You couldn't help but let out a sigh as you walked out of yet another minor tournament hall, having won yet again as Ruby follows behind you, a bounce in her step from getting to finally be seen by others.
…You didn't want to get rusty or let the public forget about you, which was the whole reason you were still taking part in these minor tournaments, but after the Nationals and Duelist Kingdom, it just felt like bullying at this point.
And don't get it wrong, you could enjoy some good ol' bullying, especially if it was some snot-nosed brat or a cute girl, but after a while it just becomes a chore.
Still, at least it allowed you to test out your new and improved Black Luster Soldier alongside the little present Industrial Illusions had sent you in the mail.
You smile as a light weight appears on your shoulders, Ray taking her usual position and nuzzling against you, though now instead of her usual stumpy white wings, a majestic golden pair is sprouting from her back.
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You reach up and gently scratch her under her beak. Ray's joy from her new wings is so infectious you couldn't bring yourself to stay annoyed.
Ruby walks up beside you with a pout as she looks up at Ray.
"...I still think they should have given me a retrain too. I mean, we have Grand Sorceress now, but they don't know that!" Ruby said with a huff as she crossed her arms.
You just chuckled at her annoyance and threw your arm around her shoulder as you continued to walk.
"Heh, come on now, don't pout; we still know you're the ace of my deck, babe, you don't need a retrain." You reassured her as you gave her shoulders a squeeze. "Tell ya what, when we next see Pegasus, I'll be sure to ask him about it. I'm sure he'd be more than willing to listen, but for now how about we go and grab some grub, and then we can get back home? Everyone else is busy today, so we can have some alone time, just the two of us." You said with a suggestive tone that Ruby obviously caught onto, a smirk creeping onto her face as she looked up at you.
"Hmm~ I suppose I can accept that, so! Where are we going?" Ruby asked with a bounce, doing wonderful things to her chest in the process.
…Stay focused; that comes later.
"Eh, not in the mood for anything fancy really; I think there's a BurgerWorld close by, so let's just head over there and grab something to go." You said before pulling out your phone. "Yo, Seta, I need the location of the nearest BurgerWorld."
Suddenly Seta's hologram appeared above your phone, glaring at you as she crossed her arms.
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"....And why would I do that exactly? I'm not some personal assistant, I'll have you know." Seta huffed out at you.
You just rolled your eyes at that. "You should have thought of that before you downloaded yourself on my phone. Look, help me out, and I promise to help you fix up that proto-Duel Disk I got stored; I know it pisses you off having to see something so half-assed laying around."
Seta clicked her tongue at that. "...Fine, just let's see if you can follow basic directions or if you're a big enough failure to somehow get lost even with me guiding you.
As Seta gave the directions, you couldn't help but let out an internal sigh.
…What did you ever do to get stuck with such a sassy AI?
Still, nevertheless, you quickly followed her instructions to get to BurgerWorld, but as you approached, for some reason Ruby seemed to perk up suddenly.
You look at her with a raised eyebrow, silently asking her what was up, but Ruby just looks up at you with a smirk.
"You'll see~"
As you finally came within sight of the BurgerWorld, you couldn't help but note there was quite the sizable crowd gathered out front.
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You swiftly approach and tap someone on the back.
"Yo, something happening?"
"Oh, yeah, there's a promotional thing going on—" The guy begins to answer as his eyes suddenly widen as he turns to face you. "You're Makoto Yuzuki!"
You just smirk at that, reaching down with your arm not currently wrapped around Ruby and shaking the guy's hand.
"In the flesh, so you were saying?"
The dude's eyes just widened even farther at that, darting back to whatever the crowd was watching for a moment before returning to you, excitement gleaming.
"Oh, this is great! Apparently the owner here managed to pull some super rare card or something from a pack, so he's partnering with Kaibacorp to do some kind of promotional challenge showing off the brand new Kaibacorp Duel Disks!" He said as the crowd finally parted enough for you to see what was going on, and you couldn't help your eyes widening as you saw what was happening, or rather, who was participating.
"—Now finish this Hungry Burger! Attack him and his pathetic French cuisine!" Angel, of all people, calls out, dressed in the BurgerWorld uniform—though with some very obvious 'tweaks'—with a seemingly complete Duel Disk on her arm as she orders her gigantic hamburger monster to finish her opponent off.
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Her opponent cries out as the Hungry Burger quickly descends on his Bolt Escargot, devouring it in one bite and wiping out the rest of his Life Points.
Angel just smirks, hands on her hips as she smirks down at her opponent on the ground. "Heh~ what did I tell you, hon? You never had a chance with your pathetic snail~" Suddenly she looked at the crowd, thankfully not seeming to have seen you yet.
"And the same goes for all of you! If you want to challenge the Burger Queen and get the Cosmo Queen, you have to go through me first!" She said, and as your eyes followed to where she was gesturing, they ended up widening again as you saw Tea also dressed in a BurgerWorld uniform sat on a makeshift throne, looking vaguely uncomfortable in the spotlight.
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…Either Angel had taken upon herself to help modify Tea's uniform or Ruby had corrupted her more than you thought.
"See?! It's a gauntlet thing; if you beat two of the other employees in a row, then you're allowed to challenge the Burger Queen, and if you manage to beat her, you get the super rare card! … Plus a free meal, but enough about that; you've just gotta participate!" Your apparent fan said, excitement buzzing in his voice at the opportunity to see you duel.
You ignore him for now and look over at Ruby, who was staring at you with her classic mischievous smirk.
…Welp, you knew what you were doing for the rest of the afternoon.
Well, it was time to make an entrance.
"Oh-ho? I think I'll take that challenge." You announce with a smirk as you step through the crowd as they begin to murmur in shock at your appearance as Angel's and Tea's eyes both widen.
Angel seemed to freeze completely, causing the manager who had been standing nearby to quickly step up and respond to your challenge.
"W-Would you look at this, folks?! The King of Games himself has apparently decided to attempt to challenge the Burger Queen! She would be honored to accept your challenge!" The manager declares as you walk up with a smirk, the loser from the previous game quickly detaching the Duel Disk and thrusting it into your arms before skulking his way back to the crowd.
Though it looked like Angel wasn't up first as she takes off the Duel Disk and thrusts it into the hands of some rando as she somewhat awkwardly makes her way over to you.
"...So, uhh, this is a bit awkward. I was planning on quitting once this whole event was over and taking you up on your offer to work for you full time, but this entire thing has been in the works for awhile and I didn't wanna be a bitch and flake—" she stammers out, obviously a bit frazzled by your sudden appearance, but you just chuckle and place a hand on her shoulder to calm her down.
"It's fine, not like I thought you didn't have your own life going on or anything; besides, I'm far from disappointed at the sight." You say as you let your eyes roam up and down her body, very obviously checking her out.
Angel's face went bright red at that, eyes widening. "I-It's hot, okay?! That's the only reason I'm wearing it like this!" She hissed out, obviously embarrassed.
Heh, you'd almost forgotten she could be surprisingly shy until you got her engine revving.
"Ha! And what about Tea over there, then? Trying to stop her from getting a heat stroke?" You tease her gently.
Angel just huffs at that and crosses her arms under her chest. "I can't be the only one dressed like this, or else people might think I'm slutty, and besides, it wouldn't be any good if the Burger Queen got outshone by one of her subjects, now would it?"
You just hummed at that and looked over at Tea, noticing Ruby slowly sneaking her way behind her with a grin.
…You'd let her have her fun.
"What's with that by the way? I actually know Tea, and while she's a decent duelist, I wouldn't say she's at your level yet; I would have expected you to be the final boss."
Angel just rolled her eyes at that. "That was the original plan, but eventually they decided to have it be if you beat the first duelist you get 10% off your meal, the second 50% off, and lastly, if you beat the queen, it's free, so the manager decided to put me in the second slot so we don't lose that much money, but don't underestimate Tea, you hear me? I've been coaching her a bit on the side during our breaks."
"Hmm, that's good, though speaking of, if I remember correctly, you and I had a little bet, didn't we? And while not quite a tournament, I'd say it's close enough to count." You purr with a smirk.
Angel's eyes widened as her face lit up, eyes darting to the crowd excitedly murmuring in the background.
"H-Here?! In public? In front of all these people?!" She hissed out, though you did note her thick thighs squeezing together for just a second.
"Heh, it doesn't need to be anything super explicit; you're a smart girl, I'm sure you can figure it out."
Before you could continue on teasing her, the manager suddenly called out to Angel, your first victim seemingly ready.
"Stella! Stop bothering the king and get ready for your turn!"
Angel—or rather, Stella apparently—straightened at that.
"R-Right! Uh, I-I just need to head to the bathroom real quick!" She called out as she made a beeline to BurgerWorld.
Heh, you could hardly wait to see what she'd come up with, but first it was time to give the crowd a show.
"I-I do decree the duel to begin!" Tea stuttered out as you looked over and saw her red-faced Ruby hugging her from behind and nuzzling her. The manager quickly approaches, but Tea just waves him off as you turn your attention to your victim.
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…Fodder.
He says something to you, but you just ignore him, bringing up your Duel Disk as you smirk over at him.
"Let's hurry this up then; I've got much more important things to do today."
And with that, the duel began.
Let's finish this quickly so you can get to the actual fun.
"I think I'll start us off! Draw!" You call out, ripping the top card from your deck and inspecting your opening hand.
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Oooh, very nice, if a tad light on monsters, but you had just the card to potentially fix that.
"First things first, I'll start us off by activating my Pot of Greed, allowing me to draw two more cards from my deck!" You say as you slide your Pot of Greed into your Duel Disk and draw.
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....
Hmm, you'd have liked a Normal Summon, but this was fine, you supposed, and you imagined the crowd would be far from complaining if you managed to summon Dark Magician Girl.
Heh, and besides, it's not like this fodder would even be able to stop what you had planned.
"It must be your lucky day, Jeremy! You get to be one of the first victims of my brand-new card!"
"Uhh, my name's Jon—"
The loser begins to respond, but you just ignore him.
"First up I'll activate Pre-Preparation of Rites! Allowing me to add any Ritual Spell from my deck to my hand!" You call out as your Duel Disk automatically slots out your Advanced Ritual Art.
…Man, that really was a nifty little feature.
"And now get ready to meet the monster that'll end you! I activate my Advanced Ritual Art, which allows me to Ritual Summon any monster I so wish just by milling monsters from my deck that meet the correct level!" You call out as the crowd oohs as you swiftly send Red and your D.D. Trainer to the Graveyard as your field begins to glow.
"Now come on out, my new and improved, Black Luster Soldier - Envoy of Victory!" You yell out as, with a flash, your monster appeared, your soldier swiftly rising from knee to stand before you, glaring over at your now sweating opponent, though not before looking back at you and nodding.
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....Heh, still the strong silent type, eh?
You can't help but grin as you listen to the crowd's excited murmurs at the appearance of your monster. You had gotten much the same reaction back at the tournament, but you didn't think you'd ever get bored of the almost palpable awe.
"Ha! And with that I'll set two more cards face-down and end my turn. Let's see if you can even put a scratch on my soldiers' armour!"
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Your victim just gulps at that, swiftly drawing and inspecting his hands, but considering the look on his face, you didn't think he had much of anything.
"I-I'll set a monster and three other cards face-down and end my turn!" He calls out as his cards appear.
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....Annoying, while it was likely that at least one of those were bluffs, if this nobody managed to stain your Victory's image by destroying it, then you might just kill somebody.
Though as you drew and looked at what you pulled, you couldn't help but stare.
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Well, it looked like the universe agreed you needed to put this guy in his place.
You just shake your head and chuckle as your play runs through your mind.
"Heh, I might just have to take back what I said about you being lucky, kid; it looks like the universe has a bone to pick with you." You say with a smirk as you prepare to begin.
"To start things off, I'll be tributing my Victory in-order to summon my Dark Magician from my hand! Because of the new ruleset, Fusion or Ritual monsters can act as the number of tribute materials used to make them. So in my Victory's case that'll be two!" You explain as your Victory disappears, though not before staring at you for a moment as the crowd murmurs in confusion, wondering why you'd ever sacrifice your strong monster for a weaker one.
Heh, they'd see soon enough.
"Next I'll activate my Magicalized Fusion! By using materials from my Graveyard and field, this card allows me to fusion summon a Spellcaster-type monster!" You announce as a magical circle appears behind you, alongside a ghostly apparition of your Red taking her place in front of you.
"So now I'll be fusing together my Dark Magician along with my Red-Eyes Black Dragon in my Graveyard in order to call forth—!" You raise your hand up high as both of your monsters enter the circle. "—My Red-Eyes Dark Dragoon!"
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At your words your beautiful girl finally made her appearance, Ruby cheering loudly in the background from her place, sitting on the arm of Tea's de facto 'throne.'
Though the crowd wasn't far behind her, obviously excited at getting to see not just one but two brand-new cards.
Heh, no one could say you didn't treat your adoring fans well~
"But I'm not done yet! I told you that you'd get to be one of the first victims of my Black Luster Soldier, and I intend to make good on that! So let's welcome my Victory back to the field with my Monster Reborn!" You declare raising the card up high as your Victory takes his rightful place back on your side of the field.
…Though you do swear you hear a quiet sigh of relief come from him.
"Now let's end this! Go on, Victory, attack him directly! Requiem Slash!" You order, and in a blink, your Victory appears on your opponent's field, sword raised casually up high.
Your opponent lets out a yelp at that, falling on his ass as his set monster is suddenly sliced directly in two, your Victory having moved so fast no one had even seen the attack happen.
Though as the card was flipped to reveal a split-in-half Bean Soldier, you couldn't help but grin as you activated your Victory's effect.
"But that's not all! Whenever my Victory destroys an opponent's monster by battle, his effect activates, equipping the destroyed monster to himself and gaining all of its ATK! Now go, Soul Armament!" At your words your Victory raises his sword up high as the remnants of the Bean Soldier suddenly glow and dissipate, swiftly getting absorbed into his sword.
The crowd lets out another roar of excitement at seeing your Victory's ATK swiftly get raised to an astonishing 4400.
Ha! They hadn't seen anything yet!
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"But that's not all my Victory can do! By detaching one of the monsters equipped to him, my Victory can attack again!" You declare as your opponent's eyes widen, the glow surrounding your Victory's sword disappearing as he suddenly brings it down on your still collapsed opponent as he flinches.
"I—I activate my trap card, The Golden Apples! After I take battle damage, I can immediately regain all of the Life Points I lost and then summon a token with ATK equal to the damage I took!" Your opponent scrambles out as his trap is revealed.
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What a pathetic card, it was far too reactive; if the opponent managed to kill you first, then it did nothing, and it practically required you to tank the attack of your opponent's strongest monster unless you wanted the token to immediately be run over.
Still though, it would allow him to survive another turn here; you could Solemn it but if any of his other backrow were worth a damn, you could be leaving yourself vulnerable…
Tch! As if you'd ever be scared of some extras, backrow! And besides, if he had anything worth a damn, he'd have used it on your Victory's attack!
"Not so fast! I activate my Solemn Judgement! By paying half of my Life Points, I negate your Golden Apples and destroy it!" You call out as his trap card shatters, his eyes flying open in panic.
"Now let's finish this! Red, wipe out the rest of his Life Points, Red Terror Wing!" You command, and Red swiftly follows your order as she ascends into the air, a fiery red aura beginning to surround her.
"Now go!"
At your words Red begins her dive, falling like a burning comet directly towards your cowering opponent.
Ha, you knew he had nothing—
Your heart stops for a moment as you suddenly see Justin reach up and press a button on his Duel Disk, one of his traps activating.
Fuck—!
"I activate my Just Desserts! Dealing 500 damage to you for each monster you have on the field!" He cries out as Red impacts him, unleashing an explosion of fire as his Life Points swiftly drop to 0 as you take 1000, but far from finishing you off.
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…Fuckin' twerp.
Duel won!
100 DP
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Thankfully, it was quite easy to push down your annoyance once the adoring crowd started cheering for your victory.
You turn to them with a smile and begin to wave, drinking in the adoration like a man in the desert.
Though after a minute or two of entertaining the crowd, you did turn your attention back to the restaurant, wondering what exactly was holding Angel up.
…Actually, should you keep calling her Angel? Or would Stella be appropriate now? You had spent a week fucking her stupid, but she hadn't exactly revealed her name willingly, so maybe that'd be crossing a line? But—
Thankfully, before your thoughts could spiral down that track even further, your attention is taken by Angel—Stella?—finally making her reappearance, striding her way back up to you with a VERY obvious swing to her hips and a very conspicuous symbol right above her crotch.
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…Damn, you didn't think she'd actually go through with it, or if she did, she'd be a bit more subtle at least.
Angel smirked, obviously enjoying the attention you were paying to her tramp stamp—was it a tramp stamp if it was on the front? A reverse tramp maybe?—obviously enjoying the attention from you even as the crowd began to whisper and gossip.
"Like it? You're lucky I had some of my basic lipstick with me; I don't know if I'd have been willing to do this if I had to use my good stuff~" Angel cooed, making sure you got a good look at the symbol.
…It was a relatively new thing, to be honest; during the downtime between all the sex, you and the rest of the girls had done plenty of talking, and at one point, of course, Layla got to asking if you had any kind of personal symbol or emblem she could wear when fulfilling your secondary bet.
You'd said no, of course, which then led to you and everyone sitting down to theorycraft one; eventually you had decided on the symbol now sitting on Angel's stomach, and with your promise to Ishizu to collect all of the XIII and their obvious Greek theming, it had felt appropriate.
And you were only enjoying the view more now that it was on Angel's stomach and not a piece of paper.
"Heh, that I certainly do~ Be careful, Little Dove; tempt me too much and I might just tattoo it onto you~" You whisper to her with a purr as a flush of red rushes to her cheeks that she quickly tries to stomp down.
"Promises~ promises~ but before any of that, I think we have a duel to get to~" She suddenly turned back to the nobody who had been standing awkwardly nearby, Duel Disk in hand. "Thanks, Jon. Now be a sweetheart and go grab a soda for Tea and the redhead. Tea's been sitting in the sun practically all day at this point." She asked him with a quick bat of her eyes, causing him to blush and quickly rush off to fulfill the request.
…Punk.
"Heh~ don't get all jealous on me now, big boy, or maybe do; I can't say I dislike it." Angel says with a smirk as she puts on her Duel Disk and inserts her deck.
Oh, she was in for it now; just a couple days of not seeing you and she'd turned into quite the brat. Looks like you were gonna have to remind her of her place.
You quickly pull out your Spellcaster deck and immediately slot in your main Chaos deck, more than ready to give her a good ass spanking.
…Metaphorically, of course, at least for now.
"Ha! Let's see if you can keep that tone once I'm done with you, Little Dove~!" You call out with a smirk as Angel steps back, and both your Duel Disks activate.
"Duel!/Duel!"
"I think I'll start us off, draw!" You call out as you rip the top card from your deck.
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Oooh, now you could certainly work with this~
"Heh, there's no need to rush this is there? So for now I think I'll just set a monster and another card face-down and end my turn." You say calmly as you set your Giant Germ and your Fiend Sanctuary on the field.
"Let's see if you can put up a fight or if you'll fall just as quick as the first guy!" You call out with a grin, Angel just smirking in kind as she begins her turn.
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Oh, I can do more than just put up a fight, and I'll prove that here and now!" Angel calls out as she draws, smirking as she looks at it.
"To begin, I shall summon my Agent of Creation - Venus in attack mode!" Angel announces as a woman with long green hair alongside a green dress with a pair of majestic angel-like wings sprouting from her back appears on her side of the field.
"Next I'll activate my Venus' effect; by paying 500 of my Life Points, I'm then allowed to Special Summon a Mystical Shine Ball to my side of the field, but that's not all! As long as I have Shine Balls to summon or Life Points to pay with, I can use the effect as many times as I wish, so I think I'll be summoning 3 Mystical Shine Balls to my field!" Angel explains as three transparent, water-like balls suddenly appear on her side of the field.
Ooh, that was a nifty little strategy, especially for a Ritual Duelist like yourself and Angel—a free 6 levels for a mere 1500 Life Points? If you included Venus herself, there were few Ritual Monsters you WOULDN'T be able to summon.
And with that thought, it didn't exactly take a genius to guess her next play…
"Ha! Looks like you know what's coming next! That's right, by activating my Hamburger Recipe and tributing all of my Mystical Shine Balls, I'm able to summon out my Angry Burger!"
At Angel's words, a large, almost orcish man appeared on her side of the field with an enormous frying pan in his hands.
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Suddenly he turns, swiping at the three Mystical Shine Balls with his pan as it suddenly begins to glow before bursting, and out from the ensuing steam appears Angel's monster.
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.....Hmm, what to do? You could use your Fiend Sanctuary here to block the attack and deal some nice damage to Angel, or you could let it play out and have your Germ activated, but Angel should know you well enough by now to guess the set was probably Germ…
..... With her at 2500 Life Points from Venus' effect, it was just too juicy to not go for that extra 500 damage; with it, she was practically in kill range to most of your deck.
You watch as her Venus' blast impacts your set Giant Germ, smirking as it releases a red mist at Angel, dealing 500 more damage to her as she flinches back.
"Heh, careful now, Little Dove; we wouldn't wanna mix the food with these nasty germs now, would we?" You tease as you summon your remaining two copies from your deck to the field.
"Heh~ there are no worries about that! The only one doing the eating today will be my Burger, though if you ask nicely, after I win I might just spit in your food when you order your 10% off meal; see if you like those germs." Angel teases with a smirk as her Burger dives towards your Giant Germ.
…Though you do note someone in the crowd idly commenting they'd pay extra for that service.
Enough about that for now; you had a duel to win!
"Ha! I think I'll make you eat those words, Little Dove, because I activate my Fiend's Sanctuary!" You cry out as a Metal Fiend Token appears on your side of the field, her Angry Burger being forced to redirect its attack to your token.
You see some in the audience are confused about why you'd ever summon such a weak monster in attack, so it was probably best to explain.
"You see, my Metal Fiend Token has a special effect! When it's destroyed by battle, it redirects all battle damage I would have taken straight back to my opponent, and considering your burger's ATK…" You trail off with a smirk as the crowd suddenly gasps, understanding your move.
Though rather than panicking like you'd hoped, Angel just smirks instead and throws out her arm.
"Not so fast! Your token isn't the only monster with a special ability; my Angry Burger has a few tricks of his own! Go on, Angry Burger! Drive-Thru Devouring!"
Suddenly Angel's Angry Burger stops its rapid charge in its tracks and opens its jaw(?) as wide as it could manage as it began to suck, an enormous typhoon of wind spilling forth and pulling your Metal Fiend Token in as the Angry Burger began to chew, grating squelching and crunchy noises ringing throughout the parking lot.
Thankfully for you and the audience, it didn't take long for the Angry Burger to finish whatever it was doing, eventually spitting something out of its mouth that eventually joined together to make what was undoubtedly the original Hungry Burger.
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"You see by tributing an attack position monster from either side of the field, my Angry Burger allows me to Special Summon a copy of Hungry Burger straight to the field, no Ritual Summon needed. Pretty neat, isn't it?" Angel says as she shoots you a wink.
…Damn, that was a stupidly powerful effect, almost to the point of making you genuinely consider hunting down a copy for yourself.
Though it seemed Angel wasn't done just yet.
"And don't forget, it's still the Battle Phase! Which means my Hungry Burger also gets to attack, so go, Hungry Burger! Devour one of his Giant Germs!" At that, like its big brother, the Hungry Burger lunged towards one of your Germs and quickly caught it in its jaws, beginning to shake it around like a feral pit bull until it eventually burst, the red wind quickly blowing towards Angel and dealing an extra 500 damage even as she just smirked.
…You saw her plan now; she wanted to end this fast. She knew in the grind game she'd never be able to beat you, so she had to take you down before you could get any of your big boys out.
You were almost proud, not that it'd stop you from spanking her ass raw later, but knowing her, she'd probably think that was a reward.
Oblivious to your thoughts of her future punishment(?) Angel continued on.
"And lastly, I'll set a card and then activate my Fountain in the Sky. From now on, if you ever manage to destroy any of my LIGHT monsters by battle, I can banish it and gain Life Points equal to its ATK."
As the fountain slowly rose from behind her, you considered the implications of it for the duel going forward and quickly realized it probably wouldn't matter; with her Life Points being so low, if you were attacking her, it would likely be a kill shot in any case.
Still, to do that would require you to get out one of the big boys she was so scared of, so the only thing left to do was find 'em.
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With that thought in mind, you immediately ripped the top card from your deck, feeling a familiar weight settle on your shoulders and rub against your cheek as you looked at it.
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…Well, she wasn't quite one of the big boys herself but she could certainly get you there.
Hmm, as tempting as it was to go for a big dramatic play, you knew Angel was actually pretty damn skilled, not near your level, of course, but enough that you couldn't afford to take her lightly like you had the guy from earlier.
Though with that said, it didn't mean you couldn't summon any of your big bosses…
Plan set, you began your move.
"First things first, I think I'll activate Rites of the Underworld! Tributing my Ritual Raven in hand in order to summon the ace of my deck, Hades! Lord of the Underworld!" You cry out with a smirk as a familiar summoning circle appears on your side of the field.
…Though you do see Ruby pout from the corner of your eye.
Whoops, well, that was a problem for future you.
"But that's not all! I use the secondary effect of my Rites, which allows me to mill any DARK monster I wish from my deck to the graveyard, but then I take damage equal to its level!" You called out as a ghostly apparition of your Witch of the Black Forest briefly appeared as you took 400 damage.
"But I'm not done yet! Now I'll activate my Hades' effect; by paying 500 Life Points, I can resurrect one DARK monster from my Graveyard, and I'll be picking the monster I just sent. Let's go! Underworld Revival!" You proclaim as the magical circle appears before Hades as Witch slowly ascends out of it and takes a knee on your side of the field.
"And lastly, I'll set a monster face-down before ending my turn!" You say as you set your Grand Sorceress.
There we go. That was a clean board if you'd ever seen one; you were perfectly fine with her running over any of your defense position monsters while Hades acted as a wall defending your actual Life Points, and then next turn you could use his effect to—
"Not so fast, Your Majesty! Did I forget to mention my Angry Burger had another effect? While it's face-up on the field, it forces you to attack it with any attack-position monster you control! So get ready! Irresistible Aroma!" At her words a wave seemed to pour off of the Angry Burger and impact your Hades, causing him to narrow his eyes as a familiar black shadow begins to build behind him, suddenly shooting forth directly at the Angry Burger.
Though just before the attack connected and crushed the Angry Burger, it leaned back for a moment before throwing itself forward and shooting a wave of ketchup directly at your Hades, covering him from head to toe as he was drowned.
…You made a mental note to add another thirty spanks to whatever amount you decided on for Angel later.
At the very least you had managed to take down her big boss; things should begin to fall into place from here.
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Angel just smirks, obviously sensing your frustration even as she draws, her smirk just widening as she sees what she got.
"Oh-ho~ You might have dealt with my Angry Burger. But you should know well at this point that ugly monster is far from the true star of my deck, so why don't we welcome her?!" Angel calls out as she then slaps down a monster.
"Firstly, I Normal Summon my Sonic Bird, allowing me to add a Ritual Spell from my deck to my hand, and I think you know what I'll be grabbing." Angel explains as a large eagle wearing a jetpack and goggles appears in the air above her, a card clutched in its claw before it loosens them, allowing the card to comfortably drift down to Angel as she snatches the card from mid-air.
Though rather than adding the card to her hand, Angel just raised her arm up high with a smirk as she activated the card.
"Now I shall activate my Primal Cry! By tributing monsters from my hand or field whose levels total 8 or more, I'm able to Ritual Summon the lords divine messenger! Now come forth, Vennu, Bright Bird of Divinity!" At her call, a divine light seemed to encompass her field, her Hungry Burger, and a card in her hand, transforming into motes of light, slowly coalescing behind her before, with a flash, her ace monster took shape at her back.
Angel practically preens like the dove she is as the crowd murmurs in awe at her monster, looking over at you with half-lidded eyes.
"Heh, now let's see how you deal with my Vennu; you'll find she's a much more fitting opponent for you than that nasty burger." Angel said before her eyes suddenly sharpened.
"First I'll destroy your nasty germ with my Sonic Bird!" At her words her Sonic Bird suddenly dived forward; the jetpack on its back activating, it flew forward and completely pierced your Germ, releasing the familiar red mist that flew over to Angel, inflicting 500 damage.
"Now why don't I show you what my holy beast can do?! Vennu, attack his Witch of the Black Forest! Divine Wing Ray!" At Angel's command, Vennu reared itself back and spread its wings as they began to glow before reaching a zenith, shooting out a holy beam and completely decimating your kneeling Witch.
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As the smoke blew back at you you made sure to fight down the instinctive urge to cover your face, showing no reaction was more befitting of the image you wanted to put out.
"Not so fast! When my Witch of the Black Forest is destroyed her effect activates! Allowing me to add any monster with 1500 or less DEF from my deck to my hand!" You call out as you pick up your deck and shuffle through it.
…Now, what to add? You did have a couple options here.
...Well, even as you think that there really was only one option here, especially considering what was likely to happen next.
You quickly grab Silent and add her to your hand as Angel continues her move.
"No matter! Bring as many monsters out as you wish; my Vennu shall slay them all! But for now, Venus! Destroying his face-down monster!" Angel exclaims as Venus closes her eyes for a second and concentrates before shooting a beam of energy at your Grand Sorceress, flipping her as she makes her true first appearance.
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Before you could say anything your attention to brought to Ruby still sitting besides Tea, as she began to sway slightly, looking vaguely dizzy as Tea quickly had to reach around to hold her steady lest she fall, though even as she does you also see a ghostly apparition of Magician of Faith appear behind Tea and lean against the throne, eyes locked on Grand Sorceress.
…Okay, you'd have to remember to check that out later; thankfully Ruby and Faith quickly seemed to regain their composure, so it wasn't an immediate worry, and you still had a duel to win.
"You've activated the effect of my Grand Sorceress of the Citadel! When she's flipped face-up, I'm allowed to activate one of several effects, and for now I think I'll activate—!"
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"—Her ability to let me excavate the top two cards of my deck and then add one to my hand, but I have to place the other on the bottom of my deck!" You call out, activating Crystal Seer's effect for what felt like the first time in years.
Heh, how nostalgic.
Shaking that thought out of your head, you quickly draw the top two cards of your deck and see what you're working with.
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Hmm, the boys and Poly; the former wouldn't be bad if you wanted to go more on the defensive here, but the latter would be better if you wanted to get more aggressive.
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There really was only one option; you couldn't afford to let Angel continue to act uncontested.
Adding Polymerization to your hand, you place the boys on the bottom of your deck, watching with a deadpan stare as they suddenly appear before you and begin to drop, disappearing as they hit the floor like the dramatic little shits they were.
…Ruby was a bad influence.
Speaking of…
"But that's not all! When my Grand Sorceress is destroyed, her secondary effect activates, allowing me to set one level 2 or lower Spellcaster-type monster directly from my deck!" You call out as you grab Ruby from your deck and set her on the field, seeing her perk up from the corner of your eye as you do.
"Hmph! Like I said, it doesn't matter how many monsters you summon; my Vennu and I shall tear them all to shreds!" Angel huffs out as she moves to her End Phase. "Though I suppose I won't turn down some assistance; during my End Phase the secondary effect of my Primal Cry activates! By banishing itself from my graveyard, I am then able to resurrect one of my Ritual Monsters that has left the field this turn, so return to me, Hungry Burger!" Angel calls out as, with a flash of light, her Hungry Burger reappears on the field.
…Okay, at least it wasn't her Angry Burger; looks like Hades crashing into it wasn't so bad after all.
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…Still, as much as you respected Angel, it might be about time to end this; you did have a crowd to entertain after all~
As your eyes roam along all the attractive women in the crowd, one in particular catches your eye.
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…Sheesh, fuckin' GILF alert.
You quickly shake that thought out of your head; you could think about that later, for now you have a game to win.
Taking a calming breath, you place your hand on the top of your deck and pull, knowing without even having to look your deck had answered your call as it always did.
"Now, how about we end this, Little Dove? To start us off, I'll immediately flip summon my Young Petty Magician!" The crowd lets out a cheer as one of your well-known aces finally makes her appearance as she turns to the crowd and waves her hands.
"Yes! It's me! Don't worry, I'll give you all your autographs after me and 'Koto finish this up!" Ruby cheers out with them as you turn your eyes to her physical body, seeing it passed out against Tea's shoulder, who looks mildly embarrassed.
…Of course she wouldn't be able to resist soaking up the attention and love, even though the audience wouldn't actually be able to hear or see her moving.
"Now I'll activate my Young Petty Magician's effect. When she's flipped face-up, I can destroy one monster you control, and I'm sure you know who I'm going for!" You call out dramatically as you point at her, Vennu, as Ruby finally tears her focus away from the audience.
"Alrighty! Let's get rid of that oversized chicken! Ruby ✨ Red ❤️Beeeeam~!" Ruby calls out as she unleashes her attack at Angel's Vennu, the attack hitting and immediately causing it to implode.
…Guess she was getting a little jealous of not having an actual effect name for herself.
You see Angel grit her teeth as her Vennu falls, but you just smirk and continue on your move.
"But that's not all! Next up, I activate my Polymerization, fusing together my Young Petty Magician on the field with my Silent Magician in hand!" Ruby's eyes just brightened as the fusion portal appeared on the field, quickly jumping in even as Silent appeared, looking back at you with a deadpan stare for a moment before letting out a resigned sigh and practically dragging herself to the portal.
…You'd definitely need to give her some attention and love later.
But that was for later! For now—
"Show the world what you can do! Come on out, Vengeful Magician Ruby!"
At your words a crimson glow engulfs the parking lot for a moment, causing the audience to avert their eyes as you see Ruby stalk out of the portal in her new form.
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. ...Something told you Pegasus wouldn't be printing this anytime sooner, probably to the lamentations of teenage boys everywhere.
…Good, Ruby belonged to you and you alone.
You heard the crowd gasp as they beheld Ruby, some of the women in the audience quickly looking down at their chests or quickly covering their boyfriends' eyes as she took her place in front of you.
Ruby takes a deep, shuddering breath, slowly running her hands up and down her body.
"...Gods, this is perfect; I can practically hear those old coots at the Citadel now: 'Put on something underneath! You're shaming our ancient order!' Gods, what a turn on…" Ruby purred, her voice deep and seductive, sin practically dripping from every word.
…Of course she then had to ruin the image, turning to Tea and jumping up and down in excitement, doing INCREDIBLE things to her somehow even larger chest in the process.
"Bestie! Bestie! Look at me! Don't I look super sexy!? Tell me how good I look!" Ruby calls out as she begins to pose sexily for Tea, thrusting out her chest and ass as Tea gets redder and redder in the face.
…As entertaining as this was, you should probably continue before the crowd begins to wonder what was happening.
"But I'm not done just yet!" You suddenly yell out, bringing everyone's attention back to you even as Ruby pouts.
"Now by banishing my Silent Magician and Giant Germ in my graveyard, I'm able to bring forth the ultimate agent of destruction! Take the field! Chaos Emperor Dragon - Envoy of the End!" You cry out as the crowd gasps, Angel's eyes widening as her pupils begin to dilate as your ultimate dragon slowly rises from behind you.
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Slowly you raise up your fist and hold it in front of you.
"...Now, why don't we end this? I activate my Chaos Emperor Dragon's effect; by paying 1000 Life Points, he can destroy each and every card we both control AND in our hands and then deals 300 damage to you for each card sent. The duel's over, Angel. Chaos Execution—!"
Before you could lower your thumb and call out the sentence, your eyes widen as a card suddenly activates on Angel's field.
"Not so fast! I activate my Fiendish Chain targeting your Chaos Emperor Dragon! Don't think you can deal with me as easily as you did those losers from before!" Angel cries out as her trap suddenly shoots forth hundreds, if not thousands, of thorny chains that encircle your Chaos Emperor Dragon, causing him to roar out in rage as his glow slowly dies down.
…Tch! Of course she had to have a perfect counter, and as much as it was frustrating, you couldn't help but be impressed as well. She was definitely in store for some special treatment later, whether that'd be a reward or punishment? Well, Angel would probably say it was both.
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Oh well, the duel was still yours; Angel had nothing left to stop you now.
"I applaud you for managing to stop my Chaos Emperor Dragon, Stella, but this game is still over! Go on, Ruby! Rip her Sonic Bird to shreds and end this! Crimson Sin Burst!" At your command, Ruby just smirks, a deep crimson, almost blood-red energy beginning to pour off of her.
"Oooh~ I didn't think you'd ever ask, 'Koto, it'd be my pleasure to put this little bitch down; maybe then we can drag her back home and have some real fun~'" At her words the energy reaches its zenith as Ruby suddenly thrusts both her arms forwards, the energy flying forwards off of her and vaguely taking her shape as it flies directly towards Angel's Sonic Bird, which was a sitting duck—
"Not yet! I still have one more trick under my sleeve; come on out, Bacon Saver!" Angel suddenly called out as from out of nowhere; the skeletal remains of what seemed to be a pig appeared out of nowhere and jumped in front of the wave of crimson energy, the astral Ruby catching it holding it in her arms somewhat confusedly.
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"Oink!" (Translation: "Boobies!")
"...Awww!" At that, the astral Ruby cuddled the little skeleton into her chest even as she slowly began to dissipate and disappear.
…What the fuck?
You look over at Angel with a harsh stare, practically demanding answers as she smirks.
"The burgers aren't the only new addition to my deck; I also was given that little cutie, you see. Bacon Saver has quite the unique effect that activates in the graveyard; once when an attack is declared, he can quickly come on out and negate the attack. He was the card I sent alongside my Hungry Burger earlier in order to summon my Vennu!" Angel calls out, awfully proud of herself.
…You always knew Angel was a skilled duelist; that had never been in doubt in your mind, but to think her skills would improve this much when she wasn't wet enough to be confused with Niagara Falls.
You just let out a breath you hadn't realized you'd been holding at that thought while also letting out a light chuckle.
"...I'm genuinely impressed, Stella, well and truly; my estimation of you has truly been raised today." You tell her genuinely, seeing a crimson blush rise to her cheeks before she looks away with her arms crossed.
"O-Of course you are! I'm me after all! I assure you if I hadn't been paired with that ska—" Angel suddenly stopped herself with a cough, eyes going to the crowd. "—that unpleasant woman before, I may very well have won our last match!" Angel calls out with a huff.
…Heh, you wouldn't go that far; it looked like you needed to burst your Little Doves ego before it got TOO big here~
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…Still, even with that said, for now you didn't really have much you could do, but you were still in a comfortable position; as long as she didn't have her Honest you were fine.
"Ha! Let's see if you can back up those words with some action, Little Dove! I end my turn!" You say with a smirk as you cross your arms.
Angel just responds to your smirk with one of her own as she prepares to draw. "I'll do more than that, like you said before. I'm ending this here and now!"
…You actually feel your heart skip a beat at that. Could she really have something?
Your concerns are far from put to rest as Angel draws, her smirk just growing.
"First things first, I'll sacrifice my Sonic Bird for my loyal servant, Airknight Parshath!" Her Sonic Bird suddenly disappears, and in its place stands a holy centaur with long flowing blonde hair and blue armor, a pair of angelic wings sprouting from its back.
"Now, it's time I end this! Go, Airknight Parshath, attack his bound Chaos Emperor Dragon!" Angel commands, and even as the crowd murmurs in confusion, wondering what she could possibly be doing, you just feel your eyes widen.
"Looks like you know what comes next! Now I'll activate my Honest from hand!" At her words another angelic figure briefly appeared behind Airknight for a moment before his wings suddenly expanded and began to glow as his ATK grows to 4900!
Shit, if you didn't do anything right now, you would really lose!
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Your mind runs through a thousand and one options in what must only be a single second, and out of all of them, there is only one you can think of that even has a shot of working.
"Not yet! From my hand I'll activate my Copycat! Copying the effect of your Bacon Saver!" You call out desperately as Copycat appears on your field, Bacon Savers card reflected in his mirror as suddenly an exact skeletal copy of the pig from before pulls itself out of the mirror and dives between Airknight and your trapped Chaos Emperor Dragon.
"Oink!!!" (Translation: "GET THE FUCK DOWN MR. PRESIDENT!!!! ")
The bravest little pig you'd ever known does his duty well, jumping in front of Airknight's attack and taking the hit, being sliced in two even as Airknight returns to Angel's side of the field, his wings returning to normal.
…That was way too fucking close; that was the closest you had come to losing in a long time.
Angel crosses her arms with a huff, glaring over at you.
"...That's my cute little piggy."
You just let out a sigh of relief, still feeling your heart pounding a mile a minute.
"Heh… don't worry, I'll make it up to you later; I promise you that much." You say as you shoot Angel a heated gaze, the implication obvious to anyone with eyes.
Angel's cheeks flushed at that as she looked away with another little huff.
"...You better."
With that said, Angel ended her turn.
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You draw and look down, seeing Mirror Force.
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.... Good, just what you needed; it may just be jitters from your almost loss, but you needed this game won NOW.
"...It's been fun; I truly mean that, Angel. I haven't been this pressured since Duelist Kingdom, but this time I mean it when I say this game is over." You say seriously as you look over at Angel.
"To start, I'll set one card face-down and then activate the effect of my Ruby! Allowing me to destroy any number of spells or traps I control and then destroy an equal number you control, with Ruby gaining 500 ATK for each destroyed until the end of this turn, let's end this, Ruby! Scarlet Sacrament!" At your words, Ruby raises her hands up high and closes her eyes as the same crimson aura from her earlier attack engulfs both your set Mirror Force and the chains binding your Chaos Emperor Dragon before suddenly both of them burst into the same energy and flow into Ruby, empowering her to a grand 3500 ATK.
…While you could just attack and end this with Ruby or even your Chaos Emperor Dragon, you didn't want to risk Angel having another trick like her Bacon Saver up her sleeve; what would be next? A graveyard version of Honest?
No, there was only truly one way to end this.
You suddenly raise your fist to Angel and stare at her.
"...Heh, I've got to apologize, Little Dove, but this is where it ends, Chaos Execution." At your words, you move your hand, pointing your thumb down as you cast your judgment, paying 1000 Life Points and leaving you with a mere 100 as your dragon lets out a roar, beginning to glow with a dark light.
Though as your Chaos Emperor Dragon explodes, you do manage to catch something from Angel before the battlefield is engulfed.
"...Why couldn't I have been wearing the collar?"
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Duel Won!
300 DP
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As the glow slowly begins to die down, you walk forward to where Angel was lying flat on her back, the blast obviously having knocked her flat.
"...You good?" You ask with a raised eyebrow, hand held out so she could pull herself up.
"Yeah, guess I'm just a little disappointed; felt like I was so close to winning there." Angel sighed as she took your hand and pulled herself up.
"You were, to be honest, you actually had me panicking at the end there; if not for Copycat being an absurd card, I probably would have lost, and that was after I managed to summon two of the strongest monsters in my entire deck. You should be proud about that performance." You complimented her, meaning every word as you said it.
Angel blushed at that, awkwardly scratching at her cheeks, obviously not knowing how to respond to that.
…Yeah, you weren't exactly good with being mushy either, so it was probably best to steer the conversation back to familiar territory.
"Though I don't think it's just the loss you're disappointed about, maybe when you next come to visit we can bring out the collars again~" you purr, leaning down so your lips are right next to her ear as you do so.
You saw her skin prickle at your promise, though as she leaned back to respond, she was interrupted as the star of the show awkwardly stepped forward.
"Uhh, u-umm, I don't wanna interrupt or anything, but I think it's my turn now…?" Tea said awkwardly as she shuffled her feet, obviously having caught the end of your conversation.
Angel's eyes brightened at that, taking off the Duel Disk and handing it to Tea before walking behind her and beginning to rub her shoulders.
"This is your moment, Tea! After all our practice games, I'm sure you can put this jerk in his place and become the Queen of Games and avenge me here and now!" Angel said dramatically as Tea just continued to blush and awkwardly inserted her deck into the Duel Disk.
"...I'm not sure about that; I mean, you're definitely the better duelist between the two of us, plus…" Tea trails off as she looks up at you.
You just grin at that and reach up to clasp her shoulder.
"Come on now, Tea! I told you back in Duelist Kingdom that you have some real talent, plus with Ange—uh, Stella's coaching, I'm sure you've only gotten better. I'll still win, of course, but I'm sure we can have some fun before that." You comment with a cocky smirk as Tea narrows her eyes.
Though they widen again quickly as Ruby skips up to her and wraps her arm around her shoulders.
"Mhm! You can't just let him talk to you like that, bestie! You've gotta show him you're the queen here!" Ruby chirps.
Tea takes a deep breath at that before straightening her back and glaring up at you. "Right! I'm not the challenger here; you are! So you better be prepared to give it everything you've got if you want to beat me!" Tea said with a nod of affirmation, obviously trying to fire herself up.
…Heh, how adorable.
"Oh-ho? Got me shivering in my boots here, Your Majesty, but let's see if you can back up those words with some action. Why don't we?" You say with a grin before turning and marching your way back to the other side of the parking lot as Angel and Ruby whisper encouragement to Tea and the crowd murmurs in excitement.
Though as you both take positions and activate your Duel Disks, the manager steps forward, seeming to want to add a bit more flair to this final round.
"You heard it here first, folks. Will our very own Burger Queen be able to dethrone the King of Games, or shall he lay her low and take the prized Cosmo Queen for himself?! I don't know about all of you, but I can't wait to see! So without further ado, let us begin. Both duelists, begin!"
He calls out, and with that, your final duel of the gauntlet starts!
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BURGER QUEEN!
Tea begins with 8000 LP.
Before you say anything, your eyebrows immediately shoot up as you notice instead of the usual 4000, Tea's Life Points were instead sitting at a hefty 8k.
"Would you look at that, folks?! It looks like our Burger Queen, as the final hurdle in our special challenge, gets to begin the duel with double the usual starting life points! Will the King of Games be able to overcome such an obstacle?" The manager explained.
Heh, you suppose you should have expected they'd try to stack the deck as much as possible, but this was fine; all it meant was you got to show off more~
"And since you're the challenger here, I think I'll start off this duel!" Tea suddenly called out as she ripped the top card of her deck and inspected her hand for a moment.
"For now I'll just set one monster and one other card face-down and end my turn!" Tea says as two cards appear face-down on her side field.
Starting slow, was she? You could respect it.
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You draw and get Cerberus and begin to inspect your starting hand.
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Ooh, now this was an amazing opener if you'd ever seen one, the question was what route to take…
Hmm, while you could go the usual route of immediately activating your Advanced Ritual Art to summon one of your Ritual Monsters, that'd mean you wouldn't be able to use your Fusion Deployment because of its restriction, so for now it was probably best to go with a safer play…
"To start with, how about we welcome my leading lady to the field?!" You call out as you immediately activate your Fusion Deployment.
"I activate my Fusion Deployment! By revealing a fusion monster from my Extra Deck, I can then immediately Special Summon one of its fusion materials directly to my field!" You explain as a ghostly apparition of your Vengeful Magician Ruby appears on your field for a moment before, with a flash, she disappears, and in her place Ruby stands in her usual Young Petty Magician form.
…Speaking of which, you immediately see her eyes brighten as she rushes over to Tea's old throne, probably wanting to get in on the action.
You should probably act fast; otherwise she is going to be even more annoyed than she already will be.
"Unfortunately for all her adoring fans, she won't be sticking for long! Since I'll immediately be tributing her to summon my Silent Magician to the field!" You declare as you hear Ruby gasp in betrayal as the version of her on the field disappears and in her place Silent appears, smirking smugly over at the scandalized Ruby.
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Yep, she was gonna be pissed for sure.
But that was a problem for future Makoto.
"Next up, let's see what you're hiding! Silent Magician, attack her set monster, Silent Burn!" You command as Silent raises her staff up high and fires a silvery blast at Tea's set monster, revealing Witch of the Black Forest.
"Ha! Normally I'd explain my Witch's special ability, but you did a good enough job of that in your last duel!" Tea exclaimed as she rummaged through her deck and added a card to her hand.
…Annoying, admittedly, but far from the end of the world here.
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"Heh, I suppose I should be flattered; imitation really is the best form of flattery~" You purr with a smug smirk before you continue on your turn.
"Though with that said, I'll just be setting a monster and another card face-down and ending my turn here. Let's see what you've got in store, Tea." You say as you set your Giant Germ and Solemn Judgement face-down.
There we go, with Silent's spell negate and Solemn's omni-negate, you were in a really strong position to counter any comeback Tea could come up with, and then you could begin your real assault next turn; all that was left was to see if Tea could come up with anything to surprise you.
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Tea seems to be content with ignoring you for now, immediately drawing and then focusing on her hands and your field, inspecting your Silent specifically.
Hmm, she had been the person to actually pull Silent for you, so she should more than know her effect, but knowing something and being able to get around it were two very different things.
"...For now I'll just set another monster and end my turn."
…You couldn't help the disappointment that rose up in your chest at that; maybe your expectations were too high after your last duel, but you had genuinely been expecting something here.
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You draw, and as you see your Rites of the Underworld the premonition that this would end up being quite the anti-climax of a duel only grows.
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…Oh well, they couldn't all be winners, and Tea had only just started to take the game seriously; maybe in a few months she could give you some entertainment.
With that disappointing thought, you decide to begin your move.
"To start, let's go with a classic! Advanced Ritual Art!" You exclaim as your Ritual Spell appears as you swipe Red and your D.D. Trainer from the deck and send them to the graveyard.
"But rather than my Black Luster Soldier or Hades, how about I reveal another one of my other Ritual Monsters?! Come on out, Reshef the Dark Being!" You cry out as your Reshef slowly rises behind you with a rumble.
"Heh, not the prettiest of monsters, I'll admit, but he more than makes up for it with his effect. By discarding one card from my hand, my Reshef allows me to take control of one monster you control until the End Phase!" At your words, you see Tea's eyes widen as the audience gasps, realizing what's about to happen.
As Reshef's eyes glow, you see her set monster slowly being pulled over to your side of the field as you look down to see what you were dealing with.
Though as you did, you couldn't stop your eyes from widening.
…Marshmacron? That actually could be pretty annoying, though you did have the perfect monster to deal with it.
Still though, with your Silent and set Solemn and Tea not seeming to have anything in her hand, there wasn't any real need to try and play this slow or cautiously, so you may as well hurry this up.
"Next up, by banishing my Young Petty Magician from my graveyard, I'm then able to Normal Summon my Cerberus, Hound of Hades, from my hand with no tributes required. Come on out!" You call out as your hound makes his appearance, hearing Ruby let out another gasp from her place on the throne.
…You should probably pick up some chocolates on the way back home.
"Now with your field wide open, there's nothing left to do but let my monsters go wild! Go on, attack her directly!" You command as all your monsters swiftly follow your order, Silent blasting Tea with a silvery blast as Reshef follows with a golden one of his own as your Cerberus then barrels into her, dealing a colossal 5800 damage directly to her Life Points as she cries out.
…Looks like those bonus Life Points came in handy after all, though it didn't look like it was gonna change the outcome here.
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"Next up I'll flip your set Marshmacron to attack position and end my turn!" You call out as her Marshmacaron is revealed and makes its way back over to Tea's field.
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. .... Honestly, you probably should have done that before attacking for that 300 extra damage, or hell, instead of using Cerberus' effect, you could have tributed Tea's Marshmacron instead.
Oh well, not like it matters; she likely just turns it to defense and sets another monster, and then you could devour it with your Cerberus, and if she did try anything, you still have your Silent and Solemn in reserve; you hate to say it, but this duel was over.
Tea's eyes flicker between all your monsters as she bites her lips, obviously on her last legs.
…You could try and say something to encourage her, but to be honest at this point anything you say would just be insincere and probably just make the situation worse.
Thankfully for Tea, then, you weren't the only one around.
"You can do it!"
"Yeah, it's not over yet. Beat his ass!"
"You've got this, Burger Queen!"
Suddenly and without warning, the crowd begins to cheer for Tea as her eyes widen, all of them telling her she could do this and to kick your ass.
…
…Heh, guess everyone loves an underdog, especially if they're a cutie like Tea. Well, if she's the heroine here, then you suppose it was only appropriate if you stepped up as the villain.
"Would you look at that, Tea? Getting cheered on back by a bunch of nobodies! But both of us know the truth; you can't beat me, and nothing you ever do will change that!" You yell out with a malicious grin as you begin to play up your villainous persona as the crowd boos you.
As you begin to antagonize the crowd, you see Tea take a deep breath out of the corner of your eye as she steadies her shaking hand and slowly draws, eyes widening as she looks at whatever she pulled.
…You were beginning to get the feeling this game wouldn't turn out to be such a disappointment after all.
Tea glares over at you as she suddenly raises a card high.
"To start off, I'll activate my Heavy Storm, wiping all of our set spell and trap cards!" Tea announces.
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.....Hmm, you COULD let this go through, it would destroy whatever she had set as well, though it would just leave you with Silent's negate.
While forcing her to minus herself would be nice, ultimately your Solemn Judgements omni-negate had far more value.
"Ha! Not so fast now, Tea! Don't tell me you've forgotten my Silent Magician's effect!" You call out with a grin as Silent raises up her staff, and just as the tornado began to engulf the entire field, a flash of light echoed out from Silent's staff, stopping the storm in its tracks as it died down.
"As long as she's on the field, I'm able to negate the effect of any spell on the field once per turn!" You exclaim as the crowd lets out a groan of disappointment.
Not Tea, though; instead of looking disappointed, Tea just smirks.
"Who said I'd forgotten what your magician could do? That was just my way of baiting out her effect! Because now I activate my second spell card, Pot of Greed!" Tea cries out as she activates her spell.
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Heh, not bad, but the question was should you burst her bubble now with Solemn now or hold it for later?
"And why would I ever let you do that?! I activate my Solemn Judgement! Paying half of my Life Points to negate the effect of your Pot of Greed!" You yell out as your Life Points drop as Tea's pot unceremoniously disappears, the crowd groaning in disappointment yet again.
You see Tea actually flinch at that, your trap obviously having taken the wind out of her sails a bit.
Though before your disappointment could rise again, you saw Tea quickly straighten out and glare over at you.
"So what?! Negate as many of my cards as you want! I'm still gonna win this duel!" Tea calls out dramatically as the crowd cheers her on in support.
…Heh, good girl.
"For now I normal summon my Dunames Dark Witch in attack mode!" She announces as an angelic woman wearing armor appears on her field.
…Hmm, had she misplayed? If she had done this first, she could have destroyed your Silent before using any of her spells, though you suppose it was possible she had thought your Solemn had been some manner of battle trap.
"Now go, Dark Witch! Destroy his Silent Magician now!" Tea cries out as she points at your Silent, her Dark Witch swiftly charging forwards and slicing her in two with her razor-sharp wings.
"Ha! Are you sure you haven't forgotten my Silent's effect, Tea?! Because when she's destroyed while on the field, her other effect activates! Allowing me to Special Summon my Silent Magician LV8 straight to take her place, now come back to me, my Silent Magician!" You call out as Silent reappears on the field, now in her much curvier form.
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You weren't sure what the pose was for though.
You just hear Tea click her tongue at that.
"...I remembered, but it's better than being forced to waste a spell every turn."
Heh, true enough, you suppose.
"For now I'll just activate my Swords of Revealing Light and turn my Marshmacaron to defense, then end my turn!" Tea calls out as three large swords drop down from the heavens and encircle your field.
Not bad, a better turn than you had been expecting from her but far from anything to be worried about; all you needed was any backrow removal, and this game was yours.
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As you draw, you can't help but immediately let out a bark of laughter as you see what you got.
"Ha! Try and wall up all you want, Tea! But fortune favors the bold it seems; I activate my Pot of Greed!" You call out as the oh-so-familiar pot appears on your side of the field, and unlike Tea's, nothing stops you from resolving it even as the crowd lets their displeasure be known.
"Heh, maybe our dear Burger Queen should have invested in a Magic Jammer if she didn't want to deal with this." You idly taunt as you draw your two new cards.
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Tsk! No backrow removal; honestly, they weren't the best draws in general, but you supposed Faith could come in handy.
"Heh, looks like you got lucky, Tea. I can't finish you off just yet, but that doesn't mean I can't deal some damage!" You call out as you slap your Faith, face-down on the field.
"To start off, I'll set a monster face-down, but now I think it's time my Silent gets some revenge for last turn. Go! Destroy her, Dark Witch, Silent Burn!" You cry out as your Silent raises her staff yet again and shoots out a now much larger beam of silvery energy, destroying Tea's Dark Witch and leaving her with a mere 500 Life Points.
"Hey! You've gotta be cheating! Since Swords of Revealing Light is on the field, none of your monsters should be able to attack!" One dude in the audience calls out as he takes a step forward.
"Ah, but you see that's where you're wrong; there are more differences between my Silent Magicians than just their ATK. While my normal Silent can negate a spell effect once per turn, my LV8 has the effect to make herself completely immune to the opponent's spells, including Tea's Swords of Revealing Light!" You explain with a flourish of your arms as the crowd gasps.
Ah, as much as you loved the praise and love from playing the hero, there was just something so refreshing about playing the antagonist.
"And with that said, I think I'll end my turn. Make it a good one, Tea; this very well may be the last turn you get." You say with a cocky smirk as one of her Swords fades away.
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Tea grits her teeth at that as she places her hand on top of her deck, a bead of sweat rolling down her forehead, but before she can draw, a voice calls out to her.
"You can do it, bestie! Put that little attention whore and that jerk in their place! You've got this!" Ruby shouted out from her place on Tea's old throne as she cheered her on, shooting a glare at you and Silent as she did so.
Friendship Trait activates!
…Yep, you were definitely gonna need to buy chocolates on the way home, maybe melt it down and do some food play stuff?
As you were having that thought, you saw Tea smile over at Ruby as the crowd and Angel quickly joined back in as well, cheering Tea on and telling her she could win this.
The encouragement finally seemed to calm Tea down, taking one last deep breath as she drew and looked at what she pulled.
"Heh, this is far from my last turn, Makoto! And here's why!" Tea called out as she immediately slapped down a monster. "First I summon my Madolche Mewfeuille in attack!"
At her words an absolutely adorable pink cat appeared on her side of the field, sitting on some kind of cake.
"When my Mewfeuille is summoned, its effect activates! Allowing me to special summon any Madolche monster from my hand to the field, so come on out, Madolche Puddingcess Chocolat-à-la-Mode!"
Tea cries out as suddenly as a small blonde girl, barely reaching your waist, appears on her field with a twirl, wearing a brown dress almost seeming to be made of chocolate, with a little chocolate crown on her head.
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....Okay, she was pretty goddamn adorable; you'd admit that.
"Now I'll activate my Puddingcesses' effect! Allowing me to return any number of cards on my field to my deck, and then I can do the same for cards you control equal to the number of cards I shuffled back. Let's get this started, Puddingcess! Royal Cocoa Wave!" Tea yells out as suddenly her Mewfeuille and her set backrow seem to suddenly turn into a wave of melted chocolate, and as Puddingcess lifts her hands above her head, the wave follows her motions as she suddenly brings them down, the wave descending on your field and picking up your Silent and Cerberus, carrying them off until they eventually disappear.
…Okay, that was annoying, but at the very least seeing Silent covered in chocolate had just solidified the idea of doing some food play with Ruby later.
"Now, let's keep up the momentum! Go on, Puddingcess, attack—" Tea suddenly stops herself, eyes widening as she looks at your two set cards for a moment.
"...No, I'll just end my turn here."
The crowd murmurs in confusion at that, wondering why Tea isn't keeping up the pressure.
Ah, you suppose you could enlighten them.
"It was a smart decision by her; in case you've all forgotten, I'm pretty well known for running three copies of Giant Germ, which deals 500 damage whenever it's destroyed by battle, and if you'd remember Tea's Life Points right now…" You trail off as the crowd realizes her predicament.
"That's right! With how low her Life Points are right now, she can't risk attacking ANY face-down monster I control unless she wants to risk running into one of my germs and instantly losing! I wonder how your precious Burger Queen will try and get herself out of this predicament!" You call out with a malicious grin as Tea glares at you with a pout.
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As you draw, you feel your eyes immediately widen at what you see.
"...Though with that said, I'm not even sure if she'll even have the opportunity to try, since I'll begin my turn by activating my Card of Sanctity!" You cry out as you see the eyes of some in the audience widen. "Ha! Looks like some of you already know what this card does. When activated, Card of Sanctity forces both me and my opponent to draw until we both have six cards in our hand. Let's see what we get~" You purr as you draw 5 cards.
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.....Fuckin' really? Not one of your backrow removal? Had they fucking tweaked the Duel Disk?
…Seta better not have hacked into the Duel Disk, or so help you…
Still, potential shenaniganry aside, you still needed to do something here.
".....Well, to start things off, who says I need to stop at just drawing 5? I flip my Magician of Faith face-up!" You call out as you turn your Faith face-up.
"Heh, you should know what this card does better than anyone, Tea! But for those in the audience, when flipped face-up, Magician of Faith allows me to add any spell card I so wish from my graveyard to my hand, and I think I'll pick back up my Pot of Greed and immediately activate it!" You say with a grin as you draw two more.
Surely you'll have to have hit one of your backrow removal now—
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. ....Really?
Okay, that was really fuckin' annoying, but at the very least you can work with this.
"First up, I'll be activating my Monster Reborn to revive my Red-Eyes Black Dragon!" You announce as Red appears with a roar.
"Unfortunately for you though, she won't be sticking around long, because next I'll be activating my Polymerization, fusing together my Red-Eyes with my Tri-Horn Dragon in hand in order to summon my Tri-Horned Ascended Dragon!" You declare as slowly from the fusion vortex your enormous Ascended Dragon makes his appearance, his body long enough to circle the parking lot several times over before he stops in the air above you, hanging over you like a specter of death.
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"I wonder how you'll deal with this, Tea! My Ascended Dragon is one of the strongest monsters in my arsenal, so take him on if you dare!" You cry out as Ascended lets out a roar above you, Tea staring up at him with wide eyes.
"...Unfortunately for all his power, he has no way to slip past your Swords of Revealing Light, so for now I'll just set a monster and another card face-down and end my turn." With that, one of the two remaining swords surrounding you fizzles out, leaving but one remaining.
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Tea just grimaces as she draws, obviously not having pulled anything good enough to challenge your Ascended Dragon.
"For now I'll just set a monster and two other cards face-down and then change my Puddingcess to defense mode and end my turn." Tea says, with a slight stammer to her voice, even as the crowd tries to assure her she can still win this.
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Ha! Now that'd be quite a sight; to be honest, if she did manage to win this, you don't even think you'd be mad.
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…Well, that was a lie, but at the very least you wouldn't be AS mad!
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"Ha! The clock's ticking, Tea!" You yell out as you pull the top card of your deck.
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You just grin as you see your Spell Sanctuary. "...Though it might already be too late."
"But why don't I stack the deck even more first! I flip summon my Grand Sorceress!" You yell out as your Grand Sorceress takes the stage, a mischievous smirk on her face.
"And like before I'll be activating her effect to excavate the top two cards of my deck and add one to my hand!"
As you pull the top two cards of your deck, you look at what you got
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