//------------------------------// // Duel 18: Rematch // Story: Yu-Gi-Oh! Friendship is Dueling 6: Nightmare's Awakening // by Bahamut0 //------------------------------// Burst was walking home as school let out when he felt a presence. He turned around, and saw a monster staring at him. "I am Eidos the Underworld Squire. My master Sombra requests your presence for a final duel tonight at the duel park." "Tell him I'll be bringing two friends along for the ride.", Burst said sternly. Eidos faded into the shadows. Burst then whipped out his phone, and texted Inferno and Gold the location of their showdown with Sombra. "Looks like we're gonna have a busy night...." Burst headed home and prepared his deck. When he was about to leave, Nightmare walked up to him. "You're ending it tonight. Aren't you?" "Sombra's gotta be stopped. As long as he's out there, he can strike at the people I care about. And I'm not gonna give him that chance." "Burst?" Nightmare then pulled Burst into a hug. "Please. Come back safe." Burst nodded. At the same time, Inferno and Gold were talking with Rarity and Gold respectively about their fated showdown. Both told them to be safe. They met up with Burst, and headed for the duel park. Sombra was waiting for them when they arrived. "Well, well. I didn't think you'd need any help to take me down.", Sombra said with a smirk. "No. I just wanted to see if the three of us can beat you three times as bad!", Burst spat as he activated his duel disk. "Plus, Gold and I owe you for what you did back at Duelist Kingdom.", Inferno said with a glare as he and Gold activated their duel disks. "Then try and make me regret my actions.", Sombra said with a sinister grin as he summoned his duel disk and activated it. Burst, Inferno, and Gold: 24000 Sombra: 24000 "I'll take the first turn!" Sombra took a look at his cards. "I summon Dark Blade in attack mode, and set a card! I end my turn." "My move! I draw!" Burst looked at his hand. "I summon White Stone of Ancients! Now I'll target him with Sage with Eyes of Blue to send both to the graveyard! This lets me special summon a Blue-Eyes monster from my deck! I special summon Blue-Eyes White Dragon! But I'm not done yet! I'll reveal one Blue-Eyes in my hand to special summon Blue-Eyes Alternative! I'll attack Dark Blade with Alternative, and attack you directly with Blue-Eyes!" Sombra cringed as his life points took a massive hit! "I end my turn. Now White Stone of Ancient's effect activates! I can special summon a 'Blue-Eyes' monster from my deck! I'll bring out Dragon Spirit of White! Now that he's on the field, I can banish a spell or trap card you control!" Sombra scowled as his Light-Imprisoning Mirror card vanished in a flash of light! 'You'd think he'd have changed up his strategy a bit.' Burst, Inferno, and Gold: 24000 Sombra:19800 "I draw! I'll place two cards face-down and end my turn.", Sombra said with a smirk. "Then it's my move!" Inferno drew his next card! "I summon Black Stone of Legend and tribute him to special summon Red-Eyes Black Dragon! Now I'll play Red-Eyes Insight to discard a 'Red-Eyes' monster from my deck!" 'Time to scorch this creep for what he did to Rarity!' "I don't think so! I activate my trap! Dark Bribe! I negate your spell and destroy it! But on the bright side, you get to draw a card." "Yeah. And I can also scorch some of your life points!" "Inferno Fire Blast!", Red-Eyes cried as he fired a massive fire ball into Sombra's life points! "I end my turn with two face-downs." 'So far we're at a good start. But I got the feeling Sombra's got worse monsters waiting in his deck.' Burst, Inferno, and Gold: 24000 Sombra: 17400 "Heh. It's amusing that you think the three of you can beat me.", Sombra said with a smirk as he drew a card. "I'll let your hopes climb before I smash them! I play Double Summon! Now I'm allowed an extra normal summon this turn! I summon Dark Grepher and tribute him to bring out Caius the Shadow Monarch! I'll target and banish one card you control! Now, which one of your creatures has the honor of being banished? Hmmm. I think I'll get rid of Red-Eyes!" A pillar of shadow engulfed Red-Eyes! Removing him from the field! "And since Red-Eyes was a DARK monster, you take 1000 points of damage! Now...attack them directly!" Inferno cringed as Caius sent an orb of shadow right into his life points! "I'll end my turn." Burst, Inferno, and Gold: 20600 Sombra: 17400 "Just keep this in mind. The more you hit us, the harder we strike back!", Gold cried out as he drew his next card! Now's the perfect time to strike back for what he did to Sunset!' "Let's see now..Perfect! I play Valhalla Hall of the Fallen! This lets me special summon a fairy-type monster from my hand since I have no monsters on my field! I special summon Archlord Kristya! I'll also set a card and summon another monster! I summon Star Seraph Scepter! His effect lets me add another 'Star Seraph' monster from my deck to my hand! And since I normal summoned a 'Star Seraph' monster, I can special summon Star Seraph Sovereignty from my hand! Now that he's been summoned, I can add a card to my hand! And it's another Star Seraph! That means I can summon it! I special summon Star Seraph Sword! I end my turn." "I draw!" Sombra had a wicked grin as he saw the card he drew! "I play the spell card Shrink! This will halve Kristya's attack points! Destroy his archlord Caius!" Caius fired a blast of shadow that destroyed Kristya! "I activate my trap! Solar Ray! This inflicts 600 points of damage to you for each face-up LIGHT monster on our side of the field! Last I checked, there was five including Burst's monsters!" Five beams of light pierced Sombra's life points! 'There's more than one way to get at an opponent's life points. This guy's impateint and arrogant. Hid pride is going to be his downfall!' "That little light show stung just the least bit. I'll end my turn." Burst, Inferno, and Gold: 19600 Sombra: 14400 "I draw!" Burst took a careful look at his hand. "Alright! I tribute Dragon Spirit of White to special summon Blue-Eyes White Dragon from my hand! Now I'll destroy Caius with Blue-Eyes Alternative's effect!" A bolt of lightning flew straight at Caius! But Sombra was prepared! "I activate my trap! Destruction Jammer! Since you activated a card effect that destroys a card, I can negate the activation and destroy it!" Alternative's lightning bolt faded away, and he was soon wiped out in an explosion! "In that case, I'll attack you directly! Go Blue-Eyes!" "I activate my trap! Negate Attack!" "Then I'll use my own face-down! Champion's Vigilance! Since Blue-Eyes is a normal monster whose level is seven or higher, I can negate the summon of a monster or a spell or trap card!" Sombra's Negate Attack was destroyed, and Caius was obliterated! Sombra then braced himself as Burst's other Blue-Eyes hit him directly with a blast of white lightning! "I end my turn." 'Sombra. The three of us are gonna take you down for good! I was strong on my own, but with Gold and Inferno we're unstoppable!' Burst, Inferno, and Gold: 19600 Sombra: 11000 "You may have destroyed Caius, but I'm far from defenseless!", Sombra growled as he drew his next card. "I activate my trap! The First Monarch! I can special summon it as an effect monster with 1000 attack and 2400 defense! Now I'll discard a card and declare an attribute! I declare DARK! Now my new monster can be used as two tributes for a monster of the same attribute! I tribute The First Monarch to bring out Erebus the Underworld Monarch! Now I play March of the Monarchs to protect my tribute summoned monarch! Now he can't be targeted or destroyed by card effects! Then I'll play Hidden Armory! This lets me add an equip spell from my deck to my hand! Now I'll activate the equip spell I added! Megamorph! This doubles Erebus's attack points! Attack Inferno directly!" Inferno cringed as his life points took a massive hit from a stream of pure darkness! "I end my turn." Burst, Inferno, and Gold: 14000 Sombra: 11000 "I draw!" Inferno looked over his cards. "I'll bring Black Stone of Legend to my hand! Now I summon him again and tribute him to special summon Red-Eyes Black Dragon in defense mode!" "Your life points are safe.", Sombra said as he drew his next card. "But your monster is easy prey! Erebus!" Erebus brought his fist down on Red-Eyes! 'Now!' "Just what I was hoping for! I activate my trap! Red-Eyes Burn! Since you destroyed my Red-Eyes, I can inflict his attack points as damage to both of us! Both Inferno and Sombra cringed as they took damage! "That was for Rarity!" Burst, Inferno, and Gold: 11600 Sombra: 8600 "You may have dealt some damage. But my monster still stands! And there's not a thing you can do to stop him!" Sombra drew his next card! "Destroy Star Seraph Sword!" Gold braced himself as Star Seraph Sword was smashed to pieces! "I end my turn." Burst, Inferno, and Gold: 7400 Sombra: 8600 "You just turned the tide in our favor!", Gold said as he drew a card! "Since our life points are lower than yours, Erebus's attack is halved! Now to take care of this! I play Mystical Space Typhoon to destroy March of the Monarchs!" "NO!", Sombra hissed! "Now I'll tribute the two monsters on my field! I summon Gold-Eyes Crimson Dragon!" Crimson appeared from a pillar of red light and energy pulsing through his wings! "Now his effect activates! I can target and destroy a monster you control, and Crimson gains its attack points!" Erebus was destroyed in a blast of energy from Crimson's wings! "Attack him directly! Crimson Plasma Blast!" Sombra reeled as Crimson fired a blast of plasma from his mouth! Searing his life points! "I end my turn! That was for Sunset." Burst, Inferno, and Gold: 7400 Sombra: 2800 "I'm not finished yet!", Sombra snarled as he drew his next card! He was only more enraged when he heard Burst chuckle. "What's so funny!?!" 'So now his true nature comes to the surface.' "For all that charm you put on, your true nature finally shows.", Burst said with a confident smile. "Silence! I play Soul Charge! I pay 1000 life points per monster I want to revive! I bring back Caius and Erebus! Now I sacrifice both to bring out Caius the Mega Monarch!" A twisted of Caius that reflected Sombra's nature appeared! "Now I activate his effect! I can target and banish both of your monsters since Caius was tribute summoned! Then you take 1000 points of damage!" Burst winced as both of his dragons left the field! "Now to attack you directly!" Caius slashed at Burst's life points with his claws! "I end my turn." Burst, Inferno, and Gold: 3600 Sombra: 800 Music to use at this moment: 'Time to end this!' "I draw! Yes! I play The Melody of Awakening Dragon! This lets me add two dragons with 3000 or more attack and 2500 or less defense from my deck to my hand! Now I'll play Trade-In to discard one of the level eight monsters I added! Now I can draw two new cards! Time for you to meet an old friend! I tribute Blue-Eyes from my hand!" "No....NO!", Sombra howled as a ray of light fell on Burst and the guys' field! "I summon Blue-Eyes Absolute Dragon from my hand! Then I'll play a custom card Gold had made! United Turn! Now Inferno!" "I play my own Harmony Absolute! I banish Red-Eyes from my graveyard! I'll bring out Red-Eyes Absolute Dragon!" A pillar of flame appeared in front of Inferno, and Red-Eyes Absolute stood as the flames died down! "Your turn Gold!" Gold noticed a rainbow-colored glow coming from the top of his deck! "I play the spell card Crimson Harmony! I tribute Crimson Dragon from my field!" A ray of crimson light engulfed Gold-Eyes Crimson Dragon! When the light faded, Crimson transformed! "I summon Gold-Eyes Crimson Harmony Dragon!" Crimson stood in a new humanoid form! Wearing crystal armor similar in color to the crystals that made up his wings! "Let's end this together!" "TAKE THIS! OUR LOVE, OUR ANGER, AND ALL OF OUR HOPE! ROCK THE DRAGON!", the three boys screamed as their dragons fired a united rainbow-colored blast of energy! Vaporizing Sombra's monster! Sombra then watched in horror as his own shadow and deck began to disintegrate! "NNOOOOOOooooooo!", Sombra screamed as there was nothing left of him! Destroyed forever! "We did it!", Burst said with a winning smile! "Good riddance.", Inferno said with a sigh of relief. "It's over.", Gold said with an exhausted smile. The three friends each headed home. When Burst got home, Nightmare nearly tackled him! "Hey. I came back didn't I?", Burst said with a smile. "I was worried!", Nightmare said as she tightened her grip on Burst. "Well I'm here now Moon. Your nightmare's over. I'll hit the shower. Then we can both get some much needed sleep." Nightmare was about to ask something, but Burst beat her to it. "Yes we can share the bed again." Nightmare beamed as she went to her room to change. The hot water of the shower cleared Burst's mind. As soon as he was changed, he went to sleep. He felt a familiar presence next to him, and found Nightmare next to him. Holding him in an intimate position with a blissful smile on her face. Burst's eyes soon closed as sleep began to overtake him too. 'Tomorrow's the hardest day of my life....'