Yugioh! Land of Shadows
Chapter 24: Garden Variety
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Shadowland Castle / 12:30am
Scott was still up with Johnny, enjoying some cookies and milk.'
Johnny then replied, "Grear cookies, sir."
Scott smiled and replied, "Thanks, kid. I made them myself with no help from the butcher."
Johnny then replied, "They turned out well."
Scott nodded to him.
Suddenly, Witty Phantom appeared in and replied, "Sorry to disturb you, master."
Scott then replied, "Its no problem. Whats up?"
The phantom then replied, "Yami Bakura has been defeated by Bonz, sir?"
Scott only sighed as he heard this.
Johnny then replied, "He should of won. He has some of the rarest cards in the game."
Scott then replied, "He dueled without the Destiny Board, Cursed Twin Dolls and Dark Sanctuary."
Johnny then replied, "Without those cards, what deck did he use?"
Scott then replied, "A Zombie/Fiend combo deck. Its a odd deck, but it gets the the job done."
Johnny then replied, "Maybe so, but it lost to Bonz's Undead army."
Scott then replied, "Oh well, He's history now."
He looked at Witty Phatom and replied, "Where is the gang now?"
The phantom and replied, "They're sleeping in Rootenburg city and about to head towards Johnsons Castle, sir."
Scott then replied, "Don't they have to heard through a garden before they could reach the Castle?"
the fiend nodded and replied, "Yes, they have to journey through the Dark Rose Garden before they can actually enter the castle, sir."
Scott then replied, "Tell the Queen to prepare to stop and duel the gang."
The fiend nodded and replied, "Yes, sir."
He vanished from sight.
Johnny then replied, "Do you mean Queen of Autumn Leaves, sir?"
She nodded and replied, "Yes, my young friend. With the deck she has, she'll take those kids out with no problem at all."
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Rootenburg Cafe / 8:30am
The gang was enjoying breakfast that Croquet and the best chefs in the city had made them.
Dukey sighed and replied, "That was one of the best breakfasts I've ever had."
Sissy then replied, "The eggs and bacon were really great and delcious."
Mary then replied,"Those 3-nut pancakes were soft and great with syrup on them."
Croquet came in and replied, "Are you all ready to head to Johnsons Castle?"
They all nodded to him.
Croquet then replied, "I arrange a guide to help you all get to the castle."
Suddenly, a tall man wearing a black helmet, black trenchcoat and a blue boots came in.
Croquet then replied, "Here's the guide that'll take you through the gardens towards the castle."
Susan then replied, "What are these gardens?"
Croquet then replied, "Its the Black Rose Garden. The gardens are very beautiful and thats we get fresh fruit and veggies from so we can make our dishes. The main area of the garden is called the Rose Center. If you want whats inside the center, you must duel with the leader of the gardens."
Mary then replied," Who's that?"
Croquet then replied, "Queen of Autumn Leaves. If you beat her, you'll get some of the most tastiest fruits and veggies ever grown."
Susan then replied, "I've heard of her. Its a monster with 1,800 ATK, 1,500 DEF and its a level 5 normal plant monster. Not used in a any duel anymore."
Croquet then replied, "Cards that are useless can sometimes make great duel spirits."
Dukey then replied, "That makes any monster in the Shadowlands useful in a certain way."
Croquet nodded and replied, "That is right, Dukey."
The guide then replied, "I'm Big G and I'll lead you too the castle."
Croquet then replied, "If you beat her in a duel, you'll get some of the most tastiest fruits and veggies ever grown."
Dukey then replied, "In that case, we'll beat her in a duel and get those tasty delights."
Croquet nodded and replied, "All right then. Big G will be ready now to get you to the castle."
Dukey then replied, "Lets get going then."
Big G then replied, "As soon as your ready, meet me at the entrance to the garden at the northern area of the city and we'll head out."
He turned the other way and left.
Susan then replied, "Who is he really?"
Croquet then replied, "I don't know. He has never revealed who he really is yet."
Mary then replied, "He looks cool."
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Outside the Garden / 9:00am
Big G was outside the garden, awaiting to enter. He had a duel disk made of silver and gold on his arm that had a deck in it.
Suddenly, the gang ran to him and Big G then replied, "Ready to go?"
They all nodded to him.
Big G then replied, "Lets head in then!"
The gang had entered the garden.
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Shadowland Castle Dining Room / 9:30am
Scott was enjoying breakfast with Isono, Johnny and Bling Bling Boy. Johnny was finishing his 3rd plate of waffles.
Suddenly, Weevil came in and he replied, "Scott!"
Scott looked towards him and replied, "What is it, Weevil?"
Weevil smiled and replied, "I heard from the Phantom that those kids have entered the garden and are heading towards the main area."
Scott sighed and replied, "I knew that they would be heading that way."
Weevil nodded and replied, "Could you tell Bistro Butcher to get me some lox and bagels and also to tell him to send it to my room for my breakfast, please?"
Scott then replied, "I'll tell him when he cames back with our coffee."
Weevil nodded and he left.
Bling Bling then replied, "We have lox and bagels here?"
Scott nodded and replied, "We have every kind of fish in the world here. That butcher even knows how to make sushi rolls."
Johnny then replied, "I'll keep that in mind."
Suddenly, the Butcher came in with a tray with two pitchers of coffee and bowls of cream and sugar and he sat them down on the table and the fiend smiled and replied, "Anything else I can get you, sir?"
Scott then replied, "Would you prepare some lox and bagels and have it sent to Weevils room? Give him some of that 3-herb cream cheese you made last night."
The fiend then replied, "I'll go prepare it right now."
He want back into the kitchen.
Johnny laughed and replied, "He is one amazing chef."
Scott then replied, "I know, I trained him myself. He's the only Bistro Butcher that does'nt have a hook for a hand. Me and my men helped him turn his hook hand into a normal hand."
Johnny then replied, "Thats cool."
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Black Rose Garden (Central Area) 10:00am
The gang was enjoying the beautiful garden. It had just about every kind of flower and tree thats been discovered. They entered the main area that had many roses (White and Red) and they go to a large wooden door that had a lock on it and it said ROSE CENTER on the door.
Big G took a key from his pocket and placed it in the lock and he turned it and nothing happened.
Big G then replied, "Odd, thats never happened before."
He tried it again and again, but the lock stayed on the door.
Big G then replied, "This is the right key, but why won't it work?"
"You know you can't enter the garden unless I'm beatened, foolish boy.", a females voice was heard.
They all turned around and a saw a red-headed women wearing a gown made of differnet colored leaves came in and she had a duel disk on her arm that looked like it was made of wood and not steel.
Big G then replied, "Queen of Autumn Leaves."
The women then replied, "Just call me Autumn for short. I changed the lock and I'm the only one with the right key. I'm here to make sure that no one enters the main area without dueling me first."
Susan then replied, "We'll duel you."
Big G looked at her and replied, "You save your strength and I'll take care of Queen."
Susan then replied, "Why?"
Big G smiled as he took his helmet and sat it on the ground.
Mary and Susan gasped and replied "GIL?"
the boy nodded and replied, "Nice to see you both too, girls."
Mary sighed and rpelied, "Gil.."
Susan then replied, "Gil.."
Sissy sighed and replied, "Girls, focus!"
they nodded to Sissy and turned to Autumn and they saw a bench and Dukey and the girls sat down on it.
Autumn laughed and replied, "Ready to duel, Gil?"
Gil laughed and replied, "As ready as I'll ever be."
They both activated their disks and both counters went up to 8,000.
"Game on!", Both duelists shouted.
(Autumn: 8,000LP / Gil: 8,000LP)
They both drew 5 cards from their decks.
Dukey then replied, "What kind of deck does he use anyway?"
Mary then replied, "No idea."
Susan then replied, "With Gil, it could be any kind of deck."
Autumn laughed and replied, "You may start if you want to."
Gil drew a card and replied, "I think I will start. I Set 1 monster facedown and thats my turn."
Autumn drew a card and replied, "I summon my Jerry Beans Man!"
As he sat the card down, a jelly bean with a toy sword and shield appeared (1,750/0).
Autumn resumed, "This will be fun! Attack!"
The bean went in and a Sangan appeared (1,000/600) and the warrior slashed it and it shattered.
Gil took his deck out and he found the card he wanted and he reshuffled his deck and placed it back into his disk.
Autumn resumed, "Okay then. Make your move now."
Gil drew a card and replied, "I Set 1 more card facedown and I also set 2 cards facedown and thats my turn."
Autumn drew a card and replied, "I also set a monster facedown and I'll let Jerry attack."
The small warrior went in and a small ape-like creature holding a spear appeared (700/300) and the plant slashed it and it burst into shards.
Gil laughed and replied, "That was my Shien's footsoldior you destroyed and with its ability, I can special summon 1 level 3 or Six Samurai from my deck and I choose my Six Samurai - Kamon!"
As he sat the card down, a warrior with red armor appeared and he had a belt filled with explosives in it (1,500/1,000).
Autumn then replied, "Intresting. I set 1 card facedown and thats my turn."
Mary then replied, "Our Gil is using a Six Samurai deck?"
Dukey then replied, "Its a bunch of warriors that can be powerful if used in the right way. Johnny did say he always wanted to use those cards in a deck, but he could never find them, so he decided on a Warrior deck instead."
Mary then replied, "He'll have no trouble beating Autumn now."
Gil drew a card and replied, "I Summon my Six Samurai - Zanji!"
As he sat the card down, a samurai of light appeared holding a long bladed weapon (1,800/1,300).
Gil resumed, "Lets do it. Zanji, attack!"
The warrior charged in and slashed the bean warrior and it shattered into shards.
(Autumn: 7,950LP / Gil: 8,000LP)
Gil resumed, "Kamon, attack his facedown card!"
The samurai lit a bomb and a small fruit with eyes and a fanged mouth appeared on the card (200/200) and the samurai threw the bomb and it exploded near the weird plant, blowing it to pieces.
Gil then replied, "What the heck?"
Suddenly, vines came out of the card tied the cards down.
Autumn smile dand replied, "When my Cursed Fig is destroyed, I can select two of your facedown cards and then they can't be used as long as their facedown on the field."
Gil then replied, "Okay, then. My turn is over."
Autumn drew a card and replied, "I summon my Twlight Bloom!"
As he sat the card down, a tall thick, plant, with thorny vines for limbs, and a head that was a large, purple, bell-shaped flower with eyes on stalks and a large jaw full of teeth appeared (1,900/1,400).
Susan then replied, "A Level 4 plant monster with high attack. Intresting card."
Mary then replied, "Its a normal card as well."
Autumn then replied, "Lets do it. Attack Zanji!"
The plant shot its vines out...But Kamon quickly got infront of the Plant and the vine arms struck him instead and he shattered into pixels.
Autumn laughed and replied, "I know about your samurais ability. My turn is now over."
Gil drew a card and replied, "I Play Giant Trunade!"
The storm began and Autumns facedown card returned to his hand and then he return his two facedown cards to his hand.
Gil resumed, "I Now summon my Command Knight!"
As he sat the card down, the red-armored female appeared (1,200/1,900 - 1,600/1,900) and Zanji began to glow (1,800/1,300 - 2,200/1,300).
Gil resumed, "Lets do it. Zanji, attack!"
The Samurai charged in and with one swipe of the his weapon, cut the dark plant in two with its blade. The pieces shattered to pixels.
Gil resumed, "Command Knight, attack!"
The warrior charged in and slashed Gil across the chest.
(Autumn: 6,050LP / Gil: 7,900LP)
Gil laughed and replied, "Take that! Make your move now."
Autumn drew a card and replied, "I Set a monster facedown and I also set 2 cards facedown and thats my turn."
Gil drew a card and replied, "I Summon my Six Samurai - Yaichi!"
As he sat the card down, a samurai wielding a bow and arrow appeared (1,300/800 - 1,700/800).
Gil resumed, "I'm targeting your facedown card!"
Yaichi placed a arrow and his weapon and fired it and the card lifted up and shattered to pieces.
Autumn began to glow.
Gil looked puzzled and replied, "What?"
Autumn resumed, "That was my Help Heal trap card. When its destroyed while facedown due to a card effect of my opponet, I gain 1,000 lifepoints."
Gil sighed and replied, "Okay then. Zanji, attack!"
The warriro charged in and a large green plant with 2 rainbow-colored bulbs appeared (0/2,000 - 0/2,500).
Autumn quickly replied, "I activate Castle Walls! This will give my Rainbow Lotus 500 extra DEF points!"
Suddenly, the plant began to glwo (300/2,000 - 300/2,500) and the sword bounced right off it.
(Autumn: 6,050LP / Gil: 7,700LP)
Gil sighed and replied, "Okay then. My turn is now over."
Autumn drew a card and replied, "I activate The Continious Spell card known as the World Tree!"
Suddenly, a Large beautiful tree appeared.
Autumn resumed, "I summon my Cactus Fighter!"
As he sat the card down, a odd creature appeared. It looked like a cactus with claws and a angry face (1,900/1,400).
Autumn resumed, "I Now play monster reborn!"
Suddenly, the Dark plant appeared (1,900/1,400).
Autumn resumed, "I play Play Fissure!"
The ground below the female warrior vanished and the knight fell into it and then the ground returned to normal.
Autumn resumed, "Lets do it. Twlight Bloom, attack!"
The plant stop out its vine arms and wrapped them around Yaichi and then the plant squeezed hard, blowing the warrior to pixels.
Autumn resumed, "Cactus Fighter, attack!"
The cactus fired a barrage of needles from its body and each one struck Zanji in the chest and he groaned and burst into globules of light.
(Autumn: 6,050LP / Gil: 7,000LP)
Suddenly, a cactus needle appeared on Gils side of the field (500/500).
Autumn sighed and replied, "The only little drawback for my Cactus Fighter is that when it destroys a monster in battle, you get a needle token in defense mode. That'll end my turn now."
Gil drew a card and replied, "I Play The Warrior Returning Alive."
He took his Command Knight from his graveyard and placed it back into his hand.
Gil resumed, "I Set a monster facedown and thats my turn."
Autumn drew a card and replied, "I Summon my Lovely Nightshade!"
As she sat the card down, a large plant appeared and it had thorn-like limbs and its body was red and silver in color (1,600/1,300).
Autumn resumed, "Lets do it. Cactus Fighter, attack!"
The cactus launched another wave of needles and Command Knight appeared again (1,200/1,900 - 1,600/1,900).
Autumn sighed and replied, "Oh well. Make your move now."
As Gil drew a card, Autumn began to glow.
(Autumn: 7,550LP / Gil: 7,000LP)
Autumn sighed and replied, "During each of your end phases, My Nightshades ability is that I gain 300 lifepoints for every plant on the field, including the nightshade itsself
Gil sighed and replied, "Okay then. I Summon my Six Samurai - Irou!"
As he sat the card down, A dark warrior with black hair and a dark kimono appeared and his weapon was a katana (1,700/1,200 - 2,100/1,200).
Gil resumed, "I Now special summon my Grandmaster of the Six Samurai!"
As he sat the card down, a old man with white hair and a beard appeared with a eyepatch over one of his eyes and he was holding a longsword (2,100/800 - 2,500/800).
Autumn gulped and replied, "Oh, dear."
Susan smiled and replied, "This'll be good to watch."
Gil resumed, "I switch my Knight to defense mode. Lets Do this! Irou, attack!"
The warrior charged and slashed the cactus and it burst into a shower of sharp needles.
Gil resumed, "Grandmaster, Attack The Twilight Bloom!"
The warrior charged in and sliced the plant to pieces with 3 swipes of his sword.
(Autumn: 6,850LP / Gil: 7,000LP)
Suddenly, two flowers grew on the huge tree.
Gil resumed, "Take that! make your move now."
Autumn drew a card and replied, "I Activate my World Trees ability. Each time a plant monster is destroyed, my tree grew a flower and depending on how many flower it has, I can remove the same number to activate one of its abilites. I'll remove two flowers to destroy 1 card on the field!"
Two of the flowers vanished and then Command Knight shattered to pieces (2,500/800 - 2,100/800) (2,100/1,200 - 1,700/1,200).
Autumn resumed, "I now switch my nightshade to defense mode and that'll end my turn."
Gil drew a card and Autumn began to glow.
(Autumn: 6,450LP / Gil: 7,000LP)
and replied, "I Summon my 2nd Six Samurai - Kamon!"
As he sat the card down, the bomb-wielding samurai appeared (1,500/1,000).
Gil resumed, "I forfeit his attack so I can bring your tree down!"
Autumn gulped and replied, "NO!"
The samurai lit a stick of dynamite from his belt and he tossed it tree and it exploded near it and the tree started on fire and then a minute later, it collasped into a large pile of black ash that blew away.
Gil resumed, "Lets do it. Irou, attack!"
The warrior charged and stabbed its weapon into the flower and it shattered into pixels.
Gil resumed, "Grandmaster, direct attack!"
The warrior charged in and slashed Autumn.
(Autumn: 4,350LP / Gil: 7,000LP)
Gil laughed and replied, "Take that! Make your move now."
Autumn drew a card and replied, "I Play Mark of the Rose! By removing 1 plant from play, I can equip this card to monster on your side of the field and gain control of it."
She took out her Lovely Nightshade and placed in her RFP slot and a tattoo of a rose appeared on the Grandmaster and he walked to his side of the field.
Autumn resumed, "Grandmaster, attack Irou."
He sighed as he went in and slashed the dark samurai and he shattered into pixels.
(Autumn: 4,350LP / Gil: 6,600LP)
Autumn resumed, "I now tribute my Grandmaster for my Fairy King Truesdale!"
As the warrior vanished, A tall man wearing a green sylvan robe appeared holding a staff (2,200/1,500).
Autumn resumed, "And that'll end my turn."
Gil drew a card and replied, "I activate Pot of Avarice!"
he took his Zanji, Kamon, Irou, Command Knight and his Grandmaster and he shuffled the 5 warriors into his deck and drew two new cards.
Gil resumed, "I end my turn with 1 monster and 1 card facedown and thats my turn."
Autumn drew a card and replied, "I Summon my Tulip Warrior!"
As she sat the card down, a tall plant with a tulip for a head and appeared holding a small sword (1,800/1,700).
Autumn resumed, "Lets do it. Tulip Warrior, attack!"
The warrior charged in and a 2nd Shien's Footsoldior apepared (700/300) and the warrior slashed it and it shattered to pieces.
Suddenly, a warrior with blew armor appeared (1,000/500).
Autumn resumed, "Fairy King, attack!"
The male fired a blast of energy and it struck the warrior, blowing him to pieces.
Gil sighed and replied, "Yaiza, I'll avenge you some how."
Autumn resumed, "I Now play Mystic Wok on my Fairy king and I also set 1 card facedown thats all I can do."
The king vanished into motes of light.
(Autumn: 6,550LP / Gil: 6,600LP)
Gil drew a card and he replied, "Time for a little samurai revenge!"
Autumn sighed and replied, "While you're plotting your revenge, I activate my facedown card, Hidden Book of Spell."
She took her Mark of the Rose and Monster reborn and she shuffled the two spells into her deck.
Gil resumed, "I play Reinforcements of the army!"
He took a monster from his deck and added it to his hand.
Gil resumed, "I know summon the card I searched for!"
As he sat the card down, A women wearing a purple silk robe and a shawl covering head appeared while holding a dagger (1,600/1,000).
Gil resumed, "Meet Hand of the Six Samurai. I play Double summon for my Spirit Of the Six Samurai."
As he sat the card down, a spirtiual suit of armor appeared (500/500).
Gil resumed, "My Spirit is a tuner monster so I'll equip my warrior with this armor."
Suddenly, the armor was now on the warrior (1,600/1,000 - 2,100/1,500).
Gil resumed, "Lets do it. Attack his Soldior now!"
The warrior ran in and stabbed the plant in the chest with the daggers and it shattered into pixels.
(Autumn: 6,250LP / Gil: 6,600LP)
Gil drew a card and replied, "Take that! Make your move now."
Autumn drew a card and replied, "I set a monster facedown and thats my turn."
Gil drew a card and replied, "I Summon my Marauding Captain!"
As he sat the card down, the captain appeared (1,200/800).
Gil resumed, "I won't special summon anything else. Hand, attack!"
The warrior ran in and a large red rose with two small eyes and a thorny body appeared on the card (1,400/1,000) and the hand stabbed it and it shattered to pieces.
Autumn resumed, "That was my summon rose! when its destroyed, I can special summon any plant with 1,500 ATK or less and I choose another one!"
Another one of the roses appeared (1,400/1,000).
Gil resumed, "Captain, attack!"
The warrior charged and slashed the rose and it shattered into shards.
Suddenly, a odd plant with twisted vines and bronze leaves appeared (400/1,500).
Autumn resumed, "This is my lonfire Blossom."
She sighed and replied "Okay. My turn is now over."
Autumn drew a card and replied, "I summon my Horseytail!"
As he sat the card down, a odd plant appeared (400/500).
Autumn resumed, "I now tribute my horseytail using my blossoms ability for my Gigaplant!"
As the odd plant vanished, a 20-foot plant appeared (2,400/1,200).
Autumn resumed, "I Play Double summon to summon it again!"
Suddenly, the large plant began to glow light green.
Autumn resumed, "With its gemini ability, I Can special summon any plant from his graveyard and I choose my Twilight Bloom!"
The dark plant appeared again (1,900/1,400).
Autumn resumed, "Lets do it. Bloom, attack!"
The plant went in and slammed its vine-like arms into the captain, blowing him to shards.
Autumn resumed, "Gigaplant, attack!"
The plant shot its tentacles and both slammed into the female warrior, shattering the armor.
(Autumn: 6,250LP / Gil: 5,600LP)
Autumn laughed and replied, "That was fun! Make your move now."
Gil drew a card and replied, "I Switch my Hand to defense mode and I set 1 more card facedown and thats my turn."
Autumn drew a card and replied, "Now I use my Gigaplants ability to special sumon my Truesdale in defense mode."
As he sat the card down, a fairy king appeared and knelt (2,200/1,500).
Autumn resumed, "I'll tell you all this now. While he remains in defense mode, all plants gain 500 ATK & DEF!"
All the plants began to glow (2,200/1,500 - 2,700/2,000) (400/1,500 - 900/1,900) (2,400/1,200 - 2,900/1,700) (1,900/1,400 - 2,400/1,800).
Dukey gulped and replied, "Thats a heck of a army."
Mary sighed and replied, "Gil is in deep doo-doo."
Susan then replied, "I wonder how he'll get out of this one."
Autumn laughed and replied, "This will be fun! Bloom, attack!"
The plant shot out its arms and struck the female warrior and she shattered into pixels.
Autumn resumed, "Gigaplant, attack!"
The plant shot out some vines and in and a man with robotic features appeared (200/2,000) and the plant wrapped its vines around and with one hard squeeze, blew the warrior to pieces.
Autumn smiled and replied, "Take that! Make your move now."
Gil drew a card and replied, "I remove 2 Six Samurai monsters to special summon my Enishi!"
as he took his Chamberlain of the Six Samurai and his Spirit of the Six Samurai and placed them into his RFP slot, a tall warrior with a beard appeared with a longsword on his belt (2,200/1,200).
Gil resumed, "I Now summon my Six Samurai - Zanji!"
As he sat the card down, Zanji appeared (1,800/1,300).
Gil resumed, "Next I special summon my Grandmaster!"
As he sat the card down, The Grandmaster appeared again (2,100/800).
Gil resumed, "Since I have two monsters with Six samurai in their names, I can special summon the last card in my hand, Great Shogun Shien!"
Suddenly, the mighty shogun appeared (2,500/2,400)
Susan sighed and replied, "He just filled his side with 4 warriors!"
Mary then replied, "Johnny would of loved to see this."
Dukey sighed and replied, "I miss him alot right now."
Gil resumed, "Lets do it. Attack!"
Zanji charged in and slashed the Fairy king and he retreated.
Autumn then replied, "Why would you do that?"
Suddenly, Truesdale burst into shards.
Gil smiled and replied, "Thats why. Zanjis ability is that If I have another Six Samurai monster on the field and if he attacks monster, that monster is instantley destroyed, no matter how strong it may be. I lost 200 lifepoints, but its a small sacrifice."
Suddenly, the plants weakened (900/1,900 - 400/1,500) (2,900/1,700 - 2,400/1,200) 2,400/1,800 - 1,900/1,400)
Gil resumed, "Lets continue. Grandmaster, attack!"
The Grandmaster charged in and sliced the dark plant to pieces for the 2nd time.
Gil resumed, "Shogun, attack!"
The warrior swung his sword and wave of flames struck the huge plant. Suddenly, it caught on fire and it started to burn and then a minute later, all that remained of the plant was ashes that blew away.
(Autumn: 5,950LP / Gil: 5,400LP)
Gil resumed, "Its Enishis turn! Destroy her blossom!"
The warrior charged in and he cut the blossom in two with one swipe of his blade. The pieces shattered.
Gil laughed and replied, "Take that! Make your move now."
Autumn drew a card and replied, "I set a monster facedown and I also set 1 card facedown and thats my turn."
Gil drew a card and replied, "No monster? Darn. Enishi, attack!"
The warrior charged in and slashed the lotus and it burst into shards.
Gil resumed, "Zanji, attack!"
The warrior charged in and a 3rd rose appeared (1,400) and Zanji slashed it to pieces.
A Second Fig appeared (200/200).
Gil resumed, "Grandmaster, your turn!"
The warrior charged and slashed it and it burst into pulp and juice.
Gil resumed, "Finally, Shogun, attack him directly!"
The warrior charged in and slashed Autumn across the chest.
(Autumn: 3,450LP / Gil: 5,400LP)
Gil laughed and replied, "Take that! Make your move now."
Autumn drew a card and replied, "I play Coins of Heaven!"
She drew 5 cards and Gil drew 5 new cards as well.
Autumn resumed, "I summon my Nettles!"
As he sat the card down, a small bush with a odd face appeared (1,200/400).
Autumn resumed, "Next I activate Silent Doom."
Twlight Bloom appeared again and knelt (1,900/1,400).
Autumn resumed, "Nettles is a tuner monster as well."
Dukey then replied, "A plant tuner? Oh boy."
Mary then replied, "Gil can handle any Synchro monster."
Autumn resumed, "Lets see him handles this beast! I tune Nettles with my Twlight Bloom."
The two plants floated into the air and vanished and then a large dragom that had a body of red rose petals appeared and they were thorn vines sticking out of the back of its wings (2,400/1,800).
Autumn resumed, "Meet the rarest card I Have! The Mighty BLACK ROSE DRAGON!"
Susan then replied, "Its beautiful."
Mary nodded and replied, "It may be beautiful, but its weaker then Gils Shogun."
Autumn resumed, "When my mighty beast is synchro summoned, He can wipe out every monster on the field!"
Gil then replied, "You'll lose your dragon if you do that!"
Autumn resumed, "Thats why I'm activating my facedown card, Interdimensional Matter Transporter To save it before its ability destroys it as well!"
The dragon flapped its wings as much as he can as a wave of rose petals flew from the dragon and struck Gils warriors and then they were all blown to shards and then the dragon vanished.
Autumn resumed, "Now thats settled, I end my turn now."
The Dragon appeared again (2,400/1,800).
Gil drew card and replied, "I play my 2nd Pot Of Avarice!"
He took his Grandmaster, Hand, Zanji, Shien and Enishi and shuffled the cards into his deck and drew new cards.
Gil resumed, "I end my turn with 1 facedown monster."
Autumn drew a card and replied, "I summon my Gigantic Cephalotus!"
As he sat the card down, a large 7-foot plant appeared with a large mouth of sharp teeth and a long tongue (1,850/700).
Autumn resumed, "Lets do it. Attack!
The large plant went in and Yaichi appeared (1,300/800) and the plant grabbed him in its jaws and swallowed him with one gulp.
Gil growled and replied, "You're going to pay for that!"
Autumn laughed and replied, "Whatever you say! Black Rose Dragon, direct attack!"
The dragon flapped its wings again and a wave of sharp rose petals struck Gil all over.
(Autumn: 3,450LP / Gil: 3,000LP)
Autumn laughed and then replied, "Take that! Make your move now."
Gil drew a card and replied, "I Summon Zanji, yet again!"
The warrior appeared (1,800/1,300).
Gil resumed, "I play the spell card Premature Burial!"
Yaichi appeared again (1,800/1,300).
Gil resumed, "Next I equip Zanji with Silver Sword Katana!"
Zanjis weapon turned into a sword (1,800/1,300 - 2,400/1,300).
Gil resumed, "Next I equip my Yaichi with my favorite equip spell card, United We Stand!"
The warrior began to glow (1,300/800 - 2,900/2,300).
Gil resumed, "Lets do it. Zanji, attack!"
The warrior charged and cleaved the plant in two with his sword. The plant growled before shattering into pixels.
Gil resumed, "Yaichi, attack!"
The warrior aimed at the dragon and fired a arrow and it struck the dragon in the chest and it roared before it burst into a wave of rose petals.
(Autumn: 2,400LP / Gil: 3,000LP)
Gil laughed and replied, "Take that! Make you move now."
Autumn drew a card and replied, "I activate monster reborn!"
Black Rose dragon appeared once again (2,400/1,800).
Autumn resumed, "Now for my dragons ability. I first play Block Attack."
Yaichi knelt in a defensive way.
Autumn resumed, "Now I activate my dragons ability. I can remove 1 plant from play to switch your monster to attack and drop its ATK to 0."
As Yachi switch to attack postion, he groaned (2,900/2,300 - 0/2,300).
Autumn resumed, "Lets do it. Dragon, attack!"
The dragon launched a wave of rose petals and each one of the petals sliced Yaichi to pieces.
(Autumn: 2,400LP / Gil: 600LP)
Autumn resumed, "Next turn this duel is over! Make your move now."
Gil drew a card and replied, "I summon my Six Samurai - Irou!"
As he sat the card down, the dark samurai appeared (1,700/1,200).
Gil resumed, "I equip my Zanji with Junk barrage! Now when it destroys a monster in battle, you take damage equal to the destroyed monsters ATK!"
Zanji began to glow red.
Autumn gulped and replied, "No.."
Gil resumed, "Lets do it. Zanji, attack!"
Zanji jumped into the air and slashed the dragon and it roared before it burst into rose petals for the second time. Zanji turned to Gil and gave him a thumbs up before vanishing.
(Autumn: 1,200LP / Gil: 600LP)
Gil resumed, "This ends now. Irou, attack her directly!"
The samurai charged and slashed Gil across the chest.
(Autumn: 0LP / Gil: 600LP)
Gil smiled and replied, "And that ends the game."
Autumn then replied, "Very well. You may some of these fruit and veggies and then you all can pass through the gardens for now on without any trouble."
Susan then replied, "Thank you so much."
Autumn resumed," Its no problem. If you want to snack on a tasty fruit, try the golden pear. Its more juicy and delcious then a regular pear."
Dukey then replied, "I want to try that one first."
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Shadowland Castle / 11:45am
Scott was in the castles meeting room with Johnny and Isono.
Suddenly, Witty Phantom came in room and he smiled and replied, "Scott?"
Scott then replied, "What is it now, Phantom?"
The fiend then replied, "Queen of Autumn Leaves lost the duel against Gil, sir."
Johnny then replied, "Thats the boy my sisters are in love with."
Scott then replied, "I figured she'd lose."
The phantom then replied, "She even used Black Rose Dragon and that dragon was destroyed twice during the duel."
Scott looked at him with anger in his eyes and replied, "WHAT?"
The fiend gulped and replied, "She has that card in her deck, sir."
Scott looked to Johnny and replied, "Go to the gardens and challenge her to a duel with your new dark deck and wage that certain dark monster for her Black Rose Dragon."
Johnny nodded and replied, "Yes, sir."
He got up and left the room.
Isono then replied, "Why is it important for you to have that card, sir?"
Scott then replied, "Because its one of the most rarest dragons ever made and she did'nt do anything to deserve that card."
Isono then replied, "She kept the gardens and the fruit safe from invaders and other creatures."
Scott then replied, "I know, but to deserve a card that rare, you must duel with me or any of my top duelists."
Isono then replied, "I understand, Scott."
Scott looked at the fiend and replied, "Are those two ready for their first team duel against the Test girls?"
Witty Phantom nodded and replied, "Yes, sir. They're waiting outside of Johnsons castle right now, sir."
Scott then replied, "Good."
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Cards made by me & Others
Twilight Bloom
Plant/Dark/ATK:1,900/DEF: 1,400/4 Stars
"A wise forest explorer knows well to avoid a large flower if bones and skulls litter the ground around it. It is a sure sign of the Twilight Bloom, the most poisionus plant in the world."
Note: This card was created by Cyber Commander and all creative credit goes to him.
Help Heal / Normal Trap Card
Image: Command Knight helping a Injured Marauding Captain with a small box that says First Aid On it.
When this card is destroyed while facedown due to card effect of a card controlled by your opponet, you regain 1,000 lifepoints.
Rainbow Lotus
Plant/Earth/ATK: 0/DEF: 2,000/2 Stars
"A beautiful plant found growing in warm climents. It has two beautiful rainbow-colored bulbs as well."
Lovely Nightshade
Plant/Effect/Earth/ATK: 1,600/DEF: 1,500/4 Stars
As long as this card remains on the field, increase your lifepoints by 300 x the number of plant-type monsters on both sides of the field during each of your opponets main phases.
Summon Rose
Plant/Effect/Earth/ATK: 1,400/DEF: 1,400/4 Stars
When this card is destroyed as a result of battle, special summon 1 Plant monster with 1,500 ATK or less from your deck to your side of the field.
Samurai Silver Katana / Equip Spell Card
Image: Six Samurai - Yariza attacking a Archfiend Soldier with a short silver sword
This card can only be equipped to a "Six Samurai" monster or "Great Shogun Shien". Increase the equipped monsters ATK by 600.
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That was a intresting the duel. In the next chapter, the gang heads towards Johnsons castle and then a pair of duel spirits challenge Mary and Susan to a tag team duel. Can the Test girls win their first tag team duel? Find out in "Girl Power", coming soon.
