//------------------------------// // Chapter 37: The Fourth Rainboom // Story: Yu-Gi-Oh! Friendship is Magic // by moviemaster8510 //------------------------------// This chapter's featured card: Sonic Rainboom Phoenix Synchro Monster Level: 12 ATK: 3300 DEF: 2500 Attribute: WIND Type: Winged-Beast 1 WIND Tuner Synchro Monster + 1 or more WIND non-Tuner Synchro Monsters During the End Phase, if this face-up card on the field was destroyed by a player's card (either by battle or by card effect) and sent to the Graveyard this turn, you can banish 1 WIND Synchro Monster from your Graveyard to Special Summon this card from the Graveyard and inflict damage to your opponent equal to the half of the ATK of the banished monster. “Fillies and gentlecolts,” called the announcer. “We are now officially entering the semi finals of the EFDT. 8 strong teams came in and only 4 moved on. These next two matches will determine which two teams will move on to the finals to vie for a chance to duel Princess Celestia and Princess Luna and earn one wish of their choice. Now, without further to do, let’s move onto the semi-finals.” Alex and Orion were examining and sorting their decks. They both knew they had a difficult trial ahead of them now. Pinkie Pie has gotten a lot better at Duel Monsters and was gung-ho on avenging her fatherly and motherly figures Mr. and Mrs. Cake. She was even just shown to have gotten stronger to a point to be able to beat Scott, who has beaten Trixie before. And Rainbow Dash had some bad blood with Gilda, having once been good friends now turned mortal enemies. Plus, both she and Pinkie Pie lost their friends Applejack, Apple Bloom, and Spike and wanted to avenge them. Alex knew that despite also being friends with those three, Pinkie Pie and Rainbow Dash have had more taken away from them than he and Orion have. Alex sighed heavily as he thought about facing those two. Anything could and probably would happen, but nothing would happen sitting around inside the waiting room, so he walked over to the exit after straightening his deck and inserting it into the deck slot of his duel disk as Orion joined him. “Let’s meet our first semi-finalists,” called the announcer. “First, let’s re-welcome the team who showed a marvelous aerial duel against Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo, Alex and Orion.” Alex and Orion walked out with the crowd chanting their names. At this point, the 2 other competing teams had a great shot at beating Trixie and Gilda, and Alex and Orion were no exception. They were glad to be supported by all of the ponies in the stadium, but it would take more than the support of Equestria to defeat their next opponents. “And now, let’s bring out their competitors, who displayed a brilliant show of teamwork against Lucas and Scott, Pinkie Pie and Rainbow Dash. Like Alex and Orion, Pinkie Pie and Rainbow Dash had their names chanted as well. As long as there were teams to stand up to Trixie and Gilda, they would all have the support of every pony in the coliseum. They all walked to the center of the ring, awaiting the kind of duel they would be involved in. “Let’s see how this duel is going to pan out,” called the announcer as the spinner appeared. The marker began spinning rapidly, and it slowed down until it stopped on the space marked RR. Riding Relay. “It looks as if we will have two riding relay matches in a row,” said the announcer. “No matter. Teams, pick your first duelist to start the match, and good luck to both teams. Orion once again decided to go first. Alex took Zephyr out of his pokéball and Orion mounted him as they walked to the center of the ring. Pinkie Pie took out her motorized hang-glider and stopped at the edge of the cloud ring. Orion turned his wand into his duel disk as Pinkie Pie unsheathed hers, looking determined to take Orion down with all of her strength. The field was then enveloped with a holographic aura as Speed World 2 activated. The countdown began, as usual, being chanted by the crowd. 10. 9. 8. 7. 6. 5. 4. 3. 2. 1. BEEP! They leapt off and flew downwards towards the smaller cloud ring. As expected, Zephyr’s natural velocity propelled Orion through the ring first, allowing him the first turn. The two duelists drew 5 cards from their deck. “DUEL!” they both cried. Orion and Alex vs. Pinkie Pie and Rainbow Dash Round 1: Orion vs. Pinkie Pie Orion’s Turn: O:1 PP:0 Orion summons Kagemusha of the Six Samurai (ATK: 400 DEF: 1800). Next, Orion special summons Grandmaster of the Six Samurai from his hand (ATK: 2100 DEF: 800). Orion tunes Grandmaster of the Six Samurai with Kagemusha of the Six Samurai to synchro summon Driven Daredevil (ATK: 2400 DEF: 2100). Orion places 2 cards face down and ends his turn. Status: Hand-2 Life-4000 Monsters-1 Face Down Cards-2 Pinkie Pie’s Turn: O:1 PP:1 Pinkie Pie summons one monster face down. Pinkie Pie places 2 cards face down and ends her turn. Status: Hand-3 Life-4000 Monsters-1 Face Down Cards-1 Orion’s Turn: O:2 PP:2 Orion activates his trap Burning Strike, giving Driven Daredevil the effect of piercing damage. Orion attacks Pinkie Pie’s face down monster, which is Worm Jetelikpse (ATK: 1200 DEF: 0). Pinkie Pie activates Rainbow Life, discarding one card in her hand to gain life points she would have lost this turn. Pinkie Pie’s Life Points: 4000 -> 6400 When Worm Jetelikpse is destroyed when flip summoned, Pinkie Pie can special summon it in defense position. Orion ends his turn. Status: Hand-3 Life-4000 Monsters-1 Face Down Cards-1 “You’re going to need to do more than increase your life points to try and defeat me,” called Orion. “Just you wait,” said Pinkie Pie. “I’m going to take you down faster than you can say, ‘Okie dokey lokey.’” Orion inquisitively asked, “Okie do-” “My turn!” called Pinkie Pie. Pinkie Pie’s Turn: O:3 PP:3 Pinkie Pie tributes Worm Jetelikpse to summon Worm Queen (ATK: 2700 DEF: 1100). Pinkie Pie then activates the trap W Nebula Meteorite, changing all monsters on the field to face up defense position. Pinkie places 1 card face down. During the end phase, all LIGHT Reptile-type monsters are changed to face down defense position, and Pinkie Pie draws 1 card for each one (1). Finally, she can special summon a level 7 or higher LIGHT Reptile-type monster from her deck, which she summons face down. Pinkie Pie ends her turn. Status: Hand-2 Life-6400 Monsters-2 Face Down Cards-1 Where have I seen this combo before? asked Orion to himself. Oh right! Orion’s Turn: O:4 PP:4 Orion special summons Enishi, Shien’s Chancellor from his hand by banishing 2 Six Samurai monsters in his graveyard (ATK: 2200 DEF: 1200). Orion then switches Driven Daredevil into face down defense position. Orion attacks the face down Worm Queen with Enishi, Shien’s Chancellor, but Pinkie Pie activates Shift, switching the attack target to her other face down monster, which is Worm Victory (ATK: 0 DEF: 2500). Orion’s Life Points: 4000 -> 3700 When Worm Victory is flip summoned, all face up monsters on the field are destroyed, destroying Enishi, Shien’s Chancellor. Orion places 1 card face down and ends his turn. Status: Hand-2 Life-3700 Monsters-1 Face Down Cards-2 “How did you know that my other face down monster was Worm Victory?” asked Pinkie Pie. Orion casually answered, “It doesn’t take a genius to know that it would be a waste to not special summon Worm Victory with your trap’s effect, especially with you knowing that Driven Daredevil can’t be destroyed in battle against monsters with higher ATK, so you tried to destroy it by card effect. Not a bad plan, but I can read you like a book Pinkie. You’ll have to try harder to destroy my monster.” “Well then,” said Pinkie Pie giddily, “I guess I’ll just have to try even harder.” Orion raised his eyebrow. Pinkie Pie’s Turn: O:5 PP:5 Orion activates Battle Mania, forcing all of Pinkie Pie’s monsters into attack position, and they must attack if able. Next, she activates the speed spell Angel Baton, drawing 2 cards and discarding 1. Next, she activates the effect of Worm Queen, tributing Worm Victory to special summon a Worm monster from her deck with a level equal to or less than the tributed monster, choosing Worm Prince (ATK: 2200 DEF: 400). Next, Pinkie Pie tributes Worm Queen to summon Worm King (ATK: 2700 DEF: 1100). Pinkie Pie activates Worm King’s effect, tributing one Worm monster to destroy one card her opponent controls, choosing the face down Driven Daredevil. Pinkie Pie attacks Orion directly with Worm King, but Orion activates Magic Cylinder, negating the attack and inflicting damage equal to the ATK of the attacking monster. Pinkie Pie’s Life Points: 6400 -> 3700 Pinkie Pie ends her turn. Status: Hand-2 Life-3700 Monsters-1 Face Down Cards-0 Orion’s Turn: O:6 PP:6 Orion summons The Six Samurai – Yariza (ATK: 1000 DEF: 500). Next, he activates Speed Energy, increasing The Six Samurai – Yariza’s ATK by 200 for every speed counter he has (ATK: 1000 + (6x2000 = 2200). With The Six Samurai – Yariza’s effect, it can attack directly. Pinkie Pie’s Life Points: 3700 -> 1500 Orion places 1 card face down and ends his turn. The Six Samurai – Yariza’s ATK returns to normal (ATK: 2200 -> 1000). Status: Hand-0 Life-3700 Monsters-1 Face Down Cards-1 Pinkie Pie’s Turn: O:7 PP:7 Pinkie Pie summons Worm Falco (ATK: 500 DEF: 800). Next, she tributes Worm Falco with Worm King’s effect to destroy The Six Samurai – Yariza. Then, Pinkie Pie activates the speed spell Silver Contrails, increasing Worm King’s ATK by 1000 (ATK: 2700 -> 3700). Pinkie Pie attacks Orion directly, but Orion activates Call of the Haunted, special summoning Driven Daredevil from the graveyard. Pinkie Pie halts her attack. Pinkie Pie ends her turn. Status: Hand-1 Life-1500 Monsters-1 Face Down Cards-0 Orion’s Turn: O:8 PP:8 Orion activates Speed World 2’s effect, removing 4 speed counters (SpC.: 8 -> 4) and inflicting 800 points of damage for each speed spell he has in his hand. He has 1. Pinkie Pie’s Life Points: 1500 -> 700 Orion activates this effect again (SpC.: 4 -> 0). Pinkie Pie’s Life Points: 700 -> 0 Orion wins the round. Status: Hand-1 Life-3700 Monsters-1 Face Down Cards-0 Pinkie Pie will switch with Rainbow Dash, and will pass on Worm King on to her. Pinkie Pie switched her card to Rainbow Dash as she dove off to meet Orion. Pinkie Pie was quivering in sadness as her eyes began to water and she was on the verge of crying. “WOOOO!” called a voice from the stands. Pinkie Pie looked up and saw Lucas in the front row pumping his fists in the air and applauding her. “Great round, Pinkie!” he called. His energy started getting a small number of ponies to applaud with him, as the sound grew into the entire stadium cheering for her brilliant strategies that she displayed. Pinkie Pie’s tears of sorrow then turned to tears of joy as she saw the crowd rooting for her. She then bowed her head and dried her eyes. Rainbow Dash easily caught up to Orion as he began to talk to her. “Your partner dueled admirably,” he said, “but you have 7700 life points to knock down on your own. Do you think you can do it?” “Orion, do you know of the legend of the sonic rainboom?” “Yes,” said Orion. “It was only performed three times in all of history… by you.” “You got that right,” said Rainbow Dash. “And now, you’re going to witness firsthand the 4th.” “What?” he asked confused. Round 2: Rainbow Dash vs. Orion Rainbow Dash’s Turn: RD:9 O:1 Rainbow Dash activates the speed spell High Speed Crash, destroying one card she controls to destroy a card on her opponents side of the field, destroying Worm King to destroy Driven Daredevil. Next, she activates her Angel Baton, drawing 2 cards and discarding 1. Because Rainbow Dash discarded Gusto Grif, she can special summon a Gusto monster from her deck, choosing Reeze, Whirlwind of Gusto (ATK: 1900 DEF: 1400). Next, she normal summons Gusto Egul (ATK: 200 DEF: 400). Rainbow Dash tunes Reeze, Whirlwind of Gusto and Gusto Egul to synchro summon Daigusto Grif (ATK: 2100 DEF: 1300). Rainbow Dash activates its effect, removing 8 speed counters ( 9 -> 1) to remove from play materials in her graveyard that are listed on a WIND synchro monster in her extra deck and special summon it (this is counted as a synchro summon), removing from play Reeze, Whirlwind of Gusto and Gusto Egul to special summon Daigusto Sphreeze (ATK: 2000 DEF: 1300). When Daigusto Sphreeze is synchro summoned, Rainbow Dash can add a Gusto monster from her graveyard to her hand, choosing Gusto Grif. Rainbow Dash then began speeding up to the point where she easily passed Orion. Suddenly, an aura began to form around Rainbow Dash, becoming more visible the faster she went. "Accel synchro!" she shouted. Then, she broke through the aura. Orion knew exactly what happened: she broke the sound barrier. Unlike a normal sonic boom however, a large rainbow colored ring formed out at the exact point where Rainbow Dash just completed her 4th sonic rainboom. Orion had to fly Zephyr through the hole in the ring to keep from being swept away by its force. When he was aligned again, he saw a monster next to Rainbow Dash's side unlike any he's ever seen. It was a large, majestic, rainbow colored bird. Rainbow Dash tunes Daigusto Sphreeze with Daigusto Grif to accel synchro summon Sonic Rainboom Phoenix (ATK: 3300 DEF: 2500). Rainbow Dash attacks Orion directly. Orion’s Life Points: 3700 -> 400 Rainbow Dash places 1 card face down and ends her turn. Status: Hand-4 Life-4000 Monsters-1 Face Down Cards-1 “What is that thing?” asked Orion nervously. “I’ve never seen anything like this before.” “This is the representation of the bonds with my friends,” said Rainbow Dash defiantly. “Like this card, they can’t be beaten very easily. You hear that Gilda?!?” shouted Rainbow Dash. “With this card at my side, I will defeat you!” “We’ll see about that,” whispered Orion. Orion’s Turn: RD:2 O:2 Orion activates his Angel Baton, drawing 2 cards and discarding 1. Orion summons one monster face down. Orion places 1 card face down and ends his turn. Status: Hand-0 Life-400 Monsters-1 Face Down Cards-1 Rainbow Dash’s Turn: RD:3 O:3 Rainbow Dash summons Musto, Priest of Gusto (ATK: 1800 DEF: 900). Rainbow Dash attacks Orion’s face down monster with Musto, Priest of Gusto, but Orion activates Mirror Force, destroying all attack position monsters Rainbow Dash controls. During the end phase of the turn that Sonic Rainboom Phoenix was destroyed, by banishing one WIND synchro monster from her graveyard (Daigusto Sphreeze), she can special summon Sonic Rainboom Phoenix from the graveyard and inflict damage to her opponent equal to half of the ATK of the banished monster. Orion’s Life Points: 400 -> 0 Rainbow Dash wins the round. Status: Hand-4 Life-4000 Monsters-1 Face Down Cards-1 Orion will switch with Alex, who will pass his face down monster on to him. Orion gave Alex his face down monster as Orion got off Zephyr and allowed Alex to mount him. Alex dove down into the sky. Orion turned to Pinkie Pie who watched them switching out and gave her a thumbs up, which made Pinkie Pie smile. Alex found Rainbow Dash. “It seems like just yesterday that we flew over Equestria together, Rainbow Dash,” said Alex. “The same day I just learned to play this game too,” replied Rainbow Dash, “but if you think you’re going to win as easily as you did when I was still an amateur, you got another thing comin’.” Alex just concentrated his gaze at her new monster as he examined the cards in his hand. Final Round: Alex vs. Rainbow Dash Alex’s Turn: A:4 RD:4 Alex activates the speed spell Count Up, discarding any number of cards from his hand to raise his speed counters by 2 for each card discarded, discarding one card (SpC.: 4 -> 6). Next, Alex summons Dragunity Dux (ATK: 1500 DEF: 1000). When Dragunity Dux is summoned, he can equip one Dragon-type Dragunity monster from his graveyard onto it, choosing Dragunity Phalanx. When Dragunity Phalanx is equipped this way, he can special summon it (ATK: 500 DEF: 1100). Alex tunes Dragunity Dux with Dragunity Phalanx to synchro summon Dragunity Knight – Gae Bulg (ATK: 2000 DEF: 1100). Next, Alex flip summons the face down monster, which is The Six Samurai – Nisashi (ATK: 1400 DEF: 700). Alex then activates the speed spell Speed Fusion, sending Dragunity Knight – Gae Bulg and The Six Samurai – Nisashi to the graveyard to fusion summon Dragon Knight Draco-Equiste (ATK: 3200 DEF: 2000). Next, Alex activates Dragon Knight Draco-Equiste’s effect, banishing a Dragon-type synchro monster in his graveyard to have Dragon Knight Draco-Equiste gain its effects, choosing Dragunity Knight – Gae Bulg. Alex activates the new effect of Dragon Knight Draco-Equiste, removing from play a Winged-Beast type monster from his graveyard to have Dragon Knight Draco-Equiste gain its ATK until the end phase, choosing Dragunity Dux (ATK: 3200 -> 4700). Alex attacks Sonic Rainboom Phoenix, but Rainbow Dash activates Hallowed Life Barrier, discarding one card to reduce all damage she takes this turn to 0. Next, Rainbow Dash activates the effect of Gusto Grif again, special summoning Kamui, Hope of Gusto from her deck (ATK: 200 DEF: 1000). Alex places 2 cards face down. During the end phase, Rainbow Dash can banish a WIND synchro monster from her graveyard to special summon Sonic Rainboom Phoenix from her graveyard and inflict damage equal to half of the banished monster’s ATK. Because of Dragon Knight Draco-Equiste’s effect, any effect damage Alex would take would be inflicted on Rainbow Dash instead, but because of Hallowed Life Barrier, Rainbow Dash takes no damage. Alex ends his turn. Status: Hand-0 Life-4000 Monsters-1 Face Down Cards-2 Rainbow Dash’s Turn: A:7 RD:5 Alex activates his face down Spellbinding Circle, preventing Sonic Rainboom Phoenix from attacking or changing its battle position. Rainbow Dash summons Gusto Gulldo (ATK: 500 DEF: 500). Rainbow Dash tunes Kamui, Hope of Gusto with Gusto Gulldo to synchro summon Daigusto Gulldos (ATK: 2200 DEF: 800). Rainbow Dash activates Gusto Gulldo’s effect, special summoning a level 2 or lower Gusto monster from her deck when it’s sent from the field to the graveyard, choosing Gusto Falco (ATK: 600 DEF: 1400). Next, Rainbow Dash activates Daigusto Gulldos’ effect, shuffling 2 Gusto monsters from her graveyard into her deck to destroy a monster her opponent controls, choosing Dragon Knight Draco-Equiste. Alex activates Card of Last Will, drawing 5 cards when a monster of his is destroyed. Rainbow Dash attacks Alex directly with Daigusto Gulldos and Gusto Falco. Alex’s Life Points: 4000 -> 1200 Rainbow Dash tunes Daigusto Gulldos with Gusto Falco to synchro summon Daigusto Eguls (ATK: 2600 DEF: 1800). When Gusto Falco is sent from the field to the graveyard, Rainbow Dash can special summon a Gusto monster on the field in face down defense position. Rainbow Dash activates Speed World 2’s effect, removing 4 speed counters (SpC.: 5 -> 1) to inflict 800 points of damage for each speed spell in her hand. She has 1. Alex’s Life Points: 1200 -> 400 Rainbow Dash places 1 card face down and ends her turn. Status: Hand-3 Life-4000 Monsters-3 Face Down Cards-1 Alex’s Turn: A:8 RD:2 Alex activates his Angel Baton, drawing 2 cards and discarding 2. Next, he activates his High Speed Crash, destroying his Spellbinding Circle to destroy Rainbow Dash’s face down card. Then, Alex activates the speed spell Dead Synchron, synchro summoning a monster from his extra deck by banishing the appropriate materials from his graveyard, choosing Dragunity Militum, The Six Samurai – Nisashi, and Dragunity Phalanx to synchro summon Nero, the Dragon Warlord (ATK: 3200 DEF: 2800). Alex attacks Rainbow Dash’s face down monster, which was Windaar, Sage of Gusto (ATK: 2200 DEF: 1000). Nero, the Dragon Warlord can inflict piercing damage. Rainbow Dash’s Life Points: 4000 -> 1800 For every 1000 points of damage Nero, the Dragon Warlord inflicts through battle, Alex draws 1 card (2). Alex ends his turn. Because of Dead Synchron’s effect, Nero, the Dragon Warlord is removed from play. Status: Hand-6 Life-400 Monsters-0 Face Down Cards-0 Rainbow Dash’s Turn: A:9 RD:3 Rainbow Dash attacks Alex directly with Sonic Rainboom Phoenix, but Alex activates The High Priestess’ Staff from his hand, negating the attack, ending the battle phase, and inflicting 500 points of damage to Rainbow Dash. Rainbow Dash’s Life Points: 1800 -> 1300 Rainbow Dash summons one monster face down. Rainbow Dash places 1 card face down and ends her turn. Status: Hand-2 Life-1300 Monsters-3 Face Down Cards-1 Alex’s Turn: A:10 RD:4 Alex activates the speed spell Synchro Return, special summoning a synchro monster that has been banished, choosing Nero, the Dragon Warlord. Next, he activates the speed spell Final Attack, doubling Nero the Dragon Warlord’s ATK (ATK: 3200 -> 6400). Lastly, Alex activates the effect of Speed World 2, removing 10 speed counters (SpC.: 10 -> 0) to destroy one card on the field, choosing Rainbow Dash’s face down card. Alex attacks Sonic Rainboom Phoenix. Rainbow Dash’s Life Points: 1300 -> 0 Alex wins the round. Orion and Alex win the match. “Unbelievable!” cried the announcer as Alex and Rainbow Dash flew up to the coliseum. “What an upset! After Rainbow Dash tried to pull a sucker punch with her new surprise monster, the Sonic Rainboom Phoenix, Alex used his superior dueling skills to defeat her monster and move onto the finals!” The crowd cheered wildly as the two duelists returned to the inside of the stadium. Alex patted Zephyr on the head and congratulated him before returning him to his pokéball. Alex turned to congratulate Rainbow Dash, but he found her slumped on the clouds looking miserable. “Hey,” said Alex in a soothing voice, “it’s okay.” “No, it’s NOT okay,” bawled Rainbow Dash with hot tears streaming from her eyes. “I was supposed to be the one to defeat Gilda and Trixie, and you ruined everything.” “Rainbow Dash,” called a familiar squeaky voice from behind her. “Listen,” said Pinkie Pie, “I also wanted to beat Gilda and Trixie super dooper bad. When Orion beat me, I was sad too. But when the crowd and my friends still cheered for me, I knew that no matter what, through thick and thin, through better and worse, through good and bad, through-” “I get the point, Pinkie,” said Rainbow Dash cheering up very slightly. “Anyways, they will always have my back.” “I think the point Pinkie is trying to make,” said Twilight approaching them, “is that even though their desires to stop Trixie and Gilda were dashed, no pun intended, they still continued to support their friends. You and Pinkie Pie need to give Alex, Orion, Maddie, and Sammy the same respect. They care for all of us, and will certainly give it their all to see that they can help you get what they took away from us. Won’t you?” asked Twilight to Alex and Orion. They responded with a proud nod. Rainbow then feebly smiled, still a little light-headed from crying, and hugged both Alex and Orion. Twilight and Pinkie Pie joined them in the hug. As they walked into the waiting room together, they saw Maddie and Sammy standing by the exit to await to be called to face Gilda and Trixie for the final match of the semi finals. Alex then looked at the both of them, hugged them both and whispered, “Be careful,” to them. “Of course,” said Sammy. “I already played them once,” she joked. Alex didn’t laugh but gave a slight nod to acknowledge their bravery of the matter. He then watched the two walk out of the room as the announcer called them out.