Chapter 29: Restoring Light P2

Disclaimer: I do not own Cardcaptors or Yugioh. I do own Erin. Also Erin's Rival Tatsuya is another OC I own.

Erin was watching her best Friend Blair duel against Tatsuya. At first Blair had a strong early first two turns and now it looked like Tatsuya had a big lead. She looked closely at the field below not sure what to think of it. Despite taking heavy damage in Tatsuya's last turn, Blair didn't seem like she was about to surrender. She looked at the field below and the Duel was going to continue. She was scared now, scared that Blair might get swept. On Blair's side of the field she had 2450 Life Points left. She had one Monster on the field which was her XYZ Monster Chromally Crystal Chrononaut but thanks to Armored Bee's effect it's attack points were halved at 1050, however this is what Blair wanted for her XYZ Monster had a dangerous effect that caused her to inflict the Battle Damage to her opponent if it was targeted for Battle. Now she also had her Trap Card, Overlay Return face-up as well making her monster nearly impossible to destroy. Now on Tatsuya's side of the field, he had 2750 Life Points left. He also had one Monster on the field which was his ace Horus the Black Flame Dragon Level 8 with 3000 Attack Points.

Blair had just drawn a card looking at the field "Don't think I'm afraid of your Horus, the Black Flame Dragon Level 8! As long as I have my XYZ Monster on the field and Overlay Return, you won't be able to beat me!"

"Right now that's a road block" Tatsuya admitted to her "But I have two cards in my deck that could wreck your combo."

Seto Kaiba sat back watching this Duel thinking That's right! Tatsuya's got Methphus Horus, with it he can negate any card's effect as long as his Non-Tuner Monster is an Effect Monster. But what other card would he have to beat Blair's strategy? Well she gave him a good first two rounds. We'll see what she has left.

Blair was checking her hand and saw her drawn card as Shining Angel and decides to play it "I summon Shining Angel in defense mode!"

Shining Angel appeared but in defense mode DEF: 800.

"Turn end" Blair said.

"It's my move!" Tatsuya said "I draw!"

He drew his card "I summon Serene Psychic Witch to the field in attack mode!"

Serene Psychic Witch appeared on the field ATK: 1300

"Now" Tatsuya said "Battle! Serene Psychic Witch shall attack your Shining Angel! Psychic Witch Spell!"

Serene Psychic Witch gathered a spell then fired it at Blair's Shining Angel. The Blair's Angel took the attack and shatters.

Blair then spoke out "I activate Shining Angel's effect! If it's destroyed by Battle and sent to the Graveyard, just like Erin's U.F.O Turtle, I can Special Summon one Light Attribute Monster with fifteen hundred attack points or below! And I'll choose D.D. Warrior Lady!"

Out of Shining Angel's ashs holy light shown and D.D Warrior Lady had appeared on the field ATK: 1500

Tatsuya saw the monster "You have her?"

Blair nods taunting him "What's the matter Tatsuya? Afraid to attack? Oh or are you aware of D.D Warrior Lady's Special Ability? If she gets attacked or is attacked, I can activate her effect to Banish both her and the attacking or attacked monster from play!"

Tatsuya knew in order to keep Blair's ability to play Spell Cards at bay, he needed Horus, the Black Flame Dragon Level 8. Plus the other Monster she had out on the field her XYZ Monster wasn't an option ether. He checked his hand "I set one card face-down and it ends my turn!"

"Smart move" Blair taunted him "It's my move, I draw!"

She checked her hand seeing she had drawn a Tuner Monster then smiled "Looks like I'll be taking your Horus the Black Flame Dragon Level 8 down this turn!"

"You have nothing against him!" Tatsuya told her.

Blair held up a card "I beg to differ, I may not be able to play Spell Cards, thanks to your Monster but I do have this I summon my Vylon Prism Tuner Monster!"

Blair's Tuner Monster appeared on the field ATK: 1400

"Next," Blair told him "I'm going to tune my Level Four Vylon Prism Tuner Monster with my Level Four D.D Warrior Lady!"

Vylon Prism split into four rings and it scanned D.D Warrior Lady with Blair chanting out "Holy Knight of vengeance appear heroically to shine your holy light and might! Synchro Summon! Level 8: Avenging Knight Parashath!

Out of a flash of light Blair's Synchro Monster appeared ATK: 2600

"It's not strong enough!" Tatsuya tells her.

"Maybe not right now" Blair told him "But I activate Vylon Prism's Special ability by paying five hundred Life Points it appears in my Spell and Trap Card Zone attatching itself to any Monster on my side of the field, then during my Battle Phase, that equipped Monster gains one thousand more attack points!"

"Oh crud!" Tatsuya shouts "NO WAY!"

"Oh yes way" Blair told him as she paid five hundred of her Life Points. Blair's Life Points: 1950

She then would choose to put Vylon Prism on her Synchro Monster and saw her chance "Now Battle, Avenging Knight Parashath, attack Horus, the Black Flame Dragon Level 8! Avenging Knight Slash!"

Tatsuya watches as sense this was Blair's Battle Phase, her Monster's attack increased by one thousand. 2600-3600

This made her Monster stronger as it came at Tatsuya's ace Monster. He spoke "I activate Continuous Trap Card: Horus Mirage!"

Tatsuya's face-down card activated and had two Horus, Black Flame Dragon on it but one seemed to be in front of the other Horus and looked exactly like a mirage. Tatsuya explained it's effect "Horus Mirage can only be activated when any Horus Black Flame Dragon is on the field! Every time you declare an attack on a "Horus, the Black Flame Dragon" Monster, this card activates giving me one Horus Black Flame Dragon token with the same Level, attack and defense points as the Horus it is used on!" as he is speaking a Token appeared on his side of the field looking exactly like Horus, the Black Flame Dragon Level 8 and it had the same attack points as the real Horus Black Flame Dragon Level 8 with 3000 ATK.

Blair blinks pausing as Tatsuya continued his explanation "Be warn Blair, the Token and real Horus The Black Flame Dragon Level 8 are difficult to determine which is the other. You have the option to call off your attack or you can continue your attack knowing you might destroy the Token instead."

Blair growls as she really should've seen this coming but she wasn't the type to back down "I'll risk it!"

Tatsuya smirked "Then choose which one."

Blair closed her eyes trying to figure out which was the right Horus to attack then spoke "Well you wouldn't have choose to put the real one in the middle where it was before, so I'll take the one to it's right!"

Avenging Knight Parashath came at the Horus the Black Flame Dragon to it's right striking it with the sword and causing it to explode and Tatsuya's Life Points to fall. Tatsuya's Life Points: 2100

When the dust cleared though Tatsuya was grinning as the real Horus, the Black Flame Dragon Level 8 was still standing "Good guess Blair, but you missed!"

Blair growled hating that he took her as a fool. Tatsuya then spoke "If you missed the real Horus the Black Flame Dragon Level 8, the thanks to Horus Mirage I get to draw one card!"

Blair looked at her hand as Tatsuya drew a card thanks to Blair missing the real Horus, the Black Flame Dragon Level 8 "I'll set one card face-down and end my turn!"

"It's my move, I draw!" Tatsuya said.

"This is an action packed Duel" Joey said to Erin.

Erin blushes amazed that Blair was somehow holding her own against Tatsuya, but she also question how long would this last. Yuya was studying the field thinking Tatsuya's got a good Trap Card for Horus the Black Flame Dragon...If Blair isn't careful when attacking, there is a chance Tatsuya could take her by surprise.

Kaiba was watching the Duel with interest Of course what Erin and her friends don't know is I gave him that Trap Card as a gift for beating Erin. I'm glad he's putting it to good use. Just as I would use any Trap Card to protect my Blue-Eyes.

Yuzu was watching this "Tatsuya...I'm amazed he's doing well."

"He sort of has to be good" Phineas admitted to her "I mean it's not easy to beat Erin. Or even Joey at times."

Ferb agreed "Plus this is Kaiba we're also talking about...A man that expects the best out of anyone that he takes in...Even his own student."

Erin knew this Duel was going to be amazing just looking at how well Blair and Tatsuya were going at each other.

Tatsuya checked his hand "Nice! I summon my XX-Saber Fhelmknight Tuner Monster!"

XX-Saber Fhelmknight appeared ATK: 1300

"Next" Tatsuya said "I'm going to tune my Level Three XX-Saber Fhelmknight with my Level Three Serene Psychic Witch!"

XX-Saber Fhelmknight disappeared into three rings scanning Serene Psychic Witch as Tatsuya chanted out " Horus of Light, appear out of the light and shine to victory...Synchro Summon, Level 6, Metaphus Horus!"

Out of a flash of light Metaphus Horus appears on the field roaring ATK: 2300

Tatsuya then spoke to Blair "With Metaphus Horus, I've countered your road block problem! I activate Metaphus Horus's Special Ability! If it's Non-Tuner Monster was an Effect Monster, I can Negate Any Cards effect(s)! And I choose to target your XYZ Monster! So here it comes Metaphus Horus...But first I activate Spell Card: Material Support Draw, allowing me to draw one card for each Monster used for a Synchro, Fusion or Ritual Summon!"

With this he drew two cards then shouts "Now Metaphus Horus, use your Horus Light to negate Chronomal Crystal Chrononaut's effects!"

"Nuts!" Blair shouted alarmed at this seeing that her XYX Monster had it's effects negated.

"And you know what that means!" Tatsuya told her "Metaphus Horus, attack Chrnomally Crystal Chrononaut with Light Flames!"

Blair watches as Metaphus Horus unleashed bright white light flames at her XYZ Monster. The light flames hit her Monster destroying it and she suffered lots of battle damage almost being swept off her feet again but hangs tough.

"Blair!" Erin shouts watching her best friend's Life Points fall a lot.

Blair's Life Points: 700

"Those points are about to be a lot lower" Tatsuya told Blair.

Blair gets up "Hold on, when there is no Face-up XYZ Monster, Overlay Return is destroyed and I draw one card for each Overlay Unit attached to my monster!"

She drew two more cards which were Queen's Knight and Fusion Angel. Tatsuya then spoke "Now, to destroy your Synchro Monster...Horus, the Black Flame Dragon Level 8 attack Avenging Knight Parashath, Black Flames!"

"I was waiting for that!" Blair announced "I activate my Trap Card: Kunai with Chain!"

Blair's face-down card activated "Now I'll activate both effects of Kunai with Chain, the first effect it switches your attacking Monster into Defense Mode, and then I select one of my own Monsters and increase it's attack points by five hundred!"

As she is speaking the effect Avenging Knight Parasharth appeared to have a Kunai and chain then used it to wrap around Horus the Black Flame Dragon Level 8 switching it into defense mode DEF: 1800

Then Blair's Synchro Monster gained five hundred more attack points. 2600-3100

Tatsuya watches this "Great!"

"I'm not going to be beaten that easily" Blair told him.

Tatsuya looks at his hand "I set one card face-down turn end."

Blair stands up checking the field. Tatsuya had two Monsters on the field, his Metaphus Horus, and Horus, the Black Flame Dragon Level 8.

"Two Horus's" Joey muttered "Just what she needed."

"Luckily for her Metphus Horus has already used it's effect" Phineas admitted "So all she needs to do is defeat it...But the stronger Horus, the Black Flame Dragon is incredible."

Erin was scared that Blair would lose. As she's watching her best friend, she is puzzled into why Blair was just looking as if her confidence wasn't gone yet.

Yuya explained it "Blair seems to know she's in trouble Erin, but she's not going to turn tail and run. She still believes in herself."

"Believe in herself?" Erin repeated that line.

Yuya nods "If you truly believe in yourself you can do anything!"

Erin looked at her best friend "But how can she overcome this?"

"She will" Joey told her.

Yuzu agreed "She doesn't seem to think she's on the losing end. Sure she lost her road block, but as long as she's got her Synchro Monster whom is the strongest on the field, she's got a chance."

Kaiba was watching the Duel smirking as he thought Tatsuya's got this victory! It's only a matter of time, I'm sure he has a way of dealing with Avenging Knight Parasharth and thanks to his Continuous Trap Card he can defend his own Monster twice...Of course if she targets it. How can she come back to defeat my own student whose on the verge of victory?

Blair then spoke "It's my move, I draw!"

She drew her card then smiled as she got the card she needed to win this "I Summon my Queen's Knight in attack mode!"

Queen's Knight appeared on the field ATK: 1500

"That knight's not going to help you!" Tatsuya told her.

"It's only the beginning" Blair warned him "I activate Fusion Angel's Effect from my hand, it's treated as Polymerization and as long as I have one of the Fusion Material Monsters needed for a Fusion Summon, by sending the other two Fusion Material Monsters from my Field, Deck or Hand, I can preform a Fusion Summon, so I'll fuse Queen's Knight which is on my side of the field with my King's Knight, Jack's Knight which are in my Deck!"

"No way!" Kaiba shouted knowing what Blair was Fusion Summoning "I thought Yugi had that card!"

Blair's three Knights disappeared and thanks to Fusion Angel being sent to the Graveyard with them began fusing together with Blair chanting out "Knight of the Royals appear majestically as your light shines us to victory...Fusion Summon Level 10, Arcana Knight Joker!"

Arcana Knight Joker appeared on the field ATK: 3800

Only now was Tatsuya looking at Blair's Monsters.

"Time for some payback!" Blair said "Battle! Avenging Knight Parasharth, attack Horus, the Black Flame Dragon Level 8 Avenging Knight Slash!"

"That makes no since!" Tatsuya told her "My Monster is in defense mode...Unless!"

Blair nods "That's right! I'm going to for the kill! You see when Avenging Knight Parasharth attacks a Monster and his attack points are higher than your Monsters defense points...You take piercing damage!"

Tatsuya's eyes widened as Blair then explained "Plus don't forget, Parasharth still has Vylon Prism on it giving it one thousand more attack points!"

He watches as Blair's Monster had it's attack points increased 3100-4100

He then spoke "I activate the effect of Horus Mirage! If any Horus, the Black Flame Dragon is on the field and is targeted I get to bring out a Token with the same ATK and DEF as the orginal."

Another Token of Horus, the Black Flame Dragon appeared on the field but was in defense mode DEF: 1800

"Doesn't matter!" Blair told him "I'll still go through"

She bit her lip thinking on which Horus, the Black Flame Dragon she was too attack, then spoke "Avenging Knight attack the Horus, the Black Flame Dragon to the right!"

Her Synchro Monster obeyed and strikes it.

"That was another miss!" Tatsuya said as it was the other Token of Horus the Black Flame Dragon that was destroyed.

"Even if the Token was in defense mode" Blair told him "You're Life Points should be zero!"

"Should?" Tatsuya asked her "Normally but you forgot about my Face-down Card"

Blair checked and saw it was as he spoke "My Trap Card was: Defense Draw! It makes any Battle Damage from this attack zero and I get to draw a card"

Blair blinks seeing this "Not bad but I have one other Monster to attack you with, Arcana Knight Joker, attack Metaphus Horus! Arcana Knight Slash!"

Arcana Knight Joker came at Tatsuya's Synchro Monster swinging it's sword destroying it and causing damage to Tatsuya's Life Points: 600.

"This is one sweet Duel" Phineas told Erin whom actually agreed by nodding while gasping as this may look like Blair was going to win. Joey pumped up his hands "Oh yeah, great Move Blair! But he still has some Life Points left"

"This Duel is going right down to the wire" Ferb admitted.

"Great turn around Blair!" Yuya shouted to her.

The Raven haired girl waved to him cheerfully.

"Keep on fighting him Blair!" Yuzu shouted words of encouragement.

Blair looked at Tatsuya "You survived that round but it looks like I'll be the one turning this around soon!"

"You just got lucky with Fusion Angel" Tatsuya told her "That won't happen again. It's my move, I draw!"

He drew his card "Nice, I activate Spell Card: Horus Reborn!"

He then eyed her as a Spell Card was played and it seemed to be a Horus Black Flame Dragon being reborn "This card allows me to Special Summon any Horus Monster in exchange of sending a Horus Monster from my deck to the Graveyard, so I'll send Horus, the Black Flame Dragon Level 4 to the Graveyard in order to Special Summon back onto the field Metaphus Horus!"

Metaphus Horus appears on the field once more with a mighty roar. ATK: 2300

He then checked his hand "Next, I activate my own Spell Card: Polymerization!"

"You can fuse too?" Blair demanded?
"Shouldn't be surprised that I can" Tatsuya said to her "I have Fusions, Synchros, and XYZ Monsters! Now with Polymerization, I'll fuse Elemental Hero Woodsman, with Dash Warrior, both of whom are in my hand!"

Elemental Hero Woodsman and Dash Warrior appeared as images as Tatsuya began speaking out a chant "Warrior of furious winds appear out of the storm to blow away the competition! Fusion Summon...Level 8, Elemental Hero-Great Tornado!"

While he was chanting winds erupted in the Kaiba dome...They weren't normal winds they were in fact tornado force winds. This caused even Erin, and Yuzu to hold onto their skirts with Erin shouting "What's with these winds?"

"Good question!" Yuzu admitted to her "These winds are so powerful that it's hard for us girls to keep our skirts on, so no guy look!"

Tatsuya blushes hearing this come from Yuzu, he almost wanted to look maybe he'd see something from her but he didn't. Then when a literal tornado appeared on the dueling field it settled and Tatsuya's Fusion Monster had arrived looking like an Elemental Hero Monster. One that Jaden hadn't ever summoned before. Erin had recalled she knew all of Jaden's Elemental Hero Fusions he had so it shocked her to see what appeared to be some sort of new Elemental Hero Fusion Monster. Then she gasped seeing it's attack points. ATK: 2800

"This is it, Blair" Tatsuya told her "You may have good Monsters on your side of the field, but Elemental Hero Great Torando is going to see to it that your Monsters are out matched."

"All I see are three Monsters, one is your Metphus Horus, one is your new Fusion Monster both with ether twenty-three hundred attack points or twenty-eight hundred attack points. Plus your Horus, the Black Flame Dragon Level 8"

Tatsuya smirked speaking out "I switch my Horus, the Black Flame Dragon Level 8 into attack mode!"

"Makes no difference!" Blair shot at him.

Tatsuya smirked again "Says you, sure your Monsters are strong. However, my Elemental Hero Great Tornado has an effect none of your Monsters would want to face off against! You see whenever Elemental Hero Great Tornado is Fusion Summoned immediately when he hits the field, all of your Monsters that are presentably out on the field have their attack points halved!"

Blair checked the card in her hand which she was going to beat Tatsuya with then spoke as if she didn't have the card in her hand "Wait-what?"

Tatsuya nods "Watch and learn, Elemental Hero, the Great Tornado unleash Tornado Winds!"

Elemental Hero Great Tornado aimed it's hands then unleashed powerful Tornado like winds. Just as before Erin and Yuzu had to hold their skirts to keep them from blowing away "We so...Picked a bad Duel to sit and watch"

"You said it Yuzu" Erin muttered then she saw all of Blair's Monsters have their attack points halved.

3800-1900, 3100-1500

"Next" Tatsuya said "I activate my Equip Spell Card: United We Stand!"

Tatsuya then points to Horus, Black Flame Dragon Level 8 "And I'll equip it to my Horus, the Black Flame Dragon Level 8...This card gives my Monster eight hundred more attack points for each Monster on my side of the field and I count three!"

Erin nearly screams scared that Blair was about to get beaten down badly with this next attack. Even Yuya thought she was "YOU GOT THIS BLAIR RIGHT?" 3000-5400

"If she doesn't" Phineas muttered "Then she's finished this turn."

Erin watches and blinks seeing that Blair wasn't phased by this setback. Blair actually held back a smile thinking Impressive Tatsuya! You aren't that easy to beat. You gave it your all against me, but sadly for you, I got what I need to end this Duel in my victory. Attack me during your Battle Phase and it'll be your mistake.

"Battle!" Tatsuya announced "Horus, the Black Flame Dragon Level 8, attack Arcana Knight Joker! BLACK FLAMES!"

"BLAIR!" Erin shouted her best friend's name almost knowing Blair was going to be beaten.

Blair watches as Tatsuya's Monster breathed out black flames at her Fusion Monster. She then smiled "I'm afraid Tatsuya...That you are the one that lost"
"No way!" Tatsuya told her "My monster is stronger than your Fusion Monster."

"Not for long!" Blair said holding up her card and played it discarding the card to her Graveyard "From my hand, I activate the effect of HONEST!"

An image of Honest appeared behind Arcana Knight Joker as his angel feathers and light surrounded Blair's Monster.

"What gives?" Tatsuya and Kaiba asked as Kaiba hadn't encountered an Honest before ether.

Blair answered looking at Tatsuya "The effect of Honest is treated as a Quick-Effect when discarded from my Hand to the Graveyard during the Battle Phase. His effect only works for LIGHT attribute Monsters, when my opponent attacks a Light Attribute Monster my Monster gains your Monster's Attack Points."

"WHAT?" Tatsuya asked "No way! Then that means-"

Blair nodded as Arcana Knight Joker's attack points rose. 1900-7300

Blair smiles completing Tatsuya's statement "You lost!"

Everyone watches as Arcana Knight Joker withstood the blast and Blair announces "Alright, Arcana Knight Joker! Time to Counter attack! Arcana Knight Slash!"

Arcana Knight Joker leaps and slashes at Tatsuya's Ace Monster. The mighty sword of Blair's Fusion Monster slices Horus, the Black Flame Dragon Level 8 in half and then the Monster explodes destroyed and when the dust settled Tatsuya had been defeated.

Tatsuya's Life Points: 0

Blair's Life Points: 700

"She did it!" Erin said in disbelief.

Kaiba was in disbelief himself, he had taught Tatsuya so well. He didn't think Tatsuya would ever lose to anyone due to his teachings. In a way he was okay with the loss as there was room for him to teach Tatsuya more. After all a teacher was always there for his or her student. Still Kaiba should've seen something like Honest coming only he didn't. He had to give Blair props for the win. He stood up walking over to his student "You did well Tatsuya."

Tatsuya turned to him "I lost."

"Losses come" Kaiba told him "I've suffered from them-"

"Mostly from Yugi Muto!" Joey taunted.

Kaiba looked at Wheeler "At least I don't lose constantly Wheeler! Unlike you who can only beat lesser Duelist."

"Hey now!" Joey said forming a fist but Yuya and Yuzu held him back.

Blair walked to Erin whom was looking at her "You beat him Blair!"

"That I did Erin" Blair told her hugging Erin.

"You weren't scared at all?" Erin asked her.

"When you're Dueling you can't be scared" Blair said hugging Erin back.

Erin smiled as if her spirit had returned. Yuya wasn't too sure. He was already making plans to Duel Erin to make sure it had. For now he'd let Erin be with Blair whom was smiling that Erin was happy. The group head out back to Erin's house.

End of chapter

Short I know but this was supposed to be like in the anime when it was a two part Duel. Blair has beaten Tatsuya and now Erin has seemed to have her spirit back. Next chapter is Chapter 30: Duel of Happiness!In order to make sure Erin has her spirit back, Pegasus agrees to have Yuya duel her in her first ever Duel Test. What will happen when Fire and meets Yuya's deck?

Special Cards

Yeah, there are at least three cards that I need to tell you of so here we go

Horus Mirage

Type: Continuous Trap

Effect: Activate only when any "Horus, the Black Flame Dragon" of any level is face-up on the field is attacked. Special Summon One Horus, the Black Flame Dragon Token with the same Level, ATK and DEF as the one on the field in the same position. If your opponent continues to attack flip a coin, if heads the real Horus, the Black Flame Dragon is attacked, if Tails the Token is targeted. If the Token is destroyed instead Draw 1 card.

I know this differs from what Tatsuya did in the chapter but come on I tried to make it have the anime effect but this is what it's effect if it would be in actual real life.

Horus Reborn

Type: Spell

Effect: Discard one Horus, the Black Flame Dragon from your Deck, or Hand to the Graveyard, if you do Special Summon 1 "Horus" Monster from your Graveyard that was destroyed by Battle last turn ignoring Special Summoning conditions.

Fusion Angel

Type: Fairy/Effect

Attribute: LIGHT

Level: 2

ATK: 500, DEF: 500

Effect: This card is treated like Polymerization, by discarding this Card from your hand to the Graveyard, you preform a Fusion Summon using the correct Fusion Material Monsters to Fusion Summon that Monster.