Author's note: Hello! Before we begin, I must reiterate that this is an Original Story with my own version of the Knights of Hanoi Arc.
So instead of an explosive arrival with the Cracking Dragon, it'll be a more subtle slow-rising start for the Knight's arrival.
There will be some characters from the original VRAINS anime, but they will mostly be different from their original portrayals.
Also, the OC Archetype is Overpowered I know, so I'm going to edit some of the cards to make them less powerful lol.
By the way, they are bits of Japanese in this fic, here are some translations!
Rasshai = Welcome!
Hei Omachi! = Thank you for waiting!
I hope you all enjoy!
A Sushi Girl has no place in LINK VRAINS
Chapter 1: A Clueless Sushi Girl can play Duel Monsters? As if!
The city park in the Futuristic Den City was lush and vibrant with trees and fauna, a stark contrast with the natural silver high-end buildings that would encompass the city garden like a makeshift cage, keeping strays, and critters within its green-tinted grasp.
Citizens of the city who wanted to spend time experiencing the real world would go to this community spot for some rest. Some were tired salarymen who would spend their stress-relieving breaks with a quick rest on a bench, enjoying some well-needed peace after being hazed by their boss's complaints.
Some were worn-out LINK VRAINS users who needed some contact with a real sun and not an artificial holographic one.
Some were just ordinary people who just wanted to enjoy a slice of wildlife in the massive urbanized Den City, from families to off-school students to squatters trying to find a right sleeping spot for the upcoming evening. This sense of tranquility would soon be challenged by a Young Woman and the Sushi Cart that she would pull around.
A neat bun of Red and Silver hair would adorn the girl's head along with a little white headband. Her clothes were bizarrely traditional and old-fashioned; a blue dress-like hakama coupled with a long-sleeve white robe of black cherry blossoms, the old wooden sandals she wore would clink and clang as she would walk peacefully.
Despite the Young Woman's traditional clothing that emanated an aura of elegance, she was anything but graceful. Her cherry blossom pattern robe, while lovely, was hampered by its uneven tuck. Her white headband misaligned and off-set. And her hakama was sagging on the ground. The legwear being stained with dirt and blades of grass as she would stroll on through.
The Sushi Cart that accompanied the Young Woman didn't fare any better. Both wheels would unhappily squeak from lack of maintenance and her supply of fish, while freshly cut and fresh-looking; were all messily displayed and poorly labeled. Being adorned with brambles of sticky notes assisting the girl when she had to remember a particular name of fish she had in stock or needed to serve.
The smile she had plastered on her face seemed to be formed more out of ignorant bliss as she would carelessly absent-mindedly pull her large Sushi Cart. She was taking significant lumbering steps that would pepper the natural ambiance with the unnatural sound of wood clacking against the ground.
As if The Young Woman had tunnel vision, she would walk over a small pile of rice that fed a growing group of pigeons, causing the collection to scatter haphazardly as her wood sandals would stray it in various directions, the birds would fly away as the old lady who was feeding them would give the Young Woman a glare.
"Watch where you're going Kisumi!" The Old Lady would threaten with a shake of her fist; the Young Sushi Seller would turn her head to the old lady, bearing a simple look on the girl's youthful face, she would politely nod her head.
"Oh! Hello, Oba-Chan! It's a great day isn't it?" The Young Sushi Seller named Kisumi said with a quick little wave before strolling ahead, leaving a dirty floor of scattered rice behind in her wake.
"Clueless girl, I swear, I'm going to get my nephew to dismantle that silly cart of hers if she keeps disturbing my bird-feeding." The Old Lady would promise to herself as she tossed more rice on the ground, hoping to attract the previous group of pigeons that were here before a certain Sushi Girl crashed the party.
Kisumi would unintentionally roll over a resting salaryman's foot with her Sushi Cart as she found the perfect spot to open her eatery. Right nearby the local park LINK VRAINS feed. A place that most park goers would spend time at.
"Rasshai! Rasshai! Rasshai to Yuu Family Sushi!" A young woman would suddenly shout to no one in particular as she got to the server side of her Sushi Cart. The other front of her portable restaurant was the dining table for her would-be customers that she hadn't attracted yet. The dining table had enough for four patrons, with each spot having a pair of chopsticks, soy sauce bottle and wasabi dish for any customers that would be enticed to have some sushi on this decent autumn day.
"Hello, Sir! Would you like to try some Yuu Family Sushi?" Kisumi would ask the same Salaryman who's foot she unintentionally ran over, seemingly unaware of what she did to the businessman, the middle-aged man would let out a groan of annoyance before walking away, expecting a hefty apology rather instead of an offer of sushi from the clueless girl.
The grumbling decline from the Salaryman did not affect Kisumi's enthusiasm; she would pluck out a couple of signs from her Sushi Cart, each restaurant sign would display a couple of cutesy and colorful drawings of cutesy sushi rolls with beady eyes and stick limbs, pictures the Sushi Girl made herself.
She would plant the signs several yards away from her portable restaurant as a way to advertise it before blissfully walking back to her Sushi cart. Almost clumsily tripping on her two feet as she did so.
Only after some time passed would the Young Woman get her first customer. His face and the dark blue school attire he wore were all too familiar for the Sushi Girl who also attended the same academy.
"Hello, Trevor-Kun! Would you like some of my Family's sushi?" She would address politely with a quick bow, almost hitting her head against the glass sushi display as she did so. The young man would let out a light chuckle from his friend's overeagerness as he would politely sit down on one of the chairs.
"Of course I would Kisumi, that's why I came to the park today!" The young man named Trevor would say with a soft smile on his face. The boy's kind words would cause the already happy girl to brighten a bit further; the girl would spin around joyously before returning to Trevor's needs.
"Okay, Trevor-Kun! What would you like?" Kisumi would ask cheerfully. Trevor would contemplate for a moment on what to try first, swaying his olive green hair as he did so.
"I'll have two Unagi, two tuna and two salmon please!" Trevor would conclude, the Sushi Cart Girl would nod her head in response before she got to the Sushi rolling.
"Right away Trevor-Kun!" despite the girl's disorganized and note-ridden workstation, Kisumi would craft six delectable pieces of sushi without deft and nimble hands. She would first form six beds of sticky rice, each of them being the same size as one another.
With a single careful finger, she would apply a light dash of wasabi as if her manicured finger was an artist's paintbrush and the bed of rice was their canvas.
"Remember my order is two unagi, two tuna, and two salmon!" Kisumi would hear by a helping Trevor who patiently waited for his food.
"Oh yeah! I almost forgot! Arigato Trevor-Kun!" She would say graciously; she was about to ask the boy what was his order again as she got carried away with her wasabi pressing.
"Now it's for the main pieces!" Kisumi would suddenly withdraw a small knife from a hidden compartment in her Sushi Cart to get to cutting. Like a doctor performing brain surgery, the sushi girl would cut three equally-sized slices of tuna, eel, and salmon elegantly. A class act compared to her obliviously oafish behavior on her way here.
"Hei Omachi!" She said with a bright smile as she presented the finished sushi plate to Trevor, he would accept it graciously with a nod of thanks. The boy would pour some soy sauce all over his sushi rolls before taking a bite out of one.
A content smile would grow on the boy's face, "Do you like it?" Kisumi would as she placed her elbows on her workstation, unaware that they were touching unattended slices of octopus.
"Like it? I love it Kisumi! Your sushi is always the best!" Trevor would compliment the Sushi girl, to which she responded with a blush and a giggle.
"Arigato for the kind words Trevor-Kun!" She would say with a humble bow, smiling as she did so. Trevor would plop another sushi roll into his mouth as he spoke more to the girl.
"No problem Kisumi, remember to charge me after I'm done!" He would once again remind the Sushi Girl, Kisumi would suddenly flash a face of realization.
"Oh yeah! I forgot! Arigato Trevor-Kun! I always forget that part! I'm too distracted by people liking my food to ask!" She would honestly say as she thanked the boy with her hands clasped together.
"No problem once again Kisumi, I'm here to be your customer and to help you out." He would say as he tossed another sushi roll into his hungering mouth.
Trevor would lightly smile from Kisumi's graciousness. Finding Kisumi's authenticity a refreshing change of pace compared to the more reserved classmates he had to attend.
"So Kisumi, how was school for you?" The boy would ask as Kisumi served him a cup of hot green tea, accidentally knocking down a couple of stacked wasabi plates as she did so.
"It was great Trevor-Kun! I retook the Algebra test and passed! It only took me four tries, but it was well worth it!" She said proudly with an accomplished smile on her face, Trevor would politely clap for Kisumi's success, glad that his friend was finally able to overcome that mathematical hurdle.
"Did you duel anyone yet?" The boy would curiously ask, Kisumi would cock her head in reply, not particularly understanding the boy's question.
"You know Kisumi! Duel Monsters? The starter deck I gave you last week? Have you tried dueling anyone yet?" The girl would think deeply for a moment before snapping her fingers as old memories sprung up.
"Oh! That thing, no I haven't Trevor-Kun, sorry… I was to busy running my family Sushi Cart to practice Duel Monsters." She would avert eye contact out of shame as if she committed an unforgivable crime.
"Don't worry about it Kisumi. I know that some of the cards are overwhelming for you, but you'll learn eventually!" He would say confidently, Kisumi would shake her head, disagreeing.
"I don't know Trevor-Kun, I think Duel Monsters is too complicated for me..." She would admit as her usual jovial self, suddenly shifted to a more dour mood. Trevor would frown from Kisumi's words; he would finish his meal before standing up from the chair he sat on, Kisumi would notice a white deck box was attached to his belt.
"How about this Kisumi, the best way to learn Duel Monsters is by being in the thick of it! And I have my deck with me… So how about I help you learn how to play Duel Monsters in a duel! How about it?!" He would announce as he pulled out his deck from the box and placed it on the dining stall. The Sushi Cart Girl would shoot a glance at the deck before shooting another glance, this time towards her friend.
Trevor could see the hesitation in her eyes. But this hesitation would be quickly swamped by a newfound determination that brewed inside of the Red and grey-haired girl.
"I'll do it Trevor-Kun! If I want to spread Yuu Family Sushi, I need to become a Charismatic Duelist! And that means I need to take the first step and learn how to duel!" She would say as she pumped her fist, Trevor would smile at Kisumi's newfound resolve, quietly relieved that his words were able to pick her up after a moment of despair.
"That's the spirit Kisumi! Come!" Trevor would slam down several dollar bills for his meal bill, several bills more than the boy truly needed to pay for.
"We got some dueling to do!" The boy said as he grabbed ahold Kisumi's hand, leading her away from her Sushi Cart to a small stone table nearby. The granite table was once was used for chess or checkers; now being used for Duel Monsters for a novice Sushi Girl and her more experienced school friend.
"Don't we need a duel disk to duel?" The girl would ask as she sat opposite to Trevor, the olive green-haired boy would let out a light chuckle from her question.
"Nope! Unless you're logged in into VRAINS of course! But since we're dueling in real life, it's totally optional. Besides, this duel is nothing serious." Trevor would answer as Kisumi would nod stiffly in return, listening intently with untrained eyes.
"Are you ready?" Trevor would ask the girl as she would clumsily pull out her deck from her hakama, spilling out a couple of soy sauce packets as she would hastily place it on top of the table.
"I'm ready!" She said as if she was addressing a teacher, this feeling would soon dampen as the girl realized she had her deck face-up as if her deck had a permanent Convulsion of Nature in play, showing off the bottom card of her deck.
She would blush sheepishly before flipping the deck face-down, now nodding to the boy to signify that she was truly ready.
"Alright! Let's duel!" Trevor would announce as he drew a hand of five cards, Kisumi would do the same albeit, cautiously and slowly. She would look to Trevor to which he responded with an approving nod and a gentle smile.
"See? You're learning already!" Kisumi would cheer for herself happily from her friend's compliment.
Elsewhere...In the depths of LINK VRAINS
The Virtual City's crimson red sky was an anomaly of shapes and lines. An ever-changing enigma as a cloaked online user would flee from a scene on his d-board.
"I got to get out of here!" A cloaked figure would scream to himself as he attempted to flee from his pursuer on his d-board. The sword-shaped hoverboard blasted with energy as it desperately tried to carry its owner to the outskirts of the virtual city in hopes of escaping its chaser's interest.
"I'm not FINISHED with you!" The cloaked figure would start to shake in fear as he heard the baritone voice, the cloaked figure would dare to look behind him, a scream of terror would escape from his lips as he saw it.
The Cloaked Man's Pursuer looked like a whirlwind of blades, a tattered cloak of metal blades would cover the Creature's entire upper body like a torrent of steel, leaving only a single yellow glowing eye to sprout out of the mesh of warped and twisted metal.
Red sashes would wrap around the monster's black arms and legs, making them look like the hilts of swords. Its maw was fanged and sharpened as it was forced to bite upon a dagger's blade. Forever bleeding a stream of black ooze that would sputter whenever words would crawl out of the twisted being's mouth.
The d-board that it would ride upon looked to be to that of a sharpened fragment of unrefined metal, looking like an obsidian arrowhead. It blasted out a single stream of toxic black smoke; polluting the Cyber skies with its poisonous haze as it rode along the data storm.
"You can't RUN away from me...We still have a duel to do!" The creature would speak as it pointed to its right wrist, revealing a diamond-shaped black screen attached to its own flesh.
The creature would let out a loud laugh as it could sense its prey's ever-growing fear, goblets of black blood would spew from its maw as the Creature let out its joy. "Please! I don't want to be deleted!" The Cloaked Figure would begin to beg as the Creature got close enough to activate its duel disk, pressing the bottom half of the black diamond to bring it to life.
"Speed Duel Mode Activated..."
The Creature's duel disk would croak, the deep voice sounded agonized and pained.
"You have no choice! You made your first mistake in joining the Knights of Hanoi! DUEL! NOW!" The Creature would laugh as the Knight of Hanoi would have to abide by the monsters maddened desires. He would reluctantly activate his own duel disk to fight for his life.
"SPEED DUEL!"
?'s LP: 4000
Knight of Hanoi's LP: 4000
"Oh god! oh god! I Uh, summon Jack Wyvern in attack position!" The black metal wyvern-like appeared by its master side, lighting its under-belly with a neon green glow.
Jack Wyvern
Level 4
DARK, Machine
ATK: 1800, DEF: 0
You can banish this card and 1 face-up Machine monster you control, then target 1 DARK monster in your GY; Special Summon it. You can only use this effect of "Jack Wyvern" once per turn.
"I end my turn with a set card! Please just let me go, man! I didn't do anything to you!" The cowardly knight would plea; the Creature would scoff loudly in return. Finding the Knight's craven nature to be pitiful.
"All Knights of Hanoi shall perish! Especially the ones who don't have TEETH!" The Creature shouted back in return.
"My draw Worm!" The metal beast would announce as a Duel Monster card would materialize for a moment from the metal creature's duel disk before it would join the duelist's hand, a floating collection of Duel Monster cards.
"I will summon Fangire Boar from my hand!" The Monster Duelist would swipe a card from the floating hand of cards, dematerializing as it would be played out on the field.
What appeared between the two duelists was an upstanding and hulking boarman. Colorful glass-like shards of a church's stained windows encased the boar as it began to snort and squeal madly.
"I activate my trap card! Pulse Mines!" The Knight of Hanoi retaliated as he revealed the set card. A Static shock would jolt through the newly summoned monster, forcefully shifting the beast into a defensive stane.
Pulse Mines
Normal Trap Card
If you control a Machine monster: Change your opponent's Attack Position monsters (if any) to Defense Position, also, until the end of this turn, if a monster(s) is Normal or Special Summoned to your opponent's field, change them to Defense Position.
"Now any monsters you're going to summon has to be in defense mode!" The Knight would explain. The Monster would scoff apathetically as he resumed his turn.
"I activate his effect! I will Banish one Fangire monster from my hand to Special Summon two more Fangire Boars from my deck!"As The Monster duelist banished a card from his hand with another strong swipe; The Boar monster would let out a series of communicative snorts. Within a moment two members of its kind would join by its side, snorting and squealing in glee from the brief reunion.
Fangire Boar
Level 3
EARTH, Beast
ATK: 1500, DEF: 500
When this card is Summoned: You can banish 1 "Fangire" monster from your hand, field, or GY, if you do, Special Summon any number of "Fangire Boar" from your Deck or hand. When this card is banished from your GY, hand or field, select 1 card on your opponent's side of the field, banish it. You can only activate the effect of "Fangire Boar" once per turn.
"Come out! The Circuit that will lead to your demise!" The Metal Duelist would let out an ear-rending laugh as a black square with link arrows appeared in the sky.
"Oh no..." The Knight of Hanoi would murmur as he watched the three Fangire Boars transform into streams of blackened tornados.
"The Summoning Condition is two or more Fangire Monsters! I set all three Fangire Boars into the link markers!" The three tornados, like heat-seeking missiles, would enter into the link markers.
"I Link Summon! Fangire Alucard! The Vampire Prince!" A crimson red tornado would blast out of the link square; the gusting gale would break apart with a slash of a silver-coated sword from the monster that was summoned inside of it, fully revealing the Prince of the Fangires.
Fangire Alucard's red trenchcoat was covered in pricey-looking gems and decorated with gold buttons and chains; bringing about an aura of pompousness to the fanged noble. Silver shields would protect the monster's wrists. A golden mantle with a trailing black cape would be on the Monster's shoulders. Its face was bat-like, eyes blank like a canvas, and a maw of sharpened fangs. Ultimately concluding with a collection of golden unstretched wings and ears on its head.
Fangire Alucard - The Vampire Prince
LINK - 3
DARK, Fiend
ATK: 2500
Link Arrows: Top Left, Bottom Right, Bottom
2+ "Fangire" monsters
When this card is Link Summoned: Banish all "Fangire" monsters that were used as Link materials for this card's Link Summon, gain 500 ATK for each card banished by this card's effect.
"Fangire Alucard's effect activates! I banish all of my Fangire Boars to increase its attack to 4000!" All of a sudden, the sword that Alucard wielded would engulf itself in a crimson red inferno.
Fangire Alucard - The Vampire Prince's ATK: 2500 - 4000
"4000!?" The Knight of Hanoi shouted in surprise, his jaw agape and his boots quivering from the sight of the strengthened monster.
"And then! Hahaha!" The Monster duelist would pause as it let out a delighted laugh, "I'll use Fangire Boar's banish effect! I can banish one of your cards! And I'll choose Jack Wyvern!" The Knight of Hanoi's monster started to rust and shiver, coiling up until it turned to dust.
"No! That means I'm defenseless!" The Knight of Hanoi would exclaim as he put his hands up, begging for mercy.
"Time to end this! Fangire Alucard! Destroy this cowardly Knight of Hanoi with Rite of the Fangires!" The Princely fiend would nod to its master before flying up to the Knight. The lowly grunt would scream as he slashed several times by Alucard's fiery blade.
Knight of Hanoi's LP: 0
Winner: ?
The Knight of Hanoi would fall from his d-board from the sheer force of the attack, landing on a roof of a building in a painful thud. The Monster Duelist let out a satisfied laugh as it would jump off from its crude d-board. Joyously, the monster would walk up to the crumpled and defeated Knight of Hanoi.
"Now...Tell me, who do you follow?" The Monster duelist would press his foot against the defeated Knight of Hanoi's chest, causing the man to scream in pain.
"Screaming will only make the pain worse! Tell me now!" The beast would continue to threaten. With a shift of its weight, it would apply more pressure on its foot.
"Alright Alright Alright! Stop, please! I'll tell you everything! Just please stop!" The Knight would finally give in. The Monster would shrug nonchalantly before finally getting off the knight.
"My boss is a guy that goes by the name of Revolver, and he has his sub-coordinates..." The Knight's visor would suddenly start to flicker and beep before he could fully answer the Monster's question. Confused, the monster would cock its head.
"No...NO! I Don't want to DIE!" The Knight of Hanoi would put both of his hands as he started to scream in terror. The visor's flickering and the beeping would rapidly become louder and frequent.
"I suppose I'll get my answers from another one of you worms..." Figuring out the ultimate fate of this lowly grunt, the Monster duelist would shrug indifferently.
"ReaveArk...Will Get his answers eventually, he always does!" The Monster Duelist would say to himself. A sinister snicker leaked out of ReaveArk's maw as he waved goodbye to the screaming Knight of Hanoi.
"Thanks for the info though! Sayonara!" The monster finished as he logged off. Leaving the Knight of Hanoi to an explosive deletion.
"And here we have it, folks...We just recapped today's breaking news in the VRAINS! The Mysterious Monster user that goes by the name of ReaveArk has just deleted a member of the mysterious organization called the Knights of Hanoi! SOL Technologies have given their word and has said that they have sent out a team of Bounty Hunters to try to take the criminal down before he causes even more destruction! Further discussion at seven!" The News Reporter on the LINK VRAINS feed notified the gathering audience in the park.
The crowd that gathered around the news feed would look upon the Monster Duelist as it replayed its turns in the duel, appalled by its brutal nature and grotesque appearance. While this was happening, Kisumi and Trevor were still dueling each other. Trevor would watch the recap of Cyberse City as Kisumi would try to play out her turn.
"Hey, Kisumi...Can I ask you to do something for me?" Trevor would turn back to the girl who was trying to enact a Synchro Summon with two non-tuner monsters. Seemingly too distracted to notice the incoming happenings of LINK VRAINS.
"Yes, Trevor-Kun?" She asked in return as she unintentionally dropped her whole hand of cards on the table.
"Can you please don't go to LINK VRAINS okay? It seems dangerous to go there now." The girl would curve an eyebrow, not understanding the random request from her olive green-haired friend.
"What's LINK VRAINS?" She asked with a cock of her head. Hearing that answer made Trevor smile as he patted her head.
"Something that you don't need to know of."
Clumsy clanks and clunks of wooden sandals would begin to litter a rural road of Den City. Only stopping when the wearer would finally reach her home in the dusk. Kisumi let out a tired sigh from all of the sushi-selling and duel-learning she did today.
Both of her parents were asleep as she entered inside of her home, taking off her noisy sandals as she did so.
She would enter her room, after struggling to get through the unlit living room of course. Everything would seem to be in order...Except for a diamond-shaped duel disk was on her desk, along with a single note on top of it. Kisumi, curious, would grab the post-it note and read it.
'We're one step closer Kisumi...Remember to log back into the VRAINS tomorrow morning, we have more to do.'
Kisumi would cock her head in confusion before a clear memory would suddenly flash in her mind.
Namely the memory of herself logging into the VRAINS this morning, entering into the bridge of cyberspace before fading into a hazy cloud of forgotten memories. She shook her head, the memories giving her a pounding headache.
"ReaveArk...I hope you know what you're doing." She murmured as she lied down on her bed, hoping that a long night's sleep would cure her of sudden pain.