The Duelists
"Look's like I win again," Yusei said again with a smile," now Stardust Dragon, destroy Giant Ushi Oni! " With that Tanner's life points dropped to zero.
"Still can't beat you," Tanner said grinning. The holograms faded away.
"Nobody can beat Yusei," Leo declared," he beat Earthbound Gods."
"Well I had help, Jack, Akiza, Luna, and the Head, without the combined powers of the dragons we would have lost," Yusei responded.
"Speaking of which, who was the Head anyway?" Yanagi inquired.
"The Fifth Signer, we never saw his face, all we did see of him was his birthmark and him calling out his dragon," Jack said as he was leaning back against the wall.
Luna walked in alongside Akiza, the two had formed a sisterly bond. Akiza was showing Luna the Botanical Gardens outside the city.
"How was it?" asked Yusei.
"No such word to describe it," Luna said dreamily.
"Told you you'd like it," Akiza said, tussling her hair.
"Yusei beat Tanner again," Jack simply stated.
"Are you going to give up Tanner?" Akiza asked arching her eyebrow, Tanner just shrugged.
"Maybe, maybe not," he said flatly.
"Not much of an answer," Jack said.
"Not much of a question," Tanner responded. Suddenly, on the big screen, an image of Dexter showed up, he had become the groups searcher of new duels or duelists.
"People, I don't have much time. What I can tell is their is apparently a group of master duelists going on a winning spree through the city," he said quickly.
"Cool, a real duel," Leo declared, clenching his fists and punching the air," where are they?"
"Somewhere in the southern point of the city," Dexter answered. Yusei was the first on the D-Wheel, Akiza had built her own, and Leo and Luna rode with her and Yusei respectively.
(Somewhere in lower New Domino City)
A young man fell to his knees, a frightened and almost traumatized look on his face. A hooded figure calmly walked away, his face was hidden, and there was a duel-disk on his arm, which almost resembled a snake.
"Never seen.....a card....so powerful," the man said before completely falling to the ground.
"Can a guy get a challenge in this city?" the duelist asked to himself, half turning while still walking.
"Why don't we have a duel and we'll find out," Yusei said as he stood in front of him with the gang, minus Tanner, Yanagi, and Dexter, behind him. The duelist smiled.
"Yusei Fudo, I have been waiting to meet and duel you," he said," so I guess as they is no need for this cloak anymore." As he said this, is cloak just fell off and onto the ground. It revealed a very tall teen, as tall, if not taller than Jack. He had dark blonde hair, dark brown eyes, and a slender physique. He was wearing sand colored shorts, and a black shirt that had a snake skeleton on it. Something strange was on his cheek, there was a marking, that ran on his face like a scar, almost like a snake.
"My name is Grant, and if you're wondering about the little scrape on my face, if the conditions are right, you might see something," Grant said with a grin, as he held up his duel disk, and it sprang to life, like a striking serpent.
"We've all seen marking stranger than that," Yusei said with a smile of his own.
"No surprise here," Grant retorted,"now, are we going to exchange smart remarks or are we going to do this?"
"Duel!" the two said together
Grant-4000 LP
Yusei-4000 LP
"I draw first, and I summon the Serpent Assassin in attack mode," he declared. A man with the body of a snake but the face and arms of a man sprang up,
Serpent Assassin
Atk- 1600
Def- 1200
This monster can attack the number time for each card your opponent has in his or her hand. When this card deals battle damage, your opponent sends one card on the field to the graveyard.
"I end my turn by placing two cards face down," Grant finished.
"I draw," Yusei declared," and I summon Speed Warrior!" The robotic man burst up.
Speed Warrior
Atk- 900
Def-400
"Speed Warrior's special ability causes its attack points to double the turn it was summoned, now destroy Serpent Assassin," Yusei ordered. Speed Warrior shot forward and destroyed the monster.
Grant-3900 LP
Yusei-4000 LP
"I activate my trap, Shadow Tendrils," Grant declared, one face down card rose up, it showed a large amount of coal tentacles bursting out a black light, which was what the same thing just as a group of tentacles shot of the card and latched onto Yusei's duel disk.
"Now, you will lose half the damage you gave me," Grant said.
Grant-3800 LP
Yusei-3900 LP
"I end my turn," Yusei said.
"Perfect," Grant said as he drew," I summon Dark Coral Snake in attack mode." A giant coral snake with red eyes and horns appeared in a flash of light.
Dark Coral Snake
Atk- 1400
Def- 600
When this card is selected as an attack, you can discard two cards from your hand to summon one Snake Imitation token on your side of the field and switch the attack to that monster.
"Now, Dark Coral Snake, attack Speed Warrior!" Grant ordered. The snake arched itself and bit Speed Warrrior, destroying it. Yusei cringed.
Grant-3800 LP
Yusei-3400 LP
"Don't give up Yusei!" Leo cried out.
"No intention," Yusei responded," DRAW!" He looked at his hand and smiled.
"I summon Junk Synchron, and his special ability lets summon Speed Warrior back," Yusei said," and I'm tuning my Level 3 Junk Synchron to my Level 2 Junk Warrior to Synchro Summon Junk Warrior!"
Junk Warrior
Atk- 2300
Def- 1300
"No Junk Warrior, destroy Dark Coral Snake with Scrap First!" Yusei said, punching the air for effect. Junk Warrior leaned back and swung forward, about to destroy the snake.
"I'm activated my Dark Coral Snake's special ability, but discarding two cards from my hand to my graveyard, I can summon one Snake Imitation token to my field and switch the attack to that monster," Grant said as he discarded his two cards. A multicolored snake appeared in front of Dark Coral Snake in defense mode with zero for both. It exploded on contact with Scrap First, but Dark Coral Snake survived.
"My turn, and I draw, I play the magic card Evil Ambush," Grant said, as he but a card down, the card appeared with a snake launching from the grass at an unsuspecting man," now by the price of 500 life points, I can attack you directly, now Dark Coral Snake, Shadow Strike." The snake slithered fast towards Yusei and spat some kind of goo, which appeared to explode on contact.
Grant- 3300 LP
Yusei- 2000 LP
"YUSEI!" the twins said in union.
"This isn't good," Akiza said worriedly. Jack cringed.
"I'm not done, because I activated my face down card, Naga Strike, when a reptile type monster on my side of the field deals damage, I get to summon one card with snake or serpent in its name straight from my hand," Grant said with a smile, the final card shot up, it depicted a horde of snakes closing in on a warrior from all directions," and I summon Serpent Pharaoh in attack mode." A tall figure rose up, it had the torso and arms of a man but the head and lower body of a black mamba, and it had pitch black scales all over, it was wearing a Pharaoh's crown, and Pharaoh garments.
Serpent Pharaoh
Atk- 2900
Def- 2400
When this card in summoned in any manner, you can select one reptile monster in your graveyard and special summon it, neither of these cards can attack this turn.
"I special summon my Serpent Assassin in attack mode," Grant declared.
Yusei cringed, knowing he was in a bad position.
(Author's Note:
I don't own anything but the Grant character and some of his cards. I will bring the Yusei x Akiza in later, so be patient, and I know I left the story in a bad place to end, but don't worry.)