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Vile: And with that done, let's get into the chapter! Disclaimer's on the first page, any bolded cards are mine. Enjoy!
Numbershot 37: Unhealthy Competition
Chapter 5
Kotori LP:4000
Haiga LP:4000
"The first move is mine!" Haiga said, coughed twice after he said it. "Boku no turn! Draw!" He drew his card. "Giant Germ, Shoukan!" His monster emerged as a large, purple germ.
Giant Germ: Lv.2 DARK Fiend ATK:1000/DEF:100
"I place two cards facedown as well. Turn end!"
"Atashi no turn! Draw!" Kotori drew her card.
"Trap Card, Perilous Poison Virus, activate!" Haiga flipped one of his facedowns. His Giant Germ suddenly exploded, releasing a cloud of pink particles that began to cover the field.
"Nani?"
"Perilous Poison Virus allows me to Tribute one DARK Attribute monster with 1000 or less Attack Points. Then, for the next three of your turns, if either of us ever choose to Summon a monster that is not DARK Attribute, the Attack Points of my Tributed Germ, 1000, will be dealt to us as damage!"
Kotori flinched. 'Great. This is only gonna make things harder.' She looked at her hand, finding something she can use. "Amethyst Robin, Shoukan!" The black-and-white bird with the purple jewel head did an aerial flip and took the field.
Amethyst Robin: Lv.4 DARK Winged Beast ATK:1600/DEF:700
"Amethyst Robin, attack Haiga directly!" The bird chirped and took to the air. Its jeweled head glowed, then it charged toward its opponent while cloaked in purple energy.
"Geh heh. Trap Card, Attack Allergens, activate! This card negates your attack instantly!" Pink particles surrounded the bird, causing it to slow down and begin hacking and coughing, landing on the ground. "And after that's done, I can Special Summon VIRUS Attribute monsters with total ATK equal to the damage I would've taken!"
"VIRUS Attribute?" Kotori, Cathy, and Sei gasped at once.
"Bakana!" Astral cried.
"Dark Allergen ni tai de, Tokushu Shoukan!" Two odd germs formed on the field. They were black in color, the plasma within pulsating with a disgusting sound and being an eerie green.
Dark Allergen x2: Lv.3 VIRUS Fiend ATK:800/DEF:0
"In spite of all my knowledge of Duels, I never knew VIRUS Attribute monsters even existed…" Astral mused.
"I've never even heard of the VIRUS Attribute!" Kotori replied.
Haiga chuckled. "'Tis something unique to my Deck, graciously given to me by Number 37. Then again, it might catch on. And my Perilous Poison Virus's effect does not activate upon the Summoning of a VIRUS monster!"
Kotori cringed. "Darn it! This isn't good. I place one card facedown! Turn end!"
"Boku no turn! Draw!" Haiga drew his card. "Magic Card, Monster Reborn, activate! This lets me re-Summon my Giant Germ!" The purple germ returned to the field. "Giant Germ, attack Amethyst Robin now!"
"Is he nuts?" Cathy cried as the germ moved toward its target. Despite being weakened, the purple-headed robin cloaked itself in energy and charged forward, destroying the germ. Haiga groaned.
Haiga LP:3400
"Rgh! Giant Germ no kouka hatusdo! If it ends up destroyed by battle, you take 500 points of damage!" He thrust out his hand, sending out a cloud of pink particles at Kotori. The three girls quickly covered their mouths and noses to keep themselves from breathing in the toxins.
Kotori LP:3500
"Also, I can Special Summon two more Giant Germs from my Deck in Attack Position!" Two more of the germs emerged onto the field. "I place two more cards facedown! Turn end!"
Kotori removed her hands from her mouth and nose when the cloud passed by. "I've gotta be careful. Atashi no turn! Draw!" She drew her card. 'All right!' "Battlestorm, Shoukan!" Her monster emerged as a humanoid purple-skinned male with red hair, but it had distinct talons for fingernails, and it had four black-feathered wings. "And for every Winged Beast monster I control, it gains 100 Attack Points!"
Battlestorm: Lv.4 DARK Winged Beast ATK:1900(originally 1700)/DEF:1000
"Keh, another one?" Haiga mused. "I should've come prepared to handle DARK monsters!"
"Amethyst Robin, attack one of those Dark Allergens!" The bird cloaked itself in purple energy and dove at the black-and-green germ.
"Egh! Trap Card, Wicked Weakening Virus, activate! I must Tribute two DARK monsters to utilize this card's effect, so my Giant Germs must bid us farewell!" The two germs merged into one before exploding into a cloud of purple particles that surrounded Haiga. The boy coughed and sneezed as a result, but he looked back up. "Until the end of your third turn after this card is activated, all Battle Damage is cut in half!" The purple-energy bird smashed through the germ, causing its plasma to splatter everywhere.
Haiga LP:3000
"Whatever works! Battlestorm, attack the other Dark Allergen!" The humanoid avian rushed forward, slicing the allergen with its claws, sending the plasma in different directions.
"Egh… Ah-choo, ah-choo!" Haiga reacted.
Haiga LP:2450
"Rgh… If you think I'm done, think again! Dark Allergen no kouka hatsudo! If it's ever destroyed, I can Special Summon 1 VIRUS Attribute monster from my Deck! Arawareyo, Scurvy Spitter and Gobblegut Germ!" Two more monsters emerged. One was a spider-like monster with cracked and rough yellow skin with orange blotches, yellow fluid dripping from its mouth. The other, however, was a large orange germ with blue plasma, two parts of which seemed to form blinking eyes. A slit was in its front, which opened like a large mouth.
Scurvy Spitter: Lv.2 VIRUS Insect ATK:900/DEF:0
Gobblegut Germ: Lv.4 VIRUS Aqua ATK:1400/DEF:300
"Ugh, not more viruses!" Sei complained.
"Get used to them, girl. The viruses that make my Deck have only one mission: Sicken anyone that dares approach me!" Haiga said.
"Then it's time I dealt them a vaccination!" Kotori said. "Atashi was Reberu Yon no Amethyst Robin to Battlestorm, Obarei!" Both her monsters turned fully purple before shooting into the air in a spiral. A galaxy portal opened in front of her, and both monsters sailed inside. "Ni tai no monsuta de, Obarei Netwaaku kochiku! Ekushiizu Shoukan!" A burst of light occurred.
The number "13" formed and flashed in blue, and Empress Love's sealed form emerged. The form began to change and shift until all arrangement were made, and Empress Love filled in the armaments. "Arawareyo, Nanbaazu Juusan! Suki Joou Love!" She grasped her staff, her 13 glowing, and spun it around before yelling her trademark "HEE-YAH!" and taking a battle stance, her yellow Xyz Materials circling her.
Number 13: Devoted Empress Love: Rank 4 LIGHT Spellcaster/Xyz ATK:2400/DEF:1600 2 Overlay Units
"N-Numbers?" Haiga gasped. "You have them too?"
"Yes, and through their power, they'll defeat you!" Kotori replied.
"Bah! How foolish! Since your Number is not a DARK monster nor a VIRUS monster, my Perilous Poison Virus damage you for 1000 points!" Haiga unleashed another wave of his poison, making Kotori and the others react again.
Kotori LP:2500
Kotori shook and let out two coughs. "Kotori-chan!" Cathy and Sei cried.
"I… I'm all right! I place one card facedown! Turn end!"
"Boku no turn… Draw!" Haiga drew his card. "Gobblegut Germ no kouka hatsudo! By banishing one DARK or VIRUS Attribute monster from my Graveyard, I can Special Summon 1 VIRUS Attribute monster from my Deck!" Haiga's three Giant Germs emerged, but the orange germ opened its mouth/body and quickly gobbled them all up, chomping them up nosily before spitting out three balls of particles. The particles reformed into a third black germ with green plasma, a red germ with white plasma that had a crab-like shape, and a pinkish apparatus that seemed to store multiple germs.
Dark Allergen: Lv.3 VIRUS Fiend ATK:800/DEF:0
Cancer Crusher: Lv.3 VIRUS Aqua ATK:1500/DEF:100
Pustule Pod: Lv.1 VIRUS Fiend ATK:0/DEF:0
"His field is full!" Cathy cried. "But why? None of them have enough power to take on Kotori's Number!"
Love ATK:2400
Haiga grinned. "Those who want power… must be patient to get it! Trap Card, Level Lock Virus, activate! I must first release one DARK monster for the effect, but thankfully, Dark Allergen can count as a DARK monster for the effects of a Virus Spell or Trap Card!" The black germ swelled before exploding into a mass of orange particles that covered the field. "Now, until the end of your third turn after this card, all monsters on the field, except Xyz Monsters, of course, become the Level of the released monster, Level 3!"
Scurvy Spitter: Lv.3
Gobblegut Germ: Lv.3
Pustule Pod: Lv.3
"Scurvy Spitter no kouka hatusdo! Whenever I activate a Virus card, you take 800 points of damage!" The spider monster reared back before spitting out a wave of the yellow fluid from its mouth.
The fluid passed through Kotori, but some of it splashed over Love. "Gross!" She griped, looking at the slime on her before glaring at Scurvy Spitter. "I'm not your spittoon, you stupid bug!"
Kotori LP:1700
"Gah hah hah hah! Now you'll see my true power! Gobblegut Germ no kouka hatsudo! I banish all three Dark Allergens from my Graveyard!" The three black germs emerged, but were chomped up by the orange germ. "Leukemia Latcher san tai de, Tokushu Shoukan!" Three orb-shaped green germs with pink plasma emerged, each of them having four spindly legs. (A/N: Sort of a Half-Life Headcrab rip-off.) Oddly, they appeared on Kotori's side of the field.
Leukemia Latcher x3: Lv.3 VIRUS Fiend ATK:1000/DEF:400
"What the? Why are they on my field?" Kotori asked.
"It's Leukemia Latcher's effect. If I ever Special Summon them, I can Special Summon to your field instead of my own!" Haiga explained. "But now… the time has come to be truly sick!" A small tornado of pink particles swirled around him. He groaned, coughing and sneezing rapidly. "Boku wa Reberu San no *cough cough* wirisuzokusei (VIRUS Attribute) monsuta yon tai de, OBAREI!" All four of his monsters turned fully black before shooting into the air in a spiral. A galaxy portal opened up, and all four monsters sailed inside. "Yon tai no *ah-choo!* wirisuzokusei monsuta de, Obarei Netwaaku kochiku! Ekushiizu Shoukan!" A burst of light occurred. "Arawareyo! Nanbaazu *cough cough* Sanjuunana (Number 37)!"
The number "37" formed and flashed in pink, and in a dark area, multiple white spiky cells floated aimlessly. The cells began dividing, multiplying, some of them turning green, purple, pink, black, and blue. "There is no cure for this, the ultimate illness… Accept your fate as you are consumed by its cells!" The division became faster and faster until the white cells began to liquify, forming white cytoplasm. The other cells liquified as well, forming blotches in the cytoplasm. A transparent structure enclosed around the viral liquid, contorting it into an oval shape with a central space: A large zero. "Zero Passion… PANDEMIC!" Bulbs of the liquid began bulging off of it from the edges, a large one forming in the gap. In the central bulb, pink blotches sloshed around until they formed a liquid "37". The rest of the massive virus's liquid sloshed, bulbed, and popped as it floated there, orbited by four black Overlay Units.
From afar, piercing blue eyes watched the Duel. "Yes, that's it… Show her what you can do. Prove that this Number is no mere common cold!"
Author-Made Cards (all VIRUS monsters are DARK in OCG/TCG, and VIRUS is changed to DARK in their lores or removed if DARK is already in the lores)
Amethyst Robin
Level 4 DARK Winged Beast
ATK:1600/DEF:700
Whenever this card on the field is sent to the Graveyard by a Trap Card: Special Summon this card from the Graveyard.
Dark Allergen
Level 3 VIRUS Fiend
ATK:800/DEF:0
When this card is destroyed: Special Summon 1 VIRUS monster from your Deck. (OCG/TCG: Level 4 or below DARK monster with 1500 or less ATK in Defense Position) This card can be treated as a DARK monster for the activation of a "Virus" Trap Card.
Scurvy Spitter
Level 2 VIRUS Insect
ATK:900/DEF:0
When a "Virus" Trap Card is activated: Inflict 800 damage to your opponent.
Gobblegut Germ
Level 4 VIRUS Aqua
ATK:1400/DEF:300
You can banish 1 DARK or VIRUS monster from your Graveyard: Special Summon 1 VIRUS monster from your Deck. (OCG/TCG: Level 4 or below DARK monster with 1500 or less ATK)
Cancer Crusher
Level 4 VIRUS Aqua
ATK:1500/DEF:100
If the total ATK of all monsters in your opponent's Graveyard is higher than the total ATK of all monsters in your Graveyard: Double this card's original ATK.
Pustule Pod
Level 1 VIRUS Fiend
ATK:0/DEF:0
When this card is destroyed: Add 1 "Virus" Trap Card from your Graveyard to your hand.
Leukemia Latcher
Level 3 VIRUS Fiend
ATK:1000/DEF:400
When you would Special Summon this card: You can Special Summon it to your opponent's side of the field. (OCG/TCG: Cannot be used as a Synchro Material Monster or an Xyz Material.)
Number 13: Devoted Empress Love
Rank 4 LIGHT Spellcaster/Xyz
ATK:2400/DEF:1600
2 Level 4 monsters
When the effect of a face-up "Number 39: Aspiring Emperor Hope" on your side of the field activates: you can detach 1 Xyz Material from this card instead. If a face-up "Number 39: Aspiring Emperor Hope" you control has no Xyz Materials: you can equip this card to that monster as an Equip Card. If this card has any Xyz Materials when you activate this effect: attach those Xyz Materials to the equipped monster. While the equipped monster is equipped with this card: its effects are negated, it cannot be destroyed by battle, and its control cannot switch.
Attack Allergens
Normal Trap Card
When an opponent's monster declares an attack: Negate that attack. At the end of the Battle Phase: Special Summon VIRUS monsters (OCG/TCG: Level 4 or below DARK monsters) from your Deck with combined ATK equal to or less than the damage you would've taken from the negated attack.
Perilous Poison Virus
Normal Trap Card
Tribute 1 DARK monster with 1000 or less ATK. Until the end of your opponent's 3rd turn after this card was activated: When a player Summons a non-DARK or non-VIRUS monster, they take damage equal to the Tributed monster's ATK.
Wicked Weakening Virus
Normal Trap Card
Tribute 2 DARK monsters you control. Until the end of your opponent's 3rd turn after this card was activated: All Battle Damage is halved.
Level Lock Virus
Normal Trap Card
Tribute 1 DARK monster you control. Until the end of your opponent's 3rd turn after this card was activated: All monsters on the field or in either player's hand or Graveyard have their Levels become the Level or the Tributed monster.
Vile: The truly sickening Number has taken the field. Will Kotori be able to defeat it?
Cathy: Hey, why weren't there any stats for Number 37 at the end?
Vile: I'm saving that for Chapter 6. Giving you all a cliffhanger. XD
Yamoto: *giving a dark look*
Vile: Jeez, at least I'll clear things up next chapter! If you guys liked this chapter, leave a review for me! See ya next time!
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