Chapter 3: Fires of Revolution

As the sun raises above the skyline a new day begins in Maiami City. "So does he always come here to eat?" Makoto asked Yuya as both duelists watch Sora eat a stack of pancakes which are covered in an array of different toppings and other various sweet foodstuffs. "Yeah, he pretty much devours all of the food we have." Yuya replied as both of them sweatdrop watching Sora empty half a tub of ice cream on his food. "You know, you two should try this it's pretty tasty." Makoto simply shook his head. "No thanks Sora I don't think my stomach can handle your creations." He said as Yuya nodded his head in agreement as he got up from the table. "I need to go or else I'll be late for school! Bye mom!" He shouted as he ran out the door. "I better go myself, I have to find something to do or else I'll die of boredom. Later, Sora. Oh, and thanks for letting me stay here Yoko-san." The woman shook her head. "Don't worry about it, Yuya told me about your situation, so this is the least I can do." The boy smiled and nodded as he left the house.

Walking through the streets of the city Makoto came across an interesting conversation. "Hey, have you heard about that new rumour going around lately?" The man's friend nodded." You mean the mysterious disappearances." The other man smiled. "Yeah, they keep saying that some LDS people have completely vanished without a trace." Upon hearing this Makoto raised his eyebrow. 'Vanishing without a trace huh? Sounds interesting.' Smiling Makoto continued his walk. "Well, I know what I'm going to do today." Floating besides him hope couldn't help but let out an exasperated sigh. "What did I do to get stuck with this idiot?" The teenager smirked and looked at his dragon friend. "You know, you can be really mean when you want to be." He said holding a hand over his heart.

Yu-Gi-Oh!

"Makoto we've looking for about an hour. Perhaps, it really is nothing more then a simple rumour." The dragon said but Makoto was occupied by something else. "Over there, that's our answer." He said as he started walking towards an alleyway as he got closer he could hear faint voices. "Please... Please leave me alone! I haven't done anything!" Peeking his head around the corner Makoto saw an LDS student on the ground looking up at his assailant. Looking past the student Makoto saw a tall figure wearing a long blue trench coat and a red scarf and a pair of sunglasses covering his face. He had dark hair that reaches down to his neck with a teal coloured bang that is swept to one side that looks similar to a birds wing. "What? You didn't do anything? How dare you! I'll make sure anyone allied with academia suffers! You were going to lose anyway, I couldn't feel a thing from your duelling, it wasn't as sharp as a blade and it lacked the impact of a bullet." The assailant lifted up his strange duel disk and tapped several buttons causing Makoto to narrow his eyes.

Walking into the open Makoto decided to reveal himself. "Stop!" The stranger turned his attention to Makoto giving the LDS student enough time to get up and run. As the assailant was about to give chase Makoto raised his disk and activated it. "Sorry, but I'm your opponent now, something about you is different compared to the other people I've met during my travels. Then there's that duel disk you have, that definitely isn't normal." The mysterious person activated his duel disk generating a blue energy blade. "So, you're with LDS as well huh? Then you will also share the same fate as the others." Hope studied the figure carefully. "Makoto, be careful he isn't someone you can take lightly." The amethyst eyed duelist nodded. "Don't worry hope I don't plan on taking this lightly especially because this is the guy behind the disappearances." The dragon nodded. "Stop stalling and duel" Makoto nodded as both duelists took five cards from their decks.

"DUEL!"

[Makoto: 4000 Life Points (VS) ?: 4000 Life Points]

Turn 01: Makoto (Hand: 5)

"I'll take the first turn then. For starters, I'll summon Spirit Guardian: Whirlwind Archer!" Appearing on Makotos field was a slim young man wearing a white cloak, green pants and wooden sandals. In his left hand was a simple long bow.

Spirit Guardian: Whirlwind Archer

[LV: 2 / Wind / Effect / ATK: 300]

"Now I'll activate his special ability, by sending the top card of my deck to the graveyard archers effect is different depending on if the card is a monster, spell or trap." Makoto stated as he drew the card, revealed it to his opponent and then sent it to the graveyard. "The spell card Spirit Deities Wrath, well then because the card was a spell that means you have to discard one random card in your hand." He said as archer suddenly fired a arrow made of wind at the card on the opponents far right. The mysterious duelist silently discarded his card. "I'll set two cards and end my turn."

"My move, draw!"

Turn 02: ? (Hand: 5)

"Is that all you can do? Your duelling is weaker then the last persons, truly pathetic. I summon Raid Raptors: Vanishing Lanius. Also, when vanishing lanius is summoned I can special summon another one from my hand!" He exclaimed as two green mechanical falcons appeared on his field.

Raid Raptors: Vanishing Lanius (X2)

[LV: 4 / Dark / Effect / ATK: 1300]

"There's more, because I control a face up vanishing lanius, I can special summon Raid Raptors: Fuzzy Lanius from my hand!"

Raid Raptors: Fuzzy Lanius

[LV: 4 / Dark / Effect / ATK: 500]

"Now, I'll construct the overlay network using fuzzy lanius and one of my vanishing lanius! Avian hunter of the afterlife! Seek the truth with your dark eyes, and grab the glory with your sharp talons! Xyz summon! Take flight! Rank 4! Raid Raptors: Force Strix!"

Raid Raptors: Force Strix

[RK: 4 / Dark / Xyz / Effect / ATK: 100 / OU: 2]

As the new falcon flew out of the portal it let out a powerful screech. Seeing the xyz monster Makotos eyes narrowed. 'I can actually feel these shockwaves and the power behind them.' Hope looked at the scene in front of her with worry. "Makoto, this person is-" The heavenly dragon was cut short as Makoto lifted his hand slightly. "I know hope, this guys duel disk is generating real solid vision despite the fact there isn't an action field."

"I activate force strix's special effect, by detaching one overlay unit I can add a level four dark winged-beast monster from my deck to my hand. So I'll add my third vanishing lanius. Furthermore, force strix gains 500 attack points for each winged-beast on my field not including itself. Also, because I detached fuzzy lanius his effect activities. When sent to the graveyard I can add another fuzzy lanius from my deck to my hand."

"Now I'll special summon both vanishing and fuzzy lanius. Next I'll immediately use them to Xyz summon another force strix!" As the second xyz falcon appeared on the field more shockwaves blew past Makoto producing a small cut on his left cheek. "Now I'll detach fuzzy lanius to activate the second strix's effect in order to add Raid Raptors: Retrofit Lanius to my hand, as well as a third fuzzy lanius." Makoto let out a sigh. "Can I have my turn now." He mumbled under his breath.

"I'll activate retrofit lanius's effect, whilst in my hand or on the field I can target one Raid Raptors monster on my field, then retrofit lanius' name and level is treated as the same as the targeted monsters. I choose vanishing lanius. Now I'll special summon retrofit who is treated as vanishing lanius, I'll also special summon my third and final fuzzy lanius! Now I'll overlay fuzzy lanius and the original vanishing lanius to Xyz summon my third and final force strix!" As the last strix came out from the portal another small cut found its way onto Makotos cheek. 'This guy. He's being fuelled by anger.'

Raid Raptors: Retrofit Lanius

[LV: 4 / Dark / Effect / ATK: 800]

"Next, because I control a face up xyz monster I can special summon Raid Raptors: Singing Lanius from my hand!"

Raid Raptors: Singing Lanius

[LV: 4 / Dark / Effect / ATK: 100]

"When used to Xyz summon a 'Raid Raptors' monster retrofit lanius can be treated as two monsters. So treating retrofit lanius as two level four monsters as well as using singing lanius I construct the overlay network! Obscured falcon. Raise your claws sharpened by adversity! Spread your wings of rebellion! Xyz summon! Come forth! Rank 4! Raid Raptors: Rise Falcon!"

Raid Raptors: Rise Falcon

[RK: 4 / Dark / Xyz / Effect / ATK: 100 / OU: 3]

"Now for the final card in my hand, Rank-up magic Raid force! By targeting one xyz monster on my field, in this case rise falcon, I can special summon one 'Raid Raptors' xyz monster in my extra deck that is one rank higher. Also, rise falcon and its overlay units become overlay units for my new monster." The assailant stated calmly much to Makotos surprise as he watches rise falcon fly up into the galaxy portal. "Ferocious falcon. Break through this battlefield and spread your wings! Destroy our gathering foes! Rank-Up Xyz change! Come forth! Rank 5! Raid Raptors: Blaze Falcon!"

Raid Raptors: Blaze Falcon

[RK: 5 / Dark / Xyz / Effect / ATK: 1000 / OU: 4]

"I should mention that blaze falcon can attack directly. This duel is over. Honestly, your by far the worst duelist I've faced since coming to the standard dimension. Most of the duelists I've faced were dull and weak, though there duelling wasn't as sharp as a blade or as powerful as a bullet, I could still feel something. However, I can't feel a single thing from your duelling, it's completely empty and void of any strength." Makoto looked at the ground, his hair shadowing his eyes. "Battle! Blaze Falcon attack him directly!" The red falcon dived towards Makoto and hit him head on throwing him to the ground. "AARGHHH!"

[Makoto: 3000 Life Points]

"I hope you haven't forgotten that force strix gains 500 for every winged-beast on my field other then itself. So with three other winged-beast monsters on my field all three of them gain 1500 attack making their total attack 1600, which is more then enough to beat you." Makoto shakily got back to his feet. "Have you forgotten, I still gave archer." The xyz duelist shook his head. "When blaze falcon inflicts battle damage, I can destroy one monster on your field." He said calmly as Makotos monster is destroyed.

"Battle! I attack you directly with all three of my force strix monsters!" As the falcons fly straight at Makoto the first attack hit, once again throwing him to the floor. "MAKOTO!"Hope yelled in a mixture of concern and anger.

[Makoto:1400 Life Points]

But Makoto only got back up to his feet slowly, his clothes visibly damaged with cuts on his face and hands. As the final two attacks closed in on him Makoto simply looked up at his opponent and smirked much to the duelists surprise. "I'm the worst duelist you've faced huh? Yet you're attacking me without considering my facedown cards." Makoto said confidently. "Trap activate! Spirit of Determination! This allows me to special summon one spirit from my graveyard in defence position, however its effect is negated. Naturally, I'll bring back whirlwind archer. Also, thanks to Spirit of Determination archer cannot be destroyed this turn." Makoto watched as a shield of gold energy surrounded both himself and his monster.

"Hmph, you may have prevented your defeat for now, but next turn you will lose. Then you'll meet the same fate as the other LDS and academia duelists. Turn end."

"My turn! Draw!"

Turn 03: Makoto (Hand: 3)

'Alright, though it was risky I was able to get the requirements to level the playing field. He has nothing in his hand and he has no spell/traps on his field.' The amethyst eyed duelist thought as he took a card from his hand. "I activate the spell, Spirit Shrine Festival! When my life points are at least 2000 points lower then my opponents I can special summon two level 3 or lower 'spirit' monsters from my deck, however their attack and defence are reduced to zero and their effects are negated. I'll special summon Spirit Guardian: Steel Defender and Spirit Guardian: Crimson Butterfly."

"Do you think that will stop me from defeating you?" Makoto simply stared at the opponent in front of him. "No, it isn't. But as long as I still have my deck and at least one life point there's still a chance that I can win." The black haired duelist said with a smirk. "Let me show you. First, I'll sacrifice defender and butterfly in order to advance summon Spirit Guardian: Sakura Princess!"

Spirit Guardian: Sakura Princess

[LV: 8 / Light / Effect / ATK: 2600]

"Now for her effect. Once per turn, by banishing cards with 'Spirit' in its name in my graveyard, I can attack monsters on your field equal to the number of cards banished, in exchange for not being allowed to attack directly of course. I have four cards in the grave that match the description, I think I'll banish all of them." Makoto watched as his monster became shrouded in a bright silver light. "Now then, Battle! Sakura Princess attack his three force strix!" The amethyst eyed duelist shouted as his monster conjured up a barrage of sakura petals that ripped apart the three monsters. "AARGHHH!"

[?: 1000 Life Points]

The mysterious duelist grunts as he is slightly pushed back. "Finally, attack blaze falcon!" As the storm of petals flew towards the xyz monster Makoto couldn't help but feel on edge as his opponent is calmly looking on. "From my graveyard I activate the spell Rank-Up magic final chance force!" Makoto widened his eyes. "What? When did-"

"It was in the grave since the start of this duel, I was able to discard it thanks to your archers effect." He stated calmly. "I can only use the effect of final chance force when my life points are at 1000 or lower, by banishing this card in the graveyard, I can negate your attack then rank up the attack target by 2 ranks." Once hearing this Makoto looked at the last card in his hand as well as his facedown. 'Damn, I can't use the card in my hand. This facedown is my only out.'

"Using blaze falcon I reconstruct the overlay network." It was at this moment that Makoto blanked out and got lost in his thoughts. 'What do I do? No, if he attacks then my facedown will protect me. But, I'm more worried about my health this guy can generate real solid vision, I already have cuts on my face and some on my clothes if he summons anything bigger I might have to worry about more then a few small cuts.'

"Xyz Summon! Come Forth! Rank 7! Raid Raptors: Arsenal Falcon!" What came was the most powerful full shockwave Makoto felt throughout the duel. Despite his monster trying to protect him, Makoto was still pushed back.

Raid Raptors: Arsenal Falcon

[RK: 7 / Dark / Xyz / Effect / ATK: 2500 / OU: 5]

"Battle! Arsenal Falcon attack his Princess!" Makoto raised his eyebrow in confusion. 'He's attacking with a weaker monster? Does it destroy the monster it battles?' As he thought about various possibilities his dragon friend shouted out to him. "Makoto, do something!" The boy snapped out of his thoughts. "I shouldn't risk it. Tarp activate! Spirit of Destruction! When a 'spirit' would be destroyed by battle I can negate the attack by sending a face up 'spirit' spell or trap to the graveyard, then the attacking monster is destroyed! I'll send Spirit of Determination to the graveyard! " Makoto shouted as arsenal falcons attack was reflected back to it and destroying the monster. "Because it left the field archer is sent to the graveyard."

"When arsenal falcon is sent to the graveyard whilst it has a 'Raid Raptor' monster attached to it I can special summon one 'Raid Raptor' xyz monster in my extra deck and then attach arsenal falcon to it." He stated. "The monster that I'll summon is Raid Raptors: Ultimate Falcon!"

Raid Raptors: Ultimate Falcon

[RK: 10 / Dark / Xyz / Effect / ATK: 3500 / OU: 1]

"Now, this is over. I activate ultimate falcon's effect, by detaching an overlay unit all face up cards on your field have their effects negated and your monsters lose 1000 attack." Looking on in silence hope decided to speak. " Makoto, please tell me you have a way to stop this attack. Now, that sakura only has 2000 attack this is going to finish us off!" There was no reply instead hope turned her head to see Makoto staring blankly at the ground. However, one thing that hope noticed was that Makotos ring was giving off a very faint and ominous red glow. "I'm…going to lose? No, I can't…afford to lose yet." Was all Makoto muttered to himself silently as hope stared at him with worry. "Makoto…are you…"

"Battle! Ultimate Falcon attack his monster and end this!" As the attack got closer Makoto clenched his fist in anger. "Damn it!" As the attack connected Makoto was thrown into the air hitting a wall as some of his cards flew out of his duel disk.

[Makoto: 0000 Life Points (VS) ?: WIN]

As Makoto sat up against the wall, despite his blurry vision, he could see the xyz duelist walk towards him whilst inputting something on his duel disk. As he stood over Makoto a light started to emit from the duel disk. "Now it's time to finish the job." However, before he could something grabbed his wrist. "That's enough Shun. There isn't any need to card him."

"Yuto!? I thought you were following another one from LDS by the harbour." Looking up Makoto saw something that shocked him. 'Is that Yuya? No it can't be, his hair and eyes are different, but the face is the same.' The look-alike shook his head. "I was but something strange happened and then before I realised it I was here around the corner. Anyway, leave this one alone we need to go now, there's something important I need to tell you." The last thing Makoto saw was Shun and Yuto walking away before losing consciousness.

Yu-Gi-Oh!

Opening his eyes Makoto was greeted by the sight of what seemed to be endless darkness. Despite his surroundings the boy calmly sat up and rubbed his eyes. "This place huh? Well what do you want this time?" Looking up Makoto saw nothing but a pair of dark purple eyes that had slit pupils, despite them only being a pair of eyes the duelist could feel the power radiated from them. What greeted him next was a gruff and cold voice.

"Pathetic! I can't believe you lost to someone of that calibre. No, actually I can considering you thought using that princesses effect would be enough. Even Hope told you to be careful yet you still decided on a weak strategy!" Makoto glared at the eyes above him clenching his teeth in anger.

"So I was supposed to know he had a card that can be used from the graveyard! What else was I supposed to do in that situation!" The eyes narrowed at the boy in front of them. "All you had to do was summon me! You should have used Spirit Shrine Festival to summon two of the other spirit monsters that you have, then you could've used the last card in your hand to bring me out." The amethyst eyed duelist stared more before shaking his head.

"No, I can't summon you, not after what happened the last time." Hearing this the mysterious entity laughed. "HAHAHA, you mean that one action duel you agreed to duel in three months ago, you're still thinking about that. I told you when you first summoned me, I'm not like my siblings when victory is within our sights I'll claim it no matter what. Besides, it was that insects fault for being weak, only a weakling would get hurt from an attack of that strength."

"That guy broke his arm from the impact of hitting the wall of the duel field because you refused to lower the strength of your attack!" Makoto shook his head and walked away. "I'm going to leave now, why don't you visit Hope or one of your other siblings it might do your attitude some good." He said with a smirk that quickly vanished. 'He's right though considering the situation I should've just summoned him, with his effect that guy wouldn't have been able to summon ultimate falcon. Damn it.'

As the entity watched Makoto fade into the darkness he couldn't help but let out a small growl. "I can't wait until the day your memories return, the old Makoto was far more superior compared to the pathetic duelist that you've become. I don't know why Hope and my brothers decided to hide the truth form him, or perhaps they believe hiding it will help him become stronger? Or perhaps it's to protect him? Ha, what nonsense."

Whilst he was walking through the endless darkness lost in his thoughts Makoto began to stumble as his vision started to fade until he collapsed.

Yu-Gi-Oh!

Opening his eyes Makoto let out a groan of discomfort as he sat up and widened his eyes looking at his surroundings, which seemed to be a children's park. "How did I get here. Hope! Hope, are you there?" When the dragon didn't respond Makoto started to frantically look around. "My cards I remember that they scattered everywhere, but that was back at that alleyway." As he kept looking he noticed that he didn't have his duel disk on him. "What the? No, this has to be a dream this place looks too weird to be Miami city anyway." Just as Makoto started to walk away from the park he heard something from behind him that caused him to quickly turn around.

"Hey! Wait for me Makoto!" Turning his head around he saw a sight completely shocked him. He saw a young girl around the age of 7 or 8 whose appearance he couldn't quite make out due to how far away she was. But what shocked him most was the young boy who was around the same age as the girl that was running ahead of her. The young boy was wearing a green shirt with brown shorts, his most notable features was his black hair and amethyst eyes.

"Is…is that me?"


OC Cards:

Spirit Guardian: Whirlwind Archer [LV: 2 / Wind / Effect / ATK: 300]

Effect: Once per turn, send the top card of your deck to the graveyard then apply the following effects depending on the card type:

Monster: Destroy one card on your opponents field.

Spell: Your opponent discards one random card form their hand.

Trap: Your opponent sends the top card of their deck to the graveyard.

Spirit Deities Wrath Spell - Quick-Play

Effect: ?

Spirit Shrine Festival Spell - Normal

Effect: You can only activate this card when your life points are at least 2000 points lower then your opponents. When this card is activated special summon two level three or lower 'spirit' monsters from your deck. Their attack and defence become zero and their effects are negated.

Rank-Up Magic Final Chance Force Spell - Quick-Play

Effect: You can only activate this card when your life points are 1000 or lower. When an xyz monster you control would be detroyed you can negate its destruction, and if you do special summon an xyz monster from your extra deck that is two ranks higher and use the targeted monster as xyz material. You can also use this effect by banishing this card from the graveyard. You can only use the effect of this card once per turn.

Spirit of Determination Trap - Continuous

Effect: When this card is activated, special summon one 'spirit' monster from your graveyard in defense position and equip this card to it. The equipped monster cannot be destroyed for the rest of the turn. When this card leaves the field send the equipped monster to the graveyard.

Spirit of Destruction Trap - Continuous

Effect: Once per turn when a 'spirit' monster would be destroyed by battle, you can send one face up 'spirit' spell or trap card on your field to negate the monsters destruction and destroy the attacking monster.