# Chapter 34: Yūga Hōzumi vs. Sora (Part 1)
"Sora!" Yuya shouted anxiously, watching from the competitor's passageway.
"I'm fine, Yuya." Sora stumbled to his feet, pulled a lollipop from his pocket, tore open the wrapper, and took a lick.
"You've really got me excited now. Bring out whatever else you've got. After all, if the prey doesn't struggle until its last ounce of strength is gone, how can the hunter truly enjoy the thrill of the hunt?"
"Enjoyment?" Yūga Hōzumi sneered. "That's not what awaits you. All that awaits is your agonized screams before death."
"Keep up the tough talk, right up until you become my next achievement!" Sora crunched the lollipop in his hand. "I activate Edge Imp Scissor's effect from the Graveyard!"
"If this card is in the Graveyard, I return one card from my hand to the top of the Deck, then Special Summon this card from the Graveyard in Defense Position."
"Next, I activate the Continuous Spell, Frightfur Factory!"
"By banishing a "Fusion" spell from the Graveyard, I activate Frightfur Factory's effect! I send Fusion Material monsters listed on a "Frightfur" Fusion Monster from my hand or field to the Graveyard to Fusion Summon that monster from my Extra Deck!"
"I send Fluffal Bear from my hand and Edge Imp Scissor from the field to the Graveyard to Fusion Summon!"
"Claw of the demon! Fang of the beast! Now, unite within the mystic vortex and reveal a new form of power! Fusion Summon! Level 6! Emerge! The terrifying beast that slices all! Frightfur Scissor Bear!"
Frightfur Scissor Bear ATK: 2000
"I activate the Spell Card, Toy Parade! I target one DARK monster I Special Summoned from the Extra Deck. This turn, I cannot declare an attack with any other monster. Also, each time that monster destroys a monster by battle and sends it to the Graveyard, it can attack again."
"But it seems both of your monsters' ATK are lower than my monster's," Yūga Hōzumi said coldly.
"You don't need to worry about that!" Sora said, rapidly retreating with a few backflips. Amidst his agile movements, an Action Spell was added to his hand.
"Battle! Frightfur Scissor Bear attacks Photon Strike Bounzer!" After Sora waved his hand to give the command, he slapped the Action Spell he had just added to his hand onto his Duel Disk. "Action Spell, High Dive!"
"One monster on the field gains 1000 ATK until the end of the turn!"
Frightfur Scissor Bear ATK: 2000 → 3000
The terrifying plush toy swung its claws and charged toward Yūga Hōzumi. Meanwhile, Sora, licking his candy, smugly explained, "Scissor Bear has an ability where if it destroys your monster by battle and sends it to the Graveyard, it can equip that monster to itself to gain ATK. Combined with Toy Parade's effect, both of your monsters will become my Scissor Bear's prey this turn."
But before Sora could celebrate for long, Yūga Hōzumi's voice rang out. "I activate my Trap Card, Karma Cut!"
"I discard one card from my hand to target one face-up monster on your field and banish it."
The menacing plush bear was banished to another dimension before it could even touch the corner of Yūga Hōzumi's sleeve.
"I set two cards and end my turn." His attack having failed, Sora had no choice but to end his turn. Due to Toy Parade's effect, even if he managed to grab another High Dive to raise Frightfur Leo's ATK to 3400, he still couldn't attack.
Before drawing, Yūga Hōzumi looked at Sora. "I'm quite fond of a line one of my comrades uses."
"Are you prepared to repent?" Yūga Hōzumi asked softly. "My turn! I draw!"
"I summon in Attack Position! Gagaga Sister!"
"When Gagaga Sister is Summoned, I can add one 'Gagaga' Spell or Trap Card from my Deck to my hand."
"I add the Spell Card, Gagagarevenge, to my hand."
"Next, I activate the Spell Card, Gagaga Raigeki!"
"If I control a 'Gagaga' monster, I can target and destroy one card on the field."
"I'll destroy your left set card!"
"Continuous Trap, Frightfur Jar!"
Just as the lightning summoned by Gagaga Sister was about to strike the set card in Sora's back row, Sora activated it a step ahead.
"Frightfur Jar's effect! Once per turn, I can discard one card to draw one card and show it to both players. If it's an 'Edge Imp' monster, I can destroy one card on the field. If not, I choose a card in my hand and return it to the top or bottom of the Deck."
Sora drew a card and revealed it. "The card I drew is Edge Imp Axe, which I returned to the top of my Deck earlier with Edge Imp Scissor's effect."
"Therefore, I'll destroy your Photon Strike Bounzer!"
The gashapon machine, wreathed in dark mist, spat out a black capsule before being shattered by lightning. But after this black capsule rolled next to Yūga Hōzumi's Bounzer on the field, the Axe Demon that emerged from it cleaved Yūga Hōzumi's monster in two.
"When Frightfur Jar is sent to the Graveyard, I can target one face-up monster on your field, and that monster's ATK is halved until the end of the turn."
"Furthermore, the effect of Edge Imp Chain, which was just sent to the Graveyard, activates! If this card is sent from the hand or field to the Graveyard, I can add one 'Frightfur' card from my Deck to my hand. I'll add the Spell Card, Frightfur Patchwork, to my hand!"
Fragments of the dark gashapon machine, shattered by the lightning, reformed into a sneering imp that coiled around Constellar Ptolemy M7.
Constellar Ptolemy M7 ATK: 2700 → 1350
"Alright! Now the opponent's monster isn't strong enough to defeat Sora's monster anymore," a few kids from the Yusho Duel School said excitedly from the stands.
"But... his monster that can return monsters to the hand still has an Overlay Unit..." Yuzu said, looking at the situation on the field, her voice trailing off.
"I activate Constellar Ptolemy M7's effect!"
"Once per turn, I can detach one Overlay Unit from this card to target one monster on either my or my opponent's field or in the Graveyard and return that monster to its owner's hand."
The last orbiting sphere around M7 surged into its wings, and a golden, holy light shone upon the last remaining monster on Sora's field.
"You fell for it!" Sora said with a sinister grin. "Counter Trap, Frightfur March!"
"When my opponent activates a monster effect or a Spell or Trap Card that targets a 'Frightfur' monster on my field, I can negate the activation and destroy it!"
As Sora's set card flipped over, a stampede of toys surged forth, devouring the mechanical dragon before Yūga Hōzumi.
"After this effect resolves, I can send the targeted 'Frightfur' monster to the Graveyard to Special Summon one Level 8 or higher 'Frightfur' Fusion Monster from my Extra Deck! This is treated as a Fusion Summon. The monster Special Summoned by this effect is banished during my next End Phase."
"I send Frightfur Leo to the Graveyard to Fusion Summon this monster!" Sora took a card from his Extra Deck.
(end of chapter)