Chapter 26: A Fiery Brotherhood vs. A Demonic Squad!
A/N: Chapter 23 has been revised in the form of changing a certain card effect. If you want to re-read that chapter first, please feel free to do so.
"C'mon! Wakey, wakey!"
"Ugh, I don't need a Duel Spirit alarm clock."
I lay in bed as Pendulum Performer impatiently stomped on my head to try and rouse me. "But the first Duel's gonna start soooooon!...Oh yeah, your breakfast is here."
"Breakfast!" I sprung out of bed and over to the table, to find seveal pieces of toast, various fruits, an egg, and cereal. "Great selection!"
"Thought that would get you up." She groaned. "Second day today! First round should be finished this afternoon."
"Yeah." I nodded as I buttered some toast and shovelled it into my mouth. "I wonder how everyone is doing...especially down in the garbage dump..."
"They're tough, so we just gotta trust in them." Performer shrugged. "Don't worry, we'll bust 'em out."
"Mm..." My mind still drifted though, and my stomach went on autopilot as I cracked the egg and dug out a spoonful. "I need the toilet..."
"Ah! Bagsi me first!" The little Duel Spirit waved.
"What!?"
"Ladies first!" She argued as she flew in.
"HOW does a Duel Spirit need to use the bathroom!?" I argued.
"I can't lock the door, so you better not come in!" She called.
"Jesus..." I groaned as I had egg and soldiers. "Wonder what's going on?" I flipped the TV on, only to be met with static. "Not yet, huh? Guess it is a bit early...wonder if the others are up yet?" I missed being around my friends, Yuya, Yuzu, Gongenzaka, Tsukikage, Chojiro, hell I'd even enjoy Shingo's company right about now! And Selena...wonder what she was doing? Probably has that stern look on her face as usual, eating breakfast or something, maybe having a shower-
My face turned beet red as an M-Rated image got into my head. "No! NO! Bad Elliot! Bad!" I hit myself repeatedly over the head with my Duel Disk.
"All yours." Performer gestured as she floated through the door.
"Thank you!" I cried as I entered, did my business, had a shower and got dressed, always helps to wake you up in the mornings.
I walked out to find the Parally leader sitting on the edge of the bed kicking her legs like a toddler on a swing. "Where have you been!? The first match is about to start!"
"Really? Who's Dueling?" I asked.
She smiled. "It's Yuya and some Duel Chaser 227 guy."
Yu-Gi-Oh!
Me and Performer stared at the screen after the Duels conclusion. "Overboard much?" She said.
"Honestly, I can't blame him." I sighed, getting up and walking over to the window, staring down at the Duel Palace. "Those damn sons of bitches don't care who loses, only who wins. It's disgusting."
"Not a fan then?" She asked.
"People who think they can do whatever they want?" I prompted her.
"Right, you hate them." She nodded. "Oh hey, they're about to announce the next Duelists."
"Wonder who's up next." I thought aloud as I crossed my arms and leaned on the window.
"Our first contestant is a girl from Commons with a blazing determination and warm heart, it's Ayu!"
"Ayu!?" I leapt in front of the TV, expecting to see a little girl with red hair. Instead, there was an image of a girl with chocolate brown skin and matching eyes, with slightly dark pink hair that parted to the left at her forehead and twirled down the left side of her face whilst the rest fell down naturally, with a few strands curving up at the top. She wore a shirt that was blue on the torso with an army green stripe across the chest, and pink sleeves with the same green in spots on the elbows and shoulders, with cream coloured shorts and baggy blue legs with the army green at the neck that went down and covered half of her pink and army green shoes.
"That's not the Ayu I know..." I mumbled.
In his room, Yugo stared at the image thoughtfully. "Hmmm...Ayu...Ayu, Ayu, Ayu...where have I heard that name before?"
"Ayu!?" Leiko jumped off of his bed. "The hell is she doing here!?"
"And facing off against her will be Duel Chaser 137!" A Security officer exactly like 227 appeared on screen.
"Oh, it's THAT fucking noob prick." Yugo muttered. "Whatever then, kick his ass, Pinkie!"
"Eh? Another one?" Yugo groaned. "It's that one Li fought..."
"This oughta be good!" Performer beamed as we both sat down on the edge of the bed.
It took a while, as usual, until the Duelers zoomed out on their Duel Runners. 137's was a standard Security one, whilst Ayu's had a streamlined design, and was mainly baby blue in colour with sharp dark pink streaks, similar to the helmet she was wearing with an orange visor, whilst the Duel Disk blade was yellow.
"Hmph, I don't have time to play games." 137 grunted to her. "I have an annoying green and orange haired brat to deal with."
"Heh, funny." Ayu smirked with confidence. "That's why I'm here too."
"Let's get the second Duel of the day started! Action Field on! Cross Over Accel!" The field spread out as Action Cards scattered.
"Duel Mode: On. Auto-Pilot: Standby." The Duel Runners beeped as the timer appeared.
"Riding Duel, Acceleration!"
"DUEL!"
Ayu vs. DC-137 LP: 4000
"Ayu has taken the first corner!" That was true, as she had quickly sped ahead.
"My turn!" She said. "First, I summon Fire King Avatar Garunix from my hand." A small red bird with 700 ATK appeared in a small burst of fire. "Then I activate the Continuos Spell Fire Formation - Tenki, which allows me to add a Level 4 or lower Beast-Warrior from my Deck to my hand, and it increases the ATK of all Beast-Warriors by 100 as long as it remains face-up on the field. I add Brotherhood of the Fires Fist - Spirit from my Deck to my hand, set a card and end my turn."
"Er, I must admit, that's a bit confusing." Melissa commented. "Ayu's left a monster with 700 attack on the field, and since its a Winged-Beast, it doesn't get the boost from Fire Formation - Tenki."
"Hmph, it doesn't matter what you do." 137 snorted. "My turn! Draw! I activate the Spell Foolish Burial! With it, I send Stygian Street Patrol from my Deck to the Graveyard, then I may banish it to Special Summon a second Street Patrol from my hand!" A demonic bike riding devil appeared, riding next to its master. "Then I normal summon Stygian Security from my hand!" A little flying devil flew out of the portal.
"I tune my Level 4 Stygian Street Patrol with my Level 1 Stygian Security!" Security turned into a single Synchro ring which Street Patrol drove through. "Chase them to the ends of the earth, and capture them in your devilish fangs! Synchro Summon! Appear! Level 5! Stygian Sergeants!" The two-headed demon appeared on its awesome motorbike...what? Stygian Sergeants is a staple Synchro of mine! Got it from Reverse of Arcadia.
"Battle! Stygian Sergeants will attack Fire King Avatar Garunix!" The Synchro snarled before driving forward and exploding into Garunix, causing Ayu to wobble on her Duel Runner.
Ayu's LP: 2500
"I activate the effect of Garunix!" She responded. "When it's destroyed, I can Special Summon a Fire King Avatar from my Deck! I choose Fire King Avatar Kirin, in defense position!" A white horse with bright green flames for a mane raced forward with a meager 200 DEF.
"Ayu recovers from Duel Chaser 137's attack, but she's taken a lot of damage in the process, this match is looking pretty one-sided, folks!"
"Hmph, don't think it's over!" 137 stated. "When Stygian Sergeants destroys a monster, it gains 800 attack and can attack again!" The Synchro roared as its ATK was boosted to 3000. "Once more! Attack Fire King Avatar Kirin!" The monster revved its engine and charged forward.
"Quick-Play Spell: Circle of the Fire Kings!" The Spell flipped up. "By destroying a FIRE monster on my field, I can Special Summon a FIRE monster from my Graveyard! So, I'll destroy Kirin..." The horse abruptly burst into flames. "...And Special Summon Garunix from my Graveyard!" Out of the flames emerged Garunix with 1700 DEF.
"Useless, that monster doesn't have nearly enough defence to block the attack." 137 said.
"Don't count your phoenixes before they're reborn." Ayu told him. "The effect of Fire King Avatar Barong in my hand activates! When a face-up Fire King is destroyed by a card effect, I can Special Summon it!" A red and gold lion monster with blue flames and two swords appeared with 1800 ATK. "And since he's a Beast-Warrior type, Fire Formation - Tenki grants it 100 extra attack!" Barong gained a red aura as its ATK was boosted to 1900.
"You've left that monster wide open!" The Duel Chaser declared. "Stygian Sergeants! Attack Fire King Avatar Barong!" The Synchro closed in on the Fire King.
Ayu, however, had other plans as she reached out and grabbed an Action Card. "Action Spell: Guard Tag!" The Spell showed a little devil protecting a little angel from a cartoon boxing glove punch. "When a monster I control is attacked, I can change the attack target to a different monster! Garunix! Protect Barong!" Garunix flew in front of Barong as Stygian ripped the bird into ember feathers. "Since Garunix was destroyed again, I can Special Summon another Fire King Avatar from my Deck! Appear, Fire King Avatar Yaksha!" A martial artist with a flaming bo staff and 1800 ATK flew next to Barong. "Fire Formation - Tenki effects him as well!" Yaksha's ATK was boosted to match Barong's.
"Tch." 137 hissed. "I place one card face down. Turn End."
"Amazing! Ayu brought out two monsters with some impressive attack! But Stygian Security has more then both of them! Will Ayu turn this around?"
"I'll do more then that! I'll win this turn!" Ayu declared. "My turn! Draw! I summon Brotherhood of the Fire Fist - Spirit from my hand!" A blue burning soul with ATK materialised. "When Spirit is Normal Summoned, I can Special Summon a Level 3 FIRE monster with 200 or less defence from my Graveyard! Rise from the ashes, Fire King Avatar Kirin!" The green Ponyta reappeared. "I tune my Level 3 Kirin with my Level 3 Spirit!" Spirit turned into a wisp before becoming three Synchro rings that Kirin ran through.
"Infernal rider, leave a blazing storm in your wake! Synchro Summon! Emerge! Level 6! Brotherhood of the Fire Fist - Horse Prince!" An intimidating figure riding a black horse appeared with 2200 ATK, or rather 2300 due to the Fire Formation card.
"Now Ayu has three powerful monsters on her field!"
"Wooo! Go Ayu!" Leiko cheered, even though he was facing away from the TV to eat his second breakfast.
"I'm not done!" She exclaimed. "When Horse Prince is summoned, I can Special Summon a Level 3 FIRE monster from my Deck! I choose Brotherhood of the Fire Fist - Hawk!" A flaming bow wielder with 200 (300 due to Fire Formation) appeared next to Horse Prince. "Now Hawk's effect activates! Since I control a Fire Formation card, all Fire Fist monsters I control gain 500 attack!"
"What did you say!?" 137 gasped as Hawk gave off a red aura that boosted its ATK to 800, whilst Horse Prince's rose to 2800.
"Horse Prince has become incredibly strong thanks to Hawk and Fire Formation - Tenki! Did Ayu plan for this from the very beginning!?"
"Battle! Horse Prince shall attack Stygian Sergeants!" The horse snorted before running forward. "Go! Flames of Royalty!" The rider slashed with a flaming sword that caused Sergeants to explode.
DC137's LP: 3400
"Barong! Attack directly!" The monster roared before slashing the side of the Duel Runner with blazing friction.
DC137's LP: 1500
"Finally, Yaksha! Attack directly!" The monster charged forward.
"Is this the end already!?"
"I won't let you!" He yelled as he grabbed an Action Card. "Action Spell: Avoid negates your attack!" He swerved out of the way of Yaksha's swing.
"Looks like he managed to save himself with an Action Card!"
"You got away with that..." Ayu admitted. "But I'll still attack you directly with Hawk!" The monster fired a flaming bow that exploded next to the front wheel, causing the Security Duel Runner to wobble dangerously.
DC137's LP: 700
"I end my turn!" Ayu finished.
"My turn! Draw!" He smirked as he drew a very familiar Spell card, before choosing a different one. "I activate the Spell, Monster Reborn to revive my Stygian Sergeants from the Graveyard!" The Synchro reappeared with its two heads snarling. "Then I summon my final Stygian Street Patrol from my hand!" The third demon rider appeared. "Now, I activate the Spell, Polymerization!"
"Eh!? He uses Polymerization too!?"
"I fuse Stygian Sergeants and Stygian Street Patrol!" The two monsters became a red and purple whirlpool. "Demonic rider of the underworld, tear your victims to shreds, and crush their bones under your wheels! Fusion Summon! Appear! Level 10! Stygian Squad!"
The monster that appeared drove the most terrifying bike known to man, with a twisted face, long sharp teeth, four red eyes for headlights, and big beefy black wheels with flames roaring out either side of them. But the rider was even worse, dark purple scales made up its skins, with long sharp talons gripping the handles with two long tails stretching out behind it, each with a dagger on the end, grizzly battlescars were carved into its armoured torso, and three, demonic heads with six red eyes and a mouth full of giant fangs each attached to long serpentine necks.
Stygian Squad, Level 10, Fiend, DARK, ATK: 3000 DEF: 2500
"You can use Fusion too!?" Ayu gasped.
"I can, and I shall destroy you with it!" 137 proclaimed. "Battle! Stygian Squad! Attack Brotherhood of the Fire Fist - Hawk!" Stygian Squad gave off a demonic roar before charging, whilst Ayu grabbed an Action Card.
"Action Spell: Miracle protects Hawk from destruction and halves the Battle Damage!" Ayu yelled.
"Trap card open! Absolute Buster!" He retaliated. "This negates Miracle's monster protection effect!" Squad smashed straight into Hawk in a huge explosion.
"Aaaaaahhhhh!" Ayu spun out briefly before righting herself, and with no Hawk, Horse Prince's ATK dropped to 2300.
Ayu's LP: 1400
"Gah! When Hawk is destroyed, I can set a Fire Formation Spell from my Deck!" A face down card materialised on Ayu's field.
"At this point, Stygian Squad's effect activates!" 137 continued. "When it destroys an opponents monster, I can Special Summon a Stygian Token to my field!" The Stygian Token looked like a smaller, one headed version of the original with a less intimidating bike.
Stygian Token, Level 5, Fiend, DARK, ATK: 2000 DEF: 1000
"Also, Stygian Squad can attack twice during each Battle Phase!" 137 added.
"What!?" Ayu gasped.
"Stygian Squad will attack Horse Prince!" Once more, Squad obliterated Ayu's monster.
Ayu's LP: 700
"And then I can Special Summon another Stygian Token." A second Token drove on the other side of Squad. "Now! My Stygian Tokens will destroy Barong and Yaksha!" The two Tokens ran into the FIRE monsters, making them burst into golden dust.
Ayu's LP: 600-500
"I end my turn." He finished.
"Amazing! He's made a complete comeback and Special Summoned three really strong monsters! This could be the end for Ayu!"
"Hm." 137 grinned. "As long as Squad is face-up on the field, you can't attack my Tokens, I'll finish this next turn."
"Too bad." Ayu replied. "I'm beating you this turn."
"What was that!?" 137 snarled.
"My turn!" She drew and smiled at the card. "I activate my second Fire Formation - Tenki! And with it I'll add Brotherhood of the Fire Fist - Boar to my hand! Then I'll activate my face down Fire Formation - Tensu, which allows me to Normal Summon an additional Beast-Warrior Type monster this turn, as well as grant that Type on my field an additional 100 attack!" The three Fire Formation Spells lined up as Ayu grabbed two cards. "I summon Brotherhood of the Fire Fist - Boar, and Brotherhood of the Fire Fist - Dragon!" Two blazing human warriors appeared with Boar having 1100 (1400) and Dragon having 1800 (2100) ATK.
"Let's do this! I tune my Level 4 Dragon with my Level 4 Boar!" Boar burst into flames as it turned into four Synchro rings, which Dragon flew through. "Black flames gather, and give rise to an unstoppable burning force! Synchro Summon! Emerge! Level 8! Brotherhood of the Fire Fist - Kirin!" A menacing figure with black flames burning around him emerged with 2000 ATK, 2300 thanks to the Fire Formations.
"Hah! What good will that monster do?" 137 sneered.
"You'll see! Whilst Kirin is face-up on the field, all monsters my opponent controls lose 100 attack for every face-up Spell or Trap I control! Since I control my three Fire Formations, your monsters lose 300 attack!" Squad was reduced to 2700 ATK whilst the Tokens dropped to 1700.
"As if that will help you! My Fusion Monster is still stronger! Your finished!" 137 gloated.
"Alright, your really starting to annoy me, so I'm gonna end this!" Ayu said. "Kirin has another effect! When it's Synchro Summoned, I can set a Fire Formation Spell or Trap directly from my Deck!" A fourth card appeared on Ayu's field.
"Now I activate the Spell Speedy Need!" The card showed Shrink, Raigeki Break, Polymerization and Jar of Greed all shooting forwards with green/purple trails behind them. "During the turn this card is activated, I can activate Spells and Traps the turn they are set!"
"Ayu is now able to use her just set face-down! What kind of card will it be?"
"Trap Card open! Fire Formation - Tensen!" The card flipped up. "With this card, I can target a Beast-Warrior I control and increase its attack by 700 until the End Phase! My choice, obviously, is Kirin!" The Synchro monsters black flames flared up as its ATK was raised to 3000. "Plus, as long as Tensen is face-up on the field, all Beast-Warriors gain 300 extra attack!" Kirin was boosted further to 3300. "And since I control another face-up card, your monsters lose 100 more attack!" Squad and its Tokens dropped to 2600 and 1600 respectively.
"I-Impossible!" 137 gasped.
"Brotherhood of the Fire Fist - Kirin! Attack Stygian Squad! Black Blazing Rage!" Kirin unleashed a breath of black flames over Squad, causing it and its Tokens to be destroyed.
"My Fusion monster! Aaaaaaaaaaaggggggghhhhhh!" 137 screamed.
DC137's LP: 0
Ayu: WIN!
"Amazing! After a jaw-dropping seesaw match, another win is chalked up for the girls, because our winner is Ayu!" The crowd cheered as Ayu stopped and took off her helmet with a smile. "Well Ayu, it seems like your a crowd favourite! You wanna tell your fans why your here?"
"Sure, why not?" She smiled, before gaining an angry look. "I wanna beat the crap out of Leiko!"
"EH!?" I gasped.
"EH!?" Pendulum Performer gasped.
"EH!?" Yugo gasped.
"EH!?" Yuzu gasped.
"Wha-?" Li mumbled with a mouthfull of toast. "Sorry, wasn't listening."
Guard Tag: This cards effects last until the End Phase. When an opponents monster declares an attack, you can select the attack target.
Stygian Squad: Stygian Sergeants + 1 Stygian Monster. This card can attack twice during each Battle Phase. When this card destroys an opponents monster by battle, Special Summon 1 Stygian Token (Level 5/Fiend/DARK/ATK: 2000 DEF: 1000), whilst this card remains face-up on the field, your opponent cannot target Stygian Token's for attacks. If you do not control a face-up Stygian Squad, destroy all Stygian Tokens you control.
Stygian Token: Special Summoned via the effect of Stygian Squad. Whilst you control a face-up Stygian Squad, this card cannot be targeted for an attack. If you do not control a face-up Stygian Squad, destroy this card.
Speedy Need: During the turn this card is activated, you can activate Spells/Traps the turn they are set.
Finally, a new chapter! Sorry for the wait guys! This was supposed to be put up at the weekend...but I got Super Mario Maker and was...*ahem*...distracted. But in any case, I've got a ton of stuff to go through, so let's get started.
First off, as you can tell by now, I have used The Fresh Prince of BANANAS OC, Ayu, in the story. Allow me to say this now: THIS DOES NOT MEAN I AM ACCEPTING OC'S! I was just grateful to her for the fanart she did, and I kinda needed a character for more development on Li, plus I really like her OC's! If you can't tell, my new cover for this story is of Li and Ayu, because they do have history together, which shall be revealed (Yes, I do plan to sort out the size issue). Thanks again, BANANAS!
Secondly, recommendations! This chapter, I am recommending our latest reviewer, silvernet! And her Arc-V stories; Remnant of the Dragons, Tag Force Special (Battle Royale) and Distortion of Dimensions. Admittedly, in DoD's case, I don't usually read female protagonist stories, purely because they always focus too much on the romance and there's not enough action! At least from the summaries I've read. HOWEVER! DoD shows a lot of promise, and I definitely look forward to reading more, so keep up the good work! (I am sorry if I got your gender wrong, it just seems disrespectful calling you 'their'.)
YOU'D BETTER READ THIS ONE IF YOU SKIP THESE A/N'S! Because this is a congratulations to Siora Kazuki who just updated the second chapter of his story! Yaaaaaaaaaaay! Sorry I haven't been replying lately, what with school back up and a busy schedule to boot, though that's still no excuse for not replying, so please forgive my inconsiderate self! Thank you also to darksawr and Durbe the Barian (Love your stories by the way) for helping and supporting him!
Finally, here's the question of the chapter!
QOTC: Next chapter is Leiko's first round Duel, what type of Deck should he face?
That's right reviewers, YOU could be the one to decide which Deck Leiko faces next chapter! Just keep in mind this is the Synchro Dimension, so no Fusion or Xyz archetypes, unfortunately.
That is all! Phew, quite a lot there. But in any case, I shall see YOU, in the next chapter. Bye-bye!