//------------------------------// // Duel 15: Burst's Trial // Story: Yu-Gi-Oh! Friendship is Dueling 7: The Malefic Menace // by Bahamut0 //------------------------------// When Burst went through the door, he found himself in an old-school castle. "Paradox certainly has varied tastes..." Burst looked around and saw Celestia waiting for him. "Celestia?! What're you doing here?" "How could you choose that girl over me?", Celestia asked coldly. "What're you talking about?! I choose Moon because I loved her. But that doesn't mean I don't miss you." "And what about me? Didn't you love me once too?" "I did! But..." "Enough. I'm through with your words. Time to do what I should have done when you first asked me out." Celestia activated a duel disk that was composed of the same material that was on the corrupted dragons. "Slay your dragon deck." "If that's how its going to be...." Burst activated his own duel disk. 'Something's off. This isn't like the Celestia I know...' Burst: 8000 Celestia(?): 8000 "My turn.", Celestia said. "I summon Buster Whelp of the Destruction Swordsman! Now I can add one 'Destruction Sword' card from my deck to my hand! Now I play Cards on Consonance to discard a dragon-type tuner monster to draw two new cards! I play Destruction Swordsman Fusion! I fusion summon the ultimate dragon slayer! Buster Blader, the Dragon Destroyer Swordsman! Then I'll end my turn with and end my turn." "I draw! I summon White Stone of Ancients and target him with Sage with Eyes of Blue! Then I'll send both to the graveyard to special summon Dragon Spirit of White from my deck! Now that he's been summoned, I can banish one spell or trap card you control!" Celestia's face-down vanished in a flash of light! "Now I'll tribute Dragon Spirit to special summon Blue-Eyes White Dragon!" Blue-Eyes materialized in a flash of light as Dragon Spirit vanished! But when he hit the field, he was switched into defense mode! "What?!" "Buster's effect switches all dragons into defense mode." "I guess I end my turn. Now I can special summon a 'Blue-Eyes' monster from my deck thanks to White Stone's effect! I'll special summon a Blue-Eyes monster from my deck! I'll bring out another Blue-Eyes White Dragon!" 'It's like this monster was made in specific to be poison to dragon decks! And the more dragons I get on the field or in my grave, the stronger he gets! And he forces my dragons into defense mode! How could this monster get any more troublesome?' "I draw!" Celestia had a cold smile on her face as she looked at her cards. "I'll attack your Blue-Eyes! I forgot to mention. Dragon Destroyer gains 1000 attack points for every dragon on your field and in your graveyard! And he inflicts piercing damage! They say we only hurt the ones we love, so let me show you how much you mean to me!" Burst cringed as Buster Blader, the Dragon Destroyer cut Blue-Eyes to ribbons, and he fell to one knee! "I end my turn. A pity he can't attack you directly." Burst: 3700 Celestia(?): 8000 "I....I draw!" Burst took a careful look at his cards. "I'll banish White Stone from my graveyard to add a 'Blue-Eyes' monster from my graveyard to my hand! Then I'll set a card and end my turn." 'Looks like I should worry about her hurting me as opposed to me hurting her!' "Impressive. You'v cut-down some of Buster's strength. But not enough! Slay his Blue-Eyes!" "I don't think so! I activate my trap! Mirror Force! This destroys all attack mode monsters you control!" A barrier went up around Blue-Eyes, and reflected Buster Blader's attack right back at him! Destroying the fearsome dragon slayer! 'At least I can still take down her boss monster with spells and traps! But it feels weird dueling her. Especially after our break-up. I guess her trashing most of my life points is payback. Wait...no! There's no way Celestia would ever be vengeful like this!' "I end my turn with two face-downs.", Celestia said with a frown as she approached Burst. "Why not abandon all that optimism? If you surrender now, I'll spare you. And then WE can be together here forever." Celestia stroked Burst's cheek with her hand. As she spoke, Burst's mind was fuzzy. 'Maybe she's right.....', Burst thought. 'She's got me in a corner....I'm down to less than half my life points....and chances are she's got plenty of ways to revive her dragon slayer....' 'Are you really going to give up that easily?', a voice asked. 'What...?' Burst in his mind was blinded when the number 107 glowed brightly in front of him. 'It's true. things are dire now. But if you give up now, how will you ever be able to look at your cards with respect again? Would you be able to face the woman you love with dignity?! Stand up Burst! Show her the true spirit of a dragon!' Back in the real world, Burst swatted away Celestia's hand, and rose to his feet! "There's no way I'm giving up! Not when...." Burst's mind flashed back to Nightmare. "NOT WHEN I'VE GOT SOMEONE WAITING FOR ME!" Burst's power surged! Knocking Celestia's hand back! "Maybe you didn't notice, but it's my turn now! I draw! I play Return of the Dragon Lords! I revive Dragon Spirit of White! Since he was summoned, I can banish one spell or trap card you control!" Celestia's face-down vanished in a flash of light! "Now I overlay him and Blue-Eyes White Dragon!" A swirling galaxy appeared on the floor of the field! Blue-Eyes and Dragon Spirit turned into twin yellow lights, and entered the galaxy! An explosion of light came from the galaxy, and dragon that looked mechanical rose from the galaxy! "Rise! Number 107: Galaxy-Eyes Tachyon Dragon!" Tachyon let out a mighty roar! "Attack her directly! But first, I'll detach an overlay unit to activate his effect!" "I activate my trap! Mirror Force!" "I banish Return of the Dragon Lords to protect Tachyon! Now his other effect activates! He gains 1000 attack! Tachyon Stream of Oblivion!" Tachyon fired a stream of tachyon energy that broke through Mirror Force! Striking Celestia dead-on! "But its not over yet! Tachyon gets to attack again!" Tachyon unleashed a final blast of energy! Wiping out the last of Celestia's life points! But when her life points dropped to zero, Celestia laughed. "I guess using a face you knew didn't pay off after all.", the false Celestia said with a wicked smile. In a flash of crackling green energy, the false Celestia transformed! She was wearing Malefic armor! "I am the Malefic Knight! You are a threat to master, so I can't allow you to pass!" The figure then summoned bolt after bolt of crackling energy! Burst dodged by rolling out of the way, and dashing at just the right moment! Seeing where this was going, Burst drew his blasters and fired a barrage of shots at the Malefic Knight! "It seems you're far from defenseless." Malefic Knight summoned a sword! "Let's see if you can handle me now!" Malefic Knight charged at Burst, but Burst holstered his blasters and countered with his own sword! "So it seems you've came prepared." "More than you know! Here's where playing Devil May Cry 3 pays off!" Burst spun his sword as he pushed forward! Knocking Malefic Knight's sword away! Burst then executed a series of powerful slashes while she was disarmed! Then he fired off a powerful charge shot from one of his blasters! As she fell to the floor, Burst caught her. "Heh. Still got feelings for the woman who has this face?" Malefic Knight began to charge a blast of energy while Burst held her. But Burst fired a blast through her core! "No. I just wanted to blast you up-close for trying to use my ex's face against me.", Burst answered. Malefic Knight then disintegrated, and a warp appeared. "I won't lie, I do think about the time I had with her. But I've moved on. And I know there's no way she'd ever be as selfish as how you made her to be." Burst walked over to the warp and found himself back in the main hall. One of the chains on the large door had broken. "Seven more to go."