Transcendent Wings
XXIV: Earthbound Whirlwind
Around the globe, heroes were facing the same issue of the indefatigable enemy, that continued to advance no matter what was thrown at them.
A few exceptions, though.
"Now!" Yusei called towards the children of the Arcadia Movement.
"Raging Flame Sprite!" Hazuki called as a small sprite bearing a torch lit the Gigas all alight. "Now!"
"Chilling flames engulf the entire world," Red bangs waved in the wind as Fudo Ryuusei chanted. "Pitch-dark flower, set in bloom! Synchro summon! Appear now, Black Rose Dragon!"
"Alright!" a blond boy called as the Gigas was shredded, to be sucked into a dimensional fissure. "That's more."
"Good job," Yusei panted. "Reginald, switch out with Glen. Hazuki, keep an eye out. Ryuusei... good job. Now let's start the next wave."
"Yes, dad!" Ryuusei called. "C'mon, Shimotsuki... hurry up..."
"First, to prevent any troublesome entrances, this Seal will keep everything out, and everything in," Aldric chuckled as the Seal of Orichalcos etched itself into the ground until all our heroes save for the Batman and the young Setsuka were isolated. "Feel free to try and break through."
"It's too dangerous," Dr Fate studied as Zatanna readied to attack. "The magic backlash may well kill us if we tried."
"What? So we're just going to watch them play a card game to decide the fate of the world?" Zatanna demanded.
"...yes," the sorcerer groaned in answer. "The alternative is to fight the gods themselves, a meaningless endeavour without Shayera."
"Duel!" two out of three within the ring declared loudly.
Aldric: LP 4000
Setsuka: LP 4000
Batman: LP 4000
"I'll get two turns," Aldric laughed. "But, in the interest of entertainment, ladies first, then the knight. In that one turn, entertain me."
"Thank you," Setsuka answered, completely calm. Too calm. "Draw. I'll play the Continuous Spell, Water Hazard. Using Water Hazard, I summon Eria the Water Charmer [500/1500]."
He could be hallucinating, but Batman swore that Eria shot a look at Setsuka before turning back to Aldric.
"Then, I use my normal summon Shock Troops of the Ice Barrier [1500/800]." the girl declared. "I'll tribute both Eria and Shock Troops to summon Familiar-Possessed – Eria [1850/1500]. I'll set a card, and then I play the Spell, Card of Demise, allowing me to draw a hand of five cards. I play the Spell, Magic Triangle of the Ice Barrier to reveal General Gantala of the Ice Barrier, Spellbreaker of the Ice Barrier and Warlock of the Ice Barrier. I destroy my own Water Hazard, and use the Magic Triangle to special summon Gantala [2700/2000]. I play the Spell, Moray of Greed, to shuffle Spellbreaker and Warlock back into the deck and draw three cards. I set two cards and end my turn. During the end phase, Gantala will special summon an Ice Barrier monster from my grave, which I use to summon Shock Troops of the Ice Barrier."
"How long are you intending to hide behind your daughter's face?" Aldric sneered.
"Diana," Batman growled to face the possessed girl. "What are you doing?"
The girl gave the Dark knight a level look before glaring at Aldric. "It's your turn."
"Draw," Aldric cackled. "Fine. I play the Continuous Spell, Spring of Rebirth. Now, when a monster returns from the field to hand, I gain five hundred life points. I banish a Spirit monster in my hand to summon Izanagi [2200/1000]." Shide fluttered as the white-haired god made its appearance. "There's not much meaning when it's the beginning, so I'll just set two cards and end my turn."
"Draw," Any stupidity he might have felt in playing a game with the fate of the world in balance was pretty much erased when faced with the overwhelming aura of the monsters. No one was around to laugh. "I summon Dark Valkyria [1800/1050] to the field." Steel wings clanked and fought as the dark angel spread bejewelled wings out by the Bat.
Even Zatanna gasped. "That's..."
"Batman has the power to call upon spirits," Dr Fate realised. "Especially the spirits of the dark."
"Because I have no cards in hand, this can be special summoned," the Bat then hissed. "Come, Guardian Eatos [2500/2000]!"
White wings flared as the sentinel joined him as well, an air of purity never before seen that illuminated the dark temple.
"I set three cards and end," the Batman concluded.
"Interesting," Aldric laughed. "Alaric said that the Batman uses Dark Fairies, but I didn't believe it... now I see. How suitable. I summon Susa Soldier [2000/1600] in attack mode. I'll then activate the Continuous Trap, Ultimate Offering. I pay five hundred life points to summon Tsukuyomi [1100/1400]."
"Activate trap, Angel Fallen Into Darkness," Batman signalled. "I tribute Dark Valkyria to summon Darklord Asmodeus [3000/2500] in attack mode."
"When the lord of the moon is summoned, one monster is flipped into set defence. I think... I'll choose that Gantala." Aldric pointed towards the girl. "Whether you're Diana or Setsuka is of no concern now... Go, Susa Soldier! Attack the Shock Troops!"
"Trap activate, Magical Arm Shield!" She called. "I'll take control of that Izanagi! Now, your Susa Soldier dies!"
Aldric barely flinched as his soldier was destroyed. "Very well. I end my turn, and Izanagi returns to me. Because of Izanagi allowing me to choose which spirits remain, Tsukuyomi returns to my hand but Susa Soldier remains. Due to Spring of Rebirth, I gain five hundred life points. I then activate the Continuous Trap, Spirit's Invitation. When a Spirit monster returns to my hand, I can choose another of your monsters to return to your hand as well. I think... Diana, the Shock Troops will go."
The girl glared at him as her monster disappeared from the field.
Aldric: LP 4000 → LP 3500 → LP 4000
Setsuka/Diana: LP 4000
Batman: LP 4000
"Draw," the girl declared. "I flip open Gantala. I then summon the tuner monster, Defender of the Ice Barrier [200/1600]. Tuning, level four Eria to level three Defender. Winter sweeps the land as the epilogue begins. Its icy clutches upon the earth make themselves apparent. Synchro summon! Ice spear of the one-eyed, Gungnir, Dragon of the Ice Barrier!"
All those present hid away as icy winds tore through the temple, the dragon that appeared shimmering brightly in the half-light [2500/1700]. The dragon began to roar.
"Gungnir!" the voice that called was indeed Setsuka. "Down!" The two-headed giant ice dragon shut up immediately.
"She commands the dragon..." Zatanna stared, gobsmacked. "Is there something very wrong with this picture?"
"Activate the effect of Gungnir, I discard one card to destroy one card on the field," she called. "I choose Spirit's Invitation!"
The dragon roared as the card iced over and shattered.
"Gungnir, take out the Susa Soldier!" she called. "Gantala, destroy Izanagi!"
The two obeyed, as the Dark Signer's field was covered in ice quickly and winds cut into his skin.
Alaric: LP 4000 → LP 3500 → LP 3000
Setsuka/Diana: LP 4000
Batman: LP 4000
"Setsuka!" Batman called.
"I'm fine!" the girl answered. "Mother... Mother's with me!"
"As I thought, motherly love," Aldric chuckled.
"You shut up," the girl answered. "I end my turn, and Gantala allows me to special summon Geomancer in defence mode."
"Draw," Aldric laughed. "I play Spellbook Inside the Pot, allowing all of us to draw three cards. Brat, I'll destroy that dragon, I promise. I summon Izanami [1100/1400], which allows me to take back Susa Soldier from the grave. I'll then play Cost Down, discarding a card to lower the levels of all monsters in our hand by two. I play Monster Reborn to revive Izanagi, and then, I pay Ultimate Offering's cost to tribute Izanami for a stronger monster. Behold, Yamato Dragon [2600/3100]!"
"Oh crap," Zatanna muttered as eight giant, green serpentine heads arose. "That's huge."
"Yamato Dragon, destroy Gungnir!" Aldric laughed.
"Save it!" the girl called as the ice dragon was destroyed.
Setsuka/Diana: LP 4000 → LP 3900
Alaric: LP 3000 → LP 2500
Batman: LP 4000
"Due to Yamato Dragon, I can draw until I hold five cards when it inflicts battle damage. I'll then set two cards and end," Aldric cackled.
"Draw," the Dark Knight grimly declared. "I play Heaven's Lost Property, allowing all of us to draw three cards and discard two. Then, I use the effect of Asmodeus to send a Dark Attribute Fairy from my deck."
The Batman then smirked. It was an uneasy sight that not even Aldric, who held the strongest of his powers in hand, held. "I wonder... if we destroy all of your monsters before you could summon them, what does that say?"
"That he's an amateur?" the girl suggested.
"I play Call of the Haunted," Batman declared. "I summon Darklord Superbia [2900/2400] from the grave. Due to the effect of Superbia, another Darklord is revived. I choose Darklord Zerato [2800/2300]. I'll send a Dark Attribute monster from my hand to the grave and destroy all your monsters."
"So you think," Aldric sneered. "Counter trap, The Huge Revolution is Over. The effect of Zerato is negated, and the Darklord himself banished."
"Do it the slow way," the girl suggested as the Darklord was whisked out of existence.
"Fine," the Bat growled. "Asmodeus, attack the dragon!"
"Trap card, Draining Shield," Aldric laughed. "Your attack is not only negated, but I gain Asmodeus's power in life."
Aldric: LP 2500 → LP 5500
Setsuka/Diana: LP 3900
Batman: LP 4000
The Bat growled. "Superbia, your turn."
"Negate Attack," Aldric laughed. "Much as I'd love to chat, I can't really afford to."
The Batman considered. "Turn end."
"Draw," Aldric cackled. "Hmm... I play the Seal of Orichalcos! [2600/3100 → 3100/3100] [2200/1000 → 2700/1000]"
The very ground trembled as the seal further etched itself into the ground.
"I'll banish Izanami from the grave to summon Yamato-no-Kami [2200/1200]." Aldric laughed. "Now, I tribute both Izanagi and Yamato-no-Kami."
"Another Spirit monster?" the Bat hissed.
"No, he wouldn't risk Izanagi like that if it was," the girl answered. "Worse."
The temple roof caved in, bouncing off the dome of the Seal, as a bird's cry could be heard as violet flames erupted from the earth itself. "Bring forth the ultimate destruction! The strongest Earthbound God! Descend, Wiraqocha Rasca!"
Almost in answer, a giant beak poked in and cawed its assent [100/100 → 600/100], violet outlining black in the majestic Andean condor with the Seal outlined.
The Batman shook his head, and blinked. Surely that counter was broken. There was no way that-
"Oh, yes, for the effect of Wiraqocha Rasca," Aldric declared. "In exchange for skipping my battle phase this turn, I reduce a selected opponent's life points to one hundred. Exactly enough. Diana, it's been pleasant, but... you really need to go now. Polestar Obey!"
The girl screamed as a sonic screech rang through the field and caused her to hit the unseen barrier of the Seal.
Setsuka/Diana: LP 3900 → LP 100
Aldric: LP 5500
Batman: LP 4000
"You... damn you..." dark hair hung loose as she struggled back up.
"Oh, you're still standing," Aldric commented. "How admirable. One of the four Game Masters, back when they were still around... indeed, how deserving of the title. If there were anyone who would have inherited the Games, it would have been you."
"Shut up," her legs shook, barely able to support her, even with the help of her monster. "Thank you, Gantala. Draw!"
The card lit up, shining like a star even as she looked at it before glaring at the Batman. "This is not my card."
The Bat shrugged.
"I summon Warlock of the Ice Barrier [400/1000] to the field!" she called. "Tuning, level three Warlock to level three Geomancer! The chill of frost spread over the land, the arching spear of the lost people! Synchro summon! Brionac, Dragon of the Ice Barrier!"
Roaring in rage, the dragon appeared n a blast of light.
"I then play, the Claw of Hermos!" that was Setsuka's voice that echoed as the red dragon appeared. "Please... I combine The Claw with Brionac, Dragon of the ice Barrier! Arise... God-Killing Spear!"
She looked to Eatos, which smiled and nodded to the Bat as the dragons roared, twisting together to wink out of existence, a spear of bone juddering in the stone floor.
"Go ahead," Batman nodded. "This is a tag-team effort."
"I equip the God-Killing Spear to Eatos!" she declared. "Now, I activate the effect of Eatos! By sending the God-Killing Spear to the grave, Eatos can banish up to three monsters in my opponent's grave and gain five hundred points for each. I'll banish Izanagi, Yamato-no-Kami and... Tsukuyomi [2500/2000 → 4000/2000]. Furthermore, when the God-Killing Spear is sent from the field to the grave, I can choose a monster you hold, regardless of effect or immunity, and then, that monster is banished. Wiraqocha Rasca, who created everything... today is death."
The condor cried out as a spear was thrust through its breast, soon it shattered to disappear from the world again.
"Wiraqocha!" Aldric called.
"Guardian Eatos, attack the Yamato Dragon!" she ordered. "Soul of Sword!"
The guardian's wings flared out, a sword of light slicing easily through the dragon as it attacked.
Aldric: LP 5500 → LP 3900
"You're still wide open," there was a sadistic tint around her voice. "Have you realised it, Aldric? You're nothing compared to King Dartz."
"S- Shut up..." Aldric staggered.
"It's still my battle phase," she growled. "Gantala, strike him down."
The monster obeyed in an instant, slicing through the Dark Signer.
Alaric: LP 3900 → LP 1200
Setsuka/Diana: LP 100
Batman: LP 4000
"Damn you..." Aldric cursed. "You're dead, Diana! How... how..."
"This is the world of spirits," her voice rang, strong and true. "You dragged the whole world into this... I cannot forgive that. Especially this Dark Knight, who discarded his Eye into the grave."
The Batman shook his head. "No choice."
"Now, my own Fang of Critias!" Setsuka's voice rang out. "I combine it with the set Mirror Force to summon Mirror Force Dragon [2800/2500]! When this card battles with an opponent's monster with equal or more attack power, destroy all face-up monsters your opponent controls at the start of the Damage Step, and inflict damage to your opponent equal to the total difference in attack between this card and each of the destroyed monsters with lower attack than this card. However, my battle phase is over, thus I end my turn with a set card.."
"Then, it is my turn." Aldric cackled.
"No," Setsuka closed her eyes. "Activate, Spell card, Mischief of the Time Goddess. Your turn is skipped, and now it is Batman's battle phase."
"What?" Aldric echoed dumbly.
"They say that there's no honour to striking a man while he's down," Batman mused. "Frankly, I can't afford not to. And you've sucker-punched us enough times already. Guardian Eatos."
"Gladly," the guardian raised her sword to bring it down... and finally end everything.
Aldric: LP 1200 → LP 0
He was back, in the dark city, amidst the guardian monsters once more as they regarded the sunset.
"Place us as the guardians," Elma spoke, her voice whipping in the winds.
"You do not trust us with your dark city," Baou murmured, heavy and implacable like Gotham's shadows. "Give us then a meaning."
"You did not want us," Tryce spoke sadly. "At this rate, we fade away, forgotten and unknown. It is better to be given meaning in death."
"I forgot... what true water felt like," Kay'est gave Bruce a gentle smile, truly happy. "Like I forgot the meaning of duty."
"Growl," Grarl hissed.
"I am fine either way," Ceal demurred, his dragon-head snapping. "Though I agree. We are not suited for you, not for a child who cannot trust us implicitly."
Eatos was close to him, taking him into her arms. "We love you, we do," she whispered, the words promising and soothing and sincere. "But you do not need us. Let us do this last favour at least."
"You're going to die," Bruce whispered, his voice cracked. "No... there are still many-"
More hands closed around him, warm and otherworldly. "Parting ways is part of life, master," Elma's delicate fingers stroked through dark hair. "You have your children. Richard, Jason, Timothy, Stephanie, Damian, Barbara, Cassandra... so many more that you will die to protect. We failed our last partner..."
"You never failed," Bruce protested. "You can't."
The city began to shake as rain poured from the dark heavens.
"But we want to protect the two worlds once more," Eatos whispered. "It does not matter if we are monsters or angels. It never mattered. Bruce... Batman... we are proud to have served you."
"Nice place," Diana Hunter appeared, wearing a bloodstained shift. She smiled at his askance look. "Yes, it's a bit... messy. This is the blood stained upon my soul, as you can probably tell. There is no justifying murder, even after everything."
"Self-defence," Batman groaned. "Diana... you're beautiful even like this."
"Thank you," the woman seemed amused. "It's time... to seal the gaps. Perhaps... in another life, we shall meet again."
"But...?"
"Come," the Guardian Eatos smiled, warm as the summer sunshine. "It is time for our last dance."
"Over...? Don't joke with me..." Aldric collapsed to his knees, coughing blood. "That monster... I sacrifice all these souls! Including mine own!"
"What?" Batman groaned as the Seal broke and the panels lit up to form an even bigger seal.
"He's using it as a trigger," Even for a girl, the voice of Diana Hunter was unsettlingly... powerful. "All these souls to break the Leviathan out upon the earth."
"Mother, I don't have the card," Setsuka's voice spilled out of the same mouth in an instant.
"Of course you don't," Diana Hunter spoke as the girl turned warmer cerulean eyes onto the Dark Knight. "Batman."
"Got it..." the Bat groaned as the temple continued to cave in. "But..."
"There's an even bigger snake there!" Zatanna's voice rang out. Indeed, the sky had turned into something like the Aurora Borealis as the boundary between the Dominion of the Beasts and the real world was split, the shades and forms of spirit and warrior and beast alike forming. The water of the Atlantic rippled, slowly at first, and then faster until a geyser shot up in the centre. Water bounced off it like tiny crystals, as from within the pillar of water appeared a monstrous sight.
A long serpentine body rose from the waters, purple armoured scales and pink underbelly glinting in half-light, a flowing weed-like mane along its neck and the top of its head. It had two fins on the side of its neck and its wide mouth opened as the creature gave a low growl that shook everyone to the core.
"The Great Leviathan," Eatos took her Celestial Sword. "We have gone beyond rules and games. This is a clash of magics now."
"Allow me," Setsuka, her eyes perfectly clear now, took the card from the Dark Knight, taking a deep breath. "Legend of Heart! Arise, Legendary Knights of Atlantis! Timaeus, Critias, Hermos!"
"Who has awakened us?"
"Who has summoned us once more?"
Light rippled from the aurora, as the dragons flew up and out, and where the dragons had been standing, there now stood the three knights of Atlantis. Their armour matched the colour that their scales had been, and all three of them took defensive stances, as they stood before the two remaining chosen. Their swords clashed onto stone, as the Seal was shattered from their combined strength.
"So, we just blast that thing, right?" Aquaman demanded as he aimed the Trident of Poseidon at it.
"...more or less," Dr Fate commented.
"My kind of magic," Zatanna laughed as she conjured up many different fireballs. "Batman?"
"Monsters!" The Guardian Eatos had her wings spread and taking flight , charging with the other monsters that could fly, calling to the rest of the creatures hovering around her as she followed what looked like a plane-like shadow. "Unite and attack! Aid the chosen duellists in this fight!"
"I don't know about this, but this is cool," Kiryu was grinning. "Infernity Demon, Infernity Destroyer, Infernity Archer, Infernity Death Dragon! Get him!"
"Hah!" Aquaman unleashed bright yellow blasts at it, as did the other sorcerers.
Around the world, Duellists gathering looked to their decks as the cards glowed and the monsters began to take flight... A great roar seemed to ring throughout the night, even as sparks glittered where they hit the scales of the Great Beast. Dragon and beast and warrior and hero alike were landing on the little island, taking flight, leaping off to cut at the great serpent... fighting, even to the death... for the worlds of light and darkness.
Unseen by all, Diana Hunter floated by the body of Aldric Kingsley, kicking the already breaking Dark Signer into the ocean. "Let's begin."
"From the north, I am Guardian Kay'est of the waters," dipping in the Atlantic with the rest of the aquatic Duel spirits, the Guardian raised her sceptre.
"From the south, I am Guardian Ceal," bow and arrow glinted where Ceal stood.
"From the east, I am Guardian Elma of the winds," butterfly dagger spun as she tap-danced on the water's surface.
"Growl, growl, growl," An axe thudded menacingly as the Guardian Grarl expressed his piece.
"From below, Guardian Baou of the dark," Shadows that flitted above the waters as the fiends charged and lashed with the Great Leviathan's roars and blasts, the Flamberge was raised proud.
"From above, Guardian Tryce," Lightning and arrows struck periodically as thunder boomed in the clouds and twin swords flashed.
"In the centre, I am Guardian Eatos," Sword raised, her expression at peace, wings outstretched as a plane-like shadow was thrown into the Atlantic and a seat ejected into a cloud of Meda Bats that ferried the Dark Knight to land. "Guardians who see all and guard all, we are the one who guard the guards. We are the ones who stand sentinel between worlds, now and forever more. So mote it be."
"So mote it be," all six chorused together as they glowed with energy and strength, and the magic gathered into a flow that surrounded the great screaming snake.
No one was quite sure when it happened, but there was a sudden break in the magical flow, and then a flood of it raced through their beings. Many fell to their knees as it overwhelmed them. All the tainted magic of the Orichalcos was gone... gone...gone... The ground cracked from the strain and light filtered up, surrounding the seven of them in a wall of magic.
The remaining monsters glowed as the magic was channelled through the shadows, increasing their attack to infinite proportions. Ally or enemy, the spirits of the Dominion were presenting a united front this day.
"Eatos!" the roar of the Dark Knight sounded as the three Legendary Knights prepared to charge at the temporary prison of the Leviathan.
"Such pride in guardianship will not be forgotten," three blades clashed, before Hermos and Critias struck true into the snake's head, energy clashing and flowing, around and around... into infinity itself.
"There!" Timaeus roared as his brothers-in-arms landed, their energy clothing him into gold armour that shone bright as a star. "Let us finish this!"
Blast upon blast rained upon the branded seal of infinity as monsters, heroes, everything was poured into a single blast to which the Great Beast answered with a pained roar.
Diana raised her arms, unseen by almost all that destroyed the avatar of the Leviathan this day. "I am air and flame, water and dust. I am a wick burning in a blue bowl of oil, a fiery sun rising in a tranquil sky. I am the phoenix, I am light. I come forth by day. I am heat blurring up mist. I am power, an ancient river overflowing. I am love and memory and sorrow that drift away."
"What is this...?" Dr Fate froze as he heard the old words. "Old magic... old words, spoken... perhaps..."
"My time is a reflection on the surface of water. A leaf falls and the dream shatters, breaks to pieces; the leaf drifts off. Slowly the waters calm and draw themselves together. And the leaf's life, like a thought, passes from me on the ripple of its own vibration. It enters the world. I am a holy man, not because I am so wise, but because I am a temple of god. I am a priest of the heart. I know what is mine to feel. I let the rain from heaven fill me. I give love away as easily as water.
"I am changeable, yes. It is like this. A hummingbird's wings beat so fast he seems to fly standing still. Parts of the rock whirl about, yet the rock holds together. Lions roar in the temple and the earth trembles. It is only yesterday and tomorrow keeping watch over today. The solid earth, like a baby is lifted up to be kissed, to be blessed and set down again. I see things other men do not see. Secret words repeated in mirrors, bits of legend fallen from the lips of slave girls. I gather the greater seed as they thresh their wheat. I am an old priest dancing the mad dance, whirling, whirling, whirling.
"I have studied the manifestations of gods and men, and I have seen the dead conversing in thin, reedy voices amid the air. I have read books of magic and made offerings of moly. I have longed to be free, to rise up as smoke from earth into air. I am a priest of change."
Below, the Great Leviathan roared as it slowly died, both from imprisonment and the fatal blow of the Knight of Destiny, sigils of the guardians etched into its body as it shattered into so many stars...
"Oh spirits that guide a man through the dark halls at death, guide me safely in life past sorrow and depression, steer me from fear and anger and hopelessness." her words continued, the words of the dead appeased as the curses of Dark Signers faded. "Let me always know the reason for my becoming. Let me hear what gods hear, see what gods see. When the sun blotted from the sky, let even a small light shine to steer a man's feet. Let me stand in light, bathe in light, clothe myself in light. Let me sit in the lap of gods and hear words of comfort. Oh offerers of cake and bearers of beer, let me not also starve for love, thirst for wisdom. Let my spirit be stronger today than it was yesterday, my heart more peaceful, my mind more fertile, my hands more gentle. Let gods touch my face. Let me go forth shining. Let my feet know the way. Let me walk and pass through fire. Let wild beasts and thieves by the roadside go on sleeping pleasant dreams. Let me pass undeterred into heaven.
Her eyes opened to see the child, safe and exhausted in the protective cover of the three generals and thw white tiger king, the Batman finally safe and freed, the god of death also guarded by hos own, and the monsters of the Dominion celebrating as they faded, the balance of worlds corrected once again.
"For I have made a reckoning of myself, of the things I have done and said and of my intentions; and I long for nothing but to live as a light within; to enter the heart of gods singing a song so stirring that even slaves at the mill and asses in the field might raise their heads and answer."
Please review! Stay tuned for the last duel: Spirit's Invitation! Duel, Acceleration!