//------------------------------// // Chapter 3 // Story: Yu-Gi-Oh! Friendship is Dueling Side-Story: Beautiful Monsters // by Bahamut0 //------------------------------// Saturday soon came, and both Narico and Abyss were preparing for their dates. "Well, today's the day Narico.", Fang said with a proud smile. "Hope you last long in your duel against her!" "I'm more worried that she'll hate me if I win...", Narico muttered. "You'll be fine! Now have fun!" Narico made his way over to the duel park, and found Abyss waiting for him. She was wearing a black skirt with a light grey shirt, and had her black hair tied into a ponytail. She smiled when she saw him. "Hi Narico! You ready to duel?" Narico blushed lightly. "Y-yeah! Sure I am!" Both of them activated their duel disks and their date began! Narico: 8000 Abyss: 8000 "L-Ladies first.", Narico said nervously. "I draw!" Abyss smiled at her card. Looks like Moon gave me some good cards to use! "I summon a monster in defense mode and end my turn!" Time to see what's in my cards., Narico thought. "I draw!" Nice! "I play Future Fusion! I'll send fusion materials from my deck to the graveyard for a fusion summon! Now I have to wait until the second standby phase after Future Fusion's activation to summon my monster! But in the meantime, I summon Breaker the Magical Warrior! And since he's been summoned, I can place one spell counter on him to boost him by 300 points I'll attack your face-down now!" Breaker charged at Abyss's face-down monster, and cut it to ribbons! "I end my turn with a face-down." Sorry Narico. But you've actually helped me out quite a bit., Abyss thought as she drew her next card. Nice! "First I banish Amarylease from my graveyard! Now I can normal summon a monster for one less tribute! Then I'll play the spell card Card Advance! This lets me conduct a normal summon and a tribute summon in the same turn! I summon Hardened Armed Dragon and tribute him to summon Yubel!" Hardened Armed Dragon vanished in a flash of light, and Yubel stood in his place! "I end my turn with two face-downs!" "Nice to hit the field again.", Yubel said with a smile as she stretched. Narico was puzzled. Why would Abyss summon a monster with no attack points? No time to worry about that now! "I draw! I discard a card to activate Lightning Vortex! This lets me destroy all monsters you control!" A wave of lightning hit Abyss's field, but Yubel was still standing! "What?!" "Since I used Hardened Armed Dragon as a tribute for Yubel, she can't be destroyed by card effects!" "No matter! I'll just attack! Strike down Yubel, Breaker!" Breaker charged at Yubel, but his attacked bounced right off of Yubel and into Narico's life points! "Agh! What...what was that?" "Yubel's effect. She can't be destroyed by battle, and I take no battle damage from attacks involving her. Also, if you attack her, you take damage equal to the attack of your monster." "I guess I'll end my turn.", Narico said with a small smile. Narico: 6100 Abyss: 8000 Abyss smiled at Narico. "I draw and end my turn." "Now that my second standby phase has passed, my fusion monster takes the field! Arcana Knight Joker!" A monster clad in black and gold armor hit the field! Abyss smiled. "I activate my trap! Battle Mania! Since it's your standby phase, all monsters you control are switched into attack mode! Then they all have to attack! And I've only got one attack target on my field!" All of Narico's monsters charged at Yubel, but their attacks bounced off her and were reflected back into Narico's life points! "Your monster's like a living Magic Cylinder! I haven't even made a dent in your life points!", Narico said in amazement. "I guess I'll end my turn." Narico: 400 Abyss: 8000 "I draw!" Abyss looked carefully at her cards. Hmm. Narico's only got 400 life points left. And there's no way he'd risk attacking me again. However... Abyss then saw a card of interest. It won't stay that way! "I play the spell card Terraforming! This lets me add a field spell from my deck to my hand! Now I'll activate the field spell! Savage Colosseum! Then I'll attack your monster and end my turn!" Yubel fired a blast at Arcana Knight Joker, but it had no effect. "Since I attacked, I gain 300 life points at the end of the damage step." "Hope I didn't scratch your armor handsome.", Yubel said with a wink. Arcana Knight Joker blushed! "I draw!" Even if I attack, the life point boost isn't worth it! And there's probably more to her field than a small life point gain. It seems to reward attacking, but what about defense? "I'll switch my monsters into defense mode and end my turn." "Good move Narico.", Abyss said with a smile. "Now your monsters won't be destroyed at the end of your turn by Savage Colosseum's effect." And by making his monsters switch to defense mode, Yubel's effect won't do much good. But there's always another way to win. "I draw! I play Enemy Controller! I tribute Yubel to take control of Arcana Knight Joker!" "Sorry Narico! She's jacked in good!", Arcana Knight panicked! "Darn! No spell cards in my hand!" "Now that he's on my field, I'll be sure to make good use of my other trap! Call of the Haunted! This revives Yubel! Now I activate Mystical Space Typhoon to destroy Call of the Haunted! Now that Call of the Haunted is destroyed, Yubel is destroyed too! This lets me special summon Yubel-Terror Incarnate from my hand, deck, or graveyard!" As Yubel was destroyed, she transformed into a stronger form that resembled a dragon! "Now I'll end my turn to activate her effect! All other monsters on the field are destroyed!" A wave of destructive energy wiped out all other monsters except for Terror Incarnate! "Pretty destructive effect. Now I'll activate my trap! Compulsory Evacuation Device! This returns your monster to your hand!" "You just helped me again!", Abyss said with a smile. "Now that Terror Incarnate's left the field, I can special summon Ultimate Nightmare from my hand, deck, or graveyard!" An even more fearsome looking version of Yubel stood on the field!" "I'm not done yet! I summon a monster in defense mode and end my turn!" Just gotta hope she takes the bait. He sure knows how to protect his monsters. Narico's pretty adaptable., Abyss thought with a smile. But this is Yubel's best form for a reason. "I'll attack your monster with Ultimate Nightmare! Now her effect activates! When she battles a monster, regardless of position, that monster's attack points are dealt as damage! Go Ultimate Nightmare!" "I don't think so! I activate my trap! Mirror Force! This destroys all of your attack mode monsters!" A barrier formed around Narico's monster that reflected Ultimate Nightmare's attack right back at her! Destroying her instantly! "I guess I forgot that Ultimate Nightmare was still vulnerable to card effects. I end my turn. Good counter Narico." "I'm very adaptable!", Narico said with a smile. "I draw!" Narico grinned when he saw the card he drew! "Time to test this new card out! I play the spell card Shuffle Alliance! I banish Jack's Knight, King's Knight, Queen's Knight, and Arcana Knight Joker from my graveyard! Now from my deck I special summon Shuffle Paladin Ace!" A monster clad in a white cape and white and silver armor carrying a sword and shield took the field! "Now for his effect! Since she's on the field, all other cards on the field are shuffled back into our decks!" A wave of light forced Abyss to shuffle Savage Colosseum back into her deck! "Now I'll attack you directly! Supreme Shuffle Slash!" Abyss cringed as Shuffle Paladin Ace slashed into her life points! "I end my turn." "Quite the ace monster.", Abyss said with a giggle. "A good gamer saves their trump card for the final move.", Narico said with a smile. Narico: 400 Abyss: 3800 Narico's brought out his ace. Now it's time for mine., Abyss thought. "I draw! I play the spell card Soul Charge! I pay 1000 life points to revive one monster from my graveyard! I revive Yubel! Now I play Nightmare's End! I banish Yubel!" A swirl of light enveloped Yubel! When the light faded, a new monster stood in Yubel's place. "This special summons Yubel the Dream Guardian!" This version of Yubel looked like a reverse coloring of Abyss. This Yubel had wings that were made of the night sky itself and pitch black skin, pale white hair, and the same teal eyes as Abyss! "I end my turn." "Well then. Let's see what your new monster can do!", Narico said as he drew a card! "Attack her monster Ace!" Shuffle Paladin Ace charged at Yubel the Dream Guardian, but her attack bounced off a barrier and she faded from the field and returned to Narico's hand! "What was that?!" "It's Yubel's effect. When she's attacked, that attacking monster is returned to my opponent's hand after the damage step. Also, she can't be destroyed by battle and I take half the damage I would take." Abyss winced as her life points dropped. "But on the plus side, she gains attack equal to the damage I take!" "I guess I'll end my turn.", Narico said with a defeated smile. Narico: 400 Abyss: 1550 "Here I go! Let's finish this Yubel! Dream Finale!" Yubel the Dream Guardian fired a blast of energy that wiped out the last of Narico's life points! "You did pretty good. I can't remember the last time I had such a good duel." Narico blushed. "Gee. Thanks. Sooo, what now?" "Sugar Cube Corner sounds pretty good. I could use something sweet to celebrate my victory!", Abyss beamed.