Chapter 13: (Part 3)-Ruka vs. Akiza
Ruka blinked as her name was called, smiling happily as she grabbed her duel disk before Luna stopped her, "Wait..." She straightened her sister's hair, Ruka beaming at her. "Thanks Luna." She said before sprinting off towards the duel arena, Luna frowning with a bit of worry.
...
Ruka sprinted down the hall, excited for her match before she bumped into someone, "Oof! Ouch... Sorry..." She said before looking up, blinking as she looked at Leo whom stared back at her in confusion. The two slowly stood before mimicking waving to each other, even hopping on one foot before they broke out laughing.
"Haha, you look like me." Leo chuckled as he smiled at her, his mind slightly wondering before Ruka nodded, gazing at his deck for a moment. "You look like me. I think I saw you duel earlier." Leo shook his head.
"Nope, that would be my twin bro, Rua." He corrected, Ruka tilting her head, "You have a twin sibling... too?" She asked in a bit of awe, Leo nodding before the announcer's voice called out.
"Will Ruka please come to the stadium!" Ruka gasped as she ran around Leo, "See ya!' Leo was about to say something, but shook his head before smiling at her, "Good luck!" He called out, Ruka pausing to give a bit of a blushing glance at him before continuing on.
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Ruka soon made it out to t duel arena, the crowd cheering her on as she face Akiza, whom scoffed. "A little girl? Are you kidding me?" Ruka frowned at her, "Hey, don't knock me because I'm small! I'll win this match!" She said confidently.
"Well folks, the two contestants are ready! Let's get this duel underway!" The MC shouted as Ruka and Akiza drew. "Duel!"
Akiza LP: 4000
Hand: 5
Ruka LP: 4000
Hand: 5
Ruka smiled as she held up a card, "I'll start with my Ruby Carbuncle in Defense mode!" She called out as a adorable purple creature with ruby eyes and a ruby in it's forehead bounced onto the field by her side.
Crystal Beast Ruby Carbuncle
Light
Level 3
Fairy/Effect
300/300
"Next, I play my Crystal Tree Spell card!" A odd tree sprouts behind her, crystals flashing in its branches before she slips a card down, "I set one card face-down and end my turn!" She stated as Akiza drew, "Then it is my turn!"
"And I'll start with more appropriate flora with my Wall of Ivy in Defense mode!" A literal wall of thorny ivy appeared before Akiza, the thorns growing sharp once it settled in place. Ruka blinked as she felt... something off from the plant-like wall.
Wall of Ivy
Earth
Level 2
Plant/Effect
300/1200
"I end my turn with a face-down." She shouted as Ruka drew her card, giving glances to Akiza that were almost... sympathetic. [Hand:3]
"Why are your cards sad...?" She pondered, genuine concern on her face as Akiza scowled, "What are you spouting on about?" Ruka looked up to Akiza, their gazes meeting before she sighed.
"Your deck... Is sad..." She said, soon returning her focus back onto the duel, "I'll summon my Crystal Beast Topaz Tiger in Attack!" A saber tooth tiger soon appeared, spike like armor with topaz gems on both sides of its neck.
Crystal Beast Topaz Tiger
Earth
Level 4
Beast/Effect
1600/1000
"Now I attack your Wall with my Tiger!" With a loud roar, the tiger leapt where Ruka was pointing, its claws slashing through the thorn wall. The crowd cheered at the sight before a ivy plant popped up on her side of the field, making her blink in a bit of shock, "Where did this come from?" She questioned as Akiza snickered.
"When you destroy my Wall of Ivy through battle, I get to place a lovely Ivy Token on your side of the field."
Ivy Token
Earth
Level 1
Plant
0/0
"And that lovely little plant has a nice surprise. And my Cursed Ivy Trap card is gonna make it worse! It allows me to special summon my Wall of Ivy back to the field." The wall of thorny vines reappeared, Ruka huffing in retort.
"Then I'll play my Field Spell, Ancient City-Rainbow Ruins!" The arena shifted to a old and mossy city, a rainbow arching above the both of them as Ruka looked to Akiza, "I'll make you and your deck happy." She smiled warmly to a confused Akiza, "Now I play Crystal Excavation, which allows me to set two of my Crystal Beasts in my spell and trap card zone from my deck! And the two I choose are my Sapphire Pegasus and my Crystal Dragon!" With that, two gems appeared next to her face-down card. "With that, I end my turn."
"I don't even understand you. 'Make me smile?' Your mother had to have dropped you on your head when you were a baby." She taunted, Ruka pausing and trembling at those words while Akiza drew, the older woman sensing that she struck a nerve... [Hand: 4]
(With Luna...)
Ruka's sister bit her lip, seeing how shaken up she was, "She doesn't even care for others..." She mumbled, wishing to hug and comfort Ruka. she could sense that Akiza's deck was sad, worrying for her sister's safety as the duel went on.
(With Rex...)
"Hmm... Lazar?" He spoke as the clown looked up to the Director, "Could you run a bit of a background check on this girl and her sister? I have a suspicion..." Jack looked up at Goodwin, still suspicious of what Goodwin has planned.
(Back at the duel...)
Akiza drew her card, glancing at it before grinning, "I summon Twilight Rose Knight to my field in attack mode." A small child like knight appeared in black armor that was like a rose.
Twilight Rose Knight
Dark
Level 3
Warrior/Tuner/Effect
1000/1000
"Next, I activate his effect! I can special summon a level 4 or lower Plant-type monster from my hand." Ruka swallowed as she realized what Akiza was plotting as she revealed the monster, "And I chose my Evil Thorn!" A plant soon appeared, a wilted flower on one end and a spike grenade on the other.
Evil Thorn
Dark
Level 1
Plant/Effect
100/300
Ruka huffed, "That doesn't scare me." Akiza grinned in response.
"You should be scared, since I can tribute my Evil Thorn and deal 300 to your Life Points!" The plant soon flung its grenade at Ruka, the young girl yelping as the blast popped right in front of her. [Ruka: 4000-3700] "And the best part is that I get two more Evil Thorns, but their effects are negated!" Two more grenade plants appeared on her field. "Now, you know what's next. I'm gonna tune my two Level one Evil Thorns and Level two Wall of Ivy with my Twilight Rose Knight to Synchro summon... My Black Rose Dragon!" She shouted as a harsh gust enveloped the stadium, Ruka covering her face as the crowd screamed.
"It's the Black Rose!"
"She's a witch!" A woman screamed as Akiza's mark begun to glow violently!
(With Goodwin...)
Zigzix appeared on a monitor, laughing as he reported, "Sire! She definitely is a Signer! And it seems that little girl is showing signs of being one too!" The Director's grin grew wider, "Excellent. This is quite a interesting development. And with those boys, the power we will harness will be outstanding..." He chuckled as the glass rattled. Jack hissed a little and grasped his arm, looking out at the duel arena as people panicked.
(With Yusei and the gang...)
Leo and Rua stared is shock as Akiza summoned her dragon to the field, "She's going to hurt someone!" Leo shouted, prepared to run out to do something before Yusei stopped him, "We can't do anything..." He said, the boy frowning as his brother stared at the screen, before noticing someone already beating him to the punch.
(At the duel arena...)
Luna had ran from backstage, fighting the gusting winds as a large rose like dragon soon roared behind Akiza.
Black Rose Dragon
Fire
Level 7
Dragon/Synchro/Effect
2400/1800
Ruka blinking before her eyes glowed. In a flash, Akiza held her head as both relived her past, up to her parents treating her like a monster before she snapped out of her daze. The gust grew more intense, "What... did... you... do!?" She growled before shouting, "Since my Cursed Ivy was sent to the graveyard, you get two more Ivy Tokens!" Two more thorny tokens popped up by Ruka, unsettling the young duelist before Akiza continued, "Now my Black Rose Dragon's effect triggers, allowing me to destroy all cards on the field!" Black Rose Dragon roared as a gust blew over the field, destroying most of Ruka's field, except for her Ancient City. "How is your field spell still here?"
"Since I had at least one Crystal Beast as a Continuous Spell, my Ancient City remains on the field." Ruka shouted as two more crystals appeared by her, a Ruby and Topaz. "And since you destroyed my Ruby Carbuncle and Topaz Tiger, they become Continuous Spell Cards!" She panted, Luna gasping at the few wounds she did get before Akiza growled.
"The let's see you survive this: first, you loose 300 for each Ivy Token destroyed!" Ruka yelped as vines sprouted and whipped the poor girl. [Ruka: 4000-3100] "And now Black Rose Dragon attacks you directly!" The beast roars as it flapped its rose wings, the rose petals whipping towards her and pelting her as the rainbow bent from the air and curved over Black Rose Dragon, the attack not doing so much damage. [Ruka: 3100-1900] "What now!?"
Ruka staggered for a moment, "S-Since I have two Crystal Beasts as Continuous Spells, my Ancient City allows me to halve any damage I take from your monsters once per turn." She panted as Akiza scowled, "Then I'll end my turn. You're done next turn." Ruka huffed as she drew . [Hand: 2]
"I'll play my spell card, Crystal Beacon. It allows me to special summon a Crystal Beast from my deck as long as I have two Crystal Beasts in my Spell and Trap zone. And I chose my Crystal Dragon tuner monster!" A small cute baby dragon appeared, one of its eyes a crystal.
Crystal Dragon
Light
Level 3
Dragon/Tuner/Effect
0/0
"A tuner..." Akiza hissed as Ruka nodded, "That's right, and I activate her effect! Once per turn, I can special summon one Crystal Beast monster from my Spell and Trap zone! And I choose my Ruby Carbuncle!" The little purple carbuncle from before reappeared from the ruby beside her, "And since I special summoned her, I get to special summon my Topaz Tiger back to my field!" She shouted as the familiar saber tooth tiger appeared from the topaz beside her. "Now I tune my level 4 Topaz Tiger with my level 3 Crystal Dragon!" Both monsters leapt into the air both vanishing into a brilliant light, mixed with a bit of a roar. "I Synchro Summon: Spectrum Prism Dragon!" Akiza shielded her eyes before a long dragon floated around behind Ruka, its prism wings glowing as colors shifted in their radiance along with some of its scales.
Rainbow Prism Dragon
Light
Level 7
Dragon/Synchro/Effect
2600/2000
(With Yusei and the gang...)
Leo and Rua looked at the their arms, glowing with Yusei's after the summoning of a new dragon, "Wait, is she like us?" Rua asked as Tenzen gasped at their marks, "E-eh? You three are Signers, but... Those marks look like...hearts?" He gasped as Leo shrugged, "I don't know." He replied as they looked up to see Ruka's arm glowing.
(With Rex...)
Jack's arm glowed radiantly, Goodwin smirking as Lazar chuckled, "My my, two... no, three Signers! Mister Goodwin, aren't there supposed to be just 5?"
Rex replied, "Normally, yes. But it would seem that the Crimson Dragon decided to grow its power this generation. Now I could only wonder why..." He pondered as Zigzix was a madman down in the reactor room.
(At the duel arena...)
Luna gasped as her arm glowed brightly, both Black Rose and Spectrum Prism Dragon roaring at one another as their respective owner's arms glowed as well, Ruka's appearing to be a set of eyes. "You have that mark too!?" Akiza hissed, Ruka looking at her arm in confusion before she staggered and panted a bit, but refocused, "You should focus on my Dragon! Now I activate its effect! I can target all 'Crystal Beasts' in my graveyard with different names, and can place them into my Spell and Trap zone!" A topaz and sapphire appeared, "Now my Dragon gains effects based on what beasts are Continuous Spells!
Spectrum Dragon roared while it's wings shifted to a blue and yellow glow, hissing at Black Rose, "Now I activate one of those effects, I attack your Black Rose Dragon! And with Topaz in my Spell zone, I can target a Crystal Beast in my hand and set it as a Continuous Spell, and I choose my Amber Mammoth!" Amber gem appeared by her Dragon roaring as it charged while that amber color joined on that wing, "Now my Dragon gains the attack of my Mammoth! Which is 1700!" [S.P. Dragon: 2600+1700=4300]
Akiza grit her teeth as Spectrum Dragon prepared to blast before the image begun to fade, Ruka wobbling and trying to stay upright as she panted harder, "N-Now, I attack with..." She soon collapsed on the ground, breathing heavily as Luna cried out to her sister as she ran up to her, the crowd slowly staring as she shook her sister desperately.
The perplexed announcer soon heard something from Rex, swallowing before speaking into the mic, "W-well, due to Ruka passing out, Akiza progresses to the next round!" There was nothing but silence as paramedics rushed out to secure Ruka, running her out of the stadium as men in black stopped Luna from joining her.
"That's my sister!" The crowd booed Akiza as she slowly stepped off the stage, flinching as she watched Luna fight the men with tears in her eyes. "Sorry miss. You still are part of the tournament. Mr. Goodwin's orders..."
Luna sobbed as she stared where her sister was carried off to, soon glaring towards Akiza, "I'll make you pay..."
Crystal Excavation: Search your deck for two 'Crystal Beast' monsters with different names, place them in your Spell and Trap zone. You can only activate one 'Crystal Excavation' per turn.
Crystal Dragon: When this card is summoned, target one 'Crystal Beast' monster in your Spell and Trap zones, send that card and this card to the graveyard. If you do, Special Summon one 'Prism' or 'Rainbow' Synchro monster from your Extra Deck. This counts as a Synchro Summon.
Spectrum Prism Dragon: This card gains the following effect(s) depending on the 'Crystal Beast' monsters in your Spell and Trap zones (You can activate up to 2 effects per turn):
Ruby Carbuncle: Set one 'Crystal Beast' monster from your graveyard into you Spell and Trap zone as a Continuous Spell.
Amber Mammoth: Your 'Crystal Beast' monsters cannot be targeted for attacks nor card effects.
Topaz Tiger: When this card declares a attack: set one 'Crystal Beast' monster from your deck into your Spell and Trap zone as a Continuous Spell, increase this card's Attack by that set card's Attack.
Emerald Tortoise: If this card, or a 'Crystal Beast' monster is the declaration of a attack, switch all monsters on the field into Defense position.
Cobalt Eagle: Shuffle one 'Crystal Beast' in your Spell and Trap zone into your deck, target one card your opponent controls. Send that target on the bottom of your opponents deck, then they draw one card.
Sapphire Pegasus: When you set a 'Crystal Beast' in your Spell and Trap zone as a Continuous Spell, set one more 'Crystal Beast' from your deck, hand or GY in your Spell and Trap zone as a Continuous Spell.
Amethyst Cat: Deal 1000 to your opponent's LP. This card cannot declare a attack the turn you activate this effect.