Episode 1
Solo – First Event: A Mysterious Boy Appears! Dragons VS The Warlords
Living in this world, pressing on
Filled with hate, I must live
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"Leo, get up!" exclaimed a young girl.
"Five more minutes, Luna…" complained the sleepy boy.
"Get up now! We're going to be late for school! You know how upset Ms. Bartlet gets when any of us are late." Luna pulled the covers off her brother. Luna was already in her school uniform ready to go. Leo, on the other hand, was still in his pajamas.
Leo groaned. "Okay, okay! I'm up!"
Leo and Luna were young green-haired fraternal twins. They had been living peacefully at their home in The Tops since their friend, Yusei Fudo, had defeated Z-one and saved New Domino City two months before. Since then, they and the rest of their friends had been leading normal lives… or at least… as normal as it can get for them being Signers, the six individuals who bear the mark of the Crimson Dragon on the skin of their right arms.
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"Did you have to be so rude in waking me up, sis?" Leo asked, still a bit cranky from his abrupt wake-up call.
"Well, if I didn't, you would never have gotten up," Luna replied.
"Of course I would!"
"Yeah, sure."
"Hey-!"
"Luna! Leo!" The twins heard a female voice call them as they arrived at Duel Academy. They looked up to see a teenage red-haired girl wearing her school uniform.
"Hi, Akiza!" Luna called.
"How's it goin'?" Leo asked.
Akiza smiled in response.
Luna suddenly felt a chill. "Huh?" She looked around and failed to notice anything out of the ordinary… at least at first. Then, a male student, with black hair and head hanging, had walked by. The boy appeared to be around Akiza's age. The air around him made it difficult not to notice him.
"Luna!" Leo called.
"Wha?" Luna snapped back into reality.
"Come on! You were the one complaining about me being late!"
"Well, you usually are almost late!"
"Come on, you two," Akiza stepped in. "Let's all go to class."
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The twins scurried into the classroom as the bell rang, panting hard when they reached their destination.
"Oh, man…" Leo commented. "I almost… thought we were… gonna…"
"Good morning, you two," Ms. Bartlet approached them as they entered.
"Hi, Ms. Bartlet," Luna responded.
"Let's get started with class."
Class seemed to go as normal, but Luna found herself lost in thought. "Who was that guy? Something about him… seems strange…" she thought. She then shook her head, as if to snap back into reality again. "Why does it bother me so much? It feels like… something's going to happen…"
"Everyone," Ms. Bartlet said. "I'd like you all to meet Miss Victoria Tavare."
"Hello, Miss Tavare," the class greeted in unison.
"It's very nice to meet you," the black-haired lady responded.
"Miss Tavare, here, is new to our Academy and is studying to become a teacher," Ms. Bartlet explained. "So, for the rest of the school year, she will be assisting me with teaching you all."
As the teacher spoke, both Leo and Luna noticed Miss Tavare staring directly at them. Both were frozen.
"Miss Tavare," Ms. Bartlet said.
"Oh. Yes?" Miss Tavare responded. The twins breathed a sigh of relief quietly.
"Would you like to tell the class a bit more about yourself?"
"Certainly, Ms. Bartlet."
As Miss Tavare began to talk, Leo turned slightly to Luna.
"What was that about?" he whispered.
"I have no idea…" she responded.
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The bell rang to dismiss class for the day. The twins were walking through the hallway. Leo glanced at Luna, who appeared worried about something.
"Hey, sis, what's up?" he asked.
"It's just that… I get the feeling something big is going to happen soon…" she replied. "Something big and dangerous."
Leo paused. "Well, don't worry, Luna! If something happens, I'll protect you!"
Luna's face lit up as she looked at her brother's face. She smiled. "Thank you, Leo."
"Hey, you guys!" a voice called.
The twins looked forward and saw their classmates, Bob and Patty. Bob was a little larger than Leo and had brown hair, while the black-skinned Patty was thinner with blonde hair. Both were classmates of Leo and Luna.
"What's up, guys?" Leo called to them. He ran towards them until he was knocked aside. "Ow!"
"Watch where you're going," said a male student.
"Hey, I should be telling you that!" Leo then looked up.
"Are you talking back to me?" the male asked, angrily. "No one talks back to Ken Terrace." Ken was an upper classman, much like Akiza.
"Oh, yeah?" Leo returned. "Ow!"
Leo quickly found himself pinned down on his stomach with his right arm held behind his back by Ken.
"Say you're sorry, kid," Ken demanded.
"Hey! Let him go!" Luna shouted.
"Why? He bumped into me. No one disses me and gets away with it!" he responded.
"Knock it off!" Patty yelled.
"Get off!" Bob exclaimed.
Ken laughed. He suddenly felt himself jerked off of Leo.
Luna turned to see the boy from earlier that morning.
Ken growled. "Hey! Butt out!" he snapped.
"Pick on someone your own size," the boy stated.
"Who do you think you are?"
"Me? I'm just another student here. The name's DBG."
"That's some name you got there, kid. You talk tough, but can you back it up?" Ken challenged DBG.
DBG glared at Ken.
Luna gazed at DBG, out of confusion. "Something's weird about him…" she thought. She heard a voice call out to her. She turned to her side and noticed a spirit, a Duel Monsters entity, speak to her. The creature was small and round with brown fur. "You feel it, too, Kuribon? I guess I'm not the only one who's worried…"
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DBG and Ken stood across from each other in the gym, where a large open space was set up just for schoolmates to Duel. Both strapped on their Duel Disks and placed their Decks in the Deck slots. Their Duel Disks then activated their auto-shuffling feature.
"So, punk. Are you ready for a beatdown?" Ken remarked.
"What a creep," Leo commented, his arm still recovering.
"Hope this guy loses," Patty added.
Ken laughed. "Time to get schooled!"
"We'll see about that," DBG responded.
"A wise guy, huh? Let's see how you like it when I trounce ya!"
Both drew five cards from their Decks.
DUEL!
DBG (LP 4000) VS Ken (LP 4000)
"Leo, Luna, what's all the commotion about?" Akiza asked as she, Ms. Bartlet, and Miss Tavare entered the room.
"Oh, hi, Akiza," Luna replied.
"This jerk's about to get his butt handed to him," Leo said.
Ms. Bartlet sighed. "Ken… that one is just plain trouble."
"Hm? What do you mean?" asked Miss Tavare.
"What I mean is… Ken has been a troublemaker since he moved here to New Domino City."
"Got that right," Leo stated, rubbing his arm. "Man, I thought he was gonna break my arm… At least he'll get what's coming to him."
"I'll go first!" Ken declared, drawing a card. "I'll start with Upstart Goblin! I draw a card and you gain 1000 Life Points!"
DBG
LP: 4000 + 1000 = 5000
"And why don't I just go ahead and activate another one?"
DBG
LP: 5000 + 1000 = 6000
"He's giving him extra points?" Leo asked.
"Next, I'll activate the Continuous Spell Six Samurai United!"
A larger holographic image of the card appeared in front of Ken.
"With this card," he explained, "every time I Summon a Six Samurai monster, it gains a Counter. So I Summon Legendary Six Samurai – Kageki!"
The monster which appeared in the card's image materialized in front of Ken.
Legendary Six Samurai – Kageki
LV: 3
ATK: 200
"Since I've Summoned a Six Samurai monster, United gains a Counter."
Six Samurai United
Bushido Counters: 1
"Next, Kageki's effect activates! When it's Normal Summoned, I can Special Summon a Level 4 or below Six Samurai monster from my hand! Let's go! I Summon the Tuner Monster Kagemusha of the Six Samurai!"
Kagemusha of the Six Samurai
LV: 2
ATK: 400
Six Samurai United
Bushido Counters: 2
"Because I have another Six Samurai on my field, Kageki gains 1500 extra ATK!"
Legendary Six Samurai – Kageki
LV: 3
ATK: 200 + 1500 = 1700
"A Tuner monster? That's not good!" Leo exclaimed.
"Not just yet," Ken stated. "Before I go on, I'll use the effect of United. I send it to the Graveyard and draw cards equal to the number of Counters on it! Since there were two Counters… I draw two cards."
Ken moved to pick up the top two cards of his Deck.
"But wait, couldn't he have just left United on the field and drawn a bunch of cards later?" Leo asked.
"No," Akiza answered. "Six Samurai United limits the number of Counters that can be placed on it to two. So he can only have as many as two Bushido Counters on it."
Ken smiled as he looked at the cards he drew, then laughed. "I now activate the Continuous Spell… Gateway of the Six!"
"That's not good…" Akiza commented.
"Huh?" Leo responded.
"She's right," Bob replied. "Gateway of the Six is the backbone to any Six Samurai Deck."
"Every time a Six Samurai monster is Summoned, Gateway gains two Bushido Counters. When I get enough… the fun begins," Ken smirked. "And now… I tune Level 2 Kagemusha with Level 3 Kageki!"
Kagemusha leaps into the air and splits apart into two green rings which Kageki floats between.
3 + 2 = 5
"The legendary warlords, the leader has come! Stand aside as his sword slashes away at everything! Synchro Summon! Appear now, Legendary Six Samurai - Shi En!"
A larger warrior lands on the field.
Legendary Six Samurai – Shi En
LV: 5
ATK: 2500
Gateway of the Six
Bushido Counters: 2
"A Synchro Summon on the first turn?!" Leo asked, surprised.
"As much as I hate to say it… that Ken guy is good…" Patty commented.
"We'll just have to see how DBG recovers," Miss Tavare added.
"Indeed," Ms. Bartlet said.
"Because I have a Six Samurai on my field, I can Special Summon Grandmaster of the Six Samurai from my hand!" Ken stated.
Grandmaster of the Six Samurai
LV: 5
ATK: 2100
Gateway of the Six
Bushido Counters: 4
"And now I activate Gateway's effect! By removing four Counters, I can add a Six Samurai from my Deck to my hand! And I choose Legendary Six Samurai – Kizan!"
Gateway of the Six
Bushido Counters: 0
"And just like Grandmaster, I can Summon him if I have Six Samurai on my field!"
Legendary Six Samurai – Kizan
LV: 4
ATK: 1800 + 300 = 2100
Gateway of the Six
Bushido Counters: 2
"Since I have two other Six Samurais, Kizan gets a 300 ATK bonus. Next, I'll activate Shien's Smoke Signal, so I can add a Level 3 or below Six Samurai from my Deck to my hand, and I choose Spirit of the Six Samurai. Then I'll place two cards face-down and end my turn," Ken declared. "Your move."
"Took you long enough," DBG stated.
"What was that?!" Ken snapped.
"It's my turn," DBG said.
Luna kept being drawn towards DBG. The air around him and his tone of voice… it was probably because she had seen this before in Akiza, which was a long time ago.
"I activate Heavy Storm, destroying all Spells and Traps on the field."
A large gale blew through the room.
"I don't think so," Ken replied. "I activate Shi En's effect! Once per turn, I can negate the activation of any Spell or Trap Card and destroy it!"
The large samurai raised his sword and swung it downward, dispelling the wind.
"Gonna have to do better than that, punk," Ken said.
"I activate Dark Hole, which destroys all monsters on the field," DBG declared.
Another strong wind blew through the room, creating a vortex.
"Since Shi En already activated this turn, it can't do so again," Luna explained.
"So then this should work. All right! Get 'em, DBG!" Leo cheered.
"I don't think so," Ken replied. "I activate the Counter Trap Musakani Magatama! If I have a Six Samurai on my field, I can negate any card that would destroy cards on the field!"
The vortex subsided.
"Any more lame tricks?" challenged Ken.
"I activate the Quick-Play Spell Mystical Space Typhoon. This destroys one Spell or Trap on the field. And I'll target that face-down card of yours," DBG stated.
The face-down card was revealed to be Mirror Force.
"That was almost bad," Patty commented.
"I now activate Cards of Consonance. By discarding a Dragon-Type Tuner Monster with 1000 or less ATK from hand, I can draw two cards. Then I activate the Continuous Spell Future Fusion. I reveal a Fusion Monster in my Extra Deck, send its Materials from my Deck to the Graveyard, and then I Summon that monster in two turns," DBG explained.
"If this Duel lasts that long," Ken remarked.
"I reveal Five-Headed Dragon. Its Materials are five Dragons, so I send five Dragons from my Deck to the Graveyard," DBG continued. "Next, I activate Terraforming, which lets me add a Field Spell from my Deck to my hand, and I'll go ahead and activate it. Dragon Ravine."
Everyone watched quietly as the room began to change appearance upon activation of the Field Spell, giving the appearance of being on a desolate ravine.
"Once per turn, I can discard a card from my hand then either add a Level 4 or below Dragunity monster from my Deck to my hand or send a Dragon from my Deck to the Graveyard. For this turn, I'll add Dragunity Dux to my hand."
Ken laughed.
"What's so funny?" Leo asked.
"That card is the only thing in his hand! What's he gonna do with just one monster?" Ken continued to laugh.
"I Summon Dragunity Dux," DBG declared.
Dragunity Dux
LV: 4
ATK: 1500 + 200 = 1700
"Dux's ATK increases by 200 for every Dragunity card on my field. And now, since it was Normal Summoned, I can equip one Level 3 or below Dragon-Type Dragunity monster to it. And I will equip Dragunity Phalanx."
A dragon-like weapon appeared in the arms of the winged creature.
Dragunity Dux
LV: 4
ATK: 1700 + 200 = 1900
"Weak," Ken taunted. "I now activate Phalanx's effect which allows me to Special Summon it."
Dragunity Phalanx
LV: 2
DEF: 1100
"And now I tune Level 2 Phalanx with Level 2 Dux."
2 + 4 = 6
"Take to the sky, bearing the power of the wind! Let the winds howl with your thundering roar! Synchro Summon! Appear now, Dragunity Knight - Vajrayana!"
Dragunity Knight – Vajrayana
LV: 6
ATK: 1900
"Vajryana has the same effect as Dux when Summoned. And so I shall equip Phalanx once again… which then means I can Special Summon it again."
Dragunity Phalanx
LV: 2
DEF: 1100
"And now I tune Level 2 Phalanx with Level 6 Vajrayana."
2 + 6 = 8
"Cold hearts become hard as steel with their lingering spirits rampaging together! Feel the might of its hate-filled roar! Synchro Summon! Come forth, Scrap Dragon!"
Scrap Dragon
LV: 8
ATK: 2800
Leo, Luna, and Akiza felt a strong pulse in their arms upon the arrival of the new Dragon. "What was that?" Leo asked. All of them had their arms over where their marks are hidden underneath their sleeves.
"I activate Scrap Dragon's effect. Once per turn, I target a card on both our fields and destroy them. I choose Ravine and Grandmaster."
An aura emanated from the dragon which caused the ravine to disappear and obliterate Grandmaster.
"Hmph," Ken replied. "When it's destroyed by an opponent's effect, Grandmaster lets me add a Six Samurai from my Graveyard to my hand… and I'll choose himself! What a waste. You're such a los—"
"Scrap Dragon, attack Kizan. Scrap Rage," DBG commanded.
"What?" Kenn reacted.
Energy formed within the dragon's mouth.
Scrap Dragon
LV: 8
ATK: 2800
Legendary Six Samurai – Kizan
LV: 4
ATK: 2100 – 300 = 1800
"Guys, remember?" Luna stated. "Kizan only gains 300 ATK when there are two other Six Samurais on his field."
"Excellent observation, Luna," Ms. Bartlet complimented.
The energy beam shot at Kizan and obliterated it.
2800 – 1800 = 1000
Ken
LP: 4000 – 1000 = 3000
"That ends my turn," DBG stated.
"Lucky shot," Ken remarked, drawing a card. "But it's my move now! And now… for another Upstart Goblin!" He draws again.
DBG
LP: 6000 + 1000 = 7000
"Now I Summon Spirit of the Six Samurai!" A ghostly warrior possessing armor appears.
Spirit of the Six Samurai
LV: 3
ATK: 500
Gateway of the Six
Bushido Counters: 4
"Wah! A ghost?!" Leo exclaimed.
"Leo… you're such a kid," Luna commented.
"Hey!"
"I activate Spirit's effect," Ken declared. "Once per turn, I can use it as an Equip Card and equip it to a monster on my field! And who better than Shi En?"
The ghost within the armor vanishes while an aura appears around Shi En.
Legendary Six Samurai – Shi En
LV: 5
ATK: 2500 + 500 = 3000
"I'll remove another four Counters from Gateway to add the Kizan from my Graveyard back to my hand."
Gateway of the Six
Bushido Counters: 0
"And once again, I'll Summon it along with Grandmaster!"
Legendary Six Samurai – Kizan
LV: 4
ATK: 1800 + 300 = 2100
Grandmaster of the Six Samurai
LV: 5
ATK: 2100
Gateway of the Six
Bushido Counters: 4
"And now… because I have at least two Six Samurais, I can now Summon Great Shogun Shien directly from my hand!"
Great Shogun Shien
LV: 7
ATK: 2500
"He just Summoned three monsters with over 2000 ATK in one turn!" Bob exclaimed.
"I'll remove another four Counters to add Hand of the Six Samurai from my Deck to my hand."
Gateway of the Six
Bushido Counters: 0
"Hmph," DBG scoffed, not caring about the field he's facing.
Ken growled. "Don't give me that! If you're bored, then here comes the fun part! Shi En, attack Scrap Dragon!"
Shi En raised its sword and swung at Scrap Dragon.
3000 – 200 = 2800
DBG
LP: 7000 – 200 = 6800
"When a monster equipped with Spirit destroys a monster by battle, I get to draw a card. Hope you're ready now… for a triple direct attack!"
One by one, the Samurais advanced towards DBG. First, Kizan…
DBG
LP: 6800 – 2100 = 4700
Then Grandmaster.
DBG
LP: 4700 – 2100 = 2600
And finally… Shien.
DBG
LP: 2600 – 2500 = 100
"Almost 7000 damage in one turn?!" Leo exclaimed.
"Hmm… I wonder…" Miss Tavare said, to herself.
Luna remained quiet with a somewhat worried look on her face.
Ken laughed. "How do you like that? I'll place a card face-down and end my turn. So… how's it feel to be a los—what?!"
DBG stood and brushed off the attacks.
"Why you…"
"It's my turn," DBG declared, drawing a card. "By banishing a LIGHT and DARK monster from my Graveyard, I can Special Summon Lightpulsar Dragon from my hand."
Lightpulsar Dragon
LV: 6
ATK: 2500
"Trying to deal some damage? Don't think so! I activate Torrential Tribute!" Ken declared.
A large current of water began sweeping away all the monsters, except Shi En.
"When a monster is Summoned, all monsters on the field are destroyed. And thanks to Spirit of the Six Samurai, Shi En remains unharmed."
Legendary Six Samurai – Shi En
LV: 5
ATK: 3000 – 500 = 2500
"Give up! You've lost, punk," Ken remarked.
DBG scoffed again.
"What?"
"I knew you would do that. You're a terrible player. You're all talk and full of terrible plays," DBG replied.
"What was that, you son of a—"
"You heard me. I don't know what crossed your mind to play like you have been doing, but now it's going to cost you the Duel."
"Yeah, righ—Huh?" Ken noticed the Graveyard slot of DBG's Duel Disk glowing.
"I activate Lightpulsar Dragon's effect. When it's sent to the Graveyard… I can Special Summon one Level 5 or higher DARK Dragon-Type monster from my Graveyard."
"But you don't have any!" Ken stated.
"Don't I?" DBG replied.
"Wait…"
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"Then I activate the Continuous Spell Future Fusion. I reveal a Fusion Monster in my Extra Deck, send its Materials from my Deck to the Graveyard, and then I Summon that monster in two turns," DBG explained.
"If this Duel lasts that long," Ken remarked.
"I reveal Five-Headed Dragon. Its Materials are five Dragons, so I send five Dragons from my Deck to the Graveyard."
...
"You mean…"
"Took you long enough," DBG said. "I'm about to bring back one of the Dragons I sent away. I Summon Red-Eyes Darkness Metal Dragon."
Red-Eyes Darkness Metal Dragon
LV: 10
ATK: 2800
"I activate its effect. Once per turn, I can Summon any Dragon-Type monster from my hand or Graveyard. Revive… Scrap Dragon."
Scrap Dragon
LV: 8
ATK: 2800
Leo, Luna, and Akiza felt a strong pulse in their arms again. Luna then noticed DBG's right hand grabbing at his chest where his heart was.
"Go, Red-Eyes. Destroy Shi En," DBG commanded.
2800 – 2500 = 300
Ken
LP: 3000 – 300 = 2700
"No… STOP!" Ken begged.
"Scrap Dragon… direct attack," DBG commanded.
Ken screamed as the blast struck him.
Ken
LP: 2700 – 2800 = 0
Everyone stared at Ken, who was sprawling on the floor as the dragons vanished. Ms. Bartlet and Miss Tavare approached Ken.
Luna turned to DBG, who appeared to be limping away toward the exit. She, Leo, and Akiza still felt something strong in their arms.
"Something about that guy is weird," Leo said.
"Whatever it is… it's causing our marks to react," Luna added.
"Right…" Akiza said.
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DBG opened the door to his house, breathing heavily.
"Why did I bother?" he thought. "Nothing I do matters to anyone…"
He closed the door and leaned on it.
"I don't matter…"
DBG dragged himself further inside.
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Living alone, being alone
There is no comfort anywhere from anyone