Ruler of the Gentle Darkness (Chapter Six)
Disclaimer: I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh GX.
A few days after acquiring their first locator card the Ultimate Tournament here in Domino City had officially begun. Everywhere Jaden looked he saw duelists battling left and right. Turning to his one and only Jaden said "I guess this is where we part."
"Yeah" Alexis murmured.
"I'll see you in the finals… my love" he said tenderly to her.
Alexis smiled and cupped his face with both hands before giving him a kiss. Jaden practically melted into the kiss; he never thought being with someone would feel so wonderful. "I'll see you there my love" she responded in return before she turned and left, but not before giving him one last wink.
Jaden watched her go for a bit before sighing "Alright… time it duel." Looking around he sighed "But which one… oh well, follow the wind." Feeling the wind with his finger Jaden took off.
MEANWHILE
Unlike her hyperactive fiancé Alexis just walked on calmly looking for a duel; she saw many people dueling left and right with so many people cheering on. The city was so packed there was almost no place to walk; Alexis felt really sorry for those who had to go to work.
After turning a corner Alexis saw a duel that seemed to be winding down "Cyber Angel – Ebisu attack him directly" a female voice shouted. Alexis saw a monster fly in and strike a duelist hard in the chest sending him flying back and depleting his life points.
The one who dealt the final blow was a beautiful woman of about twenty-two with long black hair and dark blue eyes. She wore a revealing tube-top, tight daisy dukes and black boots. Despite her beauty she had an arrogant smirk on her face.
"I won little boy so hand it over" she said cruelly.
The one she defeated; a boy of about thirteen shakingly reached into his deck and extracted a card. Alexis recognized the card; it was one of the Cyber Angel Cards. "H-Here" he stammered.
She swiped the card from him and the locator card "Thanks for the card pipsqueak; it'll do much better in my deck."
Alexis frowned at her attitude and stepped up "Hey" she called to the woman. "You may have won, but it gives you no right to disrespect your opponent like that."
"Whatever drama queen" the woman said dismissively. "He had a Cyber Angel card and I wanted it so I got it. He didn't even have the skill to use it."
"So you're a Cyber user" Alexis inquired.
"Damn straight; the Cyber Angels are my favorite type" the woman said. "I've spent years collecting them all and now I've got all seven of them. My Cyber Angel Deck is unbeatable."
"Oh you think so" Alexis said with a smirk. She reached into her pocket and extracted her deck. Then she pulled out three card "I'm pretty sure you're missing three cards that go with the Cyber Angels."
"You're lying" the woman hissed at her.
"Take a look" Alexis said revealing three cards. The woman couldn't help, but gape openly. For in Alexis' hand were the mightiest of the Cyber Angel set. They were the rulers of the Cyber Angels.
Cyber God – Tsukuyomi
Cyber God– Amaterasu
Cyber God – Susano
"The Cyber God's" the woman breathed. Quickly she activated her duel disk "My name is Tonya and I hereby challenge you to a duel with the loser forking over their three rarest cards."
"Oh really now" Alexis said with a smirk coming to her face. "You know the only way to use the Cyber God's is to have all seven Cyber Angels. I've got a better offer; you win then you get the Cyber God's, my Locator Card and I'll throw in my White Knight Dragon."
Tonya looked very greedy "You got a deal; you win and you can take my locator card and four of my Cyber Angels." Alexis nodded and activated her own duel disk. "LET'S DUEL" they both shouted.
Alexis: 4000
Tonya: 4000
"I think I'll start" Alexis said drawing a card. Looking at her hand she smirked a bit "I summon my Etoile Cyber in attack mode." On the field came one of Alexis' favorite Cyber monsters (1200/1600). "After that I place one card facedown. You're move."
"Why thank you" Tonya smirked before drawing a card. Smirking broadly she said "I activate the spell card Advanced Ritual Art."
"Oh no" Alexis gasped.
"Oh yes" Tonya grinned. "With this card I can ritual summon one monster to the field and my choice is Cyber Angel – Idaten." On the field in a flash of light appeared a monster with light purple skin in a black skimpy outfit with a magenta headdress on her head (1600/2000). Seeing Alexis' look Tonya grinned "And to make everything better when Idaten is summoned to the field I get to take one spell card from my graveyard and add it to my hand. I only have one so you can guess what it is."
Alexis scowled "Yeah I'm pretty sure."
"Yep; Advanced Ritual Art" Tonya said. "And I think I'll activate it again." Alexis gasped "But this time I'm going to summon out Cyber Angel – Hotei." On the field a similar looking Cyber Angel appeared only with light skin, a blue headdress and wielding double swords (1500/2000). "And thanks to Cyber Angel – Hotei's effect she gets to attack twice this turn."
"Twice" Alexis said shocked.
"That's right; so now to deal with that Etoile Cyber" Tony smirked. "Cyber Angel – Idaten attack her Etoile Cyber with Cyber Spear."
"I don't think so; I activate the trap Doble Passe" Alexis said activating her trap card. Idaten's attack then struck her dead on making her give a small cry.
Tonya: 4000
Alexis: 2400
"What, why would you take a head on attack" Tonya demanded.
"Because of Doble Passe's effect" Alexis smirked. "My monster in return gets to attack you directly. Go Etoile Cyber." Etoile Cyber ran towards Tonya "And to make it worse; when she attacks directly her attack points increase by 600 (1200+600=1800/1600)."
"AH" Tonya shrieked as Etoile Cyber hit her dead on.
Alexis: 2400
Tonya: 2200
'She took damage just to get to me; damn, this girl is good' Tonya thought. "Nice shot, but you still can't do anything. Hotei attack her Etoile Cyber now; Cyber Slash attack." Hotei charged forward and slashed Etoile Cyber away.
Tonya: 2200
Alexis: 2100
"And don't forget Hotei gets to attack twice" Tonya smirked and Alexis was struck again nearly knocking her to the ground.
Tonya: 2200
Alexis: 600
"The torture isn't over yet; I play the spell card Cyber Meltdown; for each monster on my field with Cyber in its name you take 100 points of damage" Tonya said maliciously. Alexis gave a small shout as she lost more life points.
Tonya: 2200
Alexis: 400
"Make your move girlie; if you can" Tonya taunted her.
"I'll do more than that; my move" Alexis said drawing a card. 'The thing is can I? Her Cyber Angels are extremely powerful. It's only been one turn and she's almost completely wiped me out.' Looking at her hand Alexis picked one card "I activate Pot of Greed; now I get to draw two more cards from my deck." Drawing her two cards Alexis went a little wide eyed. 'This will come in handy.'
"What are you smirking about" Tonya called. "You lost your mind; realizing you can't beat me."
"Far from it; I've just found a way to turn the tables" she responded. "I summon Gagagigo" she said summoning out a bipedal armor wearing lizard monster (1850/1000).
"You plan on turning the tables with that thing" Tonya taunted. "I admit it's stronger than both my Cyber Angel's, but it won't matter."
"You misunderstand" Alexis said making Tonya frown. "This one is going to help me bring out a stronger one; I now activate the spell card Big Wave Small Wave. What this spell card does is it allows me to destroy all WATER attribute monsters on my field and in exchange I can summon a new one for the ones that were destroyed."
"A monster for a monster I take it" Tonya inquired.
"Oh yeah; so I sacrifice Gagagigo in order to summon White Knight Dragon" Alexis said. It suddenly got extremely cold as a massive dragon made of pure ice appeared on the field with a mighty roar (3000/2500).
"Ugh, the White Knight Dragon" Tonya shivered from the cold.
"Oh yeah and this beauty's about to unleash a blizzard on you; White Knight Dragon attack her Cyber Angel – Hotei with blistering blizzard." White Knight Dragon launched a large ray of ice from its mouth that struck Cyber Angel – Hotei and froze her solid before she exploded. Tonya shivered violently from the backlash.
Tonya: 700
Alexis: 400
"I activate my facedown card Cyber Retribution" Tonya called activating a card that showed a computer screen with an evil face on it. "This card activated when a monster with 'Cyber' in its name is destroyed. The monster that destroyed it is destroyed as well."
"I don't think so thanks to my Snow White Dragon's Brittle Obstruction" Alexis said. Snow White Dragon launched a small beam of ice and it hit the trap card freezing it solid before it dissolved away.
"What, your dragon wasn't destroyed" Tonya gaped.
"Exactly; that's because my Snow White Dragon allows me to choose which spell or trap card effects can work on it" Alexis said with a smirk as Tonya scowled. "I guess now I'll end my turn."
"That dragon of yours is strong, but not invincible" Tonya grunted drawing a card. "I activate the second effect of Cyber Angel – Hotei. When she's sent to the graveyard I can take one Ritual Spell card from my deck and add it to my hand." Reaching into her deck Tonya withdrew her ritual card and reshuffled her deck. "And now I'm going to activate that card; Machine Angel Ritual. With it I now sacrifice Cyber Angel – Idaten and summon out Cyber Angel – Jurojin." This Cyber Angel had a massive silver headdress with a large spear in her hands ready for battle (1700/1400).
"So what's this one do" Alexis asked.
"I'm glad you asked" Tonya smirked. "When Jurojin is summoned to the field I can summon up to two monsters with 'Cyber' in their name as long as they're level 4 or below. So I summon Cyber-Stein (700/500) and Cyber Falcon (1400/1200) in defense mode." The two monster's appeared on her field making her total monster force three.
"Not bad, but it won't save you for long" Alexis said.
"So you say; I end my turn" Tonya said.
"My move then" Alexis said drawing a card. "First I place two cards facedown and now Snow White Dragon attack her Cyber Angel – Jurojin." Snow White Dragon launched its attack and it hit Cyber Angel – Jurojin and completely destroyed it. Tonya shivered from the massive cold "And with that I'll end my turn."
"Don't be cocky" Tonya grunted drawing a card before chuckling sinisterly. "I now sacrifice both Cyber Falcon and Cyber-Stein." Both monsters vanished off the field "And now I'm going to summon a new monster; say hello to my Cybernetic Magician." She summoned out a magician dressed in cybernetic magician armor (2400/2000).
"That's a cool magician, but against my Snow White Dragon it won't last" Alexis smirked.
"You think so wouldn't you, but what if I activate his special ability" Tonya smirked in return making Alexis lose hers. "You see Cybernetic Magician has the ability to weaken monsters; all I have to do is discard one card."
"He what" Alexis gasped.
"You heard me" Tonya said discarding a card. "I just discard this one card and your precious Snow White Dragon's attack points decrease to 2000 for one whole turn." Snow White Dragon seemed to slouch as it got weaker (3000-1000=2000/2500). "And guess what; you only have 400 life points left so once I attack then you're finished."
"Oh no" Alexis gasped.
"Cybernetic Magician, attack with cyber magic attack" Tonya shouted. Cybernetic Magician launched a massive blast of silver magic at Snow White Dragon and it connected. "I win" Tonya shouted victoriously, but when the smoke vanished Alexis was still standing. "What; how is this possible. That attack should've wiped you out."
"Normally it would've" Alexis conceded. "But before the attack hit I activated this card." Tonya looked at the card and scowled.
"Emergency Previsions" she sneered.
"That's right, by sacrificing my other facedown card I gained 1000 life points just before your attack hit" Alexis said.
Alexis: 400+1000=1400-400=1000
Tonya: 700
"Lucky move; you won't be so lucky next time" Tonya sneered at her. "I place one card facedown and end my turn."
"We'll see" Alexis said. "It's my move now." Drawing a card she looked at her hand and smiled "And now the duel is over." Tonya narrowed her eyes "I summon to the field Cyber Gymnast" she said summoning a muscular female warrior in a mask (800/1800).
"You must really be losing it; that's nowhere near enough power to defeat my Cybernetic Magician" Tonya told her.
"I realize that, which is why I'm activating her special ability" Alexis said. "An ability that lets me destroy one monster on your field."
"No way" Tonya said shocked.
"Yes, so I'm going to discard this card and your Cybernetic Magician is sent to the scrapyard" Alexis said. Cyber Gymnast shot forward and punched Cybernetic Magician and destroyed him. "And the best part is that I can still attack and Cyber Gymnast has just enough attack points to wipe you out. Attack."
"Not so fast" Tonya shouted as Cyber Gymnast charged. "I activate my facedown card; Draining Shield."
"Not that card" Alexis scowled; she was so close.
"Yes and with Draining Shield my Life points will absorb that attack instead of taking the damage" Tonya said smugly.
Tonya: 700+800=1500
Alexis: 1000
Seeing as Alexis had no cards left in her hand she had no choice, but to end her turn "My turn's over."
"Then it's my move" Tonya said drawing a card. She smirked maliciously "Now this duel is over."
"Not until the last life point hit's zero" Alexis said confidently.
"Well with this card your downfall will begin; I pay 1000 life points" Tonya began as her life points dropped.
Alexis: 1000
Tonya: 500
"Now I can activate the spell card Ritual Foregone" Tonya said. "With this spell card I can summon a Ritual Monster from my hand directly to the field. And the monster I choose to summon is Cyber Angel – Ebisu" she said as a warrior lady with a white headdress on her head wielding a spear in all four of her arms appeared on the field (2400/2000).
"Big deal; since you summoned it with Ritual Foregone it can't attack this turn" Alexis said trying to be confident.
"That's true, but I don't need Ebisu here to win" Tonya said in an eerily calm tone. "I just need to do this. I activate Cyber Angel – Ebisu's special ability. By sacrificing half of my life points I can tribute her and summon out the most powerful Cyber Angel."
"You what" Alexis gaped.
Alexis: 1000
Tonya: 250
Cyber Angel – Ebisu began to crack with black energy seeping from her body before she exploded and out of the black light appeared a six armed woman with a black headdress, red robe with each of her six arms wielding a spear (3000/3000).
"Say hello to the one and only Cyber Angel – Mahakala" Tonya smirked.
Alexis had wide eyes; this was it. With only Cyber Gymnast on the field with 800 attack points and her with only 1000 life points left she was going to lose.
"Calm down girl" Tonya said smugly. "When Mahakala is summoned with Ebisu's effect she can't attack this turn." Alexis felt a little better. "But she can activate her special ability." Alexis felt nervous again "Her ability is that once per turn she can destroy a monster on your side of the field and you suffer damage equal to half of the destroyed monster's defense."
Cyber Angel – Mahakala put her six spears together and launched a red blast at Alexis's monster, which was enveloped by the blast. Alexis nearly fell to the ground from the sheer force of the attack.
Tonya: 250
Alexis: 100
Tonya was smiling, not a smug one, but a truly genuine smile. "It's been a long time since I've been forced to summon Mahakala. You're a great duelist girl; what's your name."
Regaining her breath she responded "Alexis; Alexis Rhodes."
"Alexis Rhodes eh… I'll be sure to remember that" Tonya said. "Now make your last move so I can end this."
Alexis looked down at her deck; she had no cards in her hand and no cards on the field. She would need an absolute miracle to win this. She needed the right card that would help her; secretly she knew only one monster could still win this for her, but she needed to right card to draw it.
'Jaden… give me strength' she thought picturing her fiancé's confident face in her head. Drawing her card Alexis looked at it "Just what I needed."
"You're bluffing; no card can save you anymore" Tonya said confidently.
"Well let's find out" Alexis said. "I activate Card of Demise. As you should know it lets me draw five new cards from my deck, but if I don't use them in five turns I lose them in five turns."
"This duel won't last five more turns" Tonya said as Alexis drew her five cards.
Looking at her hands Alexis smirked "You're right; it won't last five turns, because I'm ending it now. And my victory starts with this card; Machine Angel Ritual." Tonya cursed knowing what might be coming "To activate the Machine Angel Ritual I'm must offer a few of my monsters so I offer my White Knight Queen and my Decoy Dragon." Both monsters briefly appeared on the field before vanishing "And in return I can now summon out Cyber Angel – Dakini." Alexis' most powerful Cyber Angel appeared on the field ready to fight (2700/2400).
"You think you can win with that card" Tonya shouted. "Dakini may be powerful, but Mahakala is still stronger than Dakini."
"And you call yourself a master of the Cyber Angels" Alexis taunted. "Don't you remember; when Dakini is summoned the opponent must select a monster on their field and destroy it. You only have one monster so you have no choice."
Tonya gaped as her most powerful monster screamed before exploding in a shower of fire. Tonya gaped in shock "Just like that… my most powerful monster; it's gone."
"Yes and your life points are about to follow" Alexis said. "Cyber Angel – Dakini attack her life points directly with Cyber Barrage attack." Dakini charged forward with a battle cry and slashed through Tonya sending her flying to the ground.
Alexis: 100
Tonya: 0
"And that's game" Alexis said with wink. "And what an awesome game it was."
Tonya sat up still in a state of shock; she could count five times where she had Alexis, but this girl kept coming up miraculous draws and skillful countering. This girl was truly the master of the Cyber. With that Tonya stood up and let out a small sigh "Yeah it was fun" she admitted. She walked up to Alexis "As per our agreement you can take my locator card and four of my Cyber Angels."
Alexis smiled "Thank you." Taking the Locator Card Alexis also took Cyber Angels Hotei, Ebisu, Jurojin and Mahakala. "This was a fun duel; let's duel again sometime."
"Yeah; next time I'll beat you though" Tonya said with an impish grin before walking off with a wave.
Alexis looked at the cards she had won; finally her Cyber deck was completed. She had been looking for the four other Cyber Angel's for a long time and she never thought she'd get the opportunity to have them all.
Now she could finally use the Cyber God's that were given to her by her grandfather.
As Alexis walked down the street looking for her next duel she thought "I wonder how Jaden's doing."
SCENE CHANGE
"Evil HERO Malicious Edge destroy his Luster Dragon" Jaden shouted. His Evil HERO charged forward and sliced right through the Luster Dragon that was in front of him.
Jaden: 3500
Opponent: 0
"That's game" Jaden said doing his usual pose. "Sweet match bro."
"Yeah for you" the guy muttered so Jaden wouldn't hear him. Standing up he pulled out his locator card and his rarest card being the Super Conductor Tyranno (3300/1400).
"I'll just take the Locator Card" Jaden said taking the locator card, but leaving the rare card surprising the boy. "It's a good card, but I don't think it would work anywhere in my deck. Good luck in the future kid."
With that Jaden walked off into the distance "Wow six locator cards already" Jaden said looking at the six locator cards he won in the last three hours. "Well I'm in the finals now… but what am I going to do for the next week?" Looking around Jaden spotted one of his favorite burger joints from when he was a kid. Feeling his stomach growl he grinned "Well that answers that."
As Jaden sat there eating happily his mind wandered back to what Makko and Yubel had told him. Reaching into his deck box Jaden extracted The Wicked Eraser and stared at the card feeling the dark energy radiating from it.
He hadn't used it at all since he got it; for one he didn't need to use it and two… he was honestly a little nervous about using it. He had never felt a single card this powerful before; its dark energy dwarfed all of his Evil HERO cards combined.
But Jaden knew that very soon in the future… he would need to use this card especially since he knew the other two Wicked God's would be appear soon.
'I never used to believe in destiny' Jaden mused quietly to himself leaning on his hand. 'But with everything that's happened I guess maybe there is a destiny for everyone out there. Never thought mine would be as big as saving the world though.'
Sighing a bit Jaden looked out into the distance waiting for his fated battle.
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