Today was a snow day where I was, so I was able to type up the finale for my fanfic. Before we get into it, I apologize in advance if you don't like the ending to this story, but this was just the idea I had in mind from the very start. Disclaimer's on the first page. Any bolded cards are mine. I hope you enjoy.
Cathy- 1000 LP Hand: 2
Tori- 1100 LP Hand: 4
Anna- 1200 LP Hand: 2
Cathy's field- Cat Girl Magician ATK: 2000 0 Overlay Units, Stray Cat x2 ATK: 100, one facedown.
Tori's field- Fairy Cheer Girl equipped with Magical Amulet ATK: 2600 0 Overlay Units, two facedowns.
Anna's field- Superdreadnought Rail Cannon ATK: 3000 1 Overlay Unit, two facedowns.
"It's my turn! I Draw!" declared Anna (Hand: 3), "I activate Superdreadnought's ability."
"I think not," Tori interrupted, "I activate the trap, Breakthrough Skill. This lets me negate the effects of one monster on the field until the end of this turn. Three guesses which monster I'm picking," this caused Superdreadnought's last overlay unit to stop its orbit and remain completely still.
"Darn it. Then I'll take a different approach. I active the spell card, Flip Flap. Now I can select a monster in attack mode and switch it to defence mode. I'll target one of your Stray Cat's if you don't mind, Cathy," the gray cat that had its back turned the entire duel retreated into a cardboard box.
Stray Cat- DEF: 300
"Uh oh," said Cathy as she recognized that card from her duel with Yuma.
"I see what she did," said Caswell, "since that Stray Cat is no longer in defence mode, its ability that protects all other monsters on Cathy's field is no longer active."
"That would mean," continued Flip, "that only the Stray Cat left in attack mode is now vulnerable."
"You heard it from the spectators," Anna announced, "and now Superdreadnought, attack that Stray Cat and eliminate Cathy from the duel!" The giant train began to move towards it target, but Cathy was prepared.
"I activate the trap card, Impenetrable Attack!" exclaimed Cathy, "And unlike Tori, I'll use the effect that prevents me from taking any battle damage this turn!" a force field appeared around Cathy to do what the trap card mentioned. The cat turned around to reveal an extremely distorted face and let out a hiss, but that didn't stop the cannon equipped train from obliterating it.
"I end my turn," Anna growled (Hand: 2).
"My turn now!" shouted Cathy (Hand: 3), "I activate the field spell, Cat World!" upon activating it, scenery changed completely. The sky where the sun was currently setting became light blue as if it was still morning. The entire ground transformed into a field grass and throughout the field were cats. Some taking a nap under the sun while others played with rubber mice.
"Whoa!" said Rei just as surprised as the other spectators, "A field spell. But what exactly does it do?"
"It's simple really," answered Cathy, "it doubles the original attack points of all 'Cat' monsters on the field," the Stray Cat still in defence mode began wagging its tail while Cat Girl Magician meowed happily.
Stray Cat- ATK: 200
Cat Girl Magician- ATK: 4000
"4000 attack points?!" exclaimed Tori and Anna.
"Yep. And they're coming for you, Anna. Cat Girl Magician, attack Superdreadnought!" the magician once again flew towards the gigantic train.
"I activate the trap card, Negate Attack," said Anna, "and just like the card says, your attack is negated and your battle phase ends automatically, so you can't attack anymore this turn," a barrier appeared in front of Superdreadnought which easily deflected the attack.
'Curses,' Cathy thought because she was worried about Superdreadnought's ability, 'that was my last chance to destroy it. Now she can use its effect and win the whole duel next turn,' she then looked towards Tori, 'if she doesn't do anything about it, I'm blaming her for my loss,' "I place one card facedown and end my turn (Hand: 1)."
"My turn," said Tori (Hand: 5). She looked at the card the just drew, 'It'll have to do for now,' she thought, "I activate the spell card, Xyz Poison. This destroys one overlay unit on every xyz monster that has one," Superdreadnought's last overlay unit became a dark shade of purple and expanded before bursting.
Superdreadnought Rail Cannon- 0 Overlay Units
"Hey!" exclaimed Anna, "I needed that."
"Sorry, Anna," said Tori though she didn't really mean it, "and there's more. For every overlay unit destroyed by this card's effect, we each take 300 damage!" the result of the bursting overlay unit was three globs of purple goop, each one of them flying towards one of the three duelists.
Cathy- 700 LP
Tori- 800 LP
Anna- 900 LP
"Impressive," said Bronk, "with no more overlay units on Superdreadnought, it looks like Tori and Cathy will live to see further into the duel."
"Now Fairy Cheer Girl, attack Cathy's Stray Cat!" The cheerleader began to rush forward towards the cat hiding in its box. Just like the other Stray Cat, it turned around to reveal a sickening face. It scared Fairy Cheer Girl at first, but then she got the courage to run forward and destroy it. Fortunately for Cathy, it was in defence mode so her life points were safe, "Then I'll pace a monster facedown and one card facedown. That ends my turn (Hand: 2)."
"Man," said Bronk, "even with few life points remaining and the difference between first and last being 200 points, those girls don't seem to be giving in and have several cards to protect their life points."
"Indeed," said Caswell, "all three of them must really want to win Yuma's heart very badly," this comment made Flip and Rei snicker. Yuma however was frozen at this point. He couldn't believe that he was the sole reason that Tori, Cathy and Anna were dueling. The way they were dueling at this point seemed so extreme that he was beginning to feel a little afraid.
"It's my turn now," said Anna (Hand: 3), "I activate the equip spell, Train Connection. All I have to do is banish two level 8 or higher Machine-type monsters from my graveyard and this equip spell doubles the equipped monster's original attack and allows it to inflict piercing damage!" Anna banished Rocket Arrow Express and Snow Plow Hustle Rustle. As she did, the blue trains that supported her monster were disconnected and moved away. Then the two trains that were banished appeared under Superdreadnought and they became connected to the machine, making it bigger and more powerful.
Superdreadnought Rail Cannon- ATK: 6000
"6000 attack points?!" cried Tori and Cathy.
"Now Superdreadnought, attack Fairy Cheer Girl!" the trio of machines began to make a course for Fairy Cheer Girl.
"I activate the continuous trap, Depth Amulet!" Tori declared, "now every time you declare an attack, I can discard one card to negate it," Tori did just that and an amulet with multi-coloured stones and a fang gem at the bottom and a tiny skull above all the stones appeared around Fairy Cheer Girl's neck which created a barrier covering her (Tori's hand: 1). The machine rammed into the barrier unable to destroy it.
"Grrrrrrr!" said Anna, beginning to get annoyed, "I end my turn (Hand: 2)."
"My turn," said Cathy (Hand: 2), "and I'll have Cat Girl Magician attack Fairy Cheer Girl," the magician leapt into the air and began to soar towards the cheerleader.
"I'll just discard one card from my hand to negate the attack," Tori responded as she discarded her last card and Depth Amulet once again made a barrier around Fairy Cheer Girl blocking Cat Girl Magician's attack (Tori's hand: 0).
"Then I'll activate the trap, Cat Reflexes," said Cathy, "since a 'Cat' monster on my field already attacked, by discarding a card from my hand, the monster in question can attack again!"
"What?"
"And with no more cards in your hand, Depth Amulet can't help you this time," Cathy proceeded to discard a card (Hand: 1) and the trap card gave power to Cat Girl Magician and made her glow, "now let's try this again Cat Girl Magician. Attack Fairy Cheer Girl!" the magician once again made her way towards the cheerleader.
"I activate the trap, Final Decision!" shouted Tori, "now by paying half of my life points, I'm allowed to choose the target of your attack. I'll redirect your attack to my facedown monster," in an instant, Fairy Cheer Girl vanished. Cat Girl Magician noticed this and immediately aimed for Tori's facedown monster. The monster appeared as three little fairies each wearing a light blue dress and a pair of wings. Two of them had red hair in a ponytail and wore a necklace made of green leaves while the third had brown hair and wore a blue cloth around her neck. All they could do was stare in horror as the magician destroyed them with a single swipe of her wand. Afterwards, Fairy Cheer Girl reappeared.
Dancing Fairy- Level 4 WIND Fairy DEF: 1000
Tori- 400 LP
"Still refusing to give up huh?" asked Cathy, "Well then, I'll just place one card facedown and end my turn (Hand: 0)."
"Tori appears to be in quite a pinch now," said Flip, "She's the only one with a monster without a card that gives her a huge attack bonus."
Anna- Superdreadnought Rail Cannon- ATK: 6000
Cathy- Cat Girl Magician- ATK: 4000
Tori- Fairy Cheer Girl- ATK: 2600
Nevertheless, Tori knew Yuma would never give up in a desperate situation, so neither would she, "My turn! I draw!" she declared (Hand: 1), "I activate the spell card, Xyz Treasure! This lets me draw one card for every face-up xyz monster on the field. Each of us have one, so I get to draw three cards," Tori drew thrice (Hand: 3) and looked at her newly drawn cards, 'Just what I needed,' she thought, "I activate Instant Overlay. Now I can make this card an overlay unit for an xyz monster on my field that doesn't have any," the card transformed into a yellow orb and began to orbit the fairy.
Fairy Cheer Girl- 1 Overlay Unit
"So you can use your monster's ability to draw again. Big deal," pouted Anna.
"That's not what I need this overlay unit for," said Tori.
"What?"
"I activate the spell card, Oni-Gami Combo. By detaching all overlay units from an xyz monster on my field, that monster can attack twice this battle phase," the overlay unit began to expand and encase the fairy. Then it divided into two orbs and they disappeared, revealing one Fairy Cheer Girl from both orbs.
Fairy Cheer Girl- 0 Overlay Units
"You go right ahead and attack twice," said Cathy, "your monster is still weaker than both of ours."
"And finally, I activate the equip spell, Shooting Star Bow – Ceal," a white bow with traces of red appeared. It divided into two individual bows and each fairy grasped one of them, "while it decreases Fairy Cheer Girl's attack power by 1000, it allows her to attack directly!"
Fairy Cheer Girl- ATK: 1600
"WHAT?!" Cathy and Anna gasped. The spectators were also shocked.
"With this combo of spell cards," Rei began, "Tori can attack both Cathy and Anna directly, dishing out enough damage to win the duel."
'No!' thought Cathy, "My Gold Coins for Cats trap card only works if she targets my monster. I'm doomed!'
'This isn't good,' thought Anna, 'I didn't want to use my facedown, but I guess I'm out of options.'
"Now Fairy Cheer Girl!" Tori declared, "Attack Cathy and Anna directly!" Both Fairy Cheer Girls pulled out an arrow and loaded it into their bows. One of them aimed at Cathy and the other aimed at Anna. They shot simultaneously and the arrow headed straight for their targets.
"This means that Tori will become your girlfriend, Yuma!" Rei said to a frozen Yuma.
"No she won't!" shouted Anna, "I activate the trap, Ring of Destruction! This lets me destroy a monster on the field and we all take damage equal to that monster's attack! It won't matter which one I pick, but I'll destroy Superdreadnought Rail Cannon!" a ring surrounded by fire emerged and began to orbit the train. Then it began to shrink and crush the train.
"But that means-," Tori and Cathy started, but were interrupted as the ring of fire caused Superdreadnought to explode creating an enormous explosion so huge that even the spectators got caught in it. When the smoke cleared, they saw all three duelists thrown back several feet and on the ground.
Cathy- 0 LP
Tori- 0 LP
Anna- 0 LP
A box appeared with the word 'DRAW' on it and the augmented reality vanished. The spectators were at a loss of words.
"It's…it's… a 3-way draw," said Caswell.
"None of us won," said Tori sadly.
"But with no winner, none of us get Yuma's heart," said Cathy a little annoyed at Anna's last move.
"Sorry," said Anna firmly, "but if I can't have Yuma, neither can you."
"What're we gonna do now?"
"Well…maybe Yuma can just pick one of us, or something like that."
"Maybe. He was watching the whole duel after all," the girls all looked towards where the spectators were. Everyone but Yuma was there, "Hey! Where's Yuma?" This caught the guy's attention. They didn't see where Yuma went either.
"Hey look!" said Rei as he pointed in one direction. Sure enough, there was Yuma taking off like a speeding bullet. As soon as the duel ended, he was worried things were gonna get ugly between the three girls so he ran off as fast as he could.
"HEY!" shouted Tori, Cathy and Anna at the same time, "Yuma! Get back here!" and they all started chasing after him. The guys just stared at the scene with utter confusion.
"I still can't believe Yuma is that popular with the ladies. It's weird," said Caswell getting nods from Bronk and Flip.
"Um…," said Rei, "should we go help him?"
The other three thought for a moment before speaking, "Nah!" they said.
"Let's just grill Yuma for it tomorrow," said Bronk, making him, Caswell and Flip laugh hysterically with Rei joining in after a few seconds.
Thank you to those of you who read from the first chapter to the last. Once again, I'm sorry if the ending was disappointing to you, but like I said, before I even began typing this story, I already had the ending in mind. This is the end of the story, but I'm not done updating. Real soon, I'll be posting a deleted scene so stay tuned. If you did like the ending and the story, leave a review for me. See you soon.
