//------------------------------// // Turn 22, Battle in the Dragon Sanctuary pt2 // Story: Yugioh EQG // by Banshee531 //------------------------------// The final round of the Shooting Star Micro Tournament has pitted Flash against Spike. Flash had Pendulum Summoned Magna Fighter Gladio, Shine Crest Magna Wolf and Brass Wing Magna Hawk and taken the lead, but Spike had surprised everyone by Synchro Summoning Dragonic Blazemaster. "Hope your ready?" Spike said from atop his dragons shoulder, "because my Dragonic Blazemaster is going to burn your field to nothing." "That dragon is incredible" Applejack said as she turned to Twilight, "what kind of power does it have." "No clue" Twilight answered, "I've never seen that card in Spike's deck before." "So he's only just got it?" Rainbow asked. "Or he's had it for a while and just wasn't confident enough to use it" Twilight guessed. She looked down at the battle field where the two Duellist were facing off, "Spike...Flash." Luna: This is Spike's ultimate strength. In his previous Duels once that card was unleashed Spike's opponents stood no chance. Celestia: Let's see how Flash does against it. "Now I attack Magna Fighter Gladio" Spike said as his dragon raised his flaming sword. This confused some of the crowd. "Why is he targeting Gladio?" Applebloom asked, "while attacking one of Flash's other monsters would cause more damage." Dragonic Blazemaster swung its sword down and as Gladio held his own up in defence only to have the dragon cut through it. Flames from the sword flew from the attack and engulfed Flash, who groaned as he was burned. Flash: 3000 Spike: 2600 "Now I activate Dragonic Blazemaster's ability" Spike said. "When he's successful in destroying a monster, he's allowed to attack again." "WHAT" Flash and the girls screamed. "Witness the power of Dragonic Blazemaster's ultimate power, Eternal Flame." Dragonic Blazemaster's sword reignited as it swung it towards Magna Hawk, slashing through it and causing Flash to be bathed in the holographic fire. Luna: This was how Dragonic Blazemaster decimated the previous rounds. Flash: 2200 Spike: 2600 "Sure the damage you take is only half its usual amount" Spike explained, "but it's still a lot once it builds up. Especially since I'm attacking Magna Wolf" the sword reignited, as he aimed it at the armoured wolf. Flash knew he had to stop it and ran along the cliff in search of an Action Card. As Blazemaster drew closer Flash leaped off the cliff, dropping onto a lower one where an Action Card awaited. He grabbed it, "I activate the Action Spell Evasion. This card lets my wolf dodge your attack," Magna Wolf leaped up and narrowly dodged the sword. "That was close" Applejack said. "But can't Blazemaster just attack again?" Sweetie Belle asked. "Remember" Rarity told her sister, "the Eternal Flame ability only activates when Blazemaster destroys a monster." "Since Flash managed to save his Wolf" Twilight continued, "Spike's monster can't attack again." "I end my turn with a face down" Spike said. "I gotta say Spike" Flash said, "you Synchro Summoning such an awesome monster sure was unexpected." "Like I said Flash" Spike said, "I intend to beat you and show how strong I really am. So don't go wimping out on me, I want to beat your very best." "And I'll bring it" Flash replied as he drew, "but you won't be beating me." He looked down at his hand and saw he had drawn Flash Heart, but against Dragonic Blazemaster he wouldn't stand much of a chance. Lucidum's Pendulum Ability could even their scores, meaning they could both destroy each other, but Spike's face down might counter act it. If only he could Fusion Summon Spectral Nova Dragon, then he would stand a chance, but without Lunara and Alchemy Dracokid he couldn't. "Looks like I'm playing defence for now" he said, "I use my Pendulum Scale to cut through space time and carve the arc once again. The portal reformed, "I PENDULUM SUMMON!" The portal opened and a beam of light shot out. "On guard, Magna Fighter Gladio." (A2100/D2200/L6/P4) "I switch Shine Crest Magna Wolf to DEF mode and end my turn." "Not much else he can do against such overwhelming power" Rarity said. "So he's gotta keep himself safe until he finds a way around it" Scootaloo continued. "Except Flash can't win that way" Twilight said, "unless he can up his offensive power he won't last long." "What he needs is to pull off that Pendulum Fusion he used last time," Rainbow said. "But for all we know he doesn't have any of the three cards needed to pull it off," Rarity said. "Then Flash needs to get them" Applejack said, "an fast." "It's my draw" Spike said, "and I'll attack with Dragonic Blazemaster." The humanoid dragon once again raised his flaming sword and sliced down against Magna Wolf, destroying him, before he turned to Gladio. "Now I invoke the Eternal Flame," Blazemaster reignited his sword and slashed through the steam punk swordsmen. Flash grunted as he watched his monster be reverted to bits. "I end my turn with a face down" Spike said. "It's my turn" Flash drew and saw it was Magna Caster Lunara, but without Alchemy Dracokid or having Flash Heart Dragon on the field she was no match against Dragonic Blazemaster. "I need to do something" Flash looked around and noticed something glittering in a nearby stream, causing him to run towards it and dive in. "What's he doing?" Rainbow asked. They waited and watched, until Flash suddenly came flying out of a waterfall the stream lead to and landed in one of the mid sized pools. Flash broke through the surface held up an Action Card, which he placed in the Duel Disk. "I activate the Action Spell Mystical Mirror Pool, which lets me activate the effect of a Spell card in your graveyard. I activate the effect of your Monster Reborn Spell card, to revive Brass Wing Magna Hawk." His robotic bird reappeared on the field, letting Flash grab its foot pulling him out of the water. "Why'd he play Magna Hawk in ATK mode?" Scootaloo asked. "He must have something planned" Twilight said, "I hope." "Now watch" Flash said, still flying, "as my Pendulum cards will once again carve the arc of victory." The portal formed once again, "I PENDULUM SUMMON!" The portal opened and two beams of light shot out and crashed to the ground. "On guard, Magna Fighter Gladio." (A2100/D2200/L6/P4) "Invoke your moonlight magic, Magna Caster Lunara." (A2400/D1200/L6/P1) "What's Flash planning?" Spike asked. "Next I sacrifice Gladio and Magna Hawk" Flash said, as his two monsters disappeared causing Flash to free fall, "to summon Flash Heart Dragon." His dragon appeared below him, as he landed on his back. "There he is" Spike said, now the real Duel was about to begin. "And now I invoke Glow Craft Magna Fox's Pendulum Ability" Magna Fox's tails glowed and fired the nine balls of light, which spun around Lucidum forming a ring of light. Lucidum returned to being a card which flew into Flash's hand. "By returning a Magna Pendulum Monster to my deck, I can add another on to my hand with a Pendulum Scale of five or less." His deck shuffled before a new card was slotted out. "And now" Flash held the card up, "I reset the Pendulum Scale with Scale three Alchemy Dracokid." The pillar of light to his left reappeared as the small dragon flew up. "So what?" Spike said, "even you set the Pendulum Scale again you can't Pendulum Summon again this turn." "Your right Spike" Flash said, "I can't Pendulum Summon...but I can use Alchemy Dracokid's Pendulum Ability." "Oh boy" Spike said, knowing this was going to be big. Flash jumped off Flash Heart's back as he spoke. "Alchemy Dracokid unleash your power, and allow me to Fusion Summon without Polymerisation." The little dragon uncorked her beaker and released the smoke, which enveloped Flash's other two monsters and pulled them inside the science instrument. "Now watch as I fuse the unequalled might of a Dragon, with the mystic properties of a Spellcaster." Dracokid uncorked the bottle again and unleashed the smoke, "I FUSION SUMMON!" The smoke faded revealing Flash's Fusion Monster which Flash landed on, "Spectral Nova Dragon." (A3000/D2000/L8) "Wow" Spike said in amazement, "when did Flash get that upgrade?" Celestia: And there it is, the monster that won Flash his place here in the finals. Luna: Can it overcome Dragonic Blazemaster? Let's find out. "I attack Dragonic Blazemaster with Spectral Nova Dragon" Flash ordered, as his monster raised its cannons and aimed at the humanoid dragon. "But if you attack" Spike said "they'll both be destroyed." "That all depends" Flash said coyly. "When I attack with Spectral Nova Dragon, I can draw one card from my deck and what happens next depends on the card. If I draw a Spell then I can destroy one card in your Spell and Trap card zone, but if I draw a Trap then my Battle Phase ends. But If I draw a monster then I can lower your monster ATK and DEF by that of the card I draw." "Your putting everything on this one draw?" Spike asked. "Here we go" Flash said, placing his hand on his deck. "I...DRAW" like in his last Duel he held the card up so the monitor showed the card. Celestia: Starbreak Dragon, fifteen hundred ATK points Luna: That'll cut Dragonic Blazemaster's ATK in half "Not good" Spike said as his monster weakened. (A1500/D800/L8) Flash's monster's cannons began to charge, "Mystery Flare Cannon...FIRE." The blast fired at the dragon, forcing Spike to leap off as he pressed something on his Duel Disk. Flash smiled as the smoke from the attack began to fade, until he saw something that made him gasp. Dragonic Blazemaster stood tall, seemingly unaffected by the attack. (A3000/D2000/L8) "But how?" Flash asked. "Before your attack hit I activated my two face downs" Spike explained. "first Synchro Out, which de-tuned my Dragonic Blazemaster into Iron Tail Dragon and Fireheart Dracokid, meaning your attack had no target. I then used Urgent Tuning to Synchro Summon my Blazemaster back to the field." "I can't believe he pulled something like that off" Rarity said. "Spike's skills really have grown" Twilight said in amazement of her little brother. "Nice work Spike" Flash said "I end my turn." "It's my draw" Spike said jumping back on his dragon's shoulder, as they flew up followed by Flash and his dragon. Spike leaned off the edge towards a cliff face and swiped up an Action Card, "just what I needed" he said. "I activate the Action Spell Small Reinforcements, which causes me to discard a level four or lower monster and I can increase the ATK of monster with the same Attribute by five hundred. I'll ditch another Ember Dragon to raise my Fire type Blazemaster by five hundred." (A3500/D2000/L8) "Not good" Flash realised. "Attack" Spike ordered as Blazemaster ignited his sword and slashed through Spectral Nova Dragon, causing Flash to fall. Flash: 1700 Spike: 2600 Flash caught the edge of a cliff and pulled himself up onto the ledge as he caught his breath. "And to end my turn I activate the Spell Interdimensional Vortex" Spike said, "this is a card I put in my deck especially for you Flash." "What's it do?" Flash asked. "First I have to declare a Monster card and if it's in your Extra Deck then the effects activate" Spike explained, "I declare Flash Heart Dragon." "Well he's in there" Flash said, "now what?" "Now you take him out of your Extra Deck" Spike explained, Flash doing so, "and banish him." "WHAT?" the girl asked. "He's removing Flash Heart Dragon from play?" Sweetie Bell asked. "I know if you find a way to reset your Pendulum Scale, your dragon's ability will send Blazemaster to my deck" Spike said. "Now that plan is nullified." Sunset smiled seeing this. "I underestimated this kid, he's playing this like a pro." "He's specifically designed his deck around defeating Pendulum Monsters" Cold said, "Sentry might not be able to do this." "He's pulled off miracles before" Sunset said. As Flash placed his ace in his pocket he looked over his situation. Spike had a monster that could attack every monster on his field, while Flash's best card was removed from play. "Spike" Flash said, "you sure are one worthy opponent." "Thanks Flash" Spike said, "that Fusion Summon was a surprise but I catch on quick." "I can safely say I have no clue how I can get out of this," Flash said. He drew and saw it was a Spell he'd never used before, called Last Ditch Effort. Reading its effects he couldn't see how it would help in this situation. But then. Flash felt something coming from his deck. Looking down at his Duel Disk he saw a glow coming from his Extra Deck, which he opened and pulled out the cause of the glow which was the last blank Fusion card. "What the?" was all he could say before being consumed by the light. When the light faded Flash opened his eyes and found himself back in the ruins from before. "This place again" Flash said looking around, but realised this wasn't the same as last time. Flash was looking down from the sky at it. Flash looked around and noticed Flash Heart Dragon and Magna Fighter Gladio. "Guys" he said, "what's going on?" But his monsters didn't respond. It was then that Flash noticed they weren't alone, as something was gathering around them. Whatever it was was cloaked in shadows as they surrounded the two, who were punching and slashing their way through it. Suddenly the shadows caught Gladio from behind, causing him to drop his sword as he was consumed by them. "NO" Flash hollered. Flash Heart was also beginning to be overcome and quickly got swallowed by the shadows. Seconds passed and Flash grew more and more worried, until suddenly the shadows were ripped to shreds from the inside revealing Flash Heart with Gladio's sword. Flash Heart slashed away and even freed Gladio. Flash Heart held out the sword, but when Gladio touched it the sword released a brilliant light. Flash was forced to shut his eyes, getting a glimpse of a new creature appearing. Flash opened his eyes and found himself back in the Dragon Sanctuary, the Fusion card still in his hand...except. The glow from the card had died down revealing a newly formed Fusion Monster, making Flash realise what he need to do. "I get it" Flash said looking up at Spike. "I PENDULUM SUMMON!" the portal formed and opened, shooting a beam of light out. "On guard, Magna Fighter Gladio." (A2100/D2200/L6/P4) "What's Flash planning?" Spike asked. "And now I use the Spell Last Ditch Effort, which allows me to revive Spectral Nova Dragon" his Fusion Monster returned to the field. "The only down side is his abilities are negated during the Battle Phase, and at the end of my turn he's has to return to the graveyard." "But without his abilities" Scootaloo said, "he doesn't stand a chance." "What's the point of this Flash?" Spike asked, "hoping to destroy both monsters and attack with Gladio." "Nope" Flash said, "I'm using Spectral Nova Dragon's other ability. While he's on the field he can substitute himself in place of Flash Heart Dragon." As he said that light from the dragon poured out and took the shape of a corporal Flash Heart Dragon, which broke apart and surround the Fusion Monster. "Now watch as with Alchemy Dracokid's Pendulum Ability I can Fusion Summon a new monster." "Another Fusion Summon?" Twilight wondered where he had gotten these cards from. The little dragon uncorked her beaker and once again released the smoke. The two monsters were consumed and sucked inside the glass bottle, "now I fuse the unequalled might of a Dragon with the unshakeable courage of a Warrior." The smoke shot out of the beaker, "I FUSION SUMMON!" The smoke cloud began to fade, revealing Flash's new monster. This one was humanoid in appearance, wearing bronze armour with silver trim and wings similar to Spectral Nova Dragon's. In its claws it carried a pair of silver long swords with bronze cross guards. "SPECTRAL SABRE DRAGON!" (A3000/D2000/L8) "Wow" Scootaloo said seeing her brothers new monster. "Never thought I'd see two sword wielding dragons duke it out," Rainbow said "But their ATKs are the same" Rarity said, "how does Flash expect to win with it?" Flash leaped off the ledge and onto his monsters back, as he and Spike stared each other down. Both thought the same thing. "I NEED AN ACTION CARD." They looked around for one and finally found one, or more like two. On the highest cliff a pair of Action Cards were hanging from the rock face. Both dragons spread their wings and shot up towards them, hoping to grab the better one. Flash and Spike leaped off their backs and onto the swords, as the dragons sliced them through the air catapulting the Duellists towards the cliff. "I ATTACK" Flash called as he reached for the card, and Spectral Sabre Dragon swung at Dragonic Blazemaster. "I can't watch" Fluttershy said, covering her eyes as the girls watched. Flash and Spike reached the ledge and both grabbed an Action Card, which they slotted into their Duel Disks as they landed on their dragons who drew closer to each other. "I got another copy of Small Reinforcements" Spike said, "so I'll ditch Lava Fang Dragon." (A3500/D2000/L8) The dragons clashed swords for a few seconds, until Dragonic Blazemaster's cracked and shattered. "What the?" Spike asked looking down at his Duel Disk, only to see. (A2500/D2000/L8) "Why's Blazemaster a thousand points weaker then he should be?" "Because my Action Spell countered yours" Flash said. "Hidden Ambush, it put your Action Spell's effects into reverse meaning instead of increasing your monster's ATK." "It lowered it" Spike caught on. Spectral Sabre Dragon flew above his target and raised his swords high. "Let's do this" Flash said as they descended, "Twin Sword Cleave." Swinging the swords in an X formation the Fusion Monster slashed the Synchro Monster, destroying it and sending Spike falling into the giant lake bellow. Flash: 1700 Spike: 2100 Celestia: Spike's number one monster has fallen. Luna: I'm having a hard time believing this. "Now Spectral Sabre Dragon's ability will activate" Flash continued. "When he destroys a monster, he can then deal you damage equal to the ATK of the Warrior-Type monster I used to Fusion Summon him." "Flash used Gladio to summon him" Twilight said. "Meaning twenty one hundred points of damage" Rarity counted. "Leaving Spike with" Rainbow realised. Celestic Sisters: ZERO. Spectral Sabre Dragon slashed at the air, creating a shock wave which struck the water washing Spike away and then out of the lake. Flash: 1700 (Winner) Spike: 0 Celestia: He did it. Flash Sentry has defeated Spike and claimed victory. Luna: He as earned his way into the Celestic Cup. As the field dissolved Flash stood completely still, unable to believe what had just happened. "I did it...I won." "You sure did" he looked over at Spike, who had just recovered from the attacks, "you won despite everything I'd thrown at you." He held out his hand. "Thanks Spike" Flash said taking it, "but you didn't make it easy. You definitely earned your place in the finals." "Thanks Flash" Spike said. "Like you said before, if I could lose to anyone I'm glad it's you." Up in the stands the girls were all practically crying. "I'm so happy" Pinkie said. "After everything he's been through" Applejack said, "I don't think any other outcome would feel right." "I'm just proud of them both" Twilight said, "they gave it everything they had and have nothing to regret." Later on Flash stood on the main stage where the Celestic Sister greeted him. "Congratulations Flash" Celestia said as she handed him a trophy with a shooting star on top. "Your entry into the Celestic Cup has been confirmed" Luna said, "we look forward to seeing you compete." "Thank you" Flash said as he turned to the audience and waved as they cheered for their champion. Later that night Cold and Sunset were going over every match Flash had competed in, estimating his skill. "So what do your think?" Sunset asked. "His power is growing" Cold replied, "but it's nowhere near the level it should be. Even with everything he's been through he requires more pressure." "What else can you do?" Sunset asked, "you keep pushing him and he might be to overwhelmed." "That's a risk we must take" Cold said. "He was able to Fusion Summon, but he still as a long way to go before he can unleash the others. Without them he won't stand a chance."