"The final four of Battle City have been confirmed!", Kaiba announced. "Burst Stream! Arctic Ace! Inferno Flare! Tirek! When these next duels end, only two will be left standing! Run the duel randomizer!" The randomizer spun images of the four finalists, and landed on a match! "The next duel will be Burst Stream against Arctic Ace! Duelists! Report to the dueling ring!" As they headed for the dueling ring, Ace stopped to ask Burst a question.
"Burst?"
"Yeah?"
"Are you...scared? Of what Tirek can do? What the Wicked God Cards are capable of?" Burst sighed.
"I won't lie Ace. I'm even more terrified than when I fought Sombra when he and Zorc tried to take over our world and the monsters' at Duelist Kingdom. But if I let myself give in, then who else is gonna stand up to the bad-guys? If no one takes a stand now, no one ever will. Also, I guess I can't help but feel sorry for Tirek. He's not a bad guy from what Scorpan said, but the power of the Wicked God Cards has him in his current state of mind. All he wanted was to be a duelist who his students would respect just as much as Scorpan. But right now? We've gotta worry about which of us is moving on to the finals. So give it all you got!" Ace cracked a smile.
"Right. Let's duel!" Both boys arrived at the dueling ring, and stood on opposite sides.
Burst: 8000
Ace: 8000
"I got the first move!", Ace said. "I summon Berry Magician Girl! Then I'll set a card and end my turn."
"I draw!" Burst looked at his hand carefully. "I play Trade-In to discard a level eight monster from my hand and draw two new cards! Now I'll play Return of the Dragon Lords to revive Dragon Spirit of White! Now his effect activates! I can banish one spell or trap card you control! And right now? I only see one face-down card on your field!" Dragon Spirit shot a beam of white light from its eyes and banished Ace's Dark Renewal! "And I'm not done yet! I'll reveal Blue-Eyes White Dragon in my hand to special summon Blue-Eyes Alternative! Then I'll tribute Dragon Spirit to special summon Blue-Eyes from my hand! Then I'll contact fuse my two dragons to fusion summon Blue-Eyes Twin Burst Dragon!" A Blue-Eyes with two heads materialized on the field! "Now I'll attack Berry Magician Girl!"
"You've just set off her effect! If she's targeted for an attack or effect, I can switch her mode and special summon a 'Magician Girl' from my deck! I'll bring out Dark Magician Girl!"
"Not bad. But Twin Burst can make up to two attacks on monsters during battle!" The second Twin Burst destroyed Berry Magician Girl with a claw swipe, he took down Dark Magician Girl with a tail swipe! "I end my turn with a face-down."
Burst: 8000
Ace: 7000
"I draw! I play Dark Magic Veil! I pay 1000 life points to revive Dark Magician Girl from my graveyard! Now I'll play The Eye of Timaeus! I'll fuse it with Dark Magician Girl to fusion summon Dark Magician Girl the Dragon Knight! Now I'll activate her effect! I'll discard a card to destroy one monster on your field!" A bolt of magic shot down Blue-Eyes Twin Burst! "Attack him directly! Dragon Knight Blaze!" Burst cringed as the flames licked away at his life points! "Then I'll end my turn with a face-down."
Burst: 5400
Ace: 7000
"Hmm. That effect of yours could be trouble. Especially since you can do it during either of our turns." Burst drew his next card. "Maybe this should do the trick! I play Silver's Cry to revive Dragon Spirit of White from my graveyard! Then I'll use his effect to banish your face-down! Next I'll target him with Sage with Eyes of Blue and send both to the graveyard to special summon Blue-Eyes White Dragon from my deck! Now I'll attack your monster!"
"I activate DMG the Dragon Knight's effect!"
"Sorry, but Blue-Eyes isn't leaving any time soon! I banish Return of the Dragon Lords from my graveyard to protect Blue-Eyes from DMG the Dragon Knight's effect!" DMG's bolt of magic was deflected off of Blue-Eyes, and she was wiped out in a single blast of white lightning! "I end my turn."
Burst: 5400
Ace: 6600
"I draw! I summon Apple Magician Girl!"
"No you won't! I activate my trap! Champion's Vigilance! This negates the summon of your monster and destroys it!" As soon as Apple Magician Girl hit the field, she was struck down by Blue-Eyes' aura!
"I end my turn."
"I draw! Nice! I'll attack you directly with Blue-Eyes! White Lightning!" Ace braced himself as the blast struck his life points! "I end my turn with another face-down."
Burst: 5400
Ace: 3600
"My move!" Ace drew his next card. "I summon Chocolate Magician Girl! Then I'll discard a spellcaster from my hand to draw another card! I end my turn."
"I guess I'll draw." Burst took a careful look at his hand. "I'll attack your magician girl!"
"You've set off her effect! Since you targeted her for an attack, your monster's attack points are halved! Then I can special summon a spellcaster-type monster from my graveyard! I'll bring back Dark Magician Girl! Now she's the one you're attacking!" Blue-Eyes switched his target to Dark Magician Girl! However, because his strength was halved, he was destroyed!
"I end my turn."
Burst: 4900
Ace: 3600
"I draw! I'll attack you directly with both of my monsters!" Burst braced himself as a blast of magic hit his life points! "That's all for me."
Burst: 1300
Ace: 3600
"You're doing pretty good Ace.", Burst said with a smile. "But now, I'm gonna end this! I draw! I discard a card to play The Melody of Awakening Dragon! I'll discard a card to add two dragon-type monsters with 3000 or more attack and 2500 or less defense from my deck to my hand! Then I'll play Trade-In to discard Blue-Eyes Alternative from my hand and draw two cards! Now I activate my trap! Curse of Anubis! This switches all effect monsters you control into face-up defense mode and makes their defense zero until the end of this turn! Now I play the ritual spell Chaos Form! I'll banish Blue-Eyes White Dragon from my graveyard! I ritual summon Blue-Eyes Chaos MAX Dragon! Let's rock the dragon! Attack Dark Magician Girl! Chaos Neutron Blast!" Chaos MAX gathered energy, and unleashed it in a raging blast from his mouth! "And when Chaos MAX destroys a defense mode monster, he inflicts double piercing damage!" Ace's life points dropped to zero!
"I guess we'd better root for Inferno.", Ace said with a smile.
"Let's just hope he can beat Tirek.", Burst said with a solemn look on his face. Burst and Ace went back inside while Inferno and Tirek took the dueling ring.