School sucks and I already hate that I'm a junior! My gosh, so much work…I hate being a lazy over-achiever. Moving on, I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh 5Ds because if I did, I would've had Yusei b****slap that Herald guy for dare comparing him with the Zero Reverse!
Reviewers Response:
The Red King: I'll get to doing a duel with Ruka soon, after you at least know all the guardians.
AnimeKiwi369: Burned out doesn't even begin to describe me and school. I hope the year gets better for you.
BbbStrwbrry: Thank you.*rereads* Uh…Liam tried to destroy it, but couldn't due to Trickster Magician's effect. Liam lost his Gun Blade Warrior and life points instead.
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Like the fire guardian warned, the psychics remained from the public all for the course of a week. None of the Signers could trace where they had disappeared to. Their course of action? Wait until they showed up yet again. Their chance arose again as Aki roamed the city about half an hour early before the get together with the other Signers. That was when the flow of a sullen melody floated through the air.
It sounded beautiful to the red-haired college student. She allowed herself to be carried by the lullaby-like tune. The eighteen-year-old rounded the corner to encounter a small crowd. Bodies swayed in time with the measures, and the plant deck user wandered closer towards the center.
There she met the face of the guardian she missed the first time she went searching. With her only 5 feet away, it was undeniable that he had sensed her presence. However this time the guy hadn't acknowledged it. When it ended, blue pools opened and an applause came from the crowd. He gave a modest bow as money were placed into his open case. Compliments passed around as the violinist sheathed his instrument. While putting the strap of the violin case over his shoulder, the guardian turned. "Are you insistent on stalking me?"
Aki reddened at the brazen comment. "W-Who would want to stalk you?"
"Obviously a red-haired psychic." the guy replied as he began walking with the Signer keeping pace with the musician. "And if she isn't stalking then she wouldn't cared if I did this."
The blue-haired man did a swift one-eighty and hightailed from her. The gold-brown eyed college student hadn't expected that and she scrambled to maintain the pace with him. Her boots clicked against the concrete sidewalk. She huffed. Damn for a guy with a load on his back, he's fast! For some reason she felt that there was something…weird about the guardian and she managed to briefly contact her comrades as she continued her pursuit.
She sprinted not to lose the guardian's trail as he turned a corner. Aki reached the edge in time to see the violinist duck into an alleyway. Sweat stuck her dark locks to her cream-colored face. She turned but didn't see the guy near the end of the alley. Golden-brown eyes scanned the area and a dull clang alerted her upward.
Her target was climbing the escape ladder onto the roof. He was going to be trapped. Aki ran to the metal ladders and began to scale them. She arrived at the top in time to see the musician prepare to jump to the next building over. However, the gap between the two edifice were too great for any human standards. Was he suicidal? The lady wondered as he leapt and surprising crossing the distance. His foot made contact with the edge of the building. He made it?
Then she noticed the dark-haired guy's foot slip. His expression remained stoic as he fell. "Ah."
The former Black Rose Witch gasped, reaching for her deck to realize that she failed to bring her duel disk. She wanted to turn away from the soon-to-be gore. Gold-brown pools stared, and believed that he slowed mid-air and flip to where his feet would reach the ground first. With an unexplainable grace, the man landed unharmed.
At this point the red-haired woman imagined cat ears and a tail for the person she was track. How else could she explain the agility and landing on his feet? She needed to hurry down or lose the violinist's trail. Aki, as she descended, called her fellow Signers again.
"Ossu~ (1)" Crow brightly greeted.
"Crow, I think he got away." Aki dashed towards the direction where the protector of the Hell Dragon disappeared. The red-head turned to bump into the person she called. Completing the thought he started, "I wonder about that…"
Jack and Yusei restrained the said guy. He didn't appear displeased or breathless at the predicament. In fact, the albino-skinned man appeared…amused. "Yare, yare (2), it appears I'm caught."
Bending over to catch her breath, the Signer puffed. "How…are you not exhausted…?"
"First off, I run regularly." the musician calmly stated. "Second, the wind is my aid."
Of course, why didn't she pick up on it before? He moved too fast, even by a runner's pace. The male was the air guardian. He probably could control air, like Rua, Ruka, and Crow have said to witnessed by the other guardians. Jack examined the guy closely and queried. "Are you sure that he's a guardian?"
Instead of his companions, a sarcastic tone replied. "No, I'm just some other abnormality that reacts with your Marks."
The grip the former king held tightened as his purple spheres glared. "Why you-!"
"Jack." Yusei's voice instantly quelled him. He released the violinist. "I apologize that we had to be rude, we only wanted to talk."
"About Kiseki, right?" Silence answered the question. The man readjusted the strap on his shoulder, preparing to leave. "That is something I can't tell you about. If that was all…"
He put his hands into his pockets, walking off when suddenly, "Matte (3)!"
Aki stood at on the sidewalk. Her hands balled into fists, and brown spheres filled with a misty expression. She declared this. "I challenge you to a duel. If I win…you tell us everything we want to know."
"And what makes me think I want to duel?" blue hair blew in the wind as the query was said.
The lady admitted. "Lillian said something before about there being two other guardians around before Kiseki came around…One she said was Liam…and other, I believe is you…Azure, right?"
Not betraying his mask of indifference, Azure quipped. "Congratulations but that still doesn't answer my quest-"
"I remember you," Aki said. "and that I dueled you once."
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"I play equip magic, Thorns of Hatred." Aki flatly announced. Across the field was the mysterious opponent whose face remained veiled by the hood of his jacket. Although she couldn't see Azure's eyes nor nose, his mouth told the psychic enough.; he hadn't expected her card. "With it, Black Rose Dragon gains 600 ATK points. Now go, Hate Rose Whip!"
The vines slashed at the duelist as his life points plummeted to zero. Falling to his knees, not from pain, but shock. "I lost…"
Clapping came from the Arcadia movement director's hands. He walked up to the two. "Congratulations, Aki-chan, since being here, Azure hasn't lost a single time until now. I knew you were something, don't you agree, Azure?"
"She' s good. But." The said teenager stood, brushing invisible dust from his jeans. He began strolling to the exit, which was located past the Black Rose Witch. The male halted parallel to the bearer of the Mark of the Dragon. From his the obscurity that covered his head, a single hardened blue spheres, burning with an intensity she was unaware of . "Next time, the outcome will be different. I look forward to that time, Izayoi-san."
With that, Azure left the stadium, leaving a 'nice' greeting into Arcadia
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"We never did duel after that." the Signer recalled her time in the psychic organization. She made herself sound as if she was mocking him. "So why not now? Or was it really just talk?"
She never personally acquainted herself with the musician while she was under Divine's tutelage. However, the woman sensed he held a twinge of pride as a duelist, much like Jack. Certainly the air guardian didn't take defeat with as much grace as he did with landing. Her words were met with the exact glare from when she was sixteen. "I wasn't bluffing at the time."
Continuing to coax the spurred male, she borrowed Yusei's duel disk. Aki put her hands on her hips. "Prove it."
CLUNK! Black casing was placed on the ground. Azure carefully lifted the violin and flooring of the case to reveal a duel disk. He placed it on his right arm and placed the deck into it's slot. The device turned into place. The female followed suit. Five cards were pulled from the top of the deck for the opponents. "Duel."
Aki: 4000 VS Azure: 4000
"Watashi no turn, draw (4)." Aki picked a card from her deck. Something in her head warned her about her adversary's deck, however she couldn't determine what… "I summon Black Rose Witch!"
The purple and black clad spell caster appeared at it's master's command. Black Rose Witch: Level: 4 ATK: 1700 DEF: 1200. "I activate Black Rose Witch's effect, allowing me to draw a card."
She drew from her deck and revealed the card. "I drew Rose Fairy and I can special summon it onto the field. Next I use field magic, Black Garden."
The area around the duelists and their onlookers were coiled with purplish-black thorny vines as a pink sprite appeared. Rose Fairy: Level: 3 ATK: 600 DEF: 1200. "I set one card. Turn end."
Aki: 4000/ Azure: 4000
"Ore no turn, draw (5)." her opponent declared. "When my opponent has more than one monster on the field, I can special summon Soul Seer."
From the ground rose a large mirror with a decorative border that was an intricately carved in jet. Soul Seer: Level: 2 ATK: 0 DEF: 0. "I set two cards, turn end."
Aki: 4000/ Azure: 4000
"Watashi no turn, draw. I summon Evil Thorn. " Evil Thorn: Level: 1 ATK: 100 DEF: 300. Aki looked at her card before adding it to her remaining hand. The former Black Rose Witch was suspicious. Why would he summon a monster with no ATK points? It was like she was being drawn to attack. Finally she decided to deal with it's consequences. "Battle, Rose Fairy attack Soul Seer."
When Rose Fairy attacked, Soul Seer didn't get destroyed. Instead, a large gash formed in the reflective surface. Azure informed. "Soul Seer is able to take three attacks without taking damage for it."
Then she just had to attack it three times before it's effect was void right? "Battle, Evil Thorn!"
Another crack formed in the speculum. "Ike (6), Black Rose Witch!"
The mirror appeared completely broken. Yet, the air guardian was completely unfazed. Actually he was smirking. That couldn't have been good… "I activate Soul Seer's ability. Once it's been attacked three times, it inflicts damage equal to half of the last attacking monster's ATK points. Furthermore, I can release Soul Seer to summon, Reflector Clairvoyant. And on the turn it's summoned, Reflector Clairvoyant allows you to draw one card."
Azure's card appeared as a gypsy-like humanoid with glittering shards hanging off of it's clothes. Reflector Clairvoyant: Level: 5 ATK: 2100 DEF: 1400. The red-haired psychic mentally cursed, of course that was why he left such a weak ploy. However, Aki wasn't done just yet. "I release Evil Thorn and you take 300 points of damage. I'm allowed to summon two Evil Thorns from my deck. Now, I am tuning my Level 4 Black Rose Witch with my Rose Fairy."
"Chilling flames engulf the entire world. Pitch-dark flower, set into bloom! Synchro Summon! Appear now, Black Rose Dragon!" the signer cried as her signature monster emerged onto the field. Black Rose Dragon: Level: 7 ATK: 2400 DEF: 1800 "Turn end."
Aki: 3150/ Azure: 3700
"Ore no turn, draw." Blue eyes settled onto the newly drawn card. He announced. "Izayoi-san, your bad luck begins…I summon Feline of Darkness!"
"Black Garden's effect activates. A Rose Token is summoned on your field." Rose Token: Level: 2 ATK: 800 DEF: 800.
A large-sized ebony-colored cat appeared on the field Feline of Darkness: Level: 3 ATK: 700 DEF: 350. "I play trap card, Character of Death (7). When my opponent has four cards, they take 100 points of damage per card. Now, battle Reflector Clairvoyant! Attack Evil Thorn! Divine Illusion!"
"Trap card open, Rose Blizzard!" Aki declared. "When an attack is declared on a monster, I'm allowed to switch it to defense mode!"
Evil Thorn was struck by a barrage of illuminating shards before being destroyed. "I activate Feline of Darkness effect, once per turn it can attack an opponent directly. Ike, Black Claw!"
Feline of Darkness leapt with a beautiful grace over the psychic's defense of monsters and before the duelist. It's muscular arms reached up before slashing. "Turn end."
Aki: 2050/ Azure: 3700
"Watashi no turn, draw. I play magic card, Fragrance Storm." Aki told her enemy. "I release my Evil Thorn to draw one card. I have drawn is Ground Capture and I can draw one more card. Now I use equip magic, Thorns of Hatred to Black Rose Dragon" the college student declared. "It adds 600 ATK points to my dragon."
Black Rose Dragon: Level: 7 ATK: 3000 DEF: 1800. "Battle! Black Rose Dragon, attack Feline of Darkness!"
"Trap card open." Azure interjected. "Chaos Ward. This card negates an attack."
Aki wasn't done. She showed her card. "I play Wonder Clover, I can select a monster to attack twice but all other of my monsters cannot declare an attack this turn. So go Black Rose Dragon, Hate Rose Whip!"
Feline of Darkness: Level: 3 ATK: 200 DEF: 350. Her opponent repeated. "Trap card open. Devil's Luck. It requires that a monster on my field to battle to activate and allows me to draw two cards."
Satisfied with her strike, Aki declared. "I place two cards face down, turn end."
Aki: 2050/ Azure: 1200
Even with his life points being lowered significantly Azure appeared as if he didn't care. It was possible he didn't. "Ore no turn, draw. I equip magic card, Halo of Thorns to Reflector Clairvoyant. This card adds half the ATK points of a selected monster until the End Phase. I choose Black Rose Dragon."
"Battle! Reflector Clairvoyant, Divine Illusion!" Reflector Clairvoyant: Level: 5 ATK: 3600 DEF: 1400. A barrage of shards rained down onto the Signer Dragon before it was shattered. "Feline of Darkness, direct attack!"
The panther-like feline descended once more as it's talons clawed at the female duelist. "I'll end my turn. It's been fun Izayoi-san, but I'm afraid with this next turn, it'll be over."
Reflector Clairvoyant: Level: 5 ATK: 2100 DEF: 1400. From the sidelines Yusei, Jack, and Crow were watching the duel. The blonde man crossed his arms and 'hmpf'ed. "That guy sure speaks big for being in a losing situation."
Crow nodded his head in agreement. "One more attack and he'll lose."
Out of the three, their mechanically-talented friend remained silent. Azure did have two monsters on the field and a Rose Token. However most of the monsters were weak and Aki, he noted, already possessed cards to bring about a reversal, but…he sensed something was amiss…
Aki: 1250/ Azure: 1200
"Watashi no turn!" Aki called. "Trap card open, Ivy Shackle. All of your monsters become a plant-type monster. I play trap card, Rose Flame. For every Plant-type monster on your field, you take 500 points of damage. This the end."
"You're right it is." Azure smiled. "I use Devil's Luck. Any trap, spell, or effect that would make me take damage is instead redirected back to my opponent."
Brown pools widened. "Masaka…(8)"
Aki: 0/Azure: 1200
The solid vision faded, leaving the environment of the urban Neo Domino. Removing the duel disk from his wrist, the opponent carefully packed his load. "I've changed from last time we dueled Izayoi-san, and I'm glad to see you have too. All those destructive thoughts weren't healthy for you or for me."
He extended his hand in a friendly gesture. Aki clasped his hand and them exchanged a handshake. He glanced at his watch and mumbled something about catching rush hour. Azure began trailing towards his unknown destination and without looking back. Suddenly he tossed back a card, directed towards the former Black Rose Witch. She and her companions eyed the card. It was a dark purple with a lighter shade as the writing. A crescent moon logo was on the left side with beautiful calligraphy that read 'Nightfall Café'. An address, miniature map, and telephone number were beside the logo.
"If you want to answers, ask Kiseki herself." The retreating dark-haired man informed. "We perform there tonight, ja ne. (9)"
With that he disappeared like the wind. Crow began. "Did he-"
The plant-type deck user finished. "-just give us another opportunity to meet?"
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Yeah, I'm sorry about the lateness. In all honesty I almost finished a chapter explaining the pasts of the guardians but I changed my mind about it.
Authoress' Notes:
1) Ossu: What's up?
2) Yare: My, dear, my gosh, dear me, well, well.
3) Matte: Wait
4-5) Watashi no turn/Ore no turn: Turn of mine or It's my turn
6) Ike: Go
7) Character of Death: The card is honestly just a picture of the number four. It is a number (or character) that's unlucky in Japanese culture. This is because one word for four is 'shi' which also means death. Hotels in Japan actually tend to skip the number.
8) Masaka: 'It's impossible' or 'No way'
9) Ja ne: See you.
