Ruler of the Gentle Darkness (Chapter Eleven)
Disclaimer: I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh GX.
With the duel between Marco and Aster over so was the dueling for today and the first match of the Finals of the Ultimate Tournament. Sixteen strong duelists came to compete and now only eight are left; the next day Kaiba informed them they would arrive on Kaiba Corp's. Private Dueling Island where the Quarterfinals, Semifinals and finals would be held. After that the winner would get the chance to duel Joey, Kaiba and Yugi and the duels would be broadcasted live.
Until then everyone was in their own private rooms trying to come to terms with what had happened. Jaden lied in his bed with Alexis huddled in his arms; Alexis looked up at Jaden and just by seeing his eyes she knew he was under so much stress.
Sitting up she said "Jaden, sit up for a moment" she said. Jaden looked at her confused, but did as she said. With that Alexis gut up and sat behind him "Okay, lay back down." Jaden did and felt his head rest upon soft skin. It was Alexis's legs.
Alexis smiled and began to softly stroke his scalp, hair and forehead. Jaden closed his eyes feeling her smooth fingers running through his hair. This was one of those moments where Jaden could just focus on Alexis and nothing else.
"You're so stressed" Alexis whispered quietly still stroking his scalp.
"I can't help it" Jaden whispered back. "These guys are unlike anything we've ever faced before and we've lost two of our friends to them."
"We can get them back; we just have to win" Alexis told him. "You've done it so many times in the past… and you'll do it again Jaden. Because I believe in you."
Jaden didn't say anything for a moment before he sat up, turned around and kissed Alexis hard. She gasped slightly at his rough kiss before melting into it and giving tiny moans as he pushed her down onto the bed and continued kissing her roughly.
After a moment Jaden pulled away leaving his fiancé a cute blushing mess "When this is all over I'm going to give you the wedding you've always dreamed of, then we'll build that house near the beach and raise a family there."
Alexis smiled at him with her eyes shining "Yes, I can't wait" she said. Jaden smiled and kissed her once more. That night Jaden was finally able to sleep peacefully nestled together with his one true love.
NEXT MORNING
Kaiba Island was as glorious as everything else Kaiba Corp had owned. It was an extravagant island resort with a beautiful beach and a large hotel up a hill that had a staircase and escalator that led from the beach to the hotel.
When everyone filed off of the ship Kaiba turned to everyone "The quarterfinals of the tournament will commence in two hours. In the meantime everyone head up to the hotel and check in, but be out at the dueling arena in the back in two hours. Mokuba, if you will."
"Got it Seto" Mokuba said. Mokuba Kaiba had definitely grown up from the little boy he used to be as he stood at a goo 5'10 with his long black hair tied in a small ponytail. He had already come to Kaiba Island a fay before the finals began to get everything set up and wait for everyone else to show up. He had already greeted Rebecca and was ecstatic when he found out she had won her first duel, but his happiness had diminished when he heard of the situation.
Either way he had a job to do "Duelists if you'll follow me" he called. Everyone followed Mokuba to the stairs and began riding up looking at the surrounding forest.
"Man Kaiba Corp. can afford anything can't they" Jaden whispered to Jesse.
"Just about anything" Jesse responded back. "I mean we're on a private island; you don't get much richer than that."
"True" Jaden conceded.
Once they got to the top they stared amazed at the massive hotel that was probably beyond five star. A fountain of the Blue Eyes White Dragon was out in the front along with a perfect walkway and patches of grass. The hotel was easily about 50 stories high with all of them looking to be presidential suite in status.
"This is the Kaiba Hotel" Mokuba told them. "Once you check in a key will be handed to you and that will be your room for the duration of your stay on Kaiba Island. You have two hours to get accustomed and set in for your room, afterwards, you will meet out back for the quarterfinals."
He received various confirmations from the duelists and so he released them to go check in.
SCENE CHANGE
Jaden and Alexis shared a room together even though it wasn't really allowed since they were both competitors, but once hearing they were engaged Kaiba allowed it. Their room was on the 20th floor and it gave them a perfect view of the island's beaches.
"It's beautiful" Alexis said staring out at the sparkling ocean.
Jaden smiled standing next to her. "But it's nowhere near as beautiful as you" he said kissing her softly.
Bushing she giggled "That was so cheesy."
"But sweet right" he asked.
"Definitely" she smiled before kissing him again. Pulling back after a minute Alexis rested on Jaden's shoulder "I want to spend our honeymoon at a place like this; away from dueling. Just to relax in a peaceful place with nothing, but a beach and endless ocean to relax on."
Jaden smiled and increased his grip on her "That would be lovely" he responded. A knock on the door got their attention; Alexis went over and answered the door revealing Jesse.
"Hey guys, sorry to interrupt, but there's a feast going on in the lobby" Jesse said. "You best get there before it's all gone."
"Okay we'll be right down" Alexis said closing the door. "Jaden" she called.
"I heard; I actually have to use the bathroom so I'll just meet you downstairs" Jaden said.
"Okay, just hurry before Syrus and Jesse eat everything" Alexis said.
"I'm more worried about Shirley eating everything" Jaden said making Alexis laugh as she left. Once the door shut Jaden hastily pulled out his laptop and opened it. Powering it on Jaden quickly began typing away on the internet before finding what he was looking for a few minutes later.
'Reservations for Atlantis Paradise Hotel – 7 day stay'
CONFIRM
Jaden clicked on confirm button and smiled before closing his laptop; after the quarterfinals he would surprise the hell out of Alexis with what he just planned. With that he ran downstairs to get something to eat before the dueling began.
Spending time mingling with each other and eating extravagant food before they knew it two hours had passed. "All remaining duelists come outside to the back" Kaiba's voice announced over the intercom. And so they did; all of the duelists went outside as did the others, but they stood off to the side while Kaiba addressed the eight remaining duelists.
"You eight who have made it to the quarterfinals will now be dueling one another again for a spot in the semi-finals" Kaiba told them. "Like the last round the names will be chosen completely at random and you will both stick with the Deck Master you had in the previous rounds as well. Any questions?" No one said a word "Good; then the Quarterfinals will now begin."
The screen was brought out and it began to shuffle through the names; everyone stared waiting with breaths held on who would be chosen to duel. Finally the screen stopped on two names.
Rebecca Kaiba vs. Serenity Taylor
The MC took his place "The duelists chosen for the first quarterfinal match; Rebecca Kaiba and Serenity Taylor. Duelists take your spots." Both duelists walked up and took their spots in a massive dueling arena, which was right outside the back of the hotel.
Both duelists then brought their Deck Master's out; Rebecca's Guardian Angel Joan and Serenity's Goddess with the Third Eye.
"Duelists; begin" the MC called stepping back.
"I didn't think I'd get to face you this early Serenity" Rebecca said with a smirk. "I'm not gonna make it easy though."
"I wouldn't expect you to" Serenity responded back.
"In that case I'll go first" Rebecca said drawing a card. "I activate Graceful Charity; so I draw three cards from my hand as long as I discard two." She drew her three cards and discarded two of her cards. Looking at her hand she made her move "I summon Fire Princess in attack mode." Her Fire Princess appeared on the field waiting for orders (1300/1500). "And then I place one card facedown, your move Serenity."
Serenity drew a card "I summon Asura Priest." On the field a Buddha looking monster with six arms appeared (1700/1200). "Next I activate the spell card Spring of Rebirth. Now every time a monster returns to my hand I gain 500 life points."
Rebecca was surprised "I didn't know you had the spirit monsters."
"They've been in my deck for a long time" Serenity told her. "Now I activate Goddess with the Third Eye's Deck Master Ability; go Fusion Vision."
"Oh no" Rebecca said nervously.
"I discard one spell card from my hand" she said discarding Monster Reincarnation. "And in return I get to fuse together monsters in my hand. I fuse together Queen's Double and Hibikime in order to summon Empress Judge." Both monsters appeared briefly on the field before fusing together to form a red haired monster dressed in black robes (2100/1700). "Now Empress Judge destroy her Fire Princess with Flame Judgement."
"Not so fast" Rebecca called as her monster was about to be attacked. "I activate my trap card Gravity Bind."
"Not that one" Serenity said.
"Yes that one" Rebecca smirked. "Now all level 4 monsters and above on your field can't attack." Empress Judge jumped back to Serenity's side of the field. And since your turn's about to end your Asura Priest goes back to your hand."
"That may be true, but because of Spring of Rebirth is on the field I gain 500 life points" Serenity said. Asura Priest returned to her hand and she gained life points.
Serenity: 4500
Rebecca: 4000
"My turn" Rebecca said drawing a card. "And due to the effect of Marie the Fallen one in my graveyard I gain 200 life points during each standby phase."
Serenity: 4500
Rebecca: 4200
"And now my Fire Princess activates her special ability" Rebecca said. "Every time I gain life points you lose 500 life points." Serenity winced as Fire Princess struck.
Rebecca: 4200
Serenity: 4000
"This is gonna take a while" Syrus said.
"Why do you say that" Jesse asked.
"Because both of them use Life Point decks" Alexis answered. "Both of them can gain life points or lose life points just like that."
"I summon Luster Dragon in attack mode" Rebecca said summoning her dragon (1900/1600). "That's it for now."
"My move" Serenity said drawing a card. "I play the spell card Double Summon" she said playing the spell card. "Now at any time during my turn I can give up 300 life points to summon another monster to the field. Now I'm going to play the spell card De-Fusion to split Empress Judge back into two monsters." Queen's Double (350/300) and Hibikime (1450/1000) appeared on the field. "Now I attack you with Queen's Double."
"What" Rebecca called. "My monster is almost 1000 point stronger."
"True, but Queen's Double can attack you directly" Serenity pointed out. Queen's Double charged past her monsters and struck her directly.
Serenity: 4000
Rebecca: 3950
"Next I'm going to sacrifice both Queen's Double and Hibikime in order to summon Yamata Dragon" Serenity said. Both of her monsters vanished and on the field a massive eight-headed dragon appeared on the field (2600/3100).
"Why would you waste time summoning a monster that powerful if it's going to just return to your hand at the end of your turn" Rebecca demanded.
"You're about to find out" Serenity said. "I activate the effects of my Double Summon. I give up 300 life points."
Rebecca: 3950
Serenity: 3700
"And in return I can summon another monster" Serenity said. "I remove from play my Asura Priest and in return I summon Izanagi." On the field a white haired monster holding a spear appeared on the field (2200/1000). "And thanks to Izanagi's special ability; my spirit monsters don't have to return to my hand at the end of my turn."
Rebecca tried to goad Serenity "Big deal; you've got all these powerful monster's, but you can't attack because of my Gravity Bind."
"That'll be dealt with soon enough" Serenity said confidently. "With that I place two cards facedown and end my turn."
"Then it's my move" Rebecca said drawing a card. "Remember my Marie the Fallen one is still in my graveyard so I gain 200 life points."
Rebecca: 4150
Serenity: 3700
"And now you lost 500 life points thanks to Fire Princess" Rebecca said.
"Not this time" Serenity said. "I activate my facedown card Forbidden Chalice and I equip it to your Fire Princess." The chalice equipped itself to Fire Princess and she got stronger (1300+400=1700/1500).
"What, why would you do that; my monster is stronger now" Rebecca said confused.
"Forbidden Chalice may increase your monster's attack points, but it also negates her effect for the entire turn so my life points remain untouched" Serenity said.
Rebecca grit her teeth "Despite that I'm still gonna beat you; I sacrifice Luster Dragon in order to summon Luster Dragon #2." On the field her original Luster Dragon vanished and her Luster Dragon #2 took its place (2400/1400). "Now Luster Dragon attack her Izanagi." Luster Dragon launched emerald colored flames at Izanagi.
"I activate my other facedown card Forbidden Lance" Serenity said. A lance then appeared in Luster Dragon # 2's claw. "This card decreases your monster's attack points by 800."
"800" Rebecca gasped as her monster lost points (2400-800=1600/1400).
"And since my Izanagi is stronger he'll destroy your Luster Dragon; attack Izanagi" Serenity ordered. Izanagi twirled his spear before launching a ray of white energy at Luster Dragon # 2 and destroyed it.
Serenity: 3700
Rebecca: 3550
Rebecca grunted from the backlash "Fine I place one card facedown and end my turn."
"Then it's my move again" Serenity drew one card. She smirked softly "Like I said earlier sooner or later I would get by you; I activate Mystical Space Typhoon. Your Gravity Bind is destroyed." Gravity Bind shattered and was gone. "Next I summon to the field Yaksha." On the field appeared another spirit monster with a demonic face, horns and wielding two swords (1900/1500). "And now I activate the special ability of Yaksha. I can send one spell or trap card you have out on the field so I send our facedown card back to your hand."
Rebecca grit her teeth as her monster was sent back to her hand.
"And now your monsters are wide open; Yamata Dragon attack her Fire Princess." Yamata Dragon's eight heads powered up before all of them launched simultaneous attacks and destroyed Fire Princess.
Serenity: 3700
Rebecca: 2250
"Now Izanagi attack her directly" Serenity ordered. Izanagi twirled his spear once more and launched his attack and it enveloped Rebecca making her cry out slightly.
Serenity: 3700
Rebecca: 50
"And now Yaksha, end it" Serenity said. Yaksha charged forward and slashed Rebecca twice and that was all she wrote.
Serenity: 3700
Rebecca: 0
"The duel is over: Serenity Taylor is the winner" The MC announced.
While Joey and Tristan were cheering loudly the younger generation was speechless. "Whoa, she completely demolished Rebecca" Jim said shocked.
"No kidding; who would've thought those spirit monsters would be so powerful" Jesse agreed. "And to think one of us has to face her in the semi-finals."
Both Serenity and Rebecca shook hands with each other with Rebecca handing over her Guardian Angel Joan to Serenity. After that Rebecca went and stood next to Mokuba, who proudly kissed her and gave her congratulations for a good duel. Even Kaiba gave her a small nod for he knew what it was like to face those spirit monsters. They were not easy to defeat.
"Alright the next duelists will now be decided" the MC called. The screen began flashing through names once more before stopping with a loud beep.
Syrus Truesdale vs. Jesse Anderson
Jesse and Syrus turned and faced one another looking surprised before Jesse grinned "Alright Sy; it looks like it's our turn."
"Y-Yeah" Syrus said nervously as both of them walked out to the field and faced each other. Both of them shuffled each other's decks before handing them back and taking their spots and activating their duel disks. "Aright; come out Dragonroid." Dragonroid appeared behind Syrus.
"Rise, Rainbow Zombie" Jesse said and his Rainbow Zombie appeared behind him.
"Alright duelists you may begin when ready" the MC called.
"Sy, even though we're friends I don't want you holding back at all buddy" Jesse called to him. "Do your absolute best."
"I'm sure gonna try" Syrus said before drawing a card. "I summon Cyber Ouroboros in defense mode." A cyber-like snake with a barbed harpoon stinger appeared on the field (100/600). "Next I place one card facedown and end my turn."
"My move" Jesse said drawing a card. "I summon Crystal Beast Topaz Tiger in attack mode." On the field Jesse's tiger appeared ready for battle (1600/1000). "Next I place one card facedown and activate Crystal Tree." On the field a small tree with a crystal at its base appeared. "You'll see what it does later, but for now I think I'll attack with Topaz Tiger. Show Syrus what we can do."
Topaz Tiger charged at Cyber Ouroboros and destroyed it, but Syrus took no damage. "Not so fast Jesse; I activate a trap card" Syrus called. "Go Byroad Technology. When a monster on my side of the field is destroyed I can special summon another monster to take his place. So I summon Cyber Dragon." Syrus' Cyber Dragon appeared on the field with a roar (2100/1600).
"Nice move Syrus" Jesse said. "But I got a trap card of my own; go Triggered Summon. This trap card activates when you special summon a monster; no we both get to take one level 4 or lower monster from our hand and summon it to the field. So say hello to my Crystal Beast Emerald Tortoise." Jesse summoned his emerald tortoise in defense mode (600/2000).
"Alright then I choose to summon Proto-Cyber Dragon" Syrus said summoning, what looked like, a prototype of the original Cyber Dragon to the field (1100/600). Since Jesse's turn was over Syrus made his move "My move now" he drew a card. "I now activate Polymerization to fuse together Cyber Dragon and Proto-Cyber Dragon in order to summon Cyber Twin Dragon." Both of Syrus' dragons fused together and formed a massive Cyber Dragon with two heads (2800/2100). "Now Cyber Twin Dragon attack his Topaz Tiger with Double Strident." Cyber Twin Dragon's heads glowed before they launched a massive blast that enveloped Topaz Tiger.
Jesse grunted from the backlash of the attack.
Syrus: 4000
Jesse: 2800
"And don't forget Jesse; Cyber Twin Dragon can attack twice" Syrus reminded him. Cyber Twin Dragon attacked again and Jesse's Emerald Tortoise was destroyed, but both Crystal Beasts were placed in his spell/trap card zone. Then Syrus noticed two branches on Jesse's Crystal Tree were glowing with a crystal on them. "What is that on your tree?"
"They're Crystal Counters" Jesse said. "Every time a Crystal Beast is sent to my spell and trap card zone my Crystal Tree gains a counter on it."
Syrus frowned 'That ability might be troublesome later on.' "Fine then, I end my turn."
"My move" Jesse said drawing a card. "I now activate the second effect of my Crystal Tree; I send it to the graveyard." The Crystal Tree vanished. "And in return I can take a crystal beast from my deck for the same amount of crystal counters I had on the tree. Since I had two I can take two crystal beasts from my deck and place them in my spell/trap card zone."
"Oh man" Syrus said quietly.
"I choose Sapphire Pegasus and Amethyst Cat" Jesse said. An amethyst stone and a sapphire stone appeared on the field next to the topaz and emerald stones. "Next I summon Crystal Beast Amber Mammoth in defense mode" Jesse said summoning his faithful friend (1700/1600). "I'm far from done yet as now I activate Crystal Beacon. With this I can special summon a Crystal Beast monster from my deck to the field and I choose my good friend Ruby Carbuncle." Ruby Carbuncle appeared on the field in defense mode (300/300). "And of course you know Ruby Carbuncle's effect right Syrus?"
"Yeah, I remember" Syrus responded.
"Then I activate that effect; with it I can summon as many Crystal Beast Monster's as possible from my spell/trap card zone to my field" Jesse said. From his spell and trap card zone Emerald Tortoise (600/2000), Amethyst Cat (1200/400) and Sapphire Pegasus appeared on the field (1800/1200). "And since Sapphire Pegasus was summoned I can activate his special ability as well. I can take one Crystal Beast from my deck and put in my spell/trap card zone. And I choose Crystal Beast Cobalt Eagle." A cobalt stone appeared on the field next to the topaz stone."
"Oh man, that makes all seven" Syrus said nervously.
"I end my turn; you're move Syrus" Jesse said.
"Man, that Jesse is good" Joey said very impressed. "He got all the monsters he wanted on his field in one turn."
"And because he did that he'll be summoning his Rainbow Dragon next turn" Kaiba said.
Syrus drew a card 'Oh man, I need a good card' Syrus thought. Looking at his card he smirked "Okay Jesse try this on for size; I activate Cybernetic Fusion Support. With this I can use monsters from my graveyard and deck to summon a fusion monster."
Jesse: 2800
Syrus: 2000
"It may cost half of my life points" Syrus continued. "But it will be well worth it; I now fuse my three Cyber Dragon's in order to summon Cyber End Dragon." On the field a massive three headed cybernetic dragon appeared on the field with a large roar (4000/2800).
"Oh man, not that one" Jesse said nervously.
"Yes and now it's over Jesse; Cyber End Dragon deals piercing damage to defense position monsters so it's over" Syrus said. "Cyber End Dragon attack his Ruby Carbuncle with Super Strident Blast." Cyber End Dragon roared and together its three heads launched a large beam.
"Not so fast Syrus; I activate Amber Mammoth's special ability" Jesse shouted. "When a monster of yours attacks one of mine I can switch the attack to Amber Mammoth instead." The attack then diverted to Amber Mammoth and destroyed it in a mighty explosion.
Syrus: 2000
Jesse: 400
An amber stone appeared in Jesse's spell and trap card zone "All in all it may cost me a lot of life points, but not the duel" Jesse said.
"Nice save Jesse, but it won't help you a second time" Syrus said. "I place one card facedown and end my turn."
"My move" Jesse said drawing a card. "Alright; time to bring out my ultimate monster. Since all seven Crystal Beasts are on my field I summon Rainbow Dragon" Jesse said. In a flash of illuminating rainbow light Jesse's Rainbow Dragon appeared on the field (4000/0).
"Two dragons… both with the exact same attack" Yugi murmured looking at both dragons. "It's a stalemate."
"Well Syrus it's going to cost me my Rainbow Dragon, but this duel is over" Jesse said. "I switch Sapphire Pegasus and Amethyst Cat to attack mode." Both monsters switched to attack mode "And now Rainbow Dragon attack his Cyber End Dragon."
"Nice move" Chazz said. "Jesse plans on taking out Cyber End Dragon with his Rainbow Dragon; it may cost him his dragon, but it'll leave Syrus open for an attack from Jesse's other monsters."
Syrus watched Rainbow Dragon about to attack "Not so fast Jesse; I reveal my facedown card. De-Fusion."
"Ah no way" Jesse called.
"Yes and now my Cyber End Dragon becomes the three original Cyber Dragons used to summon it" Syrus said. Cyber End Dragon disappeared and the three Cyber Dragon's reformed on the field (2100/1600). Since Rainbow Dragon's original target vanished the attack was canceled "Sorry Jesse, better luck next time."
Jesse grunted "Alright then, I place one card facedown and end my turn."
"My move" Syrus said. He drew a card and looked at his hand. "Alright Jesse; I'd love to see you stop this. I activate Photon Generator Unit. What this card does is that it allows me to tribute two of my Cyber Dragons and in return I can summon Cyber Laser Dragon."
On the field two of Syrus' Cyber Dragon's vanished and in return a shinier dragon with spikes on its body and a massive laser beam on its tail appeared on the field (2400/1800).
"I know what's coming next" Jaden said having faced this card before in the past.
"I now activate the effect of Cyber Laser Dragon" Syrus called. "One monster on your side of the field with attack or defense points higher than the attack of this monster is destroyed."
"What" Jesse said in shock.
"Say goodbye to Rainbow Dragon" Syrus said victoriously. Cyber Laser Dragon launched a beam from its tail and it struck Rainbow Dragon making the monster roar before it was destroyed in a massive explosion.
Jesse stared in shock "My Rainbow Dragon…" was all he could say.
"Is destroyed" Syrus finished for him. "And since your Crystal Beasts are left wide open this duel is mine. Cyber Laser Dragon attack his Amethyst Cat with Strident Laser Beam." Cyber Laser Dragon launched a large beam from its tail that went right for Amethyst Cat.
Jesse reacted just in time "Go trap card; Crystal Fortress" Jesse cried. His trap card was revealed just in time and a fortress of crystals saved his cat from destruction.
"What" Syrus said in shock.
"This trap card works when you attack me" Jesse explained. "If your monster has equal or less attack points times 1000 for the number of Crystal Beasts I control then they cannot attack this turn. Since I currently control 3 crystal beasts any monster 3000 or less attack points cannot attack this turn."
"Another save" Jim said amazed. "These two are amazing."
"No kidding" Alexis agreed. "Syrus and Jesse are really giving it their all."
Jaden didn't know who to root for so he settled on cheering for them both silently.
"Well played Jesse" Syrus complimented "I guess I place one card facedown and end my turn."
"My move" Jesse said drawing a card. "I activate Pot of Greed." Drawing his two cards Jesse widened his eyes. "Alright Syrus; here comes one of my new cards. I sacrifice Ruby Carbuncle, Amethyst Cat and Sapphire Pegasus in order to summon out the mighty Rainbow Knight." On the field Jesse's new monster appeared decked out in white armor with gem studs wielding a diamond sword (2800/2600).
"Whoa, that's a new one" Syrus said surprised.
"Oh yeah and I'm about to activate his special ability" Jesse said. "By banishing two crystal beasts' cards in my spell/trap card zone I can return the same amount of monsters on your field to your deck."
"What, then that means…" Syrus said in shock.
"That's right" Jesse said. "I banish Emerald Tortoise and Cobalt Eagle and now your Cyber Dragon and your Cyber Laser Dragon go back to your deck." Both of Syrus' monsters vanished in a flurry of light and shot back into his deck. "Now you're wide open; Rainbow Knight finish this duel." Rainbow Knight charged at Syrus.
"Not quite Jesse; I activate Negate Attack" Syrus said. Rainbow Knight's attack was absorbed and Syrus took no damage.
'Another counter; man Syrus is good' Jesse thought. "Alright Syrus to end my turn I place one card facedown."
"My move again" Syrus said drawing a card. "I activate a card you're familiar with; go Pot of Greed. This lets me draw two cards." Syrus drew his two cards and looked at his hand. Then his eyes widened 'I've always wanted to use this monster, but I never had the chance… I guess now's the chance.' "Alright Jesse I plan on ending this duel now."
"We'll see Syrus, we both have monsters and life points left" Jesse said.
"Not after this; first I play Fusion Recovery" Syrus said. "This lets me take Polymerization and a monster back from my graveyard." Syrus took Polymerization and Proto-Cyber Dragon. "Next I move Dragonroid into play." Syrus' deck master jumped into the field with a roar (2900/1000).
"Just what are you planning" Jesse asked.
"You're about to find out; say hello to the best 'Roid' monster my deck can produce as well as my favorite one" Syrus said. "I now activate Polymerization and fuse Dragonroid with my Steamroid, Gyroid, Submarineroid, and my Drillroid in order to summon out Barbaroid, the Ultimate Battle Machine."
All five of Syrus' monsters fused together and what came out of it was a colossal machine monster with red armor and multiple battle enhancements appeared on the field (4000/4000).
Jesse, and others, gasped "So this is your ace in the whole."
"Oh yeah" Syrus said. "I've had this monster for a long time; it was actually the very first card I got. It was given to me by my Grandfather and it's what inspired me to make a 'Roid' deck in the first place. This is the first time I've been able to summon him to the field."
"I guess I get to be his first opponent" Jesse said nervously.
"You got that right" Syrus smirked. "And his first victory; Barbaroid attack his Rainbow Knight with Ultimate Beam attack." Barbaroid raised its cannons and launched a massive beam at Jesse.
"I had a feeling you'd summon out a monster in advance so I activate my facedown card; Block Attack" Jesse called out. "This card switches Rainbow Knight into defense mode."
"That won't help you" Syrus said. "When Barbaroid destroys a monster by battle you take 1000 points of damage."
Jesse grunted "Then in that case I activate Rainbow Zombie's Deck Master Ability. By removing Amethyst Cat in my graveyard from play my life points are spared." Amethyst Cat appeared and took the backlash of the attack.
"Nice save Jesse, but Barbaroid can attack twice" Syrus said making Jesse wide eyed as Barbaroid attacked again.
"I activate Rainbow Zombie's special ability again" Jesse said quickly. "I remove Sapphire Pegasus from play to negate all damage." The damage was negated once more and Jesse was spared. Jesse breathed a sigh of relief as he was saved.
"Nice move Jesse, but you only have one Crystal Beast card left in your graveyard" Syrus said. "You won't be able to stop Barbaroid next turn."
'He's right' Jesse thought. 'There ain't no way I can defend from that beast a second time; there's only one card left in my deck that can save me now, but I need to draw the right card to use it.' Jesse looked at his deck 'I have to draw it' he thought placing his fingers on his card 'Please' he thought before drawing the card.
Jesse looked at the card he drew and let out a loud whoop of joy and a laugh "Alright it's just the card I needed."
"What card" Syrus inquired frowning.
"The card to end this" Jesse said. "But first in order to use it I have to activate Rainbow Zombie's second Deck Master Ability."
"Second" Syrus said shocked. "It has two abilities."
"Oh yes" Jesse smirked. "I sacrifice half of my life points and in exchange Rainbow Zombie brings a monster back from my grave; in exchange I can't normal summon or tribute summon the turn I activate it. So first I sacrifice half of my life points in order to bring back Rainbow Knight." A flash of rainbow light appeared on the field and there stood Rainbow Knight (2800/2600).
Syrus: 2000
Jesse: 200
"I'm not done yet; I activate Rainbow Zombie's Deck Master Ability again to bring back my most powerful beast" Jesse shouted. "Come forth mighty Rainbow Dragon." From the rainbow light Rainbow Dragon re-emerged onto the field.
Syrus: 2000
Jesse: 100
"Barbaroid and Rainbow Dragon are equal in attack" Mai commented. "All Jesse has to do is attack and they'll destroy each other."
"And since Syrus fused his Deck Master to create Barbaroid he'll lose the duel" Serenity said.
"I don't think he's going to do that" Joey said.
"Why not" both Mai and Serenity asked.
"Because if he was he wouldn't have been so happy to have drawn that card he drew earlier" Joey said. "He's going to do something else; I guarantee it."
It turns out Joey was right "Alright Syrus; you've dueled a good duel and it's been one of the best duels I've ever had, but now I'm ending it" Jesse said with a few tears coming to his eyes. "I activate the spell card Fusion Gem." The spell card depicted a ruby crystal, sapphire crystal and emerald crystal all swirling around each other.
"Fusion Gem; I've never heard of it" Syrus admitted.
"What it does is allow me to fuse together Rainbow Knight and Rainbow Dragon" Jesse said getting gasps form Syrus and his friends. Both Rainbow Dragon and Rainbow Knight fused together and formed an even more massive monster. It was Rainbow Knight riding atop Rainbow Dragon with the diamond sword held in hand. "Say hello to the one and only Rainbow Rider" Jesse said (5000/5000).
"Oh man those attack points are off the charts" Syrus said shocked.
"And Rainbow Rider has a special ability; for every Crystal Beast in my spell/trap card zone this card gains 800 attack points" Jesse said making Syrus gasp. "And I count two of them so Rainbow Rider gains 1600 attack points." Rainbow Rider glowed with energy as its attack points rose (5000+1600=6600/5000).
"Then it's over" Syrus whispered head bowed as a few tears slipped from his eyes. He fought a long hard duel and came so close so it's understandable he'd feel emotional. Looking up Syrus blinked the tears from his eyes "Jesse… go for it."
Jesse smiled as one more tear slipped from his eye "Rainbow Rider use Rainbow Nova" he shouted. Rainbow Rider glowed with rainbow energy before the knight atop it launched a rainbow beam from his sword as the dragon launched a beam from its mouth. Both attacks combined into one massive one that struck Barbaroid and blew it away in a fabulous display of power.
Jesse: 100
Syrus: 0
"The duel is over; Jesse Anderson is the winner and will proceed to the Semi-Finals" the MC announced. Everyone exploded into massive cheers.
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