He gave the battlefield a single glance over, satisfied with what had happened here on this very day. Placing his sword upon his back he walked over to his defeated opponent and looked down upon him. There was no need for him to speak, for a defeated opponent was a dead opponent. Bloody battles these days were scarce at best; for the world was slowly changing. Men no longer used swords to decide the outcome of conflict, he knew the days he could use his blade in battle were becoming less and less with each passing heartbeat.

"Sir." One of his troopers ran up to him, slightly winded, his entire team were just rookies. The Guardian Corps didn't see the need to send experienced men out with him, not for what was supposed to be a routine mission. "It's Corporal Farron, she was lost in the fight against the Dreadnought sir, and we're starting to think that she had fallen to Pulse. If we can organize a search party-"

"Nobody survives a fall from Cocoon to Pulse soldier." He told the trooper softly. "We'd just be searching for a dead body in a criminal's wasteland, leave her." He smiled softly as his subordinate faltered slightly.

Unable to stand up to his Commanding Officer, he had no choice but to obey, the rest of the small squad was already regrouping away from the Pulsian bodies and the destroyed war machine. Slowly he walked over to where he had seen his friend last, finding something sparkling on the ground. Bending down he brushed the dirt aside and came up with Corporal Farron's dog tags, for the chain must have broken when she was hit. Closing his hand around them tightly, he knew who they belonged to now, but he prayed, that deep down she was still alive.

She needed to see the world that they were about to change with the success of this mission.

The smile on her face that day made the room much brighter that it actually was. Her friend did not complain for the young girl was usually rather solemn for someone of her age. Her friend smiled softly in return, the two of them had opted to skip school for the day to await the return of her elder sister.

"Excited to see her again, aren't you?"

"It has been two months since she left on that mission." She told her friend softly, the smile fading slightly as she fingered the protected card in her hand. It was a gift from her sister before she had left for duty. "She told me it wasn't going to be that dangerous. They're scouting out the Vile Peaks for certain Crystal Reserves that the Sanctum needs to help strengthen their new power source."

"I heard about that on the news." Her friend stated, but wasn't really concerned. "But aren't the Vile Peaks really dangerous? I mean they border Pulse." She sighed. "I mean I know we're floating above Pulse, but there is that almost completed Gran Elevator…" She didn't get to finish as the sound of the door being knocked on echoed through the small apartment she shared with her older sister.

"Serah?" her friend asked quickly, she looked at her and frowned softly.

"I wasn't expecting anyone." She walked over to the door and opened it slowly, her heart dropping when she saw two uniformed men from the Guardian Corps standing in her doorway.

"Miss Serah Farron?"

"That's me…" Serah started slowly. "Is something wrong?"

"It's about your sister. Claire Farron."

The moment those words left the man's mouth, Serah's world ended. Her friend rushed to the door as soon as she realized what was going on. Serah's knees gave out at the news, her friend catching her before she fell. She could only hear what the men were saying in parts, as if it was a rehearsed speech.

"Corporal Farron was killed in action during a Pulse Raid…"

"Colonel Ballad reported that her body had fallen to Pulse… we'll be performing a search for her shortly…"

"She'll be promoted to Sergeant for her honourable actions on the field …"

"We do have her tags, General Amodar ordered us to give them to you…"

As soon as the men left, Serah finally let her tears free, her sister's tags and the card falling to the ground, resting side by side. Serah's friend could only pull her closer to her, unable to find words of comfort for the crying girl. She looked over to the two items that she knew would become important in Serah's life, for she knew that her sister was the world to her. She prayed that the card that her sister had given her will be strong enough to get Serah through the trials to come.

Chevalier de Fleur

Highway of Heroes

With the discovery of Crystal Momentum, Duel Monsters took the world by storm. But even then it's not fun and games. An unlikely group is brought together as something that seems so simple grows out of control. The battle within begins.

Ride 01: Struck by Lightning – Enter Riding Duelist Farron!

"Hey! We got a live one here!" she could hear the voice of a young boy cry out. She groaned softly, trying to move her body but her limbs were like lead weights, she wouldn't be moving anytime soon. "It looks like she took quite the tumble." She heard him continue. "We need to find Snow; I don't think any of us can carry her."

"So you want to take her back with us?" another voice cut in. "Look at her; she's wearing a Guardian Corps uniform. She can arrest us just for helping her because we're from Gran Pulse. Leave her." Slowly she tried to move her body again, her arms protested and her legs refused to move. For the life of her she couldn't remember what had happened to her before and after she took the haymaker hit from the Dreadnought.

"Yes, we might be on Gran Pulse Noel." The first boy spoke again, she was finally able to open her eyes but they didn't notice. She could see them now, a small blonde boy wearing goggles on his forehead wearing baggy clothing made of deep purples and red. The other boy, taller, with brown hair was wearing a style she had never seen before, his blue clothing heavily embroidered with colourful threads. "But she clearly fell from Cocoon, no one survives that, but she did." The blonde spoke turning to the other who was obviously Noel. "A fall like that would cause damage to the body, a concussion even. If she were to wake up who would say she'd even have her memories intact?"

"I still don't know…" Noel crossed his arms, she thought to herself quickly. She was awake now; they were bound to notice but in turn she was caught at a crossroads. She knew at the least that she was from Cocoon and was part of the army, why else would she have been fighting a Dreadnought? But if she pretended that she didn't even remember that then maybe these boys will help her, help her remember who she once was.

"Oh, you're awake." During the time she was thinking her plan through she didn't realize that the blonde boy was now standing over her immobile body. "Can you move?" he asked before realizing something. "Oh, I'm Maqui, the grumpy boy over there is Noel. May I ask for your name Miss?"

She gave him a clueless look; thankfully Maqui bought it as he smiled at her again before waving Noel over. Noel sighed and started to climb the pile of rubble that Cocoon was constantly dumping on Gran Pulse towards the two of them. "Do you know how you got here?" Maqui asked her again, she decided to speak.

"I… I don't know." She spoke slowly realizing that her throat was dry and it was hard to speak. Maqui helped her sit up and offered her water from his canteen he was carrying, she took it graciously. Sighing she added, slightly more confident that she could do this. "I don't even know where 'here' is."

"You're on Gran Pulse." Noel cut in pointing at her. "Or what your people like to call 'Pulse'. By the looks of it you've fallen from the edge of Cocoon and landed here, losing your memories at the impact." He crossed his arms. "Judging from what you're wearing, you're part of the Guardian Corps, I wouldn't be surprised if they announced you dead already."

She stayed silent, hoping that she didn't have anyone related to her to mourn her.

"No matter." Noel took her silence as a sign to go on. "That doesn't mean you can't start a life here on Gran Pulse." He took a look over her uniform, noticing a name on an embroidered patch fixed to her jacket. "The name is Noel, Noel Kriess." He held out a hand for her to take, somehow she mustered the power to take it. "I'm guessing your name is Farron."

"Farron?" she asked, wondering where he had found that out before realizing that it was probably embroidered onto her clothing. Noel helped her sit up slowly as she brought a hand up to her face looking down on her uniform. "I guess it is." She looked up at Noel and Maqui before reaching up and pulling the patch off her jacket. The two boys helped her up to her feet, surprised that she was still able to walk. It surprised Farron herself, she had come to believe that she had broken at least a few bones with all that pain she had been suffering through until Maqui gave her some water. Slowly she looked back up at Cocoon, her blue eyes narrowing. Something or someone helped her survive, she knew it, but she didn't know who.

"Oh! I see that you're a Duelist too!" Maqui pointed out when he saw the extra pouches attached to her belt. Farron frowned as she reached for it, pulling out a deck of cards.

"I guess I am." She told the boys as she perused the deck, looking at each card with a careful eye. She could remember seeing these before; this was the deck she was building as a gift to someone, a young boy probably. Her real deck was in her other pouch; something was telling her not to touch it, not right now.

"Do any of the cards spike any memories?" Noel asked her as she slowly went through each card with a white frame, pausing on the last one.

"No." she answered, before putting the deck away, the two boys sighed in defeat. "However, do you know where I can get something to eat? I'm famished."

She smiled as the two boys laughed. Farron knew, she'd be able to get along with them just fine.

That was three years ago.

Noel stood at the end of a tunnel, a stopwatch in hand, his ear carefully trained to listen for the hum of Farron's D-Wheel. He heard the roar of the engine slowly getting louder as Farron rounded the corner on her white motorcycle, her red cape snapping in the wind as her crystalline blue eyes looked stern behind the visor of her streamlined white helmet. Just as she passed him he hit the stop button on his stopwatch, stopping the counter. He grinned when he saw the numbers; she had blown her old record out of the water with the new equipment Maqui had salvaged. A few seconds later another motorcycle in the shades of blues and silvers rounded the corner, a large blond man upon it, frustrated.

"Goddamnit Farron!" the man swore, Noel laughed before shouting.

"You have two kilometres to the finish line Snow! You better win that duel soon!" he called out, the blonde man laughed.

"Yeah I know! But Farron has been stalling!" Snow whined. "I'm still waiting!"

Noel chuckled as he ran towards the base that they called home. That was the thing with Riding Duels, it was impossible to watch them unless one could track them. He punched in a few keys and looked over the field. Several turns had passed and Snow was at an advantage, but Farron was sitting on a full hand of cards, as if she was waiting for the right time. Riding Duels, while they were played identical to that of a Ground Duel there were a couple different rules added to the game to make it that much more intense. They were like a simple race with a finish line so the duel had several ways one could win: winning the Duel, hitting the finish line first, or stopping the opponent's D-Wheel.

"Come on Farron." Noel muttered as he looked at the screen, they both knew the flaws in Snow's deck. He had a full field and Farron's field was empty and her Life Points were in the red. If Snow's 'Sense' was as strong as Farron's she would have lost the duel a while back.

'Sense' was something else that a Riding Duel had that a Ground Duel currently lacked, with the speed of a D-Wheel mixed with the energy of the Crystal Momentum and the heart of the Duelist they could materialize the Solid Vision within the D-Wheel making what should be holographic attacks real. Farron's 'Sense' was unrivalled in Gran Pulse. Noel grinned as he turned up the audio of the laptop.

Farron looked over her shoulder, seeing that Snow was struggling to keep up with her speed. She took a glance at her hand, now was a perfect time to stop stalling and get the real fight going, but first things were first.

"My turn!" Farron shouted. "Draw!"

[Farron – Life Points: 900]

[Snow – Life Points: 8000]

Taking a quick look at her hand of seven cards, knowing that she had stalled long enough she plucked one Spell Card and Monster Card from her Wrist Dealer, taking a moment to set the Monster Card in her Graveyard. "By discarding one card from my hand I use the Spell Card Lightning Vortex!" she called out, both Duelists knowing the card's effects as holographic lightning rained down upon the battlefield destroying every monster. Snow grunted as he cleared off his full field of Monster Cards, Farron was going to turn the game around, he knew it.

"Next I follow up with the Spell Card, Heavy Storm!"

Snow cleared out his Magic and Trap Card Zones, a clean slate for the two of them. It was only a matter of time now.

"I set one monster face down and then I'll play an additional card face down before ending my turn." Farron stated, a facedown card appeared beside her before disappearing while another appeared horizontally and continued to float behind Farron, tailgating her.

"Alright… no matter." Snow told himself, knowing that the finish line was getting close. "Draw!" he called out taking a look at the card, instead of placing it in his hand he played it. "I play Reinforcement of the Army! I'm choosing Marauding Captain from my Deck and placing him in my hand." He discarded his Spell Card and had his chosen card ejected from his deck, but instead of adding it to his hand he played it instead. "I summon Marauding Captain in Attack Mode!" he threw the card down on the playzone of his D-Wheel, the warrior taking form beside him. [ATK: 1200 – DEF: 400]

"Okay, next I'll activate his effect which allows me to Special Summon one level four or lower monster from my hand. I Special Summon Big Shield Gardna in Defence Mode!" [ATK: 100 – DEF: 2600]

"Here we go again." Farron muttered as she saw the stats roll across her visor.

"Battle! Marauding Captain! Attack Farron's facedown Monster!" he shouted as his captain charged forward and sliced the card, destroying it. Farron smirked.

"Bring it on." She taunted, Snow growled.

"I play a face down and end my turn." He said, slightly smug, Farron read him instantly as she pulled the top card of her deck.

"Draw!" she shouted, signalling the start of her turn. She took the card that she had just drawn, Quillbolt Hedgehog, and slipped it into her Graveyard while pulling another card from her Wrist Dealer.

"By discarding one card from my hand, I can Special Summon Quickdraw Synchron." She stated as she summoned the monster in Attack Mode. [ATK: 700 – DEF: 1400]. Looking at her new comrade she smirked before pulling the last card from her hand and playing it. "Next I summon Junk Synchron in Attack Mode!" [ATK: 1300 – DEF: 500]

"Oh dear…" Snow muttered, all too familiar with this attack pattern. While the deck was something a young child in the Academy should be using, Farron always knew how to exploit it to be the best it could be, swarming quickly and relying on her Synchro Monsters to deal out the damage. If she couldn't win that way she'd just beat her opponent to the finish line. Ever since they had gotten their D-Wheels she had been undefeatable simply because she no longer fought Ground Duels.

"Monster Effect!" Farron declared. "When Junk Synchron is successfully Normal Summoned I can Special Summon one Level Two or lower monster in Defence Mode with negated effects! Tuningware! [ATK: 100 – DEF: 300] Snow bit his lower lip. She was swarming, she was done messing around, and he was screwed. "When I have a Tuner Monster on the field I can Special Summon Quillbolt Hedgehog from the grave." She added pulling the card from the Graveyard and playing it. [ATK: 800 – DEF: 800]

"Bring it on Farron!" Snow taunted, he was getting desperate now. "I can take it all on!"

"Let's see if you can." Farron smirked. "I'm tuning my level five Quickdraw to my level two Quillbolt!" she shouted as Quickdraw Synchron fired his pistol five times before breaking down into five glowing green Synchron Rings as Quillbolt flew through them, breaking down into two glowing stars. "Clustering Crystals will become a new force!" she chanted, something most, if not all, Duelists did for a Synchro Summon. "Become the path its light shines upon! Synchro Summon! Blaze on! Nitro Warrior!" Farron roared out as the green and black bug-like warrior appeared on the field with a mighty roar. [ATK: 2800 – DEF: 1800] Farron wasn't done however.

"Tuning! My level three Junk Synchron to my level one Tuningware!" she shouted as Junk Synchron pulled the cord on his engine he wore like a backpack before breaking down into the familiar rings and consuming Tuningware. "Synchro Summon! Appear now! Armory Arm!" [ATK: 1800 – DEF: 1200] "Since I used Tuningware as Synchro Material, I can draw a new card." With that her hand count when up from zero to one. "Perfect."

"Not good." Snow muttered as he tried to will his D-Wheel to speed up, but he knew it was already at its limit. Farron was too fast.

"I activate my Spell Card, Double Cyclone! By destroying a facedown card I control I can destroy yours! I destroy Miracle's Wake!" with that both facedown shattered, revealing Snow's card to be Mirror Force. "Nitro Warrior's effect activates! Since I used a Spell Card he gains a thousand Attack Points during its next attack during damage calculation only." [ATK: 2800 3800]

"Next I use Armory Arm's effect, by equipping it to Nitro Warrior, its Attack Points increase by one thousand as well." With that the smaller monster attached itself to Nitro Warrior and the beast flared slightly as its power rose once more. [ATK: 3800 4800]

"Here comes the turn around." Snow muttered as Farron chuckled.

"Go now Nitro Warrior! Attack Marauding Captain! Dynamic Knuckle!" Farron commanded as the warrior lunged forward at Snow and destroying it.

[Snow - LP: 8000 - 4600]

"Armory Arm's secondary effect activates! When the equipped monster destroys a monster by battle and sends it to the Graveyard I can inflict damage to my opponent equal to the Attack of the destroyed monster! Armoured Strike!" With that Nitro Warrior struck the side of Snow's D-Wheel, dropping his Life Points a little bit more.

[Snow – LP: 4600 - 3400]

"With that the first effect of Nitro Warrior wears off." Farron continued. [Nitro Warrior – ATK: 4800 3800] "And its second effect activates!" With that Big Shield Gardna stood up, his points shifting. [ATK: 100 – DEF: 2600] "When Nitro Warrior destroys a monster by battle I can change one face-up Defence Position monster you control into Attack Mode and strike once more! Dynamic Knuckle!"

Snow cried out when he was struck by Farron's unbelievable 'Sense' the second time around as she put the fire on him, the last move was more than enough as he spun out of the control as the hood of his D-Wheel popped open, releasing smoke and steam in his face.

[Snow – LP: 3400 - 0]

"Dammit Farron!" he cried out just as the woman slid through the finish line and bringing her D-Wheel to a stop. She took off her helmet and shook out her pinkish-blonde hair before smirking at the larger man.

"I win again." She said as she gathered her deck, Snow gave her a dark look.

"That's totally unfair, saving your Sense to the end like that." He complained, Farron just chuckled before returning to her D-Wheel. Maqui, who was at the finish line with a group of spectators, ran up to Farron, smiling widely.

"I knew it would work! The new CPU!" Maqui was thrilled; Farron smirked as she walked over to Maqui and poked him on the face right where a yellow criminal marker stood out, stark against his skin.

"As long as you didn't steal it, like what you did with Snow's." she smirked, Maqui grinned.
"Nope! I didn't! I promise!" he said, nodding along. Farron turned around just in time to see Noel jog up to them.

"That was amazing Farron, a One Turn Kill." He breathed out. "I know it's possible, but I never thought I'd see one happen." He chuckled before turning to Snow. "Your deck sucks."

"Get a deck first then we'll talk!" Snow shot back; Noel rolled his eyes as he turned to Farron who was running her hand over the hood of her white D-Wheel. Now that it was no longer moving one could see the deep green accents and golden trim. Not many people knew it, but Farron had named the D-Wheel Sleipnir.

"Yeah you know that's impossible! We live on Gran Pulse, below Cocoon." He gestured wildly at the massive orb suspended in the sky by a crystal pillar. They had said that centuries ago Cocoon used to float in the sky before it came tumbling down without warning. By some ungodly miracle the crystal pillar formed, protecting both Cocoon and Gran Pulse, that's when the discrimination between the two worlds came to what it was today. Cocoon was a haven for the people above while Gran Pulse was home for the criminals and those unfortunate just to be here. "We only get Cocoon's trash."

"That's not true!" Maqui shouted. "We got Farron! Are you calling her trash too?" Farron chuckled, knowing that Maqui just got Snow in a tight spot, even Noel was laughing.

"I'm gonna kill you Maqui." Snow growled.

Farron sighed to herself as she stepped back from Sleipnir for the evening. While the duel with Snow had little to no impact on the D-Wheel, the worn Pulsian terrain did and was wearing out the used shocks that her motorcycle was equipped with. She stretched out her back and groaned slightly, attracting Noel's attention from the laptop he was tending to.

"Done for the night?" he asked her, she nodded.

"I think so…" she muttered as Noel turned around in his chair, giving her a once over. Over the last few years Farron never really did regain much of her memories, just enough to duel and how to build her own D-Wheel with what parts they were able to find in the rubbish Cocoon always left on Gran Pulse. She also never really ditched the Guardian Corps uniform she was found wearing. While all her clothing now was new and not military issued, aside from the one pauldron she wore on her left shoulder, it still made her look like the soldier she once was. Noel wasn't sure why she decided that look, or if the red cape on her left shoulder was necessary as well, but it gave her that unique look that fitted with her rough gameplay style.

"Noel…" Farron started up again, the young boy looked up at her again. "When I know I'm ready, I want to return to Cocoon." She said softly. "It's not that I don't have anything against you guys, but it's been three years and I want to get my memories back." Noel watched her as her hand moved to her pouch, he narrowed his eyes slightly. He had come to notice this that whenever Farron would talk about her memories she would fumble around with the pouch she sported on her thigh.

"Have you figured out how?"

"Through the Gran Elevator. I mean, it's not forbidden to go to Cocoon, they just rather we don't. I'm not marked, I just don't have the ID to get to Cocoon legally. So I need to sneak in."

"If they find out they'll chase after you…what if you got caught?" Noel asked, Farron shook her head.

"They'll be able to ID me properly at the least, which would give me a start, assuming I don't get in too much trouble."

"I see." Noel muttered, deep down he didn't want Farron to leave, she had become such an important part of his life now. He knew that she couldn't stay forever though, she was from Cocoon, and she probably even had family up there too. "Then I want to make a promise with you, that one day, when I become a Duelist myself, we'll meet again and have a proper duel."

Farron smiled.

"I'd like that." She held his hand out to him and he took it.

"Then it's a deal." He said with a smile, but never got to continue the conversation as sirens began to blare throughout their little base. Maqui and Snow were suddenly in the same room as them, the smaller blonde boy panicking.

"They found me!" he cried out. "Farron! Help me!" he tugged on the cape that she quickly snatched out of his hands before giving him a stern look.

"I thought you said you didn't steal it!"

"I lied, but you really needed it Farron! You're the best! I wanted you to have the best!" Maqui reasoned. Farron sighed, there wasn't much she could do. Looking over to Noel he quickly turned back to the couple and punched a couple buttons as she fetched a black leather pouch, she attached it to the back of her belt before checking its contents. It was the gunblade she was found with three years ago, Blazefire Saber.

"That should jam the marker for now." Noel said as he gave Maqui a look, the boy fingered the yellow tattoo on his face slightly in embarrassment as Farron walked over to her D-Wheel and placed her helmet on her head.

"I'll lead them away, you guys take cover until I come back for you, okay?" she revved the engine as the boys nodded in agreement. Normally Snow would protest but after his sound defeat earlier in the day he knew better. They quickly scattered as Farron spun her D-Wheel around and quickly left the underground tunnels they called home. As soon as she hit the open air she could see the Airship that had tracked Maqui down in the sky, its searchlight zoning in on her instantly.

"We got a D-Wheeler! Send in a pursuit team!" she could hear the commands echo throughout the radios as she sharply turned the corner. Sirens soon followed as the Sanctum Duelists were released onto the ground. Farron gave them a backwards glance and saw that they had five men after her.

"A Duelist after a Duelist eh?" she smirked as she released one hand off the handle bar and pulled out her gunblade. "Now… what would you do if this Duelist was also a fighter?" she lined up her gunblade and fired four shots, all four of them hitting their mark and bursting the front tires of four of the five Sanctum D-Wheels. She sheathed her gunblade afterwards and started to lead the last Duelist away. "Don't make this easy for me, it's boring."

Eventually she led the other Duelist to the entrance of the Mah'habara Subterra, she stopped her motorcycle and waited for him, he was several seconds behind but he caught up nonetheless. Farron watched him with a stern eye as he looked her over.

"No marker, you were just bait." The man on the other D-Wheel snarled. "You're working with that kid aren't you?" the man pulled his helmet off, showing her his face and his silver-white hair. For some reason Farron felt that she knew this man. "So your D-Wheel, it's pretty fast, was it stolen too?"

"I challenge you to a duel." She snarled. "If I win, you forget what happened here and the boy goes free."

"Do you even have cards?" he asked, pulling out his own deck and placing it in his wrist dealer.

"I found some cards." Farron muttered back as she held up her deck. "Why, is it a problem?"

"You Pulsian scum are all the same, all trash talk and trash cards." The Sanctum Solider muttered as he moved his D-Wheel to be nose to nose with Farron's. "This looks like a short track, a Half Point Duel?"

"Why, scared that I'll win just because I'm faster?" Farron sneered. "I have no problem with a Half Point Duel." She revved her engine. "First one around the corner goes first."

"What's your name, Pulsian?" the man asked quickly, Farron stared at him.

"You first."

"Yaag Rosch." Rosch told her, Farron glared at him behind her visor.

"Farron." She answered quickly "Ready?"

"No." he interrupted. "If I win, you and all of your friends are under arrest, and you will not resist me."

"You gotta beat me first." Farron smirked, Rosch snarled.

"Riding Duel!" he shouted

"ACCELERATION!" The two Duelists roared out as both D-Wheels shot forward. Farron's overtaking Rosch's with ease and rounding the first corner.

"I take the first move!" Farron shouted as she placed her hand over her deck. "Draw!"

[Farron – Life Points: 4000]

[Rosch – Life Points: 4000]

"I set one Monster face down and I play another card face down. I end my turn!" Farron said quickly as she played the two cards face down. Rosch grinned.

"I draw!" he called out pulling out his card. "I summon Stygian Street Patrol in Attack Mode!" he shouted as the demon rider from hell appeared beside his own D-Wheel. [ATK: 1600 – DEF: 1200] "Battle! Stygian Street Patrol! Attack Farron's facedown monster!" It didn't take much afterwards, the demon rider simply ran over the card and destroyed it. "Now for its effect! When this card destroys a monster in battle and sends to the Graveyard I can inflict damage to my opponent equal to the level of the destroyed monster multiplied by a hundred!"Quickly the same monster rode up to Farron and using Rosch's sense, slammed hard into the side of her D-Wheel, but she was hardly fazed by the attack.

[Farron – LP: 4000 - 3600]

"Reverse Card open!" Farron shouted. "Call of the Haunted! This card lets me Special Summon one monster from my grave! Be Reborn! Junk Blader!" With that call a warrior dressed in dark purple armour with a tattered cape rose up beside Farron. With a roar he held his blade out before him. [ATK: 1800 – DEF: 600]

"Turn end!"

"Draw!" Farron pulled the card from her deck and gave it a sideways glance, nothing special, but she didn't know. "I set one card. Next I'll have Junk Blader attack Stygian Street Patrol!" she declared as her warrior moved against the demon rider and crashed into it, slicing through the motorcycle and having it blown up. Farron's Sense rocked Rosch sideways.

[Rosh – LP: 4000 - 3800]

"For such a small attack, her Sense is incredible." Rosch muttered as Farron ended her turn, he quickly drew another card, grinning when he saw it. "I send my level four Assault Dog; level three Gonogo and my level two Jutte Fighter to the Graveyard in order to Special Summon Montage Dragon!" Rosch declared as he slammed the card down in the appropriate zone. "This card's attack is equal to the combined level of the discarded monsters time three hundred! Rise! Montage Dragon!" he roared out as a purple three headed appeared within the small tunnel. Farron knew if she didn't have such a lead against him she would be pressing up against the sides just to give the dragon room. [ATK: 2700 – DEF: 0]

"Twenty seven hundred." Farron muttered as Rosch chuckled.

"Battle! Montage Dragon! Attack the Pulsian's Junk Blader! Power Collage!" he roared out, Farron quickly whipped her hand out.

"Reverse Card open!" she shouted. "Scrap-Iron Scarecrow! This card lets me negate an attack once per turn and reset it! Therefore saving Junk Blader!" The scarecrow, true to its name, protected Junk Blader and Farron's Life Points.

"You…" Rosch took a look at his hand; he didn't have the card he needed to destroy that trap. "I end my turn."

"I have hand control." Farron declared. "This game is over Rosch! I draw!" she saw the card she pulled and smirked. Reaching for her hand she pulled Quillbolt Hedgehog from the dealer and placed him in the Graveyard. "By discarding one card from my hand I can Special Summon Quickdraw Synchron!" [ATK: 700 – DEF: 1400]. "Next, when there is a Tuner Monster on the field, I can Special Summon Quillbolt Hedgehog from the grave!" [ATK: 800 – DEF: 800].

"Swarming with low levels… she can't be… a Synchro summon?" Rosch whispered to himself as he watched everything play out before him.

"Next I Normal Summon Quick-Span Knight in Attack Mode!" [ATK: 1000 – DEF: 800]

"A seven, nine or a six… what is she up to?" Rosch muttered as Farron looked over her hand.

"Shit, I miscounted…" Farron pulled the last two cards from her hand. "I use the Spell Card One for One! By discarding Shield Wing from my hand I can Special Summon one level one monster from my Deck! Tuningware!" she shouted as the small familiar monster appeared beside her. [ATK: 100 – DEF: 300]. "Next, I'm tuning my level five Quickdraw Synchron to the level two Quillbolt Hedgehog and level one Tuningware!" she called out as the two monsters tuned to each other. "Clustering Crystals will evoke a new horizon! Become the path its light shines upon!" she called out. "Synchro Summon! Dash onward! Road Warrior!"With that cry a large warrior in light gold armour appeared between herself and Montage Dragon. Road Warrior had taken the scene by storm. [ATK: 3000 – DEF: 1500]

"Tuningware's effect! When he's used as material for a Synchro Summon I get to draw one card!" she pulled the card and was greeted with the green frame of a spell card. "Perfect."

"This isn't over until it's over Farron!" Rosch shouted, Farron chuckled.

"Sorry, my dear friend, but I'm about to show you something that no one else has survived before." She held her hand out, still holding onto the card. "I'm going to tune my level three Quick-Span Knight to my level four Junk Blader!" Farron called out. "Now watch! Clustering Crystals will evoke the white flash! Become the path its light shines upon! Synchro Summon! Strike Now! Lightning Warrior!" she cried out as thunder roared through the tunnels, in a flash of white light a blonde warrior had appeared, adorned in silver armour. Farron grinned, while it wasn't the strongest monster in her deck, it had become a vital part of her over the last three years. [ATK: 2400 – DEF: 1200]

Rosch swore loudly.

"Quick-Span Knight's effect activates! When he's used as material for a Synchro Summon and sent to the Graveyard, one monster my opponent controls loses five hundred Attack Points! Your Montage Dragon!"

"No! This can't be happening! I'm security! I shouldn't be losing to the likes of you!" Rosch protested as his monster's attack fell. [ATK: 2700 - 2200]

"Finally I use the Spell Card United We Stand!" Farron shouted. "The equipped monster gains eight hundred Attack and Defence points for each face up monster on my side of the field! I have two, that's sixteen hundred! I choose Lightning Warrior!" the card was equipped and the electricity coursing through the warrior intensified as his stats rose. [ATK: 2400 - 4000][DEF: 1200 - 2800]

Now this was just simply overkill.

"Battle! Road Warrior! Attack Montage Dragon! Lightning Claw!" she commanded as lightning sparked throughout the tunnels once more as Road Warrior jumped upon Montage Dragon, his claws sparking with the familiar electricity before slicing through the dragon with ease. Farron's Sense flared, causing Rosch to cry out as he was all but electrocuted by Road Warrior's attack.

[Rosch – LP: 3800 - 3000]

"This duel is over!" Farron roared as she sped up even more, trying to intensify her own power. "This is my greatest Sense! Lightning Warrior! Attack Rosch Directly!"

"No!"

"LIGHTNING PUNISHER!"

A/N: After reading and supporting Hawk00Refferencer's Cold Saga. I decided to dabble into a similar universe. I had a little experience with a previous story. Forward Motion that ultimately dropped when I got into a fight with my partner in crime for that story. So I wish to use whatever I couldn't use in that story in this story. I am aware that Farron is out of character, but dealing with memory loss, one develops differently. This is how I'd see her if she grew up without the burdens she had.

Anyway there are some major notes about this story's universe. Cocoon has fallen and is supported by the pillar, but we don't know how it came to be (nor is it important to this story). Gran Pulse is still the hell below, but instead of being devoid of human life; around the base of Cocoon is a wasteland while moving outwards gives you the lush greens. Criminals of Cocoon are purged to Gran Pulse.

Riding Duels, as seen above, follow the 5D's Manga Concept, Speed World doesn't exist. Sense is a dominate feature in gameplay, making Riding Duels much more popular than Ground Duels. Half Point Duels are duels that start with 4000 Life Points over 8000; they are used in Riding Duels with shorter tracks, just to make it fair.

I also don't like making up cards, later in the story you'll see that a rather popular archetype was refaced to suit one of our favourite characters a little more. Personalized Signature Cards will be custom made.

Farron will not be running a Quickdraw Deck the entire story, it will be shifting soon.

"I've been waiting to duel you for a while now... Serah Farron."

"Let your memories guide me to victory!"

"You drew a card against me! So now we duel!"

Next Time: Time Frozen in Crystal – A Duel in Memory of the Lost!