Chapter 63
Battling Beauties
"Good morning, Link VRAINS!" The host star of the Den-On news idol girl, Kitty announced joyfully as she appeared on the TV monitor in the central plaza. "Wakey, wakey for all you sleepy-head! It's time for morning news!"
"We have some interesting news to report about, so let's get this going," Mimi said calmly.
"That's right, so let's begin!" Kitty declared. "So…what is it about, Mimi?"
"Didn't you read the script?" Mimi asked, looking a bit disappointed.
"Well, I did…but you explain it better," Kitty said, sticking her tongue out comically.
"Very well. I will," Mimi said as she sighed. "Anyway, today's new is about the continuing debate on a certain topic that many people, from kids to young adults, are talking about. Who is better? Blue Angel or Blossom Star."
"That's right, folks!" Kitty added. "Just about a week ago, we posted a popularity poll for the most favorite Charisma Duelist, and the result was very surprising to see! Remind us that result, Mimi!"
"Well, according to our poll researcher's data, it seems to be that both Blue Angel and Blossom Star had an almost equal amount of points from a poll of 1000 users, with Blue Angel leading with only about 2 points ahead of Blossom Star. However, since then, people on the web forum, magazine, even regular TV news show, debated on who is more popular over the other," she explained.
"Indeed! It's crazy like trying to catch a striped bass!" Kitty remarked. "In fact, what's even crazier than the fan of the two idol Duelists is now in a fan war! One side, the True-Blue Crew they call themselves, are debating against the other group, the fan group of Blossom who is known as Awesome Blossom."
"If this keeps up, who knows what will happen? I just wonder what Blue Angel or Blossom Star feels about all of this," Mimi stated.
"Who knows, but I know that I've been a fan of Blue Angel since her debut, so True-Blue Crew all the way!" Kitty cheered. "Right, Mimi?"
Mimi just stared at her for a few seconds before she says anything else. "Actually, I am more of a fan for Blossom Star."
Kitty's expression turned from happy to be surprised, bitter expression.
"WHAT THE HEL…..!" She exclaimed before she was interrupted with the 'Technical Difficulty' sign appeared over the screen.
Meanwhile, at the Den High Academy, there was a huge commotion going on during lunch session.
"Attention, good classmen of Den High Academy!" The voice who spoke up through the mic was Naoki Shima, Yusaku's classmate and member of the Duel Club. He was wearing a blue bandana with some pin that had the face of Blue Angel, along with other male students who also wore the same thing.
"We are the members of the True-Blue Crew, who are dedicated to our greatest idol of Link VRAINS, Blue Angel!" He exclaimed loudly that it created the screeching sound when he spoke up through the mic. "We only ask for your kind, simple support for our maiden, Blue Angel as she is the best in Link VRAINS…no, the whole world!"
At the same time, another group was at present. This one was also full of mostly male students, except the members were wearing green bandana and pins with the face of Blossom Star on them.
"Good afternoon, students of Den High Academy!" A single boy on the stand announced through a mic as well. This boy was about the same length as Naoki Shima, except he had a dark brown bowl-cut haircut, eyeglasses, upper two-buck teeth, and freckles.
"My name is Naota Shinki and I am representative of the Awesome Blossoms. We support for Blossom Star because she is the greatest idol of Link VRAINS for the next generation and beyond! Yes, it is true that Blue Angel had won the popularity poll by two points, but they didn't tell you the statistic of the popularity rank! According to our research, Blue Angel's popularity is happened to be dwindling over the past months ever since the upgrade of Link VRAINs while our idol maiden, Blossom Star is gaining momentum in popularity chart. I only ask for small support, so that our idol can become the next Queen of Duelists!"
"Hey, what are you thinking, Shinki! This hour is reserved for us!" Naoki shouted at the second group's rep.
"Tch, tch, Shima my boy," Shinki replied as he wagged his finger. "Our school allows for any social group to spread their ideal or goal during any time at any place they want as long as the student body allows it and aware about it ahead of time. It is only a coincidence that we are doing it at the same place during the same lunch time."
"Coincidence my Obelisk ass! You get out of here!" Naoki argued.
"How about you and your group do!" Naota yelled back as the two groups collided.
At the same time, the rest of the students who were passing by or eating lunch felt uneasy and disturbed by the two groups. During this time, Yusaku, Takeru, and Yu were eating lunch together.
"Wow! Naoki Shima and that other guy are really duking it out!" Ai commented.
"They're fighting over who's popular. Sounds so trivial. Is this what human being does every time?" Flame asked.
"It is quite chaotic," Rossy stated.
"I really like both of them, but I can't really choose one over the other," Takeura said honestly.
Ai looked surprised at him. "Takeru, why would you think like that?! You should like Awesome Blossom!"
"You're her fan, Ai?" Yu asked.
"Of course! Me and Yusaku support her all the way, right, buddy?" Ai turned over to his human partner.
"I never said I support either her or Blue Angel. You just made that up on your own," Yusaku said forwardly, making Ai to looked down on himself.
"Why would you support Blossom Star? An Ignis don't need to join a petty human argument like this," Flame said.
"Well, I am an Ignis and I have free will, so I can like whoever I think is popular and all!" Ai argued. "Besides, I think Blossom Star is much cooler than Blue Angel! Me and Yusaku had trouble with her in the past before, but never with Blossom Star."
"You know, speaking of Blue Angel, but have you guys seen Aoi lately?" Yu asked.
"No, I haven't seen her for a while," Takeru nodded.
"Me neither," Yusaku added. "Then again, I wouldn't blame her for if she doesn't come to school because of this."
The boys watched over the two fan groups continued to bicker and fight over each other until two teachers came and stopped the fight. At the same time, this was happening, it was also happening at Blossom Star or her real alias, Sakura Aoba's private female high school.
Sakura, with her friends Nami and Robbin, were sitting together at a table for lunch, but Sakura couldn't eat as she felt very embarrassed.
"Blue Angel!" "Blossom Star!" "Blue Angel!" "Blossom Star!" Two groups of fans argued over each other.
"This is just terrible!" Sakura mumbled. "How could this happen?"
"Well, you are like second most popular duelist in Link VRAINS, close to Blue Angel, so it's obvious something like this would eventually happen," Robin explained.
"But I.. I…oh, I don't know. I like my fans, but this is just taking a way too far," Sakura stated.
"I agree, but I don't know if there is anything to like to calm this down, you know," Nami said.
"What am I going to do?" Sakura moaned as she slammed her face on the table, which surprisingly didn't break her glasses.
Meanwhile, Aoi was reading the web forum about the debate. He was a bit under the weather, which explained why she hadn't gone to school lately (and that she will feel very embarrassed and awkward about the whole fan war). She sighed, putting away her Smartphone and just lie down on the couch, looking up the ceiling.
That was the moment when her phone began vibrating. She checked it and it was a call from Emma aka Ghost Girl.
"Hello," She said as she picked up the phone.
"Hey there, Miss Popular. How are you doing?" Ghost Girl asked teasingly.
"Please don't call me that," Aoi said as she sat up.
"Let me guess. You skipped school again because of what's been going on about the popularity poll, the fan war?" Emma guessed as she could hear a faint of a chuckle in her voice.
"Yeah, that," she sighed honestly.
"You know your big brother won't let you stay at home forever unless you want to be home-schooled for the rest of your life," Emma joked.
"No thanks and my big brother understand my feeling, but…. the fans. I am more worried about them," she admitted. "I don't want to say that I am…annoyed by them, but they could be just a bit troublesome to deal with."
"I hear you. I wish had a fan who would fight over for me, but I see you that you really don't like the attention now, which sort of contradicting who you are as Blue Angel back in the days," Emma said.
"Yeah," Aoi agreed as she showed a small grin on her face. "So, are you just calling me to hear how I am feeling?"
"Well, something like that, but I thought up a …idea on how to settle all of this," Emma said.
"Settle? What do you mean?" Aoi asked.
"You see…." Aoi listened to Ghost Girl on the phone as she discussed with her about her "idea".
- Codes of Secrets –
It was the night on the same day. Sakura looked a bit tired from school, but she was mostly tired because of all the things that happened at her school. She jumped into her bed and lied down with her face on the soft mattress.
"Ah…. this feels nice," she said, feeling the comfort of her home.
That was when her phone started vibrating. She checked what it was, and it revealed to be a message from Blue Angel.
"Blue Angel? Why is she texting me at this time?" She asked herself as she checked the message.
"…What?! Tomorrow at the Coliseum?" She asked.
- Codes of Secrets –
The next day in the afternoon, Sakura logged into Link VRAINS as her VR avatar, Blossom Star. She appeared at the Central Coliseum, located in the Central Sector of New LINK VRAINS. There, standing at the opposite side, Blue Angel was standing by.
"Blue Angel, what is this all about meeting here?" Blossom Star asked.
"Blossom Star, I invited you so that we can finish a business to take care of!" She answered as if she was on a live show stage.
"What do you mean 'business'?" She asked further.
"We will settle here, right now, to see who is the most popular Charisma Idol in all of Link VRAINS!" She answered as she snapped her finger.
Suddenly, spotlights shined on her, making Blossom Star covering her eyes until she heard a loud cheer of people. Soon, as she got her vision right, she noticed the crowds of spectators watching them.
"What the?!" She gasped. "Where did all these people come from?!"
"It is time to duel, Blossom Star! A duel that will calm down the chaos!" Blue Angel called to her.
In the VIP area, Ghost Girl watched over the duel with another figure.
"Well, the plan is going well so far, but you think she would really do it?" She asked the person behind her.
"Oh, she will," said the figure, who revealed to be Silver Wing. "Her friends told me about her problem."
"And I contacted you for an idea, and we came to this conclusion," Ghost Girl added.
"Right," he nodded. "Besides, I really wanted to see this, too to be honest with you. Of course, I will cheer for both of them."
"Really? Sounds like to me you are more of Blossom Star's fan than Blue Angel's and you are very close to her," Ghost Girl said teasingly as she gave him the look.
"It's…It's not like that, okay!" He yelled back, with a tint of blush on his face.
In the real world, two separate groups, the True-Blue Crew with Naoki Shima and Awesome Blossoms with Naota Shinki watched in the Den City town plaza. Kusanagi Café was also present, with the owner and the protagonists at present.
Blossom Star looked around, noticing the spectators were mostly fans of Blue Angel and Blossom Star. She sighed and then smiled as she looked towards Blue Angel.
"OK, Blue Angel," she replied as she put up her duel disk. "I accept your challenge!"
"I knew you would accept it!" Blue Angel responded as she did with her duel disk.
Blue Angel vs. Blossom Star
Blue Angel (5h): 4000 LP
Blossom Star (5h): 4000 LP
"I will go first," Blue Angel said. "I set up the field with the Field Spell, Trickstar Light Stage!"
Her staple field spell appeared as the inside of the Coliseum's arena transformed into a stage, like a concert stage.
"When this card is activated, I can draw a Trickstar card from my Deck to my hand." A single card materialized from her duel disk. "I add Trickstar Lillybell and Special Summon her due to her effect!"
As the Trickstar with two pig-tail hair and giant bell appeared, Blossom Star thought to herself.
'That monster can be Special Summoned if she adds it other than through her normal draw,' she thought to herself.
"Then, I Special Summon Trickstar Corobane from my hand!" The next monster was a long purple haired Trickstar in a green and black dress with a green wand in the shape of a heart. "This card can be Special Summoned if I control no monsters, or all the monsters I control are Trickstar monsters. Then, I reveal Trickstar Lycoris from my hand to Special Summon her."
The next monster that appeared was Trickstar in a pink dress with a mistral stick for her weapon.
"Then, I target 1 Trickstar monster on the field and return it to my hand. I return my Trickstar Corobane," she said as she picked her second Trickstar summoned in this turn. "Then, I Normal Summon Trickstar Candinia and activate her effect. When she is Normal Summoned, I can add 1 Trickstar card from my Deck to my hand. I add my second Trickstar Lycoris."
Shortly, Corobane disappeared while Candinia replaced her on the field.
"Come out, the circuit of dreams and hope!" The Link Square portal opened up. "The summoning condition is two Trickstar monsters! I set my Trickstar Candinia and Lillybell to the Link Markers!"
The two Trickstar's turned into yellow and pink lights, sucking into the two arrows at the bottom-left and bottom-right corners.
"Link Summon! Appear! Link-2! Trickstar Holly Angel!" Her ace monster appeared as her fan group; the True-Blue Crews cheered.
"Alright! Yeah, Blue Angel!" Naoki shouted loudly.
"Now, I activate my second Trickstar Lycoris' effect from my hand! I reveal her to Special Summon herself, then target 1 other Trickstar monster on my field and return it to my hand. I target my first Lycoris," she explained as her first one was just replaced by the second copy next to Trickstar Holly Angel's bottom-left arrow. "Now, Trickstar Holly Angel's effect! Each time a Trickstar monster is Normal or Special Summoned next to her link, you take 200 damages!"
Holly Angel shot a blue beam at Blossom Star, stinging her a bit.
Blossom Star (5h): 4000 – 200 = 3800 LP
"Not only that! My Trickstar Light Stage also inflicts 200 damages each time my Trickstar monsters I control inflict battle or effect damage," she noted as her field spell briefly appeared to shoot a yellow energy beam. It temporarily stung Blossom Star.
Blossom Star (5h): 3800 – 200 = 3600 LP
"I set a card and end my turn," Blue Angel said.
Blue Angel (2h): 4000 LP
"Yeah! Go, Blue Angel!" Naoki and the rest of True-Blue Crew cheered as the opposite group felt ill or looked worried for Blossom Star.
"What do you think, Blossom Star?" Blue Angel asked. "You're not done yet, right?"
Blossom Star looked up with a smile on her face. "Of course not! I am just warming up!"
Blue Angel replied with just a smile as she remembered the message she read before coming here, which made her come here.
- Flashback –
As Sakura was going to sleep comfortably in her bed after a long week of school, where everyone if not most people were complaining either her as Blossom Star was better than Blue Angel or not, her phone started ringing that she received a message.
"Blue Angel? Why is she texting me at this time?" She asked herself as she checked the message.
"…What?! Tomorrow at the Coliseum?" She asked surprisingly but realized herself talking aloud.
She settled down, sitting on her bed as she continued reading the text.
"Oh, I see. She's asking me for a duel with her in order to calm down the whole fan war," she talked with herself.
- Flashback ends-
'I'm not sure if this plan will work, but I guess the only way to make it work is to do what I need to do,' she thought before she put up with a grin. 'Although, I admit that this is fun, so why not enjoy it a little bit?'
"Thinking about your strategy to counter me, Blossom Star?" Blue Angel asked.
"You can say that," she replied with a grin. "Let me show you what my Naturia Deck can do!"
Blossom Star knew that once she draws her card, Blue Angel's Trickstar Lycoris will deal her 200 points of damage plus the 200 more damages from her field spell. Not only that, but her ace monster, Trickstar Holly Angel's ATK will increase for every damage she takes until the end of the turn. She got to carefully make a move or else she would lose so much of Life Points and make her opponent's monster stronger. There was one card that can turn this situation into her favor, but she would need to draw it.
"My turn! I draw!" Blossom Star announced.
Blossom Star (6h): 3600 LP
"I activate Trickstar Lycoris's effect!" Blue Angel called out. "Whenever my opponent adds a card to his or her hand, 200 points of damage is inflicted to their Life Points!"
Trickstar Lycoris used her wand to shoot lightning at Blossom Star, giving her a little shock.
Blossom Star (6h): 3400 LP
"And due to the effect of my Field Spell, Trickstar Light Stage, you are inflicted with 200 more!" Blue Angel added as her field spell stung her with more effect damage.
Blossom Star (6h): 3400 – 200 = 3200 LP
"Now, Holly Angel's effect activates! Each time you take effect damage by Trickstar monster's effect, her Attack is increased by that same amount of damage!" As she said it, her ace monster's body glowed in the blue aura, making her ATK go up to 2200.
"Finally I can make a move. I summon Naturia Squirrel from my hand!" The new monster that appeared was a cute white squirrel with a green stripe over its snowy white fur and big, cute green eyes.
Naturia Squirrel-Level 4, EARTH, Beast/Effect, 1200 ATK, 900 DEF.
"Naturia Squirrel's effect! Once per turn, if it is the only monster I summoned on my side of the field, I get to draw two cards," she explained as she drew two more.
"Trickstar Lycoris's effect! You are inflicted with 200 damages for each card you add to your hand plus 200 more from the field spell, Trickstar Light Stage!" Blue Angel noted as her cards did just that while her ace monster's ATK went higher.
Even though she got more damages, they didn't bother her as she continued on
Blossom Star (7h): 3200 – 600 = 2600 LP
"Due to that I draw this card by a card effect, I Special Summon Flower Resonator from my hand!" She summoned a new monster on her side next to Naturia Squirrel. This one looked like Dark Resonator except that it had a sunflower on its back instead of rings.
Flower Resonator-Level 1, EARTH, Fiend/Tuner/Effect, 400 ATK, 300 DEF.
"I tune my Level 1 Flower Resonator to Level 4 Naturia Squirrel!" Flower Resonator hit its mallet with the fork, making a sound before it and Naturia Squirrel turned into data materials, forming into two rings; one green and another yellow.
Two numbers appeared as the rings stacked together into five blue rings. The two numbers added together into the number "5" as a tower of light beamed through the six rings.
"Synchro Summon! Level 5! Naturia Beast!" The Awesome Blossom group cheered when Blossom Star's ace monster finally appeared, facing against Blue Angel's ace monster. The two monsters stared definitely each other while they each glowed in a different color; Blue Angel in the blue aura and Naturia Beast in a green aura.
"Flower Resonator's effect!" She declared. "If it is used for Synchro Summon, it is Special Summoned from my graveyard, but when it leaves the field, it is banished instead! Return, Flower Resonator!"
The resonator with the sunflower chuckled as it returned to the field.
"Then, I play the Spell Card, Naturia Forage!" The said Spell Card showed Naturia monsters gathering some fruits from trees and bushes in the forest. "This card adds 1 Level 4 or lower Naturia monster from my deck or graveyard to my hand. I add one from my deck!"
"What? But if you do that, you will be inflicted with more damages from my Trickstar!" Blue Angel reminded her.
"Don't worry. I know what I am doing," she assured her with a confident across her face.
"Hmm. Alright then," Blue Angel said as she smiles. "Trickstar Lycoris's effect! 200 points of damage are inflicted to your Life Points plus 200 more from my field spell!"
Blossom Star (6h): 2600 – 400 = 2200 LP
"Trickstar Holly Angel's ATK is increased more!" Blue Angel announced as her ace monster's ATK went up to 2800.
The Awesome Blossom group was confused and upset to see that their star idol had lost almost half of her Life Points and it was only the second turn of the duel.
"Noooo! Why is she making herself to lose more Life Points!?" Ai asked.
"Why would she do this? She is definitely having a hand advantage, but she had lost almost half of her Life Points from the start of her turn," Takeru stated.
"Indeed. She must have something up in her sleeve," Flame said.
"Since I added this card to my hand from my deck, other than through a normal draw, I Special Summon it! Appear, Naturia Seed!" The small, cute seed with eyes appeared next to Flower Resonator. "Come out! The circuit of nature!"
Her side, the Link square portal appeared above her.
"Link Summon?" Blue Angel spoke aloud as Blossom Star started the chant.
"Arrowheads confirmed. The summoning condition is at least two EARTH monsters, including one Naturia Synchro Monster. I set my Naturia Beast, Seed, and Flower Resonator to the Link Markers."
The three monsters turned into green energy, shooting into the arrows as they turned them into the red.
"You just used your Synchro Monster as a Link Material?!" Blue Angel asked surprisingly.
"Yes!" She answered. "And I will show you why! Link Summon! Appear! Link-3! Naturia Bloom Beast!"
The Link Monster revealed to look similar to Naturia Beast except this one had some Sakura flowers growing on the wood branches that made up its forearms. This version of Naturia Beast also had sharper claws.
Naturia Bloom Beast-Link 3, EARTH, Beast/ Link/Effect, 2400 ATK, Link Arrow: Bottom-Right, Bottom, Bottom-Left.
The fans of Blossom Star cheered and wooed for her and her new Link Monster as the duel began to heat up.
"Naturia Bloom Beast's monster effect!' Blossom Star declared. "If it is Link Summoned using Naturia Beast as its Link Material, I can Special Summon the other Link Materials I used from my Graveyard or two Naturia monsters from my hand. I choose two from my hand instead, and I will bring out Naturia Blueberry and Naturia Chipmunk!"
The first monster was a cute blueberry with light-blue eyes, little arms, and little legs. The second monster was a brown chipmunk with green stripes over its brown fur and light-green eyes.
Naturia Blueberry-Level 2, EARTH, Plant/Tuner/Effect, 600 ATK, 500 DEF.
Naturia Chipmunk-Level 3, EARTH, Beast/Effect, 1100 ATK, 600 DEF.
"Now I activate Blueberry's effect! When it is Normal or Special Summoned, I can add 1 Naturia Blueberry from my deck to my hand," she explained as she added a new one.
"Trickstar Lycoris's effect," Blue Angel said as she said monster shot an energy beam at Blossom Star, stinging her once more along with the effect from the field spell, too.
Blossom Star (4h): 2200 – 400 = 1800 LP
"She's really risking her Life Points to make all of her move works," Ghost Girl commented.
"Maybe, but Blossom Star is a smart girl. She knows what's she doing," Silver Wing assured.
"Then, Trickstar Holly Angel gains additional 200 attack boost," she stated as her monster's ATK was now at 3000.
"I tune my Level 2 Naturia Blueberry with Level 3 Naturia Chipmunk!" Her two monsters turned into two green rings. The rings split into a total of five, with two numbers appearing before it merged into one number, which showed to be "5" as a beam of light pierced through those rings.
"Synchro Summon! Appear! Level 5! Naturia Sunflower Knight!" The new monster summoned was a feminine knight with light-green skin in green armor. Her head and face were the faces of sunflower with black eyes that looked like a shape of sunglasses. She wielded a green sword-shaped of a sunflower leaf.
Naturia Sunflower Knight-Level 5, EARTH, Plant/Synchro/Effect, 2000 ATK, 1600 DEF.
"When Naturia Chipmunk is used for Synchro Summon or Link Summon of Naturia monster, I can Special Summon another Naturia Chipmunk from my deck, but it cannot attack this turn." As she explained it, a second chipmunk appeared on her side.
"Now, Naturia Bloom Beast's additional effect activates!" She stated. "If I Synchro Summoned a Naturia Monster next to its link, Naturia Bloom Beast can destroy a monster with higher or equal ATK to the summoned monster's ATK."
"Naturia Sunflower Knight's ATK is 2000…. That means!" Blue Angel realized as she looked at her Trickstar Holly Angel.
"That's right. Your Holly Angel, begone! Bloom Roar!" Naturia Bloom Beast gave out a powerful roar that petals on its mane flew off as it did.
Trickstar Holly Angel covered her ears as she cried, and cherry blossom petals covered her before she disappeared from the field.
"What a roar!" Blue Angel remarked as she scratched the inside of her ear.
"Nice one!" Ai cheered.
"Battle! I declare Naturia Sunflower Knight to attack your Lycoris! Sunlight Beam Slash!" Her second monster's sword absorbed some light until it became bright white, then she slashed it through the air, creating a curved beam of the blade, which cut Lycoris in half before she exploded.
Blue Angel (2h): 4000 – 400 = 3600 LP
"Then I declare Naturia Bloom Beast to attack you directly!" Her new ace monster jumped over Blue Angel and pounced her before it jumped back at Blossom Star's side.
Blue Angel (2h): 3600 – 2400 = 1200 LP
"Yes! Our Star had turned the table!" Shinki exclaimed as the Awesome Blossom cheered.
"I set two cards and finally, as the last step, I activate Sunflower Knight's effect. During the end of my turn, if I have taken any effect damage this turn, I gain Life Points equal to half of the damage," she explained.
"What?" Blue Angel asked, looking a bit surprised.
"Let's see now. Blossom Star had taken about…." Ai said as he counted with his hand.
"Her current Life Point is 1800. Therefore, she had taken 2200 damages, so, therefore, she regains half of that damage," Flame explained
"Which means her Life is now at 2900!" Takeru exclaimed.
"That's what I was going to say..." Flame mumbled.
Blossom Star (2h): 1800 LP + 1100 = 2900 LP
"Are you OK, Blue Angel?" She asked as the latter started to get back up on her feet.
"I am a fine and nice move. I never expected you would turn the table around so quickly," she answered. "However, I am not done yet because I use this card! Trap Card activates, Trickstar Revival!"
The said trap showed Trickstar Holly Angel resurrecting from the graveyard as a light beamed over her from the clouds above in the sky.
"If a Trickstar Monster is destroyed by a card effect this turn, I can Special Summon it during the end of the turn it was destroyed, but next time it leaves the field, it is banished," she explained as her ace monster returned.
"I see. Then, I set a card and end here," Blossom Star said.
Blossom Star (1h): 2900 LP
Just at the time, Kitty and Mimi were at the Coliseum live as the MC for the duel.
"Good evening, everyone! Kitty and Mimi are in the house, meow!" Kitty said excitedly. "So, Mimi, what do you think of the duel so far?"
"Right, Kitty. It seems like Blossom Star had used Blue Angel's effect damage strategy well into her advantage. Plus, she even managed to restore the amount that she lost since she began her turn. She must have studied Blue Angel's strategy in preparation before the duel started."
"Totally agreed! Preparation is a key to strategy, of course," Kitty nodded. "Now, let's see what Blue Angel can do!"
"My turn. I draw!" Blue Angel drew it as she then looked over her cards in hand.
Blue Angel (3h): 1200 LP
"I summon Trickstar Wisteria and activate her effect when she's summoned!" As she explained it, the monster she summoned was a teen girl with glassy, light-green eyes, light blue hair in two bun styles, a green heart tattoo on her left cheek, and medium white insect-like wings. The said monster was wearing a light lavender dress, white gloves, black stockings, light green headphones, and blue heels. In her hands was two red folding fans.
Trickstar Wisteria-Level 4, LIGHT, Fairy/Effect, 1500 ATK, 1100 DEF.
"When Wisteria is Normal Summoned, I can Special Summon a Level 4 or lower Trickstar monster from my hand," she said. "Appear! Trickstar Hemlock!"
The next new monster was a teen girl with glassy magenta eyes, light brown hair in a long braid, a brown heart tattoo on her right cheek, medium white insect-like wings. This one wore a white dress with matching color gloves, black stockings, purple headphones, and magenta heels. This one had a brown violin for the instrument.
Trickstar Hemlock-Level 4, LIGHT, Fairy/Effect, 1300 ATK, 1000 DEF.
"Holly Angel's effect! When a Trickstar monster is summoned next to her link, 200 points of damage is inflicted to your Life Points. Since I summoned two Trickstar next to Holly Angel's Link, you are inflicted with 400 damages!" She explained as the monster fired a beam at Blossom Star, which only made a string to her. "Then, my field spell also does 200 more damages!"
Blossom Star (1h): 2900 – 400 – 200 = 2300 LP
"Plus, Holly Angel gains ATK equal to the damage done by Trickstar Monster's effect," she added as her ace monster's ATK increased to 2400. "Appear! The circuit of dreams and hope! The summoning condition is two Trickstar monsters! Link Summon! Link-2! Trickstar Black Catbat!"
Trickstar Wisteria and Hemlock turned to light-blue and white twisters, sucking into the arrows on the link square portal. The Trickstar in a black dress and scepter for held object appeared as she posed and made a cat sound.
"Then, Trickstar Hemlock's effect activates!" She declared. "If this monster is used for a Special Summon of Trickstar monster, then it inflicts 200 points of damage plus Holly Angel's effect damage and Field Spell, Trickstar Light Stage!"
"Trap activates! Forces of Naturia!" The Trap card showed Naturia Link Monsters and Gaia Dragon fighting Insect Queen and her insect army. "With this, I can reduce any battle or effect damage I would take to zero!"
Naoki Shima and his True-Blue Crew gritted their teeth in frustration. "Damn it! She would've taken 600 damages if it wasn't for that trap!" Naoki exclaimed.
"I know what you are planning to do, Blue Angel, so I came in and prepared!" Blossom Star called out to her.
"I knew you would have used that trap, so I was prepared to do this!" Blue Angel answered back as she revealed a card in her hand. "I activate the Quick-Play Spell, Trickstar Reversal Trick!"
The said trap showed Trickstar Holly Angel and Black Catbat using a transparent mirror to reflect themselves on the stage during a concert.
"If my opponent activates a card effect that negates effect damage by Trickstar cards, then this card negates that effect and inflicts 200 points of damage," Blue Angel explained.
Blossom Star's trap card shattered into a sparkle of lights as she took more damage.
Blossom Star (1h): 2300 – 200 = 2100 LP
"Now you will take damage from my Trickstar's effect!" She added as her rest of the card did the effect damage when it supposed to do.
Blossom Star (1h): 2100 – 600 = 1500 LP
"Then, Black Catbat's effect activates! Each time Trickstar monster inflicts effect damage to my opponent, she can lower your monster's ATK by 200 points for each monster she points to," she said.
"But you don't have any monsters that your Black Catbat points to on the field," Blossom Star pointed out.
"Check again." Blue Angel replied as Blossom Star checked the field and noticed that Trickstar Hemlock was on her field.
"What?! But how?" She said in surprise.
"When Trickstar Hemlock is used for a Special Summon of Trickstar monster, I can Special Summon her from the Graveyard," Blue Angel answered. "Now, your monster loses 200 ATK!"
Black Catbat blew kisses in a heart shape that floated towards Naturia Bloom Beast and Sunflower Knight, lowering their ATK power to 2200 and 1800 respectively.
"It's time to battle! I declare Black Catbat to destroy your Naturia Sunflower Knight!" Black Catbat attacked with her scepter, using dark magic lightning at Sunflower Knight.
"Also to remind you that my field spell also does damage when my monster inflicts battle damage as well," she said.
Blossom Star (1h): 1500 – 200 – 200 = 1100 LP
"Then, Trickstar Holly Angel attacks your Naturia Bloom Beast!" Holly Angel used her whip to hit Bloom Beast, destroying the creature.
Blossom Star (1h): 1100 – 400 – 200 = 500 LP
"Finally, attack her Naturia Chipmunk, Trickstar Hemlock!" Blue Angel declared.
"I activate Naturia Sunflower Knight's effect!" Blossom Star called out. "If this monster is destroyed by battle and sent to the Graveyard, I gain 200 Life Points for each and every Naturia monsters in my Graveyard except itself! Right now I have 6 Naturia's in my graveyard, so I get 1200 Life Points!"
As soon as her Life Points increased, Trickstar Hemlock attacked her directly. Blossom Star protected with her arms out as she was hit with damage.
Blossom Star (1h): 500 + 1200 = 1700 – 200 – 200 = 1300 LP
"Wow. Blossom Star is tough… I mean, curse her!" Naoki commented.
"Hmmm…" Yusaku hummed.
"What's wrong, Yusaku?" Ai asked.
"Well, it just that I find it strange that Blue Angel haven't use the other effect of Light Stage," he said.
"The other effect of Light Stage?" Ai said, confused.
"You mean the one where she can make the opponent activates their Set Spell or Trap Card at the end of the turn or else send it the Graveyard?" Flame asked.
"Oh! That's right! She didn't use that at all so far in the duel!" Ai remembered.
"If she did, she would've prevented Blossom Star using her Force of Naturia. I wonder why she didn't," Takeru said.
"Maybe because she is not aiming to win, but for another reason," Kusanagi said as the boys and their Ignis partners looked at the man.
"What do you mean?" Ai asked.
"The only way to find out is just continuing watching the duel," Yusaku pointed out.
Back in the duel, both side of the fan war were cheering, but they weren't cheering for one side or other. Instead, they were cheering for how exciting the duel is and everyone was rather interested in that rather than which one is better over the other.
'It's working. The plan is working,' Blue Angel thought to herself before she turned her attention to the duel. "Ladies and gentlemen!" She began saying to the spectators. "What do you all think of the duel so far?"
"YEAH!" The crowds cheered back.
"My fair opponent, Blossom Star only has 1300 Life Points, but do you want her to lose here?" She asked.
"Noooo!" They replied back.
'What is she saying?' Blossom asked herself.
"Come on, everyone! Let's all cheer out to her and make this duel even more fun!" Blue Angel exclaimed.
"YEAAAAAHHH!" The crowds went wild.
'I see! I get it now!' Blossom Star got back up and put on a smile.
"Blue Angel, I am not done yet! This is just a beginning!" Blossom Star stated.
"That's what I like to hear, Blossom Star," she replied with a grin. "Now, come and get me!"
"Yes, maim! I draw!" Blossom Star drew her card excitedly, yet confidently.
Blossom Star (2h): 1300 LP
"Yes! I play the Spell Card, Naturia Resources!" She showed the spell which showed a group of Naturia monsters gathering berries and fruit in their forest home. "I get to draw 1 card for every Level 4 or lower Naturia monster in my graveyard. I have four, so I draw four cards!"
"Then, I Special Summon my second Naturia Seed!" The cute seed appeared on the field. "Now, open! The circuit of nature! The summoning condition is one Level 4 or lower Naturia monster. I set my Naturia Seed to the link marker!"
The tiny seed with eyes turned into a twister, shooting into the arrow on the link square portal as it turned red. "Link Summon! Appear! Link-1! Naturia Mount Troll!"
The Link Summoned monster was a green-skinned troll that was big as the mountain with its backside a very gray rocky texture and brown loincloth that covered the lower bottom half of its body, specifically the area in-between his legs.
Naturia Mount Troll-Link 1, EARTH, Beast/Link/Effect, 2000 ATK, Link Arrow: Bottom
A Link 1 monster with 2000 ATK?" Blue Angel noticed.
"I normal summon Naturia Centipede." A cute centipede crawled into the field. This one had a yellow head and body, black legs and antennas, little green eyes, and purple lilac flowers on its antennas.
Naturia Centipede-Level 4, EARTH, Insect/Effect, 1200 ATK, 1000 DEF.
"When Naturia Centipede is summoned, I can Special Summon one Level 4 or lower Naturia from my hand. I summon Naturia Blueberry, followed up with the Spell Card, Naturia Photosynchrosis!" The said spell showed a giant sunflower in the ground on a sunny day with its roots sucking up the water and Naturia monsters surrounding the flower. "With this card, I can Special Summon a Naturia Synchro Monster from my Extra Deck by using at least one Naturia Monster each from my field and Graveyard so long as one of the monsters is a Tuner monster."
"You can use a monster from your Graveyard?!" Blue Angel asked in surprise.
"That's right, and I tune my Level 2 Naturia Blueberry with Level 4 Naturia Squirrel from my graveyard!" The two monsters turned into rings with the latter appearing out of the graveyard portal before it turned into four rings. The rings merged together with two numbers appearing before it added into the number "6" as a tower of light streamed through the six rings.
"Synchro Summon! Level 6! Naturia Barkion!" A white dragon appeared as it flew around Coliseum before it landed on Blossom Star's side and then it roared.
"Now, Naturia Mount Troll's effect activates! When a Naturia Monster is Special Summoned from Extra Deck next to its link, I can Special Summon one Naturia monster from my Graveyard with its effect negated in the exchange that Troll cannot attack this turn and I cannot Special Summon a monster except Naturia monster for the rest of the turn. Resurrect, Naturia Beast!"
Her ace monster revived as it roared confidently with Barkion.
'Two Synchro monsters…. Both monsters are stronger than mine, but something tells me that isn't what's she aiming for,' Blue Angel thought to herself.
"I play the Spell Card from my hand! Polymerization!" She showed the classic Fusion Spell from her hand, surprising Blue Angel and everyone else.
"She's going to Fusion Summon!" Takeru called out.
"I fuse my Naturia Beast and Barkion!" Her two monsters turned into two green twisters before it merged into a single darker green twister.
"Two beasts of the earth, combine into one and become the mighty king of the earth's beasts! Fusion Summon! Naturia Gaiastrio!" A giant feline creature with red flower petals for its mane, red flower for tails, and big tree growing on its back appeared with a powerful roar, the loudest it can be.
"Battle! Naturia Gaiastrio! Attack Trickstar Holly Angel! Petal Tornado Roar!" The feline creature gave out a powerful roar that created a tornado of petals. Holly Trickstar got swallowed into the tornado, along with Black Catbat who also got caught into the tornado.
"Kyyyyyaaaahhh!" Blue Angel screamed.
Blue Angel: 0 LP
Blossom Star WINS!
"And we have a winner! Blossom Star is victorious!" Mimi shouted out excitedly.
Blossom Star walked over to Blue Angel and offered her hand.
"Thank you, Blue Angel, for the duel. It was tough, but also fun! Let's do it again sometimes," she said.
"Of course. Thank you, too," Blue Angel said as they shook their hand.
The spectators and people watching from the real world applauded to the two duelists. It seemed like the two sides came to an agreement that no matter who is better, what's most important was the enjoyment of the duel itself.
New Cards Cheat Sheet
Naturia Squirrel-Level 4, EARTH, Beast/Effect, 1200 ATK, 900 : Once per turn, if this is the only summoned monster on the field: Draw two cards.
Flower Resonator-Level 1, EARTH, Fiend/Tuner/Effect, 400 ATK, 300 DEF. Effect: When this card is added to your hand due to a card effect: You can Special Summon this card. When this card is used for a Synchro Summon: You can Special Summon it from your GY, but when it leaves the field, it is banished.
Naturia Forage-Type: Normal Spell, Effect: Add 1 Level 4 or lower Naturia monster from your Deck or Graveyard to your hand.
Naturia Bloom Beast-Link 3, EARTH, Beast/ Link/Effect, 2400 ATK, Link Arrow: Bottom-Right, Bottom, Bottom-Left. Effect: 2+ EARTH monsters, including one Naturia Synchro Monster. If this card is Link Summoned using "Natuira Beast" for one of its Link Materials: You can Special Summon the other Link Materials used for this card's summon or two Naturia monsters from your hand. You can only control 1 "Naturia Bloom Beast" on the field and activate this effect once per turn.
Naturia Blueberry-Level 2, EARTH, Plant/Tuner/Effect, 600 ATK, 500 DEF. Effect: Once per turn: When this card is Normal or Special Summoned, you can add 1 "Naturia Blueberry" from your deck to your hand.
Naturia Chipmunk-Level 3, EARTH, Beast/Effect, 1100 ATK, 600 DEF. Effect: Once per turn: If this card is used for a Synchro Summon or Link Summon of Naturia Monster, you can Special Summon "Naturia Chipmunk" from your Deck, but it cannot attack this turn when summoned this way.
Naturia Sunflower Knight-Level 5, EARTH, Plant/Synchro/Effect, 2000 ATK, 1600 DEF. Effect: 1 EARTH Tuner monster + 1+ non-Tuner Naturia monster. During either player's turn: At the End Phase of the turn, if you had taken any effect damage, you gain Life Points equal to half of that damage. If this card is destroyed by battle and sent to the Graveyard: You gain 200 Life Points each for every Naturia Monsters in your GY except this card itself.
Trickstar Wisteria-Level 4, LIGHT, Fairy/Effect, 1500 ATK, 1100 DEF. Effect: When this monster is Normal Summoned: You can Special Summon a Level 4 or lower Trickstar monster from your hand to the field. When your opponent's card(s) is sent from the hand or field to the Graveyard, inflict 200 points of damage.
Trickstar Hemlock-Level 4, LIGHT, Fairy/Effect, 1300 ATK, 1000 DEF. Effect: If this monster is used for the Special Summon of a Trickstar Monster: Inflict 200 points of damage to your opponent. When this monster is sent to the Graveyard for a Special Summon of Trickstar Monster: You can Special Summon this monster, but it is banished when it leaves the field.
Trickstar Reversal Trick-Type: Quick-Play Spell, Effect: If your opponent activates a card effect that negates effect damage due to the effect of Trickstar card(s): Negate the activation and destroy it.
Forces of Naturia-Type: Normal Trap, Effect: You can reduce any battle or effect damage you would take to 0. You can banish this card from your GY to inflict any battle or effect damage you would take to your opponent instead.
Naturia Resources-Type: Normal Spell. Effect: Draw 1 card for each Level 4 or lower Naturia monster in your Graveyard.
Naturia Mount Troll-Link 1, EARTH, Beast/Link/Effect, 2000 ATK, Link Arrow: Bottom, Effect: 1 Level 4 or lower Naturia monster. If Naturia Monster is Special Summoned next to this card's Link: You can Special Summon one Naturia Monster from your Graveyard with its effect negated. This card cannot attack if you activate this effect and you cannot Special Summon any other monsters except Natuira Monster.
Naturia Centipede-Level 4, EARTH, Insect/Effect, 1200 ATK, 1000 DEF. Effect: When this card is Normal or Special Summoned: You can Special Summon a Level 4 or lower Naturia monster from your hand to the field.
Naturia Photosynchrosis-Type: Quick-Play Spell, Effect: You can Special Summon a Naturia Synchro Monster from your Extra Deck by using at least one Naturia Monster each from your field and graveyard. One of the Naturia Monsters used must be a Tuner Monster
Hello, guys and girls! I am back after a long month and four days break!
Well, technically I was working on this chapter for quite a while, but it's finally here and I am confident to upload it.
I know I usually write a Post-Chapter thing with Mimi and Kitty, MC character duo after every chapter, but I decided to give a break to them again just because I have something to say.
First off, season 3 of the anime had begun! What do you guys think about it? I think that Ai and Roboppi are really the funniest characters we have in the show ever, and things are really heating up. Now, if you are wondering do I have plan for season 3 and going to write about it, yes of course, but that won't happen until I finish the current season 2 for this story. I have something in-plan with someone here at this site, but I won't give out any information until further notice or at least until we get closer to the end of this current season for this story.
With all that said, I will leave it with a preview for the next chapter. Until then, see you later!
Preview for Chapter 64
The idol and the knight join forces to face a powerful enemy and meet an old enemy. However, a new player also joins in on the side of evil!
Blossom Star: Jaune, I don't know much about you and Sir Lady, but I will do whatever I can to help!
Jaune Arc: Thank you, Blossom Star... But just remember this. The enemy we're facing is tough, and I might not able to help you. You must fight in your own battle!
Next time in Yu-Gi-Oh VRAINS Codes of Secrets, Infiltration!
Blossom Star: Into the VRAINS!