Yu-Gi-Oh! NXG: NeXt Generation
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Episode: 2 Season: 1
Bully Beatdown
Fuya's deck had been what he thought was complete. The old man of the shop had really hooked him up and after everything the man did, he still didn't take Fuya's money. Fuya was extremely grateful to the man who still hadn't given him a name. He said old man was fine. It didn't bother Fuya to call him that seeing as how the old man kept calling him 'Little Fella' or even 'Young Fella'. But it was an unspoken agreement that the two were friends.
Fuya's mother really hadn't noticed her son being gone. The drunkard was too busy being passed out every morning to notice he was gone. And when she awoke at night he was always in his room watching the Dueling Channel or tinkering with his deck.
The old man had originally helped him just get rid of all the Normal Monsters of his deck. They were useless to his deck type and the support cards he had for them had to go. His deck wasn't the strongest deck, but for now it had a theme and a basic strategy. Zombies was his type. He was instantly attracted to some of the masses of them and had even come up with other strategies in the deck. He did keep a couple cards that he found very useful such as Nimble Momonga and even kept his Chimera in the deck. He traded his Synchro Monster in for another and two cards that went with them and it had seemed to fit the deck well. At least as a side strategy for him to use.
Jace who had beaten his other deck during their first duel was astonished to see the improved deck.. but he had hesitated to try and get the same help from the old man. He really didn't seem to get along with the old man as Fuya did. The old man just thought of him as a skateboarder punk because of how he spoke. Which in actuality he only called people 'dude' or 'bro' which hadn't been a big deal at all.
Fuya and Jace had been following the Training Regimen of the Card Shop and had both been improving with their Dueling Skills as well. Fuya had appeared to be a natural at the children's card game, but he simply studied the game. He understood all the rules before he had ever owned a single card. He knew a lot of cards abilities and summoning conditions and everything he felt he needed to know from the Dueling Channel. His favorite show had to be 'Kaiba Corporations Guide to Card Rulings' which gave him the best understanding of the game he could possibly have.
One thing he lacked was the internet. He could use it at the old man's card shop. But when he was there, he was too busy doing off-screen(text) training. It was rigorous and difficult but he and Jace were making it through it just fine. And so did all of the other non-mentioned people of the Shop's Training Regimen that won't be revealed until the Shop's Tournament.
Beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep...
What is that sound? It just won't stop, Fuya had thought to himself. He tried covering his ears with his pillow and it had helped with the annoying beeping.
...Beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep...
"Dammit Fuya! Turn that shit off!" Screamed his mother who was half unconscious on the couch just yards away from Fuya's bedroom.
It had finally clicked in his mind what the beeping was when he rolled over and slammed his hand onto the clock radio. As he did so, he fell out of bed. It seemed to be the only way he would wake up. He was lucky his mom was too poor to afford a bed frame for him, so all he had was a mattress and a box-spring underneath that. He rubbed his eyes and looked at the clock. 11:08, he thought as he stared at the clock. Damn Training Regimen starts at noon. I'm a growing boy. I shouldn't have to wake up early to play children's card games. That should only be done by the Pro's.
He slowly stood up and walked to the bathroom with his back partially hunched as it regularly was when he first woke up. After taking his morning dump he went to the kitchen and made toast. He wasn't going to eat more than that. He had to stay in shape to play his card games. He didn't want to get too fatigued in a duel. That was the biggest problem with duelists.
After he ate his toast he went into the bathroom once more to take a piss and to brush his teeth. By the time he had done all of this it was 11:49. He quickly got dressed and made his way to the card shop. Today he was going to duel with Jace for practice. He longed to play Duel Monsters from the time he stopped playing until the time he was playing again. It was especially nice that he had a deck in which he truly loved.
Feeling a bit of excitement, he left the apartment and made his way up the street to the card shop. It was surprising that he had never been into the shop before. The town they lived in was so small. Just miles away from Domino City. Dice Town was the name. And it was known as the ghetto of the region. Not that is was full of a bunch of thugs. People just didn't have much money in the area. The area was mostly apartments and businesses.
He walked into the door of the card shop. He was prepared for today's Training Regimen but as he walked in, he noticed that Jace had not yet made it there. Which was really odd. Even though Jace lived on the other side of town he had always somehow been the first person to the shop. He didn't have the luxury of having the old man just trade cards for nothing. He had to work hard with the deck he had.
Fuya often wondered why the old man just gave him cards and allowed him to join the Training Regimen and Tournament without paying a dime. Perhaps it was because he had a single mother who drank and the old man felt sympathy toward him. He never dared ask but in his mind he felt that it was the case.
"Hey little fella. Is yer little friend commin' today?" The old man asked.
"I'm not sure. He should be here by now."
"He normally is," responded one of the other Duelists.
"Well, I guess I could just go to his place and see what's going on," Fuya said with a bit of worry in his voice. Why would Jace not come to the shop? It wasn't like him to not train hard to be good at this children's card game. Fuya walked out the door and a couple of the Duelists of the shop followed him.
"Ya kids be careful now," yelled the old man as he watched them leave. He just went back to sorting cards into alphabetical order. Nothing else he really could do.
The three Duelists walked up the street back toward Fuya's apartment and passed it up. After a couple of blocks they crossed the street and walked through the park in order to get to the other side of the town. Jace had actually lived in the nicer area. His parents owned a house. It was just one story and had 3 bedrooms and 1 and a half bath. But that was more than most people in this town had.
As they came to the center of the park, they saw Jace sitting at a table that was set up for Duel Monsters player's. He was playing one of the towns bullies, Mitchell. Jace had looked extremely worried while Mich seemed aggravated and impractical. The two Duelists with Fuya ran ahead to see the Duel while Fuya continued his walking pace. As he made it to the table, he saw that there were two other Duelists from the shop watching the Duel as well.
"What's going on?"
"Mitchell beat both of us in a Duel and took our decks. Luckily Jace came along to beat him and get our decks back," one of the Duelists replied.
Fuya looked at the playing field of both players. Jace had Perfect Machine King(ATK/2700 DEF/1500) and Mechanical Hound(ATK/2800 DEF/1500) in Defense mode with Call of the Haunted in his back field. Mich's field was looking a little better. Cosmo Queen(ATK/2900 DEF/2450), Summoned Skull(ATK/2500 DEF/1200), and a Vorse Raider(ATK/1900 DEF/1200) in Attack mode with a Skill Drain in the back row. Jace had just ended his turn.
"And now it is time to defeat your pathetic deck!" He drew a card for his Draw Phase and went straight into his Battle Phase. "Vorse Raider attacks your Mechanical Hound. Summoned Skull attacks your Perfect Machine King. And Cosmo Queen attacks you directly to end this pathetic Duel." Jace looked as though he was going to cry. He had lost the one match he needed to win. He wasn't even a man now. Unable to defeat someone in a children's card game made him feel emasculated.
"Hold on just a minute," Fuya barked out. "You can't just go around and Duel people for their decks."
"The fuck? Fuya Ikeda is going to stop me? You're too poor even for this town. How is someone who can't afford cards going to stop me?"
Fuya smirked and pulled out his deck. "I'll Duel you with these cards. If I win, you have to give them all back their decks. If I lose then you can have my deck."
"Your deck? I bet you have a bunch of worthless common cards. Why would I risk all these decks for that one deck? If I win, you hafta give me your moms beer."
"Deal." Fuya said confidently. Jace stood up and looked at him.
"Don't do it. His deck is too good." Jace was demoralized and had given up. He was totally dominated that Duel. He had only dealt 1300 Life Points to Mitchell and he knew his games with Fuya had been close lately. Even with Fuya's new deck. But Fuya was getting better. His strategies dominating most Duels. Maybe he had a shot.. but Jace couldn't see it.
Fuya: 4000
Mitchell: 4000
"I'll go first," Fuya said as he finished shuffling his deck, and drew 6 cards.
"Fine by me. Just means I get the first attack," Mitchell said as he finished shuffling his deck and drawing 5 cards. He looked at his hand and then back at Fuya, awaiting his pathetic move.
"I'll start my turn by Summing Scrap Beast(ATK/1600 DEF/1300) in Attack mode. Then I'll play 1 card face-down and end my turn," Fuya said with confidence. He wasn't being cocky. He just knew his deck wasn't as worthless as Mitchell thought it was.
"Fine by me," Mitchell drew a card and smirked. "I Summon Gene-Warped Warwolf(ATK/2000 DEF/100) in Attack mode. Then I activate the Spell Double Summon. This allows me to Normal Summon a monster once more this turn. And I chose Gemini Elf(ATK/1900 DEF/900) in Attack mode. Now I attack your Scrap Beast with Gemini Elf. Then I attack you directly with Gene-Warped Warwo-"
"Not so fast," Fuya interrupted. "I activate my trap card, Scrap-Iron Scarecrow. This allows me to negate one attack. And instead of going to the Grave, this card gets flipped face-down."
"Bastard. You saved yourself this time.. next time you won't be so lucky. I play two cards face-down and then end my turn."
Fuya: 3700
Mitchell: 4000
"Good. Now I draw," Fuya said as he drew a card from his deck. "I activate the Spell Lightning Vortex. First I discard a card from my hand, and then all of your face-up Monsters on the field are destroyed." He discarded Hand Destruction to his Graveyard and Mitchell put his two Monsters into the Graveyard. "Now I summon Vampire Lady(ATK/1550 DEF/1550) in Attack mode. And I attack you directly." Even though Mitchell had two face-down cards on the field, he didn't activate anything to counter the attack. He just let it go.
Fuya: 3700
Mitchell: 2450
"Now I activate the effect of Vampire Lady and I chose Monster. Now you have to discard a Monster from your deck to the Graveyard."
"That was exactly what I wanted you to do," Mitchell said laughing. He grabbed his deck and placed his a Cosmo Queen in his Graveyard. "Now I activate the Trap Call of the Haunted in order to bring back my Cosmo Queen(ATK/2900 DEF/2450)." He immediately grabbed the card from his Graveyard and placed it on the field.
"I end my turn," Fuya said reluctantly. He knew this turn he was going to take some hits. Hopefully he would be able to survive to make it another turn.
Mitchell drew a card and then started to laugh. "Looks like this Duel just might end. First I play the Spell Ancient Rules. This allows me to Special Summon a Normal Monster from my hand." He then placed a Summoned Skull(ATK/2500 DEF/1200) onto the field. "Then I activate a second Call of the Haunted in order to Summon Gemini Elf. But she is just a sacrifice to Summon a second Summoned Skull(ATK/2500 DEF/1200)."
Jace looked onto the playing field with despair in his eyes. He knew this was going to happen. Fuya may have survived this turn.. but he was going to lose.
"Now, my first Summoned Skull attacks your Vampire Lady. Then mys econd Summoned Skull attacks you directly." Fuya took both attacks. Saving Scrap-Iron Scarecrow for Mitchell's finishing blow. "I end my turn." Mitchell said. He wasn't wasting time attacking again when he knew the outcome. And he knew if he attacked with Cosmo Queen at all, it would have just been blocked.
Fuya: 250
Mitchell: 2450
I guess this Duel comes down to this move. I have to believe in the deck that I built. I can't lose it. I have to win! Fuya drew his next card and looked at it nervously. "I set a Monster in face-down Defense mode and end my turn."
Jace and the other Duelists had lost all hope at that point. Why didn't he just surrender? Mitchell wasn't going to chance giving all those decks back to be nice. He was going to go for the win.
"That was all you had? How pathetic. And now you're just going to give up without a fight? Looks like you lost this Duel." He drew his card and instantly played it. "Now I activate Monster Reborn. And I chose your Vampire Lady. I'm going to finish you off with your own Duel Monster. First Summoned Skull attacks your face-down," he said showing extreme cockiness.
"Perfect," Fuya said as he smiled revealing his face-down card. "You just sent Nimble Momonga(ATK/1000 DEF/100) to the Graveyard by battle. Which means I gain 1000 Life Points. And that isn't all. I get to Special Summon up to 2 more of them from my deck in face-down Defense mode.
Fuya: 1250
Mitchell: 2450
"Don't think you're off the hook so easily. I'm not giving you monsters you can Tribute. Vampire Lady attacks 1. And my second Summoned Skull attacks the other. There goes your defense."
Fuya: 3250
Mitchell: 2450
"You think that is enough to win this Duel?"
"That isn't all Mitchell. Since you sent a Beast-type Monster to the Graveyard, I get to activate the effect of another one of my Monster's. This effect triggers in my hand."
"What card is that!" Mitchell screamed out with shock.
"Now I Special Summon Green Baboon, Defender of the Forest(ATK/2600 DEF/1800) to the field in Attack mode. But it comes with the price of 1000 Life Points."
Fuya: 2250
Mitchell: 2450
"That monster is still weaker than my Cosmo Queen. Cosmo Queen attacks!"
Fuya smiled. "You forgot about my Trap. I activate Scrap-Iron Scarecrow. And we both know what that card does."
"Dammit. I end my turn." Mitchell had gotten lost in his own greed when he thought he had won the Duel. He forgot about the Scrap-Iron Scarecrow and he made himself look stupid.
Fuya drew. "It's time to finish this Duel. I sacrifice Green Baboon, Defender of the Forest in order to Summon Patrician of Darkness(ATK/2000 DEF/1400) in Attack mode. Then I activate the Spell One for One. By discarding a Monster from my hand, I can Special Summon my Cat's Ear Tribe(ATK/200 DEF/100) in Attack mode as well. Then I play 1 card face-down and end my turn."
"Looks like I'll have to end the Duel right here," he said as he drew his next card. "I sacrifice Summoned Skull and Vampire Lady in order to Summon Spiral Serpent(ATK/2900 DEF/2900) in Attack mode. Now Spiral Serpent, attack his Patrician of Darkness!"
"First I activate the effect of Patrician of Darkness. I change the attack target to my Cat's Ear Tribe."
Mitchell began to laugh. "That weak monster is going to stop my attack?"
"Well. Normally it would stop one of your attacks. But now I activate my Trap-"
"Scrap-Iron Scarecrow? That won't stop me for long!"
"No. I activate the Trap Horn of the Phantom Beast and my target is Cat's Ear Tribe. Cat's Ear Tribe gains 800 Attack Points and every time she destroys a Monster, I draw a card."
"I still don't get it. That doesn't change anything at all."
"Then you must not know Cat's Ear Tribe's special ability. Whenever my opponent's Monster battles with Cat's Ear Tribe, their attack drops down to 200. And thanks to Horn of the Phantom Beast, your Monster is weaker than mine. And I get to draw a card."
Fuya: 2250
Mitchell: 1650
"Dammit! But this is an easy strategy to break. All I have to do is not attack. I play one card face-down and end my turn."
Fuya drew a card for the effect of Horn of the Phantom Beast and then drew a card for his Draw Phase. Exactly the card I needed to end this Duel. "I play two cards face-down and end my turn."
Jace looked a bit shocked at his friend. These new strategies were paying off. And it shocked him to have never seen him use them. Fuya always had these cards in his deck.. so why did you wait until now to use them? Did he look down on Jace and the rest of the shop Duelists?
"It is time to end this Duel once and for all! I'm tired of playing these games!" Mitchell drew his card in a bit of a rush. "Now I active my Trap, Skill Drain. At the price of 1000 Life Points, I can stop all of the effects your Monster's have and end this! Now my Cosmo Queen, attack his Patrician of Darkness!"
"Not so fast! I activate my Spell, Mystical Space Typhoon! And now I destroy your Skill Drain."
"Dammit! Noo! This can't be happening. How could he beat me! My deck is full of all the most powerful Monsters I could get my hands on!"
"Now I chose your attack target to be Cat's Ear Tribe with Patrician of Darkness's ability. And with Cat's Ear Tribe's ability you lose this Duel."
Fuya: 2250
Mitchell: 0
"Dammit!" Mitchell slammed a box that had contained the decks that he had won in the previous Duels on the table and stormed off angrily. Thoughts of revenge in his head.
The two Duelists that had originally lost grabbed their decks happily and ran off. Jace slowly grabbed his deck and glared at Fuya. He honestly thinks this low of me? His best friend? How could he be so careless. I'm the reason he even has cards to play with! I'll defeat him and show everyone that I can be the hero when things like this happen!
Fuya simply stared at his friend dumbfounded. He had no idea what was going on with him. He had just won his friends deck back and all Jace did was stand there with an angry look in his eyes.
Jace stormed off as well, heading toward his house and Fuya began to follow. "What's wrong Jace?"
Jace stopped and Fuya continued walking toward his friend to give him a pat on the shoulder.
"I'm just not feeling well," Jace muttered. "I guess my body is just going through shock because I lost that Duel."
Fuya sort of understood what he meant. Losing children's card games were detrimental to ones health. Jace needed to go home and rest. Or he may not fully recover from his loss. "Okay Jace. I hope to see you tomorrow at the shop."
"Yeah," Jace responded coldly.
"Well see ya," Fuya said with a sad tone. He turned around and made his way back to the shop in order to do today's Training Regimen. He couldn't just stop Dueling whenever he pleased. Duel Monsters wasn't a game where he could just take a break from whenever he pleased. He had to stay with it. He slowly made his way back, worried about his friend.
Jace walked into the house and went into his brother's bedroom. His brother was just waking up and sat up to see his little brother standing in his doorway.
"Yes, Jace?"
"We need to talk Trey."
Next time on Yu-Gi-Oh! NXG: NeXt Generation
Jace hadn't shown up to the shop's Training Regimen ever since his loss to Mitchell. And everyone was worried. The first day of the Tournament begins and Jace finally shows up. This time with a new deck. And his target is Fuya. Will the two of them face off? Will Jace be able to defeat Fuya with his new deck? Find out next time, on Yu-Gi-Oh! NXG!
