Duel Rangers-D
Episode I: Dimensional Void
"Not so fast! Reveal facedown: Magical Arm Shield! Now, since your Blue-Eyes White Dragon has declared an attack against my Dark Magician Girl, I can take control of one of your monsters and force your Blue Eyes' attack onto your other monster; and I choose your second Blue Eyes!"
"What?!"
"That's right. Go! Magical Arm Shield!"
Out of the large purple card sprang a pair of cymbals attached to a retractable claw, which gripped the enormous towering dragon across the playing field.
The beast howled in rebuttal, but it was inevitably switched into the line of fire of his former comrade. By its nature, the controlled Blue Eyes roared in defiance as it fired its own White Lightning Attack. Seconds later, both dragons were disintegrated.
"Are you done yet, Kaiba?" asked the King of Games, smirking.
"Yugi, are you ever going to get a new strategy?"
"What?"
"You're so predictable. I guess without 'the pharaoh' guiding you, you're more helpless than I thought. Because you clearly disregarded my facedown; a mistake you'll soon learn to never make again!" shouted Seto Kaiba, owner of the largest gaming corporation on Earth.
"Now, say hello to my trap card: Rope of Life! By discarding the two cards in my hand, I can bring back my faithful Blue Eyes with an extra 800 attack points! Go, Blue Eyes! Pick up where you left off!"
In a flash of white, the giant dragon reappeared, screaming in rage as it powered up a ball of lighting in its mouth.
"Hold on, Kaiba," Yugi muttered, a small smirk on his face.
"What are you grinning about?!"
"My own facedown, that's what, Kaiba. You see, I never neglected your facedown because I knew it was going to be something to bring your precious dragon back to the field. Which is why I have something to kick it back off! Go! Magical Dimension!"
"No way!"
"Yes way! Now I destroy my Dark Magician Girl to destroy your Blue Eyes White Dragon."
"Ah!"
"It doesn't stop there! Dark Magician Girl may be gone, but she's leaving you a little gift; her master, the Dark Magician!"
This is impossible! How did I walk right into that? Kaiba growled at himself.
Kaiba's thoughts were interrupted by the bolt of energy that summoned Yugi's ultimate monster, the Dark Magician, who stared down at Kaiba threateningly while Blue Eyes faded into the graveyard once more.
"Hm… I end my turn."
"Stand back! I draw!"
Yugi examined his card, thinking to himself. Kaiba only has one monster on the field that he's kept there for quite some time; now if I summon Breaker the Magical Warrior and use his effect to increase his attack to 1900, I could no doubt destroy his monster. But Kaiba also has two facedown cards. On the other hand, if I use Breaker's second effect, I can knock his attack back down to his original 1600 and destroy one of Kaiba's spell or trap cards. But that still leaves one card to worry about. And with only 800 life points left, I can't afford to make any mistakes! If I know Kaiba, one of those cards is his Shrink spell card, which will allow him to cut one monster's attack in half. The other card is Crush Card Virus, which will infect all my monsters with an attack of 1500 or more, including the ones in my hand and deck!
"Oh Yugi…I hope you're not having one of your epic thought monologues, because as the CEO of an extremely busy company, I really don't have time to sit here and watch you sweat."
Kaiba's right; I'd better do something fast.
"I summon Breaker the Magical Warrior!"
"Trap time, Yugi," chimed Kaiba smugly. "Activate—Torrential Tribute! Thanks to this handy number, I can destroy all monsters on the field when either player summons a monster."
"Oh no!"
Blue flames of energy crashed down on the field, eradicating Dark Magician, Breaker the Magical Warrior, and Kaiba's facedown monster: Peten the Dark Clown.
"Oh, and because my facedown was Peten, I can summon another Peten from my deck. It doesn't stop there, though, Yugi! I reveal my second facedown: Rope of Spirit! Now I pay 1000 life points to special summon one level four monster from my deck, like my Lord of Dragons!"
Peten the Dark Clown reappeared to the field as Lord of Dragons, or Lord of D., made his entrance as well. "Now I'm going to assume you're done with your pathetic turn and draw my card."
The eldest Kaiba brother snatched a card from his newly shuffled deck, then smirked. "First, I play my Card of Demise spell card, allowing me to take five more cards from my deck. Unfortunately, I have to discard them all if I don't use them in five turns."
Yugi looked on anxiously as Kaiba plucked five cards simultaneously from his Duel Disk.
"Oh Yugi," Kaiba taunted, "This one's a blast from the past. Or should I say; a blast from Battle City?! I play the spell card The Flute of Summoning Dragon; and thanks the rewrite of the rules, only I am allowed to special summon two dragon monsters from my hand while Lord of Dragons is on the field. So say hello to Divine Dragon Ragnarok and Tyrant Dragon!"
Ragnarok was no pushover, but next to the immensity of Tyrant Dragon, he was inarguably dwarfed.
"Face it Yugi; it's over. This time, I win."
"I reveal my facedown, Kaiba; Jar of Greed! Now I am allowed to draw one card, and that card is…Watapon! Whenever he is draw by the effect of a spell, trap, or monster, I am allowed to automatically special summon him to the field."
"Big deal; with only 200 defense points, he won't save you from my monsters. Show him, Lord of Dragons!"
—Episode 1—
"Patamon warp digivolve to!"
The small flying mammalian digimon was coated completely in a bright golden light. Around him, bright silhouettes of his other forms, Angemon and MagnaAngemon looked on, lending their power.
He felt his body transfigure, standing tall on long legs. His face morphed into that of a handsome man as a helmet slid over his face. Finally, his eight golden wings spread like knives into the air.
"Seraphimon!"
"Salamon warp digivolve to!"
Salamon, a tiny puppy-like digimon, widened her eyes as she brightened and transformed into her usual form of Gatomon, the small, white, Egyptian cat. Then she stood strong as Angewomon, extending her large white wings. Right after, she transformed into Magnadramon, a giant pink dragon with horns that could sever foes to shreds. But then something else happened. Magnadramon swirled around rapidly until she coiled herself and exploded in light. In her place stood a woman covered in bright green armor and a spectacle of golden wings like her male counter-part.
"Ophanimon!"
As the light cleared, the two angelic beings flew forth at speeds rivaling sound.
"Hurry, Seraphimon, we must stop Blackwargreymon and Malomyotismon before they destroy the Shadow Barrier! There will only be five more after this!"
"There are Devimon flanking us from behind," shouted Seraphimon as he looked over his shoulder at Ophanimon.
"We don't have enough time! And my power is fading quicker than I expected," panted Ophanimon as her flying slowed.
"You go ahead, I'll hold them off," he yelled over the cries of the Devimon.
"But Seraphimon—"
"Go, Ophanimon!" With that, Seraphimon swirled his arms in a circular motion and called out "Strike of the Seven Stars!"
Orbs of rainbow energy shot forth, exploding on impact with the first Devimon. The blast radius engulfed scores of them, but the black cloud of digimon moved steadily forward.
The green-clad Ophanimon could see Lilithmon and Daemon just up ahead, so she called out "Sefirot Crystals!"
Under the rain of Ophanimon's attack, Daemon and Lilithmon halted abruptly, glaring at their attacker. "Lilithmon, take care of our guest, will you?"
Lilithmon, a feminine demon digimon, nodded at Daemon, her masculine counterpart. "It would be my pleasure."
"Without Kari's light…my power is a mere fraction of what it should be. Oh Kari…where are you?" Ophanimon muttered to herself.
—Episode I—
"Something's wrong…" Kari Kamiya said half to herself as she sat up.
"Huh? What do you mean?" asked her fiancée, T.K. Takaishi.
"I can feel it, T.K.! Something's wrong with Gatomon and the others."
T.K. frowned, sitting up in the bed as well. "What should we do?"
"Still have your digivice?"
"Always."
Kari smiled, pulling open the drawer on the bedside stand. "Let's go to the computer room. Maybe we can help!"
The two young adults pulled on their clothing as they stumbled into their computer room, garments half on. "Should we call the others?" asked T.K.
"I've been trying to get a hold of Yolei or Sora, but neither of them answered. Even Davis didn't pick up. Tai's phone is still at the bottom of his toilet, and I think Izzy still has his partly dismantled."
"I called Joe, but he was on the subway, freaking out about being called in. Matt didn't answer either, and Cody's on a plane to America for some reason."
"Guess it's just you and me," Kari said, smiling as she and her long time comrade locked eyes.
"Like old times."
The two looked toward the computer, and wishing with all their might, shouted "Digiport, Open!"
Something happened, but not what either of them were expecting. A whirling vortex appeared on the screen, sucking papers, pens, and any other desktop items in. Kari screamed over the commotion as she reached for T.K.'s hand, but he too was being pulled in.
"Fight it, Kari!"
"It's—too—strong!"
A voice so similar to Gatomon's called out for Kari, and in the instant of surprise, she weakened her grip. Immediately, the two digidestined were absorbed in the void as it zipped itself shut like a drain.
—Episode I—
"What's happening to your Negate Attack card?!" Kaiba roared over the commotion of the vortex that had created from Yugi's trap card.
"This is no hologram!" Yugi growled as he tried to pull himself away from the vortex.
"It's pulling me in!" Kaiba panicked as he was pulled into the Air. Yugi, too, was sucked in to the pool of darkness that he heard seal shut as they fell in.
—Episode I—
"I think it's safe to say that spell has gone horribly wrong!" cried Nick, the Red Mystic Ranger and leader of the Mystic Force Power Rangers.
"It looks like you tapped into some sort of…portal network," whispered Daggeron, Nick's teacher, as he neared the tear in space.
"Whatever it is, let me close it."
"Nick wait!"
But the chosen wizard known as "The Light" was already inches away from the static green portal. In a flash, he was gone.
"Whoa!" Nick exclaimed as he fell out of the portal in a mysterious home.
He looked around, trying to figure out how he'd gotten there, but found no obvious source. "It must've been that portal."
"Who are you?"
Nick spun around to meet a young man about his height with jet black hair, dark brown eyes, and a perplexing complexion.
"Uh…I…uhm…I'm Nick."
"How did you get in here?" the man pressed.
"Well…funny story. Uhm…I was walking! And, uh…this weird…thing sucked me into it like some kinda vortex."
The male frowned as his eyebrows furrowed. "The Invisiportals…"
"The what?"
"Nothing. Stay right here."
The newcomer scurried away, but Nick, whispering an invisibility spell, followed him anyway.
They wound up in an office of sorts, where the male in white walked to a corner of the room. He slowly held his hand out and watched as one of the portals magically appeared.
"There it is…" Nick said softly, walking toward it.
Out of nowhere, the portal began to become violently unstable, thrusting books and chairs around the room as it vacuumed them to its mouth.
Nick's spell instantly vanished. "What did you do?"
"What did YOU do?" the stranger yelled before a stray chair hit his leg, pushing him into the vortex. Nick had a feeling this one was going to be very different than the last portal he was in as the dark hole pulled him into the abyss.
—Episode I—
"This is all your fault, you fool!" spat Seto Kaiba as he dusted off his blazer.
"Kaiba, I swear; I have no idea where we are or how we got here."
"Save it, Yugi. The only reason we're here is because you knew I was going to beat you next turn, so you staged another one of your little hocus pocus magic tricks. Now let me out!"
"Kaiba, listen to me! Don't you realize we could be dealing with something far beyond our comprehension? Vortexes don't just appear in Duel Monsters games."
"Exactly, which is why I intend to find the slacker that let this virus into my Duel System, and make him pay."
Before Yugi could respond, the scream of a young woman pierced the sky. Moments later, a young blond woman came bounding out of the forest, her clothes tattered and her face scratched.
"Help me, please!" she called to the two duelists.
"What's going on?" Yugi demanded.
"I think we're about to find out!" Kaiba exclaimed.
An enormous dinosaur reared its head from the trees as it bellowed into the air.
"That's MetalTyrannomon, an Ultimate Level digimon with a bad metallic makeover and even worse manners. His attack is Giga Destroyer II which'll make you wish you'd never met him!"
"I'm charmed, but let's get out of here!"
Yugi and the young girl followed Kaiba's lead as they took off down the beaten path.
"Is that thing a Duel Monster, Yugi? Because if so," Kaiba slid to a stop and activated his Duel Disk, "I don't run from losers!"
Yugi and the newcomer looked on as Kaiba pulled forth a card.
"This is why you're extinct, metalhead! Come forth, Blue-Eyes White Dragon!"
In a stream of lightning, the beauteous dragon graced the woods with its presence, letting out its signature cry as it stared down its enemy.
"Show that second-rate dino who's at the top of the food chain: White Lightning!"
The white dragon fired its laser-like attack, annihilating the digimon's Giga Destroyer II missile and whipping it out of existence.
"That was so amazing!" the woman cheered, hugging the unsuspecting Kaiba.
"Do you think we've somehow been transported to another virtual world, Kaiba?" asked Yugi. "Or maybe even the Shadow Realm?"
The girl stopped hugging Kaiba and looked at Yugi. "Virtual world? No, this is the Digital World. And what the heck's a Shadow Realm?"
"Digital, Virtual; it's all the same. Where's the digital exit so I can digitally ditch this place?"
"Don't you think I've been trying to get of here? I've been stuck here for three days! My clothes smell like dirt!" she cried.
The three looked up at the sky as thunderous booms made way for a wormhole to spit out two people on one side, and two more people on the other side.
"Who are they?" Yugi wondered as he jogged over the boy and girl with strange pagers in their hands. "Are you two alright?"
"Just a little dizzy," the male groaned.
"Where are we? Who are you?" wondered the female.
"I'm Yugi. We're in some sort of digital world, according to this girl over there."
"I'm T.K., this is Kari. Are you a Digidestined too?"
"A what?"
"Hey, Yugi!"
Yugi looked over to where Kaiba was administering to the anonymous males who had fallen out of the sky.
Yugi, with T.K. and Kari in tow, jogged over to Kaiba and the mysterious girl, who were both talking to the men.
"Get a load of this, Yugi: apparently, these two guys are Power Rangers, and this girl Zoe is a digimon."
"You're a digimon?" Kari questioned.
"What's a digimon?" asked one of the men.
"Wait, wait, wait; everyone just calm down. Let's get some introductions going first. I'm T.K., and this is Kari. We're digidestined from Japan."
"My name is Yugi Moto; I am a duelist also from Japan."
"I don't need to introduce myself; you all know me, already. I am Seto Kaiba, owner of the world's largest gaming company, KaibaCorp."
"I'm Zoe Orimoto, a Legendary Warrior of the Wind Spirit and I am a digimon."
Kaiba ignored the tone of defiance at the end of her sentence.
"I'm Nick, the Red Mystic Ranger from Briarwood, California."
"And I'm Trent Mercer, son of Anton Mercer from Reefside, California. I'm also the former White Drago Ranger."
"Zoe, you say you're a digimon? How?" T.K. asked.
"Well, about seven years ago, some friends and I were transported to the digital world. When we arrived, we were all given spirits of the ten legendary warriors to guard; mine was wind. I was able to Spirit Evolve into Kazemon or Zephyrmon."
"Spirit Evolve? What does she mean by that, T.K.?"
T.K. shrugged at Kari's answer. "We're digidestined. Instead of becoming digimon, we were given digimon partners who could digivolve using our digivices." He held up his D3 as Zoe pulled out her D-Tector.
"Weird…they look similar."
"This is all fascinating and everything, but what does any of this have to do with me?" Kaiba interrupted.
"It looks like we were all accidentally brought here," Nick chimed in. "We all have weird gadgets, too. I have my Mystic Morpher, and I'm sure Trent has a morpher. These three have their Digi things, and you two have your weird sword bracelets."
"They're Duel Disks, numbskull. And they're not some supposed magical device, either."
"Well they tapped into something otherworldly," Trent finally spoke up. "I say we start looking for an exit so we can all get back to our respective homes."
"I agree with Trent. You guys should all head home; we'll take care of the digital stuff."
"What are you talking about, dweeb? Digital stuff?" Kaiba shot back at T.K.
"Kari and I came here to find out what was wrong with our Digimon. I know Zoe can vouch that the Digital World is not supposed to look like this."
"He's right," Zoe responded. "When I came here, I was trying to connect my D-Tector to my computer's USB so I could get pictures of the Digital World off it. The next thing I knew, some weird vortex was pulling me into my computer screen. I met a kid a while back, but I'm not sure where he is now."
"What was his name?" T.K. demanded, "He might be one of us!"
"Jade? Jason?"
"Jaden!?" Kaiba and Yugi shouted simultaneously.
"That's it!"
"Jaden mysteriously disappeared about a week ago without a trace. Both his duel disk and deck were gone, and his room was left a mess. Now that I think about it, I think I remember Crowler mentioning his computer was fried, too!"
Yugi looked to Kaiba. "Do you think this could be some sort of attack?"
"Get real. Obviously someone wants to pick a fight with me, so they steal my school's top student and ruin my match with you to reclaim my title. It's simple, really. All I have to do is beat this wimp in a duel and be on my way."
"You're forgetting one thing, Seto: this is the digital world, not some Duel Monsters fantasy land. These monsters are real, and if you're not careful, you'll be torn to shreds by them. You should stick with me and Kari so we can protect you from them."
"Listen here, blondie," Kaiba fired, "I don't need protection from anyone. Not you, or your little girlfriend. My deck is all I need to get me where I need to go, and I don't need you telling me what's real or not. My Blue-Eyes was mighty real when I summoned it to kick that scrapheap dinosaur's sorry ass back to the recycle bin of this digital dump. So you can save your bravery speech for someone who needs it. I'm out of here."
"Kaiba, wait!" Yugi called out as he jogged after him.
"Let them go," T.K. said angrily, "We don't need them anyway."
"But what he said was true, T.K.," Zoe said, biting her lip. "For some reason, I was unable to spirit evolve, but Kaiba could summon his Blue-Eyes White Dragon like it was nothing. He even took out MetalTyrannomon with one shot."
"Maybe we should just follow them," Nick suggested. "They're probably going to find that Jaden kid, and I'm sure you guys could find your digimon partners somewhere around here, too."
"He's right, T.K.," Kari said.
"Alright, let's go."