Disclaimer: I don't own anything except my OCs. And just like my other YGO stories, I will only use cards from the actually TCG/OCG, the current OCG banlist, and no Speed Spells or Counters for Riding Duels.
New Domino City. A sprawling island metropolis and Duel Monsters capital of the world. A new level of battles known as the Riding Duels have taken the world by storm. One of these riding duelists is the current champion, Jack Atlas, a duelist known for his overwhelming power and grace.
But not all is well in this future. Across the bay from New Domino is a run down industrial wasteland known as the Satellite Sector. This impoverished area is overrun with criminals, homeless and other lowly members of New Domino society.
And keeping the peace are the brave men & women of Sector Security, who are tasked to maintain order between the two cities.
The lights of New Domino filled the sky with color. While most of the civilian population were content with life in the city, there are those in every society that seek fortune at the cost of others.
As was the case of local diamond thief Victor Graves, who was currently trying to make off with 10 grand worth of diamonds. He used his make-shift duel runner to break into the shop and make a quick escape. But before the scar-faced biker had time to gloat, he heard the familiar sounds of Sector Security sirens as one of the SS Duel Chasers was hot on his tail.
The officer in question was a woman in her mid-twenties with brown eyes, clear skin and short dirty blonde hair. While she wore the standard Sector Security chaser uniform, she also had on a white scarf around her neck that billowed in the wind.
"This is Officer Hawkins. I'm in pursuit of a 487. Suspect is attempting to escape via duel runner." She said into her helmets' headset.
"Roger that, officer. You have permission to intercept." A communications officer on the other side replied. Hearing this, Hawkins smirked as she pressed a few buttons on her dashboard, making her runner enter Chaser Mode.
"Activating Chaser Mode!" In a burst of purple energy, both runners were consumed by the Augmented Reality.
Duel Mode - Auto Pilot, Standby.
"Shit!" Victor cursed as his duel runner's auto-pilot was forcefully activated, lowering his speed as the riding duel started. "Bugger off, you Security twat!"
Hawkins: 8000
Victor: 8000
"Charming." Hawkins said with a deadpan expression as she drew her first card. "I summon Giant Rat and end my turn!" A rodent of unusual size appeared out of a summon portal (LV. 4/ATK: 1400). "Your move, creep."
Victor scowled as he drew his card. "Looks like I'll have to wipe the floor with you! Since you have a monster and I don't, I can special summon Cyber Dragon from my hand!" A mechanical serpentine dragon manifested near the criminal. (LV. 5/ATK: 2100). "Next I summon X-Head Cannon!" The dual-cannoned machine also appeared on the field. (LV. 4/ATK: 1800) "Cyber Dragon, vaporize that rat!"
The famous machine unleashed a burst of energy from its jaw and fired, destroyed the rodent.
Hawkins: 8000 - 7200
"Giant Rat's effect activates! When he's destroyed in battle, I can special summon an EARTH monster with 1500 or less ATK from my deck." With a tap of her screen and a card sticking out from her deck, Hawkins decided to bring out one of her favorite monsters. "I summon Superheavy Samurai Big Benkei!"
And with that, a large samurai-themed robot with orange & black armor, red goggles and a weapon in it's right hand emerged. (LV. 8/ATK: 1000)
"A level 8 monster?! Just like that?!" Victor yelled out in surprise.
"When Benkei is summoned, I can switch his battle position." The large samurai folded it's legs and a blue aura surrounded it. (DEF: 3500)
With a scowl, Victor ended his turn. Hawkins then drew and the two turned a corner.
"I'll start off by summoning Superheavy Samurai Blue Brawler." The new monster was a blue machine with large pistons in place of arms. (LV. 4/ATK:0) "And just like Benkei, he switches to defense mode via his own effect." (DEF: 2000) "Next, I'll equip Benkei with Superheavy Samurai Soulshield Wall from my hand, increasing his DEF by 1200." A green segmented armor piece manifested on Benkei's right arm, raising his defense to 4700.
"Time to battle!" Hawkins yelled out as she sped ahead of Victor.
"What're you going on about? Your monsters are in defense mode."
"Well, thanks to Benkei, all defending Superheavy Samurais can attack and their DEF is counted for damage calculation." She then drifted her runner and pointed towards her foe. "Benkei, Brawler! Destroy this preps monsters!"
Steam blew out of the two monsters and they readied their attacks. Benkei slammed his fist down on the asphalt, creating a wave of fire that consumed Cyber Dragon while Brawler zoomed ahead and crushed X-Head Cannon in between its pistons. The combined attacks made Victor's runner waver a bit from the damage.
Victor: 8000 - 5200
"I end my turn." Hawkins stated, Victor scowling as he drew his next card.
"I activate the Continuous Spell Card Supply Squad. Then I set a monster and end." The horizontal card and continuous spell appeared and disappeared, Hawkins beginning her next turn.
"Going on defense isn't going to protect you. I summon Superheavy Samurai Swordsman." A samurai-themed monster with red & silver armor, multiple swords embedded in its mallet of a right arm and a naginata in its hand. (LV. 3/ATK: 1000). "And like his brothers, Swordsman can switch its battle position when its summoned." The blade-using machine gained a blue aura. (DEF: 1800). "Swordsman, attack his set monster!"
The monster swung its naginata and sliced the card in half, revealing it to be Shining Angel. (LV. 4/DEF: 800). And since it was basically the LIGHT equivalent of Giant Rat, Victor was able to summon a LIGHT monster with 1500 or less attacks from his deck in attack mode. As such, he brought out another Shining Angel. (ATK: 1400).
"Now I use Supply Squad's effect! Once per turn, when one of my monsters is destroyed, I get to draw one card." The diamond thief stated, drawing a card.
Hawkins ordered Blue Brawler to attack the second one...
Victor: 5200 - 4600
...and letting Victor summon a third Shining Angel. Then Benkei launched another attack to destroy the last Shining Angel.
Victor: 4600 - 1300
"I'll bring out Queen's Knight!" The next monster to be summoned was one of Yugi Moto's most famous warrior monsters, a blonde woman in red armor with a matching shield and sword. (LV. 4/ATK: 1500).
"I end my turn." Hawkins said as they turned another corner and Victor drew, smirking at his hand.
"Time to end this, pig! First, I summon King's Knight!" Another knight appeared, this one with gold & orange armor and a blond beard. "And since I normal summoned him while I control Queen's Knight, I can special summon Jack's Knight from my deck!" The two knights crossed their blades, creating a summon portal that a blue & silver armored knight swooped onto the field. (LV. 5/ATK: 1900).
"So you summoned the three poker knights. You still can't get past Benkei."
"Well don't get used to my knights." The scared duelist placed a card from his wrist dealer, the card manifesting on the field as Polymerization. "I fuse them together!" The three knights combined into a multi-colored vortex.
"Knights of skill, grace and loyalty! Combine your traits into the ultimate warrior! Fusion Summon, Arcana Knight Joker!" The light faded and revealed a tall knight with purple hair, elaborate gold, black and silver armor, a matching cape & shield, and a large sword in his right hand. (LV. 9/ATK: 3800)
'The hell?! How did a lowly crook get a card like that?' Hawkins thought to herself.
"And before you say anything about Benkei's defense being stronger, I'll wipe out all of your monsters! By discarding one, I activate Lighting Vortex!" A storm cloud appeared over the Superheavy Samurais before a large blast of lightning came down upon them in a brilliant flash of light. Victor started to chuckle until the light faded and much to his dismay, Big Benkei was still on the field with his DEF reduced to 3900. "How the hell is that thing still standing?!"
"Oh, that's simple. Just look at my graveyard." Hawkins said smugly as Victor did just that, noticing that another Superheavy Samurai monster was sent to grave along with Blue Brawler and Swordsman. "When you activated Vortex, I discarded my Soulfire Suit and targeted Big Benkei. At the cost of 800 DEF, he becomes indestructible for the rest of the turn."
"You think that'll stop me? I activate Enemy Controller!" Victor played the Quick-Play spell, manifesting a giant video game controller. "And I'll use it to switch Benkei into attack mode. B,A,A,B,A,B, Start!" The controller stabbed into the orange-armored machine, making it stand in attack mode after the code was entered. (ATK: 1000) "Joker Knight, attack that the overgrown heater!"
The knight flew towards the large machine, his sword at the ready.
"I activate Soulshield Wall's effect!" Hawkins stated. "When the equipped monster is attacked, I can send Wall to the graveyard, reducing the equipped monster's DEF to zero and negating the attack!"
With a quick sending, the Soulshield Wall blasted off Benkei and blocked the Joker Knight's sword strike before shattering into pixels. But despite this, Victor was calm since after this turn, Benkei would only have a measly 800 DEF left. No where near enough to destroy his ace monster. "I end my turn."
Even as her monster's DEF raised to 800, Hawkins was still confident she could win. And when she drew her next card, a smirk appeared on her face. "Game Over."
"What?" Victor asked.
"I summon Superheavy Samurai Trumpeter!" A small red armored monster with a brown traditional samurai hat and a large musical instrument appeared and floated next to his summoner. (LV. 2/ATK: 300) The thief looked at his dashboard and saw the monster's stats, making him sweat.
"A tuner monster?!"
"I tune my level 8 Big Benkei with my level 2 Trumpeter!" The two monsters flew ahead with Trumpeter blowing on his instrument before fading into two green synchro gates. The gates then moved over Benkei, making him transparent and revealing eight stars before he vanished and the stars lined up before exploding in a pillar of brilliant green light.
"Raging Deity, in unison with the roar of a thousand blades, come forth in a spiraling storm! Synchro Summon! Superheavy Samurai Warlord Susanowo!" Hawkins finished her chant as the light faded. The creature that appeared was a large armored warrior with light blue & black armor with red markings, four large cylinders sticking out of each limb and a large curved blade in its left hand. (LV. 10/DEF: 3800)
"Oh...balls." Victor cursed.
"And now I activate Susanowo's effect! When I have no spell or trap cards in my graveyard, I can set a spell or trap card from my opponent's graveyard onto my field. And the card I pick is Lightning Vortex!" Victor took the spell from his grave and into his S/T zone with the computers showing it on Hawkins' field. "And now I discard to activate it!"
The storm clouds appeared overhead once again and unleashed a massive bolt of lightning. Only this time it consumed Arcana Joker Knight, utterly destroying it.
"And like Benkei, Susanowo can attack while in defense mode. Susanowo, end this!" The large monster swung his blade, hitting Victor's duel runner and ending the duel.
Victor: 1300 - 0
With his life points drained, Victor's duel runner came to an abrupt stop and smoke came out of the sides. Taking advantage of her target's discomfort, Hawkins quickly stopped and tackled the thief, placing handcuffs on him. "You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law. You have the right to an attorney. If you do not have an attorney, you will be provided one."
Unbeknownst to the officer, a figure in black armor and a red cape was watching from the top of a nearby building. 'Hmph. She might be a worthy candidate. I'll need to test her.' The being thought to itself before fading into the shadows.
Navek Presents
A Yu-Gi-Oh! 5Ds fanfiction
To Protect and Serve
Chapter 1: Soul Ante
The next day...
The sound of heavy rock awoke the young officer from her slumber. Rubbing her eyes, she picked up the phone from her bedside dresser and answered it. "Hello?"
"Morning, Erika." A voice familiar to her greeted on the other end.
"Oh, hey Carly." The duel chaser greeted back as she got up out of bed, adorned in a blue t-shirt and shorts.
"So, did that tip I gave you lead to anything?"
"As a matter a fact, it did. Turns out it was some low life named Victor Graves." Erika stated as took her uniform out of her closet. "But your tips are usually right."
"One of the few perks of living in your car. You tend overhear a lot of things 'by accident'." The informant replied.
"Okay, while helpful, no one should be syched about living in their car."
"Well, until I catch my big break, the Carmine-mobile will have to do."
Erika sighed. "Look, let's meet up at lunch and we'll talk more there. I gotta get ready for work."
The two women hung up and the dirty blonde duel chaser opened her windows, letting the sunlight shine in. From the window, Erika could see most of the New Domino skyline in distance, a sight that always brought about her spirits.
An hour later, the Superheavy Samurai duelist was parking in the Sector Security headquarters lot and locked up her duel runner. She then took off her helmet and noticed her partner pulling it too. "Good Morning, Lukas."
The aforementioned officer took off his helmet, revealing his short black scruffy hair, a stylized goatee, green eyes and tanned complexion. This was officer Lukas Amador, Erika's partner. "Morning to you too, Erika."
The two chasers walked towards the building and swiped their IDs into the door scanners. They entered the building as the rest of the SS staff roamed about.
"So, did you see the King's exhibition duel last night?" Lukas asked his partner.
"Not really. The Graves arrest was really late. I pretty much crashed when I made it home." The dirty blonde replied with a sigh. "Let me guess, he won."
"Was their ever any doubt?" Lukas said with a hint of sarcasm. "I mean his opponent brings him down to 1600 LP and next turn he pulls out that Archfiend Dragon of his."
"Geez, convenient much?" While it wasn't a popular motion, their were some people in New Domino who believed that some of Jack Atlas' exhibition duels were rigged in order to draw false tension and please the crowd.
"Hey guys! What's up?" The two turned and saw a young man with square glasses with blue eyes behind them and brown hair. He also wore a lab coat and a tag that labeled him as part of the Forensics division. "Lukas, how's the wife and kid?"
"Doing great, Takashi." The older officer responded.
"Erika, I heard you owned that Graves guy."
"Owned is a strong word. And in this case, rather appropriate." Erika replied with a smirk.
"Well, at least you did better than Trudge." Takashi stated.
"Isn't he part of the Satellite Watch?" Lukas asked.
"Yup." The scientist replied as he pulled out his data pad, bring up the details of the case, including an image of a spiky-haired man. "He got into a riding duel with a repeat offender. A guy by the name Yusei Fudo."
"What's wrong with his hair?" Erika asked.
"No clue. But what I do know is that he beat Trudge and now he has a stolen V6 accelerator chip."
"And that's why any duel chaser worth his pay knows not to stick with the standard deck." Lukas stated.
Suddenly, static started to show across the television screens of not only Security HQ, but the TV and computer screens all over New Domino and the Satellite Sector. When the static stopped, the new footage showed that of a woman with long dark purple hair, eye concealing black goggles, a red bandana that covered her nose and mouth, and a long black trench coat.
"Oh, shit." Lukas cursed. "It's her again."
"Good Morning, New Domino. How're you all feeling? Do you still feel all nice and safe knowing the proud men and women of Sector Security are out there?" The concealed woman asked, her voice going through a filter and heavily laced with sarcasm. "But don't worry. As always, Verita is here to reveal the truth."
The screen then switched to footage of a riding duel in the Satellite Sector between a Duel Chaser and a Satellite duelist riding a red duel runner. The footage showed the officer summoning Montage Dragon and then how the Satellite duelist synchro summoned Junk Warrior and defeated the officer.
"Last night, Officer Tetsu Trudge was sent to capture a thief who stole a state-of-the-art acceleration chip. But when he and his squad cornered the thief, one of his associates lead them away and challenged the good officer to a duel. You would think that a trained Duel Chaser would have no problem beating a no-name from the Satellite Sector. But alas, the criminal somehow managed to beat Officer Trudge and get away with a new chip scot free. Your tax dollars at work."
In his private suite, Jack Atlas chuckled to himself as he watched the footage. "You have been busy, haven't you, Yusei?"
"Can't you cut her off!?" Lazar, one of the heads of Sector Security asked a technician as Rex Godwin just watched with a stoic expression.
"Now a dangerous criminal has more powerful tech at his disposal. So I ask you, the people of New Domino, a simple question. If they can't stop a simple thief, then how can we trust Sector Security when lives are at stake? Verita out."
The screen switched to static again and the officers at Security HQ were more than a little ticked off. For the past year and a half, this Verita character had been hijacking the airwaves and leaking classified information (such as the recent Trudge incident), private records, and basically anything that would embarrass Sector Secruity to the public. Whatever tech this woman was using left the techies of the cybernetics division baffled as they couldn't trace the signal.
"Just great." Erika said with a scowl.
Domino Park, Later...
As the sun started to set on the city, a young man stood on top of a nearby hill. He was of short stature with dark orange hair and blue eyes. His outfit consisted of a white jumpsuit with a matching helmet, a red scarf around his neck and a pair of goggles that were currently resting on top of his helmet. He held a card in his hand. A card called Great Poseidon Beetle.
Seeing this card made the young man angry as he thought of the earlier events of that day. He was in a duel with one of his classmates and had the aforementioned card on his field. But one Dark Hole and Goblin Attack Force sealed his defeat.
This had always happened to him. He would have the perfect set for victory but then one lucky card from his opponent left him open for defeat. And he was tired of it! So he was going to try something desperate.
There was a rumor in New Domino about a mysterious being called the Shadow Knight. It was said that if you offered your rarest card while praying at sunset (or a sunset salute as it was called), the knight would appear and give you an incredibly powerful card.
And Sect was doing just that, praying that the Shadow Knight would appear and give him an unstoppable card. But after six minutes of praying, the orange-haired boy looked around and sighed in disappointment. 'I should've know that rumor was BS. I must look like an idiot.'
But before he could head off, Sect suddenly heard the sound of a horse neighing and slowly turned. What he saw frightened him to his core. The figure he saw was the same figure from the other night, but this time he was on top of a large pitch-black horse with red eyes. The armored figure pointed at Sect, making the short man sweat in fear.
"Are you the one who summoned me?" The knight asked in a deep inhuman voice. The frightened Sect gulped before answering.
"Y-Y-Yes."
"Very well." The knight replied. It held out its right hand and created a card in a wisp of shadows. "But in order to obtain this card, you must prove your self worthy." With a motion of his left arm, a duel disk made of the same metal and color as its armor manifested on the arm. Seeing this, Sect grit his teeth and pulled out a standard duel disk from his nearby backpack. He quickly strapped it on his right arm and activated it, the Solid Vision generators flaring to life.
"F-Fine. Bring it on!"
A few minutes later, Erika and Lukas were on their usual beat, riding their duel runners as the sun was setting in the distance. When suddenly, the two heard a loud shriek.
"That sounded like it came from the park." Lukas stated and the two turned and drove towards it. They rode through the park until they spotted Sect and the Shadow Knight at the end of their duel. Sect's side of the field had ripped grass and craters while the duelist himself had injures all over his body and blood dripping from his lips. He had no cards on the field.
Sect: 1000
The Shadow Knight himself had the famous Summoned Skull (LV. 6/ATK: 2500) on his side.
Shadow Knight: 3100
"Summoned Skull, end this!" The inhuman being ordered. The Skull-themed monster fired electricity at Sect, knocking the short teen off his feet.
Sect: 1000 - 0
Erika quickly jumped from her runner and caught the injured boy, rolling as the two landed. "Are you okay?"
"I...the Shadow Knight...it.." And that was all Sect said before he passed out.
"What the hell happened here?" Lukas asked before turning towards the Shadow Knight.
"It's simple. This boy lacks the skills to handle a proper shadow game."
Hearing this made Erika gasp. Her mother had told her stories about the shadow games, duels in where the monsters and effects were made real by dark magic. But she had always assumed they were just stories and nothing more.
"And since he lost, the boy's life is now forfeit." The Knight then held his hand out and Sect started to groan as he was covered by a dark energy.
"Stop it!" Erika yelled. Lukas pulled out his sidearm and fired, but the bullets simply bounced off his armor. This got the Knight's attention as Erika set Sect down and did the same, the two officers emptying their clips at the armored figure to no avail.
"As you can see, your weapons hold no power over me. Leave now and your souls shall be sparred." The Knight then started to walk towards them. As Lukas reloaded, Erika started to think until an insane idea came to mind.
"Wait a minute! You're a duelist right?" The female officer asked.
"Correct."
"Then how about a wager?" The dirty blonde said in a stern voice before pulling out her deck. "The two of us have a duel. If I win, you get the hell out of here."
The Knight chuckled at this. "Very well. We shall duel for the boy's soul."
"Look buddy, you might be some kind of crazy magic knight, but you gotta be crazy if you expect me to wager another human being's life!" Erika yelled out, swallowing her fear as Lukas looked on in surprise.
"In that case..." The Shadow Knight began, his duel disk shifting into a wrist dealer and his horse transforming into a duel runner modeled after his armor. The hood ordinate was a metal version of the horse. The sight of this freaked the officers out even more than before. "The ante for this duel is your own immortal soul."
Erika clenched her fists before turning to her partner. "Lukas, get this kid to a hospital. I'll take care of this creep."
"What?! Are you insane?!"
"Look, that kid might have some internal problems. I can handle this." The two partners looked at each other before Lukas nodded and picked up the injured Sect and placed him on the backseat of duel runner. He then got on and blasted off, silently wishing his partner luck.
Erika and the Knight stared each other down before mounting their duel runners. "I hope you're ready to face the consequences if you lose."
"That's not going to happen." The dirty blonde stated as she slid on her helmet. After the two waited a bit, the two riding duelists took off, ready to battle.
"Riding Duel! Acceleration!"
Erika: 8000
Shadow Knight: 8000
"The first move is mine." The Shadow Knight stated as he drew. "I start by setting a card and a monster." The two face-down cards appeared and then disappeared.
"My move." Erika drew. "I summon Superheavy Samurai Flutist." A purple flute-themed monster materialized. "And I can tribute him to special summon one his comrades from my hand." Flutist vanished into a portal and Big Benkei took his place. (LV. 8/DEF: 3500) "Then I equip Benkei with Superheavy Samurai Soulpiercer." A blue crossbow materialized on his left arm.
"Benkei, attack his set monster! And when equipped with Soulpiercer, he does piercing damage!" Benkei aimed his crossbow arm, the arrow lighting on fire before it launched and destroyed the Shadow Knight's set Mystic Tomato. (LV. 4/DEF: 1100)
Shadow Knight: 8000 - 5600
"When Mystic Tomato is destroyed by battle, I can special summon a DARK monster with 1500 or less ATK from my deck in attack mode. Appear, The Black Stone of Legend!" A pure black egg-shaped stone appeared. (LV. 1/ATK: 0)
'Zero ATK? That's never good.' Erika thought to herself before ending her turn.
"Draw." The Shadow Knight stated. "I use Black Stone's effect. Tributing it to special summon a Level 7 or lower Red-Eyes monster from my deck."
"Red-Eyes!" The duel chaser exclaimed, shocked at the mention of a famous duel monster. Red cracks started forming on the stone until it shattered.
"Come forth, Red-Eyes Black Dragon!" And just as the Knight stated, the famous dragon monster appeared flying next to him, its black scales shining as the night began to fall on the city. "And while I might be able to break your defense, I can still use Inferno Fire Blast, inflicting damage on you equal to the original ATK of my Red-Eyes."
The spell activated and Red-Eyes charged up its blast and fired past Benkei, hitting Erika straight on. The blast formed cracks on her duel runner's windshield as the duel chaser cried in pain.
Erika: 8000 - 5600
"Hmph. Seems we're tied up. I end my turn." The Shadow Knight stated. But while the duel runners keep moving, Erika was left frozen from the shock of the last attack. Part of her uniform had burn marks. She still remembered the heat from the blast.
'This...this is real.' She thought to herself, shaking from the realization. 'This...is a real shadow game. I...I need to get away...I need to...'
But as she thought of this, the image of the injured Sect, a concerned Lukas, her mother and her best friend came to her mind. She shook her head to get rid of the doubt and fear. 'I can't give up. I won't! Not even if this is a shadow game!"
"Draw!" Erika yelled out as she started her turn. "Since I have no Spell or Trap cards in my graveyard, I can special summon Superheavy Samurai Big Waraji!" A new yellow monster with no limbs emerged. (LV. 5/DEF: 1800) "Then I summon Superheavy Samurai Swordsman!" The sword-themed monster appeared. (LV. 3/ATK: 1000) "When Swordsman is summoned, he can change his battle position." A blue aura appeared over Swordsman. (DEF: 1800).
"Benkei, attack Red-Eyes!" Benkei aimed and fired again, shattering the dragon.
Shadow Knight: 5600 - 4500
"I activate the effect of Red-Eyes Tracer Dragon from my hand!" The Shadow Knight quickly replied. "When a Red-Eyes monster I control is destroyed, I can summon Tracer Dragon in defense mode and bring back the destroyed monster." A smaller version of Red-Eyes with red scales intermixed with the black appeared (LV. 4/DEF: 1600) and the original also reappeared.
"That's not going to save you! I'll have Swordman attack the original Red-Eyes!" The blade-wielding machine charged, only the be slashed apart. "And when a Superheavy Samurai battles an opponent's monster, Swordman reduces the ATK and DEF of said monster to 0."
"What?" The Knight asked as swords stabbed through Red-Eyes Black Dragon, lowering his ATK to 0.
"Waraji, take out Red-Eyes once again!" The yellow monster charged and smashed through the dragon, causing it to explode. The force of the blast was felt by its master, a crack forming on his helmet.
Shadow Knight: 4500 - 2800
"I end my turn." Erika stated, only to be confused as she heard the Knight chuckling.
"Congrats. You actually managed to crack my armor with that last attack." The Shadow Knight stated as he drew. "I activate Dark Spirit Art - Greed, tributing a DARK monster to draw two cards." Tracer Dragon turned into purple smoke as the Knight drew his new cards. He looked at his hand before addressing his opponent. "You've managed to get over the initial shock. Now let's see if you can press on. I activate my spell, Red-Eyes Fusion!"
The new spell materialized next to the Knight, giving off a dark aura. "With this card, I can fusion summon a monster with Red-Eyes as one of the fusion materials by using monsters from my hand, field or deck."
"From the deck?" Erika pondered. The Knight then took out two cards from his deck and held them out.
"I fuse another Red-Eyes Black Dragon and Summoned Skull!" The two monsters from before appeared over their master and then swirled together into a multi-colored portal.
"Tenacity of a dragon! Cunning of a demon! Merge and form your unholy offspring! Fusion Summon! Archfiend Black Skull Dragon!" The monster that emerged from the light was a hellish-looking dragon with red eyes, black & red skin and wings of the same color. (LV. 9/ATK: 3200) The dragon roared, sending a shiver down Erika's spine. "Black Skull Dragon, attack Big Waraji!"
Fire and lightning gather around the massive dragon before it unleashed it and destroyed the aforementioned Superheavy Samurai.
"I set a card and end my turn." The Shadow Knight said before riding next to Erika. The duel chaser looked up and saw two shining red eyes from the inside of his helmet. Eyes that felt like they were staring into her soul. "Do you wish to surrender? Or do you have the will to go on, despite the pain and fear?"
Erika looked at the inhuman being, feeling a familiar fear within her. But she shook her head and moved ahead. "I already decided not the give up! And its going to take more than some big dragon to do that."
If it could, the Shadow Knight would be smirking under his helmet. "Then prove it! Prove your strength!"
The duel chaser nodded and zoomed ahead. "It's my turn!" And she drew her next card, ready to fight to the end.
To be continued...
Author's Note 2: Happy Thanksgiving everyone! So, I've had some major writer's block when its come to YGO Legends to the point where I've decided to chancel it. But, with all the great 5Ds stories that got me into writing fanfiction, I've decided to create my own story set in the first season of the anime with some elements from the manga.
As for why there's no Speed Counters or Speed Spells in Riding Duels, while it does have its strengths, I find that it limits what you can do with these duels. Besides, it's how I've always been writing these duels and I've gotten a taste for it.
As for my choice of protagonist, instead of doing the usually thing and follow the plot of a World Championship game, I decided to make my protag a member of Sector Security. As anyone who's read my Gundam SEED fanfic knows, I love explore seemingly corrupt organizations in fiction and expanding on them. (Plus, with all the crap the police goes through in the media, I've decided that the proud men & women of the force deserve to have some positive portrayal and show that the people who abuse their power are the exception rather than the rule.)
And if anyone has any ideas for characters, here's my OC submission page. Also, no decks that revolve or mention Xyz or Pendulum monsters:
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Anyway, please remember to read & review! See ya next time!