//------------------------------// // Episode 2: Black Rose Dragon Blooms // Story: Yu-Gi-Oh! EQG: Duelist Rangers Final Season // by Bahamut0 //------------------------------// Adagio sighed as she walked the halls. Namely because she saw Sonta and Ace bing all lovey-dovey. "Wish I had a guy to fawn over like that.", she muttered as she headed for her locker. Her wish would be granted sooner than she thought. "Oof!" Adagio hit the floor, and rubbed her head. "Sorry about...." Adagio paused when she saw the guy she ran into. He was wearing a t-shirt with a flower on it with blue jeans, and had yellow and green hair with brown skin and blue eyes. "..that." "It's no problem.", Veenus said with a smile. "Truth be told, I got distracted by you. So, my bad." "Oh. And just what's so distracting about me?", Adagio asked with a flirty smile. "Isn't it obivous? Look in a mirror.", Veenus joked. Adagio giggled. "You really think I'm that pretty?" Veenus pulled out a flower from his pocket. "Maybe it'll help if I've got this to compare you against." Veenus handed Adagio the flower. "I'm Veenus Bloomer. Glad I could literally bump into you." Adagio lightly blushed at the banter going on between her and Veenus. "The pleasure's all mine. I'm Adagio. Adagio Dazzle." "You certainly do.", Veenus said with a smile. "Any more sweet talk out of you, and I'll need to go to the dentist.", Adagio said with a smile. "Say. Do you have any plans after school today?" "Depends on what you wanna do." Adagio smiled. "I'll be waiting for you at Sugarcube Corner then. Until then Veenus.", Adagio said with a wink as she walked off. 'Mission accomplished.' The day went on like normal. That is until lunch period. Burst and his friends had just sat down when they got an alert from Pegasus. "Looks like lunch is gonna have to wait.", Burst said as he finished hearing the alert. "C'mon guys! Let's go!" Burst and the guys got up to leave. But as they left, Adagio noticed Veenus following after them. 'Why would he be following the rangers?', Adagio thought as she followed Veenus. Burst and the rangers morphed and arrived at the location of the monster attack, and found a plant monster waiting for them! "I'm guessing we're gonna need an industrial-sized container of weed killer?", Steel joked. "Leave this to me and Ice.", Inferno said as he summoned his blaster. "One good scorching ought to do the trick!" "Alright weedy! Time to burn!", Ice shouted! Both of them fired twin blasts of flame at Lord Poison! But they were surprised when Lord Poison fired a stream of water! Dousing the flaes they shot out! "Okay. Plan B. Slice and dice!" Inferno and Ice summoned their swords and charged at Lord Poison! But Lord Poison tripped them up with his vines and whacked them across the square! Howver, roots shot up from the ground and bound Lord Poison in place! Burst and the other rangers turned to see Veenus Bloomer controlling the roots binding Lord Poison. "Thought you'd like the help of an expert on killing weeds.", Veenus said with a smile as he tightened the binding on Lord Poison! Back at the command center... Pegasus noticed a glow coming fromt he box of newly finished morphers, and opened it up. "Ah. It appears the black rose has bloomed." Pegasus took out the Black Rose Dragon Morpher and let it fly off to find its ranger! Back at the fight, Adagio's eyes widened as she saw Veenus using his powers! 'Looks like his last name really suits him.', Adagio thought as she saw Veenus hold Lord Poison in place with the roots. She then noticed a bright light flying towards Veenus! "No way..." Veenus noticed the bright light land in front of him, and reached out to it. The light faded and revealed a new morpher! At that time, the roots holding Lord Poison broke and the monster hissed at Veenus. Adagio then made herself known. "Veenus! Strap the morpher onto your wrist! Then shout 'It's morphin' time!'" Veenus had no idea what she meant, but decided anything was better than tangling with Lord Poison as he was. Veenus strapped on the morpher and activated it! "It's morphin' time! Black Rose Dragon!" In a flash of red-violet light, Veenus stood in armor modeled after Black Rose Dragon! "Whoa! I think my power just got boosted!" Lord Poison charged at Veenus, but Veenus summoned a storm of petals to disorient the overgrown weed! "Time to see what other tricks I've got!" Veenus then tried to summon his ranger weapon, and soon found a whip with thorns in his hands. "Nice!" Veenus got in a few lashes onto Lord Posion! Casuing the plant monster to hiss in pain! Lord Poison charged at Veenus again, but Veenus took to the air using the wings of his suit! "Time to finally uproot this weed!" Veenus coiled his rose whip around Lord Poison and channeled power through it! "Black Rose Blaze!" Purple flames danced along the whip as Lord Poison was charred and blackened before exploding! "One less weed in the garden." Veenus was surprised to see the other rangers power down. "So...how long have you been fighting monsters for anyway?" "A lot longer than you.", Adagio answered as she walked over to Veenus. "So that's one of the new morphers Pegasus was working on.", Burst said with a smile. "I would've thought he was saving it for Adagio." "She would look lovely in the ranger suit.", Veenus said with a smile. "She's got the beauty of a rose and the thorns to match." Adagio blushed! "Shouldn't you be getting welcomed to their team or something?" "She's right.", Burst said with a chuckle. "I'm Burst Stream. Welcome to the Duelist Rangers." "Happy to be aboard. I'm Veenus Bloomer." As the rangers greeted their new member, the false ranger that had attacked Sombra was watching the scene before him unfold. "So. These are the Duelist Rangers. Soon, they'll be obsolete." The figure flew off to plot his next move. The end of the school day... "So now that you're a ranger, you'll have a free pass to the command center. Plus, you also get your own zord.", Adagio explained as she and Veenus shared a milkshake. "Any other questions?" "Any chance you'd be interested in me giving you a lift in my brand new zord?", Veenus joked. Adagio giggled. "Ever the sweet one are we?", Adagio asked. "Can you blame me? It's not every day a guy bumps into a pretty girl like you. Much less even winds up on a date with her on the same day. Heh. Maybe love really is in bloom." "You think this is a date?", Adagio asked nervously. "It can be. If you want it to be.", Veenus said with a smile. Adagio's heart fluttered a little bit. "You know? I think there's something sweeter than the milkshake." "Wh-what's that?" Veenus leaned in close to Adagio and kissed her! "That.", Veenus said as he broke the kiss. Adagio was speechless! "Not used to being the one being flirted with, are you?" "No. Although....it is kind of nice to have a guy who's not drooling over me.", Adagio said with a small smile. "Anyway...see you tomorrow!" Adagio left with a smile on her face as she headed home. Sonata noticed her elevated mood and smiled. "Guess Dagi found the one!", she chirped. "Tell me about him!" As the two began to discuss Adagio's new love interest, Aria pouted. "GREAT. I'm still in Club Single." Aria then sighed. "...I need a boyrfriend...."