Hi there ! It's been a while since I hadn't post something in here. And I thought I would surprise you with another story. While some like to write on more recent animes, I like my good old ones... except this one is actually the second most recent series of the Yugioh franchise, which is another one I like a lot. The early 2000 did bring us a lot of really good stuff. Enough dwelling on the past. I kept this one extremely short, and it covers the Duel between our protagonist, Yuya Sakaki and Strong Ishijima, best known as The Sledgehammer. Have a good read. And as always, reviews are welcomed.
Title : Dimension Dragons Wars
By : Luckash
Disclaimer : I don't own any material related to Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V, or any of the previous series.
Part I : Standard Dimension
Chapter 1 : Fighting for Dad's Pride ! Pendulum Summon
It looks like a duel field. One person has two monsters on his field, and looks seriously for his opponent. He stands here, looking as tall and muscular as some of the adults working out in a gym. He has a sash on his forehead, and he's wearing the Paradise Prep School jacket, over a white coat with golden trims, white pants, and samurai shoes. Another sash, a white one, is tied on his back
He's Noboru Gongenzaka. His two monsters are Superheavy Samurai Blue Brawler and Superheavy Samurai Swordsman. He has 2600 LP remaining, whereas his opponent and best friend, Yuya Sakaki still has all his LP. Yuya has no cards, only his Performapal Hip Hippo, and one set card.
That's his turn. As he draws, a strong gust of wind come to the field.
"I, Gongenzaka, release my two monsters to Advance Summon Superheavy Samurai Big Benkei in Attack Mode, and as per his effect, I'm allowed to change him to Defense Mode straightaway !"
Somewhere in a nearby pagoda, Yuya Sasaki just smiled. He was wearing his usual red shirt, green pants with two Deck pockets, one of each leg, which would suggest Yuya has two different decks. His prep school jacket on the shoulders, like it was a cape. Yuya had green spiky hair and crimson hair underneath. Everyone, even Yuzu Hiiragi, from a monitor in another room, could see the smile he had on his face as he got out of the pagoda, riding on his Hip Hippo.
"Ladies and Gentlemen ! I activate my Quick-Play Magic Card "Hippo Carnival !" I summon three Hippo Token in Defense Mode ! You can only attacks the Token now !"
In the room she was watching the duel, Yuzu couldn't refrain from yelling
"Come on, Yuya ! Play seriously for once ! "
As she was saying that, she accidentally punched the nearby keyboard, causing it to malfunction and explode. The girl's father, Shuzo Hiiragi suddenly appears in the room, as the computer exploded
"What's happening ?" he asked
"I… punched it by accident ?" she answered sheepishly
"The Solid Vision system is going to die because of that. No duels with Solid Vision until it's fixed."
"What about those two ?" she asked, pointing at the computer where Gongenzaka and Yuya were still shown, Yuya dancing and making a funny face "Figured" she said, disdainfully
Yuya was actually explaining that Entertainment Dueling was this school speciality. Gongenzaka didn't seem to be convinced as he explained his preference for his "Steadfast" Dueling.
"I wanted to make them laugh even more…" Yuya said, frustrated "because you broke the machine, Yuzu"
"If you weren't being your usual goof, I wouldn't have punched it, Yuya." She retorted, before swatting at him, and making him bump into Gongenzaka
"This boy wasn't laughing, you know. Why did you have to turn everything into a joke ?" he asked, sounding really serious
"I was cracking up."
"There's a difference between laughing at you and laughing with you" was Gongenzaka's reply. "Do you remember how your father's duelling made everyone smile ? Did you forget that ?"
- "They laughed at Dad at the end"
There was someone clearing his throat, before stepping up. Yuzu's father asked him who he was. The man introduced himself as the manager of Strong Ishijima, also known as The Sledgehammer, the current Action Duelist Champion. The name sent Yuya into a spiral of memory, of his father last duel in Maiami City, where he lost the Champion title to the Sledgehammer after not showing up. Yuya wanted to step up for him, only for Shuzo Hiiragi to stop him. Since then, the Sledgehammer had become one of biggest schools, Leo Institute of Dueling, poster duelist.
- "Yuya Sakaki, you remember me, I take ?" he asked
- "What are you here for ?" Shuzo asked, yelling at him
- "Mr Hiiragi, I think young Yuya is now old enough to speak for himself. And to answer you, I have an offer from Leo Corporation for you. Beat the Sledgehammer in a Duel, and you will have brand new Solid Vision installed in your school… for free. If your champion, young Yuya here, is still ready to battle the Sledgehammer, that is"
- "And if I lose ?"
- "Your school is done. Over. Finito."
- "Deal." Answered Shuzo, before being smacked around the head by his daughter. Unbeknownst to them, Yuya was now smiling.
- "I'll see you on Fan Appreciation Day."
Before anyone could interject, Nico Smiley left, leaving the You Show Duel School. Yuya also left before anyone could stop him.
A few days later, in Maiami City Duel Stadium.
- "ARE YOU READY FOR OUR MAIN EVENT ?!" Nico Smiley asked the crowd, to a loud, and positive, response. "Today, the Champion, The Sledgehammer, will face Yusho Sakaki only son, the Star Champion, Yuya."
The Sledgehammer, a massive duelist, was standing at one side of the field, and waiting for Yuya to show up.
"Did he chicken out, like his father did ?" he said, plucking like a chicken
People were massively cheering, but what the Sledgehammer hadn't noticed was Yuya, in a clown attire, behind the Sledgehammer back. At one point, he sees the clown, and Yuya activates his Duel Disk.
"Would you give me this honor, Champion ?"
"I'll even let you start."
Nico Smiley was now grinning. His Duel of the Decade was now taking place, as he launched a Field Spell "Castle of Chaos" in the air.
"Now, be a witness to the evolution of duelling… ACTION DUEL !"
Yuya remembered that since he goes first, he can't draw a card. His starting hand wasn't good. He had his "Hip Hippo", and also "Wonder Ballons". The remaining cards were "Performapal Whip Snake", "Performapal Sword Fish", "Stargazer Magician"
-"No Magics or Traps, except for the high-cost Wonder Ballons… well, that's my luck" he thought before announcing, "I summon Performapal Hip Hippo in Attack Mode and set a card face down"
Before continuing, he climbed on his Hippo and started to run around, seemingly aimlessly.
"I knew it was a mistake to let him duel like that…" Yuzu said
"You're running away, like that coward Yusho ? You won't escape me, Sakaki ! My turn, DRAW !"
The Sledgehammer had a big smile on his face, and for a reason ! He had just drawn his ace monster "Battleguard King" Now, it was a matter of time until he wins.
'From my hand, I activate "Feast of the Wild, Level 5" ! This will Special Summons 2 Level-Five Monsters to my field, BUT their effects will be negated. I choose these two : Swamp Battleguard and Lava Battleguard !"
His monsters appeared but as they were landing, the Sledgehammer spoke again
"I now release these two to summon the one and only… Battleguard King in Attack Mode ! And before I attack, I'm going to equip my Battleguard King with the Equip Spell 'Barbarian Rage' which gives him a bonus I'll dwell on later !"
Yuya stopped when Battleguard King was in front of him.
"Battleguard King… Attack that fool Hip Hippo !"
"Do you really think I was running aimlessly, Sledgehammer ?"
"WHAT ?"
"Quick-play Magic, activate ! Wonder Ballons ! Your attack is negated, and your monster loses 1000 ATK for each Magic Card I discard, and I'll be using… Those three !"
He showed his opponent the three cards he was discarding, therefore making Battleguard King loses his 3000 ATK… but I kept smiling.
"You were running for Action Cards to use as cost for your card ?" he shouted, dumbfounded that a kid had tricked him.
"Exactly, now, your Battle Phase comes to an end, and your monster is destroyed !"
"Are you sure about that ?"
Yuya looked at his Life points count on the screen which was showing : "Yuya Sakaki : 2800 LP ; The Sledgehammer : 4000 LP" When the smoke cleared, the Hippo was nowhere to be seen, and Battleguard King was still standing ! Actually, Hippo had come back to his hand.
"What happened, Sledgehammer ?"
"Battleguard Rage, that's what happened. Kid, never run into battle without reading the effect of every card on the field. 'Battleguard Rage' gives an extra 2000 ATK to any "Battleguard" monster equipped with it, and any monster battling a Battleguard monster equipped with it is sent back to its owner hand. Therefore, even with your Wonder Ballons on the field, my King still had 2000 ATK, which is more than enough to deal with that pathetic Hippo of yours.
Now, if you can let a champion do his thing, I'll activate Mystical Space Typhoon, and destroy your Wonder Ballons !"
There was a gust of wind, and the "Wonder Balloons" card on Yuya's field disappeared with a flash.
"I set a card face-down. Now, it's your turn, kid."
"DRAW !"
He just shot a look at the card he drew, and smiled.
"I activate the Magic Card, Pendulum Call ! By discarding an another Card from my hand, I can draw 2 "Pendulum" Monsters from my Deck"
"Did you say Pendulum ? You can't mean… Yusho Sakaki's Pendulum Monsters ?!"
The shout startled everyone. In fact, Yusho Sakaki had become a famous Dueltainer because he was using his "Performage" Monster, that let him use a particular Summoning method.
"Those are my own. I swore I will use them against you first, Sledgehammer ! So, I use the effect of my "Pendulum Call" to add Timegazer Magician and Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon to my hand ! And now, using the Scale 1 Stargazer Magician and the Scale 8 Timegazer Magician, I SET THE PENDULUM SCALE !"
Behind Yuya, two monsters appeared in pillars of blueish light. One was a magician in white robes, where the other was black. Under them, the numbers 1 and 8 appeared
"Now, I can summon monsters between level 2 and 7, and I'll do it right away ! APPEAR MY MONSTER ! The dragon with beautiful dichromatic eyes, Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon !"
The dragon didn't look like much. In fact, Yuzu was thinking it looked like a more ferocious version of Yuya's "Odd-Eyes Dragon" she had seen him use plenty of time.
The Sledgehammer didn't look to be bothered by the sudden appearance of a level 7 monster.
"I'm not done yet ! Performapal Sword Fish and Performapal Whip Snake are joining us as well"
"How can you just summon a bunch of monsters in one turn ?"
"Pendulum Summon, that's why"
"How ?"
A small screen, showing Nico Smiley, appeared on the Sledgehammer's Disk.
"If the Duel Disk didn't cancel the summon, it means it's legal. We can't do a thing about it. I mean, the coding was done by Yusho Sakaki and Leo Akaba, about 15 years ago."
"I guess I'll have to crush that kid the old fashioned way, by duelling ?"
"Indeed."
The communication stopped.
"That doesn't change a thing. Since your Wonder Balloons disappeared, my 'Battleguard King' has 5000 ATK ! How do you intend on beating that ?" The Sledgehammer was confident Yuya had no way to turn this around.
"Monster effects. First I'll activate Whip Snake's effect, which allows me to swap your attack with your Defense !"
That made the Attack of 'Battleguard King' 1100 ATK. To say the Sledgehammer was worried would be an understatement. He still had that facedown, in case.
"I also activate Sword Fish's effect to cut your monster's attack by 600, making it…"
"500 ATK… You cut my monster's attack 10 times ? Ridiculous. That Pendulum move should be illegal."
"It is not illegal, unfortunately for you. Odd-Eyes, attack his Battleguard King. Spiral Flame Strike !"
The Dragon spew red flames at the Sledgehammer's monster, who retaliated
"Trap activate ! ZERO GRAVITY ! this will switch all our Attack position monster into defense position, and forcefully end your Battle Phase !"
"No, it's not ! Timegazer Magician's Pendulum effect activates ! Once per turn, I can negate a Trap activation, and re-set it !"
"Then I'll just activate it again !"
"Nope, a Trap negated by my Timegazer cannot be activated again during that same turn"
"Quick-play Spell, activate ! Battleguard Howling ! With that, I can return a Battleguard Monster from my Graveyard to my hand, and inflict you damage equal to its attack. I choose Lava Battleguard, and deal you 1850 damage."
"Once again, I'm afraid not. Stargazer Magician Pendulum effect activates and negates your spell ! Oh, and, did I forget to mention that… Odd-Eyes deals double damage against a Level 5 or higher monster, and your Battleguard King is Level 8. Unless you have something for this attack. This duel is… over. Take that as my dad revenge for calling him a coward for all those years… REACTION FORCE !"
Realisation struck The Sledgehammer as the attack hits and he was dealt 4000 damage in one shot… Whatever Yusho went to do on that day might have been important. If he had taught his son Dueling, he was that strong.
WINNER : YUYA SAKAKI.
The crowd exploded as the screens were showing the improbable truth. Strong Ishijima, best known as The Sledgehammer, has just lost his first duel since taking the Champion Title from Yusho Sakaki by forfeit.