[Kaijudo Corner]
Jake: Hey readers, Ready for some more KG action? Then read on, to see C.J. play hero against the Water Duelist: Luke, who stole Jamie's Bolshack Dragon. Some questions will be raised like: Why did he take it? Why is Bolshack so important that C.J.'s going after him? And how does Jamie feel about this. as we'll develop on the relationship with the team. Also in store, some new faces. Let's jump in shall we? Ikuzo!
"Hello? Yes, I retrieved Bolshack Dragon like I promised. 'Project Neo' will be underway as soon as I get there. Anything else? OK, see you guys then."
Luke clicked the speaker on his bluetooth off as he laid back on the tree branch he found himself in. He looked at the cards he collected, his rare "Treasures."
"Ladia Bale, Bolshack Dragon, Metalwing Skyterror..." He said aloud looking at the one Light card and Two Fire cards. He opened a Black deck case in his pocket as he slid out another stack of cards, each rare like the other three. He joined the two together and slid them back into the case.
"Guess it's time to report in." Bynor said as he materialized.
"Let's get a move on then." Luke jumped out of the tree, heading east towards his destination.
Chapter 3: A-Rank Rivals: Team Neo Strikes
After a useless search, C.J. gave up on trying to find Luke. Having lost him after he left the store, he headed back home. Jamie was on his mind for the entire trip back, feeling guilty that he couldn't get Bolshack Dragon back for her.
When he got back, he plopped himself onto the bed, his nerves getting the better of him.
"Still thinking about that guy, huh?" Tsume asked, materializing on the night stand.
C.J. nodded. "Just who was he? Why did he take Bolshack Dragon from her, and rip up her second one?"
"Well, rumors have been spreading of Duelist stealing extremely rare cards from others. It just so happens, that Bolshack Dragon is one of the rarest and most powerful Fire Civilization creatures in the world." Tsume paced back and forth on the nightstand, contemplating on the situation.
C.J.'s phone went off as he reached for it. "Hello?"
"Dude, I heard what happened." Jake's voice said on the other line. "What exactly happened to Jamie's Bolshack Dragon? Did it get stolen or something?"
"Yeah, some guy dueled her for it, and ripped the second one up, like he intended to make her suffer. He even called her 'Lady Amaterasu.'" C.J. explained.
Jake didn't say anything for a second. "OK, I'm looking him up now on the DCA website. What was his name?"
"He said it was Luke. He's a Water Civilization Duelist with his avatar being 'Legendary Bynor'."
Jake scanned the site for someone who matched that description. He found it and his expression changed. "It's him."
"Jake?" C.J. asked.
"The Dude's name is Luke Collins. He's a A Class duelist and a Bounty Hunter."
"A Bounty Hunter?" C.J. was taken aback.
"Yeah; he's an A-Class Duelist who hunts down Rare cards and duels people for them. He's a excellent strategist, I'll give him that much."
"But how can he be dueling if he's stealing cards?"
"It's not stealing; He duels people for them. If they win he gives them a rare card. If they lose, he gets one. He's collected dozens of rare cards, because of his experience and his Bouncing abilities with his Water Decks."
"So he's unbeatable then?"
"I never said that. Just that he's a really tough opponent. Are you really going to try and get Bolshack back?"
"I am."
"Well in that case where are you going to look? I also heard about your adventure trying to find him."
"I'm still working on that one."
"Well, at least let us know; we all come with. Chances are he has a team with him."
"You talk like you have experience with this."
"We do; We're duelist who rose through the ranks to aim to be the best of the best. We're in the top 50 of NYC's A-Rank Duelist. With the Kaijudo Clash Tournament on it's way, we decided to form a team to compete in the next few tournaments. Speaking of which how many Rank Wins do you have so far?"
C.J. looked at his license. " Just two from the kids yesterday."
"Right, we'll need to work on that. We all need 50 wins. Jamie has 5, Dylan has 8, Karon and I have 7, and you have 2. All together that makes 22/50."
"So we need 28 more wins all together?"
"And about 3 months to do it. The tournament's in June; So get working on your wins, and we'll try to find out any trace of Luke."
"Got it. I'll see you guys tomorrow." C.J. hung up his phone and laid back down, scanning his deck.
"Got a plan?" Tsume asked, tired of pacing.
"I'm gonna sleep on it." C.J. said. "Give me an hour to come up with an answer." He then closed his eyes to go into sleep mode.
Jamie sat in her room, distraught that Blaze was gone. Every time she thought about it, the thoughts of the duel rushed back to her mind. The Magma Gazer, the final two shields being Triggers, the fact that not one, but both of her Bolshack Dragons were either destroyed or missing; The fact the C.J. got hurt because of her, and still went after him. The guilt ate her up and she couldn't take it. She hid under the covers of her bed and sobbed until she fell asleep.
That night, Luke came up to an abandoned warehouse in Harlem, Manhattan. He swiped his ID card into the lock as it unlocked the door. He walked inside and went down a group of stairs, hitting the basement of the house.
"Hey Cindy, I'm back." He said, a sliding door opened, revealing Luke as he strolled into the room. "Missed me?"
"Hardly." A feminine voice called out from the shadows of the room. A candle was lit in a corner as the young girl holding it blew the match out. She was roughly 17 years old, having red streaked blonde hair, Hazelnut brown eyes and dressed in a Red shirt and a black medium length skirt, along with black heels.
"Where's Brian and Megan?" Luke asked as he hopped onto a nearby couch in the room.
"Out ranking up. They said start without them." Cindy replied.
"Should we wait anyway?"
"Maybe not; it's going to take a while for this to work, so maybe it'll be better for us to just get started." a feminine voice said. A red data Stream appeared over Cindy's head as it formed a Red-Orange colored Wyvern with a set of cannons grafted onto it's back, and two wires going on it's underbelly.
"Right then." Luke said getting up from his comfy spot. "I'll get the lab ready for Project Neo."
"Thank you." The Wyvern said.
Luke nodded and walked into the hallway towards their lab.
"Are you sure this will awaken the legendary dark dragon?" Cindy asked the Twin Cannon Skyterror beside her.
"It should. With a rare and powerful card like Bolshack Dragon getting an upgrade, We'll sail through the tournament and you will become Kaijudo Masters." She replied.
"What if it doesn't?"
"Let's not worry about it. For now, lets see what happens with this for now..."
In the other room, Luke laid the Bolshack Dragon on the tray as the computer scanned it.
Deck Avatar: Bolshack Dragon Confirmed.
"Great." Luke said pleased.
"So if this works, then we'll be able to make a army of Neo Creatures right? Lead by the 'Legendary Dark Dragon' himself?" Cindy asked, walking into the room.
"Yeah that's the plan. Use these cards to sail through the dueling circuit and become S-Ranks."
"Materialization Complete" the computer announced as Blaze materialized onto the platform next to his card, unconscious and in a glass barrier with a small tube attached to the computer.
"The machine is able to replicate any card that's been registered as a Deck Avatar. With that, it's possible to replicate, the AI and as such mold it to our liking."
"Quite amazing that you ran into a Bolshack Dragon of all things." Cindy commented as Luke typed in the information on the computer.
"It can't work unless it's a Bolshack Dragon. So for this to work, I had to search for weeks to find it."
"And you did find it. So what happens next?" She asked realizing that he stopped typing.
"We press Enter and watch Bolshack transform." Luke then pressed the enter button on the keyboard as a black data stream poured into the container...
"Yo I've been meaning to ask; what happened to Jamie?" C.J. asked as he walked behind the KG Trio into the lunchroom the next day.
"She's home, sick." Jake replied, taking a seat at their usual table. "I think she's torn up with losing Bolshack."
"Why is she so attached to that card?"
"It's because it's her brother's card." Karon replied, shuffling through his deck. "Jake, Duel me."
"Can we wait until later, I'm starving." He replied.
"It's her brother's card?"
"Yeah, remember when Jamie said that our family and friends dueled long before we started?"
"Yeah, so what?"
"Her brother's a Kaijudo Master, who uses a Fire and Light Deck. Blaze was her brother's Avatar Card when he first started out. But after he became a Kaijudo Master, and Jamie started dueling, he gave Blaze to her, so that a part of him will be there for every duel she takes part in. So losing Bolshack Dragon... it crushed her." Jake explained. He then got up and headed for the lunch line, leaving C.J. with Dylan and Karon, who were lost in their Duel.
Tsume appeared next to C.J. who sighed. "Yo bro."
"Did you hear the conversation?"
"Yep."
"Do you have an idea in order to get it back?"
"Did you sleep on it like you said?"
"Didn't come up with anything."
"Then no I didn't."
"Oh C.J. I just remembered." Jake said returning with a slice of pizza. "Someone saw Luke in Harlem last night."
"Harlem?" C.J. asked. "Isn't that uptown?"
"Yeah, he was walking into an abandoned warehouse on East 96th street and 1st avenue. People say that there's been a group of teens sneaking in there from time to time. Others say that the teens are Duelist and that's their team HQ. A bunch of stories, but it's a lead.
"So we're going after school then right?"
"I guess so."
C.J. hesitated. "Wha? Just like that?"
"Something wrong?"
"No, it's just that I thought you were going to give me a speech on why I shouldn't rush into something that I don't have any clue about."
Jake chuckled. "Listen we're going to help you get Bolshack Dragon back. Once it's done, we'll tell you the reason why we're going along."
"OK then, as long as you're coming along." C.J. replied, unsteadily.
"Come on, we need to show up because you've been dueling for two days. You go by yourself and you'll get crushed. You're gonna need back up."
"Like I said, as long as your coming."
"And it's done." Luke said as he slouched into his chair. Blaze disappeared from the container as Luke rubbed his temples, A creeping headache coming on from lack of sleep and Blaze's screeching. But he was satisfied. The Neo Project was a success and now, the creatures can become Neo Versions of themselves. Including, Brian's Ballom and Megan's Alcadeias.
The doors slid open revealing two teens, one wearing a black t-shirt with a blue hoodie, black pants and white sneakers. On his shoulder was a creature, a Anubis-headed mutant dressed in bone-like armor that covered his torso and his shoulders, down to it's arms. The arm had blades, resembling bone scythes. It also had navy-blue and black wings, that shed the same colored feathers. The feathers hovered around the lotus-style sitting monster.
The second teen was wearing a school uniform, consisting of a yellow button-down shirt and a loosened black tie, along with a white skirt and blazer. Resting on her shoulder was a creature, resembling a knight somewhat. It was in Sapphire and Golden armor, with Majestic White Wings, with feathers surrounding it's space.
"So, how was dueling? Get your ranks up any?" Luke said, yawning.
"Pulled another all nighter huh?" Megan commented, to which he nodded. Luke liked Megan because she was the calm and caring one of Team Neo. Her brother on the other hand...
"So what's this thing you want us to see?" He snarled suddenly, sounding irritated that he was dragged by his younger sister to see this.
Luke didn't like him as much, but he was use to Brian's attitude; it was somewhat natural for Darkness duelist to have a tiny bit of spite, even if it was a little.
"You remember the stories of the Legendary Dark Dragon dubbed: Neo, who destroyed the Earth centuries ago when the first humans found remains of a Dragon with a dark flame?"
"Yeah, what about it? Those are just fairy tales of it. The creatures of olden days slayed the dragon and it's army, and because of it the civilizations were separated, causing the Fire Civilization becoming the Human Race, the Water inhabiting the seas, becoming the sea life, the Nature residing in the jungles, becoming the wild animals, the Light riding the skies as the birds, and the Darkness, becoming the pollution and swamplands."
"Who said it was a fairy tale?" Luke turned back to his computer and picked up the Bolshack Dragon card. It's just that... I wasn't Bolshack Dragon.
"What the...?" Megan started, staring at the card. The card resembled Bolshack Dragon, but it was a Black color with silver-blue armor. It's wings were Shadow Black and it's Claws were blazing with a dark indigo flame.
"The Dark Dragon was in actuality a Bolshack Dragon. This is Neo Bolshack Dragon, the card version of the legendary dark dragon."
"Where did you manage to get a Bolshack dragon?"
"I dueled the one known as 'Lady Amaterasu.' I won it off of her so now I was able to re-create Neo Bolshack. I think I'll call him Neo."
"OK then, so now what?" Brian asked. "What are you going to do with it?"
"Seeing as this proved successful, I want to test the machine on Shining Command and Shadow Command creatures as well. Hikari and Yami would work nicely."
"You're giving us 'Neo Forms?'" Hikari, the Alcadeias asked, unsure of what was going to happen.
"The new forms will provide power and stability, since you two are both Evos. That and the effects only last as long as Neo here stays alive. So if he dies, then the Neo forms will cut out instantly."
"Well if it means more power, then I don't mind." Yami, the Ballom replied, eager for the power boost.
"Well then, do you two want to go through with it? Cindy gave me permission to give you Neo Creatures in case you didn't want to convert them.
"I'm up for anything." Brian said just as fast as Yami answered.
Megan stayed quiet for a second, before saying "yes" as well.
With that, the two left the room for Luke to get to work...
"So this is the place where the source said they saw Luke right?" C.J. asked as the four of them stared at the building in front of them.
"That's what I got; for something abandoned, they have a pretty hi-tech lock." Dylan pointed to the keypad with the slot to swipe the ID card in.
"So it's probably locked then."
"No matter, I can hack this in an instant." Dylan cracked his knuckles and walked over to the lock.
"Says the one who 'Great in math'" Jake scoffed.
"So I forgot the negative, my bad." Dylan rolled his eyes, and continued with breaking the lock. "Done."
The doors slid open as the teens ran in. Inside was dark and hollow, only having a metal balcony inside.
"Well, for a Hi-tech Lock, this place is pretty abandoned." Jake said.
"No one said that this place was abandoned..." Megan's voice echoed from the balcony.
The lights in the room suddenly shot on lighting up the entire area. The four reacted by looking up and seeing Cindy, Luke, Brian and Megan standing across from them on the balcony, each dressed in the same cloak, without the hoods on.
"Welcome Team KG." Cindy spoke up.
"Who are you and what did you do with Bolshack Dragon?" C.J. shouted.
"Hey it's the Hero; How've you been since yesterday?" Luke chuckled.
"Give me back Bolshack Dragon!" C.J. snapped.
"Or what?" Brian stepped in.
C.J. backed off, as he couldn't come up with another answer.
"Or we'll make you give it to us!" Jake stepped in.
Brian laughed. "Really? You guys aren't worth our time. Just get out of here before we force you out."
"If I'm not mistaken, your Brian and Megan Warner, am I right?" Karon decided to speak.
"Yes, why are you asking?" Megan calmly replied.
"I heard you were the best Light/Darkness Tag team. Care to demonstrate for us? Kettou Da!"
"Oh a challenge? Sorry, but we don't waste our time having tag duels with amateurs; I can handle you by myself ,Yoshi." He snapped his fingers, causing the room to shake and a K-Terminal to rise from the center of the floor.
"Now then, I can take care of Shadow boy." Brian said confidently. "You guys can go and chill out somewhere."
"Have it your way." Luke said.
Brian jumped from the balcony and landed in front of the terminal.
"Until then." Luke and the others disappeared, catching the others off guard.
"Holograms." Dylan confirmed.
"Yo Karon, I'll take him on. Light and Darkness have a never ending rivalry, just like how we have one with him and his sister." Jake said, walking towards the K-Terminal and strapping on his glove.
Karon sighed. "Fine, I'll just do the cliché thing and go look for his sister so I duel her, so we can come that much closer to Bolshack Dragon. Man you guys are suck killjoys."
"If you want to battle everyone else, they're through that door." Brian pointed to the door in the back of the warehouse. "Not that you're going to get past them anyway. But it'd be fun to know you tried."
"It's alright guys, I'll catch up. Just go." Jake reassured as he deployed his shields.
"Alright then. We'll see you later." C.J. and the others bolted towards the door in the back, leaving Jake and Brian to their duel."
"Ready?" Brian asked.
"Let's go." Jake replied.
Cindy stood in Luke's lab, seeing the black data stream ooze off of the Neo Bolshack Dragon card. Which laid on the table in front of her.
"I guess now's a good a time as ever." Twin Cannon Skyterror told her And with that reasoning, Cindy took the card. It shocked her with visible black electricity, leaving a small burn mark on her hand, but she sucked it up and slid the card into her deck.
"Let's get started..." She then left the room to get ready for her opponent.
[END]
[Kaijudo Corner]
C.J.: What no duel? What's up with that?
Shuriken16: I need time to make decks for Team Neo, so bear with me. The next two chapters hopefully will be mostly the duels between Jake and Brian, and Karon and Megan respectively. Also I'll try to expand on Neo Bolshack Dragon's origins.
Jake: One more Question: What the heck are Shining Command and Shadow Command?
Shuriken16: Trying to get away from as much religious stuff as possible, so as for those two races, I changed them but anyone with common sense should know what I'm talking about. It's a fan fiction so... Yeah. If that's all the questions, then I'll bid the readers a farewell.