Pokemon ARC-V: Bonds of Unity
AN: Hello everybody and welcome to the 7th chapter of Bonds of Unity! This chapter will be the duel of either Yuto or Yugo and the debut of either Dark Anthelion Dragon or Clearwing Fast Dragon! Which one shall it be? Find out now! So without further ado, here's chapter 7!
Human Speech- "Hey"
Human thought- 'Hey'
Spirit speech- "Hey"
Spirit thought- 'Hey'
"Telepathy"
Flashback
Monster/player status
Chapter 7
At the Paradise City Prep School, Ash, Zuzu, and Yuya were sitting outside on a bench, Zuzu sitting in between her 2 friends. Yuya opened his card lunchbox, before he looks at the inside of the top. On it was a picture of his dad, Yusho Sakaki, with his ace monster, Sky Magician. "Hey dad, how's it going?" Yuya talks to the picture. Zuzu and Ash,with their own lunchboxes, Ash's was courtesy of Yoko, looks at Yuya with smiles. "So, I'm gonna do it. I'm gonna sharpen my duel skills and become a pro like you. I'll entertain people, while chewing up the competition!" With that, he chows down with vigor, getting Ash and Zuzu to sweatdrop.
"Man, and here I thought I was a glutton when it comes to food." Ash says.
"You know, just because it's seafood, doesn't mean I want to see your food." Zuzu tells her tomato headed friend.
Just then, a handkerchief was offered to Zuzu, getting her and Ash to look up. It was a boy, presumably around Yuya and Zuzu's age, has short hair colored light brown and blonde, styled in layers, and has grayish blue eyes. His attire was the male Paradise Prep School's uniform. "Hi." He greets, getting Yuya's attention too.
Zuzu, however, looked less than thrilled to see him. "Go away Sylvio." She huffs, turning her head away.
"Sylvio? So this is the guy that tried to steal Yuya's cards." Ash mutters.
Sylvio puts the handkerchief away. "You know Yuya, I must say that your table manners are as elegant as your dueling. That is to say not at all." He insults.
"Says you! Now do you want something, or are you just here to annoy us?" Yuya questions, annoyed.
"If you are just here to annoy Yuya, then I suggest you walk away." Ash states cooly.
"What was that!?" Sylvio angrily questions, turning toward Ash.
"You heard me. And in case you were wondering, my name's Ash, what a pleasure to meet you." Ash says, the last part with heavy sarcasm.
"I know who you are new boy." Sylvio says.
"And I know how a real duelist should duel." Ash says coldly, getting Sylvio to wince a little.
He quickly composed himself, turning his head to the side. "Another duelist got ambushed today, people are saying you're the culprit." He states, looking at Yuya.
This makes the 3 friends look at him in shock, but Zuzu was quick to defend Yuya. "Then some people are wrong!" She then looks curious. "So, who was attacked?"
Sylvio looks at them with a serious face. "Professor Marco, he's a teacher at the Leo Institute. No one has heard from him since." Ash, Zuzu, and Yuya then thought back to Declan's abrupt departure from You Show the other day.
"That must be why Declan was in such a hurry to leave." Ash tells his friends, who nodded in agreement.
"You seem genuinely surprised to hear this." Sylvio says, bringing the attention back to him. "I had a feeling the rumors about you being involved were wrong. There's no way someone like you could get the best of someone like Marco, even with your cheap Pendulum Summoning."
Yuya looks offended about that. "Hang on. What's so cheap about about Pendulum Summoning?"
Sylvio leans forward. "Well for starters, you're the only one who has Pendulum cards. How is that fair?" Ash then chuckles at what he said. "What's so funny new kid?" Sylvio asks.
"I find it funny how hypocritical you talk about fairness, when after all, you tried to steal Yuya's cards." Ash, snorts.
"What?" Sylvio snarls.
"And by the way, he isn't the only one who can Pendulum Summon." Ash takes out his Pikachu and Bayleef cards, showing them to the arrogant boy.
Shock was an understatement, Sylvio looked utterly flabbergasted. "How? How on Earth did you manage to get Pendulum cards!?" He questions.
"I found them lying around." Ash simply says, getting Zuzu and Yuya to sweatdrop, thinking Sylvio will see right through it.
Fortunately, Sylvio was oblivious of it being a lie, as his hand slowly inched toward the cards. "Is it possible that I can, hold them for a sec?"
Ash quickly puts his cards away. "Sorry, but I don't let cheaters touch my cards. Yuya told me what you did."
"Damn." Sylvio tsked. He suddenly smirked. "No matter, that'll all change soon. I hear the Leo Corporation is starting to independently develop Pendulum cards now. I'll be the first in line when they release." He points at Yuya. "And then you and I are going to settle things." Then to Ash. "Then, I'm coming after you new kid. I'd say we can settle this in the Junior Arc League Championship, but we can't. Neither one of you are qualified to enter." Sylvio leaves with that.
"Not qualified to enter?" Yuya asks, confused. He then looks like he had a horrifying realization. "Woah, he's totally right! How am I supposed to become a pro now!?"
"Junior Arc League Championship?" Ash questions Zuzu.
The pinkette looks at the Pokemon trainer with a smile. "It's one of the 3 categories of Paradise's Championship. Depending on a person's age, they would be placed in one of 3 categories. For example, Youth, would be for kids like Ally, Tate, and Fredrick, and Junior, would be for teens like you, me, Yuya, Gong, and Sora. And people from all around the world will come and participate."
Ash looks in awe. "A tournament that shows what duelists are capable of? Awesome! It's just like back at home. Right Pikachu?" He asks, looking over his shoulder.
His backpack unzipped and Pikachu's head popped up. "Pika, Pikapi." He squeaks, grinning and nodding in agreement.
Later on, when school was over, Ash, Zuzu, and Yuya went to the front gate to meet up with Ally, Tate, and Fredrick. "Hey guys, our study group was canceled." Ally says.
"We are going to You Show." Fredrick adds.
"Do you guys wanna come with?" Tate asks. But their excitement was cut short, seeing Yuya in looking down in the dumps. This causes them to look concern. "Yuya, is something wrong?" Tate asks.
As they were walking down the sidewalk, Ash tells them what's wrong. "He isn't qualified to enter the Junior Arc League Championship."
"You cannot enter the Junior Arc League Championship?" Fredrick asks.
"Not this year. In order to be able to qualify and register, your yearly record has to show a minimum of 50 Junior Arc League sanctioned duels with at least a 60% win rate." Yuya explains.
"So what does your yearly record show?" Ally asks.
"46 duels, 26 wins."
Tate puts his hand to his temple, doing the math. "Let's see, 26 divided by 46. That's 56.5. That's not quite good enough."
"You're like a human calculator." Fredrick comments.
"But if you've only dueled 46 times, you still need 4 more to get to 50, and if you win all 4 of those duels, you'll have 30 wins, which is exactly 60%."
"That's what I told him." Zuzu says.
"We went around school to see if anyone wanted to duel him, but because of him beating the Sledgehammer guy, they thought he was a pro already, one guy even thought he'd get a free pass to enter." Ash explains.
"I'm not getting a free pass!" Yuya exclaims, before tears start rolling from his eyes. "People just don't get it, the Sledgehammer duel wasn't for his title, so winning didn't make me a pro."
"And to be a pro, you gotta do well in the Junior Championship." Tate says.
"And then there is the qualification test to enter the Senior Arc League." Fredrick adds.
"And then, you need enough wins there to take the pro test." Ally finishes.
Yuya clutches his head in frustration. "I've got a pro test for ya? Everyone thinks I'm a pro but I can't actually become a pro until I qualify, and I can't qualify, because no one will duel me, because everyone thinks I'm a pro!" He cries out. He then looks like he had an idea, before looking at his friends. "You said I need 4 more duels right?" He questions, counting the people in front of him. He then gets a creepy smile.
The others caught onto his plan, causing Ally to raise her hand in a stop motion, and Fredrick to cross his arms in an x. "Forget it." "No way." They both denied.
"Why not?" Yuya asks.
"We're in Elementary school, so we're in the Youth Arc League. You'll need to duel for Junior Arc Leaguers." Tate states.
"Uh, right, Junior Arc Leaguers. Like Zuzu."
But said pinkette quickly shot it down. "Not gonna happen Yuya."
"Why not!?" He asks, frustrated.
"Cause right now, I'm sitting at exactly 60%. No way am I gonna throw that away by losing to you. There's no point."
Yuya then looks over to Ash with hopeful eyes. "Ash, can you please duel me?" He begs.
He then became dismayed seeing his cap wearing friend shake his head. "Sorry Yuya, but no." Ash says adamantly.
"Not you too!"
"This is gonna be the first dueling tournament I'll be entering, and rivals like you and Zuzu should be saved until the championship actually starts. Along with that, you saw what I can do during my duel with Declan. These next duels could actually help you get stronger."
"Are you saying that I'm weaker than you!?" Yuya asks angrily.
"I also defeated you before with Pendulum Summoning." Ash deadpans, getting Yuya to sulk more.
"I guess you're right. But then who am i supposed to duel!?"
"Why don't you go talk to Gong about it?" Zuzu suggests. "He's the reason you're even close to the require 50 matches this year. All the tips and pointers he's thrown your way, not to mention all the dojo students he let you battle from his school."
Yuya just looks down at the ground. "I'm grateful for all of the help Gong's given, if it wasn't for Gong's training and support, I might of lost my duel against Dipper. And then after Zuzu lost, and our backs were really against the wall, Gong stepped up and manage to keep our school safe by tying Kit." He explains, getting everyone to stare at him in amazement. He then clenches his fist determinedly. "I've got to get strong enough to stand on my own two feet. I have to get better, starting today, there's no time like now."
"There's no time like now?" Zuzu repeats. She then smiles. "I gotta go." She starts running off, making the others confused.
"Huh, hey where are you off to all of a sudden?" Yuya asks.
"It's nothing, just things to do, and errands to pay, and bills to run." She quickly answers.
"Bills to wha?" Yuya questions.
"What about class?" Ally calls out.
"Tell my dad I can't make it today!" Zuzu calls back, disappearing from their sight.
"Anyone knows what that was about?" Yuya asks, a little confused as to what happened.
"No idea, but it actually reminds me, I can't make it either." Ash states, getting the others to look at him.
"Why not?" Ally asks.
"Because I need to get more duels so I can qualify for the championship myself."
"But you just got here and only managed to duel 4 times. First against that jerk, Suoh." Tate begins.
"Then me." Yuya sulks.
"Then that LID girl you told us kept you busy during the school duels." Ally says.
"And finally the president of the Leo Corporation, Declan Akaba himself." Fredrick finishes.
"Exactly, that's only 4 matches. You'd need to duel 46 more times, with at least a 60% win rate. And the championship is really close, there's no way you can get that many duels in time." Tate says, causing Ash to deflate a little.
"Hang on, there's actually another way he can enter the championship." Yuya says, getting everyone's attention.
"What do you mean another way?" Ash asks.
"There's actually an alternative requirement to enter the Junior Arc League Championship. You have to duel and win in 6 consecutive duels." Yuya explains.
"Six consecutive wins? That means I have to duel 6 times and not lose?"
"Yeah, so counting all the matches you've had so far and won, you only need to duel and win 2 more times."
"Got it! Thanks Yuya!" Ash thanks, running past the 3 kids and down the road.
"But wait! I didn't-" Yuya tries to call out, but Ash quickly disappeared. "Oh man." He sighs.
"Did you hear that Pikachu? I only need 2 more wins in order to qualify for the Junior Arc League Championship!" Ash says, excited of how close he was.
Pikachu's head popped out from his backpack. "Pika pi, Pikapi!" He says in agreement.
"Woah, slow down there Ash." Jaden says, as he and the other 2 appeared.
"Yeah, if you don't calm down, chances are, you might run head first into something." Yusei states.
"Their right, and I'm speaking from experience." Yuma adds.
Ash skids to a stop, rubbing his head sheepishly. "Sorry, I just got excited learning how close I am to entering the championship." He apologizes.
"Still, you should always be aware of your surroundings, Lord Ash." A deep baritone voice states. Ash turns around to see the transparent figures of Stardust Dragon, Number 39: Utopia, and Elemental Hero Neos Knight, Stardust being the one who spoke.
"Yes, you may never know what or who is around you before it's too late, Master Ash." Utopia says in a gravelly voice.
"Gotta agree with them there Boss." Neos Knight agrees in a gruff voice.
"Ok, ok, I get it, I should pay more attention in the future." Ash he looked annoyed. "And what did I tell you guys about calling me those things?" What he was referring to was when he was officially introduced to the 3 new spirits last night.
Flashback
At the Sakaki house, Ash, all his pokemon, and Yuya were having a big celebratory dinner in celebration of Ash saving the You Show Duel School, the dinner being a courtesy by Yoko. After the meal, Ash and his pokemon were in the former's temporary bedroom. Ash was telling his other pokemon about his duel with Declan, including summoning his mentors aces, Pikachu added in his opinion at certain points. His pokemon that weren't there were either in awe or was intrigued about how it happened. After he was done explaining the duel, Greninja asked a question. "Gre grenin, ninja?"
"You're asking about the vision I had before I summoned those monsters?" Ash repeats, getting a nod. Ash blinks and looks thoughtful. "You know, I was actually curious about that too, but didn't have time to think about it. Maybe Yuma, Yusei, and Jaden knows." He then proceeded to contact them. "Hey, guys, you there?" He asks telepathically.
The 3 spirits came out of his soul, causing some of his pokemon to jump, still not used to seeing them pop up out of nowhere. "Hey Ash. What's up?" Yuma asks.
"I actually wanted to ask you guys about something." Ash says.
"Ask away." Jaden says.
"When I was dueling Declan, I… had this vision, and I saw some figures there. They kind of looked like your aces now that I think about it."
The veteran duelists look at each other, before smiling and turned back to him. "This question, would be more suited for these 3." Yusei says, confusing the trainer and pokemon. Suddenly, a flash of light appeared, blinding them. As their vision returned, they opened their eyes, widening upon seeing the spirits of Stardust Dragon, Utopia, and Neos Knight, next to their respective duelists.
"Woah." Ash breathes out in awe, a feeling shared by his pokemon.
"It is good to officially meet you, Master Ash." Utopia greets.
"Yeah, it's been a long time coming for us to meet you Boss." Neos Knight follows up.
"Indeed, and hopefully we will work greatly together to save the dimensions under your leadership, Lord Ash." Stardust finishes.
"Were you the ones who gave me that vision?" Ash asks, receiving nods from the new spirits. "Why?"
"It was to let you know that we believed you are worthy of using our power." Neos Knight states.
"I'm worthy? How?"
"You use the power of your bonds with your friends to help you through tough battles, along with that you are willing to put others well being before your own." Utopia starts explaining.
"Even if those others aren't a part of your own world, and finally, you believe in your cards to give you the strength to help save the innocent from malevolent forces, and that's what makes you worthy." Stardust finishes.
Ash was silent for a moment, before a smile came up on his face. "It's nice to know you guys think that, and I promise I'll make sure your faith in me is not misplaced. Hopefully, we can become good friends too." He promises, getting his pokemon and his mentors to smile, while the monster spirits nodded in approval. Ash then frowned. "Although, do you mind not calling me those things when you appeared. You know, 'Boss', 'Lord', and 'Master'? I don't really like being called things like that."
"Very well Milord./As you command Master Ash./You got it Boss." The 3 spirits replies, getting Ash to sigh while the rest laugh at his expense.
Flashback end
"Anyways, I wonder if there are any good opponents around here?" Ash asks, looking around for potential opponents.
"I think we should worry about bigger things right now Lord Ash." Stardust states.
"What do you mean Stardust?"
"He means that we should focus on finding that Xyz duelist that protected your friend from that Sylvio jerk." Neos Knight says.
Ash looks down in thought. "Good point, maybe we can find answers on why he did that and why he looks like Yuya."
"I'm more curious of what he's doing here, in Standard, along with if he's alone." Utopia adds his thoughts.
"Yeah, they could've been the ones who attacked that professor guy that Sylvio told you about." Yuma states.
"Question is, why are they targeting people associated with LID?" Yusei asks, narrowing his eyes.
"Pika." Pikachu agrees.
Jaden then looks behind Ash, seeing a familiar pinkette approaching. "We can figure it out later. Right now Ash, you got a visitor." He says, pointing behind the trainer.
Confused, Ash turns around, and was surprised seeing Zuzu approach him. "Zuzu? What are you doing here?" He asks.
"I actually wanted to ask if you can do a favor for me." Zuzu says, fidgeting nervously.
Ash and Pikachu traded a curious glance, before looking back at her. "Uh sure. What do you need?"
Zuzu takes a step forward, breathes deeply… and bows with her hands clasped in front of her. "Please teach me Fusion Summoning!" She begs, surprising Ash, Pikachu, and the mentors.
"Wait, what? You want me to teach you Fusion Summoning?" Ash asks, getting a vigorous nod in response. "Why?"
"Well… you know how I lost the duel against Julia?" Zuzu asks, standing up straight, but kept looking down at the ground
"Yeah, the Fusion specialist from LID. But you tried your best, that's what matters, and we still saved You Show." Ash tries to comfort his friend.
"And I'm glad we did, but I'm still disappointed that I let Julia beat me so easily." Zuzu replies, looking back at him.
"That wasn't your fault!"
"Easy for you to say! You didn't meet that Yuya look alike!"
"If I did, I wouldn't let it bug me so much, especially during a duel!" Ash retorts honestly. "Anyway, why do you want to know Fusion Summoning?"
Zuzu sighs, leaving her hands to hang by her sides. "So I can get better at protecting You Show Duel School and my friends. So I decided the best way to do that, would be to learn Fusion Summoning." She explains.
"That's awesome Zuzu!" Ash says with a big grin.
"Pikachu." Pikachu agrees, a grin matching his trainer's.
"Thanks you guys. But I don't know how to use Fusion Summoning."
"Oh."
Zuzu then grips the hem of her skirt, looking down at the ground nervously. "And since you were a Fusion user, I thought that... maybe you could... teach me how to."
Ash and Pikachu look astonished to what she said, before the former scratches his head sheepishly. "Wow, I'd be honored to Zuzu, but… I'm new to Fusion Summoning too. There's not much I can teach you when I don't know much myself."
"Oh, ok I understand." Zuzu sighs sadly.
"And besides, I don't think I would make a good teacher anyway." Ash admits with a chuckle.
"Pika, chu Pikapi." Pikachu snickers, getting a mock glare from Ash.
"Thanks for the confidence boost buddy." He thanks sarcastically, getting Pikachu to laugh more, even Zuzu giggled at their bantering. Ash then turned back to Zuzu. "Anyways, why not ask Sora? He is the one who best knows Fusion Summoning out of all of us." "No offense Jaden, Neos Knight." He says, before talking telepathically to his Fusion mentor and ace.
"None taken." The 2 shrugs it off.
"I was actually gonna ask him next."
Ash then looks curious. "Wait, then why ask me to teach you then?" He asks.
Zuzu then blushes, before trying to change the subject. "I better go find Sora!" She exclaims, turning around and walking away.
"Hey wait up! I'm coming with you!" Ash exclaims, catching up to her.
"Why?" Zuzu asks, confused.
"I just think that Sora can also teach me a few things about Fusion Summoning too."
"What about qualifying for the Junior Arc League Championship?"
"It's ok, I have plenty of time. I just need 2 more wins in order to enter." With that, the 2 went on to look for their sweet loving friend.
(15 minutes later)
With Zuzu in the lead, the duo found themselves in front of the LID building, where they found Sora just hanging around the entrance. "I knew it!" Zuzu exclaims, getting Sora's attention as they stopped in front of him. "You stopped showing up to the You Show School because you're trying to cozy up to Declan Akaba." She accuses.
"N-No way, you got the wrong idea here." Sora denies.
"You're a slimy little weasel aren't you? You just try to latch onto whoever you think will make you duel better."
Sora blushes a little in embarrassment and rubs his head sheepishly with a chuckle. "But Declan seems so cool. He's using Fusion, Synchro, Xyz, and Pendulum! Think of how much he could teach me!" He exclaims cheerfully. He then looks at Ash. "And not to forget you Ash! You can do all of those summonings too! You are just as awesome as he is!"
Ash blushes upon receiving the praise. "Uh, thanks Sora."
"Ok but, I thought you wanted to learn at our school." Zuzu says.
Sora looked down dejectedly. "I was thinking you guys didn't like me."
"No way, we love you! Anyway, come on!" Zuzu exclaims, grabbing his hand and drags him away, Ash following right behind them. "We need your help with something important." Unbeknownst to them, a gray eyed figure was watching them.
Later, Ash and Zuzu led Sora to one of the warehouses near the wharf. "So why did you bring me here?" He asks them as Zuzu closes the door and Pikachu pops up from Ash's backpack. "Hey Pikachu." Sora greets the mouse.
"Pika." Pikachu greets back, waving a paw.
Zuzu then walks up to the light blue haired boy, before going to the same begging position she was in earlier. "Sora, I need you to teach me Fusion Summoning." She begs.
"Here? Right now?" Sora asks.
"Yeah."
"I don't know."
"I really need help! I need to be a better duelist!"
"I get it. You're still burning for losing against that Leo Institute girl. Right?"
"That's right." Ash answers. "Even though I beated Declan, it wasn't enough to cheer her up."
"Ash was strong enough to beat Declan, and I'm worried they'll come back to try again. And if they do, I really want stand up with both him and Yuya, and help them defend the school." She looks at Sora. "That's where you come in."
"You called me a 'slimy little weasel.' Remember?" Sora reminds her.
"Right." She bows again. "It came out wrong, I'm sorry!"
Sora looked thoughtful. "I just don't know." He then looks at Ash. "What about you? Did you want me to teach you too?"
"I just wanted to ask for some tips on how to Fusion Summon fast, I may know how to, but I'm not quite a master of it yet." Ash says.
"But you managed to perform a Fusion Summon with a Spell Card as one of the materials, that's an advanced technique. Plus you already know the basics of it. What else can there be to explain?"
"Isn't there any other ways to Fusion Summon?"
"Well… I still don't know." Sora says, looking thoughtful again.
"Please Sora." Zuzu begs.
"It's not that I can't teach you… I'm not sure I should, cause if I do teach you guys, your dueling will improve." Sora says.
Zuzu stands straight, her, Ash, and even Pikachu deadpanning at that statement. "Well yeah of course, you teach us, and we get better." Zuzu says.
"Come on Sora." Ash says.
"Fine." Sora sighs, none of them aware of the figure looking at them from behind a crate.
With that, Sora starts explaining the basics to Zuzu, even handing her a Polymerization card, while giving Ash tips on other ways to Fusion Summon. Just then Pikachu's ears twitched, and looked around, Ash taking notice. "What's up Pikachu?"
Pikachu then looks at the crate and saw the figure at the same time as Sora. "Pikapi!" Pikachu exclaims, pointing at the figure as he jumped over the crate as Sora gave chase, jumping up a crate. Sora slipped his Duel Disk on as he chased the figure. As the figure reached the wall, he jumped onto it and propelled himself forward, activating his Duel Disk which had a purple blade, as Sora activated his blue bladed Duel Disk.
Not wanting to let his friend fight alone, Ash looked at Pikachu. "Pikachu use Iron Tail!" He commanded.
"Pika!" Pikachu nodded and jumped forward, his tail taking on a metal sheen before he swung it and it clashed with the Duel Disk blades. After a brief struggle, the 3 combatants landed and jumped backwards to gain distance from each other, with Pikachu landing back on Ash's shoulder, and Sora and the figure, who turned out to be a boy from what Ash can see, had their Duel Disks raised, Ash noting how different the other boy's Disk was from the others he's seen.
"Talk, who are you?" Ash orders, stepping forward to stand beside Sora, Pikachu's cheeks sparking.
The boy was silent. Then Sora, with a knowing smile, asked. "You're not from around here, right?"
The boy actually responded. "Neither are you." He then glances at Ash and Pikachu. "Along with your friend and his pet."
"Pika." Pikachu growls, offended.
"Hey!" Zuzu exclaims, catching everyone's attention. "Hang on, I know you!"
"You do?" Ash asks.
"So who is he then?" Sora follows up.
"He dueled Sylvio, and beat him." This causes Ash's eyes to widen and look at the boy again.
'So this is the guy who produced that strong Xyz energy that Yuma sensed.' He thought with narrowed eyes. As he was staring, he unknowingly accessed Jaden's powers again, changing his eyes colors again. Like last time, everything else blurred out, except the boy, who was surrounded by a dark aura just like Yuya, surprising Ash enough that he snapped out of his trance.
"So was this latest incident your doing too?" Zuzu accuses.
The boy was silent as as Sora looks at her. "Latest incident? What?" He asks, confused.
"We were told that a Leo Institute teacher was just attack, which is the reason that they upped the security at Leo Corp." Ash explains, having saw the extra guards at the entrance when he and Zuzu got Sora.
"Really now? I was wondering why security was so tight. Well you've got a lot of explaining to do." Sora states pointing at the boy, who was only silent.
"How about we start with who you are?" Zuzu starts. "Why'd you duel Sylvio? What are you up to? What's you're problem with Leo Corp?"
Just then, they heard the door open behind them. "Answer the questions!" A voice demands, getting them to turn around, seeing it was Julia.
"Julia." Zuzu says, surprised at seeing her.
Ash's eyes widen in alarm, before looking at Pikachu. "Pikachu, hide!" He whispers frantically. The mouse quickly complied, hopping back into the back pack.
"Who are you and what did you do to Professor Marco?" Julia demands, walking further in.
"This is turning into a real party." Zuzu comments, but Julia ignored her.
"I'm gonna ask you one more time, where is he?" She repeats, pulling her Duel Disk out. After a moment of silence, she slipped it on. "Alright, if you don't want to talk, then maybe you'll want to duel."
Zuzu steps in front of her spreading her arms apart. "Hang on, you can't just barge in here and start dem-"
"Get out of the way wannabe!" Julia rudely cuts her off.
"Did you just call me a- look you only think he's involved with your missing professor, but you-" Zuzu was once again cut off.
"I'll know he's involved when we duel and he starts Xyz Summoning." Julia says, pointing at the boy.
"Xyz Summoning? Oh, interesting." Sora says.
As the boy kept his silence, Julia activates her Duel Disk. "You'll be talking soon enough when I'm through with you. Come on let's do this."
But she was stopped, this time by Ash. "Look, I know you want to get answers, but you're not gonna get them if you let your anger control you, you need to calm down."
Just then a bright light came from Zuzu's bracelet, blinding everyone. As the light subsided, everyone was shocked seeing the boy gone. "Great, he's gone." Julia says, angered that her one lead escaped.
"He… he disappeared, just like last time." Zuzu mutters.
"Zuzu! You in there!?" Yuya's voice sounded out.
"Yuya?" Zuzu questions as they all looked to the entrance, seeing the Dueltainer there, catching his breathe.
"Oh, good. Everyone was totally worried, and you weren't answering your phone, and… and I'm really sorry if I made you feel unappreciated earlier." Yuya says.
"I get it now. You teamed up with him and helped him escape!" Julia accuses.
"Woah, Julia!?" Yuya says, surprised to see the LID Fusionist. "And Sora and Ash?"
Julia marches up to him and grabbed his shirt. "Talk. What have you done with Professor Marco?" She demands.
"Nothing!" Yuya replies.
"Don't play dumb, I know you're working with him!"
"Working with who?" Zuzu and Ash runs up and forcefully separates them.
Ash looks at Yuya. "The guy who dueled Sylvio showed up again." He explains briefly.
"He did? So where is he?" Yuya asks.
Zuzu looks at her bracelet. "He vanished right before you showed up, just like before." She replies, getting Yuya to look curious.
"That's weird."
Julia raises her fist. "You know something, don't you?" She questions.
"Hey there he goes!" Sora exclaims, getting their attention as they see him pointing in a direction. "Over there! He's up on the rooftop! You better hurry up and chase him before he gets away!"
Julia pushes Yuya out of the way. "Out of my way Yuya!" She says, running off in the direction Sora pointed.
When she was far enough away, Ash, Yuya, and Zuzu looks at their friend. "So who'd ya see?" Yuya asks.
"No one." Sora replies. "I just wanted to get rid of Julia so we can get back to training."
"Training?" Yuya asks in surprise, looking in between his 3 friends. "You, Ash, and Zuzu?"
"Yeah, well for Zuzu mostly, they asked me to help with-" Sora says, before cutting himself off and looking at the 2 in question, with Zuzu looking at her bracelet. "Wait, is it supposed to be a secret that you wanted me to teach you Fusion Summoning?"
"Fusion Summoning?" Yuya asks as Zuzu looks back up, before back at her bracelet. "Is this for the Junior Arc League Championship?" Sora looks surprised. "That reminds me, I totally found my next four opponents. Actually, that's not true, but I found the guy who's gonna find them. Nico Smiley said he would hook me up."
"Yeah? Good for you." Zuzu smiles.
"Yeah that's awesome Yuya." Ash grins as Pikachu pops out from his backpack.
"Pikachu." He squeaks in agreement.
"Thanks, now I just got to win them all." He pumps his fist with a grin. "And if I do that, it's championship time."
"Hey Yuya." Sora says, getting his attention. "What's this championship you keep mentioning? Can I enter it too?"
"Uh, I don't know Sora. Have you dueled at least 50 times since coming to town? Cause you need 50 duels and 30 wins to enter." Yuya says.
"That many?" Sora asks in disbelief, before whining. "No fair! How come nobody ever wants to let me have any fun!?"
"Actually there's another way Sora." Ash states, getting the young boy to look at him. "Yuya told me that if someone wins 6 duels in a row, they can qualify. I only need 2 more so I can enter."
Sora beams in excitement. "Oh yeah!? Alright! Taking down 6 chumps in a row? That'll be easy! Do you think you can have that Nico Smiley guy to line up the opponents for me? Then I could just knock 'em down."
"Sure thing." He then looked at Ash. "Do you want me to do the same for you Ash?"
Surprisingly, the trainer shook his head. "Thanks for the offer, but I prefer to find my opponents on my own." He says.
"Oh, ok if you're sure." Yuya then looks at Zuzu, who was still looking at her bracelet. After a few moments, Yuya breaks the silence. "Well, I think we should get back before the others worried some more." Sora and Zuzu nods, but Ash didn't.
"You guys go on ahead, I'm just gonna wanna enjoy the ocean view for a few minutes. Don't worry, I'll be fine." With reluctant nods from the others, they left as Ash and Pikachu looks the ocean. When the others were no longer in sight, Ash's spirit partners appeared. "Well, that was something." Ash comments about the craziness from earlier.
"Yeah, talk about a fiasco." Jaden agrees.
"Now we're left with more questions then answers." Yusei says.
"Yeah, like, what's up with Zuzu's bracelet and that disappearing act?" Yuma asks.
"It appears that there is some sort of connection between Yuya, Zuzu, and that other boy." Utopia notes.
"Yes, that boy had a similar darkness surround him, just like your Yuya friend, Lord Ash." Stardust adds.
"Overall, something dark is happening around here, we should keep our eyes and ears open." Neos Knight finishes.
"Pikapi, pika chu, chu pi, kachu pika." Pikachu agrees.
"Yeah." Ash nods, before silence enveloped them. "Anyways, I should catch up with the others before they worry about where I am." Just as he turns around, a bright light appeared, blinding Ash and Pikachu. As the light subsided, the duo sees in front of them a two wheeled white vehicle that looks like a motorcycle. On top of it was the rider, who wears a white jacket with red borders and yellow stripes on the sleeves, along with a white jumpsuit that has red, blue, and yellow stripes that meet in the center in a chevron pattern, white gloves, shoulder, elbow and knee pads, and white, red, and gray boots. He also wears a white helmet. As Ash was staring at him, his eyes changed colors again. The world blurred around him as he saw only the rider, who was surrounded by a dark aura that matched Yuya's and the boy from before. Ash shakes his head, snapping out of it. 'Again? This is the 3rd time this happened.' He thinks.
"Oh man, now where am I?" The rider, who was male from what Ash could tell, asked aloud, looking around. He then pulls out a card and looks at it. "Now where have you taken me?"
"Hey!" Ash calls out, getting the rider's attention, Pikachu back in his backpack. "You ok?"
"Yeah, I'm just a little lost. Can you tell me where I am?"
"You're in Paradise City."
"Paradise City huh?" He looks at the card again. "Why did you bring me here?" He questions the card. The rider looks back up at Ash. "Thanks, uh…" He trails off, not knowing his name.
"My name's Ash Ketchum, what's your's?" Ash says with a smile. The rider proceeded to take his helmet off. And what Ash saw shocked him. It wasn't his his blue and yellow dual toned hair that shocked Ash, nor his greenish blue eyes. It was his face that shocks Ash. "Yuya!?" He asks in shock, seeing the face of his best Standard friend.
The boy looked annoyed. "Who's Yuya?" He points at himself. "The name's Yugo."
"Yugo?" Ash repeats, confused.
"What are you, deaf? Yes, it's Yugo!" The boy, Yugo, exclaims rudely.
"Hey, sorry, you just look like a friend of mine." Ash defends himself.
"Really? Can he duel as good as me?" Yugo smirks.
Ash tilts his head in curiosity, not knowing how to answer that. "Ash./Lord Ash." Yusei and Stardust says as they appears.
"Yusei? Stardust? What's up?" Ash asks telepathically, curious as to why his Synchro mentor and his ace came back out.
"That vehicle that kid is on? It's a Duel Runner." Yusei informs.
"Which means he's from the Synchro Dimension." Stardust adds.
"A Duel Runner!?" Ash couldn't help but exclaim aloud.
"Oh so you know about Duel Runners huh?" Yugo smirks, as he pats the side of his Runner. "Yeah, this beaut is my Duel Runner, it can let me duel against other people while I ride the wind, which is common from where I'm from."
"What about if they have a Duel Runner too?"
"I challenge them to a Turbo Duel, duh."
"A Turbo Duel, huh? Wish I could be in one of those." Ash says with a smile.
"Careful, it may come sooner than expected." Yusei smirks.
"Well then why don't you?" Yugo questions.
"I don't have a Duel Runner, they aren't really common here." Ash informs.
"I know just where to get one." Yugo counters, putting his helmet on.
"Why- oh I just got challenged, didn't I?" Ash asks, realizing what just happened.
"Indeed./Big time." Stardust and Yusei confirms.
"Hell yeah. And I know the perfect spot to do it." Suddenly, the light came back and started engulfing Yugo and his Runner. "Perfect timing!"
"What's going-" Ash was cut off as Yugo grabbed his wrist, as the light engulfed both of them.
(Unknown Location)
As the light subsided, Ash regained his vision shortly after. He saw that he and Yugo were now in the middle of a highway. In the distance, he saw clean, pristine buildings on a bunch of raised platforms, various connecting highways, and below, he saw beaten down houses and streets. Frowning, Ash yanked his arm out of Yugo's grip. "Why did you grab me like that?" He asks.
"It was the only way I knew how to bring you with me." Yugo states.
"Where is here anyway?"
Yugo grins. "This is my home. Welcome to New Domino City."
Ash's eyes widened in shock. "New Domino City!?" He asks in shock. He then felt felt something squirming in his backpack, until Pikachu's head popped up. "You ok Pikachu?" He glances back at his partner.
"Pika Pikapi." Pikachu whispers in assurance.
"Whoa, what's that thing!?" Yugo exclaims, having spotted Pikachu when Ash turned his head. The duo froze, having forgotten that Yugo was there with them.
Ash sighs, seeing that it was too late to lie. "Well… let's just say we're not really from Paradise City." He replies.
"Yeah, no kidding. So what is this thing, a pet?" Yugo asks, having moved to stand beside Ash, poking Pikachu's cheek, annoying the rat Pokemon greatly.
"No, Pikachu's a Pokemon, and he's my best friend. Also, if I were you, I'd stop doing what you're doing." Ash nervously says, noticing Pikachu's cheeks sparking.
"Why?" Yugo asks, poking Pikachu with both his index fingers.
This causes Pikachu to finally snap. "Piiiiiiiikaaaaa… chhhhhhuuuuuu!" He exclaims, releasing a powerful Thunderbolt, literally shocking the 2 teens. Eventually he ceased, the light clearing up, revealing both boys to be completely burnt and electricity moving along their bodies.
Yugo coughed and stumbles backwards. "That was… ecstatic." He says, deliriously, before falling backwards and onto his Duel Runner, causing it to tip over.
Ash coughs out. "I told you not to." He states.
Pikachu, realizing what he did, smiled sheepishly. "Pika, pika chu pi, Pikapi." He apologizes to the 2 boys, bowing his head.
Ash shakes the electricity and soot off. "It's ok Pikachu." He assures. He then looks at Yugo, who was getting his Duel Runner back up. "You ok Yugo?"
"Yeah, I'm fine." The Turbo Duelist waves off the concern, checking his Runner for damage. When that was done, he turned back to the duo, specifically Pikachu. "That was some power little guy." He grins.
Pikachu puffs his chest out in pride. "Pika pi chu pika." He says.
"So exactly what is a Pokemon?" Yugo asks Ash in confusion.
Ash then went on and told Yugo the same stuff he told everyone at You Show, same with leaving out some specific details. At the end, Yugo was looking at Ash with a pitying expression. "I'm sorry that you guys can't go home. Hopefully you can find a way back soon." He says.
Ash and Pikachu give sad smiles. "Thanks Yugo, that means a lot." "Pika." They both thanked their new friend.
Yugo returns the smile, before it turned into a full on grin. "So, you said you can carry 6 Pokemon, right?" He asks, getting a nod in return. "Which means you have 5 others right?" Again, Ash nodded. "Can I see them!?" Yugo asks in excitement.
Ash looks thoughtful for a moment, before smiling. "Sure Yugo, I'll show you my other Pokemon." Just as Yugo was about to cheer, Ash's smile turned mischievous. "But only if you can beat me in our duel." Yugo looks confused for a second, before he looked like he remembered something.
"Oh yeah, I promised to show you how Turbo Duels worked." He says, having forgotten in the excitement. He looks around before cursing. "Damn, this isn't where I wanted to go." Ignoring the confused looks he got from Ash and Pikachu, he reached into a side compartment of his Runner, pulling out a multi colored helmet (guess the colors) before tossing it to Ash, who quickly caught it
Ash looks at it, before back at him. "What's this for?"
"Well, the friend that brought us here didn't bring us to the place I wanted to go to, so we gotta ride the rest of the way on my Duel Runner." Yugo explains, getting on his Duel Runner.
"So… we got to ride on your Runner… together?" Ash awkwardly asks, getting Pikachu to snicker.
"Yeah, I know, this ain't a picnic for me either, but it's either this, or walking, which could take an hour or 2."
Ash looks conflicted for a minute, before sighing and putting on the helmet. "Please let this be quick." He mutters as he got on, Pikachu going back into his backpack.
"Ok, now hang on tight!" Yugo instructs, which Ash did, via awkwardly wrapping his arms around Yugo's waist. With that, Yugo accelerated forward, shooting down the highway.
As they were speeding down the highway, Ash couldn't help but enjoy the ride, even if the seating was a little awkward. The wind blowing into his face actually got him more and more excited about riding on a Duel Runner, and having a Turbo Duel for the first time. 'Man, this is so awesome! Is this the rush that Yusei felt when he Turbo Dueled? If so, then I can't wait.' He thinks with a grin. It soon disappears though and focuses on Yugo. 'Although, Yugo said that a friend brought us here, but I didn't see anyone else. Just who was he talking about?'
Meanwhile, Yugo was looking at a circular pad on his Duel Runner, having his own thoughts. 'I don't get it. Why did you bring me to that city? Was it so I can meet Ash? What's so special about him?' He thinks to himself.
Ash then looks around, specifically at the pristine buildings on the pillars, and the run down buildings below. 'It's just like how Yusei told me about the New Domino City and the Satellite before they united. Is the same thing happening here?' He thinks, a little saddened thinking about the hardships that they must go through.
(15 minutes later)
After the short drive, Yugo eventually came to a stop in front of an alley in the lower parts of the city. In the alley, was a white sheet, that looked as if it was covering a motorcycle up. "Here we are. And it's still here." Yugo says, him and Ash getting off the Duel Runner, with Pikachu popping up from the latter's backpack.
"What's that?/Pika?" Ash and Pikachu question in unison.
"Isn't it obvious?" Yugo asks back, walking up and pulling the sheet off. What was revealed was shocking to the trainer and pokemon. What they saw was the 2nd Duel Runner that Yusei had built after Jack stole the first one. Except it was different in some areas. For one the paint job wasn't just red with white stripes, it was actually a combination of red, blue, white, and black. Along with that, there was a circular pad like Yugo's in the center where the Duel Disk slot was.
"No way! Another Duel Runner!?/Pika!?" The duo asks in shock.
"You are just a master at stating the obvious aren't you?" Yugo jokes.
"Why did you leave it here of all places, where anyone can just take it?"
"To be honest, it isn't mine, per se. I just found it here recently, all beaten up, as if someone just dumped it here. I decided to give it some tune ups, see if I could get it working again." Yugo explains.
"Wait, recently? It looks as if it's brand new!" Ash says in shock.
"You'd be surprised as to what you can find down here."
Ash gazes at the Runner before looking back at Yugo. "And you're lending it to me?"
"You can keep it if you want it." Yugo simply replies, stunning both Ash and Pikachu.
"Really, why?"
"Eh, I never wanted it in the first place, I just used it to make sure my engineering skills don't get rusty, I was actually gonna take it apart again. But now that you're here and want to have a Turbo Duel, you get the Runner, and making it easier for me to get rid of it, so that's a win-win in my book." Yugo grins.
Ash grins back. "Thanks Yugo, I'll be sure to return the favor someday." He promises.
Yugo waves it off. "Don't worry about it. Now let's get this duel on the road!"
Ash nods, before looking sheepish. "Um, before we go, I still have one question… how am I supposed to get on?" He asks scratching his head.
Yugo walks over and put his hand on the handlebar. "Simple, you just lift it up like this." He instructs, simply raising the attachment.
"Oh." Ash lets out, feeling pretty stupid for asking something so obvious. This also causes Pikachu to snicker. Ash then gets on it, and put the attachment back to his side after Yugo let go.
Yusei then appeared beside him. "Ash, I'm gonna instruct you on how to work a Duel Runner, so listen carefully." Yusei says firmly. Ash gives a discreet nod as Yusei starts instructing him on how to work a Duel Runner. Following the instructions, Ash places both of his hands on the handlebars, and twisted them like how he saw the Officer Jennys do it, making the engine rev up loudly.
Ash smiles in excitement. "This sounds great!" He exclaims to Yugo over the noise. He then stopped twisting, making the revving die down. "I'll make sure not to disappoint you in our duel."
"That's good to hear." Yugo gives his own excited smile. He then ran over to his Duel Runner and got on it, retracting the kickstand back with his foot. "Follow me! I know the perfect place to duel! And don't fall off!" He shifts and revs his Duel Runner before shooting off past Ash.
As he does, Ash retracts the Duel Runner kickstand up, and still supports it with his leg. After hearing Yugo's comment about falling off, he grips the handlebars harder. "Easier said than done." Ash nervously states.
"Pikapi, pikachu pika chu pi." Pikachu assures his trainer not to worry.
"Hey don't worry about it, I'll help you through on how to work a Duel Runner. Just follow my instructions and you'll do great." Yusei assures his host.
Taking a deep breathe to calm his nerves, Ash looks at Yusei gratefully. "Thanks Yusei." He thanks his Synchro mentor. Smiling, Yusei then gives Ash instructions on how to ride a Duel Runner. After Yusei went over everything and Pikachu went back into his backpack, Ash twists the handlebars again, revving the engine again, before pushing the hand grip to the right, which shifted the Runner in the same direction and forward, following Yugo. As he goes forward, he starts to wobble a bit. "Steady, steady." He mutters, trying to straighten out. Eventually, he managed to keep it straight, getting him to grin in excitement and accomplishment. "Hey, I'm starting to get the hang of this! Let's kick it up a notch!" With that, he twisted one of the handlebars and picked up some more speed. The wind whipping at his face actually made him feel more and more exhilarated. He steadily increases the acceleration, getting to a point where he is now riding side by side with Yugo. He grins. 'Man, this is so awesome, no wonder why people of this dimension enjoy Turbo Dueling.'
"Looks like someone is having fun." Jaden says, as he and the other spirits came out, floating beside Ash.
"I wish we had Turbo Dueling during my time." Yuma sulks, looking like he wanted to ride the Duel Runner.
"I actually can't wait to see how well you do the dueling part Boss." Neos Knight states.
"I advise you to be careful, Master Ash. If the duel gets too rough, an accident could happen." Utopia expresses his concern.
"Don't worry Utopia, Yusei gave me a thorough lecture about how to handle a Duel Runner, especially when dueling." Ash says telepathically.
"I'm actually impressed Milord, you have made a staggering amount of progress with riding a Duel Runner in such a short amount of time." Stardust compliments, sounding astounded.
"I had an excellent teacher." Ash says, looking at Yusei.
"Don't go giving praise just yet Ash. Your true test is about to begin." Yusei advises, he and the other spirits go back into Ash's soul.
Meanwhile, Yugo looks at Ash as he was talking with his spirits. "Wow, this guy must be a prodigy. He's handling that Duel Runner like a pro, even though this is his first time." He mutters. Then he looks at his Duel Disk. "Why did you bring me to see him?"
(A few minutes later)
The riding duo eventually found themselves on a ovular track course with some construction equipment around it, but it all looks abandoned. "What is this place?" Ash asks.
"It used to be an old Duel Chaser training course, for Security personal who wanted to be Duel Chasers. There was an accident some years back, which they were fixing, but they suddenly just abandoned this place all together." Yugo explains. He had explained what the society of the Synchro Dimension was like to Ash when he asked, the Tops, Commons, and Security. "This makes it a perfect place to Duel, because of how out of the way it is, which means no one can see us. By the way, how are you liking your Duel Runner?"
Ash grins. "It's awesome! The speed, the wind, it just got me more pumped for this Duel!" He replies in excitement.
"That's what it's like when you use a Duel Runner, you become one with the wind."
"And I have you to thank for giving me the chance to."
"No thanks needed man. You are lot more different than my other opponents."
"How so?"
"Well, I'm pretty sure by now you know that I have a short fuse?"
"Really? I haven't noticed." Ash jokes sarcastically with a grin.
Yugo chuckles at that. "Nice one, smart guy. Anyways, unlike the others, you didn't fight back. Matter of fact, you're the first person I ever officially challenged a Duel to. And with your interest in Turbo Dueling and Duel Runners, I decided to give you that Runner. Thought you could be the first one from a different a city to try Turbo Dueling for the first time."
"That's really nice of you, thanks."
"Don't mention it. Now then, ready to experience the thrill of Turbo Dueling? You have a deck?"
"You bet." Ash answers, taking out his deck and putting it into the deck shuffler. Then he looked confused. "Wait, what about Speed Spells?"
Yugo now looks confused. "Speed what now?"
Yusei appears. "Looks like the rules of Turbo Dueling are just like regular Dueling now, which means no Speed Spells." He notes.
"Seems so." Ash says as Yusei disappears. He then activates the pad on the Duel Runner, making a blade like his regular Duel Disk appear.
Yugo followed suit, a green wing like blade appearing. "First one to make it to the first curve gets the first turn." He explains, pointing at said curve ahead.
Ash follows where his finger is pointing at and nods. "Sounds fair to me."
"Alright, on my mark, we both go, ok?" Yugo instructs, getting another nod in response. They both then revved up their engines. "Ready… set… GO!" With a screech of tires against the pavement, the 2 Duel Runners shot forward.
"LET'S DUEL!" Yugo and Ash exclaim in unison.
(Ash LP: 4000 hand x5)
(Yugo LP: 4000 hand x5)
The 2 were neck in neck for awhile, but then Ash wobbled a bit, which gave Yugo the chance to push forward and make the turn. "Looks like the first turn is mine! To start, since I have no monsters on my field, I can summon Speedroid Terrortop!" A chain of tops surrounded by yellow electricity, appeared. (1200/600 lvl: 3) "Next I summon the tuner monster, Speedroid Tri Eyed Dice!" A pyramid with eyes on it's sides appeared next. (300/1500 lvl: 3)
Ash's eyes widened. "A tuner monster on the first turn!?" He asks in shock.
"That's right! Now I tune level 3 Terrortop, with level 3 Tri Eyed Dice!" Tri Eyed Dice became 3 green rings and Terrortop went through them, turning into 3 stars. "Cursed blade in the form of a cross! Use your power to rend all of our enemies!" Yugo chants, a beam of light shooting through the rings and stars. "I Synchro Summon! Hi-Speedroid Kendama!" An open spherical object with a piercing point appeared by Yugo's side. (2200/1600 lvl: 6)
" A Synchro Summon on the first turn!?" Ash asks in shock.
"Now I activate Kendama's effect! By banishing a Speedroid monster from my graveyard, you take 500 points of damage!" As Terrortop was banished, Kendama shot a blue light, which curved and went at Ash, then exploded at his side, the shockwave causing Ash to wobble before straightening out. (Ash LP: 4000-500=3500) "I place two cards face down, and end my turn!" The card appears appears and disappears. (Yugo hand x1)
"Gotta say, that was a good first move Yugo!" Ash compliments with a grin. "Let's see if I can top it! My turn!" Shakily, Ash releases one of the handlebars and places his hand on his deck. Taking a deep breath, he draws his card. "I draw!" He looks at the cards he has in his hand. 2 Spells, 2 Traps, and 2 Monsters. He activates one of the Spells. "I activate the Spell, Ultra Ball!" The black, yellow, and white sphere appeared. "Once per turn, I can summon a Pokemon monster from my deck or hand, so long as it's level 7 through 9!" A card popped out and he grabbed it. "I Summon Talonflame, the Scorching Bird Pokemon from my deck!" The ball opened up, which let loose a ball of fire into the air. The ball soon dispersed, revealing Talonflame flying right beside Ash. (2400/1200 lvl: 7) "And from my hand, I summon the level 1 tuner monster, Scraggy, the Baggy Pants Pokemon!" In a bright light, a bipedal, lizard-like Pokémon. Its oval eyes are set to the sides of its head, and its teeth appear to be constantly exposed. There is a small red scale on its yellow head. Below the yellow portion of its head, its body is cream-colored with thin arms and a red, scaly belly. It carries its loose, yellow skin around its legs, resembling trousers. Some of the loose skin seems to trail off to form or cover a tail. (100/200 lvl: 1)
Yugo's eyes widened. "A tuner monster!?" He asks in shock.
"That's right! Now I tune level 7 Talonflame to level 1 Scraggy!" Scraggy turns into a green ring which Talonflame flew through, turning into seven stars. "Clustering stars will become a new shining star! Become the path its light shines upon!" Ash chants, a beam of light shooting through the ring and stars. "I Synchro Summon! Let's rev it up! Stardust Dragon!" The dragon of stardust appears from the light with a roar. (2500/2000 lvl: 8)
"Ah it is good to finally fly freely into the air once again." Stardust says in satisfaction.
"Now I attack your Kendama with Stardust Dragon! Go, Sonic Flare!" Stardust rears his head back, before releasing a silver beam from his mouth. It impacted against Kendama, destroying it, the shock wave hitting Yugo. (2500-2200=300) (Yugo LP: 4000-300=3700) "I set 2 cards face down, and end my turn!" The 2 cards appeared and disappeared. (Ash hand x2)
"I gotta admit Ash, you really surprised me with how you've adapted to Turbo Duels so quickly! I think it's time I kick it up a notch! My turn now! I draw!" Yugo draws then looks at his cards, the gears in his head turning. "I Summon Speedroid Double Yoyo!" What came out was 2 green wheels with blades on it, connected to an outlet like center piece connecting it. (1400/1400 lvl: 4) "Now it's special ability lets me bring back Tri Eyed Dice!" The pyramid tuner came back out. (300/1500 lvl: 3) Yugo then hears a dragon's roar in his head. "Don't worry, I'll summon you now." He mutters. He then throws an arm up. "I now tune level 4 Double Yoyo, with level 3 Tri Eyed Dice!" Once again, Tri Eyed Dice became 3 rings, while Double Yoyo became 4 stars, a beam of light shooting through. "Spread those wondrous and beautiful wings, and strike down our enemies at lightspeed! I Synchro Summon! Level 7! Clear Wing Sychro Dragon!" Out of the light with a roar, came a legless dragon with clear green wings shaped like glass panels, white scales and blue crystals covering it's body, and a white and black forked tail. (2500/2000 lvl: 7)
As Ash was looking at the dragon in awe, his eyes once again changed colors. Just like with Odd Eyes Pendulum Dragon, Clear Wing Synhro Dragon was surrounded by a dark and light aura, before the light part of it condensed into a ball, before shooting into Ash's deck, glowing brighter as it did so. The increased brightness managed to snap Ash back into reality. As he regained his senses, he saw Yusei at his side, a concerned look on his face. "Ash are you ok?" He asks.
"You have been staring at that dragon for quite some time now." Stardust adds, sounding worried himself.
"I'm ok guys, thought I just saw something." Ash assures. The 2 spirits didn't exactly believed him, but nodded nonetheless.
"Hey Ash? You ok!?" Yugo calls out to him.
"I'm fine, just looking at your awesome dragon!" Ash calls back.
Yugo grins. "Well you're about to see how awesome it is right now! But first, I activate my Trap Follow Wing, and equip it to my Clear Wing!" The Trap flips up and Clear Wing's wings glowed briefly. "Now I attack your Stardust Dragon with Clear Wing Synchro Dragon! Now the effect of Follow Wing activates! When the monster equipped with it attacks a level 5 or higher monster, it's effects are negated and the monster is destroyed, along with that Clear Wing gains ATK points equal to the destroyed monsters own!"
As a white beam came from the dragon's wings, Ash reacted quickly. "I activate Stardust's special ability! By tributing him, I can negate your Trap's activation and destroy it!" As Stardust disappears into sparkles, the beam curved and headed straight for the Trap.
"I activate Clear Wing Synchro Dragon's own ability! Whenever a monster activates their effect, Clear Wing can negate it, and destroy that monster!" Yugo counters. Clear Wing goes in front of the beam, and shoots it's own from it's wings, cancelling each other out.
'Not good, that means Stardust won't come back at the end of the turn.' Ash thinks to himself.
"Now you're wide open! Clear Wing Synchro Dragon, attack Ash directly! Hell Dive Whirlwind Slasher!" As the Synchro Dragon came spiraling down at Ash, he swipes his arms sideways.
"I activate the Trap, Scrap Iron Scarecrow!" The card flips up, and out came a scarecrow made of scrap, which took the full force of the attack. Unknowingly to the 2 duelists, it weakened a platform holding pipes. "This card can stop an attack once per turn! And when that's done, it sets itself back face down!" The card did just that.
Yugo looked surprised. "A Trap that flips itself back face down?" He mutters. He quickly shook off his surprise. "Doesn't matter, because now from my hand, I activate the Spell, Persistent Gales! Since you negated my WIND attributed monsters attack, by banishing one from my graveyard, It can attack again with 500 additional ATK points!" He declares, banishing Tri Eyed Dice, causing his dragon to glow. (2500+500=3000)
Ash's eyes widened. "What!?" He asks in shock, as Clear Wing Synchro Dragon came at him again, this time successfully hitting Ash this time, causing him to slow down some more. (Ash LP: 3500-3000=500) The shockwaves once again weakened the pipes platform.
"I end my turn!" Yugo declares. As he passes the curve with the pipes platform, said platform finally gave out, causing the pipes to fall onto the track and right at Ash, shocking both duelists. "Ash!" Yugo calls in worry, seeing the pipes were kicking up dust, which covered Ash.
Within the dust cloud, Ash was swerving left and right barely dodging the pipes. 'I can barely see a thing, and these pipes just keep coming… I don't know if I can make it through this.' Ash thinks fearfully, closing his eyes.
Flashback
"The most important thing you need to do, is not let fear or doubt cloud your mind." Yusei lectures as he teaches Ash about the Duel Runner. "If you do that, then you will never be able to feel the true power of the wind, or know what true freedom is. When you become one with the wind, all fear and doubt just vanishes in an instant."
Flashback end
'He's right, I can't let fear or doubt hold me.' Ash thoughts, his expression neutral. A pipe was nearing him, but it was as if it was going in slow motion. 'I will become one with the wind… I will be free!' With that determined thought, his eyes snap open and continues to swerve around the pipes, but much more fluidly and determined than before.
Outside the cloud, Yugo looks at the cloud in worry. 'Oh man, I hope he's ok, there were a lot of pipes coming right at him.' He thinks to himself. Just then, he heard an engine coming from the cloud, causing him to look hopeful. "Did he make it?" He mutters. His answer was soon answered as he saw a multi colored form sped out of the cloud. His eyes widened upon seeing a surprising sight. Ash was there, 100% ok… but he was driving backwards. "No way!" Yugo exclaims in disbelief.
"My turn now! I DRAW!" Ash exclaims, his signature multi colored trail following his drawn card. Flipping it over, he saw it was a monster card. He smiles, knowing how to win. "It's showtime Yugo! Hope you're ready, because I'm coming at you with everything I've got!" He exclaims, turning around so now he's going forward again.
This declaration snapped Yugo out of his shock, and got him to grin. "Come on then! Show me what you got!" He challenges.
"First, I activate my other Trap, Stardust Flash! This allows me to bring back Stardust Dragon!" The card flips up, before glowing brightly and Stardust came back out. (2500/2000 lvl: 8) "Next I Summon the Pendulum tuner monster Pikachu, the Electric Mouse Pokemon!" Pikachu came out onto the field with a squeak. (1200/900 lvl: 4 scale: 1)
"A Pendu what now!?" Yugo asks in shock and confusion.
"Now since I control a Pokemon monster on my field, I can also summon out, Bulbasaur, the Seed Bulb Pokemon!" In a flash of light, came a small, quadruped Pokémon that has blue-green skin with darker green patches. It has red eyes with white pupils and scleras and pointed, ear-like structures on top of its head. Its snout is short and blunt, and it has a wide mouth. A pair of small, pointed teeth are visible in the upper jaw when its mouth is open. Each of its thick legs ends with three sharp claws. On its back is a green plant bulb. (1000/1000 lvl: 3 scale: 9) "Now I tune level 3 Bulbasaur, with level 4 Pikachu!" Pikachu gave a cry and started sparking, before turning into 4 green rings, which Bulbasaur went through and became 3 stars. "Shining Wings, deliver divine speed and illuminate Heaven and Earth!" A beam of light shot through. "I Synchro Summon! Level 7! Clear Wing Fast Dragon!" Out of the light with a roar, came a dragon that was very similar to Clear Wing Synchro Dragon, but with a few differences. Instead of green wings, they were light blue, and instead of light blue crystals, they were green. (2500/2000 lvl: 7 scale: 4)
Yugo looks at the new monster in shock. "Clear Wing Fast Dragon?" He mutters. Then both dragons started roaring at each other. "What's up with these 2!?"
"I've seen this before! I think they want to fight each other!" Ash exclaims. Fast stops roaring and looks at Ash, before nodding.
"Really?" Yugo asks, looking at his still roaring Clear Wing. He then looks to Ash with a grin. "Let's not keep them waiting then.
Ash grins back. "You got it, but first I activate the Spell, Bonds of Unity! By choosing one of my monsters that was summoned from my Extra Deck, that monster gains ATK points to every other Extra Deck monster on my field, along with an additional attack! I choose Clear Wing Fast Dragon!" Both dragons glowed, but Fast was a little brighter. (2500+2500=5000) "Along with her only being able to give damage via direct attack, you can't activate any Spells, Traps, or monster effects when she attacks!"
Yugo's eyes widens. "Then that means-!"
"You can't activate your dragon's effect or Follow Wing! Now, Clear Wing Fast Dragon! Stardust Dragon! Finish this duel with Cosmic Strike Whirlwind Slasher!" Both dragons roared, before they flew upwards. They stopped at a certain point, before Fast shoots back downwards, spinning a light blue whirlwind, while Stardust charges and fires his breath attack. The attack quickly met up with Fast, which merges with her own attack, making the whirlwind silvery blue. The attack tore through Clear Wing Synchro Dragon, which exploded upon doing so, before slamming straight at Yugo.
"Ahhhhhh!" Yugo screams as he was hit by a multitude of shockwaves, his Duel Runner let loose some steam and the brakes were activated, slowing him down, and allowing Ash to shoot past him. (Yugo LP: 3700-5000=0000 LOSE)
(Ash: WIN)
"Woooohooooo!" Ash cheers as he does his victory lap across the track, his dragons roaring in triumph.
Yugo looks at the happy 15 year old from where his Duel Runner stopped, helmet off and grinning. "That guy is full of a lot of surprises." He mutters. Eventually, Ash did his lap, and came to a stop in front of Yugo, his dragons having disappeared halfway through. "I have to say, you handled Turbo Dueling smoothly. I would've thought you were a pro if I didn't know that this was your first time." He compliments.
"Thanks Yugo." Ash thanked. Pikachu's head popped out. "Hey buddy, sorry you weren't able to see the duel."
"Pika, Pikapi." Pikachu waves off the apology.
"Although, I am curious now. Where did you get that other dragon? I thought I had the only Clear Wing monster." Yugo asks.
"Oh… that… well… you see…" Ash hesitates, not sure what to tell him. (Un)luckily, he was saved by the sounds of sirens approaching the area.
"Oh no, it's Security!" Yugo exclaims, putting on his helmet, and alarming both Ash and Pikachu.
"I thought you said they wouldn't check here!?" Ash asks frantically.
"I may have forgotten that they possibly have equipment to track all duels." Yugo chuckles sheepishly.
"WHAT!?/PIKA!?" Ash and Pikachu shouts in unison.
"Look! Belittle me later, because right now we got to go before they catch us!" Yugo exclaims, shooting away from the course with Ash following him, Pikachu back in his backpack.
As the chase was on, Ash's spirit partners came out. "Wow, this is one big mess we're in." Jaden says.
"Ya think!?" Ash snaps back at him.
"Calm down Ash, you just need to outrun them."Yuma says as if it was very obvious.
"Guys like these don't give up so easily, and I'm speaking from experience." Yusei states.
"They'll most likely try to force you to duel." Stardust says.
"We can't have that happening, along with you getting thrown in jail Boss, we need to get back to Standard." Neos Knight adds.
"But how? We don't know how to get back, and I don't think Yugo knows either." Utopia retorts, as the sirens kept getting closer.
Just then, Ash heard a roar in his head, and the top card of his deck glowing. 'What the?' Ash thinks to himself, before pulling out the card, surprised as to which one it was. 'Odd Eyes Phantom Dragon? Why are you glowing?' As if responding to his thoughts, he heard a louder roar before the card glowed brighter, blinding him temporarily, before he blacked out.
With Yugo, he saw the light behind him, and looked back, seeing it was coming from Ash and was engulfing him and his Duel Runner. Yugo looked away as the light became brighter, before it died down. He looked back, and was shocked at seeing Ash not there anymore. 'Where did he go?' He thinks to himself. He then heard the sirens again, causing him to push his worry for Ash to the back of his head, focusing on losing Security.
(Standard Dimension)
"Have you found him yet Zuzu?" Yuya questions his childhood friend as they stood in front of an alley.
"No. Where can Ash be? He was right behind us." The pinkette says in worry for their otherworldly friend.
"I don't know, but I hope he's ok." Yuya says with his own concern. They have been searching the city for Ash for hours when he didn't meet up with them like he said he would. Naturally, this caused the 2 of them to worry and they went on their own to try to find him.
Back in the present, a bright light appeared in the street, surprising the 2 of them as they covered their eyes. "What is that?" Zuzu asks Yuya, who simply shrugged. Then they heard something akin to an engine from the light. They squinted their eyes in order to see a 2 wheeled vehicle heading right toward them!
Yuya, reacting quickly, tackled Zuzu out of the way, causing them to fall to the floor, and the vehicle to go down the alleyway. They heard 2 crashes, one sounded louder than the other. They look at the alley, before back at each other, blushing upon realizing the position they were in, before shooting up to their feet and looking away from each other. They weresilent for a moment before Yuya spoke up. "We should probably check what that was." He suggests, getting a silent nod in return. They both walked into the alley, unable to see the end of it because it was so dark.
Before they can walk further in, they heard a groan to their right. They looked and was shocked at seeing Ash, without his helmet, laying in a pile of garbage. "Ash!" They called in worry, going to his side, seeing if he was ok.
"Ash! Are you ok!?" Yuya calls frantically, trying to shake him awake, but he wouldn't stir.
Zuzu places a hand on his shoulder, getting him to look at her, seeing the concern in her eyes as well. "I think he's exhausted. Maybe we should bring him to your house." She suggests, getting a nod from Yuya as they wrapped his arms around their shoulders, and carry him out of the alley, not noticing the vehicle at the end of the alley. A camera zoomed in on the unsuspecting trio.
(LID HQ)
Declan was looking at the recording from what just happened on a tablet. From the bright light, to the vehicle appearing, and finally Yuya and Zuzu carrying their unconscious friend out of the alley. When they walked out of the camera's vision, he put the tablet down and clasped his hands near his face, one thought going on in his mind.
'Ash Ketchum… I have a feeling that you're about to get very involved in the up coming fight.'
AN: DONE! And HOLY crap, I made an even longer chapter! Anyway, I apologize for not updating in a month, I was busy with figuring out how the duel goes, along with school just being a drain for me! As you all can see, it was Yugo and Clear Wing Fast Dragon who won the vote and got the debut, but don't worry, I know a perfect way, to debut Dark Anthelion Dragon, what it is, you'll have to wait! Next chapter will have Ash meeting another one of the future Lancers, once again, not spoiling anything! That's pretty much it so if you want to show support then follow, fav, review or all 3! That's all for chapter 7, so until chapter 8, this is FFCM15, signing out!