A/N: Alright everyone, here's the official first chapter of Death Rising! I won't be giving the chapters any titles because I'm not that creative. Not much for me to say right now, so I'll let you all start reading.
Disclaimer: I do NOT own the Yu-Gi-Oh! franchise! I DO, however, own my Self-Insert and the Epitaph/Phase/Avatar archetype!
"Now I'll attack your monster with Scar-Red Nova Dragon for game!" I declared to my opponent as his Life Points decreased from 900 to 0 from my 6000 ATK Scar-Red Nova Dragon, or Red Nova Dragon as his English card states, though I prefer the Japanese names to cards but only say the ones I can remember off the top of my head.
"Damn man. A little overkill," my opponent said.
"Oh suck it up," I replied as I pulled my deck back, having won my third round of the tournament.
My name is Kurtis Goodhew. I'm 21 years old, Caucasian, and stand at a height of 5'10". I have short, messy brown hair and hazel eyes and I was wearing a heavy winter jacket and sweatpants. Why? Because it was fucking freezing outside. Currently I was at a local Yu-Gi-Oh! tournament that's held once every week at a shopping mall. The tournaments are never very big each week, usually only 20 people or so show up, but the store that hosts it only does 3 rounds of best 2-out-of-3 matches before calling out the top 8. Ever since the release of the 5D's cards, you pretty much had to win all 3 rounds to even have a chance of getting to the top 8, which I had just managed to do with my brand-new deck. A replica of the Jack Atlas Power Deck used by Jack Atlas himself in the Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's anime. Of course, there are modifications to it, as with any so-called replica deck, to make it more tournament-usable. Now, as you've just noticed, my last opponent said my last attack with my 6000-ATK monster was overkill for his 900 remaining Life Points. The reason? His monster, which I had forced into Attack mode with Level Limit Area A, only had 1200 ATK. So I guess 4800 damage to a 900 remainder might be considered overkill. Though I don't really care, because at least I have a deck that can beat down anyone I face. After letting the tournament hosts know I won my match, I returned to the tables and waited for them to announce the top 8. I didn't pay attention to the other names and just waited to hear mine.
"Kurtis vs Lilly…"
There we go. So my opponent was a girl named Lilly. Shouldn't be too hard to find considering there's only, at most, 4 girls of the 20 duelists that show up every week. As I was about to turn around and call the name of my deck's next victim, I felt someone tug on the sleeve of my jacket. I turned around and ended up looking down to see a little girl, probably no older than 11, standing in front of me. She had lavender hair, my guess was she asked her mother to dye it for her, and light-red clothes. She also had tanned skin, so I assumed she was Asian, or probably east-European.
"Are you Kurtis?" the girl asked me.
"Then you must be Lilly," I said, though I couldn't believe my opponent for the top 8 was a little girl. 'She must be stronger than she looks. That or she got all the little weakling kids who don't understand how to play the game and get outright destroyed for it.'
Lilly smiled and nodded. "Nice to meet you. Let's have a fun duel."
Lilly then walked away to go to the other side of the table, though I couldn't help but be disgusted by her happiness. It was a little something that came over me some years back, but all of a sudden I stopped caring about a lot of things and dropped a majority of my emotions, and since then, sometimes when I'd walk into a room, everyone would look at me like they thought I was going to kill them on the spot, and I doubt my scowling helped. But as I mentioned, I didn't care. Lilly and I started shuffling our decks and I looked across to her, seeing her smiling as she shuffled.
'Just what the fuck are you so happy about you little brat?' I thought to myself as I glared at her.
Once we finished shuffling and set our decks down, she pulled out a coin.
"Heads or tails?" Lilly asked.
"Tails," I shrugged.
She tossed the coin and let it fall onto the table. It rolled around for a bit but when it stopped…
"Tails it is," Lilly said, still smiling.
"Looks like I'll go first," I said. 'And I'll wipe that smile off your face.'
I reached out for my deck to draw my first six cards, but as I touched the top card, everything went quiet. I looked around and noticed everyone was frozen in place.
"What the fuck?" I wondered.
"Kurtis Goodhew…" I heard a voice say and I looked ahead of me to see Lilly was unfrozen, just like me.
"Okay, what the fuck is going on here?" I asked the girl threateningly.
"I wish to request your assistance," Lilly answered.
"My assistance? What the hell for?" I asked, getting more annoyed.
"A force is threatening to destroy my home and you are the only one who meets the requirements to save it," Lilly begged.
"I am, huh? But why me? I don't have any note-worthy talents or anything else," I asked, crossing my arms.
"Your dueling…" Lilly answered.
"My dueling?" I repeated. "Bullshit. I'm just an amateur duelist who only wishes to become stronger just to put other people down." 'I've had people looking down on me long enough.'
"You only think you are because you haven't found your deck," Lilly said.
"What are you talking about? The deck I have now is working just fine," I argued.
"But it isn't yours. If you help me, I'll give you your true deck. But I must warn you, if you do decide to help me in this, you will not be able to return here," Lilly said.
Great, so this little psycho girl wants to take me to who-knows-where with no desire to bring me back. Well, not like I couldn't believe her, considering everyone else in the store was frozen. Probably everyone in the rest of the mall, too. Hell, maybe everyone else in the world was stuck in time right now.
"Fine, why the hell not. This place was boring anyway," I said. "But first, how exactly are you going to give me my deck?"
"I'll make one out of your memories," the little girl said with a smile. "Oh, and my name's actually Lycoris."
'Lycoris? I'm sure I've heard that name somewhere before,' I thought to myself, but then the next thing I knew the girl was gone. "Oh that can't be good."
All of a sudden, everything went black.
When I regained my sight, the first thing I saw was pavement. I pushed myself up and placed my right hand on my throbbing head, but I didn't feel my hand touch my head.
"What the hell?" I wondered to myself before pulling my arm away, seeing a black glove covered my hand.
I looked over myself and noticed my attire had changed. I now wore a black long-sleeved shirt under a crimson-red sleeveless open trenchcoat which had its collar flipped up and covered the lower half of my face, black pants, black shoes, and even my left hand was covered by a black glove.
"Damn it, Lycoris! Come out and show yourself before I get angry you little bitch!" I shouted at the top of my lungs.
"No need to shout," I heard someone giggle and I turned around to see Lycoris standing right behind me. "And don't worry, those clothes are for your deck."
"The hell? For my deck? What could clothes possibly have to do with my deck?" I asked angrily.
"Check your belt," Lycoris said while pointing at my waist.
Wanting to be sure the little girl wasn't fucking with my head, I did as she suggested and soon felt a box attached to my waist. I opened it and pulled out its contents to see it was a deck of cards.
"Is this… my deck?" I asked Lycoris before she nodded.
I turned the deck over and my eyes widened in shock at the first card.
"What the fuck?" I shouted in complete shock before reading the card's name. "Epitaph 01 – Haseo V1?"
But then I noticed something stranger than the card. Its name, effect, everything… was in Japanese.
'I can understand Japanese?' I mentally asked myself, taking a step back from the shock.
"Nani (1)?" Lycoris asked.
"None of your business…" I muttered my answer.
After getting over my shock, I flipped through all the cards of my deck, reading all of their names and effects.
"My deck…" I started, which I guess earned Lycoris' attention. "You made it off my memories of a video game called .hack/G.U."
"So it has a name in your world…" Lycoris said quietly, but I definitely heard her, though I didn't bother to ask about it.
"So where exactly did you send me?" I asked.
"Well… I think in your world it has the name Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's…" Lycoris answered, causing my eyes to widen in shock again. "But if you want a specific answer, we're in the Satellite."
'The Satellite… The world of Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's… Just who the hell is this girl?' I mentally asked myself.
"Oh, and before I forget…" Lycoris said, prompting me to turn around and face her. "Here's your D-Wheel. You'll need it."
With a wave of her hand, a strange-looking black motorcycle suddenly appeared. If my eyes could widen any more without threatening to have my eyes pop out, I'm sure they'd do it.
"What… What the fuck are you!" I asked Lycoris.
"No need to swear so much," Lycoris said. "And to answer your question, I'm a kami-sama of this world."
"A god…" I repeated before putting my hand on my forehead and I started to laugh at the stupidity of everything. "Do you take me for an idiot? There's no such thing as a god! It's just an imaginary being to give people some security and a stupid explanation on why things happen!"
"If that's what you think then how would you explain what just happened to you?" Lycoris asked, which caused me to freeze up.
I knew what happened wasn't a dream, and it still isn't, because I could feel everything. That and there's also the fact that for the past few years I've never had a dream while I slept.
"Heh… Maybe there is such a thing as a god…" I gave in before walking up to the D-Wheel the girl had materialized.
The machine was pitch-black in color and had one back wheel and one front wheel. On the front though it looked like it had the head of a monster, which I clearly recognized as a character named Skeith from the .hack/ video games. It had three red eyes, two in the same place as any human, and a third in the middle of its forehead. I guessed they acted as the vehicle's headlights. It also had Skeith's horns, which curved around the sides of its head. Right beside the seat were a pair of clawed hands, which I also recognized as Skeith's and I assumed they were the handles for the D-Wheel.
"So this is my D-Wheel…" I said as I placed one hand on the machine.
"What are you going to name it?" Lycoris asked me.
"Huh?" I wondered as I turned around to face the girl. "You mean it doesn't have a name?"
Lycoris shook her head. "I didn't think to give it a name. Besides, it's yours after all."
I looked back at the black D-Wheel and thought for a few seconds.
"Shadow…" I said.
"Shadow?" Lycoris repeated.
"Where I'm from… the creature designed on this D-Wheel went by the name of Skeith. In an old language, that word translates to "Shadow", so that's what I'll call it," I answered.
"That sounds like a good name," Lycoris said, and I could tell she was smiling.
"Hey there, that's a nice-looking D-Wheel you got," I heard someone say, but I didn't turn around as I just scowled from the tone of voice the person used, which gave off the feeling that they thought they were better than others.
"What's it to you?" I asked.
"What else? I'm looking to take it off your hands," the owner of the voice said.
"And just how do you figure that?" I asked as I turned around the face the owner of the voice, only to quickly narrow my eyes at him. 'Uryu…'
The man now standing before me was one I recognized from the 5D's show, though since my cards were in Japanese then chances are Lycoris had sent me to the Japanese version of the 5D's world.
'Good thing. 4Kids just fucking sucks at dubbing anime,' I thought to myself.
The man, Uryu, was roughly my height with short blue hair and under his right eye was a yellow mark.
"Because you're Satellite trash," Uryu answered, causing my scowl to deepen.
"Wouldn't that make you Satellite trash too, then? After all, that's where we are," I pointed out.
"Maybe so, but I'm not from here. I'm from Neo Domino City, but I was sent here after getting this damned mark," Uryu spat out those last words as his lightly touched the mark on his face. "Although, with that D-Wheel, I'll make my way out of here."
"Tempting offer… and I've got an answer to that," I said, peeking Uryu's curiosity as a grin spread on his face, waiting for me to say he can have it, but a smirk soon appeared on my face. "Fuck you, you piece of shit!"
"Wha?" Uryu said in surprise, as though he was actually expecting a different answer from me, which caused me to chuckle at the idiot. "All right then, how about we settle it with a duel? Whoever wins gets the D-Wheel."
'Ah, fuck. I don't have a Duel Disk,' I just realized.
"There's one in your D-Wheel," Lycoris said, causing me to glance at her with a raised eyebrow before turning back to my D-Wheel.
Right smack under the monitor, as if it was part of the machine itself, as indeed a Duel Disk. I grinned to myself slightly as I pulled it out of its placement. Getting a good look at it, the Duel Disk looked like a standard one you'd find around Neo Domino City, at least according to the anime, only this one was completely black. And instead of the standard board for the cards, it was curved like a blade of a small scythe.
"This is perfect," I said with a dark tone before turning to Lycoris again. "Thanks for the help."
"Who the hell are you talking to? Let's get this damn thing started!" Uryu shouted to me, to which I turned to face him, but once against glanced at Lycoris with a raised eyebrow.
"Since I chose you to help me, you're the only one who can see or hear me," Lycoris answered my unspoken question. "And you can speak to me with your thoughts."
'Makes sense, I guess. Don't want everyone to know you're a god,' I mentally told her, to which she giggled a response. "So, you wanted to duel? I'll make sure I kick your ass!"
Uryu just growled at me before the both of us activated our Duel Disks.
"DUEL!"
Kurtis: 4000
Uryu: 4000
The both of us drew our opening hands, and I could already see a decent strategy setup with what I drew.
"I'll go first! Ore no tān (2)!" Uryu shouted as he pulled his sixth card and grinned like an idiot. "I'll start by summoning Dragonfly in Attack mode!"
As Uryu slapped his card onto his Duel Disk, an Insect-type monster that looked like an overgrown dragonfly appeared, which was probably how it got its name. (4/1400/900)
"Next I'll play the Field Magic card, Kamakiri no Ranshō - Eggu Sheru (3)!" Uryu said as an extra slot in his Duel Disk opened, letting him place another card before it closed.
Soon the area around us started to change and a large egg-like object appeared behind Uryu.
"I can only activate this card if I control a face-up Dragonfly or Mantis monster, but during each of my Standby Phases it Special Summons a Baby Kamakiri Token to my side of the field," Uryu explained, but I wasn't the least bit interested.
"Are you going to end your turn yet so I can kick your ass?" I asked in a bored tone.
Uryu just growled before grabbing another card from his hand. "I'll play the Permanent Magic, Great Sea Of Trees! Tān endo (4)."
When Uryu played his card, the area around the large egg started to change into a lush forest with little bugs scurrying around.
Uryu's hand: 3
"Ore no tān. Doro (5)," I said as I pulled my sixth card and glanced at Uryu's field. 'Hm… I recognize Dragonfly as Flying Kamakiri #1 and Great Sea Of Trees as Verdant Sacntuary, but I think that Field Magic is new. No matter. I'll still break through whatever he has.' "From my hand I'll summon Epitaph 01 – Haseo V1 in Attack mode!"
As I slapped my card onto my scythe-like Duel Disk, a figure slowly materialized in front of me. The figure was a teenage boy with silver hair styled back. His eyes were crimson red with what looked like red tattoos shaped like lightning bolts over his eyes. He also had a pair of red tattoos on his shoulders and another on his bare stomach. His attire consisted of a short black vest made out of belts and a thick belt acting as the vest's collar. He also wore black gloves that stopped just under his armpits, the wrists decorated with red markings. He also wore a pair of tight black pants, three belts on each leg wrapped around his upper legs and a pair of thin boots, also with red markings. On the back of his waist were a pair of black-and-gold blades, but they weren't his weapons. In his hands he wielded his true weapons, a pair of seemingly-blunt shortswords with small spikes jutting out from where the weapons curved. His facial expression hinted that he was ready to take down anyone or anything that got in his way. (4/1800/1000)
"What the hell is that monster?" Uryu asked with a confused expression.
"Not one you have to worry about for long. Haseo, attack Dragonfly! Sparrow Counter!" I called out.
The black-garbed teen gripped his weapons and charged at Uryu's insect before striking it up into the sky. Haseo V1 followed up by jumping into the air after it and smashing its weapons into the insect's head, sending Dragonfly crashing to the ground before it exploded into pixels.
Kurtis: 4000
Uryu: 3600
"Damn… but now my Dragonfly's effect activates which allows me to Special Summon a Kaze-Attribute monster from my deck as long as its ATK is 1500 or lower," Uryu said as his deck shuffled around in his Duel Disk and a card ejected itself, as if knowing which one Uryu wanted to get. "And I'll choose my Bee Square in Attack mode!"
As soon as the card hit the Duel Disk, it summon a small bee monster wearing pieces of armor and a scarf while also carrying a trident with three gold prongs. (1/500/400)
'Why would he summon that weak thing? I thought he was more into powerful, easy-to-summon cards,' I thought to myself, confused by my opponent's move.
"Next, the effect of my Great Sea Of Trees activates! When an Insect monster I control is destroyed, I can add another Insect of the same Level from my deck to my hand!" Uryu explained as his deck shuffled itself again, which is something I still found strange, and a card then ejected itself. "And I choose Pinch Batter!"
'Only one reason he'd add that card to his hand…' I thought to myself before pulling a card from my hand and pushing it into my Duel Disk. "I'll place one reversed card. Tān endo."
Kurtis' hand: 4
"Ore no tān! Doro!"Uryu said as he pulled his next card. "Now during my Standby Phase, my Kamakiri no Ranshō - Eggu Sheru Special Summons a Baby Kamakiri Token to my field!"
Crawling out from the egg's opening was a small mantis-like monster as it let out a small, non-threatening roar. (2/500/500)
"And now I'll summon my Pinch Batter!" Uryu said as he slapped another card onto the field, summoning a large grasshopper monster. (4/1000/1200) "Next, I'll play the Magic card, Multiplication Of Ants!"
The next card to appear on Uryu's field showed multiple green ants surrounded by some kind of energy.
"All I have to do to activate it is release an Insect monster on my field, so I'll release my Pinch Batter!" Uryu said as the grasshopper's body started to crack before its back split apart. "And now I get two Army Ant Tokens!"
Appearing next to the Baby Kamikiri Token were two green ants similar to the ones seen on the artwork of the card they were from. (4/500/1200)
"And then Pinch Batter's effect activates, letting me Special Summon any Insect monster from my hand once it's been sent to the Cemetery," Uryu explained as he took another card from his hand. "And I choose my Deathscythe Killer!"
Appearing from Pinch Batter's corpse was a large, six-legged, green monster that carried a scythe about as big as its own body in its hands. (8/2300/1600)
'What the? He never had something like this before!' I mentally told myself as I grit my teeth.
"Now, I'll use the effect of my Bee Square! By releasing it and one other Insect monster on my field I can draw two cards, so I'll choose one of my Army Ant Tokens!" Uryu said as the two monsters vanished from the field, the Bee Square card going into his Cemetery slot, as he pulled two new cards. "And now for my Deathscythe Killer's effect! I can release an Insect monster from my field once every turn to increase its ATK by 500! So I'll release my Baby Kamikiri Token!"
The larger Insect monster grabbed hold of its scythe before turning to face the token monster and swinging its scythe, cleaving the token in two, but its power grew stronger. (8/2300-2800/1600)
"Now Deathscythe, attack that monster! Scythe Of Hell!" Uryu commanded as his monster walked towards Haseo and pulled its scythe back.
"Reverse card, open!" I shouted as my facedown card rose, showing silhouettes of three people disappearing into orbs that hovered above their heads. "Gate Out! When a monster I control is selected as an attack target, I can remove all monsters on my field from play to negate the attack and end the Battle Phase!"
A blue orb soon appeared above Haseo's head before the teen monster himself turned into streams of blue light and disappeared into the orb before it faded away, causing Deathscythe Harvester to miss its target and return to Uryu's field. (8/2800-2300/1600)
"Tān endo," Uryu said, but I could tell he was annoyed that I escaped his attack.
Uryu's hand: 3
"Ore no tān! Doro!" I called out as I drew my next card. "During my Standby Phase, all monsters removed by the effect of Gate Out return to my side of the field!"
The blue orb appeared on the field again and the ribbons of light poured out of it, calling Haseo V1 back to the field. (4/1800/1000)
"Next I'll summon Epitaph 02 – Atoli in Defense mode!" I announced as I played my next card.
The next monster to appear on my field took the form of a teenage girl with short blonde hair and amber-colored eyes. She wore a short green dress that stopped a little past her waist and a pair of white puffy shorts. She also wore white stockings that stopped at her thighs, a pair of high heels and a white disc-shaped hat. On the back of her dress was a pair of white wings, though they were only for decoration. In her hands she held a staff with the end of it looking like it was a blooming flower. (4/300/2200)
"And since I control Haseo, Atoli can't be selected as an attack target! Not only that, but now that Atoli's on the field, Haseo gains 500 ATK!" I explained as the black-clad teen grew stronger. (4/1800-2300/1000) "But I'll switch him to Defense for now. And at the end of my turn, Atoli's effect increases my Life Points by 200 for each monster on my field. Tān endo."
As I declared my turn's end, Haseo lifted his blades in a defensive stance as Atoli waved her staff around, a faint light surrounding me as my Life Points increased.
Kurtis' hand: 4
Kurtis: 4400
Uryu: 3600
"Ore no tān!" Uryu said as he pulled his next card, a grin soon appearing on his face. "And now I get another Baby Kamikiri Token from my Field Magic!"
Once again, a small mantis-like monster appeared out of the hole in the egg. (2/500/500)
"You're going to regret putting your monster in Defense. I summon Cross-Sword Hunter in Attack mode!" Uryu declared as he played his card.
As Uryu slapped his card onto his Duel Disk, another large insect appeared, only this one looked like some sort of beetle or cockroach with four large pincers around its mouth. (4/1800/1200)
"And as long as I control another Insect monster, Cross-Sword Hunter's effect grants all Insects on my field a piercing effect," Uryu explained.
'Fuck my life…' I cursed in my head as I knew what would happen next.
"Now I'll release another Baby Kamikiri Token to increase Deathscythe Harvester's ATK by 500!" Uryu said as, once again, the large green Insect killed its own kin and grew stronger. (8/2300-2800/1600) "Cross-Sword Hunter, destroy that silver-haired monster! Cross-Sword Chomp!"
The beetle-like monster slowly made its way to my field before ensnaring Haseo in it pincers and slowly crushed him to death, causing the teen to explode into pixels.
Kurtis: 3600
Uryu: 3600
"Deathscythe Killer, take down his other monster! Scythe Of Hell!" Uryu declared.
Once again the green insect made its way to my field and pulled back its scythe, but this time I had nothing to protect my monster as the scythe came down and cleaved Atoli in two.
Kurtis: 3000
Uryu: 3600
"Tān endo," Uryu said with a smug grin on his face.
Uryu's hand: 3
'Damn it. Even if I summon a monster to defend myself, if he summons something else I'm done for,' I thought to myself as I glanced at my deck.
"Trust in your cards," Lyrcois told me.
'What?' I asked her through my mind.
"Trust your cards and they'll answer," Lycoris answered, still keeping her smile on her face.
'Such a childish piece of advice,' I mentally told myself. 'But I guess I have little choice right now.'
I slowly moved my hand over my deck, resting it on the top card.
'Alright, let me hear your answer,' I mentally requested my deck as I grabbed the top card. "Ore no tān!"
With how much force I used to pull the card from the deck I swore I could've ripped it in two. After pulling the card from my deck, I slowly turned it over, my eyes widening in shock at the card I drew.
'It really did answer,' I thought to myself before a small grin appeared on my face. "I play the Magic Card, Magic Book In The Pot!"
The card I played had an artwork depicting three books being thrown out of a Pot Of Greed.
"With this card, both of us get to draw three cards from our decks!" I explained.
"Fine by me," Uryu said as the both of us drew out three cards, my grin widening a little at what I had drawn.
"Time to end this. I'll summon Epitaph 07 – Pi in Attack mode!" I announced as I played my card.
Appearing on my field was a rather scantily-clad woman wearing a bright-red outfit consisting of some kind of bra vest, pink high heels, light-armor covering her lower legs up to her knees, white gloves that stopped halfway up her lower arms, and some kind of red light-armor that covered her thighs, but had an opening in the front and back revealing something that looked like panties, but I doubted that fact. She also wore an orange necktie and a pair of glasses. On her shoulders were a pair of purple tattoos and there was even one on her stomach. Her hair was long and pink, done up on both sides to look like it was styled in large pigtails. (4/1900/200) Though at this point in time I regretted summoning her to the field as she now had Uryu's full attention. Luckily I had a card in my hand that could remedy that.
"Next I'll play the magic Card, Party Of Three!" I announced as I played another card, the artwork depicting three silhouettes, one in the center with the other two on each side as if they were walking up to the figure in the middle. "If I successfully Normal Summoned an Epitaph monster to my field, I can Special Summon up to two more monsters!"
"Huh? What?" Uryu asked, his attention finally back on the duel.
"So now I'll Special Summon Epitaph 03 – Kuhn and the Tuner monster Avenger Phase in Attack mode!" I said as I played the two cards.
The first to appear was a young man with long blue hair tied back into a ponytail by a yellow headdress. His attire consisted of a brown short-sleeved jacket with a yellow front and yellow shoulder pads. He also wore a pair of yellow shorts that stopped just below his knees, his lower legs wrapped in belts and sandals acting as his footwear. He also wore a pair of brown gloves and had blue tattoos on his face. In his right hand he carried a yellow rifle with a large blue bayonet blade. (4/1600/1300)
The next monster to appear definitely wasn't human, though by its appearance no one would be able to guess what Type it actually was. It looked like bizarre pink patterns with what looked like eyes in several places, and judging by where the lines were placed it would seem like it would fit over Pi's figure easily. (4/0/0)
"T-Tuner monster?" Uryu repeated, almost surprised to see someone playing a Tuner monster.
"That's right. And now I'll tune my Level-4 Avenger Phase to my Level-4 Epitaph 07 – Pi!" I announced as both monsters leapt into the air. "Fukushū no tsuyo-sa to ikari nado o yobidasu! Tasogare wa yoake mae ni kuraidesu! (6)"
As I chanted, I stared up at my two airborne monsters, but noticed that they didn't perform the Synchro Summon like I've usually seen, where the Tuner would turn into discs and the other monster, or monsters, would turn into stars. Instead, the Avenger Phase monster overlapped itself with Epitaph 07 – Pi's body, fitting perfectly against her form. I also noticed that some of the pink patterns that formed Avenger Phase appeared on my upper arms.
"Shinkuro Shoukan! Chikara o miseru! Abatā Nana - Tarvos! (7)" I called out and soon my two monsters were enveloped in a blinding flash of light.
Once the light died down, a figure slowly descended onto my side of the field. The figure looked like a large, pink, serpentine creature with giant, pink, wing-like objects protruding from its back. A white mask covered its face and its arms were raised above its head and bound together as if by some invisible force. Impaled through the creature's stomach was a large white stake. (8/2900/2100)
"Wh-what the hell is that thing!" Uryu asked in shock as he took a step back at the sight of the giant monster.
"One of my Synchro monsters, Avatar 07 – Tarvos," I answered. "And it, along with Kuhn, will be the cause of your defeat, because now I'll activate its effect! Once per turn I can destroy one card my opponent controls. If the destroyed card is a monster, Tarvos gains half of the destroyed monster's original ATK until my End Phase!"
As I explained the effect of my monster, Uryu gasped in shock and his eyes widened before he turned his attention towards his Deathscythe Killer and Tarvos spread it wings and flew high into the air. Once at a good distance, the Demon-type monster stretched its wings out as they were soon covered in hexagonal-shaped objects. The stake also had these objects placed on it as if turning it into a giant cannon. At the tip of the stake, a black sphere steadily began to form.
"DATA DRAIN!" I commanded, and soon the black sphere was shot, falling like an anvil onto the green Insect.
Deathscythe Killer howled in pain before exploding into pixels, but the pixels were soon pulled into the air directly towards Tarvos, whose cannon changed into some kind of ring that absorbed the pixilated energy. Once finished, Tarvos descended onto the field again as its power rose. (8/2900-4050/2100) Uryu took a step back at my monster's strengths.
"Now then, I'll have Kuhn attack you directly!" I declared as the bayonet-carrying man aimed his rifle at Uryu.
"What! But I have monsters on my field!" Uryu protested.
"Maybe so, but as long as my opponent has at least one monster on the field, I can cut Kuhn's ATK in half, until the end of the damage step, to have him attack directly," I explained as a white sphere formed at the end of the rifle barrel. (4/1600-800/1300) "Plectra Bullet!"
Kuhn squeezed the trigger and the sphere was released before smashing right into Uryu, sending the blue-haired man stumbling back.
Kurtis: 3000
Uryu: 2800
"So you managed to get a direct hit on me…" Uryu said as he regained his composure. "But even if your Synchro has 4050 ATK, my Cross-Sword Hunter has 1800! I won't be going down!"
"He isn't my target," I said, confusing Uryu. "Throughout this duel you've had two Army Ant Tokens and two Baby Kamakiri Tokens. Yet you never once switched them to defense mode. And I still see one Army Ant Token on your field."
Uryu gasped as he looked at the green ant that was still on his field.
"Tarvos, attack the Army Ant Token! Stake Of Death!" I called out.
Tarvos let out a roar as the needle-shaped stake slowly pulled itself out of the monster's back and levitating over its head. The stake then aimed itself at Uryu's Army Ant Token before launching itself with great speed, impaling the Token. Less than a second later, the Token exploded into pixels, knocking Uryu onto his back.
Kurtis: 3000 (winner)
Uryu: 0
The holograms slowly faded as the Duel Disks shut themselves off, the pink patterns also fading from my arms, and I glared at the fallen Uryu.
"Now I suggest you get out of my sight before I come over there and literally kick your ass!" I shouted over to him before turned back to my D-Wheel, hearing Uryu scramble to his feet and run off.
"That was an exciting duel!" Lycoris congratulated me.
"I guess," I shrugged as I took off my Duel Disk and put it back in its place on my D-Wheel.
"So where are we going to now, Kurtis?" Lycoris asked.
"Don't call me that anymore," I said as I hopped onto the D-Wheel's seat.
"Huh? Why not?" Lycoris asked.
"You said I won't be able to go back to that life, right?" I asked, to which the lavender-haired girl nodded. "Then I don't want to be reminded of that life."
"Then what do you want to be called?" Lycoris asked as I started up the machine, though it didn't take very long for me to think of an answer.
"Ryou. Misaki Ryou," I said as I grabbed the helmet that was sitting on the D-Wheel's HUD, the helmet shaped almost like the front of the D-Wheel itself and even had the same horns, including a red visor. "And as for where we're going, just leave it to me."
I revved the engine of the D-Wheel as Lycoris smiled and sat on the back before I sped off towards our next destination.
(1) "What?"
(2) "My turn!"
(3) Mantis Egg (used in the Yu-Gi-Oh! R manga)
(4) "Turn end!"
(5) "Draw!"
(6) "Vengeance calls forth strength and rage! The twilight is darkest before the dawn!"
(7) "Synchro Summon! Show your power! Avatar 07 – Tarvos!"
Kaze = WIND
Magic Book In The Pot
Magic
Effect: Both players draw 3 cards.
Origins: Yu-Gi-Oh! R manga
English name: Spellbook Inside The Pot
A/N: Well, there you have it! I hope you all enjoyed the chapter and my cards, because you're going to be seeing them a lot. And as you've noticed, yes I changed my self-insert's name in the story, so from chapter 2 onward he'll be known as Misaki Ryou. Remember though, since this is the Japanese version of 5D's, Japanese characters have their last name placed first, so Kurtis' first name is now Ryou. Anyway, see you all next time!
P.S.: I'll try rotating between my FFVII story and this story (like, upload a chapter for Enigma, then upload a chapter for this, then another chapter for Enigma, and so on and so forth).
Please R&R, everyone!
