Hello people! I'm back for my update! Ok, first of all, I want to announce a few things. The poll result:
Deck - Soma will use a Light Warrior Deck which contains monsters with Light attributes and Warrior type monsters, which means that he will be using a deck that focus on supporting light attribute monsters as well as warrior type monsters. The deck will also have some other attributes and types in it, just so long as they have light attribute and warrior type monsters and supports.
Astral - Yes, he will make his appearance in this fiction, but not in this chapter. I will find a way for him to make his entrance in this fiction.
Life Points - 8000! Not much to talk about this...
Now another thing, I want to thank you everyone who have posted their OCs and add comments about my fiction. Moreover, I will stress that I will bring in characters from my other fiction - Yugioh GX: Silent Dueling. Those of you who doesn't want spoilers, kindly skip some parts (I'm a little lazy to point them out...)
ALSO, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE NOT NOTICE, THE PROLOGUE HAVE BEEN RE-EDITED.
Last but not least...
I DON'T OWN YU-GI-OH ZEXAL!
Chapter 1: Malice
SCREECH
Soma and Clare snapped their eyes open to see the familiar scenery of Domino City. They were relieved when they had registered the scene. The comfort was immediately shot down when the dark haired teen remembered the moments within the enigmatic realm. Soma turned to his childhood friend.
"Clare," he called, "Let's go. We have a lot ahead of us. I'll explain to you on the way.
Clare nodded.
Roughly ten minutes later, Soma finished his explanation. Clare was utterly dumb folded, but shocked when she learnt about his assignment. As the dark haired teen brought out the card he was given, Clare's emotion began to stir unstably. The blonde was tempted to touch the card as she sees it. Soma quickly pulled the card away, which snapped his friend back to reality.
"W-What happened?" she asked bewildered.
"Just as I had expected," concluded Soma, "This card does bring harm." He said pocketing the card. He then turned to her, "What happened when you saw the card?"
Clare looked into her friend's eyes and responded, "I don't know… when I saw that card, I felt like it could get anything I want."
Soma narrowed his eyes as he took in the information. His little 'experiment' proved the truth about these cards. Running a hand to the pocket, which contained the card of Malice, Soma gritted his teeth.
"What's wrong?" Clare asked.
Soma turned to her again. He quickly shrugged those unpleasant thoughts away and responded to her in his usual poker face, "Nothing, forget it. What time is it now?"
Clare narrowed her eyes but understood his intentions. She looked at her watch and announced the time. "It's 1:26."
Soma nodded and took her hand, "Let's go, mom's going to be worried."
Clare followed him. His last statement brought out questions about his birth. Clare wished to know more about him. It was one of the reasons why she chose to be friends with him when they were kids. She wanted to know what turned him into an anti-social person. She could tell that Soma was a very nice person. She remembered that incident as clear as day:
Flashback
Eleven years ago…
It was morning and it was raining cats and dogs outside. The elementary students, including Clare stayed in class. They were annoyed because they cannot play outside. Instead, they have a small game of their own.
As time passes, their homeroom began.
About an hour later, the homeroom door slid open. The class turned their attention to the figure by the door.
A drenched and messy Soma stood there. His hair was in a mess and was wet due to the rain. His uniform was drenched… it looked almost like he was wearing a wet laundry. Soma would look like one of those Japanese ghosts if he had shoulder length hair.
"Mr. Hyakuya! Do you have a reason to be late?" asked the homeroom teacher strictly.
"…" Soma stared the teacher with his signature poker face, "It was raining." He replied.
That wasn't a good excuse. Not only did he arrive late, he was also messy. The homeroom teacher growled.
"OUT! DETENTION! NOW!" he ordered.
Soma obeyed that order ignoring the laughs his classmates threw at him. But Clare on the other hand saw something more behind that face.
As soon as the class for the day ended, Clare began her journey home under the bad weather. With her umbrella opened, Clare turned for the road she usually took to get home. As she walked, she suddenly saw him walking casually under the rain. At first, she ignored him. But her curiosity got the better of her. She stalked him.
All her questions were completely answered when she saw him stopped next to a tree. She saw him looking up. She followed his gaze and to her surprise, she saw an umbrella hanging right above a nest. The umbrella covered the nest from the rain completely. Clare then saw him climbed the tree and peered at the nest. He gave a rare smile much to Clare's surprised.
After that incident, Clare had seen the purity in his heart. It was after that event, she had decided to approach him.
End Flashback
Clare snapped back to reality and followed on the way to Soma's home…
Later that day, they have arrived to their destination safe and sound. Soma twisted the doorknob open and announced, "I'm home!"
As on cue, a woman came responding to the call. "Welcome home, Soma." Said the figure with a motherly tone.
The woman was very young. She had a dark marine habit covering her wavy long orange blonde hair. She wore dark blue clothing, which resembles a religious garb worn by sisters. Moreover, she had a dark marine mantle covering her upper frame. She also had a pair of matching crimson eyes like Soma's right eye. She was Soma's mother – Hyakuya Yula Wilhelmina.
"Mom, do you have to look so… attractive even though we're at home?" grunted Soma as he resisted the urge to hug his mother like a… lover.
"Hey, I felt great in these. So how do I look?" asked Soma's mother in a childish like enthusiasm.
Soma reverted to his stoic face and answered, "I wish you aren't my mother." He said indirectly. What Soma meant was he wanted to date her but the only problem was she IS his mother.
"Why thank you!" Yula giggled knowing what her son meant by that. She then turned her attention to the person standing dumb folded behind her son. "Oh, Clare! It has been too long! Hello!"
"Good afternoon Mrs. Hyakuya," she greeted with a polite bow.
"Mom… where's dad?" asked Soma bluntly.
"Is something wrong? Dad's off to submit his fiction," explained the elder Hyakuya.
"… It's urgent," Soma's serious tone struck a nerve. His mother's expression tensed as if looking at another person. "I have two things to announce."
"Then start talking," said a gruff voice. Soma and Clare jumped when they heard the new voice. They turned around to see an elderly man behind them.
He was tall and had the built of a well built athlete. The man wore a plain simple white T-shirt behind the buttoned dark grey vest. The man wore a pair of leather grey jeans. He had a pair of silver eyes, which matched Soma's left eye. At first glance, many would mistake him for a blind man. But as soon as his eyes started blinking, their observations would be proven wrong. Soma looked like his splitting image, which could only meant one thing - the man before them is his father - Hyakuya Subaru.
"Hello Clare," he greeted to the teenage blonde. The blonde was stunned but waved back nonetheless. She wondered how he had appeared behind them out of thin air. That thought was obvious because he would need to go through the door, which will make screeching sounds that will alert his approach. She got her answers soon enough.
"Dear!" grumbled the Hyakuya heiress. "Didn't I warn you not to use your psychic abilities?"
"Hey, it's convenient hun! And it's not like I did any harm. All I did is activate Compulsory Evacuation Device and I'm back! Furthermore, I can always play Mind Crush to clean up my mess," reasoned the elderly man.
Clare was utterly shocked and dumb folded at that revelation. She had thought that Soma's family would be a group of ordinary folks like others. Now that she saw and learnt about this. She had heard of psychic powers before. Her parents told her about the people, who have these capabilities. According to her parents, they stated that people with psychic abilities are called Psychics. They can utilize and harness the power of a card and use it outside of a duel according to the card's effect just like how it was used in a duel. But the only thing is, the effects could be different. Since cards are not involved, the psychic and targets' bodies are used instead. For example, when a psychic uses a card called Emergency Provisions, they gain the so-called provisions as they appeared out of thin air.
Her parents understood her enthusiasm and jealousy. However, they also mentioned how dangerous they may be in a duel. Clare's opinion about them was never the same again when they had learnt that they are capable of dealing real life damage. She was horrified with what she had learnt, but eventually she took them as mere horror stories meant to scare little kids.
Now, she began to have some goose bumps as she suddenly recalled the stories her parents told her. She gulped to her horror as she is now facing one before her. She wrapped her arms around her body. "Um... you do realize that I am here right?" said the blonde feebly.
"Oh we know," as carefree as Soma's father was, he simply takes out a green card that has the portrait of a hand swinging a ball like a pendulum - Mesmeric Control, "This will sting a little so sorry."
Clare paled at the sudden smile of malice. She backed away in fear and braced herself for the worst. As Subaru began to use his powers, a hand reached out for the card. The elder Hyakuya turned to see his son holding the card. "Dad, she's on our side..." said the dark haired teen.
Clare was relieved when she saw her friend stopped the 'coming'. She shrugged and clang to his back afraid.
"Huh, knight in shiny armor eh?" the elderly Hyakuya teased.
Knight in shiny armor again? Groaned Soma mentally. He had been called by that twice already for the day. The first was earlier today when Kai summarized how he met Stella and now this... Soma doesn't like that compliment for some unknown reasons.
"In the living room," demanded the Hyakuya elder in a rugged voice. Soma recognized the tone of speech at once as he caught a glance at his father's expression. They were void of emotions and were staring down at him. The easygoing atmosphere was replaced by a cold all business atmosphere. Soma sighed. He knew his father had unconsciously swaped personalities. Clare, who had frequent visits with the family, was no stranger to these types of behavior. She hardly gave any reaction.
Clare and the Hyakuyas entered the living room. Soma sat along with his childhood friend facing his parents.
"Alright first of all, I told Clare about my heritage." began Soma bluntly staring straight into his parents' eyes. His parents nodded sternly. He then explained his second statement, which reasoned his first.
A few minutes later, Soma explained about his given assignment. When he mentioned the Numbers, his father suddenly burst into an uproar.
"NUMBERS?" Soma's father roared in his cold character. "DO YOU HAVE IT?"
Soma gave a stoic nod and drew the card out of his pocket. He place it on the table before his parents. Subaru looked at the card and turned to his wife. "Hun, tell me what did you feel?"
Soma's mother closed her eyes and read the aura emitting from the card. As she did, her eyes snapped ajar and scowled away. "G-Get it away from me!" she gasped panicked. Soma instantly snatched the card and pocketed it.
"What is it hun?" Soma's father asked in his calm personality comforting his mother.
The Hyakuya heiress panted rapidly. A moment later, she turned to the group and relayed what she felt from it, "M-Malice... a very strong force of darkness! I never thought that I would..."
Subaru instantly experience déjà vu.
(Spoilers for Silent Dueling)
Yula was a duel monster who went by the name Breeze the Zephyr. The duel monster used to be a card Subaru possessed when he was a child. When she gained a human body, she gained the chance to experience a human life. What she did not expect was the fact that she found her previous master lying unconscious within an alley, injured and suffered a memory lost.
Despite being torn by the memories of her past as a duel monster and the present as a human, she tried her best to help him regain his memories. At first, when he said that he was Civil Yap Kenears, she believed that he was someone else. But when she saw him dueling with her potential boyfriend, she instantly recognized him. Yula broke all connections with her potential boyfriend and decided to help him regain his memories as a gratitude for taking good care of her while she was a duel monster in a card. However, her given human emotions got the better of her...
Later when Subaru suddenly went missing, she grieved. Her grievance prompted her to return to the person who made her that body. A few weeks later, she along with other duel monsters that were given human bodies declared a war against the world for treating them like trashes. It was then; she was given a card that hosted Malice. She was consumed by the card and gained powers beyond imaginable...
Yula remembered how it felt when she gained powers from the card. The card was filled with a malevolent darkness wanting to invade those who touched them. When Yula touched the card, she felt like billions of invisible needles entered her entire body. It was agonizing and painful. She felt like she had lost all senses and was eventually consumed by darkness, trapped within her mind.
Soma was curious to know what his mother had experienced. But knowing how much it would bring traumatic memories to his mother, he decided to drop the subject and move on. He discarded his pride.
SNAP
"I-I-Is tonight's dinner Tempura Ramen, mom?" he blurted out subconsciously with a failed trembling wide grin shocking everyone in the room. Drops of sweat began to spout out of his forehead.
There was an awkward pause.
Then laughter. The Hyakuya heiress chuckled when she saw the poor face her son made when he tried to change the subject. Moreover, he did it while asking whether tonight's dinner will be his favorite food. It was priceless.
"N-No, tonight's dinner is-" before Yula could finish off, her son interrupted in a failed dream boy like tone.
"T-T-T-Tempura R-R-Ramen ri-right?" he blurted.
"N-No, it's-"
"T-T-Tempura Ramen..." again he did the expression of someone who had never smiled before. Soma slowly crept closer towards his mother. She sweat dropped and began to retreat.
"L-Like I said, its…"
"Tempura Ramen, Tempura Ramen, Tempura Ramen," the dark haired teen repeated as he continued his advance.
Clare and Subaru watched to their amusement. Clare loved to see how her childhood friend looked like if he dropped the poker face of his. Right now, she had the chance to see one of the many expressions under the stoic mask. She chuckled.
Subaru, on the other hand, had reverted to his calm demeanor and was laughing loudly as he watched the 'show'. He admitted that the expression was funny, despite a failed one, but he could tell his son's intentions. Soma sacrificed his pride to cheer Yula up. He doesn't want her to sulk even further. He was proud to be his father.
Yula too was under the same impression as her husband. She could clearly tell what her son was trying to do to her. Despite the slight humiliations, she loved it. Happy tears began to form up in her eyes.
Later in the evening, Subaru, who had finished cleaning the dish, reached for the house phone and began to make a call to an old friend he met in Egypt. Subaru waited and the phone was finally picked up.
"Hey, Jaffar, it's been a while," he greeted with a smug smile.
"You… Subaru, yes? It 'as been too long indeed!"
"Why yes Jaffar, how are you?" the elderly Hyakuya asked.
Jaffar Es Namon was an Egyptian spiritualist. He and Subaru met while Subaru caught his attention by showing off his dueling skills. The two of them were like long lost brothers.
"I'm fine 'ere, how's you an yer wife?"
"As good as every man dreams," he commented as he laid down on the couch, "You? How's your apprentice doing?"
"Which apprentice?"
"The one called Les or something."
"Ah, Lester Seti you must mean!" quipped the person on the phone said in a nostalgic tone. "Sorry to say that he 'ad left."
"Left? Wait when was that?"
"'Bout 8 yers ago."
"Ha, good child. Father's a pro. No doubt he'd be one," the elderly Hyakuya commented with a grin, "In any case Jaffar, I have something very urgent to discuss with you." Subaru had changed into his cold personality. "It's about Malice."
"Malice!" Subaru could hear the faint gasp over the phone. "Is yer wife ok?"
"It's not my wife," Subaru's cold words halted the Egyptian, "It is about the whole world. There now exist about 100 of them, and 99 of them are scattered throughout the world."
"HALT! TAT'S RIDICULOS! 99 IS TOO MANY!"
"I know…" Subaru's tone deepened as he stared out to the full moon. He continued, "Which is why I ask of your assistances."
Jaffar came to a halt. A few moments later, he continued, "Wat can I do to 'elp?"
"Lester Seti… I know he inherits his father's talents in dueling… furthermore… I had even encountered him coming in contact with that card before… yet he was unaffected."
"Tat would mean?"
"Yes… I would also need his help to collect those cards." Said the elderly Hyakuya in an absolute tone.
The Egyptian sighed and replied, "Figures… o' right, I'll tel 'im."
"Thanks."
Meanwhile, Soma was in his room arranging and analyzing his deck. The deck was full of monsters with light attributes and most of them were warrior types, although there are some that are not. Soma, who was new to this, was very confused with all these elements, attributes and names. He was glad that there was a rule book to all these but he wasn't happy at all when he realize that there were many things to look through. Furthermore, he tried test running his deck. To his frustration, he still doesn't understand.
That was until when his mother knocked.
"Soma, why are you grunting and fuming in there?" she asked while waited outside her son's room.
"Come in and you'll know." He answered.
Yula entered the room and to her surprise, she saw a stack of card in front of her son. She then shrugged her surprise away when she remembered his given assignment. Yula picked up one of the cards and revealed it.
She saw the portrait of a short blonde haired man with two pairs of wings.
"Light attribute deck?" she asked bewildered. "No… Light Warrior deck."
"Yes mom," answered the dark haired teen, "I randomly picked this one up while Clare's getting her own. That Kai guy said that he gives her an offer and asked her to pick one more. Then she asked me to pick one up."
"Well she sure is persuasive, not even I can persuade you to get one," said the Hyakuya heiress as she smirked.
Soma shook his head and replied, "I thought that was for her… but it turns out that it was for me." He sighed before continuing, "Why do I have the worst luck every time during the summer?"
"Oh? Like?"
"I was given an assignment to stop all this!" he growled.
Yula chuckled. She then place a comforting arm on Soma's shoulder, "Listen son, everyone in this world was born to do something. I too was born as a human to…" she paused as she recalled the terrible memories. She shrugged the thought away and continues, "In any case, I was glad to meet my happiest moment."
Soma knew what his mother meant by those words. She was born as a human to rain terror on this world, until she met his father. He understood that and shoved her hand off. "Born to do something…" he murmured.
"Say, are you learning how to duel?" asked Yula.
Soma nodded in response.
"Alright, how about I teach you how?" suggested the Hyakuya heiress. "Come to the main hall." She said before shutting the door behind her.
Soma assembled up his scattered cards and proceeded to the main hall. As he was about to reach the stairs, he stumbled upon his childhood friend.
"Clare, you still here?" he asked with a tone anyone could tell he was annoyed. However, under that tone was relief. Soma was told that Clare would be visiting him for the day. He had hoped that she would stay a little longer. He was glad that she was, but what he did not expect was her response…
"Visiting? No no, I'm not visiting, I'm staying over for the whole 3 years."
SNAP
The dark haired teen's poker face was bulldozed.
"W-WAIT! WHAT!" Soma gasped thunderstruck at the knowledge. "HEY DIDN'T YOU SAY THAT YOU WERE VISITING?"
Clare pushed a finger to her chin and recalled what she had mentioned in her message, "Let's see… Oh yes I did!"
It shined upon the dark haired teen when she said that. Dead panned and narrowing his eyes he voiced his suspicion, "Wait, tell me what 'visit' mean?"
"Oh, visit means to meet someone who has relations to you by staying with them." She stated.
Dead panned again, Soma had proved his suspicions effectively. Clare had mistaken the term 'visit' with 'home stay'. Soma could overlook this matter for he cannot blame her. After all, she was a half Japanese.
She was born in Domino City, but was raised in Japan for about sixteen years before returning to her birthplace. That was the time she began to learn English. Clare could be a klutz when she spoke English sometimes.
"If you're going to… 'visit', then where are you going to stay? What about your belongings?" asked Soma as he pointed a demanding finger.
"Hyakuya-san said that I can take this room," Soma instantly tore away for a brief moment as he recalled the barren room beside his, which was the guest room Clare would be using. At least the room won't be a 'ghost town', he thought. "And as for my belongings…" Clare moved away.
SNAP
Soma jaw dropped at once when he saw the large bag behind her. The bag was so huge that it was half or a meter away from touching the roof.
"WHERE DID THAT COME FROM?" he roared with a comical expression.
"Not sure… when I was about to leave with 'this'-" she pointed at the large bag, "-this morning, it was gone in a blink of an eye. But when I entered the room, there it was."
Soma face palmed and knew of the only possibility that move the whole 'package' in – his father's psychic abilities. He sighed and spoke to his childhood friend, "Anyway, do you need help moving them?"
The blonde nodded.
"Alright, but that would have to wait, I got a 'date' with my mother."
"Date… wait, you can't mean-"
"No, it's a figure of speech! I'm going to duel with my mother," interrupted the teen correcting his friend. The half Japanese and American teen made a gesture stating her understanding. "Best be going." He said descending the stairs.
As he did, he was forced to a halt again when Clare reached his arm. "Before you go Soma, take this too." Clare pulled out some cards from her pocket. Soma was confused as he wondered why was she giving him the cards. His question was answered when she told him that she had had enough of those cards for her deck. Some of them were limited too.
Some cards were banned because they were too strong to be used in a duel. To Soma, that rule was bull! He argued, "What's the point of creating that card if they were banned or limited?" But still, knowing that the card she gave him may prove useful, Soma added the card into his deck.
Soma came to the main hall and saw his mother waiting at the center. The hall was spacious, like a badminton court. It had a few furniture by the side, which made Soma wondered, why was it called a main hall while it looked like a badminton court?
"You're here!" Said the Hyakuya heiress, "Here catch." She hurled a device to the teen. Soma caught the object while he shrunk back a bit. He recognized the object as one of those Duel Disks people used in order to duel. The duel disk was one of those standard Academy Disk, which were widely used by Duel Academy students. It was no surprise as to how his mother had one of these, since she was formally a teacher there. "That is the only spare I have Soma so we'll have to live with it until I get you another one."
"No need mom, this one is fine enough." Argued the teen.
"I insist, so accept it," Soma knew that further arguments with his mother would be futile. He nodded anyway. "Right then, remember to put this on too." Yula pointed at the orange lens she had on her eye. Soma nodded an placed a pair of turquoise visors on. "Let's begin. I'll show no mercy."
"DUEL!" announced Yula.
Soma – 8000
Yula – 8000
"Why don't you go first?" offered Soma's mother arms crossed.
Soma nodded and drew his five cards. He drew the sixth and read his hands. Remembering the rules from the beginner's guidebook, he could tell that he should start off with a monster with a high attack or defense.
"I summon Daybreaker (Level 4/Light/Warrior/Effect/1700/0)!" he announced. A knight in shiny white armor and red cape appeared. It swung the sword to a side and took up a battle stance. "I activate the spell Blustering Winds! This card increases the attack and defense points of one face-up monster I control by 1000!"
A whirlwind came sweeping to the field. The knight in shiny armor made a triumphant stance as if it was encouraged with morale (2700/1000).
"I end my turn."
"Huh, good start for a beginner," commented Yula, "My turn." Yula drew her card. She glanced the card she drew and played it, "From my hands I normal summon Blackwing – Sirocco the Dawn (Level 5/Dark/Winged Beast/Effect/2000/900)!" As the monster appeared, Soma's stoic face was rendered to a shock.
"Wait! You cannot normal summon a Level 5 or more monster without a tribute!" growled Soma.
"Normally yes, but in his case it's different," explained Yula, "His effect is, when I control no monster while my opponent do, I can normal summon Sirocco the Dawn from my hands without any tributes."
Soma was surprised to hear such monster effect. He knew that every monster have effects of their own, but he had never imagined effects like this. His surprise turned to astonishments when his mother continued with another move.
"When I have a Blackwing monster of a different name on my side of the field, I can special summon Blackwing – Bora the Spear (Level 4/Dark/Winged Beast/Effect/1700/800)!" A winged beast with a dark lance appeared.
"Wait, two monster in one turn? Special Summon?" Soma gasped in an utterly shocked expression, "How is that possible?"
"It's possible, because I had already did!" said the Hyakuya heiress, "You see, birds usually travel in groups. They are weak but become stronger if they are in a flock. The same could be said to these winged beasts."
Soma grunted but pointed out his rebuttal, "That may be so, but we're in a duel here. Also, Daybreaker's attack points are currently higher (2700) than any of your monsters (2000,1700). So how are you going to defeat mine?"
"That maybe so, but remember what I say about birds grow stronger in a flock?"
"…" Soma suddenly came to realize what his mother meant, "Union? Increasing their attacks?"
"Yes, Sirocco the Dawn's effect activate, once per turn, I can select one face-up Blackwing monster I control. That monster will gain attack points equal to the attack points of all face-up Blackwing monsters on my field other than itself. However, the downfall is monsters other than the selected one cannot attack."
"Oh figures," groaned Soma.
"I select Bora the Sphere, in other words, Bora gain attack points equals to Sirocco's attack points (2000)." As Yula commanded, the dark haired teen saw the humanoid like winged beast wrap a shiny veil around the winged beast with a lance. As he finished, the one with the lance growled in a feral tone (3700). "Go forth, Bora the Sphere! Black Spiral!"
The winged beast thrust its spear into the knight. As the sphere pierced through the knight, the remainder of the attack passed through the dark haired teen. He was not daunted by the attack. He remained his ground knowing that it was actually a projected image his visors created.
Soma – 7000
Yula - 8000
"Huh, as collective as ever eh, very good." Yula proceeded with her turn, "I'll place one card face down and end my turn."
"One face down…" Soma mumbled as he recalled the tips in the guidebook. He predicted that the card was a trap card. But in any case, he continued, "My turn." Soma pulled the next card out and revealed it.
The Marauding Captain… thought the teen curiously. He read the effects carefully and turned to his hand. Using his logic and some strategies, he gained an idea to hold his opponent off.
"I summon Marauding Captain (Level 3/ Earth/Warrior/Effect/1200/400)" As he did, a blonde in teal armor appeared. "When this card is successfully summoned, I can special summon a Level 4 or lower monster from my hand! With his effect, I special summon my second Marauding Captain!" The same warrior appeared on Soma's field.
Great, this should stop my mom for the time being.
"Marauding Captain's effect activates, as long as this card is on the field, you cannot attack warrior type monsters on the field other than Marauding Captain." Explained Soma.
"But that would be impossible," continued Yula, "If I would attack the first, then the second would prevent it, the second vice versa."
"Yes," Soma nodded and was satisfied with his achievements so far. He continued. "I set a card and end my turn."
"Good, my turn." Yula pulled her next card and revealed it, "From my hands I summon Blackwing – Elphin the Raven (Level 6/Dark/Winged Beast/Effect/2200/1200)!" A humanoid winged beast with jet-black feathered wings appeared.
"Great another high level normal summon," grunted Soma.
"True, when I control a Blackwing monster, I can normal summon this card without any tributes." Explained Yula, "Also, when this card is summoned this way, I can change the battle position of one of my opponent's monsters."
Soma gave a stoic snort.
"Obviously I chose one of your Marauding Captain." She pointed. The blonde knight on Soma's right changed his stance into defensive (400). "Now that brings me to this." Yula picked one of the cards in her hand and played it, "I activate a spell called Black – Winged Strafe, with this card, I can send one Blackwing monster in my hand to the graveyard to send one of your monsters to the graveyard."
As the Hyakuya heiress discarded one card that has the portrait of a warrior with jet-black wings straightening its fingers to its front. The monster Yula discarded appeared in a semi-solid vision style. It flew straight for the warrior in defense. It dragged him up to the air and slammed the warrior, along with itself to the ground. The two monsters exploded.
Soma ill gave any care for his lost.
"Now that the coast is clear, my monsters shall commence attack! GO!" Yula ordered. "Bora the Spear attack with Black Spiral!" The winged beast with a lance thrust the spear through the blonde warrior. The warrior shattered as soon as the attack connected.
Soma – 6500
Yula – 8000
"Carry on Sirocco and Elphin!" the Hyakuya heiress commanded. The humanoid like winged beast raised a palm and threw a fist into Soma's face.
Soma – 4500
Yula – 8000
At this point, the last monster on Yula's field began to flap its wings. Then black quills began to dart straight towards Soma. The dark haired teen responded to this attack, "Trap Card activate! Defense Draw! This card can only be activated during my opponent's damage calculation. I take no battle damage from the battle-" as Soma explained, the quills were blown away by a sudden gust, "-and I can draw 1 card." Soma pulled out one card from his deck.
"Huh, not bad!" comment Soma's mother. "I'll end my turn like this."
"Alright," Soma pulled the next card from his deck. He then looked at the other three cards in his hand and entered into a chain of thoughts.
The card I drew is Soul of Purity and Light… he began, Soul of Purity and Light has the effect of decreasing my opponent's monsters attack points by 300 during their battle phase. However, I needed 2 Light attribute monsters in my graveyard in order to bring this card out. Soma then remembered the first Daybreaker that was sent to the graveyard. To bring this one out, I have to add one more eh?
Soma then noticed a green card that has the portrait of a white wolf leaping over a shining sky blue circle. Yes I can! I can bring her out with a small gamble… but the only problem is that face down card. Soma then turned to the facedown card on his opponent's field.
"What a pain," he groaned frustrated.
"Something wrong?"
"Yeah, I'm trying to think up a logic to win this duel!" he growled, "But then again… I guess no matter how I do, I cannot even best you!"
Yula stared her son and gave a low sigh. "Listen Soma, there are win and lose in a game. This is no exception."
"I know," replied Soma.
"But in this duel, there are no losers," explained the Hyakuya heiress. That statement caught her son's interest. "In this duel, your first duel, you will learn as you win. You still learn even if you lose. At the end of this duel, all you get is experience, therefore you will not lose."
Soma reconsidered his mother's explanation. He let out a sigh and answered, "Yeah…" Then suddenly, to his mother's surprise, he gave a slight smirk as he said, "Thank you."
Yula was stunned to the fact that her jaw dropped but recovered instantly.
Soma entered into another chain of thoughts. Well now that that's out of the way, I have one more problem to face. Soma's eyes turned to the card he drew by Defense Draw's effect. I have a Level 8 monster in my hands, so I will need at least 2 tributes to bring him out… even if I bring out that card, I still ca- Soma came to a halt as he read the effect of the card in question. He read. He read again. One more time in case he misread it. WAIT I CAN! He roared mentally.
"Hm… what would be next?" asked the Hyakuya heiress looking and waited for her son "Remember Soma, my monsters are superior than yours (2000/1700/2200)"
"I know mom, so here goes me!" said Soma. "I activate the spell Charge of the Light Brigade. This card sends the top 3 cards of my deck to my graveyard. Also, I get to add 1 Level 4 or lower monsterwith Lightsworn in its name from my deck to my hand." Soma explained while picking the top three cards from his deck and sent them to the graveyard zone. He then added a card that has the portrait of a man in bulky white and gold armor wielding a glint white sword and a platinum shield.
"Now I summon this card from my hand! Come forth Jain, Lightsworn Paladin (Level 4/Light/Warrior/Effect/1800/1200)" as on cue, the warrior appeared to the field. "Oh and one more mom," called Soma as he placed his finger to the side of his forehead again. "Since there are two light attribute monsters in my graveyard, I can now special summon one more monster from my hand."
Yula paused and immediately knew what card was bound to appear.
"Wait!" halted the Soma's mother, "As far as I remember, there is only 1 monster in your graveyard that is a Light attribute monster, the others (2 Marauding Captains) are Earth attributes, so how are you going to bring Soul of Purity and Light to the field?"
"Have you forgotten about the effect of Charge of the Light Brigade already?" asked Soma, which instantly answered his mother's suspicion. "That's right. The cards that were sent to the graveyard are Shining Angel, Blade Knight and Herald of Creation. This means that my graveyard now contains 4 Light attribute monsters," Soma nodded, "This allow me to remove from play 2 Light attribute monsters in my graveyard-" Soma pocketed Blade Knight and Herald of Creation away, "-to special summon Soul of Purity and Light (Level 6/Light/Fairy/Effect/2000/1800)!"
As the card was set in play, a snow-white winged woman appeared to the field. The woman was spiritual, as it doesn't look like solid, although it was projected with Solid Vision.
"Soul of Purity and Light's effect activates. As long as this card is face-up on my field, all monsters on my opponent's side of the field loses 300 attack points during my opponent's Battle Phrase!"
"Wait, that's not enough!" the former teacher reminded. "Remember, Soul of Purity and Light's effect can only activate during my battle phase, so how does it help you with anything?"
"It does, because when there are 2 or more Light attribute monsters on my field, I can special summon this card from my hands mom," explained the dark haired teen as he raised a card. The portrait of it displayed a warrior in shiny platinum and gold trim armor with cross-shaped wings.
"Wait! That's… Guardian of Order (Level 8/Light/Warrior/Effect/2500/1200)" Yula gasped.
"Correct, and let's give him a brilliant entrance shall we?" Soma played the card. The room suddenly darkened. Through the visors, Soma could see a quasar. Among the quasar was a moving white dot. The dot suddenly moved at light speed and darted forth closer to him. The quasar disappeared only to reveal a sudden shine before him.
The shine died away and revealed a knight in platinum armor with gold trims.
Yula gasped at the intermediate use of combo and the appearance of the warrior before her. She was utterly shocked and stunned at the sudden reversal. Yula then gave an impressed smirk.
"Now go forth, Guardian of Order, attack Elpin the Raven with Brilliant Judgment!" The warrior opened up its wings and took to the air. It concentrated and suddenly, a rain of light rays began to descend to the field around the raven. The raven was enveloped in the light and vaporized.
Soma – 4500
Yula - 7700
"Continue Jain! Attack Sirroco the Dawn." Soma ordered. "While Jain is at it, Jain gains 300 attack points when it battles." Soma declared. The warrior charged up the sword and imbued it with light elements (2100) before swinging the broadsword down at the winged beast.
Soma – 4500
Yula – 7600
"Now, Soul of Purity and Light go forth and attack Bora the Spear (1700) with Light's Embrace!" The spiritual woman flew towards the lanced winged beast and wrapped her wings over it. Then, it vaporized into gold dust.
Soma – 4500
Yula – 7300
"Now that that is done, I end my turn!" Soma said as he reverted to his calculative expression. "Of course, during the end turn, Jain will cut down my deck by 2 cards." Soma sent the cards from his deck to his graveyard.
The dark haired teen's opponent was impressed. She gave a small applause and commented, "Not bad for your first duel Soma, you did well. If I'm still a teacher of duel Academy, I would grade you a C."
"Well this is not Duel Academy now," spat the teen feeling insulted for getting a C instead of a B.
"True, true." Said the former teacher as she drew her next card, "Well now, I guess it is time I raise the difficulty a little." Said Yula as she read her card, "From my hand I summon Blackwing – Shura the Blue Flame (Level 4/Dark/Winged Beast/Effect/1800/1200)!" As she played the card, a jet of blue illuminating flame engulfed the area around her. The flames died away and a winged beast appeared while screeching proudly.
"Shura the Blue Flame?" questioned the dark haired teen as he saw the new monster on his mother's field.
"Indeed," replied his mother, "When Shura battles and destroy an opponent's monster as a result of battle, I can special summon a Blackwing monster with 1500 or less attack points from my deck. However, that monster's effect is negated."
"…Oh shucks," groaned the dark haired teen rolling his eyes.
"Go forth Shura! Attack Jain!" commanded the former teacher. The winged beast clapped its hands together and formed a surge of blue flame in each arm. The winged beast then flew forward in attempt to slam its fiery arms at the knight in shiny armor, only to be hindered by the warmth of light emitted by it (1500).
"Are you forgetting about Soul of Purity and Light?" Soma asked.
"Of course I remember that monster, but I am not done yet!" said the former teacher, "From my hand I activate the effect of Blackwing – Kalut the Moon Shadow! When a Blackwing monster I control attacks or is attacked, I can send this card from my hand to the graveyard during the Damage Step. If I do this, the monster gain 1400 attack points until the End Phase!" she explained as she discarded the card. As on cue, a full moon began to take shape upon the field. It then formed into an eclipse. The blue flames on the winged beast that was attacking the knight began to turn into a blaze (2900). The winged beast slammed its fists at the warrior, shattering it.
Soma – 3400
Yula – 7300
"Good! Now behold, I bring out tuner monster, Blackwing – Gale the Whirlwind (Level 3/Dark/Winged Beast/Tuner/1300/400)" A purple winged beast appeared. It gave a piercing glare at Soma, which Soma ignored. "Alright, now I play my face down trap card! Urgent Tuning! With this card, I can Synchro Summon a monster during my Battle Phase."
SNAP
"Synchro Summon!" the dark haired teen gasped.
"I tune Level 4 Shura the Blue Flame with Level 3 Gale the Whirlwind!" the purple winged beast flapped its wings and formed three small lights. The lights were like the stars in the night sky. "Dark winds of the gust! Bring forth the victory and the glory of the united! Be the shield to the weak! Synchro Summon! Come forth, Blackwing – Armor Master (Level 7/Dark/Winged Beast/Synchro/Effect/2500/1500)!" At that summon chant, a sudden maelstrom came and wipe the field. Then a jet black armored winged beast appeared to Yula's field.
"Now, Armor Master, attack Soul of Purity and Light with Black Tornado!" The winged beast flew towards the spiritual woman on the field. It extended its fist and formed a tornado. The spiritual woman braced herself for the attack as she released her spiritual comfort trying to weaken her coming pain (2200).
Soma instantly used his intelligence. "I play the card Necro Guardna! When this card is in my graveyard, I can remove this card from play to negate one attack!" Soma bellowed. As Soma pocketed the card away, a giant warrior appeared before the spiritual woman. The winged beast ceased to a halt as it was knocked away.
"Oh good for you Soma," commented Yula as she thought of the only method the card entered the graveyard. "I guess I will have to end my turn."
"Fine, my turn!" Soma placed the tip of his finger onto his deck. His mother suddenly called to his attention.
"One more thing, Soma," said the former teacher, "Keep in mind that Armor Master cannot be destroyed by battle and whatever battle damage I would receive from battle involving this card will become 0."
Soma narrowed his eyes. Tch… that means that I had to defeat this monster by destroying it with a card effect roared Soma mentally. He had used up all the cards he have in his hand. Soma could only bet on his draw if he wanted to defeat his mother. He closed his eyes and focused on his draw.
With a resolved nod, he pulled the card. Soma paused. He then flipped the card over to reveal the portrait of the card. The card had the image of a metal winged woman with a rainbow flowing over her. Soma smirked mentally and turned to his mother. "I could hold off your deck mom," said Soma as he flipped the card over to his mother, "From my hand I equip the Equip Spell card Rainbow Veil to Guardian of Order."
"Uh ow! Now you really got me!" blurted Yula.
"The monster equipped with this card will be capable of negating the effects of a monster it battles with," explained Soma, "I am willing to bet on this one even though both monsters have the same attack points. Now go forth and attack with Brilliant Judgment!" The warrior in platinum armor flew to the air and began to shower the field with light rays.
The winged beast too responded to the attack and jumped up. It thrust its fist at the warrior and disappeared along with it as a light ray blinded both duelists' eyes.
"Now that the coast is clear, Soul of Purity and Light, go forth!" Soma declared and gave the order for the white winged woman to attack. The spirit flew forth and casted a warm light… which no one would consider it as an attack.
Soma – 3400
Yula – 5300
"Ho, not bad, not bad at all," commented the ex-teacher. "I am in trouble now!"
"Well good luck mom, your draw," offered the dark haired teen.
"Ok," Yula made for a draw. She paused. Suddenly, she smirked at Soma, "Well I guess luck I still with me after all. I play the spell card Foolish Burial. With this card, I can send one monster from my deck to the graveyard," she explained, "with this effect, I send tuner monster, Blackwing – Vayu the Emblem of Honor from my deck to the graveyard." Yula sent the card to the graveyard.
Soma whipped up several logical reasons why his mother would do that. He could thinks of one possibility – an effect that activates in the graveyard, like Necro Guardna. He was right.
"I activate the effect of Vayu, the Emblem of Honor, when this card is in my graveyard, I can synchro summon a monster within it. However, the synchro monster must be a monster with Blackwing in its name. The synchro material monsters on the other hand will be removed from play and the effect of the synchro monster summoned this way will be negated." Explained Yula, "Now, from my graveyard, I activate the tune Level 4 Bora the Spear and Level 3 Kalut the Moon Shadow with Level 1 Vayu the Emblem of Honor!"
"Gust of victory! Gained will of steel and the darkness of light! Sublime your form! Synchro Summon! Blackwing – Silver Wind the Ascendant (Level 8/Dark/Winged Beast/Synchro/Effect/2800/2000)" A storm covered the field. As soon as the storm died down, a humanoid figure with a long straight katana appeared.
"Ugh, oh boy," groaned Soma, "I guess this is as far as I go."
"Close because you still have one turn, but in any case," the former teacher straighten her arm and gave the order, "Silver Wind the Ascendant, attack Soul of Purity and Light!"
The humanoid winged beast readied its weapon and disappeared (2500). In a blink of an eye, it reappeared to the field swinging the katana in one motion as if throwing off the stains away from his sword. The spirit was split in half and vanquished.
Soma – 2900
Yula – 5300
"I end my turn." Declared the former teacher, "I must praise you for coming this far. For a beginner, you are good." Commented the ex-teacher. "I guess you did inherit your father's talents."
"I do, but not his split personality fortunately," replied the dark haired teen, "Furthermore…" Soma paused as he pulled out the top most card of his deck. He sighed. "…I could already tell that this duel is no longer mine." Soma added the card to his hand.
"I won't be too sure about it," said the former teacher.
"Well its true isn't it? The results are already out." Argued Soma, "I'm just a beginner after all, so cut me some slack. I predict that I will lose during the next turn. So I end my turn."
Yula gave a soft sigh and pulled her next card. To her surprise, Soma was proven right again. The card she drew was a monster that has the portrait of a minty turquoise feathered seagull. The former teacher gave a slight sigh and summoned the monster, "I summon Blackwing – Blizzard the Far North (Level 2/Dark/Winged Beast/Tuner/1300/0)!"
A seagull like winged beast appeared to the field.
"When this card is summoned, I can special summon a Level 4 or lower Blackwing monster from my graveyard in face-up defense position." Explained Yula, "With this, I bring back Blackwing – Bora the Spear (Level 4/Dark/Winged Beast/1700/800)" The winged beast that had a jet-black lance returned to the field. It kneeled down and braced for any coming attack.
Soma sighed and turned away, knowing his defeat.
"Go forth my monsters! Attack!" Yula declared. The two monsters that were set in attack position flew forward and land a blow on the dark haired teen.
Soma – 0 LOSE
Yula – 5300 WIN
"Heh," snorted the dark haired teen, "Looks like I still have some ways to go." He added taking off his visors.
"Hold it young man," halted the former teacher. Yula then pointed her finger at the card in his hand. "Show me that card." She demanded.
Soma flipped the card over to reveal the portrait of a pale pink sphere that has a calm smiling face. Yula gave a snort as she saw the card. "Consecrated Light! If you have summoned it, you would have won the duel."
"By stalling?" countered the teen as he draw his next card and revealed it, "I guess not, because the next card I would get… is this." Soma flipped the card over to reveal a purple card with the portrait of several monsters descending from rift upon the sky. "Return from a Different Dimension."
"Wait, you could use it right? I mean, you could at least bring back your removed from play monsters."
"That still won't be enough… draw your top most card and you might know."
Yula was confused but when she drew her next card, she gasped at the sight of the card. "Wait, how did you-" the former teacher gasped in shock when she reveal the card. The card was a purple card that has a portrait of a winged beast raising its talons to the orange sky as well as a thunder bolted down at it.
"I'm not sure what that was, but my instinct tells me that that card will clear my field…" said the teen. He turned away and suddenly entered into a deep though. I don't want to admit it, but when I duel, I feel like I know what is about to happen.
The former teacher was dumbstruck at her son's explanations. This was all déjà vu to her. Her son shared her husband's ability to read what is bound to happen next. She had even realized the talents her son has in a duel as well as the capability to come up with quick and superb logics. It was as if he could read predict what was coming to him.
She paused from all other thoughts and turned to her son. To Soma's surprise and confusion, she suddenly applauded.
"Well done Soma, well done!" she complimented while clapping.
"What did I do?" asked Soma confused.
"If I am your proctor for your Duel Academy's Entrance Exam, I would stand proudly and pass you with flying colors." She said, "The reason is because you have the qualities of a true duelist."
Soma gave a silent stare.
"It's true, I doubt you would need any help Soma," she added.
The dark haired teen turned away and walked out of the main hall. As he did, the teen saw his childhood friend sitting on the stairway. She gave a smirk and commented his duel. Soma simply shrugged and countered her compliments by bringing out his flaws in the duel. He climbed the stairs and entered his room.
He locked the door, placed the 'baggage' on his writing desk and leapt on to his bed as he tried to turn in for the day.
Meanwhile, on another part of Domino City, Hyakuya Subaru was travelling through the streets. He followed the road and stopped as soon as he came to the front door of an inn. He rang the bell.
"Yes, this is Katie Minas speaking, what can I do for you in this hour?" came a feminine voice from the intercom.
"Hello Katie, recognize me?" asked the elderly Hyakuya.
After slight pause, followed by a gasped, the woman spoke enthusiastically, "Civil! It's been too long! Come in!"
The man who was once called Civil gave a sigh when he heard that name. It brought back memories when he lost his memories. He shook his head and entered as instructed. He passed through the front door. As he entered, a woman greeted him.
The woman had long aqua blue hair that was tied in a Dutch braid style and was placed into a topknot knot style behind her head. She wore a pale white casual furisode hakama with some pale cyan flowery patterns on it. She resembled the style of a Japanese snow girl with it. Katie had a pair of blue eyes that matched the colors of her hair and was slightly pale.
"Welcome to the Heiwamura Inn, I am the landlord, Katie Minas. How could I help you, Mr. Civil Yap Kenears?" she greeted with a polite bow.
"Hey hey, not too shabby Katie, how is business lately?" asked the Hyakuya elder.
"It is fine as always… how is my Mr. Ki doing?" she asked. Subaru could tell whom she meant by Ki. Ki was once a tenant of this very inn. He left the inn and lived in his deceased father's home, after he got married. Ki then changed to Kai Silence when he began his new life.
"He is good, my son patronized his tore this morning, so is Stella."
"Ah, it really brings back memories!" said the landlord delightfully.
"I've come to see someone," he then turned into his cold personality. "He's Lester Seti, I've received words from his mentor in Egypt that he had moved here. Is he available?"
"Oh, Mr. Lester Seti? Yes he is." the landlord turned to the stairs and called out, "MR. LESTER SETI! YOU HAVE A GUEST!"
At once, footsteps came thundering from the floor above. A figure descended the stairs and responded. "Yes, Ms. Kati!"
"Mr. Lester, would you please keep in mind not to run in the corridor?" warned the innkeeper strictly.
"Ah, sori 'bout tat," the tall young replied.
Lester had a shaved buzz cut hair. He was tall for his age for he towered the Hyakuya elder. He had an angular feature as well as bright red eyes and slightly tanned skin. The young man's upper body was bare of any clothing, which revealed an ankh tattoo on his chest. He had on a pair of long jet-black jeans.
"And one more," the landlord added with malice in her tone, "Wear a shirt to cover your body!" The whole thing was déjà vu for Subaru. Katie has the ability to summon up a very scary aura. Unlike Clare's, Katie's scares were about a hundred times scarier.
"Sori, I vill keep in mind!" gasped the Egyptian young man.
"Good," said Katie, reverted into her usual cheerful expression. "Now in any case, you have a guess."
The teen turned to the elderly Hyakuya. He paused and was astound to see the man.
"Y-Y-You're Civil Yup Kenears! THE CIVIL YUP KENEARS!" he gasped.
Subaru could understand his outburst. He was known as Civil Yap Kenears during his younger time when he had amnesia. He was also a hero for saving the world from his 'other'. Subaru smiled at the memories during his younger age and faced the now dreamy Egyptian.
"I was Civil, but I'd prefer that you call me by my real name. I am Hyakuya Subaru, I wanted your help."
The Egyptian paused. It the shined on him when he recalled something earlier, "You must be the person my teacher was talkin about! Alright, what do you need?"
"What I need," the Hyakuya changed his tone, "is your help in collecting cards of Malice."
"Cards of Malice?"
"Yes," said the Hyakuya sternly, "These cards are now scattered around the world, they consume the people who touches them and grant them powers beyond imaginable, however, they will be controlled by their emotions."
"So, I am to collect thiss kards? But if what you said is true, t'en won't I be controlled too?" he asked.
"You've come in contact with these before." Debated the Hyakuya elder. He explained the times when the Egyptian have come in contact with such card.
There was a silent between the two. The Egyptian young man was considering about some things. He gave a sigh as he made his decision.
"Sorry, I can't," he answered refused the offer.
"Any reason for rejecting this?"
"I have two. One, I am not like before. Those days I was but young child with not much ambition. Now I have ambition of becomin best duelist, so I come here fer t'at. Two," the Egyptian said as he turned away, "I'm not in the mood to find theses Numbers. I only find strong duelist."
The Hyakuya elder stared sternly before reverting to his calm demeanor, "Well, I guess that's too bad." He spoke to himself, "I was hoping you'd help."
"Well too bad Ci… I mean Subaru," replied the Egyptian, "By the way…"
"Yes?"
"Can I have yer autograph?" he said bringing pulling out a neatly folded poster. The poster displayed a younger Subaru in a pose. Subaru chuckled at the sight of the poster as it reminded his younger times in the pro-league. He took a marker pen that was lying on the table of the corridor and signed his name on it. He then added his favorite catch phrase during those times – Learn from the Best, Aim for the Best and BE THE BEST!
The Egyptian was overjoyed at the sight of his favorite poster being signed by his idol. He folded the poster into his pocket and thanked the Hyakuya with a handshake.
"Oh and one more," blurted Subaru, "I have a son, he is studying in a college near here."
"Oh! I'll keep in mind!"
"Also, keep this as a secret ok, I don't want people to come step in my door step wanting autographs." He reminded pushing a finger to his lips.
"Don't wory, I vill keep mu promise!"
"Good." The Hyakuya then brought out a card from his pocket and called, "I activate Compulsory Evacuation Devise!" With it, he suddenly disappeared from the Egyptian's eye, leaving a shocked and dumb folded Egyptian.
"W-What jus' happen?" he gasped be wildered. "Ah well." He sighed returning to marvel his idol's autograph.
End Chapter 1
OK! The end of Chapter 1 means the beginning of Chapter 2! Now I hope you guys don't mind if I bring in the characters from Yugioh: Silent Dueling, my other fiction and some spoilers, if you're waiting for it. I wanted to make this fiction my best so far. Also, I hope I didn't do your character badly snakeboy33.
ONE MORE THING!
I have one more poll I forgot to set up:
Do you want the Numbers to be invincible or normal.
If you choose:
Invincible, the Numbers will be like the anime version. Meaning that they can only be destroyed by Numbers themselves. I will also add one more effect - they cannot be destroyed by the effects of spells, traps or monster effects.
Normal, the Numbers will be as vulnerable as any monsters.
Alright, make your pick guys! I will upload the next chapter ASAP. Also, I will be having my final semester exam, so I might be late... anyway, fingers cross. Ta-ta for now.