Yeah, this duel was not intended to be as massive as it is. It was supposed to be a simple tag-team duel, two versus two. As issues with where characters are and how they're doing kept coming in, it just got more and more complicated. Amy's still here, so she's going to fight. Rebecca's here, she's supposed to fight. Originally, it was supposed to be Stupor and Amy versus Zombie and Lighty. I kinda force myself into including Rebecca, which meant I had to bring Marron back in for a rematch. Or rather, I just figured "I got five duelists in here? Why the hell not add one more and make it even?" So here you go. The biggest duel monsters melee of the story right here, appropriately named Chapter 8: War!
Chapter 8: War
By: Agent Baron
"Here's how this duel's gonna work," explained Lighty. "Each team is going to alternate, with one member going, then a member from the opposite team, then the other team, and so on and so forth. We'll keep rotating just like that! And no one can attack with a monster until their second turn, got it?"
Each duelist drew five cards and Zombie took his turn first.
"I'll set one M/T and one monster! That ends my turn," he declared.
"The good thing is that we know what kind of strategy we can expect from these guys based on their names alone," Von Stupor told Rebecca, who stood next to him with Amy to her right. Rebecca nodded in acknowledgment. "If Weevil Underwood uses insects, Rex Raptor uses dinosaurs, Mako Tsunami uses WATER-type monsters and Weakass McCass used weak monsters, I can safely gather that Zombie McZombiefeister must use zombies or DARK-type monsters where his yang, Lighty von Light-Light, would use LIGHT-type monsters."
"Excuse me?" Zombie cut in. "Did I just hear you assume that I use zombies or DARK-type monsters?"
"Er…" Von Stupor shrank back.
"Where do you get off trying to assume what kind of deck I use based on my name? Do you have any idea how stupid that concept is? I'll have you know that my deck is a mix of warriors and spell casters. I don't mind you knowing because I don't intend to lose."
"Boy is my face red…"
"Yeah, it should be. If my name was Transgender McUsed-To-Be-A-Man, would you think I was a woman at some point in my life?"
"Uh… I… don't know…"
"Try to use your head a little, stupid. Or if you were, try not using it anymore, it's obviously defective."
Von Stupor was silent from embarrassment.
"Sorry about Zombie," Lighty commented. "It's become a peeve of his when someone assumes what deck he uses based on his name. Trust me, he gets it a lot."
"I… apologize? I'm sorry," Von Stupor tried his hardest to apologize.
"Humph," Zombie grunted. "Let's duel."
"I… will start by playing 'Tremendous Fire'! This card inflicts 500 points of damage to my entire team's Life Points and 1000 to yours! After that, I will play 'Final Flame', which will inflict 600 points of direct damage to the enemy team!"
A fire suddenly began to rage all about, damaging all players accordingly.
"Out of curiosity, Lighty, what type of deck do you have?" Rebecca asked him.
"What else? I use a LIGHT-type themed deck. Can't you tell?" Lighty answered.
Von Stupor's entire team was silent as they glanced at each other briefly.
"Oh hey, it's my turn," Lighty said. "I'll start by playing 'Pot of Greed', which allows me to draw two cards. Next, I'll set two M/T and summon the Shining Angel!"
From the sky descended an angel to Lighty's field, ready for battle.
"I draw!" Rebecca announced. "Since my opponent controls one monster, I can special summon the Cyber Dragon to the field without tributes! Next, I'll return him to my hand to play 'A Wingbeat of Giant Dragon'! This card will destroy all M/T cards on the field!"
"Wait!" Von Stupor announced. "I will chain onto that move my trap card, 'Hidden Book of Spell'! This card will allow me to take two normal magic cards from my graveyard and shuffle them into my deck!"
"And now finally I'll summon the Luster Dragon, and in accordance to my Cyber Dragon's effect, I can special summon it again without tribute!" Rebecca finished.
Rebecca's field now rumbled with the growls of two very large dragons, one of them mechanical.
"I draw," Marron stated. "I will play 'Pot of Greed to draw two cards. Now I shall set two M/T cards and set one monster."
"I will play the Field Magic Card, 'A Legendary Ocean'!" Amy declared.
Again, an ocean surpassed itself across the entire playing field, only as high as everyone's ankles.
"I'll next summon the 7 Colored Fish and end my turn!" Amy finished.
"Here we go," said Zombie. "Here's where we start attacking, and you start losing. I'll play 'Graceful Charity', which allows me to draw three cards, as long as I discard two from my hand. I'll set one monster and end my turn."
"I will set one monster and end my turn," Von Stupor stated.
"Not the aggressive type I expected you to be. Different strategy now?" Lighty asked him.
"How can you be so calm when you're placing people's very lives at stake, including your own?"
"Practice, ha ha. I set one M/T and one monster, I'll shift Shining Angel to defense mode and end my turn."
"I draw!" Rebecca declared. "I'll play 'Stamping Destruction'! This card destroys one set M/T and inflicts 500 Life Points of damage to the controller of that card as long as I have a dragon-type monster on the field, and I choose Marron's set M/T!"
Rebecca's Luster Dragon then flew over to Marron's field, but just before the dragon destroyed it, Marron activated it.
"I have activated 'Scapegoat'. This quick-play magic card allows me to special summon four Sheep Tokens to the field, except I cannot offer them as tributes."
"You still take the damage, Marron! My card still resolves before yours is sent to the graveyard! And next, I'll sacrifice my Cyber Dragon and Luster Dragon to tribute summon one of my strongest monsters, Guardian Angel Joan!"
The sky then lit up as a magnificent angel descended from the heavens. She had short, red hair, and wings that while outstretched were as wide as Rebecca's entire field. She wore a beautiful, flowing white gown and golden ribbon that seemed to be held up by her aura alone. It looked straight at Marron and pointed at his monster.
"Guardian Angel Joan, attack Marron's set monster with your Holy Sword Strike!"
Joan soared to Marron's field and stabbed her sword clean through the card, revealing it to be a set Mad Dog of Darkness. It was easily destroyed.
That card again… Amy thought.
"Because of Joan's special effect," Rebecca continued. "whenever I destroy a monster and send it to the graveyard with her, I gain Life Points equal to the destroyed monster's attack! That means mine increase to 9400!"
"My turn…" Marron spoke, eternally indifferent. "I will set one M/T card and one monster. End turn."
"Not doing so hot, Marron. You know it's really not a good idea to return to Dartz empty-handed…" Lighty said to him.
"No, I will not return empty-handed."
"I draw," Amy said aloud. "I will summon Star Boy who increases the attack of all WATER-type monsters on my side of the field by 500, and activate my trap card, 'Xing Zhen Hu'. This card allows me to select two M/T cards on the field, and for as long as this card remains, those two cards cannot be activated, and I will choose Marron's only two M/T cards for this effect."
Marron's two M/T cards were sucked into a pot as a box with strange markings attached itself to the top by rope, sealing the M/T cards for as long as it exists.
"They appear to be teaming against me," Marron observed.
"Maybe if you would pull out a decent monster, they wouldn't," Zombie snapped back. "I will set one M/T and summon Chiron the Mage! Next, I'll flip summon a very special monster called the Mystic Swordsman!"
"Be careful, Von Stupor!" Rebecca warned him as Zombie's two monsters materialized onto his field. "That Mystic Swordsman may not look like much right now, but don't let it get too powerful! It can destroy face-down monsters instantly without activating their effect!"
"…Damn it all," Von Stupor muttered as Zombie's Mystic Swordsman slashed his face-down Yomi Ship. "Had its effect activated, it would have destroyed the monster that destroyed it…"
"Hah…" Zombie chuckled. "Next I'll use Chiron the Mage to attack your other face-down monster!"
Chiron, the centaur, swam over to Von Stupor's set monster and it was revealed to be a Trap Master. It quickly threw a bomb into the air, which missed Chiron prior to Chiron clobbering it with its wand.
"You have destroyed my Trap Master! Now I gain the pleasure of destroying one trap card on the field, and I choose yours!"
"No problem, it was just my 'Trap Jammer' anyway. What matters to me is that since it's now my end phase, and I've destroyed a monster on the field with my Mystic Swordsman, he now becomes stronger… he evolves from Mystic Swordsman at level 4 into Mystic Swordsman, at level 6!"
"Gah! Well… I can still match you blow for blow, this once… I play 'Monster Reborn', to revive Rebecca's Cyber Dragon on my field! I will use it to attack your Chiron the Mage!"
The Cyber Dragon materialized onto the field and proceeded to bite down on Chiron's human half, severing it from its horse half as it faded away. Zombie's Life Points dropped to 6100.
"I'll set 2 M/T and end my turn," Von Stupor finished.
"I draw!" said Lighty, looking irritated. "I pass."
"My turn! Draw!"Rebecca announced with determination flaring in her eyes. "I'll play 'Pot of Greed' to draw two more cards… then I'll play 'Graceful Charity' to draw three cards at the cost of discarding two from my hand." Smiling, she continued. "I'll play Monster Reborn to return my Luster Dragon to the field, which will allow me to play the magic card 'Adamantine Soul Revival'! By sacrificing a dragon monster that was just special summoned, I can now special summon the mighty Diamond Head Dragon! This monster's attack becomes the same as the attack of the monster used to summon it plus 1000 points, bringing mine to a grand total of 2900 attack!"
As Rebecca's Luster Dragon faded away, a horrid roar was heard as a mighty green diamond-coated dragon appeared and stared down the enemy menacingly. Both Lighty and Zombie appeared to be very frustrated.
"On my next turn, I'm going to kick some Doma butt!" Rebecca taunted.
"Come on Marron, we have to pull this through!" Zombie said to him.
"I draw and end my turn," said the robot. Zombie and Lighty's expressions sank.
"And now for me!" said Amy, drawing her next card. "I will sacrifice my 7 Colored Fish to tribute summon Mobius the Frost Monarch!"
As the 7 Colored Fish disappeared, a frozen block of ice appeared on the surface of the water as a massive knight materialized on top of it. The knight created a chair of ice on the ice block and sat down in it, observing the field.
"Star Boy, attack the Shining Angel!"
The ugly, one-eyed starfish launched itself at the Shining Angel and bit its head off while it was gaping at the Diamond Head Dragon.
"Destroying my Shining Angel as a result of battle gives me the opportunity to immediately special summon a LIGHT-type monster from my deck with an attack of 1500 or less, and I will choose Mudora!"
As soon as the Shining Angel was destroyed, a massive Egyptian warrior came forth, wearing a mask on his head that resembled that of a pharaoh.
"Mobius!" Amy called. "Attack Lighty's Mudora with Frost Spear attack!"
Mobius created a spear from the frost about him and launched it straight for the Mudora. It impaled the Mudora swiftly, felling it and sending Lighty's Life Points to 5000.
"How is it possible that not one of us has gotten that card yet?" Lighty wondered aloud.
"You are a fool to rely on one card so much to win a duel!" Von Stupor replied.
"Excuse me? It's going to take you a lot more than just a card to get yourself out of the predicament you're in!"
"I draw!" called Zombie. "I order my Mystic Swordsman to attack the Cyber Dragon with your Dancing Blade attack!"
The Mystic Swordsman jumped over to the mechanical behemoth, and as the Cyber Dragon attempted to lunge, the Mystic Swordsman instead jumped up and planted a sword stab right into the creature's head, sending Von Stupor's Life Points to 7300.
"Try to come back from that, Mister Stupor," Zombie antagonized.
"I'll set one monster and end my turn…" Von Stupor said, knowing full well that he would be hearing from the Mystic Swordsman by next turn.
"My turn!" called Lighty. "I play 'Graceful Charity', in order to draw three and discard two. And next, Rebecca, I have a difficult choice for you to make. You see, you have Diamond Head Dragon on the field as well as Guardian Angel Joan… so I'm going to play 'Creature Swap' and let you decide which one you want to give me."
"Wh-what?" Rebecca sputtered.
"That's right. I only have one monster on my side of the field, and trust me; it won't do you very much good. So what's it going to be? Your more powerful monster? Or maybe your most tactfully advantageous monster? Power or strategy? You're gonna have to decide…"
What will I do…? she wondered to herself in panic.