Hey, hey, hey! The new chapter for Yu-Gi-Oh Muikai is finally here! Last time, we had a cliffhanger and I felt really bad that I have not work on this fanfiction for such a long time, but I made the time to work on this tonight (11/16). One announcement I want to make is that all new cards introduced in the last chapter is explained fully in detail in the New Cards Cheat Sheet at the end of this chapter. Other than that, enjoy!
-Chapter 38 Pierce through the Heaven-
"Zodiac Lord of Strength, Bull! Attack with Earth Charge!" Toro exclaimed.
His ace Muikai charged in with full power at Spring Vines.
"I activate Cacti Guardian's pendulum effect! I can negate one attack per turn!" Muiko shouted.
Cacti Guardian came in front of Spring Vines and blocked the attack with all of its strength. It managed to stop Bull's attack.
"Hmp! I end my turn." Toro ended. "It looks like you'll be staying a little bit longer."
"My turn! I draw!" Muiko drew her card strongly. "I Normal Summon Mystical Grover Elder Oak!" An oak being with a bushy eyebrows and mustache made of leaves, with a walking stick appeared.
Muiko sensed her dragon calling to her from her Extra Deck.
"I use my two LIGHT monsters; E.B. Nickel Minotaur and Mystical Grove Elder Oak to Muikai Summon!" Muiko declared.
Two of her monsters formed into yellow orbs, merging into one, and beeped like a heart until it exploded.
"O dragon with your elegant angelic wings! Brighten this dark world with your light of glory! Muikai Summon! Emerge! Golden Angel Dragon!"
Her ace dragon shined its light as it brightened the field.
"So, you decided to bring out your ace monster! Hmph! This is something I was looking forward to."
Her dragon roared as Bull roared back.
"Golden Angel Dragon's effect activates! Once per turn, I can send one Level 4 or lower monster from my field to the Graveyard to destroy one card on your side of the field! I send my Mystical Grove Spring Vines to the Graveyard, but since it is a Pendulum monster, it is sent to the Extra Deck instead! Of course, you know who I will choose to destroy! I target your Bull!"
Golden Angel Dragon absorbed Spring Vines as pure energy, charging up its effect. "Go! Banishing Light!" Her dragon released out a wave of light, making Bull blind before it disappeared.
Toro gave her a calm stare. "I declare my dragon to attack your Horned Wizard! Light Flare!"
Her ace dragon breathed out a yellow flame at his last monster.
"I activate my monster's effect! It cannot be destroyed by battle once per turn!"
Horned Wizard created a force barrier around itself, blocking her dragon's fierce attack.
"That won't bother me! E.B. Nitro Salamander's pendulum effect activates! During the Battle Phase, I select a monster that has attacked. Then it gains 500 ATK and it can allow to attack again! Second Light Flare!"
Her dragon attacked again, and this time, it destroyed Horned Wizard successfully.
"I end my turn." She finished.
Toro looked straight at her. "You managed to destroy my Zodiac Lord. Very few people have accomplished that, so I congratulate you."
Muiko gave him a scowling stare as she listened to him.
"But, that doesn't mean it stay down forever!" He exclaimed. "I draw!"
He drew his card as fiery aura burst out from his body. "I use the Spell card, Zodiac Reborn!"
This Spell depicted Bull, and other Zodiac Lord monsters rising out of the graves.
"This card brings back one Zodiac Lord monster in my Graveyard, and you cannot activate monster card's effect for this turn when this card is activated!"
His Muikai monster returned to the field as it roared strongly.
He looked to his left and saw an Action Card. He flashed like a ninja and grabbed the card. "I activate the Action Spell: Fire Prison!"
It depicted a prison that looked like a fortress in the middle of fiery volcano.
"All of your monsters on the field are switch to Defense position!" Toro stated as a prison cage made up of fire surrounded her dragon, trapping it.
"Golden Angel Dragon!" She cried as her dragon cried, too.
"I declare Bull to attack! Earth Charge!" Bull rammed Golden Angel Dragon, causing the impact to make her monster pushed away and hit on the wall.
"Kyaaaah!" She screamed as her Life Points decreased to 700.
"Unfortunately, that didn't finish you off. By the way, when my opponent's monster affected by Fire Prison is destroyed, it inflicts 300 points of damage!" He stated as a fire ball shot at Muiko, burning her alive.
"Aaaaaaaaaaaaahhh!" She screamed. Muiko lied down on her knees with her hands on the ground, clenching it to the rocky ground.
Meanwhile, Mike and the mysterious rider arrived to the scene.
"What is going on here!?" Mike exclaimed. He soon noticed what was happening.
"Muiko! And…that guy!"
Mike was about to jump in, but he was interrupted by the masked rider. "Hey! I got to help my friends!"
The masked rider couldn't let him go. Mike shrugged his hand off from his shoulder, and just watched, and waited.
"Mmm…Mike!" She regained her consciousness. She got up, even though she was badly wounded.
Toro glared at her. "Still not giving up I see…"
"I…will…never…GIVE UP!" I…will…not…LOSE!" Muiko exclaimed strongly as she put her two fingers on the top of her deck.
"Muiko!" Mike cried worryingly.
"No matter what you do, no matter what miracle will occur, only sheer strength can win through! As for you, you have none of that!" Toro yelled definitively.
"Muiko! You can win!" Mike cheered.
She closed her eyes as she drew her card. In her mind, she saw a faint image of a gold dragon with a black X shaped gem in her mind as it roared at her like if it's calling to her. She looked at the card and added it to her hand.
"I play the Spell card, Monster Reborn! I Special Summon Mystical Grove Elder Oak!" The familiar bushy mustached tree figure reappeared on her side of the field.
"Strange. I expected you would bring back your dragon." Toro said.
"Then, I play the Trap card, Call of the Haunted! I bring back Golden Angel Dragon!" Her ace monster came out of the Graveyard portal as light shined out.
"I activate Elder Oak's monster effect! Once per turn, I can change its Level from 1 to 8 and he keeps that Level until my next Standby Phase! I change its Level to 7!" 4 orbs appeared on the monster's walking stick, which now totaled to 7 orbs.
"What are you planning to do? What can you do with changing your monster's Level?" Toro questioned.
"What's she planning to do?" Mike asked to himself as he and the rider watched.
"The preparation is complete." She said as her body glow in yellow aura. "I use my Level 7 Golden Angel Dragon and Level 7 Mystical Grove Elder Oak to construct the Overlay Network!"
The two monsters turned into two yellow beams of energy, swallowing into the spiral galaxy portal.
"Xyz!?" Mike exclaimed.
"What!? Xyz Summon with Muikai monster!?" Toro gasped.
"O great dragon of golden light, with your mighty drill and wings sharp as swords, pierce through the heaven!" Powerful energy burst out of the portal. "Xyz Summon! Arise! Rank 7, Golden Drill Ace Dragon!"
The new gold dragon have black bipedal X shaped gem on the forehead, two saber-tooth fangs pointed downward, spikes going down its back, drills on its arms and tail, and wings that looked like sharp blades. Two yellow comets orbited around its body in cress cross way.
It roared strongly as it presented 3000 ATK.
"So, you discovered how to use your Muikai monster to Xyz Summon a new monster. In other words, you unlocked Muikai Xyz! Big deal! It is not even strong enough against my Zodiac Lord.!" Toro exclaimed.
Muiko's eyes glow in golden eyes. Her hair was more spiky than usual as her clothes, especially her jacket were spiked out like how Yami Yugi looked.
"Muikai Xyz…" She repeated before she giggled.
"What's so funny?" Toro asked.
"I don't know, but I just find it amusing right now." She grinned. "I t feels strange. I never felt this kind of feeling before. It is like I've not experienced it since over millennia."
"Hmph! Well, back to the main topic, this new evolved form of your dragon is weak compared to my monster! I activate the Quick Play Spell from my Graveyard!"
The Graveyard portal opened up, revealing out a Spell card. It depicted different Chinese symbols for animal names, like Bull, Snakes, Dog, and Tiger.
"This Spell card, Secret of the Zodiac Lord allows me to target one Zodiac Lord monster I control on the field. Then, it gains 1000 ATK and it cannot be destroyed by battle for this turn!"
"What!? No fair!" Mike yelled.
Muiko just grinned slyly. "That Spell is a complete waste."
"What!?" Toro said surprisingly.
"If one of the monsters used to Xyz Summon Golden Drill Ace Dragon was Golden Angel Dragon, my opponent cannot activate any Spells and Trap until the End Phase when this dragon was Xyz Summoned!" She elaborated as Golden Drill Ace Dragon shot an energized form of its drill at the Spell, making it disappear.
"What!? Nooo, my Spell!" Toro cried.
"I activate Golden Drill Ace Dragon's effect! By using one overlay unit, this card can destroy one monster by battle, no matter how high their attack! Go, Golden Drill Ace Dragon! Drill Drive Stream!"
"Say what!?"
Her dragon flew high into the air, made a loop, and flew down with its drills pointed out as it aimed at Bull. The drills pierced through Bull as it cried in pain before it exploded.
The impact caused Toro to crash into the rocky wall.
"Gyaaaah!" He yelled.
He got off from the wall shortly. "So, what!? I still have Life Points left!"
"Also, when Golden Drill Ace Dragon destroyed a monster, the Battle Damage that I should have taken goes to my opponent instead." She added.
"What!?" Golden Drill Ace Dragon charged up its drill, shooting energy beam at Toro. "Ooooff-aaah!"
His Life Points went down by 500, leaving him with 1250 LP.
"Still, I have some left!" He stated as he clenched his stomach with both arms.
"Did you forget that I can still attack? Now, I use my E.B. Nitro Salamander's pendulum effect to increase my dragon's ATK by 500 and it can attack one more time!" Muiko declared as her dragon flew and charged up its attack again. "Final Drill Drive Stream!"
The dragon pierced through Toro as it blew him away into the lava. "NNnnnnnnoooooooooooooo!"
Toro's Life Points drained down to zero as the Action Field faded after her dragon roared victoriously.
The strange aura emanated from Muiko disappeared as she fainted after.
"Muiko!" Mike yelled as he ran over to her.
"Curses!" Toro said as he got up, holding his left arm
Mike gasped as he quickly carried Muiko with her arm over his shoulder, and walked backward away from him.
"I….grh…can't believe I lost!" He groaned. "Now I'll…punish you dearly for my loss!"
"Stay back!" Mike shouted.
"Get out of my way, kid! Unless you want to be involve in this, then I'll be happy to do the same with you!" He growled.
As Toro got closer and closer, he was stopped by his fellow member, wearing a hood.
"Toro, that's enough!" His colleague exclaimed.
"YOU! Get out of my way!" Toro yelled angrily.
"That's an order, Toro. And, it's the master's order." The hooded man claimed, stopping him completely.
Toro grunted. "Fine."
His colleague gestured his arm, opening a portal for them to walk through. They walked in and the portal just disappeared.
Right after they disappeared, spotlights shone on Mike and unconscious Muiko, revealing to be the Enforcer and police. As for the mysterious rider, he was already gone as well.
New Cards Cheat Sheet
Terra Bull Bombull-Level 1, EARTH, Beast/Effect, 100 ATK, 0 DEF. Effect: Tribute this card to the Graveyard to deal 500 points of damage to your opponent.
March Forward-Type: Continuous Spell Effect: All face-up monsters must attack as long as they are in ATK position.
Terra Bull Berseker-Level 4, EARTH, Beast-Warrior/Effect, 1800 ATK, 1000 DEF Effect: Inflicts pierce damage when this card destroyed the opponent's monster successfully.
Terra Barrier-Type: Normal Trap Effect: When your opponent declares an attack on EARTH monster, negate the attack and your opponent is inflicted with that Battle Damage you should've gained.
Magma Storm-Type: Action Spell Effect: Inflicts 100x of damage for the Level of the destroyed monsters to your opponent for this turn only.
Reflect-Type: Action Spell Effect: Any effect damage you takes is inflicted to your opponent instead, until the End Phase.
Mystical Grove Spring Vines-Effect: When this card is Special Summoned, target up to two cards on the field and return them to the owner's hand.
Terra Bull Strikes Back-Type: Normal Trap Effect: When you're targeted for direct attack, Special Summon one Level 4 or lower Terra Bull monster from your hand or Deck and negate that attack.
Terra Bull Horned Wizard-Level 3, EARTH, Spellcaster/Effect, 700 ATK, 700 DEF. Effect: This card cannot be destroyed by battle once per turn.
Terra Bull Cobbler-Level 5, EARTH, Beast/Effect, 2100 ATK, 1300 DEF. Effect: Reveal this card from your hand; send it to the Graveyard. Your monsters on the field cannot be destroyed by battle until the End Phase of the turn this card effect is activated.
Offering to the Zodiac Lord-Type: Normal Spell Effect: Banish up to the required number of monster with similar Attribute to Special Summon one "Zodiac Lord" Muikai monster with the same Attribute. You also must pay half of your Life Points to activate this card effect. You can only use and activate 1 "Offering to the Zodiac Lord" per turn.
Zodiac Reborn-Type: Normal Spell Effect: Special Summon 1 Zodiac Lord Muikai monster from your Graveyard. When you do, your opponent cannot activate monster card's effect for this turn until the End Phase.
Fire Prison-Type: Action Spell Effect: Change all the face-up monsters that your opponent controls currently to Defense position. Any monsters affected by this card effect destroyed and sent to the Graveyard, inflicts 300 points of damage to the owner.
Golden Drill Ace Dragon-Rank 7, LIGHT, Dragon/Xyz/Effect, 3000 ATK, 2500 DEF. If one of the Xyz materials used to summon this card was "Golden Angel Dragon", your opponent cannot activate any Spell or Trap card until the End Phase of the turn this card was summoned. By using one overlay unit, activate the following effect: When this card targets and attack on that target, destroy that monster. When it destroyed that monster, the Battle Damage you should've taken is dealt to your opponent instead.
I am very happy for how this chapter ended. I want to give credits to pokemonking0924 for Golden Drill Ace Dragon. Sorry if I changed its effect. I needed to do that in order for Muiko to...well, win. I hope I made it slightly fairer. Most likely it is by the far the most over-powered card, although there are real cards in the TCG/OCG "world" that are also over-powered in their own definition. Anyway, I hope you all enjoyed this last chapter...of Part 1 of the Cup of Scorch Arc. Next time in Yu-Gi-Oh Muikai, we move on to Part 2 of the Cup of Scorch Arc...the TOP 50! See you all in the NEXT CHAPTER!