-Thunderbird Zwei-
Hazuki stared in fear at her corrupted Shadow. She was trying to avert her eyes, but to no avail. Shadow Hazuki's dark aura kept drawing her attention.
Shadow Hazuki smirked. "If you're just going to stand there, then I'll take the first move," she stared, "Watashi no turn! Draw!" She took her card from her deck. Immediately, her lips curled into a maniacaly smirk and her glasses shined with a frightening glare. "First, I activate Treasure Cards of Harmony! With this, by discarding any Lv2 or below Dragon-type tuner, I can draw two cards!" The corrupted orange Shadow tossed her card and took two new ones form her deck. Immediately, the card she tossed glowed. "And when White of Legend is sent to the graveyard, I can add any Blue-Eyes White Dragon to my hand!"
Shadow Hazuki took another card from her deck and placed it in her hand. Her deck then auto-shuffled, since she had to search it.
Hazuki didn't like this combo one bit. Not only did it take a lot of time, but it also allowed her to blow through her deck and set up her graveyard. It was not pretty once she got her field presence up. She had to hope she could withstand this onslaught.
"Next, I activate Trade-In! By discarding a Lv8 monster, like Blue-Eyes, I can draw two more cards!" Shadow Hazuki tossed her card and quickly took two new ones for her deck. "A net gain of plus 1!" She smirked viciously. "Next, I summon Tinplate Goldfish!" At once, a tin toy shaped like a fish appeared (800/2000). "And whenever its normal summoned, I can special summon any Lv4 monster from my hand! So come on, Cyber Dark Keel!"
At once, a long, snake-like machine emerged from a compartment in the Goldfish. It was more like the tail of a much larger machine, but it was still threatening nonetheless (800/800).
"Now, I activate Tannhauser Gate! With this, I can take two monsters of the same type but less than 1000 ATK…and combine their levels to raise them to the result! Keel and Goldfish fit the bill perfectly!" A large, advanced gate appeared. Both machines passed through it, and re-emerged, seemingly stronger than ever as they both became Lv8. "And then I activate Dual Summon! with this, I can get another Normal summon this turn! And since I have a Lv8 monster out, I can summon THIS without tributing!"
The power of the spell granted extra energy for Shadow Hazuki. She used that energy to bring forth a multi-limbed dragon from interstellar space (800/800). Then, Goldfish, Keel, and the dragon -Parsec- transformed into energy orbs and spiraled upward.
"And with these three Lv8 monsters, I build the Overlay Network!" All three monsters entered the vortex, leading to a massive explosion of energy. Then and there, a powerful being emerged. He wielded two large clubs but seemed more specialized for training than anything else (2800/2000). "Awareru, Enthusiastic Coach King Giantrainer! And Now I activate his ability three times to draw three cards! And do you have any idea what happens when I draw a monster with his ability?"
All three lights orbiting the Coach King vanished into his club. He slammed it down that many times, cuing his mistress to draw her cards. She did so and revealed them: Cyber Dark Edge, Super-Regeneration Ability, and White of Legend. Two shockwaves burst forth, catching the orange Ojamajo in their wake and knocking her to the ground, reducing her to 6400 Life Points.
"And if you thought that sucked," shadow Hazuki shouted, "Wait until you see this! I activate Rank-Up Magic – Barian's Force! And with this card, I use Enthusiastic Coach King Giantrainer to rebuild the Overlay Network!" At once, the Barian Emblem appeared beneath Coach King. He then transformed into an orb of magenta energy and spiraled up into a dark vortex. It burst with a dark rainbow explosion. The gate sealed by the Barian Emblem appeared…and opened up for the powerful being on the other side to descend. He slammed his magenta blades down, making his presence known that way (3800/2300). "Awareru, Chaos Xyz: Enthusiastic Coach God Ultimatrainer!"
Hazuki stared up at the powerful monster in terror. "Majo Rika, Majo Rika, Majo Rika…" she muttered.
It only seemed to encourage the corrupted orange Shadow. "I activate Ultimatrainer's ability! By detaching one Overlay, I can draw one card…and if it's a monster…!" The magenta crystal floating beside Ultimatrainer reverted to energy and flowed into the powerful Chaos Xyz's blade. He then slammed it down as his mistress drew her card. It was Treasure Cards of Harmony, which caused the shockwave ot fizzle. "Hmph! Oh well, at least I turbo through my deck even further!"
Shadow Hazuki activated her freshly-drawn card, discarding White of Legend to draw two cards and then gaining another Blue-Eyes White Dragon thanks to White's effect. She followed with yet another Trade-In, discarding the Blue-Eyes to draw two more cards. She smirked at one of the cards.
"Now, I activate Magical Stone Excavation!" Shadow Hazuki shouted, "By discarding two cards, I can take any spell from my graveyard and add it to my hand!" She tossed two of her cards to power the spell's power. Then, a bright purple crystal burst out of the ground, carrying the spell she wanted back. It burst open, letting her add it to her hand. "And I think I'll activate it now: Trade-In!"
Hazuki looked on in worry as her Shadow tossed yet another Lv8 monster to get more cards to her hand. She also looked on at her deck and saw that more than half of it was now gone, to her shock. She knew her deck had a similar means of deck-thinning, but not to this level.
"I set one card," Shadow Hazuki stated, interrupting her Light Half's train of thought. A reversed card appeared behind Ultimatrainer. "And I will go to my End Phase…where I will use this: Super-Regeneration Ability! Now, for each Dragon-type I discarded or tributed this turn, I can draw one card. I did it to five, so do the math!"
Hazuki gulped as her Shadow drew five more cards from her deck. Fortunately, it was just that one-
"Oh, lookie here! Another one!" Shadow Hazuki smirked maniacally. She inserted the card into the slot…and immediately began drawing five more cards. She looked at them and sighed. "Oh well. My deck is running low on cards anyway. But my hand has more than six cards now, so I have to discard." She took five cards from her hand and tossed them into the graveyard. "Turn end."
Maybe I can stall her until she runs out of cards? Hazuki thought, I hope it works! "Atashi no Turn! Draw!" Her teeth chattered as she looked up at the Chaos Xyz she faced. She knew it was immune to targeting effects, so several of her cards were useless. "I set one monster and one card." A reversed card appeared before followed by a reversed monster before it. "T-turn end!"
"That's all you can do, huh?" Shadow Hazuki mocked, "Watashi no Turn! Draw!" She eyed her card with a sinister glee. But then she looked at her concealed card. "First, I activate my face-down card: Overlaod Fusion! By banishing Fusion Material monsters, I can Fusion Summon any DARK Machine-Type monster!" Cyber Darks Horn, Edge, and Keel came forth from the card. Then, all three of them detached parts of their bodies, and joined together. The resulting union growled angrily at Hazuki (1000/1000). "Awareru, Cyber Dark Dragon!"
Cyber Dark Dragon gained a rather sinister grin, seeming to power up (1000-2300/1000).
"Cyber Dark Dragon gains 100 ATK for each monster in my graveyard…and it gets to take any Dragon-type monster from there and equip it!" shadow Hazuki explained. At once, the dark mechanical dragon tore open a portal and dragged Blue-Eyed white Dragon form beyond the grave. Cords and wires extruded from Cyber Dark Dragon and seemed to go right through Blue-Eyes' scales, causing a level of pain (2300-5200/1000). "And since I now have a Lv8 monster, I can normal summon Parsec without releasing anything!"
Once again, the Interstellar Dragon flew win, lading beside Shadow Hazuki.
"Next, I activate Resurrection of the Dead! And I will use it to bring back White of Legend!" The sacred ankh appeared over the field. Its power tore open a portal too the netherworld and summoned a large, glowing egg from its depths (300/250). "And I take it you remember Tannhauser Gate, right?"
Hazuki silently nodded as the familiar gate appeared and raised Parsec and White of Legend to Lv9. Both monsters then transformed into orbs of golden energy and spiraled upward.
"And with these two Lv9 monsters, I build the Overlay Network!" Shadow Hazuki shouted. Both monsters entered a galaxy-like vortex…but nothing showed up. At least, not in the library…
A massive shadow filtered through the windows above. Hazuki looked up at them and gasped in horror. Floating outside and dominating the skies of Kage Kai was the massive form of her Shadow's ace monster. She couldn't see the entirety of it, but she was certain it was a machine of gigantic proportions (2800/3000).
Shadow Hazuki smirked. "Awareru! Number 9: Canopy Star – Dyson Sphere!" She looked at her Light Half's trembling form, enjoying every minute of it. If she had her way, she would just kill her right now…but Her will had given the order to force her to their side…and she didn't want to disappoint. Cyber Dark Dragon didn't seem to enjoy losing another card from the graveyard (5200-5100/1000). "I'm sorry, Cyber-kun, but I need as much field presence as possible. Besides, you'll still have a lot of power even after my next move."
"Anou ne…Shadow Hazuki?" Hazuki peeped, "You…You favor your monsters too, right?"
Shadow Hazuki grumbled. "Yeah. So?" she inquired, "It's not like you're any different…except my monsters happen to be much better!" She smirked again. "Ad now, I activate Dragon's Mirror! With this, I can banish monsters from my graveyard to Fusion Summon any Dragon-type Fusion monster! So I think I will take out these five here and…"
Five dragons appeared: Parsec, two Radius, Schwarzchilds, and White of Legend. All of them entewred though the mirror that just appeared and seemed to merge inside. Then, the mirror shattered…and a truly monstrous five-headed dragon took shape (5000/5000). Cyber Dark Dragon grumbled as his power dropped even further (5100-4600/1000).
"Awareru…Five God Dragon!" Shadow Hazuki shouted. She then turned her eye toward Hazuki's field. "I'm pretty sure that card is your Holy Barrier -Mirror Force-, so I'll activate Heavy Storm to clear the way!" At once, a massive wind kicked up, causing severe damage to the area in addition to destroying Hazuki's set card: Cyclone. "Are you-?! Nevermind! Cyber Dar Dragon! Attack that set monster! Just attack it! Full Darkness Burst!"
Cyber Dark Dragon gave a deadpan growl. Nonetheless, it loosed a breath weapon laser made of dark energy at the concealed monster. He revealed himself as Kamui (200/1000)…and he stood no chance against the mechanical dragon's attack. The Hope of Gusta was brutally vaporized, much to Hazuki's horror. But his last screams managed to be that of a call.
"Kamui no kouka hatsudou shimasu!" Hazuki called, "When flipped, I can special summon any Gusta tuner from my deck!" At once, Gusta Gullo appeared (500/500). It fluttered down, folding its wings on for defense. Please be okay!
"So you summoned a tiny bird, big deal," Shadow Hazuki said indignantly, "Ultimatrainar! Kill that bird!"
Ultimatrainer leapt forth, slicing the defenseless bird in half. It let out a screech as its death throes.
"Gulldo no kouka hatsudou shimasu!" Hazuki called, "When sent to the graveyard, I can special summon any Lv2 or below Gusta from my deck!" At once, another, even smaller bird, Egul, flew in. He too defended himself (200/400). Hazuki turned her head away, to wanting to see another of her monster die.
"So that's how you defend yourself then?" Shadow Hazuki asked, mockingly, "Relying on a bunch of floaters to keep you safe?" She chuckled. "Then I guess I'll have to kill them all! Dyson Sphere! Destroy that tiny bird!"
Dyson Sphere gathered energy into its weapons, diverting power accordingly. Moments later, several laser beams and a number of missiles burst into the library, striking the poor bird and thoroughly vaporizing it. Its panicked shrieking as it died managed to serve as another call.
"Egul no kouka hatsudou shimasu…" Hazuki said sadly, "When destroyed by battle…I can special summon any Lv4 or below non-tuner Gusta." The one who answered the call, Winda, flew in on the wind (400/1000). She landed softly and, upon noticing her mistress was sad, shot her an encouraging look. "Arigatou, Winda-chan."
"Hmpf! How about I stop this right here and now!" Shadow Hazuki shouted angrily, "Five God Dragon! Destroy that tiny priestess!"
At once, the giant dragon drew back all five of its heads. Moments later, it loosed a five-fold breath weapon: Fire, Water, Wind, Sand, and Darkness. Winda defended herself as best as she could, but to no avail. She screamed as she was vaporized…and managed to get another call out.
"Winda no kouka hatsudou shimasu…" Hazuki said, "When an attacking monster destroyed her, I can special summon any Gusta tuner from my deck." Then and there, another Gulldo appeared. It too defended itself.
"Whatever! Turn end!"
Hazuki looked at her graveyard. She was deeply hurt by the loss of several of her monsters. They had all sacrificed themselves to protect her…and she didn't know much about how she was going to repay them.
Then, she felt a voice in her head. Hazuki recognized it as belonging to Sphered…and that she held the key to defeating Shadow Hazuki. It didn't do much to snap her out of it, but it was a second start.
"Atashi no Turn! Draw!" Hazuki called. She looked at her card and gained a nervous look. "I summon, Kamui!" At once, the Hope of Gusta appeared. He looked pretty bummed out, now knowing how it felt to be vaporized. He looked at Gulldo and nodded, despite it not being his usual partner. "I tune Lv2 Kamui with Lv3 Gulldo!"
Kamui and Gulldo flew into the air, with the latter transforming into three green rings and the former passing through them.
"Priestess and natural bird, unite as one! Bring life back to the land and vanquish my foes! Synchro Summon!" Hazuki chanted, "Awareru, Daigusta Gulldos!" And with that, a giant version of Gulldo descended from the flash of light. Riding it was Winda (2200/800). "And don't forget Gulldo's ability!"
Gulldo's cry was heard and answered by yet another Egul.
"And now…I will use Gulldos' ability. By returning any two Gusta monsters in my graveyard to my deck, I can destroy any face-up monster you control! And I choose…Cyber Dark Dragon!" And just like that, the Priestess gathered the souls of two fallen Gusta: Egul and Gulldo. Both were sent back to the wild…and their energies enabled her to utterly decimate the dark mechanical dragon. It let out a terrified roar as it was turned into scrap metal by a blast from Winda. She and Egul then nodded at one another. "Now…I tune Lv5 Daigusta Gulldos with Lv1 Egul!"
Egul and Gulldos flew into the air. The former transformed into a lone green ring while the latter flew through it.
"Power of Vylon, descend from the heavens and grant the Sphere! Transform the power of reflection and reverse the might! Synchro Summon!" Hazuki chanted, "Awareru, Daigusta Sphered!"
Then and there, a lone being descended from the flash of light. She wore armor of some kind, but it gave a very benign aura. The being herself, on the other hand, looked willing to make Shadow Hazuki pay for the suffering she caused (2000/1300).
"And you really believe a weaker monster like that is going to stop me?" Shadow Hazuki mocked, "But you're still going to pay for wiping out Cyber Dark Dragon!"
"Sphered! Attack Five God Dragon!" Hazuki commanded, ignoring her Shadow's words. Sphered flew forth on the power of wind. The powerful dragon retaliated, loosing all five breath weapons at once. But the Vylon-empowered warrior's spherical barrier effortlessly took the blow and caught the energy used. Then, she teleported right in front of Shadow Hazuki and released the captured energy, striking her with it and reducing her to 5000 Life Points. "Sphered cannot be destroyed by battle…and all damage from battles involving Gusta monsters is dealt to you instead!" A reversed card appeared behind Sphered. "I set one card. Turn end."
Shadow Hazuki recovered from the attack she was forced take and surveyed the field. She now had to deal with an invulnerable monster who could reflect all damage…and had a field full of powerful monsters that could do nothing against her! And her only hope was in the graveyard, having foolishly discarded it on her first turn.
"Anou ne…Watshi…no…Turn? Draw!" Shadow Hazuki said, clearly unnerved. She shot a dismayed look at the card she drew. "I switch all of my monsters to Defense Position!" Five God Dragon and Ultimatrainer crouched down in defense. Dyson Sphere registered no change in appearance. "Turn end!"
Hazuki looks at her ace monster with a thankful look. "Arigatou, Sphered-chan!" she said, nearly happy. Sphered returned the statement with a smile. "Atashi no turn! Draw!" The orange Ojamajo took her card and smiled once again. "I summon Winda!"
And just like that, the young Priestess of Gusta appeared once again. She looked up at the three powerful monsters and nearly panicked. But then Sphered put her hand on her shoulder; her expression alone seemed to relieve all worry. The two nodded at one another and turned back to Hazuki.
"Go for it!" Hazuki said, "But…just don't overdo it, okay?"
"This can't be happening!" Shadow Hazuki shouted, panicking, "I'M NOT SUPPOSED TO LOSE!"
Both Gusta members nodded…and both proceeded to make an assault on Five God Dragon. This time, it didn't truly retaliate, but neither of them could destroy it regardless and energy was bounced clean off the monster's hide. Winda produced the most of it, but Sphered managed to catch it all. She followed though by teleporting right in front of the corrupted orange Shadow. She unleashed the total energy, throwing her into a bookcase and snapping the Duel Anchor as her Life Points fell to 0.
Hazuki is the winner!
"But…why…?" Shadow Hazuki muttered before falling unconscious. Her hand fell t the floor, revealing her cards…including Verz Thunderbird.
Hazuki quickly regretted not dragging the duel on until she had to summon it. At least then she could have removed the Verz corruption from her Shadow. Indeed, it was something she wouldn't really wish for anyone, even if they had actually murdered her in the past.
A cloud of darkness speared in the room. Hazuki felt its presence, and by the time she was able to see it, it had already coalesced into a door. It made her feel unsafe and insecure.
"Come!" a commanding voice ordered.
Hazuki recognized the voice but couldn't tell if it belonged to Black Queen or Jou-sama. They did, after all, have the same voice, being the each other's Shadow and Light Half, respectively. Still, it was very hard to ignore and she felt like going through it despite her instincts telling her not to. Before passing through it, she gave one last look of pity to her Shadow.
She was going to be out cold for a while.
And on that note, the uncertain orange Ojamajo opened the door…
Featured Duel: Hazuki vs. Verz Shadow Hazuki
Hazuki LP (8000) – Verz Shadow Hazuki (8000)
Verz Shadow Hazuki's turn:
Verz Shadow Hazuki has Cards of Consonance, Trade-In, Tannhauser Gate, Rank-Up-Magic Barian's Force, and Tin Goldfish as her opening hand. She draws The White Stone of Legend.
Verz Shadow Hazuki activates Cards of Consonance, discarding White Stone and drawing Cyberdark Keel and Cyberdark Horn; White Stone's effect allows her to add Blue-Eyes White Dragon to her hand. She then activates Trade-In, discarding Blue-Eyes and drawing Parsec the Interstellar Dragon and Double Summon. She follows by normal summoning Tin Goldfish and using its effect to special summon Cyberdark Keel. She then activates Tannhauser Gate, targeting Goldfish and Keel and raising them to Lv8. She follows by activating Double Summon; since she controls a Lv8 monster, she can normal summon Parsec without tributing.
Verz Shadow Hazuki overlays Goldfish, Keel, and Parsec to Xyz summon Coach King Giantrainer. She activates his effect three times, detaching everything and drawing Cyberdark Edge, Super Rejuvenation, and White Stone; Hazuki takes 1600 damage from the effect. She is unable to conduct her Battle Phase this turn due to Coach King's other effect.
Verz Shadow Hazuki activates Rank-Up-Magic Barian's Force, targeting Coach King and using him as Xyz material to Xyz summon Coach Lord Ultimatrainer. She activates his effect, detaching its only material and drawing Cards of Consonance.
Verz Shadow Hazuki activates Cards of Consonance, discarding White Stone and drawing Schwartzchild and Trade-In; another Blue-Eyes is added to her hand thanks to White Stone. She then activates Trade-In, discarding Blue-Eyes and drawing Magical Stone Excavation and Evilswarm Thunderbird. She follows by activating Magical Stone Excavation, discarding Cyberdark Edge and Cyberdark Horn and returning Trade-In to her hand. She activates it again, discarding Schwartzchild and drawing Overload Fusion and Parsec.
She sets Overload Fusion.
During her End Phase, Verz Shadow Hazuki activates Super Rejuvenation. Since she discarded/tributed 5 Dragon-type monsters, she can draw 5 cards; she draws Dark Hole, Radius the Half-Moon Dragon, Heavy Storm, Dragon's Mirror, and Super Rejuvenation. She activates the second one, drawing Tin Goldfish, Radius, Tin Goldfish, Monster Reborn, and Tannhauser Gate. Since her hand exceeds the limit by 5 cards, Verz Shadow Hazuki has to discard 5 cards; she discards both Radius', both Tin Goldfishes, and Dark Hole. She ends.
Hazuki's turn:
Hazuki has Kamui, Hope of Gusto, Reinforcement of the Army, Book of Moon, Mystical Space Typhoon, and Ryko, Lightsworn Hunter as her opening hand. She draws Mirror Force.
Hazuki sets Mystical Space Typhoon and Kamui and then ends.
Hazuki LP (6400) – Verz Shadow Hazuki LP (8000)
Verz Shadow Hazuki's turn:
Verz Shadow Hazuki draws Super Rejuvenation.
Verz Shadow Hazuki activates Overload Fusion, banishing Cyber Dark Horn, Edge, and Keel to Fusion Summon Cyberdark Dragon; she equips it with a Blue-Eyes from her graveyard. And since she now has a Lv8 monster, she can normal summon Parsec without tributing. She then activates Monster Reborn, reviving White Stone. She follows with Tannhauser Gate, targeting Parsec and White Stone and making them Lv9.
Verz Shadow Hazuki overlays White Stone with Parsec to Xyz summon Number 9: Dyson Sphere. She then activates Dragon's Mirror, banishing Parsec, Schwartzchild, both Radius', and White Stone to Fusion Summon Five-Headed Dragon. She follows by activating Heavy Storm, destroying all spells and traps on the field.
Verz shadow Hazuki attacks Hazuki's set Kamui with Cyberdark Dragon, destroying it. Kamui's flip effect activates, special summoning Gusto Gulldo.
Verz Shadow Hazuki attacks Gulldo with Ultimatrainer, destroying it; since it was sent to the graveyard, Gulldo lets Hazuki special summon any Lv2 or below Gusto tuner from her deck; she chooses Egul.
Verz Shadow Hazuki attacks Egul with Dyson Sphere, destroying it; since Egul was destroyed by battle, Hazuki can special summon any non-tuner Gusto from her deck; she chooses Winda, Priestess of Gusto.
Verz Shadow Hazuki attacks Winda with Five-Headed Dragon, destroying her; since Winda was destroyed by an attacking monster, Hazuki is allowed to special summon any Gusto tuner from her deck; she chooses Gulldo.
Verz Shadow Hazuki ends.
Hazuki's turn:
Hazuki draws Kamui.
Hazuki normal summons Kamui. She then tunes Lv2 Kamui with Lv3 Gulldo to Synchro Summon Daigusto Gulldos. Hazuki special summons Egul as per Gulldo's effect. Hazuki then activates Gulldos' effect, returning Egul and Gulldo to her deck to do so; she targets and destroys Cyberdark Dragon.
Hazuki tunes Lv5 Daigusto Gulldos with Lv1 Gusto Egul to Synchro Summon Daigusto Sphreez; since Sphreez was Synchro Summoned, Hazuki can return any Gusto monster from her graveyard to her hand; she chooses Winda.
Hazuki attacks Five-Headed Dragon with Sphreez. Sphreez cannot be destroyed by battle and the opponent takes all battle damage from battles involving Gusto monsters.
Hazuki sets Mirror Force and ends.
Hazuki LP (6400) – Verz Shadow Hazuki LP (5000)
Verz Shadow Hazuki's turn:
Verz Shadow Hazuki draws Cards of Consonance.
Verz Shadow Hazuki switches all of her monsters to Defense Position and ends.
Hazuki's turn:
Hazuki draws Miracle Synchro Fusion.
Hazuki normal summons Winda.
Hazuki attacks Five-Headed Dragon with Winda. Since Five-Headed Dragon is in Defense Position, Winda is not destroyed and Sphreez reflects the damage. Hazuki then attacks Five-Headed Dragon with Sphreez; Sphreez reflects the damage once again.
Hazuki LP (6400) – Verz Shadow Hazuki (0)
Hazuki is the winner!
I was just as shocked at Hazuki-chan's victory as Shadow Hazuki was. But I can't think of that now. Right now, I have to focus on my opponent…and that's why I'm so afraid. She beat me last time…despite everything I did! But this time…I'm the one who's one step ahead!
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Zahak Zwei has begun its approach…
A/N: I apologize for the short duel...but Hazuki's deck really and truly has an advantage over Shadow Hazuki's kind of deck.