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The Crellen Drome
"You play Chaotic?" Zach said as the two of them continued putting together their decks.
"Yeah, but I need a disguise even here." Henry said. "I know you might be a fan, but please don't go easy on me."
"No problem. I'm not really a fan. You're music is okay, but battling against a celebrity like you is still hard to believe." Zach said.
"Players, lock your decks." They locked their decks and it was a mixed team vs. underworlders.
"Interesting. Danians with Wytod and Grook. Interesting choice..." Henry said, but didn't know his name.
"Zach. A little unexpecting that you play with underworlders. The girls probably think you have a bit of a bad tough boy in you now."
"Mugic Musician, you may have the first attack." Henry reached for the spinner and gave it a spin. "The first location...Jagged Pillar."
"Zamool attacks Galin." Once they've been decided, both became their creatures and were ready to start. The area changed into a pillar made from jagged rocks. Zamool wondered around the pillar as he tried to find Galin. He heard rocks shift from just around the corner. Zamool jumped in and launched an energy blast, but there was nothing there.
"Wrong!" Zamool looked up and spotted Galin. Galin used Pebblestorm and hit Zamool with it.
"Terrantula Tackle!" Zamool created a spider made from stone and it went right at Galin. It smashed against him and sent him flying through the rocks and landed near an edge. Galin took a hard hit, but he tried to get back up. Zamool acted faster as he blasted him with another attack and sent Galin crashing against some rocks and he soon ended up getting coded.
"Yikes." Zach said as he saw how powerful Zamool really was. He heard his scanner and saw it was the girls not looking happy.
"Zach, how could you?!" Erza said.
"How dare you attack Henry!" Lucy said.
"You're upset with me that I fought back?" Zach said. "What am I suppose to do? Let him win?"
"Yes!" Both of them said. Zach groaned with annoyance that this was happening.
"Some friends giving you a hard time?" Henry asked.
"Yeah. They're both fans of yours." Zach said. "It seems they don't like me attacking you."
"Man. I hate it when this happens." Henry said. "I love my fans, but I wish they see I'm just a regular guy." Henry doesn't like the special treatment or coming between friends, but he had an idea to fix this. "How would your friends like backstage passes to my next concert?"
"Seriously?" Zach said. Hearing that got the girls excited.
"It would get your friends cheering for you." Henry said. "There's just one catch. You only get the passes if you win."
"Is that so? In that case, I'll do it." Zach said and selected the next location.
"The next location...Sands of the Unseen."
"Tassanil attacks Zamool!" They became their creatures and were in a desert area. They were now battling in an area with sparkling sand. Zamool moved carefully through this place as Tassanil stood on top of a rock.
"Sludge Gush!" Tassanil attacked and caught Zamool by surprise as he was hit by the sludge and knocked down. he tried fighting back as he launched stones at him, but Tassanil jumped off the rock and called out for his battlegear, a cyclance, and suddenly disappeared.
"Where'd he go?" Zamool questioned as he looked around for him, but ended up getting blasted by wind. That was when Tassanil revealed himself. "Since when can Tassanil turn invisible?!"
"The cyclance gives creatures air attacks. This location gives creatures that can do air attacks the ability to invisible." Tassanil said. "I'm sure my friends can tell you about backstage at your concert."
"I don't think so." Zamool said as he used that spider attack again. It smashed against Tassanil and it destroyed his cyclance.
"My cyclance!" Tassanil said.
"Another effect of that attack. It can destroy battlegear." Zamool said. "Granite Balls!" Zamool attacked Tassanil again and did some damage and he ended up coded. Once that battle was done, they moved right to the next at Fear Valley.
"Zamool attacks Grook." This battle was already going on and Grook's power attacks was dealing some damage.
"Power Fist!" Grook unleashed an energy fist that hit Zamool and sent him flying into a mountain. Zamool was struggling in this battle and has taken some damage.
"Now to finish this." Grook said as he pulled out a mugician's lyre. "Roar of the Mob!" Grook tried to play mugic, but nothing happened and he didn't understand why. Zamool used Power Pulse and blasted Grook and he got coded again.
"What happened?" Zach said as Henry changed back. "That mugic should have done ten damage for every mugician you have."
"Zamool's ability. He's immune to mugic and abilities." Henry said. That makes things harder for Zach.
"Zach, you better not lose this!" Erza said.
"You've got to win and get us those passes." Lucy said.
"I'm trying, but that Zamool is powerful." Zach said.
"I'll say." Natsu said as he showed himself. "How can you take on a creature that can block mugic and abilities?"
"I'll think of something." Zach said and selected the next location.
"The next location...Everain." When he saw what the next location was, it gave him an idea.
"That's it! Dasalin attacks Zamool!"
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The Portcourt
They watched the battle go on and it looked like Dasalin was having trouble against Zamool.
"Why would he attack Zamool when he's having so much trouble with it?" Natsu said.
"Everain might weaken earth attacks, but Zamool is still using some powerful earth attacks." Zamool said.
"He better not lose this or he's going to have deal with me...in or out of the dromes." Erza said.
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The Battle
Dasalin fought back as he unleashed some water attacks. Zamool blocked his water attacks and fired a beam from his eyes. It blasted Dasalin and he was knocked down. Without the ability to use mugic, Dasalin could be in real trouble.
"Another creature about to get coded." Zamool said.
"I don't think so. I might not use mugic, but I have powerful attacks as well! Deadwater Devastation!" Dasalin called on a lot of water power as he launched a powerful blast. Zamool got hit by it and he ended up getting coded. Now the tide was turning in Zach's favor.
"Not bad." Henry said. "You beat my best creature, but you still need to beat the rest of my team."
"So let's rock and roll." Zach said with the battle going on.
"Banshor attacks Wytod." Banshor attacked, but Wytod moved out of the way and launched an energy blast that coded him.
"Wytod attacks Drakness!" Wytod launched stingers, but Drakness moved out of the way and unleashed an energy blade and beat Whytod.
"Zalvar attacks Dasalin." Zalvar unleashed some fire at him, but Dasalin avoided each attack. Dasalin launched an attack and caused a massive branch to fall on Zalvar.
"Dasalin attacks Drakness." Dasalin moved around and jumped right at Drakness with an attack and coded him as well.
"Borth-Majar attacks Dasalin." Dasalin blasted Borth-Majar with water, but they broke through and used Mindrazor with Dasalin getting coded.
"Faash attacks Borth-Majar!" Borth-Majar attacked again, but Faash jumped and used flames against them. He unleashed an Unsanity attack and Borth-Majar got coded.
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The Portcourt
"One more battle and he gets the passes." Lucy said as she was getting excited.
"Henry's last creature is H'earring and he's not doing that well. One more good attack and farewell H'earring." Natsu said. They watched as this battle was coming to an end. Faash unleashed some flames at H'earring and the last of his energy was dropping. They thought this was it.
"Song of Revival!"
"Not that!" Lucy said. H'earring ended up getting coded and that would have been it, but it wasn't. Zamool reappeared on the board. "He used Song of Revival and brought back Zamool."
"Great. The one creature he had trouble beating. I doubt the same attacks are going to work again. Especially since Faash only has fire." Erza said as this was looking bad for Zach again
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The Drome
"You brought Zamool back?!" Zach said.
"Of course. He's my best creature." Henry said. "It's down to this last battle. So are you ready to get this over with." Zach didn't like it, but he went through with it.
"The next location...Jade Pillar." When Zach saw what the location was, it gave him another idea to beat Zamool. The battle started and Faash wondered around Jade Pillar as he tried to find Zamool. Zamool found him first as he used Rock Wave and it smashed against Faash and knocked him down.
"It looks like this is the end." Zamool said.
"Not yet!" Faash said as he launched a fireball at him and it barely grazed him.
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The Portcourt
His friends watched the battle unfold. They saw Faash was fighting back, but his attacks were doing little damage.
"What's he doing? Zamool's using stronger attacks." Natsu said. "Faash's attacks are hardly doing any damage."
"Wait a minute! He must be betting on Jade Pillar's effect!" Lucy said as she can see what he's doing. "Jade Pillar is a special location. There's a limit to the attacks you can use when you're there."
"He must be trying to get to that limit." Erza said. "The creature that uses the attack that meets the limit is dealt fifty damage. Let's just hope Henry doesn't know about that."
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The Battle
Faash was trying to keep some distance from Zamool. Zamool kept launching some powerful attacks and Faash was doing his best to meet the limit at Jade Pillar and have the location finish the job, but he has to make sure he doesn't get coded at the same time. As the battle went on as Faash used another attack, it hit Zamool and the location was starting to shake with the acid down below boiling. Zamool knew what this was and it wasn't looking good.
'If I use one more attack, I could end up coding myself. What do I do?' Henry thought. Faash looked around and it looked like a risky strategy at this point.
'He must know about Jade Pillar's effect. I can't use mugic. So there's only one thing that can be done.' Zach thought. Faash charged right at Zamool and tackled him. They were heading for the acid. Zamool had no choice. He tried to shock Faash into coding. They neared the acid and an explosion of code went off and it was hard to see who got coded first.
"The winner...Chaotic-Man." Zach won the battle and just barely, but he won. He was happy over his win.
"Zach!" Henry said. He didn't look happy as he marched right over with Zach a little worried on what he thinks. "You rock, dude." Zach was glad to hear that as the two high-fived each other.
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The Portcourt
Zach made his way back to the court and girls were excited to hear the news.
"Did you get them?" Erza asked.
"Yeah. He emailed me the passes." Zach said.
"Yes! We get to go backstage to his concert!" Lucy said as she was so excited.
"Actually...I only have two passes and I told Henry I would be there." Zach said.
"You did?" Erza said.
"That only means one of us can go. I'll tell you about it, Erza." Lucy said.
"Me?! You're the one staying and I'm going!" Erza said.
"Calm down, girls. I already made the decision on to who gets it.
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Henry's Concert
Henry performed at the concert and Zach was backstage like he said. After the battle, Zach gained a little respect for Henry's music. As for who he decided to take, he went with Natsu. Had to have been better than the girls acting like super fans and out of respect for Henry. Zach was having a good time, but Natsu couldn't wait for the concert to be over.