-Chapter 42-
Special Return! Muiko vs. Mike Part 2
Muiko's new Xyz Monster roared defiantly, like if it's ready to fight. Mike and Hannah jaw-dropped to see a powerful monster presented to them.
"That's one powerful looking Dinosaur!" Mike thought aloud.
"But, even so, if Muiko declares to attack, Mike can just use Hope's effect to destroy that monster," Hannah pointed out.
"I activate Elemental Prebeast Gold King Tyrano's monster effect!" Muiko declared. "By detaching one overlay unit it only has, all monsters that my opponent currently control on the field cannot activate its effect for the remaining of this turn!"
The Xyz's only overlay unit absorbed into the monster itself before it roared so powerfully that it caused Mike's monsters to stumble back. Even Mike and Hannah had to cover their ears.
"With that, Hope's effect cannot be activated this turn," Muiko stated. "Battle Phase! Gold King Tyrano, attack Victory Fighter Hope with Tyrano Roar Charge!"
Her Xyz monster roared wildly as it opened its jaw widely. Something charged up in its mouth, soon to be realized that it was gathering its energy from its inside. About ten seconds later, the energy fully charged up, so that it fired out from its mouth, creating a powerful energy beam.
"Not so fast, Muiko!" Mike shouted.
Muiko narrowed her eyes at him as he was planning to do something. "I activate Victory Fighter Miracle Knight's special ability from my Deck!"
"What?!" Muiko surprised.
"No waaaayy!" Hannah shouted.
"If I have no card in my hand and I control a Victory Fighter monster, I can banish Miracle Knight to negate all battle damage this turn!"
A neon-colored, armored male knight with blue eyes appeared, protecting its owner from the energy beam while Victory Fighter Hope destroyed completely.
Victory Fighter Miracle Knight-Level 4, LIGHT, Warrior/Effect, 1000 ATK, 1000 DEF.
"Unfortunately, Gold King Tyrano's effect applies to monster on the field, not from the Deck," Muiko said before she smirked a bit. "Well play, Mike. However, that won't stop me! I activate Gold King Tyrano's second effect! When it destroys a monster by battle, I can inflict damage equal to the Xyz Material's ATK by half detached from it! Fluoridactyl's ATK was 2600, therefore you take 1300 points of damage!"
Her Xyz let out another roar as you could see a visible wave of the roar hitting Mike. Mike stood still as hard as possible, so he won't be flew away.
Mike's LP: 100
"I end my turn," she finished.
"OMG! This is just…epic!" Hannah exclaimed. "Both of them have less than 1000 Life Points, and yet none of them would accept defeat."
"Of course they won't," Mr. Griffon said. "They both have their own pride to protect, and will to Duel, even if they are put in tight corner. Neither of them wants to give up, no matter what."
Mike gulped deeply before she showed off a sign of positive look. "Muiko."
"Hmm?" She hummed. "What?"
"You know, you are just as strong as ever. There is no way I can be on the same level as you, Muiko. Even though you have not summoned your ace monster, your Muikai card, Golden Angel Dragon, you can still pull off to summon much stronger monster to the field. As the Duel looks right now, I don't think I can win."
He gripped his hand and turned it into a tight fist that it looked painful. "Ever since I met you and all the crazy things that happened so far, I realized that me….have to become stronger."
Muiko looked at him seriously as she and the others watched and listened to him.
"I need to….no, I have to get stronger! Not only to support or protect you, but more or less, to support myself. So, that is why I enter this tournament, even in this weak state of myself that is me, but I know that I am not alone! I have you, Hannah, Mr. Griffon, all my friends and mom, and my Deck, who's always been there to support me and give me strength! That is why…."
I placed his finger on the top of his Deck. "I will go all out and try to win this Duel!" He drew his card and when he did, it created an arc of light, something that he never did before.
Suddenly, something popped out of his mind. He saw it, that mysterious image of the dragon he saw before, and he knew what to do with it, thanks to the card he drew.
"I play the Spell Card Fortunate Draw!" The Spell showed a man jumping in joy into a pile of money with three slot machines behind the pile of cash. "If I drew this card during my Draw Phase when it is the only card in my hand currently, I can draw 5 more cards to my hand!"
He drew five more cards, each of them shined in bright light. The face of that dragon popped in this mind again.
"Do not worry. I understand how to summon you. Just wait a little bit more," he thought before he picked a card.
"I play the Spell Card Monster Reborn! I bring back my ace monster, Victory Fighter Hope!" His ace monster returned, with his sword out ready for another fight.
"Then, with my Pendulum Scale set, I will Pendulum Summon again! Come forth! Clayboy!"
The new monster was just an ordinary doll made up of pure clay. It wore a cap, which was also made of clay and part of itself. It had five tiny bumps on each hand to act like fingers.
Clayboy-Level 1, EARTH, Rock/Effect, 100 ATK, 100 DEF.
"A Level 1 monster with the return of your ace monster," Muiko mentioned. "What are you planning to do with them?"
"You'll see, Muiko. I will show you my answer to how I can get stronger!" Mike claimed. "I activate Clayboy's ability! Once per turn, I can change Clayboy's Type to any other type. I change its type to Dragon-Type!"
Suddenly, Clayboy molded itself into a dragon. Now, it had two wings, longer arms with claws at the end, and tail with some dorsal fin spiking out along on its backside. It even made sharp teeth in its mouth.
"Now, here it comes, Muiko!" Mike shouted. "I play the Spell Card Polymerization!"
"What!?" Muiko gasped.
"Huh? Polymerization!?" Hannah also gasped.
"Could this be?" Mr. Griffon thought aloud.
His two monsters turned into a swirl of yellow and orange colors.
"Warrior that fights for hopeful victory, join hand with the magical doll of clay and become one! Bring out the dragon, full of hope that will lead to victory! Fusion Summon! Let's go! My new ace monster! My evolution! Level 7! Victory Hope Dragon!"
A new dragon emerged out of the Fusion Swirl. Its two yellow horns, including the tip of its snout made a V-shaped head. Its eyes were sparkling emerald green color, and the jaw had two spikes sticking outward on the side. Its body was covered with radiating silver armor, with its long neck revealing its marvelous red scale. Its wings were gold color, with three silver claws acting as its fingers on the center part of the wings. Its feet were covered with an armor of its own, silver with yellow outline, and four silver claws for the toes. The tail also revealed red scales with two spikes at the tip, sticking outwardly, making it look like a V-shaped, too. It roared triumphantly, revealing sharp white teeth.
Victory Hope Dragon-Level 7, LIGHT, Dragon/Fusion/Effect, 2700 ATK, 1800 DEF.
Hannah, Mr. Griffon, and Muiko were amazed for the monster that Mike had summoned. It was much unexpected.
"I…I can't believe it! Mike Fusion Summoned!" Hannah exclaimed.
"Indeed he had," Mr. Griffon stated. He may not looked like he's excited, but he showed admiration through his small grin while he looked at Mike and his new Fusion Monster.
Muiko gave a good look at his new monster, and giggled as she covered her mouth with her hand. Suddenly, she showed herself laughing and actually smiling…for once.
"Mm..Muiko?" Mike said.
"I see! So, this is your answer. This is the key for you to become stronger," Muiko laughed. "Well then…" She quickly returned to her usual expression, but still with the smirk. "Why don't you just show it to me? Bring. It. On!"
"Of course, Muiko!" Mike claimed as he smiled, too. "Battle Phase! I declare Victory Hope Dragon to attack your Gold King Tyrano!"
His dragon flapped its wing, and flew up into the air, ready to attack. "At this point, I activate Victory Fighter Chibi Samurai's Pendulum Effect! Once per turn, if a Victory Fighter monster I control attacks my opponent's monster with greater than or equal to its ATK, then that monster is destroyed and I don't gain battle damage from the battle!"
"But, Victory Hope Dragon is not a Victory Fighter monster!" Muiko pointed out. "Unless of its effect…"
"You got it, Muiko! Victory Hope Dragon is always treated as 'Victory Fighter' monster! Let's go, VHD! Shining V Strike!" His dragon roared before it set itself on fire, especially its V horn lightened up, before it strikes down at her Xyz monster. Gold King Tyrano fired back with its roar, unleashing its energy beam, but his dragon passed through the beam and pierced through the king of the dinosaurs.
Few seconds later, the Xyz monster exploded in a huge gold smoke of explosion.
"Woooooooooohhh!" Hannah wowed.
"At this point, I activate Gold King Tyrano's additional effect!" Muiko stated. "When it is destroyed by battle or card effect, I can destroy all cards in the Pendulum Zones and set this to my Pendulum Zone!"
Chibi Samurai and Roman Rider turned into sparkles of light before their card forms returned to Mike's hand. A second after that happened; Gold King Tyrano flew up through the pendulum pillar of light.
"Turn end," Mike completed as his new ace monster flew down and landed on his side of the field.
"Yeah! Go Mike! Go Victory Hope Dragon! You can win this Duel!" Hannah cheered.
"That was an impressive feat, Mike. Of all the people I dueled with, you're the second person to defeat my Gold King Tyrano," Muiko said as she grinned.
"Really?" Mike gasped. "I'm the second person? Who's the first?"
"Enough small chat!" She stated. "My turn! Draw!"
She drew her card, the only card she now has in her hand. She looked at it and smiled. "It's time for the climax! I place my Elemental Beast Nihonium Tanuki to my other Pendulum Zone!"
On her right, a brand new Elemental Beast monster appeared and flew up into the air, through the pillar of light. This one was a small, cute tanuki with a very big, fluffy tail with periodic symbol Nh in red and white color on the tail. Its fur was white with some red streaks through its tail, and red circle around its eye. The eyes were black color, and its claws were also black and its paws were pink, while the mid-section of the arms and legs, including the hands and feet were either black or dark brown. Its nose was also black, and it also had one green leaf on the top of its head, between its two white ears with dark brown outline.
Elemental Beast Nihonium Tanuki-Level 2, WIND, Pendulum Scale 1, 300 ATK, 200 DEF.
"I activate Elemental Beast Nihonium Tanuki's Pendulum Effect!" Muiko pointed at the said monster. "I can target 1 monster in my Pendulum Zone and Special Summon that monster to my side of the field! I choose the one and only Gold King Tyrano!"
Nihonium Tanuki did some kind of dance and when it finished with some kind of ninja hand sign, her Xyz disappeared in a white smoke and reappeared with a white smoke again on her side of the field.
"What the!? It came back onto the field!" Hannah gasped.
"Battle! I declare Gold King Tyrano to attack your dragon! Tyrano Roar Charge!" She declared.
Her Xyz charged up its energy beam, and few seconds later, it unleashed a powerful blast of attack.
"Victory Hope Dragon's effect activates!" Mike shouted. "If this card would be destroyed by battle or card effect, I can negate its destruction and it gains ATK equals to one monster my opponent control by half until the end of the Battle Phase! Hope Protection!"
The energy beam was blocked by a force shield with huge yellow V letter in front of it. His dragon roared as its ATK rose to 4250.
"This is it! Super Shining V Strike!" Mike declared as his dragon roared before it flew and pierced through Gold King Tyrano.
Muiko just simply smiled as she slowly closed her eyes while her Life Points decreased to zero, making Mike the winner.
Victory Hope Dragon roared victoriously before it disappeared, along with the entire field.
"Muiko!" Mike yelled as he ran over to her side. "Hey, Muiko! Are you OK?"
She was lying on the floor, with her arms stretched out. However, she just laughed and smiled, relieving Mike. She got back up on her own.
"Eh-hm!" She cleared her throat. "Mike." She showed an opened hand. "Congratulations."
"Muiko…I…I really don't know what to say," he said as his face reddened a little.
"Just shake my hand, already," she replied with her usual cold tone.
He didn't say a word, but just smiled and shook her hand. Hannah and Mr. Griffon clapped their hands, applauding them.
"That was a wonderful, exciting Duel, guys. You both did great!" Hannah praised.
"Well done, you two. Well done," Mr. Griffon said.
"You did great, Mike, but let this be a lesson that I will get my revenge match with you during the next round of the Cup of Scorch Tournament," Muiko said.
"Of course, Muiko! I guess that this is just a dress rehearsal for the real Duels coming up soon. Let's see each other in the final next time!" Mike said excitedly and happily.
"Right," she nodded with a friendly grin.
Meanwhile, without her and everyone else noticing, the spirit of Golden Angel Dragon watched over them with hopeful eyes.
New Cards Cheat Sheet
Elemental Prebeast Gold King Tyrano-Normal Effect: 2 Level 7 "Elemental Prebeast" monsters. Once per turn, you can detach 1 Xyz Material to activate the following effects; all monster your opponent controls on the field cannot activate its effect until the end of this turn. If this card destroys a monster by battle, inflicts damage equal to the detached Xyz material's ATK by half. When this card is destroyed by battle or card effect, destroy all cards in the Pendulum Zones, then you can set this card to your Pendulum Zone. Pendulum Effect: Unknown
Victory Fighter Miracle Knight-Level 4, LIGHT, Warrior/Effect, 1000 ATK, 1000 DEF. Effect: If you have no card in your hand and you control a Victory Fighter monster, banish this card from your Deck to negate all damages for this turn only.
Fortunate Draw-Type: Normal Spell Effect: If you draw this card and this is the only card you had in your hand, draw five more cards.
Clayboy-Level 1, EARTH, Rock/Effect, 100 ATK, 100 DEF. Effect: Once per turn, you can change this card's Type.
Victory Hope Dragon-Level 7, LIGHT, Dragon/Fusion/Effect, 2700 ATK, 1800 DEF. Effect: "Victory Fighter Hope" + 1 Dragon-Type monster. This card is always treated as "Victory Fighter" monster. When this card would be destroyed by battle or card effect, negate the card activation or battle, then this card gains ATK equals to the ATK of one monster your opponent controls by half until the end of this turn's Battle Phase.
Elemental Beast Nihonium Tanuki-Level 2, WIND, Pendulum Scale 1, 300 ATK, 200 DEF. Normal Effect: Unknown Pendulum Effect: Once per turn, you can target 1 card in either of your Pendulum Zones, then Special Summon it to your side of the field.
This Duel and its conclusion is probably the best one I ever written as of now. What do you think about the conclusion? What do you like about? What do you think about Victory Hope Dragon? Any criticism is welcomed.
Also, I want to give a special attention to Muiko's new Elemental Beast monster, Elemental Beast Nihonium Tanuki. You may or may not heard from the news, Nihonium is one of the four new elements in the Periodic Table of Elements. It is named after "Nihon", one of the two ways to say Japan in Japanese. It was discovered one day ago, and I want to commemorate the new element by creating a monster based on it since Muiko's Archetype, Elemental Beast (and Elemental Prebeast) are based off of the elements from the Periodic Table of Elements. What is your thought on this monster?
Well, guys, that is it for this story, and I will see you in the next chapter. Peace!