Edit: This chapter has been updated with some of the mistakes fixed.
Good Morning/Night to all! For those of you who are wondering, this is a part of the Shadowchaser's universe. Being interested in the storyline and concept behind the Shadowchasers, I asked and woven and plotted a plot and luckily, I've been given an 'okay' by the creator of Shadowchasers, Cyber Commander. First of all, thank you for allowing me to write this story.
Now to the story, which assumes you know the basics about the original Shadowchasers lore and terminology. This story will use the 2012 March Ban List. Due to the fact that XYZ monsters have not appeared in that banlist, I may not use some of them due to either anime restrictions or for personal reasons. For example, no Numbers will be played in this fanfic, but may be mentioned.
Similarly, there are some cards that won't be used much. For example, cards like Lightning Vortex, Call of the Haunted etc. And please be aware that I am not perfect, but I try to be almost as close as possible, so any constructive criticism would be helpful.
Also, words in Italics like this, indicates that what is Italicized is said in Spanish.
Now that that is settled, we can begin. Let's kick-start this story!
I am never saying that again…
Disclaimer: I do not own Yugioh or any of the cards. I also do not own the Shadowchasers theme/mythos this story is based on.
0000000
Shadowchasers, Seven Wonders
By Superedfan
0000000
You know, I've never had much of a back story to begin with.
Hi, my name is Nina Suarez. Like I said previously. I never had much of a backstory. My mom had moved from Mexico into the U.S. She had gotten a Legal Citizenship, somehow, and met my dad. It was like a missing puzzle piece. They got married and moved to San Francisco. Enter me and that's basically it.
I grew up with my parents, who were as happy as they could be. I loved history and when I was twelve, my Dad got me my first deck, an Evol Deck. My life was perfect. However, something was wrong with my mother's citizenship. I wasn't exactly sure what had happened next, but my mom was sent back to Mexico. My dad tried to follow her, so he left, promising me he'd comeback. Never heard from him since.
I was fourteen then, on the brink of starvation, when I met the Shadowchasers. Through constant badgering, I accidentally stumbled upon them in a Fair Fight Duel. And without a clue, I decided to show my worth as a Duelist and stood in place. And I did not move nor declined, and then Dueled my first Shadow.
Since then, I've been training with the Shadowchasers for about a year now. Unlike the famous Ember in New Domino, I never faced a group of powerful enemies while I was being trained as an apprentice. I had a pretty normal apprenticeship. Of course I've had my fare share of emergencies, but none that were world threatening.
This one was kind of something to that scale to me.
It was my Rite of Passage. I decided to go with a hunch that the group has been having for a few months. They called themselves the Hands of Shadow. They moved in single droves, fulfilling their objectives. I'm not exactly sure as to what they're purpose is or why, but whatever it is, it's big.
What they were know for, or at least what the rumors say, is that they were the ones who caused some of the most deadly accidents in human history. One of the the more famous ones that I hear is that they were the ones who caused 9/11, but it was just rumors, so it may or may not be true.
I managed to get some info out of one of their weaker members. He gave me a location and a species. So now I was on the hunt.
I wasn't some special person fated for a divine encounter; I wasn't some Duelist with a mysterious background or rich from birth. I'm not perfect (although, most of us aren't anyway). I was just me, a normal Aware who was just about to complete her Rite of Passage.
0000000
He quickly twisted a few bolts with the screwdriver in his hand and double checked to make sure that all of the preparations were complete. He smiled as he carefully attached the device to the harnesses, then he attached it to himself. He waited for a few moments, until the red light on it turned green. It was armed and ready.
To any normal person who looked at him right now. He would be a grown man, with a bit of muscle, with a device attached to his chest. He would be sitting on a horse and wearing normal riding clothes. Except for the device on his chest, everything seemed to be normal about him.
"Yes. It's ready, let the Hands decide."
His horse trotted over to the garage door, cautious not to throw off his rider. The man pulled out a remote from the clip next to the garage and pressed a button. The metal door rose slowly, with each passing second increasing the man's tension with each passing second. When it finally finished, he looked out, only to find something he'd never expect.
It was a teenage girl, no older than fifteen. Her tan skin and brown hair seemed to have resonated with the sunlight that was shining from the setting sun. She wore a standard Duel Disk on her left wrist, filled with cards in the deck slot. She seemed to have a noticeable bit of Latino in her. She smiled as the man looked in shock. Her voice had a tiny hint of a Spanish Accent.
"Shadowchasers! You are under arrest!"
The horse galloped out of the garage immediately, nearly trampling the poor girl who was fortunate to duck as a reflex. She ran quickly towards the parked red Duel Runner outside of a nearby by building. 'Okay, suspect running away from the area with strange device on self. I think that calls for a chase.' She quickly jumped in the seat and fired up the engine. She turned the Runner around and raced towards the fleeing man on his horse. She, and any Aware, could truly see what he was.
The man retained the top of his human half, but the bottom half of the horse had somehow 'merged' with the Human top half of the man. He galloped down an alleyway and knocked over a few trashcans with his "tail". The girl had managed to avoid them by expertly maneuvering through the piles of garbage, despite being in a small space. She followed him for a few minutes, until they came to another street. She had managed to match his speed on her Runner.
"I know you're a Centaur and you can run faster than a regular horse, but do you think you can outrun a machine?" She mocked.
You've heard right, a Centaur. A mythological fusion of a Horse and a Human, like those heard of in Greek Mythology. The Centaur just glared at the girl and tried to run faster, but the Duel Runner just kept up its pace.
"You're persistent."
"Thank you." The girl replied. "That still won't stop me from catching you."
"You cannot stop our purpose. The Hands of Shadow will not stop until all Humans are eradicated. We shadows shall be the dominant species on this planet! And we shall start by sending a big message to you humans." The Centaur proclaimed. He tried to ram into the Duel Runner next to him, but the girl moved out of the way.
"Look! While you may have your reasons…as deranged as they may be…" The girl started. "Don't you realize that you are potentially endangering the very Shadows you are trying to bring to order! If you can just diffuse the bomb on your chest…"
"No! You cannot interfere. The Hands of Shadow will never co-operate with the Shadowchasers. "By my hand and mine alone, the strong shall rise!" The motto of the Hands of Shadow, and as long as I live, I will never disobey that motto!"
The Centaur looked at her face, and noticed something.
"Hey, you have no mark! So that means you're… fresh meat." The girl scowled in disgust due to that comment. "Well then, how about we have a little wager then? You must know the rules of The Treaty now right? So we will duel. If I win, you shall let me proceed to my destination without interference." He proposed.
"Where?"
The Centaur laughed and smirked, showing his shiny white teeth.
"No spoilers."
"And if I win, you will stop and I will arrest you on the spot. Well a teammate anyway, but you get the idea." The girl said. "Your name is…?"
"Guars." He replied. "And yours?"
"Nina. Nina Suarez." Nina replied with a smirk on her face.
Guars simply took a duel disk that was connected to his horse back and strapped it on. He then took one spell card from a slot near the Extra Deck and placed it in the Field Spell slot. A voice said "Speed World 2 activated." Nina pressed a button on her Duel Runner, and a voice also hummed "Speed World 2 activated." A purple wave of energy emanated from both of the Duel Disk, giving everything a Purple hue.
"I thought that Speed World and Speed World 2 were only digital?" Nina asked.
"Not unless you know a Shadow Jacker." Guars replied. Because they are some Shadows like Guars who cannot ride a Duel Runner, if you have connections, you can obtain a card that works just like Speed World 2. They both raced down the street, drawing five cards in the process.
"Let's Duel!"
(Nina: 8000) (Guars: 8000)
"I'll start first Apprentice!" Guars said as he drew his sixth card. A glowing dot appeared on his Duel Disk, indicating that he gained a Speed Counter. Similarly, Nina increased her speed as well. He thought for a moment.
(Nina SPC: 1) (Guars SPC: 1)
"I set one monster and one card on the field. Then I end my turn." Two brown card backings, one vertical and one horizontal, appeared for a few seconds. They then disappeared, but still were visible on the screen of Nina's Duel Runner.
"Then it's my turn." Nina said as she drew, her runner clicking in response to her gain in Speed Counters. 'Okay, no pressure Nina, you know what to do.' Nina, while she didn't show it, was nervous about how she was going to handle this. When she faced the local Duelists at home, there are no consequences for losing. This wasn't the case here.
(Nina SPC: 2) (Guars SPC: 2)
"First, I normal summon Evoltile Odonto (500 ATK/1200 DEF)!"
A mini DNA strand appeared for a few seconds, before a Reptile materialized on Nina's field. It had an orange and purple color scheme, but had a rock like underbelly. It's eyes were pupil less and had a black outline around them. It seemed to be a turtle. It roared cutely and floated alongside Nina.
"Evol monsters. And I'm guessing that the 'tile' in Evoltile refers to Reptiles, right? And the Evol stands for Evolution?" Guars asked in a loud voice over the roaring wind whipping around them.
"Correct on both accounts. And this one is based off the Odontochelys." Nina explained. "But we'll get to that at a later date, when I visit you in your cell. Now the effect of Odonto activates."
"And by being based off of Evolution…" He mused.
Nina smirked. "You've got the idea. Now I can special summon one Evolsaur monster from my hand! I special summon Evolsaur Cerato (1900 ATK/1400 DEF)."
A bigger and more complex Double Helix DNA strand appeared, before the monster was summoned onto Nina's field. It was a bipedal miniature Dinosaur which was colored orange, with dark brown scales covering the top of its body. A pair of orange wings was growing from the sides of the monster. A DNA strand pattern was shown in its tail. It roared, which was a bit more ferocious than Odonto's growl, and it ran alongside Nina's Duel Runner with Odonto.
"Great, what type is this one?" Guars asked with mock-enthusiasm.
"A Ceratosaurus. Anyway, this card gains an effect! When it is Special Summoned by the effect of an Evoltile monster, it gains two hundred more ATK!"
Cerato growled in pleasure as energy from Odonto seeped into him through his DNA tail. (2100 ATK/1400 DEF)
"Now I will attack you're face down card with Cerato."
Cerato rushed forward and struck the facedown monster. A red tiger engulfed in flames shattered after Cerato gave it an extremely strong head-butt.
"A Flame Tiger, why did you put that in defense mode? What good does that do?"
Guars laughed and said something, but Nina swerved when a truck came between the two Duelists. She got back on track and looked at Guars, who was smirking at her, which angered Nina.
"Since I destroyed one of your monsters with Cerato and it was special summoned due to the effect of an Evoltile monster, I can add one Evoltile monster from my deck." Nina explained, drawing one card in the process. She attacked with Odonto, but a swirling vortex deformed the colors in front of the attack and blocked her avenue of damage.
"Negate Attack. Like my monster, my secret is safe."
"Fine! Don't tell me, I set two cards facedown and call it a turn."
Guars nodded in response and reached for his graveyard.
"When Flame Tiger is in the Grave and I have no monsters on the field. I can special summon it instead of drawing." The same fiery tiger erupted from a burst of flame. It ran alongside in the same manner as Cerato did with Nina. (1800 ATK/200 DEF) Another glowing dot appeared on Guars Duel Disk and Nina sped up as well.
(Nina SPC: 3) (Guars SPC: 3)
Guars was running at the same speed as Nina, overtaking cars easily. He tried to duck and weave between them to mess her up, but she managed to avoid the cars altogether. He growled as he tried to kick her with his hind legs, but she stepped on the brakes just in time to dodge the blow.
"Hey! Trying to knock me out won't stop anything!" Nina shouted.
"Whatever, I attack Odonto with my Flame Tiger."
The Tiger rushed forward, leaving trails of fire on where it once stood.
"I activate the effect of my Trap Card! Evo-Instant!"
Nina's facedown card re-appeared, it bore the picture of a Dinosaur rising out of the skin of Evoltile Odonto. Odonto glowed for a few moments before it dispersed into little tiny pixels. But the pixels rearranged themselves, as it reformed into a DNA strand similar to Cerato.
"Now by offering one Reptile monster as tribute, I can special summon one Evolsaur monster from my deck. I special summon my Evolsaur Elias in Defense mode (100 ATK/ 2400 DEF)."
The strand formed an orange dinosaur with spikes running over the back of the monster. It floated next to Nina as it turned a blue hue. The summon triggered a replay and Guars decided to call off the attack.
"Anyway, I'll set one monster and two cards facedown and end my turn."
Nina drew cautiously, what is it that he is planning? She felt a burst of speed as she surged forwards, with Guars keeping pace, yet finding a little difficulty.
(Nina SPC: 4) (Guars SPC: 4)
"I activate the effect of Speed Spell- Angel Baton! Now by removing four Speed Counters from Speed World 2, I can draw two cards, yet I have to discard one."
"A bit much for one or two cards, little miss."
'Little miss?' Nina pondered as she drew two cards, her runner slowing down a bit as the monitor displayed her reduction in Speed Counters. She then thought about it, and discarded on card from her hand.
(Nina SPC: 0) (Guars SPC: 4)
"Now I normal summon my Evolsaur Diplo (1600 ATK/800 DEF)."
A DNA strand similar to Cerato appeared, forming a purple dinosaur with a long neck and a big body. Two wings were forming at the sides of it, and it's tail was colored like a DNA strand. It roared and ran with Cerato.
"Now it's time." Nina started as she braced her Duel Runner. "I construct an Overlay Network with my Level four Cerato and my Level Four Diplo…"
The two monsters were reduced to two glowing balls of energy, which flew towards the middle of Nina's field. A red portal had opened and they both went inside the portal. Nina dodged a car and continued the summon. Two DNA strands burst out of the portal and reached for the sky, then they intertwined. They continued until a new, more complex strand had formed.
"DNA synching complete! I XYZ summon my Rank Four Evolkaiser Lagia (2400 ATK/2000 DEF)in attack mode."
The strand glowed until a loud roar was heard. Soon a giant white mass had flown out of the hole. It's scales were nothing but white and it was flying with six wings. Its eyes and its mouth were both red, as with some lines on its body. A flame spiral surrounded it, as two orbs of light similar to the ones before rotated around it.
"Now I can attack that facedown monster with Lagia! DNA stream!"
A loud roar erupted from nowhere and the monsters were stuck in their tracks. Guars smirked as the card was activated.
"Threatening Roar can keep your monsters at bay. What can you do now?"
"I activate the effect of Evolkaiser Lagia! Now by giving up all of its XYZ Materials, I can negate the activation of one card on the field, like your Threatening Roar! Go, Gene-Splicing!"
The two orbs fused into Lagia as its lines started to glow a vibrant red. Guars winced as Lagia shot two red DNA strands that obliterated the trap card. The monster proceeded and destroyed the facedown monster, destroying it within seconds. A mouse with a key briefly appeared before shattering into millions of pixels.
"That was Key Mouse, and when you destroy it, I can search and add one Level 3 or lower Beast monster from my hand. And while I'm at it, I can activate the effect of one of the most well known Beast monsters out there by paying 1000 lifepoints."
(Nina: 8000) (Guars: 7000)
A loud bellowing was heard, as a giant green monkey jumped from one of the buildings King Kong style and ran on the field. It carried a giant log in one of its giant hands. (2600 ATK/1800 DEF) Nina sighed as the monster's name appeared on her monitor.
"Green Baboon, seriously? Isn't that a bit of an overkill?" She asked rapidly. Guars looked at her in confusion. Nina realized her mistake and translated the sentence into English.
Guars shrugged. "It works." He said as he added one card to his hand from his deck due to Key Mouse.
Nina set one card facedown. Guars drew as another dot appeared on his Duel Disk. He was soon near to his destination as he swerved around another car. It was time to start dealing some damage.
(Nina SPC: 1) (Guars SPC: 5)
"I normal summon the card that I received with Key Mouse, I summon Moja."
In an instant, a small tiny bean shaped monster appeared.
"Aww, how cute. It has some powerful effect, doesn't it?" Nina knew not to underestimate small Duel Monsters, like that Ryko monster…
"Now I tribute Moja, in order to summon something more… powerful."
Moja looked cutely at Nina, until a part of it was bulging out. Then another, and then another, until it seemed like something was moving inside of it. A yellow decayed skull suddenly burst out of Moja, followed by its black furred body, its height seven times taller than the little Monster. Three yellow skeletal legs burst out of the little monster. When it was finished, none of the little monster remained. (2500 ATK/800 DEF)
"See, I told you. Little cute monsters aren't so cute when you know their secrets." Nina said solemnly as she stared at the behemoth that burst out of the cute monster that was there.
"Like some Shadowkind, this card has more power when its true power is released. King of the Beast can be special summoned by tributing one face-up Moja on the field! If you can XYZ Summon, then why can't I? I construct an overlay unit with my Level 7 Green Baboon, Defender of the Forest and my Level 7 King of the Beast to XYZ Summon! Roar! Become heralds to The Supreme Beast King: Kong! (3000 ATK/ 2000 DEF)"
Green Baboon and King of the Beast bellowed in response, as they both turned into orbs of Light, which flew into an Orange portal. Another loud, more ferocious growl was heard as a brown beast rose from the portal. A large brown Gorilla jumped out of the portal; it was covered with golden armor that sparked with electricity. Its fierce red eyes pierced into Nina's soul, as it bellowed again.
"That thing's huge! I've never seen that card before!" Nina exclaimed. Guars was confused by the rapid burst of Spanish.
"I'm not sure what you just said, but I take it your surprised. This is Beast King: Kong. Like how you have your Dragonprince Jalal, we, The Hand of Shadow, have our own special cards. I know, now I can attack your Evolkaiser Lagia. Fist of the Beast King! But before do, I activate the effect of Howl of the Wild! Now when your monster is destroyed, you are dealt 300 points of damage for each Beast I own."
Kong bellowed again, as its fist generated electricity. He rushed forward and punched Lagia, instantly destroying the Dragon in a matter of seconds. Nina growled under her breath as her favorite monster was destroyed. Guars smiled.
(Nina: 7400) (Guars: 7000)
Beast King: Kong bellowed again, as the shockwaves hit Nina dead on. Nina would have been hit with a deafening roar if not for her helmet. She swerved for a bit and was grateful that she installed sound proof padding in her helmet a few days before.
(Nina: 7100) (Guars: 7000)
"Since my monster attacked, at the end of my Battle Phase, I have to place it into defense mode. And if it's in defense mode, it is destroyed." Guars explained. "But if I detach one XYZ material, I can bypass that effect for this turn." Beast King: Kong grabbed one of his XYZ materials and proceeded to eat it in a voracious manner. He was instantly recharged as the electricity surrounding his armor was renewed with new vigor.
"How…charming…" Nina absent-mindedly said.
"Indeed. I end."
Nina silently drew as their Speed Counters increased.
(Nina SPC: 2) (Guars SPC: 6)
She had nothing to play, so she passed. Guars immediately started.
(Nina SPC: 3) (Guars SPC: 7)
"Well, at least my lifepoints are safe." Nina said to herself in Spanish. Guars saw her talking to herself.
"I don't know what you said, but I think you think your safe from harm. I forgot to mention my monster has piercing."
"It has WHAT?!"
Nina cringed as Kong struck Elias, killing the Pterodactyl like monster in an instant. Electricity surged from Kong's armor and struck Nina's Duel Runner. She freaked out as her Runner was malfunctioning, finding it difficult to turn or swerve, and her brakes didn't work. She was freaking out when she found she was driving into a truck. By some divine coincidence, it turned back on and she narrowly dodged the truck.
(Nina: 6600) (Guars: 7000)
"Don't forget Howl of the Wild."
(Nina: 6300) (Guars: 7000)
Kong again ate one of his XYZ materials and was recharged. Guars set one card facedown and ended. Nina drew as she calculated her odds of getting out of this situation. The card she drew wasn't the one she needed, but would help.
(Nina SPC: 4) (Guars SPC: 8)
"I set one facedown card and one monster and end."
Guars drew and their Speed Counters increased. He instantly summoned a purple baboon that was eating a yellowish orb, or a Soul, Bazoo the Soul Eater (1600 ATK/900 DEF).
"I attack your facedown with my Beast King!"
Kong held both of his hands above his head and smashed the facedown into pieces, electricity rushing towards Nina as she held onto her handles. She quickly remembered her destroyed monster's effect.
(Nina: 5200) (Guars: 7000)
"I activate the effect of Evoltile Westlo; now I can special summon one Evolsaur monster from my deck. And there's only one I want…"
She quickly took the card from her deck and placed it onto the playing field. A giant DNA strand had appeared, like the others, and a giant purple quad-legged dinosaur with a long neck appeared. It suddenly leaned over to the other side of the field and ate one of Guars' cards, specifically Howl of the Wild.
"When this card is special summoned by the effect of an Evoltile monster, I can destroy one Spell or Trap card on the field. And what I chose was obvious." Nina explained. Guars growled in response. "Are you going to suicide with my Diplo (1600 ATK)?"
After Guars didn't respond, Nina smirked.
"And now your Beast King is destroyed. One problem down, one more to go."
Guars laughed as the Beast King became tired. It struggled to stay awake, but it failed as the armor came off. He closed his eyes and dispersed into a million pixels. Guars quickly placed a card from his grave onto the field.
"And since Beast King was destroyed, by paying a 1000 lifepoints, you know who comes back from the grave."
(Nina: 5200) (Guars: 6000)
'Oh great…' Nina thought as Defender came back. The giant baboon was enraged and roared at her. She had gotten used to being yelled at and ignored it. She drew her card and analyzed the situation. She saw in the distance a certain bridge. Yes, the Golden Gate Bridge was coming into view in all its glory. Golden Gate… oh no!
"I don't know your plan, but I'll take a guess. It has something to do with the Golden Gate Bridge, right?" She asked. She had to grip the handles of the Duel Runner to keep her balance.
"Well well, good guess. But I'm not going to just spell out my plan just like that." Guars responded with sarcasm evident. "But I'll give you a hint. You see, this bomb is no ordinary bomb. This is not even a bomb." He paused so that Nina could regain her thoughts and try to understand.
"If it's not a bomb, then what is it?" She asked.
"It's a Trigger, My little Niña." She gasped.
"A trigger for what?" She asked.
"What do you think?" He responded. Nina pondered, dodging a few cars, before it clicked.
'You don't have the bomb. The bomb's on the bridge!' She thought. Guars laughed.
"By the look on your face, I assume you figured it out. When I reach the bridge, this handy device on my chest will release a signal due to the position of the bomb in relation to the trigger. Once that signal is released...well I wouldn't need to spoil that. We'll see soon enough, but it has something to do with the Ocean." He explained. Nina looked in fear. She quickly understood.
"Idiot! Do you know how many innocents are on that Bridge right now and could die?!"
"Yes!" Guars shouted back as he gained a hint of lunacy in his eyes. Nina was taken back. This shadow had gone stark mad, his mouth transformed into a deranged grin. She had to stop him right now.
"Look! I know you're a few fries short of a Happy Meal, but if we could just compromise-"
Guars' ever present laughter blocked her from his thoughts. He wasn't listening to her, already consumed with madness. She drew and looked at her hand. She formulated a plan.
"I pass."
(Nina SPC: 5) (Guars SPC: 9)
Guars was taken aback by this statement, but he had no qualms. He drew his card and immediately ordered Green Baboon to attack Evolsaur Diplo, but Nina activated a facedown Waboku to stop the attack. Guars growled in rage and ended his turn.
"Wait!" Nina shouted as she pressed buttons on her Runner's Console. "On the ending of your Main Phase 2, I activate the trap card XYZ Reborn! Now I can revive one XYZ monster in my grave and give this card as an XYZ material. I only have one."
In a burst of flames, Evolkaiser Lagia rose from the ground. It roared as the trap card behind it had morphed into an orb and floated around it.
"And now on your End Phase, I activate De-Evolution."
"What?!"
"Now I can select one Evolkaiser from my field. And if the two monsters used to XYZ Summon it are in the graveyard, I can remove from play the select card and special summon the ones in the grave, but I can't Special Summon for the rest of the turn." Nina explained, as that what exactly happened. Evolsaur Diplo and Cerato reappeared on the field. Guars looked in surprise, but quickly understood.
"Sorry, I didn't hear you back there. Not like it really mattered."
She ignored him. Nina drew and picked up a card, knowing what will happen next.
(Nina SPC: 6) (Guars SPC: 10)
"I construct an Overlay Network with my Level 4 Evolsaur Diplo and Cerato." Cerato and Diplo burst into DNA strands and merged just like before, making another complex DNA strand. "Syncing complete. I XYZ Summon my Evolkaiser Dolkka (2300 ATK/1700 DEF)"
The strand transformed into a dragon similar to Lagia, except that it had four wings and its color scheme was blue. It seemed to be less Dragonoid that Lagia as well. It roared as it flew alongside Nina. She pulled a card from her hand and played it onto the field.
"I activate the effect of Speed Spell- Speed Energy. Now by removing one of my Speed counters, I can increase my Dolkka's attack points by 200 for every Speed Counter I have left until the end of this turn!"
Dolkka's body glowed brightly with a sky blue aura, as it roared in delight. (3300 ATK) Meanwhile, Nina's runner fell behind a bit due to the loss of Speed Counters.
(Nina SPC: 5) (Guars SPC: 10)
"I attack Bazoo with my other Evolsaur Diplo!" Nina commanded.
The other Diplo that we haven't talked about recently reached across the field to bite Bazoo, but the Baboon had scratched back the Dinosaur, causing them both to explode into a shower of pixels. Guars scratched his head in confusion before Nina had ordered Evolkaiser Dolkka to attack Green Baboon. The dragon shot a blue colored DNA stream at the Baboon, who disbursed into millions of pixels.
(Nina: 5200) (Guars: 5300)
"You seem to have a short memory, little Niña. Technically, since it was a beast and it was destroyed, I can pay 1000 lifepoints to summon…"
"Yeah yeah. But I'm not as slow as you think! I activate the effect of Evolkaiser Dolkka. By giving up one XYZ material, I can negate the effect of Green Baboon from the Graveyard and destroy it. And-last time I checked- I can't destroy things in the graveyard, and Baboon can't use its effect on itself anyway, so you can't activate the effect of any other copies or cards like it in response!" Nina explained as she smirked. "And to think I got an F in Card Rulings at DA."
Guars roared. Nina just placed one card facedown as Dolkka reverted back to his normal ATK. Guars drew the card angrily as he quickly roared again. No Speed Spells to activate the effect of Speed World 2. He just passed. Nina drew another ordered Evolkaiser Dolkka to attack, damaging Guars for points.
(Nina: 5200) (Guars: 3000)
Guars drew and cursed his luck. Nothing that could change anything, yet it would help. He set a card.
Nina drew and immediately ordered Evolkaiser Lagia to attack. It went exactly like the last time, except Guars activated Half or Nothing, causing Dolkka's ATK to be halved. It was the end of Nina's turn. She had just activated the effect of Speed World 2 to burn Guars for 800 damage and had set one facedown card.
(Nina: 5200) (Nina SPC: 2) (Guars: 1050) (Guars SPC: 12)
"How! How can a little Niña best me?!" Guars said as he drew. Since he had reached twelve Speed Counters, he couldn't receive any more, but Nina still gained one. He looked at his hand and formed an idea.
"I activate my Speed Spell- Accelerator Draw. Now since I have 12 Speed Counters and you have less than 5, I can draw two more cards." Guars said as he drew two more cards from his deck. A smile crept upon his face.
"I normal summon another Key Mouse in ATK mode." Guars announced. Another Key mouse appeared.
"And now I activate the effect of Speed World 2!"
Nina grew scared. She knew exactly what card he was going to target. She just hope he wouldn't pull another strong card to combat her.
"I choose my Key Mouse."
"What?"
Nina looked surprised when he declared that. Guars smiled eerily as a bolt of lightning struck the Mouse from the Heavens. It shattered into a million pieces. Guars then took one card from the grave and placed it onto the field. Green Baboon, once again, returned to the field.
"That's kinda risky. With only 50 lifepoints left and all." Nina said as she looked at her Speed Counters. Not enough to activate the effect of Speed World 2.
"Not of your concern. Now I will activate my Speed Spell- Sonic Empathy. Now since we have the same amount of Speed Counters, we both draw equal to the amount of Speed Counters we have." Guars explained, both of them taking two cards from their decks. "Now the effect of my Egotistical Ape activates in my hand. Now my getting rid of my Blade Rabbit in my hand, I can special summon it and let it gain levels equal to the card used at step one. And since it was two…"
A giant blue ape had appeared, originating from a very cute and small monkey, and glowed it a strong blue aura as it grew two sizes bigger. Nina looked in despair. Guars smiled maliciously and constructed an Overlay Network, forming Beast King: Kong again. He attacked Dolkka, destroying him and taking away Nina's possible lead.
(Nina: 4500) (Nina SPC: 2) (Guars: 50) (Guars SPC: 2)
"Your move, Nina." He mocked. She silently drew a card, her speed counters rising. She had to think of something and fast. The bridge was coming up and she had no way of stopping Kong in time. She looked at her cards; maybe she could do something here. She normal summoned an Evolsaur Cerato and ended after setting one card.
Guars drew and ordered Kong to attack, but Nina activated a trap.
"Now I activate my Evolutionary Bridge, now I can redirect her attack to an Evoltile Special summoned from my grave. So I can special summon my Evoltile Gephyro. (200 ATK/ 400 DEF)" Nina explained.
A dark blue reptile had appeared. Kong rushed forward and smashed the small reptile, sending electricity towards Nina, who swerved a bit on her Duel Runner. Guars was starting to argue about how Gephyro got in her Graveyard, yet he remembered her using Angel Baton earlier. She regained her balance and activated her monster's effect.
"Now I can special summon one Evolsaur monster from my grave. And I choose my Evolsaur Elias." Nina declared as the Pterodactyl was resurrected.
"And now I can special summon one Evolsaur Monster from my hand. I special summon my Evolsaur Terias! (2400 ATK/600 DEF)"
A Double Helix DNA swirl appeared in front of her again. This time, it formed into a green and black scaled like T-rex, which roared in pain as its arms were trying to stretch out for more length, but didn't quite make it.
"I end." Guars muttered. Nina drew and continued with her plan.
"Now I construct an overlay Network with my Evolsaur Terias and Evolsaur Elias."
The two monsters turned into Double Helix strands and started to cross over with each other. A bright light shown as a new monster was formed. It was a bright blue hue over its white flesh and it was very slim in comparison with the others in its group. It roared as it flew along, gracing the field with its presence.
"DNA synching complete! I XYZ summon my Evolkaiser Solda! (2600 ATK/1000 DEF)"
Solda roared in triumph. Guars looked at it with laughter.
"So what?! An overgrown lizard-"
"Dragon."
"Whatever! Do you honestly think that that stupid dinosaur with wings is going to enough to stand up against my Beast King?!" He boasted. Nina took two cards from her wrist dealer and placed it onto the field. Guars looked in surprise, before a giant explosion caused Beast King to shield itself. This resulted in sparks flying from the suit of armor and the Beast King roared in pain, before falling and dispersing into pixels, defeated.
"I activated the effect of my Speed Spell- Explosion. By destroying one of my cards, I can change the battle position of all monsters on your side of the field. Beast King can only survive being changed into Defense Mode went it happens through its own effect." Nina explained. By now Guars was steaming in rage. Nina took it as a sign, and proceeded to attack. "Go, Evolkaiser Solda; finish this with DNA Overload."
Solda nodded, before rising up and charging a blast from its mouth, drawing in its white aura as an energy source. It then fired, sending a blinding light blue Double Helix beam heading towards Guars. It struck him dead on, temporarily blinding the charging Centaur.
(Nina: 4500) (Nina SPC: 2) (Guars: 0) (Guars SPC: 2)
Nina was about to stop her Duel Runner, when she noticed that Guars wasn't stopping. The ending attack of Evolkaiser Solda had blinded him. He was going on pure instinct now. Nina was panicking. 'What am I going to do?! If he continues, then he'll detonate the bomb! Gotta think fast. Quickly! Okay, he's a centaur. In Mythology, he's part horse…wait, that's it!'
Nina drove right next to Guars; she did the most insane thing.
She jumped onto him.
Nina managed to clamp onto Guars, somehow managing to hold on to the rampaging Shadow at 50 MPH. She climbed on, and remembered when she went horse riding for her birthday. She didn't learn much, yet one thing remained in her head. And that was how to stop a horse.
Nina did as she remembered, and Guars responded almost like an actual horse, and soon he was starting to slow down. His galloping slowed down, and soon to a halt. Nina's heart froze for a moment, and then she sighed in relief. Just a few more meters, and the trigger would activate. She looked with glee, as her Duel Runner skid past and finally slowed down in front of her, crashing to the floor due to the momentum.
0000000
Anime/Manga or Custom Created Cards.
Speed Spell- Explosion (Speed Spell Card)
Normal Speed Spell
Image: A facedown card on the bottom, with a giant explosion occurring on top of it. Three monsters are being blown away by this blast.
Effect: Activate only while you have 2 or more Speed Counters. Select and destroy one other card inside your Spell & Trap Card Zone. Then, change all Battle Positions of all face-up monsters your opponent controls.
Speed Spell- Explosion was used by Taro Yamashita in the Yugioh 5ds Episode 121,'The Miraculous Trump Card, Sleeping Giant Zushin!'. Credit for this card goes to the writers of that episode.
Speed Spell- Accelerator Draw (Speed Spell Card)
Normal Speed Spell
Image: A male blue coated Duelist drawing with such speed, that it causes a mach cone to form.
Effect: Activate only when you have 12 Speed Counters, and your opponent has only 5 or less Speed Counters. Draw two cards.
Speed Spell- Accelerator Draw was used by Yusei Fudo in the Yugioh 5ds Episode 101,'The Edge of Elimination'. Credit for this card goes to the writers of that episode.
Speed Spell- Sonic Empathy (Speed Spell Card)
Normal Speed Spell
Image: Two Duel Runners riding side by side. Their runners are emitting a colored sonic wave, one blue and the other red. The two intertwined, forming a green soundwave.
Effect: Activate only when you and your opponent has the same amount of Speed Counters and the combined total of Speed Counters is not greater than ten. Both of you draw cards equal to the amount of Speed Counters you possess when this card was activated. You can only activate one Speed Spell- Sonic Empathy once a turn.
De-Evolution (Trap Card)
Normal Trap
Image: Evolkaiser Lagia is shown in the background. The bottom of its is starting to transform into two DNA strands, which then reconfigure into Evolsaur Cerato and Evolsaur Diplo.
Effect: Select one face up XYZ 'Evol' monster on your field; if the monsters that were used as XYZ material are in the Graveyard, tribute the selected monster and Special Summon the two monsters from the Graveyard. You cannot XYZ Summon a monster with the same rank for the rest of the turn. You can only activate one De-Evolution per turn.
Supreme Beast King: Kong (Monster Card)
CARD SPECS
Type: Beast/XYZ/Effect
Attribute:Earth
Rank: 7
ATK: 3000
DEF: 2000
Card Description: 2 Level 7 Beast type Monsters
If this card is in face-up Defense Position, destroy this monster. At the end of the Battle Phase, if this card has destroyed a monster: detach one XYZ material from this card. If not, change this card into face-up Defense Position. When this card attacks a Defense Position monster: the difference between this card's Attack Points and the defending monster's Defense Points, is dealt to your opponent as damage. There can only be one face-up Supreme Beast King: Kong on the field.
The above three cards were created by me. However, the Supreme Beast King: Kong card can only be used by the members of The Hands of Shadow, specifically ones that use Beast Types. If used, credit goes to me.
0000000
Well, I did it. I finally became a Shadowchaser. I don't care what anyone said, riding and stopping a rampaging Centaur will always be the highlight on my career. Not many people can say that and live, you know. My Rite of Passage has been completed.
After my Initiation, Jalal and the group I was training with celebrated. I had gained my mark and also my own copy of the Dragonborn Jalal card. The card felt like it was my badge of honor. As long as that card is in my deck, I will try my hardest to do my best.
I settled down and finally had a few days with the group I was with. I thought I was going to stay with them for most of my life. But then I heard that a certain town far North was lacking support and I was the only one that was ready and raring to go. That meant only one thing.
Roadtrip!
0000000
Nina finally completes her Rite of Passage, but just because she solved one Crisis by herself, doesn't mean she's as good as the ones before. She experiences firsthand what an already installed Shadowchaser is capable of! Find out next time in "Recycling Batteries".