//------------------------------// // Dazzling Downfall // Story: Yu-Gi-Oh! EG: Neo W.R.P.G U.S. Selection Arc // by foxmaster //------------------------------// Adagio caught up to Lightning and drew her opening hand. DUEL Lightning Dust:2200 Adagio Dazzle:4000 “ My turn I draw,” Adagio said as she drew her sixth card. Despite being outmatched by four Synchro Monsters and a dragon that can absorb effect damage Adagio remained calm and collective. “ First I will Summon Bujin Yamato in attack mode. A red and white stone statue with a gold belt and silver pieces of armor appeared and punched its fist forward. Bujin Yamato LV:4 ATK:1800 “ Next I activate the Continuous Spell Fire Formation - Tenki. Lightning was surprised by Adagio’s move since she assumed only Aria had that card. “ Are you surprised as most duelists know one of the key elements of building a good deck is using cards that support it so naturally, I would also have Fire Formation cards as well but enough about that since I activated Tenki I’m allowed to add a level four or lower Beast-Warrior-Type monster to my hand so I will add Bujin Arasuda to my hand. Adagio pulled out her declared card and continued her move. 1800 + 100 = 1900 “ Next up is Fire Formation Tensu and as you remember this one allows me to Normal Summon a Beast-Warrior-Type monster one additional time so I will use this effect to Summon Bujin Arasuda in attack mode. A gold and Silver statue appeared next to Yamato and crossed its arms. Bujin Arasuda LV:4 ATK:1600 + 100 + 100 = 1800 1900 + 100 = 2000 “ Now its time for me to show you my power so I will overlay my level four Yamato and level four Arasuda to build the overlay network. Yamato and Arasuda transformed into yellow streams of energy which orbited around each other before entering a galaxy like portal and exploding. “ Spirits of old and spirits of strength combined into one vessel and bring me victory in this fight! Xyz Summon! Burn! Rank four! Bujintei Kagutsuchi! A warrior wearing silver armor covered in flames of several colors appeared and raised his arm with his shield up ready to fight. Bujintei Kagutsuchi RANK:4 ATK:2500 + 100 + 100 = 2700 UNITS:2 “ Quite the beast but it still can,t touch me looks like I’m going to win this one too,” “ Oh I’m not done yet I still have up more my sleeve so first when Kagutsuchi is Xyz Summoned I mill five cards of my Deck to my GY and Kagutsuchi gains 100 attack points for each Bujin card milled by this effect. Adagio milled her top five cards (Bujingi Centipede, Bujingi boar, Bujingi Quilin, Bujingi Fox, Bujingi Sinyou). “ Excellent I just milled five Bujins so Kagutsuchi gains 500 attack points. Kagutsuchi began to power up. 2700 + 500 = 3200 “ You may think you're invincible but that dragon of yours is only creating a weak point for me to strike and before I do so I activate the Spell Wild Nature’s Release this allows me to add the defense points of a Beast type or Beast-Warrior-Type monster to their attack points however during the end phase that monster will be destroyed Looks like this will be the end of the line for you. Kagutsuchi began to power up as the spirit of the wild filled his soul. 3200 + 2000 = 5200 “ Before I strike your weakest link I activate the effect of Centipede from my GY since I control a Beast-Warrior type Bujin monster I can banish Centipede to destroy one spell or trap you control so I will destroy your Hurricane Wall. the spirit of Bujingi Centipede appeared and began to chop up Hurricane Wall thus causing Lightning’s defensive wall to clear up. “ And finally I activate the Spell Bujin Power - Kyubi Aura,” Adagio said as a spell with an image of Bujingi Fox covered in an orange aura that took the shape of a nine-tailed fox. This card allows one of my Beast-Warrior Type Monsters to attack all of your monsters once, however, the battle damage you will take is halved and any effects your monsters may have are negated so those extra powers you gave Shusui, Nothung, and Chidori are now negated nor can Shusui use his own effect. Kagutsuchi became covered in the same orange cloak from the picture and suddenly became more aggressive. “ Now that everything is ready its time to end you Kagutsuchi unleash the first attack on Chidori. Kagutsuchi charged at Chidori with his shield in front of him and bashed Chidori into the wall of the stadium and damaged Lightning. Lightning Dust:1650 Adagio Dazzle:4000 “ And the second attack will be on Nothung. Kagutsuchi bashed his shield into Nothung before retreating back to Adagio’s side for the next attack. Before Lightning took the damage she manages to grab a clutch Action Card during the commotion. Lightning Dust:250 Adagio Dazzle:4000 “ Since you destroyed my monster in battle I activate the Action Spell Life Policy when one of my monsters is destroyed by Battle I regain Life Points equal to that destroyed monster’s attack points so since Nothung had 2400 Attack Points I gain 2400 Life Points looks like i,m still in it. Lightning was covered in a green aura that restored her points somewhat. Lightning Dust:2650 Adagio Dazzle:4000 “ So I still have two attacks left and I have done the math all you did was delay the inevitable and now my third attack will be on Shusui. Kagutsuchi threw his shield like a disk and annihilated Shusui and the disk kept going. Lightning Dust:1950 Adagio Dazzle:4000 “ And now for my final attack, I will get rid of Black-Winged Dragon you may survive by a thread but after the Battle, I will cut it. Kagutsuchi’s shield boomeranged back and was about to hit Black-Winged Dragon. Just as Lightning was about to lose hope another Action Card appeared and she grabbed it just in time. “ My dragon is going nowhere because I just grabbed the Action Spell Evasion so it looks like I will live to deal some damage to you. Black-Winged Dragon flew above the path of the attack and landed back down without a scratch. “ Fine I end my turn and during the End Phase Wild Nature’s Release destroys my monster but that is not happening because when a Bujin Beast-Warrior type monster is about to be destroyed I can detach an overlay unit from Kagutsuchi to save it. One of Kagutsuchi’s overlay units flew into his chest before the destruction effect kicked in. 2 - 1 = 1 5200 - 2000 = 3200 “ My turn I draw,” Lightning said as she drew her second card. Lightning was prepared to deal some damage and hoped she could last long enough to do so. “ First I'm going to use Black-Winged Dragon’s effect First I remove all Black Feather counters from my dragon then I target one of your Face-Up monsters and it loses 700 attack points for each counter removed and you also take damage equal to the amount of attack your monster lost. The darkened parts of Black-Winged Dragon’s wings changed back to their original color and a wave of dark energy washed over Kagutsuchi. 3200 - 1400 = 1800 1400 + 1400 = 2800 The wave of darkness then washed over Adagio draining some of her points. Lightning Dust:1950 Adagio Dazzle:2600 “ And now I enter my Battle Phase and have Black-Winged Dragon attack Bujintei Kagutsuchi with Noble Stream. Black-Winged Dragon fired a stream of dark energy at Kagutsuchi and Lightning was sure she beat it until Adagio pulled a card from your GY. “ Not so fast when one of my Beast-Warrior Type Bujin monsters is involved in a battle I can banish Bujingi Sinyou from my GY during the Damage Step my monster gains the attack points of your monster until the end of the Damage Step, however, the damage you take is halved. A shadowy form of Black-Winged Dragon appeared behind Kagutsuchi and gave him more power. 1800 + 2800 = 4600 Kagutsuchi deflected the Noble Stream right back at Black-Winged Dragon. Lightning noticed an Action card high in the air and used the Speed Boost to gain more air on the half-pipe then grabbed the Action Card while doing a barrel roll before landing back on the track and activated said card. “ I activate the Action Spell Miracle so not only is my Dragon safe but the damage is halved some more. A barrier appeared around Black-Winged Dragon and the damage to Lightning was severely reduced. Lightning Dust:1500 Adagio Dazzle:2600 “ Since my attack on Kagutsuchi failed time for plan B during my Main Phase 2 I activate the Spell Darkness Dragon Roar,” Lightning said as a Spell with an image of (Red-Eyes Black Dragon) unleashing a mighty roar of dark energy. I can only Activate this Spell while I control a DARK Attribute Dragon-Type monster this card allows me to target one of your monsters and destroy it then you take damage equal to the destroyed Monster’s attack points looks like Silver can sit this round out. Lightning was sure she won until Adagio smiled. “ Guess again Lightning because I activate Kagutsuchi effect you remember When a Beast-Warrior-type Bujin monster I control is about to be destroyed I can Detach an overlay unit from Kagutsuchi instead. Kagutsuchi absorbed his last overlay unit and survived. 1 - 1 = 0 “ Fine I end my turn,” Lightning said reluctantly. “ My turn I draw,” Adagio said as she drew her card. Adagio felt ready to end this and had everything she needed to do so. “ First I activate the effect of Bujingi Quilin in my GY while I control a Beast-Warrior type Bujin monster I can banish this card and target one face-up card you control and destroy it and since your whirlwind is no threat to me I'm going after Black-Winged Dragon. The Spirit of Quilin began to charge towards Black-Winged Dragon. Just as Lightning thought her only monster was done for she notices a clutch Action Card and grabs it. She reads it over and activates it. “ I activate the Action Spell Mirror Berrier so now my Dragon is safe. A translucent Mirror ball appeared around Black-Winged Dragon and deflected the blade of Quillin. “ Curses and this card won,t help now since your Dragon can,t be destroyed by card effects now. Adagio felt conflicted until she remembered she can still attack. “ I may not be able to destroy your monster with effects but I can do it by battle so I will have Kagutsuchi attack Black-Winged Dragon. Kagutsuchi charged at Black-Winged Dragon and prepared to strike. Lightning noticed two Action Cards above her and so did Adagio. They both hit a speed booster and launched off the ramp. They each grabbed an Action Card and both activated them. “ I activate the Action Spell High Dive this gives Kagutsuchi an extra 1000 attack points,” Adagio said as Kagutsuchi gained more power. 3200 + 1000 = 4200 “ Well I activate the Action Spell Encore this allows me to copy the effects of one Action Card in my GY and I chose to copy the effects of Evasion so your attack is now negated. Black-Winged Dragon flew higher and Kagutsuchi stabbed his sword into the track and tried to pull it out. “ You may have dodged that but I'm not finished yet so I end my turn with one card face-down,” Adagio said as a set card appeared behind Kagutsuchi. 4200 - 1000 = 3200 “ My turn I draw,” Lightning said as she drew her second card. Lightning was getting tired of this game of cat and mouse and noticed she drew something useful. “ First I activate the Spell Synchro Legacy,” Lightning said as a Spell with an image of a dying man passing a synchro monster to someone appeared. By Banishing all the Synchro Monsters in my GY I can draw one card for each one banished. All of Lightning fallen Blackwing Synchros appeared in spirit form and flew into Lightning’s Deck and she drew four cards. Lightning was happy she finally drew her game finisher. “ Next I activate Raigeki to finally get rid of Kagutsuchi. A bolt of lightning struck Kagutsuchi and caused it to scream before exploding at long last. Adagio was not taking it well and activated her set-card in sheer rage. “ If you think I’m letting you attack me and end this you have another thing coming so as payback for destroying my monster I activate The Quick-Play Spell Revenge Murder,” Adagio shouted in anger as a Spell with an image of someone stabbing another person with a bloody katana appeared. When one of my monsters is destroyed by a card effect you take damage equal to my destroyed monster’s attack points. A bloody sword was fired from the spell card and was on a direct course for Lightning. Everyone especially Silver and Lyra were worried because if that sword stabbed Lightning not only would she lose the match but she may die as well before passing the baton to Silver. Lightning was worried as well until her Dragon intercepted the blade and took the hit. “ Thanks for saving me Black-Winged Dragon you're a real lifesaver and as for you-you vile monster I’m not letting a low blow like that go unpunished My dragon may have lost 700 attack points for using his effect to save me but now I'm going to inflict that pain on to you. Lightning felt a great surge of power coming from her element and the top card of her Deck began to glow yellow. 0 + 1 = 1 2800 - 700 = 2100 “ I feel something calling to me and to get to it I activate the Spell Feather of the Raven by discarding a Winged-Beast type monster with 1500 or less attack from my hand I can draw two cards. Lightning discarded her Ghibli the Searing Wind and drew her two cards while a trail of yellow light followed. Lightning was surprised to see her element created a unique card just for her. “ Remember when I said I was going to inflict the pain of my monster on to you well now I’m going to do that and then some so First I activate the Spell Soul Revive,” Lightning said as a spell with an image of a ball of yellow light returning to a wrinkly body in an open coffin appeared. This spell allows each of us to chose a monster in our GYs and summon it back in attack mode, however, we each take 500 points of damage afterward so I choose to bring back my Breeze the Zephyr. Breeze rode out of the GY on its whirlwind and took a fighting stance. Blackwing - Breeze the Zephyr LV:3 ATK:1100 “ And I will bring back my Kagutsuchi. Kagutsuchi rose from Adagio’s GY ready to fight again. Bujintei Kagutsuchi RANK:4 ATK:2500 + 100 + 100 = 2700 UNITS:0 “ Now that we have our monsters time for us to take the damage or should I say you because my dragon absorbs my damage and gains another counter. Black-Winged Dragon absorbed Lightning’s damage while Adagio took her damage. Lightning Dust:1500 Adagio Dazzle:2100 1 + 1 = 2 2100 - 700 = 1400 “ Next I Activate another Spell called Black Feather Charge Up,” Lightning said as a spell with an image of Black-Winged Dragon absorbing damage appeared. This adds another two counters to Black-Winged Dragon. The rest of Black-Winged Dragon’s winged became darkened and now Lightning’s game finisher was almost set. 2 + 2 = 4 1400 - 1400 = 0 “ And now for my newest card behold the Equip Spell Harmony Metal of Loyalty,” Lightning said as a metal with the red thunderbolt shaped gem of loyalty embedded into it was pinned onto the chest of Black-Winged Dragon. This metal is only awarded to those who display true loyalty to their comrades in the face of danger which my Dragon has just demonstrated and this metal comes with an added bonus when the equipped monster attacks or activates its effect your not allowed to use any card effects in response to that effect or attack so whatever effects you have in your GY are now nullified. Adagio had a look of shock on her face after seeing a flash of what will happen after the duel appeared in her mind. “ And now for the finisher, I activate Black-Winged Dragon’s Effect by removing all four of its counters not only does Kagutsuchi lose 2800 attack points but you also take 2800 points of damage. Black-Winged Dragon unleashed all its anger onto Kagutsuchi and Adagio but draining all of Kagutsuchi’s attack points and all of Adagio’s Life Points which caused her runner to emit smoke thus ending the duel. 2700 - 2700 = 0 Lightning Dust:1500 Adagio Dazzle:0 WINNER: Lightning Dust “ IT’S FINALLY OVER LADIES AND GENTLEMEN IN A VERY IMPRESSIVE AND AWE-INSPIRING MATCH THE WINNERS AND YOUR WESTERN DIVISION REPS ARE TEAM SILVERWING,” The Mc shouted as the crowd erupted with applause and cheers. The Dazzlings, on the other hand, all had a look of terror and fear on their faces as if they were about to be severely punished by someone. As determined by their expressions a portal opened up in front of the dazzlings and out of it came a very enraged woman with blue hair wearing a white peacoat and she was gunning for the Dazzlings. “ You three are absolutely pathetic you couldn't even bring our main enemy out onto the track so I will be taking these back since you failed to hold up your end of our agreement,” The women screamed as she ripped the pendants right off of all three of the Dazzlings necks and then crushed them under her four-inch heel like they were just glass. As the pendants shattered all the magic the Dazzlings had begun to flow out of their throats and then they looked more scared. “ Are you three ok?” Silver asked very concernedly. Adagio tried to say something but nothing came out. “ What did you do to them, lady?” Lightning asked with a hint of rage. “ Simple these three failed the assignment I gave them so as punishment I took their voices away since those were their most cherished possession. Lightning was about to charge in and beat the living crap out of this women until Silver grabbed her arm and stopped her. “ Lightning stand down I agree this is very cruel and unacceptable but if you attack her in front of all these people our team will be disqualified and this lady will get what she wants,” Silver said while Lightning cooled down. “ Darn and I thought baiting your weakest link into assaulting me and succeeding would bring our plans back on track but I was wrong still you deserve some kind of reward for making it this far so I suppose I will tell you my name. I am Lydia Haywood of Team Demise and I'm sure you already met my associate Sterben. “ Why are you guys going after us and what Silver have to do with this,” Lyra asked hoping to get to the bottom of this. “ You will find out at some point but know this you three are not out of the woods just yet because I set up one last opponent for you three especially for Silver and this is one match you will need to give your all in because this guy has a very strong hatred of weakling,” Lydia said before disappearing into her portal. Silver felt tired of this Team Demise ruining what was supposed to be a fun tournament and turning it into a vendetta against him for some reason. As Silver Slammed his fist onto the ground his element reacted and shot a beam at the broken fragments of the Dazzlings pendants and fixed them along with changing them from red to green. The Pendants was then placed around the Dazzlings necks. “ What the heck just happened?” Adagio said and then was surprised to hear herself speak again. All three of them began singing and while the voices sounded as lovely just like before they met Sunset and her friends nobody was under their control. “ Uh, why is nobody being controlled by us?” Sonata asked. “ Simple my magic only restored your voices and singing now you three no longer have any magic so now you can't use it to hurt or manipulate anyone ever again. Now you three are nothing more than regular teenage girls with lovely singing voices and I suggest you get used to it,” Silver said as the green of their pendants dulled indicating they had no magic at all. “ Since when did our elements have that ability,” Lightning asked. “ I think they always had that ability. After watching your match Lightning I finally figured out how our elements work. Basically, if we are in a pinch and we show one of the key principles of the original elements of harmony they will react and aid us,” Silver explained after reviewing the data he gathered. With the currents events that occurred ended the Mc got back to her announcing duties. “ This concludes our leg of the circuit so please give Team Silver Wing one last round of applause and we will see them in two weeks in the historical city of Fillydelphia,” The mc said before the crowd erupted into a much louder amount of cheers and applause. A few hours later Silver, Lyra, and Lightning were in the front lobby with all their luggage while Fluttershy was hugging her friends before joining Silver and his friends for the ride back to Canterlot City. Ratchet pushed the Dollie with the pieces of Fluttershy’s runner into the back of the truck and chained them down for safety. After everything was packed Team Silver Wing was heading home. Meanwhile inside one of the Ballrooms inside Silver’s Mansion Sunset and the others decided after Pinkie kept pleading with them twenty times to celebrate Team Silver Wing’s victory. As the last of the decorations and stuff was finished Sunset heard the sound of a truck backing in and knew they were back. Everyone hid and turned the lights off. After Silver opened the doors and flipped the light switch everyone jumped out. “ Congratulation on winning the Division Selection Circuit Team Silver Wing,” Everyone shouted as the party cannons went off and confetti rained down. Lightning was very touched by this since no one ever did something this nice for her. Everyone began to mingle and Fluttershy reunited with her friends. As the party kept going Silver decided it was time to head outside and think for a bit. Lyra followed him silently since she had a feeling this had something to do with what he was told. Silver was on his balcony reflecting on everything that has happened. As he was reflecting Lyra came up to him. “ Sorry for disturbing you Silver but is everything alright?” Lyra asked concerned. “ Everything that has happened so far Team Skullcrush, The Dazzlings and now we have another team waiting for us. I,m just not sure about winning this anymore what if we lose and Team Demise succeeds with their plans,” Silver replied. “Let's not worry about that right now instead just focus on the positive side we won the right to represent our division in the Final Four and we are much stronger than before,” Lyra said cheering Silver up a little. “ Your right we can do this no matter the odds we are still Team Silver Wing the team that brings justice and stands up for those who can't stand up themselves,” Silver said with renewed spirit. Just them Lightning showed up. “ There you two are come quickly everyone is waiting,” Lightning said as she grabbed their arms and pulled them. Everyone was waiting for the guests of honor to arrive and give a speech about their exploits. Silver was the first to begin. “ When I first assembled this team I was hoping to compete for the fun of it but despite a few villains getting in our way we made it much farther than I was expecting and are still going strong so thank you for supporting us through our journey and we all hope you will keep doing so as we take our next step,” Silver said and then passed the mic to Lyra. “ Thank you, Silver, and as for why I joined Team Silver Wing I mostly just wanted to be with Silver who helped me become a stronger duelist than I was before. I was worried my skill level was not good enough and losing the first leg of our first match did not help at all but Silver gave me hope and in a most amazing turnabout showed me and everyone that even when your close to the brink of defeat there is still hope and since then I improved a lot and when Bandit Keith shot me into a coma I felt Silver fighting with everything he had and the magic of our team manifest before us so I'm ready for anything they throw at us next,” Lyra said and then passed the mic to Lightning. “ Thank you, Lyra for that heartfelt speech and as some of you gathered here may remember I was not exactly the girl I am today back then. I remembered all the amazing stories my Grandfather would tell me about his exploits in the Navy and I wanted to be just like him too but unfortunately I went about it the wrong way and hurt people without thinking of the consequences and after hurting a very delicate person I was locked away in Juvie for two years. After I finally got out everyone avoided me like the plague since most people change for the worse when in prison but one day during the final round of the Canterlot Grand Prix I found someone who saw a skilled duelist and not a degenerate criminal and after I found him again some of you here still had doubts about me including a certain alicorn princess but after hanging with Silver I finally realized the meaning of the phrase look before you leap so I ready for anything they can throw at me,” Lightning said as the room filled with applause. After the speech ended everyone decided to go home for the night but not before cleaning up the mess. Silver told them they did not have to do it but everyone insisted. After the Ballroom was cleaned up everyone left and Lyra and Lightning decided to go back to their own houses for the night. Silver retired to his bedroom and went to bed eager for what tomorrow will bring. Meanwhile, that same night in a dripping wet alleyway Abacus Cinch was resting in a moldy old cardboard box with nothing but the tattered remains of her outfit when she heard three voices coming her way. “ I cannot believe that Silver Chance would restore our voices only for them to be powerless,” Adagio shouted in anger while kicking a can at the wall. “ I know right when we still had our magic we were like running CHS and we even had the principal and vice principal under our control,” Sonata said but with less anger. The mention of Silver Chance sparked Cinch’s interest and she crawled out of her box to speak with the Dazzlings. “ Did I hear you three mention something about Silver Chance?” Cinch asked. “ We did but why are you, interested lady?” Aria asked sarcastically. “ Because I also have some beef with Silver because of him undermining my right to punish my students and the School Board backing him up I lost everything my job, my car, my house, even my dignity,” Cinch replied while motioning to her tattered clothes and moldy box. “ Wow that was very brutal and I thought losing our magic was awful,” Sonata said feeling bad for Cinch. “ Did you say magic? I think I might be able to help with that,” Cinch said as she pulled a circular device out of her blazer pocket. “ What is that,” Adagio asked. “ When a certain former student of mine left Crystal Prep Academy I raided her Secret Lab and found this hidden in one of her drawers. It's called a Spectrometer this device can absorb magic from anyone, however, I can't get this one to work for some reason,” Cinch explained. “ Who are you anyway,” Sonata asked saying what her sisters were thinking. “ Oh how rude of me I’m Abacus Cinch,” Cinch replied. “ I'm Adagio Dazzle and these are my sisters Aria Blaze and Sonata Dusk,” Adagio said while pointing at her sisters. “ Anyway back to my proposition since you three are experienced with equestrian magic and I have the device for stealing it I propose an alliance I give you three your magic back and you help me reclaim my school before that pink pansy Cadenza drives it down the toilet. Deal?” Cinch asked awaiting Adagio’s response. DEAL,” All three Dazzlings said in unison.