//------------------------------// // Duel 21: One Shall Rise // Story: Yu-Gi-Oh! Friendship is Dueling 3: Battle City Canterlot // by Bahamut0 //------------------------------// "Looks like the next duel's about to be announced", Burst noted as he and the others looked to who would be the next match. Burst then walked over to Sunset. "Hey, Sunset?" "Yeah?" "Earlier in the tournament I ran into a duelist who said he was your big brother. Called himself Firebolt. Anyway, I didn't see him after that. But he wanted me to tell you he said hi." "He sure took his time getting here. Couldn't he have just told me himself?" "Maybe. But I beat him and took all his locator cards. And the craziest thing is he was so dead-serious when he dueled me. Then he dropped it at the end!" Sunset sighed. "That's so like him. Always testing others." "That, and he left me with a warning. Beware The Wicked God Cards. I still got no idea what he meant by that though." "Maybe I can shed some light on the subject." Burst and Sunset turned to face Gold. "You see, The Wicked Gods were evil beasts who tried to take over the monster world. And they nearly succeeded. That is, until the God Cards put a stop to them and sealed them away. But if what Firebolt said is true, someone must have used great dark power to revive them and make them into cards. And if they are on the loose, then this tournament is a feeding ground." Sunset was puzzled. "What do you mean Gold?" "The Wicked Gods feed off of the energy of duel monsters. And considering Kaiba threw this city-wide tournament, all of Canterlot is a feeding ground. Also, the stronger the duelist, the greater a source of energy they are for the Wicked God Cards. And since we're in the finals, that makes all of us prime targets to whoever wields the Wicked Gods." "Then we'd better keep our guard up.", Burst said as he looked at Tirek. "Because I've got a bad feeling about who has the Wicked God Cards." "The next duel has been confirmed!", Mokuba announced. "Arctic Ace and Goldenrise, report to the dueling ring!" "Looks like I'm up.", Gold said. Sunset kissed Gold on the cheek. "Good luck out there." Meanwhile, Sonata did the same for Ace. Both duelists headed for the dueling ring. Ace: 8000 Gold: 8000 "I got the first move!" Gold looked at his hand carefully. "I summon a monster in defense mode and set a card. I end my turn." "I draw! Nice! I'll set two cards and summon Chocolate Magician Girl! I end my turn." "My move!" Gold drew his next card. "I'll switch Keeper of the Shrine to attack mode! Then I'll tribute him to bring out Crimson Dragon! Now that he's on the field, I can target and destroy one monster you control! I'll choose Chocolate Magician Girl!" Chocolate Magician Girl was taken down by a bolt of plasma! "Now Crimson Gains her attack points! Crimson Plasma Blast!" A crimson blast of plasma was sent hurtling at Ace! "I activate my trap! Quaking Mirror Force! This switches all of your attack mode monsters into face-down defense mode, and their positions can't be changed!" Crimson Dragon's attack was aborted, and he switched into defense mode. "Pretty good move. I end my turn with a face-down." "I draw! I play Pot of Duality! This lets me look at the top three cards of my deck! I can keep one, and then shuffle the rest back into my deck! Now I summon Lemon Magician Girl in attack mode and end my turn." "Looks like you've de-fanged my dragon. But he's not my only beast I can call on! I draw! I play Monster Recovery! Since I've got a monster on my field, I can shuffle it and my entire hand back into my deck! Then I can draw the same amount of cards that were shuffled!" Gold shuffled the cards into his deck, and drew four new cards! "Let's see how I can turn the tables! I summon Banisher of the Radiance! Any cards sent to the graveyard are now banished instead! Now I'll play Trade-In to discard Archlord Kristya and draw two new cards! I'll set a card and end my turn." "I draw! I set a card and end my turn." "Time to make my move! I activate my trap! Miraculous Descent! I can select one of my banished fairy-type monsters and special summon them back to the field! Welcome back Archlord Kristya!" "I activate my own trap! Dark Renewal! Since you summoned a monster, I can target that monster and a spellcaster on my field and send them both to the graveyard! I know both will still be banished, but at least now I can special summon with Kristya gone! I'll special summon Dark Magician of Chaos from my deck! Now I'll attack Banisher of the Radiance! Chaos Dark Magic Attack!" A blast of magic struck down Gold's monster! "I end my turn with a face-down." Ace: 8000 Gold: 6800 "Good move Ace!" Gold drew his next card. "But not good enough! I tribute Crimson Dragon to bring out Prime Material Dragon! Then I'll play Return of the Dragon Lords to revive Crimson Dragon! Next I'll target and destroy him so Crimson can gain his attack points!" DM of Chaos was destroyed by a plasma bolt! "Now I'll attack you directly!" "I knew you would! I activate my trap! Magic Cylinder! This inflicts you attacking monster's attack points as damage!" Two cylinders popped onto the field! One absorbed Crimson's blast, and the other shot it right back at Gold! "Sorry, but Prime Material Dragon's effect makes it so that when either of us takes damage from a card effect, we gain life points instead!" The plasma made contact with Gold, but boosted his life points! "Nothing like a bath in plasma. Right Gold?", Crimson asked. "Quite refreshing Crimson. I end my turn with a face-down." Ace: 8000 Gold: 12600 "I draw! I play Dark Magic Veil to revive Dark Magician of Chaos from my graveyard! Now I send Effect Veiler to the graveyard to negate Crimson's effect! Then I'll end my turn! Now Dark Magician of Chaos's effect activates! I can target one spell card in my graveyard and add it to my hand!" Ace: 7000 Gold: 12600 Gold drew his next card. "I attack your monster with Crimson Dragon!" Crimson fired a blast of plasma from his mouth! Destroying Dark Magician of Chaos! "Then I'll attack with Prime Material Dragon!" Ace winced as his life points took another hit! "I end my turn." Ace: 1400 Gold: 12600 "Kinda one-sided with the life points isn't it?", Ace asked with an exhausted smile. "And to think the whole duel's been back and forth so far. But it's not over until I draw my last card." Ace's eyes lit up when he drew his next card. "I play Raigeki to destroy all monsters on your field!" A massive thunderbolt wiped out Gold's field! "Now! I play Dark Magic Veil! I pay 1000 life points to special summon a dark spellcaster from my hand! I'll bring out Dark Magician Girl! Now I'll attack you directly! Dark Burning Attack! Now I activate my trap! Magician's Circle! When a spellcaster I control attacks, both of us can special summon another spellcaster with 2000 or less attack from our decks! I end my turn by bringing out Berry Magician Girl!" "And I'll bring out Mystical Elf in defense mode!" Ace: 400 Gold: 10600 Gold drew his next card. "I'll set a card and end my turn." "I draw! I play The Eye of Timaeus! I'll use it to target Dark Magician Girl! I fusion summon DMG the Dragon Knight! Next I'll summon Chocolate Magician Girl! Next I'll attack Mystical Elf with DMG the Dragon Knight!" "I activate my trap! Gift Card! This gives you 3000 extra life points!" Gold's monster was destroyed! "Huh. Thanks for the life-point boost. Now I'll attack you directly with Chocolate Magician Girl!" Gold winced as he took damage! "I end my turn." Ace: 3400 Gold: 9000 "Wouldn't be fun if the duel ended too early right? Besides, we've gotta give our girls a good show.", Gold said with a smile. "I draw! I guess I'll end my turn with a face-down." "My move!" Ace drew his next card. "I'll attack you directly with DMG the Dragon Knight and Chocolate Magician Girl!" As Gold took the full force of the attack, he activated his face-down! "I activate my trap! Damage Gate! This lets me special summon a monster from my graveyard with attack less than or equal to the damage I took! Welcome back Crimson Dragon!" "Good move. I end my turn with a face-down." Ace: 3400 Gold: 3800 "I draw! I'll attack Berry Magician Girl! Crimson Plasma Blast!" "You've set-off Berry Magician Girl's effect! If you target Berry Magician Girl for an attack, I can change her battle position and special summon another 'Magician Girl' from my deck! I'll bring out another Apple Magician Girl!" As Berry Magician Girl was destroyed, Apple Magician Girl popped out of a portal onto the field! Now I'll discard a card to activate DMG the Dragon Knight's effect! I can destroy one face-up card on the field! I'll choose Crimson Dragon!" A bolt of magic from Dark Magician Girl's sword destroyed Crimson Dragon! "I end my turn with a face-down.", Gold said with a smile. "It's times like this when Monster Reborn would be useful." "Yeah. Well, you know how strict they are with banned cards now." Ace drew his next card. "I'll attack you directly with DMG the Dragon Knight!" "I activate my own trap! Defense Draw! I can make all damage I take this turn zero, and draw one card!" "I end my turn." "Let's see..." Gold drew his next card. "Nice! I summon Alexandrite Dragon! Then I'll activate Symbols of Duty! I send one normal monster from my field to the graveyard, then I can target one monster in either of our graveyards and special summon it! I'll bring back Crimson Dragon and equip him with Symbols of Duty! Now I can activate his effect! I'll target your Apple Magician Girl and destroy her! Now Crimson gains her attack points! Then I'll attack Dark Magician Girl the Dragon Knight!" Ace cringed as DMG the Dragon Knight was wiped out in a flash of crimson! "I end my turn." Ace: 1800 Gold: 3800 "I draw!...I end my turn." "In that case, I'll attack Chocolate Magician Girl!" "Now you're set off her effect! I can target a spellcaster-type monster in my graveyard and special summon it! Then your monster's attack is halved! I'll bring back Lemon Magician Girl! Now that she's been targeted, I can special summon a spellcaster from my hand and special summon it! And now, your monster's attack is halved again! I special summon Kiwi Magician Girl!" Ace winced as Lemon Magician Girl was destroyed! "Not bad. I end my turn." Ace: 1550 Gold: 3800 "Now I play Dark Magic Veil! I'll bring back Dark Magician Girl from my field! I'll destroy Crimson Dragon with Kiwi Magician Girl!" A green blast of magic annihilated Crimson Dragon! "Then I'll end it by attacking you with Chocolate Magician Girl and Dark Magician Girl!" The last of Gold's life points were wiped out! "Do you think the girls liked it?" "Doesn't matter. They're gonna kiss us for doing our best.", Gold said with a smile. "So true." Both of them walked to their respective girlfriends. "That was so cool!", Sonata cheered as she kissed Ace. "Glad you liked the duel.", Ace said with a grin. "Is it me? Or are you having real bad luck whenever you're in the first round of the finals?", Sunset asked with a smile. "Dad's REALLY gotta make more support for Crimson Dragon.", Gold said with a small smile. "Then again, we did start dating after you kicked my butt as Duelist Kingdom." Sunset smiled and kissed Gold. "And then there's that." The group went inside to see who would be dueling next.