This is the first Turbo Duel in the story and quite possibly the only one. I'm not sure, I can't say for certain. Though, writing a Turbo Duel certainly is a lot more fun. But, still, I don't know.
DISCLAIMER: I own Shade, Solara, and Sophio along with the Dawnhearts, Duskhearts, and Blood Archetype. Everything else is pretty much in the hands of Kazuki Takahashi and Konami. I'm not makin' money off of this so calm down you corporate leaders, you.
Driving on the bridge and speeding on by, Shade looked to the horizon. New Domino's flashing night time lights were vibrant and filled with life against the contrast of the dark night with the moon high in the sky. Shade's mind wandered as he continued to traverse the bridge, the everlasting city nightlife coming that much closer to him. He reached into his stored Duel Disk as a card ejected itself out from the deck. Pulling it out, he held it up against the moonlight, looking at it for a long while.
"To think that this card has been roaming the free world for ten years…yet it's still in pristine condition. Though, just by looking at it…"
Shade looked down to his arm which was on the wheel. Through his coat, a strange crimson light was displaying itself.
"I'm sure you belong with me. I need to hurry back to Solara's…"
Putting the card in his pocket, he quickly amped up the speed he was going at, blazing on through the Daedalus Bridge. After just a few moments, a loud siren went off behind Shade and red and blue lights began to flash. Moving over to the left, Shade looked behind him, seeing a Sector Security officer quickly coming up to him. Sighing with a bit of annoyance, Shade shook his head as the officer began to speak up through a megaphone.
"Pull over immediately! This is an order! You need a verified license to go back and forth between New Domino and Satellite! I repeat, pull over!"
Shade spoke up, looking back to the officer. "Hey, buddy. What's your name?"
The officer was thrown slightly off course by the sudden question. "Huh? My name?"
Shade nodded, looking back to the horizon and Neo Domino. "I need to know your name for our duel that you're about to force me into since I'm not about to fall short…"
With those words Shade suddenly hit the gas harder, blazing forward with an even more tremendous amount of speed. The officer was again thrown back but then shook his head, getting himself together and pressing a small button on the side of his Duel Runner. A robotic voice went off from both of their vehicles as a silent shock wave erupted from them, the world around them slowing down and turning into a purple tint.
"Speed World enforced. Duel Mode on. Auto-Pilot, standby."
Shade grinned slightly to himself with a nod as his Duel Disk placed itself in front of him. He switched the decks, looking back to the officer. "Alright. You're on, buddy. Since you're the one trying to stop me, I'll give you priority. You have the first turn. But, first, you gotta tell me your name."
The officer drew his five cards and the one for the turn before looking up, seeing Shade in front of him. "My name…is Sophio."
Shade nodded, turning his head back towards Neo Domino. "Alright, Sophio. It's your move."
Shade: 4000 (SPC: 1) / Sophio: 4000 (SPC: 1)
Sophio looked at his cards for a moment, gulping slightly before speaking up. "Okay! I'll set a monster and then I'll play two cards face down! That ends my turn!"
Shade looked to his monitor, seeing the cards appear on the field. "Going on the defensive, are we now?" Upon getting no response from Sophio who remained diligently quiet, Shade nodded to himself. "Alright, alright. My turn. I'll draw."
Shade: 4000 (SPC: 2) / Sophio: 4000 (SPC: 2)
Shade nodded to himself as he placed a card on the field. "To start off, I'll activate Heavy Storm, destroying all Spell and Trap Cards on the field."
Sophio held out his arm as one of his face-down cards activated. "I'll activate Jar of Greed in response, which lets me draw 1 card from my deck!"
Shade rose an eyebrow as the large pot appeared, displaying a malicious grin with several gold teeth as Sophio drew his card. "Heavy Storm will destroy your other one, then."
With that, a sudden furious gust of wind set off throughout the area, almost steering Sophio off course as his face-down card was destroyed. Shade caught a glimpse of it as it shattered, seeing it was Torrential Tribute. He nodded before turning around to his own Duel Disk again. "Alright…now, I'll summon Dawnheart – Zaritas the Pure (LV4/1700/1000)!"
An array of gentle white feathers found their way onto the field next to Shade's bike, floating up slowly before dispersing outward, revealing a human-like warrior donning an assortment of blue and white robes and wielding a two-ended spear in his hands. It ran alongside Shade's motorcycle, keeping up flawlessly. "Now, Zaritas! Attack his face down monster! Spear Impulse!"
Zaritas quickly turned around, making a quick dart towards the facedown card, jabbing into it with the spear. It flipped over, revealing a helpless young girl for just a moment before it shattered to nothing. Jumping back, Zaritas found its way next to Shade again and turned around.
Shade grabbed a card in his hand, placing it down on the field. "I'll set one card face down. That ends my turn. It's your move, Sophio."
Sophio nodded, drawing a card. "I'll draw!"
Shade: 4000 (SPC: 3) / Sophio: 4000 (SPC: 3)
Sophio raised a card, looking to it before playing it on the field. "I'll summon Blood Thief (LV3/700/100) to the field! Show yourself!"
As if from nowhere, a quick agile warrior made its way from the sky onto the field, dashing next to Sophio's Duel Runner with a small dagger in hand as its white hair fluttered with the wind.
Sophio quickly continued his move, raising his hand. "Blood Thief's effect activates! When its Normal Summoned, I can Special Summon one Blood monster from my Graveyard! Be reborn, Blood Idol (LV2/300/0)!"
Blood Thief held out its dagger which began to shine with a gleaming yet hollow light. Stabbing the ground with it, a black mist arose next to it, in which the small girl from before found its way on to the field, taking a defensive stance next to Blood Thief.
Sophio nodded to himself as his heart began to race. "Watch this! I'm tuning my Blood Thief to my Blood Idol! Synchro Summon, go!"
Shade's eyes lowered slightly as he looked to his rear-view mirror, seeing Blood Thief disperse into three white shining stars, circulating around Blood Idol. A brilliant flash of light went off as a new monster came into play. Another warrior within a dark blue set of armor, it lowered its hood revealing light blue piercing eyes as a bow and arrow materialized within its hands. "Blood Archer (LV5/1900/1500) is summoned!"
Shade was quick to raise his hand as his face down card flipped over. "I'll activate my Trap Card! Heart Drain!"
A small gathering of clouds found its way to Blood Archer, covering its torso and heart. A small light began to emanate from within Blood Archer, first seemingly peaceful before the light suddenly picked up in intensity, causing Blood Archer to fall to its knees as a blue aura seeped from its body, making its way over to Shade who took it in as a restoring force.
Shade: 4950 (SPC: 3) / Sophio: 4000 (SPC: 3)
As the light and clouds vanished, Blood Archer did not get up from its position, weakened heavily to an extreme. (0/1500)
Sophio looked up in confusion. "Huh?! What just happened?!"
Shade spoke up as he put the card he used in the Graveyard. "I can activate Heart Drain when my opponent Special Summons a monster while I control a face-up Dawnheart or Duskheart monster. I gain Life Points equal to half the attack power of your summoned monster and then it loses all of its attack power until the End Phase."
Sophio grinned, chuckling to himself. "I see…in that case, I'll activate Blood Idol's effect!"
Shade rose another brow, turning his head halfway to see a ghostly reincarnation of Blood Idol appear next to Blood Archer as Sophio spoke up again. "When it's sent to the Graveyard for the Synchro Summon of a Blood monster, I can Special Summon one Blood tuner monster from my deck!"
Shade's eyes widened with surprise upon hearing this as Blood Idol began to give off a soft red light from its hands. "Another one? You're going to Synchro Summon again?!"
"I'll Special Summon another Blood Thief (LV3/700/100) from my deck!"
As the soft light within Blood Idol's hands became a small portal, another Blood Thief made its way to the field, spinning its dagger wildly with a crazy grin as the ghost of Blood Idol vanished. "Now! I'm tuning my Blood Thief to my Blood Archer!"
Shade spit at the floor as Zaritas kept on running by him while Blood Thief dispersed again into three stars, encircling Blood Archer. Another bright flash of light went off as the unveiling of large gray wings was heard along with loud flaps. Descending slowly, a large winged human-like creature found its way to the center of Sophio's field, dressed in an apparel of long blue and red robes with shining green eyes. "This is Blood Wing (LV8/2400/1500)! One of my best! Now, Blood Wing! Attack Dawnheart – Zaritas the Pure! Sacred Windstorm!"
Blood Wing rose up slowly, flapping its wings with intense might as the winds picked up, hitting Zaritas hard. Letting out a fierce cry, the winds picked up even more, battering Zaritas causing him to shatter and fade as the winds then continued on to quickly pound on Shade. Squinting his eyes and enduring the blow, Shade tried his best to keep hold of the Duel Runner as it twirled a little. Managing to keep a slight control over it, he sighed with heavy relief once the storm subsided.
Shade: 4250 (SPC: 2) / Sophio: 4000 (SPC: 3)
Sophio nodded, placing a card down. "I'll set one card face-down and end my turn."
Shade spit at the floor again, annoyance rising a little bit. "It's my move. I'll draw."
Shade: 4250 (SPC: 3) / Sophio: 4000 (SPC: 4)
Shade looked up, holding up a card and playing it. "I'll activate Speed Spell – Heart's Fracture."
Shade began to speak up as a shining glass heart appeared in the middle of his field alongside his Duel Runner, rotating slowly. "By removing 2 Speed Counters, I can Special Summon a Dawnheart or Duskheart monster from my Deck with an attack power less than a face-up monster you control. Blood Wing's attack power is 2400, so I'll Special Summon Dawnheart – Visona the Eternal (LV5/2000/2100)!"
As Shade's Duel Runner slowed down considerably and Sophio took the lead ahead, another assembly of white feathers appeared on the field, dispersing to reveal a calm looking serene girl taking a defense stance with her sword sheathed on her back.
Shade: 4250 (SPC: 1) / Sophio: 4000 (SPC: 4)
Shade held up his hand again. "Visona's effect activates! When its Special Summoned, if it's the only card on my side of the field, I can add one Dawnheart or Duskheart monster from my deck to my hand! I'll add the tuner monster, Duskheart – Umbra the Obscure to my hand!"
Grabbing the selected card as it ejected itself, the deck quickly shuffled itself as Shade put down another card with haste. "Now, I'll summon it! Come forth, Umbra (LV1/0/0)!"
As a single black feather fell from the sky next to Visona, it suddenly expanded into thousands of feathers, flying outwards revealing a small girl with pale white skin and a single blood red crimson eye, the other covered by her black hair. Horns were seen spiraling out of the sides of her head, and as she stood there, her eyes pierced right through Blood Wing, catching Sophio's eyes and startling him slightly.
Shade's golden glasses gleamed against the moonlight as he grinned from behind his coat. "I'm tuning Umbra to Visona!"
With a small flash of light, Umbra transformed into a single lone star, circling its way around Visona as another bright flash of light went off. "Synchro Summon! I summon Dawnheart – Trinity the Crescent (LV6/2400/1600) the field!"
Millions of silver feathers appeared and flew rapidly as a gale of wind encircled the area. A tall figure appeared, yet another woman, wielding a red bow with a single arrow and a long white dress with equally matching waist-length white hair. Trinity locked eyes with Blood Wing who snarled a little, bearing fangs.
Shade raised his hand as a ghost of Umbra appeared in front of Trinity. "I'm activating Umbra's effect! When its sent from the field to the Graveyard for the Synchro Summon of a Dawnheart monster, I can remove it from play along with a Dawnheart monster in my Graveyard to draw two cards!"
Next to Umbra, a ghost of Zaritas appeared, flipping around its lance. "I'll remove Umbra and Zaritas from play and draw my two cards!"
The cards in the Graveyard quickly found their way to the secondary compartment as Shade drew two cards. Shade quickly held up another card before playing it down. "Now…I'm activating Brain Control!"
Sophio's eyes widened with surprise as he looked up in confusion, turning his head back to Shade. "That's…not a Speed Spell! If you activate a Spell that's anything but a Speed Spell with Speed World activated, you'll—"
"—I know…!"
Shade gridded his teeth slightly, resisting the pain as a blue life aura began to seep away from his body. His Duel Runner spinning slightly out of control, he yelled with tension as he held on to it "I can…withstand it!"
Shade: 2250 (SPC: 1) / Sophio: 4000 (SPC: 4)
Shade sighed with relief as he looked up with confidence. "With that out of the way, I'll pay 800 Life Points to take control of Blood Wing until the End Phase!"
Shade: 1550 (SPC: 1) / Sophio: 4000 (SPC: 4)
As even more of the life aura seeped from Shade's body, he managed to hold on as a large portal appeared on his field. A brain slowly flew out of it with large hands around it, grabbing at Blood Wing and tracing its mind, causing its eyes to go red as it turned around, jumping back and landing next to Trinity, facing Sophio now.
Shade looked to his hand, shaking his head as the headache he had managed to develop grew even larger. "I can't…let go now. I'll activate Speed Spell – Heart Regeneration!"
Shade took a deep breath of tiredness as a large floating violet crystal heart appeared in the middle of the entire stage, rotating slowly. He looked up and began to speak up again, looking to Sophio who was staring at the heart. "It can only be activated when I control a face-up Dawnheart and Duskheart monster while my opponent's Life Points are more than double of mine and I have 1 or less Speed Counters! I gain 200 Life Points for each card on the field! I have two monsters and you have one face-down card! I'll recover 600 Life Points!"
Sophio quickly yelled out with an objection. "Hold on a second! You don't have a Duskheart on the field!"
Shade grinned slightly, laughing through his pain. "I'm not that stupid, Sophio! I know my own monster effects! While Dawnheart – Trinity the Crescent is face-up on the field, it's treated as a Duskheart monster as well!"
As the violet heart let out a refreshing white light of healing, it encompassed Shade as he took another gasp for air, recovering his stamina.
Shade: 2150 (SPC: 1) / Sophio: 4000 (SPC: 4)
Shade took a deep breath and closed his eyes before placing a card on the field, activating it. "Now…I'll activate Mystical Space Typhoon!"
Sophio looked on in immense surprise before calling out. "Another normal Spell Card?! Are you kidding me?! You're going to kill yourself!
Sophio screamed with a bout of pure pressure and pain as a never-ending stream of the life energy escaped his body, vanishing into the air. Spiraling out of control with his Duel Runner, he impacted with the side of the bridge before getting back on course with several heavy breaths and a load of sweat on his forehead.
Shade: 150 (SPC: 0) / Sophio: 4000 (SPC: 4)
Shade looked up through his recovery breaths, speaking up with pauses. "Mystical Space Typhoon…lets me destroy…one Spell or Trap Card…on the field!"
As he spoke these words, a large cyclone of wind and debris formed above Sophio's face-down card, shattering it to pieces. Shade managed to look up with squinted eyes and laughed, shaking his head. "Draining Shield, huh? Really would've helped you…but now, I'm clear!"
With the last of his energy, Shade yelled aloud as both of his monsters readied themselves. "Blood Wing! Sacred Windstorm!"
Blood Wing quickly rose itself to the skies, its mind-washed eyes gleaming with revenge and destruction as it beat its wings against the sky, causing the same gales and whirlwinds to encompass Sophio, steering him off course slightly. "My own monster…!"
Shade: 150 (SPC: 0) / Sophio: 1600 (SPC: 2)
Shade grinned from underneath his coat as he came closer to Sophio. "It was definitely fun, Sophio. Trinity! Precise Explosion!"
Trinity bent down on one knee, closing an eye and pulling back her arrow as the tip of it began to shine with a crimson energy force. Letting it go, it flew forth without remorse towards Sophio, practically piercing him as his entire Duel Runner shut down to the impact, spiraling out of control and tumbling sideways.
Shade: 150 (SPC: 0) / Sophio: 0 (SPC: 0)
The purple tint to the world disappeared as Shade came up to Sophio's crash site, still recovering from his nearly suicidal plans. He looked to Sophio who was slowly getting up, before stumbling back, nearly falling over. "Watch yourself, buddy. That was one hell of a crash."
Sophio shook his head, disregarding the statement. "What the hell…are you thinking? Normal Spells during a Turbo Duel?! Are you…are you insane?"
Shade turned back towards the horizon and Neo Domino in the distance, pushing his glasses up. "I work a lot different than anything you could think of. Don't ever forget that about me should our paths cross again. Hey, Sophio…"
Shade turned his head back to Sophio as he revved his engine up fiercely. "Let's have a rematch one day. You know, one where I don't have to nearly kill myself to win."
Before he could even respond, Shade was off and entering Neo Domino. Sophio stood up, taking off his helmet and laughing lightly to himself. "You're something else…"