Hello Guys! This is my first fanfic, so go easy on me okay? It is a Yu-Gi-Oh 5Ds story entitled "Hero's Call". This revolves around the life of Konami Yamu, the typical duelist next door, that seems to unconsciously and unremittingly pull a following 'Danger' by the leash. As his future becomes more unclear as it upholds, can Konami take on these growling hounds with the willing help of Yusei and friends, without repeating the same tragedy long ago?
Flames not allowed, but constructive criticism is.
Disclaimer: Do not own Yu-Gi-Oh!. Although, if I did, then I would die a joyful death :D
Arc 01
Chapter 01
What a Beautiful Day
Konami sighed, his eyes lazily locked onto the set of neatly stacked cards in front of him. He lowered his upper lids a bit. How long has it been? Days? Weeks? Months? Years!? He didn't know. Though it felt like only yesterday that he had been forced to live through and endure such misery and tragedy. Did it revolve around him? Did it revolve around his deck? He didn't know. He didn't care that much either. He could only wish that it had never happened. He could only hope that it would never happen again. He had moved a few days prior from now, sitting alone in the new silent apartment of his, nothing to listen to but the constant ticking of the room's clock. It was behind him after all, every single moment.
He glanced up toward the round clock on the wall.
1:12PM
He sighed. Well, he couldn't just sit here forever. He had to have his daily sunlight eventually. Besides, he could take this time to check on the town's card shop for some new additions to his roster. Not that he needed it. It was just one of his hobbies. Standing up, he grabbed his deck and trademark red jacket and made to leave.
-5Ds-
The typical clinging bell near the top of the entrance went off once Konami stepped into the peaceful, and almost deserted card shop. He could only spot a few wanderers and, of course, the store clerk. Deciding to take a tour around the many shelves of cards they had, Konami searched around for an unspecified spark that would catch his eye.
Konami didn't value any card more than the next, with the exception of the ones that were close to his heart- which were his current ace and few others- since he knew every card was unique in it's own way. That being said, one of the reasons that chained Konami from the fact that he would 'take em all' without question was his obvious insufficient amount of DP... and maybe to let others have a crack as well. Still, Konami would try to make room for the less than fortunate booster packs that seemed to grow spider webs and long strands of beards in the lonely corners of some stores. To Konami, each card deserved an owner that would use them without question, and not deserved a cold and lonely shelf to rest on. That wasn't their purpose, after all. But like many things in life, they were judged, just like how he had been during THAT time.
Konami sighed at the reminder, and took a few unwanted card packs and a reasonably 'better' one, just before spotting something strange. In the corner of his eye was a suspicious looking person with dark clothing covering themselves. Though their hoody hid their identity, Konami had easily snatched a glance at her somewhat messy expression. But that wasn't the thing that had caught the teen's attention. What really had him was the fact that the young woman was slipping card packs in her pockets almost unnoticeably.
Judging her posture, it was obvious she was planning to make a break with them. The strange thing was that she was doing a terrible job at compensating it. Not covering the obvious swipes with movements less suspicious. Not looking out for anyone who might be watching her every move. Not even spotting the obvious spy cam recording her like a hawk. Konami pitied her, sighing with a shake of his head. Even if Konami had the audacity to not turn the hooligan in for some reason, she would still become a wanted criminal due to the security measures, if she weren't already.
Heading for the counter, Konami had found himself next to another customer, a young teen like him with black crab-shaped hair and golden streaks. His blue set of clothing seemed to catch the boy's interest, taking a liking to his sense of style. The person of interest was currently purchasing some booster packs that seemed inbetween the lines of cheap and expensive. Though, Konami wasn't going to judge. For some weird reason, he felt like he had already seen the young man. He could even say that he had met him before, considering how familiar the customer felt to Konami. Not to mention the fact that the black haired teen seemed to radiate a somewhat strong aura of redness around him. Was it just Konami's imagination? Probably. Or maybe...
"That'll be 800DP, sir." the clerk spoke, who was a tanned man, chubby with a darker line of thick lips.
The customer had already seem to be searching for a valid amount through his pockets, dropping several hundreds on the wooden divider.
Konami found himself catching a glimpse of the top pack's front cover. It appeared to be an image of 'Tuner Capture'.
A small smile crawled on his face.
"A Tuner User, I assume?" Konami found himself saying, catching the boy's attention. Turning his head around, the customer took in the unfamiliar presence of Konami, and instinctively replied to the question.
"Urm, yeah. Just expanding my deck's capabilities."
"That's good." Konami smiled, "I enjoy deck building too. Though it is getting to a point where I should start from scratch."
"Sounds like you aren't having much luck in the winning lane?"
"Hm? Oh no, not at all. I meant that the cards I seem to end up with should probably be best built separately instead of being used to strengthen my deck."
"Oh. I know how that must feel." he smiled.
Konami smiled back. "Name's Konami. Nice t' meet'chya." he extended a hand, prompting the teen beside him to take it.
"Yusei, and same here." he answered, breaking the grip.
"Thank you very much, Yusei." the clerk used the recent name he had heard; making himself known again.
"Oh, sorry." Yusei apologized, grabbing he's rightful ownership and made to leave. "Well, see ya around, Konami."
"You too." Konami waved with a smile, watching his first acquaintance since arriving in New Domino leave with a cling.
"Hey." Konami took the time to greet the store owner as he placed a few hundreds and the chosen packs on the counter.
"Hey there. I noticed that I never seen the two of you around before. Tourists?" The chubby man raised a brow, executing the exchange process.
"Nah. Just moved here from Tropica City. Though, I can't really speak for Yusei."
"I see. Though, the mark on his face means that he had a run-in with Sector Security."
"Mark?" Konami asked curiously, almost asking the Sector Security phrase as well until he realized they were the officers of the city.
"You know, the criminal mark?" He then gestured to his left cheek, "the yellow streak that runs down his face. It means that he has been convicted as a criminal. For what reason, I do not know."
Konami seemed to ponder about this. Yes, about the fact that he barely remember seeing a mark on the man's face, but more importantly, surprised to find out that criminals are being marked like elephants in a crowded room. It seemed like a reasonable safety precaution to put more attention on the people who had been seen guilty before, but does not seem legitimate. I mean, criminal or not, noone deserves to be literally scarred with a fancy tattoo, it's not right.
Still, Yusei seemed like an okay guy. He seemed approachable at least, so he didn't look like someone who would kill and steal, right?
Speaking of stealing, Konami reminded himself as he placed an extra amount of DP on the counter, surprising the clerk.
Before he could ask the reason for the dilemma, the brunette teen waved him off. "Don't worry. Just paying for my cousin over there." he half lied, pointing at the scurrying girl who left just then. "She sometimes forgets to pay, so I'm paying for her."
The man behind the desk seemed to find the situation suspicious, but shrugged it off after awhile. "Whatever."
-5Ds-
Wandering aimlessly, Konami found himself in the area of Tops, which he recalled was one of the bases that really brought out the rich texture of Konami's current home city. He idly walked on, minding his own business, taking in the beauty the area had to offer when suddenly he bumped into something bulky that almost made the boy lose his balance. "What the?" He glanced up in confusion, staring at some guys in black. Even with the dark shades, Konami could tell the two approaching figures were giving him two ferociously deadly glares.
"Excuse me? What is a lowlife like yourself doing around these parts?"
"Lowlife?" Konami's eyebrows narrowed a bit at the name.
"Of course. Have you forgotten your kind's place in this world?" The other one asked triumphantly.
"My kind?" Konami's glare seemed to strengthen at this point. But before anything else could have happen, a voice called from behind the pair, prompting them to move aside for a tall, beautiful black haired woman in a fancy white robe to approach the degraded teen.
For a minute there, Konami could have sworn the woman had a shocked expression written on her face before she quickly regained her posture with a warm smile. "Sorry for the intrusion, but are you okay?" Her elegant voice rang through Konami's ears, as if she was singing a lovely song.
Konami straightened himself for a moment before answering. "Yeah. Just a little upset on how they had treated me that's all."
"Oh." she said, turning toward her bodyguards. "What have I told you about treating others like that?"
"B-But Misty-sama-"
Misty raised her hand to stop the oncoming excuse, before turning back to Konami with a kind smile. "Sorry, but they were told to protect me during my stay at New Domino City. I apologize for any negative behavior they might have conflicted upon you."
"That's okay, they were just doing their job... I think...?" Konami questioned himself, but shook it off. "Anyway, I guess it was my fault for not looking where I was going in the first place."
"That may be so, but that doesn't give them the right to degrade you like that. Please, allow me to make it up to you by taking you out for lunch."
"WH-WHAT WHAT WHAT?!" The two guards nearly had a heart attack at the revelation. Konami seemed surprised by this as well, since they just met.
"That... wouldn't be necessary." Konami sweatdropped.
"Oh but it is for me. As an example for the public, I should show my apology through actions, no?"
'Still, this seems too extreme!' The boy thought nervously.
"B-B-But Misty-sama, is this really appropriate? I mean, you don't even know him. For all we know he could be a spy or someone who has a grudge on you!"
"Do not worry. I have a feeling he is a very kind person at heart."
"That isn't very reassuring!"
"Personality aside," Konami spoke up, "You shouldn't be going around asking strangers out. It's not right. Maybe if we get to know each other first. Sorry."
"Hmm." Misty thought for a second before replying, "You're a very interesting person. What's your name?"
"Konami. And yours?"
"W-Wait!? You seriously don't know the famous actress Misty-sama?!" The two bodyguards scowled in disbelief, with Konami shrugging dumbfoundedly. Misty seemed to be a bit surprised, but smiled nonetheless.
"Interesting indeed." she said softly, "I am Misty Tredwell, as my guards had implied before. We should get together sometime, Konami-kun."
"I would like that." he said back, the two behind the gorgeous actress still in comical disbelief.
-5Ds-
"Oh, lookie what we've got here!"
Konami couldn't help but overhear the loud and smug tone of voice- located in a group of sort- along with almost everyone else that was nearby. Against his judgment, the raven-haired teen turned toward the commotion, spotting a certain someone clad in a familiar hoody jacket surrounded by a bunch of stereotypically dressed street duelists. They all seemed to be huddling up around the lone wolf, who didn't seem intimidated that much, obviously trying their best to hide it under the outer layer of confidence.
"Can it, jerk! You of all people should know exactly why I came here!" The female crook said sourly, clutching her fists tighter as she stared down her foe.
"Oh, do I fellas?" The supposed leader turned to his gang for clarification, receiving smirking shrugs from them all.
"You took what was rightfully mine!" The hoody shoplifter growled impatiently, not in the mood for any of the man's games.
"And what may I ask is that?" He raised a brow playfully.
"My card!" She snapped.
"Your card?" He placed a finger on his chin in thought, "You mean this card?"
As he revealed a purple framed Duel Monster Card from his jacket's pocket, the girl tried to swiftly snatch it out of his possession, but was denied the chance when he pulled back cheekily.
"Ha ah ah!" he wagged his finger, "This isn't yours anymore."
"But you stole it from me!"
"Which you deserved" he said, narrowing his eyes with a smirk as he placed the card away. "You think life is fair? Well it isn't. Just look at yourself for an example. You have nothing to live for. Why don't you just go kill yourself and get it over with, huh?" He questioned, folding his arms superiorly.
Grimacing, the girl lifted a stack of cards in her hand and showed it to the prideful man. "Then I challenge you to a duel! If you win, you can have this rare deck of mine. But if I win, you give me back my card!"
"Oh?" His eyes opened a bit in surprise, "I didn't know that you can even duel. So where's your Duel Disk then?" The dark cladded female stepped back in realization. The blonde man chuckled. "Really now? Can't even afford a measly duel disk? What a joke!" All and all, he didn't yet dismiss the challenge. "Henry, let this tincan use your duel disk so long so we can move on with our lives."
The man in question nodded in assurance as he detached his equipment from his arm and swiftly threw the device like a frisbee, the Pink-haired girl barely catching it against her chest as she fell on her back side from the force.
The guys laughed a bit at her ridiculously clumsy behavior as she stood up and inserted her stack of cards, then equipping it on her left arm.
The man chuckled. "I hope you play better than you smell." he said, activating his red duel disk.
The girl growled lowly at this, but decided to ignore him. Seconds later, the man noticed that she was delaying for some reason, staring aimlessly around her borrowed duel disk. "What's the matter? Don't tell me you don't even know how to activate the damn thing?"
"O-Of course I know, you jerk!" She grimaced darkly, a blush of embarrassment crawling on her cheeks. It took another couple of seconds before she found the button to initiate the power. God knows why the manufacturers had not labeled the damn thing. She nervously pressed it, taking in the digital sound it gave off as she saw her Life Points showing on screen.
"Duel!" The man said impatiently with her naïve nature.
-Duel-
Gangleader V Hoody Girl
-Duel-
"W-Wha?" She asked in surprise, not ready for the sudden launch to their current duel.
"Just play already!" He gestured with a groan, watching the girl nervously draw six cards. She stared at her starting hand, wondering how she had gotten herself into this mess in the first place. Granted, she had never played Duel Monsters before, and now that she had executed her possible demise with only the basic of knowledge of the popular trading card game, in hindsight, the female felt like this was a big mistake. But what else could she have done? Call Sector Security? Not with her criminal record she can.
She sighed, deciding to just do her best. Taking another quick glance at her cards in hand, she made to play one.
Turn One- Hoody Girl
"I-I summon Air Eater, in attack position." she placed the monster card on a zone before awaiting it's visual arrival. But nothing came out. "Wait, where is my monster? Did I play it wrong or something?" She panicked, receiving a burst of laughter from her foes. "H-Hey, what's so funny?!"
"You idiot!" Her opponent grimaced, "Air Eater is a Level Six monster!"
She looked down at the stars, counting 6. "Your point?"
"Oh god!" He slapped his forehead. "You have to first tribute a monster to bring it out!"
"Oh..." She said, feeling a bit foolish in asking that. Of course she knew, it must've just slipped past her since she never really played before. "Then I'll rather summon Anthrosaurus onto the field!" Finally, the virtual world seemed to listen to her this time as it generated pixel by pixel a red and purple humanoid dinosaur with a vicious expression.
Anthrosaurus (L3- EARTH- Dinosaur- A1000- D850)
"I guess I'll end my turn now." she said, looking through her hand. Most of her hand consisted of tribution monsters, which really lowered her protective means for her Anthrosaurus. The few spells she had were Normal Spells, which she can only presume can only be used during her turn only.
"Pathetic!" He commented, "let me so you how to really pull off an OTK!"
"OTK?" She questioned, receiving no answer as the man entered his Draw Phase.
Turn Two- Gangleader
"I'm activating a monster effect from my hand, and by doing so, I can special summon it to the field. Appear now, Gilasaurus!" Slapping the card on the device, an ancient Dinosaur with razor sharp fangs materialized itself with a sinister growl.
Gilasaurus (L3- EARTH- Dinosaur- A1400- D400)
"Due to it's effect, if it was special summoned this way, you are allowed to special summon one monster from your graveyard. Too bad there ain't even one monster you can call forth, huh?"
The girl grimaced.
"But don't worry, your Anthrosaurus will be the first and last to enter the realm of death soon enough. Before that happens, let me so you another one of my dinosaurs. Come forth, my Jurrac Monoloph!" What appeared before it's master was a flaming piece of a creature, it's body blue and eyes burning with maleficence.
Jurrac Monoloph (L3- FIRE- Dinosaur- A1500- D1200)
"But that's not all, cause I'm activating the spell card Double Summon! Just as it's name implies, this card allows me to normal summon an additional monster during this turn, which is exactly what I'll be doing. Appear now in attack position, Jurrac Iguanon!" For the second time, a monster rose from the flaming ashes, revealing it's multi-colored form which shone brightly from the fire it possessed.
Jurrac Iguanon (L4- FIRE- Dinosaur- A1700- D700)
"T-Three monsters already?!" The girl asked in disbelief as she stepped back a bit, her Anthrosaurus staring at the three less fiercely than when it stood alone on the battlefield prior to their arrival.
"Ha, you ain't seen nothin yet!" One of the blonde male's followers explained cockily.
"He's right." the girl's opponent smirked deviously. "It's time I show you how destructive I really can get! In case you haven't noticed, my Monoloph is a tuner monster."
"Tuner..." She whispered, knowing that she heard the word being used before in some of the duels she bypassed on a daily bases.
"That means I can bring out a Synchro Monster from my Extra Deck, by overlapping my level three Monoloph, level three Gilasaurus, and level four Iguanon, and combining their power into one!" As he spoke, the three virtual creatures vanished into thin air, leaving nothing but small bright lights in their place as they began to align with one another.
"As the Earth's core crumbles in fear, so does the many species that lives on it. Combine your bodies together to form the destructive terror that is the ultimate kamikaze. Appear now, Jurrac Meteor!" And so, as the words rang through their ears, so did the colossal rocky form of the new menace burn their eyes. With a loud roar, appeared the demise of Anthrosaurus.
Jurrac Meteor (L10- FIRE- Dinosaur- A2800- D2000)
"W-What in the hell is that thing?!" The girl asked, stumbling off balance and onto her behind in fear.
"Ah! Kazura's Jurrac Meteor. How beautiful." one of the leader's- who is known as Kazura- followers wiped an emotional tear away, dazzled by the monster before them.
"When my Jurrac Meteor is Synchro Summoned, it destroys everything on the field, including itself. So, go my Jurrac beast, destroy Anthrosaurus with your World Wide Destruction!" And with a steady descend, the two monsters collided, one screaming for mercy, and one exploding in delight.
As the field showed no sign of either monster after the smoke had cleared, Kazura's opponent seemed confused. "But why? You had two monsters more than me and now both of us have none."
"He heh heh." Kazura chuckled, "That's where you are wrong. Cause after Jurrac Meteor sacrifices itself, I get to special summon one Tuner monster from my graveyard. And since Monoloph is the only one to pull out, why don't we welcome it back?" He raised his hand, and within a pillar of flames stood Monoloph once more.
"All of that just for one direct attack? You could have had two?!"
"And I still do. Activate now, Monster Reborn!" He announced, "With this I can special summon one monster from either graveyard. And the obvious choice is, Jurrac Meteor!" The girl's eyes grew wide as once again, the huge flaming embodiment came into view. "And since Monster Reborn's effect doesn't count as a Synchro Summon, my monsters are safe from destruction."
"So that's what your plan was...!?"
"Of course. But I couldn't expect an idiot such as yourself to understand that, now can I?" The hoody female paid him no word, as she was too in shock to say anything.
"Finish her, my monsters, and wipe her Life Points clean!"
And so, with two devastating attacks, with one that sent her spiraling a few feet away on her stomach, the match was over.
-Life Points-
Hoody Girl- 0(-2500(E300))
Kazura- 4000
-Life Points-
-Duel-
Kazura(W) V Hoody Girl(L)
-Duel-
He grimaced, approaching the fallen girl who was surrounded by her scattered deck with apathy. "I gave you a place to live, put a roof over your head, gave you food, a bed, a shower, and this is how you repay me?" The girl started slowly moving to pick herself up pitifully. "You had a lot of nerve to show yourself to me again. But I guess I finally showed you your place, huh?" He smirked evilly. "Rare deck my ass. You know what? Keep your cards, and you can have this lousy fusion monster that you hold so dear to your heart for some damn reason as well. Regardless of the fact that I don't even have it's fusion materials, I wouldn't want this weak thing in my deck anyway. It's garbage, just like you." letting go of the card, he violently took off the strapped duel disk that she borrowed, turned and made to leave, allowing the monster to flutter down in front of her. Reaching out to grab it, she clutched onto it, and against her will, allowed tears of not joy, but depression to slide down her cheeks freely.
She sobbed alone on the cold, empty ground.
"Hey!" She heard someone called out, shooting her eyes open in surprise as they glanced behind them to identify the source.
It was Konami.
"Beating down pretty girls isn't appropriate, you know?"
"Oh?" He smiled, "and who are you suppose to be? Her boyfriend?"
"Hardly." Konami replied nonchalantly, "Just a guy who's destined to put scumbags like you in their place."
"Hey! Watch who you speakin to, kid!" A member of Kazura's gang warned upsettingly.
"Scumbags like me, you say?" Kazura turned to face the boy fully with narrowed brows. "Are you askin for a whippin, brat?"
"Sure, whatever you say. Just make sure to be ready to eat your words" Konami said, showing off his bright yellow duel disk, signaling his soon-to-be opponent.
"Oh," Kazura said, surprised, "you think you can handle the heat?"
"If I couldn't, then I wouldn't have stepped in your lame, cold kitchen, now would I?"
Kazura grimaced at this, along with his group. "Smart mouth, huh? Alright, let's see if you can back up your weak insults."
The two stared each other down, both pair of eyes fired up as they activated their duel disks.
"Duel!"
-Duel-
Konami V Kazura
-Duel-
"Since you the challenger, it's only right for me to go first. Draw!" Kazura exclaimed, drawing a sixth card and glancing at his hand.
Turn One- Kazura
"First things first, come forth, Element Saurus, in attack position!" He announced, slapping down a card to materialize the brown, bulky dinosaur with a sinister look in it's eyes.
Element Saurus (L4- DARK- Dinosaur- A1500- D1200)
"Next, I'll play two face-downs and end my turn."
Turn Two- Konami
"Good opening. But we'll see if it's good enough. Draw!" He added one more card to his arsenal. Konami took a quick observing glance before slamming one of his monster cards against his duel disk. "First I summon Fossil Tusker in attack mode!" Out came the amalgamation of bones formed into one gruesome monster, it's horns sharply ready for battle.
Fossil Tusker (L4- EARTH- Rock- A1800- D0)
"And with this, your Element Saurus is more extinct than my fossil monster. Now charge and strike with Tusk Attack!" He commanded, the level four monster obeying as it moved roughly above ground level and slammed the rebellious dinosaur with all it's might, shattering it into little tiny pixels.
-Life Points-
Konami- 4000
Kazura- 3700(-300)
-Life Points-
"Effect activate!" Konami announced, "When my Fossil Tusker destroys one of your monsters by battle and sends it to the graveyard, it inflicts four hundred points of effect damage to you. Go ahead my Rock monster, and give him his just dessert!" And so the inflicting continued one more time, Konami's monster tackling itself against Kazura, who felt the slight sting of wind sending itself against him.
-Life Points-
Konami- 4000
Kazura- 3300(-400)
-Life Points-
"Not bad. But it'll take more than that to defeat me."
"Don't worry. I plan to" Konami said with a frown, announcing the arrival of his face-down before ending his turn.
Turn Three- Kazura
"Now then, my turn! Draw!" He swiftly drew his seventh card of the duel. "Trap activate, Call of the Haunted!" He revealed one of his hidden cards, grabbing a card from his graveyard. "This card allows me to special summon one monster from my graveyard in attack position. So say hello once again to Element Saurus!" An encore had risen the ferocious creature out from it's tombstone and back for another go.
"But that's not all, cause I'm summoning Jurrac Protops to the field in attack position!" Kazura explained, a pillar of flames erupted and formed another Jurrac being with a blue and burning orange appearance and a vicious roar of hunger.
Jurrac Protops (L4- FIRE- Dinosaur- A1700- D1200)
"With my Protops face-up on the field, it's effect gives it one hundred ATK for each monster you have on the field!" He explained, earning a low growl of power from the beast as it glowed with strength.
Protops (A1800(+100))
"Well, not bad, but if you wanna deal damage, then the only way to do that is to sacrifice your Protops in battle."
"Are you sure about that?" Kazura asked mischievously, raising Konami's guard. "In case you haven't noticed, my Element Saurus here has an effect."
"Oh?" Konami grimaced as he felt a sudden uneasy feeling about his first monster he had fought against. "And what may I ask, does it do?"
"Well, it actually has two effects that are both available for my doing. One of them increases my monster's ATK by five hundred when there is a FIRE monster on the field, which my Protops so happens to be one." he explained, watching his virtual creature glow with increased sheer strength that ran through it's veins.
Element Saurus (A2000(+500))
"That's not good." Konami stated, but kept his composure as the Dark-type Dinosaur heeled backwards before charging and shattering the fossil creature into debris of bones with a forceful headbutt, the impact forcing Konami to take a step back.
-Life Points-
Konami- 3800(-200)
Kazura- 3300
-Life Points-
Protops (A1700(-100))
"Don't forget my Protops hadn't attacked yet. So go my Jurrac monster, attack directly with Heat Shot!" The Protops monster growled lowly in approval, taking a deep firey breath before unleashing a tyrant of flames from it's mouth, colliding with Konami with a howl of flaming wind.
-Life Points-
Konami- 2100(-1700)
Kazura- 3300
-Life Points-
"How does it feel to be attacked head on by one of Earth's most ancient creatures, huh?" Kazura asked smugly, crossing his arms as Konami dusted off his pants a little.
"A bit tingly I guess." Konami smirked back, catching Kazura off guard.
"Naïve little runt. We'll see if you still have that attitude in tact after losing to the flames of my Jurrac deck."
"Unfortunately for you, that won't be happening any time soon. Now are you done or are we going to continue arguing on how 'mighty' your Jurrac monsters are?"
"Fine, if you want to lose that badly, I guess I'll end my turn."
"Good, now watch me get rid of both of your monsters with one attack. Draw!"
Turn Four- Konami
"Both of them with one attack? What a fool!" One of Kazura's grunts laughed, causing the others to join in. Kazura himself couldn't help but smirk at this as well.
"Oh really? Then let's see this revelation be done."
"With pleasure, and I got just the cards to prove it. Now, by banishing my Fossil Tusker from play, I am allowed to special summon Gigantes from my hand!" Konami did just that, playing the effect monster on his duel disk and watching it form pixel by pixel onto the field, bulky as ever, holding his wooden melee weapon in hand.
Gigantes (L4- EARTH- Rock- A1900- D1300)
"Since it was a Special Summon I just pulled off, I can still Normal Summon my Monk Fighter to the field in attack mode!" Konami clarified as a well built man clad in yellow materialized in front of the chest nut haired boy.
Monk Fighter (L3- EARTH- Rock- A1300- D1000)
"Hah, you idiot! You just increased my Protops' ATK to nineteen hundred, strong enough to go head to head with that Gigantes of yours!" Kazura smirked amusingly.
"Hah, what a fool!" A remark was heard among the gang members, laughing their hearts out.
The Pink haired girl, who had sat up moments after the duel had started, seemed to be confused at this as well. Why would he make his opponent's monster stronger? What was the point?
Konami just smirked at their ignorants. "Now, if you're done giggling like a bunch'ah fan girls, I would like to get rid of your monsters."
"How?" Kazura chuckled. "Even if you sacrifice your Gigantes to weaken my Element Saurus, your Monk Fighter still ain't strong enough!"
"He doesn't need to be."
"Wait, what?"
"You heard me. But before I show you what I mean, I'm activating my trap card, Rock Bombardment! This allows me to send one Rock Monster from my deck to my graveyard, then inflict five hundred points of effect damage to you! The monster that I'm sending is Earthquake Giant."
Konami explained, watching a bunch of debris sudden appear and sudden fall upon Kazura. Though it wasn't real, the impact still left dust and a whirlwind that slapped the blonde across the face, receiving a low growl of unhappiness.
-Life Points-
Konami- 2100
Kazura- 2800(-500)
-Life Points-
"You can throw as much useless cards away all you want, but that won't bring you victory any time soon."
"That's what you think. Now, on to the Battle Phase. Attack his Protops, Gigantes, with your Swing of Fate!" Gigantes grumble with a nod, lifting his weapon up and swinging it down on the Jurrac creature who shot a flamethrower of heat in counter.
"Grr, fine! If you want to be so sacrificial with your monsters, then I'm going to go and activate my trap card, Backfire. This continuous trap card allows me to inflict five hundred points of damage to you each time my FIRE monsters are destroyed and sent to the graveyard. Since my Protops is going bye bye, you know what that means, don't you?"
Both of their attacks hit the other, Protops' flames heated Gigantes' body to an explosion and said monster's pillar destroying Protops into a flaming eruption, which homed onto Konami for recoil damage.
-Life Points-
Konami- 1600(-500)
Kazura- 2800
-Life Points-
Element Saurus (A1500(-500))
"Are you done making a fool out of yourself?"
"Not quite. Cause my Gigantes has a last minute effect!"
"What!?"
"When it is destroyed by battle and sent to the graveyard as a result, it destroys all Spell and Trap Cards on the field, including your Call of the Haunted. And you should know what result will that lead to. It destroys your Element Saurus as well!"
"Wait, what!?" Kazura tried wrapping his head around the sudden clarification, a familiar pillar now in view above them all before landing roughly on the ground, sending a wave of destruction that easily took out Kazura's two trap cards, which in turn resulted in a vanishing Element Saurus.
"So that was your plan!"
"And with no defence left meaning a clear opening for Monk Fighter to attack directly. Now attack with your Kung Fu Mash!" With a elegant swirl, Monk Fighter rushed forward and punched Kazura right in the gut, only leaving a wave of strong stingful wind to be felt.
-Life Points-
Konami- 1600
Kazura- 1500(-1300)
-Life Points-
"He actually got rid of Kazura's monsters in one go. Wow." a member said with an impressed tone, but quickly dismissed the idea when Kazura looked at him with a glare.
"I end my turn with two face-downs. Your move." Konami stated, leaning back with a calm demeanor.
"So this guy thinks he can just make a fool out of me and get away with it?! Not on my watch. You there! What's your name?"
Konami was taken back by the sudden question, but obliged nonetheless.
"Konami."
"Well, Konami, I'm afraid to inform you that you have just sparked my fire, and when that happens, I end all fun and games. Here I go! Draw!"
Turn Five- Kazura
"First I'm gonna activate the spell card Pot of Greed. Let me explain it's effect just in case you don't fully understand. This card allows me to draw two cards from my deck." he spoke, earning an additional two cards in exchange for his spell card. At this point, his mouth grew a wide smirk. "Looks like this is the end of the line for you, Konami. It was fun toying with you. But now the real fights about to begin. I activate the spell Double Summon! Which allows me to normal summon an additional monster this turn. So come on out my Jurrac Guaiba and Jurrac Stauriko, in attack position!"
As it was said, two ferocious dinosaurs, both multi-colored, pixelated themselves onto the battlefield with a growing ring of fire.They roared at their opponent with their heated fangs, ready to pounce onto the lone Monk Fighter.
Jurrac Guaiba (L4- FIRE- Dinosaur- A1700- D400)
Jurrac Stauriko (L2- FIRE- Dinosaur- A500- D400)
"Next I'm activating another spell card from my hand called One for One, which let's me send one monster from my hand to the graveyard, in order for me to special summon a level one monster from my hand or deck. So by discarding the last of my cards in my hand, from my deck, I'm bringing out my Jurrac Aeolo to the field in attack position!"
The spell card glowed, materializing a blue and yellow striped baby dinosaur still inside it's already cracked egg, breathing small flames for practice.
Jurrac Aeolo (L1- FIRE- Dinosaur- A200- D200)
"But don't be fooled by it's age, cause Aeolo is actually a Tuner monster."
"Tuner..." The girl whispered, feeling uneasy by the word, since she had already saw at first glance what those kinds of monsters can do.
"Hm, should have known." Konami narrowed his eyes a bit, prepared for whatever creature his opponent may synchro summon.
"I overlap my level one Aeolo, with my level four Guaiba and level two Stauriko to bring out one of my many strong Jurrac monsters."
The three dinosaurs then disappeared, leaving aligned levels behind.
"With the pillar of flames aligned perfectly with one another, my fire inside will reborn anew. Synchro Summon, Jurrac Giganoto!"
The field began to literally heat up, the sudden bright flames on Kazura's side manifesting itself to form one destructive force. It's head burnt up in flames, it's hot claws clutching and unclutching steadily, it's blue appearance shone vividly with it's powerful fire at it's disposal as it roared pridefully at it's much smaller opponent.
Jurrac Giganoto (L7- FIRE- Dinosaur- A2100- 1800)
"Effect activate!" Kazura announced, "While my Giganoto is face-up on the field, all of my Jurrac monsters gain two hundred ATK points for each of my Jurrac creatures in my graveyard. Since there are five in total, including the Jurrac I discarded with my spell card's effect, that adds up to one thousand points. Which puts my Giganoto at a whopping three thousand one hundred!"
As it's master elaborated on it's ability, Giganoto took the time to absorb the undead strength of all of it's fallen comrades, growing in size just a bit as it's body glowed a bright red.
Giganoto (A3100(+1000))
"Hah, he really pushed Kazura's buttons this time." a member chuckled, but Kazura himself kept a straight frown.
"Do you see now why taking me on was a foolish idea?" He asked the boy, who shrugged nonchalantly.
"Meh, not really. So you brought out a brute in one turn. I admit that it takes at least a bit of skill to pull that off, but still, power isn't everything, and I will show you why when I destroy that monster of yours." Konami said calmly, earning confusion from the group behind Kazura.
"What is that buffoon talking about?"
"He's already finish."
"He's delusional, that's what he is."
The girl in black also seemed surprised by Konami's revelation. What is he talking about? Defeating a thirty one hundred attack point monster? Is that even possible? Does he have a thirty two hundred attack point monster then? Can he even bring it out? So many questions. But as she watched him from behind, the girl couldn't help but believe him somehow.
"Don't you get it?" Kazura asked incredulously, "There is no chance for another turn. When this attack goes through then you're finished. Now let's get this over with my Giganoto, and finish his Monk Fighter off with your Flaming Torch!"
Giganoto growled, ready for the final blow as it gathered a copious amount of fire inside it's hot belly and shot it forth in a huge flamethrower-like attack, burning the offensive Monk to ashes and leaving naught behind. It's flames depersed a few moments later, leaving a pile of dust in it's wake.
"Pathetic. This duel was a waste of my time." Kazura said arrogantly as he made to leave.
"B-Boss, look!"
Kazura turned, uninterested by how pathetic Konami might have looked but was greeted with something completely different.
The holograms were still active, and Konami still in one piece.
"What the?" The blonde haired man looked down at the life point counter of his opponent's. Still sixteen hundred left. "B-But how...?"
"Monk Fighter, that's how." Konami spoke up, catching his attention. "My Monk allows all battle damage inflicted upon it's controller when it is involved in the battle to become nothing but a tickle. In other words, no damage was inflicted upon me during that whole fiasco"
"W-What!?" Kazura took a step back, finding that difficult to believe, despite the evidence right in front of him. "So that monster had that kind of effect, huh?" He collected himself before returning to the battlefield. "Fine then. But that just delayed the inevitable. Next turn, you're toast!"
"Don't be quite sure, cause by the time I finish my turn, this duel will be long time over. Now, before you end your turn, let me activate one of my face-downs, which will obviously be familiar to you. Activate now, Call of the Haunted! Which allow me to special summon my Earthquake Giant!"
Suddenly the ground quaked a bit, and from the sudden pixels came a brown and gray bulky giant who took the stage on Konami's side.
Earthquake Giant (L5- EARTH- Rock- A1600- D2100)
"Now, allow me to show you why this 'useless' card of mine that you insulted earlier in our duel will bring forth our victory. Draw!"
Turn Six- Konami
"Now let's go and activate my last face-down, Release from Stone. This trap gives me the ability to special summon one Rock monster that is removed from play. So let's welcome back the first of many, Fossil Tusker, in attack mode!"
As it was introduced, the former shattered bones that is Fossil Tusker stood strong once again next to the Rock Giant.
Fossil Tusker (L4- EARTH- Rock- A1800- D0)
"Not only that but I'll be summoning my Power Breaker from my hand in attack mode as well!"
Once again, from the pixelated ashes came a very long haired soldier with machinery on his arms and a samurai dress code.
Power Breaker (L4- EARTH- Warrior- A1900- D0)
"Are you done yet? Cause bringing out weak ass monsters does not make you look tough, you know?"
"That may be true, but they're still a match for your Giganoto. Cause my Earthquake Giant has a special effect"
"Crap!" Kazura was expecting something on the line of that, but hoping it wasn't so. "And what does this overgrown fool's ability do?"
"Simple, really. But first let me change it's battle position to defense mode" and so, crouching down, the giant took a defensive stance for it's master. "Now, effect activate! When it's battle position changes, once per turn, I am allowed to select one of your monsters and change it's position as well"
"What did you say?!"
"You heard me. Now your Giganoto will be weakened in it's active point counter. Now go, Earthquake Giant, use your Earth Shattering Stutter on Giganoto!"
The giant nodded in confirmation, raising it's huge hands and slamming it on the ground below, causing a somewhat vicious earthquake that left Giganoto in an unbalancing state. Soon, the flaming dinosaur fell on it's knees in mercy, no longer on the offensive line.
Giganoto (D1800)
"Wait, so that means-"
"Exactly what the situation prescribes. Now go, my Power Breaker, and attack his Jurrac monster with your Mechanical Punch!"
The warrior nodded in understandment, taking to the stage and jumping across the field toward the defensive creature. With one powerful blow, Giganoto roared out in pain and finally collapsed on the ground with a flaming explosion.
Power Breaker (D0)
"My Power Breaker's effect forces him to go into a defensive state after attacking. But that doesn't really matter, now does it? Finish it off Fossil Tusker, with your Tusk Attack!"
"No! This can't be happening! I refuse to believe it!" Kazura cried out in denial, but it didn't help one bit, as the rushing bones of Fossil Tusker had knocked him on his behind in embarrassment. With that said and done, the holograms had soon faded from existence.
-Life Points-
Konami- 1600
Kazura- 0(-1500(E300))
-Life Points-
-Duel-
Konami(W) V Kazura(L)
-Duel-
"H-How can this be?" Kazura wondered with shock, not wanting to believe the outcome of the duel. "This can't be! You cheated somehow! That's right! That's the only explanation to this whole conspiracy. You had to! You just had to!"
"You really are a sore loser, huh?" Konami pitied, turning around and helped pick the still scattered cards up from the ground, paying no mind to the gathered crowd around him, who was cheering at the magnificent duel they just had.
"Grr, I won't forget this!" Came one last remark before Konami heard the leaving footsteps of the gang, the crowd slowly dispersing to their daily schedule.
"Hey, you alright?" The chest nut boy kneeled down and unveiled her deck toward it's owner. It took a second to agnize Konami's presence, since she was still dazed at what had happened during the duel. Looking at her deck then his face repeatedly, the girl blushed furiously with embarrassment, snatching her deck and making a break for it.
"Ur..." Konami just tilted his head in confusion, but stood up nonetheless.
"That, was, so awesome!" An enthused voice lit Konami's ears, causing him to turn around to an approaching green haired boy, who's hair was wrapped in a ponytail from the back. "Please, duel me next!"
"Well, I, um..." Konami stumbled over his reply, more or less that it was a youngster that suddenly wanted to duel him.
"Leo!" Another voice groaned as the owner approached the two, matching hair with the hyped up preteen. Her hair, which had two twin tails on the sides, flowed gently along the wind's direction as she stopped and sighed in obvious annoyance. "What have I told you about challenging others you don't know of?"
"Aw c'mon, Luna! It's not like he's gonna say no, right?" The boy, who was revealed to be Leo, turned back at Konami with approval. But Konami just scratched his head in uncertainty.
"W-Well, sure, I guess...?"
"You do not need to affirm to his shenanigans just to be civil" the girl- Luna- explained honorably which just made Leo sigh with defeat.
"Luna, why do you always have to be this way?"
"So that you don't get into trouble" Luna then looked up at Konami with an apologetic smile. "Sorry for his misbehavior. He does this a lot"
"No, it's totally fine. It goes to show that he has an enthusiasm for dueling"
"See? Told you you're wrong" Leo smiled triumphantly.
"I/He didn't agree to anything" Konami and Luna said at the same time, inducing them to glance at each other before instinctively giggling the coincidence away.
"In anyway" Leo shrugged the fact off, "I don't think I've seen you around these parts. Though my sister and I come here mainly to look around for toys and such, you don't really look like a typical New Domino guy"
"Firstly, that's very rude to say, Leo!" Luna narrowed her eyebrows, still hands in her jacket's pockets, "and secondly, you're the one that drags me around to go get toys for you"
"That's fine" Konami said nonchalantly of the stereotype Leo just used. "I am actually from Tropica City, well, formerly. I just moved here a few days ago. Though I gotta say, some neighbors are very polite indeed"
"Heh, thanks. Well, we do got one of the world's best security around" Leo smirked proudly as he crossed his hands smugly.
"That was sarcasm" Luna muttered with a shake of her head.
"In all seriousness, I never saw someone take down a monster in a duel like that" Leo said with an admiring smirk, obviously impressed.
"Well, it wasn't a big deal, really. No card is impossible to get through once you have the right material. Still, that Jurrac deck was pretty tough though"
"Yeah, I saw how tough they're. Maybe we can take each other on later. My name is Leo, by the way. This here is Luna, my twin sister"
"Hi" Luna waved politely.
"Konami" the teen said brightly, taking the hand of the preteen boy. "Nice t' meet'chya"
-5Ds-
Konami let out an exhausted sigh. Not only had he not expected so many events to happen during his time outside, but also at one point, it began to rain like a blizzard. Granted it wasn't hail, but it sure as hell felt like it. Hanging out his wet clothes to dry in the backroom, Konami slouched in his comfy couch and took in the relaxing feeling of relief around his aching feet. Turning the tv on, Konami switched to a rather boring channel, simply shutting the program from his mind and taking in all the interesting people he had met. Even that Kazura guy he somehow remembered the name of despite overhearing it a couple of times. Konami wondered what was the situation between the girl and Kazura. Was it just a simple good and bad side, or was there more info under the skin?
A loud thunderbolt was heard from outside, causing the boy to jump a bit in surprise, looking at the open window.
"Oh man" he sighed, jogging toward the wide gap and sliding it close. Before Konami could close the curtains however, a sight had caught his eye. A sight that seemed unusual. A sight that made Konami narrow his eyebrows. Not before long, the brunette had put on a spare pants and jacket, then took an umbrella and had left his apartment with a swift rush in his tired legs.
He needed to get there as soon as possible.