Hey gang! Well, this past week has been interesting. Last weekend, my mom came in from Richmond, VA, to visit my grandparents, which was cool. My sister and her boyfriend came down there too, and I went up. We all had a good time. Hmm, other than that, I'm exhausted this morning. Currently, I'm on a business trip to the home office. I came up yesterday and leave today, but I never sleep well when we are in a certain motel, and last night was no exception. I probably got at most an hour or two of sleep. I just feel worn out, which totally sucks since I drove up with my coworker, and he doesn't know how to drive stick… (/sighs\) I'll just have to wire myself up with energy drinks and see how that works. Other than that, I'm looking forward to going to the beach here in another week or so. I can't wait to be off and just do whatever I feel like for the week with my mate. Ah, good times ahead…
Writing wise, things are still moving, so don't worry too much about it. I've been sitting and thinking a lot on this story, so things are coming to me, and ardee is hard at work on it as well, so no worries really on this story. It'll be finished, trust me.
Last time, Zane and Zell's battle raged on, with Zell's life points going over 26000, plus he summoned a monster with 5000 attack points. Can Zane triumph over the madman that put him through hell, or will he fall victim once more to him and lose his body once more?
Alright, time for reviews!
Aelsthla-Mental: Heh, I'm not sure where ardee actually got that. If I had to guess, possibly from Artemis Fowl. True, things aren't looking good, but Zane's a fighter. He'll find a way, or go down fighting, lol.
Metal Overlord 2.0: Yep, Zell managed to save himself during Forgotten Guardians. Heh, I wasn't sure if anyone would figure that out or not. True, he seems to have not lost that evil touch of his since he commandeered Syrus's body. Yep, with Zell out and about, there is another power vying for power in Dark World. Heh, glad you liked this chapter. Ardee did the actual duel, so I give him credit. Never know what Zell may have up his sleeves. Time will tell. Thanks for the review!
KisunaFuji: Thanks about the chapter. Heh, I'll try to update as soon as possible, but currently I can only do it once a week. Yeah, I'm sure many people are pulling for Zane to win so he can truly express how he feels for Syrus, but that's if he wins. True, 26000 life points is one tough obstacle to overcome. If there is anyone who can do it though, it's Zane, the king of major life point damage, hehe. Thanks for the review!
Well, that's it for this session. Man, I feel so sleepy. My eyes just hurt, lol. Stupid no sleeping while in odd motel… Anyways, thanks to everyone for their reviews. I enjoyed all of them. Take care all, and till next time, enjoy!
Chapter 31
Drawing deliberately slowly, Zane glanced at his new card and smirked. "What you said is true Zell. You see, I have the ability to end this duel permanently and free my little brother."
"You can't hope to defeat a monster with 5000 attack points and then reduce my score by 26000 life points to zero in one turn. It is impossible." Zell scoffed.
With blazing eyes, Zane declared "I wouldn't count on it! I begin by activating the spell called Spell Economics. With this spell, I pay no life points for any spell cards that have me pay life points. Next, I play my second Cyber Valley (0/0)!"
Materializing onto the field instantly was a new silver machine snake like dragon with spike like scale armor, with eight red half spheres on it's belly.
"Is that all?" Zell scoffed. "Because if it is, you're wasting my time."
Shaking his head, Zane replied "Not quite. I activate this spell, Machine Duplication, which allows me to choose a Machine Type monster on my field with 500 or less attack points. Since Cyber Valley has zero, it's a shoe in. Next, I can special summon up to two more copies of this monster, so I special summon my final copy from my deck."
Rising onto the field next to the other silver machine snake with spike scaled armor was another silver machine snake.
"What is the point of your move!? Summoning those weaklings has done nothing to ensure your victory!" Zell angrily snarled.
Smirking, Zane simply replied "You'll see soon enough, that I can assure you of. Now then, I activate Cyber Valley's second special ability. By removing it from play along with another monster, I can draw two new cards. I'll send it and your Celeri away then and draw two new cards."
Picking up two cards while his machine dragon and fiend creature vanished, Zane slightly smirked. "Go ahead and pick up your two cards for Appropriate." Zane smartly said.
Glaring at Zane, Zell drew his cards. Once he had both, Zane continued on, saying "I next activate the spell Dimension Fusion, allowing me to pay 2000 life points in order for both of us to return all of our removed from play monsters that we can. Since I have Spell Economics in play, I pay nothing, plus I only can return two monsters, so I pick the two Cyber Valleys (0/0)."
Rematerializing onto the field instantly was the two silver machine dragons with spiked scale armor.
"And next, I activate my first Cyber Valley's third effect. By removing it from play along with a card from my hand, I can take a card in my Graveyard and place it on top of my deck. My choice is Dimension Fusion."
Watching Zane take the two cards and replace them into his removed from play slot, Zell irritably growled while Zane placed a card on top of his deck. At the same time, one of the silver machine dragons vanished once more from the field.
Smirking, Zane pointed a finger at his remaining two machine dragons and said "Now, I activate Cyber Valley's effect once more. Once more, I remove from play both of my Cyber Valleys, allowing me to draw two new cards."
Again, the two machine dragons vanished from the field while Zane drew two cards. At the same time, Zell did the same with a puzzled look. "Is there a point to these moves?" he growled out.
Smirking, Zane replied "There is. Watch as I activate Dimension Fusion once more, returning all three of my Cyber Valleys (0/0)!"
Rising up onto the field once more were all three of the silver machine snakes with spike like scales.
Eyes widening, Zell gasped softly while fear began creeping over his face. "That's impossible! It's an endless loop! You remove a Cyber Valley and a card from your hand from play to place Dimension Fusion on the top of your deck, and then you remove the other two to draw two more cards, one of which is Dimension Fusion! At the same time, I'm forced to draw two new cards! Then you can play it again, special summoning all three Cyber Valleys, and repeating the process. And thanks to Spell Economics, you pay no life points!"
"You catch on quickly." Zane smugly remarked while continuing his move.
Zell watched in despair as Zane repeated the process again and again. His life points continued to go up thanks to his trap due that he had to draw for his other trap. But it was quite useless, since it was Zane's turn. As Zane repeated the process for the tenth time, he stopped, and smirked at Zell, who was down to a handful of cards in his deck. At the same time, Zane only had two cards left in his deck.
"And now, I activate my last Cyber Valley's second effect, causing me to remove from play itself and Cyberdark Dragon!"
With a light roar, the silver machine dragon with spike like scales and the black machine dragon each vanished from the field while Zane drew two more cards.
Smirking great big, Zane turned a card towards Zell, saying "I activate the spell Power Bond, allowing me to fuse my Cyber Dragon on the field with the two in my hand (2100/1600) to create the Cyber End Dragon (4000/2800)!"
Materializing onto the field next to the lone machine dragon was a pair of silver machine dragons. The three swirled together in a blinding light, forcing Zell to look away. The light soon died down, revealing a large silver three headed machine dragon with a large set of wings on it's back and single tail. Each head let out a massive roar which shook the ground.
"Thanks to Power Bond, my dragon's points are doubled (4000 2 8000/2800), making it doubly hard for you to handle."
Gulping while watching the three headed machine dragon glow with a light blue aura, Zane stared at the machine dragon with wide eyes. "I've not been on the receiving end of this dragon in a long time. Last time I saw it, I was controlling it and Marie used it's power against me."
"I'm not done! I play my second Power Bond, allowing me to fuse together my two Cyber Dragons (2100/1600) and form Cyber Twin Dragon (2800 2 5600/2000)!"
"Wait, you have no Cyber Dragons on the field!?" Zell declared in his own defense.
Smirking, Zane nodded and replied "True, which is why I activate the spell Cybernetic Fusion Support! By paying half my life points, I can fuse monsters from my Graveyard instead. Of course, I lose no points due to Spell Economics, so no matter. Now then, form together Cyber Twin Dragon!"
Rising back up onto the field instantly was two silver machine dragons. A blinding light formed on the field a moment later, which died down after a minute. On the field, next to the three headed machine dragon was a smaller twin headed machine dragon with no wings. With a loud roar, each head made its presence known.
"And if that wasn't enough of a problem for you, I activate Dimension Fusion, allowing me to return Cyberdark Dragon (1000/1000), and the two Cyber Dragons (2100/1600) I removed from play. And since Cyberdark Dragon is back, I'll activate it's effect and equip it to Felgrand Dragon (2800/2800) (3800/1000), plus it gains a few more points (4700/1000)."
Rematerializing onto the field a moment later was the black machine dragon and two silver snake like machine dragons. Appearing before the black machine dragon a moment later was the golden dragon, which was instantly integrated into the machine dragon's body once more.
"And now, I activate the single card that will seal your fate. I play the spell Overload Fusion!"
Hearing Zane's words, Zell fell to his knees while trembling in fear. "No, you can't…" he weakly mumbled.
"I can and I will!" Zane declared loudly. "With Overload Fusion, I can remove from play Machine Type monsters in my Graveyard or on my field in order to special summon a Dark Attribute Machine Type monster. I choose to remove all three Cyber Dragons (2100/1600), Cyber Barrier Dragon (800/2800), Cyber Laser Dragon (2400/1800), Cyber Ouroboros (100/600), Cyber Phoenix (1200/1600), Cyberdark Horn (800/800), Cyberdark Edge (800/800), and Cyberdark Keel (800/800) in order to form my Chimeratech Overdragon (?/?)!"
Each and every one of the silhouettes of the monsters Zane had declared formed behind him. All at once, the ten vanished in a flash of light while a dark portal appeared above the field. Slowly descending from the portal a moment later was a large silver snake like machine dragon that had ten heads.
"Since I emptied out most of my Graveyard, Cyberdark Dragon loses all it's extra strength (3800/1000). And as you know, this new dragon gains 800 attack and defense points for every Fusion Material monster that composed him. Since I used ten monsters, that's 8000 points (800 10 8000/8000). And for each monster I used to summon this creature, it can attack that many times." said Zane in an even tone.
Weakly, in a whimpering tone, Zell said "Zane, reconsider your decision. Do you wish to hurt your own brother's body?"
Turning to panic, Zell added "Draw the duel! Join me, and ultimate power shall be ours!"
Ignoring Zell's pleas, Zane turned one last card towards Zell, saying "I activate my final spell, Limiter Removal. This doubles every single one of my Machine Type monsters attack points till the end of the turn (8000 2 16000/2800) (5600 2 11200/2000) (3800 2 7200/1000) (8000 2 16000/8000)."
Watching each of the four monsters roar loudly while their strength increased, Zane glanced from dragon to dragon and sadly smiled. "My four most powerful monsters…" he mumbled lowly.
Throwing a heated glare at Zell, who was lost in his fear, Zane said "When you used my body, you abused the power of each and every one of my dragons, but still you didn't bring out their full potential. I did so just now to their fullest, proving that you were truly indeed a worthless coward. The potential damage I can do with these monsters exceeds 200000 points. How you could ever think to match that!?"
"DON'T DO THIS ZANE!" Zell cried out in desperation while his eyes were filled to the core with terror.
"No, I will end this. You took control of myself and disrespected my monsters, and to top it off, harmed the students at Duel Academy. And then you took it a step farther in harming my little brother, and attempted to force Marie into your control. Worst of all, you took control of my little brother, thinking I wouldn't harm him due to you."
Glaring at Zell with eyes full of hatred, Zane declared "I WILL FREE MY BROTHER! CYBERDARK DRAGON, CRUSH HIS MONSTER WITH DARK STRIDENT BLAZE!"
Letting out a mighty roar, the black machine dragon released a stream of black energy straight at the towering black demon. With ease, the blast tore through the creature, shattering it instantly while the remainder of the blow struck Zell, causing him to scream out in pain.
Weakly looking up at Zane, Zell said "Think of your brother Zane! You'll kill him with that much firepower!"
"I will save my brother once your spirit is pushed out of his body." Zane firmly stated. "I won't allow you to control him no longer! Now die! Crush him Cyber End Dragon, Cyber Twin Dragon, and Chimeratech Overdragon with Super Strident Blaze, Double Strident Blaze, and Overload Burst!"
With each set of dragon heads letting out a loud roar, the three headed dragon released a stream of light blue energy from each of it's mouths, which combined into a single stream of power. The twin headed dragon did the same, with each head releasing a stream of glowing golden energy. Bringing up the rear, the ten heads of the behemoth of a machine dragon took aim and released a single stream of black energy.
The four sets of streams slammed hard into Zell, causing a tremendous explosion to cover the area. The force of the explosion sent trees toppling over, along with dirt and sand to fill the air. Slowly, the sound of life points running out filled the dust and smoke filled air. At long last, the sound of a duel ending hit the air.
Walking into the dust and debris, Zane cautiously picked his way across the destroyed battlefield till he found Syrus laying on the ground face down. Gently, he rolled his brother over onto his back and checked his vitals. Finding they were faint, he let out a sigh of relief.
Feeling tears falling down his face, Zane mumbled "Syrus, I'm so sorry for not being there to protect you. I swear, I will never fail you again little brother."
Without warning, Zane felt his heart suddenly tighten while pain streaked through his body, causing him to grip his chest. Taking raspy breaths, he felt his body tremble as more pain racked his body, causing him to fall over onto his side next to Syrus.
Panting heavily, he clenched his eyes shut tightly and tried to push the pain away. "Ah, I didn't think the pain would hit me after just one duel! Damn, it's almost too much for me to bear! I used way too much Duel Energy in this game."
Feeling the pain slightly easing off, he cracked his eyes open and gingerly sat up. Taking a glance at his younger brother, Zane decided to move the pair further into the forest. With all his will, he stood back up and picked his brother up as well. Pain ran through his body, but he pushed it away and began walking into the forest with his brother on his back.
Finding a secluded area near the edge of the forest, Zane sat Syrus down onto the ground and pulled out his medical supplies from his backpack. Treating all of the minor wounds the best he could, Zane let out a small sigh upon finishing up.
Looking down at his brother's peaceful face, he sadly smiled at him and reached out to his brother and gently ruffled his hair. Feeling his brother's hair for the first time in months instantly drew tears into the battle hardened duelist.
"Sy, I'm so sorry. I should never have let him take you. I should have known that Zell wasn't gone, that he had moved on and into your body. For failing you brother, I'm truly sorry."
Laying down next to his brother, he let his tears continue to roll down his face. For the first time in months, he closed his eyes, allowing sleep to take over his body and consume him fully.
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Waking to the sound of dark laughter, Zane groggily sat up and glanced around the area he had selected to rest in. Finding Syrus was still next to him, he weakly stood up slowly and moved away from his brother.
Moving to the edge of the forest to look out into the vast wasteland, he saw a dark figure with dark blue-green spike like hair wearing a dark purple vest that was open with a black muscle shirt revealed underneath the vest, with a dark purple battle skirt and black pants. Around his waist was a set of round white containers with a handle sticking out of each. Dark purple armbands were around muscular biceps, with a black wrist band on his wrist. On the figure's left arm was a red Duel Disk with a blue screen for life points, and series of three blades folded up together.
Revealing his eyes from below his bangs, the figure was seen to have orange colored eyes and was evilly grinning.
Lightly gasping, Zane mumbled "Jesse, is that you?"
"Not quite Zane." a feminine voice spoke up while Jesse's body glowed with a purple aura.
Hardening his gaze, Zane clenched his jaw and growled out "It's you, isn't it Yubel!?"
"Wow, I'd have guessed you'd keep pondering who it was, but you're as sharp as ever I see." Yubel smugly remarked. With the purple aura fading away, Jesse's normal voice but darker than normal and without his southern drawl, asked "So Zane, enjoying your stay thus far in Dark World?"
Not receiving an answer, Jesse's orange eyes glanced past Zane towards the still sleeping form of Syrus. Sneering while the purple aura covered Jesse once more, Yubel's voice smugly said "I see you took care of my future problem maker. I must thank you for that. Zell was a decent partner, but he had such short sighted goals of simply ruling this dimension."
"And what is your goals then!?" Zane ground out.
Smirking, Yubel's voice replied "They are simple really. A new day dawns. Before long, the fabric of all things will be undone, then rewoven so all dimensions become one. Once that is complete, I will have a place where I can keep Jaden locked away for all of eternity!"
"What does this have to do with Jaden!?" Zane demanded.
Darkly chuckling, Yubel coolly said "It has everything to do with him. He is the reason for all of this, for my goals, and for what I do everything for."
"I don't think Jaden would want you doing this, Yubel." Zane sharply remarked. "In fact, I'm pretty sure he would be most angry with you for harming Jesse and possessing his body."
"Perhaps, but that doesn't matter." Yubel flatly stated. "I will have the twelve dimensions become one, no matter what."
"How boring." a voice declared, making both Zane and Jesse look around. Both soon saw the owner to the voice walking out of the deep forest and moving before the pair.
Glaring at the figure, Zane asked "Why are you here Darren? You should be back at Duel Academy still."
"Should have, could have, would have, but I had other plans." Darren smugly remarked with a sneer. "When I saw the power that Kevin wielded, I decided then that I wanted that power for myself. I'm here to take whatever power I can and make it my own. Besides, I have a score to settle with both of you."
Glancing from Darren to Jesse and back to Darren, Zane harshly said "Get out of here Darren! You don't know what you're getting into!"
"Can it Zane. I know what I'm doing. I'm going to take the power that Jesse has away, along with whatever power you have, and grow stronger. And eventually, I'll rule not only this world, but any other one I want!" Darren declared.
Darkly chuckling, Jesse let out bellowing maniacal laughter. Pointing at Darren, Jesse smartly said "Is that so? Well then, I guess we have a three way battle here."
"Darren, leave now and leave Jesse to me." Zane growled out.
Shaking his head while moving out from the pair, Darren smugly shot back "I will crush both of you, and take what power each of you has."
"I have no problem sending either of you to the Shadows. Let's begin this little duel." Jesse declared with a smirk.
Growling lightly, Zane glanced back at his younger brother, but grudgingly moved into position so that the three were in a triangle shaped set of positions. Shuffling their decks and then placing them into their Duel Disks, the three's Duel Disks came to life, with each activating, but Jesse's Duel Disk slid out three blades with zones on each. Drawing their first five cards, the three solemnly declared "Duel!"
"I'll begin this little duel." Darren declared while drawing his sixth card. Placing a card into his Spell/Trap Slot, he smartly said "I start by playing the spell Fiend's Sanctuary, allowing me to special summon a Metal Fiend Token (0/0)!"
Materializing onto the field before Darren was a small silver creature made up of several round metal sections. It had pointed hands and a pointed tail, and a simple round head.
"Next I set a face down card, then sacrifice my token for Granmarg the Rock Monarch (2400/1000)!"
The small metal creature instantly vanished from the field, only to be replaced by a towering brown fully armored warrior with a blue towel like wrap around it's waist, hulking oversized gloved hands, stubby like legs, large golden shoulder pads, and a ring like structure jutting out from it's back that surrounded it's front part. It's head was covered with a helmet, but seemed to not obscure it's vision.
"When Granmarg is summoned, I get to destroy one face down card on the field, so I'll crush my own."
Raising a large brown metal fist, the large warrior slammed it heavily into the face down card image, shattering it instantly, but not before revealing what it was.
Sneering, Darren smugly said "I just crushed my trap, Kozaky's Self-Destruct Button. It activates when it's destroyed, dealing the person who took it out 1000 life points of damage. Of course, I have no intentions of taking the damage, that's why I activate the spell card known as Spell of Pain! Now I can transfer the damage I was to take to someone else, so I pick you Zane!"
Immediately, Zane's body glowed with a light red aura, making him shutter a bit. The aura soon faded, but left him clutching his chest tightly.
"No, I've not yet recovered the strength I lost in my duel with Zell. That means I may not make it through this duel." Glancing over at Syrus, he returned his vision back to Darren and growled back in his mind "I will protect my little brother, no matter what the cost!"
Smirking at Zane's weakened form, Darren took one of his remaining cards in his hand and placed it into one of his Spell/Trap Slots and said "I place this face down and I'll let Jesse have a go at it." (Darren 8000, Jesse 8000, Zane 7000)
Drawing his card, Jesse calmly said "I begin by activating my field spell, Advanced Dark!"
Reaching down to the final blade on his Duel Disk, Jesse waited while a fourth blade shot out from the third. Placing the card into the blade, he darkly smirked as the blade shut back up into the third, causing his Duel Disk to glow to life. Appearing around Jesse's feet instantly was a glowing blue circle with strange symbols within it. Slowly, the circle enlarged and spread across the field, entrapping all three within it as blue energy rose up from the circle like flames.
"The effects of this field spell shall be revealed soon enough. In the meantime, I summon Advanced Crystal Beast Amber Mammoth (1700/1600)."
Materializing onto the field was a round amber colored stone with a dark aura surrounding it. A moment later, the aura flared to life and the stone shattered, revealing a large dark grey mammoth with white tusks, an amber round stone on it's forehead, and a white mane.
"To end, I place these two cards face down." (Darren 8000, Jesse 8000, Zane 7000)
Eyeing both Darren and Jesse's fields, Zane contemplated his move for a few moments. At last, he was ready and drew his next card. Examining it, he showed it to both his opponents and said "I activate the spell Card Destruction, meaning we all three must toss out our hands and draw new cards equal to the ones we tossed out."
Silently, each placed the remaining cards in their hands into their Graveyards. Darren picked up one, while Jesse picked up two, and Zane picked up five.
Looking over his new hand, Zane smirked and slapped a card to his Duel Disk, saying "I special summon Cyber Dragon (2100/1600)!"
Rising up onto the field was a silver machine snake like dragon, which let out a loud mechanical roar.
"No surprise there." Darren commented with a smug look.
Smirking himself, Zane replied "Then you won't mind when I summon something new, like this, my Cyberdark Keel (800/800)!"
Materializing beside of the machine dragon was a black colored machine snake like dragon with several wires hanging off of it's body. It's eyes were a red color, and it let out a small warning growl.
Without warning, a jolt of pain ran through Zane's body, making him wince. "I have to hang on! No matter what, I have to keep going!"
Regaining his composure, he called out "When Cyberdark Keel is summoned, I get to equip a Dragon Type monster to it from my Graveyard, so long as it's level four or below. My pick is this, Infernal Dragon (2000/0)!"
Appearing on the field before the black machine dragon was a black dragon with a skin hood and large black wings. The dragon let out a small roar before the wires on the black machine dragon reached out and sank into the black dragon. Struggling, the black dragon was dragged to the machine dragon, but soon settled as the machine dragon glowed with a black aura.
"Whenever I equip a Dragon to my Cyberdark Keel, it gains that dragon's attack points (800 + 2000 2800/800)."
Glaring at the powerful machine dragon, Darren smartly said "I see, you've changed your deck since last time."
"It must be rather painful though Zane." Jesse spoke up in a mixed voice with Yubel's. "After all, that Underworld Deck from what Zell told me drained it's controller of their Duel Energy. I'd have to guess that right now, you're exhausted from your battle with Zell, meaning that your deck is killing you to use."
Shooting a glare at Jesse, Zane smirked and said "I wouldn't worry about me. After all, once I'm done with you, Jesse will be free."
"Unlikely." Jesse remarked in a clipped tone.
"We'll see." Zane commented. "Before I end, I set a card face down and activate this spell, Different Dimension Capsule!"
Slowly appearing onto the field was a blue and yellow casket like structure. Pulling his deck out, Zane searched it for a moment and finally picked a card.
"Upon me playing this card, I'm allowed to search my deck and remove from play one card from it. In two of my Standby Phases, I'm allowed to add the card to my hand."
Replacing his deck after he shuffled, Zane placed the other card into his removed from play slot and said "I think that'll do it for me." (Darren 8000, Jesse 8000, Zane 7000)
Picking up a new card, Darren sneered and said "I kick things off this turn by playing my trap, Call of the Haunted! Thanks to this, I get to resurrect my Inazu the Lightning Prince (1400/700)!"
A thin warrior dressed in gray armor and a blue cape coming down to his ankles instantly emerged onto the field. Reaching into his cape, he pulled out an axe and seemed ready for battle.
"Next, I sacrifice Inazu to summon Mobius the Frost Monarch (2400/1000)!"
Immediately, the grey armored warrior vanished from the field and was replaced by a towering new warrior in full body armor that was light blue, with a flowing blue cape and cold wisps of smoke coming off his body.
"When I summon Mobius, his special ability kicks in, allowing me to destroy two spell or trap cards on the field. My targets are your pathetic dragon equip and spell there Zane!"
Turning a palm towards Zane, the icy colored warrior shot a blast of arctic wind. The wind crashed against the black machine dragon, instantly freezing the black dragon in it's clutches, causing it to shatter. Moving on, the wind struck the strange capsule and froze it over, causing it to shatter a moment later.
Letting out a dark chuckle, Darren smugly said "Without your dragon, your pathetic creature gets weaker (2800 – 2000 800/800). And also, since I destroyed your capsule, that means you just lost an important card."
"Perhaps…" Zane smartly remarked.
Glaring at Zane, Darren glanced at Jesse and pointed at the weaker mammoth creature, saying "I would wipe Zane out, but I need to make sure you don't try anything, so go Granmarg, crush his mammoth!"
Stepping towards the mammoth creature, the brown armored warrior pulled back a heavy right fist and sent it flying towards the mammoth.
Darkly chuckling, Jesse pointed at his face down card and said "I think not, for I play a spell! Go Gem Flash! With this, I can send an Advanced Crystal Beast from my hand to my Spell/Trap Slot to reduce all the Battle Damage to zero. My choice is Advanced Crystal Beast Emerald Turtle (600/2000)."
Upon Jesse sliding the card from his hand into his Spell/Trap Slot, a green crystal formed on his field and shot out a green beam that coated the mammoth. A moment later, the large brown warrior's fist slammed heavily into the beam that covered the mammoth. After grinding against it for a moment, the warrior stepped back.
Casting a glare at Jesse, Darren growled out "No matter, I'll attack Zane's pathetic Cyberdark Keel with Mobius!"
Turning a palm towards the black machine dragon, the ice armored warrior shot a beam of arctic blue energy towards the machine dragon.
"Not quite Darren!" Zane called out. "I activate my trap, Attack Reflector Unit! Thanks to this, I can sacrifice Cyber Dragon to summon from my deck Cyber Barrier Dragon (800/2800)!"
Sifting through his deck, Zane selected the correct card finally. Slapping it to his Duel Disk, the silver machine dragon vanished, only to be replaced by another silver machine dragon, this one with a hood around it's face that had a pink stripe on it and four pointed antennas on it. Several spikes were jutting out from the dragon's body as well.
"Big deal, your other dragon is gone!" Darren yelled out.
Smirking, Zane smugly replied "Not really, because now I play Cyber Barrier Dragon's special ability. Once per a turn, I can negate an attack, so you're out of luck!"
Pulling it's head back into it's hood and extending it's antennas, the machine dragon with pink on it's hood began screeching as a green barrier formed in the area of the antennas. The icy wind blast struck the barrier and instantly fizzled out.
Growling lowly, Darren jammed a card into his Spell/Trap Slot and said "I'll set this and end!" (Darren 8000, Jesse 8000, Zane 7000)
"Alright, my move." Jesse declared upon drawing. "I summon Advanced Crystal Beast Topaz Tiger (1600/1000)!"
Forming on the field before Jesse was a yellow round stone. After a moment, it glowed black and exploded, revealing a white tiger with black stripes, black fur on all four of it's feet, a black blade on it's tail, and a white horn jutting out of it's forehead.
"And next, I activate a little spell known as M-Force! This raises one of my Advanced Crystal Beast's attack points by 500 for this turn alone, and I think I'll choose Topaz (1600 + 500 2100/1000)."
Growling softly, the white tiger's body glowed with a green glow as it's strength rose.
"Am I supposed to be impressed?" Darren questioned with a bored expression.
Smirking, Jesse replied "You will be in a moment. First though, I play my trap, Crystal Raigeki, which allows me to send a Crystal from my field to destroy one of your cards. I send Emerald Turtle to my Graveyard and destroy your pathetic Granmarg!"
"What!?" Darren roared out in anger.
Glowing with a bright black aura, the green crystal shot a beam of black and green mixed energy at the brown armored warrior, causing it to explode on impact and making Darren cover his face from the explosion.
"And now, Topaz attacks Mobius!"
"What a waste! If you wanted to lose, then you should have said so!" Darren yelled out angrily.
Smirking, Jesse smugly remarked "Oh yeah, one thing about Topaz I forgot to mention. When attacking on my turn, he gains 400 more attack points (2100 + 400 2500/1000). That means Mobius is going down."
"No!" Darren yelled in surprise.
Roaring loudly, the white tiger bound forward and slammed a heavy paw into the chest of the ice colored warrior, which howled in pain as the claws of the tiger dug into it, causing it to shatter into millions of pixels.
"And now that you're defenseless, Amber Mammoth gets to attack you too!" Jesse declared.
Racing forward, the mammoth creature slammed a heavy foot into Darren, making him fall to one knee and begin panting lightly.
"I think that's enough damage for now. I'll let Zane pummel you some more." (Darren 6200, Jesse 8000, Zane 7000)