Welcome back everyone! Sorry for the late update, school schedule is pretty tight now. I may only upload once a week from now on. Also this chapter will not have too much visual display during duels.
I will talk about the last chapter for a bit. In that chapter, I did a pretty graphic scene that I will not mention about it here. thetiger39 had pointed me out in PM that I overdid it, and after reading it again, I must admit that I did do it a little too much. To be honest, I felt quite disgusted at myself. I guess that during the time I wrote that chapter, my life got pretty messed up in both a good and bad way so I kind of brought some of my frustration to that scene. Furthermore, I use quite a lot more coarse language than usual for a T-rated story. I know this is very unprofessional and I am really sorry for that. I promise to all of you that I will tone down the level of cursing and I will not make other similar scenes with the alarming level like that for a time.
Disclaimer: I do not own Yu-Gi-Oh ARC-V and this story is rated T for Violence, Blood, Coarse Language and some Minor Adult Themes like Rape, Death, Drunk, Depression and Implied Torture.
With that out of the way, I hope you guys enjoy this action-packed chapter and be ready for the massive reveal.
Chapter 14: Villainous Rescue
"You three will be finished during our turns!" Rio declared before pointing her right hand at her monster. "I activate Rioto Harpyria's effect! It will negate the effect of Chaos Giant and change its ATK to 0! Arm Freezing!" The monster created a frost wind using its scythe, weakening Chaos Giant.
Antique Gear Chaos Giant ATK 4500 - 0
"And Numbers 103: Ragna Zero will finish it! Guidance to Funeral!" The blue maiden swung its scythe across the giant machine, destroying it in a huge explosion, knocking the three Obelisk Force members back. Rio drew one card from her deck due to Zero's effect.
"I end my turn! Finish them Allen, Kaito!"
"With pleasure Rio! Quick-Play Magic, Cyclone! I destroy your Fusion Trench!" The Continuous Trap Card was gone.
"Now by detaching an Overlay Unit, this turn Iron Wolf can make a direct attack!"
"What? It can attack us directly?"
"Finish the guy in the middle Iron Wolf!" The train released smoke before rolling forward, ramming the red gem Obelisk Force, sending him flying and injured. The other two looked on in horror, fearing what would happen to them soon.
Red: 1000 - 0 [1]
"Turn end! Now, Kaito!" Allen yelled.
"Ore no turn, draw!" Kaito proceeded his turn.
"Use my monster, Kaito!"
"I got it Rio! Using the effect of Cipher Dragon, I can take control of Harpyria and negate its effects, make its ATK 3000 and its name become 'Galaxy Eyes Cipher Dragon'! Cipher Projection!" The dragon blasted a light stream of light at Harpyria, covering them in blue wavelengths before making them disappear and reappear on Kaito's field. It then turned into a ghostly form of Cipher Dragon.
Reort Harpyia, the Sub-Zero Bird Princess ATK 2500 - Galaxy-Eyes Cipher Dragon ATK 3000
"Battle! Galaxy-Eyes Cipher Dragon and Harpyria, attack their two Antique Gear Triple Bite Hound Dogs!"
"Hametsu no Double Cipher Stream!" The two dragons blasted the mechanical dogs using two blue energy streams from their mouths, destroying the dogs. The reaming two Obelisk Force members screamed in pain as they were blown back, unconscious.
Blue: 1200 - 0 [2]
Green: 1200 - 0 [3]
"Yes! Another squad is gone!" Allen yelled.
"Finally… we stopped three of them… how about others?" Rio asked in worry.
"Our comrades said that they have managed to push them back. They will not attack the base for some time." Kaito confirmed after contacting the Resistance.
"By the way Rio!" Allen said. "Are you good?"
"What? What do you mean?"
"It's just... after saying Ryoga goodbye, you cried a lot. You clearly missed him."
"Allen!" Kaito growled.
"It's fine Kaito!" Rio stopped. She thought back about that day for a bit. After Ryoga went with Shun and Yuto for the mission, she went to the tent of Akio, Yuto's mom and cried with her. The thought of losing someone was too much for her. She became more closed off, not talking to her friends and others as usual and focusing on protecting the base and the people there a little too much.
"Listen Rio." Allen told her. "I know the pain of having to say goodbye to someone you know, especially ones that you are close. But Ryoga left you for a reason. He did the mission entrusted to him. He did that to bring back peace to Heartland, to return it to the way it used to, and to give you a better future, Rio. Don't let his temporary disappearance from your life affect you! Try to be more relaxed and open your mind more! We are here to help!"
"We are here if you need us Rio!" Kaito added.
Touched by their words, Rio sweetly smiled at them. "Thank you. I guess I have made you guys worried for a last few days. I'm sorry."
"It's fine Rio! Don't blame yourself! Ryoga is a very strong person! He knows how to handle himself, he will be fine. Just trust him okay?"
"Yeah." With that, the three walked back to the base, smiling at others.
"President! They are captured! What are you going to do?"
Reiji did not say anything to Nakajima's question, instead he looked at the scene unfolded in front of him with an unknown look on his face, a face full of dark intentions.
"What are you going to do President?"
"A lot." Reiji finally answered, looking back at the driver Nakajima. "I originally wanted to find them and gain information about why they are here or something about Akaba Leo, but now…" He paused before continuing. "Rescuing them is the best option. And then we tell them that we want to help. We will handle Sawatari's goons and those students from Duel School later." With that, he turned up the windshield and Nakajima rode away, without knowing that if he had looked on a little bit longer, he would have found Sora walking away from that alley.
Shun and Yuto was running quickly, frequently looking down at their Duel Disks to pinpoint the last known location of Kamishiro Ryoga. It was nearly nighttime, the sun was about to set down at the horizon. Forgetting the argument earlier, they both ran to find their friend, their comrade. Since there was not a map of this dimension in their Duel Disks, they had to rely on their instinct to find out the location of the transmitter. After a pretty long time, about 30 minutes, they finally caught sight of something beeping on the ground.
"There Yuto!" Shun told Yuto before running at it. He picked up.
"That is the tracker! Of Ryoga!" Yuto confirmed.
"Dammit! Ryoga! He was kidnapped!" Shun growled in anger.
"All right, calm down Shun! We will find him."
"But how? There is no clue!"
"Yes I know! But we have to find him! He's in danger you know!"
"Which means we have to separate?"
Yugo considered for a bit. Knowing Shun's personality, he would cause a carnage on his way if he happened to find an LDS member. But right now, the situation was very tight, they had no other choice. So, he relented.
"Ok Shun, we will separate, you go left, I go right. If we cannot find him before midnight, we will regroup at the hideout."
"Fine to me! Let's go!"
"One thing Shun!"
"What!?" He nearly lost his temper.
Yuto looked at Shun fiercely. "Do not attack innocent people. And that includes LDS!"
"Yeah…" Shun reluctantly said. With that, they went to the end of the alley and went on separate directions, with only one goal in sight.
Their dear comrade, Kamishiro Ryoga…
"Where is Sawatari Shingo's room?" Yuya asked the receptionist.
"Why do you want to see the son of the Mayor?" She asked, wondering why two teenagers would get to see Sawatari.
"He called us to meet him in his hospital room immediately." Yuzu answered. Yuya showed the call of Sawatari on his Duel Disk to confirm. The receptionist looked at it for a bit and agreed.
"All right. His room is number 1205."
"Thank you!" Yuya and Yuzu got into a nearby lift and slowly went up.
"What does he want to tell me…" Yuya wondered.
"Don't know Yuya, but this is important! For your own sake!"
"I know, it just… what does he want?"
"We will find out soon."
The lift opened. They went out, briefly admiring the beautiful view of Miami City at sunset before going to the room 1205. Yuya knocked the door twice.
"Who's there?" A voice could be heard inside. Yuya and Yuzu immediately knew it was from Sawatari.
"It's us Sawatari!"
"Oh… Get in…" He then opened the door, allowing the two teenagers to come in. Brushing off the fact that Sawatari had a bandage around his head and how friendly he was when he met them, they sit down next to his bed. The room was painted white, bright and lively, completed with a nice view of the city from the windows in front of them.
"Okay Sawatari, what do you want from us! We are not involved in your ambush!" Yuya got straight to the point.
"I knew you would say that. The guy who did this to me." He pointed at his bandaged head. "I'm sure he wasn't you." Yuya and Yuzu sighed in relief after hearing that. "His hairstyle is different from yours, his voice is not the same as well and he used an Xyz monster, unlike you."
"He had the same face as me!? That's why…" He turned to Yuzu, who looked down in shame for not telling him about Yuto, causing trouble for the school and her lost against Matsumi.
"I'm sorry Yuya… I saw him, and I saw you… You two are very similar, and I got confused…" Yuya noticed her sullen mood and touched her shoulders to confront her.
"So that's why you seemed to lose focus when you dueled Matsumi." He realized.
"Eh…" Yuzu whispered, feeling sad.
"Yuzu, don't think too hard about it. Strange things happened all the time. This incident is just like you and Ruri sharing the same faces as well. Don't beat up yourself anymore okay?"
"Okay…" She finally felt easier after hearing his confronting words.
He turned to Sawatari. "Well… I did use an Xyz monster earlier, but I did not attack you. I only had one of them in my Extra Deck and I'm sure that guy would have more Xyz monsters."
"Wait! How did you get an Xyz monster?" Sawatari wondered.
"Not important right now. Wanna prove it?" He took out Odd-Eyes Absolute Dragon and showed it to Sawatari while hiding the bottom part of the card out of view so that Sawatari would not know the power of this ice dragon.
"Odd-Eyes Absolute… not Dark Rebellion... Xyz Dragon…"
"Dark Rebellion?" Yuzu said.
"At first I thought he was Yuya not only because of his face being the same as him, but also the name of the card as well."
"Odd-Eyes... Pendulum Dragon…"
"Their naming patterns are similar!" Yuzu realized. "So yeah! Yuya is innocent!"
"I know, and, Yuzu…" He looked at her. "I'm sorry for hurting you. I really did not want to do it. Also, Akaba Reiji hired me to take Yuya's Pendulum Cards."
"What? Akaba Reiji!?" Yuya and Yuzu wondered loudly. Never before had they thought Reiji was behind their troubles two days ago.
"Uh…" He looked at them sadly, as if he expected to be punished by them.
"So that was him… of course…" Yuya mumbled in slight disgust.
"It's okay Sawatari. I was too blinded in returning Yuya a favor that I did not see things in different ways. I am sorry as well." To be honest, after thinking back more clearly, she realized that she was too stubborn and stupid. She could have been in trouble and her dad would have been extremely worried about her well-being.
"The past is the past you two!" Yuya put his hands on both Yuzu and Sawatari's shoulders. "At least the problem is solved!"
"Uh!" Sawatari agreed before becoming serious. "Even though LDS is still not safe after this…"
"What do you mean?" Yuzu asked.
"As I said before, I am the son of the Mayor. I got some connections to LDS. I got information that LDS was attacked moments before."
"What?"
"LDS was attacked!?"
"Yep. The victim was a teacher. Professor Marco, from the Fusion Course."
"Marco…" Yuya recalled Matsumi calling his name in worry, and Reiji leaving the duel between him and Yuya. "Oh! That's why Reiji suddenly left!"
"Professor Marco has not returned yet, and the attacker… uses Xyz…"
"Xyz!? But I thought there was only one attacker who ambushed you!"
"And by the way, will you two participate in the Miami Championship?"
The name left the two visitors in bewilderment. "Miami Championship?"
"Yes. Leo Corporation is holding a Dueling tournament. About a week from now. This is a good chance for both of you to become Pro. And to settle the scores between you and me as well Yuya."
"Yeah… we will…"
"But you have to qualify for the competition first!"
"Qualify?" Yuzu wondered.
"To participate in Miami Championship, a competitor must have participated in at least 50 official duels in a year, with a win rate of at least 60%!"
"60 percent… I got 46 duels this year… with 26 wins…"
"Ahhh…" He sighed.
"Only 56 percent…" Yuzu said.
"Dammit! I need to duel 4 more people! And I have to do it within a week! How can I!?"
"There's an alternative requirement!" Sawatari revealed.
"What? What is that?" Yuya wondered.
"Six consecutive wins in official Duels!"
Yuya and Yuzu looked at each other, thinking about the condition.
"Seems to be easier Yuzu…"
"Easier said than done! Especially to you!"
"What do you mean?"
"I met the first requirement already! Tons on wins in recent duels with you!"
"Hey! How dare you…" Yuya became annoyed.
"Oh! How weak Yuya! Being beaten by a girl every day!" Sawatari mocked.
"Cut it off! I will meet the condition soon!" Yuya protested. Sawatari widened his eyes in amusement at Yuya's strong but probably quick resolve before proposing. "Well Yuya, how about starting it now?"
"What are you saying?"
"I mean…" He got up, taking his Duel Disk from the table near there and attached it to his left arm. "This! A duel right now! At the rooftop!"
The two childhood friends could not believe what was happening now. "You mean a duel with you? Right now?"
"Uh!"
"But you said we would duel at the Championship later!"
"Call this the pre-Championship preparation! Besides, I really wanted a rematch with you! The duel we had before was embarrassing! I will never forget it!"
"Uh huh!" Yuya felt his passion running through his body. "Then I'll make sure you will be really entertained again! After that massive fall before!"
"Hmph… quit talking… let's go!"
"Yuya!" Yuzu protested. "You really wanted to do this? We don't have time, our parents are waiting at home!"
"I can't miss a duel Yuzu! Especially an important one like this! Call my mom that we will be late and get to the rooftop!" With that Yuya walked outside and went to the top of the hospital. Yuzu sighed heavily at her friend's antics before going with him, calling Yoko and Shuzo on the way.
After a while, they got to the rooftops. A large one, usual for hospitals.
"The guards somehow forgot to lock the door, which is good for us…" Sawatari said before activating his Duel Disk. "Ready for a duel without an Action Field?"
"Yeah!" Yuya confidently said.
DUEL!
Sakaki Yuya: 4000 [5]
Sawatari Shingo: 4000 [5]
"Oh! It seemed these two nuts are back!"
Ruri growled, feeling the pain on her head. She held his hand on her temple and opened her eyes. She saw that she was in a dark room, the empty space around her and the darkness overall indicated to her that she was in some kind of a warehouse, probably a same one as she went to last night with Yuya. She looked to her right and noticed Ryoga waking up.
"Ryoga! Ryoga! Are you OK?"
"Ru… Ruri?" He turned to her. "I'm fine. You?"
"Quite…"
"Anyway, where is this place, and why are we here? I remembered getting hit on the head!" He held his head in pain.
"I got the same as well…"
"You like it?" A man's voice suddenly spoke up from their left, and the way he said it made them uncomfortable. They turned to their left to see five men, three in LDS costume and two strange men. One in a yellow Keikogi (not sure) and one in a sleeveless blue shirt; they both seemed to be well-built and hostile. All of them looked at Ruri and Ryoga with slasher smiles on their faces.
Ryoga immediately got up and stood in front of Ruri "Who are you guys, and why did you do this to us?"
"Call it revenge for attacking Sawatari-san!" One henchman from LDS spoke up.
"Sawatari?" Ruri remembered that bastard. "We did not do anything to him! He attacked us first! He deserved it!"
"But Yuya did!" The second henchman said. "And we would not prefer to keep this incident go away that easy…"
"Which is why we hired these two Duelists to beat you two up!" The final henchman said, pointing at the two tall Duelists. They looked at Ryoga and Ruri with a clear intention, and it was not a nice one.
"By the way, the one in blue is Umesugi Ken, and the other one is Makoto Takeda, two of the strongest duelists in Ryozanpaku!"
Ryoga became angry. "Damn you! You use Dueling as a tool to hurt people!? I thought Duel Schools are built up not to teach students this!"
"The Duel School we participate, the Ryozanpaku School, Ryozanpaku School, actually encourages us that! That's our discipline!"
"The hell!?" Ruri was honestly disgusted. The horrible condition in Heartland City was already cruel enough, now things are not any better in this supposedly peaceful Dimension. There were still people who use Dueling selfishly and disgracefully like that. "What kind of man are you to use Dueling like that? Dueling is supposed to bring people together and make them smile!"
"Make people smile?" Takeda said. "We do smile bitch! When we beat up others in duels!" The three LDS chimed in by smiling from behind.
Ryoga's temper boiled up. He gritted his teeth in absolute anger. "Damn you… damn all of you… my hometown is already in ruins due to Dueling! I will not let anyone do that or anything similar anymore!"
"Good defiance idiot! How about translating it into action?" Ken said before he and Takeda activated their Duel Disks.
"Sounds like we have no other choice Ruri…"
"Uh… and try your best to conceal your anger Ryoga. They will use it against you!" The two got up and activated their purple Duel Disks.
"We will duel in Battle Royale setting! And we will all have separate LPs! Good?"
"Whatever! We have been in worse situations than this shit!"
DUEL!
Kamishiro Ryoga: 4000 [5]
Kurosaki Ruri: 4000 [5]
Umesugi Ken: 4000 [5]
Makoto Takeda: 4000 [5]
"Dammit! Where are you Ryoga?" was Shun's worried question all the time since he and Yuto found out that Ryoga was attacked. He continued to run across alleys and streets, attempting to find him, but there was still no result.
At the same time, Yuto was catching his breath after running frantically from one street to other. No matter how much he took notice of any possible traces, he did not find anything.
He suddenly stopped when he ran into a river. The water there and the surface far away from it gave him a possible clue. He contacted Shun.
"Shun!"
"What Yuto? Have you found Ryoga?"
"No sign of Shark yet but…" He looked back at the surface far away from him, the pier.
"I got a clue."
"What? What clue Yuto?"
"They could be at the pier."
"Really? How do you know?"
"I just thought! Come on, we don't have much time! You see the pier?"
Shun looked around, eventually finding it. "I found it Yuto! It's very far! Can we make it there on time?"
"Only if we try! Let's go! See you at the bridge! Also try to look around during your way to see if there is a potential clue!"
"OK!" With that, they both ran to the bridge connecting the pier, pretty far from them.
"Not too hard to find you… Ruri… Ryoga…"
Reiji whispered as he looked at the warehouse number 52 in his limousine. Nakajima parked the car far enough so that the people in that warehouse would not hear the engine.
"President! Should we go in and get them?" Nakajima spoke up from the driver seat.
"Not yet Nakajima! We can take this chance to test their skill, probably get some information as well."
"I take the first turn!" Yuya declared before slapping a card down. "Magic Card, Spiral Strike Burst activate!" After activating the card, a card from Yuya's deck shone up and got pulled out. He took it out and showed it to Sawatari. "I can add 'Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon' from my deck to the hand!"
"What? Getting your ace this early?"
"And now magic card, Three Teams Reinforcements! By sending Entermate Partgana to the graveyard, I can draw two cards!"
"Good move… Yuzu thought. "Sawatari's deck seems to focus on level 5 or higher monsters, the effect of Partgana will be useless…"
Finally, he did the obvious. "I, using the Scale 1 Stargazer Magician and the Scale 8 Timegazer Magician, Pendulum Scale setting!"
"With this I can simultaneously summon monsters with level between 2 and 7!"
"There it is…" Both Sawatari and Yuzu thought.
"Swing, Pendulum of the Soul! Draw an arc of light across the ether! Pendulum Shōkan! Appear now!"
"Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon!"
Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon DARK Dragon Pendulum Effect LV7 Scale 4 2500/2000
"Only one monster Yuya? How sad…" Sawatari mocked.
"There will be more to please you! I set down two cards and end my turn!"
"Ore no turn, draw!" Sawatari looked at the card, a smirk appeared on his face. "This is good!"
"I activate the magic card, Terraforming! With this, I can add a Field Magic Card from my hand!"
"Field Magic?"
"Yup. And now, since you have two set cards, I can special summon Escher!"
Yuzu noted at the monster. "That's the card he played last night!"
Escher the Vassal of the Ice Monarch WATER Aqua Effect LV4 800/1000
"After I special summon this card…" He showed another card to them before slapping it to the blade. A big monster with ghost-like eyes emphasized by a piece of fabric over it head, cladding in a yellow armor appeared. At the same time, Odd-Eyes dissolved into dust and manifested as a face-down card in a horizontal position.
Landrobe the Vassal of the Rock Monarch EARTH Rock Effect LV4 800/1000
"What happened?" Yuya was honestly surprised.
"Your monster will be switched to face-down Defense Position as a condition to special summon Landrobe!"
"What a powerful effect!" Yuzu noted.
"The Magicians cannot negate monster effects… good move Sawatari…"
"It is! But I cannot call out Extra Deck monsters for the rest of this turn though. And this Field Magic card will set up my play!" He activated it. "Field Magic, Monarch Conquest." With that, the rooftop where Sawatari, Yuya and Yuzu was standing turned into a battle field in an open desert with swords stabbed on the head armors around them, creating a harsh environment. Hot winds flew through the area, but since there was no Action Field, therefore the impact of Real Solid Vision was weak, they could barely feel it.
"Usually we could clearly feel the wind blowing here but there was no Action Field so… there you go. How are you going to entertain me when this situation does not allow monsters to interact?"
"I'll find a way!" Yuya excitedly responded.
"We'll see! And now I activate Unearthing of the Monarchs!"
"What does that card do?"
"You'll realize soon! I release Escher to Advance Summon! Appear now, level 6! Mobius the Ice Monarch!"
Möbius the Ice Monarch WATER Aqua Effect LV6 2400/1000
"Watch out Yuya!" Yuzu warned.
"Uh!"
"When Möbius is Advanced Summoned, it will destroy your two set cards! Freeze Burst!" The monster created a strong wind, attempting to remove the two troublesome cards on Yuya's field, but he had a counter.
"Trap Card, Entermate Revival! I can special summon Partgana!" On cue, the snake appeared on the field. "And Quick-Play Magic, Emergency Provisions! By sending Revival to the grave before it does after resolving its effect…" He pointed at the trap, which immediately disappeared. "I gain 1000 LP!"
Entermate Partgana EARTH Reptile Pendulum Effect LV5 Scale 3 500/2100
Yuya: 4000 - 5000 [0]
"Yes! He avoided it!" Yuzu cheered.
"Very good strategy. But now I will resupply! Conquest allows me to draw a card when I tribute summon a monster!" He drew one card. "And Unearthing let me add a high-level 'Monarch' card as well!" A card got pulled out and he took it to his hand.
"Krugh!"
"And I will Advance Summon again!" He slapped the card he just added down, a large yellow monster with big hands showed up.
"What? A second Advance Summon?" Yuzu wondered.
"Thanks to the effect of Conquest!"
Granmarg the Earth Monarch EARTH Rock Effect LV6 2400/1000
"This guy will destroy your set Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon! Earth Trembling!" Granmarg slammed the ground using its fists, breaking the ground into two, the resulting fissure ran to the set card, making it fall down. Yuya did not need to run away as the chasm was not real.
"And I will add a 'Monarch' monster again and draw a card!"
"By banishing Rollback from my graveyard, this turn I can draw a card when a Pendulum Monster is destroyed!" Yuya drew his card while becoming alarmed at Sawatari's tactic.
"Dammit! My field is empty! Sawatari surely is stronger now! He broke my field easily!"
"Battle!" Sawatari snapped Yuya out of his thoughts. "Granmarg, destroy Partgana!" The emperor punched the snake, shattering it to pieces.
"And now Mobius! Direct attack!"
"Yuya!"
"I'm fine Yuzu!" He said as he drew a card.
Yuya: 5000 - 2600 [2]
"I set down 2 cards and end my turn! That was how you counter me? Too amateur Yuya!"
"Don't worry! I will turn the tables during my next turn!"
"Then show me how Yuya! Show me the spirit of the son of Sakaki Yusho!"
"Uh! I will! Ore no turn! Draw!" Sparkles appeared.
"Try your best Yuya!" Usually, Yuya was pretty quiet, but during duels like these, Yuzu knew he will try his best to win. She understood her best friend very well.
"Entermate Skullcrobat Joker summon!" A monster wearing a black clown outfit with long coattails, a black mask, blonde hair and black shoes appeared.
Entermate Skullcrobat Joker DARK Magician Pendulum Effect LV4 Scale 8 1800/800
"After summoning it, I can add Entermate…" He took a card out from his deck and showed it. "…Snula Hoops to my hand!"
"And then Magic Card Wavering Eyes activate! I destroy all cards in the Pendulum Zones!" On cue, the two magician disintegrated.
"What? You destroy your own cards?"
"What are you doing Yuya?"
"Two Pendulum Cards were destroyed, which means I can add another Pendulum Card to my hand!" He grabbed another cards pulled out from his deck. He then took out Snula Hoops.
"I, using the Scale 1 Entermate Gumgumouton and Scale 9 Entermate Snula Hoops, Pendulum Scale setting!"
"Swing, Pendulum of the soul! Draw an arc across the nether! Pendulum Shōkan! Appear now!"
"What? You don't have any cards in your hand to call out!?" Sawatari did not know it.
"When Pendulum Cards are destroyed, they are sent to the Extra Deck face-up instead!"
"The hell?"
"And if I have the appropriate scales, I can Pendulum Summon them! I did not do it in our first duel because there was no need to!"
"Really?" He remained shocked before turning excited. "Interesting…"
"From my Extra Deck, Stargazer Magician! Timegazer Magician! Entermate Partgana! And of course, Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon!"
"What the hell… 4 monsters at once…" Sawatari could not find anything to say anymore. Yuzu was amazed by this spectacular feat that her friend just did.
Stargazer Magician DARK Magician Pendulum Effect LV5 Scale 1 1200/2400
Timegazer Magician DARK Magician Pendulum Effect LV3 Scale 8 1200/600
Entermate Partgana EARTH Reptile Pendulum Effect LV5 Scale 3 500/1200
Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon DARK Dragon Pendulum Effect LV7 Scale 4 2500/2000
"When Partgana is summoned, Skullcorbat Joker gains 300 ATK for each 'Entermate' monsters on the field!" The snake held the monster by its tail, increasing its strength, evidenced by the yellow aura the two monsters got.
Entermate Skullcorbat Joker ATK 1800 – 2400
"Battle! Skullcorbat Joker, attack Granmarg!"
"You crazy? They have the same ATK!"
"Entermate Gumgumouton will ensure that only your monster is destroyed!"
"And now Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon, attack Mobius! Rasen no Strike Burst!"
Sawatari: 4000 - 3800 [3]
"Go now Stargazer! Sawatari direct attack!"
"Wait up! Trap activate! Monarch Legacy Barrier! I can banish the destroyed Granmarg to halve all battle damage this turn!" A barrier formed around Sawatari, shielding him from further damage.
Sawatari: 3800 - 2350 [3]
"Dammit… I set down a card and turn end-"
"During the End Phase!" Sawatari interrupted. "Legacy Barrier will destroy one card you control since it halved more than two battle damages this turn! Bye bye, Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon!" A beam of light shot out from nowhere, destroying the dragon. However, it suddenly returned to the field.
"What did you do?"
"The effect of Stargazer Magician! If exactly one monster leaves the field, I can special summon it!"
"Well… whatever… ore no turn! Draw!" Sawatari proceeded his turn.
"Trap Card!" Yuya suddenly said. "Large Dust Tornado! Your Unearthing is destroyed!" A blue tornado swept through the Continuous Magic Card, destroying it. Sawatari looked on passively, as if nothing had happened.
"Thanks for clearing the field for me Yuya! You helped me set up my strongest formation!"
"What?"
"Don't be that overconfident Sawatari!" Yuzu criticized.
"I did not! Watch!"
"Magic Card, Pantheism of the Monarchs! By sending The Prime Monarch to the grave I can draw 2 cards!"
"And then by banishing Conquest I can special summon The Prime Monarch as a Normal Monster!"
The Prime Monarch LIGHT Angel LV5 1000/2400
"Reverse Card open! Trade-in! I discard the level 8 Granmarg to draw 2 cards!"
"Amazing… he continuously fills his hand!"
"That is not all Yuya-kun! I can banish Pantheism to force you to add a card to my hand!"
"What do you mean?"
"By banishing Pantheism, I can reveal 3 "Monarch" Magic, Trap Cards from my deck, you must choose 1 of them to let me add it to my hand and shuffle the rest back to my deck!" He took out 3 cards after selecting them on the display. Yuya carefully looked at the cards before choosing Tenacity. Sawatari activated Tenacity to add another card and he immediately activated it.
"Field Magic, Domain of the True Monarch!" The scenery changed to a dark and strangely foggy room with a large, ghost-like being sitting at the throne. Yuzu literally yelled out in fear, which Sawatari and Yuya had to keep themselves from laughing at the spot.
"It's alright Yuzu! They're not real!"
"But it's still scary!" Yuzu protested.
"Get used to it Yuzu! And now I normal summon Edea the Heavenly Squire!" A monster in shining armor appeared.
Edea the Heavenly Squire LIGHT Warrior Effect LV1 800/1000
"Using its effect, I can special summon Eidos the Underground Squire from my deck!" A demon-like being in black armor appeared, contrasting to the bright appearance of Edea.
Eidos the Undergound Squire DARK Magician Effect LV2 800/1000
"He's generating tribute fodders!" Yuya thought.
"Eidos allows me to do an additional normal summon! I will release Edea to Advance Summon! Come out! Level 6! Kreis the Light Monarch!" The bigger version of Edea appeared.
Kreis the Light Monarch LIGHT Warrior Effect LV6 2400/1000
"When it is advanced summoned, I can destroy your dragon and Joker!"
"What? 2 cards?" The emperor gathered energy on its palm and released it towards Yuya's field, destroying the targets.
"Stargazer can only bring back one monster, but in return you can draw 2 cards!" Sawatari explained. Yuya drew 2 cards.
"Finally, Resurrection of the Dead! Appear now, Granmarg the Sturdy Earth Monarch!"
Granmarg the Sturdy Earth Monarch EARTH Rock Effect LV8 2800/2000
"Ready Yuya? Battle!"
"Granmarg, attack Partgana!" The rock emperor charged at the snake.
"Continuous Trap Card, Magician's Protection! All battle damage I take is halved! And thanks to Gumgumouton, Partgana will be safe this battle!" Yuya explained and shielded himself with his right hand as the punch failed to destroy the colorful snake.
Yuya: 2600 - 1450 [2]
"Nice move Yuya!" Sawatari complimented as he clapped his hands. "Kreis cannot attack this turn after activate its effect. That's how a duelist I want to face would do!"
"You're welcome Sawatari!" Yuya returned while Yuzu was smiling at the sidelines for the blooming friendship.
"Well, I end my turn with one face-down!"
"Ore no turn!" Yuya drew his card white shouting. "The real fun has just begun!"
"Swing again, Pendulum of my soul! Pendulum Shōkan! Return from the Extra Deck, Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon! And from my hand, Entermate Drumbull!" The dragon and Yuya's most powerful Entermate monster appeared.
Entermate Drumbull EARTH Beast Effect LV8 2700/2200
"To beat Sawatari, I need to call it out!" Yuya thought as he began his move. "I activate the Pendulum Effect of Entermate Snula Hoops! I treat Partgana as level 7!"
"What are you going to do Yuya?" Sawatari wondered.
Entermate Partgana LV5 - 7
"Is he going to?" Yuzu said.
"I, using the level 7 Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon and Entermate Partgana, overlay!" Yuya raised his left hand up in the air, waiting the two monsters to go to the Overlay Network, but they remained still… and there was no Overlay Network appearing.
Yuzu gasped in surprise. "What? Why didn't they?"
Yuya wondered the same thing. "Nothing happened? Why?" He was soon stopped by a loud laugh. They turned to see Sawatari having a smug smile.
"Of course you can't! Thanks to my Field Magic, Domain of the true Monarch, you cannot special summon monsters from your Extra Deck if I have no cards in my Extra Deck and I am the only player to control a Tribute Summoned monster!"
"What? No Extra Deck cards!?" Yuzu said in disbelief.
"So that's why you did not summon any monsters in your Extra Deck!"
"Yes, because I have no Extra Deck monsters to begin with! People at LDS use Extra Deck monsters a lot! And I did not expect you to use one, thanks for showing that card Yuya-kun! Knowing this, I got myself a special deck! A deck that does not need to use those monsters! And taking advantage of that, my deck features a special move, and this is it! The Monarch Lockdown!" Sawatari unleashed his large ham, smiling very crazily as his technique was successfully finished. Yuya gritted his teeth, he did not expect Sawatari to be this strong. Now he cannot summon his newest and his first Extra Deck monster, Odd-Eyes Absolute Dragon anymore, what would he do?
"Yuya..."
"According to the Battle Royale rule, all players cannot declare an attack and do their normal draw until they have finished their first turn, also we are technically each other's enemies. Got it?"
"Whatever! Now make your move assholes!" Ryoga said in anger.
"I will now take the first turn!" Ken said before setting down three cards.
"I set down 3 cards and end my turn!" He finished his turn, smiling. Ryoga and Ruri both gasped at this move. It was very similar to the strategy Yuto usually used.
"What the hell are you doing?" Ruri wondered.
"You will know soon!"
"Ore no turn!" Takeda declared before setting down 2 cards, making the Xyz remnants became cautious.
"What? Not gonna proceed? Too scared to do?" Ken mocked, waving his hand in a "come here" manner.
"Hell no! These 5 cards will not stop any of us!" Ruri said. "Watashi no turn! I summon Lyrical Luscinia - Sapphire Sparrow!"
Lyrical Luscinia - Sapphire Sparrow WIND Winged Beast Effect LV1 100/0
"It's effect allows me to special summon Cobalt Sparrow from my hand!"
Lyrical Luscinia - Cobalt Sparrow WIND Winged Beast Effect LV1 0/100
"Level 1 monster! How weak and pathetic you are!" The goons mocked.
Ryoga defended Ruri. "Shut up!"
"It's fine Ryoga! I got used to it. Cobalt Sparrow let me add Ruby Canary to my hand. I will special summon it with another Sapphire!"
Lyrical Luscinia - Ruby Canary WIND Winged Beast Effect LV1 0/0
"She put the three of them in defense position… She's really cautious!" Ryoga thought.
"Ruby Canary allows me to draw 2 cards! And now, I will use the four monsters here to overlay!"
"Xyz Shōkan! Rank 1! Lyrical Luscinia - Assembly Nightingale!"
Lyrical Luscinia - Assembly Nightingale WIND Winged Beast Xyz Effect R1 0/0
"This card gains 100 ATK for each overlay units attached to it!"
Lyrical Luscinia - Assembly Nightingale ATK 0 - 400
"So this is an Xyz Summon… it's good to fight with students from LDS!" Takeda said. Of course, this is far from the truth.
"I set down 3 cards and end my turn!"
"Ore no turn! Magic Card, Infinity Tooth! Since Assembly Nightingale has four overlay units, I send 4 cards from my deck to the grave and draw 1 card!" Ryoga drew five cards in a smooth motion, discarding the top four.
"I special summon Big Jaws!" A waterspout rose up. From the small cyclone, a blue and white shark with mechanical teeth appeared.
Big Jaws WATER Fish LV3 1800/300
"And now Skull Kraken normal summon!" A black kraken with a skull head and red eyes appeared.
Skull Kraken DARK Aqua Effect LV3 600/1800
"I, using the level 3 Big Jaws and Skull Kraken, overlay!"
"Xyz Shōkan! Appear now, rank 3, Aero Shark!"
Underwater Mothership Aero Shark WATER Fish Xyz Effect R3 1900/1000
"Another Xyz monster!" Ken noted.
"Keep mocking however you like fool! By detaching an Overlay Unit Aero Shark can inflict 400 damage for each card in my hand!"
"What!?"
"I will give this 'honor' to…" He eyed Ken. "You in blue shirt!" Ken became panicked at this.
"Air Torpedo!" The monster fired missiles at Ken, who ran back and did a wall run, shocking Ruri and Ryoga before activating his set card.
"Trap Card, Star Power! I negate effect damage and special summon a "Star" monster from my deck! Come out now, Earth Thunder Star Todoroki!" A tall warrior wearing a red and beige armor appeared, swinging its club in a circle. Meanwhile, Ken landed gracefully to the ground.
Earth Thunder Star Todokori EARTH Warrior Effect LV6 2100/0
"Damn… he negated battle damage to summon a high-level monster!" Ryoga noted.
"How stupid you are! Walking right into our trap!" Takeda mocked.
"You think Ryoga would stupidly do it like that?" Ruri said, catching the attention of the two duelists.
"I knew at least one of your five traps have to do something with effect damage, so I forced you to activate it!"
"What? Damn!"
"Don't fuss about it Takeda!" Ken reminded his partner.
"And now Magic Card, Xyz Treasure! I draw 2 cards since there are 2 Xyz monsters on the field!" He drew his cards before setting down two cards to end his turn.
"Which means it's my turn, and now you will suffer from our true strength! Ore no turn, draw!" Ken drew his card. "I summon Fire Thunder Star Kajima!"
Fire Thunder Star Kajima FIRE Warrior Effect LV4 1800/0
"And then trap card, Star Duplicate! I special summon this card as a trap monster with the same stats as Kajima!" A silver armor appeared.
Star Duplicate LIGHT Warrior 0/0 – Fire Thunder Star Kajima
"When there are two "Star" monsters on the field, Senkou can be summoned without release!"
Heaven Thunder Star Senkou LIGHT Warrior Effect LV7 2300/0
"Finally Continuous Magic, The Allied Forces! All Warrior-type monsters gains 200 ATK for each one on the field!"
"They all got a boost?" Ruri exclaimed in worry.
Earth Thunder Star Todokori ATK 2100 - 2900
Fire Thunder star Kajima ATK 1800 - 2600
Star Duplicate ATK 1800 - 2600
Heaven Thunder Star Senkou ATK 2400 - 3200
"Battle! Todoroki, attack Assembly Nightingale!"
"By detaching an Overlay Unit, battle destruction is negated and I take no damage!"
"Huh, such an annoying effect, you bitch! We'll handle you later, for now, Kajima, attack Aero Shark!" Suddenly, a fish rose up from the ground, biting the fire warrior, forcing it to negate its attack and lose power.
Fire Thunder star Kajima ATK 2600 - 2100
"What did you do?" Ken said annoyingly.
"I banished Killer Rabca to do that!"
"But my attacks are not over yet! Star Duplicate, slash that small fortress!"
"Trap Card, Advantage Location! Kajima's attack power is halved and my monsters are safe from battle!"
Star Duplicate ATK 2600 - 1300
"Dammit!" Ken said as he covered himself.
Ken: 4000 - 3400 [0]
"Such an annoying asshole… but you will still take battle damage thanks to Senkou! And when it attacks, it gains 500 ATK!" The monster threw its large stick at Aero Shark but it made it so that the stick suddenly flew down towards Ryoga, hitting him in his stomach. He was thrown backwards painfully.
Heaven Thunder Star Senkou ATK 3200 - 3700
Ryoga: 4000 - 2200 [2]
"Ryoga! Are you okay?" Ruri became worried.
"I… I'm fine Ruri! If I go down like this, Rio would be ashamed!" He slowly got up, giving a smile at Ruri to ease her then he spitefully did the same at the two violent duelists.
"How was that? Feeling any pain now?" One of the three lackeys mocked.
"We… we will not lose against any of you!"
"Good resistance… I cannot wait to break all of you by force! Turn end-"
"Quick-Play Magic, Cyclone! I destroy your Allied Forces!" A cyclone came out of the card, consuming the magic card.
"Huh… tricks… Ore no turn, draw!" Ken declared his turn.
"Since I control no monsters, I can summon Tsumuji without release!" A Japanese warrior in grey clothes appeared.
Earthly Wind Star Tsumuji EARTH Warrior Effect LV6 2200/0
"Tsumuji will call out another teammate! Come out, Arashi!" A warrior in winter clothes and a white fur on its head appeared.
Heavenly Wind Star Arashi LIGHT Warrior Effect LV7 2300/0
"Well… I got three monsters here, which monster should I attack~~" Takeda did a playful tone before pointing at the humanoid bird.
"My monsters, attack Assembly Nightingale!" They all charged at the bird, who quickly detached its remaining Overlay Units to defend itself.
"Dammit!"
"Now your monsters cannot defend itself anymore sweet girl~~"
"But you cannot attack anymore dickhead!"
"Really?" He then pointed at his set card, activating it. "Quick-Play Magic, Supremacy Fusion!"
"What the hell?" Ruri and Ryoga became shocked at this unexpected play. Their tempers was slowly threatening to explode.
"This is the specialty of Ryozanpaku Duel School! Fusion Summon!"
Ken looked at the angered expressions of the two remnants with interest. "It seems that you two hate Fusion for some reason… Fearing it too much since you use Xyz?"
"It doesn't matter!" Ryoga roared. Hearing the name 'Fusion' caused him to remind of the painful memories again. He looked at them, only to see a faint image of the destroyed Heartland City. He closed his eyes and shook his head in attempt to put those images out.
"Calm down Ryoga!" Ruri helped him. Thankfully she could control herself better than him. "We cannot think about it for now! We need to win this fight!" Ryoga finally managed to calm down. He nodded Ruri as a way to say 'thank you' to her.
"Uh… we will win this battle!"
"Battle? We think of duels like that as well! Every duels we engaged is a fight!"
Ruri became perplexed at their psychology. "They think about duels like that? Duels are not supposed to be used like that! It was supposed to make people smile!"
"Anyway, go back shall we?" The vortex appeared, sucking the monsters.
"Blow, wind! Rage, storm! Surging God of Destruction, reign over this land! Yūgō Shōkan! Appear now, level 10, Great Storm Star Fujin!" A big, muscular monster in dark green skin appeared. It wore some teal fabric on its pelvic area, some white one on its back and it held a long blue stick.
Great Storm Star Fujin WIND Warrior Fusion Effect LV10 3000/2200
"When this card is Fusion Summoned, it changed the ATK and DEF of all of your monsters to 0!"
"What?"
Lyrical Luscinia - Assembly Nightingale ATK 400 - 0
Underwater Mothership Aero Shark ATK 1900 - 0
"And for each monsters on the field that has 0 DEF, you take 500 damage!"
"No way!" Ruri was blown back and got hit to the wall behind. She gasped in pain.
Ruri: 4000 - 1000 [1]
"Hihihihihihi! Such a pleasure to see you crumbling like this!"
"Enough assholes!" Ryoga said back.
"Wait up! We're still in a duel! Battle! Fujin, attack the defenseless Nightingale!"
"Dammit, she cannot use its effects anymore!"
"Trap Card, Lyrical Luscinia - Avenge! When I take effect damage from a monster effect, I can gain 300 LP for each "Lyrcial Luscinia" monsters in my hand, field and graveyard!" She said as a green light covered her body.
Ruri: 1000 - 2800 [1]
"And Takeda, you take the same amount as damage!"
"What?"
Takeda: 4000 – 2200 [2]
"Also, your Fujin is destroyed!"
"Fujin's effect! I release Star Duplicate to negate its destruction!" The monster suddenly held up the duplicate on its belt and threw it at the light, destroying it. This action made Ruri very uncomfortable.
"Huh… Fujin can still attack! Destroy the monster of that puny girl!"
"Trap Card!" Ryoga suddenly said. "Demon's Chain!" Two strings of metal chain flew out from the trap, squezzing the monster.
"What the hell happened?"
"The monster targeted by Demon's Chain cannot attack or activate its effect!"
"Dammit… I set down a card and end my turn!"
Ryoga looked fiercely at Ken and Takeda before declaring his turn. "Ore no turn! DRAWWW!"
"Oi Yuto! Yuto!" Shun yelled as soon as he saw his friend.
"Shun!" Yuto said back. "You find anything?"
"No! By the way, are you 100% sure that Ryoga is in the pier!"
"I got a good feeling about it Shun! Let's run to there, we have no time!"
They then both ran to the pier, in worry and in hope for their dear friend and comrade.
"Dammit... I cannot summon Absolute anymore...!" Yuya looked at his hand, deciding to do something else.
"I set down one card and activate "Defense" Sealing! It will switch your Prime Monarch to attack position!" The monster was forced to stand up.
"And then I switch Stargazer, Timegazer and Partgana to defense!" Yuya changed the cards' position, the monsters kneeled down.
"Battle! Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon! Attack The Prime Monarch! Rasen no Strike Burst!" The red blast did its work as usual, expect.
"Trap Card, Monarch Defense! My "Monarch" monsters cannot be destroyed this turn!"
"Dammit... But damage is still taken!" Yuya told him.
Sawatari: 2350 - 850 [1]
"Entermate Drumbull, ram Kreis!" The bull hit the emperor, but it survived thanks to the trap.
Sawatari: 850 - 550 [1]
"I end my turn here!" Yuya said in worry. Yuzu looked at her friend anxiously, seeing his stress.
"Ore no turn, draw!" Sawatari drew his card, smiling. He looked back at Yuya. "Sakaki Yuya, the duel is over now!"
"Really?"
"Really! I activate Strike of the Monarchs! By tributing Granmarg, the effect of Stargazer is negated!" The emperor turned into dust and flew at the space magician, negating its power.
"No!"
"Now you cannot bring back a monster anymore! And I can draw a card thanks to Strike!" Sawatari drew his card.
"And now the effect of the Field Magic, Domain of the True Monarchs! I reduce the level of Gaius in my hand by 2!"
"Reducing level!?" Yuzu thought out loud.
"To Advance Summon it with less than one tribute..." Yuya noted.
"Of course! I release The Prime Monarch to Advance Summon!" A pillar of light shone up from under The Prime Monarch, paving the way for the demonic-looking monster. The fur cape it wore further signified its strength and horror it already gave.
Gaius the Grudge Wicked Monarch DARK Demon Effect LV8 2800/1000 - LV6
"It will banish your Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon!" The monster created black energy and threw it at the dragon, consuming it before making it implode.
"Odd-Eyes!" Yuya exclaimed.
"And the additional gift is 1000 damage!" The energy blasted Yuya, making him yell in pain.
Yuya: 2600 - 1600 [0]
"Finally Quick-Play Magic, Barrier Maneuvering! This turn I can inflict piercing battle damage!"
"No way! Yuya will lose!" Yuzu realized what the card would do.
"As I told you Yuya, the duel will end now! Battle! Kreis, attack Timegazer!"
"Trap Card, Dimensional Prison! Your Kreis is banished!" The trap turned into a black hole, dragging the golden emperor to it. "The duel is not over yet!"
"No, it's over Yuya..."
"The other effect of Barrier Maneuvering! When you control three or more monsters and I control less when I activated it, this turn, one of my monsters can make a direct attack!"
"What? No way! I will lose!"
"Yes! This is the end Yuya! Gaius the Grudge Wicked Monarch, I order you to direct at-"
"Stop the duel right now and get down!" A voice suddenly spoke up. They turned to see the hospital security guards. Yuya and Yuzu became panicked.
"Wait up! We're-"
"Get down, on the ground now!" They pulled out their sticks, scaring the teenagers greatly.
"Wait up guys! I told them to come to the rooftop to have a duel!" Sawatari explained. "And I am the son of the Mayor of Miami City, Shingo Sawatari, you surely don't want to have trouble if you capture me and my friend right?"
"What?"
"Are you the son of the Mayor Shingo?"
"Yes!"
They looked at him to confirm. One of them took out an Ipad and showed the rest.
"He is really the son of the Mayor!" He showed them the image of the Mayor and his son. They looked at each other in understanding before looking at the teenagers.
"Okay, we leave this case for now. Just don't do this again, or we will surely catch you three without hesitation. Now stop the duel!"
"Fine..." Sawatari took out his Deck and so did Yuya. The monsters disappeared.
"We will come down soon!" Yuzu said. With that the guards got out of the rooftop.
Sawatari turned to Yuya and Yuzu. "Sorry for ruining your day Yuya, Yuzu."
"It's fine Sawatari!" Yuzu assured.
"So, Yuya, the duel is interrupted, so this is neither counted as a win nor a loss. Your score is still safe!"
"Yeah." Yuya smiled at him. "You are really good. You have improved since last time. See you at the Miami Championship!"
Sawatari smiled in return. "See you there!" They shook hands. Yuzu smiled at that.
"It's pretty late now, goodbye Sawatari!"
"Uh! And just be careful okay? Take care!" He then saw them leaving the rooftop with a smile on his face. He then got back to his own room as well and met his father there.
"Great... gotta explain to my father now..."
"Magic Card, Card of Current! I banish Big Jaws and Saber Shark from my graveyard to draw 2 cards!"
"The hell? You did not have Saber Shark!"
"Thanks to the effect of Infinity Tooth!"
"And now I activate the effect of Aero Shark! Air Torpedo!"
Ken: 3400 - 2200 [0]
"Since you got a Fusion Monster… it's time to fight for real!" He widened his eyes and looked up, raising his hand.
"I, using the Rank 3 Aero Shark, overlay!" Aero Shark slowly rose up to the opening overlay network, a huge explosion occurred shortly after.
"What the hell?" The five men became dumbstruck at this phenomenon.
"Rank-Up Xyz Change! Appear now, Rank 4! Full Armored Black Ray Lancer!"
Full Armored Black Ray Lancer DARK Beast-Warrior Xyz Effect R4 2100/600
"For each Overlay Units attached to this monster, it gains 200 ATK!"
Full Armored Black Ray Lancer ATK 2100 - 2300
"Form my graveyard, I attach Bull Shark to Black Ray Lancer as an Overlay Unit and make it gain 800 ATK!"
Full Armored Black Ray Lancer ATK 2300 - 3300
"And now I summon Xyz Remora!"
Xyz Remora WATER Fish Effect LV4 800/800
"Using its effect, I can detach two Overlay Units of Black Ray Lancer!"
"Since Bull Shark was detached, your Fujin loses 800 ATK!"
Great Storm Star Fujin ATK 3000 - 2200
"And after doing that, I can Xyz Summon one monster with the number of Xyz Materials reduced by the number of Overlay Units detached by this effect!"
"I, using the level 4 Xyz Remora, overlay!"
"Xyz Shōkan! Appear now, numbers 32! The most powerful ruler of the deep sea! Exterminate everything with your sharp fangs! Marine Biting Dragon, Shark Drake!"
Numbers 32: Marine Biting Dragon – Shark Drake WATER Sea-Serpent Xyz Effect R4 2800/2100
"Shark Drake, attack Fujin!"
Takeda: 2200 - 1600 [1]
"And now by detaching an Overlay Unit, Shark Drake can bring your Fujin back but it loses 1000 ATK!"
Great Storm Star Fujin ATK 3000 - 2000
"Shark Drake can attack a second time when it uses its effect! Destroy Kajima now!"
Ken: 2200 - 1200 [0]
"I set down a card and end my turn!"
"Watashi no turn, draw!" Ruri started her second turn.
"By banishing Avenge, I special summon Lyrical Luscinia - Amber Warbler from my hand!"
Lyrical Luscinia – Amber Warbler WIND Winged Beast Effect LV1 100/0
"When this card is summoned, I can inflict 200 damage for each "Lyrical Luscinia" monsters in my graveyard!"
Takeda: 1600 - 800 [1]
"Reverse Card open! Summon Lock! I target Amber Warbler and other players cannot summon monsters with the level higher than it, which means 2 or higher!"
"What?"
"But that means your angry friend is restricted too!"
"Just Shark Drake and Black Ray are enough to beat you two! Then we will beat you three LDS scums!"
"Magic Card, Reckless Summon of Hell! I special summon two more Amber Warblers from my deck!"
"You could have summoned two more copies of 1 of your monsters, but thanks to this trap, you cannot!" Ruri smiled. "And the effect of the two Amber Warblers will finish you off!"
"Damn you bitch… Just kidding!"
"What?"
Ken answered by activating his trap. "Trap Card, Star Rebound! Up to twice per turn, when you inflict damage, I can negate it, then destroy a monster on the field and inflict damage equal to its original ATK!"
"What?"
"The first monster is… Black Ray Lancer!"
Ryoga: 2200 - 100 [1]
"This time you will lose, Kamishiryo Ryoga!" The light flew at Shark Drake.
"Ryoga!"
"Not gonna lose that easy! Dream Shark!" The monster appeared, absorbing the damage.
Dream Shark WATER Fish Effect LV5 0/2600
"I'm sorry Ryoga! We almost lost!"
"It's OK Ruri! Now proceed with your turn!"
"With pleasure! I, using the three Amber Warblers, overlay!"
"Xyz Shōkan! Rank 1! Lyrical Luscinia - Recite Starling!"
"It gains 300 ATK and DEF for each Overlay Units!"
Lyrical Luscinia - Recite Starling 0/0 - 900/900
"By detaching an Overlay Unit, I can add Cobalt Sparrow to my hand!"
Lyrical Luscinia - Recite Starling 900/900 - 600/600
"This is the end for you Takeda! Battle!"
"What?"
"Lyrical Luscinia - Recite Starling, attack Fujin!"
"But it has lower ATK!"
"Any battle damage I take from battles involving Starling is also inflicted to you!"
"WHAT?" For the first time, Takeda clearly lost his temper, but... "Not... gonna... happen."
"What do you mean?"
"Trap Card, Star Power activate!"
"No!"
"You know what it will do right?" Fujin swung its stick to cancel the wind blast and thursted it at Starling, destroying the poor bird. After that, a monster in blue clothing showed up.
Water Thunder Star Shimizu WATER Warrior Effect LV4 1800/0
Ruri: 2800 - 1400 [1]
"Dammit... he countered that too... What would I do..." He sadly thought before concluding her turn.
"At this moment, Summon Lock is destroyed." Ruri said as the trap disappeared.
"Well, I gave you an applause for fighting this well and for actually gonna win against us, but that was futile!"
"You two will lose for real this time!" The goons mocked.
"Ore no turn! Draw!"
"Magic Card, Yūgō activate!"
"Dammit! What monster would he bring out?" Ryoga readied himself.
"Careful Ryoga!" Ruri warned.
"Flash across the heavens! Echo through the earth! Lightning God of Destruction, reign over this land! Fusion Summon! Come forth! Supreme Thunder Star Raijin!" A big monster in yellow outfit appeared.
Supreme Thunder Star Raijin WIND Warrior Fusion Effect LV10 3000/2200
"When Raijin is Fusion Summoned, it destroys 2 cards on the field!"
"No way!"
"The targets are Shark Drake and your left set card!" The monster charged its big sword before emitting a large beam of light at Shark Drake and Ruri's set card, destroying the first but as I went to the second, that card suddenly lit up and shone up brightly.
"Quick-Play Magic, Rank-Up-Magic Luscinia Force!"
"What? Rank-Up-Magic? What the hell is that?"
"This card targets Assembly Nightingale and special summons a "Lyrcial Luscinia" Xyz Monster in my Extra Deck with 1 Rank higher, using Assembly as an Xyz Material!"
"WHAT? How did you learn it!?" The LDS goons wondered.
"Rank-Up Xyz Change! Fly up high, Rank 2, Lyrical Luscinia - Revolting Nightingale!"
Lyrical Luscinia - Revolting Nightingale WIND Winged Beast Xyz Effect R2 0/0
"For each Overlay Units attached to it, it gains 200 ATK!"
Lyrical Luscinia - Revolting Nightingale ATK 0 - 200
"And by banishing Amber Warbler, Luscinia Force can be attached as an overlay unit for Revolting!" The card flew from an opening portal and turned into a green Overlay Unit, circling around the Xyz monster.
Lyrical Luscinia - Revolting Nightingale ATK 200 - 400
"But it only has 400 ATK! Battle! Raijin, attack Revolting Nightingale!"
"Revolting Nightingale has the same effect as Assembly Nightingale!" Ruri said as the Xyz monster detached one of its Overlay Units to protect itself.
"Which means it can only do that one more time! Go! Shimizu!"
"I end my turn! Finish them now, Takeda! I'm getting annoyed!"
"Uh! Ore no turn!" Takeda drew his card. He had a huge grin on his face after seeing it. "It's here! It's here! The card that will finish you two annoying ants!"
"What?"
"What did you draw?" They became nervous.
"Magic Card, Thunder Bolt!" He slid the card to the Magic/Trap slot, activating it. A large thunder suddenly struck the top of the warehouse and went through it, striking the ground. Dream Shark and Revolting Nightingale were destroyed.
"Dammit! Our monsters..."
"What is that?" Nakajima wondered.
Reiji simply said. "It means that the duel would be over soon... These two people fought really well, but it seems to be futile..."
After crossing the bridge, Shun and Yuto suddenly see a thunder strike. It struck at a warehouse.
"What the hell is that?" Kurosaki said in shock.
"It's a thunder bolt! It hit a warehouse at the pier! Ryoga is probably near there!"
"Hurry Yuto! We cannot lose him!" They ran faster at that location.
"President! We got information from the control room that two individuals are approaching the pier fast!" Nakajima informed his boss, showing him a holographic image of Shun and Yuto running.
"What do we do now?"
"No time to waste anymore!" Reiji said before taking off his glassed and donning a black mask. "Get ready!"
Reiji then got out of his limousine and walked to the warehouse number 52.
"Hahahahahaha! Now you have nothing to defend yourself! This is real despair, the despair that will pain you forever!"
"We already got enough back home! This is nothing!"
"Then let's make it something! Battle!"
"Fujin, Ryoga direct attack!"
Ryoga said while pointing at his set card "Trap Card, Zeus' Breath! Your attack is negated!"
"Shimizu's effect activate!" Makoto interrupted.
"What?"
"It can negate the activation of a Normal Magic or Normal Trap Card and destroy it!"
"NO!" The monster thrust its stick at Ryoga, making him scream in pain and sending him flying. He hit his head on the wall, knocking him unconscious.
"RYOGA!"
Ryoga: 100 - 0 [0]
Ruri attempted to wake him up, but to no avail.
"Hahahahhaha! One down, one to go!"
"Finish that girl Takeda!" The goons cheered. Ruri could not do anything to prevent herself anymore with that powerful effect of Shimizu. She thought back of the people she had known in her life in shame. Her parents, her brother Shun, her friends Rio, Ryoga, Kaito, Mizael, and Yuto in shame. She did not know what would happen to her after losing this duel anymore.
"Battle! Shimizu, Ruri direct attack-"
"Trap Card, DD Bomb! I can activate this card from my hand if my opponent control three more cards than I do!"
The people in the warehouse all turned to see a man in black mask. But the voice and the name of the trap pretty much confirmed to them who he was.
"Akaba... Reiji?" They all thought out loud.
"I banish Hell Armageddon from my hand to destroy all monster with ATK equal or lower than it and inflict damage to all player equal to half of the combined original ATK!" Hell Armageddon suddenly appeared, hitting the attack and exploded, creating a huge explosion. All of the people in the warehouse was blown away, all hitting the wall and losing consciousness. Reiji stood besides the wall to avoid the blast.
Ruri: 1400 - 0 [1]
Ken: 1200 - 0 [0]
Takeda: 800 - 0 [1]
"Hurry Nakajima!" Both Reiji and Ryoga quickly dragged Ruri, Ryoga, Ken, Takeda and the three LDS members to the back of the limousine and quickly rode off. The car nearly hit Shun and Yuto on its way. They both looked in the limousine and saw Ryoga being in there. Ruri was not seen because she was laying down.
"Dammit! It's Ryoga!"
"Ryoga!"
Shun and Yuto attempted to give chase, but the car rode off too fast for them to catch up. They reluctantly stopped to catch their breath.
"My god... we... we lost him... we lost him..."
"NOOOO!" Shun growled. They have lost too much during the war, now they lost Ryoga too. What would they do, when they could not even protect their closet friends...
"Well, that was a close call there..." Nakajima commented while driving.
"Now we know one thing for sure... Ruri and Ryoga is not from here."
"Yes?"
"In that duel, they ranked their Xyz Monsters up, a technique not used by LDS. That confirmed my suspicion that they are not from this dimension. Probably the Xyz dimension."
"And those two guys chasing us back there, they are probably their comrades. But why are they here?"
"They probably came from the Xyz Dimension. I think that Abaka Leo attacked that dimension..." He said while clenching his fist. "And somehow his men captured these two."
"But why are they here?"
"They probably ran into here to escape Academia. Anyway, we will handle the three LDS members, the Ryozanpaku Duel School ones, Ruri and Ryoga later." Reiji said as they went back to LDS.
Still scared from that near experience, she covered her breasts and curled back to the corner of the wall, crying. Her messy hair failed to hide her fear.
Barrett sadly looked on. Seeing Rin crying like this reminded him of Selena, the girl with the same face as Rin. He cared about them and the weak in general despite being an Academia soldier. He could not bear to look at this sight anymore. He dragged the body out of the room and handled it to Apollo, who took it away. He then turned back to Rin.
"I know you're scared, but I'm not here to hurt you, I never want to. I only called you because the Professor ordered me to get you to him."
"NO! I will not!"
Barrett sighed heavily before trying the harder way. "I only follow orders little girl. You reminded me of someone."
This managed to bring Rin out of her nerves. She looked up at him curiously. "Who?"
"You will know soon. Now, do you want to follow me voluntarily or by force with the guards out there?"
Rin did not know why, but this man at least managed to give her safety and ease despite his intimidating appearance. She relented and got up, following him, her hand still cuffed. They got out of the prison tower and slowly walked into the Academia headquarters.
Along the way, they went across a room. It seemed like a hospital one. In there, they saw a comatose woman under some kind of machine, the man in purple robes known as the Professor and a teenager with tan skin, red eyes, and black and red spiked hair that points out and upward. He wore a red sleeveless vest and long white pants. He looked at the sick woman in sadness. The Professor touched his shoulders to confront him.
"Who are those three?" Rin wondered.
"The one in purple is the Professor, the leader of Academia. The woman in bed had cancer stage four."
"What? Cancer?" Rin became shocked.
"Yes. Academia has a cancer machine that slowly destroys dead organs to heal people with cancer, but it takes a long time to do it. And we are not even sure if this works or not."
Rin sadly looked at her. There were many more people whose life is even more miserable than her. Losing parents is one thing, but seeing parents in the brink of death like this is even worse.
"And the teenager there is her son right?"
"Yes."
"You know what his name is?"
Barrett looked at her, then the room, before answering.
"His name... is Tsukumo Yuma..."
Fanfic OC Cards
Card of Current (Magic Card)
Banish 2 WATER monsters in the graveyard that have no effects that activate from the graveyard; draw 2 cards.
Star Power (Trap Card)
When you would take battle damage or effect damage from a card effect, negate that damage, and if you do, special summon 1 "Star" monster from your Deck.
Fire Thunder Star Kajima
FIRE Warrior LV4 1800/0
Water Thunder Star Shimizu
WATER Warrior Effect LV4 1800/0
When a "Star" monster battles, your opponent cannot activate any Magic/Trap cards until the end of the Damage Step.
Star Duplicate (Trap Card)
Activate this card by targeting a "Star" monster you control. Special summon this card as a Normal Monster with the same ATK as one "Star" monster you control (Warrior-Type/LIGHT/LV4/ATK?/DEF?).
Lyrcial Luscinia - Avenge (Trap Card)
When you take effect damage from a card effect, gain 300 LP for each "Lyrical Luscinia" monsters in your hand, field and graveyard. And if you do, inflict the same amount as damage to your opponent. Then you can destroy an opponent's monster on the field.
Bull Shark
WATER Fish Effect LV4 800/800
You can attach this card from your hand or graveyard to a WATER Xyz Monster you control as an Xyz Material. If this card activate its effect from the graveyard and is sent to the graveyard, banish it.
Summon Lock (Continuous Trap Card)
Activate this card by targeting a level 1 monster you control, this turn, no players can special summon any level 1 monsters. Destroy this card during the End Phase.
Rank-Up-Magic Luscinia Force (Quick-Play Magic Card)
Target 1 "Lyrical Luscinia" Xyz monster you control; Special Summon from your Extra Deck, 1 "Lyrical Luscinia" monster that is 1 Rank higher than that target, by using that target as the Xyz Material (This Special Summon is treated as an Xyz Summon, Attached Xyz Materials also become Xyz Materials on the Summoned monster). You can banish 1 "Lyrical Luscinia" monster from your graveyard, attach this card to a "Lyrical Luscinia" Xyz monster you control as an Xyz Material.
DD Bomb (Trap Card)
Banish one "DD" monster from your hand; destroy all monsters on the field with ATK less than or equal to the ATK of the banished monsters, and if you do, inflict damage to both players equal to half of the combined original ATK of the destroyed monsters.
(I'll add other cards later)
Changed effect of anime cards
Heaven Thunder Star Senkou LIGHT Warrior Effect LV7 2300/0
If you control 2 "Star" monsters, you can normal summon this card without tributing.
Earthly Wind Star Tsumuji EARTH Warrior Effect LV6 2200/0
If you control no monsters, you can normal summon this card without tributing. If summoned this way, you can special summon another "Star" monster from your hand.
Great Storm Star Fujin WIND Warrior Fusion Effect LV10 3000/2200
If this card is Fusion Summoned, change the ATK and DEF of all of your opponent's monsters to 0, and for each monsters on the field that has 0 DEF, your opponent takes 500 damage.
Supreme Thunder Star Raijin WIND Warrior Fusion Effect LV10 3000/2200
When this card is Fusion Summoned, you can destroy up to two of your opponent's cards on the field.
Finished! And... I do not know how you guys will react so I will not drag you guys any longer! The duels are not that great though. Anyway, I hope you like the chapter and the twist, also please review.
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