//------------------------------// // Looming Darkness // Story: Sunset vs Bakura // by Shadow Kick //------------------------------// Turn 9: Sunset "Girls!" exclaimed Fluttershy. "What's going on here? Where did I get this dress? And why is...." Rarity placed a finger on Fluttershy's lips. "Sit down, sweetness.," said Rarity. "I'll explain everything." As Rarity briefed Fluttershy, Sunset decided to deal with Bakura's set monster. "Dark Magician Girl, Dark Burning Attack!" ordered Sunset. "You got it!" replied Twilight as she fired her blast. The card flipped over revealing a large purple lizard, but was then shattered to pieces. "Way to go, Twilight!" called Pinkie. Out of nowhere, bolts of electricity sapped Twilight's body causing her to fall to her knees. "Twilight!" cried the others. "Are you alright?" asked Fluttershy. "Whatever that was, it's making me go numb," replied Twilight. "Be strong, Twilight!" called Sunset. Bakura laughed. "You can't attack the Electric Lizard without some rather shocking feedback." Sunset picked out Threatening Roar from her hand. "I place one card face down and end my turn." Turn 10: Bakura "Very well, my turn," said Bakura. "Now I have an entire field full of friends to destroy." "Over my dead body!" yelled Sunset. "My my, I can see you've grown fond of these girls," said Bakura with a grin. "Which makes it all the better reason for me to eliminate them right in front of you." Sunset's teeth grinded. "Helpless on the field, easy prey for my Man-Eater Bug!" said Bakura. "Man-Eater Bug?" asked Rarity. "Then we're fine, seeing as how we're all ladies." "Doesn't matter," uttered Bakura. All the girls turned white. "And just to make things interesting, well for me anyway, I'll activate the Messenger of Peace. Now, no monster with fifteen hundred ATK points or more can attack." “Oh great,” thought Sunset. "I end my turn," said Bakura. Turn 11: Sunset "Now only Pinkie can attack," said Twilight. "That's just great!" "Not to mention that nasty bug is going to destroy one of us next turn," reminded Rarity. "Don't worry," voiced Applejack. "Sunset will think of something." "Indeed I will," said Sunset. "I activate Nobleman of Crossout!" "What?!" asked Bakura. "Told ya," said Applejack. "This card removes your face down monster from play," said Sunset. "Plus, if you have any other man-eaters, you have to remove them as well." "Curse you," spat Bakura. "But now you can't attack me with any of your monsters. Except for that little pink, puffball of yours." "Fluttershy," said Sunset. "I need your help." "M-my help?" asked Fluttershy nervously. "Yes, you," replied Sunset. "Your card's effect allows you to attack directly, and if we wanna win, we have to get him down to zero." "Can't one of the others attack?" Fluttershy asked. "No," answered Twilight. "His Messager of Peace won't let us." "The only ones that can are you and Pinkie," Applejack added. "There! Pinkie can do it! Problem solved!" said Fluttershy rapidly. "I'll just be over here with Angel." "I don't have any ATK points, Fluttershy," Pinkie confessed. "But I'm scared," admitted Fluttershy. "We all are, darling," said Rarity. "But don't you want to go home?" "Of course!" answered Fluttershy. "Then you're our only hope," Twilight explained. Fluttershy gulped. "O-okay. I'll do it." The others cheered. "Thank you, Fluttershy," said Sunset. "I will now flip over the Inaba White Rabbit, and her special ability allows her to attack you directly!" "What?" asked Bakura. Fluttershy looked at her bunny. "Angel," She closed her eyes and stroked the rabbit twice. "Go get 'em." The rabbit immediately leaped up and bashed its head into Bakura's chest causing his eyes to pop out. Bakura LP 2750 Sunset LP 50 "Good boy, Angel!" cheered Fluttershy. "Mama's proud." "Nice going, Fluttershy," said Applejack. "Celebrate while you can," said Bakura. "Since your friend is a 'Spirit' monster, she is forced to back to your hand at the end of your turn. And I can't wait, for I have a trap card that will put that stupid girl in her place." "Well girls," said Fluttershy with relief. "Gotta go, let's not do this again sometime." Fluttershy and her rabbit began to glow white and vanished as her card went back to Sunset Shimmer's hand. "I end my turn," said Sunset. "Oh, and don't forget. Your messenger requires you to pay a hundred life points every turn." Turn 12: Bakura "I haven't," confirmed Bakura. "But I've decided, not to pay the price. Therefore, my card goes to the graveyard." “Why would he let his card go?” asked Sunset "Unless, he has something worse up his sleeve." "Finally!" called Bakura. "Just the card I was hoping for." "Get ready, girls." warned Applejack. "Since I have over three fiends in my graveyard, all I have to do is remove three and I can special summon, the Dark Necrofear!" said Bakura. A blue-skinned female fiend appeared on the field, holding a broken doll. "Good lord!" cried Rarity. "That is the freakiest thing I have ever seen!" said Applejack. "Me too," added Twilight. "Meh, I've seen worse," said Pinkie. Everyone including Sunset stared at her. "Now, it’s time to end this!" Shouted Bakura. "Dark Necrofear destroy them and end this-" "I don't think so," interrupted Sunset. "I play Threatening Roar!” Rarity's dragon unleashed an ear-splitting roar that forced Bakura's monster back. "Good boy, Alexander," said Rarity as she patted her dragon's head. "How dare you foil my victory!" yelled Bakura. "So, sue me," said Sunset. "Let's see ya top that, freak!" called Applejack. “Oh I'll top it alright,” thought Bakura. "I'll place one card face down and end my turn." Turn 13: Sunset "My turn!" said Sunset. "Time for another direct attack. I summon Inaba White Rabbit.” Once again, Fluttershy returned to the field with her rabbit hanging on her arm. "Wait! What am I doing back here?" she asked. "We need you to get rid of some more of life points," said Sunset. "Not again," uttered Fluttered. "Not this time!" called Bakura. "I activate the trap card Fiendish Chain!" Two chains came out of nowhere and wrapped up Fluttershy. “This card cancels out your monster's effects, plus as long as this card remain on the field, she can't attack!" "Girls! Help!" cried Fluttershy. "Let her go!" demanded Twilight. "Don't worry, Fluttershy!" called Applejack. "We'll have ya outta there in no time." But no matter how hard the girls tried, they couldn't release their friend. "Sorry, Fluttershy." said Twilight. "The chains are too tight." "Oh, wait," Fluttershy realized. "I go back to Sunset's hand at the end of the turn." "Not quite," interrupted Bakura. "That effect is negated too." Fluttershy's eyes shrank. "Sunset?" asked Rarity. "What are we going to do?" "The only thing I can do is switch all of you to defense mode," replied Sunset. "Except, Fluttershy." "Why not?" asked Applejack. "Because I just summoned her," answered Sunset. "But don't worry, I'm activating the Swords of Revealing Light!” "Uh! Blasted light," growled Bakura. "Now, you can't attack us for three turns," explained Sunset. "Thank you, Sunset," said Rarity. "Yes, thank you very much," added Fluttershy. Sunset nodded. "I place one card face down, and end my turn." Turn 14: Bakura "It's my turn," hissed Bakura. "A-ha. This card will win me the duel right here and now." "You're bluffing'," said Applejack. "You can't even attack," said Twilight. "On the contrary," countered Bakura. "Once I play this card, the match is over, and you all will spend eternity in the shadow realm! I play Ectoplasmer.” "What's that?" asked Pinkie. "Whatever it is, it sound disgusting." said Rarity. "Ectoplasmer allows me to sacrifice my Necrofear and inflict direct damage to your life points equal to half of its ATK power." said Bakura. "That means we’ll lose!" screamed Twilight. "Not if I can help it," said Sunset. "I activate Imperial Order! This negates any and all magic cards on the field." Bakura laughed. "You fool! You have to give up seven hundred life points each turn just keep it! You don't even have one hundred! That means, come next turn, I can sacrifice my monster and finish you forever! Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!" "That means we only have one turn left," said Twilight. "One turn?! That's not fair," added Pinkie. "Precisely," said Bakura. "Now make your final move, Miss Shimmer, for the shadow realm awaits you all!" Turn 15: Sunset "Please let her draw a good card," Rarity prayed. "I still can't get these chains loose," said Applejack. "I wish Rainbow Dash were here," said Fluttershy. "Rainbow Dash, that's it!" declared Sunset. "What's it?" asked Pinkie. "If we draw Rainbow's card, we can win," explained Sunset. "Well then, hurry up and draw it!" demanded Rarity. "Please, draw it," begged Fluttershy. "Easier said than done," said Sunset. "Here goes, come on Rainbow, we need you, now!" Sunset drew. "Yes!!" she cried. "Huh?" asked Bakura. "This madness is finally over, Bakura!" declared Sunset. "Twilight, ready for an upgrade?" Sunset showed Twilight her Polymerization card. "You bet," replied the purple Princess. "I activate Polymerization to fuse my Dark Magician Girl with Rainbow Dragon to create Dark Magician Girl the Dragon Knight!" said Sunset. (For those of you who don’t know, look at the card Dark Magician Girl the Dragon Knight it can be summoned by fusion DMG with ‘any’ dragon monster.) As the two cards fused, a rainbow-colored dragon appeared, then Twilight hopped on its back and blue-white Armor replaced her magician clothing. "Oh yeah!" Rainbow yelled. "Rainbow!" cried the others in unison. Rainbow was also wearing armor and carried a large sword and shield. "What's up with this?" She then looked at Twilight. "Oh, hey Twilight. What's going on... What the?! How did Bakura and Sunset become giants?!" "I'll explain later," said Twilight. "Right now we have a duel to win." "Alright!" exclaimed Rainbow. "And my dragon's gonna drive it home!" "I activate my Dragon Knight's special ability," said Sunset. "Once during either player's turn, by discarding a card, I can destroy one face-up card on the field." "Alright!" cheered the girls. "I choose your Dark Door!" said Sunset. "Let's do it, Rainbow!" exclaimed Twilight. "You bet, Twi!" Rainbow pointed her sword at the specified target, and her dragon fired a large multi-colored blast, destroying it. "Nooooooooooooooooo!" screamed Bakura. "I was so close!" "And yet, so far." said Sunset. Rainbow-colored energy began surrounding the dragon and the girls. "Our rainbow power," announced Twilight. "Since we're all together again, the magic of friendship can be released." "Let's end this," said Sunset. "I switch all my monsters to attack mode, Dragon Knight, attack the Dark Necrofear!" "Sure thing!" replied Rainbow as her and Twilight urged their dragon to attack. The dragon unleased a rainbow-colored blast at the dark creature; shattering it. "Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!" said Bakura. Bakura LP 2350 Sunset LP 50 "Now it's our turn," said Applejack. Suddenly, all the girls including Sunset and the dragon began to grow. "What the?" asked Rainbow. The girls started to grow while Bakura grew smaller. "What's going on?!" asked Bakura. "The rainbow magic is restoring us while wasting Bakura's dark magic away to nothing," explained Twilight. As Fluttershy grew, the fiendish chains shrunk until they broke. "Finally!" "Now who's the little guy?" asked Applejack. "Let's get em'!" The rest of the giant girls charged at the tiny enemy. "Noooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!" Bakura screamed. Bakura LP 0 Sunset LP 50 As soon as Bakura's points hit zero, a bright, white light enveloped the entire field. When the light faded, they girls found themselves back in the park. "Everyone alright?" asked Sunset. "Yeah," said Rainbow. "But, what was that?" "I'm not sure," replied Twilight. "I'm just glad it's over." "Me too," said Fluttershy. "Me three," added Pinkie. "Thank goodness," exclaimed Rarity. "Now I need a make-over, stat." "Where's that darn Bakura?" asked Applejack. "Right here," said Pinkie. Bakura was just lying there, motionless. "Is he dead?" asked Rainbow. "I hope not," said Pinkie. After a few seconds, Bakura opened his eyes. "What happened?" "That's what we'd like to know!" Applejack asserted. "I'm not sure," admitted Bakura. "But I do know it had something to do with the Millennium....." Bakura looked down. "Aaaaagh! Get it away from me!" Bakura scrambled away from the object and jumped into Applejack's arms. AJ immediately dropped him. "Sorry," said the young man. Applejack picked up the item and threw it across the sky. "You mean you don't remember anything?" asked Twilight. Bakura shook his head. "Let's just forget it ever happened, alright?" begged Fluttershy. "Yeah, let's get outta here," agreed Sunset. "I'm right there with ya," added Rainbow. The girls gathered their things and began walking to Donut Joe's. "Thank you for getting rid of that thing, Applejack," said Bakura in an admiring tone. "No prob, partner," replied the cowgirl. Pinkie brought two dozen glazed donuts over to girls' table. "Eat up!" "Thanks, Pinkie!" said the others in unison. After finishing his donut, realization hit Bakura. "By the way Sunset, What's your favorite card?" Sunset took out her deck box and pulled out the desired card. "This is my favorite," Sunset's eyes darkened. "The Supremacy Sun.”