Fen: Hello everyone! Fen, Fang, and MotWC here for another chapter of Kamen Rider GX: Shattered Dimensions!
*shattered glass, followed by a familiar Stone Cold song*
TWF: Wohoo~! *headbanging like crazy*
MotWC: Alright, that's enough from you. I'll be taking this, yoink! *takes away Fang's music*
TWF: Hey, my Walkman! That's old school, dude! Hard to find them these days! :O
Fen: Yeesh…
MotWC: You can get this back when you learn to be less… special.
TWF: What 'special'? *Eating a bowl instead of the cereal inside the bowl*
MotWC: … I rest my case, ladies and gentlemen.
Fen: *whispers* should we send Fang to the hole again?
MotWC: … Can I? Please? Please?!
TWF: Is it a Glory Hole? o.o;
Fen: Do it.
MotWC: YAAAAAAAY! Say goodnight, Fang! *opens a portal to the Dark Realm and Seismic Tosses Fang inside*
TWF: You will never catch me, coppers! *riding on a big bottle of cheese and starts squirting away, like a boss!*
Fen: Uh… did that just actually happen?
MotWC: I'm… gonna pretend it didn't. Oh well, I can just send him away like this. *snaps fingers and drops Fang inside the Dark Realm instantaneously*
TWF: EGGNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOGS!
*DING!*
Fen: Thank you. Now, let's get on with this chapter shall we?
MotWC: Indeed.
Disclaimer: Same thing.
…Last time on Kamen Rider GX: Shattered Dimensions…
"Now then, this year, wishing for an improvement in the ability of Duel Academy's students, we have invited new students from different academies to our school!"
"Duel Academy is a school founded to promote growth in dueling, and has established branches worldwide. And this year, we have invited the top students from each of those schools to ours." Sheppard continued.
"Other countries, huh? That would mean we'll be getting different ones this year…" Rika said.
"Hailing from West Campus, he's here to provide a special course this year: Professor Viper."
"If any of you have heard my methods are strict, you've heard correct," Viper said, in a deep, authoritative voice. "However, I believe actions speak louder than words. So, I'll make this short so we can get down to business."
Koji stared at Viper with a distrusting glare as the professor spoke. "Something ain't right about that cat. I'm picking up a serious 'creeper' vibe from him."
"You too huh…?" Kurogasa muttered, keeping his eye on Viper. "I'm already getting a bad feeling about this already…"
"Without further ado, let us begin the exhibition matches immediately." He said, catching the students off guard making the students murmur against one another. "I have already decided on who shall duel for these exhibitions, and it shall come down to three matches." He declared, catching them off guard yet again.
"The first duel would between Jesse Anderson!"
"Eh? Me?" Jesse blinked.
"And then, his opponent will be… Jaden Yuki!"
"Sweetness! I got the first dibs!" Jaden cheered triumphantly. "And getting to duel a guy with those legendary cards on the new term? That's totally wicked!"
"The second duel." Professor Viper continued. "Will be Kurogasa Kururugi."
"Eh? Me?" Kurogasa got out.
"And his opponent…" Viper paused, "Aurora Aldrich!"
"!" Kurogasa went wide eyed at that.
"…" Aurora was silent, but a smirk was on her face too.
"And finally." Viper continued, now glaring at Koji. "The final duelist is Koji Shinamori."
"Wha-?!" Koji gawked.
"And he will go against Adrian Gecko!" He continued.
'What is he planning?' Gecko pondered, glaring at Viper.
"These three duels are to commence in one hour! Duelists prepare your Decks!" Viper said, and with that, he left the stage leaving the students to murmur amidst one another.
"Hey Jesse," Jaden spoke up, "You seem like a nice guy, but I'm not holding back! That ain't my style!"
"Funny, I was gonna say the same to you!" Jesse replied with a competitive smirk.
"Are both duelists ready?" Viper asked authoritatively.
"You betcha!" Jaden answered.
"Definitely!" Jesse added.
"Then let the first duel begin!" Viper announced before walking off the platform. Both duelists then drew their starting Hands.
"DUEL!"
"Not so fast there, buddy!" Jesse interjected. "The time's finally come for me to bring out the Monster you've all been waiting for!"
"He doesn't mean-!" Aster gasped.
"Rainbow Dragon?" Kurogasa wondered.
"This is gonna be funkadelic!" Koji said excited as all of the Crystal Beasts on Jesse's field and those in his Graveyard began to glow.
"And now it's time for the one, the only… Rainbow Dragon!" Jesse called out as the light grew brighter. Though what happened next was something unexpected by everyone.
In the span of a second, the light emanating from Jesse's cards went out like a lightbulb.
"…Just kidding!"
And as everyone was left confused as to what happened, Air Neos struck Jesse's Amber Mammoth and finished it off once and for all.
When the smoke from the attack cleared, Jesse was lying spread-eagle on his back. And despite all that, he got up laughing and said, "Congrats!"
"But, what about that Rainbow Dragon?" Jaden asked.
"There's a catch about that, Jay… I don't have the card yet." He laughed again.
"What the…?"
Then, the audience started booing Jesse.
"It's true you guys!" Jesse said, trying to calm the crowd down. "You see, according to legend of the Crystal Beasts, the soul of the Rainbow Dragon lives in a hidden stone tablet. But, I didn't say 'hidden' for nothing. No one knows where it is. But, when it is found, Pegasus promised he'd make it into a Duel Monsters card for me. So, if the tablet's anywhere on the island, someone let me know ASAP!"
Just then, Viper walked onto the platform and stood between the two duelists. "That was an excellent match you two." he told them. "Now then, the next duel will start in five minutes. Both duelists, get ready!"
"Looks like I'm up." Kurogasa said as he stood from his seat and slightly turned his head to see Aurora sitting several seats away from his friends. Aurora noticed and smirked at him, making it clear that she was going to enjoy this.
"Are you sure you're up for it?" Alexis questioned.
"Yeah… and hopefully she'll see that not everything was my fault last year…" Kurogasa sighed.
"I know you can do it. Just don't mind everything she says." Alexis encouraged.
"Here's to hoping."
…And now the continuation…
As Kurogasa stood at the stage on his own, he let out a nervous sigh. "Well, that's a big sigh you make, Kurogasa-san." a spirit come out, as it turned out to be the latest member of the group, Takeru Tenkuuji. He had brown messy hair with brown eyes wearing a kosode that was half black while the other side had flower designs, and he wore black pants and shoes. "Are you nervous facing the unknown?"
"It's not that I'm worried about. It's Aurora herself and her gripe with me about what happened last year." Kurogasa answered. "There were just things that got out of hand and I couldn't control it."
"No one can control what had happened in the past." another figure appeared, standing next to Kurogasa. This is Takeru's best friend, Makoto Fukami, who had black hair with eyes of the same color. He wore a black biker's jacket and pants with blue highlights. "I know because my sister and I had faced the unknown and becoming what we are today."
"A pair of Ghost heroes." Tsukasa appeared, hovering above Kurogasa. "That's something new. At least you don't have any car to drive around and trying to hit and run, kiddo."
"Tsukasa, why do you have to be sarcastic about life?" Kurogasa sweat dropped.
"It's all for the sake of the viewers." he shrugged.
"What viewers?"
"The one who read this stuff behind the screen on their phones or laptops?"
"I have no idea what you're talking about…" Kurogasa sweatdropped.
"Believe me, kiddo. Someday, you'll understand my gift can be pretty scary sometimes." Tsukasa grinned. "Especially after you've traveled multiple worlds."
"I'll… take your word for it." Kurogasa got out.
"But anyways, you'll do fine. Just believe in yourself." Takeru encouraged, placing a hand on his shoulder.
"Takeru…" Kurogasa muttered before nodding, "Alright."
"But don't believe in yourself too much, because it's gonna bite you on the rear in the end. That, or your head wouldn't properly be in place." Tsukasa chuckled.
"Gee, thanks for the vote of confidence, Tsukasa…" Kurogasa deadpanned.
"Meh, you're welcome." Tsukasa shrugged.
"Our opponent has arrived." Fukami noted, as Aurora approaches to the stage, with her duel disk at her arm.
"Wow… just what did you do to make her such a grouchy face, kiddo?" Tsukasa teased, as Aurora's facial expression shows she's really determined to take him down, no matter what.
"Tsukasa, do you want me to have Natusmi-san use her Laughing Pressure Point?" Kurogasa threatened with an eye twitching.
"She's not here, anyways." Tsukasa shrugged. "She's pretty much chained with your babe."
"That's so very you, Tsukasa." Daiki appeared, hovering next to Tsukasa. "How original."
"Yep, and no one's allowed to plagiarize my trademark, especially those people out there writing stories on the internet about me."
"I'm gonna pretend that makes sense. Let's just get this over with." Kurogasa sighed.
"Kurogasa Kururugi!" Aurora exclaimed, getting his attention. "I'll show you what happens when you can't atone for your past sins!"
"Mm…" Kurogasa frowned, narrowing his eyes.
"I'm going to rip that fake mask of yours and show the world how much of a fake hero you truly are!"
"Hey, that's not nice! That's my cuzzy wuzzy over there!" Sayaka snapped.
"Calm down, Sayaka." Allyson comforted her. "Getting angry over nothing will not bode well in this situation."
Kurogasa's fist was slightly trembling at this, before he felt a hand over his. It was Joan's.
"Be at peace, Master. We're all with you." Joan assured.
Kurogasa slightly nodded before inserting his Deck in his gauntlet, getting into his stance. "Henshin!" With that, the transformation process happened and he was donned in his default form.
"I used to admire you in that armor of yours… but now it makes me sick." Aurora growled angrily, activating her own duel disk. "Let's get this duel underway so I can show Alexis-sempai how much of a fraud you really are!"
"You really have no idea what you're getting yourself into Aurora. I don't know why you hate me so much, and quite frankly, I don't care why, but one thing's for sure. Your hatred ends right here." With that, both duelists drew their starting Hands.
"DUEL!"
(Cue Theme Black Swallowtail by Uroboros)
(Opening Instrumental) The scene begins with Yukina standing while clasping her hands in silent prayer. The background then showed the signature Monsters of the various characters. The background then shattered, replacing Yukina with Joan in her new attire as she suddenly took a battle stance. At the same time, the camera rotated, revealing Viper, Yubel's weakened form, Joan Alter and an assortment of other silhouettes. Ghost and Specter suddenly landed next to Joan and joined in. As they dashed forward, the title screen appeared from Joan's flag and moments later it moved to the next scene.
(Taken by the sinking blue~) At the Slifer Red Dorm, Kurogasa was feeding his younger siblings, Suzaku and Sakura.
(Gonna understand the hatred to understand) However, Sayaka had other plans as she came from behind and pulled Kurogasa's cheeks, making a funny face and the twins laughed hysterically, making Kurogasa sigh with a sweat drop.
(True meanings of love!) The Primary Kamen Riders, Dark Magician Girl and Joan watched in amusement from another table while his parents and Alexis smiled.
(Does not end until the end comes) Down at the beach, the Akasaka twins were shown sparring while Jaden, Syrus, Chazz, Rock, and Blair watched in interest.
(And the people get replaced again) Suddenly, Kazuma and Naomi are shown standing in what appeared to be the devastated ruins of Domino City, their tattoos having appeared on their bodies.
(But this keeps repeating on and on!) As the twins look towards the sky, their eyes widened as they see a black-haired figure hovering in the sky with a malicious smirk on his face. Behind him is an unnaturally large moon.
(Another start~…) Koji was sitting on the floor of his dorm with his eyes closed, his old vinyl records scattered about as he saw visions of his Boogie Knights as well as the Secondary Kamen Rider predecessors, even seeing himself as Kamen Rider Disco.
(A win~ prearranged is no fun~!) He then opened his eyes as he felt Marta hug him from behind and kiss his cheek, causing him to smile before pulling her onto his lap for a passionate kiss, while her Fantasy Warriors and his Boogie Knight friends looked at them with smiles and embarrassment.
(You won't get far~, you can't~ escape!) At the entrance of Duel Academy, Rika, Allyson, Mamori (hiding behind Allyson), Aurora, Jim, Hassleberry, Tsukiyo, Axel, Jesse, and Masaru looked at the horizon, and a confused Mitsuyo looked at them before looking where they are looking.
(If you ever get lost) As soon as the scenery changed to a barren desert…
(Oh, Black Swallowtail~!) Allyson's red hair changed to pure silver, fluttering gracefully while her eyes closed. As soon as she opened her eyes, her left pale green eye turned grey, similar to a certain priestess.
(Karamitsu ita ima ni shigamitsuku) Kurogasa and Koji transformed into Kamen Rider Duelist and Disco respectively and joined the Kamen Riders to fight against the Dark Riders and a new dark figure.
(Jibun o yawasa ni nurikaete made) As a flock of Harpie Ladies dived down towards the Akasaka twins for the kill, their odd-eyes glowing brightly before they change into Tyrant Mode and unleashed their power.
(Me ni shita mono ga riaru ni surikawaru kono sekai!) As the Ojamas were wiped out easily from an attack of another monster, a cannon shot fired as X took charge of the offense while Zero and other Final Fantasy characters helped out with the Kingdom Hearts characters.
(Kore de ī no~?) They advanced until they reached the possessed Marcel with the three Sacred Beasts towering behind him. As soon as the Sacred Beasts unleashed their strongest attacks, it clashed with everyone's combined attacks, causing the screen to turn white before moving to another scene.
(Instrumental) As the camera slowly zoomed out, it revealed all of the Kamen Riders, Dark Magician Girl and Joan standing at the top of Duel Academy with wind that fluttered the girls' hair, with other monsters floating and standing in front of the entrance, slowly zooming out even further to the barren desert. The characters have determined looks, trying their best to find their way out, while Yukina prayed for their safety on the island, ending the song.
Chapter 3: Chronomalogical Order
"DUEL!"
Kurogasa: 4000
Aurora: 4000
"Fakers first." Aurora mocked. "Really, I insist."
"Whatever you say," Kurogasa said, disdainfully drawing his sixth card. "I summon Kamen Rider Den-O in ATK mode!"
A silhouette appeared and the latter had the belt around his waist before he pressed the red button, playing his signature electronic tune. "Henshin!" He shouted, before swiping the Terminal Pass over the belt.
SWORD FORM!
At that point, six piece of red armor appeared and was placed on his torso and a red mask covered the black eyes and now carries a sword. "Ore… sanjou!" Den-O declared striking his pose (4/ATK: 1800/DEF: 1600). "We're going up against her? She's even worse than Kohanakuso Onna."
"Sempai, that's not a good thing for you to say." Urataros appeared, as the belt glowed blue to indicate he's speaking out. "She's as graceful as a flower. If Hana-chan hears about this, she'll just punch you on your stomach again."
"That's tebayaro's job to be the punching bag, not me!" Den-O snapped looking down on his belt.
"Wai~! Momo-chan getting suckered punch again!" Ryuutaros said, as the belt flickered in purple.
"Momonoji, get ready when Hana-chan gives you a strong uppercut later on!" Kintaros added, as the belt flickered in yellow.
"ENOUGH TALKING AND MAKE YOUR MOVE!" Aurora yelled.
"Yeesh… that girl needs to take an icy chill pill…" Koji winced, massaging an ear.
"I'll place two facedowns and end my turn." Kurogasa concluded, placing the reverse cards on the field.
"Then it's my turn!" Aurora called out as she began her turn. "Since you control cards and I don't, I can Special Summon this big guy from my hand! Come, Chronomaly Moai Carrier!" As she slapped the card onto her Duel Disk, a strange device made of bluish-black metal that carried a crystallized version of a Moai head descended onto the field. (5/ATK: 1800/DEF: 1600)
"Ara? A new kind of monster?" Yukina blinked, confused.
"Yep, another kind of monster made up from Industrial Illusion, and it's pretty new, too!" Kyoshiro perked up.
"Chronomaly?" Kurogasa repeated.
"That's right." Aurora smirked. "You can think of these cards as OOParts."
"OOParts…" Aster muttered. "Out of Place Artifacts…"
"Anyways, moving on," Aurora continued as she held up another card from her hand. "Next I'm summoning Chronomaly Moai!" Descending onto the field next was a large Moai head with yellow markings located just below the eyes and made of greyish-black stone. (5/ATK: 900/DEF: 1800) "I can Special Summon this card as long as I control a Chronomaly Monster."
"That Deck swarms like Kazuma's Personas!" Jaden realized.
"Let's just hope it's not as versatile." Aster commented.
"Speaking from experience, Phoenix?" Hassleberry asked.
"I've faced him a few times already, but only recently did he show off those new Psychic-Types of his." the D-HERO duelist explained.
"I feel ya, kiddo! Those matches I saw was something, that's for sure!" Kyoshiro added.
"C'mon, cuzzy wuzzy! Show her what you're made off!" Sayaka cheered for her cousin.
"I don't know what you're planning, but whatever it is, I'll put a stop to it." Kurogasa said.
"We'll see about that." Aurora smirked again. "Next I'm summoning Chronomaly Gordian Knot!" Appearing next on the field was a bunching of copper wires with metal blocks attached at increments along the length, and the entire thing formed one single, large knot, hence the card's name. (3/ATK: 300/DEF: 900) "And now Gordian Knot's effect activates since he was Normal Summoned. I can now Special Summon a Chronomaly Monster from my hand and make Gordian's Level the same as that Monster!"
Aurora then plucked another card from her hand and slapped it onto her Duel Disk. "I'm Special Summoning Chronomaly Sol Monolith!" Appearing next on Aurora's field was a large stone monolith with a worn-down orange disk at the top, similar to those of the Aztec sun calendars (6/ATK: 600/DEF: 600)
"I don't get it." Rika frowned in thought. "What's the point of summoning these Monsters?"
"I don't know, but I'm not liking the looks of it." Koji answered with a frown of his own.
"I agree with you, love…" Marta nodded. "Something tells me something big is going to happen…"
"And now Gordian Knot's Level becomes the same as the Level 6 Sol Monolith!" Aurora continued as both Monsters were outlined by pale golden auras. (3-6/ATK: 300/DEF: 900)
"Be careful. I have a feeling this will not end well." Takatora warned.
'Right.'
Aurora turned the corners of her mouth up. "And next… I'm fusing Sol Monolith with the Level 6 Gordian Knot!" she announced, causing everyone to gasp.
"Is she for real?!" Syrus got out.
"A Contact Fusion?" Jaden wondered.
Sol Monolith and Gordian Knot soon transformed into streams of golden light that flew into the air and converged on a single point, sending a flash through the arena.
"Fusion Summon!" Aurora called out. "Chronomaly Machu Mech!" As the light died down, what had replaced the two Monsters was something nobody was expecting; a large floating city made entirely of stone. (6/ATK: 2400/DEF: 1500)
"Oi, what the heck is that?!" Den-O demanded, pointing at the floating castle. "A freakin' moving castle again?! Don't tell me that mahotsukai-yaro is at it again!"
"Orma's been long gone." Haruto said.
"Then what the heck is that?!" Den-O exclaimed, pointing fingers again.
"Where's Gavan when you need one?" Tsukasa joked.
"Who is Gavan?" Joan looked at him.
"Watch the show, you'll know." Tsukasa waved it off before the spirits, other than Haruto, disappeared.
"Now I'll fuse Moai and Moai Carrier!" Aurora went on as her other two Monsters flew into the air and underwent the same process as before. "Fusion Summon! Come out, Chronomaly Chateau Huyuk!" Appearing to the floating city that was Machu Mech was yet another large floating city, though this one was set in a Neolithic style and sported a field of sky-blue energy surrounding it, as though to protect it from outside harm. (7/ATK: 2000/DEF: 2500)
"Wait, two floating cities?! What the heck?!" Den-O shouted. "Oi! Mahotsukai-yaro! Thanks to you, there's these floating thingies that I really come to hate!"
"I never did anything." Haruto said in confusion.
"Yeah? Then, how did these guys make some cards based on your enemy, huh?!" Den-O argued.
"HEY YOU! SHUT YOUR MOUTH AND LET ME FINISH MY MOVE!" Aurora shouted.
"Kuuuuuuuuuuuuuuhhhhhhh! That onna has really riled my anger to a climax!" Den-O snapped, stomping his left foot a few times.
"Moving on!" Aurora said. "I'm activating Huyuk's effect!" She then held up two cards from her hand for everyone to see. "By revealing these two Chronomaly cards in my hand, I can target one of your Monsters and its ATK goes straight to 0!"
"What?!" Kurogasa gasped as Den-O was weakened considerably. (4/ATK: 1800-0/DEF: 1600)
"Gh! Now that castle had a freakin' laser?! This is nothing but cheap shots here!" Den-O snapped.
"It can do that?!" Hassleberry gawked. "That's just broken!"
"Not really." Chazz spoke up.
"What do you mean?" Rika queried.
"She has to reveal two cards in her hand to use that effect, so she's losing precious hand advantage in exchange for weakening her opponent's Monsters." Chazz explained.
"That would mean the opponent knows what'd be in her hand and figure out a way to counter it." Rock noted. "That sure is something."
"And now I'm activating Machu Mech's effect!" Aurora continued as she discarded a card. "By discarding a Chronomaly card, you take damage equal to the difference between the current and original ATK of one of your Monsters! And since your only Monster just lost all his ATK, you're about to take a nice 1800 damage!" Huyuk charged up a beam of energy before firing it at Kurogasa and pushing the Kamen Rider back a few inches.
Kurogasa: 2200
Aurora: 4000
"I set one card face down and end my turn. Your move Mr. 'Kamen Rider'…" Aurora taunted as she placed one facedown card on her field.
"Oi, Kurogasa! You better have a backup plan so I can give her a sense of my own!" Den-O demanded, brandishing his sword.
"Yeah, I got ya." Kurogasa said before drawing his next card. "First off, before I do anything else, I'm activating Den-O's effect! Momotaros, switch with Ryuu-chan!"
"Nani?! Why does that kozo get to bash her and not me?!"
"Just do it!" Kurogasa snapped.
"Che… fine!" Momotaros grumbled pressing the purple button and the electronic hip-hop tune played before he swiped the pass.
GUN FORM!
The red armor was replaced with the purple armor and mask. "Wai~ I get to come and play!" Ryuutaros cheered before looking at Aurora. "Omae taosu kedo ii wo ne? Kotae wa kiitenai!" (4/ATK: 1600/DEF: 1200)
"Next I summon Kamen Rider Ghost in ATK mode!" Kurogasa said next. A silhouette of a person appeared on the field before he placed his hands over his waist and the GhostDriver appeared. The silhouette then opened up the GhostDriver making a pulsing sound before he took what appeared to be a black mechanical eyeball. He then pressed the button on the side making a holographic 'G' appear briefly before disappearing and inserted it in the GhostDriver before closing it back up.
EY~E!
BACCHIRI MINNA! BACCHIRI MINNA!
A ghost like entity with a black hoodie jacket with orange highlights and orange ghostly eyes came out of the GhostDriver flying around the silhouette. The latter then did a few movements of his hands before shouting, "Henshin!" and pulled the lever to 'close' the eye and pushed the lever to 'open' it back up to reveal the image of the faceplate.
KAIGAN! ORE!
LET'S GO! KAKUGO! G-G-G-GHOST! GO! GO! GO! GO!
Orange motes of light gathered on the silhouettes while lines formed before they formed the armor. The Parka Ghost then hunched over the armored person letting the latter wear the hoodie before the orange mask flipped upwards. (4/ATK: 1600/DEF: 1300)
"Now I activate one of Ghost's four effects and I choose the third one, which allows me to inflict 500 points of damage!"
Ghost then took out a green mechanical eyeball and pressed the button showing the '03' glowing briefly, before he opened the Driver and took out his Eyecon before inserting the new one in.
EY~E!
BACCHIRI MINNA! BACCHIRI MINNA!
A new Parka Ghost came out of the GhostDriver and this one was green. It had a yellow feather attached to the side of the hoodie and its eyes glowed green as it struck a pose and next to it was a faint image of a famous person.
Ghost then pulled and pushed the lever, to have the eye on the GhostDriver blink and reveal a faceplate of a bow and arrow pointing downward.
KAIGAN! ROBIN HOOD!
HELLO, ARROW! MORI DE AOU!
Majestic brass instruments played as the Parka Ghost attached itself to Ghost changing his form. The GanGan Saber came out along with an old fashioned phone that changed into a condor and then transformed again to fuse with the GanGan Saber. Ghost then aimed at Aurora and fired off an energy arrow hitting Aurora square on the chest, but she didn't flinch.
Kurogasa: 2200
Aurora: 3500
"Looks like Kurogasa has taken his initiative..." Allyson noticed.
"It must be payback for that indirect damage." Syrus pondered.
"B-But that makes A-Aurora-chan m-mad!" Mamori squeaked.
"That, she is..." Allyson frowned a bit, as Aurora patted off the attack earlier.
"Tch… lucky shot." Aurora muttered.
"Now onto the Battle Phase! Once per turn, I can halve Den-O's ATK to attack you directly until the End Phase!"
Kamen Rider Den-O (4/ATK: 1600-800/DEF: 1200)
"Ikuyo!" Den-O said as he swiped his pass over the belt.
FULL CHARGE!
"Eat this!" Den-O shouted aiming his gun and fired a purple ball of electricity at Aurora hitting her dead on.
"I activate my facedown!" Aurora countered. "Thunder Pot! Since you're attacking, I can negate your attack and end the Battle Phase!"
"I don't think so! Reveal facedown! Trap Jammer!" Kurogasa said revealing the said card. "This stops your trap card during the Battle Phase!"
"Think again, "hero"!" Aurora smirked. "Thunder Pot can't be stopped by anything!" As if reacting to her words, Trap Jammer shattered into oblivion, having no valid target for its effect.
"I'll end my turn there." Kurogasa said.
"Hey, that's cheating!" Sayaka snapped.
"Sayaka, dear… calm down." Yukina comforts her niece.
"That's just totally sweet! I didn't know there's such a card!" Jaden grinned.
"That's why they made one, Jaden-sempai..." Tsukiyo sighed.
"I wonder if they had some broken cards we could make?" Mitsuyo pondered. As soon as Tsukiyo held up her fist, Mitsuyo went silent in an instant.
"I'm surprised she was able to get so much advantage like that so quickly." Aster commented.
"Don't think I follow, Phoenix." Hassleberry replied.
"Kurogasa's methods are as simple as getting a big Monster onto the field and going right in for the attack without any forethought." Aster explained. "Usually it nets him advantage once every blue moon, but this Aurora girl seems to be able to make something so reckless work pretty efficiently. Probably because she accounts for the opponent's moves too."
"Meaning?"
"Meaning that she's already one step ahead of him. Maybe even two." Aster said.
"A quick investigation of his deck and gameplay from the rest of his past duels." Tsukiyo said.
"Oh, oh! I bet she's a spy!" Mitsuyo perked up. "Y'know, like… like how she watched him throughout his duels or something?"
"Unless she's working for Orma in the past, that's not going to happen..." Tsukiyo deadpanned.
"It's my turn! Draw!" Aurora called o8ut nas she drew her next card. "I activate the Spell Card, Chronomaly Pyramid Eye Tablet! This increases the ATK of my Chronomaly Monsters by 800!" On cue, a large stone tablet with an Eye of Wdjat at its center rose up from the ground and began to glow, empowering the two Fusion Monsters. (7/ATK: 2000-2800/DEF: 2500) (6/ATK: 2400-3200/DEF: 1500) "And since I just activated a Chronomaly Spell, I can Special Summon this card from my hand! I summon Chronomaly Aztec Mask Golem!" Appearing next on the field was a large crimson-colored robot covered in bulky, misshapen plating with an old Aztec mask in place of its head. (4/ATK: 1500-2300-2300/DEF: 1000)
"Wa~i! Lookie, lookie! A big mask!" Den-O chirped happily.
"I don't think that's something we could be happy about, Ryuutaros..." Ghost sweatdropped.
"And now I'm Normal Summoning Chronomaly Golden Jet!" Aurora went on as she slapped another card onto her Duel Disk, bringing forth a small jet that, true to its name, was made entirely of gold. (4/ATK: 1300-2100/DEF: 1400) "And now I'll fuse my two Monsters together!" On cue, Aurora's two Monsters jumped into the air to perform their normal Fusion Process. "Fusion Summon! Come, Chronomaly Crystal Chrononaut!" The next Monster to appear in front of the Chronomaly duelist was a tall, purple figure that could only be called alien, having a pair of large, bright yellow eyes on either side of its head, a blue crystal embedded into its chest, and a pair of wings sprouting from its back. (5/ATK: 2100-2900/DEF: 1000)
"Sweetness! She got another Fusion Monster out!" Jaden said excitedly.
"Jaden, don't say that! Kuro is in big trouble here!" Rika chided.
"What? I'm just getting pumped up again by the duel." Jaden said innocently.
Aurora smirked. "I'm activating Huyuk's effect again." She announced as she revealed two of the cards in her hand. "I'm revealing these two Chronomaly cards to choose your Den-O and change his ATK to 0!" Just like last time, Huyuk unleashed a beam of energy that sapped all the strength from the Kamen Rider.
"Owie! Owie! Owie!" Den-O squeaked in pain, running around to put out the fire on his butt.
"Here it comes…" Aster muttered.
"And next, Machu Mech's effect!" the Chronomaly duelist went on after she discarded a card. "And now you take damage equal to your precious Kamen Rider's 1600 ATK that was changed to 0."
"Eh?" Den-O blinked, as once again, the floating city fired a blast of force at Kurogasa, knocking him back a few feet.
Kurogasa: 600
Aurora: 3500
"Kuro-chan!" Den-O exclaimed.
"Looks like I was worried for nothing. I didn't even need my Chrononaut. And now I'll end things here by attacking with Machu Mech!" Aurora announced victoriously as the gargantuan city prepared a blast of flame-like energy and unleashed it at Kurogasa.
"KUROGASA!" The group shouted.
"Activate trap!" Kurogasa gritted. "Mirror Force!"
Aurora simply continued to grin confidently. "You sure about that? I think my Forbidden Dress says otherwise. Sure my Machu Mech loses 600 ATK, but now he's impervious to your Mirror Force." (6/ATK: 3200-2600/DEF: 1500)
"What?!" Kurogasa gasped, as the trap card starts to let out a crack.
"No way!" the group exclaimed in shock. Machu Mech's attack continued to barrel towards Kurogasa and his Monsters, and in the blink of an eye, Ghost was destroyed.
Kurogasa: 0
Aurora: 3500
Kurogasa fell to his knees as the disks deactivated and went back to civilian form. Everyone in the arena looked either shocked, or to some like Viper and Axel indifferent.
"I… lost…" Kurogasa got out.
"Whoa..." Syrus gasped.
"Kurogasa…" Alexis and Yukina said worried. Even Sayaka and Blair were worried while Kyoshiro frowned concerned.
"That was an overkill..." Kyoshiro noted.
"Damn, that girl better not dump any more salt." Koji grimaced.
"Too easy." Aurora chuckled. "See what I mean? You don't have the strength to protect Alexis! All you can do is watch as you keep losing her!"
"Wow, that girl sure knows how to dump a bag of salt on your wounds, huh, kiddo?" Tsukasa said, hovering near Kurogasa. Looking at him, he noticed Kurogasa was a bit of a shock, much to his confusion. "Kiddo?"
"I…" Kurogasa got out.
"You see people? This is your so-called hero?!" she asked everyone present in the arena. "I've just exposed him for the fraud he is! A pathetic excuse of a hero that doesn't deserve to be called one! Because of last year, many of your friends have fallen to the SoL! It's all his fault, and he has no excuse!"
Her words make some of the students murmured a bit, as they found her words hold some truth, while the freshmen were confused what she meant by it.
"It does… make sense..." one of the Sophomore students said.
"We got into this trouble all because of him..." another one added.
"We're all victims here..."
Aurora's smirk can be seen, knowing she has instilled the words of doubts into them. She then turned to Kurogasa. "Especially when he couldn't protect the one he loved most! He's been leading you all on into thinking he was more than capable of fending off anything, but he didn't stand a chance just now! In fact, I can say this right to your face Kurogasa!"
"YOU WERE NEVER WORTHY OF ALEXIS!"
"!" Kurogasa gasped horribly as the words stabbed him in the heart.
"Shot down to the heart." Tsukasa said. "Orma-esque much?"
"I think so." Daiki said, looking at the shocked Kurogasa. "Looks like this kid is wavering his confidence again..."
"Oh boy, let's jump on the feels bandwagon, everyone." Tsukasa groaned.
"ENOUGH!" Viper shouted with authority, getting everyone's attention as he stepped up to the stage. "I think we've seen enough here. Clearly we know who the more skilled duelist is here. I believe now would be a good time to move on to the final exhibition match, which will be Koji Shinamori and Adrian Gecko."
"Hmph!" Aurora scoffed as she walked off the stage. As for Kurogasa he was still on his knees in shock of what she said.
"Mr. Kururugi. Can you stand?" Viper asked as he approached him.
Kurogasa snapped out of it. "Y-Yeah… sorry…" After the Kamen Rider duelist stood shakily to his feet, Rika and Koji hurried down to walk with him back to the stands.
"Hang in there, buddy." Koji said, trying to comfort his friend.
"Kuro, you okay?" Rika asked.
"I… I don't know…" Kurogasa got out as the two friends could only look at each other in worry.
"Don't worry. I'll make sure to win this one for you." Koji assured. Kurogasa nodded at that.
"I need to be alone…" Kurogasa said before managing to walk away from the two and go to one of the entrances. His two friends looked at each other and nodded before Koji took the stage while Rika went back to the stands.
"Yo, is Kurogasa okay?" Jaden asked.
"I don't think he is…" Rika said sadly. "I haven't seen like this since Alexis was brainwashed."
'Kurogasa…' Alexis thought to herself. She then stood up to leave.
"Alexis, where are you going?" Yukina asked.
"To talk to Kurogasa." she replied before she took her leave.
"You're worried for him, aren't you?" Inkohana asked.
"It's normal for someone to be worried for their loved ones." Miho noted.
"Especially to those whom she cherished most." Natsumi added.
"..." Minako looked at the view, before looking at Aurora, then at Kurogasa. Eventually, with a sigh, she decided to follow Alexis, to join with the rest of the girls.
Meanwhile back at the stage, Koji and Adrian were getting their duel disks ready. "Hey, let's make this dance as groovy as possible." Koji said with a small grin.
"We'll see about that." Adrian said, still not very enthused. 'I was hoping to avoid dueling for now, but looks like that plan will have to hold off for a bit…'
Fen: Damn it… so much for trying to end on a good note for Kurogasa…
MotWC: Oh well, such is life. That's RNG for you.
TWF: ...what's RNG? ReNeGade? o.o
Fen: Still… it feels like he is gonna have so much bad stuff happening to him throughout this whole season!
MotWC: Hm, at least it keeps him in check, seeing as he can go out of control on occasion. But that aside, now we just have one more duel to go before we really kick things off.
Fen: I guess… man, I was really hoping things would turn out better for Kurogasa after all that crap he went through in season 2… :/
MotWC: Who knows, we may be able to turn this around for the better and take advantage of it. There's always a way to have something benefit a character when it comes to their development.
TWF: True that, bro!
Fen: You better have a plan to this madness. These next few chapters have to be good for Kurogasa. I mean it.
MotWC: Whoa, lower the guns, buddy.
Fen: Sorry, it's just… Kurogasa isn't who he's used to be anymore… I feel like I don't know my OC anymore.
MotWC: Everyone changes man. That's just life. I mean if characters stayed the same in any sort of story, they'd just be static and nobody would care about them. Even so, hopefully things will kick off nice and proper after this next duel.
Fen: Okay… but just promise me that things will turn out right for Kurogasa after all this.
MotWC: Well I can make that promise. Fang, though… I doubt it.
Fen: I'm sure he'll agree. Hopefully.
TWF: *blinked* Agreed to what?
MotWC: We'll just have to cross our fingers then. ANYWAYS, I hope you all enjoyed the chapter, as well as my modified Chronomaly deck.
Fen: And no complaining. We told you that. Yeah the strong Chronomalies like Machu Mechs were from Zexal, but WC made this work.
MotWC: Yeah the neat thing about Xyz is that they're nothing more than glorified Fusion Monsters, so changing them like this is so simple. On a side note, ZEXAL is still trash.
Fen: Exactly. Well anyways, see you next chapter guys.
MotWC: Later!
TWF: Why do I feel like I'm being left out for this chapter? o.o;
Chronomaly Aztec Mask Golem
LV 4
EARTH
Rock/Effect
ATK 1500 / DEF 1000
Effect - During your turn, if you have activated a "Chronomaly" Spell Card previously this turn, you can Special Summon this card (from your hand). You can only control 1 "Chronomaly Aztec Mask Golem".
Chronomaly Golden Jet
LV 4
LIGHT
Machine/Effect
ATK 1300 / DEF 1400
Effect - Once per turn: You can increase the Levels of all "Chronomaly" Monsters you currently control by 1.
Chronomaly Moai
LV 5
EARTH
Rock/Effect
ATK 1800 / DEF 1600
Effect - If you control a face-up "Chronomaly" Monster, you can Special Summon this card (from your hand) in face-up Defense Position.
Chronomaly Moai Carrier
LV 5
EARTH
Rock/Effect
ATK 900 / DEF 1800
Effect - If your opponent controls a card and you control no cards, you can Special Summon this card (from your hand).
Chronomaly Sol Monolith
LV 6
EARTH
Rock/Effect
ATK 600 / DEF 600
Effect - Once per turn: You can target 1 "Chronomaly" Monster you control; its Level becomes 6. You cannot Special Summon any Monsters during the turn you activate this effect, except "Chronomaly" Monsters.
Chronomaly Gordian Knot
LV 3
EARTH
Rock/Effect
ATK 300 / DEF 900
Effect - When this card is Normal Summoned: You can Special Summon 1 "Chronomaly" Monster from your hand, and if you do, this card's Level becomes the current Level of that Special Summoned Monster.
Thunder Pot
Normal Trap Card
When a Monster you control is targeted for an attack: Negate that attack, then end the Battle Phase. The activation of this card cannot be negated.
Chronomaly Crystal Chrononaut
LV 5
LIGHT
Machine/Fusion/Effect
ATK 2100 / DEF 1000
Materials - 1 "Chronomaly" Monster + 1 Level 5 or lower Monster
Effect - Must be Special Summoned (from the Extra Deck) by Tributing the above cards you control. (You do not use "Polymerization".) When this card is targeted for an attack: You can discard 1 card; this turn, this card cannot be destroyed by battle or by card effects, also your opponent takes any battle damage you would take from battles involving this card.
Chronomaly Machu Mech
LV 6
LIGHT
Machine/Fusion/Effect
ATK 2400 / DEF 1500
Materials - 1 "Chronomaly" Monster + 1 Level 6 Monster
Effect - Must be Special Summoned (from the Extra Deck) by Tributing the above cards you control. (You do not use "Polymerization".) Once per turn: You can discard 1 "Chronomaly" card to target 1 face-up Monster your opponent controls; inflict damage to your opponent equal to the difference between its original ATK and current ATK, and if you do, this card gains ATK equal to the damage inflicted.
Chronomaly Chateau Huyuk
LV 7
LIGHT
Machine/Fusion/Effect
ATK 2000 / DEF 2500
Materials - 1 "Chronomaly" Monster + 1 Level 4 or higher Monster
Effect - Must be Special Summoned (from the Extra Deck) by Tributing the above cards you control. (You do not use "Polymerization".) Once per turn, during either player's turn: You can reveal 2 "Chronomaly" cards in your hand, then target 1 face-up Monster your opponent controls; change its ATK to 0 until the end of this turn. You can Tribute 1 "Chronomaly" Monster, then target 1 Monster your opponent controls, whose current ATK is different from its original ATK; destroy that target.
(The above cards were modified by Master of the Wild Card. Creative rights to these altered versions go to him.)
