Chapter 39: White Dragon's Rise! Crashlanders Unite!
Kisara perched evenly on top of the jagged and twisted end of the decapitated Heartland Spire. She cracked her knuckles, gazing down at the blackened ruins. "Shame I wasn't here during the first attack," the girl shrugged, looking around from her vantage point in the centre of the city. It had taken some very careful teleporting to get her up there, she recalled, but that was why the Academia technicians got paid the big bucks.
"It really is funny how they have such a maniacal fervour about the objective," Kisara chuckled to herself. "Makes me wish one of my powers was the spontaneous creation of popcorn,"
The girl looked around, searching for any signs of movement. "If I'd been here, there wouldn't even be these ruins left," the girl giggled. "All I got was that stupid island,"
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A massive, three-headed white dragon with three sets of blue eyes leered down at the Satellite of Xyz Dimension. "NEO-BLUE-EYES ULTIMATE DRAGON! EVOLUTION BURST STREAM OF DESTRUCTION!"
A few minutes later, Kisara landed on the edge of Neo Domino City's docks. She paused, and facepalmed, looking back at the smoking wreck of an island that was rapidly sinking into an ocean. "Damn, I forgot to card them," she groaned. The girl opened her Duel Disk and sent out a transmission to all the Obelisk Force soldiers in the area. "If Daddy asks, there was never an island off the coast of this city. Got it, everyone?"
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"Ooh, that looks promising," the girl banished the memory and spotted a tiny speck of white on a road far below. "I spy, with my little eye, something that's not going to be alive in ten minutes,"
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While the other three Lancers were taking on Kite, Kaze and Obelisk Force, Sawatari, Yuke and Katie were enjoying the scenery.
"This place is a massive mess," Sawatari groaned.
"Lemme guess. It insults your cultured tastes," Katie snorted.
"Why yes, yes it does!" the blonde huffed, petulantly stamping his foot.
"Oh, grow up," Yuke snorted. "Sure, the Crashlands were never this bad, but . . ." He paused, unsure what exactly he was trying to say. "Seriously, are your parents royalty or something?" he finally asked his teammate.
"My father is Curio Sawatari! He is going to be the mayor of Miami City as soon as the election is over!"
"So you're the son of someone who has nothing to his name but something he hasn't got yet?" Katie chuckled, her tail flicking in mirth. "That's really not something to brag about," Yuke nodded, grinning widely.
"Well - I - he -" Sawatari spluttered, incredulous. "Shut up," he finally burst out, storming ahead.
Katie snorted, before giggling uncontrollably. "Rich kids," she smirked.
"Yeah," Yuke nodded. Katie skipped ahead, but her brother hung back and pulled something from his pocket. The kind gaze of Radiant Divine Bird Vene gazed up at him as moisture brimmed in his eyes. "Mum," he whispered. "I miss you. It's a shame you never got to see this place," the boy looked around, saw the blackened ruins of the city through tearstained eyes, "this horrible, beautiful place,"
He pocketed the card and rushed to catch up, wiping his tears away on his sleeve.
In front of him, Katie pricked her ears, the furry orange flaps alert and erect as she cocked her head. "Yuke! Shingo! Someone's coming!" Sawatari wheeled and glared at her. "Don't call me Shi-"
Kisara landed in the space between Sawatari and Katie. "How perceptive. You obviously have good ears," she smiled at the other girl.
Yuke, ever the cordial gentleman, stepped around his sister and extended a hand of greeting. "A pleasure to meet you. I didn't think there was anyone else around here," he smiled.
"Oh, well what do you know. At least some of you locals have manners," Kisara simpered, a cocky smile crossing her face.
"Yuke! Katie!" A very serious and worried note had crept into Sawatari's voice as he ran in a wide circle around the girl to reunite with his friends. "Back away, very slowly," he whispered, his usual cocky smirk gone. "She's with Obelisk Force. She's dangerous,"
"Oh, dangerous is such a," Kisara paused, searching for the right word. "Threatening label. I don't like labels. Besides, so I'm a good Duelist, that doesn't make me a murderer or something, right?"
"I suppose not?" Katie blinked, unsure, but Kisara's next words wiped them all of any ideas that she might be an ally. "I mean, I am a murderer, with plenty of 'something' to boot, but that isn't just because I'm a good Duelist," The white-haired girl winked playfully. "That's all me,"
Yuke stared at her in horror as he slowly backed away. "You're insane,"
"Now now now," Kisara tutted impatiently. "What did I say about labels?"
"We should leave," the fox girl suggested, slowly backing away.
"One more step and I card you all right now," the girl nonchalantly responded. The three froze. "I can see you all have Duel Disks, so, how about we play a game?" Kisara suggested. "The three of you versus me. Really, the odds are in your favour,"
"I don't like it," Yuke shook his head. "Why is she so confident?"
"Who cares? Obviously she doesn't know how good we are," the blonde boy snorted. "Besides, we have those Number cards. No way she could top one of those," he smirked.
"He has a point, bro," Katie nodded, as she and Sawatari took up positions on either side of Yuke.
"Looks like there's no getting out of it," the Ritual Duelist shrugged. "Alright. Let's Duel,"
Kisara cocked her head, staring at Yuke. "How odd," she commented, checking her Duel Disk. "Yuke, was it? You look a lot like my boyfriend,"
"I'll take the first move!" Sawatari interrupted her before Yuke could respond. "Now, everyone, be prepared, because it's time now for Sawatari Theatres to take centre stage!"
"Action field, on," Sawatari's Duel Disk reported as blue platforms appeared all over the field.
Katie looked at Yuke doubtfully. "Okay, it's kinda cute when Yuya does it, but this is just creepy,"
"The curtain shall open with an incredible light show!" Sawatari declared, holding up two cards. "Because, using the Scale 2 Abyss Actor - Pretty Heroine and the Scale 8 Abyss Actor - Funky Comedian I set the Pendulum Scale!" he declared, as a young vampire and a four-armed yellow ogre rose into the Pendulum Zones. "Now, I Pendulum Summon! Swing between the miraculous scales and come forth, two copies of Abyss Actor - Sassy Rookie!" A purple portal expelled two actors from its depths, each with 1700 ATK.
"And now, it's time for the hero of my piece to present himself, as I Overlay my two Level 4 Abyss Actor - Sassy Rookies!" the blonde grinned, a black-and-purple Overlay Network absorbing the two monsters. "Devil of the stage, trapped within a prison! Rise now, and turn your disadvantage into your strength! Xyz Summon! Rank 4! The stage is yours, Number 85: Crazy Box!" A massive black cube, pockmarked with jagged ends and holes, and with red light surging from the cracks, appeared in Sawatari's field. A large hole in one side showed an unblinking red eye, fixed on Kisara, and a runic red '85' adorned the corner of that side. 3000 ATK. The same symbol appeared on the back of Sawatari's hand. "Huh?" the boy blinked. "What's this?" But he shrugged and dismissed it. "Turn end!"
"My move!" Katie smirked, baring her canine teeth. "Draw! I'll start by playing Ritual of Volpyne Possession! By Tributing the Volpyne Familiar - Fennec in my hand, whose effect lets to be treated as an entire Tribute, I Ritual Summon!" she declared. A runic circle appeared, with a glowing, transparent fox rising into the air, before vanishing. "Come, spirit of Volpyne fire! Ritual Summon, Level 6! Inhabit the rock and bring new power from beyond! Appear, Megavolpyne Golem - Sentinel!" Katie's ruby-eyed fox golem appeared with 2000 ATK and roared.
"Aww, that's cute," Kisara chuckled.
"Now, I'll activate my Field Spell, Volpyne Shrine!" Verdant vegetation appeared around her, along with a small lake. A teepee shrine rose into being behind her.
Sawatari cast her a dirty glare as he stomped out of the water and pulled off his boots to wring them out. "Again? Really?"
"Sorry," Katie sheepishly shrugged, before a smile crossed her face. "Finally, I activate Sentinel's effect, which allows him to gain ATK equal to his current DEF!" The monster roared as its ATK became 2500. "Turn end,"
"My move," Yuke declared, taking his hand. A smile crossed his face. "I Normal Summon Topaz Monoglyph from my hand! When Topaz is Summoned, he is changed to Defence mode, and I can add a Monoglyph from my Deck to my hand! I add Citrine Monoglyph!" he declared, and a massive topaz Jewel appeared on the lush grass of the Volpyne Shrine as he drew a card. "Now, I play Seismic Fissure!" The ground in front of him split open, as Citrine appeared from his hand in full monster form, before the two stones fell into the abyss. "By Tributing Topaz on my field and Citrine in my hand, I Ritual Summon!" A savage grin crossed Yuke's face with blue light surging from the crack in the ground. "Take all that you want and give nothing back! Get ready, my monster, to launch your attack! Ritual Summon, Level 7! Rise, Hammer Tail Ritual Dragon!" Yuke's great serpentine dragon erupted from the fissure as it closed behind it and roared in fury with 2500 ATK. "I set a facedown. Turn end!"
The assembled monsters all glared at Kisara. Crazy Box's single eye's intense gaze mixed with the fury of Hammer Tail and the pinpoint focus of Sentinel. "How intimidating," she chuckled. "I'm really scared," She drew her hand as a manic grin set her eyes alight. "I play Polymerization, and fuse the two Blue-Eyes White Dragons in my hand," A massive Fusion vortex appeared above her as twin white dragons were sucked into the vortex. "Great white dragons with gleaming blue eyes! Become one through my power as the next evolution of perfection! Fusion Summon! Level 10! Appear, two-headed dragon with four blue eyes! Rampage, Blue-Eyes Twin Burst Dragon!" Her massive two-headed dragon roared in fury as it appeared on the field. 3000 ATK.
"Now, now," Kisara leered at the trio. "Which one of you should I destroy?" She raised three fingers, before lowering one. "Your monster has enough ATK points for me to not damage you, you're out," she shook her head at Sawatari, focusing on the siblings. "Eenie, meenie, miney, the fox is cuter than the dragon," she declared. "Blue-Eyes Twin Burst Dragon! Attack that Hammer Tail thing!" the girl commanded, and her dragon complied, charging at Yuke.
The boy blinked, and gulped, shaking his head. "Sorry Sawatari!" he shouted, snatching an Action Card from mid-air and remembering Yuya's brief explanation of how an Action Duel worked. "I play Ritual's Wake!" A Spell appeared on his side of the field. "When a Ritual Monster would be destroyed, all monsters on the field are destroyed except Ritual Monsters!" he declared. Torrents of water emerged from the Spell, skirting Sentinel and Hammer Tail, but obliterating Twin Burst and Crazy Box.
Kisara hmphed. "Fine then," she shook her head. "I Set a monster in face-down Defence mode and end my turn,"
"My turn!" Sawatari frowned at Yuke, before grinning. "I shall overcome this loss! I Normal Summon Tin Goldfish from my hand!" he declared, and a metal fish appeared in the lagoon behind him with a cheerful chirp. "When Tin Goldfish is Summoned, I can Summon a monster from my hand with the same Level! Come, Abyss Actor - Sassy Rookie!" His Level 4 actor rose to the field with a flourish. "I Overlay my Level 4 Tin Goldfish with my Level 4 Sassy Rookie and Xyz Summon!" A bright green Overlay Network appeared, and Sawatari smiled, confident of his triumph. "Come, destroyer of giants and hero of Heartland! Rank 4! Rise, Castel, the Skyblaster Musketeer!" the blonde declared as the signature card of the Resistance appeared on his field. "This Xyz stuff is fun!" Sawatari grinned. "Castel! Attack!" The avian fired a shot from its gun at the card, and it was obliterated, momentarily revealing a glowing chunk of diamond. "I end my turn!" he finished.
"Good. Because now, during the End Phase of the turn that The White Stone of Ancients was sent to the Graveyard, I can Special Summon a Blue-Eyes White Dragon from my Deck!" Kisara shouted in exultation. "Come, my very soul, Blue-Eyes White Dragon!" A massive white dragon appeared with 3000 ATK.
"My go," Katie declared, carefully eyeing the Normal Monster as she drew. "I activate the effect of my Sentinel, which allows it to gain 500 ATK," she cautiously declared as her monster's ATK became 3000.
"Don't attack. I don't have anything that can protect you," Yuke warned.
"I don't need protection, big brother," Katie smirked. "I Normal Summon Kinka-byo from my hand!" A black wolf-like creature appeared. "When Kinka-byo is Summoned, I can revive a Level 1 monster from my Grave. Return, Volpyne Familiar - Fennec!" The ghostly fox reappeared, 200 ATK. "I Overlay my Level 1 Fennec with my Level 1 Kinka-byo and Xyz Summon! Rise, as the tomes of order and chaos! Xyz Summon, Rank 1!With the power of the code inscribed in your shelves, bring forth power from your pages! Come, Number 78: Number Archive!" the fox girl commanded as an orange '78' appeared on the palm of her right hand.
A brown-and-grey Overlay Network expelled a trio massive, floating round bookshelves. Golden runes glowed, inscribed on the shelves, as wires connected the three devices. With a mighty leap, Katie jumped onto the top of the lowest-floating shelf. "Come on, Archive! Find me an Action Card!" she commanded, and her monster obediently floated higher, slowly spinning as it did. Katie jumped off and onto a platform, where she caught a Solid Vision card.
"Perfect! Okay, I now activate Number Archive's effect! By using an Overlay Unit, an opponent can pick a card from my Extra Deck, and if it's a Number it gets Summoned to the field by using Number Archive and its Overlay Units as Material! Yuke, big bro!"
Katie held up four cards to Yuke. "Pick the one on the left," she requested.
"Sure, sis. Left it is," the blue-haired Ritual Duelist grinned.
Katie returned the other three cards to her Extra Deck and revealed the selected monster as a book shot out of the Archive's shelf and opened. A glowing golden '87' appeared on the cover. "Alright. Come on out, my friend, Number 87: Queen of the Night!"
A massive lotus blossom rose from the book as Number Archive became twin glowing Overlay Units. The lotus opened as a humanoid figure with long pink hair and a playful expression emerged, wielding a serrated comb, and stood on one of the lotus' petals, using the plant as a hovercraft, with a glowing red '87' on her green-clad midriff and 3200 ATK. The 78 on Katie's hand vanished, as a bright red '87' replaced it on her shoulder.
"Here we go!" Katie grinned. "I activate Queen of the Night's effect! By using one Overlay Unit, I grant her an extra 300 ATK! Now, Queen of the Night! Attack Blue-Eyes White Dragon! Karma Clash Strike!" Like a ninja, the lady leapt forwards and sliced its blade across Blue-Eyes' flank, destroying the dragon and cutting away 500 of Kisara's LP. She scoured around for an Action Card.
"Sentinel! Your turn! Direct attack!" Katie commanded, and the possessed statue obeyed, charging forwards and reducing Kisara to 500 LP. "Turn end," the girl grinned in satisfaction.
"Time to finish you off," Yuke smirked. "My turn, draw! I won't waste time! Hammer Tail, direct attack!" His monster roared and charged.
Kisara jumped out of the way, white energy propelling her higher than should have been possible. Hammer Tail twisted and went in for another strike, but once again she dodged. Finally, the dragon twisted its tail and knocked her out of mid-air, but even as it did she slid an Action Card into her Duel Disk. "Action Spell! Evasion!" she declared. "The attack is negated!"
"Fine," Yuke shook his head. "I end my turn,"
Kisara cracked a grin. "My turn. Draw," She drew her card, and a smile crossed her face. "I Normal Summon Protector with Eyes of Blue from my hand," she commanded, and a tall warrior with a sword appeared on the field with 800 ATK. "Now, see, Protector gets lonely without someone to protect, so when he is Normal Summoned I can Special Summon a Level 1 LIGHT-Attribute Tuner from my hand! Come, Priestess with Eyes of Blue!" she smirked as a cheerful woman in a blue gown appeared behind the Protector. 0 ATK. "I activate Protector's effect! By targeting Priestess and sending her to the Graveyard, I can Summon a Blue-Eyes monster from my hand. Come, Dragon Spirit of White, who is always treated as a Blue-Eyes monster!" Kisara shrieked. The priestess vanished as the last card in Kisara's hand became a massive dragon that launched itself onto the field. 2500 ATK.
"Now, when Priestess is targeted by a card effect I can add two Blue-Eyeses with different names from my Deck to my hand. I add another Dragon Spirit of White and Blue-Eyes Chaos MAX Dragon!" Kisara grinned, taking two extra cards from her Deck. "Oh, and when Dragon Spirit is Summoned, I can banish a Spell or Trap on the field. Kiss that Shrine goodbye," the blue-eyed Duelist commanded, and white energy obliterated the Volpyne Shrine.
She scanned her options. "Time to test-run the newbies," she decided with a smirk. "No sense in bringing a sword to fight the Black Flare if I don't know that that sword won't break," the girl commented. "I Tune my Level 1 Protector to my Level 8 Dragon Spirit and Synchro Summon!" One ring, eight stars. 1 + 8 = 9. "I summon you, great ghostly dragon! Descend from heaven in radiant white to show this guy we can put up a fight!" Kisara chanted as white energy engulfed the ring and stars and a body took form. "Synchro Summon! Level 9! Ethereal white dragon with phantasmal blue eyes! Blue-Eyes Spirit Dragon!" Her Level 9 Synchro monster rose into the air with a mighty roar.
"Now, another Action Spell! I play Double Tuned! I revive a Tuner from my Graveyard, but if I don't Synchro Summon with it this turn it is destroyed and I take damage equal to its ATK! Return, Protector!" Kisara commanded, and the Tuner returned with a nod. "And by Tributing Blue-Eyes Spirit Dragon, I Summon a LIGHT Synchro Dragon from my Extra Deck!" she continued, pulling a card out of her Extra Deck. "I got this from some aristocrat in Synchro Dimension. I don't think she misses it where she is," Kisara absent-mindedly commented. "Come, Black Rose Moonlight Dragon!" she commanded, and Blue-Eyes Spirit Dragon became a portal, from which a red dragoness with scales like rose petals appeared. "Black Rose Moonlight's effect. When she is Special Summoned, I can return a Special Summoned monster on my opponent's field to their hand. Bye-bye, Castel!" Kisara happily waved, as a wave of rose petals blew Sawatari's Castel back to his Extra Deck.
"Wha - hey!" Sawatari protested.
"What's she up to? She got rid of a powerful monster and summoned a weaker one, just to get rid of a monster that she could have easily destroyed by battle?" Katie frowned, jumping to stand next to her brother.
"I'm not buying it," Yuke agreed. "She's planning something,"
"I heard her say something about testing a new weapon," Katie told her brother, twitching her ears.
"But that dragon will be destroyed at the end of her turn?" Yuke frowned, checking Blue-Eyes Spirit Dragon's effects in the Graveyard in his Duel Disk. "So will her Tuner, and then she'll take enough damage to lose," his sister observed.
"Now, I Tune my Level 1 Tuner Protector to my Level 7 Black Rose Moonlight, and Synchro Summon!" Kisara shouted with a crazed grin. She paused, and cursed. "I forgot to come up with a summon chant," she sighed, but shrugged. "Oh well. Come on out, Goyo King!" she commanded, as a tall, strapping warrior with a cutlass dressed in Synchro Dimension finery appeared on her field. 2800 ATK
Sawatari frowned. "Goyo? When did Kisara join the Synchro Dimension Security?" he asked in confusion.
"Okay, Goyo King! Attack Sentinel!" she commanded, and the warrior smiled at it loosed a burst of white energy at the golem. "When Goyo King battles, he gains 400 ATK for every EARTH-Attribute Warrior-Type Synchro monster on the field. There's only one, but it's enough!" she smirked, as the warrior destroyed Katie's possessed statue. "And now, Goyo King's other effect! If he destroys a monster by battle, I can Summon the destroyed monster to my side of the field from your Graveyard!"
Katie and Yuke's jaws fell open. "What?" the boy demanded.
"That's what Goyo monsters do. It pisses me off so bad," Sawatari hissed.
"Sentinel," Katie gulped as the Ritual monster appeared next to Goyo King.
Kisara grinned in excitement. "Yes! It's perfect! That Black Flare bitch is going down!" she shrieked, seeing the Ritual monster on her side of the field . . . she paused, before signing in irritation.
Sentinel's effect had reset. He was back down to 2000 ATK.
"So much for that," Kisara sighed in irritation. "Okay. This still works. Sentinel, attack Hammer Tail Ritual Dragon," she commanded, and Sentinel obeyed, charging the dragon.
"Well, at least she won't keep my monster for long," Katie nodded, wincing as she watched the doomed monster charge.
Kisara produced another Action Card, seemingly out of nowhere with a cheeky grin. "Action Spell: Big Sword! This boosts Sentinel's ATK by 1000!" she commanded. The cartoonish sword appeared on his back as Sentinel charged and cut Hammer Tail to shreds. 500 of Yuke's LP were cut away.
"She's good," Sawatari whispered in horror as their opponent ended her turn. "My turn, draw," he declared, checking his card. "I'm out of Xyzes, and my Superstar is nowhere to be seen," he gulped. "I don't have anything left that could possibly do any good . . . I Set a monster facedown and end my turn," he gulped.
"My turn, draw," Katie continued. She drew, and raised an eyebrow. "Alright. Queen of the Night. Attack Goyo King,"
"Goyo King's effect only activates when he's the attacking one," Kisara admitted. "But that won't matter. I play my Action Spell, Mirror Resonation. All face-up Attack Position monsters I don't control are destroyed!" she smirked. A wave of energy crossed over the fields of all three opponents.
Katie cursed. "I activate Queen of the Night's other effect! By using her last Overlay unit, I can force her into face-down defence mode!" The lotus petals closed on the woman they carried, flattening into a card. The spell washed over it, unaffected. Kisara sighed.
"Where does she keep getting all those Action Cards?" Sawatari demanded. "She's cheating, she has to be!"
"I end my turn," the Duel Spirit hybrid sighed.
"My move," Yuke nodded, scanning his options once more. One Set card on his field and two cards in his hand. "I Normal Summon Sapphire Monoglyph," The teardrop-shaped gemstone appeared on his field. "Sapphire is immediately changed to Defence mode," 1700 DEF. "When Sapphire is Summoned, I can add a Ritual monster from my Deck to my hand. I add Garnet Monoglyph," he declared, searching his secondary ace Ritual. "Now, I activate my Trap, Metal Reflect Slime!" the boy continued. A mass of amorphous metal erupted from his trap, forming into a gelatinous blob of a monster with 3000 DEF. And, more importantly, ten Level stars.
"I play Ritual of the First Monoglyph, and tribute Metal Reflect Slime!" With a flash of energy, the slime vanished. "Come forth, great red rock that endured throughout history! Arise with your collected power and unleash your true strength! Ritual Summon! Level 6! Rise, Garnet Monoglyph!" 0 ATK became 3000, and the carving roared in fury. "Go, Garnet! Attack Goyo King!" The gemstone fired a laser and obliterated his enemy. Kisara sighed, shaking her head in irritation as her LP dropped by 200. "Well, that sucks,"
"Take that! Turn end!" Yuke grinned.
"Okay. I'll take it, and pay you back with interest," Kisara winked as she drew. "Ooh, cool! I play my Spell, Dragon's Mirror!" A massive purple mirror rose into existence behind her, three great white dragons appearing in it. "By banishing Fusion Materials from my Graveyard, I can perform a Fusion Summon!"
Sawatari paled, recognising the play. "Oh crap, we need to get out of here! Now!"
The reflections slowly fused into one, creating a single massive three-headed blue dragon. "I call you, my ultimate monster! Fusion Summon! True and perfect embodiment of my self!" A resounding clap echoed from her palms as the mirror first cracked, then shattered, releasing the impossibly massive three-headed monster into reality. Kisara's eyes shone bright blue and her hair was blown upwards in a sudden updraft as white energy surged upwards around her feet. "Awaken, revitalised ultimate power! Neo Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon!" The massive monster had 4500 ATK, and one of its three heads glared at each of the opponents.
Sawatari felt like wetting himself.
"Go!" Kisara shrieked, power rushing through her and charging the air around her. "Attack Yuke directly!" Her dragon roared in agreement and charged, unleashing a burst of energy from his maw. With a massive explosion, Yuke was blown away, his remaining LP cut to 0 in an instant.
"Now, Ultimate's effect. By sending a Blue-Eyes Fusion monster from my Extra Deck to the Graveyard," Kisara evilly grinned, "he can attack again. I send a copy of Blue-Eyes Twin Burst Dragon! Now, go, destroy Sawatari's face-down!" Her dragon obliged, and the smile didn't waver as the card was pulverised. "Again, I send a copy of Blue-Eyes Twin Burst Dragon to the Graveyard! Attack Sawatari directly!"
The actor paled, frantically casting around for an Action card and dashing out of the way - but as the three-headed dragon threw itself forwards, it's wing snapped out and knocked him off the platform, sending him sprawling. His LP slowly drained until they reached 0.
"The effect can only be activated twice per turn. What a pity," Kisara sighed. "But oh well, next turn! Make your move, animal. It'll be your last," she leered at Katie, who gulped.
"My turn!" an unfamiliar voice called, and a figure leapt down from the crumbling rooftops. All three Lancers looked up in shock as the man's cowl blew backwards, revealing pinched features and a bald scalp. "I activate my Field Spell, Skypent Temple!" Kaze boomed, leaping into the empty air. A massive, tiered golden temple erupted from the ground, and he landed at the top, glaring down at Kisara and her dragon.
"Now, I Normal Summon Skypent Tlaloc and play Skypent Fusion!" he declared. "I fuse Skypent Tlaloc on my field and Skyoent Quetzal in my hand!" The monster he had just Summoned immediately vanished, sucked into a Fusion vortex that appeared on his temple's dais. "Tlaloc goes to the Extra Deck and Quetzal is sent to the Graveyard! Now, mother snake of brilliant bronze, come forth now with power untold! Fusion Summon! Level 6! Rise as the serpent that brings life from death! Descend, Skypent Maya!" His ace monster appeared, and she roared. "Maya's effect lets me revive Quetzal from my Graveyard!" The brilliant green serpent revived, with 1700 ATK.
"And now, I activate the effect of Skypent Temple!" Kaze declared, cool and emotionless in battle. "By sending a Skypent Pendulum monster from my Extra Deck to my Grave, I can Fusion Summon using monsters on my hand or field!"
"Oh?" Kisara smiled.
"I fuse Skypent Maya with Skypent Quetzal and the Skypent Xipe in my hand!" the man commanded. "Come, golden serpent, bring forth all that you have! Fusion Summon! With the blood of your foes on your stained fangs, destroy all that stands in your gold-paved path! Now, Level 10! Rise, Skypent Huitzil!"
The entire temple opened up. It split open down the middle, revealing a hollow interior with a massive, rippling golden portal inside - and from that portal, one of the most majestic beasts any of the Duelists there had ever seen appeared. It was a massive golden serpent, it's body rippling with muscle, and emerald ridges running down its body. A purple Jewel was encased in its chest, and a framework on its back bore a golden gong. It roared, shaking the very earth with it's fury. 3500 ATK.
"Skypent Huitzil now uses its effect! By banishing Skypent Maya from my Graveyard, I can destroy a card on the field! I destroy Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon!" Kaze intoned, and it twisted its tail to strike the gong mounted on its back. The gong rang, clear, pure notes of sound echoing through the area, as the three-headed dragon vanished. Kisara blinked, and gulped.
"Now, Huitzil! Attack that Fusion bitch!" Kaze commanded, and his strongest monster complied, charging directly at Kisara. She smirked. "I activate the Action Spell, Evasion!" the girl commanded, sliding a green card into her Duel Disk. "Your attack is negated!"
"Great," Kaze chuckled. "Gimme a call next turn, when that applies,"
"Huh?" she blinked.
"Skypent Huitzil's effect! He is unaffected by my opponent's card effects during the turn that they're activated! Your Evasion doesn't affect him until my turn ends, by which point it's effect is over with anyway!" Kaze smirked as his reptile dealt the finishing blow to the Obelisk Force commander.
"Unbelievable!" Kisara huffed as her teleporter activated, and she vanished in a flash of light.
The temple vanished and the Fusion duelist comfortably dropped to the ground, before wheeling to smile at Katie. "You okay?"
"That was so cool," she grinned. Yuke and Sawatari dashed up and flanked her protectively. "Careful, sis. He uses Fusion," Yuke warned her.
"I assure you that you of all people don't have to fear me," Kaze shook his head, removing his hood. "After all," All three Lancers' eyes widened as he revealed a mop of emerald green hair and smiled, displaying twin four-inch fangs and slitted, serpentine pupils. "We Crashlanders have to stick together, eh?"
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Well, that took longer than it really should have. -.- I've been spending a lot of time working on my original novel, Ghostwriter, recently, so that's reason number one for the delay.
Which leads me to reason number. 2, and an announcement I feel I now have to make . . . . . everyone saw the way that the Heartland 'arc' ended, right? . . . . I AM NOT DOING THAT. The way that Obelisk Force suddenly just went "Okay, we'll help you now. Sorry about turning your world to rubble, but everything's gonna be fine now, because we had a spontaneous and totally random change of heart," and all the survivors just went, "Okay. That's cool, no worries," . . . . That is some of the worst writing I have ever seen, and not only did I expect Yuya and co. to be in Heartland way longer than they were, I did not anticipate Shun's suddenly being in a coma. Which kinda ruins the Numbers thing I'm setting up to boot.
Which brings me to the announcement. Both because I now need to completely re-jig my plot plan from now on, and possibly even RETCON a few things, and because I'd rather not have to worry about any more curveballs that the show intends to throw our way . . I'm putting Yuya's Treat on official hiatus until ARC-V has completely finished airing. I'm sorry, and I never wanted it to happen, but . . . I feel that in the long run, my story as a whole will be better if I take the time to make sure I can work around the steadily-degenerating canon plot.
No new cards from anyone but Kaze;
Skypent Tlaloc
Level 3/WIND/Sea Serpent/ATK:1200/DEF:900/Pendulum/Effect
Pendulum:
5
Once per turn, if you have a 'Skypent' card in your other Pendulum Zone; You can make this card's Pendulum Scale become 1. This change lasts until the end of the turn.
Monster:
You can discard this card; add one 'Skypent' monster from your Deck to your hand, except 'Skypent Tlaloc'.
Skypent Tonat
Level 2/WIND/Sea Serpent/ATK:1300/DEF:700/Pendulum/Effect
Pendulum:
5
Once per turn, if you have a 'Skypent' card in your other Pendulum Zone; You can make this card's Pendulum Scale become 1. This change lasts until the end of the turn.
Monster:
If you have two 'Skypent' monsters in your Pendulum Zones: You can reveal one 'Skypent' Pendulum monster in your hand or Extra Deck; this card gains ATK equal to that monster's ATK until the end of the turn.
Skypent Quetzal
Level 4/WIND/Sea Serpent/ATK:1700/DEF:400/Pendulum/Effect
Pendulum:
5
Once per turn, if you have a 'Skypent' card in your other Pendulum Zone; You can make this card's Pendulum Scale become 1. This change lasts until the end of the turn.
Monster:
This card gains 200 ATK for every 'Skypent' monster in your Graveyard.
Skypent Xipe
Level 2/WIND/Sea Serpent/ATK:900/DEF:1400/Pendulum/Effect
Pendulum:
5
Once per turn, if you have a 'Skypent' card in your other Pendulum Zone; You can make this card's Pendulum Scale become 1. This change lasts until the end of the turn.
Monster:
You can discard this card; add one 'Skypent' Spell/Trap Card from your Deck to your hand.
Skypent Maya
Level 6/WIND/Sea Serpent/ATK:2400/DEF:1300/Fusion/Effect
2 'Skypent' monsters
Once per turn; You can target one 'Skypent' monster in your Graveyard; Special Summon it. If this card would be destroyed; You can banish one 'Skypent' Pendulum Monster from your Extra Deck instead.
Skypent Huitzil
Level 10/WIND/Sea Serpent/ATK:3500/DEF:2300/Fusion/Effect
1 'Skypent' Fusion monster + 2 'Skypent' monsters
Once per turn; You can banish one 'Skypent' monster from your Graveyard, then target one card on the field; destroy it. This card is unaffected by your opponent's effects during the turn they are activated.
Skypent Temple
Field Spell Card
You can send one 'Skypent' Pendulum monster from your Extra Deck to your Graveyard; Fusion Summon a 'Skypent' Fusion Monster from your Extra Deck, using 'Skypent' monsters in your hand or on your field as Fusion Material. Once per turn, if you Pendulum Summon a monster(s); You can make all 'Skypent' monsters you control gain 500 ATK. You can only activate one effect of 'Skypent Temple' per turn, and only once per turn. Destroy this card if you control a monster that is not a Fusion monster or a Pendulum monster.
Skypent Fusion
Normal Spell Card
Fusion Summon a 'Skypent' Fusion monster from your Extra Deck, using monsters in your hand or on your side of the field as Fusion Material. If this card is in your Graveyard; You can banish this card from your Graveyard; add one 'Skypent' monster from your Deck to your hand.
And now, review responses.
Thanks for the feedback, Leafeon. :)
I can't read the URL, danio.
And the question! Hmm . . . what should be the fate of Obelisk Force? I can't do the same thing as canon, since that sucked, and I am in the market for ideas, so . . . anything? Peace!