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Chapter 9-Dusk-
It was Monday again. Muiko recovered from her last duel, against the kid named Cody Hackin and his terrifying Cipher Hacker deck. Even though, she still think about that duel. "That kid, Cody Hackin, he seemed to know that I can use my Muikai monster beforehand. Where in the world he learn about that? And, what about that dream I had?" She thought deeply.
"Miss Griffon. Miss Griffon!" A voice said. Muiko snapped out and noticed a teacher standing next to her desk. "Were you daydreaming, Miss Griffon?" The teacher asked, sounding like a scold. Some of her classmates laughed. Mike, on the other hand, felt worry about her.
The school bell rang, which was now lunch time. Mike decided to talk with Muiko in private. "Why did you brought me here to the football field, Mike?" Muiko asked.
"Hey Muiko, we got to talk." Mike said.
"Oookay. What's about?" She asked seldom.
"Well, you see...Hannah and I heard everything about you from Mr. Griffon, and I told him that I'll do everything to help you or Mr. Griffon. So, I just want to let you know about that, ok." Mike explained little nervously.
Muiko stared at him and then glared a little. "Help?" She said in serious tone.
"Yeah, I mean, yes. We're friends, so it is the right thing to do." Mike nodded.
"...I don't need help." Muiko replied in a mad tone.
"But, I really do want to." Mike said, trying to make her understand.
"Sorry, but I don't need one, ok. Beside, when do you ever want to meddle with me or my life anyway? Just stay away from me!" Muiko said in frustration. She walked away from Mike, never to speak again.
"Wait, Muiko! Come back!" Mike yelled, but she just ignored him. "Awe, Muiko..."
Some hours later, the school ended. Muiko walked back to home alone this time. Mike and Hannah were walking back to their in the other direction. "Hey, Mike. Are you OK?" She asked.
"Huh? Oh, sorry, Hannah. I wasn't paying attention..." Mike replied gloomily.
"Hey, Mike. Listen. Maybe...we should just forget about Muiko." She suggested.
"What?! Why would you say that?!" Mike said surprisingly.
"I know that sounds bad, but maybe it is for the best. Besides, she doesn't even want our or your help. It is better to just leave her alone and forget everything we had or better words, saw what she used in that duel." Hannah explained.
"..." Mike was speechless. He think that Hannah was maybe right, but deep down, he feels like he needs...no, want to help Muiko. "...I...just don't know what to do." Mike said.
The scene transitioned to Muiko, who was now alone and walking to wherever she go. She was thinking about her argument with Mike. She felt little bit bad about it, but just shrugged it off. She arrived to a pier and watched the river as the sun goes down. "So, you are the one they chose." Said a voice. She turned around and see a young male teen, who was at the same height and age as her.
The young teen had spiky black hair with two short strands of dark blue hair sticking out above his forehead. His eyes were dark purple, and he wore black coat and black shoes. He also wore a necklace with a golden pendent shaped of a heart. "Who the hell are you?!" Muiko asked timidly.
"My name is not a concern of yours. I am here to test your strength and skill." The young male teen said.
"Sorry, but I have no time to fight a stranger." Muiko replied as she walked away. When she did, the young teen released a burst of dark aura around his body, which caught Muiko's attention. She sensed a great energy coming from him. "You! Are you...?"
"If you want to know my power, you got to see it in a duel." The young teen interrupted her as he activated his duel disk, which was dark blue.
Muiko's face turned from confusion to determination. "Very well. I will duel you!" She agreed as she activated her duel disk.
"DUEL!" They both yelled as their respective Life Points increased to 4000.
"I will make the first move!" Muiko said first. "First, I normal summon E.B. Fluorine Cheetah in attack mode!" The familiar yellow metallic cheetah dashed to her side. "Next, through its effect, I special summon E.B. Iron Hammerhead! By special summoning it through its effect, it can inflict damage to your Life Points equal to its ATK! Go, Iron Hammerhead! Iron Headbash!"
As soon as Iron Hammerhead was summoned, it swam up to the duelist and bashed its head into him, making him temporary collapse. He lost 800 Life Points, with now 3200 left. "Then, I set one card. Turn end!" Muiko ended.
"Hmph. Is this really your strength? Pathetic." The dark duelist commented.
"What did you say?" Muiko asked madly.
"My turn. I draw!" He said, drawing his card as he ignored Muiko.
He scanned through his 6 six cards on his hand. "I set one monster on my side of the field. Then, place two cards face down. Turn end." He ended without attacking.
"What was that about? You didn't even summon a monster! Maybe you are the one who's pathetic." Muiko said mockingly.
"Shut up, and just concentrate in a duel." He replied. Muiko gritted her teeth, becoming frustrated.
"My turn! I draw!" She drew her card so strongly that it blew some winds at him even though it didn't bother him at all.
Muiko looked over her cards before making her move for a moment. "I normal summon E.B. Sulfur Leopard in attack mode!" She summoned her other metallic big cat. It roared strongly at the male duelist. "I activate my Sulfur Leopard's special ability! When she is Normal Summoned successfully, I can destroy one Spell or Trap card on your side of the field! Go, E.B. Sulfur Leopard! Destroy one of his set cards!" She ordered.
E.B. Sulfur Leopard jumped into the air and slashed one of his face-down card, which flipped up, revealing it to be a Spell card. It got destroyed into pieces. "Then, I change my Iron Hammerhead's position to Attack mode and declare my monsters to attack! Battle Phase! E.B. Fluorine Cheetah! Attack his face-down monster!" She almost demanded.
Her fast monster dashed quickly, approached the duelist's monster, and destroyed it with a cat punch. "Hmph. I activate the effect of the monster that you destroyed!" The male duelist announced.
"What?!" Muiko gasped.
"The monster that you destroyed was my Dark Nova Summoner. Its ability is that when it was destroyed by battle and sent to the Graveyard, I can special summon one DARK monster with 1500 ATK or less from my Deck." He explained. "I special summon Fiend Knight in attack mode!"
A knight with dark armor, carrying purple sword, and sharp teeth appeared on his side. It was Level 4 DARK Beast-Warrior monster with 1500 ATK. "Tch! Fine. I will just destroy it by sacrificing my E.B. Sulfur Leopard. Attack my monster!" Muiko commanded her leopard.
Her monster clashed his Fiend Knight, but the victory go to her monster. The mysterious young teen lost 100 LP. "Then, I declare my Iron Hammerhead to attack you directly!" Iron Hammerhead swam up to him, but before he get hit, her monster instead attacked Dark Nova Summoner and got destroyed.
"What?! Where the hell did your monster came back?!" She cursed.
"I already activated my Fiend Knight's special ability. When it is destroyed by battle and sent to the Graveyard, I can special summon one Level 4 or lower DARK monster from my Deck. At the point your monster was about to attack me, I special summon my second Dark Nova Summoner from my deck." He explained.
"Tch. I end my turn here then." Muiko ended, losing 700 of her Life Points.
"My turn. I draw!" He drew. "I activate my Spell card in my Graveyard, Reaper's Gift!"
"Reaper's Gift?!" Muiko asked, never expecting a card activation from the Graveyard.
"This spell card can only be activated if it was sent to the Graveyard from my side of the field. It allows me to resurrect as many DARK monster from my Graveyard if I have two or more in my Graveyard. I bring back my Dark Nova Summoner and Fiend Knight to my side!" He declared. His two previous monsters returned from the Graveyard. "I then activate monster's effect my hand! I activate my Winged Imp's effect!"
A small dark gray imp with bat wings appeared on his shoulder. "By banishing this little imp from my hand, I target one face-down card on your side of the field and it will flipped up, and be shown. If it is Spell or Trap card, then it is destroyed and sent to the Graveyard. In matter of fact, I select your one and only set card on your side of the field!" He chose the set card, which was a Trap card. The little winged imp turned into a dark blue fireball and flied toward the trap card, burning it to crisp.
"Nooo! My trap!" Muiko cried out.
"Next, I normal summon Slender Oak in attack mode!" A new monster appeared on his of the field, which was a skinny humanoid oak tree with blank face and 700 ATK.
"Now, I use all of my monster on my field as Muikai material cards!" His four monster turned into dark energy as it merged into one, beating like a heart. "Awaken, great giant of darkness. Use my darkness to destroy your foes. Show this world that no light can brighten your might! Muikai Summon! Dark Giant of Chaos!"
The merged energy ball burst like a bubble, revealing a giant monster born out of it. It was very tall with red eyes, sharp claws, and two big feet. Its body was very bulky looking and had ears like a bat. It roared very strongly with 3000 ATK.
"So, I believe this is your ace monster." Muiko said.
"Yes, and I will demonstrate its power. Dark Giant of Chaos, attack her E.B. Fluorine Cheetah!" His giant monster created a dark energy ball and shot it at her monster. It shot a burst of dark energy as Muiko got blasted away.
"Aaaaaaaahhhh!" She screamed as she collapsed and slid on the ground. Her Life Points was now 1800. She got up in pain, trying to stand up still.
"I end my turn." He finished as his monster settled down after the attack.
"My..turn! I draw!" She drew her card flashily. She looked at the card she drew and grin a bit. "I activate the card I drawn, Monster Reborn!" She said. "I resurrect back my E.B. Fluorine Cheetah!"
Her monster jumped out of the Spell card as it appeared back to her side. "Then, I normal summon E.B. Copper Bull in attack mode!" Her bull roared loudly alongside Fluorine Cheetah and Sulfur Leopard. "Now, I use two of my monsters, my LIGHT E.B. Fluorine Cheetah and LIGHT E.B. Sulfur Leopard as Muikai material cards! A legendary dragon, with majestic angelic wings, show your light to brighten this dark world! Come Forth! Muikai Summon!" She yelled out loud. "Golden Angel Dragon!"
Two of her monster became into one light, forming into Golden Angel Dragon. It roared strongly at the male duelist's Muikai monster. They were both reacting as Muiko's body glowed in light yellow aura while the young male duelist's body glow in dark black aura.
"I activate my dragon's special ability! By sending one Level 4 or lower monster from my side of the field to the Graveyard, I can destroy one card on your side of the field! I send my E.B. Copper Bull to destroy your monster!" Muiko explained with her voice at the top of her mouth.
E.B. Copper Bull turned into copper brown light and absorbed into Golden Angel Dragon as its body began to shine after that. It charged up for an attack. "Go, Golden Angel Dragon! Banishing Light!" She declared excitedly.
Her dragon burst a powerful wave of light, but the male duelist did not bother it. "You are such a fool." He smirked.
"What?!" Muiko gasped.
"I activate my second face-down card. Trap card! Dark Suppression!" A trap card was flipped up, revealing a knight being wrapped by dark chains. "This trap card negates the effect of my opponent's monster that destroys any of my DARK monster on my side of the field!"
Mysterious chains appeared out of his trap card, tangling and wrapping around her dragon. "And as long as this card is face-up on the field, you cannot activate its effect for the remain of the duel!" He explained.
"Even so, that won't stop my monster to attack! I equip my Golden Angel Dragon with Titanium Armor!" She stated. The card showed a armor made of titanium. The armor went on Golden Angel Dragon, boosting its strength as it roared even stronger. "The monster equipped with this card increases its ATK by 1000! Battle Phase! I declare my Golden Angel Dragon to attack!"
Golden Angel Dragon flied up even though it was still chained with dark chains. It shot a big golden fireball at his monster, but the duelist just smirked. "What's so funny?" Muiko asked.
"You are a such fool! Fool who think you can defeat my monster with that attack! I activate my monster's effect!" He declared.
Muiko gasped speechlessly. "When my opponent's monster declares an attack, by removing one Level 4 or lower DARK monster in my Graveyard from play, I can negate the attack and destroy the attacking monster." Dark Giant of Chaos strike back with its dark energy ball, destroying Golden Angel Dragon. Muiko continued to gasp speechlessly. "Then, you are inflicted with damage equals to the half of your destroyed monster's ATK!" Muiko screamed in pain as dark aura infested her body as if like being sting by an army of wasp.
"It seems that your turn has ended here. It is my turn." He said as he drew his card. "Now, I declare my Dark Giant of Chaos to attack you directly! Dark Oblivion!" He said, ending the duel. His monster shot one last dark ball of energy at Muiko. "Kyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhh!" She screamed as her Life Points go down to zero.
"Hmph. So, this is your power. What a waste of time." He said.
Muiko, who was still conscious, reached out her hand. "W...wait! Just, uggh, who are you?" She asked in pain. "My name...is Dusk." He replied before he walked away and disappeared in thin air. Muiko felt unconscious as she lay there on the cold ground in the dark, cold night. "I...I...lost." She said.
New Card Cheat Sheet:
Dark Nova Summoner-Level: 4 Attribute: DARK Type: Fiend/Effect ATK/DEF: 1500/1000 Effect: When this card is destroyed by battle and sent to the Graveyard, Special Summon one Level 4 or lower DARK monster from your hand or Deck.
Fiend Knight-Level: 4 Attribute: DARK Type: Beast-Warrior/Effect ATK/DEF: 1500/700 Effect: When this card is destroyed by battle and sent to the Graveyard, Special Summon One Level 4 or lower DARK monster from your Deck.
Winged Imp-Level: 1 Attribute: DARK Type: Fiend/Effect ATK/DEF: 100/0 Effect: Banish this card from your hand to target one face-down card on your opponent's side of the field. The target card is flipped up and if it is a Spell or Trap card, destroy it. If it is a monster card, Special Summon it to your side of the field with its Attribute changed to DARK.
Slender Oak-Level: 3 Attribute: DARK Type: Plant/Effect ATK/DEF: 700/700 Effect: Unknown
Dark Giant of Chaos-Level: 8 Attribute: DARK Type: Fiend/Muikai/Effect ATK/DEF: 3000/2500 Effect: Once per turn, when your opponent's monster declares an attack, remove from play one Level 4 or lower DARK monster in your Graveyard to negate that attack and destroy the attacking monster. Your opponent's Life Point is inflicted with damage equals to the half of the destroyed monster's ATK.
Reaper's Gift-Type: Quick-Play Spell Effect: This card can only be activated when it is sent from the Graveyard from your side of the field. Special Summon as many DARK monster from your Graveyard when there are two or more in your Graveyard.
Dark Suppression-Type: Continuous Trap Effect: Negate the effect of your opponent's monster that destroys your card. As long as this card is face up on the field, the monster cannot activate its effect.
Titanium Armor-Type: Equip Spell Effect: Increases the equipped monster's ATK by 1000.