Yu-Gi-Oh Cross-VRAINS

by OPFan37

Sholt Giro is a shy rich kid who's an up-and-coming Charisma Duelist. Fullcross is a VRAINS avatar who violently injures people in his own sense of justice to purge VRAINS. Both of them are making their own way in the virtual online world filled with killers, fakers and a lot of people after them. Where will their paths take them? And when will they cross? Into the VRAINS!

25. Chapter 25

Chapter 25: Welcome to New VRAINS!

Season 2

Fullcross is shown riding his D-Board in a sea of clouds, then followed by Sholt riding a circular baby blue and emerald green D-Board, with Mimi popping out of his Duel Disk in her Ignis form. The clouds part to reveal New VRAINS, as the two of them shoot past each other, forming a red 'X' that flashes brightly, revealing 'Yu-Gi-Oh Cross-VRAINS'.

Sholt is shown in class typing away on his computer, before being hugged by Naoki, as Yusaku watches on from afar whilst a passing Aoi in the hall stops and smiles at them. The next scene shows Fullcross and Hotline on top of a building, watching as Playmaker and Soulburner fly past them on their D-Boards. Fullcross clenches his fist and raises it skywards, where visions of giant superimposed chess pieces appear, with Queen on the left side and a shadowed man on the right side.

Go and Taleweaver are shown riding their D-Boards wearing SOL Tech Hunter Gear, with Taleweaver wearing a pair of rectangular, black framed glasses rather then a visor. Go summons Dinowrestler King T-Wrextle whilst Taleweaver summons Red-Eyes Zombie Necro Dragon. Several screens depicting Blue Angel with a gold medal next to her appear everywhere, as Blue Girl rides through them on her D-Board and summons Trickstar Holly Angel and Trickstar Band Sweet Guitar. Meanwhile, two figures resembling Rescuero and Sweetie watch her from below. Finally Ghost Girl and Erazure appear back to back, typing away at a twister of purple data that surrounds them both.

Sholt rides forward on his D-Board and summons Mymimic Curse, Grave, Armour and Master, before they erupt into rainbow flames for them to be replaced with Mymimic Phantom and two other shadowed monsters. In a bolt of lightning he is replaced by Fullcross, who summons Deliete Off Fiend, King Exploder, Line Boss and Time Programmer, before using all four to Link Summon Erase Knight. He then Fusion Summons an unknown monster, then Synchro Summons an unknown monster.

The Knights of Hanoi are then shown, as Revolver Link Summons Borreload Dragon, which roars before it becomes equipped to Borreload Savage Dragon, who unleashes a burst of energy in its attack, that reveals Dion Giro smirking as Polaris, Exec and Ulti appear underneath him, who Summon Auram the World Chalice Blademaster, Mekk-Knight Spectrum Supreme, and a giant shadowed monster.

The six Ignis then appear in a circle facing away from each other. Mimi then appears in the middle of all of them and cheers, making Ai and Flame smile, Earth and Aqua close their eyes thoughtfully, and Wind and Lightning look at her with disgust. The view then changes to Lightning, Windy and two shadowed figures facing off against Ai, Flame and Mimi, with Earth and Aqua inbetween them. Bohman and Haru then appear behind Lightning and Windy whilst Playmaker, Soulburner and Sholt appear behind the other three.

Fullcross is then shown violently clashing with an unknown figure on their D-Boards. The figure launches an attack using an unseen monster that explodes into Fullcross. The smoke clears, revealing Fullcross and Blood Shepherd facing each other, before Blood Shepherd suddenly tears off Fullcross' mask and crushes it in his grip.

Sholt is then shown flying through a rainbow on his D-Board with Mimi cheering and Mymimic Curse by their side. This is followed with Playmaker and Ai with Mymimic Illusion beside them, as well as Soulburner and Flame with Mymimic Treat by their side. Go appears with Mymimic Armour whilst Blue Girl appears with Mymimic Life, Taleweaver appears with Mymimic Grave as Revolver trails at the back with Mymimic Blade.

Sholt and Mimi look at each other and smile, as a shadow of Fullcross with his red eyes glowing flashes behind them, before all of the Mymimic's form a seven coloured rainbow of the Ignis' colours, before the logo appears.

"Into the VRAINS!"

Brave Max Logged On, and his eyes instantly widened. "Woooooow! So this is the New VRAINS?"

New VRAINS now had a gigantic tower-like structure with different facilities on every level, from social areas to shops. Several of the middle levels were Duel Fields that transformed into a Duel Field similar to the sectors from the previous VRAINS.

"So cool!" Brave Max marvelled as he looked around. "Everything looks so different, but in kind of a cool way!" He then had a thought. "Wait, Sholt helped build this new place, didn't he? Because he's a Pawn. But now! He's also..." He giggled childishly. "Man, it's so cool I'm friends with him! Ah, but I wouldn't think he has any time for me now. In any case, I'm going to go have a look around."

As he ran off, he passed by a young boy. He wore a a toy-like green armour along with a helmet with a grey visor, that had a golden key on top of it constantly spinning. The boy looked at the sprinting Brave Max, before staring up at one of the billboards. He then sighed as he continued walking.

"There's so much here!" Brave Max marvelled at the many shops selling D-Boards and Duel Disks. Anything that could be used IRL was shipped to the buyers address instead of just giving it to them there and then.

He then stopped as two shadows flew over his head, and he looked up to see two people having a Speed Duel. "Ohhhh! That's right! Speed Duels are also here too! So cool! I wanna try a Speed Duel right away! Ah, wait, I still have to check out the rest of the new server. There's so much to do it's boggling!"

As he looked around, he suddenly spotted a holographic board and ran over to it. "Ah! It's Sweetie!"

Sweetie was sporting a new design. Instead of sporting the skimpy wear she had previously, she now wore a black suit with a dark pink tie and matching trousers, both of which had sharp pink outlines of hearts all over them, as her hair was now tied back into a ponytail.

"Man, she really does look different. But, eheh, I guess she couldn't use her previous avatar since she's Queen's representative now." He mumbled to himself. "It's thanks to her that so many archetypes now have additional summoning methods after all!"

Suddenly, the holographic screen changed, causing Brave Max to jump back, as a rather simple news reporter avatar appeared over it.

"Hello, Duelists! We're bringing you a New VRAINS update, during our opening week!" The reporter announced.

On the screen next to her appeared three medals, one bronze, one silver, one gold. "For those of you unaware, the Top 10 VRAINS Duelists has now been completely overhalled in order to make all Duelists feel like champions! We now have a medal system! You start at no medal, but win enough and you'll get a bronze medal, then going on silver, and finally, gold! And each level of medal has its own leader! If you don't know them by now, then listen up! Because they're the three strongest Duelist in New VRAINS!"

The bronze medal then flashed before detailing a picture. "Our Bronze Medal Leader, Number 3: Sholt Giro!"

"There he is!" Brave Max cheered. "It's kind of a shame he's only bronze...ack! Maybe I shouldn't have said that..."

"Our Silver Medal Leader, Number 2: Polaris Hierophant!" Her expressionless face appeared on the screen.

"Oh! Her!" Brave Max seemed to remember. "I'm surprised she's Silver, she didn't really stand out much in the Top 10..."

"And finally! You all know her! You all love her! Our Gold Medal Leader, Number 1: Blue Angel!"

"Blue Angel!" Brave Max swooned. "Of course she became Number 1 after Go Onizuka stepped down. I still can't believe so many of the Top 10 left though...still though! This way, even I can make a name for myself! I've just got to get bronze, then silver, then gold! Then everyone will know the name Brave Max!"

"Gaaaahhhh!" Brave Max flinched at the sound of screaming.

"Give it to me! Give me your data!"

He spun around to see what the commotion was. A Duelist, young man by the looks of it, was being assaulted by an avatar who was completely covered by a dark shroud, who had his hand buried in the other ones chest!

"Aaaarrrgggghhhh!" The Duelist screamed as the figure pulled out an orb of blue data, causing the Duelist's avatar to disintegrate.

"Hahaha! This is too easy!" The figure laughed. "Hope your bank details are in this data too!" He then went to Log Out, but an error message appeared. "Tch, locked in already?"

"Stop right there." Several SOL Avatars appeared around him. "You're under arrest for digital thefts."

"ha! You think I didn't prepare for you bastards?" Suddenly, his robe opened up, revealing a very thin, black featureless body, surrounded by red and silver bombs!

"Look out!" Someone yelled, and everybody hit the deck as a giant explosion rang out, whilst the figure leatp out of the smoke and started running.

"All I have to do is get out of range so that I can Log Out!" He told himself as he ran.

However, he didn't get far before a figure appeared in front of him. It looked like Fullcross, only much more angular, and its Duel Disk was a standard red model.

"Shit! A Fullcross Bot!" The figure gasped.

"Activate Spell, Lightning Vortex." The bot spoke emotionlessly, before the figure was suddenly electrocuted.

"Gaaaaahhhhh!" He screamed in pain as he collapsed unconscious, dropping the ball of data which the bot picked up.

"Gathering data..." The bot whirred for a second. "Name: Gregory Hutch. Age: 32. History of online criminal activity." The hologram of personal data then attached itself to the man like a brand, or a burn mark. "Activate Spell, Nightmare's Steelcage." The Spell fell around the figure, effectively trapping them. "Returning data to owner." It tapped the orb, causing it to vanish.

Suddenly, a blue cage formed around the Fullcross Bot. "Got you!" Suddenly, more SOL Technologies agents appeared. "You things have been showing us up enough, within our first week no less! Time to find out how you tick."

"Job complete." And with that, the bot stabbed itself in the chest with its hand, causing it to explode into pixels.

"It destroyed itself!? Damnit!" One of the agents cursed. "This is frustrating beyond belief...bring the other one in."

"Wow, so that was a Fullcross Bot." Brave Max mumbled. "It really is as ruthlessly efficient as people say."

"Ha!" Somebody next to him laughed. "You know what it really is? The real Fullcross is too afraid to show his face in New VRAINS now that they've placed a bounty on him!"

"Right, the bounties..." Brave Max remembered aloud as he looked over at two holographic screens. One was for Playmaker, with a bounty of 600,000 DP, whilst one was for Fullcross, with a bounty of 800,000 DP. "I get Fullcross, but, does Playmaker really deserve such a bounty."

"If you ask me, both of them are too scared to come back because of those high prices. Everybody would be after them. And not even those two can win against the world." The person next to Brave Max said.

Suddenly, the screens beeped and switched to the reporter again. "Hello, Duelists! We've just received a special message! To celebrate the 1 week launch of New VRAINS, the Gold, Silver and Bronze Leaders are going to all have a Duel 1 hour from now in the Stage Area!"

"What!? Seriously!?" Brave Max cried. "All of them at once!? Oh man oh man oh man! I can't miss this!" He then began sprinting off...in the wrong direction, seeing as he hadn't gotten used to the lay of the land yet.

VRAINS

Ghost Girl and Erazure were sitting at a table in the Dining area. Ghost Girl had changed her avatars design whilst Erazure stayed the same. She was sipping from a drink as he sat there with his arms folded.

"You sure you don't want a drink?" She asked him. "It's cheap."

"I'm fine. I don't 'eat' or 'drink' in VRAINS anymore." He responded, remembering Fullcross' comments about it.

"Suit yourself." She smirked. "Still though, do you wonder?"

"Wonder what?"

"Where those two have gone?"

"You mean Playmaker and Fullcross?" He scratched his chin. "Well...Playmaker's business with the Knights of Hanoi has been concluded. Maybe he's finished with VRAINS. But Fullcross...if he let loose all those bots, he must still have an objective. The question is is it more passive, or is he aiming for something bigger in the shadows."

"Hmmm...also makes me wonder where Blood Shepherd slithered off to. You saw him last, didn't you, Erazure?"

"Yeah. He just said he was working on something big...but its been almost a month now."

"...God, it is quite boring without that lot around, isn't it?"

"B-Boring?" Erazure almost seemed to panic. "I'm not boring, am I!?"

"...Mm." Was her answer, and she smirked as she watched him squirm.

VRAINS

"Seriously, what the heck is this, Earth!?"

Ai and the Earth were currently sitting in digital space. Only Ai was also trapped in a sphere of orange data with Linkuriboh by his side.

"You teamed up with the guys who stole me, and who are after Cyberse? Betrayal, I cry! Of the highest order!" Ai whined.

Earth said nothing as he stared at Ai.

"...Oh c'mon, please say something! I'm so bored over here!" He mumbled.

"I am socially awkward." Was Earth's response.

"I know! IknowIknowIknowIknowIknow because you won't stop saying it!" Ai cried. "Is this about Aqua? Seriously!? Ah-ha! I know it is now! After all, you gave her that name. Look, I'm sorry if it is, I'm just too charming for my own good and-"

"Yes."

"...Pardon?" Ai quizzically asked.

"The reason I am here now...is because of Aqua." Earth said.

"Of course Aqua would get you in a talking mood." Ai huffed.

"Aqua said that each of us would have to choose a side. To side with them, or against them." Earth said. "I am currently in the middle of making that choice."

"Uhhh...how?"

"This group...I believe their outcome to be beneficial, for both humans and Ignis." He answered. "However, my mind still wavers. So, at the zenith of this plans completion, I will make my choice. So, in my available time, I have been studying humans more extensively, and considering the meaning of the existence of us Ignis, according to Dr. Kogami's wishes."

"...And?" Ai asked nervously.

Earth narrowed his eyes. "Humans can be absolutely terrible creatures." Ai fell flat on his face. "...But not all of them."

"What does that mean!?" Ai whined.

"It means I have not decided yet."

"Well, I'VE made my decision!" Ai argued. "I'm going to stay with my partner, and we, we're going to find the people who destroyed Cyberse World and beat them! Then, humans and Ignis can both live peacefully!"

"Still as hopeful as ever." Earth responded. "...I always liked that about you." Suddenly, he swept his hand, and the cage around Ai and Linkuriboh disappeared.

"You're letting us go?"

"We have already copied your necessary data. There is no need for you anymore, really." He said. "I believe they did this so you wouldn't cause trouble. But as of now it just weighs on my conscious."

"Earth...heh, heh! Thanks a bunch!" Ai gave a peace sign. "Come on, Linkuriboh! Let's go find Playmaker after all this time!" He jumped on top of the Cyberse monster and the two of them flew off.

"...I said too much." Earth seemed to conclude.

VRAINS

Sholt, Polaris and Blue Angel all sat in a meeting room.

"A Tag Duel?" Blue Angel asked.

"Yes." Polaris practically whispered. "I found someone who would work well with me, just for an exhibition match."

"So, if that's you two, then it'll be me and you teaming up, Sholt." Blue Angel said.

"Right." He nodded.

"This will be your first Duel as Bronze Leader, at least publicly. How are you feeling?" She asked.

"I'll be alright." Was his answer.

"We feel awesome!" Mimi vouched for him. "And we're going to win!"

Polaris didn't give a reaction before speaking. "Then it's settled. I'll contact them and let them know. We start in an hour." She then left the room.

"God, I can never get a read on her." Blue Angel admitted, before looking at Sholt. "Don't take this the wrong way, Sholt...but I'm surprised Queen invited you to be in this new Top 3. I mean, I understand you were partnered with Taleweaver..."

"I honestly don't know either." He answered. "All I can do with this, is inherit Taleweaver's wishes."

There was a silence between them, before Blue Angel seemed to clear her throat.

"Sholt...there's something I need to...well, feel like I can finally tell you." Blue Angel admitted. "The truth is...I'm..."

"Aoi." She looked shock at his answer. "Right?"

"Y-Yes...did you know?" She asked.

He pointed at the side of his head. "Your pigtails. They're the same as when we first met."

"Ah, when we we're children." She remembered, stroking one of her curling pigtails. "Ah, this is embarrassing. Did you always know?"

"Kind of. But I was always glad for you." He said. "You seem so happy as Blue Angel. It's a side I'm always happy to see from you."

"Really?" Blue Angel smiled sadly. "It's kind of pathetic but...I really do feel truly happy as Blue Angel. The problem is I can't feel happy as Aoi Zaizen."

"That's what the online world is for." Sholt reasoned. "But I hope, in time, you can be happy as Aoi, just like you're happy being Blue Angel."

"Thank you." She smiled.

"I have a question!" Mimi suddenly spoke up. "Why do you make your boobs bigger?"

"What!?" Blue Angel cried.

"Mimi!" Sholt gasped.

"It's just a question." Her face on his screen shrugged.

"I-I don't make them bigger!" She blushed furiously.

"Huh!? Then you're actually that big IRL? Wow! Can you believe that, Sholt?" Mimi cried.

Sholt just buried his face in his other hand in embarrassment whilst Blue Angel blushed.

VRAINS

"Welcome, ladies and gentlemen!" The MC announced in front of the giant crowd swarming around the big Duel Field. "To this very special exhibition Duel! Today, this will be a Tag Duel with Gold Duelist Blue Angel and Bronze Duelist Sholt Giro, facing off against Silver Duelist Polaris Hierophant and her partner, Shine-C!"

"This is so exciting!" Brave Max giggled as he watched on in the crowd.

"Now, our first team enters the stage! Introducing, Polaris Hierophant and Shine-C!"

Polaris walked out with her partner next to her. His avatar seemed to be a cosplay of "C" Ranger Shine Black, minus the wings and antennae, with red lines trailing around the body.

"And their opponents! You know her! You love her! It's the one and only, Blue Angel!...And Sholt Giro."

"Hello, everyone!" Blue Angel cheered as she practically leapt onto the stage at the roar of the crowd. "Thank you all for being here today to watch our exhibition Duel!"

Sholt simply walked up beside her. "Really in her element, isn't she?"

"Of course. She's like this when-" He suddenly stopped, and frowned slightly.

"Sholt? What's wrong?" Mimi asked.

"Mimi, set the Duel Disk to silent." Sholt told her.

"O-Okay." Mimi complied.

"Now! Let this amazing exhibition Tag Duel begin!" MC announced.

"TAG DUEL!"

Blue Angel and Sholt vs. Polaris and Shine-C LP: 4000

Sholt's Duel Disk screen displayed the words 'Ante Rule Activated'.

"Hey, Sholt!" Mimi whispered. "The Ante Rule has been activate! Does that mean...!?"

"Yes." He nodded as he glared at Shine-C. "He's a hunter."

"Seriously!? One had to appear here!?" Mimi cried.

"The rule only applies to me and him. Still, to confront us at such an open event..."

"I'll be taking the first turn!" Blue Angel declared cheerfully. "Such a special event needs a special stage! I activate the Field Spell, Trickstar Light Stage!" Blue Angel and Sholt's side of the field turned into a brightly lit stage. "When it is activated, I add a Trickstar from my Deck to my hand. I choose Trickstar Lilybell, and since it was added to my hand, I can Special Summon it!" The pinkette bell wielding fairy appeared.

"Now for something new! I release Trickstar Lilybell to Summon Trickstar Birdhelm!" A new Trickstar wielding a shield and a rapier appeared. "When Birdhelm is Normal Summoned, I can inflict 200 damage to my opponent and draw a card!" Polaris' avatar glitched as Blue Angeld drew.

Polaris and Shine-C's LP: 3800

"Light Stage's effect activates!" She continued. "When a Trickstar deals damage to you, you take an additional 200 damage!" A ball of light shot out and hit Polaris.

Polaris and Shine-C's LP: 3600

"The fun doesn't stop there! I reveal Trickstar Lycoris in my hand to Special Summon it, and return Birdhelm to my hand!" As the red Trickstar appeared, the new one returned to her hand. "Now I activate the Spell, Trickstar Vision, to Special Summon Trickstar Nightshade from my hand with its attack halved and its effects negated. Then, we both draw a card. Since its a Tag Duel, one of you draws."

"I'll take the draw." Shine-C said.

"Then you'll take Lycoris and Light Stage's damage!" She stated.

Polaris and Shine-C's LP: 3400-3200

"Appear, the circuit of hopes and dreams! The summoning condition is 1 Level 2 or lower Trickstar! I set Nightshade in the Link Marker! Link Summon! Link 1! Trickstar Bloom!" A Trickstar riding a blooming broom appeared with 100 ATK. "When Bloom is Link Summoned, I can make my opponent draw a card!"

"I draw this time." Polaris stated, before taking the damage.

Polaris and Shine-C's LP: 3000-2800

"When Nightshade is used for a Link Summon, I can revive her once!" The little pink fairy appeared again. "Appear again, my circuit! The conditions are 2 Trickstars! I set Bloom and Nightshade in the Link Markers! Link Summon! Come to the stage, my new Trickstar! Link 2! Trickstar Divaridis!" A blonde Trickstar wielding a staff appeared with 1800 ATK. "And when she's Link Summoned, you take 200 damage, plus Light Stage's!"

Polaris and Shine-C's LP: 2600-2400

"As always, her first turn is very sharp." Mimi commented. "Like walking into a room of needles. Or, more like falling."

"Now I equip Divaridis with Birdhelm from my hand!" Divaridis suddenly wore Birdhelm's helmet. "With this, neither Divaridis nor the equipped Birdhelm can be targeted by your card effects, and when I Special Summon a Trickstar, you take 200 damage. However, Divaridis' effect also inflicts 200 damage whenever you Normal or Special Summon a monster."

The crowd cheered at this as the MC announced: "Incredible! Blue Angel has already pressured her opponents with multiple damage triggering cards! She's practically trapped her opponents in a room of needles!"

"That's what I said!" Mimi cried, offended.

"I set a card and end my turn." She finished.

"I'm going first. My turn." Shine-C drew and took the damage.

Polaris and Shine-C's LP: 2200-2000

"Not so fast! Trap card, Trickstar Reincarnation!" Blue Angel announced. "You banish your entire hand, then draw an equal number of new cards!"

"He has 7 cards in his hand. He'll take 1600 damage from Lycoris and Light Stage..." Mimi calculated. "Which means they'll only have 400 Life...so the moment they Summon a monster, they'll take Divaridis and Light Stage's effects and lose! Making them take a step into the grave on their first turn...wow! I'm glad we're on her team!"

"It won't go the way you want, Blue Angel." Shine-C threatened. "Quick-Play Spell, No Thank You Fire!" The card showed several waves of clawing flames being blown away by a golden twister shot by a kingly figure. "With this, I take no effect damage for the rest of this turn." He banished his six cards and drew six new ones safely. "Seems your strategy failed."

"So you were prepared for my Deck." Blue Angel said.

"Naturally. I activate the Spell, Foolish Burial to send Gokipole from my Deck to the Graveyard, triggering its effect. I add a Level 4 Insect to my hand, with my choice being Gokibore, triggering Gokipole's second effect to Special Summon Gokibore from my hand, and destroy a monster with equal or higher attack then it! I Special Summon Gokibore and destroy Trickstar Lycoris!" The ball bug appeared before curling up and charging into the red Trickstar, destroying it.

"Now I Normal Summon a favourite of mine. "C" Ranger Black Shine!" The Power Ranger like cockroach monster appeared, giving off a golden dazzling shine. "Continuing, I equip Black Shine with Insect Armor with Laser Cannon, granting it an extra 700 attack!" Bulky armour with a giant cannon on the back equipped itself to the range monster, boosting its attack to 2700.

"Battle! "C" Ranger Black Shine attacks Trickstar Divaridis!" The monster fired from its laser cannon, destroying the Link Monster and its equipped Birdhelm.

Blue Angel and Sholt's LP: 3100

"Now Gokiebore will attack directly!" The monster rolled into Blue Angel, knocking her to the ground.

Blue Angel and Sholt's LP: 1900

"Are you okay, Blue Angel?" Sholt asked.

"I'm fine." She assured him, standing back up.

"They already overtook us!" Mimi cried.

"I'm not done. I activate the Field Spell, Giant Ball Park." A stadium of dirt and giant grass appeared on their side of the field. "Once per turn, when we would take battle damage, I can send an Insect from my Deck to my Graveyard to negate that damage, then, if it was a Normal Insect, I can Special Summon as many copies of it as I want from anywhere."

"So, basically, he negates damage, then gets up to three new monsters!?" Mimi cried. "This cosplayer is surprisingly dangerous!"

"I set two cards and end my turn." He finished. "Blue Angel, Sholt Giro. I'll completely outshine the both of you with the flashiness of my skills."

"Ah, that's it." Sholt mumbled.

"What?"

"He seems to have something against Blue Angel. This way he'll kill two birds with one stone." Sholt explained.

"He really is dangerous then, if he's that confident."

"In any case, we have to act as the offense and defense, Trickstar's are weak in those departments." Sholt said. "My turn!"

"Hold on." Shine-C stopped him. "During your Standby Phase, I activate the Trap, Battle Mania! With this, all monsters you control must battle this turn, if able."

"He's trying to get us to trigger Giant Ball Park's effect and fill up his field." Mimi noted.

"I activate Trickstar Light Stage's effect to target a Set card you control! Either activate it now, or activate it during the End Phase! If you can't, it's sent to the Graveyard!"

"Ah, so you know that Field's other effect." Shine-C said. "Then I'll wait until the End Phase."

"I activate the Continuous Spell, Mymimic Delicacies." The card showed several Mymimic's around a table eating donuts, cupcakes, tarts and chocolates happily, whlst Mymimic Treat panics as it is served up on a platter. "When a Mymimic is Summoned, I can place a Mymimic Counter on this card." A silver tea tray appeared in front of the card, with each platter having a Mymimic face on it.

"...You made another card whilst you were hungry, didn't you?" Mimi asked.

"I might have. I Normal Summon Mymimic Illusion!" The magician Mymimic appeared with a flourish. "Since a Mymimic was Summoned, Delicacies gets a counter." Suddenly, a cookie with a Mymimic face on it appeared on a platter. "And by removing a Mymimic Counter, I can activate 1 of Delicacies three effects. I remove a counter to activate its second effect, to Special Summon a Mymimic from my hand! I Special Summon Mymimic Armour!" The cookie vanished to be replaced by a donut, as Mymimic Armour appeared and happily gobbled it up. "Thus, it gets another Mymimic Counter." Another cookie appeared.

"I activate Delicacies first effect! By removing a Counter, all monsters I control gain 600 attack until the End Phase!" As the cookie vanished, cupcakes appeared in front of the two Mymimic's, who gobbled them eagerly, making their attacks rise to 1600.

"If you'll force battle, I'll hit you hard!" Sholt declared. "Battle! Mymimic Illusion will attack Gokibole!" The monster waved its waned before bonking it on the bugs head, bursting it into bits.

"Giant Ball Park's effect allows me to send another copy of "C" Ranger Black Shine to the Graveyard and reduce damage to 0." He stated. "And since it was a Normal Monster, I revive it instantly, and Special Summon my third copy from my Deck!" 2 more of the same monster lined up next to the armoured one. "Your little ghoulies can't defeat the magnificent shine of "C" Ranger."

"Wrong! I activate Mymimic Illusion's Quick Effect, to return it to my hand, then instantly bring it back out!" The monster popped into its hat for a moment, before popping back out again with 1000 ATK. "This gives Delicacies another Counter, so I can activate its effect again!"

"It's effects are Quick?" Shine-C thought aloud as the monsters ate the cupcakes, boosting them to 1600 and 2200.

"Mymimic Armour will attack the first "C" Ranger!" The monster charged forward and punched it, destroying the bug.

Polaris and Shine-C's LP: 1800

"You little-! Destroying one of my brilliant shining monsters!" He hissed.

"I set 2 cards." He continued. "So now, your Set card activates!"

Shine-C growled as his Set card revealed itself. It was Triple Threat. The card showed three copies of Strike Ninja all throwing a kunai in front of a blazing sun.

"Triple Threat...if you control 3 monsters with the same name, you can inflict damage to your opponent equal to double its original attack." Mimi stated.

"His plan was to make Giant Ball Park activate and get out three "C" Rangers, then inflict 4000 damage to us." Sholt stated.

"What a devious and deadly tactic." Mimi mumbled. "...You said that pretty knowingly...did you-?"

"Excellent work, Sholt." Blue Angel caught his attention. "You saved us."

"Yeah. Don't worry, I'll back you up as best I can." He assured her.

"Back me up?" She smiled lightly. "Right, that is your style, isn't it? But, Sholt, I want us to work together properly. I've got enough spotlight. Besides..." Her smile grew. "I wanna see your excellent strength too."

He looked surprised for a moment, then nodded. "I promise."

"Are you done?" Shine-C asked, annoyed.

"I end my turn." He confirmed.

"My turn." Polaris drew. "I activate the Spell, Unexpected Dai, to Special Summon Chosen by the World Chalice from my Deck." The DPS appeared on her field wielding its sword. "Appear, circuit! The summoning condition is 1 Normal Monster. I set Chosen in the Link Marker! Link Summon! Link 1! Imduk the World Chalice Dragon!" The emerald green dragon descended into the Extra Monster Zone.

"Now I Normal Summon Lee the World Chalice Fairy." The hologram monster appeared. "When Summoned, she allows me to add a World Chalice monster from my Deck to my hand. I choose Crowned by the World Chalice, and with Imduk's effect, I can Normal Summon it." The female healer appeared next to the fairy.

"Appear again, circuit! The summoning conditions are 2 or more monsters! I set Imduk, Lee and Crowned in the Link Markers! Link Summon! Link 3! Gaia Saber, the Lightning Shadow!" The Link Gaia galloped onto the field with 2600 ATK.

"She's using Gaia? Then her current strategy must be completely Normal focused." Blue Angel.

"I now activate Polymerization, to fuse another copy of Chosen by the World Chalice, and Beckoned by the World Chalice, in my hand!" The two monsters became a red and blue whirlpool of sparkles. "Fusion Summon! First of the Dragons!" A gigantic purple serpentine dragon appeared, flying high above the stage due to its size. "First of the Dragons cannot be destroyed in battle with an Effect Monster, nor can it be affected by their effects."

"Fusion? Sweetie probably helped her with that one." Blue Angel said.

"Battle." Polaris stated.

"My first "C" Ranger will attack Mymimic Armour!" Shine-C declared.

"I activate Mymimic Armour's effect to negate its destruction! And due to its effect, I take no damage!" The monster created a barrier around it that protected it.

"Gaia Saber, the Lightning Shadow will attack Mymimic Armour." The galloping monster charged forward and impaled the armoured spirit, destroying it.

"My second "C" Ranger will attack Mymimic Illusion!" The black range charged forward.

"I activate Illusion's effect to return it to my hand, then Special Summon it back out, placing another counter on Delicacies!" Sholt acted quickly before his monster was destroyed.

"This will end it. First of the Dragons will attack you directly." The dragon overhead roared as it began charging its attack.

"I activate my Trap, Mymimic Jumpscare!" Sholt countered. "I revive a Mymimic, and return the attacking monster to your hand! Revive, Mymimic Illusion!" The magician Mymimic appeared again as its face suddenly grew to a giant size to frighten the Fusion, making it burst into sparkles that returned to her Extra Deck.

"You got past First of the Dragon's defences..." Polaris stated with little emotion. "I set 2 cards and end my turn."

"I didn't think he'd be this sturdy..." Shine-C admitted.

"Great work, Sholt!" Blue Angel nodded.

"No problem. It's your turn, now." He said.

"Right, I draw." She checked the two cards in her hand, then checked the field on her screen. "...Is this-?"

"I left it for you." Sholt said.

"It's a favourite present of ours." Mimi smiled.

"Thank you...I activate Sholt's Set Jar of Greed to draw a card!" She now had 3 cards in her hand. "I activate Light Stage's effect! Polaris, I target your left Set card!"

"I'll activate it later." She chose.

"I activate Trickstar Magicorolla, to revive Trickstar Divaridis and equip it to her!" Her Link Monster returned to the field. "And since she was Special Summoned, you take 200 damage, plus Light Stage!"

Polaris and Shine-C's LP: 1600-1400

"When the monster equipped with Magicorolla inflicts effect damage, I can Special Summon a Trickstar from my hand. I Summon Trickstar Narkissus!" The blonde Trickstar appeared next to the Link.

"Appear once more, circuit! The summoning conditions are 2 or more Fairy's! I set Link 2 Divaridis and Narkissus! Link Summon! Link 3! Trickstar Foxywitch!" A pink Trickstar wielding a spiked wand appeared with 2200 ATK.

"Incredible! Blue Angel has Link Summoned a new Trickstar!" The MC announced, causing the crowd to cheer.

"Foxywitch's effect! When she is Special Summoned, you take 200 damage for every card you control!" Blue Angel stated.

"With their 3 monsters, 2 set cards, and Field Spell, they'll take 1200 damage, plus Light Stage's extra 200, enough to finish them off!" Mimi declared.

"Take this! Witch's Charm!" Foxywitch unleashed six beams of pink energy that shot at the two of them.

"Trap card. Holy Effect." The card showed several robed figures in prayer, creating a barrier in which flowers bloomed whilst outside of it lightning flashed all around. "This turn, when we would take effect damage we gain Life instead." A barrier appeared around them that absorbed Foxywitch's attack and turned it into green healing sparkles.

Polaris and Shine-C's LP: 2600

"She was prepared for Blue Angel's Deck too." Sholt noted.

"Looks like I picked the wrong Set card..." Blue Angel admitted. "Sholt, please help me with attack."

"Right. I activate Illusion's effect to return it to my hand, then Special Summon it, placing a Counter on Delicacies. Then, I remove 2 counters to give both Illusion and Foxywitch 1200 attack until the End Phase!" The monsters attacks rose to 2200 and 3400 respectively.

"Battle!" Blue Angel instigated.

"Mymimic Illusion attacks the unequipped "C" Ranger!" The Mymimic bonked the ranger with its wand, destroying it.

Polaris and Shine-C's LP: 2400

"Now Trickstar Foxywitch will attack Gaia Saber! Stardom Flash!" The monster held its wand up and unleashed a sparkling gold and ray beam that destroyed the Link.

"I activate Giant Ball Park's effect!" Shine-C countered. "I send Gokipole from my Deck to the Graveyard to reduce the damage to 0. "Gokipole's effect activates! I add another Gokiburo to my hand, activating Gokipole's effect to Special Summon it, then destroy Trickstar Foxywitch!" The monster rolled over the Link 3.

"Foxywitch's other effect activates! I Special Summon a Link 2 or lower Trickstar from my Extra Deck, then inflict 200 damage to my opponent for every card you control. I choose Trickstar Holly Angel!" Her staple Link 2 Trickstar appeared in the Extra Monster Zone.

"Due to Holy Effect, we regain Life instead." Polaris reminded her.

Polaris and Shine-C's LP: 3200

"I set a card. During my End Phase, you have to activate your Set card!" Blue Angel reminded Polaris.

"It's the Continuous Trap, Basic Survival." The card showed Gagagigo and Celtic Guardian pulling themselves out of the earth of a battlefield. "Once per turn, we can Special Summon a Normal or Non-Effect monster from our Graveyard, under the condition it cannot be used as Extra Deck Material. I revive Gaia Saber, the Lightning Shadow." Her Link monster quickly reappeared next to the Insects.

"Practically all I did was give them Life." Blue Angel whispered. "I end my turn."

"My turn." Shine-C drew. "Here it is...Blue Angel, Sholt Giro, prepare to face my full, brilliant shine! I tribute "C" Ranger and Gokibore to Summon my most dazzling monster! Rise! Super Armored Robot Weapon - Black Iron "C"!" A gigantic cockroach-like mecha suddenly appeared, with a surprisingly low 2400 ATK. "I activate Black Iron "C"'s effect! I attach three Insects with the same name in my Graveyard to it! I choose my 3 "C" Rangers!" The three black rangers suddenly launched up and went inside the mecha."

"Now! Black Iron "C"'s effect! By removing 1 of its equipped monsters, all your monsters with an equal or higher attack are destroyed! By removing 1 "C" Ranger, I'll destroy your very symbol, Blue Angel! Holly Angel! Go, Black Iron "C"! Shining C Cannon!" The monster absorbed one of the Rangers into its red core, before firing a red laser that shot towards the Link Monster.

"Trap card! Trickstar Dazzle!" The card showed Trickstar Black Catbat and Trickstar Delfiendium singing on a sparkling stage. "As I control a Trickstar Link Monster, my Trickstar monsters cannot be destroyed by battle or card effects this turn!" A shining barrier shielded Holly Angel. "Then you take 200 damage for every Trickstar monster I control!"

"But since its not a monster effect, neither Holly Angel nor Light Stage's effects activate!" Shine-C reminded her as he was hit with a sparkling light.

Polaris and Shine-C's LP: 3000

"And I'm not done! I activate Polaris' Basic Survival to revive "C" Ranger, then activate Basic Survival's second effect! During our turn, by tributing a Normal Monster, another monster I control gains attack equal to the tribute monsters original attack, until the End Phase! I tribute "C" Ranger, to give Black Iron "C" 2000 attack!" "C" Ranger flew into Black Iron "C" again, boosting its attack power to 4400.

"You'll take 2400 damage from this! Battle! Black Iron "C" Will attack Trickstar Holly Angel! Mega C Mecha!" The giant mech charged forward, with its fist pulled back.

"I activate Illusion's effect to return it to my hand and Special Summon it, giving Delicacies another Counter!" Sholt quickly intervened. "Now I remove a Counter to give all our monsters 600 attack until the End Phase!" Holly Angel's ATK rose to 2600 before it was struck by the giant robot fist, being protected by its barrier, but causing Blue Angel and Sholt to get blown onto their backs.

Blue Angel and Sholt's LP: 100

"Of course you'd do that." Shine-C hissed. "Ruining the dazzling moment. But there's no way you can come back from this now."

"Your monster is still vulnerable." Polaris pointed out. "Gaia Saber will attack Mymimic Illusion." The Link charged forward and impaled the magician with 1 of its spears, destroying it.

"I end my turn." Shine-C said.

"This is looking really bad for Blue Angel's team!" MC announced. "They only have 100 Life and Holly Angel, whilst Polaris' team control both Gaia Saber and Black Iron "C"! And the person going now is Sholt Giro with only 1 card in his hand." The crowd practically groaned.

"Uh-oh, this looks bad..." Brave Max mumbled.

"There's no way Giro can win this." Somebody near him mumbled.

"Can't even stand on his own two feet." The person next to him agreed. "Needs a bunch of cards his rich daddy made him. He's only serving to dampen Blue Angel's reputation. He only became Bronze riding on Taleweaver's coat tails."

'That's wrong! I know it is!' Brave Max argued in his head. 'Come on, Sholt!'

"This is bad. We only have 1 card in our hand now." Mimi said. "This next draw will determine whether we win or lose..."

"...I will draw a good card." Sholt said, almost telling himself that. "I...will...I will...I will because...in this Duel...I have to protect, both you and Blue Angel..." He stood back up. "I absolutely will win! My turn!" He drew.

"Well? Will that card help you win?" Shine-C mockingly asked.

"I Normal Summon Mymimic Treat." The candy box monster appeared on his field, causing Delicacies to gain a second cookie. "I activate Treat's effect, to draw a card!" He placed two fingers on his next card.

"I believe in you!" Mimi squeaked.

'I will! I will! I will!' He told himself, as he looked at Blue Angel. 'I have to win to protect them!' He drew the new card, and looked at it.

Polaris just watched on, emotionlessly.

"...I activate Delicacies third effect!" Sholt yelled. "By removing a Counter, 1 monster I control gains 3 Levels until the End Phase!" The cookie turned into a pudding that Treat gobbled up, doubling its Level to 6.

"Increasing its Level?" Shine-C questioned.

"I activate the Ritual Spell, Mymimic Ritual! I release the Level 6 Mymimic Treat to Ritual Summon!" The cauldron appeared, causing Treat to burst into 6 purple spirits that dove into the pot.

"The spirits shall offer themselves as the soul for a new warrior! Ritual Summon! Rise! Level 6! Mymimic Ghost!"

The monster that appeared was wearing silver armour with black spikes for accessories making up its body, whilst rainbow fire burned out of its shoulders, elbows, and acting as a giant, blazing plume on its helmet. It's Mymimic eyes could be seen in its helmet, only its mouth couldn't be seen, but was replaced by a spiky smile-like black metal over its lower jaw. In both hands it wielded a long, silver lance which had the rainbow flame burning on the tips like candles.

Mymimic Ghost, Level 6, Fiend, DARK, ATK: 2000 DEF: 1500

"Ritual Summon!?" Shine-C gasped. "You seriously use that Deck fattening Summoning method!?"

"Mymimic Ghost's effect!" Sholt ignored him. "Whilst it is Linked, all Linked monsters I control gain 800 attack!" Ghost stabbed its lances into the ground and bowed before Holly Angel before kissing her hand, causing her to blush as their attacks rose to 2800.

"Since I summoned another Mymimic, Delicacies gains a Counter. And I remove both Counters to have both Holly Angel and Mymimic Ghost gain 1200 attack until the End Phase!" The last two counters vanished as the monsters attacks rose to 4000.

"No matter how high their attacks are, I still have Giant Ball Park." Shine-C boasted.

"You suuuure?" Mimi giggled.

"I activate Mymimic Ghost's effect! Once per turn, I can return a card you control to the hand! I return Giant Ball Park! Vanish Flare!" Ghost slammed one of its lances into the ground, unleashing a trail of rainbow fire that returned the Field to normal.

"Th-That's-!" He gasped.

"Battle!" Sholt declared.

"Holly Angel will attack Gaia Saber!" The monster pulled out its whip and lashed Gaia Saber with the spiked orb on the end of it, knocking Polaris back.

Polaris and Shine-C's LP: 1600

"Mymimic Ghost will attack Black Iron "C"! Spectral Lance!" The monster surrounded itself in rainbow fire, before charging forward whilst spinning as a blazing drill completely piercing through the mecha and causing it to explode.

"Gaaaaahhhhhh!" Shine-C cried as he was blasted back.

Polaris and Shine-C's LP: 0

Blue Angel and Sholt: WIN!

"Th-That's it!" MC cried. "After a miraculous turnaround, the winners are Blue Angel and Sholt Giro!" The crowd cheered as Holly Angel and Mymimic Ghost took a bow before fading away.

"Ante Duel Cancelled." Sholt's Duel Disk beeped beneath the roar of the crowd.

"That was...so cool!" Brave Max marvelled with stars in his eyes.

"Way to go, Sholt!" Blue Angel cheered happily. "I knew you could do it, but wow! That was really amazing!"

"Thank you, Blue Angel." Sholt nodded.

"So that's the boss' son..." Polaris whispered.

"Damnit...this perfect chance...and I lost...!" Shine-C growled in frustration.

"I'm just glad..." Blue Angel spun Sholt around to face the crowd. "That all these people are cheering for you."

"I don't really need it." Sholt mumbled.

"Well, I'm glad." She smiled.

Suddenly, a laser of energy suddenly blasted the ground near the stage, causing several people to scream as more lasers rained down from above.

"What the-!?" Blue Angel gasped as she shielded herself and Sholt.

"Mimi! What's going on?" Sholt asked over the roar of the attack.

"I don't know. But there's somebody inbound from above!" Mimi said.

Through the smoke of the attack, a figured descended, riding a black D-Board with golden stripes and three nozzles at the back blasting out small streams of red fire. The figure riding it looked like a basic reporter model; being angular in shape with basic blue square eyes. The outfit practically stencilled onto it was a 'skin-tight' orange suit with a light blue tie.

"Ah...I finally found you."

Then, a figure rose out of the avatars Duel Disk. It was primarily dark blue in colour, with emerald green lines running all over its body, forming circles on its hands, feet and head. The top of its head had two curving horns with green rings around it, as a pair of wide, purple eyes stared out in glee.

"Nice to meet you." The Ignis said.

No Thank You Fire: You take no effect damage for the rest of this turn.

Mymimic Delicacies: When a 'Mymimic' monster is Summoned, place 1 Mymimic Counter on this card. (Quick Effect) You can remove 1 Mymimic Counter from this card to activate 1 of these effects:

Increase the ATK of all monsters you control by 600 until the End Phase.

Special Summon 1 'Mymimic' monster from your hand.

Increase the Level of 1 monsters you control by 3 until the End Phase.

Triple Threat: If you control 3 monsters with the same original name, inflict damage to your opponent equal to double the original attack of that monster.

Holy Effect: For the rest of this turn, if you would take Effect Damage, you gain LP equal to that damage instead.

Basic Survival: (Quick Effect) you can Special Summon 1 Normal/Non-Effect Monster from your GY. During your turn only, you can tribute 1 Normal Monster you control to increase the ATK of another monster you control by the tribute monsters original ATK, until the End Phase. You can only use this card names effect once per turn.

Trickstar Dazzle: If you control a 'Trickstar' Link Monster, 'Trickstar' cards you control cannot be destroyed by battle or card effects this turn, and your opponent takes 200 damage for each Trickstar monster you control.

Mymimic Ghost: You can Ritual Summon this card with 'Mymimic Ritual'. Once per turn, you can target 1 card your opponent controls, return it to the hand. When this card is Ritual Summoned, you can target 1 'Mymimic' monsters tribute for this cards summon, this card gains that monsters effects. If this card is Linked, all Linked monsters you control gain 800 ATK. This cards effects cannot be negated, and you take no damage from battles involving this card.

Here we are, people! A new chapter just for you! Just because I felt like starting Season 2 already. Everybody else is getting ahead of me!

With this, Season 2 of Cross-VRAINS has started. Good luck to all you theorists with all that happened in this chapter, including the opening. This season will have more foes, big reveals, and answers to questions you guys have had since Season 1, so be excited.

In the meantime, I leave you with todays question:

QOTC: If you had a New VRAINS avatar, what would you look like?

...What? Something a little different. Me? I'd make myself look like Deoxys from Pokemon as much as possible. I'm in a real Dexoys mood right now. Don't know why. Plus the limbs would be cool.

Now then, I hope you guys are all excited for Season 2! Stay tuned! Bye!