Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS: The Link Between Fates Chapter 4: Let's get ready to Rumble!, a yu-gi-oh! vrains fanfic

"Speaking"

*Noises*

"Thoughts or reading"

Café Haru, first story, (11:13 AM)

"Really? You injured yourself getting out of the shower!" Matoyia asked Yui over the phone, he was manning the counter, as Asuka had taken Aito to a therapy session, so he had to skip a day at school for it. Matoyia had taken his jacket off and was wearing the Cafe's apron.

"Thank you! Come again!" he said to a customer, handing them their purchase of chocolate muffins. "You were saying." he said into the phone, "Yeah, and now I'm bedridden for a couple of weeks..." Yui lied… About how she injured herself, not being bedridden, but Matoyia didn't know that.

"So we can't go to the movies like we planned later tonight..." she said, "Plan? Movies?" he asked, confused, "Oh did I not tell you? We, meaning me, Sora and Hiroshi decided to go to the movies to see that new Star Wars movie." she said.

"And you were going to ask me last minute, and pressure me into going." Matoyia concluded, he knew from past experiences that this plan of hers usually worked on him. "Hehehehe..." she nervously giggled.

"Well… I'm not busy later on, so we could come over to yours and watch a movie instead!" he suggested, "Really!? You'd do that!?" she asked, "Sure what are friends for." he said,

"Thank you! Thank you!" she said excited, "Great, I'll tell the others about this, later!" he said, "Bye!" she said happy as she ended the call, he then put his phone away and went back to working, but was thinking about something else.

"That's twice that Playmaker has gotten away from me..." he thought thinking back to yesterday, "Ares and Talon, two knights of Hanoi, and by judging that the two regular knights listened to Ares, he must be a higher up, same with Talon maybe… but who is Revolver?" he asked himself as he took the next customer's order.

"If Talon knows him and that Revolver wanted them back, it may mean that he's either higher up than them, or is the leader of Hanoi." he added, "If he's the leader, he must be the toughest of them all, I'll need to ready for him." he finished as the door opened and hit the bell, meaning a new customer had entered.

"Hi! How can we-" he went to say, but was shocked at who had stepped into the building, "It's Go Onizuka!" a random customer said, as indeed Go Onizuka was standing there, looking a bit confused, "How did I get here?" he muttered to himself, looking around the place, it was a nice place.

"Go, can I get an autograph?" a customer said getting a picture out of Go, "Did that customer seriously have a picture of Go on them?" Matoyia thought as he stared as Go signed the picture, "Thank you? My son's going to love this!" the customer said going back to their table. Go then made his way over to the counter.

"What is this place?" he asked, while people stared at him from their tables, but he was use to it, so he ignored them, "Welcome to Café Haru, the cosy little internet café around this district!" Matoyia told him.

"Oh! I didn't realise where I was heading..." Go said to him, Matoyia then noticed that Go seemed upset about something, "Something wrong?" he asked him, this made Go think for a second, wondering if he should tell him.

"Its about Playmaker..." he said, "What about him?" Matoyia asked, "Well if you must know, I usually head to the Orphanage to donate gifts to the child..." he said, "Really? I didn't know about that!" Matoyia lied.

During his time trying to research Playmaker, which bore no fruits, he decided to research other people that could get in his way, this included Go Onizuka, as he wanted to Duel Playmaker when he first encountered the guy.

What he learned was that Go had based his Avatar on his real self, this meant that he had nothing to hide, and loved attention… This made Matoyia think he had a huge ego… which he did, but Go made up for this, as Matoyia also found out that most of Go's winnings and what money he made from commercial and ads went into the orphanage that Go used to live in.

He believed that Go did this to somehow pay off a debt to the orphanage for taking him in when no one else would, and that he wanted other kids to experience a better life until they were adopted by a nice family.

So Go was in fact a nice guy… when his ego wasn't in the way, "Yeah, and the kids used to love me and watch me Duel… but now, what with Playmaker now around and with Codebuster's new Deck, they love them more than me!" Go said.

"Is that a problem or just jealously rearing its head?" Matoyia asked, "Jealously?" Go said, "Yeah, you probably think that children only have enough room in their hearts to admire one person, but that's not true at all..." Matoyia said to him, with him listening to this.

"They're just kids, they can admire whoever they want, for as long as they want, but they'll eventually put someone they cherish above these people..." Matoyia said, "Thanks for that… But as long as Playmaker is acting like a hero, they won't think of me..." Go muttered, "He needs to be shown as the coward he is!" he growled out.

This made Matoyia a bit concerned, wondering what Go was going to do, "Just think about what I said Go… Would you like a drink?" he asked, "Umm sure, I take an Espresso to go!" Go said, he might as well order something… he then thought that he may come back here every once and a while.

"Coming right up!" Matoyia said as he went to make the drink leaving Go to himself… and the people staring at him. "Is he right? Kids can admire one than one person..." Go thought, just then the door opened, setting the bell off. And walking into the building was Sora Goto, Matoyia's friend, looking down at his phone.

"Hey Matoyia!" he said, still looking down at his phone, "Listen, I don't know if you've heard from Yui, but she's injured herself, so we can't go to the movies, like we..." Sora said as he slowly looked up to greet Matoyia, but stopped speaking when he saw Go standing there looking back at him.

"Hey Sora!" Matoyia said greeting him as he made the espresso for Go. Sora didn't respond back and just made eye contact with Go… who was a bit nerved by this.

"Err… Hi!" Go said, "Go Onizuka! It's really you!" Sora yelled rushing up to Go, shocking him a bit, "I can't believe that I get to meet you in person, I'm a huge fan of yours!" Sora said, looking up at Go with a smile, his eyes shining with excitement.

"Thank you..." Go said slowly, "Calm down Sora, he's just like you and me, a real guy." Matoyia said as he came back with Go's espresso in a foam take away cup. "Here you go Go!" he said making a little joke that Go laughed slightly, "Thanks!" Go said as he took out his wallet and paid the amount for it… While Sora stared into his back, making Go a bit uncomfortable.

"Thanks… and you may want to leave if you don't want to be pestered by Sora here" Matoyia said look at his friend, "Wait wait wait!" Sora shouted, "Can I at least get an autograph… for my little brother?" Sora asked as Matoyia raised an eyebrow, "Smooth..." he thought with laugh.

"Sure!" Go said as he signed a bit of paper Sora had in his pocket, "Thank you!" Sora said, "Your welcome..." Go said as he turned back to Matoyia, "Thank you for your words, and I may come back sometime." he said as he finally made his way outside, back to his warehouse gym.

"I can't believe it..." Sora said watching him go, "Me either..." Matoyia said, then smirked, "Seriously though? Your 'little' brother?!" he said with laugh, "Shut up! I couldn't tell him that I'm the little brother in my family!" Sora retorted, his face red as Matoyia laughed...

Den City's Psychotherapy Clinic Resort, (12:43 AM)

"So tell me Aito? How have you been since our last encounter?" Dr Shinkei asked as Aito sat opposite of him on a long therapy chair. Dr Shinkei was a man of 34, his hair was grey with purple mixed into it, it was in a loss pony tail as his hair covered his head. He was wearing a sweater vest under his white coat.

"Doing better…" Aito said, "Have you experienced the terror dream again since last time?" Shinkei asked, "No..." Aito said, "And what about your fear about Duelling?" he asked, as he wrote stuff down on his clipboard.

"No..." Aito said sad, before the incident, he used to love Duelling, he'd talk about it, wanted to Duel anyone he could, he didn't mind if he lost, he just wanted to have fun… but now, he was terrified to pick up his old Deck, or even a Duel Disk for that matter, they just collected dust now a days.

"Hmm… the experience must have been immensely awful for you to not Duel anymore..." Shinkei said, "Why do think that is?..." Aito asked, "Most likely that seeing that you had to Duel to survive during it, your subconscious is trying to make you stay way from actually Dueling, to ensure that you don't relapse into the trauma!" Shinkei concluded.

"Hmm..." Aito hummed, it did make since, "Oh, would you look at the time, the hour is up!" Shinkei said looking at the time, they had started 11:45 AM, they started off with what Aito was doing at school, at home, and what he did in his free time… Then the last thing they'd go over ever session was his phobia of Dueling.

"Okay..." Aito said getting up, "I'll see you next time..." he said, "That's if you think you still need this session." Shinkei said, "Maybe you won't with the way your heading!" he said, making Aito smile slowly. "Thank you..." he said as he lefted, his sister was on the other side outside of the room, "Ready?" she asked getting up.

"Yeah… let's go." he said, the two then made their way out, along the way, Aito looked through the other doors… to see the other patients in their rooms. One room always got his attention, inside was a young man of 16 with purple hair that was long and unkempt. His eyes were grey and dull, and he was crouched inwards.

Aito would always stop at this, just due to the aura that the young man gave off, he turned to look at the sign that told him who it was inside, "Jin Kusanagi..." he read, wondering what Jin had gone through to be like this.

"Aito?" Asuka said back to him, "Coming..." he said following his sister out…

Go Onizuka's warehouse, (14:20 PM)

"I hope you know what your doing." Go's manager said to him outside of the ring that Go was standing in, "I do… I'm going to do this, reveal Playmaker as a fake hero, and that I'm still the king!" Go said determined.

He raised his arm into the air, "Into the VRAINS!" he shouted as the sphere appeared around him… "Be careful..." his manager thought with worry...

Link VRAINS… (A few minutes later)

Flying about the virtual city, which had been restored to what it was like before the attacks, was Pigeon, not carrying Frog about, Frog had told him to try and find Playmaker… No such luck!

"I can't find Playmaker anywhere… But at least Codebuster showed up for his patrol this morning!" Pigeon said to himself, "I think Playmaker only shows up if the Knights of Hanoi are attacking." he guessed, that did seem to be a recurring event.

"But what are the chances of Hanoi attacking right now?" he asked himself, suddenly he heard a portal open behind him, "Huh?" he said confused as he turned around… and saw a Knight of Hanoi appearing from the portal.

"Oh no they're here!" he cried out in fear as the knight passed him. "I've got to record this!" he said as he started to record the event…

Den City High School, (same time)

Currently Yusaku was in the next lesson, but the teacher hadn't arrived yet, so he was being pestered by Naoki, "I've been checking Link VRAINS over and over, hoping to see if Playmaker will show up again..." Naoki said.

He then turned on his tablet and went onto the Link VRAINS Channel… and face to face with a Knight of Hanoi. "Ah! It's Hanoi!" he shouted, alerting Yusaku to this, "Mr Shima, we discuss the Tower this morning!" the teacher said as they walked in, and heard this.

"Not that! The Knights of Hanoi!" he shouted, "Right-" he went to ask Yusaku… but he'd vanish, "Where did he..." he said confused…

Café Haru… (same time)

"Hey Sheila, where's Matoyia?" Asuka asked as she and Aito entered the room, what she noticed what that the customers were now silent, "He just went up stairs for a bit, but check this out!" Sheila said as she pointed at one of the TV's on the wall, it was linked to Link VRAINS, where Asuka and Aito were shocked to see a Knight of Hanoi on it.

"Now we know why he went upstairs..." Asuka thought, "Aito you can go upstairs if you want!" Asuka said to him, "Okay..." he said walking passed the table and making his way into the back and upstairs.

When he reached it he made his way into to Matoyia's room, "Into the VRAINS!" he heard from his room, meaning that Matoyia had just entered Link VRAINS. "Time to see what's going on too..." Aito said as he reaching the living area and turned on the TV to the Link VRAINS Channel...

Link VRAINS...

Appearing from a new portal that appeared out of nowhere was Codebuster, who then landed on his D-Board and went to find the Knight. "Hopefully Playmaker shows up..." he said… not that he couldn't take the knight, just so he could Duel him after.

A few minutes later he found the knight standing on a rooftop, "Codebuster..." the knight said as he faced Codebuster, "Leave now!" Codebuster demanded, "No! Not until I've dealt with Playmaker." the knight said…

"Something's off about this knight..." Codebuster thought, he got the feeling that this knight… wasn't who he said he was… but he couldn't place why… Well he did notice one thing, the knight wasn't rampaging with his Cracking Dragon.

"So your just gonna wait here?" he asked, "Yes!..." the knight said, then turned away, "Okay..." Codebuster said confused. "Now I know something's off..." he thought...

Yusaku's House, (30 minutes later)

Within Yusaku's bedroom, "Ohhh..."A voice moaned… There was something different about the room, "Ohhh..." again a voice moaned… the main thing was that Yusaku's Duel Disk had been removed from the casing…

…

And was now underneath his bed… where Roboppy was tampering with it, how she managed to do this is a mystery, "Oh yeah! A bit more to the right!" Ai moaned out, "Oh Yeah! Yes! Yes!" he moaned happily, "Please be quite. My hands will slip otherwise." Roboppy said taking her hands away.

"Lousy bot! You sure are an idoit!" Ai said annoyed "That's a forbidden word!" she said, suddenly she heard a door open, shocking both her and him, "The kid's back from school already!" Ai yelled, suddenly Roboppy picked him…

A few second later, Yusaku entered his room and made his way to the casing, that now had the Duel Disk back in it… not that Yusaku knew, he looked to his left where he saw Roboppy sitting on a stool. He then opened the casing.

"Hey your home early toda-" Ai said with a whistle at the start, Yusaku cut him off by grabbing the Duel Disk, "We're going to Link VRAINS!" Yusaku said as he placed the Duel Disk on his arm, then made his way to the chamber in his room.

"What!? Why are you going there now!?" Ai asked, "A knight of Hanoi has shown up!" Yusaku said, "So what! Let Codebuster deal with it, I don't want to be a hostage anymore!" Ai said, but Yusaku ignored him.

"Deck Set!" he said placing his Deck into the Duel Disk, "Into the VRAINS!" he shouted…

Link VRAINS…

"So..." Codebuster said, trying to get the knight to talk to him… It wasn't working, Pigeon was above circling them. As time went by, people were starting to comments in the chat room, 'Why aren't you doing anything!?' was the most common one.

This ticked Codebuster off, "Hey! It's not like I haven't tried to, he doesn't want to Duel!" Codebuster yelled looking at Pigeon, making sure the people watching knew this. "Come on Playmaker..." he muttered as he turned to stare back at the knight.

"Something's not right, if I was the knight… thank god I'm not..." he thought, "I'd be rampaging around to make Playmaker come faster..." he thought, "He's clearly just a hacker who wants to cause mass panic, that's just sad..." he thought.

A few moment later, Playmaker appeared from a portal and landed on the roof they were standing on, "About time! What took you so long to get here!?" Codebuster yelled at the new arrival, "None of your business..." Playmaker said as he faced the knight who turned around.

"You're finally here, Playmaker..." the knight said, Playmaker got up but just stared at the knight, then narrowed his eyes. "Did you sense that something is off, Playmaker-sama?" Ai asked, "He's not a Knight of Hanoi!" Playmaker said.

"So you came to the same conclusion then..." Codebuster said, he knew, but Playmaker confirmed it as well, the knight then started to laugh, "I used this Knight of Hanoi to lure you out!" the knight said… as he started to glow, and his avatar started to change, revealing-

"Go Onizuka!" Codebuster yelled in shock, not expecting him to be behind the disguise, "That's right, I am Go Onizuka! And I'm a real hero, one that's going to expose you for the wannabe hero that you are!" Go declared.

"Looking up Go Onizuka right now!" Ai said, a few moments later, it had found the info, "An Entertainer who took the Dueling world by storm..." it said, "And he's currently ranked as No. 1 Charisma Duelist." it said.

However Playmaker just turned around and started to leave, "I'm not interested!" he said, "Kay!" Ai said, glad to be getting out of here… But suddenly, and giant cage appeared around most of the area they were in.

"What the hell is this cage!?" Codebuster yelled with shock, "Seeing that's it only Go, I'm leaving..." Codebuster said he went to log out…. But couldn't, "Huh?" he tried again, but nothing happened, "What's going on?" he said as he checked for something.

He found out why, the cage was in fact a program, that prevented anyone inside of it from logging out, "Go mus have don this..." he concluded, but that didn't make sense, for one thing, the info he researched told him that Go wasn't really that good with creating programs and or advanced ones for that matter.

"You realised it, didn't you?" Go said to Playmaker's Ai, as Codebuster was to the side, "I'm sorry you got caught up in this Codebuster, I don't really have anything against you, seeing that you take down criminals… even if you are a Bounty Hunter for money..." Go said to him.

"Wow… I feel so appreciated..." Codebuster said sarcasitically. "Now this program will only deactivate if you win a Duel against me." Go said back to Playmaker, who turned back to face him, "Who asked you to do this?" Playmaker asked.

"I have a good hunch..." Codebuster thought, the only reason they would pick Go was that he had strength like him, but Go would rush into something without much of a plan… something SOL Technologies would like if he won a Duel against Playmaker if they helped to set up said Duel.

"But the question is who at SOL gave the program to him." he added, "I see no reason to tell a hacker like you." Go said, "All that matters to me is proving that I'm stronger than you Playmaker!" he said clenching a fist.

"Careful! He's strong, don't let your guard down." Ai said, "Don't worry, I won't lose!" Playmaker said, suddenly the wind started to pick up, meaning a Data Storm Stream was approaching them, the two, Go and Playmaker ran off the rooftop, and landed on their D-Boards.

Codebuster than gave chase, landing on his own D-Board, and then activating his Drone to start recording the Duel, it detached from his back and flew to catch up to the two.

"Speed Duel!" Go and Playmaker shouted drawing 4 cards each,

Go Onizuka's LP: 4000

Playmaker's LP: 4000

Turn 1

"I'm going first!" Go said, "My turn!" he said waving his hand to see his Hand, "I Normal Summon Gouki Suprex from my Hand!" he said waving his hand over the card, appearing on his field was a blue wrester, with flowing unkempt hair on his back, the theme the monster it was appearing to be like that of a T-Rex. It was Summoning to the Left Main Monster Zone.

Gouki Suprex: EARTH, Level: 4 [Warrior/Effect] ATK/1800 DEF/0

"When Suprex is Normal Summoned, I can Special Summon a Gouki from my Hand!" he said holding the card in question, "I'm now Summoning Gouki Twistcobra!" he said as a new monster appeared, it was a green wrestler, it had 4 strands of what appeared to look like cobra head, it was based to appear to be a snake. It was Summoning to the Middle Main Monster Zone.

Gouki Twistcobra: EARTH, Level: 3 [Warrior/Effect] ATK/1600 DEF/0

"Then I end my turn!" he said.

Go's Hand x 2

Turn 2

"This is what Go usually starts with, building up a weak defence, let the opponent get the upper hand, but then he'll get up and overwhelm them, just to make the Duel even more fun for everyone..." Codebuster muttered eyeing Playmaker, "I wonder if Playmaker will enjoy it too?" he said to himself. He got the feeling that he was a man who didn't have time for fun.

"I'll defeat him with my very Dueling!" he heard Playmaker declared, "My turn! Draw!" Playmaker said drawing his card, "I set one card face-down!" he said as a card appeared face-down then faded.

"When they're no monsters on my field, I can Special Summon this card from my Hand!" he said holding the card, "Appear! Linkslayer!" he shouted placing the card on his blade. Appearing on his field was a warrior wearing armour the head looked like a lynx's head, the armour itself was a dark yellow, a brown-red cape was on his back, on his wrist were energy claws. It was Summoned to the Middle Main Monster Zone on Playmaker's side.

Linkslayer: EARTH, Level: 5 [Cyberse/Effect] ATK/2000 DEF/600

"Then I Normal Summon Cyberse Wizard!" he said as the wizard was Summoned to the Right Main Monster Zone.

Cyberse Wizard: LIGHT, Level: 4 [Cyberse/Effect] ATK/1800 DEF/800

"Alright! The Charisma Duelist, Go Onizuka, and Link VRAINS's new hero , Playmaker have begun a Duel!" the MC shouted from the outside world, "Is Go Onizuka turning from babyface to heel? Or is Go going to unmask this new hero of justice like he said?" he asked.

"This isn't a Duel you don't want to take your eyes off!" he said as the children in the orphanage were watching the Duel were anticipation… however they were mostly watching for Playmaker, holding signs for him.

"Huh? Go sure is a baffling guy, he lets the opponent attack him and put himself in danger on purpose." Ai said, "I don't care about his Dueling Style." Playmaker said as Go then laughed, "A 2 vs 2 brawl between monsters, huh?" he said. "Like a pro-wrestling tag match!" he added with a smile.

"Pro-wrestling tag match?" Codebuster muttered to himself, as he then started to picture a wrestling ring with Playmaker and Go standing in it with their monsters sizing one another up.

"Pro-wrestling is my speciality… The audience will count "one, two, three," and I will knock you out!" Go said.

Let's see shall we!" Playmaker retorted, "I activate Cyberse Wizard's effect and target Suprex with it!" he said as the wizard created his staff, "Now Suprex is switched into DEF! Cyberse Algorithm! " he said as the wizard waved his staff over Suprex, making it crouch into DEF.

"What!?" Go yelled, "And during the turn I use this effect, I can only attack that monster, but I can inflict piercing damage!" Playmaker said, "Battle! Linkslayer attack Suprex!" he ordered, "Suprex's DEF is 0..." Go muttered.

"Meaning the damage you take will be 2000!" Ai shouted "Meteor Slash!" Playmaker said as Linkslayer slashed Suprex across the chest not once, not twice but three times it then exploded, said explosion caused Go's D-Board to swerve and make him kneel down. Go's LP: 4000 – 2000 = 2000.

"He's faking it..." Codebuster thought, as he watched Ai look up the info he himself found earlier, "I see… He uses his entertaining Dueling to make money for the orphanage so the kid's can have a better future." it said, as Playmaker just stared head, not sure what to make of the info Ai just told him.

"Come on Go, get up!" Codebuster said, getting into the Duel, not sure why he was falling for the gimmick when he knew about it, "Oh! Even Go Onizuka is at his limits!" the MC said dramatically, "God that guy gets on my nerves sometimes..." Codebuster muttered.

The MC then explained to the audience a pro-wrestling term, with Go's shoulders having touched the mat, and that the referee will be tapping the mat soon. "One!" the MC and crowd shouted with a finger raised.

"Two!" they shouted, another finger raised, "And Thre-" they shouted but stopped as at the last second Go suddenly struggled to stand back up, "No wait! He's..." the MC dramatically stuttered.

"Oh my, Go Onizuka managed to lift his shoulders up on the count of 2.9!" he shouted, as Go stood up properly, "I now activate the effect of Suprex that was sent from the Field to the Graveyard!" Go said.

"I can add a Gouki card except itself from my Deck to my Hand!" he said, as a card ejected itself from his Deck card slot, "I'm adding Gouki Riscorpio to my Hand!" he said, "So it was just an act after all..." Playmaker.

"Did he seriously just realise this now, the Ignis just told him..." Codebuster thought, "He's going to plan his next move..." Playmaker added, "Still at least he lost half his LP!" Ai reminded him, "Humans sure do make illogical choices sometimes." it said, "Yeah, sometimes a person's heart can be shaken by irrational thoughts." Playmaker said

"What do you mean by that!?" Ai shouted "I don't think you'll understand if I told you." he said, "You're annoying!" it yelled, "Those two don't seem to get along." Codebuster noticed their little spat.

With Go, "Power… I can feel power surging throught my hand!" he yelled shocking his opponent, "Alright! I'm all fired up!" he yelled determined. "I now activate my Skill, Fighting Spirit!" he shouted as the lining of his coat glowed.

"Fighting Spirit Special Summons all Gouki monster that were destroy in battle this turn!" he explained, shocking both Playmaker and Codebuster, "Didn't know his Skill was that!" Codebuster yelled as Suprex was Summoned back to the Left Main Monster Zone.

"I end my turn..." Playmaker said having done all that he could do, "Why didn't he attack Twistcobra with Cyberse Wizard?" Codebuster, then realised that Twistcobra may have the same effect when it leaves the field.

Playmaker's Hand x 2

Turn 3

"My turn!" Go said, "I draw!" he drew his card, "When I control no monster or only Gouki monsters, I can Normal Summon Gouki Riscorpio without releasing a monster!" he said taking the card. This made a new monster, red in colour to appear, like the other two, it was a wrestler, the themed animal was a scorpion as it had claw pincher and a scorpion tail. It was Summoned to the Right Main Monster Zone.

Gouki Riscorpio: EARTH, Level: 5 [Warrior/Effect] ATK/2300 DEF/0

"Wow! What a big comeback!" Ai yelled, ""No, he hasn't shown his trump card yet..." Playmaker said, "Come forth! My Circuit!" Go yelled as the sparks erupted from his hand and shot into the air, making the Link Portal appear.

"Arrowheads confirmed! The Summoning condition is two or more Gouki monsters!" Go said, "I'm setting Suprex, Twistcobra and Riscorpio in the Link Markers!" he declared as the monsters in question turned into twisters of their own colour schemes.

Twistcobra hit the Bottom Left, Suprex the Bottom Right and Riscorpio the Middle Bottom Link Markers, turning them red and making the portal glow.

"Circuit Combine!" he shouted as forming from red energy was a new monster, it had a fur cape that covered most of its body as it then soared along with Go, "Link Summon!" he said, "Show yourself! Link 3 Gouki the Great Orge!" he said as the monster threw the cape over his shoulders, underneath the cape was dark grey armour covering the ogre, on its arms were curved spike bones in its right hand appeared a halberd axe. Is was Summoned to the Extra Monster Zone to Go's right.

Gouki the Great Ogre: EARTH [Warrior/Link/Effect] ATK/2600 LINK/-3, LMs: ↙⬇↘

"So that's his ace..." Codebuster muttered, meanwhile the crowd who were cheering for Playmaker at first, were now starting to cheer for Go, "He really is an entertainer." he said with a smile, thinking maybe he should take a swing at Go after this, that and he needed to find out who gave Go the program.

"I now activate the effects of the Gouki cards that lefted the field!" Go said as three cards ejected themselves from his Deck which he took. "And I'm even done yet!" he said, "As long as the Great Ogre is on the field, all face-up monsters on the field will lose ATK equal to their original DEF!" he explained.

Ogre Pressure!" he shouted as Great Ogre started to roar, making Playmaker's monster flinch, Cyberse Wizard's ATK: 1800 – 800 = 1000, Linkslayer's ATK: 2000 – 600 = 1400.

"Seriously! He can even lower our monster's ATK!?" Ai shouted, "Now from my Hand I activate the Spell, Gouki Rematch!" Go said, "I can now Special Summon two monsters with different Levels from my Graveyard in Defense!" he explained.

"I Summon Riscorpio and Twistcobra!" he said as the two monster appeared, Riscorpio in the Right Main Monster Zone and Twistcobra in the Middle one. "Not only has a Link Summoned, but he also reinforced his defenses as well!" Ai shouted in fear.

"I now activate Twistcobra's effect!" he said, "I now release Riscorpio..." he said as Twistcobra glowed green, Riscorpio burst into particles, "This now allows Great Ogre to gain it's ATK until the end of the turn!" he explained. Great Ogre's ATK: 2600 + 2300 = 4900.

"That's some serious fire power!" Codebuster yelled, "If he takes that, he'll be left with only 100 LP!" he said, "Then by sending Twistcobra in my Hand to the Graveyard..." Go said sending a Twistcobra to his Graveyard Slot.

"I can Special Summon Gouki Headbatt from my Hand in Defense! He said, this made a new monster appear, it was purple, is themed as a bat, as it had wing gliders on it arms, it was Summoned to the Right Main Monster Zone.

Gouki Headbatt: EARTH, Level: 2 [Warrior/Effect] ATK/800 DEF/0

"When Headbatt is Summoned like this, I can target 1 Gouki monster I control it gains 800 ATK until the end of the turn!" he added, shocking Codebuster, 4900 + 800 = 5700 (Great Orge)

"I can't believe it Go may actually win this… If Playmaker face-down wasn't there..." Codebuster said as he stared at where Playmaker's face-down was. "This is my finishing hold!" Go declared.

"This is bad! A single hit from that monster and we've lost!" Ai said panicked, "Stop panicking, I activate the Trap, Cyberse Shatter!" Playmaker said as his face-down flipped up. "When a card or effect is activated and that would change the ATK of a monster while I control a Cyberse Monster. I can negate that change!" he said. 5700 = 4900 (Great Orge)

"Then I draw 1 card!" he said drawing a card, "Wait! Why didn't you use that effect on Twistcobra!?" Ai asked annoyed, "Due to this, even if you attack, he'll only have 100 LP!" Go's Duel Disk told him.

"Quiet! 100 LP is nothing more than a candle in the wind! Go retorted to his Duel Disk, "Battle! Great Ogre, destroy Cyberse Wizard!" he ordered, Great Ogre brought his halberd above his head form both arms, "Ogre Axe!" Go shouted.

Great Ogre brought the weapon, releasing a purple beam at Cyberse Wizard, who moved in the of the beam to protect Playmaker, but he was destroyed regardless, Playmaker's LP: 4000 – 3900 = 100.

"I end my turn!" Go said, "With it ending Great Ogre's ATK returns to normal." he said, 4900 = 2600 (Great Orge)

Go's Hand x 3

Turn 4

"Whoa! Go Onizuka swung his mighty Ogre Axe!" the MC yelled excited, "Looks like Link VRAINS's newest hero- Playmaker – made a misplay!" he said, "Now he's hanging on by the skin of his teeth!" he added.

"This doesn't make since, why didn't he use that trap when Twistcobra used his effect?" Codebuster thought in confusion, "He wouldn't make a misplay like that!" he added, suddenly he noticed something up ahead.

"What is that?" he said confused, but as it got closer, "A Backdoor!" Codebuster yelled in shock, alerting Go to this, who turned just to see the apparent backdoor pass him. "Someone is helping Playmaker!?" Go shouted as the backdoor neared Playmaker.

"Look! You can escape throught there!" Ai said, happy to get away from this Duel… But at the last second, Playmaker swerved out of the way of the portal, shocking Go, Codebuster and Kusanagi, who had created the backdoor.

"W-Why didn't you go through!?" Ai shouted at him, Codebuster had a guess, "Because he doesn't run from a Duel!" he deduced, "However just because he didn't take it..." he said then typed a command into his Duel Disk, making the drone stay.

"Doesn't mean that I won't!" he yelled making his D-Board go into the Backdoor.

Kusanagi having watched this was shocked, "Codebuster used the Backdoor instead!?" he yelled from within his truck.

"This is bad! He could try and locate the source it came from!" he said as he typed away, trying to remove any trace he had made...

Café Haru, Third Story (same time)

Matoyia, having escaped the cage program and immediately logged out, quickly woke up and started his computer up, and typed away, "Thank you Playmaker's ally!" he said to himself as he typed.

"Now let's see if I can recover it!" he said as he quickly hacked the cage program, which was indeed from SOL, and found how his ally made the program, he made a rough design of the backdoor, and scanned for a copy, the result was the one he used to get out, but he noticed that someone was trying to remove their virtual finger prints from it.

"Not so fast you!" he said typing away faster, after a few seconds of this, he got what he came for, "Got it!" he shouted, pressing one final key, what he managed to recover was the IP, part of it though, that was used to send the backdoor.

"This will come in handy..." he said smiling, now he had a way to contact Playmaker or his ally whenever he wanted to, "Now back to watching!" he said as he brought up the program for his drone still in Link VRAINS, so he could watch from outside…

Back to the Duel…

"Again!? Why didn't you get out?!" Ai shouted at Playmaker, "Since I accepted this Duel, I cannot flee." he said, "Humans really do take actions that are impossible to understand..." Ai muttered, "Just what were you thinking, Playmaker-sama?" it asked.

There are three reasons I'm continuing this Duel..." he said, "One: He's using various tactics to entertain the crowd. Even me his opponent." he said shocking Ai and Matoyia watching from his drone. "Entertain Playmaker!?" Matoyia said but no one heard him.

"No matter when or who he's facing, he'll keep doing his own style. That's the Dueling that he believes in!" Playmaker added, "It proves that he's a proud, first-rate Duelist." he finished his first reason. "You really believe he's first-rate!?" Ai said shocked.

"Two: He's determined to win this Duel." he said, "Entertaining and winning are contradictory." Ai pointed out, "He's not wrong..." Matoyia said, again no one heard him, "True, but when the two unite, you achieve a state of mind that you can't rationally reach." he said, "This is what he's achieved!" he further added to his second reason.

"And Three: Those are the reasons that make me want to Duel him to the end!" he said, "I'll defeat him with superior Dueling! That's my style as a Duelist!" he finished.

"Cannot comprehend!?" Ai said dizzy, just trying to understand his reasoning. "My turn! Draw!" he shouted drawing his card. "I Normal Summon Draconnet from my Hand!" he said. This made a smallish dragon like monster to appear, it was pale blue, with a dark blue like netting covering it, it had no eyes, but a circle on its head appeared to be an eye. It was Summoned to Left Main Monster Zone.

Draconnet: DARK, Level: 3 [Cyberse/Effect] ATK/1400 DEF/1200

"When this card is Normal Summoned, it's effect lets me Special Summon a Level 2 or lower Normal Monster from my Deck or Hand in DEF!" he explained.

"Appear from my Deck, Bitron!" he said as appearing a small white robot with a black screen where its eyes were which are glowing blue, around its white body were several protrusions. It gave a cute cry as it appeared. It was Summoned to the Right Main Monster Zone.

Bitron: EARTH, Level: 2 [Cyberse/Normal] ATK/200 DEF/2000

"Take this! Ogre Pressure! Go yelled as Great Ogre's effect took affect, making the two new monsters to flinch, Draconnet's ATK:1400 – 1200 = 200, Bitron's ATK: 200 – 2000 = 0. "What an annoying effect!" Ai exclaimed.

"Actually everything is now ready..." Playmaker said, "About time!" Matoyia said, "Appear! The Circuit that leads to the future!" he declared, sending sparks into the sky with his hand, making the Link Portal appear.

"Arrowheads confirmed! The Summoning condition is one Normal Monster!" he said, "I now set Bitron in the Link Marker!" he said, Bitron then turned into a twister of its colour, that then hit the Middle Bottom Link Marker, turning it red, and making the portal glow.

"Circuit Combine! Link Summon! Link 1 Link Spider!" he said as a robotic dark blue spider appeared, it was Summoned the Extra Monster Zone to Playmaker's right.

Link Spider: EARTH [Cyberse/Link/Effect] ATK/1000 LINK/-1, LMs: ⬇

"I now activate Link Spider's effect!" he said, "Once per turn, I can Special Summon from my Hand 1 Level 4 or lower monster next to it's Link Marker!" he said, "Once again appear Bitron!" he said, as a second Bitron appeared in the Right Main Monster, that Link Spider pointed to in Defense.

"Ha! You Link Summon a weakling?" Go said with a laugh, "I'll just use Ogre Pressure to lower its ATK by it's D-" he went to say, but realised something, "That's right! Link Monsters don't have DEF!" Playmaker said smiling, "Did he just smile!" Matoyia said shocked.

"I was waiting for this moment..." Playmaker said as a Data Storm twister appeared, "What are you planning?" Go said, his Duel Disk then told him about his Skill, "So he took my attack on purpose!?" he said, but then remembered that he lowered the ATK gaining from Headbatt, but not Twistcobra.

"That Punk! He's copying earlier scenes from before!" he said gritting his teeth, he then turned forwards to see a split in the stream, one heading to the Data Storm and the other a safer path. He went to the safe route, while Playmaker went to the Data Storm, going inside it.

When inside, he took a moment to brace himself, "Seize the wind, Playmaker!" Ai shouted, he then held his hands forward, starting to gather data into a card… However… Ai heard a roar, it looked around.

"Now where have I heard that roar from?" it said trying to remember… and it did! "Wait!?" it said, as it frantically looked around and caught sight of a shadow fast approaching them. "It's back Playmaker!" it cried out, Playmaker heard his outburst, stopped and dived to the left, just avoiding the shadow, that broke through data wall of the Data Storm.

The two looked back to see a mechanical tail of some kind before it disappeared, the shadow retreating back into the storm, "That monster again?" Playmaker said, "Nevermind that, it's gone, try it again quickly!" Ai said.

"Right!" he said, holding his hand out again, once again gathering data again, while having done it once before, the slight pain was still there, "Now!" it shouted, "Storm access!" he shouted as the card was complete.

From the outside, Go had circled around, Playmaker had just made his way out of the Data Storm and landed behind Go.

"Whatever you did, it's not enough to defeat me!" Go said, "Let's see!" Playmaker said, "Appear! The Circuit that leads to the future!" the Link Portal appeared again.

"Arrowheads confirmed! The Summoning conditions are two Cyberse monsters!" he said, "I now set Bitron and Linkslayer in the Link Markers!" he said as the monsters turned into twisters, Bitron hit the Middle Top and Linkslayer the Middle Left.

Circuit Combine! Link Summon! Link 2! Link Bumper!" he said as appearing from the portal was what appeared to be a monster made up of parts from a pinball machine, it was Summoned to the Right Main Monster, that Bitron was in before.

Link Bumper: EARTH [Cyberse/Link/Effect] ATK/1400 LINK/-2, LMs: ⬅⬆

"When there is a Cyberse on my field, I can Special Summon Back-up Secretary from my Hand!" he said as appearing was the monster in the Middle Main Monster Zone, that Link Bumper pointed to in DEF.

Back-up Secretary: LIGHT, Level: 3 [Cyberse/Effect] ATK/1200 DEF/800

"Appear for the third time! The Circuit that leads to the future!" he said shocking Go as the portal appeared again, "Three consecutive Link Summons!" Matoyia said amazed. "Arrowheads confirmed! The Summoning conditions are two Cyberse monsters!" he said.

"I now set Back-up Secretary and Draconnet in the Link Markers!" he said as the two turned into twisters of their colours, Draconnet hit the Middle Left, and Back-up Secretary the Middle Right.

"Circuit Combine! Link Summon! Appear Link 2! Honeybot!" he said as a humanoid female bee appeared in the Middle Main Monster Zone as Link Bumper pointed to it.

Honeybot: LIGHT [Cyberse/Link/Effect] ATK/1900 LINK/-2, LMs: ⬅➡

"And now!" he said shocking Go and everyone watching as a fourth portal appeared, "FOUR LINK SUMMONS!" Matoyia yelled in shock. "Arrowheads confirmed! The Summoning conditions are at least two Effect Monsters!" Playmaker said.

"I set the Link 2 Honeybot and Link 1 Link Spider in the Link Markers!" he said, as the monster turned into twisters, with Honeybot's splitting into two, these two hit the Bottom Left and Bottom Right, with Link Spider hitting the Middle Top.

"Circuit Combine! Link Summon! Appear Link 3! Decode Talker!" he said as the Code Talker appeared from the portal and was Summoned to the Middle Main Monster Zone that Honeybot was in before.

Decode Talker: DARK [Cyberse/Link/Effect] ATK/2300 LINK/-3, LMs: ↙⬆↘

"Incredible! He's Link Summoned four times in one turn!" the MC yelled from the outer world, "Now I activate the Equip-Spell, Cyberse Annihilation! And equip it onto Decode Talker!" Playmaker said.

This made 3 ting green spheres appear around the Code Talker, that were then absorbed into the monster, "Then I banish Cyberse Shatter from my Graveyard to activate its effect..." he said his Duel Disk told him that the card was now banished.

"I can Special Summon a Link 2 or lower Cyberse Link Monster from my Graveyard!" he said, "I choose Honeybot!" he said as Honeybot appeared in the Left Main Monster Zone, it pointed to Decode Talker.

"Three Link Monsters!?"Go said, just like Codebuster did when he battled that knight with his new Deck. "But they're no match for Great Ogre's ATK!" he reminded him. "Our next battle with be the final one." Playmaker said.

"Battle! Go, Decode Talker!" he shouted as the Code Talker soared past him and headed to Great Ogre, "Since Decode Talker is equipped with Cyberse Annihilation, it's ATK become the same as Great Ogre's!" he said. Decode Talker's ATK: 2300 = 2600.

"Decode End!" he shouted as Matoyia started to picture the wrestling ring again, "Ogre Axe!" Go shouted as his Ogre charged as well, the two monsters clashed and were caught in a stall mate. Suddenly a burst of light exploded between them knocking them back and on the floor.

"It's a double knock out!" Aito shouted, as Matoyia heard him from downstairs, he smiled at this then turned back to his screen, "Is he going for a draw?" he said to himself, as he saw the two monsters slowly get back up. With Decode's ATK going back to normal. 2600 = 2300 (Decode Talker)

Great Ogre seemed to struggle to sit up, "My Dueling is only starting!" Go shouted, "I expect no less from you…"Playmaker said, "Due to Honeyboy's effect, Decode Talker that it points to isn't destroyed in battle." he said as Decode stood up fully.

"That's why you were going for mutual destruction..." Go concluded, "Too bad! As Great Ogre's effect!" he said as the Ogre glowed, "By destroying a monster that it points to..." he said as Headbatt was destroyed, "It cannot be destroyed by battle!" he said as Ogre caught a second wind and stood up fully as well.

"Headbatt's effect!" he said, "When sent from the field to the Graveyard, I can add a Gouki card other than itself!" he said as card ejected itself from his Deck which he took. "What an astounding turn of events! Both monsters have been revived!" the MC cheered.

"Look likes your mutual destruction plan failed!" Go said, "Who said that was my plan!" Playmaker said shocking him, "What!?" Go shouted, "Link Bumper's effect" Playmaker shouted, "Decode Talker can attack for every Link Monster on my Field!" he explained.

"That means it can attack three times!" Go yelled, "The second attack! Decode Talker, attack Great Ogre again!" Playmaker ordered, as the Code Talker charged again, "Bring it! Attack all you want!" Go said now smiling, "If that's what you want..." he said with a smile.

"Due to Cyberse Annihilation, Decode's ATK becomes the same as your monsters!" he said, 2300 = 2600 (Decode Talker) "Decode End/Ogre Axe!" the two both shouted for their respective monsters. Once again the two mosnter clashed and the result was the same, to Matoyia, it appeared as thought Decode had hit and slid down the wrestling ring. With Great Ogre doing the same.

"Another double knockout!" Matoyia said, "Now by destroying the linked Twistcobra, Great Ogre isn't destroyed!" Go said as Twistcobra was destroyed instead, Great Ogre than sat up, "Honeybot's effect prevents Decode Talker from being destroyed by battle!" Playmaker said as Decode Talker also got up from his stomach, he shook his head, which Matoyia thought he pictured. 2600 = 2300. (Decode Talker)

"Now Twistcobra's effect!" Go said, "I can add a Gouki card other than itself from my Deck to my Hand!" he said as he took the card that ejected itself. "Now with one more attack from Link Bumper, Decode Talker attacks Great Ogre one more time!" Playmaker said.

"Due to Cyberse Annihilation, Decode's ATK once again becomes the same as Great Ogre's!" he said, 2300 = 2600 (Decode Talker) "Decode End!" he shouted as Decode charged for a third time, "Great Ogre! Ogre Axe!" GO yelled.

For a third time, the two clashed, it swinging at the other with their weapons, the two then landed on the other side from each other, the first to fall was Great Ogre. "Due to Honeybot, Decode Talker isn't destroyed." Playmaker said as Decode turned to face the downed monster and taunt him with a come hither.

"Great Ogre's effect!" Go said, not giving up, "When it's destroyed in battle, I can destroy a monster linked to-" he said but realised something, "Great Ogre has no monster it points to..." Matoyia realised why Playmaker had done what he had done.

"That's right, you have no monsters left to destroy instead of Great Ogre! Playmaker said, "This means that Great Ogre is now destroyed!" he said, suddenly Great Ogre started to crack, then exploded. This made the kids watching to be horrified that their big brother Go had lost his ace.

"Now Annihilation's other effect!" Playmaker said, "When your monster is destroyed in battle, you take damage equal to its ATK!" he explained shocking Go, as the card releashed a beam at Go, knocking him off his D-Board. 2000 – 2600 = 0. (Go)

To Matoyia, Go fell to the floor of the ring, and the bell went off, signalling that he was down for the count. "And three! The match is over!" the MC shouted as the crowd cheered, "An unbelievable comeback in Charisma Duelist Go Onizuka vs Playmaker-" the MC would've finished, but Matoyia turned the screen off.

Playmaker: WINS

Go Onizuka: LOSE

"What an amazing Duel!" Matoyia said leaning back in his chair, his drone had recorded the Duel, so that was more data on Playmaker's Deck, and as a plus, he manage to get something from his ally, which meant he could contact them for something important.

"The only question is what though, would be important to Playmaker?" he thought, besides Hanoi, he couldn't think of anything else, it's not like he knew the guy and why he went after Hanoi. "Oh well, I'll come to that later..." he muttered.

"Now onto who at SOL gave Go that program..." he said looking back at the program that was still on the screen, which he then closed, seeing that it wasn't needed anymore.

"I could ask him… but where would be the fun in just that!" he said as he looked at his Duel Disk, "Time for me to take on the champ..." he said smirking…

Go's warehouse, (30 minutes later)

Having been out of Link VRAINS for a while, at first, when he awoke, he was annoyed by the fact that he lost to Playmaker, but it was an amazing Duel, then I was worried that he could never face the children again… but that wasn't a problem as the children had come to greet him, clapping and cheering for him.

"Even though I lost, they still admire me as a champion..." he thought looking at the child made champion belt the kids had made him, it made him smile, making him think of the words that man told him. "Maybe Matoyia was right… there is enough room in their hearts for more than one person." he thought of the words that Matoyia had told him earlier.

He then noticed that his manager was making his way over, "Something wrong?" he asked, making the children go quite, they were about to leave back to the orphanage.

"No not really but..." the manager said as he brought out Go's tablet, he took it and opened up to see a message from- "Codebuster!? What does he want?" he asked, "I don't know, you said you have nothing against him..." the manager said, then smirked.

"But maybe he wants a go at the champion too!" he said, the children having heard this were smiling, "Would you really Duel Codebuster!?" a boy asked him, Go thought for a moment.

"If that's what he wants… he may want something else." he said, "None the less, I'll go to see him!" he declared, "And if it is a Duel, will you lot watch?" he asked them, "Yeah!" they shouted, "Then come on kids, let's head back to watch this Duel!" the caretaker said leading them out, "Good luck Go!" a kids shouted as they lefted.

"Now lets see what he wants!" he said as he stood in the middle of the ring again, "Into the VRAINS!" he shouted…

Yusaku's House, (10 minutes later)

Just outside of his house, was Cafe Nagi, Shoichi had driven it over to meet up with Yusaku, who had just opened the back door, which reminded Shoichi about what happened, "Why didn't you take the backdoor to log out?" Shoichi asked him.

"I wanted to enjoy dueling him for a bit longer." Yusaku answered, "Well we may have a slight problem now..." Shoichi said, "Did you see that Codebuster took the backdoor instead?" he asked, "No I was concentrating on the Duel, why?" Yusaku asked.

"Why would he do that?" Ai asked, "To try and get a part of the source's IP!" Yusaku concluded, "Yes… and he succeeded." he said, "So he's that good a hacker." Yusaku said, taking this in.

"You know… Codebuster has dealt with Hanoi about three times..." Shoichi said, "He seems capable, and knows what he's doing, Go Onizuka was a formidable opponent..." he added, with this making Yusaku wonder where he was going with this.

"There will come a time when we won't be enough to fight the Knights of Hanoi. So if they can fight along side us..." he said, But noticed that Yusaku turned to leave, "The fight against Hanoi is life or death. Codebuster knew what he was getting into, having similar encounters with his line of work..." Yusaku said.

"But I don't want Go involved in that kind of Duelling." he said as he shut the door behind him, leaving Shoichi to himself...

Link VRAINS…

Back within the virtual world was Codebuster, having called back his drone, was sitting on the ledge of a roof, just kicking his feet out. "Codebuster!" Go said as he landed on the rooftop, "About time you showed up..." Codebuster said getting up and facing him.

"You seem happy, even though you lost to Playmaker." he said, "True, but he was a good match…" Go said, "Speaking of matches, do you want to Duel too?" he asked, "Yes… but first can I ask you something?" Codebuster asked.

"Sure." Go said, "Where did you get that program?" he asked, "Because, no offense to you, but you don't seem like the tech type." he said, "None taken, and if you want to know that bad, let's bet on it!" Go said.

"Fine! If I win, you tell me who gave you that program." Codebuster said, "But what do I get?" Go asked, "I know you donate to your old orphanage… so I'll donate some money that I got from catching some of the knights!" he said, "Really? You'd do that?" Go asked in shock.

"Yes… If you win…" he said, "Very well, but since you declared the Duel, I'll pick the setting for our match." Go said "Deal!" he said, "It will be a Speed Duel!" Go said. "Very well..." he said as he walked off the roof, where his D-Board caught him, Go then jumped onto his D-Board and took off after him.

"What's this!? Go Onizuka is Dueling again? And against Codebuster a fellow Charisma Duelist!" the MC shouted, gaining the attention of the people nearby, "Codebuster?" a man said, "He hasn't really duelled since the Hanoi's second attack..." a woman said.

"Didn't he use a new kind of Deck?" another asked, within this crowd was Sora Goto and Hiroshi Akiyama, "Codebuster is Dueling Go now!?" Sora asked in shock, still trying to get over the shock of his idol losing to Playmaker, he wasn't sure if he could see another defeat by Codebuster's hand.

At the orphanage the children had returned a while ago, the Caretaker turned the TV on, just in time to see Go and Codebuster start their Duel, the kids immediately sat down, with signs for both Codebuster and Go.

"Show him why your the champ Go!" a kid shouted, making the others cheer as well, this made the caretaker smile. "Good luck Go..." she said.

"Ladies and Gentlemen are we ready for another action packed Speed Duel!?" the MC asked as more people crowded into the plaza, "Yeah!" they screamed.

"You ready?" Codebuster asked smiling, hoping to have duel with Playmaker had with the guy, "Yes! Now lets get ready to rumble!" Go shouted as they zoomed across the stream.

"Speed Duel!" they two shouted as the drew four cards each.

Codebuster's LP: 4000

Go Onizuka's LP: 4000

Turn 1

"I'm going first!" Codebuster declared, "My Turn!" he said not drawing a card, "I activate the Continious Spell, Replacement!" he said as the card appeared, it had a picture of a recycling bin on it, with a card going into it.

"Once per turn, I can send 1 card in my Hand to the Graveyard to add 1 card from my Deck that is the same type as the sent card!" he explained. "I send Weirdware Recycler to the Graveyard!" he said waving his hand over the card to send it there.

"Then with Replacement's effect is now add a monster to my Hand!" he said as a card was ejected which he took, "Now Recycler's effect!" he declared, "Once per turn, when a card is sent from either of our Hands to the Graveyard while this card is in my Hand or Graveyard..." he said.

"I can Special Summon it!" he said, as Recycler appeared in the Middle Main Monster Zone.

Weirdware Recycler: EARTH, Level: 5 [Cyberse/Effect] ATK/1900 DEF/1300

"Then I activate the Spell, Pot of Greed!" he said, "I now draw 2 cards!" he said drawing that many. "Then I Normal Summon Weirdware Downloader!" he said as the monster appeared in the Right Main Monster Zone.

Weirdware Downloader: DARK, Level: 4 [Cyberse/Effect] ATK/1600 DEF/1000

"When its Normal Summoned, once per turn, I can Special Summon 1 Level 4 or lower Weirdware monster from my Hand!" he said, "I Summon Weirdware Installer in Defense!" he said waving his hand over the card, this caused a new Weirdware monster to appear, it was smallish and pure white, for arms, they were thin glowing blue cables with white plug bits at the end, on its head were 5 red lens for eyes. It was Summoned to the Left Main Monster Zone.

Weirdware Installer: EARTH, Level: 2 [Cyberse/Effect] ATK/600 DEF/1300

"Installer's effect!" he yelled, "Once per turn, I can set 1 Spell or Trap straight from my Deck to my Field!" he said as he took the card from his Deck, then set it, this made a bigger version appear before it faded.

"Appear before me! The Shining Circuit that will decide my fate!" he declared as the sparked from his hand, into the sky making the Link Portal appear, "Already!?" Go said, "Arrowheads confirmed!" Codebuster said.

"The Summoning condition is 1 Level 5 or higher Weirdware monster!" he said, "I now set Recycler in the Link Marker!" he said, as Recycler turned into an energy beam, that then hit the Bottom Left marker, turning it red.

"Circuit Combine! Link Summon! Link 1 Weirdware Downcool!" he said, appearing from the portal was a dark light blue Weirdware monster, on it's legs below its knees were two panels folded inwards. On its back were two square panels, these panels were like that of a refrigerator door, but there was the cooling part of the cooling system. One of its arms was a freeze ray, at the base of it was a cross made from cylinders. It was Summoned to the Extra Monster Zone to his Right.

Weirdware Downcool: WATER [Cyberse/Link/Effect] ATK/1000 LINK/-1, LMs: ↙

"Then I activate the Quick-Play Spell, Linked Rebirth!" he said waving his hand over the card, "When I Link Summon, I can immediately Special Summon a monster from my Graveyard to a Monster Zone that a Link Monster I control points to!" he said, "I Summon back Recycler!" he said as the monster appeared back in the Middle Main Monster Zone.

"Once more! Appear! The Shining Circuit that will decide my fate!" he said again as the portal appeared again, "Arrowheads confirmed! The Summoning conditions are two Weirdware monsters with different Levels!" he said.

"I now set Recycler and Downloader in the Link Markers!" he said as the monsters turned into energy beams, and Recycler hit the Middle Top and Downloader the Middle Bottom, turning them red.

"Circuit Combine!" he shouted, "Link Summon! Appear Link 2 Weirdware Perfect Precision!" he shouted, and appearing from the portal was a new Weirdware monster, it's colour was green military camo. One of its arms was a hi-tech sniper rifle, the chamber for the ammo was cylindrical and small, it was fitted near the elbow joint, where the weapon was connected, it glowed orange, the weapon itself was like an arrow point, but lengthened, on the top was a scope. On either side of its head was a scope, the visor it had had a glowing telescopic mark for the eye. It was Summoned to the Middle Main Monster Zone that Downcool pointed to.

Weirdware Perfect Precision: WIND [Cyberse/Link/Effect] ATK/1800 LINK/-2, LMs: ⬆⬇

"I end my turn!" he said, hoping he had done enough to survive.

Codebuster's Hand x 1

Turn 2

"Impressive! Codebuster has Link Summoned two Link Monsters in the first turn!" the MC yelled, "Don't let him beat you Go!" Sora shouted, "Good luck Codebuster!" Hiroshi, making Sora glare at him, "What do you think your doing?" Sora growl butting heads with Hiroshi.

"I can support whoever I want!" Hiroshi growled back while the crowd around them dispersed, not wanting to get involved.

"Interesting Deck there Codebuster… I'm going to enjoy this!" Go said, "My turn! I Draw!" he yelled drawing his card, "I now Normal Summon Gouki Suprex!" he said waving his hand over the card, making Suprex appear in the Middle Main Monster Zone.

Gouki Suprex: EARTH, Level: 4 [Warrior/Effect] ATK/1800 DEF/0

"Suprex's effect! When Normal Summoned I can Special Summon 1 Gouki from my Hand!" he said, "I Summon Twistcobra!" he said as Twistcobra appeared in the Right Main Monster Zone.

Gouki Twistcobra: EARTH, Level: 3 [Warrior/Effect] ATK/1600 DEF/0

"Appear before me! The Mighty Circuit of Strength!" he shouted, "Mighty Circuit of Strength?" Codebuster asked, "Trying something new." Go said, "Arrowheads confirmed! The Summoning conditions are two Gouki monsters!" he said.

"Where's he going with this?" Codebuster muttered, not thinking Go would have a Link 2 monster, "I set Suprex and Twistcobra in the Link Markers!" he said the monsters turned into twisters, Suprex's hit the Middle Left and Twistcobra the Middle Bottom, turning them red.

"Circuit Combine! Link Summon! Link 2 Gouki Jet Ogre!" he shouted, appearing from the portal as a blue and yellow ogre, wearing a bulky looking jet pack, in its right hand was a rapier. It was Summoned the Extra Monster Zone to Go's right, the jetpack starting to ignite as the new flew with Go.

Gouki Jet Ogre: EARTH [Warrior/Link/Effect] ATK/2000 LINK/-2, LMs: ⬅⬇

"Your probably wondering why I'm not doing what I did against Playmaker? Simple, you're not Playmaker, and your Deck is still new to the world, I'm going to take you down another way!" Go shouted.

"Good luck with that! Downcool's effect activates!" Codebuster shouted, "When you Special Summon monsters with 2000 or more ATK, they lose 1000 ATK until the end of the turn they are Summoned!" he explained. "Freezing Frostbyte!" he shouted as the panels on Downcool's legs opened and wings glowed, releasing a cold wind at Jet Orge. Jet Ogre's ATK: 2000 – 1000 = 1000.

"Clever. You were hoping that I would Summon Great Ogre, whose ATK is higher than Jet's but Jet was still affected..." Go said, "Suprex and Twistcobra's effect! When sent from the field to the Graveyard, I can add a Gouki card another than themselves!" he said as two cards were ejected from his Deck.

"I set one card!" he said as the card appeared, "Then I activate the Spell, Gouki Re-Match!" he said, "I now Special Summon from my Graveyard, two Gouki monsters with different Levels in Defense!" he said, "Come back Suprex and Twistcobra!" he said as the two appeared again, Suprex in the Right Main Monster Zone, that Jet Ogre pointed to, and Twistcobra in the Middle Main Monster Zone.

"Now I activate Twistcobra's effect!" he yelled as Twistcobra glowed green, "Once per turn, I can tribute a Gouki monster…" he said as Suprex burst into particle. "Then I can target another Gouki and it gains ATK equal to the ATK of the tributed monster!" he said. I target Jet Ogre, who gains Suprex's ATK!" he shouted. 1000 – 1800 = 2800. (Jet Orge)

"Downcool's other effect!" Codebuster said, "When monsters you control gains ATK that is higher than it original ATK while Downcool is linked to a monster, you monster loses ATK equal to half the original ATK of the linked monster!" he explained.

Downcool then aimed his freeze ray at Jet Ogre, "Power Cooldown!" he shouted as icy beam of cold energy from the ray hit Jet Ogre, freezing its body a bit, 2800 – 900 = 1900. (Jet Orge)

"What a back to back match of strength! Go Onizuka tries to power up his already powerful monster, but Codebuster retaliates by cooling them down!" the MC yelled.

"Now this is interesting..." Go said as he smirked, "Jet Ogre's effect!" he shouted, "Once per turn, I can destroy a Gouki monster that I control!" he said as Twistcobra was destroyed, "Now all monsters on the field are changed into Attack!" he explained shocking Codebuster as Installer was now in Attack, as it was the only monster that could in Defense, as all the other monsters were Link Monsters, that didn't have DEF.

"A 1 vs 3 match!" Go said, making Codebuster think about a wrestling ring again with his three monsters against Jet Ogre.

"Battle! Jet Ogre attacks Installer!" Go shouted, as Jet Ogre charged at Installer, it was so fast as it cut Installer apart, it then exploded. Codebuster's LP: 4000 – 1300 = 2700.

"Go Onizuka has struck the first blow!" the MC shouted as the kids in the orphanage cheered.

"I end my turn!" Go said, "With it ending, Downcool's effect ends, returning Jet Ogre's ATK to normal" Codebuster said, 1900 = 2000. (Jet Orge) "I activate the Trap, Weirdware Reboot!" he said as his face-down flipped up. It had an image of Weirdware Rewire on the floor, slightly damage and it's lights were flickering.

"At the end of the turn that Weirdware monsters are destroyed, I can Special Summon them back to the Monster Zones they were in before destruction!" he said as Installer appeared back in the Left Main Monster Zone.

Go's Hand x 3

Turn 3

"Codebuster seems to be at a disadvantage now..." Ai said from Yusaku bedroom, with Yusaku lying down on his bed watching the Duel take place. "Maybe, but he planned for Go to summon a strong monster, even though it sort of failed." Yusaku said.

"My turn! I draw!" Codebuster drew his card, "Installer's effect!" he said, "I now set one Spell or Trap from my Deck!" he said as the card appeared face-down. "Then I activate the effect of Weirdware Outwatt!" he said revealing a monster in his Hand.

"By revealing this card, I can target 1 Weirdware monster I control, send this card to the Graveyard..." he said sending Outwatt to the Graveyard, "By doing this the targeted monster gains Outwatt's ATK of 1000!" he said, shocking Go.

"My target is Perfect Precision!" he said, Perfect Precision's ATK: 1800 + 1000 = 2800 "Now Recycler's effect!" he said, "Since I sent a card to the Graveyard, it Special Summoned itself!" he said, as Recycler appeared in the Right Main Monster Zone under Downcool.

"Now I activate Replacement's effect!" he said, "I send my last card to the Graveyard, and add the same type of card from my Deck to my Hand!" he said sending his last card which was a Trap, he then added a Trap to his Hand.

"Recycler's effect!" he said, "Once per turn, when cards are sent from my Field or Hand to the Graveyard while its on the field, I can target 1 card in my Graveyard, other than the sent cards, and add it to my Hand!" he said as a card ejected itself from his Graveyard Slot, which he took, it was Downloader.

"Now appear before me! The Shining Circuit that will decide my fate!" he yelled as a light erupted from his open hand, causing the Link Portal to appear.

"Arrowheads confirmed! The Summoning conditions are at least two or more Weirdware monsters!" he said, "I now set the Link 1 Downcool, Installer and Recycler in the Link Markers!" he said as the monsters turned into twisters. With Downcool hitting the Middle Top, Recycler the Bottom Left and Installer the Middle Bottom, turning them red.

"Circuit Combine! Link Summon! Appear Link 3! Weirdware Rewire!" he shouted as Rewire appeared, being placed in the Extra Monster Zone that Downcool was in before.

Weirdware Rewire: DARK [Cyberse/Link/Effect] ATK/2200 LINK/-3, LM's: ↙⬆⬇

"That's the monster you used to take down that Hanoi knight!" Go said, having watched the Duel back then.

"I set one more card!" Codebuster said as the card appeared, taking the final Spell and Trap Zone, as there were only three. "Battle! Perfect Precision will attack you directly!" he said shocking Go, "But I control a monster!" Go said.

"True but Perfect Precision can attack you directly for half the battle damage!" Codebuster explained, within a second, Perfect Precision had loaded his rifle, aimed it, and shot Go with an orange beam, knocking Go forward. Go's LP: 4000 – 1400 =2600.

"That was so fast!" Go got out winded from the attack, he then went to one knee, "Perfect Precision's effect!" he said, Perfect Precision then unloaded the chamber of his arm rifle. "When a Weirdware monster inflicts battle damage to you, I can target 1 other Weirdware monster, it gains ATK equal to the damage you took!" he explained shocking Go further.

"I target Rewire!" he said as Perfect Precision threw the ammo, which was an orb of orange energy, at Rewire, Rewire's ATK: 2200 + 1400 = 3600.

"Now Rewire will attack Jet Ogre!" he said, as Rewire gained purple energy in its arms, lifted it over his head, and threw it at Jet Ogre, who tried to stop the attack, but it was too much as the Ogre was taken inside the attack and was vaporised. The attack caused an explosion that sent Go flying forward further, he was now on his stomach on the D-Board. 2600 – 1600 = 1000. (Go)

"No Big Brother!" the kids cried at their champion…

"Oh my! It appears Codebuster relentless attacking has taken down the king!" the MC declared, "He's down for the count, so everybody with me, One!" he said with the crowd joining the count.

"Get up Go!" Sora shouted. From the Living Room of Café Haru was Aito and now Asuka joining him, "Wow this new deck can do pretty much anything..." Aito said, "Two!" the crowd said, but Go didn't stir.

"And Thre-" the MC said, but Go suddenly quickly got up, "And Go has gotten back up!" the MC yelled getting the crowd to cheer, mainly the kids at the orphanage. "Amazing! What a show of power your monster have!" Go said.

"Thanks, you sure did take a tough hit!" Codebuster said, knowing that he was faking that, "Yes… And to tell you the truth, that last attack did actually hurt!" Go said honestly.

"But now that've tasted that power, its awakened my hidden power!" Go said, "My Skill, Fighting Spirit now activates!" he yelled, "All Gouki monsters destroyed this turn are Special Summoned back!" he said as Jet Ogre appeared in the Middle Main Monster Zone.

"My turn is over… With it ending, Perfect Precision's effect ends! As well as Outwatt's effects" Codebuster said, 3600 = 2200. (Rewire) 2800 = 1800 (Perfect Precision)

Codebuster's Hand x 2

Turn 4

"This Duel, is just as amazing as mine against Playmaker..." Go said smiling, his eyes were closed, "But I can go further now!" he said opening his eyes as they narrowed, "My turn! I draw!" he yelled his card.

"Since I control a Gouki monster, I can Normal Gouki Riscorpio without releasing!" he said waving his hand over the card, making Riscorpio appear in the Right Main Monster Zone.

Gouki Riscorpio: EARTH, Level: 5 [Warrior/Effect] ATK/2300 DEF/0

"Appear! The Mighty Circuit of Strength!" Go shouted, his hand glowed as the Link Portal appeared. "Arrowheads confirmed! The Summoning Conditions are at least two Gouki monsters!" he said.

"I set the Link 2 Jet Ogre and Riscorpio in the Link Markers!" he shouted, with the monsters turning into twister, Jet Ogre's split into two, with them hitting the Bottom Left, and Middle Bottom, with Riscorpio hitting the Bottom Right, turning them red.

"Circuit Combine! Link Summon! Link 3 Gouki the Great Ogre!" he shouted as the Great Ogre appeared in the Extra Monster Zone to Go's right, opposite of Rewire.

Gouki the Great Ogre: EARTH [Warrior/Link/Effect] ATK/2600 LINK/-3, LMs: ↙⬇↘

"Riscorpio's effect! I can add a Gouki card other than itself to my Hand!" he said as he took the ejected card.

"Then I activate the Quick-Play Spell, Linked Rebirth!" he said, shocking Codebuster, "You're not the only one with that card!" he said, "I can Special Summon 1 monster from my Graveyard to a Main Monster Zone that is linked to a Link Monster I control!" he said.

"I Summon Jet Ogre!" he said as Jet Ogre appeared the Right Main Monster Zone, right under Great Ogre. "Now I activate the Spell, Gouki Re-Match!" he said, "I can now Special Summon 2 Gouki monsters with different Levels in Defense!" he said as Riscorpio and Suprex appeared, Riscorpio in the Left Main Monster Zone, and Suprex in the Middle Main Monster that Jet Ogre pointed to.

"Once more, the Mighty Circuit of Strength!" he shouted as the Link Portal appeared again, "Another!?" Codebuster yelled. "Arrowheads confirmed! The Summoning conditions are at least 3 Gouki Monsters!" Go said shocking Codebuster, Yusaku and everyone else watching.

"I now set the Link 2 Jet Ogre, Riscorpio and Suprex in the Link Markers!" he shouted, with the monsters turning into twisters, with Jet Ogre again splitting into two, they hit the Bottom Left and Bottom Right, and Riscorpio hit the Middle Left and Suprex the Middle Right, turning them red. "4 Link Markers!" Codebuster yelled in shock.

"Circuit Combine! Link Summon! Link 4! Gouki the Giant Ogre!" Go shouted, and appearing from the portal was a gigantic ogre wearing a fur cape and carrying a large sword. It was Summoned to the Middle Main Monster Zone that Great Ogre pointed to.

Gouki the Giant Ogre: EARTH [Warrior/Link/Effect] ATK/3000 LINK/-4, LMs: ⬅↙↘➡

"Whoa..." the kids watching got out in awe, "I activate the effects of the Gouki sent from the field to the Graveyard!" Go said, "Suprex's effect let's me add a Gouki card from my Deck to my Hand other then itself!" he said adding 1 cards to his Hand.

"And Jet Ogre makes all other Gouki monsters I control gain 500 ATK!" he said shocking Codebuster. 2600 + 500 = 3100 (Great Orge) Giant Ogre's ATK: 3000 + 500 = 3500.

"Then I send Moonsault from my Hand to the Graveyard then target Great Ogre..." he said sending the card to the Graveyard. "This then lets me Special Summon Gouki Headbatt from my Hand in Defense!" he said as Headbatt appeared in the Right Main Monster Zone that Great Ogre and Giant Ogre pointed to.

Gouki Headbatt: EARTH, Level: 2 [Warrior/Effect] ATK/800 DEF/0

"And by Special Summoning it like this, Great Ogre gains 800 ATK!" he said, 3100 + 800 = 3900 (Great Orge) "Now Giant Ogre's effect! When it's ATK is different than it's original, it gains 1000 ATK!" he said, shocking Codebuster further. 3500 + 1000 = 4500. (Giant Orge)

"I didn't know Go Onizuka could be this amazing!" Ai said from the Duel Disk as Go laughed on the screen. "This is because of you Codebuster! And because you pushed me to the limit, I will end this!" Go said. "Bring it!" Codebuster yelled back.

"Battle! Giant Ogre attacks Rewire!" he shouted, "Ogre Sword!" he shouted as Giant Ogre charged at Rewire, who charged a fist of purple energy in his cable arm and charged to punch the incoming sword, causing a burst of wind between the attacks.

"Rewire can't be destroyed by a Link Monster with a Link Rating equal or higher than his Rating!" Codebuster said, "But you'll still take damage!" Go reminded, as the winds pushed Codebuster back far. 2700 – 2300 = 400 (Codebuster)

"Go Onizuka now has Codebuster on the ropes!" the MC declared as Sora cheered along with the kids at the orphanage.

"Codebuster! Thank for you for pushing me this far!" Go said smiling, "Battle! Great Ogre attacks Perfect Precision!" he declared. As Great Ogre swung his halberd, "Ogre Axe!" he shouted as Great Ogre swung down at the monster, slicing it in half and causing an explosion, said explosion swept over Codebuster.

"It's been settled folks! Go Onizuka, after his lost to Playmaker has come back up top by defeating Codebuster!" the MC said. With the fans and kids cheering at this.

"I can't believe Codebuster lost..." Ai said, "No… he's still in this." Yusaku said as they watched the screen where the smoke from the explosion was still there.

"Impossible!" Go said, as the smoked cleared, revealing Codebuster still there, 400 = 400 (Codebuster). "But you should've taken 2100 damage from Great Ogre!" Go added.

"I would've… If I hadn't activated my Trap, Damage Denser!" Codebuster said as the card was revealed, it showed an energy attack, being nullified by a single smaller beam.

"I activated this card after I took the first lot damage!" he explained, "With it's effect, all damage, battle or effect is reduced to 0 for the rest of the turn!" he said shocking the crowd. "Clever! You knew you'd survive first damage, but couldn't if I attacked again…" Go said.

"That was the card you set with Installer's effect?" Go said, "Correct! Handy little monster, huh?" Codebuster said back as Go laughed, "I end my turn! With it ending, Great Ogre and Giant Ogre's ATK return to normal!" he said, 3900 = 2600 (Great Orge), 4500 = 3000. (Giant Orge)

Go's Hand x 1

Turn 5

"I hope Matoyia can make it out of this..." Aito said concerned for Codebuster "Don't worry, he'll pull himself right out of this!" Asuka reassured him. "I hope..." she thought.

"Codebuster, like Playmaker, let's see if you can get out of this like he did!" Go said, "Right, here goes..." Codebuster said, placing his fingers near the card he was to draw. "My turn!..." he said, " I draw!" he yelled drawing his card.

…

"I activate the Spell, Arrow Charge!" he said, "When there are two Link Monsters with the Same Link Rating in the Extra Monster Zones, I draw two cards, but I have to reveal them..." he drew 2 cards, with a screen appearing on Go's Duel Disk.

"Then I Normal Summon Downloader!" he said as Downloader appeared in the Right Main Monster Zone under Rewire, which pointed to it. "Great Ogre's effect! Ogre Pressure!" Go shouted as Great Ogre roared. Downloader's ATK: 1600 – 1000 = 600.

"Downloader's effect when linked to a Link Monster! All Weirdware monsters gain 100 ATK for every one I control!" he said. 2200 + 200 = 2400 (Rewire), 600 + 200 = 800. (Downloader)

"Then I activate the Spell, Rating Assault!" he shouted, appearing on the field was the card, which had an image of a Link 3 monster, and another monster, the other monster was making three attacks.

"I can activate this Spell when I control a Link 2 or 3 Link Monster!" he said, which he did. "I can target 1 monster I control, it can make multiple attacks times the Link Rating of the Link Monster I control!" he said.

"I target Downloader! Who can now attack three times!" he said, "Now I activate Rewire's effect!" he said as the cable arm of Rewire plugged itself into Downloader, "I can target a monster it points to and half its ATK!" he shouted, 800 = 400. (Downloader)

"But if you control that monster, if that monster battles my monsters, they are destroyed instead, and I take the battle damage." Go said, remembering the effect from Codebuster duel against the Knight of Hanoi.

"Correct… But I now activate the Equip-Spell, Weirdware Feedback Shielding!" Codebuster shouted as the card appeared, as show Rewire being enveloped by a white shield.

"I send 1 card on my Field or in my Hand to the Graveyard..." he said sending Replacement to the Graveyard, "Then I can equip this card onto Downloader!" he said as Downloader was enveloped by a white energy shield made of hexagons.

"When the equipped monster battles, neither one of us will take battle damage!" he explained confusing them all, "Why do that?" Go said, looking at the Gouki Outstretch in his Hand, it should reduce the damage he took by half once by sending it to the Graveyard.

"Battle! Downloader attack Giant Orge!" Codebuster declared as the Weirdware monster took off to fight the giant, who swung his sword over his head and swung it down, Downloader then punched the sword, for a few moments the attacks clashed, but Rewire appeared and helped its follow monster, and pushed the sword back, knocking the giant over, and destroying it due to Rewire's effect.

"Due to Feedback's effect, neither of us take battle damage..." Codebuster said, "Incredible! Giant Orge has been knocked out by a monster weaker and smaller than it!" the MC said in shock. "Again, attack Headbatt!" Codebuster ordered as Downloader than charged at Headbatt, giving it an uppercut, destroying it, but it was in Defense, so no damage would've been dealt.

"Headbatt's effect let's me add a Gouki card from my Deck to my Hand!" Go said, adding a card to his Hand.

"And finally take out Great Ogre!" he said, as Downloader then charged at Great Ogre, "Ogre Axe!" Go shouted, knowing that Great Ogre would be destroyed, but he got into the fight. Great Ogre swung his halberd down at Downloader, who caught it, and gave the Ogre a gut punch, making it kneel over.

"Seeing that Great Ogre doesn't point to a monster, it's destroyed!" Codebuster shouted as Great Ogre exploded.

"Now Feedback's other effect!" Codebuster declared throwing his arm out, "After the equipped monster has finished battling, you now take damage equal to the battle damage either of us would've taken from those battles!" he explained.

This news shocked Go, who had two Octostretchs in his Hand, they could also half effect damage, but the total damage he would take was too much for two halvings of damage.

"Go Feedback!" Codebuster yelled as a beam of energy from the shield made its way over to Go, sending him flying, 1000 – 4800 = 0 (Go)

"And that is that..." Codebuster said grinning, having enjoyed himself.

Codebuster: WINS

Go Onizuka: LOSE

"That's it folks, we've had two amazing Duels with Go Onizuka today, Playmaker the winner of the first, and now Codebuster!" the MC yelled as the crowd roared with excitement, having watched an amazing Duel not once but twice in one day.

"Codebuster was cool!" a kid at the orphanage said, "Still Go was amazing!" another said, the care taker seeing this smiled, "They're complimenting both..." she thought.

Back with Go, he was now on a rooftop on his back, his eyes closed, he felt a shadow over him, so he opened his eyes to see Codebuster standing over him, who offered him a hand to get up, this made him smile, and then take the offer to get up.

"Thank for you for an amazing Duel!" Go said, "Not problem..." Codebuster said smiling, "And because it was amazing for me…" he said, then held out his hand, where a cluster of green data was gathered.

"Here… the money I offered!" he said, shocking Go, "But I lost…" he said, "True… but I was actually going to pay for the info even if I did lose." Codebuster explained, making Go smile as he took the data, "Thank you..." he said slowly, his opinion of this Bounty Hunter had changed.

"Now onto who gave you that program." Codebuster said, "I know it was someone from SOL, but who?" he said, "Akira Zaizen!" Go said to him, shocking him, "The security manager!? Why did he give you it?!" he asked.

"He hoped for me to defeat Playmaker and hand the AI over to him when I won it..." Go said, "So Akira is also after the Ignis, meaning Bishop may have ordered him to collect it as well, I knew he couldn't be trusted..." Codebuster thought annoyed.

"Thank you for this..." he said as he turned to leave, "Wait!" Go said, "What?" he asked, "Maybe we could duel again sometime..." Go said, "Sure… I'd like that!" he said, "Good. Because next time, I'm going to win, just like when I Duel Playmaker again!" Go said clenching a fist in challenge.

"I look forward to that. Later!" Codebuster said as he logged out, leaving a smiling Go, who too then logged out...

The Knights of Hanoi Base (16:32 PM)

"What did you want to discuss Revolver?" Valcry asked, she, Talon, Baira, Faust and Dr Genome were standing around Revolver, with Spectre by his side.

Baira was a woman of 30 with short garnet and orange hair, on one side of her face was an eye piece like that of the Hanoi mask, but elegant. She was wearing a similar outfit to the rest.

Faust was a man of 32, with short blue hair, he too was wearing an eyepiece like Baira, he too wore similar clothing to the rest.

There was Dr Genome, who was 35, had spiky green hair, he too wore a similar eyepiece and clothing to Faust. He seemed to have a mischievous grin on his face.

"We need to discuss Codebuster's Deck..." he said, as videos of Codebuster's Duels over the past few days appeared, "They seem to diverse in some their effects." he said as the cards for the Weirdware Deck appeared on the screen,

"Fascinating..." Dr Genome said looking at the cards, "How on earth did he get this Weirdware Deck? There is no recording of them ever being created." Faust asked, "Is it possible that the Ignis created a secret archetype that we didn't know about?" Baira asked.

"Possibly… After all the Ignis did keep to themselves before we started attacking them 5 years ago..." Valcry said, "What do you think Talon?" Spectre asked, "Don't really care to be honest..." he muttered, making Baira look at him.

"You should if you want our help with your problem!" she said coldly to him, "Nevermind, our top priority is Playmaker! We can talk about this Weirdware Deck later, anyone have ideas on how to get Playmaker out and about, besides sending knights out to be taken out?" Revolver asked.

For a while, no one could answer, "We drop our morals!" a voice said from the shadows, this made the lot look to see someone step out of the shadows.

The person was a man of 19, standing at 5'8ft, he wore the same clothing as the grunt knight, but its colour was black instead, his mask covers both his eyes and was dark purple, with lens were red and narrow, around the edge of the mask were dark pink spikes. His hair was also dark pink that was spiked up with violet highlights.

"Vire… good to see you again!" Revolver said smiling, while the others frowned at him except Spectre, not having a liking to Vire. "Sorry it took me so long… but life got in the way." Vire said, his voice laced with venom.

"What did you mean drop our morals?" Baira asked, suspicious, "Simple, we do what we usually don't do..." he said back, "If Playmaker sees that someone has been taken hostage, he'll surely come to face one of us!" he said.

"And if you'd allow it, I'll take the bullet!" he said bowing to Revolver, "Are you really going to let him do what he wants?" Faust asked him disgust, hoping Revolver would reject his idea. "Very well..." Revolver said.

"I shall allow you to do this, but only on a civilian, SOL Technologies would heighten security if we got a hold of one of them." he said.

"Thank you Master..." Vire said, smirking at the reactions of the others, minus Spectre, who liked him, "By the way, what do you think we should do about Codebuster?" Revolver asked. "Distract him… He'll go for money, if we make a contract for him to go after someone we choose, he'll be out of the way." Vire said.

"Makes sense, with Codebuster away, we would only have to deal with Playmaker at the time." Valcry said, hating to agree with the man.

"Glad that we can agree on something together!" Spectre said, feeling joy at the rest reacting to Vire's suggestion. "Spectre, go and create a contract for Codebuster, you'd be able to find his contact number through SOL Technologies, contact Ares if you need to." Revolver ordered.

"Yes, Revolver-sama!" Spectre said as he teleported away, "You three, continue your work on Project Another!" he told Baira, Faust and Dr Genome, who bowed and also teleported away, "You three!" he said to Valcry, Talon and Vire.

"I want your three to study what we have on Codebuster and Playmaker's Duels..." he said, "Yes sir!" they said with a bow, "Good, I'll be leaving you to it!" he said as he logged out… "Don't get any ideas Vire, we still don't like you!" Valcry immediately said to him after Revolver left.

"Oh, you hurt my feeling… not!" he spat back, "Stop it you two, let's just go over this, the sooner this is over, the quicker I can leave..." Talon said, "Fine!" the two said as they went to watch the Duels...

Yui's apartment, (20:21 PM)

Lounging about in her apartment was Yui Funai, who now had a cast on her right leg, she was wearing her Pj's seeing that she was confined to her apartment for a couple of weeks… So far she was going nuts and it had only been one day.

On the plus side, she got to stay at home, were she did most of her work… which was playing games with her other friends, and publishing the videos on Youtube. She of course had a day job, but couldn't do that now.

"God, when are they getting here?" she said to herself watching TV while she waited for Matoyia, Sora and Hiroshi to get to hers. "Why? Why? Did I have to break my leg in Link VRAINS!?" she said face palming herself.

Yui, while in Link VRAINS went by the name Stratos… to herself was a hero, that had injured herself while Dueling against the Knight of Hanoi, Ares. She was humiliated by said knight, as she hadn't dealt any damage to the guy.

Upon her defeat she was forced logged out, and had suffered the strain the damage dealt to her while in the system, most pain was in her right leg.

*Ding Dong!* The doorbell went off, "Come in!" she shouted, the door opened and walking in was Matoyia, Sora and Hiroshi, Matoyia was holding a bag with Cafe Haru on the side, Sora had some DVD's on him, and Hiroshi had some drinks on him.

"Hey!" she said to them, "Hey!" they said back, "Sorry it took a while, but I made us some takeaway… if you haven't eaten." Matoyia said holding the bag up, "I brought some movies that we'll all love!" Sora said.

"And I brought some drinks… for obvious reason!" Hiroshi said, "Thanks for doing this guys..." she said sitting up as they got everything ready. "That's alright, you did seem upset about not going to the movies earlier..." Matoyia said.

"Right what shall we watch first?" Sora asked setting the DVD player up, "I've got Star Wars, Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, and a comedy for Yui!" he said.

"Star Wars, it never gets old!" Matoyia shouted, "I want the comedy!" Yui said, "Lord of the Rings..." Hiroshi said, "Maybe I should've brought just one..." Sora said with a sweat drop, as the three argued what to watch…

End of Chapter 4

Vire was created by OPFan37, his real life counterpart will come later… Also there is only 1 slot lefted for Season 1 (A Knight of Hanoi) and the people who have a slot are, for the 4 for whatever they want are I0-Hopeful Heart Dragon with AnDru Plast. Ghost83 with their character who will be seen soon. BladeKnightmare will their character who will also be seen soon. And Assassinkai742 with their character who will also be seen later.

The 3 Knights of Hanoi so far are Ares/Mars from And then the Sky, Talon from Crow38 and of course mentioned above, Vire from OPFan37.

Codebuster's OC cards

Weirdware Installer

EARTH, Level: 2 [Cyberse/Effect] ATK/600 DEF/1300

Set 1 Spell or Trap from your Deck to a Spell or Trap Zone, but that card cannot be activated the turn it's set with this effect. If this card is linked to a Link Monster: (Quick Effect) Should a Spell or Trap you control be negated or destroyed by a card effect your opponent's card effect, it is not. You can only activate each of "Weirdware Installer" once per turn.

Weirdware Outwatt

LIGHT, Level: 3 [Cyberse/Effect] ATK/1000 DEF/500

You can reveal this in your Hand: Target 1 "Weirdware" monster you control, send this card to your GY; until the end of the turn, that targeted monster gains ATK equal to this card's ATK. If this card is linked to a "Weirdware" Link Monster: That monster gains 1000 ATK when battling a monster. (during damage calculation) You can only activate the effects of 1 "Weirdware Outwatt" once per turn.

Weirdware Feedback Shielding

Equip-Spell

Send 1 card on your Field or in your Hand to the GY: Equip this card onto a "Weirdware" or Cyberse-Type monster you control. As long as this card is equipped to that monster: Neither player takes battle damage from battles involving the equipped monster, then after the equipped monster has battled: Inflict damage to your opponent equal to the total battle damage either you or your opponent would've taken from battle(s) involving the equipped monster

Replacement

Continious Spell

Once per turn, send 1 card in your Hand to your GY: Add 1 card from your Deck that is the same type as the sent card. When this card is destroyed: Shuffle this card from your GY into your Deck; draw 2 cards.

Rating Assault

Normal Spell

You can only activate this card if you control a Link 2 or 3 Link Monster: Target 1 monster you control, If can attack up as many time as the Link Rating of a Link Monster that you control. You can only activate 1 "Rating Assault" once per turn.

Weirdware Reboot

Normal Trap

At the end of the turn that "Weirdware" monsters are destroyed: Special Summon them back to the Monster Zones they were in before being destroyed. When this card is in the GY: When a "Weirdware" Spell or Trap is destroyed: Banish this card, Set that destroyed card face-down in your Spell and Trap Zone.

Damage Denser

Normal Trap

During either turn, you take damage from battle or a card effect, you can activate this card: All Battle damage and effect damage your take after this card is activated is reduced to 0 for the rest of turn.

Weirdware Downcool

WATER [Cyberse/Link/Effect] ATK/1000 LINK/-1, LMs: ↙

1 Level 5 or higher "Weirdware" monster

This card cannot be destroyed as long at it points to a monster. When your opponent Special Summons monster(s) with 2000 ATK or more: Those monster(s) lose 1000 ATK until the end of the turn they are Summoned. Once per turn, (Quick Effect) when your opponent's monster(s) ATK is higher than its original ATK, while this card points to a monster: Those monsters lose ATK equal to half the original ATK of the monster this card points until the end of the turn.

Weirdware Perfect Precision

WIND [Cyberse/Link/Effect] ATK/1800 LINK/-2, LMs: ⬆⬇

2 "Weirdware" monsters with different Levels

This card can attack your opponent directly, but battle damage if halved if it does. Once per turn, when battle damage has been dealt to your opponent by a "Weirdware" monster: (Quick Effect) Target 1 "Weirdware" monster you control (including this card) that monster gains ATK equal to the battle damage your opponent took. Once per turn, if a monster this card points to inflicts battle damage to your opponent: That monster can declare a second attack, but battle damage is halved.