Hey everyone. First off, I want to apologize for taking so long to update. Near the end of March, start of this month, I just...felt burnt out. Still do actually. And when that happens, I just start ignoring things. This includes writing. I'm...not sure how long the feeling will last, but I'll get through it. So! with that dark news out of the way, check out the latest chapter. Here, we get to see Bonnie use her Nature HEROes.
Things at CDA hadn't calmed down at all. The three stooges were still going on about the Light. Classes were held, quizzes given, and research done. But now Edgar had a new means to get what he wanted. In his office was a young man with red and yellow hair wearing a black trench coat, black jeans, and red and white sneakers.
"Now, you understand my job for you?" Edgar asked.
"Yeah, I do. Beat enough Slifers to make it look like the dorm is failing..." the boy said dismissively.
"Right! The money is already forwarded to your account...beat them black and blue, Mister Mikey Erma Dillo."
Mikey nodded, walking out. Edgar waved good-bye, but as soon as the door closed, he chuckled darkly.
"Mess with my ideas will they?! I'll make them rue the day they ever heard of Edgar Kintobor!"
His laughter echoed in his room and several students heard it, wondering why an insane man was let loose.
EODGX
Bonnie was enjoying the day. Classes were done for the day, the study group had just been dismissed, and currently talking with Salome and Fiona. Their topic? Their boyfriends. Bonnie chuckled as Salome told them about Maurice's latest class fiasco.
"I still can't believe he asked THAT in French." Salome said, burying her face into her hands.
"Well, you gotta admit its hilarious." Fiona said, smirking.
"Would you find it funny if it was Miles?" Salome snapped, Fiona frowning.
Bonnie was about to step in when a massive explosion alerted them. They turned back to see a pillar of smoke coming from the Slifer Dorm.
"The heck?!" Fiona asked, shocked.
"Let's go check it out." Salome shouted, taking off in a sprint.
Both Bonnie and Fiona looked at one another and chased after her.
EODGX
Mikey stared at the gathered Reds, scowling. Edgar hadn't been kidding. These pests were getting strong and fast. He needed to put them down before they became trouble on the circuit. Bad enough there was that Jaden kid...now this!
"Alright, you Slifer Scrubs...you lost your duels so clear out!"
"We didn't agree to that!?" One red shouted, Mikey smacking the kid with his disk.
"I'm altering our deal. Pray I do not alter it any further." Mikey snapped.
There was the sound of running feet and Mikey turned around. He froze suddenly when his eyes landed on the blonde haired, green-eyed girl. She stopped suddenly too.
"Bonnie..." Mikey said, his voice pained.
"Mikey." Bonnie sneered, said boy wincing. "What in the hoo-haa are you doing here of all places?"
"I was hired." Mikey said simply, glaring at the Slifer Reds.
"Hired to bully these Reds? Make em give up duelin'?" Bonnie snarled, putting her hands on her hips. "That's just like you! Ya can't take the competition so you eliminate it before it eliminates you! Fer money no less!
"Its the world we live in, Bonnie! Tch, you should have just accepted that..."
That got him a slap in the face, making him stumble to the ground. Bonnie stood over the boy, snarling.
"Git up. Git up and git yer disk on right here, right now! We're duelin'!"
"Bonnie..."
"NO! I ain't listenin' to you again, Mikey! Ya had yer chance and ya blew it when ya threw away yer honor fer cash! NOW DUEL!" Bonnie snarled, her disk deploying.
Mikey could only sigh and readied his disk. Both drew their opening hands and cried out.
"DUEL!"
Mikey: 8000/Bonnie: 8000
"I'll start if you don't mind." Mikey said, drawing his card before Bonnie could say anything. "I'll start with Marauding Captain in attack mode."
(Marauding Captain – LV/***, Attribute/EARTH, ATK/1200, DEF/400, Type/Warrior/Effect.
Your opponent cannot target Warrior monsters for attacks, except this one. When this card is Normal Summoned: You can Special Summon 1 Level 4 or lower monster from your hand.)
A man in armor and carrying a pair of swords appeared, Bonnie scowling.
"Thanks to my Captain, I'll play my Tuner Monster, Junk Synchron!"
(Junk Synchron – LV/***, Attribute/DARK, ATK/1300, DEF/500, Type/Warrior/Tuner/Effect.
When this card is Normal Summoned: You can target 1 Level 2 or lower monster in your Graveyard; Special Summon that target in Defense Position, but it has its effects negated.)
Junk Synchron was a orange armor wearing monster with goggles, a scarf and a engine for a back pack. It struck a pose, Mikey smirking.
"Now, I tune my level three Junk Synchron to my Captain! Arise my Junk Gardna! I place him in defense."
The engine on Junk's back roared to life. It turned into rings and surrounded the Captain. He became an orange outline with three stars.
3+3=6
(Junk Gardna – LV/******, Attribute/EARTH, ATK/1400, DEF/2600, Type/Synchro/Warrior/Effect.
"Junk Synchron" + 1 or more non-Tuner monsters
Once per turn, you can select 1 monster your opponent controls, and change its battle position. This effect can be activated during either player's turn. If this card is sent from the field to the Graveyard, you can select 1 monster on the field and change its battle position.)
Junk Gardna was a massive monster with two large exhaust pipes wearing green and blue armor. It knelt down, crossing its arms and looking at Bonnie. Mikey placed two cards facedown and ended his turn.
"Right then, mah draw!" Bonnie said, taking her card.
Checking over her hand, she smirked. She saw one of her best combos and knew how to set it up.
"Right, I first start things off with Polymerization! I fuse mah Elemental HEROes Heat and Lady Heat to form! Fueled by burning passion, I invoke the Master's action! I fusion summon...Elemental HERO Nova Master!"
(Elemental HERO Nova Master – LV/********, Attribute/FIRE, ATK/2600, DEF/2100, Type/Warrior/Fusion/Effect.
1 "Elemental HERO" monster + 1 FIRE monster
Must be Fusion Summoned. If this card destroys an opponent's monster by battle: Draw 1 card.)
Nova Master appeared, brandishing a large, fiery sword. Decked out in a golden armor that was in the shape of a sun, it stared down at the Gardna monster.
"Oh wow." Alexis said, having arrived in time to see the duel start. "I never saw those Heroes."
"They're the Nature Heroes." Bastion said, crossing his arms. "They're a very different bunch then Jaden's. For one, they don't require another Elemental HERO, just an Attribute monster. Second is their effects. Second is that many of them have powerful effects that surpass their counterparts. Given that most, if not all, of the Elemental Hero cards have those requirements, they are dead powerful. Nova here allows Bonnie to draw a card if it destroys a monster."
"But both of their stats are the same..." Syrus pointed out.
"Not fer long! I play H-Heated Heart!"
(H-Heated Heart – Type/Spell/Normal.
Target 1 face-up monster you control; until the end of this turn, it gains 500 ATK, and if it attacks a Defense Position monster, inflict piercing battle damage to your opponent.)
"Thanks to this, not only does mah Nova Master gain five hundred attack points, but it deals pierce damage too!"
"Shame you won't hit my monster, Bonnie! I reveal my trap, Fiendish Chain!" Mikey shouted.
(Fiendish Chain – Type/Trap/Continuous.
Activate this card by targeting 1 Effect Monster on the field; negate the effects of that face-up monster while it is on the field, also that face-up monster cannot attack. When it is destroyed, destroy this card.)
The cards artwork showed a ritual circle with blue fire around it. In the center was a curled up monster, several chains shooting out from its back. From the card itself came several black chains, wrapping around Nova Master. Bonnie just smirked.
"I play Elemental HERO Knospe in attack mode!"
(Elemental HERO Knospe – LV/***, Attribute/EARTH, ATK/600, DEF/1000, Type/Plant/Effect.
Each time this card inflicts Battle Damage to your opponent: It gains 100 ATK and loses 100 DEF. While you control another face-up "Elemental HERO" monster, your opponent cannot target this card for an attack, and this card can attack your opponent directly.)
Knospe was a tiny flower that stood on two stalks, had flowers for fists and its final petal sported a face that showed annoyance. Bonnie revealed her next card.
"I ain't done yet. I play the Spell card, Fake Hero!"
(Fake Hero – Type/Spell/Normal.
Special Summon 1 "Elemental HERO" monster from your hand. That monster cannot attack, and returns to the hand during the End Phase.)
Fake Hero's artwork showed a man getting undressed with a hero costume nearby. Bonnie explained the effect. She was allowed to Special Summon one Elemental HERO monster from her hand. The downside was it couldn't attack and it returned to her hand.
"I chose...Elemental HERO Stratos!"
(Elemental HERO Stratos – LV/****, Attribute/WIND, ATK/1800, DEF/300, Type/Warrior/Effect.
When this card is Normal or Special Summoned: You can activate 1 of these effects.
●Destroy Spells/Traps on the field, up to the number of "HERO" monsters you control, except this card.
●Add 1 "HERO" monster from your Deck to your hand.)
Startos was a humanoid figure with a pair of turbines and wings on his back. He wore sky blue armor and a visor. He had two effects; one allowed Bonnie to search her deck for a HERO monster.
"But I'm not using that effect. I'm using his first one! That allows me to destroy spell and trap cards equal to the number of Heroes I hold!"
Fiendish Chain and the facedown were ripped to shreds by the gust of wind that came from the twin turbine wings on Stratos. Mikey grimaced, now knowing she was free to attack.
Nova – ATK/2600 → 3100
"Knospe, attack Mikey directly first!"
"What?!" Mikey asked, shocked.
Several seeds smashed into him, making him curse.
Mikey: 7400
Knospe – ATK/600 → 700, DEF/1000 → 900
"Alright, Nova. Yer turn!"
The monster attempted to slash through the warrior, but Mikey stopped it.
"I use my Gardna's effect! Once a round, I can switch any one of our monster's from attack to defense mode."
Nova knelt down, Bonnie scowling.
"Stratos returns to mah hand and I end." Bonnie said, taking back the monster.
"I draw." Mikey said.
Looking over his hand, he needed a plan. Knospe couldn't be targeted due to the Nova Master. What's worse was that most of his monsters were too weak to take it on. He needed one of his more powerful Junk Monsters. He sighed, placing a monster card in face down defense mode, ending his turn. Bonnie drew, looking at her hand.
"I switch Nova Master back to attack mode! Then, I play Stratos again! This time, I'm usin' his second effect to get me an Elemental HERO." Bonni said, a card sliding out. "Next, I play Pot of Greed, drawing two more cards."
Drawing the two, Bonnie was treated to the sight of one of her recovery spells, and the HERO she needed.
"I play Fusion Recovery! Now, I regain mah Lady Heat and a Polymerization from mah grave. Now, I use mah recovered Polymerization to fuse Stratos with Necroshade! Meet the Elemental HERO Escuridao!"
(Elemental HERO Escuridao – LV/********, Attribute/DARK, ATK/2500, DEF/2000, Type/Warrior/Fusion/Effect.
1 "Elemental HERO" monster + 1 DARK monster
Must be Fusion Summoned. Gains 100 ATK for each "Elemental HERO" monster in your GY.)
Escuridao was a dark armor wearing Hero, four wings sprouting from its back. Its left hand was a massive claw, crackling with dark energy, the right a clawed hand. Its face was obscured by a visor with three points on it, the eyes red. Cracking its neck, it glared at Gardna.
"Escuridao gains an extra hundred fer each Elemental HERO in mah grave. I count three; Stratos, Necroshade, and finally, Heat."
Escurido – ATK/2500 → 2800
Mikey cursed. That made her monster stronger and what's worse is that his monster's effect would only work on one of them! He stop Escurido, Nova takes it out. Vice versa for Escurido. So lost in his frantic thoughts, he missed Knsope striking him and causing his life points to fall.
Mikey: 6700
Knospe – ATK/700 → 800, DEF/900 → 800
"Now Escurido, attack his Gardna!"
"Grah, I use its effect, turning your monster into defense mode!"
"Then I'll have Nova Master attack yer facedown!"
Mikey completely forgot about that! He watched helpless as his facedown, a hedgehog with bolts for quills get destroyed. Bonnie drew a single card, looking at it before shaking her head.
"I'll end mah turn."
Mikey drew, looking over his hand then at the card he had gotten. Seeing the card he had drawn was a cowboy hat and gun, he smirked.
"I discard one monster card in my hand to Special Summon Quickdraw Synchron."
(Quickdraw Synchron – LV/*****, Attribute/WIND, ATK/700, DEF/1400, Type/Machine/Tuner/Effect.
You can Special Summon this card (from your hand) by sending 1 monster from your hand to the GY. For a Synchro Summon, you can substitute this card for any 1 "Synchron" Tuner. Cannot be used as a Synchro Material, except for the Synchro Summon of a monster that lists a "Synchron" Tuner as material.)
Quickdraw was a metal man wearing a wide brim cowboy hat, a cloak, and holding two pistols. Mikey's grave glowed and a single card slid out.
"I'm using the effect of my Quillbolt Hedgehog. I can special summon it back from my grave if I control a Tuner Monster.
(Quillbolt Hedgehog – LV/**, Attribute/EARTH, ATK/800, DEF/800, Type/Machine/Effect.
If this card is in your Graveyard: You can Special Summon this card, but banish it when it leaves the field. You must control a Tuner monster to activate and to resolve this effect.)
The Hedgehog Bonnie had destroyed last turn returned, squeaking cutely. Mikey smirked.
"Now for my normal summons, I play Tuningware."
(Tuningware – LV/*, Attribute/LIGHT, ATK/100, DEF/300, Type/Machine/Effect.
This card can be treated as a Level 2 monster when used for a Synchro Summon. If this card is sent to the Graveyard for a Synchro Summon: Draw 1 card.)
Tuningware was a tiny figure wearing a pan on its head, a yellow scarf, and mismatched parts. Its blue eyes glared at Bonnie, but Bonnie glared right back.
"I tune my level five Quickdraw Synchron to my level two Quillbolt and level one Tuningware. With their union shall come a great reckoning. I synchro summon-!"
5+2+1 = 8
"JUNK DESTROYER!"
(Junk Destroyer – LV/********, Attribute/EARTH, ATK/2600, DEF/2500, Type/Warrior/Synchro/Effect.
"Junk Synchron" + 1 or more non-Tuner monsters
When this card is Synchro Summoned: You can target cards on the field, up to the number of non-Tuner monsters used for the Synchro Summon of this card; destroy those targets.)
Junk Destroyer was a monster covered in black and gold armor, four arms, four wings and a golden crown with red eyes. Mikey smirked.
"This is one of the worst Junk monsters you could face, Bonnie. First, Tuningware's effect comes into play, letting my draw a card." Mikey said, drawing. "Now, Destroyer's effect chains. I can destroy monsters up to the number of non-tuners I used to summon him. I used two so your Nova and Escaruido are no more."
Both monsters blew up, Bonnie covering her face. Mikey smirked, ordering his monster on Knospe. The tiny seed was blasted away by one of the four fists, Bonnie sliding back some.
Bonnie: 6200
"I'll wrap up with a facedown and end." Mikey said, glad to have been rid of those fusions.
"I draw!" Bonnie called out.
Looking at her new card, she smirked.
"Here it is, Card of Sanctity."
"Why help me out?" Mikey asked, the pair drawing until they had their full hands.
"Not you, but me. Now, I first summon Elemental HERO Lady Heat!"
(Elemental HERO Lady Heat – LV/****, Attribute/FIRE, ATK/1300, DEF/1000, Type/Warrior/Effect.
During each of your End Phases: Inflict 200 damage to your opponent for each face-up "Elemental HERO" monster you control.)
Lady Heat was a human woman dressed in a white and red leotard with a skirt. On her head was a helmet, keeping her hair out of her face. The hair ended in six long spikes on the left and right. Landing daintily on her feet, she assumed a combat mode. Bonnie then smirked.
"If ya think yer facedown is gonna help ya out, ferget it. I play R – Righteous Justice!"
(R – Righteous Justice – Type/Spell/Normal.
Destroy a number of Spell/Trap cards on your opponent's side of the field equal to the number of 'Elemental HERO' monsters you control.)
Mikey's facedown exploded making him grit his teeth. Smirking, Bonnie revealed a Double Summon.
"I use my Necroshade's effect in the grave. I summon out my Elemental HERO Bladedge!"
(Elemental HERO Bladedge – LV/*******, Attribute/EARTH, ATK/2600, DEF/1800, Type/Warrior/Effect.
If this card attacks a Defense Position monster, inflict piercing battle damage to your opponent.)
Bladedge was a bronze armor wearing monster with two backward wrist blades jutting out from the left and right wrists. Mikey frowned, trying to figure out Bonnie's plan. Both Bladedge and Destroyer had the same number of attack points. Lady Heat was far too weak...so what was she planning?
"I use my Spell card, Miracle Fusion!"
(Miracle Fusion – Type/Spell/Normal.
Fusion Summon 1 "Elemental HERO" Fusion Monster from your Extra Deck, by banishing Fusion Materials listed on it from your field or your GY .)
"I banish Elemental HERO Necroshade and Elemental HERO Knospe. From Darkness and Earth comes a New Hero's birth! I fusion summon...Elemental HERO Gaia!"
(Elemental HERO Gaia – LV/******, Attribute/EARTH, ATK/2200, DEF/2600, Type/Warrior/Fusion/Effect.
1 "Elemental HERO" monster + 1 EARTH monster
Must be Fusion Summoned and cannot be Special Summoned by other ways. When this card is Fusion Summoned: Target 1 face-up monster your opponent controls; until the End Phase, its ATK is halved and this card gains the same amount of ATK.)
Gaia rose from the ground, covered in black armor several red orbs on its shoulders, chest, and legs. Its hands were covered by gauntlets that had four massive orbs on them. It slammed its hands into the earth.
Destroyer stumbled, making Mikey look up in shock.
"Destroyer?!"
Destroyer – ATK/2600 → 1300
Gaia – ATK/2200 → 3500
"What happened?!" Mikey demanded, looking at his kneeling monster.
"That's easy. Gaia cuts the attack power of a monster and adds it to his own. Now...I play my Shield Crash spell to take out your Gardna. Then I'll have Bladedge attack!"
The jet on the monster's back roared to life, the warrior dashing forward. He sliced through the Destroyer, Mikey crying out in shock.
Mikey: 5400
"Gaia, yer next!"
The massive HERO slammed its fists into Mikey making him cry out in pain from the strike.
Mikey: 1900
"Lady Heat! Strike him down!"
The second female HERO launched several fireballs at the boy, making him hiss in pain.
Mikey: 600
"Guess...for all that, I still survived. I'll end this next turn."
Bonnie shook her head.
"Ain't gonna be a next turn. See, I chose Lady Heat fer a reason, Mike. When I end mah turn, she'll deal two hundred points of damage to yer life points times the number of heroes I control. I count three. Lady Heat, Gaia, and Bladedge."
Mikey's eyes went wide. He...lost. Bonnie ended her turn, several embers escaping Lady Heat's hair. Floating on the breeze, they landed on Mikey's clothing.
With a loud FWOOSH, they became a massive pillar of fire, the boy crying out in both pain and anguish.
Mikey: 0
Securing her victory and deck, Bonnie walked up to Mikey, staring down at him.
"You shouldn't have come back, Micheal. I told you then and I'm telling you now. We. Are. Done. I'm with Anthony...a man with honor. So get off this island...unless you want to go again?" Bonnie snarled.
Mikey didn't answer. He got up, looked at Bonnie and then started walking from them all.
"I take it there is some history?" Bastion asked, once Mikey was out of range.
"Yeah...and not all of it good. Bonnie very nearly fell into a similar situation I did. But unlike me, she got out of it before it got to that point." Fiona said, crossing arms.
Everyone nodded, but vowing to keep an eye out for this Mikey. No doubt he'd be hired again.
There we go! We'll be seeing Mikey more soon but enjoy and don't worry about me. I'll be right as rain soon enough.