Hello, ladies and gentlemen. I have finished another new chapter, continuing from the cliffhanger in the last chapter. If you haven't checked, I added the New Cards Cheat Sheet for the last chapter. Check it out if you wants to see the effect of cards that was introduced in that chapter. With that said, enjoy this one!
Chapter 29-Face the Nightmare!-
Muiko stood up, but looked weakened from the last attack. Drake stared emotionless at Muiko. Cody sweated, feeling the hot tension between them.
"I normal summon Elemental Beast Arsenic Scorpion." She said, placing a new monster on her blade.
This monster looked like a large scorpion made of a metallic crystal, with large claws and the Arsenic symbol in red on its back.
"I activate its monster effect! Once per turn, I can select one monster on the field, and that monster loses 300 ATK and DEF points. I choose your only monster, Nightmare Sheep Devil Horns!"
Arsenic Scorpion shot out a green liquid at his monster, stunning it as it roared in pain.
"With that, your monster's ATK is 1700. Battle Phase! Arsenic Scorpion will attack your monster! Venom Stings!" Muiko exclaimed.
Arsenic Scorpion stretched its tail out, and then began stinging Drake's weakened monster rapidly like an army of bees stinging its prey. It got destroyed, making him lose 50 Life Points, although.
"I end my turn." Muiko said.
"Very well, I draw." Drake said calmly.
"He only has one card in his hand. The logical thing he would do at his point is look for Action card." Cody thought out loud. "Although, Mr. Lamb has that set card. I am very curious to what it is."
"I pass." He said, surprising Cody and Muiko.
"What!?" They gasped.
"Are you...serious?" Muiko asked.
"Yes. I pass." He replied.
"I guess he couldn't do anything, but he should've have look for Action card." Cody pondered.
Muiko began moving again, jumping from cloud to cloud until she landed on the main one, where the temple was built on She walked over to the temple, noticing Action card stuck on a pillar. She peeled it off.
"I use the Action Spell, Heaven Meteor!" She held up the card. This one had a shower of meteor raining down from the Action Field.
"This Spell deals 500 points of damage." She stated as shower of small meteor rain down at Drake. He walked over to Muiko slowly as he take damage. He stopped when the meteors stopped raining. He sighed in disappointment, looking little bored.
"What's wrong?" Muiko asked.
"Well, it is just that this Duel is becoming very boring." Drake admitted. "And, I am afraid the cause of his is...you, Muiko."
She gave him a sly glare. "I'm sorry to say this, but I have a bad mouth when it comes to expressing my mood. I know at this point, you will normal summon a monster, and then use both monsters to direct attack me. The Duel ends, and you become the victor. However, that does not feel satisfying ending in my opinion." He explained.
Muiko stared down, not revealing her eyes. "Again, I am sorry to offend you, but it is your turn. You may do whatever as you please."
"...You know what." She said. "You're right. Let's end this Duel with little more satisfying turn!"
Drake's bored expression raise eyebrows. "What's this?" He asked.
"I, using Scale 1 Mystical Grove Spring Vines and Scale 6 Elemental Beast Titanium Kangaroo, set the Pendulum Scale!" She placed the monster on either end as they rose up in the air.
"Ooooo." Drake awed.
"Now I'm able to summon Level 2 to Level 5 monsters simultaneously! Sway, the pendulum of my soul! Create an arc that connects both my hope and strength! Summon my monster allies! Pendulum Summon!" Two beams of light leapt out of the portal.
"Come out, Elemental Beast Neon Chameleon!" A chameleon with its ghastly body that changes color hoped in excitement as it stick out and in its tongue.
"Also along the ride, Mystical Grove Cacti Guardian!" Cacti Guardian flexed its "bicep" to reveal its strength.
"This is...interesting. Why did you Pendulum Summon more than enough monster?" Drake explained.
"So, I can do this!" Muiko answered back. "First, I use Titanium Kangaroo's pendulum effect. Once per turn, I can draw a card and whatever that card is, I can destroy the same type that's on the field."
Muiko laid her two fingers on the card. "I draw!" She drew her card, looked at it, but didn't look too happy. "Unfortunately, the card I drew is a Monster Card. Nonetheless, I add it to my hand."
"Second, I tune my Level 3 Neon Chameleon with my Level 4 Elemental Beast Arsenic Scorpion!"
Neon Chameleon stuck out its tongue one more time before it transformed into 3 green rings. Arsenic Scorpion jumped into the rings, transforming into 4 spheres of light until a beam of light pierced through the rings.
"Benevolent ruler and caretaker of the natural world. With your godly power that controls the force of nature, and heart full of kindness and motherly nature, show to everyone that no force can stand against your force of power! Synchro Summon! Level 7! Mystical Grove Mother Nature!"
A beautiful green haired woman with pointed ears and dressed in a blue and white appeared out of the beam of light. She also wore green vines wrapped around her dress up to her waist. It had 2500 ATK points.
"Interesting." Drake said with tone of excitement. "You Synchro Summon a monster using the monster materials that you summoned through Pendulum Summon. Very interesting!"
"Glad you're more chipper now." Muiko said. "I activate Mystical Grove Mother Nature's effect. I can either, one gain 200 Life Points for each Mystical Grove monster I controls on the field, or two, remove from pay 1 Mystical Grove monster I control except this card itself to destroy one card on your side of the field. I choose the second effect, and I destroy your Dream Bed!"
Mother Nature blew out green wind from her mouth with her hand, almost like blowing a kiss. Winds blew away his Field Spell, destroying it in process.
"At least that card don't need to be worry now." Cody said.
"Third and finally, I declare Mother Nature to attack! Battle Phase! Direct Attack!"
Mother Nature created a ball of light and then show it at Drake. It exploded with smoke covering everywhere.
Muiko and Cody watched while they wait for the smoke cleared up. Then, they noticed it. Drake was still standing with 950 Life Points, and surprisingly, Nightmare Sheep Devil Horns was back on the field.
"What? But, how!?" Muiko gasped.
"I bet you are wondering about this current predicament that we see right now. You see, I activate my Trap card, Nightmare Rises." Drake proclaimed.
This one had an image of Kuriboh in pajama suit hiding in the bed from evil glaring eyes that surrounded it.
"When this card is activated, I gain half of the Battle Damage and Special Summon one Nightmare Sheep monster from my Graveyard in face-up Attack position with its ATK reduced to zero." Drake explained.
"Tch! I..end my turn." Muiko grunted.
"So, that is what it was used for." Cody remarked.
"My turn, I draw!" Drake drew his card with a tone of seriousness in his voice. "I activate the Field Spell, Dream Dark Sky." Once he slid it into his Duel Disk, the skies darkened as sleep bumbles faded in and out in the background. It was pretty to look at, but there were also glaring evil eyes fading in and out, too.
"When this card is present, I gain one Dream Counter every time I Normal Summon or Special Summon a Dream Sheep monster." Drake stated. "Next, I play the Rank Up Magic Nightmare Force from my hand!"
This one depicted glaring evil eyes as overlay units orbited around it. "I target one Nightmare Sheep Xyz monster that I controls, and use it to Special Summon Nightmare Sheep Xyz monster with one Rank higher than the target monster! Realm of the Sleep, feed my nightmare to become the force to scare my opponents! Show the true meaning of fear! Rank Up Xyz Change!"
His monster turned into a dark beam of energy as it swallowed into the spiral galaxy portal. Lightning shot out of the portal, and thunder occurred several times. A black furred sheep, with zigzag yellow horns with a tint of electricity, hoped out of the portal and roared like a monster it is. "Rank 2! Nightmare Sheep Zap Horns!"
"So, you can Xyz Change your monster." Muiko smirked. "I haven't seen that kind of Xyz Summon for awhile."
"I see that you are bit impressed about this." Drake said. "I activate Nightmare Sheep Zap Horns' effect. If I control a Dream Field Spell, by using any of its overlay units, that Field Spell gains a number of Dream Counter for each overlay unit I use. Since I have only one, I gain one Dream Counter!"
Just above him, a sleep bubble in dark red color appeared. "Then, I activate Dream Sheep Yellow's effect from the Graveyard! When I controls a Nightmare Sheep monster on my side of the field, I can Special Summon it to the field! Awaken from the slumber of death!"
The familiar yellow sheep appeared like a ghost, but all in its physical form. It yawned as it was a drowsy monster. "Since I special summoned a Dream Sheep monster, I gain one Dream Counter." Another sleep bubble hovered over him, with this one in dark blue. "But, that is not all of Yellow's effect. While I control a Nightmare Sheep monster on my side of the field, it can be use for Fusion Summoning a monster."
"Say what!?" Muiko gasped.
"That's impossible!" Cody surprised.
"For my case, it is possible." Drake proclaimed. "Now, I use my Level 1 Dream Sheep Yellow and Rank 2 Nightmare Sheep Zap Horns as Fusion Materials!"
Both monsters turned into a swirl of yellow and black energies. "The drowsy yellow sheep, sheep of shocking nightmares, form together to bring out the beast of nightmare that no one want to dream of! Fusion Summon! Come forth! Nightmare Sheep Leviathan!"
Thunders roared the skies as long snake-liked body appeared. Lighting flashed the face of the monster, which has crimson red eyes, curly black horns, and white fluffy fur acting as its mane. Its body was long in dark brown scale. It revealed its razor sharp teeth, roaring with 3300 ATK points.
Leviathan gave a mighty roar as Mother Nature stood defensively. "When Nightmare Sheep Leviathan is Fusion Summoned, if I control a Dream Field Spell, it gains one Dream Counter." Drake stated, with a sleep bubble in dark purple appeared above him. "Now, my Field Spell's effect activates! I use all three Dream Counters to target your monster, Mystical Grove Mother Nature!"
The three sleep bubbles formed together into a black letter "Z". It flew over to Muiko's monster, popped itself, and sprinkled black sprinkles on her monster, making it go to sleep. "The target monster loses 500 ATK for each Nightmare Sheep and Dream Sheep monster I control on the field. Since I only have one, your monster loses 500 ATK!"
Mother Nature's ATK reduced to 2000. "Battle! Leviathan will destroy your monster! Attack with Nightmare Fury!"
Leviathan breathed out a beam of dark blue fire. The sleeping and unexpected Mother Nature was burned in the flame, crying while she was sleeping until she exploded. The beam of dark blue fire send Muiko in midair until she hit on the back again on a pillar.
"Aaaaaarrrggghhh!" She screamed.
"At this point, I activate Nightmare Sheep Leviathan's additional effect." Drake called out.
"Wait! There's more!?" Cody gasped.
Muiko opened her eyes barely, trying to recover from the blow she just had.
"When Leviathan destroyed a monster with 2000 or more ATK during the Battle Phase, it can destroy one card on my opponent's side of the field. For each card it destroyed, the owner gains 500 points of damage. However, if I control a Dream Field Spell, it can destroy up to two cards!"
"Two cards!?" Muiko yelled.
"That's right. I destroy your two Pendulum cards!" Drake exclaimed as his monster shot out another beam of dark blue fire, this time on her two Pendulum monsters.
They both cried in the fire as it burned them before they were obliterated completely. The intensity of Leviathan's energy made some cracks to the temple. Muiko screamed again, gaining more damage as her Life Points drained down to 500.
"With that, I end my turn." Drake finished. "Even though your Life Points are now lower than mine, Muiko, I believe that you have a better chance to win than me."
"Hmph. That's a first." Muiko said. "Nobody have ever said that to me. Although, to be honest, I think I am in the worse situation than you."
"Maybe, or maybe not. You'll never know the outcome of the Duel when either duelists locked in a tight corner like this one we are in right now. Perhaps, something might happen to turn this table around." Drake said, with a grin.
"That's true." Muiko nodded. "Now then, I draw!"
She looked at the card she drew. "This is my last chance." She thought. "I normal summon Elemental Beast Hydro Hyena!"
The blue hyena roared when it summoned to the field. It stretched its back, signifying that it has not been in a Duel for a long time. "When E.B. Hydro Hyena is Normal Summoned, I can add one Spell card from my Deck to my hand. Then, my Deck is reshuffled."
A card slid out of her Deck, and then it shuffled itself. "I activate the Spell card I drew, Pot of Greed! I get to draw two cards."
She put her two fingers on the top of her Deck. "This is it. If neither cards are useful, then I may be, no...I am over for this Duel. Here goes nothing." She pondered as she closed both her eyes.
Few seconds later, she opened her eyes with determination sparkling in her eyes. "I DRAW!" Her draw created an arc of light sparkled with rainbow color. She looked at the cards slowly, and grinned. "Just like you said, Mr. Lamb, something might happen to turn this table around. And, that time has come."
Drake smiled in reaction. "Could this be!?" Cody said.
"I activate the Spell card, Pendulum Fusion, from my hand!" Muiko yelled at the top of her lung.
This one had Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon and Performapal Silver Claw fusing together. "With this, I can perform a Fusion Summon with a monster on my field or hand and a Pendulum Monster from my Extra Deck if I have lower Life Points than my opponent's Life Points. I choose my Elemental Beast Hydra Hyena from the field and Mystical Grove Spring Vines from my Extra Deck!"
A light shone from her Extra Deck, causing a portal opened up on the field and releasing the said monster. It jumped happily for bringing back to the field. Hydro Hyena roared as it transformed into a blue energy while Mystical Grove Spring Vines turned into a green energy. Both energies swirled into one.
"Hyena of hydrogen, plant being of powerful vines that reaches beyond, fuse together to bring out the mystical plant that dwells in the fresh, cleanest swamp water in the world! Fusion Summon! Arise, Mystical Grove Swamp Serpent!"
The swirl of energy formed into a long body. It was about 100 ft long. Its scale was light green while the back covered by swamp moss. Its eyes were yellow reptilian-like eyes. It had two long fangs like a snake. It stuck a purple tongue. It roared strongly at Nightmare Sheep Leviathan, making it react with its roar and it revealed 2600 ATK points.
"Interesting. You performed a Fusion Summon." Drake stated, having his right hand tapping on his chin. "However, it has lower ATK than my monster. Unless..."
"It is true that it is weak compared to your monster's ATK points, but here what turns the table! I activate Mystical Grove Swamp Serpent's effect! During either player's turn, before this card attacks, I select one monster on your side of the field. That monster's ATK is reduced by one Mystical Grove monster's ATK that I have in my Graveyard."
Drake stared blankly, expressiong emotionless mood. The ghost form of Mystical Grove Mother Nature absorbed into Swamp Serpent, causing it to roar strongly in green aura. "I select my Mystical Grove Mother Nature, so Nightmare Sheep Leviathan's ATK is reduced by 2500!"
Suddenly, swamp vines appeared out of the clouds and they tangled Leviathan. The vines absorbed Leviathan's energy, reducing its ATK to 800. "Battle! Mystical Grove Swamp Serpent will attack your monster! Swamp Bite!"
Swamp Serpent, despite its large size, moved very agile. It opened up its mouth and bite on Leviathan's neck, just below its head. It roared in pain before it exploded. Drake, with no word, lost all of his Life Points. The victory screen appeared with Muiko's face before everything on the field disappeared.
Cody walked over to Muiko. "Muiko! That is the most impressive Duel I ever seen in my life! I have learned a lot FROM IT!" Cody exclaimed very excitedly.
Drake walked over to Muiko, and gave his hand. "That was an impressive and interesting Duel, Muiko. I am glad that I dueled a strong duelist like you." Drake said.
"...Thanks." Muiko said, accepting the handshake. "You were not bad either."
"Ha ha. Thank you very much. I hope I will see you in the top 50. I will see you later." Drake said, walking away. Muiko opened her hand that she handshake with, revealing a piece of the medallion.
"Oh look at that! You earned your second crystal piece, Muiko!" Cody proclaimed.
"Yes, and only 4 more to go." Muiko said.
Without saying any more words, Muiko headed to wherever she wants to go while Cody followed her. Meanwhile, Drake watched them walk away. He went into the empty lot again. "I know you've been watching, Pup." He said.
A hooded man appeared out of the pipe, dragging out like a caterpillar and then stood up. "Heh heh! Your nose seems to be better than mine, Drake." He sneered.
"I have sensed you since the beginning. Anyway, what do you want?" Drake asked.
Suddenly, a dark portal appeared. Another hooded man came out of it before it disappeared. He had a claw mark on his face. "Pup, have you found them all? The golden crystal pieces?" The man asked.
"Well, about that." He said, scratching the back side of his head.
"Let me guess. Someone has gotten before you do." Drake said.
"That's right. The worst part is my sense tells me that there are only two more left." Pup said.
"Two? Are you serious?" The man asked, almost sounding upset.
"You know me. My doggy sense is never wrong. I have found one piece here." He showed it out of his pocket. "However, the other two were already discovered, and I don't think it is found neither of our rank."
"Interesting. Usually finding one of the golden crystal pieces is a lot difficult. Finding not one, but two takes some skills to find it." Drake said, pondering. "However, we should find the other two before someone else find either of it."
"Agree, but Pup, give this one to Drake here." The man said, sounding like an order.
"Really? You are sure about that, Tigre. You are our Co-Leader, shouldn't you have it?" Pup asked.
"Hmph! I don't need it. Besides, it is lot more fun in finding, or even encountering any participants. It is like hunting for prey like I usually do." He smirked.
"Very well. I shall have it, anyway." Drake got the golden crystal from Pup's hand. Suddenly, another dark portal appeared as a little girl in a dress appeared.
"Hey. Did any of you guys found a golden crystal piece?" She asked.
"Yes, but only Pup did. And, he found one." Drake answered.
"What!? Only one! That's lame." She said, going back into the dark portal.
They stood there for few seconds. "I think it is time for us to depart again. Remember, whether some of us get an invincibility, we all must move to the top 50. That is our master's order." Tigre said as he opened a dark portal and went into it before it disappeared.
"I guess I will look more." Pup said as portal for him opened and he disappeared, too.
"Well, I have this. I guess I will go back to the stadium and tell the tournament officer that I got the golden crystal piece, even though it is a lie that I found it." Drake said, walking away.
So, what do you guys think? How was the Duel? Was it good, bad, or just plain crazy with summonings? To be honest, this chapter (and last chapter) is probably the wildest Duel when it comes to summoning monsters. What do you think about the plot? Who do you think got the golden crystal pieces before the main villains? What will happen next? Find out next time in the Chapter 30...
Also, I would like to give you guys and gals a reading recommendations. I have two, and they are written by the same authors. First one is OPFan37's "Yu-Gi-Oh Arc-VOC." I have mention it before in my previous chapters, and I will tell it here again. It is really well-developed story, and it is better than the official current anime series because it is his retelling of the anime, with his main OC and other OC mixed in it. Currently, it is taking place in the second season of the anime, which I won't spoil much, but please do check his story. Next, is also written by the same author, A Keyblade's Heart. It tells a story of a keyblade becoming into a human, and he friend with the main characters of Kingdom Hearts Birth By Sleep, and just like how the storyline in that video game go, his main OC go on an adventure with a mix of his own unlike the original storyline in the official video game. Please check both stories because they are awesome.
Well, that is all I want to say. Thank you again for reading and supporting this story. It really means a lot to me that sometimes I overuse my laptop time just to work on this story.
New Cards Cheat Sheet:
Nightmare Rises-Type: Counter Trap Effect: When your opponent declares to attack, negate that attack and Special Summon 1 Nightmare Sheep monster from your Graveyard in face-up Attack position with its ATK reduced to zero.
Dream Sheep Yellow-Effect: Special Summon this card when you controls a Nightmare Sheep monster on the field. Then, you can use this card for Fusion Summon with other monsters on your side of the field.
Nightmare Sheep Zap Horns-Rank: 2 Attribute: DARK Type: Fiend/Xyz/Effect ATK/DEF: 2200/0 Effect: 3 Level 2 Dream Sheep monsters. If you controls a "Dream" Field Spell, activate its effect: By using any overlay units it has, the Dream Field Spell gains a number of Dream Counter equals to the number of overlay units this card used.
Nightmare Sheep Leviathan-Level: 8 Attribute: DARK Type: Fiend/Fusion/Effect ATK/DEF: 3300/1000 Effect: 1 Nightmare Sheep monster + 1 Dream Sheep monster. When this card is Fusion Summoned, if you controls a Dream Field Spell, it gains one Dream Counter. When it destroyed a monster with 2000 or more ATK during the Battle Phase, destroy one card on the field. If there is "Dream" Field Spell on your side of the field, destroy up to two cards instead. Then, the owner of the destroyed card(s) gains 500x for damage.
Rank Up Magic Nightmare Force-Type: Normal Spell Effect: Target one Nightmare Sheep Xyz monster on your side of the field. Then, use it to Special Summon a Nightmare Sheep monster with one Rank higher than that monster, using it as the Xyz Material (This Special Summon is treated as Xyz Summon. Any Xyz Materials attached to the target becomes the overlay unit for that Summoned Monster).
Elemental Beast Arsenic Scorpion-Level: 4 Scale: 9 Attribute: DARK Type: Insect/Pendulum/Effect ATK/DEF: 1750/1000 Normal Effect: Once per turn, you can select one monster on the field, it loses 300 ATK and DEF points. Pendulum Effect: Unknown.
Titanium Kangaroo-Pendulum Effect: Once per turn, you can draw a card and based on the type of the card you drew, destroy the same type of the card on the field.
Mystical Grove Mother Nature-Level: 7 Attribute: LIGHT Type: Plant/Synchro/Effect ATK/DEF: 2500/2100 Effect: 1 Tuner monster + 1 or more non-Tuner monster. This card cannot be used for Muikai Summon. If this card was Synchro Summoned using a Mystical Grove monster for any of its materials, then this card is unaffected by Spell and Trap cards. You can activate either of its following effects:
1. Gains 200 Life Points for each Mystical Grove monster on you controls on the field.
2. Remove from play 1 Mystical Grove monster you controls on the field except this card itself to destroy one card on the field.
Mystical Grove Swamp Serpent-Level: 6 Attribute: WATER Type: Plant/Fusion/Effect ATK/DEF: 2600/1300 Effect: During either player turn's, before this card attacks (before Battle Phase), target one monster that your opponent controls. That target's ATK is reduced equals to the ATK of 1 Mystical Grove monster you have in your Graveyard. If there is more than one, select one.
Heaven Meteor-Type: Action Spell Effect: Inflicts 500 points of damage to your opponent's Life Points.