Is from April that I'm writing this story, and the first chapter is finally ready! I'm not very good at writing stories, so I hope that you do not see this story as trivial or boring. Also, I'm not English, so if you see any errors, feel free to report them. That being said, R&E&R (Read & Enjoy & Review)!
Heartland City.
A city famous for the recent tournament, the World Duel Carnival.
A weird tournament.
For various reasons, in the quarterfinals there were some technical problems, and no one has seen them.
And in the semifinals and in the final, each duelist used strange Xyz Monsters called "Numbers".
Especially the two finalists, those "Tron" and "Yuma Tsukumo".
Not to mention the sudden collapse of the Heartland Tower shortly after.
And finally, two days ago, many have testified that they saw a huge UFO over the tower itself, still under reconstruction.
What a weird city, eh?
Somewhere, in the most recondite peripheries of this city, two certain persons were dueling.
One was a medium-high height boy, obscured by the shadows of the buildings, his left eye glowing with a sky-blue light. The other was a middle-age man, clothed as a fisherman. On the side of the boy, there was only one facedown card. On the opposite, there were three monsters: a spike-covered lobster, a crab with a shadowed head with two bright red lights as eyes, like the boy's left eye, and a swarm of krill swirling around itself.
«My 3 Levels 3 monsters, overlay!» The fisherman said. His three monsters turned in a same number of blue orbs of light, then they began to fly in the sky, spiralling around each other. «With these 3 monsters I build the Overlay Network!» On the ground, right in front of the man, a galaxy-like structure opened, and the blue lights dived into it. «Xyz Summon!»
In the moment he said those two words, the portal exploded violently, emitting lights of all colors. Through the dark, the boy smirked to himself. –So, it's finally coming.– «Show Yourself, Numbers 43!» The fisherman was grinning widely. A huge shell-like orange object emerged from the ground, water splashing from all directions. A 'clack' was hear, and multiple armored limbs popped out from the sides of the shell. «The ruler of all the sea creatures!» Two big claws separated from the top, a blue '43' glowing on the right one. A tails clanked out from the back, ending with a fin. «My Numbers…» Two water-blue eyes opened on the top, turning into a head, showing the vertical pupils, like a snake. Three blue light balls where orbiting around it: its Overlay Units. «…is invincible!»
No.43 ?
ATK 2900
RANK ✪✪✪
ORU 3
The boy apparently seems not impressed, but said something. «A pretty powerful monster. But 2900 ATK is too much for a Rank 3 monster. Where is the trick?» The man let out a loud 'Humph', then he spoke. «If my Numbers is on the field, I can't declare attacks. But now I activate his second effect: by detaching an Overlay Unit I can allow one of my monsters to attack for this turn!» After he shouted, his monster held one of its claw, impacting one Overlay Unit and turning longer and sharper.
No.43 ?
ATK 2900
RANK ✪✪✪
ORU 3→2
«Go, direct attack! Giant Claw!» The huge crustacean began to growl menacingly, before charging towards the opponent, using the claw as a rhino horn. Instead of being scared, the shadowed boy seemed amused. «YOU FOOL! You have no hope of beating me! You activated my Trap Card!» He raised his arm, and his facedown flipped, glowing. The man had to use his arm to shield from light, and suddenly, an explosion occurred, and he was thrown backwards.
Player 2
LP 1200→0
Player 1
LP 4000
WIN
The boy smirked. «Another victory.» Slowly he approached his opponent, who was lying on the ground. The boy opened the palm of the hand, forming a dark-blue energy hand. The hand pierced into the man's body, and emerged with a glowing card inside. The boy placed the card in his Extra Deck holder «I'm almost to you… Yuma Tsukumo… You cannot escape from me...» He said in a low tone.
I wanted to give a name to the number, but since it was stupid and that card is made at random for the sake of the plot, in the end I decided to remove it. I do not think that the next chapter will be ready any time soon, but I'll do as quickly as possible! Goodbye!
24 Nov. 2013 Note:
The Numbers 43 used in this chapter was created much time before the Numbers 43: Soul-Puppeteering Demon - Soul Marionetter used by Vector in Episode 131 of the anime.
I'm writing this to avoid complains like that one posted on a review of the story "Number 69?" about a No.69 created long before God Medallion - Coat of Arms.