//------------------------------// // Rematch! // Story: The Seal // by Shadow Kick //------------------------------// Back in the city, the girls were looking everywhere for Sunset while fighting off the Orichalcos soldiers. “Where could she be?” asked Fluttershy. “I don’t know,” admitted Rarity. “She has to be around here somewhere,” said Rainbow. Twilight then looked at her Timaeus card, and felt a force pulling her in a certain direction. “This way, everyone!” “Hey! Wait up!” called Rainbow. The rest of the girls followed. “Let’s duel!” said Flash and Sunset. Sunset: LP 4000 Flash: LP 4000 “I think I’ll let you go first,” said Sunset. Turn 1: Flash “Big mistake,” said Flash. “I summon Gagaga Magician, I’ll activate his ability and change him into a level five monster. Then I’ll play Metamorphosis, by tributing my magician, I can special summon Musician King from my extra deck. I place one card face down and end my turn.” Turn 2: Sunset “Okay, my turn,” said Sunset. Sunset began to sweat. “Boy, that last really did a number on me. I’m exhausted. I summon Copycat in attack mode, now his ATK and DEF become the same as your king’s. (Copycat: 0 – 1750) I place one card face down and end my turn.” Sunset’s vision began to blur. “Man, I’m so tired I can barley see straight. But no matter what, I have to see this duel through to the end.” “Are you going easy on me?” asked Flash. “I expected a little more than just a couple cards.” “Believe me, Flash,” said Sunset. “I’m going all out this time. It’s the only way to snap you out of it.” Turn 3: Flash “Whatever, my turn,” said Flash. “I summon Witch of the Black Forest. Then I’ll play Polymerization to fuse her with the Lady of Faith that’s in my hand, to form another Musician King in attack mode. Now, my Witch’s effect allows me to grab a monster with 1500 DEF points or less. I choose Symphonic Warrior Guitaars, then I’ll activate my face down, Skill Successor. Now one of my king’s gets 400 extra points this turn. (Musician King: 1750 – 2150) Now, attack her Copycat!” “Shoot,” said Sunset. Sunset: LP 3600 Flash: LP 4000 “Now I’ll attack you directly!” “I don’t so!” said Sunset. “I activate my trap, Pinpoint Guard!” “Oh no!” said Flash. “Now I can bring back my Copycat in defense mode,” (Copycat: 0 – 1750) said Sunset. “Plus, he can’t be destroyed by battle or card effects this turn.” “Fine then, I end my turn,” said Flash. (Musician King: 2150 – 1750) Turn 4: Sunset “Back to me,” said Sunset. “Last time, I dueled Flash, I went easy on him, because I didn’t want him to lose his soul, but it backfired. So this time, I gotta hit him with all I got. I sacrifice Copycat, in order to summon Trance the Magical Swordsman in attack mode. Trance, attack one of his kings!” Sunset: LP 3600 Flash: LP 3150 “That’s more like it,” said Flash. “Finally, you’re giving me a real challenge!” “Oh I’ll give ya a challenge alright,” said Sunset. “But for now, I end my turn.” Turn 5: Flash “My move,” said Flash. “I drew it.” “Oh no, not that!” said Sunset. “Yep, the Seal of Orichalcos!” yelled Flash. The Seal formed around Flash and Sunset. It then glowed in Flash's forehead. “Now only one of us can escape.” A couple blocks away, the girls saw the Orichalcos circle forming in the sky. “Oh no!” cried Fluttershy. “Someone’s fighting for their soul,” said Twilight. “Come on!” said Rainbow. “Great,” thought Sunset. “Now that the Seal is out, the evil in Flash just got ten times stronger. But I know the real Flash is in there somewhere.” “Now, my monster gets 500 extra points!” said Flash. (Musician King: 1750 – 2250) “But he’s still weaker than my swordsman,” said Sunset. “Oh yeah?” asked Flash. “I activate the effect of Skill Successor from my graveyard. By removing it, he gains 800 more points this turn!” (Musician King: 2250 – 3050) “Oh no,” said Sunset. “Now, my king will attack your swordsman!” said Flash. Sunset: LP 3150 Flash: LP 3150 “That’s enough for now,” said Flash. (Musician King: 3050 – 2250) “Glad to hear it,” said Sunset. She was beginning to sweat again. “What’s wrong?” asked Flash “You don’t like my tunes?” “You try doing two Orichalcos duels in succession!” said Sunset. “Well, sorry,” said Flash sarcastically. Turn 6: Sunset “Man, I miss the old Flash,” said Sunset. “I summon Blockman in defense mode, then I’ll place one card face down and end my turn.” Turn 7: Flash “My turn then,” said Flash. “I play Pot of Greed, so I draw two cards. Now I play The Melody of Awakening Dragon, by discarding a card, like my Skull-Mark Ladybug, I can add up to two dragon monsters with 3000 ATK and 2500 DEF points to my hand. Plus, I gain 1000 life points thanks to my ladybug. Sunset: LP 3150 Flash: LP 4150 Now, I’ll set Symphonic Warrior Guitaars and Leonardo's Silver Skyship in my Pendulum zones. Now I can special summon any number of monsters whose levels are Eight to Nine. Now I’ll Pendulum summon Galaxy Eyes Photon Dragon and White Night Dragon.” “Oh my gosh,” said Sunset. “If you think that’s bad, just wait,” said Flash. “I now combine my two monsters to build the overlay network and Xyz summon. I summon Number 62 Galaxy Eyes Prime Photon Dragon in attack mode!” “Oh crap!” said Sunset. “Attack!” ordered Flash. “I activate Negate attack!” said Sunset. “Dang,” said Flash. “Only you could block an attack like that. You really are tougher than I thought.” “Thanks, you too,” said Sunset. “I guess I end my turn,” said Flash. In his temple, Dartz was kneeling before the altar. “It won't be long now, Great Leviathan. Soon, the chosen duelists will be ours.” Back at the duel, Sunset began her turn. Turn 8: Sunset “He may not admit it,” thought Sunset. “But I know deep down, Flash still values our friendship, and I won’t let him throw it away I activate Xyz Encore. This card lets me remove all the overlay units from one of your Xyz monsters and send it back to your extra deck.” “What?!” asked Flash. “Don’t worry,” said Sunset. “Now, all of the monster you used for the Xyz summon are special summoned back to your side in defense mode, but their levels are reduced to one. Now I activate Blockman’s effect, by tributing him, I can special a number of tokens, equal to the number of my turns he was on the field. Basically, I get two tokens, then I’ll play Fiend’s Sanctuary, so I get another token. Now I’ll sacrifice all three of them in other to summon Beast King Barbaros in attack mode. If I summon him with three tributes, I can destroy all cards on your side of the field.” “What!” cried Flash. “Now, my monster will attack you directly!” yelled Sunset. “Ah!!” cried Flash. Sunset: LP 3150 Flash: LP 1150 Turn 9: Flash “Wow, you really are good,” said Flash. “But are you good enough? Let’s find out, my turn. I play Monster Reborn to bring back my Galaxy Eyes Photon Dragon in attack mode. (Galaxy Eyes Photon Dragon: 3000 – 3500) Now Galaxy Eyes, attack her Beast King!” Sunset: LP 2650 Flash: LP 1150 “Wow, that was good,” said Sunset. “You really are one amazing duelist. No wonder I fell for you.” “Huh?” Flash blushed deeply, but then shook it off. “Whatever, I’m not falling for the same trick twice. Just go.” “I’m sorry,” said Sunset. “But you need to stop being such a pussy and grow up already!” Flash growled. Turn 10: Sunset “I play Pot of Greed,” said Sunset. “Now I draw two cards.” Sunset looked at her two cards and her widen. “The Claw of Hermos! Aren’t you a site for sore eyes? I play Monster Reborn to bring back your White Night Dragon. Then I’ll normal summon Ally of Justice Nullfier in attack mode. Now, all Light effects are negated.” “Big deal,” said Flash. “Neither of your monsters can beat my dragon.” “Oh yeah?” asked Sunset. “Say that to this! The Claw of Hermos! And I’ll combine him with your dragon to form Red Eyes Black Dragon Sword, the perfect weapon for my Nullifier. Now my Nullifier gets 1000 extra points, plus 500 extra for every dragon on the field and in our graveyards!” “Oh boy!” said Flash. (Ally of Justice Nullfier: 1600 – 3600) “Nullifier, attack his Galaxy Eyes!” said Sunset. “Ah!!” cried Flash. Sunset: LP 2650 Flash: LP 1050 “That’s all for me,” said Sunset. Sunset began to stumble. “I gotta pull through this. I’m almost there.” Turn 11: Flash “Not bad, now it’s my turn,” said Flash. “I play Pot of Avarice, now I select five monsters in my graveyard, then I shuffle back into my deck and draw two cards. I select Gagaga Magician, Witch of the Black Forest, Symphonic Warrior Guitaars, Skull-Mark Ladybug, and White Night Dragon, so your monster loses some ATK points.” “Not that many,” said Sunset. (Ally of Justice Nullfier: 3600 – 3100) “Then I’ll play Dark Hole!” said Flash. “Oh great,” said Sunset. “Then I’ll play Re-Fusion,” said Flash. “By paying 800 life points, I can special summon my Musician King from my graveyard and equip it with this card. (Musician King: 1750 – 2250) Sunset: LP 2650 Flash: LP 250 Now, attack her directly!” “Ah!!” cried Sunset. Sunset: LP 400 Flash: LP 250 “I end my turn,” said Flash. Turn 12: Sunset “Fine, my turn,” said Sunset. “I summon Red Eyed Retro Dragon in defense mode. I’m done, so give me your best shot! But before you do, just know. I’m sorry about what I did to you. Back then, I was like you, angry and hungry for power, and it didn’t get me anywhere. Now, I have the girls and everyone else at the school, and I couldn’t be happier. Please, don’t make the same mistake I did. The power’s not worth it.” “But without power, I’m nothing,” said Flash. Sunset could barely stay on her feet. “That’s not true, and in the end, I know you’ll make the right choice.” Turn 13: Flash Flash stood still and thought for a minute. Then the seal on his forehead glowed brighter. “It’s too late,” said Flash. “My move, I summon Symphonic Warrior Guitaars in attack mode. (Symphonic Warrior Guitaars: 1500 – 2000) Guitaars, attack her Retro Dragon! Musician King, attack her… I can’t do it. What’s wrong with me? If I attack, I’ll win. Then I’ll finally be able to move on.” Flash then remembered the time when he first fell in love with Sunset. “No! No! I can’t do it! I don’t want her to go away!” “Congratulations,” said Sunset. “You win.” She then lost her footing and fell to her knees and the seal began contracting around her. “Sunset, no!” Flash ran over and caught Sunset in his arms. “You wrong, I never attacked, so you didn’t lose.” “But I’m too exhausted to go on,” said Sunset. “I won’t let the Orichalcos take you, Sunset,” said Flash. “It’s too late for that,” said Sunset. “I’m just glad that if one of had to lose our soul, it didn’t have to be you.” “Don’t say that, Sunset!” begged Flash. “Please! I’m sorry! I take everything back! Please don’t leave me!” “Hey, Flash,” said Flash. “I’m sorry too.” Up close, Sunset saw the Orichalcos stone around Flash’s neck and pulled it off. As the Seal shrank, the stone cracked. In the temple, Dartz felt the stone’s power fade. “He’s been set free!” said Dartz. “But what’s this?” Sunset’s image appeared on the wall. “It seems Mr. Sentry has served his purpose.” In the streets, the girls were still running. Twilight then stopped and looked at her Timaeus card. “Wait!” “What’s wrong?” asked Rarity. “Is it Sunset?” asked Fluttershy. Rainbow also looked at her Critias card. “I think so,” said Twilight. She and Rainbow looked up and saw Timaeus and Critias appear on top of a building. The two dragons then roared to the skies as if in mourning before dissolving away. Back at the lot, Flash’s mind was finally clear. “Noooooooooo!!!!!!!!” The seal disappeared and Sunset fell to the ground, senseless. Her Hermos card then slipped through her fingers. Flash cradled her in his arms, and tears poured down his face. “Sunset,” said Flash in tears. “This is all my fault! I was jealous and angry, but I blamed all my loneliness on you. How could I be so stupid and selfish? I really did love you, now look what I’ve done!” Flash then picked up Sunset’s Hermos card and propped Sunset against the fence beside Sonata. “Dartz, I’m gonna make you regret the day you were born!!” He then got on his bike and took off. “Dartz, you’re dog meat!” Flash parked his bike outside the Paradias Headquarters and entered the building. He then took the elevator to the top floor. As he entered the hallway, he saw a shadowy form at the end of the hall. “That you, Dartz?!” The dark figure walked out, it was Adagio. “Guess again.” “Out of my way!” said Flash. “I want out of this freaky group! It’s time for Dartz to pay for what he made me do to Sunset!! This time, I’m gonna suck out his soul!!” “You sure you don’t wanna take that back?” asked Adagio. “Do I look like I’m playing?!” yelled Flash. “Then you leave me no choice,” said Adagio. “It’s my duty to protect him. Say goodbye to your soul, Flash.” “Whatever,” said Flash. After a long duel, Adagio took Flash out. “Noooooooooo!!!!” cried Flash as the seal took his soul. “I’m so sorry, Sunset. I tried my best.” The Hermos card fell from his hand as he collapsed on the floor. Back at the lot, the girls finally showed up. “No way,” said Rainbow in disbelief. “It can’t be,” said Fluttershy. “She lost,” said Twilight. “Does that mean?” asked Rarity. “I’m afraid so,” said Twilight on the verge of tears. “She’s gone.”