Yugioh: Worlds Collide

by ShootingStar25

Chapter 46: Rainbow Dash v. Indigo Zap- Round 7

“Yes!” On the sidelines, Indigo jumped up and pumped her fist, grinning ear to ear.

"Looks like I'm up, I've been itching to get a piece of the action since we started." said Dash.

"Alright, Dash. You got your wish, right now it all comes down to whether or not you can snag the win that Canterlot High needs to stay in this duel. The spotlight is on you." said Isaac.

"As it should be! Don't worry guys, I've got this. I'll make sure Crystal Prep knows the name Rainbow Dash." She then grabbed her duel disk and put it on her arm. She then gave all of them a thumbs up as she made her way to the duel field.

"So you're who I'm facing? Got to say, I'm glad it's you. I only duel people who are awesome and have maximum coolness and you've got both of them."

"You know, I'm starting to like you. I can sense you're pretty awesome yourself. Doesn't mean I'm going to lose?" said Dash.

"Neither am I. Now let's get going, I've been waiting since yesterday to duel!"

They both activated their duel disk with Rainbow's projecting a sky blue light while Indigo's duel disk projected a card tray of dark blue energy materialized along the front.

"Ladies and gentleman, the last duel between the final members of both schools is about to begin. Right now Crystal Prep is in the lead with a score of 3-2, all they need to do is win this last duel and they will be declared the winners. However, should Rainbow Dash be able to manage out one last win for Canterlot High then the score will be tied. In that case, we'll have one final duel to determine which school/team will be victorious. If the two duelists are ready, we can begin shortly.” said Luna through the microphone.

“Ready, and waiting!” Rainbow called back.

“Eager to lose?” Indigo taunted.

“Then let the duel begin!”

"Opponent detected. Streaming data. Duel mode set. Initiating. Commencing duel." said the voice of their duel disks.

"Let's do this!" they both shouted.

Rainbow Dash's Life Points: 8000-

Indigo Zap's Life Points: 8000-

Turn 1: Rainbow

The crowd cheered as the two portraits on the display board flashed in sequence and stopped with Rainbow’s lit up. “Sweet.” Rainbow picked up her opening hand from her duel disk and looked over them. “And we’re off to a heck of a start!” She picked up a card and slid it into a slot on her duel disk. “Let’s get an arena worth dueling in! I activate the field spell U.A. Stadium!” A column of light burst up from behind Rainbow and split, fanning in a circle around her and Indigo. In its wake appeared the walls of a massive sports arena, glass windows framing spectator boxes and rows of seats. As the circular energy met again and finished forming the field, a large ring appeared floating in the air above them and activated in rows of blue lights, holograms projecting displays and statistics of the duelists.

"Classic Rainbow." said Sunset.

“That’s more like it.” Rainbow grabbed another card from her hand. “I'll summon one of my favorite openers, U.A. Midfielder(1200/1000).” A portal appeared in the air before her and her monster jumped down into a crouch, an athlete with spiked brown hair and glowing silver and green armor. Rainbow reached to tap on her duel disk’s screen. “When I normal summon a U.A. monster, the effect of U.A. Stadium lets me add a U.A. monster from my deck to my hand.” The holographic field projected the image of a card that flipped over as Rainbow took her card from her deck. “I’ll take this, U.A. Goalkeeper. Next I’ll return Midfielder to my hand in order to special summon Goalkeeper(1000/2800) in defense mode.” Midfielder swirled up into another portal. With a large thud, Rainbow’s monster descended to the field, a massive creature in thick white and orange hockey armor with glowing green lines crossing the pads. It crouched and held its hands out to the side, a red visor over its eyes lighting up. “Special summoning a U.A. monster activates the other effect of U.A. Stadium, giving all my monsters a permanent boost of five hundred attack points.” Rainbow snapped her fingers and pointed at Goalkeeper as electricity surged over its armor. “Now my Goalkeeper as strength of 1500 attack points. I'll then place one card face-down and end my turn.” She crossed her arms. “I’m all set, bring it on!”

Turn 2: Indigo

“Careful what you wish for! Cause you just may get it!” Indigo drew with a flourish, looked at her card, and barked out a laugh. She swung her card onto her duel disk. “Since you set it up, let me spruce it up. I activate my own field spell, F.A. Circuit Grand Prix!” A horizontal wave of energy shot out behind Indigo, leaving black asphalt on the ground behind it, steel-blue railings lining the edges. The wave turned and weaved up and down the walls of the stadium, tracing out a racing track along the edges of the field. The energy wave reached the start of the track behind Indigo and rippled out, creating a large circular pit zone around her.

"Guess this is where I come in." Isaac knew what the girls were about to ask him. "F.A. is an archetype that's based on futuristic motoring racing theme, they're basically the counterpart of Rainbow's U.A. Similar to another archetype, 'F.A.' monsters get stronger with the higher their levels; however, instead of naturally gaining levels during their Standby phase, they have an effect that gives them the option to increase their levels each time a 'F.A.' spell/trap is activated. In addition, they have no maximum level cap, so they can go pass level 13 which makes them increasing their level a lot more fast and aggressive."

“Next I’ll summon F.A. Sonic Meister(0/1000).” A horizontal portal appeared on the road behind Indigo. With a roar of an engine, a gleaming silver, blue, and orange race car sped out, two large rocket engines blazing on either side of a large central rear wheel behind the driver. The race car turned and moved into position next to her, the engines dying down.

Rainbow looked up at the holograms as several close-up angels of the monster popped onto the screens with its stats. “Zero attack points? It must have a killer effect, huh?”

“You’re smarter than I thought,” Indigo snickered.

“Hey!”

“My F.A. monsters have a print attack of zero, but once in play, they have attack power equal to their Level times three hundred.” Indigo held up four fingers. “Sonic Meister is Level 4, so that works out to twelve hundred attack points.” Sonic Meister’s driver grinned inside his helmet and revved his engine. “Next I’ll throw a card face-down and end my turn.” Indigo rolled her shoulders and slumped back. “Go for it.”

Turn 3: Rainbow

“With pleasure!” Rainbow smirked and drew. “First, let’s get rid of that obvious trap you left out, with the spell card Mystical Space Typhoon!” A cyclone blew out of Rainbow’s duel disk and whirled across the field. “Say buh-bye to your face-down.”

“Looks like you aren't that bright. Sorry to say, it isn’t a trap!” Indigo called back, putting a hand to her duel disk. “I’ll activate that card now, the quickplay spell F.A. Downforce. This lets me increase the level of my Sonic Meister by two for the rest of the turn.” Sonic Meister’s engines lit up blue and began to rev louder. “Oh, and my Sonic Meister has an ability, too. When I activate an F.A. spell or trap card or its effect, it gains a level permanently.” Indigo held up her hand again, three fingers extended. “All in all, Sonic Meister is at Level 5 now, plus two for the rest of the turn, which means it’s attack points are at twenty-one hundred.”

"Rainbow is going to have to be very careful when she's planning her moves. No matter what Indigo is going to find some way to increase her monster's level. The question is whether she can deal with them fast enough." said Isaac.

“If you wanna confuse me with math, you’re gonna have to try harder than that! My math test is even scarier than your monsters.” Rainbow shouted. “Your field is still clear, so I’m safe to summon U.A. Midfielder again. That activates the effect of U.A. Stadium, letting me add U.A. Mighty Slugger to my hand. And just like last time, I’ll return Midfielder to my hand and special summon Mighty Slugger(2300/700).” Rainbow’s newest monster descended from a portal above her, a baseball star in black and silver sports armor. It posed with an arm held out, a metal cylinder in its hand, and with a flash of light it extended a holographic red light in the shape of a baseball bat. "By special summoning my Mighty Slugger, I can activate the effect of my field spell, U.A. Stadium once more. Now both of my monsters gain 500 more permanent attack points; so my Mighty Slugger has 2800 attack and my Goalkeeper has 2000 attack points. I'll then switch Goalkeeper into attack mode." Mighty Slugger grinned and turned its head to watch Goalkeeper stand up, beating a fist into its palm. Rainbow nodded. “Just in case you have any other tricks up your sleeve, you should know that when Mighty Slugger attacks, you aren’t allowed to activate cards or effects. So there’ll be no stopping this hardball!” She thrust her hand out. “U.A. Mighty Slugger, attack and destroy F.A. Sonic Meister!”

Mighty Slugger grabbed a glowing blue baseball from a pouch on its waist, tossed it in the air, and spun to wallop it with its bat. The baseball blazed across the field, sparking brightly. The baseball smacked into Sonic Meister with an explosion and a shower of sparks. “Oh yeah!” Rainbow pumped her fist. “First you lose your monster, next you lose a ton of Life Points!”

Indigo rolled her eyes. “Strike one and two. Check again.” She looked over her shoulder. The smoke of the attack cleared, revealing Sonic Meister, engine still revving.

“What gives?” Rainbow exclaimed.

“It’s Sonic Meister’s special ability – it can’t be destroyed in battle when it battles a monster with a lower level than it. Your Mighty Slugger is only Level 5, and Sonic Meister is Level 7.” Indigo scoffed. “Oh, my mistake, Level 9 now. See, the effect of my Circuit Grand Prix field grants all F.A. monsters a boost of two levels during the battle phase. And now that he’s at Level 9, Sonic Meister has twenty-seven hundred points. Mighty Slugger is at twenty-eight, so your attack barely scratches me.” Indigo put a hand on her hip. “How’s that for some math, Rainbow Dunce? Or should I say Rainbow Crash?”
Indigo Zap's Life Points: 7900-

Rainbow growled. “Keep talking, Indigo Yap! I end my turn.”

"Rainbow better keep her temper in check. Or else Indigo will run over Dash faster than she can?" said Applejack.

Turn 4: Indigo

“Goodie!” Indigo drew and reached to her hand. “I’ll start this turn by summoning F.A. Whip Crosser(0/1000).” A portal opened behind Indigo. An armored blue and yellow motorbike rode out of it, the driver clad in armor of the same color scheme. He popped a wheelie and drove up beside Indigo before letting the wheel down. “Whip Crosser has similar abilities to my Sonic Meister,” Indigo said. “Namely, he has three hundred attack times his level, and he increases in level as I use F.A. spell and trap cards or effects.” She reached to her duel disk. “Like this one. I activate the effect of F.A. Downforce in my graveyard.” The image of Indigo’s card appeared above her and dissolved. “By banishing Downforce, I basically get its effect again, boosting my F.A. Sonic Meister two levels for this turn only. And since I activated the effect of an F.A. Spell card, they also get another permanent level gain.” Indigo held her hands out to gesture to her two monsters. “That means Sonic Meister is Level 8 for this turn, and Whip Crosser is Level 5.”

“Stop making me keep track of this stuff! It's making my head hurt!” Rainbow screamed.

"You're telling me, I'm barely keeping up with how many times I have to add and recount." shouted Isaac as even the girls were starting to get headaches from remember every little detail of Indigo Zap's cards.

“Too much going on?” Indigo laughed. “Here, this will simplify one thing at least. I switch Sonic Meister to defense mode, and then activate the spell card F.A. Test Run.” A computer console rose next to Sonic Meister, cables snaking out of the machinery and attaching to the car. “This card changes Sonic Meister back to attack mode, and then I get to destroy one card on the field.” Indigo tapped her chin. “I’d like to go tit-for-tat and get rid of your face-down card, but that Midfielder combo is getting on my nerves. I’ll destroy U.A. Stadium!” The computer exploded and sent blasts of electricity in all directions. Around them, the walls of U.A. Stadium began to crack apart and crumble, creating a massive cloud of dust. The debris hit the ground and dissolved into particles of light, piece by piece.

“Crud,” Rainbow muttered.

“And by the way, just to make sure you’re still keeping up, that’s another F.A. Spell activated and another level on my monsters.” Indigo grinned. “I think we’ve built up enough speed now, so let’s see how they run! I enter my battle phase, and now the effect of my field spell gives my F.A. monsters another boost of two levels. F.A. Sonic Meister is now level 11 and has 3300 attack points, attack U.A. Mighty Slugger!” Sonic Meister revved up and sped off across the field, crashing through the guard rails of the pit stop. It drove into Mighty Slugger, the baseball player splaying out across the front of the car, and after driving another second, it screeched to a sudden halt. Mighty Slugger flipped through the air and crashed into the wall of the stadium.
Rainbow Dash's Life Points: 7500

"I'm not done." Indigo’s duel disk beeped and ejected a card, which she picked up. “Once per turn, when an F.A. monster destroys a monster in battle, I get to draw a card due to the effect of my field spell. Oh, and since that’s an F.A. spell effect triggered, that’s another level booster!”

“Yeah, yeah,” Rainbow muttered. “Any more effects you wanna pile on?”

“Actually, yes.” Indigo pointed at Sonic Meister. “As long as it has a current Level of seven or higher, F.A. Sonic Meister can attack two monsters a turn! With the additional level, it gains another 300 points. Now my monster is level 12 and has 3600 attack points! Here comes the second lap!” Sonic Meister roared to life again and turned to drive at U.A. Goalkeeper. The car shot passed it, braked, and turned, and the rear end of the car slammed into Goalkeeper and sent it tumbling across the grass before it shattered.
Rainbow Dash's Life Points: 5900-

Indigo winked at Sonic Meister as her monster drove back into place through the hole it had punched in the guard rails. “And I hope you haven’t forgotten about Whip Crosser. I certainly haven’t! Just to keep everybody informed, my F.A. Whip Crosser right now is level 9 and it has 2700 attack points. F.A. Whip Crosser, direct attack!” Whip Crosser zoomed forward, hopped over the guard rails, and aimed itself at Rainbow Dash.

“Not this time!” Rainbow growled. “I activate my trap card, Reinforce Truth!” The card flipped over and lit up. “This lets me Special Summon a Level 2 or lower Warrior from my deck.” Rainbow tapped the hologram of her selected card and it ejected. “I’ll summon X-Saber Pashuul in defense mode!” An elderly warrior with a massive mess of tangled black hair, dark blue armor, and a massive sword, appeared in front of Rainbow and knelt.

"X-Saber? Since when does Rainbow have that in her deck?" asked Sunset who had a confused look on her face. The other girls all had similar looks till they glanced at Isaac.

"Well, I may or may not have spent a bit more time with Rainbow and her deck. I'd figured we need some sort of surprise to catch Crystal Prep offguard; plus Rainbow was so reliant on her U.A. that I decided to add a bit more variety in her playstyle. I did give a one of kind card that not even she knows about."

Indigo lifted her eyebrows. “Huh, going off-brand, are we? Based on what you've played so far, this really is out of your element?” She then looked at Isaac who was talking with the rest of the girls. "Let me guess, your boyfriend made some adjustments. He really has caught all of us by surprise."

Rainbow blushed a bit by Indigo's comment. "He's not my boyfriend. Not right now, he's not. She then refocused on the duel in front of her. "And as far as what I just did; lets just say that I’ll play whatever cards I need to beat you and Crystal Prep,” Rainbow replied. “X-Saber Pashuul can’t be destroyed in battle, so go ahead and attack if you wanna waste more of my time.”

“Nah, I’m good.” Indigo shrugged. “I end my turn, and the spell boosting effects wear off of my monsters. So once more to educate you and everybody watching at home; my Sonic Meister is level 8 and has 2400 attack points, and Whip Crosser is level 7 and welding 2100 attack points. ” Sonic Meister and Whip Crosser glowed as their engines slowed.

“Fine by me. I’ll be destroying them this turn no matter what level they are.” Rainbow put a hand on her deck and glared at Indigo. “This duel isn’t even at half-time yet.”

Indigo laughed. “Keep telling yourself that, Dunce. Truth is I’m already set to lap you and leave you in my dust.”

Turn 5: Rainbow

Rainbow glared as her duel disk beeped and ejected a card. “I’m not out of this by a long shot,” she snapped, grabbing the card and drawing it out. She slid it into her hand and picked another. “I summon U.A. Midfielder again, and return it to my hand to special summon U.A. Rival Rebounder.” A glowing portal on the ground in front of Rainbow spread open, and as she reached to place Rival Rebounder’s card onto her duel disk, her display buzzed and flashed red. “Huh?” Indigo raised a hand. “You might wanna pay attention to my Whip Crosser from now on.” She gestured to the motorcycle rider, now glowing bright yellow. “Whip Crosser is Level 7, so whenever you want to use the effect of a monster of a lower level than Whip Crosser, you need to pay three hundred Life Points.”

"My word, you weren't kidding when you said F.A. monsters hit fast and are very aggressive, darling."

Rainbow grit her teeth. “You’ve gotta be kidding me. Fine, I pay!” She tapped her duel disk screen to confirm. “And as I was saying, I’ll summon Rival Rebounder(2200/2300) to the field!” The portal flashed green and a figure in bright white basketball padding rose from it, orange lines lighting up his padding as he raised his head.
Rainbow Dash's Life Points: 5600-

"Time to show you and all of Crystal Prep something that will really blow minds away." She held out her hand. “And now, I tune my Level 2 X-Saber Pashuul with my Level 6 Rival Rebounder!” X-Saber Pashuul lit up green and split into two rings that rotated and floated around Rival Rebounder. Rival Rebounder glowed orange as a column of yellow light rose around it. “I align the blade of the knight and the ball of the athlete, and bring out a grand new titan!” Rainbow grabbed her card and slapped it on her duel disk. “I Synchro Summon! Rise up, Colossal Fighter(2800/2000)!” The light receded, revealing a massive figure in thick beige armor. It stood up, light gleaming off a green visor over its eyes, and crossed its arms.

Indigo smirked. “Not bad. I knew you wouldn't disappoint. Not to mention that captain of yours has been successful in his plan. We all thought we were prepared for you and all of your decks, but he managed to actually trick us and incorporated cards that we didn't take into account.”

“Yeah, Isaac's pretty awesome, not too mention crafty when it comes to Duel Monsters. As for my monster, if you think he’s cool now, wait until you see him up close!” Rainbow pointed across the field. “Colossal Fighter, attack F.A. Sonic Meister!” Colossal Fighter bellowed and charged across the field, arm raised.

“You dunce! He may have given you some new cards, but he probably should have given you some of his brain!” Indigo snorted and smirked. “Since it’s the battle phase, my Circuit Grand Prix field gives my monsters two more levels, and Sonic Meister gets stronger than your monster! He's now 10 and has 3000 attack points.” Sonic Meister’s driver grinned as its engine revved louder, tires squealing.

“Good for you,” Rainbow replied. “Too bad my Colossal Fighter has a boosting effect too. He gets an extra hundred attack points for every Warrior-type monster in the Graveyard.” She held up her duel disk. “I count four – Midfielder, Goalkeeper, Pashuul, and Rival Rebounder. So now he has 3200 attack points which more than enough to take down your Sonic Meister. How’s that for some math?”

Indigo’s smirk fell. “Dang.”

Colossal Fighter jumped up and descended, slamming a massive fist into the front of Sonic Meister. The race car buckled and bent on the front axle, snapping up into the air in a shower of shrapnel, and then exploded. Colossal Fighter jumped back in front of Rainbow. She flipped up a card from her hand. “I’ll set one card down and end my turn.”
Indigo Zap's Life Points: 7700-

Turn 6: Indigo

Indigo nodded. “Good, my move.” She drew and then reached to her hand. “I’ll start with a spell card you should recognize, Mystical Space Typhoon. It destroys your face-down card.” Rainbow frowned as Indigo’s card hologram sent a cyclone across the field. In front of Rainbow, ‘U.A. Penalty Box’ flipped up and shattered. Indigo reached her hand over to her duel disk screen. “Looks like it worked for me. Ha! Now that your field is looking clear, I activate the effect of my spell card, F.A. Test Run that's in my graveyard. By banishing Test Run, I can destroy a card on my field.” Indigo looked around. “I think we need a change of venue, so I’ll destroy F.A. Circuit Grand Prix.” With a series of explosions along the asphalt, the track around the field cracked apart and dissolved into green and orange dust.

“Why would you get rid of your own Field card?” Rainbow asked.

“It’ll be worth it. First, I activated the effect of Test Run in my Graveyard, so my F.A. Whip Crosser gains a level. Then, the effect of Test Run lets me special summon an 'F.A.' monster from my deck. I summon F.A. Turbo Charger(0/1500).” A bright yellow portal opened on the track behind her and a massive monster truck rolled out, painted bright purple with glowing yellow exhaust pipes emerging from its hubcaps and the sides of its cabin. It rolled up next to Indigo, looming over her. Indigo’s duel disk beeped and she tapped a prompt. “Since F.A. Circuit Grand Prix was destroyed by a card effect, I can use its effect to add an F.A. card from my deck to my hand. I’ll take this, ‘F.A. City Grand Prix’. That’s another F.A. spell effect that activated, so Whip Crosser and Turbo Charger both gain a level. Whip Crosser rises level 9 and Turbo Charger becomes level 7.” Whip Crosser and Turbo Charger glowed brightly. “Then, let’s give them a new road to try out. I activate the Field Spell F.A. City Grand Prix!” Indigo slipped her card on her duel disk with a grin. A wave of energy rippled out from around her. City streets with painted crosswalks and streetlights traced around them, transparent holograms of scenic buildings rising up from the ground. When the field was completed, the streetlights simultaneously lit up green. “Since I just activated—”

“Yeah, yeah, yeah,” Rainbow muttered, waving her hand. “Another F.A. Spell, another level on all of them, I get it. You don’t need to remind me every time.”

“Hey, do I interrupt you when you’re rambling off what your cards do?” Indigo snapped. “Anyway, as I was saying, this nifty spell gives all of my F.A. monsters a boost of two levels during both the Battle and Main Phases, and it prevents you from targeting them with effects.”

“Uh-huh. So now’s the part where you attack, right?”

Indigo scowled. “Well, if you’re so impatient, let’s cut to it! F.A. Whip Crosser, attack Colossal Fighter! Whip Crosser's level rises to 12 and now he has 3600 attack points!” Whip Crosser drove forward and popped a wheelie, sailing into the air and slamming into the chest of Colossal Fighter. Colossal Fighter fell back and shattered over Rainbow’s head.
Rainbow Dash's Life Points: 5200-

"My monster is going down that easy! Since you just destroyed him, I can activate Colossal Fighter's effect!" Rainbow called. “When it gets destroyed, I can revive a Warrior-type monster in my Graveyard. I’ll bring back Colossal Fighter itself, in defense mode.”

“He ain’t coming back for free! Did you forget about the ability of my Whip Crosser!” Indigo called. “Whip Crosser is Level 12 now, so your monster’s effect costs you three hundred Life Points!”

“Worth it!” Rainbow slapped her palm on her touch screen and Colossal Fighter rematerialized kneeling in front of her.

“That’s debatable, ‘cause he won’t be here long!” Indigo pointed. “Time to rev it up, once more! Turbo Charger, take him out! By the way Turbo Charger is level 10 and has 3000 attack points.” Turbo Charger roared onto the field, tires tearing up the grass in clumps. It slammed into Colossal Fighter and sent it tumbling back before it shattered again.

“And I’ll use his effect again.” Rainbow tapped her screen.
Rainbow Dash's Life Points: 4600-

Indigo put a hand on her hip. “If you’d summoned him in attack mode, you could have kept him around and saved yourself some points.”

“Yeah, but you might have pulled out another spell to make your monsters gain levels,” Rainbow replied. She grinned. “Besides, he still did what he needed to do.”

“Kneel there and let me destroy him?”

“Exactly.” Rainbow flung her hand out. “Using the effect of Colossal Fighter, I revive my U.A. Rival Rebounder!” The armored basketball player rose in front of her, eyes narrowed. “By the way, this activates my Rival Rebounder’s effect. Since I summoned him on your turn, I can summon another U.A. monster from my hand or the graveyard. And I’ll bring back from the graveyard, my U.A. Goalkeeper!” Another portal opened beside Rival Rebounder and the armored soccer goalie came out, hunched down with arms spread.
Rainbow Dash's Life Points: 4300-

“Go ahead, the more effects you use the more points you burn.” Indigo shrugged. “But, hey, it’s not my job to tell you how to play. Me, I’ll just set one card and call it a turn.”

Turn 7: Rainbow

"Hope Rainbow can hang on?" Fluttershy was worried for her friend as she was constantly being back into a corner.

"Don't fret, darling. Rainbow knows what she's doing and she'll turn it around. I hope." Rarity tried to sound confident but couldn't help to show a bit of worry in her voice.

“I don’t need you to tell me how to play!” Rainbow replied as she drew. “Here, lemme show you what I’ve got waiting!” She turned her drawn card over and grinned. “Well, that wasn’t part of the plan, but it just got even sweeter. I activate another field spell, U.A. Stadium!” A wave of light around the field rose into the air, tracing out another set of bleachers around the outside of Indigo’s race track. “Now that it’s in play, I return U.A. Rival Rebounder to my hand, to special summon U.A. Midfielder!” Rival Rebounder turned into light and shifted into the form of Midfielder kneeling. “Then I offer U.A. Goalkeeper as tribute and normal summon Rival Rebounder to the field again.” Goalkeeper dissolved and its armor pads lit up, shifting into Rival Rebounder’s armor as it appeared within it. “Normal summoning Rival Rebounder triggers his effect again, summoning a U.A. monster from my hand. I summon, U.A. Dreadnought Dunker(2500/1800)!” A football player in shining silver pads appeared in front of her, streams of energy glowing orange around it. Between Rainbow’s first two monsters materialized a muscular basketball player in dark blue and black pants and a thick silver and orange chestpiece.

“All those monsters effects are gonna keep costing you,” Indigo warned.

“I know,” Rainbow replied, not even looking at her buzzing duel disk as she pressed her finger to the prompt.

"Wait, so how many life points will Dash have to pay up? So lets see, add the difference, carry the one...." Pinkie was trying to do the math to figure out the answer.

"Since she summoned three times, she'll pay the cost of Whip Crosser's effect 3 times. Meaning she'll lose 900 life points." said Isaac.

"Ohhhh. That makes sense; thanks big bro." Pinkie went back to her cheery mode while Isaac just rolled his eyes.
Rainbow Dash's Life Points: 3400-

“Now that I’ve special summoned a U.A. monster, the second effect of U.A. Stadium boosts all of them an extra five hundred attack points.” Rainbow thrust out her hand. “Which means my Playmaker now has 3100 attack points. And with all that taken care of, I attack your F.A. Turbo Charger with U.A. Playmaker!” Playmaker hunched forward and charged across the field, leaning with one of its broad shoulders. It barreled into the front bumper of Turbo Charger, the steel buckling with a loud metallic crunch. The monster truck tipped back on its rear wheels and then over onto its back, the chassis crumbling as it exploded.
Indigo Zap's Life Points: 7600-

Indigo snorted. “You’re down to less than half your Life Points and you’ve barely scratched mine. I’ve seen Crystal Prep students who can duel better in their sleep! And provide whittier banter, too.”

“Careful what you wish for!” Rainbow replied with a smirk. “Now time for my other monster to strike, U.A. Dreadnought Dunker gains 500 more attack points which makes his strength rise to 3000. U.A. Dreadnought Dunker, attack F.A. Whip Crosser!” Dreadnought Dunker held up a hand, an orb of blue energy gathering from its fingertips.

“You dunce!” Indigo groaned. “It’s the Battle Phase, so all my F.A. monsters get two more levels. That puts Whip Crosser at Level 12 again, meaning that not only does he have 3600 attack points but he's stronger than Dunker!”

“Not quite.” Rainbow reached for her duel disk and pressed her finger to a screen prompt. “I’ll pay that three hundred Life Points to Whip Crosser to use Playmaker’s effect. When another U.A. monster attacks, Playmaker can give up eight hundred of his own attack points and transfer them to my other monster! So Dreadnought Dunker now has 3800 attack points!”

Indigo’s eyes widened. “What!?”

“Do you need me to repeat that?” Rainbow asked coyly. “Here, lemme just demonstrate!”

Playmaker held its palms out towards Dreadnought Dunker. Streams of orange energy flowed out of its armor and into Dunker’s, causing it to glow brighter. Dreadnought Dunker grinned, spun in place, and hurled the ball of energy it held across the field. The orb struck Whip Crosser and blew right through it, leaving a gaping hole along the length of the motorcycle before it exploded.
Indigo Zap's Life Points: 7400-
Rainbow Dash's Life Points: 3100-

“Oh yeah, and you might wanna know about Dreadnought Dunker’s effect.” Rainbow jerked her thumb at her monster. “When he deals damage to your Life Points, a card on your side of the field gets destroyed. So I’m choosing to nuke your F.A. City Grand Prix!”

Indigo stepped back and grimaced as the race track dissolved around her. She looked at her duel disk and reached to the screen. “When F.A. City Grand Prix is destroyed, I can add an F.A. card to my hand.” She picked up the card that popped out. “I’ll take F.A. Auto Navigator.”

Rainbow counted on her fingers. “Let’s see, you had two monsters before, I had three, two have attacked… huh.” She folded her fingers down, leaving one up. “Guess what comes next!” She pointed across the field. “U.A. Rival Rebounder, direct attack! And just like with Dreadnought Dunker, I’ll use Playmaker’s effect to power it up. Rival Rebounder now has a total of 3500 attack points.” Rival Rebounder held its hands together and summoned another orb of blue energy, and Playmaker threw its own smaller orb of red energy into it. Rebounder jumped and flung its hands down, sending the two-colored attack flying at Indigo. She looked away as the orb struck the ground at her feet and exploded in a cloud of smoke.
Indigo Zap's Life Points: 3900-

“I’d say that scoreboard is looking a little more even now.” Rainbow crossed her arms. “How about that?”

"Alright, Dash just managed to swing things her way!" shouted Pinkie.

"Indeed, she was able to use Indigo's own effects and use them against her. Sure she may have had to lose some points, but that was a small price to pay, especially since she was able to deal some massive amounts of damage right back at her. She really was able to look at all the angles and make the most of the situation. I'm proud of her." Isaac had a huge smile forming on his face.

As the smoke on the other side of the field cleared, Indigo reached up and wiped the corner of her mouth. She grinned crookedly. “Yeah…okay then. Now you’ve got my attention. Cause you just done pissed me off!!!”

“Cool, because I’m gonna win on my next turn and I don’t want you to miss it.” Rainbow winked. “For now, I’ll end—”

“Hang on.” Indigo pressed a hand to her duel disk. “Before you end your turn, I activate my trap card, F.A. Overheat. This lets me summon an 'F.A.' monster from my hand.” She placed the card on her duel disk. “I’ll play this, F.A. Hang-On Mach(0/1800), in defense mode.” A glowing portal next to Indigo opened. A hovering motorcycle, pale blue and silver, drove out, the driver ducked down behind the windshield.

“Whatever.” Rainbow shrugged. “Would have been handy like, ten seconds ago, to block my attack. But hey, it’s not my job to tell you how to play.”

Turn 8: Indigo

“The difference is that one of us doesn’t need the help. My turn.” Indigo drew, holding her card out. “I activate the effect of F.A. Overheat in my graveyard. By banishing it, I can activate F.A. City Grand Prix from my graveyard.”

“Again?” Rainbow rolled her eyes as the race track traced out along the field again.

Indigo ignored her. “I activated two F.A. cards, so Hang-On Mach gets two more levels, plus two from my field. That brings it to Level 8. Next I’ll activate the spell card, F.A. Pitstop. This decreases Hang-On Mach’s level by two, and then I can draw a card.” As she drew, Indigo nodded towards Hang-On Mach. “Although, since I just used another F.A. card, it goes up once more. That makes Hang-On Mach Level 7.” She took another card from her hand. “And now everything is set for this! Since I have an F.A. monster with a level higher than its normal level, I can special summon F.A. Auto Navigator(0/0) from my hand!” A small cylinder rolled out in front of Indigo and unfurled into a tablet computer. Its screen lit up, projecting the holographic image of a small woman in a pink dress with a parasol and bushy blue hair. Indigo looked down at the hologram. “When I summon Auto Navigator with its own effect, the F.A. monster I chose for its effect is lowered back to its original level, and Auto Navigator’s level becomes the amount it lost. Since Hang-On Mach is Level 7, it goes down to Level 4, and Auto Navigator becomes Level 3, plus two more from my Field Spell. Also, the effect of Auto Navigator lets me add F.A. Off-Road Grand Prix to my hand.”

Rainbow tilted her head. “You spent this whole duel so far pumping your levels up higher and higher, and now you’re keeping them low?”

Isaac was taking a close look at Indigo's field. He too was trying to understand Indigo's philosophy; once he figured out her plan his eyes grew bigger. "Don't tell me, she's gonna...."

“Yes. For this!” Indigo held her hand in the air. “I tune the Level 5 F.A. Auto Navigator with the Level 4 F.A. Hang-On Mach!”

Rainbow’s jaw dropped. “That thing is a Tuner!?”

Auto Navigator glowed green and separated into five glowing rings. Hang-On Mach hovered higher into the air and glowed orange as the rings came along it, energy crackling between them. Indigo tilted her head back to look up at them, a hand above her duel disk. “I align the avatar of speed and the hoverbike of speed, and together they accelerate towards a titanic new form!” Her monster ejected from her duel disk and she seized it and placed it on the card tray. “I Synchro Summon! Roll out, F.A. Motorhome Transport(0/3000)!” The ground shook and the race track behind Indigo cracked apart and lifted into the air, revealing the doors of a lift platform built into the ground. The platform rose into Rainbow’s view, carrying a massive white truck, orange and blue stripes painted along the sides. Retracted ramps were built into the sides, and vehicle maintenance bays were visible through the windows. The truck ground to a halt, the cab hissing, and two large mechanical claws lifted out from the sides and clinked together.

Everybody in the crowds and on the sides, all looked up as they took in the sight of Indigo's latest monster. None were more surprised than Rainbow Dash.

“W-whoa…” Rainbow swallowed heavily. “That’s a big one.”

“You’ve no idea,” Indigo replied. “First, as you might have guessed from its stats, F.A. Motorhome Transport has the same effect as my other F.A. racers, namely that his attack power is equal to its Level times three hundred. It’s currently Level 9, and then rises two more from my field spell. So now its level is 11 and its attack rises to 3300.” Motorhome Transport revved its engine and glowed orange. “Next I normal summon an oldie but a goodie, F.A. Sonic Meister(0/1000).” A ramp on Motorhome Transport lowered and the silver race car wheeled out to the ground. Indigo held up a card. “One card left to play, Rainbow. Care to guess what it does?”

Rainbow scowled. “It’s an F.A. spell to power up Sonic Meister.”

“Close.” Indigo swung the card onto her disk. “It’s the spell card, Galaxy Queen’s Light.” Around the finish line of Indigo’s race track, spotlights materialized on scaffolding and shone on her two monsters. “I select a Level 7 or higher monster, and for the rest of this turn, all other monsters I control become the same Level as it!” She thrust her hand towards Sonic Meister. “With the boosting effect of my F.A. Circuit Grand Prix, my F.A. Motorhome Transport is Level 11, so Sonic Meister becomes Level 11, and then gains two more levels from the Field too! So now my Sonic Meister is now level 13 and has 3900 attack points!” The spotlights intensified their glow, streams of energy coming from them. They wrapped around Sonic Meister and the car glowed a bright silver. Indigo grinned and pointed across the field. “Battle phase! Sonic Meister, attack U.A. Rival Rebounder!” Sonic Meister’s engine roared and it skipped across the field, flame trails in the wake of its tires. It slammed into Rival Rebounder and sent it tumbling backwards, its armor sparking and falling apart around it as it rolled. It stopped and dissolved into light. “Since Sonic Meister destroyed a monster in battle, it can attack again! Take out Dreadnought Dunker!” Sonic Meister’s tired screeched and smoked as it turned in place and jetted in front of Rainbow to strike Dunker, the monster dissolving on impact.
Rainbow Dash's Life Points: 2600-

“And there’s still Motorhome Transport!” Indigo levelled her finger at Rainbow’s last monster. “Attack Playmaker!” Motorhome Transport’s horn blared and it slowly rumbled across the field. It stopped in front of Playmaker, and the football star looked up at the truck’s claws as they descended on it. They grabbed Playmaker by the shoulders, lifted it into the air, and swiftly slammed it into the cab’s grill. Rainbow looked away as Playmaker exploded in a shower of sparks.
Rainbow Dash's Life Points: 800-

“With the attacks done, I end my turn, and Sonic Meister returns to Level 4, plus two from City Grand Prix.” Indigo rolled her neck as her two monsters drove back into position behind her. “How about you save yourself the trouble and just end your turn so I can attack and win this?”

“You wish!” Rainbow yelled. “You afraid I’m gonna turn it around?”

“Nope.” Indigo shook her head. “By my count, the only card left in your hand is U.A. Midfielder. Sure, you still have your Stadium in play, and there’s some decent combos you could try depending on what you draw. But it won’t be enough. I have almost half my Life Points, the effect of City Grand Prix prevents my F.A. monsters from being targeted by your card effects, and Motorhome Transport itself cannot be destroyed by battle or card effects because of its own effect. Your best combo was that Synchro revival trick to swarm the field, but I can’t think of a Synchro that could end this in one more turn, and even if there was, you’d still need to get a Tuner out and summon it.” Indigo held up her hands. “Even at my best, I couldn’t play my way out of this no matter what I drew.”

“Yeah, well, that’s you!” Rainbow growled. “I’m me, and I still have a turn to take, which means there’s still hope of taking you down!” She clenched her fist and brought it over her chest. “I’ve kept up with you just fine until now, even pulled ahead for a little bit. That says to me that for all your talk and fancy rare cards, your deck isn’t all that better than mine. I've got my friends counting on me to win, and god damn it I'm going to do just that!!” Rainbow’s eyes flashed and her body began to glow bright blue. “And if you and I are an equal match, then I say that until my Life Points hit zero, this duel isn’t over! I put my trust in my deck and it will trust me!”

Both Isaac and Sunset felt something flowing from them as they saw magical energy gather around Dash's body. They both looked at each other and then back to the duel.

Turn 9: Rainbow

“My turn! AHHH!!” Eyes blazing blue, Rainbow raised her duel disk and drew, the card flashing blue in her hand. She looked at her new card and then reached to the lone card in her other hand. “I summon U.A. Midfielder, in attack mode!” Rainbow’s monster appeared in front of her, hunched over and ready to move. “And since I just summoned a U.A. monster from my hand, I can special summon the tuner monster U.A. Strategist(1000/600)!” Next to Midfielder rose a monster in a silver uniform with blue and orange stripes, a clipboard under one arm and a whistle dangling from its neck. The monster raised its head, eyes staring sharply under a white baseball cap, and let out a grunt.

"Since when has Rainbow used that card?" gasped Rarity.

She hasn't. Isaac was shocked at Rainbow's new card.

“I activate U.A. Strategist’s special ability!” Rainbow held up her duel disk as cards began to emerge from her graveyard. “Once per turn, I can return up to three U.A. monsters in my graveyard to my deck, and a U.A. monster on my side of the field can gain or lose a Level for each of them.” The transparent images of Rival Rebounder, Dreadnought Dunker, and Playmaker appeared above Strategist. “I return three monsters to my deck, and have U.A. Strategist gain three Levels, making it Level 6!” Strategist raised its whistle and blew into it; at the sound, the specters of Rainbow’s monsters flowed into it in flashes of blue light. “And now, I tune my Level 6 U.A. Strategist with my Level 4 U.A. Midfielder!” Strategist’s whistle echoed as it turned into six green rings that floated into the air. Midfielder rose up into them as they began to spin. A pillar of blue light shot down through the rings. “I align brains and brawn, coach and player, and call in the unparalleled master of the field!” Rainbow’s duel disk popped open and a new card materialized in her Extra Deck. She grabbed it and held it up. “Meet a superstar like no other! I Synchro Summon! Rushing in, U.A. Star Player(2700/2500)!” The pillar of light receded, revealing a darkened form floating in the air. Around the field, the lights of Indigo’s track darkened, and spotlights on U.A. Stadium swung around, shining on the monster. Clad head to toe in a silver bodysuit with glowing blue and orange stripes up the sides, it hung ominously in the air. The monster raised its head, scruffy blond hair blowing in the wind, and dropped to the ground, landing on its feet. It held a hand to the side and a pair of orange sunglasses appeared in its fingers; it slipped them on, grinned, and reared up to its full height, arms crossed.

Indigo’s eyebrows lifted. “Not a bad show to go out on, at least.”

“You tell me,” Rainbow replied. She pressed her fingers to her duel disk and another card ejected from her graveyard. “I activate the effect of U.A. Penalty Box in my graveyard. By banishing it, I can add a U.A. Spell from my deck to my hand. I’ll take U.A. Powered Jersey and equip it to Star Player!” Star Player held its arms out. A set of black and red armor with massive spikes, electricity sparking from them, appeared around it. One by one the pieces gravitated onto Star Player, the armor’s red sections lighting up once complete, forming a large spiked chestpiece and gauntlet. “U.A. Powered Jersey gives the equipped monster an extra thousand attack points, and battle damage you take from the monster wearing it is doubled. Star Player now has a commanding 3700 attack points!” Rainbow thrust her hand out, a blue aura over her entire body. “So without any further delay Star Player, attack Sonic Meister!”

Star Player tensed its limbs and leapt into the air. Lightning coiled from the spikes of its armored jersey and into its gauntlet. With a laugh, it brought its arms together and thrust them forward, firing a beam of blue energy. The beam lance through Sonic Meister and the race car exploded. Indigo cried out as the shockwave of the blast washed over her. “Now that the monster wearing the Powered Jersey has destroyed your monster in battle, its second effect activates – it can attack again!” Eyes glowing bright blue, Rainbow pumped her fist and pointed. “U.A. Star Player, attack F.A. Motorhome Transport!” Star Player, fists still held out, turned them towards Motorhome Transport. With a smirk, another beam of blue light fired. The blast pierced Motorhome Transport’s cab through the grill. The mechanical arms sparked and fall apart to the ground. The length of the truck shook, panels bursting and windows shattering, before the entire length collapsed and exploded.
Indigo Zap's Life Points: 0-

Winner: Rainbow Dash

"The winner of the seventh duel is Canterlot High's Rainbow Dash!!"

The crowd were absolutely nuts as they cheered Rainbow for mounting a comeback and securing the win. Even her friends were cheering her on a job well done.

Rainbow’s eyes ceased glowing and she stumbled slightly. “Whoa…” She put a hand to her head. “That’s a rush.”

“You’re telling me!” Indigo ran up to her. “Right here!” Rainbow looked at her and grinned. When Indigo was close enough, she brought her hand forward and clasped Rainbow’s. “That was a heck of a duel.”

“You’re telling me,” Rainbow replied.

“Rematch after the tournament,” Indigo said, giving a small smile. “You got lucky this time.”

“Are you crazy?”

The two parted and turned their heads; Twilight was staring at Indigo. “Did you not see what happened?” Twilight demanded, pointing at Rainbow.

“She got a good topdeck and beat me.” Indigo held up her hands. “Eh, how the game goes sometimes. A win’s a win.”

“You…” Twilight shook her head, bringing her hands to her temples. “You can’t be serious…”

“Chill, Twi.” Indigo patted her on the shoulder as she walked toward the Shadowbolt bench. Twilight stayed in place, breathing deep.

Rainbow was making her way to her friends when they all tackled her and gave her a great big hug.

"Awesome work, Dashie."

"Thanks, Pinkie." Isaac then came up as he looked at Dash. "And thanks to you, Isaac. Those new improvements you made to my deck really helped us out big time." She gave Isaac a fist bump to which he returned.

"You're welcome, but really you're the one who helped us. Because with that win, we just tied with Crystal Prep. That's the closest Canterlot High has ever come in this event; and you played a major part in that. Good work, Dash."

Rainbow Dash was happy that Isaac was giving her words of praises that she leapt at him and gave him a hug. She didn't care that there were others watching; she made Isaac and Team CHS proud and that was enough for her. Just then the microphone was heard as everybody looked up at the sky box and the screens.

"After 7 rounds of dueling, the score is now tied with 3-3 for both schools. Therefore we'll have one final duel; each team will select one duelist they want to compete. The selections will be kept secret until the duel actually starts, then the winner of those two will be declared the victor. However, before we begin we'll all take a short break."

Comments

[Mlpfan2]

Can't wait for the next chapter and tie break duel

[Fluffy-Boi]

Awesome chapter! Can't wait for more

[Fluffy-Boi]

Nice magic Rainbow Dash