//------------------------------// // Darkness Among The Light // Story: Yu-Gi-Oh! EG: Neo W.R.P.G U.S. Selection Arc // by foxmaster //------------------------------// Sunset and the group finally landed in Fillydelphia and rushed to find the stadium where the match was taking place. Luckily for them, it was close and everyone ran as fast as they could to get there before things escalated. Meanwhile back in the Stadium Lightning took off and prepared for her match. “ And now taking the second leg for Team Silverwing is Lighting Dust,” The Mc shouted as Lightning caught up to Stormy and drew her opening hand. DUEL Stormy:200 Lightning Dust:4000 “ My turn I draw,” Lightning said as she drew her sixth card. Stormy may be down to her last 200 life points but her monster was still towering over her. After seeing her hand Lightning suddenly saw her strategy manifest before her. “ First I summon Blackwing - Fane the Steel Chain in attack mode. A raven-like bird dressed as a ninja appeared and took a fighting stance. Blackwing - Fane the Steel Chain LV:2 ATK:500 “ And since I control a Blackwing Monster I can Special Summon Blackwing - Gale the Whirlwind from my hand as well. Gale flew down and took her position next to Fane. Blackwing - Gale the Whirlwind LV:3 ATK:1300 “ Since I now control exactly two Blackwing monsters I can Special Summon this next monster by halving its attack and defense points so come on out Blackwing - Revali the Sharp Shooter. A blue birdman wearing a blue tunic pulled out a golden bow and prepared to fire it. Blackwing - Revali the Sharp Shooter LV:3 ATK: 2200 - 1100 = 1100 “ Now that I have my monsters out I Activate Gale’s effect once per turn Gale halves one of your monster’s attack and defense points. Gale unleashed a whirlwind on Hurricane Empress and lowered her power. 5000 - 2500 = 2500 “ Now I tune my level three Gale the Whirlwind with my Level three Revali the Sharp Shooter to synchro summon the bird that will dethrone your empress. Gale turned into three stars and then three rings that encircled Revali and turned him into three stars that fell into alignment. “ Darkness rising from the depth of the abyss shoot my foes and bring me victory! Synchro Summon! Shoot them all! Level Six! Assault Blackwing - Kageboushi the Great Sniper!,” A birdman wearing green futuristic armor carrying a Hecate II with some extra modifications appeared and began to take aim. Assault Blackwing - Kageboushi the Great Sniper LV:6 ATK: 2800 + 1000 = 3800 “ When Revali is used as Synchro Material for a Blackwing Synchro Monster that monster gains 1000 attack points,” Lightning pointed out as her monster got stronger. As Lightning was gearing up to attack A Clutch Action Card landed in Stormy’s lap while the rest of the cards that were blown away finally came back to earth but scattered in different places on the track. Stormy wasted on time in activating it before Lightning’s attack. “ I’m not going down that easy loser because before you try to finish me I activate the Action Spell Phoenix Elixir this restores my Life points by 2000. Stormy felt her strength come back as Lightning watched in disbelief. Stormy:2200 Lightning Dust:4000 “ Fine but my sniper has an effect that will seal my victory but before I show you I set Two cards face-down. Two set cards appeared behind Fane and Kageboushi. Now I enter my Battle Phase and I will have Kageboushi attack Hurricane Empress with Black Bullet Scatter Shot. Kagebushi locked on to Hurricane Empress and then fired a black bullet that then split into multiple bullets that were about to hit their target in its vital spots until Stormy reacted to the attack. “ My monster is going nowhere because by Banishing StormWitch - Green Jolt from my GY Hurricane Empress cannot be destroyed by this battle. A green forcefield appeared around Hurricane Empress and blocked the bullets. “ So what you're still going to take damage,” Lightning pointed out as the bullets went past Hurricane Empress and struck Stormy instead. Stormy:900 Lightning Dust:4000 “ I'm not done yet because my Fane the Steel Chain has the ability to attack directly even when you still have monsters out so I will have him do just that. Fane leaped into the air and then threw a kunai at Stormy with perfect precision and accuracy. Lightning noticed an Action card up ahead and grabbed it while making the turn. Lightning smiled after seeing what she just grabbed. “ I activate the Action Spell Over Sword which will boost Fane’s attack by 500 which is just what I need to end this. Fane’s kunai picked up speed as Fane grew stronger. 500 + 500 = 1000 “ That makes no difference because by Banishing StormWitch - White Flash from my GY I can negate your attack. A bright white light flashed in an attempted to blind Fane only for it to fail. “ Nice try but when a monster targeted by Over Sword attacks that attack cannot be stopped so it looks like I win,” Lightning said as the kunai nailed Stormy in the chest and drained the rest of her Life Points and her runner to emit smoke. Stormy:0 Lightning Dust:4000 WINNER: Lightning Dust Stormy pulled over next to Darcy and handed the baton to her along with her ace monster. “ That loser may have won this battle but not the war,” Stormy said as she passed Hurricane Empress to Darcy. “ Keep telling yourself that while I show them what real pain is like,” Darcy said as she took off. Outside the Stadium Sunset and her friends arrived and tried to get in but the guards would not let them past. “ For the last time ladies no tickets no admittance,” the guard said as he was about to call for backup. Bloom and the others knew they were getting nowhere and flora used her plant magic to spray the guard with sleep powder and ran inside just in time to see Darcy take the track and catch up to Lightning. Darcy caught up with Lightning and drew her opening hand. DUEL Darcy:4000 Lightning Dust:4000 “ My turn I draw,” Darcy said as she drew her sixth card. Darcy was glad Stormy saved her ace and gave Darcy a chance to win but thanks to Lightning its attack was halved. Darcy made her move hoping Lightning falls for it. “ First I set a monster,” A set monster appeared next to Hurricane Empress. Darcy was certain Lightning would take the bait. “ Time to battle Hurricane Empress attack Fane the Steel Chain. Hurricane Empress sent her wind blades flying towards Lightning until Lightning smiled. “ I knew someone like you would try and hit my weakest link so I set this the Trap Urgent Tuning and just like your teammate I will use it to Synchro Summon. “ How are you planning to do that loser in case you forgot you have no tuner monsters. “ One thing about my Assault Blackwings you should know about when they are summoned by using at least one Blackwing monster as material they treat themselves as tuner monsters. “ This can't be how can such an effect even exist. “ Rather than explain it I will show you I tune my Level two Fane the Steel Chain with my Level Six Kageboushi the Great Sniper. Kageboushi turned into six stars and then six green rings that encircled Fane and turned him into two stars that aligned with each other. “ Darkened gales, reveal hidden wishes on your wings! Synchro Summon! Appear! Level Eight! Black-Winged Dragon!,” Black-Winged Dragon appeared and unleashed a mighty roar. Black-Winged Dragon LV:8 ATK:2800 The appearance of Black-Winged Dragon triggered a replay and Darcy decided to stop her attack only for Lightning to chain another of her cards. “ Before you even think of stopping your attack I activate the Trap Fighting Force,” Lightning said as a trap with an image of two martial artists unleashing their full strength on each other flipped face up. This card forces all monsters in attack mode to attack if able to and since Synchro Summoning Black-Winged Dragon triggered a replay your Empress must attack and be destroyed. Hurricane Empress summoned another hurricane only for Black-Winged Dragon to counter it with one mighty flap of his wings and caused Hurricane Empress to be swept away by her own natural disaster along with some of Darcy’s Life Points. Darcy:3700 Lightning Dust:4000 “ You may have beaten my sister’s monster but I have something just as bad up my sleeve but for now I set two cards face-down and activate the Field Spell Lightsworn Paradox. A divine temple in the middle of a massive lake appeared and reflected in the lake was the very same temple in a world of darkness. This cards effects change depending on which monster from which world I use as for what those effects are you will have to wait and see but for now I end my turn. “ My turn I draw,” Lightning said as she drew her second card. Lightning needed to get past Darcy’s monster before whatever she has planned happens. Lightning noticed an Action Card coming up and grabs it then decides to hold on to it. “ First I Activate the Spell Shield Crush this destroys one defense position monster on the field. Lightning spell sent a beam of light towards Darcy’s monster until Darcy activated one of her set cards. “ Nice try loser but I counter that by activate the Trap Reverse Effector when a face-down defense position monster is targeted by a spell or trap this card flips it into attack mode and negates that cards activation, however, the flipped monster goes to the GY afterward not that it matters to me because my set monster is Ryko Lightsworn Hunter. Darcy’s set monster flipped face up and revealed to be a white wolf pup wearing pearl armor with yellow trim. Ryko, Lightsworn Hunter LV:2 ATK:200 “ And when he is flipped face-up both his effects activate first he destroys one card on the field then I must mill three cards from my deck so I choose to destroy your Black-Winged Dragon. Ryko charged at Black-Winged Dragon with the intent to rip it to shreds with his fangs until Lightning reacted. “ I activate the Action Spell Mirror Barrier this prevents your effect from destroying my dragon. A mirror ball encased Black-Winged Dragon and repealed Ryko. Darcy proceeded to mill her top three cards. (Eclipse Wyvern, Wulf, Lightsworn Beast, Lyla, Twilightsworn Enchantress) 34 - 3 = 31 “ Perfect Since I milled Wulf he Special Summons himself from my GY. A wolfman wearing Pearl armor wielding a pike appeared and stuck his pike at Black-Winged Dragon. Wulf, Lightsworn Beast LV:4 ATK:2100 “ And the effect of Eclipse Wyvern also activates since it was sent to my GY I can Banish a level seven or higher LIGHT or DARK Dragon-Type Monster from my deck so I will Banish my Chaos Emperor Dragon-Envoy of the End. The crowd was in complete shock after hearing what Darcy said including Sunset and most of her friends. “ What is everyone so surprised about?” Stella asked confused. “ That Card Darcy just banished is one of two legendary cards that most duelists traveled the world to add to their collection the first is Chaos Emperor Dragon-Envoy of the End a card so powerful that it was outlawed in official tournaments until a few months ago and the second is Black Luster Soldier - Envoy of the Beginning a card with powers comparable to Chaos Emperor that it was never banned on the count of its scarcity, in fact, some said not a single one still existed,” Sci-Twi pointed out. “ And what's so dangerous about this one,” Bloom asked. “Let's just say if Darcy brings that card out Lightning is going to be in for a world of hurt,” Sunset replied. Despite all the hype and confusion in the stands Lightning continued her turn but not before Darcy's Field Spell reacted to Wulf’s arrival and Ryko disappeared. “ Since I have a Lightsworn on my field Lightsworn Paradox Gives all LIGHT Attribute Monsters I control 800 attack points. Wulf began to power up. 2100 + 800 = 2900 “ That won,t help you once I activate the Equip Spell Dragon Aura and equip it onto my Black-Winged Dragon not only does this give him an extra 500 attack points but if my dragon should be sent to the GY I can banish this card to protect it. Black-Winged Dragon was suddenly covered in a black aura indicating it's attribute as it gained power. 2800 + 500 = 3300 “ Black-Winged Dragon attack Wulf with Noble Stream. Black-Winged Dragon unleashed a blast of dark energy on to Wulf only for Darcy to Counter it. “ I knew you would try this so I activate the Continuous Trap Lightsworn Barrier when one of My Lightsworn monsters is targeted for an attack I can mill two cards to negate that attack. Darcy milled her two cards ( Lightsworn Sabre, Felis, Lightsworn Archer) 30 - 2 = 28 “ Looks like My luck keeps going because since I milled Felis I can Special Summon him. A tiger man with green hair dressed in a white huntsman outfit appeared and readied his bow. Felis, Lightsworn Archer LV:4 ATK:1100 + 800 = 1900 “ But that's not all I also activate the effect of Lightsworn Sabre in my GY since it was milled I can equip it to one Lightsworn monster I control and that monster gains 700 attack points so I will equip it to my Wulf. A sword handle appeared in Wulf’s hand and as soon as Wulf waved it a beam of light shot out. 2900 + 700 = 3600 “ Fine I end my turn,” Lightning said reluctantly “ My turn I draw,” Darcy said as she drew her third card. Darcy knew that Dragon Aura card would prevent her from reaching Lightning so she needed to get rid of it. “ First I activate the Spell Solar Recharge by discarding a Lightsworn monster from my hand I can draw two cards and then mill two cards so I discard Ehren, Lightsworn Monk and draw two cards. Darcy drew her two cards and then milled two cards ( Jenis, Lightsworn Mender, Ryko, Twilightsworn Fighter) 25 - 2 = 23 “ Next I summon Lyla, Twilightsworn Enchantress in attack mode. A woman wearing a white robe with a black mantle and witch hat appeared. Lyla, Twilightsworn Enchantress LV:4 ATK:1700 “ Next I activate the Spell Charge of the Light Brigade by milling three cards I can add a level four or lower Lightsworn Monster to my hand. Darcy milled her three cards ( Shire, Lightsworn Spirit, Rinyan, Lightsworn Rogue, Lumina, Twilightsworn Shaman) 23 - 3 = 20 “ And the monster I chose to add is Minerva, Lightsworn Maiden. Darcy added her card to her hand and continued her move. “ Now Lyla effect activates when a Spell, Trap or Monster effect is activated I can Banish A Lightsworn monster from my hand or GY and destroy one Spell or Trap you control so I will Banish Rinyan from my GY and destroy Dragon Aura. Lyla channeled Rinyan,s spirit and then fired it at Lightning’s Dragon Aura and destroyed it. 3300 - 500 = 2800 “ Next I activate Felis’s effect by tributing him I can target one monster you control and destroy it there goes your Black-Winged Dragon. Felis fired a barrage of arrows with strings of light attached to them thus pulling Black-Winged Dragon down with him. “ Now I must mill three cards for using this effect. Darcy milled three cards ( Jain, Twilightsworn General, Twilight Eraser, Judgement Dragon) 19 - 3 = 16 “ Since I milled Twilight Eraser with a Lightsworn Monster’s effect I can Special Summon a Lightsworn monster from my hand so I summon Minerva, Lightsworn Maiden. A red-headed girl wearing a white dress with a snowy owl perched on her arm appeared. Minerva, Lightsworn Maiden LV:3 ATK:800 + 800 = 1600 “ Now that my forces are gathered time to battle Wulf Attack this loser directly. Wulf charged at Lightning prepared to slash her with his sword. Lightning spotted a clutch Action card above the stadium and also noticed the halfpipe ahead was angled perfectly to reach it. Lightning hit her nitro and launched herself at the Action card then grabbed it successfully. Lightning was relieved to see she grabbed a life saver. “ I activate the Action Spell Truce not only is the Battle Phase ended but we both gain 500 life points. Wulf stopped his attack and Darcy and Lightning gained more life points. Darcy:4200 Lightning Dust:4500 “ You may have ended the battle but my turn is not over yet because next, I overlay my Wulf and Lyla to build the overlay network. Wulf turned into a stream of yellow energy while Lyly turned into a stream of purple energy than both streams orbited around each other as they entered a galaxy like portal and exploded. “ Master of both the light and the dark take form and crush my foe with the best of both worlds! Xyz Summon! Rise! Chaos King Dharkeem! A man with rainbow wings wearing black fiendish looking armor and a gold sword that sun as bright as the sun appeared and brandished his sword at Lightning. Chaos King Dharkeem RANK:4 ATK:3000 UNITS:2 “ Allows me to show my Dharkeem’s effect once per turn I can Detach one overlay unit to banish a LIGHT or DARK Attribute monster from my GY and inflict 200 points of damage times that monster’s level so I will banish Eclipse Wyvern and since its level is four you take 800 points of damage. One of Dharkeem’s overlay units went into his sword and the spirit of Eclipse Wyvern appeared before Dharkeem sent a light wave flying at Lightning nailing her in the back and leaving a tear in the back of her riding outfit. Darcy:4200 Lightning Dust:3700 “ And now that I banished Eclipse Wyvern I can Add Chaos Emperor Dragon back to my hand. Darcy added her banished card back to her hand. “ As much as I would love to end this now watching you squirm is much more fun so, for now, I end my turn. “ My turn I draw,” Lightning said as she drew her card. Lightning was up against the wall and the worst has not come yet. Lightning saw what she drew and was glad to see she drew something that could help her a little. “ I activate the Spell Synchro Reborn and with it, I will revive my Kageboushi the Great Sniper. KageBoushi appeared out of the sky and readied his rifle. Assault Blackwing - Kageboushi the Great Sniper LV:6 ATK: 2800 “ Now that I have Kageboushi back I activate his effect once per turn I can inflict 500 points of damage for each Blackwing monster in my GY and since I have three you take 1500 points of damage. Kageboushi took aim and fired a black bullet at Darcy. Darcy:2700 Lightning Dust:3300 “ Now that I have my monster back Time to Battle Kageboushi attack Minerva with Black Bullet Scatter Shot. Kageboushi fired a barrage of bullets at Minerva only for Darcy to block them. “ Did you forget about my Barrier loser when you target one of my Lightsworns for an attack I can just mill two cards to block it. The barrier appeared and Darcy milled her two cards. ( Punishment Dragon, Twin Dragon Return) 16 - 2 = 14 “ That was all I could do so I end my turn,” Lightning shouted in frustration. “ My turn I draw,” Darcy said as she drew her third card. Darcy knew she had this one in the bag and made her move. “ First I'm going to activate the Spell Card of Sanctity this allows us both to draw until we each have six cards in our hand. Lightning was confused as to why Darcy would allow her to draw more cards until it hit her. 14 - 4 = 10 “ Now that the conditions are perfect I remove one LIGHT monster and one DARK monster from my GY to Special Summon Chaos Emperor Dragon-Envoy of the End. A purple portal opened above and out of it came a green dragon with platinum armor and a fiery orange mane of hair ready to destroy everything. Chaos Emperor Dragon - Envoy of the End LV:8 ATK:3000 “ Time to end this I activate my dragon’s effect by paying 1000 life points all cards on our fields and in our hands go to the GY and you take 300 points of damage for each card sent to the GY by this effect and if my math is correct that is a total of seventeen cards so that's 5100 points of damage been nice knowing you. Darcy:1700 Lightning Dust:3700 Chaos Emperor Dragon unleashed a mighty huge flame that engulfed the whole track and obscured both duelists from sight. Lightning noticed a clutch Action card come up during the blitz and grabbed it then activated it. As the flames cleared nothing was left on the field and both players had no cards in their hand but what really surprised everyone was the fact Lightning was still in the match. Darcy:1700 Lightning Dust:300 “ Impossible how can you still have life points left I did the math myself you should be down to 0,” Darcy asked. “ While you were busy clearing our boards I snatched a very useful action card the same one your teammate used to try and avoid my finisher that's right the Action Spell Phoenix Elixir this card restored my Life points by 2000 before your move did any damage. “ You manage to survive but now we both have nothing so, for now, I end my turn. “ My turn I draw,” Lightning said as she drew her card. Lightning needed the perfect card to end this but failed to draw it. “ I end my turn by setting one card Face-Down,” Lightning said as a set card appeared on her field. “ My turn I draw,” Darcy said as she drew her card. This duel turned into a battle to draw the perfect card to end this too bad for Lightning she already had this planned. First I activate the Effect of Twin Dragon Return in my GY if both Judgement Dragon and Punishment Dragon are both in my GY I can banish this card to bring them both to my hand. Darcy added both her dragon’s to her hand and continued her move. “ Next I activate the Spell Dragon Revival,” Darcy said as a spell with an image of a dragon flying out of a volcano appeared. This allows me to add a Dragon-Type monster in my GY back to my hand so I will add Chaos Emperor Dragon back to my hand. Darcy added her ultimate weapon back to her hand just in time for Lightning to make her move. “ I activate my Trap Fatel Blackjack,” Lightning said as a trap with an image of a fiend holding a hand equal to twenty and all hope on his next card flipped face up. This deals 400 points of damage to you for each card in your hand and since I knew you would try and bring your dragon back I knew you would hold onto your cards before you could reach it and with three cards in your hand that 1200 points of damage now you can,t activate that effect again. Darcy’s cards glowed black and took her Life Points. Darcy:500 Lightning Dust:300 “ Big deal I don't need that effect to finish you especially since I'm going to leave your leader with a triple threat. And to start I special Summon Judgement Dragon since I have more than four different Lightsworns in my GY. A gray dragon appeared and unleashed a mighty roar. Judgement Dragon LV:8 ATK:3000 Before Darcy continued her move she noticed an Action card coming up and grabbed it then smiled after seeing what it was. “ I activate the Action Spell Draw Dice this allows me to roll a die and draw cards equal to the result. Darcy rolled a die and it landed on two then Darcy drew two cards and smiled more at what she drew. 9 - 2 = 7 “ Next I activate Soul Release to banish five more of my Lightsworns. Darcy took out her Raiden, Minerva, Wulf, Felis, and Ehren then proceeded to her next move. “ Now that more than four of my Lightsworns left the game I can Special Summon Punishment Dragon from my hand. A black Dragon appeared and unleashed a much scarier roar. Punishment Dragon LV:8 ATK:3000 “ And now for the return of my ultimate weapon I banish another LIGHT Monster and another DARK Monster to bring back my Chaos Emperor Dragon-Envoy of the End. Chaos Emperor Dragon came back and unleashed its roar Chaos Emperor Dragon - Envoy of the End LV:8 ATK:3000 “ Now your finished loser Chaos Emperor Dragon end this with Supreme Ruler’s Flame. Chaos Emperor Dragon unleashed a mighty stream of orange fire that nailed Lightning and scorched most of her suit along with the rest of her Life Points. Darcy:500 Lightning Dust:0 WINNER: Darcy “ And during my End Phase, I must mill four cards thanks to Judgement Dragon. Darcy milled her four cards. 7 - 4 = 3 Lightning drove back to her team’s pit and passed the baton to Silver. “ Sorry I could not beat her Silver I never thought she would have such a legendary card up her sleeve,” Lightning said as she passed the baton to Silver. “ No worries Lightning I'm looking forward to the challenge and besides not many people can say they were hit by Chaos Emperor Dragon,s effect and live to tell about it,” Silver said before taking off. Sunset and the others arrived and rarity saw another one of her creations was damage and demanded she changed out of it before the men saw her unmentionables. Lightning followed Rarity to the girl's room and the others watched the rest of the match. Meanwhile, on the roof of the stadium, Lydia was watching the match and was impressed with the Trix. “ I don,t know who these girls are or how they slipped under our radar but they sure know how to push their opponents to their limits before breaking them,” Lydia said before returning to her observations. Lydia noticed Silver looked more determined to win this.