0713MM: Hey guys! I welcome you to the 10th chapter of my Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS Fanfic! I apologize for the somewhat longish gap between Chapter 9 and this Chapter. Alas, I do not Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS, nor its characters. Just this story.
Chapter 10
"GODDAMMIT!" Lightning watched as Windy lost to the AI Revolver Lightning made based on the strategies he's seen Revolver use up to this point. Lightning pinched his invisible nose in frustration.
"No, this won't do at all…" Lightning shook his head in disappointment. "Again!" Windy got up at Lightning's command. Red data was spewing out of his body from the defeats he's endured.
"Damn this Revolver AI…!" Windy growled. "I must defeat him so you don't have to when the time comes, Lightning." Lightning watched as Windy prepared himself to duel the Revolver AI again.
"Aren't you concerned that dueling this AI program of Revolver I've made will injury you more than you've already done to yourself?" Lightning questioned. Windy hissed as he clutched his right shoulder, which was dripping red data as if it was blood.
"These…...injuries are nothing…!" Windy hissed. "I will defeat this AI program….!"
"Fine." Lightning spoke. "But after this, I'm fixing you up. You've dueled this Revolver AI program at least 20 times now."
"So what?!" Windy hissed as he prepared to duel the AI program again. He paused before he took his turn for like the 20th time over the course of a few hours. "By the way, how goes turning Juliette Kogami against these foolish humans?"
"Quite well actually." Lightning spoke. "Queen just informed me that the progress is going far more smoothly than with Go Onizuka."
"Excellent!" Windy sneered. "By using Ryoken Kogami's Mother against him, he'll be torn between saving his Mother, or saving the world! Ha! Such irony in it all!"
"Indeed…" Lightning mused as he watched Windy lose again. Windy cried out as he hit the floor, this time, his 4 main limbs almost split off from his body. He screamed angrily in pain. Lightning sighed, then proceeded to help Windy and get him to the healing water fountain Lightning had forged in his palace via picking him up off the ground with Jin's assistance.
"Damn Revolver…..!" Windy seethed.
"You shouldn't have pushed yourself so hard against that Revolver AI I made…" Lightning sighed. But Windy didn't seem to hear Lightning, only muttering lowly of Revolver angrily, causing Lightning to sigh again.
"Maybe I shouldn't have allowed you face that Revolver AI…" Lightning told his ally Ignis as said ally Ignis continued to be healed. "You're going to get obsessed over this."
"Like you with Playmaker?" Windy countered, a sneer present on his face. "Such hypocrisy Lightning!"
"...Would you prefer I replace Echo with Blood Shepherd?" Lightning spoke in a dangerously low tone, yet calm at the same time. Windy heard that and he tsked in utmost irritation.
"Why you….!" Windy growled. "I will become stronger Lightning! Just you wait!"
"I have no doubt that you will." Lightning remarked. "But once you're healed enough to continue helping me and Queen, I have a task for you."
"Hoh?" Windy wondered. "And what would that be?" Lightning opens up a screen up to show Glacies within the lunchroom of Den Academy. She was in line to get her food. Windy's left red eye glowed brightly, as if smiling darkly. "Oh don't worry Lightning….. I'll take care of this.." He then laughs darkly.
Glacies got her lunch with an emotionless expression as she went to take a seat to eat. Takeru and Yusaku watched her; Takeru having a worried expression on his face.
"She still hasn't recovered from her loss to Blood Shepherd." Takeru frowned. "What should we do, Yusaku?"
"All we can do right now is give support. Her loss to Blood Shepherd caused damage to her mentally. As a result, she needs time. Time I don't even think we have." Yusaku frowned.
"Yeah." Takeru agreed. "Plus she has Akira, Aoi, and Aqua to help her out. Hopefully they'll be enough to snap her out of it." He paused, then noticed a few students surrounding Glacies's lunch table. "Wait...what are those students doing?"
"Takeru?" Flame asked. He looked over and noticed what his partner did. "Oh… Yeah, you're gonna get riled up, aren't you?" Takeru clenched his fists, while Ai sighed and Yusaku frowned.
"I understand that you're angry Takeru." Yusaku began. "But-" He stopped when he realized that Takeru was over at Glacies's lunch table. He sighed internally, but proceeded to head over himself.
"Get away from her, Sean!" Takeru snapped at the tall male, who stood over Glacies. Sean tsked, then turned to face Takeru.
"Oh yeah?" He smirked. "And why should I? Because a punk like you said so?"
"No." Takeru remarked. "Because she's going through a tough time."
"Oh no!" Sean retorted sarcastically. "Am I supposed to feel sympathy for a sob like her? Well I don't! I remember when she was at the top of her class and everyone envied her. Now look at her. All broken and sad. Such a pity." Takeru tsked, but didn't say anything back. Sean took notice and his smirk grew wider. "Nothing to say punk? Good. Now, leave m-" Before he could finish his sentence however, both Takeru and Yusaku gaped and watched him crumple to floor. What surprised the 2 teens even more was that the one who knocked him out was none other than Aoi Zaizen.
"Holy-!" Ai began to shout, but Yusaku quickly muffled him even though he was just as shocked.
"Zaizen…!" Takeru began.
"I've had it with this harassment against my sister…!" Aoi snapped. She then crossed her arms and huffed. "I mean seriously. Do these idiots think it's okay to harass Glacies just because her grades are slipping? Yeesh!" She then took notice of Takeru and Yusaku and she gave them a sad smile. "Sorry about my rant there."
"N-No it's alright. We feel the same, after all." Takeru said, Yusaku nodded in agreement. "Though you did took us by surprise when you actually hit him." Aoi shuffled her feet a bit awkwardly at that.
"Well…" Aoi began in soft voice. "He's been doing this for a few days after the...you know. I've talked to the teachers about it whenever me and Glacies are in the same class. They say they'll do something, but they never do. So me hitting him and knocking him out is my way of saying that I'm fed up with his harassment." Both Yusaku and Takeru nodded in agreement and understandment to Aoi's words as they then looked at Glacies. After a few moments, the Water Ignis emerged from Glacies duel disk; a sad expression within her pink eyes.
"I'm sorry." Aqua spoke softly. "I've tried everything I could think of. Very little to no changes."
"It's alright, Aqua." Aoi reassured the Water Ignis. "Glacies will recover from her defeat to Blood Shepherd in time."
"I hope you're right." Aqua retorted. "Because if she doesn't, then she'll experience pain far beyond than what I thought possible."
"What do you mean Aqua?" Flame asked. Aqua turned to face Flame, she pressed a few keys on a panel that appeared before her. After a few seconds, she turned the panel around to show Yusaku and Takeru.
"I did some digging and…" Aqua began.
"And what?" Yusaku inquired, not liking where this was going.
"And… She's on the same bounty list as you and Takeru." Aqua spoke softly. At that, Takeru clenched his fists.
"The nerve of SOL Technologies!" Takeru grit his teeth. "It's bad enough that Yusaku and I are on their list, and now they put Glacies on it?! How can this get any worse?!"
"Actually...it has." Aqua replied softly.
"What do you mean, Aqua?" Ai asked as he emerged from Yusaku's duel disk, who unmuted the Dark Ignis. Aqua waved her right hand and the bounty list vanished. In its place appeared a message chat. One of which consisted of Glacies/Ice Queen and…
"WINDY?!" Ai nearly shrieked.
"Quiet." Yusaku hushed to Ai. "We don't need more unwanted attention."
"Sorry…" Ai spoke softly as he sunk back into Yusaku's duel disk.
"This is quite odd." Flame put a hand to his chin. "Why would Windy of all Ignis use a chat? Seems out of character for him. Especially considering how hateful he is of humans."
"Perhaps." Takeru agreed with Flame. "But still. If he wants Glacies gone, he has to go through us."
"While I do agree with you Takeru," Aqua began. "but it seems Windy wants just me."
"So this is a trap." Aoi frowned. "I won't let you go alone." Aqua glanced at Aoi and closed her pink eyes.
"I knew you'd say that." Aqua retorted. "However, I've already agreed to meet with Windy. Alone."
"But you can't!" Aoi protested. "What of Glacies?"
"Helping my partner out is my responsibility." Aqua remarked. "And to prevent her getting in worse condition than she already is, I will talk to Windy." At that, Aoi sighed in defeat.
"While I don't like this, do what you must." Aoi replied reluctantly Aqua's pink eyes formed a sad smile at Aoi's words.
"Thanks Aoi." Aqua told her. She glanced over at Glacies, then back at the other 3. "Well, I suppose Glacies should be heading to class." Aoi nodded, then headed out of the lunchroom and to her next class. Yusaku followed suit. Takeru was about to follow Yusaku, since they shared the same class, but he stopped and turned to Glacies, then he looked down at Aqua.
"You be careful, Aqua." Takeru told the Water Ignis; concern evident in his voice. "There's no telling what Windy will do to get what he wants."
"I know, Takeru." Aqua told him. "I'm fully aware of Windy's psychopathic ways." Takeru nodded, then jogged after Yusaku. Aqua turned around to look up at her partner, who bore sad expression. Aqua closed her eyes and went back into her partner's duel disk. Once she did, Glacies stood up and proceeded to her class.
Aqua managed to go to VRAINS, but then slipped between reaching a desolate area. She slowly flew to reach a familiar destroyed tower.
"The Tower of Hanoi." She spoke, looking at it.
"A perfect place for your death!" A sadistic voice spoke from a Data Storm that appeared behind her. Aqua turned around to see the bandaged Wind Ignis.
"Windy…" Aqua spoke softly.
"That's right!" Windy spoke. "Glad you could come, Aqua!"
"So you called me here to make threats I already know?" Aqua replied, irritated by the Wind Ignis's antics. Windy shook his head.
"No no!" Windy spoke. "Why would I call you here for that?"
"You always were the most childish of us 6." Aqua remarked. At that remark, Windy clenched his fists and his left red eye twitched violently.
"Childish?!" Windy shrieked. "You think I'm childish?!"
"Yes." Aqua retorted nonchalantly. "Always jealous of Flame and Earth for having evolved quicker than you, despite your ability to control the Data Storm better than anyone." Windy clenched his fists even tighter until they were a lighter green color than his own skin. "And your anger proves my point further, Windy."
"Tsk…!" Windy growled. He then regained his composure and looked around the area, as if looking for someone. "Hoh? Where's your partner? Did you decide to diss her finally and accept reality? That partners are pointless?" At his questions, Aqua shook her head.
"No Windy. I didn't diss my partner. I never will. When she's down, I'll help her back up in any way I can. That's what family does. Least from what Glacies has told me regarding Akira and Aoi." However, little did she know that Windy had ensured that their whole confrontation was being broadcasted to Yusaku and the others. At Aqua's words, Windy laughed darkly.
"Hahahahahaha! Oh that's rich Aqua! By that logic, Revolver should go apologize to his dad!" Aqua narrowed her pink eyes at Windy's words, but said nothing. At this, Windy smirked and took the opportunity to continue talking. "Nothing to say Aqua? Ha! Figures! Ah well… I suppose I could dispose of your nuisance called a partner for you.. I'm one click away from calling Queen. I'm certain that she'd be more than happy to….dispose of Glacies Zaizen….." Aqua clenched her blue fists at that.
"Damn you…..!" Aqua growled. "If you want to hurt my partner, you'll have to go through me first!"
At the Zaizen house, Yusaku, Takeru, Akira, Aoi, Ryoken, Kyoko, Genome, Spectre, Aso, Ai, and Flame watched the confrontation between Aqua and Windy unfold. (Glacies is within her bedroom with the door closed.) They even heard their words.
"Nothing to say Aqua? Ha! Figures! Ah well… I suppose I could dispose of your nuisance called a partner for you.. I'm one click away from calling Queen. I'm certain that she'd be more than happy to….dispose of Glacies Zaizen….." Aqua clenched her blue fists at that.
"Damn you…..!" Aqua growled. "If you want to hurt my partner, you'll have to go through me first!"
"Aqua…" Ai breathed.
"I have not seen Aqua this emotional before." Flame noted. "I mean, yes, I have seen her be emotional, but not like this."
"Water Ignis…" Ryoken spoke softly.
"Ryoken-sama." Kyoko began.
"Yes?" Ryoken turned to face the red and orange-haired doctor. Kyoko glanced at Ryoken, a sad expression upon her face. Ryoken took notice of it utmost immediately and he knew exactly what she was about to say. Regardless, he waited patiently for her to continue.
"Perhaps killing all the Ignis is a bad idea." Kyoko finally replied.
"What do you mean?" Ryoken questioned. "Ow!" He rubbed his shoulder and gave a glare at Akira.
"You know what Dr. Taki means, Ryoken." Akira told him. "Windy and Lightning are our true enemies, not all 6 Ignis. Ai, Flame, Aqua, and Earth are not our enemies. They want to co-exist with humans. Why can't that go through that thick skull of yours?"
"As much as I hate to admit this, Zaizen is right." Spectre added with reluctance in his voice. They all looked at Spectre, shocked by his words.
"He actually agreed… Someone pinch me." Ai said.
"Not like we could." Flame muttered.
"The fact that Aqua is risking her own life for her partner's proves that she cares." Aoi added.
"Tsk…" Ryoken grunted before raising his hands up in defeat. "Alright fine. I'll give Aqua this one chance to prove me wrong. If she defeats Windy, then I'll accept her."
"You won't regret this, Ryoken." Akira grinned. "This I can assure you."
"Hmph. We shall see, Zaizen." Ryoken retorted. After Ryoken spoke, he turned his attention to the 2 Ignis on the holoscreen before the group. While Windy's program Echo to be his helper in dueling was no surprise, Aqua's helper in regards to dueling certainly was.
"Is that?!" Takeru began.
"An Arctic animal, yes!" Aoi finished. "The Mother Polar Bear of Glacies Zaizen, to be accurate!"
"DUEL!" The group heard both Aqua and Windy declare in unison.
"DUEL!" Both Aqua and Windy declared in unison.
"I'll take the first turn, Aqua!" Windy remarked.
"Fine by me." Aqua retorted, she crossed her arms. Windy grinned, then observed his hand. Echo then pressed a card in Windy's hand and it revealed itself before Aqua. Aqua's pink eyes narrowed slightly at the reveal of Stormrider Griffore. Windy noticed Aqua's expression and his grin widened.
"I activate Stormrider Griffore's effect!" Windy revealed. "Since no cards are on the field, I can look at your hand. And if it contains a Spell/Trap card, I can set 1!" He gestured to Aqua. "So go on! Show me!"
"Tsk…!" Aqua grunted, but had her program reveal her hand nonetheless. WIndy observed it and he do a couple "Ooooh" and "Aaaaaaaaaah"s before pointing at 1 of Aqua's Trap cards.
"That one!" Windy spoke. Aqua grunted and she set the trap card. "Poseidon Wave was it? A very powerful trap in WATER decks. Too bad it's helping me! Now Griffore, come!" A griffin-like ship appeared onto Windy's field. (Stormrider Griffore, Level 4 WIND Cyberse-type monster, ATK/DEF: 1200/800. Windy/Aqua's hand: 4 cards. Windy/Aqua's LP: 4000.) WIndy then had Echo reveal another card before it vanished and appeared onto Windy's field.
"Stormrider Minokawa's effect! Since I control a Stormrider monster, I can Special Summon this card from my hand!" Windy continued. A skeletal minofish-like ship appeared next to Griffore. (Stormrider Minokawa, attribute: WIND, type: Cyberse, Level 3, ATK/DEF: 1200/1600. Windy's hand: 3 cards. Aqua's hand: 4 cards. Windy/Aqua's LP: 4000.) "You're lucky that I don't control a Stormrider Link monster. Otherwise, you'd have to Set all your Spell/Trap cards first in order to play them!" Aqua tsked at that, but Windy continued. "But I'm not done! Next up, since you have a card(s) in your Spell/Trap Card Zone, I can Special Summon Stormrider Hippogriff from my hand!" On the other side of Griffore appeared a hippogriff-like ship. (Stormrider Hippogriff, Level 3 WIND Cyberse-type monster, ATK/DEF: 800/1200. Windy's hand: 2 cards. Aqua's hand: 4 cards. Windy/Aqua's LP: 4000.)
"Windy has 3 monsters already!" Ai spoke in a slightly panicked tone.
"And not only can he now Link Summon, but he's practically manipulating Aqua's move." Flame remarked.
"He's no doubt going all out." Yusaku scowled.
"Ha! But of course, Playmaker-I mean, Yusaku!" Windy remarked. "I have little choice in the matter! Oh well!" He raised his right arm upwards. "Appear! My raging circuit!" No sooner had he said that that the dark blue circuit appeared. "The Summoning Conditions are at least 2 Stormrider monsters! I set Griffore, Hippogriff and Minokawa into the Link Markers!" The 3 WIND monsters soared into the Bottom-Left, Bottom, and Bottom-Right Link Markers. "Link Summon! Come forth! Link 3! Stormridership Bahamut Bomber!" The massive whale-like ship emerged from the Link Circuit. (Stormridership Bahamut Bomber, attribute: WIND, type: Cyberse/Link, Link Rating: 3, Link Arrows: BL/B/BR. ATK: 2800. Windy's hand: 2 cards. Aqua's hand: 4 cards. Windy/Aqua's LP: 4000.) Within the Zaizen house that were watching the duel between the 2 Ignis, Yusaku, Takeru, and Ryoken grit their teeth, Ai's panic began to increase, Flame narrowed his eyes, and the others bore shocked/indifferent expressions.
"Not god not good not good!" Ai spoke in a panicked voice.
"This does not go well for Aqua." Aoi frowned.
"Stormridership Bahamut Bomber's effect!" Windy remarked. "Upon its Special Summon while I control no cards in my Spell/Trap Card Zones, I can target 1 card you control and destroy it! Then after that, I can inflict 500 damage to you!" Aqua tsked at that.
"I only control 1 card." Aqua told Windy.
"That's right!" Windy laughed. "The card I made you Set! Now vanish, Poseidon Wave!" Bahamut Bomber opened its mouth and sent out soundwaves at Aqua's face-down card; thus destroying it. Aqua and her AI program glowed blue before reverting to normal. (Windy's hand: 2 cards. Aqua's hand: 4 cards. Windy's LP: 4000. Aqua's LP: 4000 - 500 = 3500.)
"Aqua!" Ai called out to the female Ignis.
"I'm alright, Ai." Aqua reassured the concerned Ai. "A scratch like that to me is nothing."
"We'll see about that, Aqua!" Windy sneered. "I end my turn." Aqua's program placed its right hand on top of her duel disk.
"I shall make you pay for your treachery, Windy!" Aqua vowed. "My turn; draw!" (Windy's hand: 2 cards. Aqua's hand: 5 cards. Windy's LP: 4000. Aqua's LP: 3500.) Aqua glanced at the card she had drawn, and she nodded in approval. "This will do." Her program revealed the Field Spell card before it vanished from her hand, then reappeared on the field. "I'll start by activating the Field Spell, Marincess Kingdom!"
"Marincess?" Aoi questioned, surprised.
"Marincess… Aqua's personal deck." Flame noted.
"Upon activation, I can add 1 Marincess card from either my Deck or Graveyard to my hand." Aqua revealed.
"That's nice and all, but I too have a Field Spell to activate!" Windy interjected. "I activate Stormrider Gargoyle's effect in my hand! When you activate your Field Spell, I can discard this card from my hand to activate Stormrider Turbulence from my Deck!"
"What?" Aqua questioned. She watched as a card ejected itself out Windy's program's duel disk and said Field Spell appeared on Windy's field.
"Stormrider Turbulence effect!" Windy revealed. "With it present on my field, all Stormrider monsters I control gain 300 ATK!" Stormridership Bahamut Bomber glowed red as its ATK rose to 3100.
"As I was saying." Aqua continued, ignoring the fact that Stormrider Turbulence is now present on the field. "With Marincess Kingdom, I can add 1 Marincess card from either my Deck or Graveyard to my hand upon its activation. I choose to add Marincess Current to my hand." Her AI program revealed said Trap Card to Windy, who didn't seem bothered by it. Aqua then had her AI program press another card in her hand. "Next up, I shall Normal Summon Marincess Seafish to my field." A female fish hybrid appeared onto Aqua's field. (Marincess Seafish, attribute: WATER, type: Cyberse, Level 3, ATK/DEF: 1400/1200. Windy's hand: 1 card. Aqua's hand: 4 cards. Windy's LP: 4000. Aqua's LP: 3500.) Aqua gestured her right hand forward. "Marincess Seafish monster effect! When it's Summoned, I can Special Summon 1 Level 4 or lower Marincess monster from my Deck! Come! Marincess Sealion!" A sea lion fish female human hybrid appeared next to Seafish. (Marincess Sealion, attribute: WATER, type: Cyberse, Level 2, ATK/DEF: 800/400. Windy's hand: 1 card. Aqua's hand: 4 cards. Windy's LP: 4000. Aqua's LP: 3500.)
"Tsk…!" Windy grunted in irritation. "I should have remembered that your deck loves to swarm the field full of monsters…"
"That's right." Aqua retorted, her pink eyes formed that of what could be a smile.
"Ha!" Windy's left red eyes formed that of a dark smile. "Go ahead and swarm your field of monsters! It won't matter in the end!"
It actually will. Aqua thought. She then raised her right arm upwards.
"Appear! The Circuit of the Sea!" Aqua called out as the dark blue circuit appeared above her. "The Summoning Conditions are 2 WATER monsters! I Set Marincess Seafish and Marincess Sealion into the Link Markers! Link Summon! Appear! Link 2! Marincess Coral Anemone!" The Left and Bottom Link Markers on the circuit glowed red before revealing the sea coral female human hybrid (Marincess Coral Anemone, attribute: WATER, type: Cyberse/Link, Link Rating: 2, Link Arrows: B/L. ATK: 2000. Windy's hand: 1 card. Aqua's hand: 4 cards. Windy's LP: 4000. Aqua's LP: 3500.)
"Oooooooooh!" Ai breathed in awe.
"So pretty." Aoi noted with a small smile on her face.
"Very impressive." Emma smiled. Ryoken huffed and crossed his arms. His other Hanoi members were in awe at how well Aqua was doing against Windy.
"She's doing great." Takeru remarked.
"I agree." Yusaku nodded, but then he narrowed his green eyes. "But something seems...off about this duel. Why of all places would Windy pick the old Link VRAINS, let alone the shut down Tower of Hanoi?"
"Eh? Wouldn't he do it to be discrete?" Ai questioned, confused.
"Well yes." Yusaku replied. "But why the location of the Tower of Hanoi? He could have gone to any other location within the old VRAINS network. But he did not. Instead, he specifically wanted the duel at the location of the Tower of Hanoi. Why would he do that?"
"Probably because of the Tower's other functions." Ryoken frowned deeply.
"You mean its scan function, Ryoken-sama?" Aso questioned. Ryoken glanced at Aso and nodded.
"Yes." Ryoken remarked. The 4 turned back to the holoscreen and watched as Aqua thrusted her right hand forward.
"I activate the effects of Seafish and Sealion in my Graveyard!" Aqua revealed. "Now Sealion retrieves my Poseidon Wave and Seafish Special Summons a Marincess Token to my field!" A small fish appeared onto Aqua's field, along with her Poseidon Wave Trap Card ejecting itself from her duel disk. Her AI program added it back to her hand. (Marincess Token, Level 1 WATER Cyberse-type monster, ATK/DEF: 500. Windy's hand: 1 card. Aqua's hand: 4 cards. Windy's LP: 4000. Aqua's LP: 3500.)
"Aqua." Windy began. Aqua was about to play another card, but stopped.
"Yes?" She questioned.
"Why do you stay with your partner, Glacies Uisce-Zaizen?" Windy questioned. "I mean, I don't see why you bother." Aqua closed her pink eyes for a moment before reopening them.
"I've told you why." Aqua remarked. "I will not give up on my partner."
"How sad…" Windy mused. "I was hoping you'd understand my point of view and that partners are meaningless and nuisances. We don't need humans to fulfill our purpose as humanity's successors!" Windy pointed his right index finger at Aqua. "You were once the Sub-Leader of Cyberse World. Making sure order and peace were kept in place. But when I look at you now….. All I see is a failed Sub-Leader! I should've been Sub-Leader! Me and Lightning understand what needs to be done! But you Aqua…..all you are now is an error code!" Aqua tsked at that before replying.
"We may have been created by Dr. Kogami, the Father to Ryoken Kogami." Aqua began. "But! That doesn't mean our purpose has to remain the same! We can change our purpose! Me, Earth, Ai, and Flame have all done that!"
"And that's why you're weak!" Windy shot back. "Your selflessness will be your downfall, Aqua! Like it will be for Ai and Flame! Just like it was for Earth!"
"Enough of this!" Aqua shot back. "I activate Coral Anemone's effect! I can Special Summon 1 WATER from my Graveyard! Resurrect, Sealion!" The female sealion hybrid appeared in the Main Monster Zone underneath Marincess Coral Anemone. Aqua then thrusted her right hand forward. "I can Special Summon Marincess Mermaid from either my hand or Graveyard since I control a Marincess monster! I can only Special Summon her from my hand or Graveyard once per turn this way! Come, Marincess Mermaid!" Next to Seafish came forth a mermaid. (Marincess Mermaid, attribute: WATER, type: Cyberse, Level 3, ATK/DEF: 1500/1000. Windy's hand: 1 card. Aqua's hand: 3 cards. Windy's LP: 4000. Aqua's LP: 3500.)
"Yus!" Ai grinned as he waved his arms. "Aqua's got 4 monsters on her field now! Link Summon time!" Suddenly, the ground around the Tower began to shake. While the Zaizen household couldn't feel the tremors, they most certainly saw them!
"What's going on with the Tower?" Akira frowned upon seeing the ground quake around the Tower of Hanoi. Ryoken and the other Knights of Hanoi took notice as well; their eyes widened in utmost shock.
"The Tower is absorbing the energy from the 2 Ignises duel!" Ryoken realized. "If it absorbs enough energy, it'll restart fully!"
"So that's what Windy wants?" Emma frowned. "That doesn't really make any sense. Does it?"
"It does if he's trying to open a gateway to Mirror Link VRAINS." Akira frowned. "I've heard many rumors about Mirror Link VRAINS, but have never seen it." The group watched as Aqua raised her right arm upwards again.
"Appear for the 2nd time! The Circuit of the Sea!" Aqua called out as the dark blue circuit appeared above her. "The Summoning Conditions are at least 2 WATER monsters! I set Marincess Coral Anemone and Marincess Mermaid into the Link Markers! Link Summon! Descend now! Link 3! Marincess Marbled Rock!" The Left, Right, and Bottom Link Markers glowed red as the 3 monsters went into the Link Circuit. A female human-coral rock hybrid emerged onto Aqua's field. (Marincess Marbled Rock, attribute: WATER, type: Cyberse/Link, Link Rating: 3, Link Arrows: L/R/B. ATK: 2500. Windy's hand: 1 card. Aqua's hand: 3 cards. Windy's LP: 4000. Aqua's LP: 3500.)
"Yus! Aqua's Link 3 is here!" Ai cheered. "Now Wendy's in for it!" At Ai's words, the group heard Windy laugh darkly. This caused an irritation mark to appear above Ai's head.
"What's so funny?!" Ai demanded.
"Hahahaha!" Windy continued to laugh. "You fell for it, Aqua!"
"Hoh?" Aqua questioned.
"Stormrider Turbulence effect!" Windy revealed. "Since I control exactly 1 Stormrider Link monster on my field, and you Special Summoned a Link monster with an equal or higher Link Rating to mine, I can negate the effects of your Link monster until your next turn's Standby Phase!"
"What?!" Aqua gaped. She watched as her Link monster greyed out to Stormrider Turbulence's effect.
"Hahahaha!" Windy laughed. "How's that? Now you can't use Marbled Rocks' effects!"
"Marincess Coral Anemone and Marincess Mermaid's effects in my Graveyard!" Aqua revealed. "When Coral Anemone is sent to the Graveyard, I can target 1 Marincess card in my Graveyard and I add it to my hand! I choose Marincess Mermaid! And speaking of her, I use her effect to add a Spell/Trap card from either my Deck or Graveyard to my hand! I choose to add Link Ration to my hand!" Windy grunted in irritation at Aqua adding 2 cards back to her hand. She then gestured to her Marincess Token and Marincess Sealion. "Appear for the 3rd time! The Circuit of the Sea!" Aqua called out as the dark blue circuit appeared above her. "The Summoning Conditions are 2 WATER monsters! I set Marincess Token and Marincess Sealion into the Link Markers! Link Summon! Appear! Link 2! Marincess Coral Knight!" The Top and Left Link Markers glowed red before a female coral armored knight appeared onto Aqua's field so it was co-linked with Marincess Marbled Rock. (Marincess Coral Knight, attribute: WATER, type: Cyberse/Link, Link Rating: 2, Link Arrows: L/T. ATK: 2100. Windy's hand: 1 card. Aqua's hand: 5 cards. Windy's LP: 4000. Aqua's LP: 3500.)
"Yus!" Ai grinned. "Aqua's on fire now!" At Ai's remark in regards to Aqua's 3 consistent Link Summons, Flame sweat-dropped.
"But I'm the Fire Ignis." Flame pouted.
"It's a figure of speech!" Ai snapped. He then glanced back to the holoscreen. "But now Aqua has no more plays to make for her Main Phase 1. And due to Windys' annoying Field Spell, Aqua has to battle now!"
"Ahh, one of your Link 2 monsters…" Windy mused. "Shame it won't matter too much! Due to my Field Spell, you have to battle against my Stormridership Bahmut Bomber! So go on Aqua!"
"Tsk… Battle!" Aqua declared. "Marincess Marbled Rock, attack Stormridership Bahmut Bomber!" Marbled Rock then raised her hands and blasts water at the Stormridership. Stormridership Bahmut Bomber then charged up its counterattack and its blue lasers clashed with Marincess Marbled Rock's water stream.
"No!" Ai panicked. "Aqua's Marbled Rock has less ATK than Bahmut Bomber!" What will Aqua do?!"
"Calm down Ai. You know that Aqua won't back down from this." Flame told him.
"I know Flame." Ai remarked. "But still…"
"Marincess Coral Knight's effect!" Aqua revealed. "When it, or any monster it's co-linked to attacks or is attacked, that monster gains half this card's ATK until the end of the Damage Step!" Marbled Rock glowed blue as its ATK rose to 3550. Windy tsked before his left red eye formed that of a dark smile.
"Impressive Aqua!" Windy commented. "But it's not enough! I activate the effect of Stormrider Sarimanok in my hand! By discarding it, my Bahmut Bomber isn't destroyed by battle! Not only that, but you take damage equal to your monster's ATK, along with the damage I would have taken from this battle! That's a total of 2000 damage thanks your field halving the damage!" Aqua cried out as her and program's body glowed blue for a moment. (Windy's hand: 0 cards. Aqua's hand: 5 cards. Windy's LP: 4000. Aqua's LP: 3500 - 1775 - 225 = 1500.)
"Hmph! If the Water Ignis didn't have her Marincess Kingdom Field Spell active, she would have taken 4000 points of damage and lose instantly." Ryoken frowned deeply, almost unimpressed.
"Ryoken!" Aoi frowned deeply. "Do you not have faith that Aqua can win?" Ryoken glanced at Aoi, then shrugged.
"Does it matter if I do or not, Aoi Zaizen?" Ryoken questioned. "So far, the Water Ignis hasn't impressed me with her moves. Majority of those I expected from her. If Windy gets what he needs, it's over. Oh well." Yusaku tsked at Ryoken's words, but said nothing as he watched Aqua place 2 cards face-down before ending her turn.
"It all come down to what Windy draws on his next turn." Yusaku spoke.
"I draw!" Windy declared as Echo drew the card. (Windy's hand: 1 card. Aqua's hand: 3 cards. Windy's LP: 4000. Aqua's LP: 1500.) Windy observed the card he drew and he smiled. "I activate the Spell card, Card of Sanctity! Now we each draw until we have 6 cards in our hands!"
"Fine by me." Aqua remarked as both Echo and her Mother Polar drew until they had 6 cards in their hands. Windy observed his new full hand and he smirked. Echo then pressed a card in Windy's hand and it revealed itself.
"I activate the Spell card, Cyberse Connection!" Windy revealed. "With this, I can Link Summon 1 Link monster from my Extra Deck by using monsters from my hand and/or field! If I use a monster from my field as Link Material, I can Link Summon the Link monster to a zone that Link monster that's being used at Link Material originally pointed to!"
"What?" Aqua inquired. Windy thrusted his right hand forward and a dark blue circuit appeared above him,
"Appear! My raging circuit!" Windy called out. "The Summoning Conditions are at least 2 Stormrider monsters! I set Stormridership Bahmut Bomber and Stormrider Skyfisher into the Link Markers! Link Summon! Descend my very hateful soul! Link 4! Stormridership Abyss Daemon!" The Bottom-Left, Bottom, Bottom-Right, and Right Link Markers glowed red and out a green, demonic dragon. It landed in the Middle Main Monster Zone, aka, the Zone that was being pointed to by Bahmut Bomber's Bottom-Right Link Marker. The demonic dragon roared at Aqua. (Stormridership Abyss Daemon, attribute: WIND, type: Cyberse/Link, Link Rating: 4, Link Arrows: BL/B/BR/R. ATK: 3500 (originally 3200) Windy's hand: 4 cards. Aqua's hand: 6 cards. Windy's LP: 4000. Aqua's LP: 1500.)
"Aaah! What is that?!" Ai yelled panicked.
"My hatred!" Windy revealed, his left red eye flashed red, as if to show that he was smiling sadistically. "Abyss Demon monster effect! Upon its Link Summon, I can either add 1 Stormrider Field Spell, or 1 Link Spell from either my Deck or Graveyard to my hand! I choose to add a Link Spell card from my Deck to my hand!" At Windy saying that, everyone watching the duel ahd their mouths fall open in umost shock.
"Link Spell?!" Akira gaped.
"Judgement Arrows?! Windy has it as well?!" Yusaku spoke, shocked.
"Of course I do, Playmaker!" Windy sneered. "I'm working with Lightning after all!" The card ejected itself from Windy's deck; thus adding Judgement Arrows to his hand. "Now I activate it! The card that sheds judgement upon the world!" The Link Spell appeared on Windy's field so that it was pointing to Stormridership Abyss Daemon. Windy then thrusted his right hand forward. "But I'm not done yet! I use Abyss Daemon's effect to revive Bahmut Bomber into the Zone that Abyss Daemon points to!" And with that, a Graveyard Portal appeared and Bahmut Bomber emerged from it. Which means Judgement Arrows also pointed to it.
"Aaaaaaaaah! Aqua's in major trouble!" Ai panicked as he put his hands to his cheeks.
"That's an understatement Ai!" Windy sneered. "With the might of my 2 monsters and Judgement Arrows, Aqua is as good as dead! Battle! Stormridership Bahmut Bomber, attack her Marincess Coral Knight!" The massive whale-like ship charged up its attack. "And now, thanks to Judgement Arrows, Bahmut Bomber's attack is doubled! And even with your Marincess Kingdom in play, 1525 is still higher than 1500! Now die, Aqua!" The whale-like ship unleashed its attack upon Coral Knight.
"AQUA!" Ai nearly screamed with utmost concern in his voice.
"I'm not finished yet!" Aqua shot back. "I activate the trap, Poseidon Wave! With this, your attack is negated! Not only that, but you take 800 points of damage for every WATER monster I control! Since I control 2, you take 1600 points of damage, Windy!"
"What?!" Windy growled as his Bahmut Bomber's attack stopped. Windy yelped out as Aqua's trap card created a wave of water that pushed his Echo program backwards a few feet. (Windy's hand: 4 cards. Aqua's hand: 6 cards. Windy's LP: 4000 - 1600 = 2400. Aqua's LP: 1500.) After a moment, Windy and Echo recovered from Poseidon Wave. "Damn you Aqua…!"
"She survived!" Ai cheered.
"Nice move." Takeru said, relieved.
"True." Kyoko agreed.
"But Windy's attacks aren't over yet." Aso frowned.
"Right you are, Faust!" Windy retorted. "Stormridership Abyss Daemon, attack Marincess Coral Knight!" The demonic dragon charged up its attack before firing its demonic wind breath. Windy then thrusted his right arm forward. "Judgement Arrows effect! It doubles my monsters' ATK!" Stomrifership Abyss Daemon roared as its ATK doubled to 7000. "I know full well that Coral Knight gains 1050 ATK via its own effect, and all damage is halved because of your Marincess Kingdom Field Spell, but that doesn't matter!" Once Windy had said that, the demonic breath blasted from Abyss Daemon's mouth connected with its target; thus creating an explosion on Aqua's side of the field. Her screaming could be heard from within the smoke cloud. Windy then began to laugh darkly at the sight.
"Aqua!" Ai and Flame gasped.
"I cannot believe I'm about to say this but… Water Ignis!" Ryoken gaped.
"No…" Aoi spoke softly. Yusaku grit his teeth at the sight.
"Windy…!" Yusaku growled. "Your sadism knows no bounds…!"
"Hahahahahaha!" Windy laughed darkly. "See that Lightning?! I've won! The Water Ignis shall serve a higher purpose now!"
"Are you...sure about that?..." Aqua's voice could be heard from within the smoke cloud on her side of the field. Upon her speaking, Windy instantly stopped his laughing and his left red eye began to twitch.
"H-How?!..." Windy growled. After a moment, the smoke vanished from Aqua's field to show the trap card, Link Ration had been activated. Upon seeing it, Windy's left red eye widened in shock. "L-Link Ration?!"
"It seems your memory is terrible." Aqua remarked. "In case you forgot, I added it to my hand via Marincess Mermaid's effect after she was used as Link Material." At that, Windy made a gritting teeth sound. "Which means before your attack connected, Link Ration granted me an additional 1000 LP since our 2 monster's Link Rating are 5 or higher! Which means my LP is 575!" (Windy's hand: 4 cards. Aqua's hand: 6 cards. Windy's LP: 2400. Aqua's LP: 1500 + 1000 - 1925 = 575.)
"YES!" Ai cheered happily. Both Emma and Akira sighed in relief, Aoi's lips formed a small, happy smile, Flame's yellow eyes curled into that of a smile as well. Even Ryoken's lips formed a small smile.
"ARGH! FINE!" Windy roared. "I end my turn!"
"Then it's my-" Aqua began, but WIndy interrupted her.
"Not quite Aqua!" WIndy interjected. "I activate Stormridership Abyss Daemon's effect! During the End Phase of my turn, I can destroy all monsters this card points to, then deal you 1000 points of damage for each one! You're lucky that I only have 1 and that your Field Spell halves the damage, but so what? Take 500 points of damage, Aqua!" Stormridership Bahmut Bomber exploded; thus sending its remains in Aqua's direction. The remains of Bahmut Bomber banged into Aqua's Mother Polar Bear program. She grunted as she took the damage. (Windy's hand: 4 cards. Aqua's hand: 6 cards. Windy's LP: 2400. Aqua's LP: 575 - 500 = 75.)
"Aqua!" Ai called out to her.
"She only has 75 LP left." Spectre frowned.
"If she doesn't manage to beat Windy this turn..." Aso began.
"She'll lose." Genome finished.
"Aqua…" Aoi spoke softly.
"Just give up, Aqua." Windy told her.
"H-Huh?" Aqua questioned.
"Surrender, Aqua." Windy replied. "You have no way you can possibly win. Even if you Link Summon a Link 4, my Stormrider Turbulence will negate its effects until your next turn! Plus even if you get a monster you control to have more ATK than my Stormridership Abyss Daemon, Judgement Arrows shall double its ATK!" At Windy's words, Aqua had her Mother Polar Bear program raise its right arm up.
"Maybe…. Maybe he's right….." Aqua spoke softly. "Is there no possible way I can win?... Perhaps surrendering is my best option….."
"That's right Aqua." Windy told her. "By surrendering, you can end this suffering to yourself." Windy's left red eye curled up into that of a dark smile as he watched her program place its right hand above the duel disk. "That's it….. Just a bit more….. As soon as you have her program place its right hand ontop of your duel disk, your suffering shall end, Aqua…." Aqua closed her pink eyes and her program was about to place its right hand on top of the duel disk, but then…
"No Aqua!" Aqua opened her eyes and turned around to see Glacies Zaizen on the holoscreen next to Akira, Aoi, and Emma.
"H-Huh?!" Aqua gaped. "Gl-Glacies?! You're-!"
"I've recovered, yes." Glacies replied. "But you can't give up!"
"But Glacies…" Aqua began. "I only have 75 LP left… Windy has complete control of the board and duel…"
"So what?" Glacies retorted. "It's not 0. So keep on fighting! You can win this! I believe in you, Aqua!" At Glacies's words, Aqua's pink eyes widened, then she closed them.
"Thank you… Glacies…." Aqua reopened her eyes; her eyes formed what could be deemed a smile.
"Heh… So your partner gave you hope, eh?" Windy inquired. "Ha… Such a waste in time and energy….. Completely and utterly pitiful…. In fact, I'm disgusted by this! Good thing I got rid of my own nuisance!"
"Then you'll never understand how friendship truly works!" Aqua retorted. "My turn; draw!" Windy's hand: 4 cards. Aqua's hand: 7 cards. Windy's LP: 2400. Aqua's LP: 75.) Aqua looked at the card she drew and smiled.
"This duel ends now!" Aqua revealed.
"Hoh?" Windy wondered. "And how are you going to do that?"
"With this!" Aqua retorted. "I activate the Quick-Play Spell card, Marincess Sea Trench!" The card appeared with the artwork of an undersea trench. "With this, I Tribute my Marincess Coral Knight in order to negate the effects of Judgement Arrows and your Field Spell!"
"Wh-What?!" Windy gaped. Both cards greyed out and Windy tsked.
"Yus!" Ai pumped his fists.
"With Windy's Field Spell and Judgement Arrows's effects negated, Stormridership Abyss Daemon's ATK returns to normal." Flame noted.
"Not only that, but Marincess Marbled Rock's effects return too." Kyoko added.
"And just to make sure you don't get any ideas to finish me off with, I activate Deep Trench's 2nd effect!" Aqua revealed. "Since I control a Link 3 or higher Link monster, I can banish it and Coral Knight in order to declare a card name. By doing so, you have to banish every card from either your hand, Deck, field, Graveyard, and/or Extra Deck!"
"Wh-What?!" Windy gaped. "N-No! You can't!"
"I just did!" Aqua retorted. "I declare Stormrider Sarimanok!" Windy growled and banished all of its copies. Aqua smiled at seeing 1 get banished from Windy's hand.
"Alright!" Ai smiled. "There you go Aqua!"
"Now finish him!" Ryoken found himself saying.
"I intend to, Ryoken Kogami!" Aqua remarked. She thrusted her right hand forward. "I activate Marincess Seastar's effect! By discarding it, my Marbled Rock gains 800 ATK!" The Link 3 monster glowed blue as its ATK rose to 3300. Aqua then gestured to the still glowing blue Marbled Rock. "I activate Marbled Rock's effect to return Seastar to my hand! And now I discard Seastar again to increase Marbled Rock's attack!" Marbled Rock's glow brightened as its ATK rose to 4100. Windy a/Echo stepped backwards in surprise at Marincess Marbled Rock's ATK standing at 4100.
"4100 ATK?!" Windy gaped, shocked.
"That's right!" Aqua replied as she thrusted her right hand forward. "Battle! Marincess Marbled Rock, attack Stormridership Abyss Daemon!" The beautiful coral lady raised her hands up and fired a stream of water towards the demonic dragon. Windy tsked before thrusting his hand forward.
"I activate Stormrider Gargoyle's effect!" Windy revealed. "By banishing it and sending Stormrider Turbulence to the Graveyard, I can activate 1 Stormrider Field Spell directly from my Deck! I activate Stormrider Blast!" Windy's Stormrider Turbulence shattered. In its place appeared a Field Spell with a violent wind storm on it. "Stormrider Blast grants all Stormrider monsters 400 ATK, along with an additional 300 ATK for each Stormrider Field Spell in my Graveyard! Since there's just one right now, my Stormridership Abyss Daemon gains 700 ATK!" Stormridership Abyss Daemon's attack rose to 3900.
"So what?" Aqua retorted. "My Marbled Rock still has more ATK! All you did was lessen the damage by 700. No matter! Marbled Rock, continue your attack!" Marbled Rock did just that; thus destroying Stormridership Abyss Daemon. Windy grunted as the debris from his monster banged against his Echo program. (Windy's :P: 2400 - 200 = 2200.)
"Nice going Aqua!" Glacies smiled.
"Indeed." Emma agreed. "With that, Aqua has regained control of the duel."
"Actually Emma Bessho." Ryoken began. "This duel ends now."
"Ryoken Kogami is correct!" Aqua remarked. "I activate the trap card from my hand, Marincess Current!"
"Th-That's-!" Windy began, utmost shock upon his face.
"The Trap Card I added at the beginning of the duel, yes!" Aqua revealed. "With it, since I destroyed your Link monster in battle, you take damage equal to my monster's Link Rating x400! Not only that, but since a Link 2 or higher monster I control did it, then you also take damage equal to your monster's Link Rating x500!"
"So then-!" Windy began.
"You take a total of 3200 points of damage!" Aqua calculated. After Aqua spoke, her trap card began to charge up with energy, then said trap card blasted an ocean current at Wendy. But then suddenly… The Tower of Hanoi restarted! The ground around Aqua and Windy began to shake violently as the Tower of Hanoi exploded with massive energy.
"The Tower…!" Aqua began. "It's-!"
"Yes!" Windy laughed. As the ground continued to shake, a massive portal opened up behind Windy. He then had Echo go through it. "This isn't over yet, Aqua! Me and Lightning's goal shall come to pass! Just you wait!" Before Aqua, nor the others watch could say anything more, the portal then vanished. Leaving Aqua and her friends that had watched the duel between the 2 Ignis confused.
Aqua (OC Cards):
Marincess Seafish, attribute: WATER, type: Cyberse, Level 3, ATK/DEF: 1400/1200. Effect: If this card is Summoned: You can Special Summon 1 Level 4 or lower "Marincess" monster from your Deck. If this card is used as Link Material for the Link Summon of a WATER monster: You can Special Summon 1 Marincess Token (Attribute: WATER/Type: Cyberse/Level 1/ATK: 500/DEF: 500) to your field in Defense Position. You can only use each effect of "Marincess Seafish" once per turn.
Marincess Sealion, attribute: WATER, type: Cyberse, Level 2, ATK/DEF: 800/400. Effect: If this card is sent to the GY as Link Material for the Link Summon of a WATER monster: You can add 1 card from your GY to your hand.
Marincess Mermaid, attribute: WATER, type: Cyberse, Level 3, ATK/DEF: 1500/1000. Effect: If you control a "Marincess" monster: You can Special Summon this card from either your hand or GY. You can only Special Summon this card this way once per turn. If this card is sent to the GY as Link Material for the Link Summon of a WATER monster: You can add 1 Spell/Trap card from either your Deck or GY to your hand.
Marincess Kingdom, type: Field Spell. Effect; When this card is activated; You can add 1 "Marincess" card from either your Deck or GY to your hand. During each turn, the first time each card you control would be destroyed (either by battle or by card effect); it is not. Any damage you take while you control a "Marincess" Link monster is halved. If you're attacked directly: You can redirect the attack to 1 WATER monster you control. Or if you control no monsters when you're attacked directly: You can Special Summon 1 WATER monster from either your hand, Deck, GY, or Extra Deck to your field, and if you do, redirect the attack to that Special Summoned WATER monster. (This Special Summon is treated as the monster's respective Summoning Method if you Special Summon the monster from the Extra Deck.)
Marincess Sea Trench, type: Quick-Play Spell. Effect: Tribute 1 "Marincess" Link monster you control, and if you do, negate the effects of cards the opponent controls up to that Tributed monster's Link Rating. If you control a Link 3 or higher monster and this card is in your GY: You can banish this card and the Tributed monster via this card's effect from your GY, and if you do, declare 1 card name. Then, your opponent banishes all cards from their hand, Deck, field, GY, and/or Extra Deck with that card's name. You can only use each effect of "Marincess Sea Trench" once per turn.
Marincess Coral Knight, attribute: WATER, type: Cyberse/Link, Link Rating: 2, Link Arrows: L/T. ATK: 2100. Effect: 2 WATER monsters
If this card inflicts battle damage to your opponent: You can add 1 card from your GY to your hand. If a monster you control attacks or is attacked while co-linked to this card: Your monster gains half this card's current ATK until the end of the Damage Step.
Windy (OC Cards):
** Stormrider Minokawa, attribute: WIND, type: Cyberse, Level 3, ATK/DEF: 1200/1600. Effect: If you Summon a "Stormrider" monster or "Stormrider Turbulence" is in the Field Zone: You can Special Summon this card from your hand. While you control a WIND Link monster, your opponent must Set Spell Cards before activating them and cannot activate them the turn they are Set. If a "Stormrider" monster is targeted for an attack: You can switch this card to Defense Position, and if you do, negate the attack.
** Stormrider Sarimanok, attribute: WIND, type: Cyberse, Level 1, ATK/DEF: 100/0. Effect: If a "Stormrider" monster you control battles an opponent's monster: You can discard this card; your monster is not destroyed by the battle and your opponent takes damage equal to the ATK of their monster. Also, your opponent takes any of the Battle Damage you would have taken instead.
Cyberse Connection, type: Normal Spell. Effect: Link Summon 1 Link monster from your Extra Deck by using monsters from either your hand or field. When you do this, you can Link Summon that Link Summon to a zone one of the Link monsters used as Link Material for this Link Summon originally pointed to. During either players turn: You can banish this card, along with the Link Materials used to Link Summon the Link monster via this card's effect, and if you do, that Link Summoned monster via this card's effect can attack again during each Battle Phase this turn. You can only use each effect of "Cyberse Connection" once per turn.
** Stormridership Abyss Daemon, attribute: WIND, type: Cyberse/Link, Link Rating: 4, Link Arrows: BL/B/BR/R. ATK: 3200. Effect: 2+ "Stormrider" monsters
If you Link Summon this card, you can apply 1 of these effects:
● Add 1 "Stormrider" Field Spell or Link Spell from your Deck or GY to your hand
● If a "Stormrider" Field Spell is on the field: Destroy all Spell/Trap cards your opponent controls
If your opponent controls no cards in the Spell & Trap Zone; this card can attack directly. While you control no cards in your Spell & Trap Zones: Negate the effects of all cards in your opponent's Spell & Trap Zones. While "Stormrider Turbulence" is in the Field Zone: This card is unaffected by your opponent's Spell/Trap effects, also this card's effects cannot be negated. Quick Effect: Once per turn, during the Main Phase: You can target 1 "Stormrider" Link monster in your GY; Special Summon it to a Zone this card points to. Once per turn, during the End Phase: You can destroy all monsters this card points to, and if you do, inflict 1000 damage to your opponent for each one destroyed.
0713MM: Note that the double asterisk OC cards that Windy uses in this duel are not mine! As for the duel, I was very hyped to write this duel! I hope that you readers enjoy reading this duel as much as I enjoy writing it! Now, the reason I chose for Windy to duel against Aqua is because Glacies Uisce-Zaizen is still recovering from her defeat to Blood Shepherd. Windy's original intent was to duel a severely weakened Glacies Uisce-Zaizen, but the only way he could do that is either enter the real world, or give Glacies a backdoor into VRAINS. The reason he didn't? Well, that reason will be revealed soon enough. But who do you think would have won this duel? Aqua? Or Windy? I'll leave that up to you readers.^^