Disclaimer: No I do not own Yugioh.
Vanguard Generation
Chapter 1: New faces
To all participants of the Crystal Ten Year Tournament,
Meet on July 11th at the airport. Show this letter to the man at the front and he will lead you to the starting area.
An explosion shook the large room that housed the examination area as another game-ending strike landed. "Next up!"
Shinsei Zeru sat in his chair and watched as duelist after duelist was taken down by the examiners. ("So I have to beat one of these guys before I can proceed to even get close to the tournament, huh?") He looked down at his deck box that was strapped to his side, and then he smiled calmly. ("I trust in what I've assembled.")
"Next up, Shinsei Zeru!"
Shinsei stood up slowly, and brushed his gold-black hair behind his ears. ("Alright, let's do this!") Ignoring a small group of snickers he was getting for his black leather clothing, he walked over to the nearest open examiner. "I'm Shinsei Zeru, and I'm here to show you that I'm worth the effort of handing over a ticket."
"We shall see, fool." The man wore a simple black business suit, with his long black hair braided and a pair of wire-frame glasses resting on the bridge of his nose. "You think that you have the power to match me, someone chosen by Crystal Dreams for my dueling skill?"
Shinsei removed his duel disk from its shoulder strap and slid it onto his arm, activating it immediately. "Let's duel and find out, shall we?"
"Very well, I look forward to your performance. Don't cry to me when I crush your spirit. I am Examiner Red." Red activated his duel disk and shuffled his deck. "Ready?"
Shinsei drew his opening hand. "Of course."
Shinsei- 4000
Red- 4000
Shinsei snapped the top card off of his deck and flipped it up in front of his face. ("Alright! This opening move with leave him speechless!") "I summon Elemental Hero Bubbleman (800/1200) to the field in attack mode!" A blue-armored superhero appeared on the field in a flash of bubbles and struck a strange pose. "When this monster is summoned to the field and I have no cards in play, I may draw two cards!"
Two more cards left his deck and he slid them amongst the rest. "Also, I set one card face-down on the field and end my turn." A single card flashed into existence behind the superhero.
Red blinked in surprise at this. "An Elemental Hero deck?"
Shinsei puffed out his chest and looked very proud of himself. "Isn't it awesome?"
"No. No it isn't." Red drew from his deck. "I've never seen someone ever copy the secondary deck of the champion duelist, but I suppose it would eventually have to happen. How bizarre though…you actually expect to win with this strategy?"
Shinsei blinked a couple of times in surprise. "What are you talking about? I'm not copying anyone…"
"Didn't you know that the champion's secondary deck is an Elemental Hero deck?" Red's cold smirk widened. "I see…you're just a fool who actually thinks that Elemental Hero monsters are worth the effort to run. It's pitiful really…they might be fun, but in the end they cannot stand against a serious dueling deck."
"What?" Shinsei growled and a large vein bulged out of his forehead. "I'll kill you for insulting my deck!"
"And then you would be disqualified, so shut up and tolerate my criticism." Red looked at his drawn card and then slid it into his deck. "I activate the magic card Cyclone." A sharp wind began to pick up around him. "Obviously your set card is meant to cause me problems, so I'll destroy it with this quickplay magic card." Shinsei's face-down card shattered instantly.
Shinsei paled at the loss of his Hero Signal trap card. ("And here I was ready to retaliate with my killing move in the end. Darn…")
Red slapped a card onto his disk. "I summon out Berserk Gorilla!" (2000/1000) A giant red-furred gorilla appeared on the field and roared loudly at both Shinsei and his monster. "Attack now! Berserk Beatdown!" The giant monkey slammed right into Bubbleman and blew it apart instantly. "Now I set one card face-down and end my turn."
Shinsei- 2800
Red- 4000
Shinsei braced himself against the painful pressure caused by the duel disk and instantly recovered. "I'm not afraid of you. I draw!" Looking at his drawn card, a slight smile crossed his lips. "I'll protect myself right now…with this!" His hand grasped a single card from within the six he already held. "First though, I activate the magic card Emergency Call!" A magic card with a green E appeared on the field. "This card lets me add one Elemental Hero from my deck to my hand."
His hand folded up his collective cards and he inserted the stack into his leather shirt pocket. Then he removed his deck from its slot and fanned it out in front of him. ("Let's see…which of these guys can deal with this guy's gorilla?") A big grin appeared on his face as he realized which combo he could use. Grasping his choice card, he slid his deck back in place and removed his cards from his shirt pocket.
"Hurry up and make your move, before you prove to me and the other examiners that you truly are a novice with no real skill." Red tapped his foot impatiently.
Shinsei waved a finger in the air. "Don't be too impatient, or else this won't be any fun for you! I summon Elemental Hero Sparkman (1600/1400) to the field in attack mode!" An explosion of lightning lit up the room as a superhero in blue and yellow armor appeared on the field and struck a pose. "Also, I play the equipment magic card Spark Gun!"
Sparkman lifted up its hand to reveal a strange device that looked like a gun. "This card can, three times, switch the modes of face-up monsters in play! Spark Gun activates now!" A blast of energy launched from the gun and struck the Berserk Gorilla. "Now your monster switches into defense mode! And when a Berserk Gorilla is in defense mode it is destroyed!"
"That would be true…" Red snickered and his face-down card flipped up. "If not for the fact that I knew you'd try that. Hence why I set Final Attack Orders face-down on the field. As long as this continuous trap card is in play, all monsters in play must stay in attack mode." The blast dissipated instantly into nothingness. "Anything else you'd like to waste, fool?"
Shinsei looked down at his hand and clenched his fist in anger. ("Alright…calm down, don't let your temper get the better of you in this situation. If you keep a level head then you'll be able to defeat this guy…")
"God you're a fool for thinking you could easily exploit the weakness of my Berserk Gorilla." Red scoffed and looked away from his opponent. "Barely worth the effort placing the cards on the disk."
"You big-headed, ugly…" Shinsei forget his words and had numerous veins bulging out of different parts of his face. "…idiot! I'll shut you up right now!"
"Oh really?" Red rolled his eyes. "I really doubt that."
"You want to force me to attack? Then I'll attack!" Shinsei slammed a card into his disk. "I activate the magic card Heat Heart!" Red energy flared along Sparkman's body and a magic card with a blue H on it appeared on the field for a moment. "The attack power of one monster in play is increased by 500 points!" (2100/1400) "Go Spark Slash!" Lightning launched from Sparkman's free hand as the Berserk Gorilla was blown apart instantly.
Shinsei- 2800
Red- 3900
Though on the outside Red looked surprised, inside he was smiling coldly. ("And he fell for it. Now that he's wasted the cards overwhelming something as simple as a Berserk Gorilla, I'll retaliate right now.")
"End turn." Shinsei didn't seem like he was going to calm down anytime soon.
Red drew and a deep laughter emanated from him. "You're about to lose. During my next turn I'll set you up for the ultimate fall. First though I play Graceful Charity." A glow came from his deck. "I draw three cards and then discard two from my hand." Drawing three cards, he smirked and discarded two. ("At the end of this turn, he'll be sweating bullets when I am done.") "From my hand I activate Monster Reincarnation. By discarding a card from my hand I can add my Berserk Gorilla back to my hand." Picking up the beast again, he placed it onto his disk and the giant gorilla appeared again. "And this time, it will win!"
"How do you figure that, fool?" Shinsei's eyes were dark and his expression nearly murderous.
"Allow me to show you with this! Wild Nature's Release!" Energy flowed along the body of the Berserk Gorilla. (3000/0) "This card increases the power of all Beast and Beast-warrior monsters I have in play by their defense points. At the end of this turn they all die. Now go!" Howling out a battle cry, the giant primate slammed into Sparkman and blew the superhero apart instantly.
Shinsei- 1900
Red- 3900
Shinsei braced himself and his eyes grew darker. ("I…I…") It seemed like he was suddenly surrounded by an aura of fire.
Red slid a card into his disk and then sneered. "During my end phase the effect of the two cards I discarded with Graceful Charity activates! Manticore of Darkness can by special summoned from my graveyard during the turn they are destroyed by discarding or sacrificing a beast, winged beast, or beast warrior right now!" Berserk Gorilla and a card from his hand disappeared, replaced by a pair of howling lion-like beasts. (2300/1200) "Just in case you can't see straight, I set one card face-down before. End turn."
Shinsei pointed at Red furiously. "You're about to meet your end…" His anger flared up even more. "I don't care about what kind of army you have waiting for me, I'm going to take you down!"
"Really?" Red rolled his eyes. "You're about to lose, stupid."
Shinsei's mind finally caught up the current situation…and his anger faded to nothing. "Wow…you're right…"
Red rubbed a finger under his nose. "That's right, it's over."
Shinsei looked down at his deck and then he drew. "I'm sorry about being so angry at you."
Red blinked in surprise, his momentary burst of superiority gone right there and then. "Hey…what are you talking about?"
Shinsei took a deep breath and then he went limp for a moment. When his eyes opened, a deep energy could be seen within them. Something about his expression radiated a confidence that no one could possibly hope to fake. He was about to win.
Red paled and he barely realized his hands were starting to tremble. ("What's the matter with me? Why am I scared of this kid?")
Shinsei slapped a card onto his disk. "I summon Elemental Hero Clayman (800/2000) to the field in attack mode!" A solid-bodied rock superhero appeared on the field. "Then I play Right Justice! When an Elemental Hero is in play and it's my only monster, I can destroy one magic or trap card in play!" A magic card with a big orange-red R on it appeared on the field for a moment, and then Red's face-down card shattered instantly.
Red felt his own anger flare up. "That's your big move?"
"Far from it!" Shinsei flipped over another card. "Next up Hero Call! This magic card lets me special summon one level four or lower Elemental Hero from my deck to the field!" A burst of energy came from his deck. "Elemental Hero Burst Lady (1200/800) in attack mode!" A woman wearing a tight red suit appeared on the field and flexed her hands, fire arching along her body. "Then the last piece of the set, Over Soul!" A magic card with a purple O appeared on the field for a moment. "I special summon one normal Elemental Hero from my graveyard to the field! Elemental Hero Sparkman!" The lightning superhero emerged in a flash of power, landing between Burst Lady and Clayman. "The stage is now set! If you truly believe that Elemental Heroes have no reason to be in this tournament, then let me show you the single word that gives the right to be in this battle!"
"Word?" Red was about to ask what he was talking about, but his eyes widened as Heat Heart (H), Emergency Call (E), Right Justice (R), and Over Soul (O) appeared on the field in a line. "H-E-R-O? Hero?"
"That's right." Shinsei gave Red an ominous thumbs-down. "They're Heroes! By removing the four shown cards from my graveyard, I can activate this next and final card from my hand! H-E-R-O Flash!" A swirling whirlwind came from the ground and a green-feathered superhero appeared on the field. "One Elemental Hero from my deck is summoned to the field! I think Elemental Hero Featherman (1000/1000) is appropriate!"
Red grimaced. "Have you forgotten something? My two Manticore of Darkness have more attack points than all of your pitiful efforts!"
Shinsei's strangely haunting sky-blue eyes started to glow again. "You can't stop the H-E-R-O Flash that easily! During the turn it is activated, all Elemental Hero monsters in play can attack your life points directly!"
"What?" Red's eyes widened. ("I should have known about this…I should have…")
"Everyone, attack now! H-E-R-O Flash!" The four Elemental Heroes transformed into four beams of light that slammed into Red and dropped him to his knees.
Shinsei- 1900
Red- 0
As the field faded away, Shinsei walked up to Red and held out his hand. "Well, my ticket?"
Red fished a piece of paper out of his coat pocket and offered it to the boy. "Here…just go…"
Shinsei replaced his duel disk on his back again and walked off towards the gate. ("I won…but I had to show a little of my true self to do it.")
To be continued…
Author's Notes: To all of my continuous reviewers of my previous Yugioh stories, I'm sure some of you find it strange that the main character uses Elemental Heroes, considering my history with them. Well this story is based off of an actual Yugioh RPG I'm currently doing with my friends. My friend wanted to use E-Heroes, and I couldn't just say no. The duels are based off of what happened in the actual duels. Shinsei's player did end the duel with H-E-R-O Flash, though the circumstances were different.