16. Chapter 16 - How to Kill Your Dragon (1/2)

an:

what's up!?

random reader: well…there was nekroz which was pretty cool. other than that, yeah, ritual monsters have never really got any attention.

i'm glad i was able to make you laugh and

ing you entertainment.

okay, that's it!

let's get on with the show

yema pov:

"did you just summon a bunch of monsters in one turn?"

"yeah, so?"

"that's against the rules, isn't it?"

"screw the rules, i have-"

"what are you watching?" i asked yuko, popping up from behind him. my

other was currently watching some tv show on his duel disk about dueling.

"ahhhh!" yuko screamed, rapidly fumbling with his duel disk before turning it off "n-nothing!"

i laughed

"what are you trying to hide?" i asked him, still chuckling "i'm not gonna judge you for being a nerd and watching some dueling documentary"

"y-you've certainly gotten better" yuko said, clearly trying to change the subject.

it didn't work

"come onnnnn," i said, practically lying on top of his shoulder "it looked funny"

"it is"

"well, what is it?"

"it's…called yu-gi-oh a

idged"

"yu-gi-oh?"

"it's an um….show that's based on duel monsters"

"oh"

"so the a

idged version is basically this guy who voices all the characters shortening each episode and making it really funny"

"i see"

"oh and it has the best intro song"

"really, can i hear?"

"sure! here, let me just pull it up and-"

[play yu-gi-oh a

idged opening 1, kawaita sakebi]

kawaita! sakebi!

(just let it out! bloodthirsty shout!)

yuko quickly pulled off his jacket and swiped it over his shoulder, and when the camera could see again, yema was standing in his place, both eyes glowing yellow as the dark silhouette of astro assault pendulum dragon appeared behind her. the scene changed to show yuzu performing a fusion summon as a fairy-like monster atop a flower appeared beside her.

todoke! fly at higher game!

(you must learn! fly at higher game!)

yuko swiped his hand over his duel disk, placing time-warp pendulum dragon who appeared and roared as a shadowy black dragon, a glowing white dragon and glowing purple dragon appeared behind it. the other three dragons vanished as the camera rotated and yuko pointed dramatically as time-warp pendulum dragon charged forwards towards michio who was grinned and was holding a spatula, kumo who was smiling with his arms in the air, a boy with silver hair that was posed in a martial arts stance, a girl with dark green hair whose body was contorted weirdly, a shorter girl with poofy orange hair who was holding and staring at a crystal ball and gongenzaka who was facing away from the camera with his arms crossed

yu-gi-oh arc-v

the twin pendulums

yema pov:

i

eathed a sigh of relief. after all that had happened recently, it felt good to just close my eyes, relax on the beach, enjoy the sunshine, and-

"heads up sis!"

i opened my eyes just in time to be smacked dead in the face with a water balloon. i spit the water out of my mouth, wiped my eyes and glanced up…only to see my

other sporting a little smirked as he tossed another balloon up and down in his hand. i shot a glare at yuko as i stood up

"oh…this is war"

"uh….truce?"

"uh….no"

"help!"

i laughed as i smashed a water balloon onto my

other's forehead, spraying his entire face and front with ice cold water.

today was a

ight and sunny day, so yuzu's dad decided that we all needed a little sun for the day. sora had gotten a call from someone (he said "a friend from my old town") and hurried off…not that i cared, and yuzu was (according to my

other) with masumi at the docks for some reason or another. other than them, everyone was here. ayu, tatsuya, and futoshi were splashing around in the ocean, gongenzaka had tagged along and was jogging along the beach, shuzou was just chilling on the beach chair and vaguely "keeping an eye on us", yuko was playing around with water balloons, shovels and buckets like the 5-year old he mentally was and i was trying to get some sun.

emphasis on trying.

"i am going to kill you!"

"fair trade! fair trade!"

my clothes were now soaked thoroughly thanks to yuko's water balloons and super soaker (meant for "ages 3 - 10"), my back was covered in sand and i was pretty sure my hair was a mess.

that, however, didn't prevent me from attempting to bludgeon my

other with a plastic shovel.

"er, excuse me"

"get back here!"

"no! you're going to hit me with that shovel again!"

"um, excuse me, are you-"

"it's made of plastic!"

"it still hurts!"

"please, are you you sho-"

"wimp!"

"nerd!"

"baby!"

"bit-"

"are you from you show duel school!?"

both of us spun around to face the source of the voice. standing at the top of the ridge was a boy about our age, with short spiky purple hair and a simple white shirt and black slacks. when he saw us looking he immediately bowed

"i apologize for my interruption, but are you by any chance the you show duel school?" he asked

"uh…yeah" yuko said, simultaneously twisting his arm in an attempt to free himself from my grip. the boy stood up straight again

"i am basutā bureidā" he introduced himself "i come from the samurai duel school and was assigned the duel yema sakaki"

"hi," i said, awkwardly waving "that's me"

basuta bowed again.

"greetings," he said, "nico smiley has requested a student from our school to duel you, and i was chosen"

"oh," i said, glancing at shuzou "we don't have our duel disks right now but-"

"you can borrow mine"

"really sora?" i asked as politely as i could muster, "you sure you don't need it?"

"nah," sora said, handing me the device. "you can use it for this duel"

"thanks," i said, nodding before turning back to basuta. "shall we? there's no action field, but that should be fine"

"very well," basuta said, activating his own duel disk "let us commence!"

i hastily reached back and squeezed my hair to dry out as much water as possible before quickly tying it into a hasty ponytail. i pulled my deck from my bag (which was thankfully dry) and slipped it into sora's duel disk, the blade activating as a duel was engaged

"duel!" we both declared as we drew our hands.

yema: 4000 lp, hand 5

basuta: 4000 lp, hand 5

"you may make the first move," basuta said

"don't mind if i do," i said, glancing over my hand "let's see…."

i reached across and plucked a card from my hand.

"i normal summon twinkle kuriboh," i said as i summoned the little adorable little yellow puffball to my field

"kuri!" it said, the little golden halo above its head sparkling in the sunlight

twinkle kuriboh lv1/light/fairy/effect/atk0/def0

"then i set this card face-down and end my turn," i said as the facedown card appeared behind my kuriboh.

"i draw!" basuta said, drawing a new card

basuta: 4000 lp, hand 6

yema: 4000 lp, hand 3

"first i activate the spell card cost down!" he declared "by discarding a card in my hand, i may reduce the levels of all monsters in my hand by 2!"

basuta swiftly inserted a card into his graveyard as the spell resolved.

"i next use the spell soul exchange!" he said, "by not conducting my battle phase this turn, i may tribute your twinkle kuriboh for a tribute summon!"

"wait, what?" i asked as twinkle kuriboh promptly vanished from the field

"come forth!" basuta said, "buster blader!"

appearing on his field, a purple armored figure wielding a massive blade appeared

buster blader lv5/earth/warrior/effect/atk2600/def2300

"oh…shoot," i said as i looked at the armored knight.

"i then set two cards and end my turn," basuta said, skipping his battle phase as the cost of soul exchange"

buster blader lv5 - lv 7

i gulped

"i draw!" i said

yema: 4000 lp, hand 4

basuta: 4000 lp, hand 0

"before you make any moves, i activate one of my cards!" basuta said, "dna surgery! this lets me declare a type and all monsters on the field become that type!"

as he spoke, two spiked wings appeared onto buster blader's back as his hands grew sharp claws onto the end

buster blader warrior - dragon

"okay..?" i said, a bit confused at his strategy. i glanced over the cards currently in my hand and smiled.

"alright then," i said, "i'll now set the pendulum scales using my scale 3 aquilla the star eagle and scale 9 star sorceress!"

my two monsters rose into the scales on both sides of me.

aquila the star eagle lv2/wind/winged-beast/pendulum/effect/p.s. 3/atk500/def900

star sorceress lv4/dark/spellcaster/pendulum/effect/p.s. 9/atk1500/def1200

"so this is the famous pendulum summon," basuta said, sounding in awe

"swing, pendulum of destiny!" i chanted "mark out the approaching time and transcend the past and future! pendulum summon! emerge! my monsters!"

from the swirling gateway between the scales, two spirals of light shot out

"from my hand! level 6! ursa the star bear!" i said, "and awaken the ancient power of the cosmos! level 6! star-strike pendulum dragon!"

my dragon roared as it appeared onto the field, spreading its wings as it hovered slightly above the ground, while ursa simply roared as well

star-strike pendulum dragon lv6/light/dragon/pendulum/effect/p.s. 4/atk2500/def2000

ursa the star bear lv6/light/beast/effect/atk1900/def1000

"don't forget about dna surgery," basuta reminded me, as ursa snorted a jet of flames from its mouth.

ursa the star bear beast - dragon

"i activate ursa's effect!" i said, "by not attacking this turn, it can increase star-strike pendulum dragon's atk by its own!"

ursa roared as star-strike's atk rose up

star-strike pendulum dragon atk 2500 - atk 4400

"go!" i declared "star-strike pendulum dragon! attack buster blader with cosmic flame strike!"

the dragon flapped its wings, sending itself flying forwards as it prepared to launch a stream of flames.

"not so fast!" basuta said as his second facedown flipped up "i activate my face-down card summoner's ritual! this card allows me to special summon any amount of level 4 or below monsters from my deck, but they have their effects negated this turn! in exchange, you may do the same!"

beside his buster blader, four different versions of the same monster appeared

dragon buster destruction sword dark/dragon/tuner/effect/atk400/def300

buster whelp of the destruction sword light/dragon/tuner/effect/atk400/def300

wizard buster destruction sword dark/spellcaster/effect/atk1200/def900

robot buster destruction sword dark/machine/effect/atk1600/def1200

"i don't know if you're trying to get me to attack your other monsters instead, but i'll do it too," i said, thumbing through my deck and choosing three monsters i thought would help

leo the star lion lv4/light/beast/effect/atk1300/def800

taurus the star bull lv3/light/beast/pendulum/effect/p.s. 3/atk1100/def800

aries the star ram lv4/light/beast/pendulum/effect/p.s. 7/atk1700/def1900

"don't forget about dna surgery!" basuta reminded me as our monsters changed. his wizard buster and robot buster just sprouted fangs like the other two, while leo grew sharp black wings onto its back, taurus' hooves changed into sharp claws and aries sprouted sharp little fangs in its mouth as what looked like scales appeared along its legs

wizard buster destruction sword spellcaster - dragon

robot buster destruction sword machine - dragon

leo the star lion beast - dragon

taurus the star bull beast - dragon

aries the star ram beast - dragon

"if your goal is to creep me out, then you've succeeded," i said, shuddered a little as i looked over the transformed monsters "but my monster's attack continues! go, cosmic flame strike!"

star-strike shot out its stream of flames as buster blader, who, to my shock, deflected the attack, leaped into the air and sliced straight through my dragon

yema 4000 lp - 3100 lp

"what the heck!?" i shouted as my life points decreased.

"you see, it's my buster blader's effect" basuta explained, "for every dragon-type monster on your field or in your graveyard, it gains 500 atk!"

i glanced at its atk, and sure enough, buster blader was standing tall with 5300 atk.

"well shoot" i muttered "at least, since star-strike is a pendulum monster is goes the extra deck instead, so your buster blader loses some atk

buster blader atk 5300 - atk 4800

"at least i can still do some damage," i said, "i'll have leo attack your wizard buster!"

"not so fast!" basuta said, "by banishing electromagnetic turtle from my graveyard, i may instantly end your battle phase!"

a small turtle appeared

iefly before exploding, forcing my monster back

"when did that…" i said

"i discarded electromagnetic turtle as the cost of cost down" basuta explained

"i'll just end my turn there," i said

"then i will draw!" basuta said,

basuta: 4000 lp, hand 1

yema: 3100 lp, hand 0

"now that the turn has ended, the monsters summoned by summoner's ritual regain their effects," basuta said, as his monsters all regained their color

"now i tune buster blader with buster whelp!" basuta declared as the tiny monster turned into a single green ring. the ring spun several times as buster blader's armor fell away, revealing seven orbs that rested inside

"how come everyone has access to the extra deck except us!?" i shouted in shock, "is our school cursed or something!?"

7 + 1 = 8

"with a mighty roar,

eak free from your prison and ascend to our world!" basuta chanted "synchro summon! level 8! buster dragon!"

appearing in front of basuta was a gray dragon with several arms and feathery wings