IV: Rematch- Part 2
The Sector Security officer didn't say a word, and he continued watching the duel alongside his boss. It wasn't every day that the head of special investigations goes to Satellite. He also thought about his boss's true intentions were for the girl. As for Lazar, he was interested to see how this duel was going to play out.
"We will figure out who you are sooner or later," he said to himself.
As the duel continued, Bohai drew a card from the top of his deck. His eyes widen, and a cocky smile appeared on his face. He took a lot of big turns that last turn, but he was now ready to make a comeback.
The light red-haired teen said, "Since I have no monsters on my side of the field, I can special summon a monster from my hand. The monster I'm calling out is The Agent of Force: Mars in attack mode. "
The Agent of Force- Mars
Level: 3
Attribute: Light
Attack: 0
Defense: 0
Type: Fairy/Effect
Card Description: This card is unaffected by any Spell Cards. While you control a face-up"The Sanctuary in the Sky" and your Life Points are higher than your opponent's, this card gains ATK and DEF by the difference between your and your opponent's Life Points.
Bohai places the monster card of choice onto his duel disk. A muscular man with angel wings appeared. The level three was wearing red robes and wield a hammer-like weapon, and it looked like it was ready to attack.
"From my hand, I play the field spell The Sanctuary in the Sky. You remember what this card does Qiu," mockingly said Bohai.
The Sanctuary in the Sky
Type: Field Spell
Card Description: Battle damage to the controller of a Fairy monster from a battle involving that Fairy monster becomes 0.
Liqiu recalled the last time that they dueled. Getting rid that card was a pain for her and she hated that card's effect. Bohai plays the card and places the card in the field zone. A huge ancient floating building appears in front of both duelists. Luckily his The Agent monster doesn't gain life points since she has more life points than him. Liqiu still needed to think carefully about her next move.
He stated, "I end my turn."
"My draw," she said.
The lilac-haired teen drew the top card of her deck and took a peek at it. It was Sino Dragon: Báilóng, one of the four Sino Dragons. She had to sacrifice one her monsters so she can summon it.
"Even though I have the three Sino Beasts to play active my trap, Bohai probably has a card that can negate and destroy this card's effect. I have to play safe for now," she said.
Liqiu stated, "I sacrifice Sino Beast: Niú and I summon Sino Dragon: Báilóng to the field in attack mode. With that, I'll end my turn."
Sino Dragon: Báilóng
Level: 6
Attribute: Water
Attack: 2200
Defense: 1800
Type: Dragon/Effect
Card Description: When a Sino monster is a target of a monster effect, targeted, send one card from the field to the Graveyard. Sino Dragon: Báilóng becomes the target, and it goes to the Graveyard. Bailong returns to the field during the end phase in Defense Mode.
She discards Sino Beast: Niú from the field and sent the level 2 monster card to the grave. Liqiu moved forward to play the Sino Dragon card from her hand. A white Chinese dragon appears on the girl's side of the field that was ready to attack. Instead of attacking, Báilóng looks straight at its opponent. Bohai didn't react to the angry-looking dragon. He drew a card from the deck, and he looked at it. It was the tuner monster The Agent of Mystery: Earth. Bohai smiled since he knew how to corner her now.
"I summon to the field the tuner monster, The Agent of Mystery: Earth in attack mode," said Bohai.
The Agent of Mystery- Earth
Level: 2
Attribute: Light
Attack: 1000
Defense: 800
Type: Fairy/Tuner
Card Description: When this card is Normal Summoned, you can add The Agent monster from your Deck to your hand, except The Agent of Mystery - Earth. While The Sanctuary in the Sky is face-up on the field, you can add on Master Hyperion from your Deck to your hand instead.
Liqiu muttered under her breath, "Fuck."
The light red-haired teen placed that card on his monster zone. A purple skinned angel-like monster wearing blue and green robes appears. Even though the tuner monster wasn't that strong, that wasn't Bohai's objective.
"Usually when this monster is normal summoned, I can add a The Agent monster except this monster from my deck to my hand. Since I have The Sanctuary in the Sky on the field, I can add one Master Hyperion from my deck to my hand," stated Bohai.
He watched as that one card appeared from his deck. It was time to summon his ace monster to the field now. Bohai was ready to play catch up now.
"I banish The Agent of Force- Mars, so I can special summon the monster Master Hyperion in attack mode," he called.
Master Hyperion
Level 8
Attribute: Light
Attack: 2700
Defense: 2100
Type: Fairy/Effect
Card Description: You can Special Summon this card from your hand by banishing one The Agent monster from your hand, field, or Graveyard. Once per turn: You can banish one LIGHT Fairy-Type monster from your Graveyard, then target one card on the field; destroy that target. While The Sanctuary in the Sky is on the field, you can activate this effect up to twice per turn.
The Agent of Force- Mars disappears, and the light red-haired teen puts Master Hyperion on to the monster zone. Master Hyperion was a giant ancient fairy-like creature. Liqiu recalled the last time she had faced that monster. She thought that she was going to lose until she was able to Synchro Summon Sino Deity: Xihe. She thought about her current condition. She didn't have any tuner monsters for a Synchro Summon, Liqiu needed to be patient.
Bohai said, "Now Master Hyperion's ability activates. By banishing one Light-attribute fairy monster from the Graveyard and I can destroy of your cards. Since I have The Sanctuary of the Sky up on my field, I can do it up to two times. For this first turn, I banish my Shining Angel to destroy your facedown card."
After banishing his monster from the graveyard, Master Hyperion attacks the facedown card, sending it to the Graveyard. Liqiu thought about the next monster can destroy another card.
He continued, "I banish Heactrice from my Graveyard to destroy Sino Beast: Jī."
"Not so fast, I use Báilóng's special effect. By sending one card to my Graveyard, Báilóng can take Jī's place, and it gets destroyed until your end phase," responded Liqiu.
She sent her Elemental Protector trap card and Báilóng moves in front of Jī, and it gets destroyed. Bohai shrugged it off since he knew that he had to end his turn there.
Bohai said, "That was quick thinking there Qiu, but you won't be able to save yourself during my next turn. I end my turn."
As Liqiu said, Báilóng reappears on her side of the field after Master Hyperion destroyed it. It was her turn finally. She carefully placed her hand on top her card deck, Liqiu thought about what card was she about to draw. She drew the top card and thought about what could it be. Her dark brown eyes widen as she noticed the card she had drew.
"It's a tuner monster, and I needed this card right now," said Liqiu, "I summon the tuner monster, Sino Elemental: Tǔ to the field in attack mode."
Sino Elemental: Tǔ
Attribute: Earth
Attack: 1200 ATK
Defense: 900 DEF
Type: Fairy/Tuner/Effect
Card Description: When successfully summoned, you can special summon one Earth-attribute monster with less than 1000 attack points from the Graveyard in attack mode.
Once she placed the card vertically, Liqiu knew how this duel was going to end since she had required level monsters. Sino Elemental: Tǔ was small earth spirit, and it wore a small medallion that had the han character 土, which means Earth.
She explained, "Since I have successfully summoned Tǔ to the field, I bring back an Earth-attribute monster with less than 1000 attack points. So Sino Beast: Niú returns in attack mode."
Returning to the field was the red and gold bull. Due to Transformation-Yin, Niú's attack points double from 200 to 400 again. Now, this was getting excited since she can perform that Synchro Summon.
"I tune my level 2 Niú and my level 2 Jī with my level 3 Tǔ to bring forward this monster. When the stars illuminate the night skies, the moon is just as bright in the night skies. Now the moon will fight to protect itself from harm's way. I Synchro Summon Sino Deity: Chang'e".
Sino Deity: Chang'e
Level: 7
Attribute: Earth
Summoning Requirements: 1 tuner+1 or more Earth monsters
Attack: 2400
Defense: 1500
Type: Fairy/Synchro/Effect
Card Description: When this monster is successfully Synchro Summoned, the opponent must send two spell cards from the field to the Graveyard. Once per turn: For every card in the Graveyard, all monsters on the opponents' side of the loses 200 attack points for every card that is in the Graveyard.
Liqiu smiled once she placed that Synchro Monster onto her duel disk. Appearing on the lilac-haired girl's side of the field was a beautiful woman wearing a light blue-green and pink traditional hanfu dress. Her hair was in an updo, which was held up by different hair ornaments.
"Before I can start my attack, I switch Sino Dragon: Báilóng from defense mode to attack mode," she said, "now Chang'e is ready to battle against Master Hyperion."
She changed the dragon card's position and the white Chinese dragon was in a battle ready position. As for Bohai, he looked at the monsters that were in attack position. None of her monsters were strong enough to defeat Master Hyperion. He laughed at the girl's bold response.
Bohai stated, "I think you go back to your basic math Liqiu. My Master Hyperion has more attack points than Chang'e."
"I know, but watch this. Since I was able to Synchro Summon Chang'e, you must send two spell cards to the Graveyard," stated Liqiu.
The light red haired teen scoffed and took his Valhalla, Hall of the Fame and The Sanctuary of the Sky away from their respective slots. He sent both cards to the Graveyard. Liqiu watched as The Sanctuary of the Sky disappears, and the field was back to normal. She was glad that she was able to send those two cards to the Graveyard.
She said, "There is more. Once per turn, for every card that is in your Graveyard, for every card in the Graveyard, all monsters on your field lose 200 attack points. Since you have three cards in your Graveyard, your monsters lose 600 attack points each."
"What!" yelled Bohai.
The Agent of Mystery- Earth
Attack: 1000 - 400 [-600]
Master Hyperion
Attack: 2700 - 2100 [-600]
"Chang'e attack Master Hyperion with Moonlit Dance," said Liqiu.
The goddess-like monster approaches Hyperion and attacks the ancient fairy monster. Bohai's expression changes as he loses 300 life points from that attack. It wasn't over yet since his tuner monster was still standing there. He closed his eyes and smiled at his former friend. No, not his former friend, but a friend and a great rival. He knew that Liqiu has changed and it was for the better. He hasn't battled a formidable opponent since he got arrested.
Liqiu: 4000
Bohai: 1800
Liqiu stated, "Now it's time for Báilóng to deal the final blow. Báilóng use White Stream on The Agent of Mystery- Earth!"
The white dragon attacked the light purple-skinned fairy with a pure white light beam. It was the end for Bohai and his remaining life points. He knew it was over when Liqiu activated Chang'e's special ability on both of his monsters. But for some reason, he was okay with losing the match.
Liqiu: 4000
Bohai: 0
Liqiu watched her monsters disappear, and everything was back to normal. She was relieved that she was able to win the duel against Bohai. While they were dueling, the lilac haired teen noticed how different Bohai was acting during their duel. He seemed to be happy despite losing that many life points. She thought he was masking his anger by being happy. That is what Bohai usual does whenever he's about to lose the duel.
As she was about to approach him, the light red haired duelist began walking towards her. She stopped and watched until he was about three feet away from her. There was an awkward silence between both duelists. It lasted about a few minutes until the 18 year old began ruffling her lilac purple hair with his right hand. Liqiu reacted by punching Bohai on his right shoulder.
"What was that for Qiu!" yelled Bohai.
Liqiu yelled back, "For messing up my hair Bo!"
She puffed her cheeks and gave him an angry pout. He laughed at the 16 year old's reaction. Moments later, the two duelists laughed together. It had been a while since they had a good laugh together.
"I have to admit Liqiu. You aren't weak," said Bohai.
"What made you think that I was weak?" she asked him.
He replied, "A lot of things, but I realized that I was weak since I first arrived in the facility."
"You're not weak Bohai," said Liqiu, "you were just misguided."
Misguided was a huge understatement. He has done more harm than good during the last couple of years. Him getting arrested was a huge turning point, and the facility helped him. Liqiu was able to avoid all of that by just meeting one person. For him, it took him a few people from the facility to help him out.
She said to him, "That was a good duel Bohai."
"It was, and I hope to see you around these parts," he replied.
Liqiu smiled and walked away from the older Chinese teen. She began setting up her duel runner. A few minutes later, the lilac haired girl drove off. Bohai watched his friend leave until he went his separate way. Lazar, who had been watching the duel wasn't surprised. He could tell that the girl was a few steps ahead from start to finish.
The purple haired man also noticed something about the girl. He saw something on the girl's right forearm. Lazar wasn't sure what the girl had, but he'll have to wait. He was able to get information on her dueling style and what kind of deck she uses in a battle.
Lazar said, "This is all the information I was able to get on you."
This concluded the last part of the duel and the story's fourth chapter. Looks like Liqiu was able to win her duel against Bohai without losing any life points. The next chapter is going to less suspenseful and more lighthearted. For now, read and review.
Chinese to English Translations
Báilóng: Comes from the han characters 白龍, which translates to "white dragon".
Tǔ: Comes from the han character 土, which translates to the word "Earth".