Chapter 3: Duel in the Bronx Part 1

"I'll take the first ride, eh kid I draw!" "I activate the Continuo's Spell Card Counter Ride." A giant empty corral appears on Bull's side of the field.

"Nice petting zoo, do you think I'll be able to pet the animals." I joke surprisingly not angering Bull as much.

"Oh trust me, you wont think the same once my Counter Ride begins to fill up! Now I Special Summon Wild Bully Bull in Attack Mode, I can do this since I have no monster on the field." A wild bull appears letting out steam from its nose. "Now my Counter Ride gains a counter for every Wild Bully summon unto my ground." A small calf appears grazing around the corral.

"Then, I Normal Summon Wild Bully Calf which allows me to Special Summon another Wild Bully Calf from my hand in Attack Mode." A brown and black spotted calf with small horns appear on the field follow by another two calf in the corral. "This now fills up my corral with two more calf for a total of three!" "Now I end my turn wit these 2 face-down. Your move peaks quick! Think you can keep up with that!"

"Please you think a couple of cows scare me your wrong! My move, I draw!" I draw a card and proceed with my move. "I Normal Summon R.C. Serpent Tamer." A serpent tamer appear from a burning flame while playing a flute. "Now since Tamer is out on the field, I can Special Summon Serpent Vice by sending a copy of it to the graveyard from my hand. Then I can use Tamer special ability to Special Summon the Serpent from my graveyard." Tamer begins to play its flute, a small flame engulf my field, and Serpent Vice appears.

"Now it is time!" Number 96 said extending his arm unto the field before us.

"Time for what?" I ask confuse by what he meant.

"Time for you to bring out the power that will win us the duel! Its time to bring out Number 96: Dark Mist!" A surge of excitement flow through my body, I couldn't wait to bring out the Number.

"Great so how do we bring out this ultimate power?" I ask excitedly, this was going to be so awesome. No way, I can lose with a Number on my field.

"By Overlaying 3 dark level two monster. There is no time to waste do it now!" His voice suddenly changes to one of a commanding one filled with anticipation.

"Um…What were you saying about 3 dark level two's?" I look examining my field and hand.

"Yes those are the requirements necessary to bring out the Number, so what's the hold up?" He sounded irritated again.

"Well the thing is that this deck doesn't have that many level 2's or let alone Dark monsters." I said trying to hide my embarrassment.

"What do you mean by "let alone Dark monsters"?" Number 96 seem like he was going to blow a gasket.

"I mean that this is a fire deck."

"What! You got to be kidding me. How do you expect us to bring out my Number when you don't have a single Dark monster in this deck of yours! At least tell me that you have a card that changes a monster attribute?" Number 96 hold his hand in his face in disbelief of the situation.

"Um actually no. But hey maybe we can beat this guy without using the Number!" I tried to sound optimistic to my dismay, I didn't want to disappoint Number 96 again.

"Hey punk! What's the hold up! You don't want to keep me waiting I'm warning you!" Bull shouted returning me back to the duel.

"Oh right! Don't worry 96, I'll think of something."

"For your sake you better kid!" Number 96 gave me a nasty growl definitely displeased with me, but I was determined not to disappoint him anymore. Hopefully I can win this duel before Bull brought out his Number, I never seen the power of a Number before and I don't intend to be on the receiving end of it.

"Now Serpent Tamer attack Calf." Tamer continue to attack calf. "You amateur you fell right into my trap! By removing a counter from Counter Ride I can change the target of your attack to Bull instead!" I yell in disbelief. Then a masked matador appeared holding a red flag in front of Calf, then taking it off, exposing Bull on the other end rampaging sending Tamer flying back.

I responded to the situation quickly. "I use Tamer effect, reducing one of my Serpents Vice attack to zero to prevent Tamer destruction." A Serpent Vice transforms into a vase and Tamer lands back unto the field. However, the blow struck me sending me backwards along with Number 96. A screen displaying my Life Points appear, my Life Points had been reduce to 3000, but I was still in the game. I got up to my feet, seeing Number 96 trying to recover from the blow, I ask if he was okay. He didn't answer me probably still angry at me. "Just end your move kid." He said. I got up and ended my turn by setting two cards facedown.

"Its my move kid, I draw!" Bull draws a card. "Woe little doggie, get ready cause your going to bite the big one! I activate the card Rodeo Hoedown! This card lets me increase the number of counters by the number of Wild Bully's on the field, increasing it to a total of 5!" Five small calf appeared prancing about in the corral. "Now by sending Calf to the graveyard I can replace him with something more aggressive. Now join the fun Wild Bully Bulldozer!" One more small calf appears on the corral. "Now that my Counter Ride is max out I can trade in my six calves for a bigger animal, come out Wild Bully Bull Hammer! Now get ready to get trample kid because I now activate my facedown Bulls Run." Two lines fill with bulls chasing matadors appear cornering me in the center. I became shock not trying to get trample. "What's going on?" I ask. "Now here's where the fun starts! By tributing my other Calf, I can combine the attack of all my Wild Bully's into one direct attack! Woe!"

"What!" My mouth drop in shock, I became flabbergasted. "That's 7500 points of damage!" Number 96 added in disbelief as well. Bull got on top of his Bull Hammer and his three bulls ran towards me. "I guess this is the end Number 96, at least will fall together, hey where you going..." I stare at Number 96 who began ascending to the sky avoiding the collision. "C'mon my little doggies lets finish this!" The only thing I could do now was stare at all of Bull's monster collided with me, causing a major explosion.

After the smoke clear Bull was back on his field, while I lay lying facedown on the ground, with bull prints all over his body. "Too bad kid, your were not that much of a challenge after all! Now hand over your Number!" "I don't think so Bull!" "Huh! How do you still have life points left?" A screen of my life point appears showing 750. "Easy before you trample me I use Tamers effect sending both my Serpent to the graveyard to halve the damage, then using my facedown Trigger, I tribute Tamer to reduce the damage by Tamer's attack. So Bull I guess the only one who got dope was you because once you end your turn your three bulls go to the slaughter house due to Bulls Run effect." Bull's became mad, angry at the fact that his ultimate play didn't finish the job. He was angry at the fact that he was left embarrassed by this no good kid. "So what did you thought about that play 96, did I did good?" I look up to see his expression by Number 96 wasn't smiling like I though he would.

"If you weren't too busy celebrating your realize that your actions have awaken something more deadly than Bull's last attack. You have awakened his Number." I look at Number 96 in fear, could the Number actually be stronger and more devastating than Bulls last attack. I began preparing myself for the worse. At that point, I saw Bull's body beginning to change, his body began to exert a dark aura like before and his eyes fill with hate. "You think its that easy to take down the main head, huh kid! Do you know who I am! I'm Bull' O Craze, the meanest, toughest, ruthless in the Bronx and I won't let some punk nose kid show me up! You mess with the Bull you get the horns! Get ready because I'm going to show you my true power! Now I Overlay my three Lv.6 Wild Bully's to build the Overlay network and Xyz Summon Number 25: Wild Bully Ox Giant!" A giant mad bull emerge from the network, its eyes bright red, veins flowing through its body, smoke coming out of its nose, and its giant sharp horns. It had imprint of its number on its side, while the same number sign appear on Bull's forehead.

"So this is a Number?" I said shock by its appearance and its overwhelming presence.

"Brace yourself Roxxas because this might be your last stance…" Number 96 looked worry at the situation, and all cause of me. What else could I do?