Yu-Gi-Oh E-Quest: Malefic Wars

by DakariKingMykan


Episode 22: Dreading the Dragon: Part 2

EPISODE TWENTY-TWO

Kori and Sapphire continued to glare each other down, while the spectators watched on.

Rainbow and Pinkie’s anger were still rising as they continued to call out to the duelists.

“You can whip him, Kori.” called Rainbow.

“Teach him a lesson he won’t soon forget.” added Pinkie, and she hopped up and down thrusting her fists like a boxer in a ring.

Dick was growing very annoyed with their behaviours and balked, “Will you two knock it off with that?!”

“Hey, chill out, we’re just cheering her own.” protested Rainbow.

Pinkie nodded, but Dick scolded them both, “You’re letting your inner rage getting too far out of control. Look what it’s doing to you.

The only reason Kori’s dueling out there is because you two aren’t thinking straight.”

“We are so!” growled Pinkie “We’ve never thought straighter. If we thought anymore straighter, it would… um… well…” she couldn’t think of anything to say, slightly proving Dick’s point. “…We just are! Okay?!”

Rainbow just folded her arms and turned her attention back to the duel.

Sapphire LP: 5600

Kori LP: 8000

Sapphire taunted over to Kori. “What’s the matter? Are you scared of something… something that might happen that could make you lose your cool?”

Kori growled at him, but she said nothing.

“That’s what I thought.” said Sapphire. “I could put you out of your misery, but seeing like this is just too much fun for me.”

“Will you just take your turn already?!” yelled Kori.

“Whoa… if you’re that anxious to lose, I will.

I draw…!”

He narrowed his eyes at what he had, much to Kori’s discomfort.

“Time for me to rev it up…! I play the Tuner monster SPEEDROID MALICIOUSMAGNET.”

(Atk: 0)

“Another tuner monster…?” Kori asked in disbelief. “How many of these do you have?”

Sapphire chuckled, “More than you can think of, but never mind that, because you should see his special ability.

Whenever it’s summoned, it lets me take control of one monster you have, and then I get to Synchro Summon with it.”

Kori’s eyes widened.

The spectators all gasped.

“He’s going to Synchro summon again?!” groaned Pinkie.

“Man, this guy may be annoying, but he sure is tough.” thought Rainbow.

Sappire thrust out his arm, “Now I think I’ll go ahead and target your Alsahm!”

His monster shot an electro-magnetic current at Kori’s monster, entrapping it.

“It’s Synchro time…!”

“No, it isn’t; it’s quick-play time!” snapped Kori.

“What?!”

“I activate SATELLARKNIGHT SKYBRIDGE! It lets me target Alsahm, and then I summon one “Tellarknight” straight from my deck, and then send Alsahm back to my hand!”

“Ah!”

Kori quickly flipped through her duel disk’s screen, and made her selection. The monster was summoned instantly in a bright flash of light.

“I call forth another SATELLARKNIGHT VEGA!”

(Def: 1600)

Once he had appeared, her Alsahm dashed back to Kori’s hand, meaning Sapphire was no longer targeting it, so his summoning failed, much to his anger.

“Oh, and don’t forget…” Kori called “When Vega is summoned, I’m allowed to resummons Alsahm to the field!”

(Def: 1800)

Kori now had three Tellarknights protecting her.

“Ah, nuts!” snapped Sapphire “Since you summoned Alsahm, I get zapped another 1000 points of damage.”

Kori nodded with a cheeky grin on her face as her monster fired a blast at him.

Sapphire LP: 5600 -----> 4600

He looked up after the shot and bellowed, “Doesn’t matter how many of those things you summon, I can still take them on.”

“I wouldn’t bet on that.” said Kori “Now I activate the trap WONDER XYZ! This card lets me Xyz Summon using monsters that I control.”

Sapphire growled softly.

Kori then held out her arm at her two monsters. “I take my two Vegas and my Alsahm, and build the Overlay Network!”

The monsters vanished into the portal, followed by a huge burst of light the shot down, and the monster appeared.


“I Xyz Summon STELLARKNIGHT TRIVERR!”

(Def: 2500)

Her monster stood tall and proud with its weapons and armor shimmering brightly…



Far, away, where Sunset and the rest of the group sat, Sunset looked off into the distance where she saw another shimmer of light, just as she did when she and Applejack were dueling.

“Does anybody else see that?” she asked.

“Not unless we’re all going crazy.” replied Shining Armor.

“I can see it.” cried Cadance.

The light just as soon faded as it appeared, and everyone instantly happened upon the same hope that maybe it was the rest of the group.

“Let’s go!” shouted Sunset, and she bolted upright and began to dash off into the direction where the light was seen.

“Sunset, wait!” hollered Vic “It could be a trap too!”

Sunset was already way up ahead.

Raven sighed, “Save it, let’s just go.” and she began to dash off after you.

Terra sighed as she began to dash, “…I really miss my powers.”

“Speak for yourself.” panted Sci-Twi. “I need to exercise more. I spend too much time in the library or my lab.”

What kept sunset going was desperation to catch up with the rest of the group before something else dreadful would happen.

“We’ve already lost enough of our friends!” she said in thought. “If we lose anymore… I’ll go positively insane!”

Back at the duel, Kori’s monster stood glaring Sapphire down.

“Pretty cool summon.” he commented, “But it’s going to take a whole lot more than that to beat me.”

Kori grinned and snickered, “…There is more to come.”

Sapphire was confused, and then he noticed all the cards on the field were glowing. “Hey! What’s going on?”

“When Triverr is successfully Xyz Summoned, all other cards on the field are returned to our hands.”


Sapphire wailed in shock as his tuner monster and his Call of The Haunted began to disappear, landing back in his hand, while his Chanbara went back to the Extra Deck, leaving him without a single card in play, and he was 0most infuriated.


“Wow! What a combo!” cried Pinkie.

“That Sapphire doesn’t have a chance now.” said Rainbow.

Dick wasn’t so sure. “Don’t count him out yet. It’s still his turn after all.”

Not only was it still his turn, but Sapphire began t chuckle and laugh wickedly. “I got to hand it to you; that was a pretty sweet trick you pulled, you may even win this duel.”

He paused and then glared straight at her “…Of course… even you win, you won’t actually beat me.”

Kori blinked twice in confusion, but then she thought back and noted that Sapphire had lost nearly half of his life points, and yet didn’t get hurt or seem tired at all… just like Karle did when she dueled Fluttershy.

That’s when it hit her!

“You…!” she cried “You’re artificial! Even if I win this duel, you won’t be turned into a card.”

The other spectators realized this too, and Sapphire could only smirk slyly and simply remarked. “…That’s about it.”

Kori went numb inside.

Dick was outraged, as were the girls.

Kori then thought back to when Rarity had dueled Violet. “…So even if Rarity had beaten her, Violet would still stand, and be ready to duel again.”

“That’s not fair!” whined Pinkie.

“So much for the rules of the Malefic World.” grumbled Rainbow. “It’s bad enough Karle can’t be crushed; now we got more unbeatable creeps?!”

Sapphire snuffed, “Hey, don’t blame me. It’s the bosses who made us like this, and that’s just about it.

Now, if you don’t mind, I’d like to continue, and I’ll start by playing this spell, SPEEDRAW.

Since I don’t have any cards in play, thanks to you, I now get to draw two new cards, and then I have to send Maliciousmagnet to the graveyard.”

He drew and discarded, and then he snickered.

“Now that that’s settled, I banish Den-Den Daiko Duke from the graveyard, and that lets me summon SPEEDROID GUM PRIZE back to play.

(Def: 800)

“But I hate to leave him on the field by himself, so… come on back HI-SPEEDROID HAGOITA!”

(Atk: 2000)

“What? It’s back?!” cried Kori.

“Yep, that’s what it can do when I have a tuner monster in play, and speaking tuning… go Gum Prize! Go Hagoita! Tune it up!”

The two monsters jumped into the air, forming the tuning rings and the light orbs…

“I Synchro Summon HI-SPEEDROID KENDAMA!”

(Atk: 2200)

It was another odd looking machine-type weapon, and everyone else gawked at it.

“You see?” called Sapphire. “I don’t need to rely solely on my dragon to bring me victory. My deck is full of surprises.

And here’s one you should remember: Gum Prize was used to Syncrho Summon, so, again, I send the top card from my deck to the graveyard.”

He flipped up his top card, and his evil gaze widened. “Ah, yeah… I’m revved up and burning on fire. It’s SPEEDROID RAZORANG.”

“Oh, no!” cried Kori.

Dick clenched his fists, “That means his Synchro Monster now grows stronger again!”

(Atk: 2200) ------> (Atk: 3200)

“Not that he needs that many attack points anyway to cause much damage. That’s where one of his special abilities kicks in. I can banish Razorang from the graveyard, and now Kendama deals you 500 points of damage just like that.”

Kori winced as she saw the monster charging up with electrical currents, and it shocked her hard.

Kori LP: 8000 -----> 7500

Kori looked up and growled.


“Hang tough, Honey!” called Dick.


Sapphire chuckled, “Yeah, you better hang tough, considering what else is coming your way.

Kendama, attack! Take out that overgrown light show over there.”

(Atk: 3200) VS (Def: 2500)

The mighty machine complied and darted its way towards Triverr.

“And by the way…” Sapphire called “Even if your monster is in defense-mode, you still get hit with damage.”

“Ah!!” cried Kori.

The spectators all winced and growled deeply as they all watched as Kori’s monster got impaled right through the chest, and the resulting explosion sent the burning waves back at Kori making her wail!

Kori LP: 7500 -----> 6800

As her life points decreased further, the pain began to grow sharper, but Kori still managed to keep on her feet.

“I’m not beaten yet! I’ll blast you and your machines to scrap!”

Sapphire loved it when his opponents got all fiery and snappy. It only made his job and existence feel all the sweeter.

“I’d like to see you try.” he taunted as he laid two cards facedown to end his turn. “And don’t forget, I can still unleash my big hitter on you anytime I want.” he referred to his dragon.

“Let’s see you be ready for that.”


Kori growled in outrage. “If I had my super powers…”

“Well the fact is: you don’t. You’re stuck here just like the rest of your little posse.

I mean… you already get the picture. Even if you win this duel, I’m not going down. I’ll still be able to hunt down the rest of you, and it’ll just keep going, and going, and going, until you’re all nothing more than additions to somebody’s lifeless dueling deck.”


Now Kori was infuriated, almost as badly as Rainbow and Pinkie were.

“I won’t have you talking about my friends that way; like we’re just some pawns in your twisted little games for world domination!”


Sapphire showed no remorse at just stood with his arms folded waiting for her to make her move.

“Here I come!” Kori shouted as she drew her next card.

She looked down at it.

“My Skill Drain…!” she thought silently. “This could help me lots. If I use this, I can block all the monsters effects, and then… even if he does summon his dragon, I won’t have to fear of whatever powers it has.”


She looked over her cards at her opponent feeling she really had it made.

“Now, I activate the spell CUP OF ACE!”

Another magical coin appeared, ready for flipping. “I now toss this coin, and if it lands Heads; I draw cards, but if not, then you do.”

Sapphire narrowed his eyes, but really, there was hope for him here. With her sharp, Tameranian eyesight, Kori knew could watch the coin carefully as it flipped and she knew when to stop it.

“Heads… So now I draw two more cards.”


“Talk about being cheap.” Sapphire thought.

“Okay…” shouted Kori. “I now summon SATELLARKNIGHT ALTAIR.”

(Atk: 1700)

“And when it’s summoned, I’m then allowed to summon a “Tellarknight” from my graveyard, so come back TELLARKNIGHT ALSAHM.”


Her monster reappeared in a bright flash.

(Def: 1800)

“And of course, now that it was summon, that means you get dealt another 1000 points of damage!”


Sapphire growled angrily while gnashing his teeth.

“Go, Alsahm! Blast him good!”

Her monster complied and shot a strong beam at Sapphire.

Sapphire LP: 4600 -----> 3600

“Great shot, Kori!” called Pinkie.

“Put him in his place!” added Rainbow.

Dick said nothing, but he was pleased that his wife seemed to be in perfect control of the duel.


“Oh, yeah?!” thundered Sapphire “I’ll show you… by activating CALL OF THE HAUNTED, which lets me revive my good old SPEEDROID MALICIOUSMAGNET.”

(Atk: 0)

The spectators gasped hard.

“It’s back!” cried Pinkie.

Dick growled angrily, knowing what this meant, and just as Sapphire explained it…

“You remember what goes now… I get to Synchro Summon using Magnet and a monster you control too.”

Kori only smirked, “…Hmm. Sorry to disappoint you, but you won’t!”

“Huh?”

“From my hand, I play this handy, Quick-Play spell… TELLARKNIGHT GENESIS!

Now, for every “Tellarknight” I’ve got with me, I can destroy up to that many spells and traps on the field.”

“Ah!” Sapphire could only gasp as his two cards were destroyed, and with Call of The Haunted gone, his Magnet was lost with it, thus canceling out its effect yet again.

“This is getting annoying!” Sapphire growled.

Kori just snuffed, “You thought that was annoying, wait until you see this…

I overlay Alsahm and Altair to build the Overlay Network!”

The portal appeared and the two monsters leapt inside.

“Here comes the trouble!” Kori hollered. “I Xyz Summon DARKTELLARKNIGHT BATLAMYUS!”

(Atk: 2600)

Her monster stood, and clenched its fists while glaring at the opposing field.

“Nice summon,” mocked Sapphire. “Next time, try and summon something stronger. There’s no way that freak of yours can beat my Kandema.”

(Atk: 3200)

Kori then grinned and snickered.

“What’s so funny?” asked Sapphire.


“You’re right. I will need more power to beat your monster, and that’s why I’ll use his special ability to get it!

By using one overlay unit, and sending one card in my hand to the graveyard, I can use Batlamyus to Xyz Summon again!”

“What…?! Hey wait a minute!” shouted Sapphire, but Kori had already built the Overlay Network again, which bathed a show of light beams onto the field as her next monster appeared.

“I now Xyz Summon STELLARKNIGHT DELTEROS!”

(Atk: 2500)

Her monster gripped its glowing sword and struck a battle pose.


Pinkie and Rainbow grinned wickedly and snickered sinisterly. They even slapped each other a high-five.

Dick stood with a proud smile on his face, and was nodding very softly.

His wife turned her head and nodded back at him.


Sapphire didn’t look the least bit impressed.

“So you summoned one weak boss, and then used it to summon an even weaker boss? Come on…!”

Kori’s eyes gave a small shimmer. “Well, you asked for it. I use one overlay unit to use his special ability.

Now he can instantly destroy one card on the field.”

Sapphire gasped, and watched as the monster’s sword began to glow brightly.

“Uh-oh…!” and he covered his eyes so as not to the monster fire a powerful blaze at his Kandema, shattering it to pieces.

“You’ll pay for this!” he shouted.

Kori snuffed, “No… you will!”

She engaged her battle phase. “…Especially now that you have nothing to defend yourself with…

…Delteros, wage a direct attack!”

Her monster gripped its glowing sword and charged forth.

“Get him!” shouted Rainbow.

“Slice him!” added Pinkie.


Sapphire wailed as the sword struck him hard, but not because he felt any pain, the power of the attack made a bright explosion of light nearly blinding him.

Sapphire LP: 3600 -----> 1100

The light made a large flash, which Sunset and friends saw as they got in closer.

“Hey, what’s that?” cried Shining Armor.

Everyone could see the light just as it faded away, and the three Titans recognized the light almost immediately.

“That’s from a Tellarknight attack.” said Terra.

“Are you sure?” asked Shinning Armor.

“How can you tell?” added Cadance, but even Sci-Twi recognized the power too, and with her extensive study of duel monster holograms, “…It is. That’s Tellarknight light.”

“BOO-YAH! We just found Kori.” cheered Vic. “It couldn’t be anyone else.”

Raven agreed, remembering all the duel training she had with her friends while preparing for the tournament.

“So… um… what are we just standing here for?”

“Let’s go!” shouted Sunset, and she began to dash across the land again.



Rainbow and Pinkie were cheering, but more viciously.

“You’re so close, Kori!” called Rainbow.

“You’ve almost got him!” added Pinkie. “One more attack and you’ll blow him to bits!”

“Hey, you two, quit it!” snapped Dick. “Getting angry isn’t going to help.”

The girls sulked, still refusing to acknowledge their bad behaviour.

Sadly, Kori had nothing left to attack with. The only card she had left to play was the one she hoped would hold Sapphire back and clench the entire match for her.

She looked down at her Skill Drain card. “I’m counting on this.” she thought, and she placed it facedown, finishing her turn, but she was still feeling enraged.

“Even if I do beat him, he can still go after me again, or even one of the others.”

She felt especially worried about Pinkie and Rainbow, worried that their anger and outrage was getting more and more out of control, and if they were to enter a duel, neither of them would be able to think straight.


“It’s my go now.” called sapphire “I draw…!”

“Activate trap!” shouted Kori. “…Go SKILL DRAIN!”

“What?”

“I first have to pay 1000 life points…”

Kori’s trap fired a small beam of energy at her, and she growled and groaned, but managed to make the payment.

Kori LP: 6800 -----> 5800

“…Ah, that smarts.”

Then she stood upright and tall declaring, “And now, as long as this trap remains in play, all monsters on the field lose their effects.”

Her Delteros went pale, indicating it was seemingly powerless, and so did Sapphire’s Menko, but Sapphire didn’t look the least bit discouraged. “…Looks like somebody’s getting desperate.”

Kori narrowed her eyes at him.

“Well, just because my monsters lose their powers doesn’t mean I can’t rely on them, because that trap doesn’t affect my monsters in the graveyard.

Like my Kendama…!

Since I control no cards, he shows up back to play.

(Atk: 2200)

Kori was outraged and wondered, “How many special abilities can one monster have?”


“But wait! I’m not finished…

Now I’ll banish Horse Stilts. This means I can move one “Speedroid” from my deck to my graveyard, and I choose to send another Daiko Duke there.”

Kori growled angrily while the spectators watched with deep concern.

“Now that Duke is in the grave…” said Sapphire “I’ll banish him, which lets me summon my pal Gum Prize out to play.”

(Def: 800)

“Oh, and while we’re at it-- since I do have a Tuner Monster in play-- guess who else is invited to the party.”


“Not again?!” groaned Kori.

“…Yes, again!” snapped Sapphire “I summon Hi-Speedroid Hagoita from the grave!”

(Atk: 2000)

“He’s summoning a whole army of those mechanized mobsters!” cried Pinkie.

“Yeah, but don’t forget,” said Rainbow “…Thanks to the Skill Drain, none of them gets to use their effects while they’re in play.”

Dick realized this as well, but he was getting a really strange feeling as he thought, “If Sapphire knows all this too, why would he summon so many monsters out?”

Then, suddenly, it hit him. “Oh, no! I get what he’s going for!”


Sapphire snickered and glared squarely at Kori. “I think it’s more than time now.”

Kori cringed inside.

Sapphire held out his arms, “I tune level 1 Gum Prize with level 6 Kendama.”


“Here it comes…!” cried Dick.

As the monsters merged, the mighty beast began to form, and Sapphire called to it…

“Clear as the wind and swift as lightning,
I call upon a beast that is most frightening!


I Syncrho Summon CLEAR WING SYNCHRO DRAGON!”

The dragon spread out its wings. Its body glowed, and it let out a mighty roar!

(Atk: 2500)

Then it stopped glowing due to having its powers negated, but Kori and the spectators gawked up at it in awe and near fright.

“That is one mean monster!” said Rainbow.

The others agreed, having never seen anything like it.



“HEY!!” called a voice.

Everyone turned and saw Sunset running up in the distance, followed by the rest of the group.

As joyful as they were to see each other deep down, one look at the dragon made the runners skid to a halt.

“Whoa! What is that?!” cried Shining Armor.

Raven and Vic gawked in horrors.

“It’s Clear Wing Synchro Dragon.” said Raven.

Vic began to look furious, especially when he noticed Sapphire. “That’s the guy-- the one who beat Celestia and captured Luna!”

Cadance felt her anger rising, and then she noticed who else was dueling. “It’s Kori!”

Terra’s blood turned cold, but Kori held up her hand and called her, “…It’s okay, I’ve got this!”


“Ha!” scoffed Sapphire. “The only thing you’ve got coming is a date inside of a card.

Especially since Gum Prize uses his effect now.

I flip up my top card and ditch it…” he paused as he looked. “Heh…! I got SPEEDROID OHAJIKID.”

Kori growled, as it meant the dragon would now get even stronger!

(Atk: 2500) -----> (Atk: 3500)

The spectators didn’t like that one bit.

“I think he’s got a plan!” cried Sunset.

Sapphire then held up a card declaring, “I sure do, and it starts with SPEED RECOVERY! It lets me call back a “Speedroid” from the grave, such as… Kendama!”

(Atk: 2200)

Everyone gazed in awe and shock; Sapphire now had three Synchro monsters in play.

“And now, for my final card!” he called “Go SHOCK SURPRISE!”

Kori’s eyes widened.

“Ah, man, not that again!” cried Vic.

Raven remembered the card when it was used on Celestia. “…Now Kori’s in real trouble!”

The other spectators all gawked in concern, and Sapphire called out, “You bet she, because now… by banishing Maliciousmagnet and Gum Prize out of the graveyard, I can destroy two cards on the field.”

“What…?! No!!” shouted Kori.

“Ah, yeah...! Here comes the shocker!” called Sapphire, and at his command, his card unleashed powerful, burning electrical currents, destroying the Skill Drain, and Delteros.

Kori braced herself from the strong winds that billowed past her.

“Kori!!” cried Dick.

“She’s wide open now!” wailed Rainbow.

Pinkie was quivering angrily now, and growled furiously. “This can’t be happening!”


Suddenly, there was a bright flash of light the burst out from Kori’s field.

“Hey! What’s happening?!” cried Sapphire.

Kori smirked at him, “You just activated Delteros’ special ability.

When it’s sent from the field to the graveyard, I’m allowed to summon one “Tellarknight” from my deck, and I know just the one I want… I play another TELLARKNIGHT ALTAIR!”

(Atk: 1700)

“Ah!” wailed Sapphire.

Kori snuffed, “And when it gets summoned, I’m allowed to revive another Tellarknight from the graveyard, and I choose Delteros!”

(Atk: 2500)

Her two monsters stood together and nodded at one-another as they formed a wall to protect her.

“I knew you wouldn’t resist destroying my Skill Drain, especially since you found cool ways to get around its negation effect.”

Sapphire felt outraged for being outsmarted, but then he scoffed, “So what. Without your Skill Drain, my monsters gain all their powers back!”

All his monsters were glowing with color again, and pulsating with energy.

“And speaking of powers, you remember Kendama’s effect: I banish Ohajikid from the graveyard, you and get burned with 500 points of damage.”

The electrical currents were fired, and Kori growled and wailed in pain.

Kori LP: 5800 -----> 5300

“Hang in there, Kori!” hollered Dick.

“Yeah, you better hang in!” called Sapphire, and he engaged his Battle Phase.

“Clear Wing Synchro Dragon, attack Delteros!”

He dragon roared, and soared in, unleashing its wrath.

(Atk: 3500) VS (Atk: 2500)

The monster was destroyed, and the burning waves hit Kori hard.

Kori LP: 5300 -----> 4300

She looked up after the blast at Sapphire laughing at her.

“I wouldn’t laugh if I were you, because you activated Delteros’ power again! So now another Tellarknight jumps onto the field from my deck… and this time I pick another Alsahm!”

Her monster shot out onto the field instantly.

(Def: 1800)

“And that means, you’re about to be burned with 1000 points of damage!”

Sapphire braced himself as the magical beam was fired at him!

Sapphire LP: 1100 -----> 100

“All right!” cheered Shining Armor. “…One more hit like that and he loses the duel.”

Cadance grinned wide, “We’ll be able to avenge Luna.”

Sunset, Vic and Raven shook their heads.

“Not exactly…” said Raven “Even if she wins, he won’t lose his soul, because he hasn’t got one.”

Sci-Twi and Terra turned to face her in shock, but Sunset and Vic nodded confirming it.


“It’s just like with Karle.” Sci-Twi said to herself. “They have no souls, so they can’t be turned into cards.”

Terra shook her head, still trying hope it was all a hoax, but it obviously wasn’t.


Sapphire continued his onslaught.

“Go Hagoita, smash that Altair!”

(Atk: 2000) VS (Atk: 1700)

Another destroyed monster meant more pain coming Kori’s way with the loss of her life points…

Kori LP: 4300 -----> 4000

“Now, Kendama… you’re up! Blow that Alsahm to its doom, and deal out piercing damage!”

(Atk: 2200) VS (Def: 1800)

Kori LP: 4000 -----> 3600

In spite of all the agonizing pain from constant attacks, Kori still managed to keep on her feet.


“Dang!” said Vic. “I’m glad Kori’s still up, but this isn’t looking too good for her.”

Raven agreed. “Especially with that Clear Wing Synchro Dragon still out. After all, it can negate the effects of monsters that are level 5 or above.”


Everyone else turned to face her and Vic in shock.

“It’s not over yet.” said Sunset. “The duel is perfectly set to go either way. All Kori needs is one good draw, and while it won’t get rid of Sapphire, at least she’ll be spared from being turned into a card herself.”


The tension was extremely high at this point.

Rainbow and Pinkie were sweating bullets, either from being enraged so much, or the fact that Kori was extremely in a spot now…

…Or both.

“Come on, Kori.” Dick thought deeply. “I don’t want to lose you. You’ve got to pull this off.”

Kori was trembling inside. She had never been this worried in her life.

“One draw-- One card…” she thought. “I can do this. I’ve done things like this before; that’s what being a superhero is all about.”


Sapphire stood with his arms folded, and though he lacked facial features, he was acting very smug.

“She hasn’t got a chance.” he thought. “There’s nothing she can play that I can’t stop, especially with my good old Clear Wing.”

Really, deep down, he was worried, because with only 100 points left, any move had potential to finish him, but Kori still seemed doubtful of drawing her next card…

…Until she actually did!

“Hey! What are you doing?” he asked.

Kori looked at her card, and then she glared squarely at him. “…Defeating you is what I’m doing.”

“Get out of here. There’s nothing you can play that can stop me.”

“Wanna bet?” sneered Kori. “If there’s one thing being a Titan has taught me is to never give up.”

She paused and looked over at her husband.

Dick nodded at her proudly.


“That’s why I’m summoning TELLARKNIGHT RIGEL!”

(Atk: 1900)

Sapphire blinked twice in confusion. “That’s it…? That’s your big move?” and he began to chuckle uncontrollably. “Don’t make me laugh any harder.”

Kori only folded her arms, and none of the other spectators were the least bit discouraged at all.

“It’s no joke.” said Kori, “When Rigel is summoned; it has the power to increase its attack strength by 500.”

“Huh?!” cried Sapphire.

(Atk: 1900) -----> (Atk: 2400)

“No way!!” he groaned, and then he thought. “That monster’s level is 4! Clear Wing can’t negate it!”


“She’s done it!” cried Sunset. “She’s got it won!”

All the others began to cheer, holler, and jump for joy.

Kori quickly called out her attack. “Go Rigel… attack Kendarma!”

(Atk: 2400) VS (Atk: 2200)

Her monster gripped its sword, and leapt over to Sapphire’s field, much to his horror, and with one mighty swing, it took out his monster, and wiped out the last of Sapphire’s life points.

“I DON’T BELIEVE IT!!” he shouted.

Sapphire LP: 100 -----> 0

The entire group erupted in loud cheers of joy, but Kori could only heave a huge sigh of relief and fell to her knees in half shock that she pulled it off.

“Kori!” cried Dick as he ran over to his wife’s side. “Are you okay?”

She looked up at him and nodded wearily, and then she smiled at him.


Sapphire was still in a grouch fit of rage. “I can’t believe this!” he growled “How could-- I mean it’s just-- SHE WON BY A STROKE OF LUCK?!!”

He then held up his dragon card, almost as if he wanted to pin the blame on the dragon itself, but he knew it was his own fault for acting so cocky and underestimating his opponent.


“He’s mine!” snarled Rainbow, and she began to charge off to duel Sapphire.

“No, he’s mine!” protested Pinkie, and she dashed off two, only to bump into each other and they fell down.

“WHY CAN’T YOU WATCH WHERE YOU’RE GOING?!!” they both shouted at each other.

They both glared at one another, with their eyes blazing with raging flames.

Shining Armor and Vic both dashed up to the two girls and held them back.

“Yo’, Chill!” said Vic.

“Calm down, both of you.” added Shining Armor.

The girls did calm down, and then they turned to see Sapphire had fled and was gone, obviously unable to bear the fact that the groups were all huddled together.


He was already off flying on his dark cloud. “So I lost this time.” he thought. “Ah, well. It wasn’t a total loss, after all, I still got some good duel energy, and now the morale between those guys is starting to drop.

…Perhaps this wasn’t such a big deal after all.”