Author's Note
Hopefully that last chapter remedies the mistake I made. Now for the next part of the Slifer Red Tournament!
Two names were flashing right next to Miu and Sayaka's names before they suddenly stopped. "It is now time for Gundham Tanaka to face off against Sora Yumeno."
Two young men, one with black hair with a gray streak, and one with brown spiky hair enter the stage. "Let this duel be known as the calm before the storm. For I shall wring calamity upon this school!" Gundham declared.
"Guess you're hoping to have as much fun as me in this duel, huh? Okay, let's go!" Sora provoked him as they both prepared to duel.
"Good luck to you two. It is now time to…!"
"DUEL!"
GUNDHAM LP: 4000
SORA LP: 4000
"I've got an M for my card." Sora notified his opponent.
"I have an E. This means I go first." Gundham stated.
Cue: Scherzo Di Notte (Kingdom Hearts)
"I shall begin by activating the Field Spell Evil Eye Domain - Pareidolia!" Gundham begins as he summons a dark castle. "When activated, I can add an Evil Eye monster from my deck to my hand. I shall add Serziel, Watcher of the Evil Eye. I will then Normal Summon him!" He exclaimed, summoning a man with a demonic outfit.
LV: 4
ATK: 1600
"When he is Normal Summoned, I can add one Evil Eye card from my deck to my hand. I shall add Evil Eyes Unleashed then activate it from my hand!" Gundham continued, showing a Spell card that has the image of Serziel looking at an artifact surrounded by white energy with a smirk on his face. "By sending an Evil Eye monster and Spell or Trap from my deck to the graveyard, I can add an Evil Eye Equip Spell from my deck to my hand. However, each time I activate a card or effect that does not have the name Evil Eye in it, I lose 500 Life Points. I'll send Basiltrice, Familiar of the Evil Eye and Evil Eye of Gorgoneio to the graveyard. I will then chain Basiltrice's effect after it has been sent to the graveyard as the cost of the effect of my Evil Eyes Unleashed! When Basiltrice is in my hand or graveyard and I control an Evil Eye monster, I can Special Summon him, but he must be banished after he leaves the field. Come forth, my familiar!" Gundham growled, summoning a kind of winged demon.
DEF: 2000
"With the effect of Unleashed, I will now add the Equip Spell Evil Eye of Selene. I will then activate the effect of Gorgoneio from my graveyard! By banishing it and discarding an Evil Eye card, I am able to add an Evil Eye Spell or Trap from my deck to my hand. I shall discard Evil Eye of Selene to add Evil Eye Defeat to my hand. Open for me! Circuit of darkness! I offer two monsters, one of which includes an Evil Eye monster! Those monsters are Basiltrice and Serziel!" Gundham exclaimed, sending Basiltrice and Serziel to the arrows that point upward and downward. "Come forth! Link 2: Gorgon, Empress of the Evil Eyed!" He called as he summoned a woman with evil eyes and wavy white hair.
LINK: 2
ATK: 1900
"Whoa, nice one turn Link Summon!" Sora marveled.
"Oh, but it is not yet over, naïve boy. It has only just begun!" Gundham boasted.
"Huh?" Sora huffed in shock. "What do you mean?"
"I mean that I have yet to activate the effect of my Evil Eyes Unleashed from my graveyard! I am capable of activating this effect after a Link Summon! By banishing it from my graveyard, I can equip an Evil Eye Equip Spell from my graveyard onto an Evil Eye Link Monster I control! I equip the Evil Eye of Selene to my Gorgon!" Gundham declared, Gorgon obtaining an accessory that covers her right eye. "I then place two cards face down and end my turn. Ah, and before I forget, Gorgon gains 100 Attack Points for each Evil Eye card with different names in my graveyard. There are three, so far."
GORGON ATK: 1900 + 300 = 2200
"That's a pretty strong monster you started with, Gundham. But that won't help you beat me!" Sora boasted.
"Oh, really? And why is that?" Gundham asked.
"I'll show you! It's my turn! I draw! I'll start my turn by playing the Spell Unexpected Dai, allowing me to Special Summon a level 4 or lower Normal Monster from my deck! I'll Special Summon Clavkiys, the Magikey Skyblaster!" Sora began as he summoned a young man with blonde hair and a key-shaped blaster.
LV: 4
ATK: 1900
"Now I'll activate the effect of Impcantation Penciplume from my hand! By revealing a Ritual Monster in my hand, I can Special Summon both this card from my hand and another Impcantation monster from my deck! I'll reveal Magikey Mechmusket! Come on out, Impcantations Penciplume and Talisman!" He commands as he summons a plume and a talisman, both of which have imp-like spirits on them.
DEFs: 0 each
"Talisman's effect kicks off. This allows me to add a Ritual Monster from my deck to my hand since I Special Summoned it from my deck. Now I'm activating the Spell Magikey Maftea!" Sora continued, showing a Spell with the image of the gun Clavkiys is holding. "This allows me to perform either a Fusion or Ritual Summon! And! Since I control a Normal monster, I can use a Normal monster from my deck as material too! I'll send a second Clavkiys from my deck to the graveyard!" He exclaimed as he did so. Blue flames appear from behind Sora before they explode. "Ritual Summon! Level 4: Magikey Musket Batosbuster!" He shouted, summoning a gatling gun that the Clavkiys on Sora's field now wields in addition to his own gun.
LV: 4
ATK: 2000
"Next, when Batosbuster is Ritual Summoned, I can add another Magikey card from my deck to my hand." Sora said.
"A good move, I will commend you on that. However, none of them can defeat my Gorgon." Gundham stated.
"Oh, that's because I'm not done yet! With the effect of Batosbuster, I'm adding, and then activating, the Field Spell Magikey World!" Sora kept going, surrounding the stage with cosmic magic. "When activated, I get to add a Magikey monster from my deck to my hand. Next, I get to use its other effect! Once per turn, I get to add a Magikey Maftea from my deck to my hand then place one card from my hand to the bottom of my deck! I'll place my second Batosbuster there. I'll now activate the effect of Magnificent Magikey Mafteal from my hand! By revealing him, I can now Normal Summon a Magikey monster in addition to my Normal Summon or Set! I will then activate the Maftea I added to my hand! Time for another Ritual Summon! I'll tribute Impcantations Penciplume and Talisman! Ritual Summon! Blast them away! Magikey Mechmortar Gareglasser!" He shouted, summoning a giant mortar.
TOTAL LVs: 3 + 6 = 9
GAREGLASSER LV: 8
ATK: 2000
"Okay! Now we're in business. Gareglasser gains 300 Attack Points for each different Attribute in my graveyard! I only have two, so that's 600 Attack Points!" Sora declared.
ATK: 2000 + 600 = 2600
"So, you have a monster that can defeat my Gorgon… Hmph. You will have to do better than that to intimidate me." Gundham scoffed.
"Oh, I plan to, don't you worry! I'll now Normal Summon Magnificent Magikey Mafteal!" Sora exclaimed, Clavkiys's gun suddenly glowing before clouds appeared from the gun. The gun then shows a gray, fiendish spirit that poses.
LV: 4
ATK: 1600
"I'm not done yet! Mafteal's effect kicks in! When he is Normal Summoned, I can Special Summon either a level 4 or lower Magikey monster or a level 4 or lower Normal monster from my graveyard! I'll Special Summon Clavkiys!"
"Halt your turn. Is Clavkiys a LIGHT or a DARK attribute monster?" Gundham asked.
"Uh… DARK, why?" Sora asked back. Gundham simply chuckles.
"I'm activating the effect of Bystial Druiswurm from my hand. By banishing a LIGHT or DARK monster from either player's graveyard, I can Special Summon Druiswurm. I banish… your Clavkiys!"
"Oh no! That means Mafteal doesn't have a target anymore!" Sora gasped.
"And my Druiswurm takes flight!" Gundham declared, summoning a vicious black dragon.
ATK: 2500
"Guh… Fine! I tune Level 4 Mafteal with the level 4 Clavkiys on my field!" Sora continued his turn as Mafteal and Clavkiys soar into the air before a green light appeared. "Synchro Summon! Blaze on! Magikey Fiend Transfurlmine!" He yelled as he summoned a giant red fiend with flaming wings and a blue energy lance.
LV: 4+4 = 8
ATK: 2800
"Transfurlmine's effect goes off! When Synchro Summoned, I can set a Magikey Spell or Trap from my deck directly into my Spell and Trap Zone! I'll set Magikey Unlocking! Finally, I Overlay Level 8 Magikey Fiend Transfurlmine and Mortar Gareglasser!" Sora declared, sending the two monsters to the sky before crashing into a red vortex. "With these two monsters, I will now build the Overlay Network! Simple and clean, the way you feel! Regardless of warnings, ensure me that the future won't scare me at all! XYZ SUMMON! Come on out! Rank 8: MAGIKEY DEITY - ASHTARTU!" He roared as he summoned a divine deity with a gun in his hand.
RANK: 8
ATK: 3000
"Battle! Go, Ashtartu! Attack his Druiswurm!"
"I think not! I shall activate the trap Evil Eye Defeat!" Gundham declared, activating a trap that has the image of an Evil Eye defeating a noble man. "This card allows me to target two monsters and return them to the Extra Deck or hand depending on what they originated from. Your Magikey Deity and Batosbuster will now disappear!"
"No…!" Sora exclaimed as Batosbuster and Ashtaru disappeared. "Gh… I set one card face down and end my turn…"
"With Evil Eye Defeat now in my graveyard, my Gorgon gains another 100 Attack Points.
GORGON ATK: 2200 + 100 = 2300
"I will then activate the effect of my Evil Eye of Selene. When I activate an Evil Eye card or effect, I can have the equipped monster gain 500 Attack Points. If I do, however, I lose 500 Life Points." Gundham notified Sora.
GORGON ATK: 2300 + 500 = 2800
GUNDHAM LP: 4000 - 500 = 3500
"My turn. I draw! End him, Gorgon and Druiswurm!" Gundham ordered his two monsters.
"I'm activating the trap Mirror Force!" Sora revealed a trap card that features an attack being reflected. "This card destroys all of your Attack Position monsters!"
"Correction. Only Druiswurm will be destroyed. While Evil Eye of Selene is equipped to one of my monsters, that monster cannot be destroyed in battle or card effects. Furthermore, it cannot be targeted by card effects you control." Gundham corrected Sora as Druiswurm is destroyed while Gorgon is unaffected by the trap. Gorgon then shoots a beam from the Evil Eye of Selene, damaging Sora massively.
SORA LP: 4000 - 2800 = 1200
"I expected more from all of those monsters you summoned, boy. But all of that was just hot air! Pathetic!" Gundham mocked.
"Gr…!" Sora growled.
End Song
"I see no reason to continue this duel. But if you do, then draw your last pathetic card." Gundham goaded Sora.
"Gundham… My deck has no pathetic cards. No one should rely on one card. And I myself don't plan on starting now! I WILL continue this duel and I WILL beat you!" Sora declared. Gundham laughs.
"Well said! Then draw your final card and let us both upheave the land with our battle!" Gundham provoked. Sora smiles happily before putting his fingers on the top card of his deck.
"My turn… DRAW!" Sora yelled at the top of his lungs. "I'm playing the Spell Pot of Greed! This allows me to draw two more cards!"
Cue: Passionate Duelist (Yu-Gi-Oh!)
"There they are!" Sora whispered to himself, hyping himself for what's to come. "I'm activating the effect of Magikey World, adding a third Magikey Maftea from my deck to my hand and sending the Batosbuster you sent to my hand into the bottom of my deck. I will then activate the Continuous Spell Piercing the Darkness!" He exclaimed, showing a Spell that features a magical swordsman piercing the darkness with light. "You'll see what this does soon enough! I'll Normal Summon my third Clavkiys!"
LV: 4
ATK: 1900
"And now the effect of my Piercing the Darkness activates! If I Normal or Special Summon a non-Token Normal monster, I draw one card! I will now activate Magikey Maftea! I'll use the level 4 Gene-Warped Warwolf in my deck to Ritual Summon my third Batosbuster!"
LV: 4
ATK: 2000
"This time, I'll add Magikey Duo to my hand."
"A good show, but not good enough. I'm activating the Trap Evenly Matched!" Gundham exclaimed, showing two samurai that are, well, evenly matched. "Since you control more cards than I, you are forced to banish cards until you control the same number of cards that I do face down!"
"I don't think so! I'm activating the Counter Trap Magikey Unlocking!" Sora denied, showing the key-like gun unlocking something. "If you activate a Spell or Trap while I control a Magikey Ritual Monster, or a Magikey monster that was summoned from the Extra Deck, I negate and destroy that card! And if I do, I get to declare one Attribute! For the rest of the turn after Unlocking's activation, all monsters you control have that declared attribute!"
"Damn! I've forgotten about it! No matter. As I said before, Selene prevents my monster from being targeted or destroyed by card effects as well as battle!" Gundham reminded Sora.
"That's why I've got this! The Quick-Play Spell Mystical Space Typhoon!" Sora showed a Spell that has the image of a blue cyclone. "This lets me destroy a Spell or Trap on the field! I choose the Evil Eye of Selene!" He declared, a blue cyclone surrounding Gorgon before her Evil Eye of Selene cracks and then breaks apart. After that, the cyclone disappears. "Battle! Go, Batosbuster! Attack Gorgon, Empress of the Evil Eyed!"
"You fool! You will destroy yourself!" Gundham scolded.
"You think so? Piercing The Darkness now activates its effect! When a level 5 or higher Normal Monster or any monster I summon that uses a Normal monster as material, like my Batosbuster, if you'd recall, battles an opponent's monster, the monster I control gains Attack Points equal to that monster's Attack Points!" Sora exclaimed.
BATOSBUSTER ATK: 2000 + 2800 = 4800
Batosbuster revs up before Clavkiys fires upon Gorgon, destroying her.
ATK DIFFERENCE: 4800 - 2800 = 2000
GUNDHAM LP: 3500 - 2000 = 1500
"Now Clavkiys will attack directly for the game!" Sora declared, Clavkiys pulling out his gun before firing at Gundham, making him yell in defeat.
GUNDHAM LP: 1500 → 0
WINNER: SORA YUMENO
End Song
The crowd cheers from Sora's come from behind victory. "Whew… That was rough…" Sora sighed in relief. "That was a great duel, though!"
"Heh. Indeed it was. Perhaps losing to you isn't so bad after all. But know this: The next time we duel, I will be victorious! I swear it on my title as the master of the Four Dark Devas of Destruction!" Gundham swore.
"That will have to wait, Gundham. For now, you and Sora will need to make way." Satsuki stated. The two go to their seats. Two names flash right next to Mina and Cloud's names before they suddenly stop. "Bullet Gokuhara will be dueling against Tsuyu Asui." She declared before two ladies, one with tanned skin and white hair and one with long black hair and a frog-like expression appeared onto the stage.
"...Well. It's about time." Bullet huffed.
"Yeah. I actually felt kinda anxious about when I was gonna be picked, ribbit." Tsuyu croaked. "But now that I'm here, I might as well try to win."
"Heh. Same here." Bullet chuckled before she and Tsuyu pulled their duel disks out.
"DUEL!"
BULLET LP: 4000
TSUYU LP: 4000
"I have a B for my card." Bullet said.
"An M for me." Tsuyu replied.
"Which means I'll be taking the lead."
Cue: Spirit of Fire (Blazblue: Chrono Phantasma/Central Fiction)
"I'll first activate the effect of Tri-Brigade Fraktall from my hand. By sending it from my hand to the graveyard, I can send a level 3 or lower Beast, Beast-Warrior, or Winged Beast from my deck to the graveyard. I'll send Tri-Brigade Kitt to the graveyard. When Kitt is sent to the graveyard, I can send another Tri-Brigade monster from my deck to the graveyard. I'll send Nervall to the graveyard. When HE'S sent to the grave, I can add a Tri-Brigade monster from my deck to my hand. I'll add another Fraktall. And this time, I'll Normal Summon Tri-Brigade Fraktall!" Bullet began her turn by summoning a centaur with a crossbow.
LV: 4
ATK: 1900
"Then I'll use its effect. By banishing any number of Beast, Beast-Warrior, and/or Winged Beast monsters from my graveyard, I can Special Summon a Link monster from my Extra Deck with the same Link Rating as the monsters I banished! I'll banish Kitt and the first Fraktall in order to Special Summon Brotherhood of the Fire Fist - Eagle!" Bullet declared, summoning a man with flames possessing the image of an eagle.
LINK: 2
ATK: 1700
"Now I'm activating the Continuous Spell Fire Formation - Tenki!" Bullet grunted, showing a Spell that Makoto used.
"Hey, Makoto. Isn't that your card?" Velvet asked Makoto.
"Yeah, but it's pretty much a staple for most Beast-Warrior type decks anyways. Gladiator Beasts, Fire Fists… …Bujins." Makoto elbowed Velvet lightly, trying to give her a hint.
"Hm. Guess so…" Velvet hummed.
"Tenki allows me to add a Beast-Warrior monster from my deck to my hand upon activation. I'll add Brotherhood of the Fire Fist - Bear. Next, by returning Tenki to my hand with the effect of Eagle, I can send a Fire Fist monster from my deck to the grave. I'll send Buffalo. Now I'll use Buffalo's effect. Once per turn, by sending a total of two Fire Fist monsters and/or Fire Formation cards from my hand and/or field to the graveyard, I can Special Summon him! Luckily, with Eagle, I don't have to send any Fire Formation cards from my hand or field to the grave! And with that, I will now Special Summon Brotherhood of the Fire Fist - Buffalo!" Bullet kept going as she summoned a man with the flames imitating a buffalo.
ATK: 1700
"I will now Overlay Level 4 Fraktall and Buffalo!" Bullet exclaimed, sending them both to the red vortex. "With these two monsters, I'll build the Overlay Network! When nightmares approach you, burn the meaning of retaliation! The eyes of revenge that produce an intense life will call death! XYZ SUMMON! Blaze on! Rank 4: BROTHERHOOD OF THE FIRE FIST - TIGER KING!" Bullet roared, summoning a warrior in red armor with flames in the image of a tiger.
RANK: 4
ATK: 2200
"Now I'll use his effect. When Tiger King is Xyz Summoned, I can set a Fire Formation card from my deck to my Spell and Trap zone. I'll set Fire Formation - Domei. I'll then activate the Continuous Spell Fire Formation - Tensu! This allows me to summon a Beast-Warrior in addition to my Normal Summon or set. I'll use its effect in order to Normal Summon Brotherhood of the Fire Fist - Bear!" Bullet continued as she summoned a man with flames in the image of a bear.
LV: 4
ATK: 1600
"Next, I'll use his effect for free since I still control Eagle. This allows me to destroy one monster on the field. I'll choose my Tiger King!" Bullet declared, Bear's flames consuming Tiger King.
"What!? Why would you do that!?" Tsuyu gasped.
"When Tiger King is sent from the field to the graveyard, I can send three Fire Formation cards from my field to the graveyard to Special Summon two level 4 or lower Beast-Warrior monsters from my deck with the same Attack Points in face up Defense Position. Luckily, again, thanks to Eagle, I don't have to. So I can do that for free! I'll Special Summon two Brotherhood of the Fire Fist - Dragons!" Bullet exclaimed, summoning two men with flames in the images of dragons.
ATKs: 1800
DEFs: 400
"Now I'll use the effect of one of my Dragons. Once per turn, by sending two Fire Formation cards, which I don't have to with Eagle's effect, I can Special Summon a Fire Fist monster from my graveyard! Welcome back, Tiger King!"
ATK: 2200
"Now open! Circuit of my flames! Summoning conditions are two Beast, Beast-Warrior, or Winged Beast monsters! I'll use Bear and one of my Dragons!" Bullet grunted, sending Bear and Dragon to the bottom left and the left Link Markers. "Link Summon! Come forth! Link 2: Tri-Brigade Ferrijit the Barren Blossom!" She yelled, summoning a young cat lady with a sniper rifle.
LINK: 2
ATK: 1600
"Now I'll use my other Dragon's effect. For free, of course. Come on back, Bear!"
ATK: 1600
"I will now use his effect again to destroy Tiger King again." Bullet stated as flames consume Tiger King once again. "That activates his effect again! Come on out, my two Brotherhood of the Fire Fist - Roosters!" She called forth, summoning two men with roosters as their flaming animals.
ATKs: 1500
DEFs: 100
"Now that I think about it, Tiger King didn't mention that they had to be the same monster, nor did they have to be of a different name… It also didn't say that the effect would only activate once per turn…" Izuku hummed in realization.
End Song and Cue: Blood Pain II (Blazblue Chrono Phantasma/Central Fiction)
"This activates the effect of one of my Roosters. I can only use this effect once per turn, but when one of them is Special Summoned, I can add a Fire Fist monster from my deck to my hand. I'll add Eland to my hand. I will then activate the same Rooster's second effect. With the effect of Eagle, I do not have to send a Fire Formation card I control to the graveyard in order to set a Fire Formation card from my deck to the Spell and Trap zone. I'll set Fire Formation - Ingen. I'll use my other Rooster's second effect to send Tensu from my field to the grave and set Fire Formation - Tenken."
"Huh? Why wouldn't she be using Eagle's effect this time? To bypass the cost, I mean" Ryuko asked.
"It's possible that she's not relying on her Fire Formation cards… Too many without the Attack Point boosts would be detrimental…" Izuku answered. "Not to mention a bit… unorthodox."
"I will now activate the Continuous Spell Fire Formation - Domei that I set with the effect of my Tiger King! When activated, I can Ritual Summon a Beast-Warrior type Ritual monster from my hand using monsters on my hand or field as materials! I'll use my two Roosters! Ritual Summon! Appear now! Level 6: Brotherhood of the Fire Fist - Eland!" Bullet ordered as she summoned a man in green armor with the black flames of an eland (Which is an actual animal).
LV: 3 + 3 = 6
ATK: 2400
"You're still going…?" Tsuyu sighed, a bit bored.
"Oh, I'm not done just yet. Appear! Circuit of flames! Summoning conditions are two or more monsters with different names except Tokens! Bear, Dragon, and Ferrijit, one of whom is treated as two materials! I'll send you to the Link Markers!" Bullet declared, sending Bear, Dragon, and Ferrijit to the top, bottom left, bottom, and bottom right Link Markers. "Link Summon! Pierce them with your arrows! Link 4: Apollousa, Bow of the Goddess!" She growled as she summoned a young lady with a golden bow riding atop a beast.
ATK: ?
"Apollousa's Attack Points are equal to the total amount of monsters used for her Link Summon multiplied by 800."
ATK: 800 X 3 = 2400
"Now for Ferrijit's effect. When sent to the graveyard, I can draw a card then place one card in my hand to the bottom of my deck. I'll send the card I just drew, Bear, to the bottom. I'll set two cards face down and end my turn." Bullet finished her turn.
"Wow… Five Spells or traps, four of which are set…" Izuku marveled. "She must have a lot of defensive options… And Apollousa's effect allows her to negate any monster's effect at the cost of 800 of her Attack Points!"
"I wonder how Tsuyu's gonna respond to this…" Ochako hummed.
"Okay. It's finally my turn. I draw! I'm activating Pot of Greed! I get to draw two cards! I will then activate the Spell Card Destruction! This forces us both to discard all cards in our hand and then draw the same number of cards we discarded!" Tsuyu began as she showed a hand discarding cards into the graveyard. "Next, I'll use the effect of Marincess Springirl from my hand! By banishing a Marincess monster from my graveyard, I can Special Summon her once per turn! I'll banish Blue Tang to Special Summon Springirl!" She declared as she summoned a young lady with blue fish-like attire.
ATK: 1200
"Appear! Circuit of the sea! Summoning condition is 1 level 4 or lower Marincess monster! Go, Springirl!" Tsuyu commanded as Springirl goes into the bottom Link Arrow. "Come out! Link 1: Marincess Blue Slug!" She exclaimed, summoning a little girl with blue slug attire.
LINK: 1
ATK: 1500
"Now for Blue Slug's effect. When Link Summoned, I can target a Marincess monster in my graveyard and add it to my hand, but I can't Special Summon monsters except WATER monsters. Before I use that effect, though, I'll use the effect of my Springirl after using her as Link material! By sending the top cards of my deck equal to the amount of Marincess monsters I control, I can inflict 200 points of damage for each Marincess card sent to the graveyard from the top of my deck!"
"I'll negate Springirl's effect with Apollousa's! By decreasing her Attack Points by 800, I can negate the activation of her effect!" Bullet denied.
APOLLOUSA ATK: 2400 - 800 = 1600
"That's fine. I can't beat it without getting it down a little. That's what I've been planning! I'll now add Springirl to my hand thanks to my Blue Slug's effect! After that, since I control a Link monster that's pointing to one of my Main Monster zones, I can Special Summon Crusadia Arboria!" Tsuyu continued her turn, summoning a lady in white.
ATTRIBUTE: WATER
DEF: 1800
"Appear again! Circuit of the sea! Summoning condition is two WATER monsters! I'll send Arboria and Blue Slug into the Link Markers!" Tsuyu declared as she sent Blue Slug and Arboria into the left and bottom Link Markers. "Link Summon! Appear now! Link 2: Marincess Coral Anemone!" She yelled, summoning a young lady with the attire of a coral anemone.
LINK: 2
ATTRIBUTE: WATER
ATK: 2000
'With Tenken on her field, I can't be too careful. I'll have to try and get rid of it if I can… And if I can't, then oh well. I'll tough it out!' Tsuyu thought to herself. "Ribbit. Now I'll use Coral Anemone's effect! When she is Link Summoned, I can Special Summon a WATER monster with 1500 or less Attack Points from my graveyard to a zone she points to!"
'Is she trying to Link Summon a powerful Marincess!? Not on my watch…!' Bullet growled in her thoughts. "I'll activate Apollousa's effect again!"
APOLLOUSA ATK: 1600 - 800 = 800
'Perfect! Even with the Attack Point boosts from Tenken, Apollousa's gonna be close, but not as strong as Coral Anemone!' Tsuyu cheered for herself in her thoughts. "In that case, it's battle time! Coral Anemone will attack Apollousa!" She proclaimed as Coral Anemone shoots a blast of water at Apollousa who attempts to shoot an arrow through it, but it was fruitless as it was blasted away before Apollousa was the blast's next victim.
"I'll activate my set Quick-Play Spell Forbidden Droplet!" Bullet exclaimed, showing a dark overlord dropping a drop of liquid onto a fallen monster. "By discarding a number of cards from my hand, I can choose as many Effect Monsters on the field as the cards I discarded. Those monsters have their Attack Points cut in half and their effects negated until the end of this turn! I will discard the only card in my hand to target Coral Anemone!"
ANEMONE ATK: 2000/2 = 1000
ATK DIFFERENCE: 1000 - 800 = 200
BULLET LP: 4000 - 200 = 3800
End Song
"Huh…? Why didn't you use that Tenken you set before my turn came?" Tsuyu brought the question to Bullet.
"That's because Apollouso wouldn't be affected by Tenken. She's not a Beast-Warrior type monster, despite appearances." Bullet stated.
"O-Oh, really? Sorry for assuming…" Tsuyu apologized.
"It's all right. Continue your turn." Bullet accepted.
Cue: Tag Force (Yu-Gi-Oh! 5Ds Tag Force 5)
"Okay. I'll proceed onto Main Phase 2 then summon a second Marincess Blue Tang!" Tsuyu continued her turn as she summoned a young lady with blue tang-like attire.
LV: 4
ATK: 1500
"When this card is Normal or Special Summoned, I can send a Marincess monster from my deck to the graveyard. I'll send Marincess Basilalima. Now I'll open the Circuit of the sea! Summoning condition is 1 level 4 or lower Marincess monster! Go, Blue Tang!" Tsuyu ordered as she sent Blue Tang into the arrow pointing left. "Come out! Link 1: Marincess Sea Angel!" She huffed as she summoned a girl with white sea-themed clothes.
LINK: 1
ATK: 1000
ATTRIBUTE: WATER
"When Sea Angel is Link Summoned, I can add a Marincess Spell or Trap from my deck to my hand. Before that happens, though, Blue Tang's effect kicks in first! When Blue Tang is used as Link Material, I can excavate the top three cards of my deck. If at least one of them is a Marincess card, I can add one of them to my hand and shuffle the rest into my deck!" Tsuyu stated as she revealed the top three cards of her deck to Bullet. "I'll add Marincess Sleepy Maiden to my hand. Now Sea Angel goes off, so I'll add the Spell card Marincess Battle Ocean to my hand! Now I'll use Sleepy Maiden's effect! By targeting a Marincess monster I control, I can Special Summon her! And if I do, that Marincess gains an effect!" She kept going as she summoned a sleepy maiden of water in a defensive position. Well, as close as one can get to a defensive position, anyway since she's sleepy and all.
DEF: 2500
ATTRIBUTE: WATER
"Appear one more time! Circuit of waters! Summoning conditions are two or more WATER monsters! I'll send Coral Anemone, who is treated as two materials, Sea Angel, and Sleepy Maiden to the Link Markers!" Tsuyu continued, sending Anemone, Sea Angel, and Sleepy Maiden to the top, bottom, left, and right Link Markers. "Everything connects, right in this instant! Keep running to get close to your dream! We won't run anymore! LINK SUMMON! Wash them away! Link 4: MARINCESS AQUA ARGONAUT!" Tsuyu yelled at the top of her lungs as she summoned a woman in argonaut-articled clothing.
LINK: 4
ATK: 2300
ATTRIBUTE: WATER
"Now for the effect of Sleepy Maiden! By banishing her from my graveyard, I can choose a Marincess monster in my graveyard and equip it onto my Aqua Argonaut! I'll equip my Marincess Blue Slug onto her! Next, I'll activate the Field Spell Marincess Battle Ocean!" She exclaimed as waters flowed all around the area then froze when they were about to reach the crowd's vision. "Marincess Battle Ocean gives all of my Marincess monsters an extra 200 Attack Points. But that's not all. For every Marincess card equipped to a Marincess monster, that monster gains an extra 600 Attack Points! Two plus six equals eight, so that means Aqua Argonaut gains 800 Attack Points!"
ARGONAUT ATK: 2300 + 800 = 3100
End Song
"I'll place one card face down and end my turn. Ribbit." Tsuyu finishes her turn.
Cue: Win This Game (Yu-Gi-Oh! 5Ds Tag Force 5)
"It's my turn now. I draw! I'll summon Brotherhood of the Fire Fist - Gorilla!" Bullet began her turn as she summoned a man with the flames imitating a gorilla.
LV: 4
ATK: 1600
"Now I'll use his effect! Thanks to Eagle, I don't have to send a Fire Formation card from my field to the graveyard in order to destroy a Spell or Trap on the field! Gorilla, destroy Tsuyu's Marincess Battle Ocean!"
"I'm activating the trap Marincess Wave from my hand!" Tsuyu responded by showing a trap card with the image of five pillars of energy appearing from the waters. "Since I control a Marincess Link monster, I can target one monster on the field and negate its effects! Then, if that Marincess monster is Link 2 or higher, all face up monsters I currently control are unaffected by my opponent's card effects until the end of this turn! I'll negate your Gorilla's effects!"
"Okay, but how are you able to activate that trap card from your hand?" Bullet brought up to her.
"Ribbit. That's because I control a Link 3 or higher Marincess monster, my Aqua Argonaut. She's a Link 4 monster." Tsuyu answered.
"Hm. I see. But you think I'm willing to let you do that!? I'm activating my set Counter Trap, Ultimate Fire Formation - Sinto!" Bullet denied, showing a trap that has Tiger King leading the formation. "When a Spell or Trap is activated and I control a Fire Fist monster and a Fire Formation Spell or Trap, The Spell or Trap that was activated is negated and destroyed!"
"N-No way!" Tsuyu gasped as the Marincess Wave was negated, leaving Battle Ocean to be destroyed.
"With Battle Ocean destroyed, your Marincess Aqua Argonaut is left without her own Attack Point boosts!" Bullet declared.
ARGONAUT ATK: 3100 → 2300
"Now I'll activate the Continuous Trap Fire Formation - Tenken!" Bullet continued, as she showed a trap that has the image of two Fire Fist members with green flames forming. "This has the continuous effect of giving all of my Beast-Warriors 300 Attack Points! But that's not all. A Beast Warrior I choose will not be affected by effects other than Tenken. I'll choose my Eland."
"No you won't! I'm activating Argonaut's effect! When a Spell or Trap card is activated or when their effect activates, I can Special Summon a Marincess monster that is equipped onto Argonaut and Special Summon it from my Spell and Trap zone! If I do, that effect is negated! I'll Special Summon Blue Slug from my Spell and Trap zone!"
ATK: 1500
ATKs OF GORILLA, EAGLE, AND ELAND: 1600 + 300 = 1900, 1700 + 300 = 2000, and 2400 + 300 = 2700
Tenken's activation effect is negated. "Heh. Impressive. But! Battle! Eland attacks Marincess Aqua Argonaut!"
End Song and Cue: Towards the Light (Yu-Gi-Oh! 5Ds Tag Force 5)
"I'm activating my set trap card! Ice Barrier!" Tsuyu replied by showing a trap that has the image of a fish getting frozen. "When an attack is declared involving an opponent's attacking monster, that monster's Attack Points become 0, its effects are negated, and it can't change its battle position! Brotherhood of the Fire Fist - Eland's Attack Points are reduced to 0!"
ELAND ATK: 2700 → 0
"WHAT!?" Bullet exclaimed in shock as Aqua Argonaut blasts Eland away with more powerful water.
Bullet LP: 3800 - 2300 = 1500
"Gah… Dammit! In that case, Gorilla attacks Blue Slug!" Bullet declared, Gorilla throwing a disc of fire that destroys Blue Slug.
"Ribbit!" Tsuyu croaked in an effort to stay balanced.
ATK DIFFERENCE: 1900 - 1500 = 400
TSUYU LP: 4000 - 400 = 3600
"When my Gorilla destroys a monster in battle and sends it to the graveyard, I can set one Fire Formation Spell or Trap directly from my deck. I'll set the trap Fire Formation Kaiyo. …Hope you're prepared. I'm activating my face down Continuous Spell Fire Formation - Ingen!" Bullet declared, showing a Spell that features two warriors, one male and one female, with white flames around them. "This card allows me to Fusion Summon using monsters from my hand or field! I'm sending Gorilla and Eagle to my graveyard to Fusion Summon! Appear now! Brotherhood of the Fire Fist - Swan!" She yelled, making Gorilla and Eagle disappear to summon a man who wields the flames that imitate the image of a swan.
ATK: 2600
"When Swan is Special Summoned, I can inflict 200 points of damage to you for each Fire Formation Spell and Traps I control. I control three Fire Formation Spells and Traps. Therefore, you take 600 points of damage!" Bullet growled, sending harmful flames at Tsuyu who grunted from the damage.
TSUYU LP: 3600 - 600 = 3000
SWAN ATK: 2600 + 300 = 2900
"I end my turn." Bullet said.
"My turn! I draw!" Tsuyu exclaimed, drawing a card. She looks at it. '...It's my best bet. I have to make her misfire any effect she has that could be detrimental to me!' She thought to herself. "...I end my turn."
Bullet furrows her brow. 'Dammit. I can't tell what she's thinking. That frog-like expression is masking what that card she just drew could be.' She grumbled in her thoughts. "My turn. I draw!" She began her turn by drawing the top card of her deck. 'She's got Marincess Trap cards that can be activated when she controls a Link 3 or higher Marincess monster. Her Aqua Argonaut fits the bill all too well. I have to use something that can destroy it. …I have an empty space in my Spell and Trap Zone. So maybe…' She trailed off in her thoughts.
End Song and cue: The Hero (Dragon Ball Raging Blast 2)
"I'm activating the Continuous Spell Card Fire Formation - Yoko!" Bullet started as she showed a spell that has the image of two Fire Fist monsters attacking with pale blue flames. "While this card is on the field, all of my Beast-Warrior type monsters gain 100 Attack Points, but when activated, this card allows me to discard a card to destroy one card on the field! I'll destroy Marincess Aqua Argonaut!"
"I'm activating this trap card from my hand since I control a Link 3 or higher Marincess Link monster! Marincess Circulation!" Tsuyu responded by showing a trap that features two powerful Marincess monsters surrounded by circulating waters. "This card lets me target one WATER Link monster I control and return it to my Extra Deck! After that, I get to Special Summon a Marincess Link monster with the same Link Rating as that monster, but it can't attack directly or be destroyed in battle this turn! I'll return Aqua Argonaut! So come on out! Marincess Wonder Heart!" She called forth as she summoned a woman with literal water for skin, red eyes, and a crystal heart in her body.
ARGONAUT LINK: 4
WONDER HEART LINK: 4
ATK: 2400
"An impressive Trap to activate from your hand. However! Battle! Swan, attack her Marincess Wonder Heart!" Bullet commanded her Swan. The attack did not destroy Wonder Heart, but it did send shockwaves.
"Ribbit…!" Tsuyu groaned in response to said shockwaves.
SWAN ATK: 2900 + 100 = 3000
ATK DIFFERENCE: 3000 - 2400 = 600
TSUYU LP: 3000 - 600 = 2400
"I'm not done yet! During the Battle Phase, I can send a face-up Fire Formation Spell or Trap I control to the graveyard to destroy one card on the field! I'll send Domei to the graveyard and destroy Wonder Heart!" Bullet declared as flames engulf Wonder Heart and attempt to destroy her.
"I activate the effect of Marincess Basilalima from my graveyard! If a monster I control would be destroyed by a card effect, I can banish Basilalima from my graveyard instead!" Tsuyu denied.
"Not bad. But that just means a little more pain for you! With the effect of Domei, I mean. When Domei is sent from the field to the graveyard, I can Special Summon a Beast-Warrior type monster from my graveyard! Revive! Brotherhood of the Fire Fist - Eland!"
TYPE: BEAST-WARRIOR
ATK: 2400 + 400 = 2800
"Eland, attack Tsuyu's Wonder Heart!"
Same as before, Eland's attack hits Wonder Heart, but the only thing being destroyed is Tsuyu's Life Points.
ATK DIFFERENCE: 2800 - 2400 = 400
TSUYU LP: 2400 - 400 = 2000
"With that, I end my turn." Bullet finishes her turn. Tsuyu gets up, panting from the amount of time she spent dueling.
'Man… This is all mentally exhausting… Duels like this usually take an episode or two…' Tsuyu mentally sighed in exhaustion but smacks both of her cheeks twice to psyche herself up and get her energy back. 'But I can't back down! Not now! Not ever!' She declared in her thoughts. "My turn! I draw!"
End Song and Cue: CHRONOPHANTASMA (Blazblue: Chrono Phantasma)
"I play a second Pot of Greed! Two more cards for me!" Tsuyu exclaimed, drawing two cards from the top of her deck. She looks at them. 'These… will win it for me!'
"I'm activating a second copy of Marincess Battle Ocean!" Tsuyu began as the waters returned.
"This again…?" Bullet huffed.
WONDER HEART ATK: 2400 + 200 = 2600
"Now I'll Special Summon Marincess Sea Horse from my hand to a zone my Wonder Heart points to!" Tsuyu exclaimed as she summoned a girl with seahorse-styled attire.
ATK: 1400
"Appear! Circuit of the sea! Summon Conditions are two or more WATER monsters! Treating Wonder Heart as two materials, I'll send both her and Sea Horse to the Link Markers!" Tsuyu declared.
"You're sending a Link 4 monster to summon a Link 3!?" Bullet asked in shock as Wonder Heart and Sea Horse are sent to the left, bottom, and right Link Markers.
"Link Summon! Cut them down! Link 3: Marincess Marbled Rock!" Tsuyu growled, summoning a woman with marbled rockfish-styled attire.
LINK: 3
ATK: 2500 + 200 = 2700
"You're quite brave. But you know… that's still not enough to take me down." Bullet stated.
"You really think so? Ribbit." Tsuyu asked back.
"What?" Bullet huffed in confusion.
"Battle Ocean activates its effect! When I Link Summon a Marincess Link monster, I can equip up to three Marincess Link monsters from my graveyard onto that Link Summoned monster!" Tsuyu proclaimed.
"No… Then that would mean…!" Bullet gasped.
"I equip Marincess Blue Slug, Wonder Heart, and Coral Anemone onto Marincess Marbled Rock! And don't forget that Battle Ocean gives a Marincess monster equipped with other Marincess monsters an extra 600 Attack Points for each one equipped!" Tsuyu declared as three circles of water surrounded Marbled Rock, giving her power as she roars while gaining said power.
ATK GAIN: 600 X 3 = 1800
MARBLED ROCK ATK: 2700 + 1800 = 4500
"Marbled Rock will now attack your Brotherhood of the Fire Fist - Eland!" Tsuyu roared, Marbled Rock charging at Eland before cutting him and his flames down.
"I'm activating the Trap Fire Formation - Kaiyo! My Beast-Warriors gain 300 Attack Points and the ability to inflict piercing battle damage!" Bullet grimaced.
ELAND ATK: 2800 + 300 = 3100
SWAN ATK: 3000 + 300 = 3300
ATK DIFFERENCE: 4500 - 3100 = 1400
BULLET LP: 1500 - 1400 = 100
End Song
"Ugh... Dang it... I was... so close... Whew... I end my turn..." Tsuyu huffed in exhaustion.
"My... My turn... I draw!" Bullet grunted, exhaustedly drawing a card from her deck. She sees it and sighs in exhaustion. "...I place Swan to Defense Position... and end my turn."
DEF: 2200
The crowd is confused about Bullet's move, including Tsuyu. "Wha...?" Tsuyu let out.
"Sorry... if I keep going like this... I'll go out like my brother did. God rest his soul..." Bullet sighed in surrender. "He didn't want me to go out the way he did... So... That's why... I want you to end this... before I..."
"...My turn. I draw. I'll summon a third Marincess Blue Tang."
LV: 4
ATK: 1500
"Battle. Marbled Rock attacks Brotherhood of the Fire Fist - Swan!" Tsuyu declared as Marbeled Rock slashes Swan down. "...Blue Tang... attacks directly."
Blue Tang blasts Bullet with a stream of water, making her grunt and groan before she falls.
BULLET LP: 1500 → 0
WINNER: TSUYU ASUI
Bullet drops to one of her knees in defeat. "Ah… I lost…" She sighed, disappointed in herself. "It was a great duel, but… I wish I could've gotten farther…"
"You're right, Bullet. It WAS a great duel. I'm sure you'll win against me some way or another." Tsuyu stated, offering a hand up. Bullet smirks and accepts the hand up.
"You'd better not lose to anyone else before then, got it?
"I can only promise to try and not lose. Ribbit~!"
END OF EPISODE