At Kaizer's UFO, the armored duelist was presenting his new recruit to the rest of his minions. It seemed that they didn't like Leona that much. Shubham simply gave her a cold welcome and walked to a corner, whereas Alien gave her a short bow and went back to his work. However, Alwyn's reaction was different.
"Wow, you one hot girl, la!" Alwyn exclaimed, making Leona blush.
"Wha-what are you talking about?" Leona asked with surprise.
"I like pretty girls in short dresses, ah. I also like pretty faces. Let's be together, la!"
Alwyn was about to give Leona a strong hug, but then the girl made a step back, leaving him float in the air for a moment, and then she kicked him in the stomach with her elbow, the hit being so strong that he was thrown against a metallic wall.
"What a moron…" Shubham whispered to himself.
"Don't touch me, you creep!" Leona shouted at the hurt Alwyn.
"HEY, WHY YOU SO MEAN? I ONLY WANTED A HUG!" Alwyn yelled back.
"Then go and find yourself a hooker, for I'm not the one to show emotion, especially to losers like you!" Leona countered.
"ALWYN THE ONSEN IS NO LOSER! YOU CRAZY BITCH, LA!" Alwyn kept yelling while getting up.
"Tell it to those who fall for it." Leona mocked him.
Alwyn took out his deck that glowed with a bright red light. Shubham pushed himself against the wall and watched with interest what was going to happen. Alien kept his work, ignoring what was happening. Kaizer simply stood there, seeming to not care of anything that was going on.
"I challenge you to a duel, mad girl!" Alwyn declared.
"It seems to me that you're the mad one, haha." Leona kept mocking him and walked to the dueling table that was lying close by. "I accept your challenge!"
Both duelists put their decks on the table, set up their cards and thus began their match.
"I summon Yattare Pippi!" Alwyn declared and put the card on the table and waited for the creature to appear, but it didn't. "Why no appear, la?"
"Kaijudo duels can't be played on a normal dueling table; it needs to be split in half." Kaizer explained.
"Heh, that means that you won't end up dead at the end of the duel." Leona added while placing a card on the table. "I summon Murmur, Apostle of Formation."
"We'll see about that, ah! Yattare Pippi makes my Hunters cost 1 mana less, so I summon Apache Hyahho!" Alwyn said and then he looked in the cards from his hyperspatial zone and placed a multicolored one that belonged to the Fire and Nature civilizations in the battle zone. "I put Bishamon Kid in the battle zone with Apache Hyahho's effect. Yattare Pippi, break her shield!"
Leona took the shield Alwyn attacked in her hand, then drew her next card, charged mana and put another creature in the battle zone while saying:
"I summon Deepsea Dober. And then... I end."
"You weak against my rush, la! Time to finish this, I summon Bukkomi Hedgehog!" Alwyn said and then he tapped another card on his battle zone. "I attack with Bishamon Kid, break her shield!"
"Heh, Bishamon Kid has Hunting and gets +1000 for each Hunter you have in the battle zone, thus increasing its power from 3000 to 7000. I won't block." Leona calmly said and took another shield card into her hand.
"You signed your losing petition! Apache Hyahho, break another shield!" Alwyn continued, but once again was surprised that Leona didn't block.
"Time to get serious – shield trigger activate, I cast DNA Spark!" Leona said and a bright light fell from the ceiling and tapped all of Alwyn's creatures in the battle zone, afterwards she put the top card of her deck to the shield zone. "It's time for the Lioness to show her fangs – I cast The Strong Spiral and send Bishamon Kid back to the hyperspatial zone."
"Not good."
"Then since Murmur gives +3000 to all my blockers, Deepsea Dober has 6000 and The Strong Spiral lets me draw a card. And now I summon yet another Murmur, Apostle of Formation."
"She managed to form a good defense against his rush." Kaizer thought.
"Murmur, attack Yattare Pippi!"
"I destroy Bukkomi Hedgehog and the attack is canceled!" Alwyn said while putting the mentioned card in the graveyard. "Now it's my turn, I summon Silver Shovel and send Apache Hyahho to the mana zone!"
"I send Murmur to my mana zone. And I'm guessing it's now my turn."
"Your turn, ah." Alwyn announced and watched Leona draw a card.
"Ok, I summon Lord Reis, Spirit of Wisdom!" Leona said and then drew another card. "Lord Reis allows me to draw a card for each blocker I put into the battle zone. Now it's your turn."
"That thing won't help you much, I cast Natural Snare and send Lord Reis to the mana zone!"
"I beg to differ, that mana that you gave me actually helped me!" Leona said and tapped six mana. "I cast Energy Stream and draw two cards, then I summon Yuppal, Binding Guardian and tap Yattare Pippi! Murmur, attack Yattare Pippi!"
"That not nice, la. I summon Silver Shovel and send it to the mana zone." Alwyn said and placed the card first in the battle zone, then in the mana zone.
"I send Yuppal to the mana zone. Heh, I expected more of you, but it seems that you cannot pass my defense, little fellow."
"Shut up, crazy bitch, your blockers will be destroyed, ah!"
"We'll see about that. Oh and by the way, thanks for all the mana you gave me, it's really helpful in this situation." Leona mockingly said while tapping the nine mana cards. "I summon HEIKE Double Cross, Spirit of Gaga and Perfect Madonna, Light Weapon!"
"Wait a minute, you have 9 mana and both cards cost 5, meaning you have to pay 10 mana for them! You cheating, la!" Alwyn exclaimed while pointing at the blonde girl.
"Fool, Deepsea Dober makes all my creatures with Command in their race cost 1 mana less, and guess what, HEIKE Double Cross is an Angel Command."
"You make me angry! I cast Super Flaming Hell's Scrapper and destroy Deepsea Dober and Perfect Madonna!"
"Think again, pal! When Perfect Madonna would leave the battle zone, if its power is greater than 0, it stays in the battle zone instead!" Leona said with a satisfied grin on her face and she placed only Deepsea Dober in her graveyard. "My turn, I summon Byoito, Holy Cyber Protector and end."
"I've had enough of you, bitch! I cast Hyperspatial Shooting Hole!" Alwyn said and then he placed in the battle zone a fire creature from his hyperspatial zone. "Then I put Immortal Boost, Crimson Lord in the battle zone!"
"I think it's time I showed you my trump card!" Leona said while putting a confident smile on her face and tapping seven mana cards. "I summon… Codename Orewaleo!"
A golden armored angel with three pairs of white wings appeared behind Leona as a hologram, making Alwyn back down a bit.
"Codename Orewaleo enables to attack all my blockers that cannot attack." Leona explained with pride. "However, I won't attack just yet."
"No attack means that you lose soon, ah!" Alwyn replied. "I summon Apache Hyahho and put Bishamon Kid in the battle zone! Next turn I'll psychic link and then it will be over for you, arrogant slut!"
"I think I've had enough of you insulting me for one night!" Leona declared and then she placed a light card on one of the other cards in her battle zone. "I evolve Perfect Madonna into Wiz, White Knight Enlightener! Go, Wiz, double break his shields!"
A light wave came out of her card and pushed two cards from Alwyn's side of the table, making him take them into his hand. Sadly for him, there were no shield triggers.
"Codename Orewaleo, double break his shields!"
"Shield trigger, I cast Natural Snare, send Byoito to the mana zone!" Alwyn said.
"Then I end my turn and untap Wiz. It's your turn, pal, come and get me!" Leona provoked him.
"Time to finish you once and for all – Psychic Link, I unite Bishamon Kid and Immortal Boost, Crimson Lord to create Explosive Dash! Masashi, Crimson Sabre!" Alwyn declared while linking the two cards and flipping them to reveal a bigger creature that was formed out of the two of them. "Then I summon Fist Ace, the Meteoric and two Shooting Exedrive! You finished, kitty cat!"
"We shall see, my ball-less friend!" Leona kept mocking.
"That's it, I've had enough of you, la! Explosive Dash! Masashi, break her last shields!"
An energy wave came out of the psychic linked creature of Alwyn and that wave pushed Leona's last three shield cards up in the air, the girl quickly taking them all in her hand. Then she grinned and showed one of them to Alwyn while saying:
"It's over indeed… for you! Shield trigger, I cast Counterattacking Silent Spark and tap all of your creatures!"
"NO, THIS CAN'T BE!" Alwyn yelled and watched how all the cards on his battle zone got tapped once again.
"Wiz, break his final shield!" Leona ordered and Alwyn took the card in his hand, which was Yattare Pippi. "Codename Orewaleo, todomeda!"
Alwyn fell on his back defeated. Kaizer applauded Leona for her victory and then spoke to his minions:
"Now that our newest member has shown us all her skills, it is time for us to begin our quest!"
"Everything is ready, Kaizer-sama, I just need the exact coordinates to the place where we must go." Alien said.
"I like how it's all going." Tabitha's ghost said to Kaizer while appearing in front of him. "Don't worry, you're the only one who can see me. Now that your team is complete, tell Alien to set coordinates for mount Mayon in the Philippines. That's where the first map piece lies."
Kaizer nodded to the ghost and did as he was told. Thus in a few moments, the UFO had begun its journey to the Philippines.
The next morning, while the sun was rising, everyone was sleeping inside the UFO of the chosen duelists. However, two figures were standing outside of it in the morning breeze. Those were none other than Subaru and Tamma, the teenager with slightly long black hair wearing his usual black T shirt with the darkness civilization symbol, a pair of dark blue jeans and a pair of black and white sneakers, whereas the young boy with spiky red hair was wearing a white martial arts kimono and a pair of futuristic sandals.
"So, Tamma, why did you want me to come here by sunrise?" Subaru asked.
"It's because… last night when I saw Raion take down Leon Diez with the help of my Ogre Beater, I couldn't help but think that Fire and Darkness would actually work great together." Tamma said.
"You mean…"
"Yes, I want the both of us to train together. This… if you wouldn't mind."
Subaru looked at the rather shy Tamma who was begging him with his stare. The black haired teen's response was a smile and a nod. All of a sudden, Tamma's face showed a big and excited happiness. The little boy jumped in the air and cheered loudly.
"YAHOO! I DID IT!"
"Well, it seems we both have lots to learn from each other, so I am more than eager." Subaru said to the kid. "So, where do we begin?"
"First of all, your looks aren't fitting!" Tamma spoke straightly and made Subaru sweat.
"Um… what is wrong with my looks?"
"Hold on a minute, Subaru, I'll fix you up!"
Tamma rushed in the UFO and let Subaru wait for him for a few minutes. When the boy came back, the black haired chosen duelist saw that he had a red piece of material in his right hand and a bottle with hair gel in his left hand.
Before Subaru could react, Tamma jumped on his back and pushed him on the ground. Subaru tried to resist, but Tamma's force was bigger much towards his surprise. The red haired child poured the hair gel on his right hand and then his fingers began playing with Subaru's black hair.
"Just what do you think you're doing?" Subaru protested.
"Gimme a few minutes, it'll be done soon." Tamma responded.
After five minutes of struggle, Tamma had finished his job. The boy then pulled out a mirror from his pockets and gave it to Subaru. When he looked in the mirror, the chosen darkness duelist saw that the hair on his scalp was raised up in spikes exactly like Tamma's haircut and that he also wore a red headband.
"WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO ME?" Subaru yelled.
"You look awesome!" Tamma exclaimed.
"I look like a monster!"
Subaru pulled the upper side of his T shirt to cover up his head, but Tamma pulled it back and spoke to him:
"Come on; don't be ashamed, your new look rocks!"
"And the purpose of this whole thing is…" Subaru demanded an answer.
"Why to help you train, of course! Now you look like you're ready to kick some butt!" Tamma said excitedly.
"If you say so… Anyway, how are we supposed to begin the training?"
"First we must train our bodies so that we can endure the hits of a kaijudo duel."
Tamma went back in the UFO and this time the boy brought different martial arts training equipment. Firstly he put a brick on two small pillars and turned to Subaru to speak:
"I will concentrate my whole energy in my hand and use it to break this brick in two."
Subaru crossed his arms and watched the boy. Tamma closed his eyes and all of a sudden his right hand got surrounded by a bright red aura that seemed like a flame. The red haired kid suddenly raised his arm in the air and yelled:
"HAYA!"
In the next moment, the flaming hand dashed through the air and hit the brick, practically cutting through it. Subaru stared at him with amazement.
"Haha, that was fun to do." Tamma laughed and wiped his hands. "Say, Subaru, wanna try as well?"
"Um, Tamma, I'm not sure I can…"
"Don't worry, it's easy!" the red haired insisted and pushed Subaru in front of the small pillars, then put another brick. "All you have to do is to concentrate your kaijudo energy in your hand and then hit it. Come on, I know you can do it!"
Subaru sighed and then stared at the brick for a moment. Then he looked at his right hand and saw that some small purple sparks began to ignite. The black haired teen closed his eyes and felt his kaijudo energy slowly enter his hand as a purple aura began to shine around it.
"That's it, he's gonna do it!" Tamma thought.
Subaru lifted his hand in the air while keeping his eyes closed and when he felt he was ready, he yelled 'HAYA!' and did exactly what Tamma did earlier. However, the thing that broke was not the brick, but a bone of his hand. Suddenly, Subaru screamed in pain as loud as his lungs let him.
Meanwhile at the UFO, Nolan was drinking a cup of coffee in the kitchen while watching the usual boring morning news on TV. Soon he was joined by a rather tired Robert whose hair was no longer spiky, but really messy.
"Hey, long time no see!" Nolan saluted and took another sip.
"Indeed, it's been a long time, Nolan." Robert said while taking a seat.
Nolan answered with a nod and turned his head to the news. Sadly for him, it bored him quickly. It was the usual political debate, sports news and weather forecast. Occasionally there would be a documentary about the latest technological discovery or some historic event, but that was all that the news of the future offered.
Sighing, Nolan took the remote control and closed the TV. Then he turned his attention back to Robert and said:
"From what Tsugumi told me, you came here by time traveling, huh?"
"I did." Robert smiled.
"Haha, and from what I've heard, you came to avenge Alexandra, right?" Nolan continued.
"Yes, Tigra will pay for what she did to her!"
"You're not the only one who's suffered at the hands of Tigra."
"Oh really? What did she do to you then?" Robert asked.
"She killed my brother and all my friends." Nolan said with a voice filled with sorrow and this time Robert was even more surprised. "Ever since then, I swore that I'd avenge them one way or another. That was one of the reasons I joined the chosen duelists."
"And what might the other reason be?"
"Let's just say that they're cool guys to hang out with, haha."
"You're right about that one, haha."
And so Nolan and Robert discussed about what happened ever since Nolan and the others left Robert's tournament and returned to their time. After Robert was updated to everything that was going on, Nolan put on a serious face and said:
"Listen, what would you say if we worked together to bring down Tigra?"
"I'd say that's an awesome idea!" Robert exclaimed happily.
"Good, because I think that alone we have lesser chances of bringing her down." Nolan added and held out his hand. "Partners?"
"Partners." Robert answered and shook his hand. "Tigra won't know what hit her!"
"Yeah. Listen, Robert, I've got info about an ex THEM member that quit their group a long time ago, gave up dueling and decided to pursue a calm life."
"Where did you find this info?"
"Oh, I have my sources." Nolan said while giving Robert a confident look, and then he searched in his pockets and offered him a piece of paper. "Here you have his address and name. I'd like you to go and have a talk with him. But be careful, Tigra might still be watching over him."
"Don't worry, you can count on me!" Robert replied and took the piece of paper. "When should I go?"
"I'd say before lunch. You'll have a long way to go. Oh, and by the way, we'll keep in contact by phone."
"Sure. But, Nolan, what will you guys do in the meantime?"
"I don't know, I'm guessing we'll go after Kaizer soon."
"Ok, then good luck!" Robert wished him and rushed to his room to pack his stuff.
"You'll need it more than me." Nolan thought.
Outside, Subaru's and Tamma's training continued. After Tamma put Subaru through some harsh martial arts training, it was Subaru's turn to train him. The black haired teen put on a black metal song from his MP3 player, precisely: 'Axe' by the Korean band Sad Legend. When the vocalist shrieked loudly and the guitars and drums began to make noise Subaru started head banging like no tomorrow and doing the air guitar. He even moved his head like a windmill. Once the song was over, Subaru turned to Tamma and he seemed like he was the same besides a little sweat on his face.
"Now you do the same." Subaru told him.
"Are you sure?" Tamma asked.
"Positive!"
Subaru put another song by the same band and invited Tamma to head bang. The young boy did so, but he also walked uncontrollably while doing it, and he ended up banging his head to the UFO wall.
"No, Tamma, that's not how you do it!" Subaru intervened and stopped the MP3 player.
"That was… awesome." Tamma said while falling on the ground due to the dizziness.
And so more time passed and the other inhabitants of the UFO woke up. They all met up in the kitchen and Nolan explained to them that Robert decided to go on his lone path for a while. Tsugumi also told the rest that Subaru and Tamma were busy with training and they should not bother them. At the hearing of this news, Tiger sat down and began to think what their next move should be.
"Guys, I have so fascinating news!" Luna intervened and opened her laptop to show them all on its screen an image of a UFO moving fast through the Earth's atmosphere. "They just said on the internet news that this strange spacecraft was heading with the speed of 600 miles/hour towards the Philippines."
"Kaizer!" Tiger suddenly got everyone's attention. "Who else would be driving a UFO with that irregular speed?"
"I don't get it. Why would he head for the Philippines?" Tsugumi asked.
"That's what we're going to find out!" Tiger said and turned to the girls. "You tell Subaru and Tamma to quit playing and come in so that we can begin our quest!"
Just as Tsugumi and Luna were about to head out of the kitchen to fetch them, Subaru and Tamma came in with messy clothes and two glowing decks in their hands.
"We did it, we've both updated our decks!" Tamma said. "All that hard training paid off!"
"Indeed it did, now we're ready to fight evil!" Subaru added.
"Wow, Subaru, what's with the new look?" Tiger asked.
"It's… very nice?" Luna tried to compliment.
"And fabulous!" Atsuto joined Luna.
"Uh, you see, guys, Tamma said that in order to train I have to wear this headband and have my upper hair raised up and…" Subaru tried to explain.
"Subaru!" Tsugumi strictly intervened. "Tonight when we're in bed, you won't comb your hair, nor will you take off that headband!"
"Um… may I ask why, my love?"
"I find you very… how shall I say… sexy?" Tsugumi said and gave him a quick kiss on the cheek. "Seriously, your new look rocks!"
"Oh God, how can she be turned on by that?" Subaru asked in his mind and sweated.
"Ok guys, we'll keep the fun stuff for later, right now we've got a Kaizer to catch!" Tiger brought everyone back to reality.
"Alright, let's do it!" the others chanted in unison.
Atsuto and Nolan headed to the control room and made the UFO fly off the plain, away from the city, to head into a new adventure. Meanwhile, the chosen duelists went to their rooms to prepare their decks for the battle as well.
"Adventure is calling once again and inevitably we will answer its call." Subaru thought and then stared at his Liger Blade, Fierce Tiger card. "Get ready, Kaizer, because we're coming!"