This is an RP attempt gone fanfic. No negative comments for the sake of being negative please. If your going to say something bad dont say it for the sake of saying something bad. Say it, and tell me why you thought so and what you think a good solution would be. Thats all, enjoy!
Chapter 1: The Beginning of the End
"And now were back!" A voice on the TV yelled as a giant duel stadium stands in front of the camera. "Today's duel of Gufuu Uindo versus James Titherson will continue!" Two pictures appeared in front of the duel stadium. The one belonging to Gufuu Uindo depicted a man who was rather pale, and had long black hair that looked as though it had just endured a hurricane. His eyes sparkled a maroon green, and just below his pointy nose a rather unfitting smile sat. James Titherson, was the exact oppossite.
He had forhead-length blonde hair that he combed to the right side and deep blue eyes. His nose was the image of perfection, as were his pearly white teeth. The camera quickly switched to an announcer in a red suit with rather large black hair. He stood on a platform above the duel field. A giant sea of a crowd swam beneath him, screaming and cheering incoherently. "Currently Gufuu Uindo still has a full 4000 life points! He has 5 set cards, but without any monsters he could be looking at some hard times ahead! Meanwhile Mr. Titherson has only a single set card and 3600 life points. Its anybody's duel, so lets get to it! Duel on!"
"Too bad Uindo-san." James said, with his thick English accent. "It looks like your undefeated record is over. Don't worry though, after I continue my rampage through the pro league people wont blame you for losing to me. They'll see that it wasn't your terrible skill that caused your defeat, but my incredible power that brought it upon you." Uindo continued to flash his unpleasant smile. "The duel's not over yet Mr. Titherson. I still have a full 4000 life points. Even if you can damage them this turn, I doubt you can do 4000 points of damage. And in my next turn, who knows?" Uindo's smile widened. "You might just get washed up by my power." James's smile turned into a grimace. "Don't underestimate me Uindo! I'll do much more then 4000 points this turn! Draw!" James looked at his drawn card and his grimace quickly turned back into a smile. "I'll chain my reversed card to my draw. Battlefield Mine, activate!"
Jame's facedown card revealed itself, a trap depicting a massive landmine exploding and warrior's bodies flying around it on a battlefield. "This card lets me send 5 warrior-type monsters from my deck to the grave. In exchange, I have to skip my next draw phase." Jame's duel disk spit out 5 cards from his deck and he quickly deposited them in the graveyard. "27 left." Uindo said, still maintaining his smile. "Then Ill activate the effect of a monster in my graveyard,Immortal Samurai! During my standbye phase, if I have no monsters on my field and only warrior type monsters in my graveyard, I can special summon him to my field!"
"The purpose of Battlefield Mine is revealed! James sent Immortal Samurai to the grave so he could special summon it to the field! What could he be planning with this monster? Lets find out!" "Then Ill play my quickplay spell, Arms Hole!
By sending the top card from my deck to the graveyard, I can move 1 equip spell from my deck to my hand. I'll choose Giant Growth!" "25 left" Uindo said to himself. "Then I'll play two more Arm's Hole! That means I have to send 2 more cards from the top of my deck, but I can get 2 more spells. I'll take Lightning Blade and Fusion Sword - Murasame Blade!" "Woooow! Two more Arm's Hole! It looks like James is planning to boost up his Immortal Samurai with these equip spells for some MASSIVE DAMAGE!" Uindo maintained his smile. "21" he said to himself. "Of coarse Arm's Hole will stop me from normal summoning this turn, but I have other things in mind. I play the spell card Hand Obliteration!"
"Each player now sends their hand to the grave, and draws a number of cards equal to the number they discarded. Ive got 6 cards on hand, so Ill discard them all to draw 6 more! You've got 3, so ditch them and draw 3 more."
"James just sent all the equip spells he retrieved from Arm's Hole to the grave! What does he intent to do with this strategy!?" The announcer yelled. He was getting almost as excited as the crowd was.
"15" Uindo muttered, drawing his 3 cards. "Next I'll play Raise Dead! This will special summon 1 monster from my graveyard! I'll summon the level 5 warrior, Silent Swordsman LV 5 in attack position! "I thought you were going to more then 4000, but it seems you cant even make it that far...." Uindo said to James, his smile unchanging. "I'm far from through! I play my spell, Becoming a Legend! By sacrificing warrior type monsters on my field who's level equal 8, I can special summon Gilford the Legend from my deck ignoring summoning requirements. I'll give up Immortal Samurai and Silent Swordsman LV5 to summon my ace. Come out,Gilford the Legend!
"14 left" Uindo said. "Now, Gilford's effect activates! I can select a number of equip spells in my graveyard and equip them to warriors on my field! I'll equip Gilford with Lightning Blade, Fusion Sword - Murasame Blade, Giant Growth, and Lightning Saber!
The crowd erupted in cheers as Gilford climbed to 7100 attack. "And the crowd goes wild! Uindo had better pray for one of his facedown's to help him out or its all over!" The announcer yelled. "Hah! Someone as intelligent as me would never ignore such a flaw. One-on-One Battle, Activate! With this card, you cant activate set spells or traps until my next stanbdye phase. In return, however, you get to draw two cards. One might say that this card makes it a fair fight. But when your up against someone as strong as me, things are hardly fair!"
Uindo pulled two cards off the top of his deck, giving him a grand total of 10 cards, 5 on hand and 5 on the field. "Gilford the Legend, direct attack! Sword of Legend!" The massive warrior raised his sword (which now reached the ceiling of the stadium) and charged forward with it. "Trap card activate." Uindo said calmly. "You cant! Set spells and traps cant be activated until my next turn you lowly idiot!" Uindo looked straight at James, his smile unwavering. "Oh, don't worry. Its not one of my set cards." Uindo pulled a trap card out of his graveyard. "Massive Tidal Wave, activate. When this card is in my graveyard, I can remove it from the game to negate an attack and end the battle phase. After that, two "Urchin Tokens" will be special summoned to my field."
A giant wave rose up behind Uindo and rushed forward, colliding with Gilford in the middle of his head-on charge. Although it didn't knock him over, it caused him to stumble backwards and halt his attack. The crowd immediately erupted in a series of boos. "Idiot! Don't blow all your cards like that only to be stopped so easily!" "You suck, your not ready to be in the pro league!" "Go back to England you pompous bastard!" As the boos and taunts continued, James started to sweat. "Its not over yet! I still have a 7100 attack monster on the field! Don't worry audience, I will win!" Nothing he said seemed to calm the audience. "Grrr! I play two cards facedown and end my turn. Go ahead, Gufuu Uindo. Lets see if you can beat my ace."
Uindo drew a card calmly from his deck." Too easy, too easy. This duel is over." "I doubt that." James said. "Reverse card open! Armor of the gods!"
Glowing white armor shot out of the trap card, equipping Gilford and surrounding him in a heavenly light. "This trap will equip to a warrior on my side of the field! And so long as I give you another card during your draw phase, the equipped monster cant be removed from the field by card effects. So, I'll give you one more draw Uindo! Now the only way you can beat Gilford is if you summon a monster with more then 7100 attack." Uindo drew another card, setting him at 12 cards in his hand and on the field combined. "My my, you really are very single-minded. There's other ways to win besides putting the opponents life points to 0. And I'll show you how that is right now. You've gotten on my bad side with your arrogance Mr. Titherson."
Uindo's smile disappeared, and was replaced by an expression of pure rage. "AND NOW IM GOING TO SWALLOW YOU UP!" I TRIBUTE MY TWO TOKENS TO SUMMON MY ACE MONSTER! LET THE OCEAN RISE UP AND DRAG YOU DOWN TO THE DEPTHS! YOU WILL KNOW THE RAGE OF THE SEA! SURGE FORTH, The submerged NEPTUNE!"
The TV screen went blank. In front of the TV sat an old man on a circular couch. He let out a sigh and rubbed his forehead. He wore a brown bowler hat and a brown suit with a red tie. His face showed his age, and was full of wrinkles. A white mustache rested underneath his nose. He stood up, revealing himself to be around 5 ½ feet tall. "Poor lad. I thought that he might go places. But it looks like he didn't have what it takes. He sighed once more and picked up a briefcase that sat on the table in front of the couch. "Chima! It's time to go! We don't want to be late."
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Soutou Kougi walked into the coffee shop at 8:00, just as he was instructed to. He was 35 years old, and yet with his forehead-length black hair, sharp features, and glasses he looked no older then 20. He was also very pale. As Soutou looked around the coffee shop, he couldn't seem to find the person he was supposed to be meeting. He was getting ready to turn and leave when he felt a hand on his shoulder. Soutou jumped abit as he looked to his left. A rather short old man had reached up and put a hand on his shoulder. "Nice to see you made it, Soutou-kun. I apologize for being late. Why don't we sit down, have a cup of coffee, and talk?" A girl, the same height as the old man, appeared on Soutou's right. She had shoulder-length black hair and bangs that arced out from her forehead. She wore a white sweatshirt and blue jeans. Her eyes stood out the most, both of which being light grey, almost white. Soutou was startled at first when he saw her as well. "Allow me to take your jacket, Soutou-san." She said in a quiet voice. "I'm fine thank you." Soutou said, deciding that he would rather keep his suit jacket on.
A few minutes later the three were situated at a table. "So you were born in Japan, but you grew up in the United States, correct?" The old man asked as Soutou took a sip of his coffee. "That's correct Mr..... umm......" "Mutock. Wilson Mutock." Mr. Mutock said as he held his hand out to Soutou. "Yes, of coarse, I apologize for forgetting your name, I'm awful with names." Mr. Mutock's face lit up as though he had just remembered something. "And this is my granddaughter, Chima." Chima half-nodded half-bowed to Suotou. "Its nice to meet you, Soutou-san." Soutou nodded to her.
"Mr. Mutock, I hate to be rude, but I'd like to skip the small talk and get right down to business." Soutou said rather bluntly. Mr. Mutock smiled and took a sip of his coffee. "Of coarse, of coarse. Now, as I'm sure you've noticed the U9 are..... Well, they're darn near unstoppable, wouldn't you say?" Soutou took a sip of his coffee. "I have yet to have the pleasure of dueling one, but from what I've seen, yes, they're fairly good."
Mr. Mutock chuckled. "Confident I see. Fairly good is putting it mildly my boy. They're running the Pro League like its some kind of circus. Why just today the Pro League lost another promising duelist." Soutou's eyes widened as he almost spit out the sip of coffee he just took. "What?! I knew that Titherson lost, but I didn't know that he was giving up!" Mr. Mutock sighed. "Well, as you already know I'm on the board of the Pro League, so I find things out abit earlier then the general public does....." Soutou didn't say anything, waiting for Mr. Mutock to give a reason as to why James Titherson had given up on the pro league. Mr. Mutock took a long sip of coffee before continuing. "Well, on the way out Mr. James Titherson was mauled by the audience. He broke a leg and an arm, and almost lost an eye. He let the board know that he was through with the pro league about 30 minutes ago." Soutou shook his head and ran a hand across his face.
"Amazing. Just 5 hours ago he had is first duel. He didn't even last a day. Not to mention that this is the first time in a long while that the crowds gone after the loser." Mr. Mutock gave a slight nod to Soutou. "Well, it's been a good 9 years since the Pro League's had a satisfying duel. But that's what happens nowadays. 5 hours is a pretty short career, but most duelists only last 3-4 days tops. 5 hours and a beating from the crowd just shows that things are getting worse." Soutou finished off his cup of coffee. "And what do you plan on doing about it, Mr. Mutock?" Mr. Mutock smiled. "I'm glad you asked m'boy. You see, with the U9 running the Pro League into the ground I've decided to gather up the last of the best duelists the Pro League has to offer to start a counterattack." Soutou nodded. "I see. And how do you plan on doing that?" Mr. Mutock took in a deep breath. Soutou knew he was in for a lengthy explanation. "Well, as you know the U9 are 9 elite duelists in the Pro League. All are sponsored by the same person, so none of them duel each other, and all are so good that they demolish anybody they duel."
Mr. Mutock took a quick sip of coffee before continuing. "Infact, they demolish people so bad that they usually run them out of the pro league, and if they don't then the crowd does. Some, like our chairman, argue that theres nothing wrong with being a good duelist. But the problem with it is that were running out of duelists. Nobody can beat them, and their power makes them crowd favorites. And since they run any potential duelists out, and ran all of our bests duelists out, soon they'll be the only ones left. And you cant have a Pro League with just 9 duelists. The Pro League will shut down, and if the Pro League shuts down then the Duel Academies will shut down because the kids there will be learning something that they cant pursue a future in. With the academies and Pro League gone there'll be no point or gain from playing Duel Monsters. Sure, some will continue playing for love of the game, but over time a large percent of players will give the game up. With so few players Industrial Illusions will stop producing cards, and the entire Duel Monsters industry will disappear."
Soutou ran a hand through his hair.
"Wow. Its hard to imagine that all that can happen over the loss of a few duelists huh?" "Well, it's a snowball effect. One thing leads to another. Which is why I need good duelists to nip this thing in the bud. Remove the P9 and the Pro League goes back to the way it was." "Interesting...." Soutou said as he pondered what he had just heard. "And how exactly are you going to take on the U9 once you've assembled the 9 duelists?" Mr. Mutock smiled once more. "Another excellent question m'boy. I intend to fight fire with fire. With my seat on the Pro League's board, I can manipulate who they duel and when. Of coarse, this will only be to ensure that they don't duel each other. I intend to take out the U9 in one day." Soutou let out a loud laugh. "One day? Your going to defeat the Pro League's 9 best duelists in a day? Now Im really interested. How're you gonna do it?" Mr. Mutock laughed with Soutou.
"Simple m'boy! I'm going to use the Duel of Fortune Cup!" Soutou stopped laughing as his expression hardened. "The Fortune Cup tournament? No, scratch that. That thing cant be called a tournament. Every year the U9 forfeit their duels so that they don't have to go through the bracket system and duel each other later in the tournament. They let the other duelists squabble amongst each other, and then when the tournament is all over they duel the people they were supposed to be paired up against and blow them away. They've done it for the past 3 years straight, and its unfair. It disgraces the tournament. Its disgusting." Mr. Mutock's grin turned into a warm smile. "You have a strong sense of justice m'boy. That's why you became a lawyer, isn't it? Its also why I want you on my team." Soutou "Heh heh heh...." Soutou laughed rather sadly. "I appreciate the offer Mr. Mutock, and I would love to join the cause but I......"
Soutou shook his head. "I have a lot of things I'm trying to deal with right now, I don't have time to get involved with any Pro League matters that don't involve the law." Soutou got up from his seat and nodded to Mr. Mutock and Chima. "It was nice to meet you both."
He turned and began to walk away, depressed that he couldn't join the greater good and fight for what was right. But he had his own problems to deal with at the moment. "You know" Mr. Mutock called as Soutou reached the door. "If you spent your nights dueling in the Pro League instead of running around stopping criminals and stealing you might have a better case in court." Rage flashed through Soutou as he turned around and rushed back to the table Mr. Mutock sat at. He slammed both hands on the table and stared Mr. Mutock in the eyes. Mr. Mutock looked up at him from his cup of coffee. "Listen old man, I don't know who told you that stuff but it's a lie, understand? And you don't have to take low blows just because I wont join your little team." Mr. Mutock continued drinking as though he hadn't heard Soutou
"Ahhh, good coffee." Mr. Mutock said as he set his cup down. "Anyways, I have to go. I'll be sure to bring my evidence to your hearing to ensure that your thrown in jail." Mr Mutock said. "C'mon then Chima, we have to get home." "Yes Grandpa" Chima replied. They both got up and walked past an astounded Soutou. After a second Soutou turned around. "Blackmail huh? You pathetic scumbag. What do you want from me? Am I really that important to you? I'll join your little team, but you have to give me whatever evidence you claim your packing, got it?" Mr. Mutock smiled. "I have a better idea. Lets duel for it, what do you say? If you win I'll gladly hand the tapes over to you, but if not...." Mr. Mutock smiled. "Well, lets not worry about that right now huh? Lets just focus on having a fun duel." Mr. Mutock beckoned to Soutou. "Come with me then, and we'll get this duel of ours started."
After a short car ride, Soutou, Mr. Mutock, and Chima arrived at Mr. Mutock's house. "The duel field's in the back yard." He said as he walked to the large gate on the left side of the house and opened it. Soutou hesitated. "Well then? Are you coming or not?" This is bad. Soutou thought to himself. He continued to hesitate, even as Mr. Mutock beconed to him. I don't know for sure that he has anything against me. For all I know he could be bluffing out his ass. Soutou gulped and started walking forward. But still, one duel can't hurt.... And at the first sign of something wrong I'll high-tail it out of here. I'm not taking any chances. As Soutou stepped into the backyard, the first thing to catch his eye was the large duel platform sitting in the center of the yard.
The outer parts of the field were made of solid marble, while the playing field itself was a clear-blue color. Soutou was so entranced by its beauty that he walked, as though in a dream, to one end of it. He pulled himself onto the player's platform and marveled at how well constructed it was. Mr. Mutock smiled "Its great, isn't it?" Soutou snapped out of his trance and looked over at Mr. Mutock. "I had it built about 20 years ago. It cost me a good sum of money, more then it would have if I had one built today. But it was worth the money I think." Mr. Mutock began walking to the player's platform across from Soutou.
"Chima! Fetch my duel disk please! And I'll take deck #40 aswell!" Soutou watched as Chima walked onto the back porch and entered the house. She returned a few minutes later with a duel disk and a deck. Soutou almost burst out laughing at the sight of the duel disk. Most of it was made of wood, save for the monster zones and the armband. The life point counter was a clock, which currently had both the hour hand and the minute hand pointing at the 12. The wood looked as though it were some 50 years old, and the clock appeared the same. But still, Mr. Mutock looked at it as though it were made of pure gold. "Ah, thank you m'dear." He said as he took the duel disk and put it on. "Well, Soutou-kun? You do have your duel disk, correct?" Soutou nodded. He opened up his briefcase and pulled out his duel disk. The main body of it was orange, and the metal around the monster slots was orange aswell. The life point counter was a purple gem, and black metal surrounded the purple gem.
The monster slots were black, and two large chunks of black metal sat at the end of the card wing of the duel disk. "Let's start this already." Soutou said as he activated his duel disk. His duel disk flared to life, and his life point counter went up to 4000. Soutou drew his opening hand of 5 cards. "Now, who's going to g-" Soutou stopped mid sentence when he looked at Mr. Mutock. He was twisting a metal crank on the back of his duel disk as fast as he could. "Wha-what the hell!? Is that thing so old that it doesn't even have its own batteries!?" Mr. Mutock laughed. "Oh no, it has batteries all right! It just needs a few turns of the crank to get it powered up is all. This was made before those fancy on-and off switches. Soutou, amazed and annoyed at the same time with the old man's duel disk, drew a sixth card. "While your doing that, Im going to go first. Draw! I'll begin with Ally of Justice - Galadholg in attack position!
Then I'll play a continuous spell, Light Law - Equality." Soutou slammed a card into his spell and trap zone. "As long as this continuos spell is face up on the field, all monsters on the field and in the graveyard will be treated as light attribute monsters! Then after one facedown card I'll end my turn." Mr. Mutock was still turning the lever on his duel disk when Soutou ended. After one more turn he let go of the lever, which immediately started spinning backward. As it spun the duel disk started to make loud clanking noises. The hands on the clock also started to turn. Finally when the crank stopped and the hour hand pointed to the 8 and the minutes hand pointed to the 12 the duel disk activated. "Ah, there we go." Mr. Mutock said. He drew 5 cards from the top of his deck, and then a sixth after surveying the other 5. "Hmmmm. I'll summon Turbine Genex in attack position!"
"Turbine Genex's effect will increase all Genex monsters, including itself's attack by 400." The green machine started to glow as it's attack raised to 1800. 'Now Turbine Genex, attack Ally of Justice - Galadholg!"
Soutou shook his head. "That wont work. Ally of Justice - Galadholg, counterattack! Darkness Booster!" The orange machine's feet and arms started spitting out black energy as it rocketed forward, its attack climbing to 1800. It collided with Turbine Genex and they both exploded.
"You should have paid more attention Mr. Mutock. Light Law - Equality makes Genex Turbine a light monster, and Galadholg's effect gives him 200 more attack points when he battles a light monster." Mr. Mutock looked at Light Law- Equality and squinted. "Hmmmmm. So that's what that card does? In my old age my vision is starting to go, and its so dark out here that its hard to read." Soutou shook his head in disbelief. "That's too bad for you. If you didn't know the card's effect you could've asked me. I'm not taking anything back because you can't see." Mr. Mutock laughed. "Of coarse I don't want a redo! It was entirely my fault! Ahahahaahaha!" Mr. Mutock stopped laughing. "I was just testing you. It seems that you don't take pity on people for their circumstances, eh? Everyone has to play by the rules. And if you don't, its not fair." Soutou's eyes widened upon hearing this.
"Finish your turn already Mr. Mutock." He said angrily. "Of coarse, of coarse. I think I'll play two facedown cards and end my turn."
"My turn, draw!" I'll summon Ally of Justice - Thousand Arms in attack position! Ally of Justice - Thousand Arms, Direct attack! Thousand Arms Punishment!"
As the black machine leapt into the air, ready to swing all its arms in unison, a trap depicting a very futuristic assembly line revealed itself. "Reverse card open! New Generation Production! By discarding 1 Genex monster from my hand to the grave, I can special summon a number of "Generation Tokens" to my field in defense position equal to the level of the discarded monster."
I'll discard Genex Blast, a level 4 Genex monster to summon 4 tokens." Mr. Mutock said as 4 metal blocks popped out of the trap onto the field. "A good defense, but Light Law - Equality will make them all light monsters, and Thousand Arms can attack all Light monsters on your side of the field! Go, Thousand Arms! One Thousand Punisher!" All 4 tokens were destroyed by one of the many weapons the machine was carrying. "I'll end my turn there."
"Draw! I activate my set card, Cry of the Living Dead! This card will allow me to special summon Genex Blast from my graveyard.
The giant fan descended onto the field and immediately started blasting wind at Mr. Mutock. "With Genex Blast's effect, I can take 1 dark genex monster from my deck and place it in my hand." The strong winds knocked a card out of Mr. Mutock's deck, which he quickly snatched and added to his hand. "I'll add Genex Controller into my hand. I'll continue with my turn by summoning him to the field."
"I'll continue by activating my quick-play spell, Element Gyrator. With this card I can add a Genex monster into my hand from my deck when I successfully summon a Genex Controller. So now I'll add Genex Gaia into my hand." Mr. Mutock said as his duel disk spat out a card into his hand." He's probably going to summon Genex Gaia with a card effect and try and synchro summon Geo Genex. But, because Geo Genex requires a earth-type Genex monster, and Light Law - Equality makes all monsters on the field and in the grave light-type monsters, he wont be able to summon it. "I see that you plan on synchro summoning something strong enough to take out Thousand Arms. Its too bad that your using a Genex deck, otherwise you might be able to summon something. But as long as I have Light Law - Equality on the field you wont be able to synchro summon any of your monsters." Soutou smirked. "Too bad, huh?"
Mr. Mutock smiled back at Soutou "I appreciate the concern, but I've already worked something out for that. I play the spell, Double Summon! With this card I can normal summon once more this turn. I believe I'll summon the Genex Gaia I just added to my hand in defense positon." "And what do you plan on using to perform a synchro summon Mr. Mutock?" Soutou asked. "I think this card should do nicely. I play the equip spell known as Scroll of Illusions."
Soutou gasped. "Shit, that means-" "That's right. By equipping Genex Gaia with this card, I can change him into an earth attribute monster. Now, I'll tune Genex Controller with Gaia Genex." The yellow machine and half-rock half machine jumped into the air. Genex Controller split into three orbs of light and 3 rings that started circling Gaia Genex. As Gaia Genex passed through the 3 rings he started to fade until nothing was left of him except for his outline. Suddenly a beam of light shot through the three rings and Gaia Genex. When the light disappeared, a blocky, brown machine with mud oozing out of it. "Synchro Summon, Geo Genex! I'll use Geo Genex's effect! Since I have Blast Genex on my field, I can switch his original attack and defense strengths until the end phase." The massive machine started to de-assemble and re-assemble itself like a rubix cube until it had a giant cannon for one of its arms.(Attack: 2800 Defense: 1800)Soutou was starting to sweat. This is gonna hurt. "Geo Genex, attack his Ally of Justice - Thousand Arms! Mud-Burst cannon!" The cannon swelled to double its size before it let loose a jet stream of mud at Thousand Arms. The Ally of Justice didn't last a second before it was destroyed.
Mr. Mutock's life points: 4000
Soutou's life points: 2900
"Now Blast Genex, direct attack!" The fan began spinning and generated a powerful cyclone of wind, which it direct at Soutou. He dug his feet into the ground and crossed his arms in front of his face to brace himself from the attack.
Mr. Mutock's life points : 4000
Soutou's life points: 1300
"Trap card, activate! The Balances of Justice!" A large golden scale appeared onto the field. One one side the number 1600 rested, and it was clearly heavier then the empty dish opposite it. "With this card, I can special summon an Ally of Justice from my deck with equal or less attack then the amount I took. I'll summon Ally of Justice - Cyclone Creator to the field in attack positon!
An orange bird landed on the opossite side of the 1600, but it still wasn't balanced. A card flew off the top of Mr. Mutock's deck and joined the bird, causing it to balance out with the 1600. The card then flew back to Mr. Mutock. He examined it before declaring "I end my turn."
"My turn, draw!" Soutou pulled a card off the top of his deck, setting him at a grand total of 5 cards. "I summon Ally Bomb to the field in attack position! Tuning!" Soutou declared with a huge grin. "As darkness engulfs everything, the world cries out for justice! Become the one to answer that call! Synchro Summon, Ally of Justice - Catastor!
Now it's the beginning of the end. Nobody can escape the justice that Catastor enforces." Mr. Mutock started clapping. "Wonderful, just wonderful! That was a very good move Soutou-kun." "Lets see if your still enjoying it after I attack. Ally of Justice - Catastor, attack Geo Genex! Dark Catastrophy!" Catastor began charging a ball of dark energy in front of its single eye when suddenly it stopped. "Now Catastor's effect activates! When he battles a non-dark monster, that monster is immediately destroyed without calculating damage! Dark Justice!" Instead of firing the orb of energy Catastor instead spat out a dark cloud from its eye, which surrounded Geo Genex and destroyed him. "Then'll activate my quick-play spell, Release Fee!"
"When I destroy a monster, I can special summon it to your side of the field. Of coarse, there's a cost. The highest stat of that monster is then inflicted as direct damage to your life points." Mr. Mutock dropped to a knee as a red aura surrounded him, decreasing his life points. At the same time, Geo Genex reappeared on the field, this time in his blocky form (Def: 2800)
Mr. Mutock's life points: 1200
Soutou's life points: 1300
Now I'll play another quick-play spell, Criminal's Accomplice! Now a monster on my side of the field that destroyed one of your monsters can attack once more, as long as its target is another monster! Go, Catastor! Attack Geo Genex again! Dark Justice!" The dark cloud enveloped Geo Genex once more, destroying it instantly. Mr. Mutock shielded himself from the explosion caused by its destruction. "I'll place two cards facedown. Turn end."
Mr. Mutock pulled a card off the top of his deck. "Your cards speak very strongly of how you see the world Soutou-kun. You don't let any form of injustice slip past you, enforcing what some people call "dark justice" or, "justice at all costs. Its very admirable of you. But most people who believe in such things lose themselves along the way, and forget about things such as compassion, and aspiration, and confidence. Soutou-kun, you walk a dangerous road." "Everyone has different beliefs Mr. Mutock, and everyone has their reasons for believing in such things. But the only fair belief is in justice. Anything else is just opinions, none of it is right or wrong. Justice, is where fairness and factualness lies. Justice is the only thing that is right in this dark world of ours."
Mr. Mutock shook his head. "So young, so naïve. You believe that what you believe is so right that you fail to see just how wrong it is." Soutou shot Mr. Mutock a grim look. "Tell me then, Mr. Mutock. What is right? What is fair?" Mr. Mutock smiled. "Why that's an easy one m'boy. Nothing is. Nothing is every totally right, or totally wrong, or totally fair. Nothing is perfect, and it never will be. Sometimes people spend their whole life focused on perfection, or persuading others to believe in what they believe. But really all we can do is brush aside those things that we cant control, and take on the things that we can control. Anything else is just a waste of time. Time, that could be spent being happy."
"Is that what you believe?" Soutou asked Mr. Mutock coldly, with a hint of malice in his voice. "It is." Mr. Mutock replied warmly.
"You can live your way, but I can be happy in such an unjust world! I CAN make things perfect, I WILL make things perfect! Its my goal to fill this world with justice! Fairness! Righteousness! And if I have to resort to brutality and unforgivingness to achieve that world, then I'll do it." Mr. Mutock made a clicking noise with his tongue. "Tsk. Tsk. Such a rash generation we have in this day and age. Soutou-kun, I hope you learn something from this duel. I play the spell card, Genex Power Core! This will allow me to remove a Genex synchro monster in my graveyard from the game to draw equal to its level divided by 2." The image of Geo Genex appeared on the field. From its center a brown ball of electricity emerged. It slowly moved towards Mr. Mutock's duel disk and pulled 3 cards toward it. Mr. Mutock grabbed the three cards and looked them over. "Powerful card." Soutou muttered. "Now I'll play Magnet Reverse!" Mr. Mutock yelled. "With this card I can special summon a machine type monster in my graveyard, so I'll special summon my Genex Controller back to the field! Then I'll play a continuous spell, Element Control!"
"This allows me to change the attribute of 1 face up monster on my field during either player's main phase." Soutou gritted his teeth. "Your going to synchro summon, arent you?" Mr. Mutock nodded. "I'm using Element Control to make Blast Genex into a wind-attribute monster. Now, I'll tune level 3 Genex Controller and level 4 Blast Genex, to synchro summon Windfarm Genex in attack position!"
Once again Genex Controller split into three orbs of light and three rings. Blast Genex passed through the three rings, and a huge green light shot through it. When the light disappeared the duel field was engulfed in strong winds. Behind Mr. Mutock stood a 10 foot tall Green Machine with a giant fan for its torso. "Windfarm Genex will gain 300 attack points for each set spell and trap card on the field. I'll place two cards face down, and combined with your two facedown cards Windfarm Genex will gain a total of 1200 attack points!"
The machine's fan began turning faster and faster until Soutou could barely hold his ground without getting blown away. "Now for Windfarm Genex's second effect! By discarding 1 card from my hand to the graveyard, I can destroy 1 spell or trap card on the field! The card I will be targeting is your Light Law- Equality spell!" Soutou watched as the Giant fan turned toward his spell. Once the strong winds hit the card image it shattered into thousands of pixels. Soutou pulled it out of his spell and trap card slot and put it in his graveyard. "But since you've already used the effect of Element Control this turn, you wont be able to attack Catastor without your monster being destroyed." Soutou concluded, confident that he would be surviving this turn.
Mr. Mutock chuckled. "Right you are m'boy, right you are. I'll end my turn at this point. And now due to the effect of Genex Power Core, I have to send my hand to the graveyard. However, since I have no cards in my hand my life points will have to be halved instead." The ball of electricity reappeared onto the field. It let out a small charge of lightning that shocked Mr. Mutock, halving his life points.
Mr. Mutock's life points: 600
Soutou's life points: 1300
"My turn, draw!" Soutou yelled as he drew a card from the top of his deck. "I'll start by activating my set card, Appeal!
With this card, I can special summon a monster with "Ally" in its name from the graveyard. That means that Ally Bomb will return to the field!" The black and purple orb returned to the field, and let out a pulse of purple energy at Soutou. He withstood the blast as though it were nothing, even as his life points dropped. "However, I have to take that monster's attack as damage to my lifepoints."
Mr. Mutock's life points: 600
Soutou's life points: 900
"I'll continue my turn by summoning Ally of Justice - Light Reflector in attack position!" "Ahhhh, I see. Since Catastor can't beat Windfarm Genex due to my Element Control spell, you plan on using Catastor to summon something stronger." Mr. Mutock said. "You've got it. Tuning!" Catastor and Ally Bomb rose into the air, one above the other as Light Reflector turned into a single orb of light and a single ring. "As darkness engulfs everything, the world cries out for justice! Become the one to answer that call! Synchro Summon, Ally of Justice - Light Gazer!"
"Now for Ally of Justice - Light Reflector's effect! When its used for the synchro summon of an Ally of Justice monster, I can remove it from the graveyard to make all monsters on the field and in our graveyards light attribute monsters." Soutou explained as the mechanical cube rose from his graveyard and floated into the sky. Ally of Justice - Light Gazer's floating ring began pointing all of it's lights at the cube. The mirrors on each of it's sides began reflecting light all over the field, engulfing everything in light. "And as you know, Light Gazer gains 200 attack for each Light monster in your graveyard." Light began pouring out of Mr. Mutock's graveyard towards Light Gazer. The light began flying inside of the mechanical monster until the light's shining out of it began getting brighter and brighter (Atk: 3200).
"And now with only 1 card facedown on my field, your Windfarm Genex drops down to 2900 attack!" Mr. Mutock calmly watched as the fan on Windfarm Genex's chest began slowing down (Atk: 2900). Soutou smiled "it's the end, Mr. Mutock. Ally of Justice - Light Gazer, direct attack! Light Burst Cannon!" The cannons on Light Gazer's arms began sucking in light, and suddenly the rest of the light in the machine began to get sucked into the cannons. For a few seconds the entire backyard went dark. Then, everything began to shine 100 times brighter as Light Gazer let off a massive blast of light at Windfarm Genex. "Reverse card open! Drain Shield!" Mr. Mutock called. "This card will allow me to negate your attack and gain life points equal to the attacking monster's attack." Soutou grinned. "Not so fast, Mr. Mutock! I activate my facedown card, Refute!"
"With this card, your Drain Shield is negated, and I can add a trap from my deck to my hand. I'll take Sand Tornado from my deck and add it into my hand! And now that 2 more facedowns have dissapeard, Windfarm Genex drops down 600 points! (Atk: 2300)" Soutou grabbed the card his deck spit out and watched happily as the giant blast of light collided with Windfarm Genex. "Its my win." He said, clenching his fist. But when the light died down Mr. Mutock still had his 600 life points, and in Windfarm Genex's place was Genex Controller. "What? How did you-" Mr. Mutock chuckled. "Simple m'boy. I used my facedown card, Material's Mind. It returned my Windfarm Genex into my extra deck, and special summoned Genex Controller and Blast Genex to the field. Then it forced Blast Genex to recieve your attack."
"Even still, you've only got a facedown card and nothing on hand! And now with Genex Blast in the graveyard Light Gazer gains another 200 attack! (Atk: 3400) I'd like to see what you have planned to beat me, Mr. Mutock! I play one card facedown and end my turn!" With Sand Tornado, I can finally get rid of that annoying Element Control to stop him from synchro summoning anything else to the field. If he cant synchro summon, he wont be able to summon anything stronger then Light Gazer, and I'll win!
"My turn, draw." Mr. Mutock said calmly. I'll summon Genex Heat in attack position."
"It's been a fun duel, Soutou-Kun. But I'm afraid it ends here." Mr. Mutock said sadly. "Don't get ahead of yourself Mr. Mutock! This is just the beginning of the end! I activate my set card, Sand Tornado!"
"Now I'll destroy your Element Control!" From the trap a small twister sprung, and spiraled towards Element Control. Mr. Mutock didn't seem the least bit phased when he placed it in his graveyard. "There's something that I wanted to show you through this duel Soutou-kun." Soutou hesitated for a minute, weighing whether it was safe or not to respond. "And what is that, Mr. Mutock?" He asked with a hint of malice. "You want to change the world so badly, and make it a fair place. But sometimes we cant change other people. Sometimes if we want to change things, we have to make that change in ourselves. To better ourselves, to become stronger and smarter. And then through bettering ourselves, we can find the strength to take on the people who we can't seem to help."
"Take a look at Genex Controller." Mr. Mutock pointed to the yellow machine, causing it to look up from its balled up defense position. "He can become so many different things. He can better himself to take on challenges that he cant take on by himself. He can join with others to accomplish his goals. He shows us, that if you want to change things, you need two things. To change yourself, and have a group of people beside you to help you change things. Soutou-kun, if you want to change the world you need to start by changing yourself. And I can help you do that. The people that you will meet in the time to come, can help you do that. I promise you that if you join forces with me you will make the world, a more righteous place." Soutou pondered what he had just heard for a minute. "A good speech, but incase you've forgotten, Genex Controller can't tune with Genex Heat due to the effect of Light Reflector. Sometimes there are things that stop us from changing, that force us to resort to changing others." Soutou pushed his glasses up and shrugged his shoulders.
"How can you change yourself when everything around you is preventing you from doing so? You have to adapt to the circumstances of life, Mr. Mutock. It's not as simple as changing yourself to be however you want to be." Mr. Mutock grinned warmly at Soutou. "That's why we have friends. I activate the effect of Element Change! On the turn that its destroyed, I can declare an attribute. Until the end of this turn, all monsters on my field and in my graveyard are treated as the selected attribute. I'll chose Fire!" Soutou's eyes widened. "That means-" Mr. Mutock nodded. "Correct, Soutou-kun! It means that now I can summon a very powerful synchro monster. Tuning!" Genex Controller split for the third time during the duel and enveloped Genex Heat. This time, the green blast of light that shone down was much stronger then the other two. The light disappeared, revealing a giant Blue machine. It looked like a tank, with a giant cannon on its front side and a small mechanical head sitting at its center. "Synchro Summon, Thermal Genex!"
"And because all of my monsters are now of the fire attribute, your Light Gazer loses its power." Mr. Mutock explained. Soutou looked up in shock as the light began leaving light Gazer (Atk:2400). Meanwhile, Thermal Genex began pumping out more blasts of steam as it's attack rose (Atk: 3400). "Now, Thermal Genex! Attack Ally of Justice - Light Gazer! Thermal Burn!" The tank let out a blast of heat from it's cannon that enveloped Soutou and Light Gazer both.
Mr. Mutock's life points: 600
Soutou's life points: 0
Mr. Mutock hopped off of his platform and walked over to Soutou, who was now laying down in the grass behind his duel tower. "I lost." He said very bluntly. Mr. Mutock laughed. "Well, we win some and we lose some! Still, it was a good duel Soutou-kun. I enjoyed playing against you." Soutou simply nodded. They both sat in silence for a few minutes until Mr. Mutock spoke. 'Did you learn anything from our duel?" He asked hesitantly. Soutou gave a slight nod. "I did, but too little too late. It's over, Mr. Mutock. I'm going to jail, probably for the rest of my natural life. And whether you've got evidence against me or not isn't going to change that fact. It's the end." Mr. Mutock slowly lowered himself next to Soutou and put a hand on his shoulder. "No m'boy, its not. Things are just beginning to end. We have a long ways to go in achieving our goals." Mr. Mutock gasped. "Oh! I'm sorry, here I am talking about us as though we were on the same team. Your not interested, so-"
"Wait!" Soutou cut Mr. Mutock off. "I've given it some thought, and I've changed my mind. I'm in, I want to take out the U9." Mr. Mutock burst out laughing. "Very good, very good m'boy! Now, let's get inside, shall we? You can stay here for the night, we have more then enough room. Lets get inside and get to bed, we have a long journey ahead of us tomorrow!" Soutou pulled himself to his feet. "To where?" He asked as Mr. Mutock lead him inside. "Where? Why were going to Spain tomorrow."
This chapter's custom cards: Battlefield Mine Becoming a Legend One-on-One Battle Massive Tidal Wave Armor of the gods Light Law - Equality New Generation Production Element Gyrator The Balances of Justice Refute
[Normal Trap]
Send 5 Warrior-type monsters from your deck to your graveyard.
[Normal Spell]
Tribute Warrior type monsters on your side of the field whos total levels equal 8. Special summon 1 "Gilford the Legend" from your hand or deck, ignoring summoning conditions
[Normal Spell Card]
Your opponent draws 2 cards. Your opponent cannot activate set spell and trap cards until your turn.
[Normal Trap]
This card can only be activated when it is in the graveyard and your opponent declares an attack. Negate that attack and end the battle phase. If you have no monsters on the field at the end of the turn in which you activated this card, special summon 2 "Urchin tokens" (Water/Level 1/Attack 100/Defense 100/When these monsters are used for the tribute summon of a water monster, you can halve the attack of the summoned monster to special summon 2 water monsters from your deck with equal or less attack then the summoned monster) to your side of the field in attack position.
[Continuous Trap]
This card can only be activated during your opponent's draw phase. Select 1 Warrior type monster on your side of the field. The selected monster cannot be removed from the field by card effects. During each of your opponents draw phases, you can select whether or not to allow them to draw 1 more card in addition to their normal draw. If you select not to let them draw an additional card, this card is destroyed.
[Continuous Magic]
As long as this card remains face up on the field, all monsters on the field and in the graveyard are treated as being light-type monsters.
[Normal Trap]
Activate this card only when your opponent declares an attack. Discard 1 "Genex" monster from your hand to the graveyard to special summon a number of '"Generation Token(s)"(Attribute:?/Subtype: ?/Atk: 500/Def:500/This token cannot be used for a tribute or synchro summon) With the same attribute and subtype as the discarded monster to your side of the field.
[Quick-Play Spell]
When you successfully normal summon a "Genex Controller", you may activate this card. You can select 1 Genex monster from your deck and add it to your hand.
When you take damage from a direct attack, you can special summon 1 monster with "Ally of Justice" from your deck to the field with equal or less attack then the amount of battle damage you took from that attack. When you use this effect, your opponent draws 1 card.Release Fee
[Quick-Play Spell]
When you destroy an opponents monster, you may activate this card. Special summon that monster to your opponents side of the field and inflict damage to their life points equal to that monsters attack or original defense.Criminal's Accomplice
[Quick-Play Spell]
When you destroy an opponents monster, you can activate this card. If your opponent has another face up monster on their side of the field, the monster which destroyed an opponents monster can attack that monster.Genex Power Core
[Normal Spell Card]
Remove 1 Genex Synchro Monster in your graveyard from the game. Draw cards from your deck equal to the level of the removed monster divided by 2. At the end of your turn, send your entire hand to the graveyard. If you have no cards in your hand at the end of your turn, halve your life points.Element Control
[Continuous Spell]
During you or your opponents main phase, you can change the attribute of 1 face up monster on the field. When this card is destroyed, you can select 1 attribute. All monsters on your side of the field and in your graveyard are treated as the selected attribute until the end phase of the turn. Appeal
[Continuous Trap]
Special Summon 1 monster with "Ally" in its name from your graveyard, You then take damage equal to that monsters original attackAlly of Justice - Light Reflector Dark/Level 1
[Machine/Tuner/Effect]
When this monster is used for the synchro summon of an "Ally of Justice" monster, you can remove this monster in the graveyard from the game to make all monsters on the field and in the graveyard light attribute monsters until your next standbye phase. Monsters that are special summoned are not affected by this effect.
ATK/ 100 DEF/1700
You can only activate this card when you declare an attack and your opponent activates a trap card that includes the effects of negating that attack or removing the attacking monster from the field. Negate that card, and add 1 trap card from your deck to your handMaterial's Mind
[Normal Trap]
When your opponent attacks a synchro monster on your side of the field, you can activate this card. Return that synchro monster to the extra deck, and special summon the tuner monster and synchro material monster(s). Your opponents monster then attacks the non-tuner monster (if you special summoned more then 1 non-tuner monsters, you may select which non-tuner your opponents monster will attack).