I skipped the whole friendship battle, because in my story they get along fine.
Hiccup was wondering through the forest, he was still searching for the remaining Dragon Spirits that had landed or across the island. Unfortunately, he had lost his bearings and was now completely lost and starving.
'The only thing worse than being lost, is being hungry and last,' he said to himself.
He looked up and saw something in the distance. "Food!" he yelled with relief.
However, when he got there he discovered that it was nothing more than a pit with several magazines with pictures of Wolflegs on the cover.
"Figures," he groaned. He then picked one up and looked at it. "Wolflegs?" He opened it up and looked at the date. "These are pretty old, back when he was still undefeated in wonder what he's up to? He sort of vanished after… after he lost to Eret."
In the Slifer Red Dorm, Fishlegs was in the dining hall looking through a magazine with Wolflegs on the cover.
"What happened, Wolflegs," he sighed. "You used to be the best and now you're just the butt of everyone's jokes. I mean look, you've lost ten duels in a row and got bumped down to the Amateurs."
Standing by the door were Ragnar, Speedfist and Wartihog.
"Poor soldier," said Wartihog. "He need some R&R."
"I have to say I'm concerned about Wolflegs as well," said Ragnar. "He seems to be in worse shape than Hiccup when he lost."
"Well, if my brother hit rock bottom I'm sure I'd feel the same way," said Speedfist.
"Well, if Wolflegs was my brother I change my last name," said Snotlout as he made his way up to the three Ras. He then looked at Fishlegs. "Hey, guess what, Fishlegs! Now there someone out there who's even lamer than you are!"
Behind him Ragnar, Speedfist and Wartihog were carefully making their way towards him with their hands stretched out.
Of course, there is still hope for him," Snotlout continued. "All he needs to do is join the Society of Light." He then turned and looked at the three Ras behind him. "And so do you or you end up just like Wolflegs."
Astrid and Heather, who was sitting at the table opposite the door rose to their feet.
"Hi, babes," he said smiling. "The two of you will join, right?"
Astrid and Heather looked at one another and nodded and before he knew what hit him, the two girls punched Snotlout in the face.
The two of them and made their way over to Fishlegs, who ran removed his gaze of the magazine.
"Snotlout is right," said Fishlegs. Astrid then grabbed the magazine. "That's mine!"
"And it's trash," said Astrid as she rolled the magazine up.
"Sensationalist garbage," Heather nodded.
"Yeah, don't believe this stuff," said Astrid. "Wolflegs is going to win tonight, I just know it."
Fishlegs didn't look entirely convinced.
Astrid and Heather then looked at Ragnar, Speedfist and Wartihog for support as the three of them entered into the dining hall.
"Good point," said Speedfist. "Have you seen his opponent? He's a joke."
"Even a child could beat him," said Ragnar.
"That's right," said Wartihog. "If your brother loses to this guy…"
"Then what?" Fishlegs asked, looking hopeful.
"His career is really over," said Wartihog.
Ragnar face palmed himself. "You really know how to motivate people."
On the mainland, Wolflegs was doing against his opponent, he was no longer in a high-class arena with proper effects and lighting, but in a poorly maintained one with bad electricity.
The crowd was not enthusiastic either as they were just sitting there as if they had nothing better to do.
To make matters worse, he was in fact losing to his opponent.
Lars the Lazy: 2900
Wolflegs: 150
"Boring!" the crowd cried.
"Give me a break, this is lame."
Lars had only one monster out, Magical Scientist, who was pretty much a scientist. (ATK: 300/ DEF: 300)
"Magical Scientist," said Lars the Lazy. "Attack Wolflegs directly."
Magical scientist jumped into the air and he opened up his lab coat, to reveal a pairs Bahama shorten sandals and send a sonic blast straight at Wolflegs, whose field was completely open.
Lars the Lazy: 2900 (Winner!)
Wolflegs: 0
"Yet another loss for Wolflegs Ingerman," said Razor, who was no longer sitting in announcement box. "I think it's safe to say, his career is officially over."
Razor's comment rung true as the crowd yelled angrily at Wolflegs and throwing trash at him.
"I want a refund!"
"Go back to school rookie!"
"Hey, you do change your name to Puppylegs!"
An hour later, Wolflegs was in the shower and remember the conversation he had with his manager, who is finally had enough of his losing streak.
"Look kid," said the manager. "My company only hires the best players in the world. When we signed you on we expected a champion." He then took a sip of his tea. "Instead we got you and I don't pay for failures, son."
His former manager finished sipping his tea and then left him there as he sat quietly staring at his tea.
In the present, Wolflegs was in a complete slump.
'What's wrong with me?' he said himself as he turned off the shower. 'Why am I afraid to duel?'
After he got changed he began to leave the duel arena, with his suitcase in one hand.
"Quite a duel, Mr Ingerman," said a voice behind him.
Wolflegs looked for the source of the voice and found a sleazy looking character in the shadows wearing a dark suit and sunglasses.
"In fact, I heard it may have been your last one."
Wolflegs narrowed his eyes. "Says who?"
"Various members of the press," the man shrugged. "But… hey, who really reads the paper or watches TV these days?"
"Look, pal, buzz off."
"Sorry," said the man apologetically. "Let's start over, shall we?" He then pulled out his card which said 'Mr. Shroud'. "The names Mr Shroud and I think I can help you."
Wolflegs took the card and looked at Shroud suspiciously. "Really? How is that?"
"By putting you back on top, of course," said Shroud. "Why? Isn't that what you want? Cheering fans? And sold out arenas?"
Wolflegs' face was completely emotionless and it was rather reluctant to accept help from a complete stranger, a sleazy one at that.
"Wolflegs, if you stick with me I'll get you back everything you lost," Shroud promised. "But don't be a fool, it won't be easy. We're going to have to start way back at the very beginning. I'm going to reinvent you Wolflegs, it will be your rebirth."
"How's that?"
"Well, we'll begin at the bottom. Far from the cameras eyes. Where the press can't slander you," Shroud explained. "Tell me, Wolflegs, ever hear of Underground Duelling before? It's not as glamorous as the Pro Leagues. However, let's just say it has its advantages."
Wolflegs narrowed his eyes. "Look Mr Shroud, I graduated at the top of my class, underground duels aren't my bag."
Shroud looked at him firmly. "If you expect to salvage your career, you don't have a choice. Now then… care to reconsider your decision?"
Wolflegs just looked at him in silence and Shroud took this as a yes and chuckled.
Wolflegs began to follow Shroud down a dark dingy alleyway which was guarded by two thugs. Upon seeing them they opened the door they were guarding and they descended down a flight of stairs.
There he noticed another door and they passed through that to enter in a room full of masked people on each and every table. All them were around a large cage which was in the centre of the room.
Wolflegs was soon regretting his choice as he prepared himself for his match, but if you back out now he would look like a coward.
"Attention, spectators, tonight's duel will be a steel cage match," said the announcer. "No holds barred and no means of escape. Now entering into the ring, from parts unknown, it's the undefeated Cage King, Maddog!"
Wolflegs just added his opponent as he entered into the cage. He was a large muscular man covered in scars, in fact his profession looked more in line with wrestling rather than duelling.
"And his challenger," the announcer continued. "The first Berk Duel Academy graduate who has ever graced our squared circle, former Pro League champ, Wolfelgs Ingerman!"
The spectators were talking among themselves and he had a feeling that they were talking about him.
"Got it in rock bottom," said a masked woman.
'This shouldn't be too tough,' Wolflegs said to himself. 'I bet this poser hasn't had any training at all.'
He then noticed two men were placing metal collars around his upper limbs. Then two were doing the same to him.
"Don't worry about those," said Shroud. "They just make the duel… a bit more electrifying."
"What?" said Wolflegs as they began to place a metal collar around his neck.
"Now remember, Wolflegs" said Shroud. "You're forbidden to leave the cage until the match is over. Oh, yes… And about your opponent, he's known to be quite dangerous."
"That's right," said Maddog in a very deep booming voice. "I'm your worst nightmare come real."
"Let the games begin!" the announcer yelled over the loudspeakers.
The two of them then activated their duel disks.
Maddog: 4000
Wolflegs: 4000
'This is it,' said Wolflegs grimly to himself.
"I'll go first," said Maddog as he drew. "I play Acid Slime in defence mode."
Then suddenly appearing on the field was what could only be described as a solid piece of slime. (ATK: 800/ DEF: 1000)
"Then I'll place this facedown and end my turn," said Maddog as he played a card in the spell and trap card zone.
"Is that all," said Wolflegs as he drew. "Watch this, I'll throw down a facedown and then activate my Different Dimension Capsule." Capsule then appeared in front of Wolflegs. "This is how it works, first pick a card and then I remove that card from the game." He began looking for his deck, selected a card and placed it in his pocket. On the field a hologram of a card placed itself in the opened capsule. "But after two turns my capsule activates a card I remove comes back to my hand."
The capsule then vanished along with the car that he placed inside it.
"And now, I summon this… my Cyber Dragon in attack mode."
Appearing on the field was Wolflegs mechanical dragon. (ATK: 2100/ DEF: 1600)
"Attack me, I dare you," Maddog smirked.
Wolflegs frowned. 'If I destroy his Acid Slime I take 800 points of damage. So, I might as well play cool for now.'
"Too scared, huh," said Maddog smiling. He then pressed a button on his duel disk. "Too bad, because you would have started this. My trap card, Last Machine Acid Virus!
"Now, this is how it works. I sacrifice a Water monster and then every one of your Machines, like that Cyber Dragon of yours, are instantly crushed and that goes for the next three rounds."
Wolflegs widened as he realised that he had fallen right into a trap.
"Last Machine Acid Virus! Activate!" Maddog roared.
Wolflegs looked at his Cyber Dragon, which started to rust and decay and then it got blasted into thousands of pixels.
"And it gets worse, for Machine this card destroys you lose 500 points."
Wolflegs the notice for targeting from the bracelets around his upper limbs and neck. "What that—"
Next second he felt electricity rushing through his body and roared in pain.
Maddog: 4000
Wolflegs: 3500
Wolflegs turned and glared at Shroud. "Hold on, what's the deal Shroud?"
"Didn't I warn you? The keep the duel interesting every time you lose life points you receive an electric shock," Shroud explained. "Be careful, this game can take a lot out of you. Trust me, this is a match you don't want to lose, Mr Ingerman."
"You lie to me! Your pay for this Shroud!"
Shroud simply smiled. "That's not fair. Just look…" He gestured to the people watching the game. "A sold-out arena, fans cheering you to victory. I gave you exactly what I promised. You want fame? Then you have to pay the price, you are to know, nothing comes easy in this world. Now go fight for your life."
Wolflegs simply snarled at him.
"Go on," said Shroud. "Your public is waiting, don't disappoint them."
The crowd began to grow restless as he just stood there.
Wolflegs turned towards Maddog. "Bring it on."
"Oh, I'll bring it," said Maddog as he drew. "I played this, my Contingency Fee. This is how it works, you draw into you hold six cards in your hand and then I gain 1000 life points with each card you drew."
Wolflegs drew three cards from his deck.
Maddog: 7000
Wolflegs: 3500
"However, thanks to my Last Machine Acid Virus I get a look at your hand for any Machine monsters you might have picked up."
Wolflegs reveal the card he drew which were Card from a Different Dimension, Battle Fusion and Damage Polarizer.
"Sorry, no Machines here," said Wolflegs.
"I can easily remedy that," said Maddog and he picked up a spell card. "I now activate, Card Destruction. Now we have to send our entire hand to the Graveyard and then draw the exact same number from our deck."
The two of them placed their hand in the Graveyard.
"I get to draw three and you get to draw six," said Maddog as he drew three cards.
"Go ahead, check them out," said Wolflegs holding out his hand.
"It helps if you turn them around," Maddog smirked.
Wolflegs growled at him and revealed his hand which contained Cyber Barrier Dragon, Power Bond, Cyber Laser Dragon, Cyber Kirin, Trap Booster and Cyber Phoenix.
"You have four Machine monsters in your hand," said Maddog as the Cyber monsters appeared behind Wolflegs. "So thanks to my Last Machine Acid Virus your force to send them to the Graveyard and will take 500 point of damage each one."
Wolflegs for monsters began to rust and decay and seconds later they turned into pixels. Wolflegs then felt a massive jolt of pain running through his body as a shock collars activated.
Maddog: 7000
Wolflegs: 1500
Shroud simply smiled at Wolflegs displeasure.
"We're not done yet, I play Pot of Greed," said Maddog. "Which allows me to draw two cards."
Maddog drew his two cards and revealed one of them to be a monster. "Next, I summon Clone Slime in defence mode."
Appearing on the field was a blob of green slime that took on a humanoid form and took on a defensive position. (ATK: 0/ DEF: 0)
"I'll end my turn with two facedowns," said Maddog as he placed two cars in the Spell and Trap card zone. "Give up yet?"
Wolflegs was panting hard. "All right, my move," he said as he drew.
The card he drew was his Future Fusion, at last he got a break. 'This spell card might just be the cure to his acid virus.'
Wolflegs then placed the card in his spell and trap card zone. "I activate, Future Fusion. So, by moving fusion monsters from my deck to my grave I can form a new monster and summon it now."
"I'm afraid not," said Maddog as he pressed a button on his duel disk. "You triggered my trap, Jammer Slime." One of his facedown cards revealed itself. "So I sacrificing this, I can negate the effects of your spell card." Maddog discarded the only card in his hand. "Sorry, but in here I call the shots."
A purple slime and shot out of the trap card and struck Wolflegs Future Fusion card, destroying it.
"And the card I sacrificed was, Drew Slime, and whenever it sent to the Graveyard I get to draw another card," said Maddog as he drew.
Wolflegs groaned in frustration.
"Don't worry, I think you've had enough," Maddog smiled. "So, I'm going to help you out a bit."
"No thanks," said Wolflegs.
"Too late," said Maddog as he revealed his last facedown card. "Because I play my Despised Reality. Now you get a summon a level 4 or below monster, but I won't get too excited. Because once you play your card I get to draw two cards, so I suggest that you consider carefully. Of course, you could simply agree not to in which case I would take 1000 point of damage."
Wolflegs just remain silent as he contemplated on what to do.
"So, Wolflegs, what's going to be?" Maddog asked.
Wolflegs look to the trap card. 'The only way I can win this is if I get my monsters out there.'
"I accept," said Wolflegs as he pulled out his deck. "So, I'll summon my Proto-Cyber Dragon to the field."
Then appearing on the field was a Cyber Dragon, but unlike the original one this one was not as advanced and had wires sticking out of it. (ATK: 1100/ DEF: 600)
"So, to rain on your parade Maddog, but my new dragon dwarfs your little slimeball," said Wolflegs.
"So what, I still get two cards," said Maddog as he drew two cards.
"Your last! Now Proto-Cyber Dragon destroyed his Clone Slim!" Wolflegs ordered.
Proto-Cyber Dragon roared as it reared its head and made its way over to Clone Slim preparing to fire at it.
"You're so close, yet so far," said Maddog. "Because when my Slime is attacked, I get to replace it with a monster in my Graveyard. You remember my Acid Slime, don't you?"
Wolflegs watched in horror as his Clone Slime vanished and was replaced with Acid Slime, making it the new target.
"Now the here special ability," Maddog smiled as Proto-Cyber Dragon fired an energy being directly at the monster, destroying it. "Whenever Acid Slime is destroyed in battle, you lose 800 life points. And a blast like that should be quite a shock to your system."
Wolflegs roared in pain as electricity flowed through his body as he began to lose life points.
Maddog: 7000
Wolflegs: 700
The spectators laughed at his misfortune.
"I'm still, standing," said Wolflegs weakly.
"Not for long," said Maddog as he drew. "I've been waiting for this, I'm about to redefine pain to you." He then inserted the card in his spell and trap card zone. I play my Slime Base!
"Thanks to this I get to summon a Slime monster. So, get a lot of this guy, Multiple Slime!"
Then appearing on the field was a yellow's' slimed dog. (ATK: 1500/ DEF: 2000)
"All right, Multiple Slime, destroying his Cyber Dragon now… Primordial Ooze Attack!"
Multiple Slime then fired a slimeball that struck Proto-Cyber Dragon. It then began to cover the mechanical dragon until it was completely consumed by the slime and then it turned into thousands of pixels.
Next second, Wolflegs witness another jolt of pain from his shock bands.
Maddog: 7000
Wolflegs: 300
"Looks like you've had enough," said Maddog as he inserted to facedown cards in the spell and trap card zone. "For now anyway."
"Mr Ingerman, I told you 'had to start at the bottom' and it doesn't get any lower than this," said Shroud. "You've reached the bottom of the barrel. Only one place to go from here."
"Yeah, out, because I quit!" said Wolflegs firmly. "I don't want to be part of this underworld Shroud! Now open that door!"
"Impossible," said Shroud. "The matches and over yet. If you want out so badly all you have to do is win."
"I can't! If I draw another Machine card he'll destroy it thanks to his trap card… it's over."
Shroud simply laughed. "What have you got to lose? Not your reputation, nor your pride… they're gone and if you were to give up this fight right now, you'll never get them back."
"Stop!" Wolflegs snarled.
"The reality is you've already lost everything," Shroud continued. "What you need to do now is let go of your past and move on. Now leave the old Wolflegs up in that steel cage."
Wolflegs look to the ground. "What about my friends?"
"They're all gone," said Shroud. "Except me."
"Everyone is deserted me," said Wolflegs."
"Can you hurry this up," said Maddog. "I have more important things to do than waste my time with you."
Wolflegs glared at him and felt an anger he had not felt in his entire life.
"So, it's excitement you want!" Wolflegs roared as he drew. He looked at the card and it was not a Machine, but in fact the spell card which meant he was safe.
"Then let the fun begin, because now two turns are up my capsule is activated," said Wolflegs as the capsule reappeared on his field. Then opened up revealing the card that he had placed inside. "And the card I placed inside, gets return to my hand.
"Then, I'll play my Power Bond spell!" Wolflegs yelled holding out the spell card. "This allows me to send some fusion material monster to my Graveyard and then I can merge them together and automatically summon this new monster to the field.
"Of course, there's a problem. I'm short on cards… oh, well. I guess I'll just have to play my Cybernetic Fusion Support!" Wolflegs yelled holding up a second spell card from his hand. "Once I pay half my life points, I can skip a step."
He felt a small jolt through his electric bands, but it was nothing more than a twitch to him now.
Maddog: 7000
Wolflegs: 150
"Now I can summon my new monster without any sacrifices! Meet Cyber End Dragon!"
Suddenly emerging behind him was Wolflegs, favourite monster, the three-headed cyber dragon. (ATK: 4000/ DEF: 2800)
"And thanks to Power Bond its strength is doubled!" Wolflegs roared.
Cyber End Dragon began to glow as its power increased twofold. (ATK: 4000-8000)
"As an interesting side note when I'm done, Power Bond special effect kicks in. Causing me to lose 4000 life points. However, I plan to defeat you first."
Maddog simply smirked. "Nice try, but I make the rules round here." He then pressed a button on his duel disk and one of his facedown card revealed itself. "Go, Slime Ball! This little beauty boosts my life points by the same amount as your Dragon's attack points, but that's not the only thing it does. It destroys your monster."
Maddog: 15000
Wolflegs: 150
Wolflegs growled as seconds later his Cyber End Dragon disappeared in thousands of pixels.
"Thought you had me, didn't you Ingerman? Now you see why I'm King of the Cage!" Maddog roared.
"Not yet," Wolflegs growled.
"And what is that supposed to mean? You really believe that you can win?"
"Not 'think', I know with all my soul!" Wolflegs roared in anger.
Shroud simply smiled, because his plan had worked.
"I should warn you, the Wolflegs you think you know is long gone! All this time I've been focusing on nonsense like respect for my opponents when I should have been focused on winning! I played by the rules and look where it got me! Nowhere! Duelling is about making up your own rules! Right?"
Maddog was taken aback and was actually felt a twinge of fear in his body.
"And about tapping into your anger to win!" Wolflegs then pressed a button on his duel disk. "I reveal my facedown card, Call of the Haunted!"
"What?" Maddog yelled.
"Now I can search through my Graveyard and choose one monster to summon," said Wolflegs. "And I pick my Proto-Cyber Dragon!"
Then appearing on the field was Proto-Cyber Dragon.
"Then I'll play this card, ready? It's Overload Fusion!" Wolflegs roared revealing his spell card. "It lets me choose a fusion monster from my deck and call it to the field. Let me see, who should I used to tell you to shreds?" He then began looking through his fusion deck. "Ah, I know. Chimeratech Overdragon!"
"Are you sure about that?" said Maddog, now looking fearful.
"I haven't been this sure in months," said Wolflegs. "But first I must remove six of my monsters from the game. Actually, I'm only required to remove two, but I'm in a destructive mood today. So let's do this."
Wolflegs began to remove from play all the machine types in his Graveyard as well as his Proto-Cyber Dragon.
"I remove, six of my monsters from play!" Wolflegs roared as a six monsters appeared around him. "And now meet the last monster you'll ever see! Rise, Chimeratech Overdragon!"
His six Machines one by one vanished from the field and in its place study metallic grey dragon with six dragon heads and a long mechanic tail. (ATK: 4800/ DEF: 4800)
"That's a whole lot of attack points," Maddog stared.
"Now Overdragon it's time for revenge! Attack his Multiple Slime!" Wolflegs commanded.
Overdragon then fired an energy being directly at Multiple Slime, destroying it instantly.
This time it was Maddog's turn to feel the sting of the shock collars.
Maddog: 11700
Wolflegs: 150
"Is that all you got?" Maddog roared. "Well, did you know that when you destroy Multiple Slime he leaves a little present in its place? Three Slime Tokens."
Suddenly appearing on the field were three blobs of slime all them in attack mode. (ATK: 500/ DEF: 500)
"And then, I'll play this," said Maddog as he revealed his last facedown card. "My Trap Trip. Here's how it works, I can add one trap card into my hand."
He smiled evilly as he retrieved his Last Machine Acid Virus.
"You're Last Machine Virus, right?" Wolflegs smirked. "Well, I admit that the powerful card… if you can use it."
"I can," said Maddog. "I have three tokens remember? All I need to activate this trap is to sacrifice one."
"That's just it," Wolflegs smiled menacingly. "None of them will survive! Face it, it's over!"
"Hardly," said Maddog.
"Are you sure this is going to work?" Shroud asked.
"Since I ditched six cards my Overdragon can attack six times!" Wolflegs roared.
"It can?" Maddog and Shroud yelled in unison.
"It can," said Wolflegs. "Overdragon, end of this!"
Overdragon towered over Maddog and his tokens and then it fired five considerable energy beams, destroying all three of Maddog's tokens.
Maddog roared in pain as a massive amount of electricity running through his body as a remainder of his life points vanished.
Maddog: 0
Wolflegs: 150 (Winner!)
Seconds later there was a massive explosion that caused a massive shock wave to pass through the entire room and it was so powerful that the cage broke apart.
When the smoke cleared Maddog was flat on his back and Wolflegs was standing there triumphant.
Shroud smiled. "It worked, Wolflegs is reborn."
He then laughed in triumph.
The next day at Duel Academy, Fishlegs and the others, along with Agnar and twins were watching Wolflegs match.
Wolflegs had a sinister smile on his face and was now wearing a black coat and it was looking down at his opponent, who was flat on his back and looked as if he needed hospital.
"Yet another win for Wolflegs the Ruthless!" said Razor. "I'm telling you folks, this Pro is duelling like a man possessed. Could the secret to his recent success being in his edgy new look? Perhaps? All I know is Wolflegs Ingerman is back on top!"
Fishlegs simply looked at Wolflegs on the TV and grimaced. 'I know my brother and he would never duel like that. Whoever that guy is, it's not Wolflegs.'