AN: Hello, I have the next chapter here. With this one, we have a cool chapter as a follow up to one of the early duels this season. Bit of a short one, but it gets right to the point. This section of the story is also meant to mirror my favorite moments from V2. Also, this chapter does have one of my favorite jokes about the absurdity between both series. Sorry for all the teasing, this chapter is just a lot of fun. Hope you enjoy this chapter, leave a review with your comments and questions, and have a nice day.
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Chapter 65 – The Ultimate Tyranno
Tyranno walked from the woods as he yawn, "Man, what's a soldier got to do to get a good battle around here?" he said before looking around, "Could've sworn that Zane guy somewhere around here. I didn't get the chance to go and meet him in the city and-" he said before hearing a groan of pain, "Huh, what was that?" Tyranno ran to the noise but gasped at the sight.
In the middle of a dirt road, Zane and Jesse knelt towards Salem, their body's struggling to fight back a dark aura encompassing them, "I…can't…move…" Zane spoke as he gritted his teeth.
You are strong but do not resist.
Salem spoke to Zane before looking at Jesse.
I can use you as well because I have the final card you need.
"What are you-" Jesse spoke before his eyes widened, "Wait, you can't mean the Rain-"
"Hey!" Tyranno yelled out, causing Salem to turn towards him, "Just what in Sam Hill do you think you're doing to them!?" he said before pulling out his duel disk, "Don't you know the way to deal with confrontation on this island?"
I do not have time for another nuisance. So, you shall be another of my pawns.
Salem said as she raised her left hand towards Tyranno. Causing him to become ensnared with the dark aura as well. However, the aura shattered as he broke through it with one flex.
What!? How can you be immune to my magic?
Salem said with a shocked expression, then focused her gaze.
Wait, I sense something inside you that predates even my existence.
Salem's eyes focused on his left leg, sensing a type of pressure coming from it.
"Oh, you can tell?" Tyranno spoke with a smirk, "One of my legs was saved thanks to a dinosaur bone transplant." He said before pointing to himself, "That means I have dino-DNA."
…
Salem looked on with half-open eyes. In all her life, she had never heard something so morainic and utterly stupid that completely defied all of her sense of reasoning. Her mind simply could not imagine something such a ridiculous turn of events leading to his moment.
…
"So, you want to have a staring contest? Or do you want to duel?" Tyranno spoke.
As I said, I have no time for you.
Salem spoke before having an idea, causing her to grin. Suddenly the black aura engulfed Tyranno again.
"This didn't work the last time and it won't work-" Tyranno was saying until his body pulsated, "AAAAAAAAAAA!"
The last time was an attempt to control you with my influence. This time, I will simply let your instincts take over your judgment.
"AAAAAAAA!" Tyranno screamed as he held his head, causing his eyes to turn more reptile-like, "RRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAA!"
A short time later.
"He says she's this way!" Yang said as she lead the way with Zwei. Weiss, Blake, and Jaden all followed as they made their way through the woods, "Come on, let's go!"
"Ruby, hang in there," Weiss spoke to herself.
"We need to keep out for Zane or the others," Blake added.
"Yang, you sure Zwei's leading us the right way?" Jaden asked.
"If anything knows the way, it's his nose," Yang said with a smile.
"Arf!" Zwei barked as he moved ahead at high speed. However, as he went into a bush, a painful whimper was heard, "Arf…"
"Zwei?" Yang said before she gasped, seeing Tyranno picking up her corgi, "Dreads, we were hoping to run into you. Listen, a lot has-" she said before seeing Tyranno open his mouth wide as he moved Zwei near his head.
"Arf!" Zwei panicked as he tried to squirm.
At that moment, Yang tackled Tyranno causing him to let go of Zwei. The corgi went into the air as the fiery Ra Yellow caught him, "Did you just try to eat my dog!?" she shouted as the others gathered around her.
"RRRRRRAAAAAAA! Dino-man hungry!" Tyranno roared before standing up and readying his duel disk, "hungry for BATTLE!"
"What is with this guy!?" Weiss asked. "Is he being controlled?"
"If he is, what do we do about him?" Blake spoke.
"If it's like Coco, beating him in a duel should have him come to his senses," Jaden commented before Yang put Zwei down, then walked forward.
"In that case, you three go on ahead," Yang said to the others before turning to Tyranno, "This one's mine."
"Yang, are you sure?" Blake spoke, "We can take him on together, it would be safer and-"
"Ruby can't wait for us to play it safe." Yang responded, "I'll catch up as soon as I'm done here." She said before turning back, "Now go!"
"Arf!" Zwei barked before running off, causing Weiss and Jaden to follow. Blake had a look of worry for a moment, then focused before following the others.
Yang let out a sigh before turning back to Tyranno, "Alright Dread, you and me now." She said before her duel disk arm extended its blades, "Let's duel!"
Yang: 4000 Life Points
Tyranno: 4000 Life Points
"Dino-man go first!" Tyranno said as he drew, playing the card, "Special Summon Gilasurus!" He said as a brownish raptor appeared on his side of the field, (1400 ATK / 400 DEF). "Tribute for Super-Ancient Dinobeast!" his raptor then faded as a light bluish dinosaur with red eyes took its place, (2700 ATK / 1400 DEF). "One card facedown, end turn!"
"Then it's my move," Yang said as she drew, "I summon UFO Turtle in defense mode and set one card." She said as her extraterrestrial reptile was seen in its metallic shell, (1400 ATK / 1200 DEF).
"Before the end, reveal trap card, Fossil Excavation!" Tyranno said before discarding one, then having that same card come out of the graveyard, "Send to the grave, but can bring it back. Here's Black Tyranno." He said as a dark t-rex was seen with a green aura, (2600 ATK / 1800 DEF).
"I would be scared if that one kept its effect," Yang commented.
"A dinosaur was special summoned, so Dinobeast lets Dino-man draw a card," Tyranno said before also drawing at the start of his turn, "Summon Sabersaurus in attack mode!" he said as bladed red triceratops was seen, (1900 ATK / 500 DEF). "Battle!" the dino Ra Yellow said as all three monsters charged with Sabersaurus leading the pack.
"I reveal my facedown card, Backfire." Yang said before Sabersaurus bashed UFO Turtle, "Now you take 500 points of damage and I get to use UFO turtle effect to summon a second one from my deck in attack mode." She said before her monster was replaced. However, Black Tyranno bit into the extra-terrestrial reptile with one chomp. After a third UFO Turtle appeared, Dinobeast unleashed a yellow laser from its mouth, blistering Yang's monster. "That's three in the grave now." She said before Tyranno was hit by three fireballs from her trap card.
Tyranno: 4000 – 500 – 500 – 500 = 2500 Life Points
Yang: 4000 – 1200 – 1300 = 1500 Life Points
"Dino-man life points higher!" Tyranno responded.
"Not for long, I still have the third UFO turtle's effect." Yang said as she played as a new monster, "Meet Fire Trooper." She said as a blazing demon soldier was seen, (1000 ATK / 1000 DEF). "When summoned, I can send him to the grave to burn you for 1000 damage." She said before Tyranno was hit by another fireball.
Tyranno: 2500 – 1000 = 1500 Life Points
"RRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAA!" Tyranno shook off the flames before flaring with his reptile eyes, "End turn!"
"My move," Yang drew, "I play Swords of Burning Light. Now, you can't attack until your monster zones are full. That ends my turn."
"Draw!" Tyranno drew, then played the card, "Big Evolution Pill, tribute Sabersaurus so can summon Ultimate Tyranno without cost!" he said as the bladed red triceratops faded and a massive black and red t-rex was seen, (3000 ATK / 2200 DEF), "RRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAA!" Tyranno roared alongside all his dinosaurs.
"Tsk," Yang drew a card, then placed two of her spell and trap zone, "I'll set these and end my turn."
"Draw, then play Trade-In!" Tyranno said as he discarded Sauropod Brachion to draw two more cards, then played one of them, "Summon Super Conductor Tyranno!" he said as a white and green t-rex appeared with its roar, volts of electricity erupted from its body, (3300 ATK / 1400 DEF), "Tribute Black Tyranno to burn for 1000 damage!" After the dark t-rex faded, the electric t-rex unleashed a blast of lightning that struck Yang.
Yang: 1500 – 1000 = 500 Life Points
"RRRRRRRRAAAAAA!" Tyranno roared in frustration, "Set card, end turn!"
"Come on, you've gone dino before and came back to your sense." Yang said before drawing and gasping at the card, then had a look of focus, "In that case, I need to jog your memory." Yang said before putting the card in her hand, then playing a new one, "I summon Fire Princess in attack mode." She said a maiden in a red clock and the burning staff were seen, (1300 ATK / 1500 DEF). With her summoning, the Burning Swords faded. "Now, I attack your Super Conductor Tyranno!"
"Eh?" Tyranno responded before his stronger monster unleashed its lightning blast.
"I reveal my facedown card, Nutrient Z. Now I gain 4000 life points before the 2000 damage I would take." Yang responded before her monster was obliterated, "Since I gained life points you take 500 points of damage thanks to Fire Princess. And let's not forgot about Backfire." She said as two fireballs crashed into Tyranno's body.
Yang: 500 + 4000 – 2000 = 2500 Life Points
Tyranno: 1500 – 500 – 500 = 500 Life Points
"RRRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAA!" Tyranno roared.
"I'm not done yet," Yang said as she entered her second main phase, taking out the card she drew, "With exactly five fire monsters in the grave, I summon Pyrorex the Elemental Lord!" she said as the ultimate molten dinosaur was seen. With it, Yang's eyes went red as her monster roared behind her, (2800 ATK / 2200 DEF).
"Pyrorex?" Tyranno said as his eyes returned to normal for a second. However, he held his head before roaring again, "RRRRRRRAAAAAAA!"
"This is for your good, I use Pyrorex's effect to destroy your Super Conductor Tyranno to burn both of us for half its attack points! Go, Nova Extinction!" Yang called out before her monster unleashed a river of lava from its mouth. It collided with Tyranno's monster before exploding into a heatwave that hit both duelists. Yang blocked with her arms up, then let out a sigh, "Now are you back to nor-" she said before realizing the monster had not faded away, then looked over to see the set card he played revealed, "Survival Instincts." The fiery Ra Yellow said with a smirk, "Clever dude."
Tyranno: 500 + 1600 – 1650 = 450 Life Points
Yang: 2500 – 1650 = 850 Life Points
"Draw!" Tyranno said as he did so, playing the spell card, "Double Evolution Pill!"
"Double?" Yang said before recalling, "Wait, that lets you banish a dinosaur and non-dinosaur from your hand and graveyard to summon out a bigger dino from your deck." She said as he took his Dyna Tank from his hand and Super Conductor from the graveyard.
"Arise, Ultimate Conductor Tyranno!" The dino Ra Yellow said as a massive voltaic tyrannosaurus rex was seen on the field, roaring with purple lighting from its body, (3500 ATK / 3200 DEF). "Destroying Ultimate Tyranno for this Conductor's effect. Pyrorex is set in facedown defense mode." He said as Yang gasped as her monster was placed in a set position. "Ultimate Conductor Attacks! If the monster is in defense position, you take 1000 points of damage, then you send it to the graveyard! Go, Jurassic Gigawatt Impact!"
"RRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAA!" The Ultimate Conductor Tyranno roared as it rushed into the set card. At the same time, a wave of electricity rushed toward the fiery Ra Yellow. However, Yang grinned.
"Your good Tyranno, but I still outrank you." Yang said before revealing her other facedown card, "I activate Energy-Absorbing Monolith! Now I gain the 1000 damage instead of losing it." She said before a black wall intercepted the electricity.
Yang: 850 + 1000 = 1850 Life Points
"And now, since you didn't do the damage, your attack still goes through like normal." Yang added as Pyrorex revealed itself from its set position, followed up by Ultimate Conductor Tyranno tackling it, "Which means my monster is not just sent to the grave, but destroyed!" she said as Backfire glowed upon activation. At the same time, Pyrorex's flames engulfed his body before exploding. The blast unleashed a heatwave that passed over Tyranno's body.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAA!" Tyranno let out one fine roar before falling to his knees, his life points hit zero.
Tyranno: 450 – 500 = 0 Life Points
"…. Huh?" Tyranno raised his head as his eyes returned to normal. He looked around to see the dinosaur monsters on his field fading away, "Wait, was I just in a duel and lost!?" he said before seeing Yang run over to him, "Sarge, was I just dueling-" the dino Ra Yellow said before she hugged him, "Uh Sarge? You, okay?"
"I'm just happy your back to normal," Yang said with a smile on his face. In pulling out of the hug, she looked back to Tyranno with focus, "Listen, I don't have time to explain, but do you remember what happened before you went Dino-crazy?"
"Uh, sorry, I don't." Tyranno said as he scratched the back of his head, then recalled something, "Wait, I recall some pale woman with a bunch of guys following her." He said before trying to remember, "Something about…gathering energy for a final move."
"That doesn't sound good." Yang commented, "Okay, I need you to head back to the schoolyard and get all the students there to a safe place. I something comes there and-"
"I hold the line; you can count on me." Tyranno responded, holding out his right hand in a fist, "You go do what you need to do."
"Thanks, I'll be back soon," Yang said before extending her arm to fist-bump her friend. The two then went separate ways before. As the fiery Ra Yellow ran through the woods, her eyes flared red as she focused on her destination.
AN: There you go, Yang beats Tyranno this time around. I do like the fact that, because of the society of light arc in GX, it implies Tyranno cannot be mind-controlled due to his prehistoric DNA transplant. So, Salem has a moment when even she is questioning reality, which I find hilarious. However, she could still manipulate his instants to let him go wild. The duel itself with Yang was a lot of fun, I even figured out a way to do better testing while writing these duels to make sure the plays were accurate like the final move or the fire princesses play, (I sometimes make mistakes, like last chapter, but will go back to fix the duel if needed). He gets out one of the best boss monsters in the game, his Ultimate Conductor Tyranno, but Yang outplays him in the end. Now, you have some foreshadowing of the future matchups, as well as the looming threat Salem has set in motion. That is all for now, thanks for reading, and hope to see you in the next chapter.
Now, time to answer some questions. Only one this time around regarding Salem's deck. For me, Shaddoll for Salem was for me a perfect fit. The deck is mainly monsters that are corrupted versions of other cards, so it fits for the queen of Grimm. Since this is a small archetype, I do have other cards she has that fit this theme as well she can use later. Overall, the other picks were Archerfield monsters like I said before, or something like Dark World, but I didn't care for them as much. Those were all the questions I had, feel free to ask more, and I will answer them in the next chapter.
