I decided that the opponents will be using Dean's and Ida's decks from Tag Force 5. Since I make use of the game, what happens here is exactly the same as that in the game I play through Free Duel. It's difficult because I have to note down the moves my partner and my opponents are making, as well as myself's. From what I can see, this is a long chapter, so enjoy as much as you can! XD
Senna's POV
It is nice of him to offer me a place to stay and as much as I want to stay a bit longer, I don't want them to be involved in the unnecessary pain they are bound to have. The whole Yamato Family was destroyed and I am the reason to this. They culprits said they are after some treasure and only the heir has the key to it. Yes, I am that heir but I knew nothing of that key or that treasure. I also couldn't bear what will happen to Satisfaction Town if they come for me.
"Is something bothering you, princess?" A voice called me. As I bring out my deck, three duel spirits appear before me. The three spirits are the three Dragunity Paladins my father entrusted to me as well as my guardians.
Dragunity Lockon is the only male and dragon type of the three. He has green armor and on his shoulder armor is an excessive one coming out of it coming as low as below his knees, and from what I know, that is actually his full shield. His sniper rifle is still holstered on his right shoulder, looking like he is ready to fight whenever he is needed.
Dragunity Yayoi is the female winged-beast type. She appears more as an angel since she bears no armor and has angelic wings on her back and protruding wings on her head. Yayoi is also said to use a spear which I never been able to see it if she is not at fighting state.
And Dragunity Meyrink, like Yayoi, is a female winged-beast type. Although she is considered a winged-beast, she has butterfly wings instead, I guess it is to hide her true form. Like Yayoi, she doesn't use much armor but unlike Lockon or Yayoi, she doesn't have any weapons at all. She relies on her magical ability and makes a beam sword from her hand and more. I consider her the most mysterious one among the trio.
"We understand your losses princess. But as long as the people who are after the treasure are still out there, things become inevitable." Meyrink also happens to understand me the most, being the leader of the three and all. "You may not know what it is but the safety of the treasure is very important even if the lives of this town's habitants could be at stake, you have to do your duty."
"Oi, Meyrink, you know that we've been telling princess the same thing. Do you even know what that treasure is? I mean, come on! Neither of us knows what that is ever since her ancestors used it before we came into existence. Can we just take a peek at that little box her daddy gave her?" Lockon tends to be the comic relief and he does make a point. Does this box my father gave me have something to do with the said treasure? If yes, where will that key be?
"Lockon, she was told not to open it. Do you even know the consequences of opening it at a stupid time?" Yayoi argues with Lockon. Yayoi is the cautious one whereas Lockon has a strange attention span. Because of this, they always argue. To me, it's okay. After all, they become my new family, sibling-like to be exact. They are always there for me whenever I need them, they understand my feelings very well, they can help judge the people I encounter to determine if he/she is to be trusted, and they swear to protect me with their lives even if it means sacrificing themselves for my own safety.
"Guys, thanks for the concern. Now all I need is some fresh air." Before I walked out of the room, the three still give me worried looks. "Don't worry, I'm not letting my past get the hold of me that easily." When I reached to the dining room of Kiryu's place, Nico is preparing a meal for me and greets me with a smile. West is also here, eating the food Nico prepared for him. They are both nice to me, seeing me as Kiryu's friend, but even if I can put a mask to hide my concerns, I can't stop thinking if the ones who took my mother away will do the same to them. Being entrusted with this treasure, I can't give it to them too easily and that's where my resistance would pay the price. Honestly, I rather throw my life than to throw theirs, they don't deserve to be killed because of me. After eating the meal, I left for a walk.
From what Nico told me, this town was formerly called Crash Town where two gangs duel at sunset, forcing the loser to become a slave worker to mine Dyne. After all that incident they went through, the town became what it currently is and I already loved it.
"Hey! Are you Senna Yamato?" Two people wearing black cloaks called me. But as much as I want to deny them, they can recognize me anyway. "Don't ignore us, girl! You know what we're here for? Hand over the treasure so nothing gets serious."
"I really don't know what is that treasure so can you guys stop bothering me?" The two were not convinced even if I had to tell them the truth a thousand times.
"Only the heir gets hold of the treasure and every heir is recognized by the very white coat you're wearing now so you obviously have it. Quit denying or face the consequences, starting with a déjà-vu for you!" Referring to the day I lost my mother, they sure mean business. Even if I did give them what they want, they still need the key and I feel lucky that I don't know where it is.
"What is going on?" Kiryu came into the commotion and from his expression, I can assume he heard everything.
"Fine, princess! If you want to do this the hard way, we do it with a duel, a tag duel! It will be the two of us against you and that death god with you with each team sharing 8000 LP. If your team wins, we'll let you know about the mastermind of the downfall of the Yamato Family but if my team wins, you'll have to give us what we want." Seeing this as the only opportunity I get to know more about the downfall of my family, I looked at Kiryu as he already got his duel disk ready and nodded at me, making me do the same. I also grabbed my deck which was in my belt which is loosely tied around my coat, hoping the Dragunity monsters with me can handle the situation I'm bound to get.
"Let's duel!" Our opponents yelled after they got ready. "How about we let the princess' friend go first? After all, he lives here."
Kiryu's and Senna's LP: 8000, the two unknown duelists' LP: 8000.
"Fine by me. I'll draw. I'll start with Into the Void. I can draw one more card as I have more than three cards. Then I'll set a card and a monster and end my turn. But due to Into the Void's effect, I'll have to discard all other cards from my hand to the Graveyard." The male of the two followed after his turn.
"You are not going to scare me! It's my turn and I draw! I summon Gladiator Beast Laquari (Lvl 4, ATK 1800, DEF 400) in Attack Mode! And then I'll equip it with Gladiator Beast Battle Archfiend Shield. Now, Laquari! Attack that face down monster of his!" As Laquari attacks, Kiryu's face-down monster reveals itself to be Infernity Necromancer (Lvl 3, ATK 0, DEF 2000). As Necromancer's DEF is higher than Laquari's ATK, Laquari doesn't stand a chance since 200 deflected ATK is given to them as Battle Damage.
Kiryu's and Senna's LP: 8000, the two unknown duelists' LP: 7800.
"Not bad, but Gladiator Beast Laquari's effect allows me to return him to the deck so I can Special Summon Gladiator Beast Octavius (Lvl 7, ATK 2500, DEF 1200) from my Deck. Since Gladiator Beast Battle Archfiend Shield was destroyed as Laquari returns to the Deck but after I Special Summoned a Gladiator Beast monster, I can return it to my hand, followed by equipping it to Octavius. I'll just end my turn after setting a card. You're next, princess."
"Alright, I'll draw! I'll use Burden of the Mighty from my hand. With it, your face-up monsters will lose 100 ATK per level and since your Octavius is level 7, it loses 700 ATK in total!" The controller does not like the way I weaken his ace monster with it. "Then I'll sacrifice Kiryu's Infernity Necromancer to summon Dragunity Primus Pilus (Lvl 5, ATK 2200, DEF 1600) in Attack Mode. I then use his effect to get Dragunity Aklys from my Deck and equip it to Primus Pilus. Now is the time for my Primus Pilus to attack your Octavius!" Primus Pilus uses his whip and hits Octavius with it. The male of the two becomes frustrated with this as they take 400 damage.
Kiryu's and Senna's LP: 8000, the two unknown duelist's LP: 7400.
"I'll make you pay for your insolence, princess. Since Octavius is still equipped with Gladiator Beast Battle Archfiend Shield, it is destroyed in Octavius' place instead."
"It doesn't matter, I'll just have to place two cards face-down and end my turn." Last time I checked the Graveyard Kiryu and I have to share, there were exactly five monsters in it so I thought he might want to use the Pot of Avarice that I set more than I would need.
"Now it's my turn! Draw! Looks like I have no choice but to switch Octavius to Defense Mode, set two cards and end my turn." The female of the two seems helpless she is unable to summon a monster to withstand what will be coming at them.
"You two better make me glad that I played this duel because it's my turn and I'll draw. I'll make use of Senna's Pot of Avarice to return five monster cards from the Graveyard to my deck." As Kiryu retrieves his monsters, the deck shuffles by itself and Kiryu draws an addition of two cards after it is done. "I then summon Infernity Guardian (Lvl 4, ATK 1200, DEF 1700) in Defense Mode. Next I'll use Senna's Primus Pilus to attack Octavius." Before my Primus Pilus does it again, the female one smirks at that action.
"Not so fast, I activate Shrink! It halves the ATK of the monster I pick, which will be that Dragunity, until the end of the turn." As Primus Pilus' ATK has been decreased to 1100, 100 damage points have been inflicted to Kiryu instead.
Kiryu's and Senna's LP: 7900, the two unknown duelist's LP: 7400.
"That's nothing, I'm just going to set a card face-down and end my turn."
"I'm going to make that Dragunity pride a joke. It's my turn! Draw! I'm going to Special Summon Test Tiger (Lvl 3, ATK 600, DEF 300) in Attack Mode since I have a Gladiator Beast on my Field, and that I can tribute Test Tiger to return Octavius to my Deck and Special Summon Gladiator Beast Beastiari (Lvl 4, ATK 1500, DEF 800) in Attack Mode! Once I summoned Beastiari that way, I can destroy a Spell or Trap card in your Field so say goodbye to Aklys!"
"You idiot! Dragunity Aklys is not the right thing to destroy!" His partner yelled at the Gladiator Beast-using man who is now confused at her sudden outburst.
"She's right," I agreed with his partner's statement. "That is because if Dragunity Aklys is destroyed while at the Spell or Trap Zone, its Special Ability comes into play: destroying a card of our choice."
Kiryu smirked at my explanation of Aklys' ability. "In that case, I'll use its ability to destroy that set card of yours." As Aklys flies towards the card Kiryu picked, it revealed itself to be a Trap Card: Begone, Knave! and destroyed it in the process.
"That didn't matter to me anyways! Besides, I still can use the Lightning Vortex from my hand to destroy all of you face-up monsters after I discarded a card from my hand." With that used, Primus Pilus, our only current powerhouse is gone, causing me to worry about what will happen to Kiryu afterwards. If my memory is right, these people are able to make damage real only for their opponents but as Kiryu took 100 earlier, it might seem like a scratch to him. "Then I'm going to summon Gladiator Beast Samnite (Lvl 3, ATK 1600, DEF 1200) in Attack Mode. I then return both Beastiari and Samnite to my Deck to Fusion Summon Gladiator Beast Gyzarus (Lvl 6, ATK 2400, DEF 1500) in Attack Mode! After doing that, I can destroy two cards on your Field." As he does that, Burden of the Mighty and the set card, which happens to be the Negate Attack I set, is destroyed. "Now attack him, Gyzarus!" Gyzarus flies towards Kiryu and hit him really hard and I can tell this is going to be painful, although he's still standing strong.
Kiryu's and Senna's LP: 5500, the two unknown duelist's LP: 7400.
"Now that my Battle Phase is over, I have to send Gyzarus back to my Extra Deck and Special Summon two monsters as long as it is not Beastiari. Gladiator Beast Octavius (Lvl 7, ATK 2500, DEF 1200) and Gladiator Beast Laquari (Lvl 4, ATK 1800, DEF 400), I summon you to my Field! When Laquari is summoned that way, its original ATK becomes 2100 instead and thanks to Octavius, I can destroy that last set card you have." And it happened, Kiryu's Infernity Break is destroyed. However, my fear begins to take hold of me because if this duel keeps going on, there might be a chance that Kiryu will not be able to survive this. No, as he is nice to me, I truly don't want him to suffer the same fate as my mother had. I feel very useless as I'm not even as experienced at dueling as Kiryu and our opponents.
"Don't worry, Senna." Kiryu told me, me thinking that he knew what am I concerned about. "Death Gods don't die. I'll make it." With that said, I regained some of my self confidence.
"Okay, if you say so. Then, my turn, I'll draw… I… uh… set a monster and a card and end my turn." Now I become the sitting duck and this is not going to be pretty for me as the female one draws a card at her turn.
"Weak princess, oh well. Guess I'll just have to make Laquari attack that monster." Upon attacking the monster, it reveals itself to be Morphing Jar (Lvl 2, ATK 700, DEF 600).
"Now that it is flipped, its effect kicks in, making us both discard all of our cards and draw five to our hand." The female one and I did as the effect takes place, giving me Dragon Ravine and Dragon Mastery in that draw. Guess I'll be lucky if I can take that hit.
"At least I still have Octavius to attack you directly!" Octavius charges at me full speed but before I take the hit, Kiryu rushes towards me and uses himself to shield me as Octavius struck at his back, taking the hit meant for me and shocking me in the process.
Kiryu's and Senna's LP: 3000, the two unknown duelist's LP: 7400.
"Hey! Isn't that allowed?" The male yelled as that happened.
"It is a tag-duel so that if we share Life Points, it's okay if another person takes the hit. Too bad, in our duel, he's going to die if he keeps shielding the princess with his body." The female one noted that, watching the two of us as I continue worrying about him.
"Why do you do that? You've taken enough pain and you don't need to keep beating yourself up to protect me. I should be taking it! It's my fault you got involved in this duel. They can make damage real only to their opponents." I complained that tears are coming onto my eyes, not wanting him to die because of me.
"You are worth more than that. If you are to die that easily, how will you learn about what happen to your family? And more importantly, there are still things you might want to do if you still live." What he told me is making me feel like I'm the fragile one but the last thing he said kind of confused me. But for now, my focus is to win that duel so that Kiryu doesn't need to shield me like he just did.
"I hope you two are done chit-chatting because with Octavius' effect, unless I discard a card from my hand, he goes back to my deck but thanks to your Morphing Jar, I have five choices. Afterwards, I play a Continuous Spell Valhalla, Hall of the Fallen in my Field. Finally, I set a card and end my turn." As the female duelist is done with her turn, Kiryu struggled to stand but is determined to win this duel.
"I'll live up to my partner's expectation and make us both satisfied. My turn, draw! I use Infernity Launcher and with its effect, I discard a card from my hand. And now that I have no cards in my hand, I can use Infernity Launcher's second effect. By sending it to the Graveyard, I can pick up to two Infernity monsters and Special Summon them into my Field, and I choose to Special Summon Infernity Guardian (Lvl 4, ATK 1200, DEF 1700) in Defense Mode. Now I end my turn."
"Hah! What good can that plank do? My turn, draw! Laquari, attack that plank!" But when Laquari hits the Guardian, nothing happened to it. "What the? Why is it not destroyed?"
"Because if Infernity Guardian still remains face-up while I have no cards in my hand, it will never be destroyed by battle." Kiryu explained Infernity Guardian's special ability.
"Whatever, I send Laquari back to my Deck and Special Summon Gladiator Beast Darius (Lvl 4, ATK 1700, DEF 300) and thanks to him, I can Special Summon Gladiator Beast Retiari (Lvl 3, ATK 1200, DEF 800) from my Graveyard with his effect negated. And that I end my turn."
"I'm not going to let Kiryu's effort be a waste and I'm determined to end this. My turn, draw! First, I play the Field Spell Dragon Ravine. Next, I play Cards of Consonance, letting me draw two cards in exchange for discarding a Dragon-Type Tuner monster with at most 1000 ATK. And then I play Dragon Mastery, a Continuous Spell on my Field. Now I'm going to summon Dragunity Legionnaire (Lvl 3, ATK 1200, DEF 800) in Attack Mode. With his effect, I can pick a Dragunity monster from my Graveyard and equip it to Legionnaire and the monster I pick is Dragunity Aklys. That's not all, by sending Legionnaire to my Graveyard, I can Special Summon Dragunity Arma Mistilteinn (Lvl 6, ATK 2100, DEF 1500) from my hand. Since Aklys was still an equip card and is destroyed, thanks to Mistilteinn's effect, I can use Aklys' effect to get rid of your Gladiator Beast Octavius. And by Mistilteinn's other Special Ability, I can pick a Dragunity from my Graveyard and make it Mistilteinn's equip card and I'm going to pick Aklys once again."
"You do seem to be fired up, princess. But before you are going to make that lizard appear two times in one go, I play a Trap card: Bottomless Trap Hole! With it, any summoned monster with at least 1500 ATK will be removed from play." The male one tries to stop me from getting Mistilteinn on my side but I'm not willing to let him go just yet.
"You're not going to lay a finger on Mistilteinn, I play a counter trap: Trap Stun. That way, all other Trap Cards will be negated for the rest of the turn it is activated."
"Too late, I play another counter Trap: Parry! Once I return a Gladiator Beast of mine from my hand to my deck, I can negate your Trap card and destroy it and the monster I return is Gladiator Beast Andal. Say your final good bye to that yellow lizard." As the chain of events takes place, Mistilteinn is no more.
"Mistilteinn… I'm sorry I can't protect you well. I'll just have to end my turn." Now is not the time to lose hope. I may have lost Mistilteinn but there is more I can do with the Dragunity monsters by my side.
"My turn, princess, draw! I sacrifice Retiari to summon Malevolent Mech – Goku En (Lvl 5, ATK 2400, DEF 1400). I use my Mech to attack that Guardian but since you have a card in your hand, princess, it is destroyed." As Kiryu's Infernity Guardian is out of commission, Kiryu becomes concerned as she still has Gladiator Beast Darius to give me a Direct Attack. But I look at him, using my expression to tell him that I'll be fine when Darius hits me, at least he's buying it. "Next Darius will give you a Direct Attack!"
Kiryu's and Senna's LP: 1300, the two unknown duelist's LP: 7400.
I scream in pain as Darius' attack finally got me, causing me to stumble backwards. But my resolve for knowing the truth behind the Yamato Family's downfall and for preventing Kiryu from getting himself killed caused me to stand strong on my feet.
"I'm impressed that you still can take that hit. But next time, you won't be so lucky because I'm going to set a card and end my turn!"
"If you want Senna, you will have to go through me. My turn, draw. I summon Infernity Necromancer (Lvl 3, ATK 0, DEF 2000) in Attack Mode and due to its special ability, it is changed to Defense Mode. Also, due to having no cards in my hand, I can activate its second ability. That way, I can Special Summon an Infernity monster from my Graveyard as long as it is not itself. Come, I Special Summon Infernity Guardian (Lvl 4, ATK 1200, DEF 1700) in Defense Mode. Now I'll end my turn."
"Is that all? Now it's my turn, draw! I let Goku En beat up that Necromancer and then Darius attacks the Guardian." Only Infernity Guardian remains in the field to its special ability as Kiryu is handless. "I send Darius back to my Deck to Special Summon Gladiator Beast Laquari (Lvl 4, ATK 1800, DEF 400) in Attack Mode and its special ability changes his original ATK to 2100! I set a card and end my turn."
"I ain't falling that easily. It's my turn, draw! I summon Dragunity Dux (Lvl 4, ATK 1500, DEF 1000) in Attack Mode. With his special ability, I can pick a Dragunity monster from my Graveyard and equip it to Dux and I pick Dragunity Aklys. Now I use the effect of Dragon Ravine to discard a card and pick Dragunity Brandistock to my hand, followed by the activation of Dragon Mastery to equip Brandistock to Dux and that is where Dux's and my Continuous Spell card's effects kick in. For Dux, he gains 200 ATK for each Dragunity monsters on my Field, including himself and as for Dragon Mastery, any monster equipped with at least a Dragunity monster gains 500 ATK, giving Dux a total of 2600 ATK! Also, since Brandistock is equipped to Dux, Dux is able to attack twice! Dux, attack the Malevolent Mech – Goku En and Gladiator Beast Laquari! Now I end my turn."
Kiryu's and Senna's LP: 1300, the two unknown duelist's LP: 6700.
"Now you've done it, I'm already losing my patience. And you know what happens when that happens. My turn, draw. Mmmh, seems you got lucky again because I'm setting a card and end my turn." The female duelist's anger is getting out of control for the time being.
"Now it's my turn, draw. I summon Infernity Randomizer (Lvl 1, ATK 900, DEF 0) in Attack Mode."
"Oh no you don't, I use Solemn Warning, a Trap card which lets me negate the summon of a monster OR the activation of a Spell, Trap or Effect monster that involves Special Summoning a monster and then destroy that card. But I have to pay 2000 LP for this."
Kiryu's and Senna's LP: 1300, the two unknown duelist's LP: 4700.
"Guess I'll just have to make a Direct Attack with Dux instead."
"Not before my Trap: Begone, Knave! has anything to say about it. Now I can avoid the double attack you will hit me because any monster that makes Battle Damage will be sent back to your hand!" As Dux is forced back into Kiryu's hand due to the Trap card, Aklys and Brandistock are destroyed in the process.
Kiryu's and Senna's LP: 1300, the two unknown duelist's LP: 2100.
"At least I can use Aklys' effect to destroy Valhalla, Hall of the Fallen." The female duelist is getting frustrated as her important card is destroyed. "Turn end."
"I'm not letting you get away with it. We'll get that treasure and we're not willing to lose here. My turn, draw! I summon Gladiator Beast Equeste (Lvl 4, ATK 1600, DEF 1200) in Attack Mode. With him, I attack that guardian of yours." Due to Kiryu's monster having higher DEF than Equeste's ATK, he gets the damage instead.
Kiryu's and Senna's LP: 1300, the two unknown duelist's LP: 2000.
"And thanks to the Trap card's effect, the guardian goes back to your hand. And then I send Equeste back to my deck to Special Summon Gladiator Beast Andal (Lvl 4, ATK 1900, DEF 1500) in Attack Mode and end my turn."
"Now's my turn, draw! I use the effect of Dragon Ravine to discard a card and add Dragunity Dux into my hand. I summon Dragunity Dux (Lvl 4, ATK 1500, DEF 1000) in Attack Mode and – you know what he does – I'll just get Aklys from my Graveyard and equip it to him and his and Dragon Mastery's effects give him a total of 2400. Though, I'm not going to be fooled by that Trap, I'd rather end my turn."
"That could be your downfall as it is my turn, draw! I play another Valhalla, Hall of the Fallen from my hand. Then, I'll use Andal to attack Dux." Due to Dux having higher ATK than Andal, Andal is destroyed in the process.
Kiryu's and Senna's LP: 1300, the two unknown duelist's LP: 1500.
"But since my Trap card is still in play, Dux still goes back to your hand."
"But that way, you'll end up destroying Aklys who was still an equip card, allowing me to get rid of that Trap card once and for all! As much as I hate to abuse Aklys' ability to much, it's necessary." Aklys flies towards the Trap and destroys it with itself.
"Dang it! End turn!"
"It's time we end this, Senna." I reply to him with a nod. "My turn, draw. Since this is Senna's battle, I'll use her monster to finish it. I summon Dragunity Dux (Lvl 4, ATK 1500, DEF 1000) in Attack Mode and with its effect, I add Dragunity Phalanx from the Graveyard and equip it to Dux. By Phalanx's special ability, once per turn, while Phalanx is equipped to a monster by a card effect, I can Special Summon Dragunity Phalanx (Lvl 2, ATK 500, DEF 1100) in Defense Mode. From Dux's other effect, he gets a total of 1900 ATK. Dux, finish them with a Direct Attack." As Dux makes his final strike, we finally won our duel.
Kiryu's and Senna's LP: 1300, the two unknown duelist's LP: 0.
"I couldn't thank you even more, Kiryu." I am so happy that he doesn't need to die and I can get my leads to my answers. And that I walked towards the two duelists. "A deal's a deal, now tell me, who is responsible for what happened to the Yamato Family?"
"Che, I hate it when we always have to keep our word." The male duelist muttered but my glare has sent him wetting his own pants for fear. "Alright, alright! Lord Kaito did this! He also wanted the Yamato Family treasure!" But as I heard that name, I'm now shocked.
"Who's Kaito?" Kiryu asked the three of us.
"He's… my brother. I thought he's dead sometime before the downfall." But knowing he's responsible, I'll make him pay for taking away my mother's life, whatever his reason is.
Somewhere else,
"It seems my baby little sister is doing well in her first duel. My plan is going around perfectly, and soon, when the time comes, the treasure and the throne of the Yamato Family will be mine."
I added another OC: the antagonist of this story. I rather not spoil you so wait for later chapters to learn more about Senna's brother, Kaito Yamato. Feel free to R&R. One more thing, if you remember reading Senna's profile, I have an intention to make a songfic in one of the later chapters so prepare yourselves. :3