A/N: I probably should've put this up the same time I started this story, but it can't be helped. This chapter takes place during the Riding Duel training. Oh, and one other thing: this story takes place prior to the beginning of Yugioh 5D's. Like say... Less than a month.
Disclaimer: I do not own Yugioh of any kind. The only OC I own is Fuki.
Until we reach for that big sky (Camera looks up to the night sky as the sun rises)
I believe in tomorrow if we try, hey (Camera lowers itself and reveals Fuki looking at the sunrise. Sun's light got bright and engulfed the screen)
Come on let's go everybody oh we share the music
Come on let's go baby baby oh we share the one dream (The title appears, made of jems. The title then got bright and scene changed)
Come on let's go everybody oh we share the good times (The scene went from a scarfless Jacko, back facing the camera as the wind blows, revealing his Garnet gemstone on his neck. Camera shifts to Seth without his headband, revealing a Sapphire gemstone on his forehead)
Come on let's go baby baby oh we share the one world (Camera shifts to Bella flipping her hair with her gloveless left hand, a Topaz gemstone on the back of it. Then it shifts to Fuki holding a card between her fingers in her gloveless right hand, a Ruby gemstone on the back of it. She then flicks the card to the camera.)
The confusing puzzles contained in the darkness (Fuki was fixing up her deck)
It halts our view to our one destination (Bella was doing some calculations)
(Umm) you and me (yes) we feel the excitement this world brings (Seth was seen playing with the kids at their orphanage)
The way that I feel the beat guides me to walk on, oh yeah (Jacko was in the kitchen cooking)
Share the music, anytime (Seth was putting on his helmet)
Share the one dream, that you believe (Bella was putting her deck in her gauntlet as it automatically shuffles it)
Share the good times, hand in hand (Fuki activated the Duel Mode on her D-Wheel)
Share the one world now! (The three of them took off on their motorcycles)
Until we reach for that big sky (Seth summoned Darkus Hydranoid and Darkus Centipoid then used them to Synchro Summon Sapphire-Claws Gemstone Dragon)
No matter what, I'll keep on rising (Bella summoned Substitute Shinigami, Ichigo and Squad 13 Shinigami, Rukia then used them to Synchro Summon Topaz-Fangs Gemstone Dragon)
Right now, let's reach for beyond (Fuki drove off a building and summoned Freedom Dog, Bat and Fox)
I believe in tomorrow if we try. Yeah yeah... (She turned them to Synchro Summon Ruby-Eyes Gemstone Dragon, whom saved her from her fall)
On the other side, of the invisible wall
You're there waiting for me (The scene changed to the three of them dueling against many opponents and being pushed to their limit)
I will soon be there by your side (Their gemstones reacted by glowing brightly and three more duelists plus Jacko joins them with their own dragons)
I believe in tomorrow if we try. Yeah yeah... (Past the skies above them, a huge dragon whose body is solely made of jems, including its eyes, fangs and claws appeared and let out a roar. Screen got bright and scene changed)
Come on let's go everybody oh we share the music
Come on let's go baby baby oh we share the one world (Song slowly ends with Seth, Bella and Fuki at the duel stadium)
While Fuji, Bella and Seth went to an abandoned subway to improve their speed and riding duel, Jacko went to the orphanage not far from their hideout. When he arrived there, he was met with a horrible scene.
"You little brats! You'll pay for ruining my shoe!" a guy with blue hair shouted, beating up a kid. Two other guys were holding back all the other kids.
"I-I'm sorry! Really!" the kid apologized.
"Hey! Get away from her!" Jacko shouted as he tackled the guy. "Are you okay, Rika?"
The girl looked up at her savior and big brother-figure. "Jacko-niichan!" She hugged him and cried on his chest.
"You're safe now." He looked up at the bully and his friends. "The rest of you, on the other hand... What were you thinking, beating up a poor innocent child?!"
"That's our line! You stinking Satellite! How dare you hurt our boss like that?!" the scrawny-looking guy shouted.
"You'll pay for that!" the thug-looking guy said. "We got this guy, boss!" Both activated their duel disks.
"If anyone is going to pay, it's the three of you!" Jackson activated his own duel disk.
"DUEL!"
Grunt 1: 4000 LP
Grunt 2: 4000 LP
Jackson: 4000 LP
"I'll start first! Draw!" The first thug drew his sixth card. "I summon Dandylion in Defense Mode!" A small lion/plant hybrid appeared on his field. Its colors turned to blue.
Dandylion: Level 3/EARTH/Plant/300 ATK/300 DEF
"I set one card face down and end my turn."
"Just that much?" an orphan asked.
"It's only the first turn," another reasoned.
"My turn. Draw!" Jacko drew his next card. "I summon Halloween Character, Lock in Defense Mode!" A boy in a red devil costume appeared. His color changed to blue.
Halloween Character, Lock: Level 2/DARK/Fiend/500 ATK/500 DEF
(Halloween Character, Lock: Effect Monster: When this card is summoned, you may Special Summon Halloween Character, Shock or Halloween Character, Barrel from your hand or Graveyard. Once per turn, you may target one DARK Tuner monster on the field; increase or decrease that monster's Level by one for every other 'Halloween Character' monster on the field.)
"In a Battle Royal, players cannot attack until all players take their turn. I set one card face-down and end my turn."
"This is going to be fun~," the devil boy commented. Jacko lightly sweat dropped at his words, especially since he was the only one who can hear him at the moment.
"My turn! Draw!" The second thug drew his next card. "I activate the Field Magic, Legendary Capital Atlantis!" The whole field suddenly became the city of Atlantis. "So long as this card is active, it is also known as 'Umi'. Also, all WATER monsters in both player's hands and on the field have their Level decrease by 1. And all WATER monsters' ATK and DEF goes up by 200. I summon Oyster Meister!" A monster in an armor made of clams appeared.
Oyster Meister: Level 3 - 1 = 2/WATER/Fish/1600 + 200 = 1800 ATK/200 + 200 = 400 DEF
"I end my turn with one card face down!"
"And now the turn comes to me!" Thug 1 shouted.
"Hey! What are you saying?!" a boy shouted.
"It should be Jacko-niisan's turn!" a girl exclaimed.
"Then you brats were living under rocks. In a Battle Royal or a team duel, it doesn't matter how many duelists are on one side. Once they all take their first turn, it goes back to the person who starts," the leader of the three-man gang sneered.
The kids all gasped at what he said.
"Don't worry about it guys. This doesn't bother me one bit," their older brother-figure assured.
"Not after I summon this! I release both Dandylion and Oyster Meister to Advance Summon Antique Gear Golem!" The two monsters turned into bright lights and formed a big robot with revealing gear parts.
Antique Gear Golem: Level 8/EARTH/Machine/3000 ATK/3000 DEF
"He can't do that! He used a monster that isn't his'!" an orphan claimed.
"He can. Because this isn't just any Battle Royal. If the Battle Royal works as a team duel, a duelist can use their partner's monster," Rika explained.
"So, a brat does know how to play," thug 1 said. "And with a monster like this, there's nothing you can do to stop it! Once Antique Gear Golem battles, my opponent cannot activate Magic or Trap cards! Oh, and let's not forget the two weakling monsters effects; if they're sent to the graveyard, Dandylion gives me two Fluff Tokens while Oyster Meister gives me one Oyster Token!" Two dandelions and an oyster appeared on the field.
Fluff Token: Level 1/WIND/Plant/0 ATK/0 DEF
Oyster Token: Level 1/WATER/Fish/0 + 200 ATK/0 + 200 DEF
"Battle! Antique Gear Golem! Crush that monster! Ultimate Pound!" The big monster threw a hard punch at the currently blue devil and destroyed it.
"I activate my Trap Card, Defense Draw! This negates the Battle Damage I take during a battle and allows me to draw a card!" Jacko drew a card. "You may have prevented me from using card effects while your monster is battling, but this card activates after the battle, when I take the Battle Damage, so Antique Gear Golem's effect doesn't activate."
"Che. Got lucky, did you? Then I end my turn," thug 1 ended.
"My turn. Draw!" Jacko drew another card. He looked at his opponents and smirked. "Hope you're ready for a big scare. I summon Halloween Character, Shock!" A small witchling appeared on the field.
Halloween Character, Shock: Level 2/DARK/Spellcaster/500 ATK/500 DEF
(Halloween Character, Shock: Effect Monster: When this card is summoned, you may Special Summon Halloween Character, Barrel or Halloween Character, Lock from your hand or Graveyard. Once per turn, for every other 'Halloween Character' monster you control, you may reveal that many face-down cards your opponent controls.)
"I activate Shock's special ability! When this card is summoned, I can Special Summon one of her two friends from my hand or my Graveyard. From my Graveyard, I Special Summon Lock!" The devil kid returned to the field.
"What would you do without me?" she sarcastically asked.
"Oh come on. We're a team. Though all we need here is..."
"Next, I activate Lock's summon effect! Like Shock, I can Special Summon one of his two friends. I'll use this effect to summon the last of the trio, the Tuner Monster, Halloween Character, Barrel!" A smaller boy in a skeleton costume appeared.
Halloween Character, Barrel: Level 2/DARK/Zombie/300 ATK/400 DEF
(Halloween Character, Barrel: Effect Monster: When this card is summoned, you may Special Summon Halloween Character, Shock or Halloween Character, Lock from your hand or Graveyard. If this card was used as a Synchro Material to summon a 'Halloween Character' Synchro Monster, destroy one monster your opponent controls with ATK, DEF, or level lower than the summoned monster's)
"I'm here guys!" the newly summoned monster announced.
"And now the whole gang is here!" Lock exclaimed.
"Huh? A Tuner Monster? Hah! What are you going to do? Synchro summon?" Thug 2 mocked, assuming Jackson can't do a Synchro Summon.
"In fact that is what I will do," he confirmed, much to the three's surprise.
"Yeah! Get him, Jacko-niichan!" the orphans cheered.
"But first, I activate Shock's second effect! Once per turn, for every other 'Halloween Character' mpnter I control, I can see that amount of face-down cards my opponent controls!" His opponents gasped at the reveal. "There are two other 'Halloween Character' monsters, just enough to see what you have set!" The witch took out a wand and shot two beams at the face-down, revealing them to be Spirit Barrier and Tornado Wall.
"And what are you going to do? Destroy them?" Thug 1 asked.
"How did you know?" This shocked the two thugs. "Now that I know what those cards are... I activate the Magic card, Terror Shock! This card can destroy a number of Magic and Trap cards equal to the amount of 'Halloween Cnatacter' monsters I control! I have three 'Halloween Characters' so that's three cards getting destroyed! I will destroy your face-downs and the Field magic with this card!" The three monsters summoned spirits of themselves and sent them to the designated cards, destroying them. Due to this, the Oyster Token's added power was lost.
(Terror Shock: Normal Magic: Destroy one Magic/Trap Card for every 'Halloween Character' monster you control.)
Oyster Token: 200 - 200 = 0 ATK/200 - 200 = 0 DEF
"Next, I activate Lock's effect! Once per turn, I can target one DARK Tuner monster on the field and increase or decrease that monster's Level for every other 'Halloween Character' monster on the field. I target Barrel and increase his Level by 2!" The devil kid took out a lollipop and gave it to the younger boy.
Halloween Character, Barrel: Level 2 + 2 = 4
"And now I Tune my Level 2 Shock and Lock with my Level 4 Barrel!" The small boy turned into four green rings and his two companions became two stars each. "Rise from the dead and leap to a great show! SYNCHRO SUMMON! Appear now, Halloween Character, Jack Skellington!" A really tall and thin skeleton in a black suit appeared.
Halloween Character, Jack Skellington: Level 8/DARK/Zombie/3000 ATK/2600 DEF
(Halloween Character, Jack Skellington: Synchro Monster: 1 Tuner + 1 or more DARK non-tuner monster: This card cannot be destroyed by battle. If this card is Synchro Summoned, destroy cards your opponent controls for every 'Halloween Character' Synchro Materials used to summon this card. For every monster destroyed this way, draw one card. For every Magic/Trap card destroyed this way, discard one random card from your opponent's hand.)
The recently summoned monster took a deep breath. "Ahh. The smell of the battlefield! And with a battle comes a great big scare!"
"Now I activate Barrel's special ability! If he was used to summon a 'Halloween Character' Synchro Monster, I can destroy one monster my opponent controls with ATK, DEF, or Level lower than the summoned monster's! Through this effect, I destroy one of your Tokens!" The spirit of the kid appeared and took out a chainsaw. He then destroyed the Oyster Token. "Next is Jack Skellington's effect! When this card is summoned, for each 'Halloween Character' monster used to summon him, I can destroy one card my opponent controls!"
"WHAT?!" Thug 1 gasped.
"You used three of those monsters and we only have three cards left!" Thug 2 said.
"That said, say good-bye to the rest of your cards! Dead Wave!" With a flick of the wrist, Jack destroyed the remaining monsters. "For each monster destroyed this way, I can draw one card. That was three monsters." Jackson drew three cards. "And if I have Jack Skellington on the field, I can Special Summon Halloween Character, Sally from my hand!" A human ragdoll in stitches appeared next to Jack.
Halloween Character, Sally: Level 4/DARK/Zombie/1000 ATK/1000 DEF
(Halloween Character, Sally: Effect Monster: After a 'Halloween Character' Synchro monster you control battles, you may tribute this card; that monster gains 1000 ATK and DEF and can attack again. This effect can only be activated if this card didn't attack.)
"Jack!" the female monster happily called.
"Hello, Sally!" Jack happily greeted.
"Next I activate the Magic card, Terror Shot! By switching one 'Halloween Character' monster I control with 1000 ATK or lower to Defense Mode, I can inflict damage to my opponent equal to that monster's ATK! I use this effect on Sally!" Said monster swapped her Battle Position as a ray of light appeared from her body and hit Thug 2.
Grunt 1: 4000 LP
Grunt 2: 3000 LP
Jackson: 4000 LP
"Battle! I attack the weakened player directly with Jack Skellington! Gravity Claws!" The Synchro Monster's thin fingers became engulfed in purple aura. The aura formed into sharp claws as he charged and depleted the rest of Thug 2's Life Points.
Grunt 1: 4000 LP
Grunt 2: 0000 LP
Jackson: 4000 LP
The other two thugs looked on in shock with what had occurred. The leader was the first to recover. "B-But even so, you can't inflict anymore damage. So just end-"
"I believe that wasn't my big scare," Jacko interrupted, confusing the enemies. "I said it earlier. 'Hope you're ready for the big scare.'"
"What?!" Thug 1 demanded.
"I activate Sally's effect! If a 'Halloween Character' Synchro Monster battles and this card didn't battle, I can release this card to give that monster 1000 more ATK and an extra attack!"
Hearing that, not only shocked the two thugs even more, but also had the leader to widened his eyes. "Wait... I remember something. Somewhere in Satellite, there is suppose to be a gang that formed some time after Team Satisfaction ended. One of the members is said to bring fear to his opponents. Don't tell me that this area is-!"
"Give Jack a boost, Sally!" Jacko interrupted.
"Here you go, Jack!" the live ragdoll said, as she gave her soul to the fellow Zombie-type.
Halloween Character, Jack Skellington: 3000 + 1000 = 4000 ATK
"Now finish it, Jack! Shadow Claw!"
"This one's for you, Sally!" Jack's fingers were coated with black aura this time. Like before, the aura formed huge claws, as he charged at thug 1 and ended the duel.
Grunt 1: 0000 LP
Jackson: 4000 LP
WINNER: JACKSON!
"W-Why you-! I'll show you!" The leader was about to put on his own duel disk.
"Are you sure about that?" came a voice familiar to Jacko and the kids. They turned to the source and saw Bella, Fuki and Seth return from their practice ride. Seeing the three made the leader flinch.
"No way... The King of Horror, the Reaper Goddess, the Dark Lord and the Animal Empress in one place!? Handling one is one thing, but all four!? I'm out of here!" He ran with his tail between his legs.
"B-Boss! Wait for us!" His lackies ran after him.
"Who even gave us those names?" Fuki wondered.
"Well, it helps since it gave us our reputation," Seth pointed out. "Even though they're only based on our decks."
"Nii-san! Nee-san!" The kids all huddled around them.
"Hey there guys," Bella picked one up in her arms.
"If you're back, that must mean you're ready," Jacko assumed.
"We managed to make it to the time limit. Now all we have to do is try and beat it tomorrow. For the rest of today, we will pack up what we need and pick up some supplies."
"Sounds like a good idea. As always."
"Well, there's no way she is the leader if she can't come up with good ideas," Fuki said.
"Is that a compliment or an insult?" said leader questioned.
"Oh, I don't know~" They all laughed at the playful tone.