Episode 8: Rev it Up!
Yuni is just waking up. Once again he and Brutus camped out. They are on a beach with a cliff towering over them. Yuni stretches and looks towards where Tori's tent should have been, but it's not. Tori must have left for some more early morning dueling, Yuni thinks.
Suddenly, Yuni hears a sound, Vroom! Vroom! He looks up to the top of the cliff and sees someone on a motorcycle, revving it. The motorcycle jumps off the cliff, followed by another. The second motorcycle has what looks like a dragon type monster following it.
As the motorcycles jump over Yuni, the sound wakes up Brutus. He springs up shouting, "It's the apocalypse! Everyone one find shelter! Everyman for himself!" Brutus then realizes what is going on and shrinks down and says meekly, "Never mind, don't mind me."
The motorcycles speed off into the distance. Brutus, returning to his normal, hyper state asks excitedly, "Was that a Turbo-Duel?"
Yuni responds, "I think it might have been."
Yugi asks mentally, What is a Turbo-Duel?
Oh yeah, it's really easy to forget how old you are. A Turbo-Duel is a special form of dueling that reached its peak of popularity about 4000 years ago. There were some special rules, but the major difference from a normal duel was that you rode motorcycles called Duel Runners. It's popularity coincided with that of the Synchro monster. Both's popularity went away pretty soon after being introduced. It was a fad.
So… they dueled… on motorcycles?
Yeah, weird, I know.
Brutus says, "That was awesome, I didn't know anyone turbo-dueled anymore."
At this point Tori is walking towards the guys. She says, "Hey, you guys would never believe this, I just saw someone in a real Turbo-Duel."
Yuni replies, "Yeah, we saw them too. They scared Brutus half to death.
Brutus buts in saying, "Not true, I was only scared a quarter to death!"
"Sure. Anyways they just jumped over that cliff." Yuni points towards the cliff.
Tori says "That is so cool, being a history geek like I am, it was pretty awesome to even see a glimpse of such a bizarre, ancient ritual. Anyways, as for more important business, check out these." Tori holds out five entry cards.
Brutus runs up to Tori, "That is awesome; you got all five entry cards!"
Yuni says, "Congratulations!"
"I already went to Sanctuary Castle in the center of the island and reserved my spot in the finals. You guys better hurry though, they said that there are only four spots left in the finals."
Brutus responds, "Don't worry, there's no way Yuni and I won't make it! We are just too good."
Yuni says sarcastically, "Yeah Brutus, you're a natural pro."
Brutus says with a sincere tone, "Thanks Yuni that means a lot." Yuni shakes his head.
Yuni and the gang are now walking through a craggy area at the bottom of a canyon. Brutus drops back towards Tori, he says, "So Tori, you would say that you know a lot about Yugi Muto, right?"
"Yeah, I'm a bit of a self-proclaimed expert."
"Cool, would you mind answering some questions?"
"Sure, fire away."
"I know that Yugi Muto was entered into the first ever Domino Grand Championships, but I was not able to figure out what the anniversary of that tournament was."
"I'm sorry, but no one really knows the answer to that. The first annual DGC was held on a different date than the latter ones. Its date has been lost to history."
Yuni shouts back towards them, "October 5!"
Tori says confused, "What?"
"October 5, the date of the first ever DGC."
"Ummm… okay then. Anything else, Brutus?"
"Yeah, I couldn't figure out the combination of cards that Yugi Muto used to win the tournament."
"Once again, no one really thought that the DGC would turn into anything, so the records on the first one are very scarce. Pretty much the only thing known about it is that Yugi Muto won it."
Yuni shouts back once again, "Yugi had 1100 life points and his opponent had 4000, along with a full field of monsters with 3000 or more attack. He used his monster, Sangan's effect to add his Gamma the Magnet Warrior to his hand. He then discarded that card along with his Alpha the Magnet Warrior and tributed the Beta the Magnet Warrior on his field in order to summon Valkyrion the Magna Warrior. He then activated Valkyrion's effect in order to summon his Magnet Warriors back from his grave. By tributing his three Magnet Warriors, Yugi summoned The Winged Dragon of Ra, with its attack equaling 4600. Yugi activated the effect of Ra, allowing him to pay 1000 life points to destroy all monsters his opponent controlled. He then attacked directly, defeating his opponent."
Both Brutus and Tori are looking at Yuni with a jaw-dropped, dumbfounded look. Tori says, "Are you joking?! No one knows anything about that duel, and here you are acting like an expert. Are you trying to make fun of me?!"
"No not at all, I'm completely serious. I swear."
"Really, how did you get that information then?"
"I…uh… read it in a book."
"Uh huh. You must tell me the title of that book."
"Oh, well, I read it a long time ago, I can't remember the title."
"And yet you can remember the exact date of the duel and exactly how Yugi Muto won it."
"Hey, it was a good duel."
"Whatever."
Brutus continues to ask Tori questions, meanwhile Yugi and Yuni talk. So, do you not plan on telling them about me anytime soon?
I'm not sure what to do about you yet. Just think about how crazy it would sound if I told someone that I hear the voice of someone who has been dead for 5000 years in my head. No offense.
None taken. No, you're right, it does sound crazy, but you will have to tell someone eventually.
You're probably right. I just don't know what to do.
The sound of a motorcycle revving sounds again. A Duel Runner comes at them and brakes. The Duel Runner is placed on top of two larger than average wheels. The body itself is sleekly aerodynamically designed. The person on top of the Runner pulls off his helmet. He says, "Alright, which one of you folks is a duelist?"
Yuni replies, "We all are."
Tori inspects the Duel Runner up close. "Wow, a real, functioning Duel Runner. I've never seen one outside of a museum."
The driver responds, "Yep, she's a beauty alright. I built her myself."
Yuni asks, "Who are you?"
"The name's Mach and I am the world's only licensed turbo-duelist. You see, I have always been fascinated by stories of the legendary turbo-duelist, Yusei Fudo. I recently built my own Duel Runner and taught myself to ride it and the rules of turbo-dueling. When I saw that this tournament was the first official one in 1000 years to allow turbo-dueling, I had to enter, and what do you know, here I am. So, how's about a Turbo-Duel?" Mach tosses Yuni a brief case. Yuni presses the button on top to open it. Upon pressing the button, the brief case opens and transforms into a Duel-Runner. It is a slim design; it has three wheels lined up, with the center one being larger than the ones in front and back of it.
Yuni comments, "That is awesome." Yuni gets on to feel it out. "Did you build this one too?"
"Of course. When no one else has a Runner of their own, it's smart to carry a spare. So how about it? You want to duel?"
Yuni revs the throttle. "You bet I do!"
Tori objects, "But Yuni, you don't even know how to ride one of these things. Even if you did, I doubt you know the rules of a Turbo-Duel, let alone have a deck with suitable cards."
Mach says, "It's all good. The bike is self-driving; also I don't mind playing by standard rules, as long as we're riding."
Yuni says, "Alright, let's do it!"
Tori says, "Are you sure you want to do this Yuni?"
"Of course, this is a once in a lifetime opportunity. Why would I give it up?"
"Okay."
Yuni and Mach start up their bikes. Mach says, "I've already got our course mapped out and in the Runner's system, just go with the flow. Also, a word of caution, we going to ride pretty close to the edge of some cliffs, your Runner should keep you at a safe distance, but don't do anything risky."
"Alright let's go!" Yuni speeds off shouting, "Duel On!" Mach follows him. Both duelists place their deck boxes on the dashboard of the Duel Runner.
The computer says, "Scanning decks…decks accepted. Autopilot engaged. Commence dueling." A smaller than average Duel Screen appears over the dash board with each player's hand.
Mach says to Yuni, via communicator, "I'll go first, if it's cool with you." Mach draws his card from his projected deck on the dashboard. "Since there are no cards on the field, I can special summon Turbo Dasher (Wind/Level 6/Machine/Effect/ATK 2300/DEF 2000)!" Turbo Dasher is a robot built for speed. It is aerodynamically designed and has wheels for feet and jets on its back. It wheels alongside Mach's Duel Runner. "When this master of Faster is summoned, I can draw a card." Mach draws. "Now I summon Turbo Rocket (Wind/Level 1/Machine/Tuner/ATK 500/DEF 500)!" This monster is literally a rocket with a face, hands, and feet. "I use my level one Turbo Rocket to tune my level six Turbo Dasher! I Synchro summon Turbo Tycoon (Wind/Level 7/Machine/Effect/ATK 2700/DEF 2500)!" Turbo Rocket connects to Turbo Dasher's back and rockets it into the sky. When it comes back down, the two monsters have integrated together. Turbo Booster has increased in size and has a large rocket attached to its back. It also looks all around more advanced. "I throw down two face downs and end my turn (Mach's hand: 3)."
Yuni pauses to feel the wind in his hair, then he draws his card, "I'll match you speed for speed! I control no monsters and you do so I special summon Cyber-Tech Accelerator (Wind/Level 5/Machine/Effect/ATK 2000/DEF 2000)!" Yuni's own fast robot dashes alongside him. "I also summon Cyber-Tech Falcon (Wind/Level 4/Winged-Beast/ATK 1500/DEF 1000)!" The cybernetic falcon flies in next to Yuni. "When I summon Cyber-Tech Falcon, I can add one Cyber-Tech card to my hand. I add the spell card, Cyber-Tech Rebuild! I activate it, allowing me to tribute my Falcon. In its place I can summon another monster from my deck that is up to three levels higher than Falcon. I summon Cyber-Tech Inferno (Fire/Level 5/Pyro/Effect/ATK 2200/DEF 1200)!" Cyber-Tech Falcon's organic parts go away, leaving behind the machinery. This machinery rearranges itself into the form of an incomplete set of mechanical armor. This armor fills up with fire to form Cyber-Tech Inferno. "When I summon this card, you take 200 points of damage for every card in my hand. I have four, so you take 800 points." Inferno sends a ball of fire at Mach (Mach's LP: 3200). "Now I overlay my two level five monsters and build the overlay network! I Xyz summon Cyber-Tech Starship (Light/Rank 5/Machine/Xyz/ATK 2500/DEF 2400)!" The monster that emerges from the overlay network looks like a futuristic fighter plane, meant for space instead of air. It has a laser gun on each wing, and one central laser cannon below the belly. It flies above Yuni's bike "I activate its effect; I can remove an overlay unit in order to reduce your attack by 300 and increase my attack by the same amount." Starship absorbs its overlay unit through its central laser cannon and fires a beam of energy at Turbo Tycoon.
"Not so fast! I'm going to activate one of my face downs, I play Turbo Boost. During the turn I activate this card, all Turbo monsters on my field can't be affected by other card effects!" Out of Mach's card comes a single rocket. That rocket attaches to the back of Tycoon and jets him out of the way of the laser.
"Alright then. I set a card and end my turn (Yuni's hand: 3)."
Mach draws a card. "I'll start mine then. I activate my Turbo Tycoon's effect. This effect allows me to special summon one level 3 or lower monster from my hand. I summon Turbo Speeder (Wind/Level 1/Machine/Tuner/ATK 0/DEF 0)!" This monster looks like a toy racecar. On the windshield is a face and it has two hands and arms coming out of its side. "I also normal summon Turbo Traveler (Wind/Level 2/Machine/Effect/ATK 1000/DEF 700)! I now have my level one Speeder tune my level two Traveler! I Synchro summon Turbo Racer (Wind/Level 3/Machine/Synchro/Tuner/ATK 0/DEF 1700)!" The monster, summoned in defense position, is another racecar, this one sleeker and more high tech in design. It too has a face and hands. "I use my level three Synchro Tuner monster to tune my level seven Turbo Tycoon! I Accel Synchro summon Turbo Titan (Wind/Level 10/Machine/Synchro/Effect/ATK 3500/DEF 3000)!" The large, new monster bears a resemblance to Turbo Dasher/Tycoon, except it has armor that looks like a was originally a racecar. It also holds an energy sword. "Turbo Titan, attack now with Speed Sword Slash." The monster slashes its sword at Yuni's monster with such high speeds that it can barely be seen. It slashes through the monster (Yuni's LP: 3000). "When Titan destroys a monster by battle, it can attack again if I discard a card. Go, attack once more!"
"I discard Kuriborg in order to negate your attack!" Yuni's mechanical fur ball creates a shield, protecting Yuni from the attack.
"Alright, then I end my turn (Mach's hand: 1)."
Yuni draws a card. "I activate my face down card, Cyber Reinforcements! This card allows me to summon two Cyber Tokens (Earth/Level 1/Machine/Token/ATK 0/DEF 0)." These tokens look like two small technological orbs. "These tokens can only be tributed for the tribute summon of a Cyber monster. I tribute them both in order to summon Cyber-Tech Enforcer (Dark/Level 8/Warrior/Effect/ATK 2600/DEF 2000)!" Enforcer looks like an overly muscular warrior equipped with super high tech armor. In one hand he holds a massive energy hammer and in the other an energy shield. "Cyber-Tech Enforcer, attack with Cyber Bludgeon!"
"Either I'm failing on my math, or my monster is stronger than yours! Why'd you attack?"
"Because of my effect. Since I'm attacking a monster with more attack than mine, my monster gains 1000 attack!" Enforcer continues its attack. It charges at Titan and its hammer grows to double its size (ATK 3600). Titan is pulverized (Mach's LP: 3100). "I activate the quick-play spell from my hand, Second Strike! This card allows my monster to attack for a second time in a row, but with 500 less attack (ATK 2100). Cyber Bludgeon, once more!" Cyber-Tech Enforcer goes in for one more attack and makes contact (Mach's LP: 1000). "I set a card and end my turn (Yuni's hand: 2)."
At this point the two turbo-duelists have made it to the top of the canyon and are driving near its edge. Brutus and Tori are standing below. Tori comments, "I don't like how close they're driving towards the edge. Especially Yuni, he's practically on the edge."
Brutus replies, "I wouldn't worry about Yuni, he's seem to have gotten the hang of this."
"What I'm afraid of is that he's not the one getting the hang of it, the autopilot is."
Back at the duel, Mach starts his turn and says, "I draw a card. I now activate my face down Turbo Rally! This trap allows me special summon a Turbo monster that was destroyed last turn. I summon Turbo Titan! Now my Titan, attack Yuni's monster!" Turbo Titan slashes at Enforcer, destroying it (Yuni's LP: 2100). "Now I discard a card to attack again to finish this! Speed Sword Slash!"
In a panic, Yuni quickly moves to activate his facedown card, but in the process, his hand sweeps over a button on his Duel-Runner. A computer voice from the Runner states, "Autopilot disengaged."
Yuni's Duel-Runner instantly begins to wobble. The following scene occurs in less than a few seconds. Everything shown is going in slow motion. Yuni's bike begins to tip. A look of shock goes across Yuni's face. Down below, Brutus and Tori's expressions change to horrified ones. Yuni thinks in a panic, No! I've got to regain my balance! I've got to do something! Yuni places his hand down on the console in front of him. Unexpectedly, a blue circuit board pattern emerges from Yuni's hand. Suddenly, Yuni is floating in a stream of data. All around him are the 1s and 0s of binary code along with several various images. Yuni looks at one moving image and sees himself, still falling off the cliff in slow motion. What is this? he thinks.
Yugi responds, I think that we're inside the computer of the bike.
Yuni looks around, I think your right. Maybe I can find a way to save myself! Yuni takes a good look around. He spots one picture of what looks like a person wearing armor. I don't know what this does, but it's worth a try!
Yuni places his hand on the picture and the same circuit board pattern as before emerges. The computer voice says, "Duel Armor initiated." Yuni is forced out of the computer system.
Back in the real world, time has returned to normal. Brutus and Tori are watching Yuni fall in horror. Brutus shouts, "No! This can't be the end of Yuni!" Brutus begins to cry.
Tori shouts, "Hey tough guy, look up!"
Brutus looks up to see the parts of the bike shifting around Yuni and forming armor. The armor is made up of various parts of the bike, such as the wind shield forming the faceplate of the helmet, the large wheel on Yuni's back, and the two smaller wheels underneath his feet. Yuni with his new armor grabs onto the ledge and pulls himself up. Brutus shouts, "What, crying, I wasn't crying!"
"No one said you were crying, Brutus."
"Oh. Never mind."
Back with Yuni, after pulling himself up, he starts running, using his wheeled feet, at high speeds in order to catch up with Mach. Yuni thinks, This is awesome!
Mach, having missed everything that just happened, asks Yuni, "How'd you figure out how to activate my Duel Armor system?"
Yuni responds, "I'm not too sure myself, but I believe you were in the middle of an attack."
"Yes of course. Turbo Titan, finish your attack!"
Yuni looks to his Duel Screen, which is now attached to his wrist, where his duel gauntlet would be, and activates his facedown card. "I activate Cyber-Tech Damage Conversion! This card allows me to negate your attack. Also, I can summon one Cyber-Tech monster from my hand who's attack is equal or less than the damage I would take. I summon Cyber-Tech Dragoon (Fire/Level 6/Dragon/Effect/ATK 2000/DEF 1700)!" The monster summoned is a serpentine, red dragon. It is covered in cybernetic armor and has a mechanical saddle on its back. "When my Dragoon is special summoned, I can add one Polymerization from my deck to my hand."
"I'll end my turn then (Mach's hand: 1)."
Yuni draws a card from the deck on his wrist. "I play Monster Reborn! I special summon Cyber-Tech Enforcer from my grave!" The massive enforcer returns to the field. "Now I activate Polymerization and fuse my two monsters! I summon Cyber-Tech Draconic Enforcer (Dark/Level 9/Dragon/Fusion/ATK 2500/DEF 2500)!" Yuni's two monsters fuse together. The result is a dragon that is double the size as before, on its saddle is Cyber-Tech Enforcer with upgraded, dragon looking armor. "Now, Cyber-Tech Draconic Enforcer attack with your Burning Bludgeon!" the Draconic Enforcer hurls its hammer at the opponent.
"Let me guess, you have another effect."
"You've got that right, when this monster attacks a monster with a higher attack, its attack doubles (ATK 5000)!" Enforcer's dragon mount breathes fire at the hammer. The burning hammer impacts Turbo Titan and destroys it (Mach's LP: 0). Yuni wins. Both duelists brake. Yuni's armor folds off of him and back into its original briefcase form.
Mach hops off his Duel-Runner and walks over to Yuni, "Man that was one awesome duel! Please take this, you deserve it." Mach hands Yuni an entry card. Mach picks up the briefcase. And runs back over to his bike. "Sorry to leave so fast, but the wind beckons to me, I'm off!" And with that, Mach speeds off.
Yuni hears behind, "That was amazing Yuni! What was that?" he turns around to see Brutus and Tori running towards him.
"I'm not too sure myself. This is going to sound crazy, but one moment I was placing my hand down on the control console, trying to reactivate the autopilot and the next, it's as if I'm inside the bike's computer."
Tori thinks for a second, "Yuni, I think you might have techno-kinesis!"
"What do you mean?"
"Techno-kinesis is the ability to control machines with your mind. But why would you have it?"
Both of them think, and simultaneously they shout, "The accident!"
Tori says, "It must have affected your mind, giving it special abilities! Has anything else weird happened to you since then?"
Yuni ponders for a couple of seconds and then sighs and says, "Well, I haven't been telling you guys everything."
Brutus asks, "What is it Yuni?"
"In my head, I can hear Yugi Muto."
