//------------------------------// // Duel 1: Reunion // Story: Yu-Gi-Oh! EQG 5: The Malefic Menace // by Bahamut0 //------------------------------// "Looks like Dark Ice is gone for good.", Shadow Thunder said as he was walking the streets of Canterlot. "At least I can go home now." Soon Dragluon materialized. "You must be nervous to see your family again. You've not seen your other brother or your parents in a long time.", Dragluon said with a knowing smile. "Yeah. Oof!", Shadow had accidentally bumped into someone while he was speaking to Dragluon. "Sorry about tha...", Shadow froze when he saw who he had bumped into. The girl had light purple skin and purple hair with a light blue streak. "Uh..sorry I bumped into you!", Shadow said as he noticed the duel monsters cards the girl had dropped. "Here. Let me help you pick your cards up." "Um, thank you.", the girl said with a small smile. "You're a duelist too?", she asked noticing his deck box. "Sure am! Name's Shadow Thunder. What's yours?" "Starlight Glimmer. Nice to meet you." "Cool. See ya around Starlight!", Shadow said with a slight blush as he left. "Someone's caught your interest!", Dragluon said with a sly smile. Soon they arrived at Ace's home. "Good luck with this Shadow." "Thanks Dragluon.", Shadow said as he knocked on the door. Ace's mom was almost speechless when she saw Shadow! "Hi mom." "Shadow...", Ace's mom said with tearful eyes as she hugged her hidden son. Ace had just gotten up to see what was going on. "Mom? Who's at the door?" "Ace...meet your lost brother. Shadow Thunder." "Hey bro!", Shadow greeted Ace. Ace was shocked! "But...how?! Where have you been all this time?!" Ace's mom put a hand on his shoulder. "Your father and I hid him away to protect him from Dark Ice. You on your own were a threat, but should you and Shadow join forces you would destroy him. And since you defeated Dark Ice, there's no reason for Shadow to hide anymore!" "If you were able to beat Ice, you must have gotten pretty strong!" "Thanks...bro. So you wanna see something cool?", Ace said as he activated his dragon powers! "Like it? I got from the bond I shared with the Eye of Timaeus!" "Whoa! You've got dragon powers now? Sweet! You've got a dragon you've bonded to also! Let me show you mine!", Shadow said as he summoned Dragluon. "Ah! So you are Ace. Pleased to meet you! I am Number 46: Dragluon. And I see you share a bond with a dragon as well.", Dragluon said. "So Ace. Care to see how your dragon stacks up to mine? I can't think of a better way to celebrate coming home!" Ace cracked a smile. "Bring it on Shadow! Let's duel!" Arctic Ace: 8000 Shadow Thunder: 8000 "Since you've been gone for so long, I'll let you have the first move.", Ace said. "Thanks!", Shadow said. "I summon Assault Wyvern in attack mode! Then I'll set a card face-down and end my turn!" "Alright then! I draw! I summon Gagaga Girl in defense mode and set a card face-down too! Your move!" "I draw! I play Mystical Space Typhoon to destroy your face-down card! Now Assault Wyvern attacks Gagaga Girl!" With one quick slash of its' head-blade, Assault Wyvern shredded Gagaga Girl! "And now that he's destroyed your monster by battle I can tribute him to special summon a dragon from my hand or graveyard! I special summon Armed Protector Dragon! And since I control a level eight monster I can special summon Parsec the Interstellar Dragon! Now I overlay my two dragons to xyz summon Number 46: Dragluon! Come on out buddy!" In a flash of light, Dragluon descended! "That's all for my turn! Your move Ace!" "I draw! Perfect! I play Double Summon! I normal summon Gagaga Magician and tribute him to summon Dark Magician Girl! Now I play the Eye of Timaeus! I fuse it with DMG to fusion summon Dark Magician Girl the Dragon Knight!", Ace said as he activated his dragonic powers! "Now I activate her effect! I can discard one card and destroy one face-up card on the field!" "I don't think so! I detach one overlay unit to activate one of Dragluon's effects! I choose to use the effect that lets me take control of one dragon-type monster you control! Sorry bro! But I ain't holding anything back!", Shadow said as DMG the Dragon Knight went over to his side of the field. "Wouldn't want it any other way! I end my turn.", Ace said with a grin. "My turn then! I'll have both dragons attack you directly!" "Sorry Ace!", DMG said as she struck Ace! "No hard feelings!", Ace said with a wince. Arctic Ace: 2400 Shadow Thunder: 8000 " Well now that things are back in my hands, I draw! Nice! I play Owner's Seal! This returns all face-up monsters to their original owners! Welcome back DMG! Then I'll place a card face-down and activate Mystical Space Typhoon to destroy your face-down card! Then I'll end my turn. Your move Shadow!" "If that's the case, I'll attack DMG the Dragon Knight!" "Not so fast! I activate my trap! Magic Cylinder! This halts your monster's attack and inflicts your monster's attack points as damage!" "I end my turn then." Arctic Ace: 2400 Shadow Thunder: 5000 "My move! I set play Dian Keto the Cure Master to gain 1000 life points and end my turn." "I activate Dragluon's effect! By detaching his last overlay unit I can make it so that DMG the Dragon Knight can't activate her effect until the end of your turn!" "Just as I planned! I activate my trap! Divine Wrath! I discard one card to negate Dragluon's effect and destroy him! Now! Attack him directly! Dragon Knight Blaze!" "Nnnggghhh!", Shadow winced as he took damage! Arctic Ace: 3400 Shadow Thunder: 2400 "Not bad Ace! I play a monster in defense mode and end my turn. I got a good feeling about what's coming next. Come at me bro!" "You're not a sore loser like Ice that's for sure! I draw! Now I play Shield Crush! This destroys a defense mode monster you control! End this DMG! Dragon Knight Slash!" DMG charged forth and ended the duel with one slash of her blade! Arctic Ace: 3400, win Shadow Thunder: lose "That was quite the comeback Ace!", Shadow said. "I almost had you a few turns back!" "Yeah! I thought I wouldn't make it for a second! Anyway, I can't wait for you to meet my friends! Especially Burst and Inferno! If you think I'm strong, wait until you get a load of them! But that'll have to wait until tomorrow." "Sure thing bro. But for now, its just good to be back home!"