Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's: Star King Chronicles
Arc 1: Black Rose Revival Arc
Episode 10: Newfound Ability! Mask vs Mask
A dark and evil aura surged out from the ruin where Masked Rider was located. The force was so intense that it created a large hurricane heading towards the middle of the desert and a village. Lots of duel monster spirits saw this tragic event and was shocked. They were overcome by fear. Their eyes widened as they saw the hurricane head towards their village. Everyone panicked and tried to escape but in the end, everyone was taken in by the hurricane. Nobody was able to escape. The starry sky of the Star Dimension turned dark and gloomy. Flashes of lightning came spooking down. Upon seeing this, Yuza stopped her tracks and observed what was happening.
"The sky changed. What's happening?" the young lady wondered. Inside the ruin, both Domingo and the Masked Rider continued their duel. Masked Rider's opponent was able to summon the most ferocious monster. Due to the place being dark, the image of the monster was too vague for the Masked Rider. Although it was unclear to him, he could make out that the shape of the monster was similar to a dragon's and its whole body was waving like flames. Its eyes were huge and scary that even the fearless D-wheeler was intimidated. You could totally see its intent of causing pain through its eyes.
"I guess this ends now." Domingo turned to the evil dragon. "Attack!" he pointed a finger at Masked Rider as the dragon prepared for the assault. A purple blast which resembles a black flame came from its mouth. The blast headed towards his opponent. The blast injured him heavily that he fell to the ground. Weak and unable to stand up. Even though suffering from a direct impact, he was still conscious. Domingo's smile grew.
"You.....what.....do you....really want?" he asked him, weakly. The solid vision disappeared and the ruin started to fall apart. Pebbles and rocks fell atop. Domingo went pass through the fallen Masked Rider, going to the shrine of the ruin. At the shrine, he picked up a gem. The gem was light pink in color although only a fourth of it has color. The remaining three-fourths of the gem's color is similar to a stone's. "You...can't be serious! You actually aimed for that? You.....from the very day you joined the organization, you were already aiming for that Crimson Gem, haven't you?" the Masked Rider clenched his fist, furious at Domingo.
"What if I am?" he responded, mocking him. "Sorry if I lied. That's just how life turns out. I shall bring the goal of Pleiades to fruition." he took one final glance at the succumbing Masked Rider before he vanished in lightning speed, escaping from the ruin. Masked Rider's mask fell off. His face is revealed and not only that, there were tears falling from his bright red eyes.
"Sorry, Mistress Zika. I wasn't able to protect our home." he said before he turned unconscious. With that, he was left in the ruin, all alone. Outside the ruin, someone there, standing on a cliff. It was another Masca and a female one. She wore a black shirt with a black cape covering her back and half of her body. Its overall design was similar to a Dark Signer's outfit. Her outfit also consists of light blue outlines. Her masquerade mask resembled her outfit, black with light blue otulines. Just like Izuru, her hair is blonde.
"I see. I am a Masca." she said, her voice sounded familiar. It was the voice of Izuru. She looked at the dark sky gradually returning to its starry form. "Sherry, let's meet again."
On another part of the dimension, upon seeing the sky return to its normal state, Yuza entered the portal. Inside, there was a short trail with an opened door filled with light at its end. She accelerated the D-wheel and headed towards that. When she reached the door, light dominated her vision. Finally, it cleared and she made it safely to Neo Domino city, at the Daedalus Bridge to be exact. It was night time during that day. She looked up at the sky. It was dark and empty. There were no stars.
"Neo Domino city didn't change one bit. It's the same as the future. The dark sky is still as empty as it is." she commented, being kind of nostalgic. Just as she was about to get off her D-wheel, the noise of another came howling. The D-wheeler passed Yuza. Seeing the masquerade mask of a Masca in her face, Yuza immediately followed her. The D-wheel was identical to Masked Rider's but red in color with black outlines, opposite of his D-wheel's color. Their were add-ons too such as booster platforms at the back of the D-wheel.
"You....are you a Masca?" she asked as she followed the mysterious D-wheeler. The Mysterious D-wheeler responded with a smile. She wore the outfit of the Black Rose Witch and her hair was even similar to Aki's on her Black Rose Witch days. Little did Yuza know that someone else was following them. It was one of the officers of Security. He is actually from Ushio's group called the Duel Chasers.
"Ghost! Stop right there!" he cried, pursuing the mysterious D-wheeler. He addressed her as Ghost, the infamous D-wheeler from before who always makes his opponent crash after a Riding duel. She lifted a card and from it, a magical masked witch appeared. She attacked the officer using a blast coming from her staff. That attack caused actual damage and made the officer crash. His D-wheel bursted to flames.
"Heh." she said. She looked at her screen and saw Yuza following her. "You!" Yuza was alerted by the female D-wheeler calling her. "It seems you know of us, the Masca. You are correct. I am a member of the Masca. I am Zika, their leader!" she was stricken by these words.
"You are the leader of Masca?" Yuza asked. Zika lifted the same card as before and the same witch appeared. Yuza's mark glowed. Just as what Zika did, she lifted a card and light flashed before it. "Trap card, Barrier!" a yellow barrier appeared and protected her from the blast. Zika was impressed. While looking at her mark, Yuza thought, "With my Zodiac God gone, the powers of the mark are weakened. To defeat her, I need to resort to it. The true power of a Star Mage."
"Interesting, little girl. I will destroy anyone who interferes with me! Prepare yourself." both of them pushed a button in their D-wheels. The Speed World 2 Field Magic both appeared on their D-Wheels' screens. Speed World 2 dominated the field and triggered the parts of the sides of the bridge appearing. The word Duel-Lane is displayed there. A reddish barrier appeared on the bridge, separating it from the other side.
"A riding duel is beginning. Please move to the next lane." a robotic male voice said. The Duel Chasers who were still pursuing Mistress Zika moved on to the next lane. "Lane Selection. Searching for the optimal lane. Duel Lane: Central. Authorization." it spoke once again. On the screen, it displayed the computer choosing the proper lane for the Riding duel.
"Riding Duel, Acceleration!" both Zika and Yuza said as they entered the course. Yuza was ahead of the mysterious D-wheeler.
Yuza - 0 / 4000
Zika - 0 / 4000
"It's my turn, draw!" Yuza drew a card from her deck. A piece of memory then flashed in her mind. It was the memory of her meeting her Masca counterpart for the first time. Her outfit was just as similar as Izuru's but the robe is yellow in outline and the mask looks like a lion. Her hair was short with bangs extending to her face. At the end of their duel, she gave her the mask she was wearing to Yuza.
"Even before we've met, you've unlocked the mark of a Star Mage, Yuza. Now, take this and know the true power of a Star Mage!" she handed Yuza the mask. Her voice was just as similar to Yuza's already deep voice in which is also kind of similar to her mom's voice, only much deeper. There was only one way to survive this duel and that is to use the hidden power of a Star Mage. All of Yuza's thoughts were all cut off by the voice of Zika.
"It's your turn." she calmly said. Yuza lifted her arm in level with her face. Her palm was facing her face. A bright purple light surged. "Mascara Oscuridad!" the light extended to the sky, making the dark sky gloomier. Everyone in the city saw the beautiful bright purple light. The light finally cleared. Zika couldn't believe what she's just seeing. This time, Yuza wore a masquerade mask similar to Masked Rider's but outlined in yellow. An evil aura was surrounding that mask.
"You amaze me, little girl. Interesting. I didn't know you could use our power." she stated in a mocking accent upon seeing the transformation. "If you can use our power then that means you are a Star Mage, are you not?" Yuza's eyes remained the same amber eyes as it was, unlike Domingo's which turned black.
"I summon Accel Ninja!" the monster appeared through a blue portal. He wore a modern black ninja suit and a paper band tied on his head. "Once per turn, I can discard one speed spell card to special summon a tuner monster from my hand." she discarded a card from her hand. Accel Ninja accelerated as if he was skating. From the friction of him accelerating, a blue portal appeared below.
Accel Ninja: ATK 900 / DEF 600 / LV 3
"So she's going to synchro summon, huh?" Mistress Zika thought, observing her opponent's moves from the back. She accelerated the speed of the D-wheel and bumped Yuza's D-wheel on purpose before passing through her. That made the young lady flinch.
"Tch." she put a card on the duel disk part of her D-wheel. From the blue portal, emerged a small in ninja with looks in comparison to a robot. He wore a white scarf and a gray ninja suit. "Ninja Synchron!" the newly summoned synchron performed hand seals, turning into three stars. "Level 3 Accel Ninja, Level 2 Ninja Synchron, tuning!" the stars turned into two rings and engulfed Accel Ninja. "The spirit of a true warrior overflows right through here, its aura brims with the will to fight! Be guided by the light as you move on! Synchro Summon!" as she chanted, Accel Ninja turned into three stars and together with the rings, a flash of light was emitted.
"Be awakened, Ninja Warrior!" from the flash of light, a ninja appeared. His face is more robotic than Ninja Synchron, similar to Junk Warrior. They also have similar eyes. He wore a white band around his head, a white and black suit, and a gray scarf. The left part of his ninja suit is white while the right part is black. He holds two large shurikens.
Ninja Warrior: ATK 2400 / DEF 2100 / LV 5
"Synchro Monster. Heh. It's still her first turn yet she's able to synchro summon. Despicable kid." thought Mistress Zika with a huge smile in her face. She seemed impressed in Yuza's amazing dueling style.
"Ninja Warrior's effect! Once per turn, I can discard one card from my hand to remove from play one Ninja monster and inflict 400 points of damage! Double Shuriken!" the Ninja spun the two shurikens using his hands. He then threw it to the opponent. Mistress Zika got hit and managed to get a small scar in her face. "Turn end."
Yuza - 1 /4000
Zika - 1 / 3600
"So you're strategy is removing cards in your hand for your own advantage." she said as she drew a card. She slowed down a bit, only to be align with Yuza's D-wheel. "I'm impressed that you can use that mask. You haven't answered my question yet. Are you a Star Mage?" the young Yuza gave her an unwelcoming glare.
"I am." she answered, still glaring at her opponent. "I've heard certain things about your organization. What are you really after? What is your organization's true goal?" surprisingly, this question made her down. For some unknown reason, Zika got sad upon hearing this.
"Why are you asking me that question?" she asked in a sad voice. Yuza just stared at her blankly and innocently. Zika shook her head. "Fine, I'll tell you. Our organization's goal is to be complete. To be one with our other part." this statement made Yuza shocked. "But, this time, we don't want to be a part of them anymore. They are going to be a part of us." her sad face suddenly turned out evil and hungry to cause pain. Yuza noticed that an evil aura similar to her mask was starting to surround Zika's mask.
"What?!" the young Yuza exclaimed, surprised. The evil aura finally dominated Zika's mask. The form turned out just exactly as Yuza's and Masked Rider's.
"Mascara Oscuridad!" she cried, her D-wheel also surged with darkness. She faced Yuza once again. "It's not only you Star Mages who can use the Mascara Oscuridad. In fact, a Masca's Mascara Oscuridad is more powerful than a Star Mage's." she lifted a card from her hand and put it in the duel disk section of her D-wheel. "Masked Rose Witch!" dark roses appeared in the field and from it appeared the witch. She wore the same exact outfit of Black Rose Witch with the same mask. She looks exactly like her clone. She also held a brown wooden staff.
Masked Rose Witch: ATK 2000 / DEF 0 / LV 4
"There are two mask forms a Masca and a Star Mage can achieve. The first one is Oscuridad Mascara. A Masca can only achieve this if that Masca has a great will to fight while a Star Mage can gain it when they pass the test of their Masca counterpart. Some Star Mages also have their marks awakened when they pass this test." as she narrated, the image of Yuza activating her Mascara Oscuridad flashed along with Zika activating hers. Yuza started to ponder.
"So that's why she gave me that mask when I passed her test. My Masca counterpart......" she thought, wondering how she got the ability to activate her Oscuridad Mascara. "What about the other one?"
"The other one is what we of Masca are aiming for. It can only be achieved by being one with the other part. The Mascara Verdad!" while Yuza continued to ponder about how she got the mask, Zika attacked her monster. Masked Rose Witch unleashed a blast using her staff. Her opponent powered his shurikens, turning them into flame shurikens. He spun it and threw it, heading towards Masked Rose Witch. Both of them were destroyed by the blasts.
"What?!" exclaimed Yuza, surprised that her monster destroyed even though it had enough attack points to withstand the attack.
"When Masked Rose Witch is destroyed, all face-up monsters are destroyed. You then take damage equal to half of their attack points. Magical Rose!" a wave of roses appeared and attacked her. Just like Zika, she got a small scar on her face. Her D-wheel spun.
Yuza - 1 /2600
Zika - 1 / 3600
"You're still a naive young girl. You don't know what pain is like. Now, I'm here to show you just how pain feels!" she laughed just like a witch. She accelerated the D-wheel as Yuza tried to control her spinning D-wheel. After being able to control the D-wheel, Yuza's mask cracked. Eventually, it broke. She was shocked and at the same time, depressed upon witnessing this. It looks like she couldn't control the Mascara Oscuridad yet.
From afar the bridge, Aki was there, looking at the dark and empty sky of Neo Domino city. She always observes the dark city every night if she has a problem or something to think of. With her D-wheel beside her, she continued to observe the sky and talk to herself until a strange mark appeared on her right arm. It was the other half of Yusei's strange mark. The mark was circle connected with a line. The line has wing-like marks on its side. It was glowing crimson. Perhaps, the mark was reacting to Zika activating her powers just like what happened to Yusei's when he met the Masked Rider.
"A mark? What is this?" she placed her arm where the mark was located. It had intense pain. Pain even greater than that of the dragon mark. "Yusei......" while holding her arm, she looked at the sky again.
Episode 11 Preview
Zika: I'll show you what real pain tastes like!
Yuza: Tell me! Who are you looking for? Who is your other part? The one that will make you complete.
Zika: Izayoi Aki.
Yuza: My....mom? Next time, on Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's: Star King Chronicles, Source of Pain: Black Rose Mistress. I won't let you achieve your goal!
Aki: Why do I feel that you're familiar to me?
Yuza: M.....m.....mom? Riding Duel! Acceleration!
Key Cards of the Episode
Crimson: What will it be? What will it be? This is what we have for this chapter!
Accel Ninja
Type: Warrior / Effect
Level: 3
ATK / DEF: 900 / 600
Image: A ninja wearing a modern black ninja suit and a paper band tied on his head.
Card Description:
Once per turn, discard one Speed Spell card to special summon a tuner monster from your hand.
Ninja Warrior
Type: Warrior / Synchro / Effect
Level: 5
ATK / DEF: 2400 / 2100
Image: A ninja whose face is more robotic than Ninja Synchron, similar to Junk Warrior. They also have similar eyes. He wore a white band around his head, a white and black suit, and a gray scarf. The left part of his ninja suit is white while the right part is black. He holds two large shurikens.
Card Description:
"Ninja Synchron" + 1 or more non-tuner monsters. Once per turn, discard one card from your hand to remove from play one Ninja monster from your graveyard and inflict 400 points of damage to your opponent. If you used this effect during this turn, discard 1 card to enter the battle phase.
Masked Rose Witch
Type: Spellcaster / Effect
Level: 4
ATK / DEF: 2000 / 0
Image: A witch wearing the same exact outfit of Black Rose Witch with the same mask. She looks exactly like the Black Rose Witch's clone. She also held a brown wooden staff.
Card Description:
When this card is destroyed as a result of battle, destroy all face-up monsters and inflict damage to your opponent equal to the half of their attack points. If this card is attacked, it automatically switches to defense position.
Crimson: Thanks for reading and please review!