Chapter 3: Digital Dangers

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Kaila: 8000 LP/Hand 3/One face-down card/Battle Deity Temple

Yusaku: 7000 LP/Hand 2

Great Battle Deity Disciple – Axelo ATK: 2700

Great Battle Deity Disciple – Agnika ATK: 2900

Battle Deity Disciple – Saro ATK: 2400

"It's my turn now, I draw!" Yusaku drew his card and smirked. "First off, with Cynet Backdoor's effect, since it's the standby phase, Decode talker now returns to my field." Decode Talker reappeared on the field as quickly as he disappeared on the last turn.

"Great, just what I needed." Kaila complained.

Decode Talker
LINK – 3
ATK: 2300
DARK
Cyberse/Link/Effect
Up/Bottom-left/Bottom-right

"Next up, I summon Cyberse Gadget to the field." He slapped another card from his hand onto the duel disk and a humanoid robot with a tablet-like device on its left arm appeared on the field.

Cyberse Gadget
Level 4
ATK: 1400/DEF: 300
LIGHT
Cyberse/Effect

"When Cyberse Gadget is normal summoned to the field, I can special summon a level 2 or lower monster from my graveyard in defense mode with its effects negated, revive, Latency." Yusaku ordered as Latency appeared back on the field.

Latency
Level 1
ATK: 0/DEF: 0
LIGHT
Cyberse/Effect

"Appear, the circuit that leads to the future!" The circuit appeared above the field. "Arrowheads confirmed, the summoning condition is one level four or lower cyberse monster, I set Cyberse Gadget on the link marker." Yusaku declared.

Cyberse Gadget turned into a gray tornado and flew into the arrow on the center bottom arrow. "Circuit combine!" The circuit glowed in a red light. "Link summon, arise, Link 1, Link Disciple!"

A humanoid figure appeared from the red light, about three feet tall, it had white, red, and black coloring, with blue spots and lines adorning it, it had a sword for a right arm, and pointed feet levitating it off its legs.

Link Disciple
LINK - 1
ATK: 500
LIGHT
Cyberse/Link/Effect
Down

"Only 500 ATK?" Kaila wondered before it hit her. "Wait, he didn't do that to summon that monster."

"Cyberse Gadget's ability, when it's sent to the graveyard for the summoning of a link monster, I special summon a Gadget Token to the field." A monster with a shape similar to Cyberse Gadget's head appeared in front of Yusaku.

Gadget Token
Level 2
ATK: 0/DEF: 0
LIGHT
Cyberse

"Not only that, but when Decode Talker points to a monster, it gains 500 ATK." Yusaku explained.

"Power… Integration!" Decode Talker shouted as he and Link Disciple raised their swords upward, and a red aura from Link Disciple flowed into Decode Talker's sword.

Decode Talker ATK: 2300 – 2800

"Next, I activate the spell, Cyberse Cache." The card itself appeared lying down on the field. "With this card's effect, while I control a cyberse monster with ATK greater than its original ATK, I draw 2 cards." He explained drawing his cards.

"And now, I'll use the cards I drew, since I control a cyberse monster on the field, I can special summon both these monsters from my hand. Come forth, Backup Secretary, Cyberse Converter, in defense mode!"

Backup Secretary
Level 3
ATK: 1200/DEF: 800
LIGHT
Cyberse/Effect

Cyberse Converter
Level 3
ATK: 1000/DEF: 1000
LIGHT
Cyberse/Effect

Kaila looked at Yusaku and his field in awe. "Six monsters on the field at the same time…"

"You've got that right, do it, Yusaku." Decode Talker ordered.

"Right, arise, the circuit that leads to the future." Another circuit board appeared, this time on the ground. "Arrowheads confirmed, the summoning conditions are, at minimum, 2 monsters, I set Decode Talker, and my Gadget Token on the link markers!" Decode Talker and the Gadget Token flew into the air, the token turned into a gray tornado, while Decode Talker split up into 3 purple tornados, and slammed into the upper, lower, left, and right arrows.

Kaila looked at the formation the arrows were in. "A link 4 monster, with those arrows?" She gasped.

"Cybernetic dragon, born from a digital storm, with your power, take to the sky, AND ROAR!"

"A cybernetic dragon? That can only mean…" Kaila couldn't think in time as a flood of blue cubes shot out of the circuit like a geyser.

"Link Summon! Fly away, the origin of dragons of the cyberse world, Link 4, FIREWALL DRAGON!"

The cubes began to attach to one another, forming white wings with black webbing and blue lines, a pair of clawed feet, and the head of a dragon with red eyes and a ring on its forehead. The dragon took off through the sky, making two air rings all the while, it descended to the field in front of Yusaku and let out a loud roar, signaling it's arrival for miles.

Firewall Dragon
LINK - 4
ATK: 2500
LIGHT
Cyberse/Link/Effect
Up, Down, Left, Right

"Finally, I stand on the battlefield once again." Firewall Dragon said.

"No way, that monster was supposed to be banned in my world." Kaila thought to herself.

"Such thoughts are nonexistent on this world." Kaila heard a voice in her head and recognized it as Origina. "Monster that belong to an archetype or civilization of a certain type have free reign to do battle in a duel as long as they're fighting alongside their archetype." Origina explained.

"Oh, right, but how are you communicating with me?" Kaila asked.

"Through the bond you share with the Battle Deity archetype, now focus on the duel." Origina told her.

Kaila shook her head and refocused her thoughts on the duel before looking at Firewall Dragon and smiling. "Got to say Firewall, you're looking pretty awesome today." Kaila complemented.

"Haha, don't mention it, little one, but just a little warning, don't take us lightly." Firewall warned.

"Wouldn't plan on it in a million years." Kaila smirked.

"Enough small talk, let's continue." Yusaku ordered. "Come forth once more, the circuit that leads to the future." The circuit board appeared on the ground again.

"I'm really getting tired of this." Kaila sweatdropped.

"Arrowheads confirmed, the summoning conditions are two cyberse monsters. I set Latency, and Backup Secretary on the link markers." Latency and Backup Secretary turned into a pink and purple tornado respectively and flew into the arrows on the left and bottom-right. "Link summon! show yourself, Link 2, Flame Administrator!"

A pillar of fire erupted from the circuit, and out came a humanoid with red, yellow, and orange armor protecting its body.

Flame Administrator
Link 2
ATK: 1200
FIRE
Cyberse/Link/Effect
Left, Bottom-right

"While Flame Administrator is out of the field, all link monsters I control gain 800 ATK." Yusaku explained loudly.

"May the cybernetic fire within my allies and I, BURN BRIGHTLY!" Flame Administrator roared as a red aura surrounded him, Firewall Dragon, and Link Disciple.

Link Disciple ATK: 500 – 1300

Flame Administrator ATK: 1200 – 2000

Firewall Dragon ATK: 2500 – 3300

"Great, and that's not the worst of it." Kaila clarified.

"Nice instinct, I activate Firewall Dragon's effect. Once while on the field, if this card is co-linked, I can return monsters on the field or in the graveyards to their owner's hands, Firewall is co-linked with two monsters at the time, so I can target two monsters. Wanna guess which ones."

"Nope, Battle Deity Temple's passive effect. You can't target special summoned 'Battle Deity' monsters on my field with card effects during the main phase." The card appeared above Kaila and glowed, surrounding Agnika and Axelo with a re and brown aura respectively.

"The effect is wasted on them, but that doesn't mean I'm out of luck, I use Firewall Dragon's effect add Latency and Saro to our hands, Emergency Escape." Yusaku declared as the card slotted out of the holographic ring around his wrist, and Firewall Dragon shot a wave of electricity at Saro, sending him back to Kaila's hand. "At this moment, Latency's effect activates, when this card is added to my hand by a card effect, just like my last turn, I can summon it to my field." Latency appeared on the field again.

"Arise, the circuit that leads to the future." The circuit board appeared again. "Arrowheads confirmed, the summoning conditions are two or more cyberse monsters, I set Latency, Cyberse Converter, and Link Disciple on the link markers." The two monsters turned into pink, light blue, and red tornadoes and landed in the left, right, and upper arrows.

"Link summon, arise, Link 3, Excode Talker!" A cybernetic warrior similar to Decode Talker appeared on the field; only this one was wearing green bulky armor over a black jumpsuit with green lines on it.

"By the order of the code talkers, we charge onward, to battle." Excode Talker roared.

Excode Talker
LINK – 3
ATK: 2300
WIND
Cyberse/Link/Effect
Up, Left, Right

"Latency and Flame Administrator's effects." Yusaku drew a card as Flame Administrator powered up Excode Talker.

Excode Talker ATK: 2300 – 3100

"Now Excode Talker's effect, when he's link summoned, I choose main monster zones on your field, up to the number of monsters in the extra monster zones, and render them unusable while this card is on the field." Yusaku explained.

"Oh no, hearing that now, it's a lot more threatening then it sounded back home." Kaila thought to herself.

"Grasp Zone!" Excode Talker concentrated green energy into his right hand and formed a ball of energy, and launched it at an area of ground on Agnika right-hand side, leaving a puddle of liquid-like data on the ground.

"Now his other effect, all monsters that he points to gain 500 ATK and can't be destroyed by card effects." Excode Talker gathered energy in his right hand and shot to Firewall Dragon who roared upon receiving the power boost.

Firewall Dragon ATK: 3300 - 3800

"It's time to battle, Firewall Dragon, attack Axelo." Yusaku ordered.

"Let's do this." Firewall Dragon took off into the sky and spun around once, the cybernetic webbing in his wings dissipated as secondary parts on his wings detached from the main structure. The wings then attached to one another above Firewall's head as the secondary wing parts began to levitate around Firewall. Rings of energy appeared behind the digital dragon as any and all blue lines across his body went red with power. "TEMPEST TERAHERTZ!" Firewall Dragon fired a large crimson laser from his mouth, as it was hurtling straight towards Axelo.

"I activate my own trap, Battle Nullify." The card appeared in front of Axelo, it depicted a warrior holding up a shield and having a force field appear in front of him as he defended himself.

"It's definitely a basic name, but its effect lets me negate any one attack that targets a 'Battle Deity' monster I control." A force field appeared in front of Axelo and Firewall's attack was deflected into the sky. "Not only that, but if the attack was from a monster with 3000 or more ATK, the battle phase ends." A wall of light appeared in front of Kaila's field, blocking the way for Yusaku's monsters.

"Tsk, great, I set one card and end my turn." Yusaku grunted.

Kaila: 8000 LP/Hand 4/Battle Deity Temple

Yusaku: 7000 LP/Hand 1/One facedown card

Great Battle Deity Disciple – Axelo ATK: 2700

Great Battle Deity Disciple – Agnika ATK: 2900/1 overlay unit

Firewall Dragon ATK: 3800

Excode Talker ATK: 3100

Flame Administrator ATK: 2000

"My turn, I draw." Kaila drew her card from the jewel on her hand and looked at it, then smiled. "Just what I needed." She cheered.

"Be ready for anything, Yusaku." Firewall warned Yusaku.

Yusaku simply nodded in response as he looked at Kaila.

"I normal summon Battle Deity Disciple – Exinor to my field." She placed the card on her duel disk and a new monster appeared.

This monster was a man, wearing a white shirt with an outline of a sword on it, and black pants, he had black gloves and boots on his hands and feet, and a red necklace was wrapped around his neck and he had a silver bow in his left hand.

Battle Deity Disciple – Exinor
LV: 4
ATK: 1500/DEF: 1400
DIVINE
Warrior/Effect

"Battle Deity Temple, activate."

Battle Deity Disciple – Exinor ATK: 1500 – 1800

"Odd, why summon that monster?" Excode wondered out loud.

"So I can activate his effect, when he's normal summoned while I control another "Battle Deity" monster, for each one control, one monster on your field loses its abilities." Kaila explained.

"WHAT!" Yusaku exclaimed.

"The monsters I target are Excode Talker and Flame Administrator." Kaila declared.

"You've stood in our way for long enough." Exinor shouted.

The monster himself drew the line on his bow back and two energy arrows formed; he fired both at Excode Talker and Flame Administrator making the both of them glow grey, signifying their abilities being sealed away.

Excode Talker ATK: 3100 – 2300

Flame Administrator ATK: 2000 – 1200

Firewall Dragon ATK: 3800 – 2500

"Yes, he knocked their strength down by a ton in one move." Agnika exclaimed.

"An excellent shot." Axelo said, complementing Elinor's marksmanship.

"Agnika's ability one last time, this time on Firewall." Kaila declared.

Her last overlay unit flew into her sword. "Spiritual Bu-" Agnika was cut off.

"I activate my trap, Link Restart!" Yusaku shouted as the card showed itself. "When a effect that would inflict damage to me is activated, I can negate that effect, and then I summon one link monster from my graveyard." He explained.

The card sparked blue lightning and it flew at Agnika, stopping her from using her effect and bringing her down to a knee. "Revive, Decode Talker!" The purple knight himself reappeared back on the field in front of Axelo.

"Don't forget that I get more power for every monster I point to." Decode Talker reminded.

Decode Talker ATK: 2300 – 2800

Kaila grunted at her current situation as Agnika got back up on her feet. "Fine then, let's battle anyways, Exinor, open fire on Flame Administrator." She ordered.

"Have a nice trip!" Exinor quipped before firing an arrow at Flame Administrator, piercing and destroying him.

Yusaku LP: 7000 – 6400

"Now for round two, Axelo, crush Excode Talker." Kaila continued.

"Tectonic Wave!" Axelo jumped up into the sky and raised his axe, he came down and smashed the axe into the ground, sending a wave of energy surging through the ground before the pent up energy burst out from underneath Excode Talker, destroying him.

Yusaku LP: 6400 – 6000

"Excode!" Decode Talker cried out to his comrade. "Your gonna pay dearly for that!" he promised clenching his hands. "Firewall, Yusaku, plan B." Yusaku smirked.

"Firewall Dragon's effect, when a monster that he points to is destroyed by battle and sent to the graveyard, I special summon one monster from my hand, come on out, Micro Coder in defense mode." He ordered as a small grey knight, with a similar look to Code Talker appeared on the field in defense mode.

Micro Coder
LV: 1
ATK: 300/DEF: 0
DARK
Cyberse/Effect

"Why would he want to do that?" Kaila asked before remembering something. "Oh right, Agnika, attack Firewall Dragon! Spiral Blaze Saber!" Kaila ordered.

Agnika ran up to Firewall Dragon and slashed him across the chest, destroying him instantly.

Yusaku LP: 6000 – 5600

"With all that being done, I set two cards face-down and end my turn." Kaila declared, but not before noticing Yusaku smiling again. "I don't like the looks of that smile." She thought to herself.

Kaila: 8000 LP/Hand 2/Two facedown cards/Battle Deity Temple

Yusaku: 5600 LP/Hand 0

Great Battle Deity Disciple – Axelo ATK: 2700

Great Battle Deity Disciple – Agnika ATK: 2900

Battle Deity Disciple – Exinor ATK: 1500

Decode Talker ATK: 2800

Micro Coder DEF: 0

"My turn, then, I draw." Yusaku drew his card. "I activate Cynet Codec." He declared as the card materialized on the field.

"The time has come for your new power to be unveiled, Decode Talker." Yusaku declared.

"Wait, new power?" Kaila asked shocked. "What could he possibly be talking about?" She wondered.

"Appear now, the circuit of the order of the code talkers!" a circuit board appeared in the sky. "Arrowheads confirmed, the summoning conditions are 2 or more effect monsters, including at least one link monster. I use Micro Coder to assist Decode Talker in his evolution!"

"What kind of monster are you summoning?!" Kaila asked loudly.

Micro Coder turned into a gray tornado, while Decode Talker turned into three separate purple tornadoes, which circled around the gray one and landed in the center of the circuit board. "Circuit combine!" Yusaku shouted as he began a chant for this mystery monster.

"Leader of the order of digital knights, let the digital power of the storm of shadows engulf you, as you use your sword, to fight for what's right!"

"Link summon! Evolve, Link 4, Shadowcode Talker!" A violet storm of data crashed down onto the battlefield as the shadow of a new monster was seen through the storm, the storm itself dissipated and the monster was seen in its full glory.

It was a knight-like figure, with armor similar to Decode Talker, only it was colored dark purple, with golden lines running across it, and blue orbs on the shoulder pads. It had a jetpack like device on its back with two dorsal fin-like protrusions on top of it, and to top it off, its purple eyes had black slits running down them.

Shadowcode Talker
LINK – 4
ATK: 2900
DARK
Cyberse/Link/Effect
Top, Bottom, Bottom-left, Bottom-right

Kaila stood there shocked at the fact that Yusaku had something like this in his deck. "A link 4 code talker?" Kaila muttered in astonishment.

"You better believe it." Shadowcode Talker said proudly.

"Shadowcode Talker's effect, when this card is link summoned using Decode Talker, he's unaffected by card effects until the end phase." Yusaku declared.

Kaila stood shocked. "But that means my Power Obstruction trap is useless against him." She thought.

"Micro Coder's effect from the graveyard. When he's used to link summon a Code Talker monster from the extra deck, I can add one Cynet card or a level four cyberse monster from my deck to my hand. The card that I add will be Lady Debug." Yusaku declared before going on. "Furthermore, since Shadowcode Talker is a dark attribute, Cynet Codec's effect let's me add a dark attributed monster from my deck to my hand, I choose Firewall Guardian." He finished.

"He was able to do much in one move, what do we do?" Agnika asked gripping her sword with both hands.

"We counter whatever he throws at us, simple as that." Axelo answered bluntly.

"Yeah, simple." Kaila remarked turning away for a moment.

"If you know what's good for you, you never turn away from a battle, little one." Shadowcode Talker said pointing at her, catching her attention.

"Shadowcode Talker, attack Axelo. Shadowcode End!" Shadowcode Talker snapped his fingers, and a purple data-like matter began to swirl around his right hand, the data materialized into a purple glowing sword with one blade on the bottom, and two on the top, all while levitating near a handle with a circular guard around it.

"This is your finale." The knight shouted its jetpack sprouted two wings on the side and roared to life, dispensing purple data cubes as he shot upward, soaring around the sky before bringing his sword down on the axe-wielding disciple.

"All I can do is pray for your victory." Axelo said grimly before the sword cleaved him in half, and his remains shattered.

"Axelo!" Kaila shouted before kneeling in pain.

Kaila LP: 8000 – 6600

"Shadowcode Talker's effect, when he destroys an opponents monster, I can special summon one level four or lower cyberse monster from my hand." Kaila grunted at the mention of this.

"Not before this, I activate Axelo's effect, when he's destroyed, I target up to two "Battle Deity" monsters from my graveyard, and special summon them with their effects negated, revive now, Laura, Carla, in defense mode." Kaila ordered with her monsters appearing by her side.

Battle Deity Disciple – Carla
LV: 4
ATK: 1700/DEF: 1400
DIVINE
Warrior/Effect

Battle Deity Disciple – Laura
LV: 4
ATK: 1300/DEF: 2000
DIVINE
Spellcaster/Effect

"It won't matter, I summon Lady Debug in attack mode." Yusaku said as Lady Debug appeared on the field.

Lady Debug
LV: 4
ATK: 1700/1400
LIGHT
Cyberse/Effect

"With her effect, I add a level 3 or lower monster from my deck to my hand, I add to my hand, Profibit Snake."

"That's going to be a problem." Kaila thought.

"Not only that, but Shadowcode Talker's other effect, while he's pointing to another monster, he gains 1000 ATK." A purple aura surrounded Shadowcode Talker as he powered up.

Shadowcode Talker ATK: 2900 – 3900

"Lady Debug, attack Laura!" The red ladybug-like monster gathered red energy in her hands and fired it at Laura, destroying the female knight on impact.

"With the battle phase over with, I summon Firewall Guardian." A dragon-like monster appeared next to Lady Debug.

"Now it's my turn." Yusaku smirked.

"What's he talking abo-" a possibility hit Kaila like a ton of bricks. "Wait a minute, now he's got two level 4 monsters on his side."

"With my level four Lady Debug and Firewall Guardian, I build the overlay network." Completely different from Kaila's xyz summoning, sparks flew out of Yusaku's duel disk and soared into the sky, creating an x-shaped circuit board with red dots in between the lines that laid on the ground.

"This is..." Kaila was stunned to see the way he was doing a xyz summon. "This just like in the anime." She thought to herself.

Lady Debug's body turned into yellow particles while Firewall Guardian's turned into purple particles, and flew into two of the four red dots. "The wall of power that annihilates everything, manifest as the dragon's fang!" The ends of the lines shot four blue lasers at the sky as a supernova-like explosion went off in the sky. "Xyz Summon! Arise, Rank 4, Firewall eXceed Dragon." Yusaku chanted, a new dragon appeared right in front of Yusaku with two purple orbs orbiting around it.

Firewall eXceed Dragon
RNK: 4
ATK: 2500/DEF: 2000
DARK
Cyberse/Xyz/Effect

"Time for you to lose, girly." The new monster declared.

"But why summon that monster now?" Kaila asked.

"eXceed dragon gains 500 ATK for every link marker a link monster pointing to him has." Yusaku told her.

"Limit eXceeder." The dragon roared as he gained more power.

Firewall eXceed Dragon ATK: 2500 – 4500

"I activate Firewall eXceed Dragon's ability, I use two overlay units two revive one link 4 monster from my graveyard so that it points to eXceed."

"Come forth, my twin brother. Firewall Dragon." Firewall eXceed Dragon's overlay units flew into the ground behind Shadowcode Talker, opening up a portal which Firewall Dragon flew out of as he landed directly behind Shadowcode Talker.

"For the last time eXceed, I'm technically not your twin brother." Firewall complained.

"You keep saying that, but you know that it's true." eXceed teased.

"Okay then, that relationship is a thing in this world." Kaila muttered.

Firewall eXceed Dragon ATK: 4500 – 6500

"Oh you've got to be kidding me." Kaila paled seeing how powerful Yusaku's formation is. "How am I supposed to beat this lineup?" She asked herself.

"Simple really, you can't, we've ran combat simulations and have dueled against opponents everyday, no simulation or combatant has broken through this specific formation before, and even with the "Battle Deity" archetype you possess, you won't be the exception today." Yusaku roared at Kaila, which made her steel her nerves.

"We'll see about that." She said narrowing her eyes at him.

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Battle Nullify
Normal Trap
When a "Battle Deity" monster you control is attacked by an opponent's monster, you can negate that attack, then, if that monster had 3000 or more ATK, end the battle phase.

Battle Deity Disciple – Exinor
LV: 4
ATK: 1500/DEF: 1400
DIVINE
Warrior/Effect
When this card is summoned, if you control 2 or more other "Battle Deity" monsters, you can target monsters your opponent controls, up to the number of other "Battle Deity" monsters you control, negate their effects.

Shadowcode Talker
LINK – 4
ATK: 2900
DARK
Cyberse/Link/Effect
Top, Bottom, Bottom-left, Bottom-right
When this card is link summoned using "Decode Talker" as link material, this card is unaffected by card effects until the end phase. While this card points to a cyberse monster, it gains 1000 ATK. When this card destroys an opponent's monster by battle, you can special summon one cyberse monster from your hand, you cannot special summon monsters from the extra deck for the rest of this turn, except cyberse monsters. When you opponent activate a card or effect, you can send one monster this card points to to the GY, and if you do, negate that effect, and if you do, destroy it. When this card is destroyed (either by battle or card effect), you can target one "Decode Talker" in your GY, special summon it.

Power Obstruction
Normal Trap
You can target one monster your opponent controls, it loses 500 ATK for every "Battle Deity" monster card originally from the extra deck and/or ritual monster in your GY until the end phase.

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All I'm gonna say is this, writing a Yugioh fanfic is a lot harder than I could have ever imagined, I'll update this story as often as I can while trying to focus on my other stories, but I can't tell you when the next chapter will come up.