Re: Yu-Gi-Oh: Virtual Disaster
Originally Posted by Zorak
What? A new chapter?
And you didn't even have to wait a whole month this time. Aren't I kind?
Chapter 27 – Petit Angel
Thinking quickly, I decided that it was time to change Deckmasters; Legendary Flame Lord seemed to be too powerful to use against a little girl. I drew the top card from my deck and smiled when I saw it. Holding it high, I saw Becky was holding a card in the air as well. Sara – now dressed in a referee uniform – swung her two green flags down as our Life Points set themselves to 8000 apiece.
“LET’S DUEL!”
“Alright, Becky, here’s my Deckmaster! It’s a powerful monster called Solar Flare Dragon!” Instantly, the card burst into flames, and the faithful, fiery dragon appeared by my side, growling threateningly.
“Not bad, Jake. But mine’s even more powerful: meet Shadow Ghoul!”
SHADOW GHOUL? Little Miss Kindergarten uses a creature as scary-looking as that?
The answer soon became obvious as a pillar of green smog erupted from the ground behind her. The smog dissipated, and a rather ugly creature with green, lumpy skin, four legs, sharp claws and fangs, and too many eyes stood behind the cute little girl.
Man…talk about irony!
“And the first move goes to…Jake!” yelled Sara, pointing at me with one of her flags. “Begin the duel!”
If you insist… I thought to myself. Becky and I each drew five cards, then I drew a sixth and looked at my hand.
Hey, I’ve already got one of my new monsters! “OK, Becky, I’m going to summon one of my newest allies: Familiar-Possessed – Hiita!”
A magic circle inscribed with runes formed on the field, and a bonfire erupted out of it. The fire died down, revealing an eleven-year-old (or so) girl in its place. She held a long staff in both hands, and she wore a black halter top with short khaki shorts, over which was a large tan shirt that flapped about in the breeze. Her red hair stuck out at wild angles, and by her side stood a fox. (1850/1500)
Picking a card out of my hand, I continued, “I’ll set this face-down for later and end my turn. Show me what you got, Becky!”
“Don’t mind if I do! First, I draw a card, giving me six cards to work with!” After looking at her new hand, she called out, “Now I play a powerful card known as Spell Absorption!”
A large crystal ball suddenly appeared on the field, hovering in midair.
I’ve heard of that…whenever either one of us plays a Magic Card when that thing is on the field, she’ll gain 500 Life Points! I’d better get rid of it quick.
“And I’ll start off my Life-boosting with this Magic Card: Graceful Charity!” The angel floated down out of the sky and drew three cards for Becky, who picked out two cards so fast that the angel did a double take. It shrugged, tossed the cards into her Graveyard, then vanished.
And, as I had expected, the crystal ball glowed, and Becky’s Life Points rose to 8500.
“Since I’m so nice, Jake, I’ll even show you what one of the cards was that I drew: it’s Watapon!”
Watapon? Someone actually uses that card?
Apparently, yes. A white cottonball with blue eyes and two antennae appeared on the field with a squeak. (200/300)
“Since Watapon was drawn with Graceful Charity, that was a Special Summon, so now I’m going to sacrifice Watapon and summon Millennium Shield!”
The stone altar that I was now quite accustomed to seeing rose from the ground and let loose a violent tornado of dirt and sand. Out of the altar floated a large red-and-gold shield complete with the Eye of Horus. (0/3000)
“Wait a sec…you summoned that thing? But that means it’s in Attack Mode, and it has an ATK of zero!”
“You’re pretty smart, Jake! Good thing I’m smarter; I have another Magic Card to play! Since there’s only one monster on my side of the field, and it’s a Level 5 monster, I can play this card: Five-Star Twilight!”
Five-Star what? I’ve never heard of that.
“Now I sacrifice my Millennium Shield,” she yelled, the shield transforming into an orb of white light, “to summon everybody’s favorite family: the five Kuriboh brothers!”
Her crystal orb glowed again, making her Life Points rise to 9000, and the orb of light that was once Millennium Shield divided into five star-shaped lights, each a different color. The stars separated from each other and spread themselves out over the field, then transformed into – of all things – five multi-colored Kuribohs! Each one was a different color (lavender, blue, pink, brown, and white), but they were identical to a regular Kuriboh in every other way, right down to their cries of “Kurikuri!” (300/200) x5
“Now, watch as my Deckmaster gets to work! Shadow Ghoul, Green Vapor Shroud!”
I was slightly surprised to see the giant…thing…behind Becky emit some kind of toxic green gas from pores all over its body. Soon, a layer of pale green smog blanketed her side of the field, and the Kuribohs’ stats started to rise! (300/200) -> (1100/1000)
“So what is it exactly that your Shadow Ghoul does as a Deckmaster?”
“It’s simple math, really. I discarded two monsters into my Graveyard with Graceful Charity, and since then I’ve Tributed two more for a total of four! My Deckmaster gives all of my monsters whose original ATK is 1000 or less 200 extra ATK and DEF points for each Monster Card in my Graveyard, so right now all my Kuribohs get an 800-ATK boost!”
Whoa! Talk about strategy! Both Shadow Ghoul and those Kuribohs are weak by themselves, but combine them together and you’ve got a seriously powerful combo. I’d better get rid of those Kuribohs before she can pump them up any further. “Are you done yet?”
“Nope! I have one more Magic Card to play: The Dark Door!”
As her crystal orb glowed yet again (now she had 9500 Life Points), ten doorframes sprang into existence on the field, one in front of each Monster Zone. All of them were currently open.
That’s odd…The Dark Door prevents either player from attacking with more than one monster per turn, but she’s the only one with multiple monsters out, so that card really only hurts her…
“Now I’m done.”
I raised my eyebrows. “OK, whatever. My move!” I drew a card…
…and nearly fell down!
WHAT? I didn’t put this in my deck! I don’t even have a good way to utilize it, even though it’s a Fire-ish card…man, what a waste of a draw!
As this was running through my head, I didn’t notice Sara smiling slightly.
Realizing that there wasn’t much I could do, I added the unwanted card to my hand and called out, “Alright, Hiita, let’s see what you can do! Attack one of her puffballs with Kitsune Flash Flare!”
Hiita raised her staff and began to chant, causing a magic circle of fiery runes to appear around her. The fox at her side then leapt into the air and transformed into a great fire spirit that flew towards Becky’s monsters.
“I activate the special ability of my Kuribih! Go, Star Defense!”
Kuribih? Star Defense? I wondered as the four doors on my side of the field that weren’t in front of Hiita slammed shut. Then, Becky’s pink Kuriboh held up its tiny paws and created a large shining star out of thin air. Each of the other Kuribohs followed suit, then they all combined their stars into one very large star that intercepted Hiita’s attack!
I knew it was impolite to stare, but stare I did. There may have been a little jaw-dropping, too, I’m not sure.
“If all five Kuriboh siblings are on the field together, Kuribih can block one of your monster’s attacks once per turn. In case you hadn’t noticed.”
Well that explains her Dark Door if she can only use that effect once per turn. No wonder she made it this far; she’s good! “Fine then, I’ll set a monster in defense and pass it over to you, Becky.”
She smirked slightly as she drew her next card. “I should probably tell you that each of my five Kuribohs have their own unique ability; activating my Kuribih’s hidden power was just scratching the surface.”
Great. I know Kuriboh’s ability, and it only activates in her hand, so I’m safe from that, unless she has another one in her deck. I’ve seen Kuribih’s, so that leaves three mystery effects for me to discover; and I’ll probably have to discover them by accident!
“But first, it’s time to gain a few Life Points…”
Another Magic Card?
Not this time. The image of a monster I had seen in my previous duel materialized over Becky’s head and started showering golden dust on her: Marie the Fallen One.
That must be one of the monsters that she sent to the Graveyard with Graceful Charity. Geez, this girl’s full of combos!
“And now to show you another of my monster’s abilities! Kuribah, take center stage!”
Her lavender-colored Kuriboh started whirling around the field in ever tighter circles, herding his four siblings into a tight group. Then, they all started glowing!
“Kuribah can combine himself with his brothers to form a monster of nearly limitless power!”
That doesn’t sound good.
The five glowing Kuribohs melded together to form…a bigger Kuriboh. This one had no arms, but it did have a horn and a mouth, and it fur was colored a grayish-blue. (5500/5000)
I nearly fainted when I saw those numbers. “FIFTY-FIVE HUNDRED ATTACK POINTS?”
Becky grinned a little-girl grin. “Yup. This is Kuribabylon, and his ATK and DEF are equal to the combined ATKs and DEFs of the five brothers. Since they each had 1100 ATK points when they were Tributed…”
She was right; that thing does have nearly limitless power!
“Now to put those 5500 Attack Points to good use! Kuribabylon, attack Hiita now!”
Oh boy.
Kuribabylon flew forward to attack as the Dark Doors in front Becky’s Monster Zones slammed shut. Hiita’s pet fox jumped in the way to defend his master, but Kuribabylon’s oversized horn ended up skewering both of them!
“Hold on, Becky; I’m activating a Trap called Backfire! Since you destroyed a Fire monster now you lose 500 Life Points!”
The card lifted and shot a fireball at Becky, singeing her slightly. However, her not-so-little-girly grin showed that she didn’t really care.
“Sorry if I’m not impressed, Jake, but I have Life Points to spare; you on the other hand, really don’t!”
She had a point. The score was now her 9200 to my 4350.
“I’m going to set this face-down and end my turn. Your move, Jakey.”
Jakey? I wondered, drawing a card. Where did that come from?
Legendary Flame Lord? I don’t have enough monsters to summon him… “I pass.”
“Excellent. My move!” She drew a card.
“And, just in case you forgot, I collect my 200 Life Points now thanks to Marie!”
Yeah, like she really needs more, I thought as Marie appeared and vanished and Becky’s Life Points rose to 9400.
“Now it’s time to activate my face-down card: Reckless Greed!”
A man dressed in a red vest and black pants suddenly materialized on the field. He drew two cards from Becky’s Deck, handed them to Becky, then folded his arms and stepped back.
“Oh, look at what I drew; it’s another Watapon!”
Again? I thought in exasperation. Sure enough, the white furball appeared on the field. (200/300) -> (2000/2100)
“Whoa, time out! 2000 ATK points?”
Becky grinned slyly. “Yup. See, since I summoned Kuribabylon, each of my Kuriboh brothers are now in the Graveyard; that’s five extra monsters!”
Well, that’s not cool. “Too bad you can only attack with one monster thanks to your own Dark Door!”
“Hold on a sec, Jakey. I haven’t gotten there yet. First, I’ve got a Magic Card to play called Pot of Charity!”
And, again, a card I don’t know. A large ceramic vase appeared on top of Becky’s Deck.
“To use this, I have to remove a Light monster in my Graveyard from play, like my Watapon. Then, I get to draw three cards!”
Sounds something like my Apollo’s Blessing. “But you’re removing a monster in your Graveyard from play, which means your monsters get weaker!”
As Watapon’s stats fell to (1800/1900) and the Spell Absorption crystal glowed (now she had 9900 Life Points), another Watapon shot itself out of the Graveyard and dove into the ceramic vase. The vase wobbled a bit, then shot out three cards, which Becky caught. Then the vase shattered and vanished.
“You have a point Jake. So, why don’t I just put another monster there to replace it, like this one I just drew!” She held out a card depicting a green dragon surrounded by electricity.
“Hey…that’s Thunder Dragon, isn’t it?”
“Yup! By discarding it, not only does my Watapon get back its 200 ATK and DEF points, but I get to draw 2 more Thunder Dragons from my deck!”
Two cards suddenly shot themselves out of her Deck and zipped around in the air before landing in Becky’s hand. And, just as she had said, Watapon went back to (2000/2100).
“Now to take care of these doors. I activate another Magic Card: Emergency Provisions!”
Oh great. Now she can send any Magic or Trap Cards on her side of the field to the Graveyard and regain 1000 Life Points for each one. And, since that’s a Magic Card, she gains another 500 Life Points from her crystal ball there; how many Life Points does she need!
A large lunchbox appeared on the field and proceeded to eat all the doorways. Shaking a bit, the lunchbox exploded into particles, which swirled around Becky and brought her Life Points all the way up to 11400!
“And there’s more! I drew Watapon with Reckless Greed, so it counts as a Special Summon, meaning now I can Normal Summon Cannon Soldier in Attack Mode!”
Who doesn’t know that monster? I thought as a blocky robot with a streamlined cannon for a head rose onto the field. However, I was rather surprised when its stats started to increase! (1400/1300) -> (2300/2200)
“Hang on a sec! I thought you said your Shadow Ghoul’s effect only works on monsters whose original ATK is 1000 or less! Cannon Soldier has an original ATK of 1400!”
“That’s right, Jakey! Shadow Ghoul also affects monsters whose original ATK falls between 1000 and 1500, but it only gives them a 100-point boost.”
’Only’, she says.
“Now for the fun part! Watapon, attack his face-down monster with Rainbow Pixie Blast!”
The cute little furball aimed its furry antenna in my monster’s direction and fired two rainbow-colored beams. They slammed into my face-down card, which produced the shadow of a shelled creature before shattering.
“That was my UFO Turtle! When it’s destroyed, I get to summon a new Fire monster to take its place, and I choose another new ally: Masked Dragon!”
The Turtle zipped out of my Graveyard and opened its spaceship shell. Out of the shell leapt a lithe red dragon with bone-white wings and a strange helmet-like mask covering its face. (1400/1100)
Becky didn’t look the least bit worried. “I know about those searcher monsters, Jake. I also know that the monsters they summon have to be in Attack Mode, so your Life Points are wide open! Cannon Soldier, open fire!”
Her robot shot a giant energy blast from its cannon, completely annihilating Masked Dragon.
“Masked Dragon has an effect too! When it’s destroyed, I can summon another Dragon to the field, and I choose a second Masked Dragon!”
Another dragon, identical to the first, zipped out of the sky and landed in front of me, crouching behind its wings.
“And, unlike UFO Turtle, a monster brought to the field by Masked Dragon’s effect can be in whatever battle position I choose! So, since this one’s in Defense Mode, my Life Points are safe.”
“But your monster’s not! Kuribabylon, attack!”
The oversized Kuriboh flew forward and skewered the new Masked Dragon, causing a third to take its place. (1400/1100)
“Good thing I have three in my deck.”
I thought back to when Fushi No Tori and I were looking through the new cards. It was this trio of Masked Dragons that she had suggested I add; it was a good thing I did, because they had just saved my Life Points.
Now it looked like Becky was starting to get annoyed. “Fine then, I’m going to activate my Cannon Soldier’s special ability! By sacrificing one monster on my side of the field, like Watapon, Cannon Soldier can blast you for 500 points of damage!”
The white furry cottonball loaded itself into Cannon Soldier’s cannon, and the robot aimed its head at me…
Brace yourself, Jake…
“Lock, load, and fire away, Cannon Soldier!”
The mechanical monster blasted a ball of energy at me, sending me sprawling on the ground while Masked Dragon and Solar Flare Dragon looked on helplessly. My Life Points fell further to 2950.
“I’ll set another card face-down and end my turn.”
Getting up, I replied, “Not yet! Don’t forget that my Backfire is still on the field, and you just finished destroying three Fire monsters!”
A succession of three fireballs from my Trap Card made Becky’s Life Points tumble to 9900.
“I still have plenty of Life Points, Jakey! I can take the hit!”
The sad part is she’s right! My Backfire is barely scratching her; she’s got over three times as many Life Points as I do! I drew a card.
Lava Golem…I could use this to take out her Kuribabylon and her Cannon Soldier and deal a good amount of damage…but this is a little harsh to use on a little girl!
I suddenly realized something. Turning to my Deckmaster, I asked, “Um, Solar Flare Dragon? What do you do?”
It growled at me in what I could only assume was its way of talking.
Hmm. I should brush up on my Dragonish. “Well, never mind. I’m sure I’ll find out eventually.”
Turning back to the duel, I took a deep breath to steady myself for what I was about to do. Forgive me, Becky… “I sacrifice your Kuribabylon and Cannon Soldier to summon Lava Golem on your side of the field!”
Two geysers of lava erupted on Becky’s side of the field, completely consuming Kuribabylon and Cannon Soldier. The geysers merged to form an immense molten being, and a large cage formed around Becky and connected itself to the golem, making it howl in pain. Understandably, Becky looked a little scared.
You know, these Fire/Fiend creatures are really a little much for me…I liked them much better when they were just cards. I thought as my Lava Golem card flew out of my hand, across the field, and onto Becky’s disk.
To my surprise, I heard Becky yell across the field, “Sorry, Jakey, but I’ve got a chain to that: reveal Mystik Wok!”
Her face-down card lifted, and she suddenly jumped free of the massive cage. An ENORMOUS cooking bowl appeared under Lava Golem, who melted into an equally enormous puddle of lava.
“This card lets me sacrifice any monster on my side of the field and add its ATK or DEF points to my Life Points; since it has more ATK points, I think I’ll go with those!”
I watched as the bowl and its contents started dissolving into fiery red particles, which swarmed around Becky and brought her Life Points all the way up 12900!
“And let’s not forget that Mystik Wok is a Magic Card, so I get 500 more Life Points!”
That’s…what…13400? As much as I hate to say, Voldemort’s Reversal Quiz card is looking really good right about now! “Fine, Becky it’s still my turn, so I’ll set this face-down and end my turn.”
As a face-down card appeared in front of me, the Reckless Greed man – whom I had completely forgotten about – suddenly reached over to Becky’s disk and cupped his hand over her Deck.
“Since I activated Reckless Greed, I can’t draw this turn. But that’s OK, because I have everything I need right here in my hand.”
Well aren’t you special.
Marie appeared and vanished yet again, raising Becky’s Life Points to 13600.
“Take Exhibit A: the Magic Card known as Restless Souls!”
She activated the card, and the ground in the middle of the arena suddenly split in two. Haunting noises starting sounding all over the arena, and wispy ghosts started floating out of the crack in the ground.
Geez…I don’t think this is a card that a little girl would play! “What are you doing, Becky?”
“Well, first, I’m paying 1000 Life Points in order to activate the card, and then I’m gaining 500 Life Points from Spell Absorption.” Sure enough, her Life Points fell to 12600, and then rose again to 13100.
“Now for the effect of the card itself. We are now both forced to summon as many monsters from our Graveyards as we have room for on the field…with a catch, of course. Since they’re coming from the grave, every monster summoned by this effect becomes a Zombie-Type!”
Take that back, I thought as the wispy ghosts started to solidify. That DEFINITELY isn’t a card that a little girl would use!
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