"My turn!"
With a crisp shff, Dark Magician Girl drew a card, peeked at her hand, then winked playfully at the crowd before slapping a card down onto her Duel Disk.
"I Normal Summon—Chocolate Magician Girl!"
"Eh-heh~!"A petite, blue-haired magical girl in a costume nearly identical to Dark Magician Girl fluttered out of the card, waving sweetly to the audience as she touched down.
Chocolate Magician Girl – Level 4, WATER, Spellcaster, ATK 1600
"Whoa!!"
"So cute!"Even Professor Crowler couldn't help cheering with the rest of the students, all starry-eyed at the adorable spectacle.
Except for Syrius—he stood firm. Even faced with new eye candy, his loyalty to the Dark Magician Girl remained absolute.
"I activate Chocolate Magician Girl's special ability!" Dark Magician Girl twirled her staff. "Once per turn, I can discard a Spellcaster from my hand to draw one card. I discard… myself—Dark Magician Girl! And draw!"
She plucked the new card and waved it coyly at the crowd. "Then I end my turn."
"Nice! Her monster only has 1600 ATK—now's the time to strike!" Serena declared, cracking her knuckles with excitement.
"Huh?"Some of the Integration Club students tilted their heads, puzzled. "That's weird. With a field like this, it shouldn't be a problem for Hikaru. Why does he look so… hesitant?"
Jaden and the others overheard, but instead of answering, they just shook their heads—especially Bastion Misawa and Zane Truesdale, who had already pieced it together.
"Hey—what do you mean!?"
"Uh… classmate," Bastion sighed, "That Chocolate Magician Girl isn't just a pretty face."
Chazz nodded sharply. "Her effect's nasty. If she's attacked, she can Special Summon a Spellcaster from the Graveyard, halve your monster's ATK, and redirect the attack to the new target—"
"That's OP!" The Fusion Army finally clued in. With Dark Magician Girl already in the Graveyard, attacking Chocolate could mean staring down 4000+ worth of pain unless you had serious firepower.
"That card was designed by Yugi Mutou himself, right? My teacher mentioned it once… Pretty sure it's not even on the market yet," Chazz muttered. "There's no doubt—that's the real deal."
A true Yugi-style card—cute and innocent on the outside, deadly and tactical underneath.
"Heh, it's fine!" Jaden grinned. "Hikaru's got tons of ways to deal with that!"
Hikaru studied his hand.
He hadn't drawn the simple solution.If he'd had Instant Fusion, he could've summoned Thousand-Eyes Restrict, absorbed Chocolate Magician Girl, and cleared the path.
But his current hand?
Too risky.
"I activate the Continuous Spell—Future Fusion!"Hikaru slotted the card into his back row.Even though Professor Crowler hadn't yet found him a version of this dimension's Future Fusion, his own post-Numeron version still did the job.At least it didn't force an immediate Fusion this time.
"Then I set two cards and end my turn."
"Not going on the offensive? Then it's my turn~"
Dark Magician Girl drew, glanced at her new card, and giggled."I Normal Summon—Apple Magician Girl!"
A red-robed spellcaster with short hair and feathered wings descended in a flutter, miming a pistol with her fingers as she landed.
Apple Magician Girl – Level 3, FIRE, Spellcaster, ATK 1200
"Uh-oh… now it's getting dangerous," Chazz muttered.
"That one lets her Special Summon Level 5 Spellcasters from her hand," Zane added, frowning. "And if she's destroyed, she can recycle a Spellcaster from the Graveyard."
"So strong! This duel's totally different from the last one!" Jaden said, both amazed and thrilled.
"Still… it looks like her strategy's all about locking down attacks," Fubuki Tenjoin said, strumming his guitar. "Heh, if it were me, I'd have the upper hand."
Serena, eavesdropping nearby, suddenly understood.So that's how it was.If it had been her, she definitely would've charged in like an idiot.
"Battle phase~ Go, Magician Girls, direct attack!"
"Hold it! I activate the Quick-Play Spell—Scapegoat!" Hikaru's voice rang out as four fluffy, multicolored sheep burst onto the field.
"Ooh! It's Scapegoat!"Dark Magician Girl immediately recognized the card. She covered her mouth with a finger. "Shhh—don't wake them up~"
The two Magician Girls tiptoed forward and carefully booped the yellow and blue Tokens out of existence.
"Next turn's gotta be Metamorphosis, right?" a Fusion Army student murmured.
"Wait—he's gonna use Thousand-Eyes Restrict to absorb the Magician Girl!? That's just cruel!" another student blurted out, horrified."How could anyone use such a brutal effect on a magical girl!?"
Honestly, he looked like he wanted to join the Dark Magician Girl fanclub instead.
"Well, I end my turn~"Dark Magician Girl tapped her Duel Disk, ending her phase.
"My turn. Draw!"Hikaru drew, then pointed at the field."I activate Future Fusion! On the first Standby Phase after activation, I reveal a Fusion Monster from my Extra Deck, and send its Fusion Materials from my Deck to the Graveyard."
"I reveal—Ultimate Ancient Gear Golem!From my Deck, I send Ancient Gear Golem and Ancient Gear Knight to the Graveyard!"
"Ultimate Ancient Gear Golem!?" Chazz's eyes widened."Wait, is Hikaru planning to fight with that!? It does have 4400 ATK—enough to punch through even after a reduction!"
Misawa nodded. "I thought he'd use Metamorphosis, but… he's aiming for the ultimate instead?"
"Because even Thousand-Eyes Restrict can't break through the Magician Girls," Alexis explained. "Even if he absorbs one, another will pop up and lock him down again. He'd just be stuck waiting, unable to attack."
"In other words… Hikaru's planning to wait until both Thousand-Eyes and Ultimate Golem are ready to attack at once?" Jaden furrowed his brow. "It feels like it's more complicated than that, though."
Around them, the students whispered in awe.
"She's strong and cute!"
"Attack lockdown is so broken!"
"Hmhm~ is that so~"Dark Magician Girl giggled, drawing a card.
It was a Quick-Play Spell—Dimension Magic.She could Tribute one Spellcaster to Special Summon another, then destroy an opponent's monster.
She closed her eyes and smiled.
In her mind, she saw Ultimate Ancient Gear Golem bursting into pieces under the golden blast of her magic.
Dark Magician Girl chuckled to herself.
If I win, Big Bro Chaos Knight can't say I slacked off, right~?
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