[JAXA HQ: Chofu Tokyo, 2002]

"Sir, there's something approaching Earth's atmosphere!"

A tall Japanese man dressed in a white lab coat walked over to the scientist who called him over. He adjusted his glasses and watched as the small red dot went diagonally down the screen.

"Whatever it was, it crashed into Tokyo Port about two minutes ago."

"I wouldn't worry about it. It's probably just some Space debris that broke up in earth's atmosphere."

"But a size like this?" The scientist asked. "This looks the size of a ship."

"As I said, don't worry about it." He began to walk away, out the door.

"Head Scientist Tachibana!"

The tall man stopped in his tracks and turned around.

"Did you say something?"

The scientist shook his head. "It seems we're getting radio contact from that fallen debris."

Tachibana closed the door and turned back.

"This is Head Scientist Keisuke Tachibana." He talked into the headset.

"It's good to hear your voice again… Aniki..."

Tachibana's eyes widened. "Shotaro…? But how…?"

The man on the other line laughed. "I'll explain when we get back. We just need some help, so if you don't mind…?"

"Understood. Get the transportation squad over to Tokyo Port, tell them that we have old friends visiting."

The scientist nodded and dialed the phone.

30 minutes later and the trio of astronauts walked in, each dressed in JAXA uniforms. One was a young woman, with silky Brown hair, while the other two were Men, one having spiky black hair and the one leading them, having short black hair that slicked slightly towards the back.

Tachibana approached and saluted, to which the Trio Saluted.

"It's great to see you guys… Yuuki-Chan, Kengo-Kun, Shotaro-Kun…" Tachibana smiled. He then realized something. "Where's Gentaro-Kun?"

The three's happy expressions slowly deteriorated after hearing his name.

"Gentaro… He's dead." Shotaro spoke up.

Tachibana nodded and cleared his throat. "I'm sorry for you loss. Shotaro, come with me so you can be debriefed."

"Yes sir." Shotaro followed Tachibana as the other two were taken by the agents to get checked out.

Making it to his office they both sat.

"So… What happened to you four? We lost contact with the Ryuusei Spaceship were intercepted by the Black Hole two years ago."

Shotaro nodded. "Well… As you can see, we survived. As it turned out, that wasn't a black hole to begin with…"

"It wasn't?"

"It was a portal…" Shotaro corrected. "To another World…"

[Glen Falls Civic Center, Upstate New York, Oct. 16 2015…]

"Thanks all for tuning in to this special presentation of the DCA State Showdown Tournament!" The announcer, D-MAX announced, which made the crowd roar. "There have been dozens of teams that have proved themselves worthy of making it here to the Tournament, where the winner will be promoted to B-Rank. So without further ado, let's introduce the teams for our final match of our tournament!"

"Looks like I'm up. Wish me luck guys."

The 17 year old teen yawned and stretched. He threw on his green baseball cap, twisting it backwards, straightened out his black jacket and nodded.

"Don't screw up C.J. The whole school's depending on this win." A Husky Caucasian told him, wearing a swamp green and black T-Shirt, blue jeans and black sneakers with a yellow bag flung over his shoulder. His growing brown hair got in his face as he pushed it aside.

"Don't worry about him Jake." A young Caucasian girl, about their age next to him replied. She had her long black hair tied in a ponytail, also wearing a black shirt with a red hoodie over it, in addition to blue skinny jeans and sneakers. She got up and hugged C.J. "He's going to do fine. But you do realize that if you lose then we're over right?"

C.J. gave the girl a "You gotta be kidding me" look. "We've been dating for twelve hours and if I lose just one duel then it's all over?"

She smiled and nodded. "Yup; But think of it this way, if you can save the world twice then this should be a walk in the park." She kissed him on the cheek. "Love you."

C.J. rolled his eyes, his face red from the kiss but he quickly shook it off as D-MAX got ready to announce the teams.

"On one side, we have the School from Star point High right here in Upstate New York, the team representing them is none other than last year's Runner Ups, Team Cyber!"

The crowd cheered as a teen around Seventeen years old, dressed in a red shirt, blue pants and red and white sneakers walked up to the platform. He waved at the audience and smirked, confident that this match would be quick.

"And in this corner, representing Stuyvesant High School in NYC, is the Infamous team that's been making headlines for the last few months, Give it up, for Team, Kaijudo Generation!"

C.J. walked out as the crowd went ecstatic, chanting his nickname.

"Terra Knight! Terra Knight! Terra Knight!" The crowd carried on, making C.J. turn a little red. He made his way to the platform as they rose up about 10 feet into the air.

The two duelist slid their gloves on and set their respected decks on the terminals.

"So, you're the famous 'Terra Knight' that the Dueling Circuit's been making noise about." The teen said.

"Yeah, that's me… The name's C.J."

"Marcus…" He replied. "Nice to meet you…."

"Likewise…"

Five teal colored rectangles materialized via holograms at the corners of the dueling area.

"On my mark, You Duelist can begin. 3…2…1… Let the Final Match of the NY State Showdown… Begin!"

"DUEL START!" C.J. and Marcus called out as the crowd roared…

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Chapter 1: Cross Over

"I Charge mana and end." C.J. started the duel off by setting a Nature/Fire Mana.

Marcus drew and set Fire mana. "I end my turn."

C.J. drew and set mana, this time Fire mana. "I Summon Paconeco, the Dream Ruler."

Behind him a small cat-like creature with blue-colored royal attire materialized behind him.

"And C.J. Summons Paconeco, a Dreammate-type creature to start this match off."

"Tell me again why he decided to start using Dreammates?" Jamie asked.

Jake shrugged her shoulders. "Think it was something about not having enough Earth dragons or something. Besides, you switched from Water to Darkness, what's that all about?"

"I have my reasons…" Jamie turned her head, not having an answer for her decision.

"Dreammates, huh…? This should be over quick." Marcus drew. "I charge mana and summon Kamikaze Chainsaw Warrior."

A Green robot with chainsaws on his arms materialized behind Marcus. "That'll do it for now."

C.J. drew his next card and set it. "You're up Flare." C.J. tapped his three mana. "I Summon Cocco Lupia!"

A small red fire bird with a crown on its head and a flute in its pouch materialized next to the Dreammate.

"Paconeco, Break his shields ike!"

Paconeco waved its scepter in a circle and created a boulder out of thin air. It waved its scepter and threw the rock which broke one of the shields.

"Jeez, I didn't know Dreammates could do that." Jamie exclaimed.

"Well, they are dream creatures so… "Jake tried to reason. "Anything's possible for them I guess."

The broken shield pieces sparkled in the air , but instead of fading they stopped and recreated into a second Kamikaze.

"Shield Trigger: I summon Kamikaze Chainsaw warrior." Marcus said as he set the card into the Battle Zone.

"And Marcus summons a second Kamikaze through its Shield Trigger ability! The odds are in his favor now, even though he lost a shield."

Marcus smirked and drew and set more Fire Mana. "I Summon Zyler's Lighter."

A red ligher-like creature materialized into the battle zone raring to attack.

"When all of my mana are Fire Cards, Zyler's Lighter gains Speed Attacker, taking away it's summoning sickness. " Kamikaze, Attack Paconeco, Second Kamikaze and Zyler's Lighter break his shields!"

The first Kamikaze tackled the little cat-like king as they kept hitting each other until they both faded away, as the Lighter and the second Warrior made two of C.J.'s shields Shatter without much effort, leaving him with three. Despite that, C.J. smirked.

"You're not the only one with triggers; Shield Trigger: Hell Scrapper! I can choose any number of your creatures with total power of 5000 or less and destroy them. And with Lighter and Kamikaze totaling 4000 together, Hell Scrapper, waste them!"

The shield reformed into a giant crushing machine that surrounded the two machine-like creatures, turning them into scrap metal.

The crowd continued to cheer on as both of them were evenly matched. To the audience, they were watching true B-Ranks Duelist right before their eyes.

"My turn…!" C.J. drew and smirked. "Let's run wild, partner. Roar, Blazing Fiona Knight: Super Dragon Machine Dolzark!"

C.J. tapped his four mana as he set the 6 mana costing creature into the battle zone.

Cocco Lupia played her flute assisting in summoning the dragon. Dolzark resembled a cyborg-like Dragon with Silver, Red and Green Armor, and four arms, each holding a different bladed weapon, from a Scythe, to a tomahawk, to a sword.

"And C.J. summoned his trump Card, Super Dragon Machine Dolzark!" D-MAX announced as the crowd went crazy.

"Weird how you're getting praise for every move you make." Marcus commented.

"Well what can I say? I am the hero after all." C.J. joked.

Marcus laughed. "Well in that case, I'll play the role of the villain." Marcus drew his next card and set it.

"Let's start by doing this. I Summon Rothus the Traveler."

The Brown robot materialized into the battle zone, aiming at Dolzark and Lupia, waiting for his final target to be chosen.

C.J. sucked his teeth in annoyance as he turned around at his two creatures.

Cocco Lupia nodded and volunteered itself to be destroyed.

C.J. nodded and moved Cocco to the Grave. "I send Cocco Lupia to the grave."

"And I, Rothus..." Rothus shot the missiles at Cocco Lupia and turned his blaster on itself, self-destructing. "I end my turn."

C.J. drew next and set mana. "I Summon Meowpatta, the Dragon Stewart!"

A black cat-like creature materialized into the battle zone, dressed in a black and red training uniform. It motioned like it was in a hurry as C.J. tapped it.

"Meowpatta has Speed Attacker, Break his shield!" Meowpatta ran over without hesitation and broke a shield, relieved that the task was over. But suddenly, the broken shared spun around him, turning into a Blue-flamed Tornado, which ate it up.

"Shield Trigger: Tornado Flame, I destroy your cat."

C.J., once again didn't like that, but if there's anything he's learned, is that it doesn't help to get angry at small losses. "I end my turn."

Marcus drew and set mana. "I summon Hypersprint Warrior Uzesol. Break his shields Ike!"

The Orange Robot flew into the battle Zone and kicked a shield to bits.

C.J. picked up the shield and was surprised at what it was. "This'll work nicely. Shield trigger X: I Generate Octillion Force, and Cross it onto Dolzark!"

The unique weapon materialized into the Battle zone and broke into Pieces, latching onto Dolzark's armor, making the dragon resemble a ferocious insect.

"And C.J. Got a Shield Trigger X! Cards with Shield Trigger X are able to be generated and crossed to an available creature in the battle zone.

"Didn't expect that…" Marcus commented.

"Honestly, neither did I." C.J. drew his next card and his smile grew. "This duel's mine…" C.J. smirked. He dropped the newly drawn card into his mana and smiled.

"What's that going to do…?" Marcus asked.

"This… I Summon Leoldo, the Shield King!"

Marcus looked at him oddly and took a look at the card in his Battle Zone. "No way…!"

Leoldo Materialized behind C.J. having the appearance of a White lion-like king wielding a staff with a flame-like end on it. he slammed it into the ground as three Holograms materialized in front of him.

"Yup; Leoldo, The Shield King;" C.J. said determined, looking down at the Fire Card. "When he comes into play, his Thrilling Three Ability activates. For every Dreammate revealed from the top of my deck, one of your shields with 'Shield Trigger', is automatically destroyed. Thrilling Three, Activate!" C.J. called out as he set the top three cards of his deck next to his creatures.

"So what, even if you do get them it all depends on what's under my shields."

"Don't worry; I have faith that this'll work. My teammates, taught me how to be observant of my opponent's plays, and you know what I noticed about you?"

"Enlighten me…" Marcus said curiously, crossing his arms.

C.J. set the three cards on the table, and put his hand on the first one.

"For one thing, every shield I broke thus far was a Trigger. Kamikaze and Tornado Flame…" The first card Flipped: Byakko, the Innocent Blade.

"Second, Three out of five of your mana, are Shield Triggers, so that tells me that you deck must have quite a few triggers." The second card flipped, Meowpatta

"What's the Third observation…? Marcus asked, getting annoyed.

"Third…?" C.J. thought. "I don't know; But I was thinking, that you keep killing my defenses, to lure me into attacking you the second I had the opportunity, Right? And when I did that… Boom, Shield Trigger."

C.J. flipped the final card and sure enough, it was Paconeco.

"That makes three Dreammates. Now let's see those shields."

Marcus flipped over the first shield. "Hell Scrapper." He tossed it to the grave. The Second card was… "Rothus, the Skycutter." Sent to the grave And finally number three. "Inferno Scissors… Dang it."

The Shield was sent to the grave as C.J. readied Dolzark.

"If it's any consolation, that last observance was a straight up guess." C.J. laughed lightly. "Dolzark, Todomeda!"

Dolzark Roared and unleashed a blue laser beam from it's chest as it Hit Marcus's side. The hologram went through him like nothing at all as this side flashed red.

"GAME OVER! THE WINNERS OF THE NY STATE SHOWDOWN IS TEAM KAIJUDO GENERATION!" D-MAX announced excitedly. The crowd roared even louder than at the beginning as C.J. jumped in the air in excitement.

"Tsume, you were awesome!" He turned to the Dolzark, who nodded.

The dragon disappeared as the platforms lowered to the ground. It then re-materialized onto his Shoulder, in addition to the Cocco Lupia.

"As always, my loyal sidekick, as always…" The dragon dusted off his shoulders, earning him a peck in the head from the Cocco Lupia.

"Ow, you damn pigeon!" Tsume growled.

"That wasn't very nice, apologize!" The bird snapped.

"Don't worry about it Flare, he's only joking." He laughed. "But seriously though, these Dreammates are quite underrated aren't they?"

Tsume nodded. "They're cute and fuzzy by appearance, but they have some really deadly abilities. Trust me."

"You got demolished by one didn't you?" C.J. asked.

"Only because I was young and stupid…" Tsume added. "I tried to pick a fight with a Paconeco when I was a baby Fear Fang next thing I know the thing evolved into a giant version of itself." Tsume shivered thinking of the horror.

C.J. laughed as he walked back to where his team was. "And The Terra Knight gets another one for his loyal friends back over here!"

Jake high-fives him and Jamie hugged her boyfriend.

"Good job bro." Jake told him. "How does it feel to know that you got your B-License?"

"Exciting; and it also tells me that I'm that much closer to being on you guy's level."

"Can all five members of Team Kaijudo generation please come to the Center Stage at this time?"

"That's our cue." C.J. said. "Hey, whatever happened to Karon and Dylan?"

Suddenly a Hispanic teen dressed in a white shirt and a gray and blue sweater, jeans and sneakers bolted past them, followed by a Middle Eastern teen wearing an open white button-down shirt with a Black t-shirt under it, jeans and sneakers, the white shirt having Japanese Hiragana go down the side of it in red lettering.

"Found him." The Middle Eastern teen said. "he got lost trying to make it back here.

"Come on, less talk, more accepting an awesome reward because our rookie pulled another miracle." The Hispanic teen said pointing to center stage. He then turned and bolted.

"What's gotten into Dylan?" C.J. asked Karon.

Karon shrugged his shoulders. "Sugar rush?"

"Sure, I'll buy it." Jake nodded with Jamie and Sarina agreeing. They followed the hyped teen over to the center platform where they accepted their rewards.

"The Prize for winning the tournament is each member chooses one of five of the 'Elemental Comets,' in addition to having their team rank upgraded."

C.J. looked at the case and realized that they were all Single Civilization Vortex Evolution Creatures.

"Sweet, I call the Ice Comet." Dylan swiped the card from the case, while Jake took the Shining Comet, Karon, the Shadow Comet, and Jamie the Flame comet, Leaving C.J. with only one choice: The Ground Comet.

"These five Duelists are now eligible for more privileges, such as having access to the B-Block Cards up to Set #23 outside tournament use. Their road to becoming Kaijudo Masters will only get tougher, but that's what makes DCA Duelist stronger. We have more activities opened for this weekend, such as famous S-Ranks coming here to sign autographs, and also teach dueling classes for those inspired duelist the audience today. So we hope to see you all tomorrow morning for the real shows to begin. Until then, enjoy the festivities as he have Musical Guests Linkin Park, Selena Gomez, and Lady Gaga, and all the way from Japan, ONE OK ROCK, singing the top voted song for the Tournament: Riot!"

The crowd clapped as they started to make their way outside.

"Good Job as always you guys." D-Max said as he shook all of their hands. "You guys never cease to amaze me; especially you, Chris. Mr. Roman speaks highly of you. He told me that you're going to be a true Kaijudo Duelist someday."

"He really said that?" C.J. asked feeling honored.

D-MAX nodded. "And Mr. Roman's words always came true, so I'm putting faith in you all to give us many more demonstrations of dueling like you did here and back at the NYC Duel Circuit."

"Will do…" Jamie replied.

"Glad to hear it then." D-MAX smirked. "Now then, I gotta go and handle things outside. You guys are more than welcomed to join."

"Thanks, for the invite. We'll be out there later." C.J. replied.

"No problem, and once again, Congratulations on winning."

D-MAX ran off the stage and headed to the exit to make it outside.

"I'm tired." C.J. yawned. "I'm heading back to the hotel room to rest a bit before I go to the party."

"OK then, we'll see you there then." Jamie replied. "I'll call you if you're missing something awesome."

"Yeah, I got it. At least call me when ONE OK ROCK starts playing." C.J. joked. "No seriously, that's like my favorite J-Rock Band."

Jamie nodded. "Will do; for now, go rest."

"Thanks… See you guys later."

C.J. walked to another entrance that lead to the hotel a block over, where the Dueling Club was staying at, while the remaining members went off to the party outside.

Marcus stood up in the stands, watching C.J. walk off. He pressed a button on his hidden Bluetooth.

"Observation complete..." Marcus talked into it. "I however failed to retrieve the Gear from him.

"But he does have it yes?"

Marcus nodded. "He revealed the Gear on his first turn. Should I go after him now?"

"No, Wait for Vanessa to arrive. I've deployed her to assist you in splitting him up."

"Eh! Why her? You know we don't get along!"

"Which is exactly why I did it, so you two fools could learn to work together. Just make sure that he stays as far from his team as possible. Once that happens, Kill him, and take the Gear from him. The Planets have already begun shifting, it's only a matter of time before it'll be time for his awakening…"

"Roger that, Marcus Out." He pressed the button on his Bluetooth again as he slid his ID across his case, sprouting his deck. The Front card was a Fire Civilization card with 3 Evolution Patters printed on the card.

"Mars, the Blazing Supernova… Let's begin the hunt." He spread his deck open and drew a Cross Gear, one that resembled Roller Blades." He set the deck back in his case, all but that one card, as his hand sparked Red Kaijudo Energy.

"Fire Blades: Cross Over!"

The Card sparked up as he tossed it into the air, the card turned into a red data stream that surrounded his feet, causing the Cross gear to materialize around his ankles downward, until they completely covered.

Marcus suddenly disappeared and reappeared at the door which C.J. left out of in a half second. "Let the Hunt begin…"

Elsewhere at JAXA a scientist types in his computer, recording data from a satellite orbiting the red Planet from quite a distance. He looked at it, and saw something odd. Like a Red light, radiating off the planet…

The scientist suddenly had a flashback of something like that happening in the past, and suddenly got the sick feeling that what just happened wasn't a coincidence…

He ran out the room to report his findings as the Planet mars flash the red light once again…

[END]