Chapter 27: Horus and Friends vs. Luck
Disclaimer: I do not own Cardcaptors or Yugioh. I do own Erin. Also Erin's Rival Tatsuya is another OC I own.
One day had passed since Erin had lost to Tatsuya in a loss that shook her up badly. Her feet were smelled by him for about five minutes long enough for him to start comparing for the day he got to Yuzu's. Erin still took her lessons but it was clear to Pegasus that Erin had lost her dueling spirit. Once she had told him what Kaiba did to her, Pegasus understood his student. Tatsuya had ended up crushing her hopes into defeating him with Horus the Black Flame Dragon. She wondered if she would ever be able to topple Tatsuya's best monster. Joey saw how depressed Erin was at losing to Tatsuya that it nearly reminded him of the day when he lost to Kaiba the first time...OH yeah in that duel Kaiba ended up crushing him. Joey remembered how crushed he felt when Kaiba completely owned him in that Duel. This made him more furious than ever and was with Blair whom also felt the same way as him. Blair didn't like it when Erin looked like this.
"I've had it with Kaiba thinking he's better than everyone else!" Joey told Blair "That Rich Boy is never going to change! Even though Mrs. Syaoran told him her reasoning why Pegasus was teaching her, he decides oh, I can't let Pegasus pass me as a teacher so I gotta take a student! Then use my student to humiliate Erin!"
"I wouldn't call it humiliate" Blair told him "Erin had a chance against him...However she was unprepared to face off against Horus The Black Flame Dragon Lvl 8."
"He still crushed her hopes" Joey reminded Blair "Just like Kaiba would..."
Blair agreed "That he did Joey."
Joey looks at her "Which is why I must do the same thing to Tatsuya! I feel as if I gotta get even with him on that and show him that Erin wasn't a pushover!"
Blair looked at him "I can tell that in your eyes that no one is going to let you hold back on that idea."
"You bet!" Joey told her "I'll Duel Tatsuya and beat him! That way Erin can get her spirit back!"
Blair looked at him "You do realize that what Tatsuya showed us in his Duel against Erin that those monsters he used were just a part of his deck. Let me remind you he has Magical Android, Black Rose Moonlight Dragon and all Horus Black Flame Dragons...That's a lot you need to prepare yourself to go up against...Especially Horus, the Black Flame Dragon Lv8."
"Those are powerful cards" Joey admitted to her then he checked his deck "But my deck has faced off against the best of the best. I've had some incredible Duels with it and it's gone toe-to-toe with Marik...Now admittingly Marik defeated me but it was because of some lame rule Kaiba made on the fly..."
Blair nodded "What I meant by my comment was...There must be other monsters he has in his deck. Some that even you might regret challenging...Sure Horus the Black Flame Dragon Lv8 is Tatsuya's ace, but...You'll have to deal with other monsters he may have that make up his deck."
"What could be more worse than Horus, the Black Flame Dragon Lv8?"
"Good point, however something is telling me he has a good Extra Deck, and in that deck...It truly make his deck more terrifying."
Joey gets up "Want to tag along Blair?"
Blair blushes "Where to?"
Joey smiled "I'm going out to find Tatsuya and Duel him. After all I've gotta avenge Erin."
Blair crosses her arms thinking about this, in a way she also wanted to Duel Tatsuya to not only avenge Erin's loss to Tatsuya but to show Erin that Tatsuya can be defeated...However before Blair was going to do so, she for once decided to try a page in Batman's book...Which required prep time. So if she was going to Duel Tatsuya herself one day, she felt as if she should go with Joey and see for her own two eyes what other monsters he had so she could further more prepare for her Duel against Tatsuya. After thinking this through Blair turned to Joey "I'll go with you!"
Joey grinned "Thanks Blair!"
He turned to walk out the door "Now it's off to find Tatsuya and give him a piece of my mind!"
Blair couldn't help but not shake her head as if already knowing this wasn't going to end well in Joey's case. Joey opened the door and saw Phineas and Ferb the two brothers were with Erin "Hey you two, keep Erin safe."
"Sure thing Joey!" Phineas replied "But where are you and Blair going?"
Joey answered "To find Tatsuya and Duel him!"
Erin turned "He might kick your butt like he did to me."
"You'll never know unless you try" Joey told her "Besides, I'm not Dueling him just for myself...I'm going to try to Duel him for you."
"For me?" Erin asked.
Joey nodded "You're acting like me when Kaiba once beat me back in Duelist Kingdom. I must admit I for a while lost my spirit when it came to Dueling. I even had well visions of Kaiba mocking me for a long time...Until I snapped out of it to beat Bones."
Erin almost smiled a bit hearing Joey reflect on his past to try to give her advise to move on "One thing I know after a heavy loss is that you need to move on. Sure it may take a while to get over it but you have to move on eventually. I'm willing to give you time Erin but with how he defeated you like that I'm going to Duel him to show him that you aren't a pushover, you just had bad luck on that last turn drawing nothing but Spell Cards."
"For once he has a point there" Phineas told Erin "You're still a great duelist, no matter what Kaiba may think of Tatsuya's win over you. From what we know your trap cards will still work."
Erin felt Ferb put his hand on her should giving her a small smile to make her feel better.
"Thanks you two" Erin told her friends still feeling bad for herself but she did feel a bit better with her friend's encouragement.
"You two probably should stay here with her till she gains her confidence back" Blair told Phineas and Ferb "That way MFWD doesn't target her when she's the most vulnerable."
Phineas agreed "Right."
"You don't want Erin to witness the Duel?" Sakura asked the two.
Joey shrugged "That's going to be up to her Sakura-ma'am. I'm heading out with Blair to search for Tatsuya...Then once I've found him, I'll Duel him and win!"
"You're making a bold claim on that result" Phineas warned.
Ferb agreed but spoke to Joey while addressing his brother "Maybe he does know what he's talking about Phineas, however I must agree with you, he's making a big claim...We don't know what else is in his deck which slightly worries me."
"Have no fear guys" Blair told them "If Erin doesn't want to come and watch the Duel then I'll note down what cards Tatsuya has in his deck."
"I'll think on it" Erin told her best friend.
"For now, rest Erin" Joey told her "While Blair and I attempt to find Tatsuya."
"Okay" Erin told them.
"I'll call you when we've found him so that you can show up and watch the Duel if you want to" Blair told her.
Erin smiled "Thanks Blair!"
Blair and Joey left while Erin turned to Phineas "Should we expect Joey to win this Duel?"
Phineas shrugged "Hard call...If we knew what other cards he had in his deck, Joey might be able to pull off a win. However not knowing what other cards Tatsuya has in his deck will be difficult."
"Which is why Blair is going with Joey" Ferb told the two.
"You saw why Blair was joining him?" Erin asked.
Ferb nodded looking at Erin "Blair's not liking how Tatsuya beat you and made you well lose your spirit. She wants to avenge you but unlike our friend Joey Wheeler, she's in the preparing to Duel him mode. It's not a mode most Duelist get into as you truly don't know what decks your opponents have...Except for Bastion whom does his best to prepare for Duels. Blair's taking a page out of Bastion's book and one can say she's pulled a page out of the Dark Knight's book in preparing for her eventual Duel against Tatsuya."
Erin blushes hearing this as she never heard Blair be compared to the Batman or Bastion, however that made her admire Blair more as a person.
Once outside Blair and Joey started searching for Tatsuya. The raven haired girl and blond haired boy walked side-by-side. Both were very careful in making sure not to get ambushed by MFWD by sticking together. Yugi was watching them alongside Tea and Tristian. Even from afar Yugi could tell that Joey was deep into his thoughts of dueling Tatsuya. Tea walked forward "Hey, Joey, what brings you outside?"
Joey answered her "I'm here to avenge Erin's loss to Tatsuya...Once I find Tatsuya I'll beat him in a Duel!"
"Aren't you getting ahead of yourself man?" Tristian asked "Tatsuya has a really strong monster."
"Strong yes" Joey said "But as Yug always says, it's not unbeatable! Besides when was the last time I dueled someone outside a villain organization and lost?"
"Well...There was that one Duelist in the tournament whom beat you."
"His name was Sigfried" Yugi told Tristrian "But you would be right on that one."
Joey shrugged "I just know I'll avenge Erin's loss! I've gotten a better Synchro Monster...I got a FUSION monster that fuses my Synchro Monster..."
"Providing you get Time Wizard's effect right" Blair interrupted him.
"It's only failed me once" Joey said to her "And that was against Bones."
"And against Esper Roba" Yugi reminded him.
"ONLY BECAUSE OF THAT LAME Jinzo rule that it's armor can't be destroyed by time which changed over the course of these years" Joey reminded him.
"Why are you with him Blair?" Tea asked Blair.
Blair answered "I'm planning to Duel Tatsuya too..."
"Great then!" Joey told her "Let's Duel him two against one!"
Blair sent him a look "I'm afraid, that you are on your own today against Tatsuya."
"Are you that afraid of Tatsuya?"
Blair blushes bright red angrily that Joey would ask that question to her, there was no duelist she was ever afraid of to Duel "I'M NOT AFRAID OF DUELING TATSUYA! I JUST WANT TO STUDY WHAT OTHER CARDS HE HAS IN HIS DECK AND EXTRA DECK BEFORE I DUEL HIM. You know so I can prepare myself more for dueling him."
"Why are you pulling of a Bastion Masawa?"
"I DON'T NORMALLY, BUT FOR ERIN'S SAKE, I'm doing it. Plus I want to make sure I know what other threats he has first. Horus is strong yes, but he has to have other threats in his deck."
Before the two could go further Yugi spoke "Blair's taking a different path Joey, maybe she's doing the smarter path but eventually one day she does plan to Duel Tatsuya. Just not when she knows that there are other monsters in his deck that maybe more problematic. Remember...this Tatsuya's deck is an all Effect Monster Strategy Deck.. Which means his monsters may have effects that you might regret challenging without prior knowledge...But that's never really stopped you from dueling someone and I see that it's a noble approach that you want to avenge Erin's loss."
"Why though?" Tea asked Joey.
"Why do I want to avenge Erin's loss?" Joey asked "Because she looks and is acting like me when Kaiba kicked my butt in Duelist Kingdom."
"He got you good in that one" Tristian muttered "He even toyed with you which is so Kaiba to do with opponents he knows he's going to beat."
"Which is why I want to Duel Tatsuya" Joey told his friends "Plus I want to show Erin that the guy can be defeated."
Blair turned holding her cellphone "I got Erin on speeddile once we find Tatsuya."
Joey pumped up his fists "Good, so once we find him you'll call her and once she arrives I'll duel Tatsuya!"
Blair nodded as she gave out a warning to Joey "You're going into this Duel against Tatsuya nearly blind. Right now we know about a handful of cards, Krebons, Magical Andriod, Horus, the Black Flame Dragons level four, six, and eight, Breaker the Magical Warrior, and XX-Saberfhelm."
"And shrink!" Tea reminded her.
"Oh yeah...That too"
"Dueling someone blindly is how I usually get things done" Joey said "No matter what, I'll find a way to hang in there."
With Yugi, Tea, Tristian, at their side, Blair and Joey set out still searching for Tatsuya. They wouldn't have to go far for once they saw Seto Kaiba outside his Kaiba Dome at a coffee shop drinking his favorite coffee, Joey ran up to him "KAIBA!"
Seto Kaiba turned putting down his cup "Oh, great...Just what I needed, the Dueling Monkey."
Joey growls "Where is TATSUYA!"
Kaiba looked at him unphased at Joey's actions "You interrupt my coffee break for that question Wheeler?" Seto Kaiba smirked almost knowing why Joey was asking that question to him "You must really want to lose to Tatsuya if you are that desperate to ask me where Tatsuya is."
"KEEP ON TALKING KAIBA!" Joey shouted at him "TELL ME WHERE TATSUYA IS AND I'LL SHOW YOU THAT YOUR STUDENT WILL FAIL YOU!"
Kaiba smirked "Oh? You a Slifer Red guest at Duel Academy defeat Tatsuya whom is Obelisk Blue material? Don't make me laugh."
"I'M SERIOUS KAIBA!"
Seto Kaiba mocked him "Serious? About what? Serious to want to lose to him?"
"WHY YOU!" Joey shouted wanting to strangle Kaiba but he didn't get the chance to for Tristian and surprisingly Blair was holding him back.
"Easy man!" Tristian told Joey "Calm down! Don't get yourself all riled up now for nothing!"
"It's not worth it Joey!" Blair told him.
"Even your friend Tristian and your new girlfriend Blair have bigger brains than you Wheeler" Kaiba taunted.
Blair blushes angrily "GROSS! First of all he's way older than me and second of all I'M NOT INTERESTED IN HIM THAT WAY!"
"Oh like going out with older men stopped you" Kaiba reminded her "Must I remind you of your actions at my Duel Academy involving Zane Truesdale?"
Blair blushes bright red not wanting any further torment to come from Kaiba as Kaiba beat her there that time.
Yugi puts a stop into any more arguing "Kaiba! Just tell us where Tatsuya is!"
Kaiba looked at his own rival in the eyes crossing his arms not wanting Tatsuya to get his deck dirty against some wannabee duelist like Joey. Erin was one thing for Tatsuya to go up against as Kaiba did see potential in Erin just not the same potential as he saw in Tatsuya. Finally Kaiba sighed "Fine, fine, you want to know where Tatsuya is. Last I checked he was with his mother."
"He's not at your dome?" Joey asked.
"Not on a Saturday Wheeler" Kaiba said "Like Duel Academy, I give Tatsuya the weekend off, as long as he studies during the evening hours at home."
"Where is Mrs. Doidoji?" Joey inquired.
Kaiba shrugged "How should I know? Mrs. Doidoji is a big time dress designer at a local shop that she owns. She might be there."
"But you just said that Tatsuya's with his mother!" Joey pointed out
"And he is" Kaiba said hating the fact that Joey nearly called him a liar "The last I saw him she came to pick him up for the weekend about two hours ago. Now where she was heading towards...That's not my place to ask."
Joey sighed "Great...That's not helping."
Mai Vallentie arrived "Having trouble Wheeler?"
"MAI?" Joey asked jumping up at once "What are you doing here?"
Mai shrugged "Can't a girl get coffee normally without hearing your angry voice at Seto Kaiba?"
Joey blinked seeing that Mai also had a cup of coffee in her hand. Joey then saw his chance "Thank goodness you've stopped by Mai! Now being a girl you might have an idea where I'd find her...Do you know where Mrs. Doidoji is?"
"I'm assuming you mean Tomoyo Doidoji" Mai said then she smiled "Of course I know where she is! She's at my favorite dress shop!"
"Great! Can you point me in the direction to the shop?"
"WHAT'S IN IT FOR ME IF I DO?"
"You get to see me duel her son Tatsuya and win!"
Mai had indeed heard Tatsuya had beaten Erin whom beat her, heck Joey beat her as well in a Duel so she was always looking for a Duelist that could defeat Joey. In her mind if Erin beat her, but Tatsuya beat her that meant a high chance that Wheeler would lose to him too. She just grinned "You win against Kaiba's student? Don't make me laugh, Kaiba would tell his student to crush you."
"That I would and did if Tatsuya ever met up with him" Kaiba said agreeing with Mai.
"Then please Mai, you gotta tell me where Doidoji's shop is at!"
"Fine" Mai said "But I'm going to tag along and see this Duel."
"Great the more witnesses the better!"
Mai then smirked out "I'd like to see you humiliated Wheeler."
Joey should've seen this coming as he spoke "You really think I'd lose to him?"
"I not only think you'll lose to him" Mai said to him "I KNOW YOU will."
"Great...Nice to know I have your support Mrs. Grumpy."
Kaiba gets up "I'd best see this Duel too...And Wheeler, prepare yourself to get crushed."
Blair doesn't say anything but she had her hand on her cellphone as Mai lead the group to Mrs. Doidoji's shop. It turned out that if Joey hadn't asked Mai for help finding the shop, he would've missed it not believing that a shop had a cute dress sign over it. Tatsuya was waiting for his mother to complete her shift and he spotted Yuzu. Yuzu saw him "Hey Tatsuya! Waiting for your mother again?"
Tatsuya "Sadly so."
Joey stopped seeing this as he asked Mai "Mai...Whose that girl?"
"Got me" Mai said "I've never seen her before until now."
"She's the one that Tatsuya wants to impress and win her heart" Kaiba told him "Her name is Yuzu."
Joey blinked now realizing why Tatsuya said he had a goal to get to "So, your teaching him so he can win her heart."
Mai smirked "Kaiba may not know what love is but he knows one thing...Women like strong men that can duel."
"That must be why I can't get my own girl's eyes!" Tristrian said almost letting out the fact that when he said own girl's eyes he meant Serenity Wheeler's eyes which most likely would've gotten him a punch to his face from her brother Joey "Maybe if I learned how to Duel well I can win her heart!"
"Well then" Joey said after a while missing Trisitan's hint "I'm going to prove to Kaiba I can beat his student...In front of the girl he likes!"
Joey marched down towards Tatsuya and Yuzu. While he was doing this Blair reached for her phone and dialed Erin's number "Hello, Erin? It's Blair...We found Tatsuya..."
Erin must've asked if Joey was about to Duel him because Blair answered with a "Yes, yes, he is are you coming?"
Blair waits for Erin's answer but eventually replies "That's great! I'll see you in a while...He's at his mother's business."
"So Pegasus's student's getting into this action too" Kaiba asked.
Blair just glared at Kaiba "Let's be clear, Erin's a great Duelist. Sure Tatsuya took that one victory over her but she will overcome him."
"Say what you will" Kaiba said "Once a rival wins once, they won't ever win against the other rival. I've dueled Yugi many times and I've never officially won once except once in Duelist Kingdom but that was more staged by me than Yugi losing to me."
While they were waiting Tatsuya saw Joey approaching "Great..."
Yuzu blinks "Who's he?"
"That's Joey Wheeler Yuzu" Tatsuya answered her.
"Why's he look angry at you?"
"Probably because I beat his friend Erin two or one day ago in a Duel"
"NO WAY! You're a Duelist now?"
"I always was" Tatsuya told her "Just never got anyone to teach me how to Duel properly."
"AND THAT'S STILL TO BE SEEN TATSUYA!" Joey shouted.
Tatsuya looks at Joey trying to adopt Kaiba's tough guy approach "What is it that you want Wheeler?"
At first this seemed to have an impact on Joey whom could've sworn that he was looking at a mini-Seto Kaiba or a Seto Kaiba Jr. However Joey regained his posture "I'm here to avenge Erin's loss to you! Now prepare to Duel against me because I'm going to totally put you in your place."
Yuzu blinked not understanding why Joey was angry at Tatsuya for beating Erin, in fact when she went in her Duels, she won some and she lost them...Losing was a part of a Duelist "Why are you angry at Erin losing to him?"
Joey looked at the confused girl "He didn't just beat her, he crushed her up to a point where she lost her dueling spirit. Just as his teacher did to plenty of other opponents."
Yuzu recalled that this was a seldom good reason as she had been crushed too "Oh..."
She then thought Maybe I should get Yuya to cheer this Erin up.
She then spoke "It was just one Duel...Your friend will get better and recover from this."
"But not soon enough" Joey told Yuzu "I'm sorry Yuzu, but Tatsuya...You and I are going to Duel, here and now!"
"I still say you're going to lose to my student Wheeler" Seto Kaiba said.
Yuzu almost fainted over seeing that Seto Kaiba was teaching Tatsuya "That's Seto Kaiba! And Tatsuya...Is he really your teacher?"
"He is" Tatsuya said smiling.
Yuzu caught herself wanting to see this Duel now speaking "Anyone that's being taught by Kaiba should be impressive."
Blair looked at the pink haired girl and could see why Tatsuya liked her, Yuzu was cute for a girl her age. It almost made Blair slightly jealous but she waited for Erin whom arrived with Phineas and Ferb at her side.
Tatsuya saw who Joey had with him, Blair, Mai, his teacher Seto Kaiba, Tea, Tristian, Phineas, Ferb, Yugi and his own rival Erin whom still looked out of it. Tatsuya looked at Joey "If you want to lose that badly then I'll accept."
"You'd better!" Yuzu said encouraging the one that had a crush on her while not knowing it "I want to see what Kaiba taught you and how far his teachings are compared to other teachers.
"Sure!" Tatsuya said.
Joey and Tatsuya stood watching each other, activated their Duel Disks, put their decks in their Duel Disks, the Duel Disks shuffled their decks, and they drew their top five cards.
Joey's Life Points: 4000
Tatsuya's Life Points: 4000
"I'll be going first!" Joey told Tatsuya.
Tatsuya nods not minding it while checking his hand.
Joey checked his hand "Nice, let's see you topple this guy, I summon my Panther Warrior in attack mode!"
Panther Warrior appeared on the field ATK: 2000
"Turn end!" Joey announced.
"It's my move!" Tatsuya said "I draw!"
He drew his card then went for a play "I Summon my Armored Bee in attack mode!"
Tatsuya's Armor Bee appeared on the field ATK: 1600
"See?" Joey asked Tatsuya "You made a mistake! My Panther Warrior is stronger than your Armored Bee! Which means he'll win on my next turn!"
"Stronger yes...At least at this time" Tatsuya said "But let's see about that, I activate Armored Bee's special ability! Once per turn, Armored Bee can half the attack points of one monster on your side of the field!"
"W-W-W-Wait...HALF?" Joey asked.
"That's right!" Tatsuya told Joey "Armor Bee, use Venomous Sting! On Panther Warrior!"
Armored Bee flew towards Panther Warrior and stung it on the shoulder. The Panther roars in pain feeling the painful sting and it's attack points were halved. 2000-1000
"That ain't good" Joey said seeing this, now it was HIS monster that had the weaker attack.
"That was just his ability" Tatsuya reminded Joey "Now here is his attack, Battle, Armored Bee, Armored Sting!"
Armored Bee flew towards Panther Warrior stinging it in it's neck. The Panther roared before shattering. Joey watches as his Life Points fall muttering "Lucky punk!"
Joey's Life Points: 3400
"Next" Tatsuya said "I'll set one Card face-down and end my turn."
"It's my move!" Joey announced "I draw!"
He drew his card thinking No playing around Wheeler! That Armored Bee has to be taken out this turn!
He checked his hand "I summon my Goblin Attack Force!"
Goblin Attack Force appeared on the field ATK: 2300
"Now" Joey pointed out at Tatsuya "You're Armored Bee's effect only works on your turn, so Battle, Goblin Attack Force attack his Armored Bee!"
The Goblins raised their clubs and charge Armored Bee. Tatsuya was waiting for it "I activate my Counter Trap Card: Negate Attack!"
Joey frowned seeing the Trap Card played knowing what it does even though Tatsuya explained it "Now you're attack is negated and it ends your Battle Phase!"
Joey checked his hand "I'll set one card face-down and end my turn...Turn end!"
"It's my move!" Tatsuya announced "I draw!"
He drew his card "I activate Armored Bee's effect again. Targeting your Goblin Attack Force! Go Armored Bee, Venomous Sting!"
Armored Bee came at Joey's monster stinging it and halving it's attack points. 2300-1150
"Not good" Joey muttered seeing this.
"Next" Tatsuya told him "I summon my Dash Warrior!"
Dash Warrior appeared on the field ATK: 600
"Battle!" Tatsuya shouts "Dash Warrior attack, Goblin Attack Force!"
Dash Warrior came at Joey's Goblins and Joey smirked "Even with half of their attack points gone, your Dash Warrior's still weaker!"
"Not for long!" Tatsuya told him seeing that Joey didn't think to activate his Trap Card which he had a good idea what it was "You see, when Dash Warrior attacks during my Battle Phase it gains twelve hundred more attack points!"
"TWELEVE HUNDRED?" Joey asked seeing as he saw Dash Warrior's attack points rise 600-1800
In his confusion at this development he didn't activate his trap card and watches as his Goblin Attack Force was struck by Dash Warrior and destroyed. This caused damage to Joey's Life Points. Joey's Life Points: 2750
"You're wide opened Wheeler" Tatsuya told him "Armored Bee, attack Joey directly, Armored Sting!"
"I ain't gonna let that happen easily!" Joey announced "I activate my Continuous Trap Card: Fairy Box!"
Joey's face-down activated and he explained the effect "Now I get to flip a coin, if I call it right, your monster will lose all of it's attack points until the end of the turn!"
Joey took a coin from his pocket and flipped the coin "It'll be tails!"
The coin landed and it was the result Joey was wanting it to be Tails. Tatsuya wasn't alarmed at it as his monster's attack points went down to 0 until the end of the turn. 1600-0
"Turn end" Tatsuya said.
Tristian was watching the Duel "Dang, who thought a Bee could be the source of Joey's problems. That thing helped take down two threats from Joey's field."
Blair was watching "He's certainly strong for sure."
Yugi watched the Duel too "That he is with Armored Bee, Joey has to pick a monster that won't get blasted next turn."
"It's my move!" Joey announced "I draw!"
Then it came onto Joey's standby Phase with Joey speaking out "Every time it's my Stand-By Phase, I gotta pay five hundred Life Points in order to keep Fairy Box out on the field, if I don't it gets destroyed so I'm going to pay it now."
Joey paid five hundred of his Life Points. Joey's Life Points: 2250
He then smiled "I summon Fortress Warrior in defense mode!"
Fortress Warrior appeared on the field DEF: 1200
"Then" Joey said "Turn end! Let's see how well you can deal with my defense monster!"
"It's my move!" Tatsuya announced "I draw!"
He drew his card "Great! I summon my XX-Saber Fhelhem Knight Tuner Monster!"
Tatsuya's XX-Saber Tuner Monster appeared on the field ATK: 1300
"That's not good" Erin said "He can ether go for a Level 7 Synchro Monster or a Level 6 Synchro Monster!"
"That's true!" Yugi admitted to her "But...This Duel isn't over yet...If it's the Level Seven Black Rose Moonlight Dragon, Tatsuya can't activate it's effect to put Joey's Monster back into his hand."
"So it's most likely a Level 6" Phineas said.
"How can you tell?" Erin asked him.
Phineas answered watching Tatsuya "Tatsuya doesn't seem alarmed that Joey has Fairy Box on the field. That means he has something that can stop it!"
"Oh" Erin said blinking.
"Next" Tatsuya told Joey "I'm going to tune my Level three, Xx-Saber Fhelhem Knight with my level three Dash Warrior!"
"It is a level six!" Blair announced surprised Phineas called it right.
Tatsuya began chanting out while the Level three Tuner split into three rings scanning Dash Warrior "Horus of Light, appear out of the light and shine to victory...Synchro Summon, Level 6, Metaphys Horus!"
Metaphys Horus appeared out of a bright flash of light roaring. ATK: 2300
"There's a Synchro Horus?" Erin asked scared once again.
"That somehow doesn't surprise me that much" Yugi admitted.
"And now" Tatsuya told Joey "I activate Metaphys Horus's special ability! Which is has three effects based on the non-tuner Synchro Material Monster that was used to Synchro Summon it. Since it was Synchro Summoned using an Effect Monster, I can select One face-up Card on the field and as long as my Synchro Monster is out...I get to Negate that card's effects!"
Joey blinks then checked his field, if this Synchro Monster could negate card effects this meant His Fortress Warrior could be destroyed this turn and he'd be opened "Oh great...Which are you going to use it on?"
He then looks at Fairy Box knowing that with it he'd have a chance in holding on. Tatsuya spoke "I've decided...I shall have Metaphus Horus, Negate the effects of your Fairy Box!"
"What?" Joey asked "No way!"
"Oh, yes way" Tatsuya told Joey as Metaphus Horus roared targeting Joey's Fairy Box Trap Card "But before that happens I activate my Spell Card: Material Support Draw!"
A new Spell Card was played and Tatsuya spoke "Now I get to draw one card for each monster that was used for a Synchro Summon, or Fusion Summon."
With this Tatsuya drew two cards due to his monster using two Synchro Material Monsters. Tatsuya checked his hand "Now, Battle! Metaphus Horus, attack his Fortress Warrior with Light Flames!"
Metaphys Horus attacks Joey's monster but Joey spoke "Fortress Warrior can't be destroyed by battle by one attack! "
"Then here comes my Armored Bee!" Tatsuya said "Armored Bee attack Fortress Warrior, Armored Sting!"
"Next" Tatsuya spoke "I set two cards face-down and end my turn."
Joey frowned "It's my move, I draw!"
He then checked his hand "Sweet! It's time I got serious! I summon my Time Wizard!"
Normally this would've caused anyone to panic but Tatsuya was expecting this as he thought Go ahead Wheeler, use Time Wizard's effect to destroy my field...I dare you!
Joey decided to go for it "I activate Time Wizard's effect! Time Roulette!"
Time Wizard's clock hands start turning allowing Joey to speak "Now if it lands on a cloud! I win the gamble and all of your monsters are destroyed. If I fail, then...It destroys my monsters and I take damage equal to half of their attack points."
Everyone watches as the clock hands turn and land on a...Cloud!
"Nice!" Joey announced "now all of your monsters are destroyed! Go Time Wizard!"
"Sorry!" Tatsuya said smiling "I counter your effect and activate my Trap Card: STARLIGHT ROAD!"
Tatsuya's face-down card activated and Joey blinked not recalling this Trap as a starry road appeared on the field "What sort of Trap Card is that?
Tatsuya answered "I can only activate this Trap Card if two or more cards or any type would be destroyed I get to negate the effect and destroy that card...And after that I get to Special Summon 1 STARDUST DRAGON from my Extra Deck!"
Stardust Dragon appears on the field from Tatsuya's extra deck ATK: 2500
"Strange" Yugi muttered seeing Stardust Dragon "I was certain the Duelist Yusei Fudo had Stardust Dragon...But it looks as if Tatsuya also has it."
Joey blinked not believing this as he was countered...AGAIN!"
He already summoned on this turn which meant...Joey had to do something "I activate my Lucky Rainbow Spell Card!"
A rainbow appeared on Joey's side of the field "This card allows me to select one of your monsters and I gain Life Points equal to half of your monster's attack strength, and I choose your Stardust Dragon since it has the highest attack points!"
Joey's Life Points increase. Joey's Life Points: 3600
"Not only do I gain those Life Points" Joey told Tatsuya "But I get to draw one card for each five hundred points they went up by!"
He drew two more cards "Nice! Now I activate Spell Card: Revival Gamble!"
Joey pulled out another coin "First I select three monsters in my Graveyard, then I can flip this coin and if I call it right, I get to Special Summon those three monsters from my Graveyard. For each monster brought back you lose five hundred Life Points and it allows me to Normal Summon one other monster. However if I call wrong, then I take damage equal to the combined total of my monster's attack points."
Joey choose the monsters which were Panther Warrior, Goblin Attack Force, and Fortress Warrior then flipped his coin "Heads!"
All eyes were on what Joey's results were and it was indeed heads!
"Nice!" Joey announced "Now I can special summon my Three monsters, Panther Warrior, Goblin Attack Force, and Fortress Warrior!"
Joey's three monsters appeared on the field ATK: 2000, 2300, 600
Tatsuya watches as he took fifteen hundred points of damage.
Tatsuya's Life Points: 2500
"Next" Joey spoke "Thanks to Revival Gamble, I get to preform another Normal Summon so I offer up my three monsters in order to Normal Summon, Gilford the Lightning!"
Gilford the Lighting appeared on the field ATK: 2800
"GO JOEY!" Erin announced seeing this and knowing Gilford's effect.
Joey pumped his fist "With this turn I win Tatsuya, you see when Gilford the Lightning is summoned with three tributes, all your monsters are destroyed!"
Gilford the Lightning raised it's sword but Tatsuya was ready for it as he saw Gilford the Lightning raise it's sword "Impressive Wheeler, you might've been able to beat me that way, but you are forgetting something."
"Which is?"
Tatsuya answered "I activate Stardust Dragon's special ability Victim's Sanctuary!"
Stardust Dragon roared intercepting Gilford the Lightning's effect allowing Tatsuya to explain the effect "Once per turn if my opponent activates a card effect that would destroy a monster, I can once again negate that effect and destroy that card by banishing Stardust Dragon from the field!"
"SAY WHAT?" Joey asked seeing that Stardust Dragon disappeared negating Gilford the Lightning's effect but he had one card to play "I activate Quick-Play Spell Card: Rainbow's Protection! With it by removing one monster from my Graveyard, I can prevent my monster's destruction by Card Effect until the end of my turn!"
He removed his Fortress Warrior from his Graveyard and Gilford wasn't destroyed.
Joey frowned seeing that Tatsuya countered him hard, but he wasn't out "Now, Gilford the Lightning attack Armored Bee, Lightning Sword!"
Gilford the Lightning charged Armored Bee, but it was Erin that asked Mia "Shouldn't he go after Metaphus Horus?"
"Normally yes" Mai answered her "That would be a smart move, however...Remember Armored Bee's effect is to half the attack points of one monster on the field...If Joey doesn't take out Armored Bee, he risks losing the Duel in his next turn."
Yugi agreed "Mai's right, Joey's doing the right decision."
Joey's monster strikes Armored Bee destroying it and dealing damage to Tatsuya's Life Points.
Tatsuya's Life Points: 1300
"Turn end!" Joey said as if knowing he turned the Duel around.
"Hold on there!" Tatsuya announced "When Stardust Dragon uses it's effect on the turn of my opponent's end phase, Stardust Dragon returns to the field!"
Stardust Dragon appeared on the field ATK: 2500
"I have the upper hand here!" Joey told him.
Tatsuya wasn't phase "For now yes...And now it's my move, I draw!"
Tatsuya drew his card then smiled "I summon Wall of Illusion!"
Wall of Illusion appears on the field ATK: 1050
"I'm afraid I don't follow" Joey told him.
"Because you failed to figure out my Continuous Trap Card: Call of the Haunted!" Tatsuya said activating the card.
"Now" Yuzu said amazed on how well the two were dueling at first it looked like Tatsuya had an easy win, now it seemed Joey had the edge thanks to that one marvelous turn "Tatsuya can bring back one monster in his Graveyard!"
"Indeed" Tatsuya said "And I'll bring back my ARMORED BEE!"
Joey watches as Armored Bee reappeared back onto the field ATK: 1600
"Ah nuts" Joey muttered.
"It's not over yet" Tatsuya told Joey "I shall now build the Overlay Network overlaying my Armored Bee and Wall of Illusion!"
"What's going on with the sky?" Kaiba and Yugi shouted as they had never witnessed an XYZ Summon before.
Erin and Blair knew "XYZ SUMMON!"
Tatsuya spoke out another chant "Dragon of Darkness and rebellion, rise from the darkness and swarm the field with your overwhelming might...XYZ Summon...RANK FOUR: DARK REBELLION XYZ DRAGON!"
Tatsuya's two monsters soon became overlay units orbiting a huge dark looking Dragon. ATK: 2500
Seeing this terrified Yuzu as she knew what it was "Yuya has it too..."
She was surprised when she saw that Tatsuya was able to control it...Yuya wasn't able to control this monster's power...Maybe it was because Tatsuya also had Horus.
"You are finished Wheeler!" Tatsuya told Joey.
Joey looked at the attack points of the monsters "I think you're the one that's lost it, my Gilford the Lightning has way more attack points than any of your monsters! Plus your Armored Bee is gone!"
Tatsuya smirked just like Kaiba would "That's because I don't need Armored Bee to defeat you. Dark Rebellion Dragon can do the job just as good. In fact let me show you why this Dragon is to be feared, I activate Dark Rebellion XYZ Dragon's special ability! By giving up all of it's Overlay units, I can half the attack points of one monster on your side of the field and Dark Rebellion Dragon gains that amount!"
Joey blinks then saw Dark Rebellion Dragon roar sending it's overlay units to the Graveyard and halved his Gilford the Lightning's attack points while it gained that amount. 2800-1400, 2500-3900
Joey began to sweat "Nuts!"
"Now not only is your monster weakened all of my monsters can destroy it and without your Fairy Box...It's time to end it" Tatsuya spoke grinning like Seto Kaiba would do"Stardust Dragon attack Gilford the Lightning, Sonic Shoot!"
Stardust Dragon roared gathering in star like breathe and blasted out at Gilford the Lightning destroying it causing damage to Joey's Life Points. Joey's Life Points: 2500
Joey watches as he looked at what Tatsuya would attack him with "Now Metaphys Horus, your turn, Light Flames!"
Joey took Metaphus Horus's attack head on and his Life Points drop.
Joey's Life Points: 300
"And now" Tatsuya said "Dark Rebellion Dragon, give Wheeler a Direct Attack!"
Dark Rebellion Dragon roars out and sends out a dark attack at Joey striking him and ending the Duel.
Joey's Life Points: 0
Tatsuya's Life Points: 1300
"No way!" Erin shouted.
"Joey lost!" Phineas, and Ferb said.
"Poor Joey" Blair muttered.
Mai just smirked "Well, it looks like Kaiba got an impressive student...If he beat Joey like that."
Kaiba clapped his hands as Yuzu looked at Tatsuya "You could've just attack with Dark Rebellion before Metaphus Horus did."
Tatsuya nodded his head eying Yuzu "True and that would've been swift, but I wanted him to know that I'm not a pushover."
Tatsuya turned to Kaiba whom was clapping "Good work Tatsuya! You've certainly put that dueling monkey in his place...Attacking him with all your monsters...That's something I would've done. You've made me proud of you doing that...Good work humiliating him.
"Whatever happened to you teaching him Dueling is for fun?" Yuzu told Kaiba.
"Fun?" Kaiba asked her not wanting to get Tatsuya angry with him for getting Yuzu more upset at him "Yuzu is it?"
"Yes, my name is Yuzu!" Yuzu told him.
Kaiba looked at her "Look, I don't believe in having fun Yuzu. Dueling is serous stuff! You always must be willing to crush your opponents at any cost when you know they can't beat you! All what's required of a Duelist is to take Dueling seriously."
He looked at Wheeler whom was glaring not at Tatsuya even though Tatsuya had just cruelly beaten him like Kaiba would've "and did you really think you could defeat Tatsuya like that Wheeler? I warned you two days ago he was strong...He didn't even have to use Horus the Black Flame Dragon Lv8 on you...If he would've...You would've been capped."
Joey gets up ready to defend Yuzu as he spoke to Yuzu "Don't listen to Rich Boy Yuzu! I would worry about Tatsuya being taught by him...And sadly for Tatsuya...I don't like what Kaiba's teaching him...To crush his opponents without having fun..."
"Is there hope for him to have his own style?" Yuzu asked.
Joey nods "I could tell he liked the Duel, Kaiba hasn't corrupted him all the way."
Yuzu turned to Tatsuya "Tatsuya...Never lose yourself. I'll give you this one warning...BE CAREFUL with Dark Rebellion XYZ Dragon. Don't use it too often otherwise it can corrupt you even more but unlike Kaiba's corruption...It'll lead you to darkness."
Tatsuya blushes here was the crush of his life giving him advise. He wasn't sure what she was meaning on it but he decided to keep that in his mind.
Erin was on her knees now shaking her head with Phineas eying her "Erin..."
"He's got...An impossible deck...My deck can't measure up to it...Horus, I probably can handle...But against Dark Rebellion XYZ Dragon...And Stardust Dragon..."
Ferb felt bad as Blair looked at Erin thinking I could tell Erin wanted Joey to win against Tatsuya...He had a good comeback but he fell just short and it was thanks this time to Starlight Road and Stardust Dragon.
Blair now had an idea what she was up against. She turned to Erin whom was surprised Blair wasn't scared to go up against Tatsuya. Blair turned to Erin smiling at her "Erin, don't think like that! You're deck can measure up."
"HOW?" Erin asked "Dark Rebellion seems too powerful with the addition of Stardust Dragon, and Horus the Black Flame Dragon Lv8."
Blair hugged her causing Erin to blush at Blair's hug then she heard Blair speak to her ears only "Tomorrow or whenever I get my chance...I'll show you he can be beaten."
"You promise?" Erin asked.
Blair winked "You bet! It's a promise I intend to keep."
"You have what you wanted to know?" Ferb asked her.
"I do" Blair said checking her deck "I know what I'm up against. He's good yes, but he has one flaw in his deck. One he's not expecting."
Erin scratches her head wondering what Blair meant as Blair thought Let's see if Tatsuya can handle the power of light from an angel. Joey looked at Erin thinking Sorry I failed you Erin in defeating him... He looks at Blair thinking It's up to you Blair...I fear if Erin keeps on seeing defeats like hers and mine...We'll lose her as a Duelist for sure
Even the Pharaoh sensed Erin's state of mind. He was having a conversation with Yugi Isn't there anything we can do to cheer her up?
There's nothing we can do except try to encourage her further. Get her to accept her loss.
She lost three times so far.
Yes, but the two other Duels she lost was to those that wanted to help her improve. In her duel against Tatsuya...She was crushed badly, and she must've felt she fell into his trap when he Summon Horus Black Flame Dragon Lv8...
Poor girl, if she looses her spirit completely...
She'd never recover and may never duel again. Which is a shame. So in a way I understand why Joey wanted to Duel Tatsuya for her to show her that he can be beaten...At this moment she doesn't believe he can be beaten.
So if let's say Blair beats him...
Yes, if Blair beats him with Erin watching that may snap her out of it.
So it's truly up to Blair
Indeed, and I have a feeling Blair will be successful.
How can you tell?
Look at her eyes Yugi.
Yugi took a good look at Blair's determined eyes as the Pharoh completed his answer Would eyes like that say she'll be defeated. Her plan was to watch Joey's Duel and learn what else was in his deck...Now that she knows, she can prepare herself more. Sometimes Yugi preparing for Duels like that gives out results.
Yugi watches smiling at Blair knowing that Blair was Erin's one last chance to prove to Erin Tatsuya could be beaten.
End of chapter
This was a great Duel between Joey and Tatsuya...Tatsuya took a lead but Joey struck back harder in his last turn trying to use Time Wizard and Gilford the Lightning but he failed thanks to Stardust Road and Stardust Dragon...Next chapter is Chapter 28: Restoring Light Blair is ready to challenge Tatsuya to a Duel in the Kaiba dome determined to restore Erin's spirit in Duel Monsters. Can Blair's LIGHT deck overcome the many obstacle that Tatsuya has in his deck?
Special Cards
There were three new cards that were introduced in this chapter so I'll tell you their effects. Luckily all are made up and are Spell/Trap Cards
Material Support Draw
Type: Spell Card
Effect: Activate after you have FUSION, SYNCHRO SUMMON OR RITUAL SUMMON a monster. Draw one card for each monster used as Materials for a FUSION, SYNCHRO OR RITUAL Summon.
Rival Gamble
Type: Spell Card
Effect: Select up to three Monster Cards in your Graveyard, Flip a coin call it right and you can Special Summon the Three Selected Monsters onto your Field, for each monster brought back inflict 500 points of damage to your opponent. Then you can preform one additional Normal Summon. Call it wrong, and you take damage equal the combined total of Monster's attack points.
Rainbow's Protection
Type: Quick-Play Spell Card
Effect: Select One Monster in your Graveyard and remove it from play to negate your monster's destruction by card effects until the end of the turn.
