Chapter 3: Terrifying Equation: Kageru vs. Faust
The crowds went wild with excitement and were eager to watch the duels taking place. Maira and the gang took their seats and went on to give Kageru their full support. Gai and Tetsu were yelling out from the aisles.
"Go kick butt Hinodama!"
"You've got this in the bag! Make Akane and your parents proud!"
"Leave none standing!" cheered Maira.
"You've got this, dog!" Riski shouted out, Maira and the gang looked at her funny.
"Dog..?" Maira requited.
"What? I thought my shout should be original!" she threw her hands up in the air like she was being wrongfully accused. After a little laugh, they redirected their attention back to the presiding duel.
Maira returned her gaze to Kageru as his opponent made his way onto the arena as well. He had tick gloves on and goggles which he adjusted before smirking at Kageru.
"...His opponent sure has a weird fashion style..." Maira let out.
"Yeah... like some kind of scientist?" Riski added. "Does he seem powerful Maira?"
"Who knows, you can't judge by appearance." Maira responded as Riski 'piffed' in the air. "Yeah right! Take you for instance; you just have that look of strong and independent. People take one look at you and know you're going to be big in dueling. Didn't you say you wanted to be the Duel Queen? Oh, with no relation to the Duel King of course." teased Riski as she moved a little closer to Maira's face.
Maira withdrew herself a bit from Riski's odd prying and just simply remarked, "Well, most wouldn't think a girl would aspire to such things..." she said a little awkwardly.
"Oh you!" Riski embraced her, making Maira twitch a bit, she never was used to others showing of affection beside her own sister. Maybe she was just not the touchie feely type?
"You're so cute when you try to be modest~ just admit it, you're doing great and you know you can go farther!" Maira rolled her eyes and then smiled kindly. With an air of knowing, she looked fakely away and said, "Perhaps."
Faust smiled and snorted with an insane laugh, "You puny duelist are nothing compared to the advances made by brilliant people like me! The bonus will come quite in handy for my style, prepare to lose!" He activated his duel disk. "Hehehe... from the way that you defend that pathetic girl, I'd concur you might have acquaintances with her." he looked up to where Maira was. "If you think she's any good, then I'm sorry to say that I'm about to blow your miniscule mind, hehehe!" he snorted out a laugh again as he looked back to Kageru.
DUEL!
Faust 8000
Kageru 8000
"Let's see how tough you are specs! Hope your dueling is bigger than those glasses or that flapping mouth you got!" Kageru remarked as he took lead.
"AAAlllright! I'll have the first go! Draw!" Kageru looked at his starting hand, and seemed satisfied with it. "(Nice start. Now this is good.)" He thought to himself.
"I'll start by summoning Flamvell Poun in defense mode. Kageru places his monster on the field. A flaming monkey appeared, pounding its chest, before positioning itself in a guarding stance.
Flamvell Poun
LV1 Fire/Pyro
Def 200
"Next I'll place one card facedown and that's a wrap. Your turn!"
"Heh, what a pitiful move for a pitiful boy!" Faust drew his card, "Draw card! Ah! How nice." light shined across his glasses. "All according to my calculations. I'll play the continuous spell card, Formulated Equation!"
Formulated Equation: When a monster with an ATK of over 1500 is summoned, its original ATK is reduced to 1500, and the controller of the monster takes damage equal to the difference between the limit and its current attack points.
"Arrrgh." Mamoru didn't like Faust's spell one bit.
"Hehehe! Now you shall suffer should you choose to summon a strong monster! Hehehehe!" Faust snorted again while laughing like a mad scientist. "
Now then, I'll summon Tec Bot in defense mode, and play his ability." he summoned a monster that looked like a floating T.V screen with three buttons and two small antennas. It spun in the air and floated on its monster zone.
Tec Bot LV2
Earth/Machine
ATK 500
"Since its Atk is 500; the trap card doesn't hurt me." Faust added believing that his plays were well thought out.
" Now then, Tec Bot's ability allows me to summon two other Tec Bots to the field from my deck." Faust searched his deck and quickly brought out two more Tec Bots to the field.
Kageru didn't seem too impressed at Faust's monster lineup. "So you just played that spell for a bunch of cheap software like that?"
"OHO! Just wait. My experiment isn't done yet! But everything is surely going according to my calculations."
"(You already said that!) Kageru thought to himself, feeling irritated by Faust's words.
"Now for my well thought out and educated Battle phase!" Faust readied for his first assault.
"Now go my Tec Bots! Scrap that annoying test monkey!"
"Test Monkey!?" Kageru looked weirded out and looked at Fausr peculiarly. The little robot's antennae, created static electricity and zapped the flaming monkey.
"Thanks by the way, because Flamvell Poun has a special ability; when he's destroyed by battle and sent to my grave, I get to add a monster with 200 Def from my deck to my hand!"
Kageru searched his deck for a monster. He picked the one that he had always relied on. Maira and the group instantly knew which one he had picked. "I'm choosing Flamvell Firedog!" Despite being protected, Kageru was forced to take the other two hits from Faust.
"Go my remaining Bots! Time for a human test subject!"
"Urgh!" Kageru forcibly bent his knee.
"Since I attacked three times, I conclude that my tests have resulted in….A second battle phase!"
Faust's monsters once again attacked. This time, all three blows were successful.
"Urrrrkk!"
Kageru LP 5500
Faust LP 8000
"Man 2500 of the bat!?" Gai commented.
"Not looking good for a start. He better make a comeback." Tetsu added. Riski was concerned as well. Maira however wasn't too worried.
"The guy's playing off of monster's with Attacks of 1500ATK or less right? Kageru will wipe the floor with him if he can figure out a counter on that trap card of that doctor." Maira was confident in her friend, what with her arms folded and smiling it didn't seem like she was even slightly concerned for him at all.
"Cruel.." pouted Riski.
"What?" asked Maira, hearing her friend and turning to her in slight surprise.
"You should show a BIT more concern for your friends." she quickly spat out, and then cutely folded her arms as well. "Don't you care?"
"I tend to worry about my own problems instead of others. Besides my own family of course." she looked down with her eyes shut and smirked for a moment, knowing Riski was pretending to hit her for her attitude. The second she opened her eyes to slyly look at Riski was when Riski acted innocent and that nothing ever happened, their eyes then fell back on the dueling field.
"HEHEHEHE! how quaint! All according to my calculations!" he cringed his arms back and snorted an annoying laugh again.(picture Weevil's voice from the first series.)
"Now, I'll use the spell card Re-Invent! This allows me to destroy all my monsters on the field and treat them as sacrifices." he pulled out another card from his hand and grinned.
"I'll sacrifice my three Tec Bots to summon, The Monster of Frankenstein!" a green monstrous man rose to life across the battle field.
The Monster of Frankenstein
LV6 DARK/Zombie
Atk: 2000 Def: 1000
"I'll gladly take the penalty for the ATK power. Boo-hoo, lost 500. Like it will really matter anyway." he waved it off. the monster's attack decreased to 1500 ATk and Faust took the damage of the difference.
Faust LP 7500
"I'll activate my Frankenstein's special ability! Once per turn I can select and destroy a monster with an ATK or DEF lower than Frankenstein from your hand or field and banish it! Go my creation, destroy his pathetic mutt!" the monster summoned electrical bolts from its screws in its neck into the palms of its hands. It growled and the ground rumbled as the huge monster blasted the electrical power at Kageru's Firedog.
"Not so fast! I activate my facedown, Infernal Shield. By banishing 2 Fire monsters from my deck my fire monsters can't be destroyed this turn and to pay the cost, I'll banish my Flamvell Guard and Neo Flamvell Garuda from my deck.
Kageru's two selected monsters appeared and created a wall of flame to protect their comrade and in return, their bodies burned out as a result.
My mutt ain't goin nowhere!" Kageru stood strong.
"Yahoo! Awesome!" The crowd seemed to enjoy the match.
Faust, having his attack fail was irritated. He set a card in his Spell/Trap zone and reluctantly ended his turn.
"Finally!" Kageru was eager to get his 2nd turn started. "I draw! Now I'm summoning my Flamvell Firedog in Attack Mode!"
A fiery hound appeared in a flash. Its magmatic body was covered in molten debris.
LV4 Fire/Beast
1900 Atk
200 Def
Kageru gladly took the damage from Faust's Formulated Equation.
Kageru LP
5100
Faust
7500
Flamvell Firedog
ATK 1900 to 1500
"Next I activate the field spell, Molten Destruction!"
Kageru placed the spell into his field card zone. The spell formed a volcanic area around the arena, a place where his deck had an advantage.
"While this is on play all fire monsters on the field lose 400 Def, but gain a 500 ATK bonus!" Kageru's firedog growled, as its flaming aura grew larger.
Flamvell Firedog
ATK 1500 to 2000
"Since you got yourself a pretty small grave count there, I can special summon Neo Flamvell Origin from my hand, while I control another Flamvell monster."
"A small infant-faced candle flame came floating about.
NeoFlamvell Origin
LV2
ATK 500 to1000
DEF 200 to 0
With his current frontline set, Kageru was now prepared to attack. Gai watched in admiration.
"Oooohhh boy, he's goin on offensive!" Tetsu couldn't hold his excitement either. "Yeah! Burn that Frankencorpse!"
Kageru motioned for an attack. "Battle Phase! Firedog, attack his overgrown green freak! Infernal Fang Rush!"
Flamvell Firedog
Atk 2000
Monster of Frankenstein Atk 1500
The flaming hound rushed at its prey, eager to take a bite out of it. It pounced at the large monster with its molten fangs tore through its body.
"Sick em boy!"
Faust was pushed back as his monster imploded to ashes from the inside.
"Eeeyyoww!" Faust fell backwards from the attack. Mamoru wasn't finished however.
Faust LP 7000
"I activate Firedog's ability; when he destroys a monster and sends it to the grave, he can call out another fire monster from my deck with 200 or less Defense to my field. " Kageru searched his deck for a monster.
"I'm bringing out Flamvell Grunika!" Kageru's Firedog jumped back into its monster zone, before letting out a howl that intensified the heat-filled atmosphere. The monster zone adjacent to Firedog burst into flames, and out came a purple draconic figure, with wings, and flaming fists.
Flamvell Grunika
Lv4 Fire/Dragon
ATK 1700 to 1500 to 2000
DEF 200 to 0
Once again, Kageru was forced to take a hit from Formulated Equation.
"Urgh!"
Kageru LP
4400
Despite the damage, Kageru stood proud. "Heh! No biggie. Like I said, you're gonna get a beating from me."
Kageru's Origin and Grunika were eager to attack and positioned themselves.
"Now Grunika; Attack Faust directly!"
Grunika leaped up and engulf its palm with flames, which he then stroke Faust to the stomach with.
"Guuuffaaahhh!"
Faust LP 5000
"Origin; yer up!" The tiny little blue flame squeaked nervously as it charged at Faust, with eyes closed.
Faust LP 4000
"Oooooo Dear me!"
Faust was getting nervous as he was completely overwhelmed by Kageru's fierce offense. He had to do something, as Kageru was now able to gain a 2nd battle phase with the special rule.
Tetsu and Gai cheered him on. "Oh yeah. Finish him off Hinodama!"
"This one is so in the bag!"
"Hmph! Firedog; wail at him!"
"I told you he could use it to his advantage." Maira smiled knowingly.
When Gai got excited, Maira let a slight giggle cross and golf clapped in a hotly manner, which made Riski laugh and replied as she played along with Maira, "Quite the move." "Yes, quite." Maira spoke like a high class British aristocrat. Riski smiled and pretended to adjust her glasses, and crossed her legs properly.
"I do say, what a splendid duel this is turning out to be is it not so, lady Maira?"
"Why indeed, my dear Riski. And speaking of turns... I do believe the duel is not quite over yet."
"Oh, quite. I do concur." the two girls continued to play pretend as they both spun there imaginary umbrella's and watched the duel. Gai and Tetsu looked at them feeling playfully awkward.
Faust's glasses flashed, as he grinned.
"ALL according to my calculations!" Faust activated his face down card, "I activate the trap card, Hazardous Containment!" the card flung up to reveal three scientist throwing their hands up in fright of a vile that glowed green. "I can activate this card when my Life points are at least 4000 and my opponent declares an attack. This card halts your battle phase and immediately skips to my turn."
He smiled. "Draw card!" he played it immediately after seeing it. "I play Pot of Greed, and draw two more cards."
"I play the spell card, Repair, Retest, and Replicate!" This allows me to special summon up to 3 similarly named machines from my grave with 500 Atk or less and increase their levels by 2!" Faust grinned.
Tec Bot x3 LV4
"(I wonder what he's up to now?)" Kageru thought as he watched Faust closely.
"3 Level 4s." Gai commented.
Maira knew Faust's next move was. "An XYZ summon."
"I'll overlay my 3 LV4 Tec Bots!" the cards zoomed back to the field, spiraling in a loop-de-loop motion.
"I shall create a well hypothesized Overlay Network! XYZ Summon; one of my most precious cards! Come forth! The Mad Scientist Ilzem!" the XYZ monster was brought forth, it took the shape of a giant lab coat that held darkness in it, and it wore glasses similar to Faust and had thick floating gloves around it.
Mad Scientist Ilzem
Rank 4 Dark/Fiend
ATK: 0 DEF: 3000
"Heeheheheheheh!" Faust snorted. "Not done yet! I also play the spell, 'It's Alive', and bring my Monster of Frankenstein back from the grave in Defense Mode. This also keeps it from being destroyed twice per turn and whenever it attacks it gains ATK points equal to half my my Life Points at the end of the damage step!" the green monster was revived with a far sturdier body than before. Fortunately for Kageru, this spell also negates the effects of Frankenstein.
"I'll also take the penalty from Formulated Equation."
Faust LP
3500
"(Heheheehe! All according to my calculations! I'll show you how a real duelist truly plays!) Faust deviously thought to himself.
"(An XYZ monster!? Man, this isn't good. If it took that many monsters to make that thing, then I've got a bad feeling that it's gonna be a lot worse than just that 3K DEF. And that Frankenstein is gonna be a problem if I don't do something.)" Kageru was feeling anxious, as now Faust had just created a potential threat. The question that now remains is what does Faust's Ilzem do, and will Kageru be able to overcome it, or will he fall short of his glory and fail in only the first round?