Kai watched on in horror as Crest continued to laugh, the monster known as Number 21 standing in front of her. A young heroine-dressed girl was the one being referred to, holding a long sword, and having deep icy blue eyes and icy hair. The number 21 was marked on her forearm.
Crest laughed, "Now, I attack your One-Eyed Skill Gainer with Number 21: Frozen Lady Justice!" The "Number" monster flew forward. "But your monster has less ATK points!" cried Kai in amazement. "Not so, because Lady Justice's special ability activates. It gains 1000 ATK for each overlay unit attached to it."
Number 21: Frozen Lady Justice ATK (500 - 2500)
"And since it's a WATER monster, it gains Lemuria's bonus as well!"
Number 21: Frozen Lady Justice ATK (2500 - 2700)
"Not so fast, I activate my trap card, Draining Shield. This card negates your attack, and then I gain life points equal to it's ATK." yelled Kai, as the face down card flipped up. "No, I activate my trap, Dark Bribe! By letting you draw a card, this card negates your Trap and destroys it altogether." Crest's trap flipped up, and shot a beam of light at "Draining Shield", which then shattered. Kai grudgingly drew a card. It was "Amarylease". "Now continue your attack, Number 21!" yelled Crest.
The monster flew forward and slashed through One-Eyed Skill Gainer, who promptly shattered into motes of dust. Kai cried out as he flew backwards.
Kai LP (3000 - 2800)
"Now I play my trap card, 'Water's Return". Since I dealt damage to you via a WATER monster's attack, I can deal you damage equal to half it's ATK points." Number 21 began to glow with a bright blue aura, before it thickened and a beam of blue energy extended toward Kai. Kai cried out as the beam struck him.
Kai Lp (2800 - 1450)
"Now I end my turn!" yelled Crest. Kai tried to get up, but was unable. Then a glow shone from his Deck-box. Opening it, Kai found two new XYZ monsters, both of which that he had never seen before. One was Number 87 - Queen of the Night. The other was a card which everyone knew. It was Number 9 - Dyson Sphere. As soon as he picked up the cards, a bright glow shone from his right. His pendant began to shake, and suddenly, a floating woman was next to him. She was, strangely, dressed very skimpily. Large tits were barely encased in a blouse, which still showed a huge amount of cleavage. A skirt clothed her mid-section, and fell to her knee. Her hair flowed back in a blonde glossy wave. On her arm, the number 87 was engraved. As Kai looked at her, he noticed that she looked very similar to the picture on Number 87's card. "I am Juliana, and I am the spirit of Number 87." she said.
Kai looked on in amazement. "Go on, do your turn" she said. Kai shook his head, and drew his card. It was Pot of Greed. "I play the spell card Pot of Greed." yelled Kai as he drew two more cards. They consisted of Pot of Greed and Discard Draw. "I play a second Pot of Greed." Kai called as he drew two more cards. In them were 'Monster Reborn' and 'Pot of Greed'. "Geez, why so many. I play a third Pot of Greed." In it were 'Talaya, Princess of Cherry Blossoms' and 'Copy Summon'. "Play Discard Draw", said Juliana. Kai complied, "I play the spell card, Discard Draw! By discarding a card in my hand, I can draw a card."
Kai sent Amarylease to the Graveyard, and drew. "Draw all the cards you want, it won't change a thing!" snarled Crest. "Not so. I banish Amarylease to activate it's special ability. This turn, I can Summon a Monster with one less tribute."
"That makes no sense at all, you have no monsters what so ever!" yelled Crest, a smirk all over her face. "That's soon going to change. I play Monster Reborn, and bring back Luster Dragon!" The shimmering Dragon flew back onto the field with a loud roar. "Now, I tribute Luster Dragon, and using Amarylease's effect, I Tribute Summon Talaya, the Princess of Cherry Blossoms(2800/1200)!" A pink cherry blossom bud grew up from the ground onto the field. The petals peeled back, layer by layer, revealed a Japanese woman's torso intergrated into the center. "Now I play the spell card Copy Summon! Now I can target a monster on my field, and then Special Summon any other copies of the monster with the same name from my Deck! From my deck, I summon 2 more 'Talaya, the Princess of Cherry Blossoms.'" Two more cherry blossom bud grew up onto the field, and then bloomed into the pretty Japanese lady/plant hybrid.
"I now overlay my 3 level 8 monsters. With these three monsters, I build the overlay network. XYZ Summon!" The swirling galaxy portal opened and swallowed the balls of light. Then it exploded outward in a ball of colorful light. "Come on down, Number 87!" (The screen turns black, and the number '87' traced itself in red on the screen) "Queen of the Night(3200/2800)!" Another flower bulb grows out of the ground. It is that of a lily, and then blooms open. A woman's torso is fused into it's center, and it looks a lot like Juliana. The number 87 is on her stomach, and a black flower adorns her hairband. Brownish-red hair falls to her shoulder, and she is dressed in a black blouse. "Well done Kai", said Juliana.
"Now I activate it's ability. By detaching an overlay unit, I can target a monster on the field, and it gains 300 ATK. I'll give that bonus to Number 87 herself." A blue overlay unit flies out and hits her hairband, which begins to glow blue.
Number 87: Queen of the Night ATK (3200 - 3500)
"Now go, Queen of the Night, Attack Phantom Fortress Enterblathnir!" yelled Kai. The plant/lady hybrid began to glow, and a ball of energy formed in it's hands. "Go, Petal Stream!" yelled Kai, as a beam of light shot from the ball of energy toward the flying sky fortress. At first, nothing happened, but then explosions began to shake the fortress. Small ones at first, but they quickly spread, until the entire thing exploded. Crest shielded herself as pieces of it hit her D-Pad.
Crest LP (8000 - 7400)
"Now I end my turn!" called Kai. "It's my turn, I draw!" yelled Crest, now having a slightly annoyed tone in her voice. "I set a card face-down and end my turn." Kai drew. "First, I play my trap card, Just Desserts! This card deals you 500 points of damage for each monster on your field." Each monster on Crest's field began to glow with a foggy red aura, which then lanced toward Crest in three different beams of energy, pushing her backward.
Crest LP (7400 - 5900)
"Now I play another trap, Repetitive Force! When one of my cards deals you Effect Damage, this card deals the same amount to you again only doubled, and then I get to draw a card! Then I return a card in my Graveyard to the top of my deck." Kai's trap flipped up, and a white beam of energy shot out of it, sending Crest flying backward. Then Kai grabbed the top card off his deck. Then he pulled Pot of Greed out of his Graveyard and slipped it on top of his deck.
Crest LP (5900 - 2900)
"Now I play the card I just drew - Blustering Winds! Now Number 87: Queen of the Night gains 1000 ATK until my next Standby Phase." A fierce wind began to blow, and Queen of the Night began to glow with a green aura.
Number 87: Queen of the Night ATK (3200 - 4200)
"Then I activate it's special ability. I detach an overlay unit to give a monster on my field 300 ATK. I give that bonus to Number 87 herself again." said Kai. Juliana nodded as a blue orb flew into Number 87's hairband once more, and it's ATK points rose.
Number 87: Queen of the Night ATK (4200 - 4500)
"Now go, Attack Photon Strike Bounzer! Petal Stream!" The Queen of the Night swiftly shot a beam of energy at the metallic robot, which exploded into yellow fragments. Crest flew backwards from the explosion as her Life Points decreased.
Crest LP (2900 - 1100)
"Now I set a card face-down and end my turn.", said Kai with a satisfied smirk. Number 87's ATK points returned to normal, with the bonus from Blustering Winds still being applied. Crest growled, and the dark aura began to shimmer around her again. "I draw!" she yelled, pulling the top card off her deck with a growl. "I play the equip spell, Steel Shell, and equip it to Frozen Lady Justice. Now she gains 400 ATK points at the price of losing 200 DEF points. " A steel turtle-like shell appeared in the air, which then locked onto Number 21's back. Immediately, she began to glow with a bright blue aura.
Number 21: Frozen Lady Justice ATK (2700 - 3100)/DEF (500 - 100)
Kai looked on in horror. At least his Number 87 had 4300 ATK points, or else he would have been teetering on his luck. "Now I activate the spell card, Water's Revenge! When my Life Points are lower than 2000, I can choose a monster on your field, and it loses 1500 ATK points. I choose your Number 87!" A stream of dark energy burst from Crest's spell, and hit Number 87. A dark aura began to float around it.
Number 87: Queen of the Night ATK (4300 - 2800)
Kai let out a gasp. "Kai, activate your trap!" cried Juliana. Kai nodded, "I activate the trap Bye-Bye damage. Now my monster's destruction is negated, and you take the same damage as me only doubled." Kai's trap flipped up, and Number 87 began to glow blue. Then the card shot a stream of energy both ways.
Crest LP (1100 - 400)
Kai LP (1450 - 1050)
"Oh, you'll regret that. I play my counter trap card, Danger's Redemption. By sending a card in my hand to the Graveyard, I can deal you the same amount of Effect Damage I took from your card. However, it does let you draw a card. " Crest slipped a card into the Graveyard slot, and her trap blasted Kai, sending his skidding on his back.
Kai LP (1050 - 250)
Kai stood up and brushing himself off. "I then play my second trap - Explosive Urchin. Since you activated a trap card, I can play this card. It'll deal you 1000 points of damage to you during my next Standby Phase, and I'll win!" Kai blanched.
Kai looked at Number 21 which stood on Crest's field, and her activated "Explosive Urchin". He would lose if he didn't end this within the next turn. He drew his card. In his hand, there was Gagaga Magician and King Uprising. If he drew the right card, he could win. "I draw!" he yelled. It was Big Whale. "Yes!", cried Kai,"With this card, my victory is assured. First, I play Pot of Greed. I can draw two cards." Kai drew. "Now, since you have an XYZ monster on the field, I can special summon this card. Come on Starship Spy Plane(1100/500). Then I summon Gagaga Magician (1500/1000) in my hand. Now, I play the spell card Level Lifter. I discard Big Whale to raise both my monsters levels to 9. I overlay the level 9 Gagaga Magician and Starship Spy Plane. With these two monsters, I build the overlay network." The swirling galaxy swallowed the glowing energy balls, and then exploded. "Now, come on down, Number 9! Dyson Sphere!(2800/3000)!"
For some reason, nothing appeared. Then a shadow fell across the field. As Crest looked up, she saw a huge satellite move across the sky. Five solar panels jutted from a central core, where the number "09" could be seen clearly. Yellow overlay units orbited the massive station.
"Now I play the spell card King Uprising. Since I have two XYZ monsters on my field, I can draw 2 cards." Kai pulled the cards off his deck. "Yes. Now go, Number 87. Attack Number 21!"
Crest's eyes widened. "What, my monster has more ATK points!"
"Now I use my Quick-Play spell Negation Deflection. All effects which raise or deplete a monster's ATK points are negated. The glow which surrounded both Number 87 and Number 21 stopped.
Number 87: Queen of the Night ATK (2800 - 3200)
Number 21: Frozen Lady Justice ATK (3100 - 2700)
"Now go Number 87, Attack Number 21 with Petal Stream!" A glowing yellow and green ball of energy spun into view between Number 87's hands, before it emitted a bright stream of energy. It hit Number 21, and it exploded into yellow particles. Crest flew backwards.
Crest LP (400 - 0)
The green virtual reality faded, and Kai deactivated his duel disk. He hadn't even needed to attack with Dyson Sphere. Quickly running over to Crest, Kai snatched the Number 21 card off her Duel Disk and slipped it into his Extra Deck. Crest blinked her eyes open. "Where am I?" she asked in a confused voice. "We dueled, and I won", said Kai. Crest smiled, and pulled out Mermail Abyssgaios and handed it to Kai. "Thank you. Let's duel again sometime." Crest smiled and walked away. Kai turned to Jason, who had been watching the duel speechless. "Here you go", said Kai, tossing him the card before walking away. "Thanks!" yelled Jason, and Kai raised his hand in recognition before heading home.
Juliana had watched this entire duel in silence. Kai was a skilled duelist, and Juliana had not needed to give him much advice. Perhaps later though. After all, she was here to complete her mission. It had been 100 years since she had been first absorbed by Astral as the Number card, and since then he and her had developed a father-daughter relationship. But he had been unable to come due to unbalances in the Chaos in Astral World. "I wonder what is going to happen here", she wondered aloud within her card.
Copy Summon
Normal Spell Card
(image - Gagaga Magician blurring as if running)
Target a monster which was Normal Summoned this turn: Special Summon any other copies of that card from your deck with their effects negated.
King Uprising
Normal Spell Card
(image - Hand reaching out for a crown)
Draw a card from each XYZ monster on the field
Water's Return
Normal Trap Card
(image - water rising up like a fist)
Activate only if a Water monster inflicted battle damage to your opponent. Inflict damage to your opponent equal to the attacking monster.
Repetitive Force
Counter Trap Card
(image - a boxer pulling an uppercut)
If you have deal Effect damage to your opponent this turn: inflict the same amount of damage to your opponent only doubled.
Water's Revenge
Normal Trap Card
(image - tsunami racing toward a boat which is leaking oil)
If your Life Points are lower than 2000, target a monster on your opponent's field. It loses 1500 ATK points until your 2nd End Phase after activation.