Hey all, MH is back with a new chapter. But first, since I forgot to do it last chapter, I'll just say that I don't own Yugioh Arc-V or Naruto. It'd be nice if I did, but what can you do?
First some responses to some reviewers.
Drago: do you mean you want me to make Naruto to summon the Ultimaya Tzolkin card at some point? Plz PM me or leave another review with your answer.
AzureWarrior: while it is a nice idea, I'm sorry to say that I already have an idea in mind for a card based on him. Besides, Kurama isn't going to be a duel spirit. He'll be outside and able to interact with people.
On with the story!
Chapter 1: Arrival! Roar, Red Dragons!
Sunlight pierced Naruto's eyelids as he slowly awoke. After entering that portal, he had seen black. With a groan, he stirred, rubbing his eyes as he slowly sat up.
"About time you got up, Brat."
Shaking his head slightly, he turned to Kurama, whom was sitting on a large patch of grass near him, still in his small form. Looking around, Naruto found that it appeared that he had been deposited in a park of some sort, with him having been lying on a metal park bench. There were a few trees spread out around them, and the path the bench was next to seemed to lead to a fountain that he could see in the distance.
From the looks of things, it was in the early hours of the morning, as the sun was only a little over the horizon, and there were no other people in sight. Naruto swung his legs off the bench to get up, only to knock over a bag that had been leaning on it.
"Huh? What's this?" He muttered, reaching down to pick it up. It was a black medium sized canvas bag, the top closed by the thin cords that made up the straps. *1
"No idea. I just found it lying there." Kurama shrugged, equally curious as he padded over to the bench. "By the way, nice look Brat."
Wondering what Kurama was talking about, Naruto looked down at himself, then almost let out a gasp in surprise at his new clothes. For starters, he was dressed in a long coat, much like Jack's own, but where his coat was white and purple, Naruto's was black and red. Additionally, the coat sported a hood, and along the bottom edge was a red flame pattern, much like the haori belonging to his shinobi life's father, Minato Namikaze. The last detail about the coat, was that it had the Kanji for "Red Dragon" running downwards on its upper back. Next was an orange sleeveless t-shirt, black pants and red boots.
Around his waist and wrapped around the coat was a red belt with a circular black buckle, which had a strange red symbol emblazoned on it. It looked like an outline of a red dragon, which was wrapped around in a near circle, the head on the left, the tail on the right. The wings sprouted out of the top left and right corners, and the inside of the outline had a clawed hand halfway up the left side, and a foot similarly positioned on the right.
The only item missing from the outfit to make it match Jack's, were the fingerless gloves, but to be honest, Naruto didn't mind that.
His attention was drawn to a small pendant around his neck. It was a long, thin red gem attached at the top in two places to a cord that connected it to the chain wrapped around his neck. If it wasn't for the colour, Naruto would have sworn it was the same gem he had won off Tsunade in the shinobi world. But that was impossible, considering Kurama had destroyed that jewel in a rampage when Pein had attacked Konoha.
"Wow..." he blinked at it in slight awe.
"Not bad at all, right? Of course, I wasn't just talking about the clothes."
Curious, with the bag still in hand, Naruto jogged down the path to the fountain, the fox chasing after him with a slight laugh. Once there, he leaned slightly over the edge to get a look at his reflection.
His hairstyle had altered to now resemble Jacks own, but he still retained the same hair colour as his shinobi self. The only other difference was that his face had thinned slightly. His eyes and whisker marks had remained the same.
"Whoever designed that outfit clearly had good taste." Jack stated, suddenly appearing right next to him. Naruto jumped slightly, having not expected either him or Kaiba to appear at that moment, almost falling into the fountain. Kurama wasn't much better, tumbling onto his back in surprise.
"Oh? And what do you have to base that on other than your own biased opinion?" Speak of the devil, and he shall appear. There was Kaiba now.
"Nothing, I'm just stating facts." Jack replied with a mocking shrug. "It's a lot better than the clothes of an outdated old fossil, who shall remain unnamed."
Kaiba went red, a tick mark forming, and was about to utter a retort, when Kurama spoke up, having finally gotten himself upright.
"You can argue whose outfit is better later! We have more important things to do than standing here bickering!"
"Thank you, Kurama..." Naruto muttered, massaging his forehead as he did so. He just knew that the fox's intervention had prevented a massive headache. "That's enough, you two, he's right."
The spiritual pair merely glared at each other briefly, before turning away in a slight huff. Kaiba then locked eyes with Naruto.
"Before we go any further, I believe it best we reacquaint you with the rules of Duel monsters. Regardless of you remembering some of what this idiot's counterpart (Jack let out an "OI!" at that, glaring at his co-teacher) has taught you, I don't want to leave anything to chance. If you're going to represent us, you better be able to walk the walk. I refuse to have an incompetent protégé."
Naruto gave a nod, he could understand where the former billionaire was coming from. He had just spent a lifetime not dueling, it would make sense for him to be a tad rusty.
Kaiba began explaining the basics, about monster, spell and trap cards, with Jack pitching in every so often. They then moved on to the turn structure, followed by the different types of extra deck monsters, the fusions, synchro's and xyz, and how to summon each type of monster. *2
Whilst this was occurring, Kurama's curiosity got the better of him as he moved over to the bag that had apparently been forgotten, dropped when Jack had first appeared. Opening it at the top, the fox poked his head in to see what was inside. Inside was a red electrical device, about the size of a forearm with a screen on top, that Kurama supposed was this 'duel disk' device he kept on hearing about from the other three during their small lecture. There was also a small book, however he couldn't make out the title. Finally, there were two other items that caught his eye.
Blinking, he reached in and pulled out a letter and a large scroll, both of which had Naruto's name on them.
"Naruto...," he called out, getting the attention of the other three easily. "I think you should look at these."
Naruto, upon hearing the tailed beast, turned in surprise at Kurama's tone. Looking at what was in Kurama's paws, he turned back to the pair of past duelists, an unspoken question asked.
A small look of understanding came across Jacks face, before he nodded and vanished. Kaiba gave him a small look that easily said, 'Don't disappoint me', before disappearing as well. Returning his attention to the small bijuu, Naruto moved and accepted the letter from him, before breaking it open.
He then sat on the edge of the fountain as he began to read.
Naruto,
I wish I could say I understood what you were going through, but that would be a lie. Both Kushina and I were furious with the Sage when he told us what he had done. While it may have been unknowingly, we both played a part in ripping you from your former life. For that, we both apologize.
Thankfully, he at the very least allowed us to write this message to you. He mentioned that the journey back to your world would render you unconscious for a time, so that this message and some other things could potentially be delivered. We will understand if you no longer wish to remember your life in our world. While you may no longer see us this way, we will always consider you as our son, and hope that you can still see us as family.
We wish you well in your restored life.
With understanding,
Minato Namikaze,
Yondaime Hokage
P.S. the scroll contains some things Minato and I would have taught you should we have survived that fateful night. Please keep it safe. Or destroy it if you don't desire it, whichever works.
-Kushina Uzumaki, dattebane!
Naruto gave a slight sweat drop at the blunt ending note, but couldn't help but be touched. While they had not needed to, as they had been taken advantage of much like he was, they had tried to make amends for this upheaval.
"You'll always be family to me..." he whispered quietly, a small tear falling as he did so. Shaking his sad thoughts away, he gestured for Kurama to hand over the scroll. He contemplated opening it now, but decided against it, as he would prefer to do it in a more private setting. Especially since, he could now see a few people walking along the paths around the park now.
With that, he replaced the scroll in the bag, then looked contemplative.
"Something on your mind?" Kurama asked softly, not wanting to be heard by a potential passerby.
"You could say that," was the reply. "I've gone so long being called Naruto, that it'd be weird to use my old name. At the same time though, I want to accept both lives as a part of me. I'm trying to figure out what to call myself now."
Kurama gave a slight shrug as he let his container think it over. It sounded reasonable to him.
After a moment, Naruto smirked, as he came to a decision. Pulling his duel disk out of the bag, he turned on the screen, then accessed the settings app, to check if the disk was registered under a name yet. It wasn't. Smiling, he typed a name in.
Naruto Atlas-Uzumaki
Chuckling a bit, he returned the disk to his bag, and then slung it over his shoulder.
Gesturing for Kurama to hop on his shoulder, he stood up. Once his furry companion was in place, he began walking, eager to see this new place.
"You do realize we can think to each other? The old man made a new mental link between us."
Naruto face planted. He waited until now to mention that?!
Several hours later...
Naruto's eye twitched as he once again had to take to the rooftops in order to avoid being spotted. Turned out that people his age were expected to go to school in this world. And unless someone gave him a really good reason, it would be a cold day in hell before he attended a civilian high school.
Grumbling in slight annoyance, he opened his bag to let Kurama out for a bit. They had quickly realized that Kurama wasn't a typical animal native to this world. As a result, the fox had been forced to hide inside Naruto's bag, so as to not possibly cause a scene.
Whilst the nine tails could accept that logic, part of him still felt that Naruto was also using it as a form of payback against him for keeping their new mental link a secret for a laugh. Particularly considering that the bag was quite uncomfortable for him.
"Urgh! I thought I'd never get out of that death trap." The fox muttered, stretching his limbs and tails out as he did so.
"Oh, come off it, you know we can't let people see you, they'd freak out."
"At the moment, I'd take a freak out than going back in there!" Kurama shot back, eyeing the bag with distaste.
Naruto shook his head at the fox's antics, then moved to the edge of the building they were on to get an idea of where they were. From what the pair could tell, they were in a place called Paradise City. Looking down, he could see a large building complex set out across from him. In the courtyard out front, he could see people his age walking out with bags in hand or over their shoulders, all dressed in a uniform of sorts. He slumped in slight annoyance.
"The one place I try to avoid is the same place I end up locating. What are the odds?"
"Beats me, Brat." Kurama shrugged. Suddenly a loud smack filled the air. "But not as much as he's getting beaten!"
Naruto blinked in slight surprise. Down in the courtyard, a boy's face had just been introduced to the ground, after getting walloped in the back of the head by a girl standing behind him. The girl had dark pink hair held up into pigtails with circular pins, blue eyes and was dressed in the girl's school uniform. Clutched in her hand was a paper fan, which Naruto supposed was what she had used to hit the boy. She had a rather angry look on her face.
Naruto rubbed his eyes. "Oh, dear Kami, there's this worlds version of Sakura."
"I wouldn't go that far. I don't see anyone that she's fawning over." Kurama remarked, having not liked the pink haired medic in the slightest.
Back down below, the boy started to get up, rubbing the back of his head as he did so. This gave the watching pair their first good look at him. He was about the girl's height, wearing the schools jacket over his shoulders, over a red t-shirt and green pants. His eyes were a dark red, and his hair was a mop of green at the top and front, but grew out red coloured towards the back. Perched in his hair was also a set of orange goggles, with a blue star over the right eye.
Naruto blinked at the pair for a second. There was something about those two that he couldn't quite put his finger on...
"Something up?" Kurama asked, having noticed Naruto staring intently at the two students.
"I'm not sure. Those two... seem familiar somehow. But for the life of me, I can't think why." Was the reply, his gaze not changing.
"The old man did say your memories would be a bit fractured. Perhaps you knew them in the past?" The fox theorized.
"Possibly." Naruto shrugged.
Suddenly, Kurama jerked his head to the side with narrowed eyes. "What's wrong, Kurama?"
"Negative emotions targeting those two." The bijuu remarked, gesturing back to the pair they had been observing, whom were now joined by a large black-haired boy clad in the school uniform, wooden sandals, a white sash tied over his back and chest, and a thin red cloth tied around his forehead. And from the way they were acting, they were friends. "There."
Kurama pointed to a group of students that were situated around a corner, out of sight of the duo, now trio of friends, as they began to leave. The new group then split up, with about half going one way, the other half going another, leaving one other student to tail them.
Naruto narrowed his eyes. "I don't like this one little bit."
"Nor I. What do we do?"
"We'll just observe for now," Naruto replied, picking his bag back up ", but if things heat up, we'll interfere. Now get back in. I don't want you falling off my shoulder while I'm going."
I'm ssoooooo going to get him back for this. Kurama thought with an eye twitch, as he reluctantly climbed back in.
"You can try."
I just broadcasted that through the link, didn't I?
"Yup."
Well, shit.
With that, Naruto laughed a little as he sped across the rooftops after the group.
With the trio...
"So, you're Yuya Sakaki..."
Yuya turned around to look at who had spoken. He was not in a good mood. This new kid Sora had been pestering him for the past few days with the intention of Yuya being his duel 'teacher'. He'd even ambushed him in the bathroom for crying out loud! As if taking his breakfast pancakes on day one wasn't enough! *3
"I am. And you are...?" Yuya trailed off as he looked at the guy talking to him. The boy opposite him looked about a year older than he was, with a shock of white hair and grey eyes. He was wearing the school uniform, but what drew his attention was the LID badge attached on the left side of his chest.
Zuzu and Gong had also noticed this and glanced at each other worried. They didn't exactly have a good experience with that duel school, Yuya and Zuzu more so, due to the incident with Sylvio Sawatari a few days prior.
"Ah, where are my manners? Rick Ryouga's the name." The boy replied, running a hand through his hair as he did so. He then locked eyes with Yuya as his gaze turned into a glare. "Hard to believe a thief like you beat Sylvio."
"Gong takes great offence to that statement!" Gong growled out, taking a step in front of Yuya protectively. "Yuya is many things, but a thief isn't one of them!"
"That's right!" Zuzu exclaimed, looking at Rick icily. "Yuya has never stolen a thing in his life!"
"According to Sylvio, yes he has." Rick shot back. "He told us that after your duel with him, this thief stole two prototype cards that Sylvio was testing for the president." The trio of friends gawked at that statement.
"That's a lie!" Yuya uttered in complete disbelief at Sylvio's gall. "I didn't steal them, the cards were mine to begin with! Sylvio snatched them from me before the duel began!"
"That's right!" Zuzu nodded, backing her friend up. "If anyone's the thief, it's Sylvio!"
"So, you're not only a thief, but a liar too?" Rick asked rhetorically, tilting his head at them in a mocking manner. He closed his eyes and shrugged. "I guess I shouldn't have expected anything less from the son of the coward, Yusho Sakaki." He added mockingly.
Gong had to hold Yuya back from attacking Rick at that statement, as Zuzu let out a growl, close to pulling out her paper fan and pummeling this jerk into the ground with it.
"My father was no coward! He was the best duel-tainer ever, and I won't let anyone tarnish his name like that!" Yuya shot back, in a tone that was most uncharacteristic to the usually happy duelist.
"Temper, Temper... I'm just stating facts. Your father ran away from Sledgehammer, ergo he was a coward." Rick remained unperturbed at Yuya continued struggle to get out of Gong's grip. His face then turned serious. "But enough about that." Raising his left hand, he snapped his fingers.
The trio looked around as more male LID students emerged from hiding around the street they had just been walking along, from in front and behind them. They were completely surrounded.
"Gong has a bad feeling about this..." The large boy whispered to the others, worriedly, his head darting from side to side, taking in the number of LID students there. Yuya and Zuzu could only nod in agreement with wide eyes.
Not far away, just around the street corner, was the short form of the light blue haired boy, Sora, his trademark lollipop in his right hand. "Well, this is a predicament..." He muttered, blinking rapidly. He'd been following Yuya's group for a while now, hoping to try and convince Yuya to be his teacher again, only to stumble across this mess. Suddenly a shadow crossed overhead, then was gone. Sora's head shot up, and was confused when he saw nothing there. Thinking he must have imagined it, he turned back to the situation at hand, shaking his head as he did so.
Back with Yuya and co, things weren't looking so good. "Alright, Yuya, here's the deal. Your victory over Sylvio, being the student of a second rate duel school has tarnished our schools honour and reputation." At that statement, Zuzu snorted in slight incredulity. "You and I are going to duel. If I win, I get to take back the cards you stole from Sylvio, plus something extra. You win, we walk away."
Yuya didn't like the way that was worded. "What do you mean by something extra?" He asked with narrowed eyes, only to wish he hadn't when Rick's eyes briefly flickered over to Zuzu. He paled in understanding, as did Gong who looked at Rick in pure loathing. He was about to give the guy a piece of his mind, when someone else beat him to it.
"I think you'll find that the lady isn't a prize to be won, you sick bastard." an unknown voice rang out.
"Who said that?" Rick shouted, looking around to find the source of the voice. And he wasn't the only one.
"Can't find me? I'm up here." All eyes turned to a nearby roof at that. There, crouched on the rooftop, was Naruto, his eyes narrowed at Rick with disdain. Standing up, he flipped off the roof, landing in a crouch between Rick and the group of three, surprising all observers with his agility.
"If there's one thing I can't stand, it's people who treat others like objects. Though I think you may be even worse." Naruto remarked, slowly getting up. "Now, I'm in a good mood for the moment, but it's slowly turning sour, so why don't you take your insults, perversions and boytoys elsewhere before I really get mad?"
The questions full wording sunk in, leaving Rick spluttering, Zuzu looking at Rick in disgust, having finally realized what he meant earlier, Yuya snickering at Rick's reaction, and Gong looking a little green. And judging from the other LID students reactions, they weren't comfortable with that notion either. Back with Sora, he had heard the whole thing, and was doing his best not to burst out laughing. It was becoming a losing battle.
"You-!" Rick snarled, his face red in rage and humiliation. "Forget Sakaki, I'll deal with you first! I'll teach you to disrespect me!" With that he slammed his duel disk onto his arm, activating it at the same time.
"Hard not to, you make it so easy!" Naruto shot back, his cheeky grin never leaving his face. Like Rick, he prepared his disk, slotting his deck into place as he did so. When the crimson red blade came to life, he passed his bag behind him to Gong. "You mind, big guy?"
Gong looked confused for a moment, before taking the bag from him. "Not at all. Gong only wishes for this guy to get what he deserves."
"The only thing I deserve-!"
"Is to be shut up. Seriously, you're giving us all headaches with all your shouting." Naruto mock groaned, rubbing his ear as he did so. This earned a few laughs from their audience.
As Rick roared in rage, the scene was set.
"DUEL!" (Naruto LP: 4000, H: 5/Rick LP: 4000, H: 5)
"I'll teach you a lesson, peasant! I'm going first, and to start, I'll activate the continuous spell card, Infernity Launcher!" Rick growled. "With it, I can send one Infernity monster from my hand to the grave once per turn. And I'll think that I'll use that ability right now, by sending this monster this monster to my grave."
At this point, Jack's voice rang out in Naruto's head.
The infernity monsters? Wow, that takes me back.
Huh? You know that archetype, Jack? Naruto thought back, curiously.
I do. My old friend, Kalin Kessler used them after we had fallen a bit out of contact so to speak.
If you're both done talking, the enemy is making another move. Came Kaiba's sharp tone. Naruto turned his attention back to his opponent.
Rick then selected a card and placed it on his disks monster zone. "Next I summon Infernity Necromancer!"
A skeletal like demon appeared, clad in a purple robe and bore a shock of green hair from its skull. It instantly took a knee. (DEF: 2000)
"Its ability makes it switch to defense mode when it's summoned. Next, I place a facedown and end my turn. Your move, blondie!" He spat the final word like an insult.
(Rick H: 1)
"You're right for once! It is my turn!" Naruto shot back at Rick, drawing as he did so. Adding the drawn card to his hand, he took a brief glance over it.
"Alright, now we get to see what this guy has." Yuya commented, making sure to keep an eye on the duel and on the people around him. He didn't trust the other LID students to not pull anything while the duel went on.
"Here's hoping he shows no mercy..." Zuzu muttered darkly, as Yuya and Gong edged away from her a bit. They honestly couldn't blame her for that reaction.
Naruto looked back at Rick.
"Ok, from my understanding, for an Infernity deck like yours to work, you need to have no cards in your hand. Personally, I like a larger hand, as it gives me more options. And I think I'll improve those options with the spell, Graceful Charity!" Naruto stated, sliding the card into his disks slot. "This allows me to-"
"I know what it does, you idiot. It allows you to draw three cards, but you have to discard two cards the grave straight after that." Rick interrupted, having cooled down a bit. "I'm an elite student of LID. I know a lot about cards."
"If by 'elite' you mean you're a snob and are rather rude, then yes, I'd agree with you." Naruto muttered, drawing his three cards. After a few seconds weighing his options, he selected two cards to discard. "And if there are no further interruptions, I'll summon a monster of my own. Come out, Red Dragon - Swift Wing!"
(Red Dragon - Swift Wing. Level 4. ATR: Wind. ATK: 1400. DEF: 1200. Type: Dragon/Effect
Effect: If you summon this card from your hand, you can special summon another level 4 or lower monster with "Red Dragon" in its name from your hand.)
In a flash of red, a medium sized dragon with yellow eyes, red scales and a brown underbelly appeared on the field. Judging from its looks, it was mainly built for speed, with its wings drawn, ready for takeoff. (ATK: 1400)
"Red Dragon?" Zuzu questioned curiously. "I've never heard of that kind of card before."
"I don't recognize it either, but it looks cool!" Yuya remarked, eyeing Naruto's creature in slight awe.
"Gong likes it too! I can see a fire in its eyes!" Gong agreed, nodding his head at his smaller friend, still not noticing that Naruto's bag appeared to be squirming.
A distance away, Sora was also watching keenly. This is getting interesting. I wonder what else the new guy has up his sleeve.
"What's the point of that? That card has no chance of getting past my Necromancer's defense. Typical amateur." Rick smirked.
"The point is that I'm not done." Naruto replied with a grin of his own. "When Swift Wing is summoned, his ability allows me to summon another Red Dragon monster from my hand, provided that it's level four or lower. So, I now summon Red Dragon - Fang Drake."
(Red Dragon - Fang Drake. Level 4. ATR: Earth. ATK: 1600. DEF: 1400. Type: Dragon/Effect
Effect: if this card destroys an opponent's monster, you can draw a card from your deck.)
Another dragon made its entrance in a small burst of red flames. It was slightly larger than the previous one, its scales were a slightly darker red, and a set of fangs could be seen emerging from out of the top of its mouth. (ATK: 1600)
"I wouldn't want to run into that beast in a dark alley." Yuya muttered, with wide eyes.
"Ditto..." Zuzu trailed off. Gong remained silent, preferring to stay focused on the duel, than make comments.
"Nope. Still not getting it. Why don't you end your turn before I get bored?" Rick yawned mockingly, causing a few of his friends to laugh.
"Tired? Well this next move should wake you up. You don't seem to have noticed something that my two monsters have in common." Naruto shot back, as if he were talking to a simpleton.
"What? That they both have no way of getting past my Necromancer?" Rick shook his head. "What a moron."
"Wrong answer! The correct one is that they're both level 4." Naruto grinned evilly.
Rick suddenly blanched, Naruto's intentions becoming all too clear.
"Is he-?" Zuzu gasped in surprise, with Yuya gaping in slight disbelief.
"Gong sure thinks so!" Gong replied, equally incredulous.
"Seems you've guessed it. I now overlay my Swift Wing and Fang Drake, to build the overlay network!" Naruto said with a slight chuckle at the start.
His dragons were engulfed in red energy, before shooting themselves into a dark portal. Once they were inside, the portal erupted with power.
"Now witness as the power of an old age rises once more in a new form, to sharpen its claws against new enemies! XYZ SUMMON! Appear, Red Dragon - Striker Claw!"
(Red Dragon - Striker Claw. Rank 4. ATR: Dark. ATK: 2400. DEF: 1800. Type: Dragon/Xyz/Effect
2 Level 4 "Red Dragon" monsters
Effect: This card is capable of inflicting piercing damage. Once per turn, if this card attacks a monster in defense mode, by using an overlay unit, cut that monsters defense points in half.)
Emerging from the resulting eruption was a new large dragon, with scales and claws that were red as blood. It's eyes glowed green as it stared down at its masters foe. Orbiting around it were its red overlay units. (ATK: 2400)
While most of the people watching the duel were shocked, none were more so than the still hidden Sora, who narrowed his eyes at the newcomer. Could he be an Xyzian? No, he looks too cheerful for that. So, who are you?
Unknown location...
An alarm went off in a room full of computers as people scrambled to process what was occurring.
"What's happening?" A supervisor called out.
"Sir! We've detected a rather strong surge of summon energy!" A female employee replied.
"Do we have an identification on the type of energy?"
"Processing now..." the computer techs typed away, assisting in the task however they could. "Summon energy is confirmed as Xyz."
"Now isn't that interesting." The employee's turned to see a young man with grey hair and red glasses entering the room. He was dressed in a navy sweater, white pants that ended right before his ankles, and had a long red scarf wrapped around his neck.
"Mr. President, Sir!" The supervisor straightened, to look professional in his boss's presence.
"Do we have a feed to that location?" The man asked, his tone full of authority.
"Yes, sir! Pulling up now." A male tech responded, beginning to pull up a security feed of the duel currently in progress.
"Who are the duelists participating?" He asked, looking back to the supervisor.
"Just a moment, sir. Here we are, Rick Ryouga, a student of our synchro course, and... is this some sort of joke? We have no info on the other duelist or his cards, save a name." A third tech answered in slight disbelief.
"And that name is?"
"Naruto. Naruto Atlas-Uzumaki."
The president narrowed his eyes in thought as the video feed finally came up.
"What the heck is that?!" The supervisor gasped in slight disbelief as Striker Claw was displayed on the screen.
Back to the duel...
Rick gaped at him, before seemingly regaining his composure. "How do you know how to Xyz summon?! That course is only available to LID top ranking students! Answer me!" He snarled.
"Why should I? All you've done so far is insult me, and from what I can tell, make accusations based on the word of one person." Naruto remarked with a raised eyebrow. "As you can see, I have no desire or need to answer anything you may ask."
With that, Naruto turned back to his dragon. "Now that my dragon out and ready to fight, I think I'll have him attack that Necromancer of yours. And when he attacks a monster in defense mode, he can inflict piercing damage."
Striker Claw let out a roar, then began to charge forward.
"So, I'll lose 400 life points, big deal." Rick shrugged, not really caring that much.
"Oh, you'll lose a lot more than that! When Striker Claw attacks a monster in defense mode, I can use an overlay unit to cut your monsters defense points in half!" Naruto shouted with a grin.
"Wait, What!?" Rick exclaimed in shock, as Striker absorbed one of its units.
Infernity Necromancer let out a slight groan as the ability took effect. (DEF: 2000 - 1000)
Striker Claw ran forward, and thrust one of its arms into the demon, its claws entering the chest and then exiting out of the creatures back as it exploded. Rick raised his arms to protect himself from the backlash, skidding back a bit as a result.
(Rick LP: 4000 - 2600)
"Alright!" Yuya exclaimed, pumping his fist in the air. "Way to go, new guy!"
"Gong's mighty impressed by that." Gong remarked, nodding at Naruto in respect.
Zuzu however remained quiet, her eyes on Rick, confused as to why he seemed to be smiling.
"Not bad, I didn't expect that much damage. No matter, I'll still win." He stated, moving back to his original place.
Naruto looked confused. "What are you on about? You just lost your monster and the lead."
His opponent smirked. "Then allow my Infernity Reflector trap to balance things out." With that said, Rick's facedown flipped upwards.
"I can only use this card, by sending all the cards I have in my hand to the grave, so that when your monster destroyed mine, my trap allows me to destroy your monster and deliver 1000 points of damage to you!" The white haired boy explained, discarding the only card in his hand as he did so.
Oh, boy. Naruto thought. A beam of purple light shot out of the trap, slamming into Striker Claw. The dragon roared in pain, before it detonated, throwing Naruto back a bit.
(Naruto LP: 4000 - 3000)
"And as a bonus, my Necromancer returns to the field." Rick finished, smugly. As his monster returned, Naruto staggered a little before getting back upright.
"Are you ok?" Zuzu asked concerned, about to move forward to help him. While they didn't know this person, he had gone out of his way to help them.
"Never better." Naruto raised a hand to stop her. Turning back, he glared at Rick who was now leering at Zuzu again. "I place a facedown and end my turn."
(Naruto LP: 3000, H: 3/ Rick LP: 2600, H: 0)
"As you must." Rick shook his head at Naruto. "I admit your Xyz monster was a surprise, but you're still no match for a duelist of my caliber." With that he drew his card. As he looked at it, his smirk widened.
"I just drew Infernity Archfiend. If I draw it, and have no other cards in my hand, I can special summon it and add another Infernity monster to my hand."
A purple skinned, four eyed demon dressed in a long blue robe with wild orange hair appeared. (ATK: 1800)
A card about a third of the way down Ricks deck slid out for him to grab. "The monster I'll take is Infernity Mirage, which I will also summon."
A monster resembling an Aztec appeared, dressed in a blue poncho with yellow patterns over a long skirt. It had a pale white face, surrounded by large spiked red hair.
"Next, I'll use Mirages ability. Since I have no cards in my hand, by sacrificing him, I can resurrect two other Infernity monsters from my grave, so return, Infernity Destroyer and the tuner monster, Infernity Avenger!"
Mirage dispersed into small particles of light, only for them to reform into two new monsters. The first was a tall, dark skinned, horned demon with yellow eyes, along with grey plating over its chest, with red eye illustrations. Infernity Destroyer. (ATK: 2300)
The next was a small demonic cowboy, its face covered in a scarecrow mask, with two long barreled pistols clenched in its hands. Infernity Avenger. (ATK: 0)
Naruto went wide eyed. A tuner monster?! Does that mean-?
"I can see that you've figured out what I'm doing. But rather than let you speculate, I'll show you! I tune my level 1 Infernity Avenger, to my level 3 Infernity Necromancer and level 4 Infernity Archfiend!"
Avenger glowed and then vanished, replaced by a single green ring which floated above the field.
"The dead and the living... The moment they meet at zero, the demonic dragon will be released from the cage of eternity! SYNCHRO SUMMON!"
His three monsters now vanished completely leaving a pillar of green light behind him.
"Come forth, Infernity Doom Dragon!"
Appearing behind the white haired teme, (as Naruto mentally dubbed Rick) was an enormous dark blue skinned dragon, standing on its hind legs. Bearing four eyes, some strange grey growths emerging from the back of its head, as well as a second set of smaller arms underneath the regular set of large pincer clawed ones, this beast was rather intimidating to say the least. (ATK: 3000)
"Meet one of my strongest monsters! I'll understand if you want to run, especially considering he has enough power to wipe out all your life points in one shot!" Rick bragged, clearly pleased with himself.
Before Naruto could respond he went on further. "Now since you delayed me from my objective, and my prize, I think I'll delay your inevitable defeat, so I can see your face as all hope vanishes." He looked at Zuzu, licking his lips as he did so.
Yuya and Gong had to hold Zuzu back from attacking the bastard, but were both secretly plotting on hurting the guy later.
"Let me go, guys! I'll teach him to look at me like that!" She roared out as she struggled.
How on earth is she so strong?! Yuya thought in disbelief, as he fought hard to keep his grip on her right arm. The poor naive boy.
"You twisted piece of shit." Naruto hissed in anger.
"Sticks and stones, loser. Now, where was I? Oh, yes. Time for torture. Infernity Destroyer, Attack! Infernal blast!"
The said monster grasped its hands in front of its chest, a large purple orb manifesting between the chest and arms. It then thrust its arms outward, shooting the orb toward its target.
"And Denied!" Naruto cried, acting quickly. "I trigger the trap, Red Dragon Soul Barrier!"
(Red Dragon Soul Barrier. Regular Trap.
Effect: if your opponent declares an attack, you can banish one "Red Dragon" monster from your grave to negate that attack and you take no damage as a result of battle until this turns end phase.)
Just as the orb was about to hit, a red aura surrounded Naruto before it exploded.
When the smoke cleared, Rick seethed to see that Naruto's life points had not changed. "What gives?!"
"My trap gave me some protection, that's what! By banishing a Red Dragon from my grave, your attack is negated, but I also can't take any damage as a result of battle until the end phase of this turn." Naruto stated, looking a little relieved.
"Alright. He's still in this." said Yuya, having finally gotten Zuzu to calm down a little. He'd gotten a little worried when that attack had been declared.
"He sure is. Gong hopes that this guy'll win. Guys like Rick don't deserve victory." Gong rumbled.
"I'll say..." Zuzu muttered darkly, the boys taking a slight step back at her tone.
None of them had noticed that Kurama had finally managed to poke his head out of the bag, so engrossed in the duel as they were.
"Next up, a small surprise for you!" Naruto grinned as a small white slit appeared in the air in front of him. The observers were left gasping in shock, when a pair of claws emerged from within, pushing the slit outwardly to make room for a dragon to step through. It was medium sized, with vermilion scales and white armour plates on its forearms and lower legs. What caught their attention however, were its eyes. For starters, there were three of them, two in its regular eye sockets, the third on its forehead. All three seem to have no pupils, and looked like they were shimmering several different colours. (ATK: 2100)
"W-what? How is that dragon on your field, you cheater?" Rick hissed at his opponent, his eyes narrowed in accusation.
"It's here because of its special ability. Meet Red Dragon - Dimension-Eyes!" Was Naruto's cheeky remark.
(Red Dragon - Dimension-Eyes. Level 5. ATR: Light. ATK: 2100. DEF: 1600. Type: Dragon/Effect
Effect: if this card is banished due to a card effect, you may special summon this card to the field.)
"This card was the one I banished from my grave to use Soul barrier earlier." Naruto explained with a grin.
"Wait, how'd it get-? I didn't see him play that card." Yuya pointed out, scratching his head in thought. Zuzu's eyes widened.
"At the beginning, when he used Graceful Charity! It must have been one of the cards he discarded then!"
"Quite right!" Naruto nodded at that statement. "As to why it's here, when it gets banished due to a card effect, it instantly returns to the field." Naruto then looked confused as Rick started chuckling. "What's so funny, ero-teme?"
"You're about to see. While your trap may prevent you from taking battle damage, effect damage is another story. You may have tried to bolster your defenses with that dragon, but all you did was place it and your life points in my Doom Dragons line of fire."
"Gong doesn't like the sound of that." Gong remarked, looking a little anxious.
"You're not the only one." Yuya murmured softly, Zuzu nodding in agreement.
"You may not like it, but I sure do! My Infernity Doom Dragons ability activates! Once a turn, when I have no cards in my hand, so long as my dragon doesn't attack this turn, it can destroy one monster on the field." Rick remarked smugly. "And as a bonus, you take half of the destroyed monsters attack points as damage!"
Well, this is gonna hurt. Naruto thought sarcastically, bracing himself.
With a snarl, Doom Dragon fired out a burst of blue fire, instantly incinerating Naruto's dragon. (Naruto LP: 3000 - 1950)
Naruto was thrown back due to the intensity of the blast. Landing on his back, he quickly staggered back to his feet. "I'm fine." He called out to the other observers, trying to allay their worries.
"You won't be fine next turn, since I'm now ending mine. This is your last chance to give up. Maybe now you'll learn not to stand in my way." Rick stated, giving a malicious grin as he did so.
(Naruto LP: 1950, H: 3/Rick LP: 2600, H: 0)
Naruto just looked at him and began snickering. "What's so funny?" Rick growled with a glare.
"I just realized something. That dragon of yours quite big. You compensating for something?" Silence covered the field as the meaning behind Naruto's question sank in. Then, several people were on the ground laughing, Yuya and Gong looked a little green, while Zuzu let out a small giggle. Rick went red as he spluttered in rage.
"You little-! We'll just see whose laughing when my turn comes again! Make your last move. I've waited for my prize long enough."
Naruto couldn't be bothered to be angry any further, considering this nut job just kept on shrugging the rage directed at him off. Quite clearly, Rick had no remorse for his perverse actions.
He's right about one thing. This probably will be my last move. I only have three monsters in my hand, but I'm only capable of summoning one at the moment. As Naruto was left to his thoughts, he failed to notice his pendant begin to swing on its chain, or that it was starting to glow brighter. He didn't notice, but Yuya did when his own pendulum started doing the same thing. "Hey, what's going-?!" He cried out in surprise.
"My turn!" Yuya's musing was interrupted as Naruto drew back his right arm to his right side, placing his left hand on the top card of his deck. "DRAW!" He drew the card, nearly bringing his card to his far left in the process, as well as causing a small shockwave from the speed of his draw.
The glowing got brighter, Naruto finally realizing it, as most turned their eyes away from the intensity. Finally, it died down, but once it had, Naruto was left looking at his cards in surprise.
"Are you going to make a move or are you just going to give up?" Rick mocked, though secretly he was trying to figure out what the heck that glow was.
Naruto looked at him with a blank expression, before one of determination filled his face. "Why don't you give up on trying to make me give up?" He retorted dryly.
He then showed the card he just drew. "I activate the spell, Red Dragon Resources!
(Red Dragon Resources. Type: Regular Spell
Effect: Banish one Red Dragon Monster in your grave. For every two levels that monster had, draw one card from your deck.)
"Thanks to this spell, I can banish a Red Dragon in my grave, to draw another card for every two levels that monster had. And I think I'll banish my Dimension-Eyes again." Naruto explained, with a small smile.
"But that'll just-!" Rick gaped in slight realization.
"Yep! It'll come right back to my field! And since it was a level five monster, my spell lets me draw another two cards." Naruto did so as his dragon returned from the void again. (Naruto H: 5)
"And now it's time to tip the scales back in my favour." Naruto gave his foxy grin. "In this case, I mean it quite literally! Because with the scale one Red Dragon - Tinyvern, and scale ten Red Dragon - Gigadrake, I set the pendulum scale!" With that he slammed a pair of cards on the opposite sides of his disk, causing the word "Pendulum" to flash across the disks blade, each letter being a different colour.
(Red Dragon - Tinyvern. Level 2. Scale 1. ATR: Dark. ATK: 800. DEF: 600. Type: Dragon/Pendulum/Effect
Pendulum Effect: once per turn, you can select one Red Dragon monster on your field. Decrease its level by one.
Effect: This card can attack directly. After this card successfully attacks, change this card to defense mode.
Red Dragon - Gigadrake. Level 7. Scale 10. ATR: Dark. ATK: 2600. DEF: 1800. Type: Dragon/Pendulum/Effect
Pendulum Effect: Once per turn, you can select one Red Dragon monster on your field. Increase its level by one.
Effect: If this card is on the field, your opponent cannot attack other Red Dragon monsters other than this card.)
As soon as he said those words, Yuya's mouth went the way of the penny, as it dropped in realization. "No way..." he whispered, shaking his head in denial. "He isn't..."
"He is!" Zuzu gasped, as Gong was simply staring wide eyed at this new duelist.
Two light blue pillars erupted from the ground on either side of Naruto. Contained in the one on the left, was a small red wyvern with green eyes, it's scales shimmering in the light. Underneath it was a gothic number one. The other pillar contained a much larger, scarlet scaled, bipedal beast with yellow eyes, it's clawed arms crossed in front of it as it snarled. Beneath it formed a gothic ten.
In between the pillars, a large holographic version of Naruto's pendant could be seen, slightly drifting to and fro.
"What are you-?" Rick gaped in confusion, not expecting this occurrence at all.
"The preparations are complete! Time for my pendant to swing! With the scale set like this, I can summon monsters level two through nine, all at the same time!" Naruto exclaimed, his grin never leaving his face. With that, the pendant began swinging in wider arcs.
"My dragons are ready! To rip into battle!" With that, a circular portal opened up near the pendant, out of which two streams of light were spat out.
"First up, is Red Dragon - Twin-Tone Pendulum Dragon!"
(Red Dragon - Twin-Tone Pendulum Dragon. Level 7. Scale 4. ATR: Fire. ATK: 2500. DEF: 2000. Type: Dragon/Pendulum/Effect.
Pendulum Effect: As long as this card remains in the pendulum scale, when a Red Dragon monster destroys a monster as a result of battle, it gains 500 attack points.
Effect: If this card destroys a monster as a result of battle, inflict half of the destroyed monsters attack or defense points (whichever is higher) as damage to the opponent.)
Emerging from the first stream of light was a dragon that resembled Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon, but it was different. For starters, it's eyes were both green. The scales along the top of the dragon were a darker shade of red, that quickly changed to a green scaled underbelly. Also, the horns and spires growing from its sides were a murky black.
"And bringing up the rear, is Red Dragon - Draco Resonator!"
(Red Dragon - Draco Resonator. Level 3. Scale 2. ATR: Dark. ATK: 1300. DEF: 300. Type: Dragon/Pendulum/Tuner/Effect.
Pendulum Effect: Once per turn, if a pendulum monster would be destroyed, negate the destruction.
Effect: Once per turn, this card cannot be destroyed as a result of battle.)
The second creature to appear was a smaller one. It had a red bone helm on its head, covering most of its face, save its red eyes and a creepy grin, small red wings protruding from under the torn black robes that covered its lower body. Clutched in its clawed hands were a tuning fork, and a rod of equal length.
"He did it." Yuya stated in slight defeat. How!? I thought Pendulum summoning was something that was unique to me, but this guy can now do it too? And, that card, it looks just like my Odd-Eyes! What's going on?
"He can Pendulum summon? Who is this guy?" Zuzu asked.
"Gong doesn't know. But he does know that this guy will have some questions to answer later." Gong muttered with narrowed eyes.
"And trust me, you'll get some answers." Naruto called to him. As soon as I figure out how I did that myself...
Unknown location...
"Did he just-?" The supervisor asked in utter disbelief. Most of the room had gone quiet when Naruto had pendulum summoned.
"Indeed, he did." The young president responded calmly, pushing his glasses up as he did so. I was under the impression that only Yuya Sakaki could pendulum summon at this point.
"Sir, that-!"
"Not now. Record all summon energy spikes that occur during this duel, and inform me of their energy readings after the duel is over."
"Yes, Sir."
With that, the president turned back to the duel. Now what else do you have in store for us, I wonder?
Duel site...
Rick was left with a look of anger. "So, you learned Sakaki's pendulum summon method, big deal. None of them can get past my Doom Dragon." He smirked mockingly as he finished speaking.
"Who said I was done? I'm about to kick this duel into overdrive!" Naruto shot back.
"Oh, and how pray tell do you intend to do that?"
"With this guy." Naruto pointed at Draco Resonator. "Draco Resonator. My Pendulum tuner monster."
Pendulum tuner?! Was the shocked thought of all the people watching. Even Sora watching from afar went wide eyed.
"You can't mean-!" Rick gasped in shock, unknowingly voicing all their thoughts.
"Oh, I do!" Naruto smirked triumphantly. "I tune my level 3 Draco Resonator, with my Level 5 Dimension-Eyes!"
With a mad cackle, Draco Resonator clanged the rod against its tuning fork, dispersing into three green rings. As Dimension Eyes entered them, Naruto began another chant. A chant he had been longing to perform for so long.
"The ruler's heartbeats will now file through here! Take witness to its creation-shaking power! SYNCRO SUMMON! My very soul, Red Dragon Archfiend!"
A pillar of fire erupted from the ground behind Naruto. Inside, two red eyes snapped open, glaring at Rick and his monsters with rage. The fire dispersed, revealing Naruto's ace monster in all his glory. (ATK: 3000)
It's good to fight with you again, old friend. Naruto thought, a little caught up in his emotions. Naruto received no verbal answer, but rather felt a feeling of content from the dragon; a feeling of belonging. That his proper place was by his masters side.
Their shock wearing off, most of the audience were looking at the new dragon in awe. Yuya and Zuzu in particular. It was hard to explain, but they could somehow feel the power the dragon was releasing. There was also a sense of familiarity, like they should somehow know that card. Gong on the other hand was more speechless at the fact that Naruto could perform three extra deck summon methods.
Sora was so surprised that he had almost dropped his lollipop. Ok, now I really want to know who this guy is!
Rick stammered for a few seconds before shaking his head. "Not bad. But the only thing you succeeded at was creating a tie. You just summoned that behemoth to kill it in a double knockout." He stated calmly, thinking he had Naruto's plan figured out.
"Wrong again, as usual." Naruto shook his head. "I didn't bring him out for mutually assured destruction, I brought him out, to clear the path for me to win. And I will begin walking that path, by activating a trap from my hand!"
"That's against the rules!" Rick cried in disbelief.
"Not in this case. If I have a level five or higher monster with 'Red Dragon' in its name, I can activate the trap, Red Dragon Aggressive Roar from my hand with no problems."
(Red Dragon Aggressive Roar. Type: Regular trap.
Effect: If you control a level 5 or higher monster with "Red Dragon" in its name, you can activate this trap from your hand. All monsters your opponent controls are switched to defense mode.)
Red Dragon Archfiend drew back its head and let out a monstrous roar. It was so powerful that Rick's hair flew out of shape, and most had to cover their ears to try and block the sound out.
"T-that t-things got quite the set of lungs on it." Zuzu gritted out, hands on her ears.
"No kidding." Yuya ground out, before turning to his friend. "You ok, Gong?"
"WHAT'S THAT? GONG CAN'T HEAR YOU!" Since Gong had been carrying Naruto's bag, he hadn't been able to protect his ears properly. Poor Kurama wasn't much better, his hearing being much more sensitive than a human.
I'm going to have words with that frickin' oversized lizard after this! He thought as he whimpered in slight pain.
Eventually everyone recovered their hearing. Rick snarled.
"You trying to win by deafening me?!"
"Nope, but that roar wasn't just for show." Naruto countered, wincing a little as his ears still ached a bit. "You may want to take a look at your monsters."
"What are you talking about, they're just-!" Rick broke off, unable to speak as he saw his Infernity Destroyer on its knees, cowering in defense mode. (DEF: 1000)
His Dragon, was in the same boat, trembling all over. (DEF: 2400)
"What happened to them?" Rick was gaping like a fish almost.
"My traps effect. Sure, it may be a bit on the loud side (this caused a few observers to cry out indignantly at the 'bit' comment), but it sure is useful. Your monsters felt a little intimidated by it, and switched to defense mode in a way to not draw attention to themselves." Naruto explained with a sly grin.
Rick shook his surprise off his face. "Doesn't matter. Even if you destroy both my monsters, I'll still have life points left."
Ehhhh,... not really. Naruto thought, as he assessed the field, and his grave. There is a way for me to win right here.
"You may think that, but my Dragons have other plans." He remarked, a look of certainty on his face. "And with that, it's time to fight! Red Dragon Archfiend, attack Infernity Doom Dragon! Go, Absolute Power Force!"
Heeding his masters orders instantly, Archfiend drew back its left hand and shot forward, said hand igniting in flames as it did so. Arriving at its target, its hand came forward, delivering a blazing palm strike to the Doom Dragon's chest. In microseconds, the beast was set ablaze, crying out in agony before it shattered. The fire didn't stop there, though. It spread across the field, burning Infernity Destroyer to ash before it could scream.
"What just happened!?" Rick gasped. "You only attacked one monster!"
"My Red Dragon Archfiend's ability happened. When it attacks a monster in defense mode, all monsters you control in defense mode get sent on a one way trip to the graveyard!" Was the cheeky explanation.
"N-no way!" Rick started sweating under his collar.
"And I'm not done. Next, I use the ability of Red Dragon - Shrapnel Soul from my graveyard. This was the other card I sent there with Graceful Charity."
(Red Dragon - Shrapnel Soul. Level 3. ATR: Dark. ATK: 1000. DEF: 1600. Type: Dragon/Effect
Effect: If a monster is destroyed on your opponents field by a card effect, you can banish this card from your graveyard to inflict 500 points of damage to your opponents life points.)
"By banishing it from my grave, I can deliver 500 points of damage to you, since you lost a monster due to a card effect."
With that a red orb flew out of Naruto's graveyard, its aura briefly taking the shape of a small dragon, before it moved to hover right in front of Rick. With a bang, it detonated, sending small pieces of shrapnel at him.
(Rick LP: 2600 - 2100)
With a groan, Rick lowered his arms, having crossed them over his face when the bomb went off. Then he noticed the other dragon on Naruto's field that had yet to attack. With him having nothing to defend himself.
"Oh, crap." He mouthed. At that Naruto nodded.
"This duel is over. Twin-Tone Pendulum Dragon, attack him directly."
The aforementioned dragon drew back its head and let loose a stream of twin coloured fire. Slamming into Rick, it burned hard and hot, forcing him to his knees. (Rick LP: 2100 - 0)
Naruto Wins!
"Alright! He won!" Zuzu cried happily, but soon changed her tune.
Rick looked at Naruto with hate as he got up. "I may have lost our duel, but I'm not leaving here empty handed. GET THEM!" He roared out, pointing at Yuya, Zuzu and Gong.
Before anyone could move, two things happened. First, the two guys behind Rick got beaned in the head by a lollipop wielded by Sora. Second, Kurama leaped out of the bag, growling at the group on the other side.
"Hey, teacher!" Sora waved at Yuya. "Need a hand?"
Yuya had never been so glad to see the little pest. In fact, it was quite possibly the only time he'd been happy to see him so far.
"Now, we can do this either one of two ways." Naruto stated calmly, taking off his disk as he did so. "One, we all go on our ways, and forget this incident ever took place. Or we could go with option two, where you continue being an ero-baka, and keep on harassing us. And with a few of your guys already down, and with my friend, Kurama, on guard, let's just say it most likely won't end well for you."
For a moment silence filled the street the students occupied, with neither side backing down. Suddenly, one of the LID students turned and ran. Like a leak in a dam, the others also fled, leaving Rick alone.
"Where are you going?! Get back, -urk!" Rick attempted to call out, only to have been grabbed by the neck by a fast moving Naruto. With a small smirk, he turned to Zuzu, before throwing the white haired idiot at her feet. "He's all yours."
Zuzu blinked for a moment, before a sinister smirk appeared on her face. Her paper fan was all of a sudden in her hands, as she then proceeded to give the perv a rather harsh beating.
Yuya turned to Gong. "Is it wrong that I felt he deserved this?"
"Gong feels the same. But perhaps we should make sure she doesn't go too far?"
Unknown location...
Impressive. Most impressive. Were the thoughts of one Declan Akaba, president of the Leo Corporation, and LID.
"What were your findings about his summon energy?" He asked quickly, looking to find out more about this new duelist.
"Well Sir," one tech began ", his xyz and pendulum summon energy outputs were near equal, with xyz only beating pendulum by a few points."
Declan turned away from the main screen, his eyes narrowed. "And his synchro energy?"
At this, a female employee responded. "Sir, his Synchro energy was easily the greatest on record. It was nearly off the charts."
Synchro, xyz and pendulum. It wouldn't surprise me if he could also use fusion. Even more intriguing is that he has shown that pendulum summoning has the potential to evolve, if that tuner monster was anything to go by. I think we've found a possible lancer. Now the only question is, who are you? Are you a potential ally or a potential threat? The young president stared at the screen, a picture of Naruto's face emblazoned on it. Deciding to think on it later, he turned to call for his assistant, Claude.
"Claude, ensure that Mr. Ryouga is picked up and that he and the students involved forget this incident. And then have him sent to Dr. Unohana for a mental assessment. The last thing we need is him creating more problems for us." Pushing his glasses up, he continued. "And tell Sylvio that it would be in his best interest to not get any more students involved in this. I have no patience for his petty vendetta. If he wants to pursue it, have him do it on his own."
"Yes, Mr. President."
A few minutes later...
"Ahhh. That felt good." Zuzu remarked with a grin, having finally dealt out a bit of justice. Giving the fool a few kicks in the nads may have been a bit much, but she was rightfully angry.
"Thanks for the help." Yuya said, turning to Naruto. "Sorry that you had to get involved with our mess."
"Ah, it's no problem. I can't stand people like him." Naruto replied, before looking a little sheepish. "I'm sorry, but with all that was going on, I never got your names." He scratched the back of his neck as he said this.
"Oh, that's ok. With what happened we never really had a chance to introduce ourselves. I'm Zuzu Boyle." Zuzu gave the new boy a warm smile.
"Yuya Sakaki. Nice to meet you." Yuya held out his hand to shake, which Naruto accepted.
"Gong Strong. And Gong would be proud to call you a friend." The kid was alright in Gong's book, having stuck around to help people that he didn't even know.
"The names Sora." Sora gave a mischievous grin. "Guess I now have two potential teachers, huh?"
While Yuya hung his head in annoyance, Naruto wasn't sure what to make of that comment.
"I see... Anyway, I'm Naruto. Naruto Atlas-Uzumaki. Bit of a mouthful, I know." He replied, before gesturing to the small bijuu now perched on his shoulder. "And this here is Kurama." They'd by now already seen Kurama, so there was little point in hiding him from them now. Though secretly, Naruto mentally informed the fox to communicate with him via the mind link when around people from now on.
"Yeah... please don't take offence," Zuzu started, "but what is he?" She was quite certain foxes were only meant to have one tail, not nine, not to mention that his ears did not look like a regular fox. Facts that the people with her were only just noticing now.
Sorry, partner, but I don't think they'd believe the truth. Naruto thought to his companion. "To be honest, I don't really know the answer myself. I found him caught in a hunting trap a few months back. He's been with me ever since." He lied, and rather convincingly at that. At that, most of the groups eyes softened, while Kurama looked a tad annoyed at the attention he was receiving, or rather the pity behind it.
"So, you new to town?" Yuya asked, trying to change the subject. "Haven't seen you around before."
"Just got into town today. Been looking for a place to stay actually." Came the calm reply. It was true, considering that was a problem he'd been trying to solve before getting involved with this debacle.
"We'd be happy to help you out if you need somewhere to stay." Said Zuzu, wanting to help the blonde out.
"Don't you have any friends or family to help with that?" Yuya asked. While he was all for helping the new guy out, he wasn't so eager to have another potential Sora on his hands.
Naruto's look turned a little melancholy. "Wish I did. I've been all on my own for most of my life."
Next thing he knew, Yuya was struck by Zuzu's paper fan. "Yuya! Have a bit more tact!"
"Ouch! Zuzu, how was I supposed to know?!" Yuya cried, holding his throbbing head, while Gong, Sora and secretly Kurama chuckled at Yuya's slight misfortune.
"It's alright." Naruto stated calmly. "I'm used to it."
Yuya decided to bite the bullet and make the offer. "How about you stay at my place for a bit? We have plenty of room." And it'll give me a chance to ask about his pendulum cards.
"Are you sure?" Naruto asked, looking a little nervous as he scratched his cheek. "I wouldn't want to impose..."
"No, no. It's the least we could do." Zuzu chastised, before beckoning him to follow them. "Come on."
Naruto blinked in slight intrigue. "You mind telling me where we're going?"
"Oh, we're going to the You show Duel school." Sora piped up, eager to help his new 'teacher'.
"Duel school? Forgive me, but I used to live in a bit of an isolated area. You mind explaining what that is? I know that Baka I beat mentioned he attended something similar, I think?" Naruto looked a little curious at that. Normally, he'd ignore any statement that contained the word school, but this caught his attention. The others went a little wide eyed at that.
"Ok..." Yuya said in slight confusion. How had the new kid not heard of what a duel school was? Shaking his head, he continued. "It's a place where we can train to be better duelists. We learn about several things about dueling in the process."
"Sounds like my kinda school." Naruto grinned. "Lead on then, dattebayo!" As soon as he said that, he slumped a little in depression. "... I still have it?" He muttered weakly.
The group looked at him for a moment before shrugging a bit at his mannerisms. Who were they to judge? All save Kurama, who was mentally laughing his tails off. Ahh, karma. You finally struck.
Naruto quickly got over his low feeling. "Sorry, kinda thought I'd got rid of that tic. Shall we?" He gestured to the road ahead of them.
"Sure." Zuzu smiled, before moving down the street. "Keep up."
With that, the gathering of friends, plus some new ones began to move after her.
Well, looks like this life is going to be interesting, that's for sure. Naruto thought, smiling as he went. I can only imagine what else it has in store for me.
Chapter End.
Author Notes:
Now, a few of you may be wondering why Naruto is acting a little OC here. The answer is that he is partially being influenced by his first life's personality, Menma Atlas. While at the core, he held the same ideals as his shinobi life, Menma himself was different to Naruto in a few ways. For starters, he isn't as loud or attention starved as Naruto was, as well as being more intelligent. He's still as dense as a brick when it comes to girls crushing on him though.
Anyway, Naruto is now situated in the standard dimension, having met Yuya, Zuzu, Gong and Sora. Declan is now watching him, but the question is, why did Naruto find Yuya and Zuzu so familiar?
Did anyone notice the slight Bleach reference I put in?
I'll do my footnotes, before I clarify something.
1. The bag in question is similar to the one Jaden Yuki has at the end of the Japanese season 4 of GX, albeit with no extra outside pocket, and is completely black. To be honest, I have no clue why they didn't do a dub version of that season, it's pretty cool, I think.
2. I'm writing this fic primarily on the assumption that those who read it already know the rules of the game. With that in mind, I have no desire to repeat facts that you readers most likely already know.
3. I'm probably stretching things a bit here, but that's fanfiction for you. I'm saying that here, Sora has been pestering Yuya to be his teacher over the course of a few days, instead of just one.
Now the thing I should have made clear. This is a harem story, much like this stories source of inspiration. As I think most can guess, Celina is going to be Naruto's main pairing, but there will be others. Additionally, Zarc is not going to be the only antagonist in this fic. As to who that is... well, I'll leave that to your imaginations, since I'm not telling!
Anyhow... kindly drop a review. I'll gladly accept constructive criticism, but not flaming. FLAMERS WILL BE FED TO THE RED DRAGONS!