//------------------------------// // Duel 8: Strike of the Sacred Beasts Part 2 // Story: Yu-Gi-Oh! Friendship is Dueling 8: Reunions // by Bahamut0 //------------------------------// School had just let out, and Thunder met Burst by his locker. "So did you hear about Streak and Blitz beating one of Streak's siblings?" Burst nodded. "Blitz told me about it at lunch. But the crazy thing is the card of Uria disappeared in a swirl of darkness." "You think Streaks other sibling took it?", Thunder asked. Burst shook his head. "From waht Streak said, he didn't sense the sacred beast that's controlling his brother. But I got the feeling we'll be facing him soon. Chances are he'll be looking for you since you're bonded to Slifer. And the god cards and the sacred beasts have quite the history from what Blue-Eyes told me." "They do. Slifer, Ra, and Obelisk defeated the sacred beasts a long time ago in the monster world. A long time after that, Streak's family became the keepers of the sacred beasts. That is, until Uria and Hamon tainted Streak's siblings with their power." "If that's the case, we'd better stick together. Besides, I've always wanted to see a god card up-close!" "And I've wanted to duel alongside the champion of Duelist Kingdom!" "Hey, there's been something I've wanted to ask. How DID you get Slifer? I thought only Yugi Moto had the Egyptian Goc Cards." "Well, believe it or not, Yugi gave Slifer to me. Slifer is the god of potential back in the monster world, and he sensed great potential in me. So he bonded to me, and he's been my partner ever since. Helps to have a monster that's immune to all card effects." "Yeah.", Burst said with a small smile. "I know how good that feels." The two began to leave when a lightning bolt struck outside the school's front door! "Well, well. Right on cue. Let's rock the dragon." Thunder and Burst opened the door to find Silver Sword waiting for them. "So. It appears my brother and a friend of his managed to beat my little sister." Sword then activated his duel disk. "But I assure you. I am nowhere near as easy to defeat as she was!" "Trust me. We weren't hoping you were.", Thunder said as he and Burst activated their duel disks. "LET'S DUEL!" Burst and Thunder: 16000 Silver Sword: 16000 "I got the first move!" Burst took a look at his cards. 'Let's see here. How to kick-off the duel? Ah! There we go!' "I'll summon White Stone of Ancients! Then I'll target him with Sage with Eyes of Blue! I'll send both to the graveyard to special summon a 'Blue-Eyes' monster from my deck! Come on out Blue-Eyes White Dragon! Then I'll set two cards and end my turn! Now that my turn's over, White Stone's effect activates! Now I can special summon another 'Blue-Eyes' monster from my deck! I'll bring out another Blue-Eyes White Dragon!" Sword smirked. "You've set quite the field. Now to ready my field! I draw! I play the continuous spell card Card Trader! This lets me shuffle a card from my hand into my deck and draw a card!" Sword shuffled a random card from his hand, and shuffled it into his deck. He then drew a new card. "Ah. This should prove to be useful! I play the continuous spell Yellow Luster Shield! This boosts the defense of all monsters on my field by 300 points! Now to make use of it! I summon a monster in defense mode and end my turn." "My turn!" Thunder drew his next card. 'Looks like he knows his monster won't survive this turn. But why bother with setting up a field composed of mainly continuous spells? Wait....he's gearing up his field to summon his sacred beast! Uria had to be summoned by sending three traps, so Hamon must need three continuous spells! He's already got two cards ready, so all he needs is one more! But at least I should be able to get in some hits before he brings out Hamon!' "I summon Alpha The Electromagnet Warrior! Now that he's been summoned, I can add a level 8 'Magna Warrior' monster from my deck to my hand!" Thunder searched his deck, and added a Magna Warrior to his hand! "Then I'll set a card and end my turn." 'Just gotta be patient now. I've already got one piece of my strategy ready.' "Hm. I thought for sure you'd have taken down my monster.", Sword said as he drew his next card. "This should add some decent protection. I end my turn." "My move!" Burst looked over his hand. 'Weird. He's only got one monster. And he's not made any moves this turn. Either his face-down has a good effect, or he's got a card that prevents battle damage in his hand. Well, there's only one way to find out! I gotta give Thunder extra time to get Slifer on the field!' "I draw! I'll attack your face-down monster with one of my Blue-Eyes!" Burst's first Blue-Eyes annihilated Sword's face-down monster with a blast of white lightning! "Now I'll attack you directly with my other Blue-Eyes!" Burst's second Blue-Eyes charged at Sword directly! Sword smirked at the coming attack. "I don't think so. I discard Kuriboh to make all battle damage zero!" Kuriboh jumped in front of Sword's life points, and blocked all the damage! "And since Kryuel was sent to the graveyard by battle, I get to toss a coin and call it! And if I get the call right, I get to destroy a monster you control! I call heads!" Sword tossed a coin, but it landed on tails! "So much for that effect." "I guess I'll end my turn." 'That would've been trouble if Thunder had brought out Slifer. Now we've bought some more time to build our strategies.' "Since it's my standby phase, I can activate Card Trader's effect! I can shuffle a card from my hand into my deck and draw a new card!" Sword shuffled a card from his hand into his deck, and drew a new card. "Perfect. I play the continous spell Banner of Courage! Now all monsters I control gain 200 attack during damage calculation! But I have no need of these spells! I send all three to the graveyard to summon Hamon, Lord of Striking Thunder!" Hamon took the field in a massive bolt of thunder! "Now I'll destroy your Blue-Eyes!" Burst cringed as one of his Blue-Eyes was destroyed by a bolt of lightning shot from Hamon! "Now Hamon's other effect activates! Since I destroyed one of your monsters by battle, I inflict 1000 points of damage to you!" Burst winced as another bolt of lightning struck his life points! "It doesn't matter how much you hide! I'll slowly chip away at your life points!" 'Now's my chance!', Thunder thought! "I tribute Alpha The Electromagnet Warrior to summon Alpha The Magnet Warrior!" "So you've decided to make your move have you?", Sword said with a smirk. "Very well. I end my turn. Execute whatever pitiful strategy you have in the works." Burst and Thunder: 14000 Silver Sword: 16000 "My move! I draw!" Thunder looked at the card he drew. 'Nice! Just what I needed!' "I activate Ties of the Bretheren! This lets me target a level 4 or lower normal monster on my field, and special summon two monsters with the same type, attribute, and level but different names from my deck! I special summon Magnet Warriors Beta and Gamma in defense mode! Then I'll switch Alpha into defense mode and end my turn!" "So you think your monsters can keep you safe? Fool! Did you forget Hamon's effect? When he destroys a monster by battle, I can inflict 1000 points of damage! Destroy Alpha the Magnet Warrior!" Hamon fired a blast of lightning that fried Alpha! Thunder cringed as Hamon's effect kicked in! "Too bad you activated that spell. It only accelerated your defeat! I end my turn." Burst and Thunder: 11000 Silver Sword: 16000 'Not good. His monster's got high attack and defense. Then there's that burn damage effect.', Burst thought as he drew his next card. 'But Hamon still has a key weakness! He's vulnerable to effects! And I know just the monster to explot it! And this card I drew should help!' "Your monster's pretty impressive! But I've found a work-around! I play Return of the Dragon Lords! I revive Blue-Eyes White Dragon from my graveyard! Now I'll contact fuse him with the other Blue-Eyes on my field! I fusion summon Blue-Eyes Twin Burst Dragon! Then I'll attack your monster! Twin White Lightning!" Blue-Eyes Twin Burst fired a blast of lightning at Hamon! Burst winced as he took damage! "Fool! Hamon has greater attack points than your monster!" Sword then noticed that Twin Burst was still on the field! "But it appears your monster is much more durable than he appears." "I know. Twin Burst can't be destroyed by battle! Which is why I'm activating Twin Burst's effect! At the end of the damage step, if he attacked a monster you controlled and it wasn't destroyed, I can banish that monster!" "NO!", Sword howled as Hamon was banished by a mighty roar from Twin Burst! "That's all for me.", Burst said with a confident smile. 'That should even the odds a bit.' Burst and Thunder: 10000 Silver Sword: 16000 "You may have destroye Hamon. But I'm far from finished!", Sword spat as he drew a card! "I set a card and end my turn." "I draw!" Thunder took a look at his cards. 'Perfect! Now my board is set!' "I play Double Summon! I'll bring out Gamma The Electromagnet Warrior! Now I'll tribute all three of my monsters! I summon Slifer The Sky Dragon!" "I activate my trap! Trap Hole!" A pit appeared below Slifer, but sealed up immedaitely! "Slifer's normal summon can't be negated! Now Slifer gains 1000 attack for each card in my hand! Last I checked, I had three! Attack him directly Slifer! Thunder Force Cannon!" Slifer fired a blast of divine thunder from his first mouth! Striking Sword's life points full force! "I end my turn." Burst and Thunder: 10000 Silver Sword: 13000 "Blast!" Sword scowled as he drew his card. "I end my turn." "Then it's my move!" Burst drew his next card, and smiled. 'Time to take this duel to the next level!' "I play the spell card Harmony Absolute! I'll banish Blue-Eyes White Dragon from my graveyard to summon Blue-Eyes Absolute Dragon from my deck!" A ray of rainbow light appeared on Burst's field as Blue-Eyes flew up the ray, he soon descended in a new humanoid form wearing platinum armor! "And since he's on the field, he gains 300 attack for each monster in my graveyard! Now I'll attack you directly! Absolute White Lightning!" Blue-Eyes Absolute fired a gigantic blast of white lightning! Wiping out most of Sword's life points! "I end my turn." Burst and Thunder: 10000 Silver Sword: 7100 'This power....this is the power that surpasses the god cards!', Sword's mind panicked as he drew his next card! "I...I...I summon a monster in defense mode and end my turn!" "If you think that's gonna keep you safe, guess again! I draw!" Thunder looked over his hand. "And now to power up Slifer! I activate Magnet Conversion! This returns up to three "Magnet Warriors from my graveyard to my hand! This lets Slifer gain 3000 attack points! Then I'll play Trade-In to discard Valkyrion The Magna Warrior to draw two new cards! Then I'll activate Magnet Reverse! This revives a rock-type monster that's banished, or is in my graveyard that can't be normal summoned! Then I can special summon it! Welcome Valkyrion the Magna Warrior! Valkyrion will take down your monster while Slifer attacks you directly!" Valkyrion slashed Sword's monster to bits with his blade, while Slifer fired another blast of thunder at his life points! "I end my turn." Burst and Thunder: 10000 Silver Sword: 2100 "Hamon...why has your power failed me?!" Sword fumed as he drew his next card, and his eyes widened in horror. "Impossible....I have nothing to protect myself!" "Let's end this together Thunder!" "Right!" Burst and Thunder then got both of their monsters ready to attack! "ABSOLUTE THUNDER BLAST!" Both Blue-Eyes Absolute and Slifer fired a rainbow-colored blast of thunder! Wiping out the last of Sword's life points and purging Hamon's taint from him! "Nnnnngggghhh!", Sword groaned as he recovered. "Feels like I got hit by a truck..." "Yeah. Being hit purified of evil power tends to have that effect on people.", Burst said with a nod. "Now to get rid of the card that's causing so much trouble..." Before Burst could reach Hamon's card, it vanished in a swirl of darkness! "What?!" "Just like Streak said.", Thunder noted. "But what could this mean?" "I don't know. And I'm not too eager to find out." Burst then turned to Sword. "You'd better head home. I got the feeling your siblings are gonna be pretty happy to see you." "Oh man. I have SO much to apologize for!" Silver Sword ran home leaving Burst and Thunder to breathe a sigh of relief. "Well, the Sacred Beasts shouldn't be a problem anymore.", Burst stated. "But I got the feeling things aren't over just yet. Well, that's a problem for another day. Nice duel Thunder!" "Same to you Burst. Neven thought I'd see a monster that's got even Slifer impressed!" Burst and Thunder went their separate ways. 'Man. Talk about your rough week.', Burst thought as he headed home. 'Never had to deal with badguys during the school week before. At least the week's almost over.' "So how're we gonna celebrate the victory Burst?", Blue-Eyes Absolute asked. "Isn't it obvious? Pizza." "Sweet!"