I am on a roll. Getting out two chapters in the same week. Luckily I had a lot of free time this week and good motivation. Here it is readers the ninth chapter. Before I get into the summary. I have been having a problem uploading my stories. Every time I do so pushes words together. I read this over and space these out, but some words continued to get pushed together when I save the changes. If anyone has any ideas on why that is happening could you please let me know. I know it's pain to have to guess what I'm saying when you see two or three words pushed together as one new one.
Enough about that. Like I said in the last chapter Yugi and Yusei's duel is done. The two genius will acutally talk to one another rather then dueling and start to put the pieces together. They have so much to talk about, like their crazy and wild hair styles, the fact that they play a children's card game for a living, and their favorite color being blue (lol). The duels featured in this chapter will be Judai vs. Crow which is still going from the last chapter and Aki vs. Asuka which starts in this chapter. I am greatful for Yugioh wiki because I don't remember all of Asuka's cards and it would be a bitch trying to find episodes to find out. And that would be harder since 4kids is enforcing their copy rights and making youtube block all the DM and GX episodes :( Before I forget shipping alert. I like to warn you guys in case you don't like shipping or my pairing choices. Like I said before in other chapters it's not a main focus of this chapter, so even if you are against shipping thing you can still read the chapter without being smothered by fluff.
Disclaimer: I do not own Yugioh DM, Yugioh GX, or Yugioh 5Ds. I hope you guys have happy Thanksgiving (if you celebrate it Thoughts in apostrophes and duel spirits thoughts are italics
Things were going according to Koji's plan. The signers had taken his bait quit easily. The Savior had seen to it that the Watcher was thrown of course and his champions were scattered. Kyle did his part and masqueraded as the Watcher and sent the legendary duelists to battle against the signers. Both sides did not even stop to ask questions, they jumped at one another. That was no surprise though they were flawed and misguided humans, and humans were naturally violent. Of course they would not stop to ask questions; at least that is what Hachi had originally thought. As he watched Fudo Yusei and Muto Yugi duel one another, he did not see any malice in their actions. The two men dueled honorable and as it progressed they seemed to even forget they were enemies. It was most confounding matter.
It seemed that the duel was over, Yugi had put the pieces together he now knew that Yusei was the third duelist. Yusei wouldn't summon his Stardust Dragon now. Their plan was a bust. He had to warn Koji and tell him of what was happening. The orange haired man took his cell phone out, quickly dialed the number. "Things have become more difficult," he told himself as the phone rang.
"Hachi, do you have Stardust Dragon in hand?" Koji's voice came through the speaker.
Hachi shook his head forgetting that Koji could not see him for a moment. "No, Koji-sama. I am afraid that Yugi has discovered that Yusei is the third duelist."
Koji was silent for a moment, which made the slender man uneasy. "That is most unfortunate," the leader of the Savior Group replied. "It seems that our enemies are more resourceful then I had originally given them credit for."
"What do wish me to do?" he asked Koji. "I can duel Yusei now, Yugi has weaken him a great deal."
The blond man was silent again, most likely going over what he had said. "No return home Hachi, I am sure the Watcher will be along shortly. His interference will only make more problems."
"Understood, Koji-sama," he spoke in his usual emotion controlled tone.
"Besides the other duels are still going on. By the time Yugi or Yusei can get to their friends all of their duels will be over. It is not a total lost," he reminded.
"Yes." He hung up his phone. Igniting the engine of his D-Wheel then left without being noticed by anyone.
"What are you talking about?" Yusei asked the multi-colored haired man.
"I mean Yusei-kun we are not enemies," Yugi tried to explain. Yusei did not speak. He had that same intense stare that he had on since he had come to Yugi.
Yusei was thinking about what his adversary had just said. Could he have been mistaken about him? 'After dueling with him I can tell he is not the type of person who has any malice or ill intent in his heart, like Placido had. He does not feel void and indifferent like Hachi does. I can't believe he would work for the Savior Group. But if that is true why would he participate in a duel that inflicts real damage?' The dragon's head signer was still lost about what the man's attentions were.
Seeing the man's internal struggle Yugi decided to keep pushing. "Yusei-kun you are a true duelist. You should be able to tell my heart from our duel. Search your feeling you know what I am saying is true."
Yusei was not the only one who was unsure of what was going on. Anzu, Bakura, Fubuki, and Rei were just as lost as he was.
"What is going on?" Rei directed her question to Anzu and Bakura. She thought if anyone knew what Yugi was talking about were two of his closest friends. But they seemed to be at the same place as her.
"Yugi, what's going on?" Anzu repeated Rei's question.
"This man, Fudo Yusei is the third duelist that the Watcher told us about."
"What?" the group asked.
"Before we came here the Watcher said the name of the third duelist was Fudo Yusei."
The looks of confusion did not disappear after hearing Yugi's explanation.
"But if Yusei is the third duelist then why would the Watcher tell us he is an enemy?" Rei questioning continued.
Yugi's expression became dark. "I think we have been tricked by the Savior Group," he answered.
Judai vs. Crow
"Turn end," Judai finished with a smirk. The brunet had reduced his opponent's life points and decimated most of his forces. Things were finally looking up for him.
Judai: 2600
E-Hero Wild Heart DEF: 1600 LVL 4
E-Hero Bladedge ATK: 2600 LVL 7
Crow: 3200
Blackfeather- Mistral the Silver Shield DEF: 1800 LVL 2
Although Crow was at a disadvantage he still had two facedown cards that could help him turn the tide. Plus he still had a few promising cards in his hand. "My turn, draw." Crow drew a card, flipping it over. 'This should help me move things along nicely,' the dragon tail signer thought. "I play the magic card, Dark Eruption! Now I can add one dark monster with 1500 attack points or less from my graveyard to my hand. I'll add my Blackfeather- Gale of the Whirlwind to my hand." Crow retrieved his monster.
"Since I control one Blackfeather monster I can special summon Gale of the Whirlwind."
Blackfeather- Gale of the Whirlwind ATK: 1300 DEF: 400 LVL 3
"I activate Gale's effect; I can cut the attack and defense points of a monster you control in half. Gale cut his Bladedge down!"
Green energy surrounded Gale, the winged beast shot off a miniature green energy ball, hitting the golden E-Hero.
E-Hero Bladedge ATK: 1300 DEF: 1150
"Oh no, Bladedge!" screamed Judai, his voice was dripping with concern.
Crow ignored him. "Trap open, Black Boost!"
"Black Boost?" Judai repeated with uncertainty.
"That's right. Black Boost allows me to draw two cards, but I have to remove two Blackfeather Tuner monsters I control on my field from play. I remove my Gale and my Mistral from play."
Gale and Mistral were engulfed in two balls of blue light; the two Tuners ascended into the sky fading away from sight.
"Now I can draw two cards from my deck." Crow drew two cards. A wicked smirk formed on the tracking marked face. "When I have no monsters and my opponent controls a monster I can normal summon Blackfeather- Sirocco of Dawn, without needing to release a monster!"
Blackfeather- Sirocco of Dawn ATK: 2000 DEF: 900 LVL 5
Judai's eyes scrunched and he gritted his teeth. He knew what was coming next.
"Sirocco conquer his hero, Dark Wing Slash!"
Sirocco slashed Bladedge with his wings, cutting the golden armored hero in two, inflicting 800 points of damage.
Judai: 1900
Crow: 3200
A sharp pain struck Judai's chest, causing the Hero duelist's eyes to bulge. "Ah!"
"That's all I have for now. Turn end," Crow finished.
Powerless to help their friend, Honda and Manjoume could only watch the duel unfold. The triangular style haired man was not taking his observation position well.
"There has to be something we can do," he said.
"Like what?" Manjoume questioned.
"I don't know something."
"We can't interfere in this duel. It is one on one."
"Then we just do nothing and watch! Is that all we're good for!" Honda screamed. "Is that all I'm good for," he said the last part quietly.
Manjoume closed his eyes. He didn't want to see a grown man have a pity party for himself. "Idiot, I said we can't interfere. I didn't say stand here and do nothing."
The man turned his attention to the Ojama duelist. "What are you talking about?"
Scowl formed on the former Obelisk. "We have to put our faith in Judai's ability. Cheer him on and give him our support. A duelist does not have to be alone out on the battle field. If we keep our cherished people close to our hearts and if they in turn give us their strength, a duelist can make the impossible possible, and we can find the strength to win."
Honda was so impressed and stunned by Manjoume's eloquent words that he could not even begin to try and form a sentence.
Manjoume crossed his arms and returned his attention to the duel. "That's what I learned from that dumbass out there."
Honda followed Manjoume's gaze and also watched Judai.
"Because of him I learned that I am not alone even when I am dueling."
The three Ojama monsters materialized in front of Manjoume's shoulders.
"Well said, big bro," Yellow Ojama praised, tears streaming down his eyes.
"You are one in a million, big bro," Green Ojama cried.
"I knew you were sensitive," Ojama Black spoke. He also had tears coming down his eyes.
The three Ojamas grasped their master giving him a warm hug. Unfortunately their "big bro" did not appreciate their gesture. A vain appeared on his forehead and his face reddened in anger.
"Get off of me! I don't need your hugs! I mean it you little annoying midgets!" He shook his shoulders, swatted at them, and grabbed them, but the duel spirits would not budge. "Come on get off!"
A bead of sweat fell from the back of Honda's head. Manjoume appeared to be talking to himself and now he was thrashing away like a mad man. 'He's gone from being a wise man to a crazy cot in one second,' he thought.
Back at the duel Judai was gritting his teeth in desperation. As much as he hated to admit it this man's Blackfeather monsters were very formidable. 'I'm in a real pinch here, but I know my deck will see me through this.' "Time for me counter attack, draw." In one swift swipe of his hand Judai had drawn a new card. "I summon Neo-Spacian Grand Mole."
Neo-Spacian Grand Mole ATK: 900 DEF: 300 LVL 3
"I'll switch Wildheart to attack mode."
E-Hero Wildheart ATK: 1500
"Grand Mole attack his Sirocco and return him to his hand!" the former Osiris ordered.
Grand Mole drilled himself underground. The Neo-Spacian moved through the ground with impressive speed. He drilled himself out then he tackled the winged beast. Both monsters were sent back to their respective owners' hand.
'Good,' Judai thought. 'Now I can attack him directly with Wildheart.' "Now my hero, attack him directly!"
Wildheart withdrew his blade and prepared to strike down his master's enemy. Just as his blade was inches away from Crow's chest the dragon tail signer activated his counter.
"When my opponent attacks me directly I can special summon Blackfeather- Ghibli the Hot Wind from my hand." Crow slapped his new monster on his duel disk in defense mode.
Blackfeather- Ghibli the Hot Wind ATK: 0 DEF: 1600 LVL 3
Wildheart's blade landed on the Blackfeather's wings. The winged beast repealed the hero's attack causing it to rebound and hit Judai.
Judai: 1800
Crow: 3200
A cut opened up on Judai's forearm. The pain he felt this time was minimal. He came to the conclusion that the bigger the damage he received the greater the pain was inflicted on him. Losing 100 life points meant the pain that was inflicted was almost nothing. "I set one card."
A giant duel monsters' card appeared in front of Judai.
"Turn end."
"My turn, draw. I play the permanent magic card, Black Whirlwind! Whenever I normal summon a Blackfeather monster I can move one Blackfeather monster from my deck into my hand so long as that monster has less attack points then the summoned monster. I release my Ghibli to summon Blackfeather- Sirocco of Dawn!"
Blackfeather- Sirocco of Dawn ATK: 2000 DEF: 900 LVL 5
Crow continued, "Because I normal summoned Sirocco I can add one Blackfeather with attack points less than 2000 to my hand. I move my Blackfeather- Bora the Spear to my hand." He took his Bora out of his deck then placed his deck back into his duel disk, which shuffled his deck for him. "I can special summon Bora to the field because I control a Blackfeather monster."
Blackfeather- Bora the Spear ATK: 1700 DEF: 800 LVL 4
"Next I activate Sirocco's effect. I can select one Blackfeather monster on my field, and he will gain the total attack points of every Blackfeather monster the field, except itself."
"N-no way," Judai cried in panic.
"Yes way, now Sirocco give your power to Bora."
Blackfeather- Bora the Spear ATK: 3700
"It's time to end this duel," Crow stated. He threw his fist out, punching thin air. "Bora attack Wildheart and end this crazy duel!"
Bora soared into Wildheart, impaling him through the chest. Wildheart's eyes widened in horror and his mouth opened in. The E-Hero imploded on himself.
All eyes were on Judai. Everyone expected to hear Judai scream in pain as his life points went to zero, but he made no peep.
Crow's eye brows rose. "Wait, what happened?"
Judai responded with his facedown card. "Trap open, Defense Draw!"
Confusion found its new residents on Honda's face. "Defense Draw," he repeated.
"Defense Draw, allows me to reduce any battle damage I receive to 0 and draw one card from my deck." Judai drew a card and placed it into his hand.
'Damn it, that's the same card Yusei, has.' "Lucky for you when I use Sirocco's effect I can't attack with any other monsters. Turn end."
"Phew." Honda wiped a sweat off his forehead. He wasn't sure if he would ever keep his cool in these duels.
Manjoume was not as relieved as Honda was. He knew that Judai was far from being safe. "Judai avoided that last attack, but unless he can come up with a counter attack he's finished. Even if he uses his Grand Mole to return one of this guy's Blackfeather monsters he'll just attack him directly next turn and win."
"Even a non-duelist like me can tell that much."
Placing his hand on his deck Judai closed his eyes. Putting all of his will and focus into this next and possibly final draw. "Draw!" Drawing his card, the brunet took a look on it. His eyes widen in shock. 'This is….'
"Amazing, look how grand this city is," Asuka said in wonder. The city reminded her of New York City her new home in the U.S. rather than Domino City, at least not the Domino City she knew.
"It is a wondrous sight Asuka-chan," Otogi reiterated her words. However his words were not solely for the city, they were also for the gorgeous woman standing beside him.
The pair had found themselves alone as soon as they hit solid ground. Naturally their fear got the better of them and they panicked. They ran around like chicks that had their heads cut off well Otogi did, while Asuka's reaction had been more subtle. Thankfully the Watcher had appeared to them. He explained that the Savior Group had attacked them during their journey through the time stream and that had caused them to be split up.
Asuka and Otogi had apparently landed in this era together, much to Otogi's delight. What man wouldn't be overjoyed at being stranded somewhere with a beautiful woman? The Watcher warned them about a special unit within the Savior Group, called the signers. He muttered something about finding the others and then left as quickly as he came.
Otogi had wanted to ask the cosmic man some questions. Like what the third duelist looked like. What time they were in exactly. He also had problems understanding why the Watcher wouldn't just teleport them with him, so that they could all re-group. Asuka had said he probably had his reasons, but Otogi still thought it odd.
Now the pair was journeying to the city dubbed Neo Domino City, at least according to the sign. Otogi could still not believe this city was Domino; it was much larger than the one back home.
"Do you think the others will be in the city?" he asked.
"Most likely," she answered. She and Otogi had been walking for the last 10 minutes and were now just outside of the city. "I hope we can find them before these signers do." Her lips curved into a frown.
"Asuka-chan, your friends are strong duelists right?"
"Yes they are. Especially Manjoume-kun, Ryo, my brother, and Judai," she replied.
"They can handle Games of Darkness then?"
Asuka nodded her head. "We are familiar with Duels of Darkness. Most of us have played in a few included myself."
Relief washed over Otogi. Now he didn't have to worry about his new friends. He knew that Yugi, Jounouchi, Mai, and Kaiba could handle it, based on their past experiences, but he was unsure of the Asuka's group. Her revelation had eased him of some of his worry.
"What about you Otogi-kun?" the blonde asked.
"What about me?" Otogi repeated unsure of what she was asking. He was walking behind her. His attention was less on the walk and more on the backside of the woman in front of him.
Asuka elaborated, "Have you dueled in a Duel of Darkness before?"
"No I haven't."
"I guess that explains why you don't have a duel disk," she said.
"I am a duelist, but I am nowhere near as good as Yugi-kun and Jounouchi-kun," he confessed. "My gaming talents lay more in my own game, Dungeon Dice Monsters."
Asuka suddenly jumped, causing the inventor to stop. "That's why your name sounds so familiar to me. You are Otogi Ryuji, the man who created the popular Dungeon Dice Monsters game. How could I forget that?"
The turquoise eyed man took his attention of Asuka's buttocks. "You mean Dungeon Dice Monsters becomes popular?" he asked unable to hide the excitement in his voice.
"Well seems like I came up with a topic that finally took your eyes of my ass," she joked.
His cheeks flared red in embarrassment at getting caught. "W-what?" he asked nervously.
She turned around to face him. Much to his surprise she did not have a pissed off look like he was expecting, but more of an amused one. Her smirk grew, most likely in response to his shocked expression. "Look I am woman who went to school with hormone crazed boys and wore a very tight and revealing uniform. Believe me I am use to getting checked out by guys. I'm not going to get pissed off by you staring at my ass. Now if you get bold and do more then look and try to grope it, that's when we have a problem." Her warm expression suddenly turned frigid and overwhelming. "Understood?" she asked in a tone so dark that Otogi that it rivaled Marik's evil persona.
"Y-yes," he stuttered.
Asuka's disposition returned to normal. "Good." She started walking again.
Otogi had only experienced this kind of fear with one other person, Anzu. Like Anzu, Asuka appeared to be cheerful care free girl, but beneath that lurked a very dangerous and terrifying person. 'Are all women like this or just the ones I know? Could even Shizuka-chan be as frightening?' An image of Shizuka giving off a horrifying dark glare appeared in his head. He quickly shook his head trying to wipe the image from his mind.
He decided that it was better to think of less scary things. "Asuka-chan, what were you saying about Dungeon Dice Monsters?"
"I don't know. The Watcher did make us promise not to tell you guys anything about your future," she teased.
"Please Asuka-chan; you don't have to go into detail. Just give me a little something," he pleaded with his hands together.
She silently chuckled to herself at the man's begging. He reminded her of dog pleading to his master to give him some scrapes. The analogy fit pretty well considering his earlier actions. "I'll tell you this Otogi-kun. Dungeon Dice Monsters will be much bigger in my time then it is in yours." She turned her head just in time to see the man jumped into the air. Another small laugh escaped her lips. 'He's got a good heart. I mean he's a total perv, but he has a good heart on him,' she thought.
"Can I ask you something else Asuka-chan?"
"I'm not telling you anymore about your future," she said bluntly.
"No, it's nothing like that."
"Then go for it."
"Do you have feelings for Judai-kun?"
The former Obelisk queen froze in her tracks. "W-what?" she asked.
A smirk appeared on Otogi's face. 'Looks like I hit a nerve.' "I asked you if you have feeling for Judai-kun," he repeated rather smugly.
"What would make you ask that?" She tried to keep her voice neutral, but she was finding it difficult to keep the bashfulness out of it.
"I noticed back in your time that you looked at fondly. At first I thought it simply admiration, but I felt like there was more to it. When I asked you about your friends being good duelist you mentioned, Fubuki-kun, Manjoume-kun, Ryo-kun, and Judai-kun; all duelist you admire." He stopped waiting for her to confirm his guess. When she gave him a silent nod, he continued. "The way you said Judai-kun's name was slightly different from the others. There was affection in there that was not present with the other three, not even in your brother's. I figure that meant your feelings for him might have been more complicated," he reasoned.
Her cheeks became so red that they rivaled a tomato's. "W-what….well…. I," she stuttered trying to come up with answer. She couldn't believe how transparent she was. Otogi had figured out her attachment to Judai and he just met her.
It was Otogi's turn to be amused. Seeing the calm and collective woman squirm was highly amusing. "It's true isn't it?" The way he said it was more of a statement then a question.
Before he could get his answer the pair was intercepted by a person on a dark red motorcycle, cutting them off from the city.
"Hey what's the deal?" Otogi screamed. 'Jackass can't even drive. I'm going to have to kick his ass,' he thought. When the rider got off his bike, he discovered he had a curvy figure. 'Oh my god, he's a she!'
The rider wore a form fitting red motorcycle suit that showed some cleavage. She took her helmet off, revealing her chin length burgundy hair, bangs that went past her shoulder and forearms, her eyes were brown, and her skin looked so smooth. She was quite beautiful in Otogi's opinion.
The woman's eyes narrowed into an icy stare that sent chills down Otogi's spine. Asuka looked unaffected.
"Are you a signer?" Asuka asked in an even tone.
The woman nodded her head. "I am, and you?"
"I am your opponent, Tenjoin Asuka," she stated. Her white and blue duel disk activated.
Otogi turned his head so fast that his neck almost got whiplash. "Are you sure this is a good idea, Asuka-chan? Remember the Watcher told us that we should find the third duelist before we confronted the enemy."
"It's obvious that she won't just get out of our way. I can tell by her eyes that she is a warrior. Her dueling spirit is incredibly strong," she spoke in admiration. "I could not call myself a duelist if I back down from this challenge."
Realizing it was pointless to try and discourage her Otogi decided it was just best to observe. "Just be careful. I don't want to be the one to explain to your brother that something happened to you."
"Thank you for your concern, Otogi-kun."
The burgundy haired woman continued to stare back on them just as coldly as she had before. "Since you told me your name I shall return the courteously. My name is Izayoi Aki." The woman who identified herself as Aki pulled her duel disk out of her motorcycle.
Asuka returned Aki's cruel stare with her own icy glare. Aki walked up to her putting her left arm up. Asuka repeated her actions. The two women stared each other down, trying to both size up and intimidate one another.
"Duel!" they finally yelled as they drew five cards each.
Asuka: 4000
Aki: 4000
Aki took notice to Asuka; she had a calm air around her. At the same time there was a fierce aura. 'This woman, Asuka will be tough opponent. I can't take her lightly. However I cannot afford to lose. When I beat her I can find out more about the Savior Group. I cannot allow them to take Yusei's Stardust Dragon. I owe him too much. I can at least do that much for him.'
"I'll go first. Draw." Aki swiftly drew her card. "I summon Violet Witch in defense mode."
Violet Witch ATK: 1100 DEF: 1200 LVL 4
"I'll set two cards facedown. Turn end."
'What could she be planning?' Otogi thought. He hoped that Asuka could handle this.
"My turn, draw." Asuka took one look at the field. Aki's two facedown cards concerned her. 'Her Violet Witch has fairly low defense power, so she must be depending on those two cards for defense. I better be cautious.' "I summon Blade Skater."
Blade Skater ATK: 1400 DEF: 1500 LVL 4
"Blade Skater attack her Witch, shred it to bits!"
Blade Skater skated across the field, until the distance between her and the humanoid plant was non-existence. With one swipe of her arm the demented skater easily cut through her. Violet Witch's holographic remains flew past Aki; she looked as though she could care less.
Aki said, "When Violet Witch is destroyed by battle I can add one plant monster with 1500 or less defense from my deck to my hand." The dragon claw signer searched her deck looking for a card. "I'll add Lord Poison to my hand." She retrieved Lord Poison then placed her deck back into her duel disk. The duel disk re-shuffled her deck for her.
Asuka scrunched her eyes at Aki's play. 'She wanted to add a plant monster to her hand. What could she be up to?' "I'll set one card then end my turn."
"My turn, draw. I summon Lord Poison."
Lord Poison ATK: 1500 DEF: 1000 LVL 4
"Lord Poison attack Blade Skater!"
The plant monster stretched to amazing lengths. As his arms were inches away from Blade Skater Asuka activated her facedown card.
"Trap open, Double Passe! When my opponent attacks one of my monsters I can turn that attack into a direct attack."
Both Otogi and Aki wore stunned expressions. Neither one of them could believe that Asuka would take a direct attack just to save her monster.
Lord Poison's attack changed targets from the warrior monster to her master. Asuka's mid section was stabbed by the plant's blade like appendages. Her white shirt was torn at the bottom and her skin broken, drawing blood.
"Aahh!" the blonde cried in anguish.
"Asuka-chan!" Otogi called out to her.
Asuka's hands went to her side. She assessed the damage by using one of her fingers to wipe some of the blood off. Fortunately her wound was shallow. "Real damage, the Watcher was right this is a Duel of Darkness."
Asuka: 2500
Aki: 4000
Aki watched in horror. For a moment she thought that her powers might have returned. But then she recalled Hachi's words about the Duel of Darkness. 'Is this what he meant? Could a Duel of Darkness be duels that inflict real damage?'
"I….it's… not over…. yet. Double Passe allows my monster to attack you directly in return."
Blade Skater skated towards Aki. The warrior monster appeared before the former physic duelist, slicing at her with her blade, cutting her left shoulder.
"Ah!" Aki screamed herself. Her hand went to her injured shoulder. Like with Asuka her wound was not serious, but that did not make the pain any better.
Aki: 2600
Asuka: 2500
"That's a….pretty risky….tactic there Asuka." The dragon claw signer released her injured shoulder, being careful not to move it too much. "I have to say I am impressed that you took damage just to save your monster."
"I couldn't expect my monsters to risk their lives if I weren't willing to the same for them," he replied.
"I can respect that. Turn end," Aki finished.
Otogi was standing on the sides mentally wiping his forehead. "That Asuka-chan is rasher then I thought. I would have expected a move like that from Raphael."
"My turn, draw. I summon Cyber Gymnast!"
Cyber Gymnast ATK: 800 DEF: 1800 LVL 4
"I activate Cyber Gymnast's effect. By discarding one card from my hand I can destroy one monster in attack mode that you control." Asuka discarded a magic card. "Cyber Gymnast destroy her Lord Poison!"
Asuka's gymnast unleashed a blast that annihilated Lord Poison leaving Aki's field wide open.
Asuka continued her assault. "Blade Skater attack Aki directly!"
"Not so fast Asuka. Reverse card open, Seedlings! I can special summon three Seedling Token to my field in defense mode."
Seedling Token ATK: 0 DEF: 0 LVL 2
Seedling Token ATK: 0 DEF: 0 LVL 2
Seedling Token ATK: 0 DEF: 0 LVL 2
Three seed monsters materialized in front of Aki protecting her from Blade Skater. She cut one of the tokens in half.
Asuka continued, "Cyber Gymnast attack one of the Seedling Tokens!"
Cyber Gymnast destroyed another token, leaving Aki with only one token remaining.
"Turn end."
"My turn, draw. Trap open, Ivy Shackles! While it is my turn all of your monsters are treated as plant type monsters."
Vines manifest from the ground and wrap themselves around both of Asuka's monsters.
"Next I summon the Tuner monster, Copy Plant."
Copy Plant ATK: 0 DEF: 0 LVL 1
"I activate Copy Plant's effect. Once per turn I can copy the level of one plant monster's on the field. Your Blade Skater is considered a plant thanks to Ivy Shackle, so Copy Plant's level becomes equal to her level."
Copy Plant LVL 4
"I'll tune my level 4 Copy plant to my level 2 Seedling Token."
Copy Plant transformed into three rings of green light. The three rings surrounded the Seedling Token.
"Splendid hunter and dweller of the sacred forest, with your whip of punishment in hand come fourth now! Synchro Summon! Appear now, Splendid Rose!"
A woman dressed in a green and black bodysuit appeared; she had skirt made out of leaves and vines coming from her back.
Splendid Rose ATK: 2200 DEF: 2000 LVL 6
"Synchro summon? What on earth is that?" Asuka asked.
Aki either did not hear her or ignored her because she continued with her turn. "I play the magic card, Mark of the Rose! By removing one plant monster from my graveyard, this magic card equips itself to one of your monsters. I gain control of your monster until the end phase."
"This is bad," Asuka whispered to herself.
Aki continued, "I remove Lord Poison from my graveyard…."
Lord Poison appeared on the field momentarily then disappeared.
"….to equip Mark of the Rose to your Blade Skater. Now your monster belongs to me."
Blade Skater switched to Aki's side.
"Blade Skater attack Cyber Gymnast!"
The skater destroyed her former ally inflicting 600 points of damage to Asuka.
Asuka: 1900
Aki: 2600
A sharp pain grasped Asuka's chest.
Splendid Rose attack her directly and finish her off!" the former Black Rose Witch ordered.
Splendid Rose prepared to attack when Asuka acted.
"I activate the effect of my Cyber Barrier! When I am about to be attacked directly, I can remove this card from play to negate that attack." Asuka removes the magic card canceling Aki's attack.
Despite her attack failing Aki did not look upset in the slightest. "I set one card facedown. Turn end. During the end phase your Blade Skater returns to you."
Blade Skater returned to Asuka, much to her relief.
"I should warn you that at my stand by phase Blade Skater will return to my side of the field. Her allegiance will constantly shift so long as Mark of the Rose is equipped to her," Aki explained.
'She is extremely powerful and not just that. Aki also has cards that I've never even heard of, like this Synchro summon. She didn't special summon that from her hand, no it was in her fusion deck. But the card is white and not the normal purple that Fusion monsters have. This must be a new type of monster that was created during this time. That makes things more difficult for me. Aside from that by Blade Skater can be used against me thanks to her magic card. I cannot keep her on my field any longer.' "My turn, draw."
"I am not sure what any of you are talking about!" Yusei finally spoke, grabbing everyone's attentions. "You say you are not my enemies, but I know nothing about you. Tell me who are you?"
"My name is, Muto Yugi," the former puzzle answered.
"What? Muto Yugi, the legendary duelist and original Duel King?" Yusei questioned.
"I see you've heard of me then," Yugi attempted to joke to diffuse the tension. His efforts seemed to be in vain because Yusei was looking at him strangely.
"There is no way you can be him. You look like you are around my age. But Muto Yugi would be around his…."
"I am not the Muto Yugi you know or I should say I am not the Muto Yugi of this era."
Yusei's lips curved upside down into a frown. "You are not the Muto Yugi of this era. What type of non-sense is that? Are you trying to tell me you come from a different time?" The man who claimed to be Yugi nodded his head. "Even if what you said was true, how did you get here?"
"It's a long story Yusei-kun. Allow me to show you."
Confusion once again rented a space on Yusei's face. The dragon's head signer gave Yugi a questioning expression. "You'll show me."
"Yes, I'll show you, Yusei-kun." The symbol of the Sennen Items burned itself on to Yugi's forehead. Yusei, Fubuki, and Rei jumped at the sudden turn of events.
"What's…." Before Yusei could finish his sentence however he found that his surrounding had changed. He was in the hallway of room. "Where am I?"
You are in my mind Yusei-kun," answered the deep and soothing voice of Yugi.
Yusei turned around to see the tri-color haired man standing beside him. The two men stood side by side, standing only inches apart.
"We are inside your mind. You have a strange power don't you?"
"Yes, I do. My body houses an ancient power that has been in this world for over 3,000 years. I see that I am not the only one with an odd power." Yugi pointed at Yusei's arm, noticing the dragon head birthmark burning for the first time.
Yusei lifted his arm up to give Yugi a closer look. He studied Yusei's arm for a moment. Yusei in turn analyzed Yugi's forehead. 'I've seen this symbol before,' Yusei thought. 'But I can't remember where I've seen it.'
"Yusei-kun."
Yusei took his eyes off the symbol on Yugi's head and put them on the man's face.
"Are you ready for me to show you everything?" he asked the black haired man. Yusei nodded his head. "Please keep calm and open yourself to me. That makes things a lot easier." He placed his right hand on Yusei's forehead, making the signer very uncomfortable.
He opened his mouth to voice his discomfort, but then a series of images came flooding through his mind. Suddenly he knew everything that happened to Yugi in the last few days.
Instantaneously Yusei found himself and Yugi back at the outskirts of Neo Domino City.
Fubuki and Rei still looked like deer caught in head lights. They looked to Anzu and Bakura, to Yugi, and back to Anzu and Bakura.
"What just happened?" Fubuki finally found his voice.
"It's a long story, but in short Yugi possess the ancient powers from the Sennen Items," Anzu explained.
"Oh, is that all," Rei joked.
"I understand now," Yusei spoke. "You had your Dark Magician stolen by the Savior Group and a being called the Watcher brought all of you here to fight them. The Savior Group wants my Stardust Dragon to unleash this other Watcher who wants to destroy time and space."
"That's right Yusei-kun."
Fubuki confusion doubled. "How did he.…"
"Yugi-kun must have used his power to bring Yusei-kun up to speed," Bakura answered.
"Yusei-kun I think a member the Savior Group has been masquerading as the Watcher trying to get us to fight each other. If it happened with us that means…"
"It has happened to our friends," Yusei finished his predecessor's sentence. "We have to find them now."
Judai vs. Crow
"I play the magic card, Graceful Charity. I can draw three cards from my deck, but I have to discard two cards in my hand afterwards." Judai drew three cards, adding them to his hand. He carefully chose which two to discard. "I summon E-Hero Woodsman in defense mode."
E-Hero Woodsman ATK: 1000 DEF: 2000 LVL 4
"I'll set one card facedown. Turn end." 'With a little bit of luck everything will go as planned,' he thought.
"That's the best you can do?" Crow bragged. "My turn, draw! I summon Blackfeather- Kalut of the Moon Shadow."
Blackfeather- Kalut of the Moon Shadow ATK: 1400 DEF: 1000 LVL 3
"Because I normal summoned a Blackfeather monster thanks to the effect of Black Whirlwind I can add a Blackfeather monster with less than 1400 attack points into my hand. I move my Blackfeather- Blizzard of the North Pole into my hand." Crow added his monster card into his hand. "In case you were relying on that facedown card to save you, I'll play the magic card, Blackout Zone! If I control one Blackfeather monster I can prevent the activation of magic and trap cards this turn."
"Not good. If that guy uses Sirocco's effect on Bora then he'll win," Honda pointed out.
Manjoume did not say anything. 'Do you have a plan to get out of this one, Judai?'
"I'll activate Sirocco's effect on Bora the Spear. Bora will gain the sum attack points of all Blackfeather monsters on the field."
Blackfeather- Bora the Spear ATK: 5100
"Bora has a piercing effect that means your remaining life points will be snuffed out!"
The former Osiris student averted his eyes from his opponent.
"Bora it's time to finish this. Attack his Woodsman!"
Bora took to the sky. The Blackfeather monster took a nose dive, he put his lance out getting ready to strike down the E-Hero.
To be continued.
Ends it on a cliff hanger. Why you ask, because I am evil. Mahamahamah!
Judai and Asuka are in tough situations with Crow and Aki. Is victory out of reach for them or can they turn the tables around the signers? Yugi showing Yusei everything that happened is mix of powers from the Rod (which showed Kaiba a vision of his past life), Key (they can travel into other people's mind's), and the Eye (which reads minds). It was faster then explaining everything to Yusei lol. Now Yugi, Yusei, Bakura, Anzu, Fubuki, and Rei are up to speed. Those six are going to try and search for their friends before they do each other in. That's going to be hard considering they have no idea where any of them are. Asuka isn't transparent, but Otogi is really observant. I loved that interaction in this chapter. The whole checking Asuka out and getting caught bit I thought would be funny (hope so anyway). I realize this is really the first chapter with actual bonding with DM and gX characters. Honda and Manjoume get to know each other better in this chapter and Rei and Fubuki are hanging out with Anzu and Bakura, but Asuka and Otogi got to interact for some time before they interrupted by a signer. I'm going to try and work that in more with the other charcaters. I tried to make Aki more like her old badass self. I am disliking how 5Ds has made Aki less confident about her dueling skills by becoming a D-Wheeler. It's just an excuse to reduce her role and give Crow more screen time (I like Crow though). I had some made up cards this chapter. Seedlings, Cyber Barrier, and Blackout Zone all fan made.
Asuka and Aki will give you a preview for the next chapter:
"Things seem to be going well for me now, but Asuka does not seem like the type to give up so easily."
"Of course not. I could not call myself a duelist if I allowed myself to be discouraged by something like this."
"That's good, but that does not change your situation. I will not back down to you Asuka, because I cannot afford to lose this. I have help someone important to me."
"You aren't the only one who has someone you need to help. This time I'll help that idiot for a change. Speaking of which I wonder how Judai is doing?"
"Next time on Yu-Gi-Oh! Crisis of Time and Space: Intense Battle: Blackfeather Dragon vs. E-Hero Tempest! Duel Stand By!"