Hello, readers and Yu-Gi-Oh fans. Sorry that I have not been updating my story like I frequently do. I am in my last week of the summer semester for my college, so I wanted to do focus on studying for the final and finishing project as well as finishing up all other assignments. I made some time to finish where I left off, so here it is! Please enjoy.
UPDATE(6/26/15): Description of Spring Vines' Appearance is added in a new paragraph.
Chapter 19-Power of the Mystical Grove-
"Now, witness the power of our great master of nature! Black Rose Dragon shall destroy all cards on the field!" The Copy Plant being said.
Black Rose Dragon unleashed a gale storm, destroying everything on the field.
"No way I will allow it to destroy everything!" Muiko yelled. "I activate Mystical Grove Cacti Guardian's ability! I send my set card to the Graveyard, so that I negate my monster's own destruction!" As Muiko removed the card from the Solid Vision blade of her Duel Disk and sent to the Graveyard, her monster stood strongly even in the powerful storm of black petals.
The storm resided, and there were only two cards left; Muiko's monster and Copy Plant's Continuous Trap, which she did not found to be very happy about. "Not to be rude, but for a tree being, you protected your trap very well." Muiko noted.
"Thank you. You used Cacti Guardian's effect very well." The Copy Plant being said. "However, my turn is not over! I then activate the Quick-Play Spell, Synchro Ressurection!"
The spell depicted a shadow of Junk Warrior illuminating on the desert ground in the blazing sunrise. "When a Synchro monster is destroyed by card effect, I can special summon it back and it gains 500 ATK, until the End Phase. Bloom from death, Black Rose Dragon!"
The powerful dragon of roses reappeared from the portal until it closed up, gaining a boost of ATK to 2900. "Battle Phase! Black Rose Dragon will now destroy Cacti Guardian!"
The dragon roared and breathed out a black red fire breath, burning Cacti Guardian to ashes as it destroyed in process.
"I end my turn." The Copy Plant being ended as Black Rose's ATK returned back to normal.
"My turn. I draw!" Muiko drew her card strongly. Right after she drew her card, the vines that was on her tangled tightly as she screamed in pain, draining her Life Points to 2100.
"The effect damage you taken was caused by the Continuous Trap, Tangling Vines." The Copy Plant being reminded.
"I know." Muiko replied.
She looked the three cards on her hand, and they aren't very helpful to get rid of Black Rose Dragon. "It isn't much, but I need to do this until I figure out how to destroy Black Rose Dragon." Muiko pondered.
She picked the card and placed in on the field, face-up. "Through its effect, I special summon E.B. Copper Bull in DEF mode!" Muiko declared as her trusty bull gave a defensive roar. "Then, I set one card. Turn end."
"It seems that you are running out of option." The Copy Plant remarked. "My turn. Draw!"
As she put the drawn card to her hand, she pointed out her finger to Muiko's monster. "I activate Black Rose Dragon's second ability! Once per turn, by removing from play 1 Plant-type monster from the Graveyard, I change one monster that you controls to ATK position and then reduces its ATK to zero, until the End Phase! Now, Master Black Rose shall drain the power energy out of your monster!"
Black Rose Dragon's tentacles, which looked a like a vine, tangled Copper Bull and drained its energy. As it did, its wings glowed brightly, giving out an illuminated red color. Copper Bull's body became very skinny with zero ATK, and it switched to ATK mode.
"Battle Phase! Black Rose Dragon will now destroy your Elemental Beast Copper Bull to dust! Black Rose Dragon! Dark Rose Breath! This Duel is proven that you lost and not worthy!" The Copy Plant being stated as the dragon unleashed a fiery dark-red fireball, destroying Copper Bull and causing a huge explosion.
The field was covered in a cloud of smoke. The Copy Plant being stood without moving at all until the smoke cleared. Then, she noticed something odd. "What is this!?" She gasped.
Muiko was still standing, unscratched with only 200 Life Points. "Why!? How!?" The Copy Plant being asked. Then, she remembered it. "I see. Now, I understand."
"You got that right." Muiko said, grinning. "I used Mystical Grove Little Seedling's second effect. I removed it from play from the Graveyard to gain 500 Life Points."
"I see. So, you used its effect when you were about to lose." The Copy Plant being remarked. "You are interesting human, Duelist. However, once I end my turn, you will lose thanks to my trap!"
"Too bad I won't." Muiko replied. "I activate the Quick-Play Spell, Mystical Emergency!" The set spell depicted Injection Fairy Lily attending some Mystical Grove monsters, including Mystical Grove Little Seedling with a bandage on its forehead. "When this card is activated and I have less than 1000 Life Points, I can Special Summon one Level 4 or lower Mystical Grove monster from my Deck with its ATK halved and that other half increases my Life Points."
A card slid out of her Deck automatically. Muiko picked it up high in the air and looked at it as she grinned at it. "The card I choose is Mystical Grove Elder Oak! I then Special Summon it to the field!" Muiko said as a new monster appeared on her side.
This monster is a ling oak tree with four large roots, acting as legs, a log shaped nose, bushy eyebrows, and mustache made of leaves, covering its eyes and mouth. It has two large branch for its arms, with three claws, acting as hands, leafy wristbands, and a walking stick with 8 orange orbs. It coughed with its hand covering its mouth as it did, revealing its 1300 DEF and 900 ATK.
Muiko's body gave a faint glow as her Life Points increased to 1100.
"Remarkable. She's...using the power of Mystical Grove so well. Could she be the one?" The Copy Plant thought. "Not bad. You somehow managed to survive for this turn. I set one card and end my turn."
"My turn. I draw!" Muiko drew her card. She looked little disappointed as the card she drew wasn't quite the one she needed. "I set one card. Turn end."
"By the look of your face, you are disappointed. I believe you have not drew a right card." The Copy Plant being remarked.
"Even so, I still put my belief in my Deck." Muiko said confidently.
"...Very well. My turn. Draw!" The Copy Plant being drew her card. "It is time to end this! I activate Black Rose Dragon's effect! I remove from play one Plant monster from the Graveyard to switch your monster's position to ATK mode and drain its Attack to zero!"
Just like the previous turn, Black Rose Dragon wrapped its vine-like tentacles around Elder Oak, draining its energy as its attack reduced to zero. Its body shrunk, became skinny like a twig. "Battle! Black Rose Dragon now attack your Elder Oak! Dark Rose Breath!"
"Trap open! Negate Attack!" Muiko shouted, immediately flipping up her Trap Card. The attack was negated as Black Rose Dragon untangled Elder Oak.
"You still resist. I admire your persistence, but you will fall in my next turn." The Copy Plant being noted. "I end my turn."
"It all comes down to this. I don't have any other cards to protect myself. This draw will determine everything in the Duel, but...why? Why do I feel this shaking feeling in my heart!? Is it that I am afraid!?" Muiko pondered.
She was remembering the two Duels she lost. First one was with the Duel against the mysterious Muikai Duelist, Dusk with his monster, Dark Giant of Chaos, and the second one was with the Muikai Lord, Toro and his Muikai monster, Zodiac Lord of Strength, Bull. She slowly put her finger on the edge of the top card. She was still shaking, feeling nervous and fear.
Then, she felt something calm and warm. The little plant monster appeared in a ghostly form on her left shoulder. "Little Seedling." Muiko noticed.
It smiled at her, giving her encouragement. She grinned back. "You are right." She nodded. "Even if I am afraid to lose, I must strive on. And if I go forward with all my heart, I can gain miracle."
Her hand stopped shaking. "My turn! DRAW!" She yelled as she drew her card in a golden arc of light. Her card was shining in light until it revealed itself. "This card...yes, miracle has occurred!" Muiko thought loudly, even though the vines tangled her tightly as her Life Points decreased. "I activate Elder Grove's special ability! Once per turn, I change its Level from one to eight, and its Level remains the same until my next Standby Phase! I change Elder Grove's Level to 6!"
Elder Grove chanted magic on itself as its Level increased to six, and the orbs on its cane changed to six orbs. "Then, I activate the Spell, Mystical Draw!"
The spell depicted four Mystical Grove monsters, two of which were Cacti Guardian and Little Seedling, reaching for the card above them. "When this Spell is activated, I select one Mystical Grove monster on my field, and then I draw a number of cards equals to that monster's Level! Elder Oak's Level is 6, so I get to draw 6 cards!" She explained.
"Could this be!?" The Copy Plant being pondered.
Muiko drew 6 cards from her Deck, some look familar and others looked new to her. She nodded and grinned at what she drew.
"Next, I activate another Spell, Pendulum Draw!" She added. This spell depicted Timegazer and Stargazer holding up a card, making an X with their arm as they hold up their card and the background was a shimmery night sky with stars. "When this card is activated, I draw one Pendulum card from my Extra Deck! I draw Mystical Grove Cacti Guardian!" Muiko stated as she drew the card.
"I, using Scale 1 Mystical Grove Spring Vines and Scale 8 Mystical Grove Cacti Guardian, set the Pendulum Scale!" Muiko declared as she placed the two Pendulum cards on either side of her Duel Disk's blade and the word "Pendulum" appeared on the blade.
Mystical Grove Spring Vines has a green torso with purple highlights, a long thin vine for its legs, two vine arms coiled up into springs, and a purple flower bud head.
Two pillars of light appeared on both sides as her Pendulum monsters rose up to the sky through the pillars. "This...is..." The Copy Plant being said speechlessly.
"With this, I can summon Level 2 to Level 7 monsters simultaneously!" Muiko exclaimed. "Sway, pendulum of my heart! Give me strength and hope as you call upon my monster allies! Pendulum Summon!" A portal opened above her as three bursts of light jumped out of it.
"Elemental Beast Cobalt Griffon!" A Level 7 Griffon monster appeared and roared, which made out of a blue crystal, with two black bracers with a yellow cobalt element symbol on both, and slight yellow eyes.
"Mystical Grove Shaman!" A short monster with two white mushrooms, using them as spectacles and green bush for its mustache and hair appeared. Its Level is 3.
"And, finally, Elemental Beast Fluorine Cheetah!" Her trusty, familiar cheetah roared excitedly.
"In...incredible! You performed Pendulum Summon!" The Copy Plant being noted.
"But, this isn't the only thing I will summon!" Muiko added. "I activate Mystical Grove Shaman's ability! When he is Special Summon, I can Special Summon one removed from play monster to my field, but it remains on the field until the End Phase! Mystical Grove Shaman, bring back Little Seedling to the field!"
Her shaman waved around its wand, chanting magic to make a portal appeared on the ground. A green light leapt out of it, revealing it to be Little Seedling, jumping very joyfully. "Welcome back, Little Seedling." Muiko greeted as her monster smiled and jumped in response.
"What was the point of that?" The Copy Plant being asked.
"This! I use Fluorine Cheetah and Little Seedling as Muikai Materials! O legendary dragon, with your majestic angelic wings, present your light to brighten this dark world! Muikai Summon! Descend! Golden Angel Dragon!"
Her ace dragon roared defiantly as Black Rose Dragon roared back. Both dragons shined with aura as if they are colliding each other. "I declare my Cobalt Griffon to attack your Black Rose Dragon! Battle! Attack the dragon with your Crystal Slash!" Muiko commanded.
Her monster launched for an attack. "But, that is not all! I activate Elemental Beast Cobalt Griffon's special ability! I remove from play all of my Spell cards from my Graveyard, and it gains 100 ATK for each one!" She explained as her monster's ATK rose to 3000.
"Not so fast! I activate the Trap, Rose Shield!" The trap depicted a warrior holding a shield with a rose symbol as it blocked her enemy's attack. "By discarding one Plant monster from my hand, I negate the attack and you take effect damage equals to my monster's attack!"
The shield appeared in front of Black Rose Dragon as it blocked Cobalt Griffon's attack. The attack reflected back to Muiko. "You think I will take that damage! I activate Spring Vines' Pendulum effect!" Muiko stated. "Once per turn, when I am going to take effect damage, I send it back to you instead!"
Spring Vines summoned a wall of vines in front of Muiko as the attack reflected back again, but this time to her opponent. "Aaaaaaaahhhh!" She screamed as her Life Points drained down to 1600.
"Finally, you took some damage." Muiko remarked. "Next, I declare my dragon's ability! Once per turn, I can send one Level 4 or below monster on the field to destroy one card on your side of the field! I send Mystical Grove Shaman to destroy Black Rose Dragon!"
Shaman became a light as it absorbed into her dragon's body. Its body lighten up as it unleashed a wave of light energy at Black Rose Dragon. "I won't let you destroy Black Rose! I activate my second trap, Synchro Barrier!"
The trap depicted a Stardust Dragon inside a force barrier. "When Synchro monster is targeted for card effect, I negate it, but in exchange, Black Rose Dragon loses 1000 ATK!"
"I won't let you do that either! I activate Crusher Beetle from my hand!" Muiko declared. She revealed the card from her hand, and place it on her Duel Disk's blade.
A white portal appeared as an orange Hercules beetle with purple highlights, yellow eyes, and rocky horns and shell flied out of it, with 500 ATK.
"When my opponent activates Trap card, I can Special Summon Crusher Beetle from my hand, negate the Trap, and destroy it!" Muiko exclaimed. Her beetle flied straight like a torpedo and snatched the Trap card, pinching it in half.
"I can't believe it..." Copy Plant being said.
"Golden Angel Dragon's effect is still in play! Banishing Light!" Muiko said as Black Rose Dragon obliterated by the bright light. " Next, I activate Quick Play Spell, Battle Reboot from my Graveyard!"
A portal of the Graveyard opened up, revealing a spell card that depicted two monsters striking each other, and clocks fade in and out in the background. "When this card is in my Graveyard, I can activate it. When I do, I remove it from play from the Graveyard to select one monster that hasn't attack in the Battle Phase, and allow it to attack! Battle Phase! Golden Angel Dragon, attack her life point directly! Golden Flareblast!"
Golden Angel Dragon breathed out powerful golden fire breath, making Copy Plant collapsed on its back and her Life Points down to zero.
"Thank you, all of you." Muiko thanked to her monsters. Golden Angel Dragon, and her monster roared in response before they faded away. She walked up to the Copy Plant being, who was still in the form of a female duelist. "Do you need a hand?"
The Copy Plant being accepted her hand to get up. "Thank you, young duelist. Tell me. What is your name?" She asked.
"My name is Muiko." Muiko said.
"Muiko...you have proven to me that you are worthy to use the power of the Mystical Grove Deck. Combining with your Deck, it will greatly be stronger than ever before. For, that I give you this card for your reward." She stated as she gave Muiko a blank card.
"But, it's blank." Muiko claimed.
"Someday, you will unlock that card and its true power. You'll see." Copy Plant being remarked. "Now, I believe it is time to go back to where you belongs. To your friends."
"Thanks, but wait." Muiko noted. "How do you know that I am with a friend?"
Suddenly, the surrounding areas bathed in light as Muiko covered her eyes, making even the inside of her eyelids brighten up. When the light settled down, she realized that she was laying her back on the ground. She got up and looked around. Strangely, the spot where the shrine built on was gone. Then, she heard some voices.
"Muiko!" The voice yelled.
"That sounds like Mike." Muiko said as she ran to the direction of the voice.
"Where did she go?" Mike asked.
"She got to be here somewhere. I hope she's alright." Hannah worried.
"She could have not gone too far." Ace said, trying to cheer them both.
"Hey, guys!" Muiko shouted.
They turned their head to her, seeing so happy that Mike jumped to her, almost giving her a hug. "Muiko! We're so glad we found you!" Mike cheered.
"Muiko!" Hannah said joyfully as she jumped and hugged her tightly.
"We've been looking all over for you!" Hannah cried.
"You've been missing for few hours." Ace added.
"I've been gone for that long." Muiko said.
"Yeah. Why are you even out here?" Mike asked. "Well, in any case, let's go back to the inn."
They all went back to the inn. People of the inn were very happy and glad that Muiko came back safely. They were now at the diner hall as Muiko was eating her late breakfast, which the inn attendant was saving for her. As she was eating, she explained to them about her encounter with Copy Plant and obtaining the Special Deck that Sato spoke of, which was revealed to be the Mystical Grove Deck. She even show it to them.
"Wow. That was one heck of a story." Hannah gasped.
"I just couldn't believe that Ms. Sato's tale was true." Mike said.
"It is amazing indeed. The Mystical Grove cards are real." Ace said as he looked at some of the cards.
"I don't know what to say about it, but since I'm apparently worthy to use it, the Deck is belong to me. Don't why though." Muiko shrugged.
"Me either, but with this Deck, you can now become stronger and I bet you are stronger than ever now!" Mike remarked.
"I do agree with Mike on that. Perhaps you should put it to a test?" Ace suggested.
"What do you mean?" Muiko asked.
"Well. In few days, there is a place I would like you all to come. It is a Japanese mall in Miami City, which is famous for special dueling arcade." Ace explained.
"A mall!? We definitely got to go there!" Hannah exclaimed.
Mike sighed and sweat dropped a little, but Muiko let her be. "A Dueling Arcade. Hmm, sounds like a good place to practice with your Mystical Grove cards." Mike said.
Muiko nodded. "So, we are all agreed! We will go to the Miami Super Mall in two days from now. We will leave on the day after tomorrow, early morning. In the meantime, let's enjoy the rest of our stay here!" Ace said excitedly.
-Yu Gi Oh Muikai-
A duelist was racing on his Duel Runner. It had a sleek design to it, with color of blue in many shades. The front head was shaped of a shark with sharp red eyes. On the back was the fin of the shark. The turbo duelist, who wore light blue uniform and helmet with motif of koi fish on either side, reached the finish line as he then slowed down his D-Wheel.
He drove into his personal garage, where a girl was waiting for him and working on her laptop. "So, did I broke my last record?" He asked.
"Let's see...Yes! You broke it by 3 minutes early!" She said with a grin.
"What!? 3 minutes! That's not fast enough!" The turbo duelist said in frustration.
He took off his helmet, revealing his dark shade of blue for his eye, and spiky Mohawk-style hair, looking like a dorsal fin, but have hairs covering either side of his head. His hair also was straight down from behind his head. His skin was little bit white, but mix with tan color.
The girl has violet reddish hair, straight. She wore light blue jumpsuit, compared to the boy's darker shade of blue suit. "Maybe if we tuned your D-Wheel and increase its acceleration engine, it may able to go faster, but..."
"But." He repeated.
"It is too expensive to buy." She said as he back dropped, like a typical anime character would do.
"Dang it! I guess I will just accept my new record for now, but I hope I will break it during the tournament at Metro Sand City!" The young teen boy said excitedly.
"Oh, Rayden. Don't try to push yourself too hard. Don't you remember the last time in the local tourney." She reminded with her eyes lidded.
"Oh! Don't worry about that, Shizune! It won't happen again. I promise." He said with a suspicious smile, sweat dropping.
Shizune looked worry as she sighed. "Well, alright. Let's go home."
So, what do you guys and gals think? I am not quite sure if I did well with Black Rose Dragon, but I do like this chapter and it is probably my one of the favorite chapters in my story. Anyway, I like to give credits to pokemonking0924 to the card ideas for Mystical Grove. It is an awesome archtype, perfect for my main character in my opinion! I also like to give credits for all of you readers for taking time to read and supporting me. Please continue to do so because all of you are awesome people. I will be back with more chapters next week, so stay tune!
New Card Cheat Sheet:
Battle Reboot-Type: Quick Play Spell Effect: Activate this card from the Graveyard only. Select one monster that has not attack during the Battle Phase, on your side of the field. It can allow to attack.
Mystical Grove Little Seedling-Level: 2 Type: Plant/Effect Attribute: LIGHT ATK/DEF: 300/1000 Effect: When this card is destroyed and sent to the Graveyard, gain 500 Life Points. By removing from play this card, gains 500 Life Points.
Mystical Grove Spring Vines-Level: 4 Scale: 1 Type: Plant/Pendulum/Effect Attribute: EARTH ATK/DEF: 1600/1800 Effect: When this card is Special Summoned, select two cards on the field and return them to the owner's hand. Pendulum Effect: Once per turn, when you're going to take effect damage, inflict it to your opponent instead.
Mystical Grove Cacti Guardian-Level: 5 Scale: 8 Type: Plant/Pendulum/Effect Attribute: DARK ATK/DEF: 1400/2450 Effect: Send a card on your field to the Graveyard (or Extra Deck for Pendulum cards), and negate this card's destruction. Pendulum Effect: Unknown
Mystical Grove Elder Oak-Level: 4 Type: Plant/Effect Attribute: LIGHT ATK/DEF: 1800/1300 Effect: Once per turn, you can change this card's Level from 1 to 8, and its Level remains the same until your next Standby Phase, then it resets back to Level 4.
Mystical Draw-Type: Normal Spell Effect: Select one Mystical Grove monster you controls on the field. Draw a number of cards equals to the selected monster's Level.
Pendulum Draw-Type: Normal Spell Effect: Draw 1 Pendulum card from your Extra Deck
Mystical Grove Shaman-Level: 3 Scale: 6 Type: Plant/Pendulum/Effect Attribute: DARK ATK/DEF: 1200/600 Effect: When this card is Special Summoned, Special Summon 1 removed from play monster to your field. The monster you Special Summoned through this effect will remains on the field until the End Phase. Pendulum Effect: Unknown.
Synchro Barrier-Type: Counter Trap Effect: When you controls a Synchro monster and it is targeted by card effect, negate it and destroy that card. Then, your Synchro monster loses 1000 ATK.
Synchro Resurrection-Type: Quick-Play Spell Effect: Special Summon a Synchro monster from your Graveyard. It gains 500 ATK until the End Phase.
Crusher Beetle-Level: 2 Type: Insect/Effect Attribute: EARTH ATK/DEF: 500/1000 Effect: When your opponent activates a Trap card, Special Summon this card from your hand to negate and destroy it.
Rose Shield-Type: Normal Trap Effect: By sending one Plant-type monster from your hand to the Graveyard, negate an attack from your opponent and inflict damage equals to the target monster's ATK that was targeted for attack.
Elemental Beast Cobalt Griffon-Level: 7 Scale: 4 Type: Winged-Beast/Pendulum/Effect Attribute: WIND ATK/DEF: 2700/2100 Effect: You can remove all Spell cards in your Graveyard from play, then this monster gains 100 ATK points for each one.
Mystical Grove Emergency-Type: Quick-Play Spell Effect: If you have 1000 or less Life Points, when you activated this card, Special Summon one Level 4 or below Mystical Grove monster from your Deck with its ATK halved. Then, half of the ATK increases your Life Points.