It was the day before the Maiami Championship was due to start and everyone within Maiami was excited, expect for Yaiba Todo.
The last remaining Lancer was sat in an LDS safe house after the other two Lancers were gone. Masumi had disappeared while Hokuto was carded by Sora.
The safe house was somewhere isolated and within Maiami City and it was a simple house with all things he needed to live. Since it was a safe house, there were extra locks on the doors and windows. Reiji was sparing no expense to keep Yaiba safe for the battle against Academia. There was always one guard outside the house to give that extra bit more protection. They would rotate throughout the day.
Yaiba was sitting down and bored. He had one item he cherished more than anything else, a picture of him, Hokuto and Masumi in a group picture, smiling at the camera. He had it in a golden frame and he smiled at it.
"I miss you two. I will find you Masumi and I will find a way to bring you back Hokuto." he said to himself. As Yaiba looked at the picture, he could hear a noises coming from outside. It sounded like a scuffle. "What on earth?!"
Yaiba went to look out the peep hole on the door. He couldn't see anything but he kept looking as he knew he heard something. As he kept looking, a cloaked figure leapt from the roof and right in front of the door. Before Yaiba could say or do anything, the cloak figure revealed a duel disk shaped like a shield, it then activated with a sword blade. The user played a card on the duel disk. No time had passed before a loud explosion was heard and Yaiba was sent flying into the safe house's wall. The user had somehow blasted the door open.
Yaiba slowly got up and saw the black cloaked figure with a blue duel disk and an orange blade. Yaiba looked shocked and filled with all kinds of emotions.
"Who...who are you?!" Yaiba yelled. The cloaked figure didn't answer and instead threw a card at the wall. It avoided Yaiba by an inch. Yaiba slowly moved his head and looked at the card which could have hit his head. It was a picture of a carded security guard.
"You... you carded someone..." Yaiba looked at the duel disk and he slowly came back to his senses. "You're Academia!"
"About time." said the cloaked figure. The voice of the cloaked figure was hidden by a voice changer, it sounded more robotic. "Don't bother calling for help as I disabled the security."
"How did you blow down the door?!" asked Yaiba.
"Real Solid Vision. All Academia warriors have it built in to our duel disks. Now prepare to duel!"
"Who are you?!"
"Just duel!" shouted the cloaked figure. "Prepare to meet the fate of your fellow Lancers!"
"Fine! I shall repay the faith that Reiji has in me. I will avenge Masumi and Hokuto!" Yaiba placed his duel disk on his wrist and the blade activated.
"DUEL!" both yelled.
Turn 1
Yaiba LP: 4000 Hand: 5
Unknown LP: 4000 Hand: 5
"I won't let Academia get away with this, I shall fight for my fallen friends, Hokuto and Masumi! I Normal Summon XX-Saber Boggart Knight!" A lizard in knight armour appeared while holding a thin sword.
XX-Saber Boggart Knight ATK: 1900 DEF: 1000 Earth/Beast-Warrior/LVL 4
"Next I use his effect! Once Normal Summoned, I can bring out another X-Saber from my hand! Appear XX-Saber Fulhelmknight!" A long blonde haired male in an orange like ninja suit with a long red cape came to the field.
XX-Saber Fulhelmknight ATK: 1300 DEF: 1000 Earth/Warrior/Tuner/LVL 3
"Now feel the power of the Lancers! I tune level four Boggart Knight with my level three Fulhelmknight!" The cloaked figure smirked. Both monsters flew into the air as Fulhelmknight turned into green rings. Boggart went through the rings as he became small white orbs.
4+3=7
"Wielder of crossed blades of light, trample over this mountain of corpses! Synchro Summon! Come forth! Level seven! X-Saber Souza!" A large bulky male in knight armour came onto the field. It made an X shape with his two swords. He had a battered and torn red cape.
X-Saber Souza ATK: 2500 DEF: 1600 Earth/Warrior/Synchro/LVL 7
"Next I am playing the Spell Card Gottoms' Second Call! If I control an X-Saber Synchro monster then I can Special Summon two X-Saber monsters from my graveyard. Their attacks are reduced to zero. Return Fulhelmknight and Boggart!" Both monsters slashed their swords as they returned to the field in a mighty show.
XX-Saber Boggart Knight ATK: 0 DEF: 1000 Earth/Beast-Warrior/LVL 4
XX-Saber Fulhelmknight ATK: 0 DEF: 1000 Earth/Warrior/Tuner/LVL 3
"I Synchro Summon once more! Appear X-Saber Urbellum" The two monsters once again Synchro Summoned.
4+3=7
A warrior with a skull for a head appeared. He wore similar X-Saber amour with a red scarf. He had two swords stored on his back.
X-Saber Urbellum ATK: 2200 DEF: 1300 Earth/Warrior/Synchro/LVL 7
"I set a card! Now let's see what you have got!" shouted Yaiba.
"We shall." said the figure.
Turn 2
Yaiba LP: 4000 Hand: 1
Unknown LP: 4000 Hand: 5
"I draw!" the cloaked person said. "I play Polymerization! I fuse two monsters in my head! Prepare! I fuse Gem-Knight Tourmaline and Gem-Knight Sapphire!"
"WHAT?!" yelled Yaiba as a knight in a sliver armour and a yellow knight spun around in the fusion whirlpool. "Appear before me! Gem-Knight Prismaura!" A knight in white amour with gold trim appeared. He held a lance in his right hand and a shield in the left. He had green gems on his chest panel.
Gem-Knight Prismaura ATK: 2450 DEF: 1400 Thunder/Warrior/Fusion/LVL 7
The monster floated down in front of the cloaked figure. Yaiba's eyes were shaking with fear. He had no idea what had just happened.
"Gem... Gem-Knight?! Why are you using Masumi's deck?! Did you steal it?!" The cloaked figure giggled.
"You have no clue." the cloaked figure said.
"You're using a copy of the deck! That's it!"
"Idiot!" The cloaked figure removed the hood from their head and it revealed a black haired female. Yaiba's eyes were frozen. The cloaked figure was revealed to be his friend, Masumi Kotsu.
"Ma... Masumi... no... how... how are you there?!"
"I work for Academia now!" she yelled. "I have seen the future and I wish to help and be a part of the new utopia! Prismaura's effect! I send a Gem-Knight from my hand to the graveyard to destroy one monster you control! I send my Gem-Knight Obsidian and wipe out your Souza!" Masumi slide the card into the Academia's graveyard slot and Prismaura came shooting forward. He slashed away at Souza, destroying it. Yaiba could only watch.
"How... how is this happening?!"
"Next I use Obsidian's effect! If this was sent from my hand to the graveyard then I can Special Summon one level four or lower normal monster from the grave! Appear Tourmaline!" The yellow armoured knight appeared on Masumi's field.
Gem-Knight Tourmaline ATK: 1600 DEF: 1800 Earth/Thunder/LVL 4
"Now I attack with Prismaura once more! Attack Urbellum!" Yaiba once again was still frozen in shock as Prismaura ran forward with his lance in hand. Urbellum raised up his swords and tried to block the attack but Prismaura was too strong and destroyed it. Yaiba felt a blast which moved him back a few feet across the floor. He was forced to shield his eyes from the hit.
Yaiba LP: 4000 - 3750
"What has happened to Masumi?! It must be a clone or a duel bot?!"
"I'm the real thing! Attack directly Tourmaline!" Tourmaline leapt into the air and slammed its boot into Yaiba's stomach. This winded him and made him fall to the ground.
Yaiba LP: 3750 – 2150
"I end my turn with a set card." Masumi said. Yaiba slowly got back up with numerous questions in his mind.
"How did you do this to Masumi!" Masumi was annoyed.
"This is me idiot!" she yelled as she ripped of the rest of the cloak to reveal her normal clothes of a blue top and yellow undershirt. "I now work for Academia."
"But... how?! Is this a joke?!"
"No it isn't. I have joined the Fusion master race and I will reign supreme with the rest of the Academia!"
"You... you changed sides?! WHY?!"
"I was given a great opportunity and I saw the right side of this war. That is Academia! I was a Fusion user for this weak dimension and now I have been given the chance to join a whole dimension which sees the beauty in Fusion and it's great and noble cause!"
"How is turning people into cards and making war noble?"
"It isn't. For non Fusion users at least. We are the great dimension and we shall reign above all. You, Synchro user, will join the cause, as FUEL!" Masumi shouted with great pride and passion. Yaiba looked really unnerved and gritted his teeth.
"I will have to bring you back then. You have been brainwashed or something! SNAP OUT OF IT!"
"WHY?! This is so much more fun then I was getting at LDS. Being friends with you and Hokuto was terrible and painfully boring! I have Academia and the Professor. I need no one else!"
Turn 3
Yaiba LP: 2150 Hand: 1
Masumi LP: 4000 Hand: 1
"Damnit!" Yaiba closed his eyes in anger. "I will bring you back to normal. Draw!" Yaiba looked at his card. "I summon another XX-Saber Boggart Knight!
XX-Saber Boggart Knight ATK: 1900 DEF: 1000 Earth/Beast-Warrior/LVL 4
"I Special Summon X-Saber Pashuul via Boggart's effect!" A knight with a giant sword appeared. He wore purple amour.
X-Saber Pashuul ATK: 100 DEF: 0 Earth/Warrior/Tuner/LVL 2
"Now my set card! My Trap, Gottoms' Emergency Call! If I control an X-Saber monster, then I can Special Summon two X-Saber's from my graveyard! Return Urbellum and Souza!" Both Knights returned swinging their swords.
X-Saber Souza ATK: 2500 DEF: 1600 Earth/Warrior/Synchro/LVL 7
X-Saber Urbellum ATK: 2200 DEF: 1300 Earth/Warrior/Synchro/LVL 7
"Those Knights are getting annoying." said Masumi.
"Masumi! We spent all the time together! Getting to the top of LDS classes in Action Dueling! Me, you and Hokuto... best friends for years! Then the new summons appeared and we only got better and stronger! You chose to learn Fusion because you wanted your gems to shine even brighter! You wanted to follow your father's steps in jewellery. You wished to make him proud of you! Please remember!" replied Yaiba with a desperate plea.
"MAKE YOUR MOVE!" Masumi continued. The control was far too strong for her to fight.
"Fine! I tune Pashuul and Urebellum!" Both monsters flew into the air as the Synchro Summon begun. ""Let your silver armour shine and crush the hope of everything that opposes you! Synchro Summon! Come forth! Level nine! Double X-Saber Gottoms." A giant knight in sliver amour appeared with a long mighty red cape. He had golden plating on his arms, chest and legs.
7+2=9
Double X-Saber Gottoms ATK: 3100 DEF: 2600 Earth/Warrior/Synchro/LVL 9
The knight appeared along with the other monsters on Yaiba's field. He held his shinning sword with pride.
Right before Yaiba was his mighty arsenal of monsters. Souza, Boggart Knight and Gottoms,The knights armoured all shinned. Yaiba pointed forward. "Ok Masumi. Time to set you free! Go Boggart Knight! Take out Tourmaline!" Boggart slashed his swords across Tourmaline and destroyed it. Masumi's hair flicked in the after blast however she remained unnerved.
Masumi LP: 4000 – 3700
"Now attack my Souza! Wipe out Prismaura!" The second Souza leapt forward and slashed twice across the Fusion monster, destroying it as well.
Masumi LP: 3700 - 3650
"NOW WAKE UP MASUMI!" roared Yaiba as Double X-Saber Gottoms went to attack. Gottoms went running in with his mighty sword as Masumi stood without any monsters in front of her. She smirked.
"I play Negate Attack!" she yelled as Gottoms jumped back to Yaiba's field. Yaiba gritted his teeth.
"That's why you topped our Fusion course. You always were ahead of everything Masumi."
"Yes and now you will face that! End your turn!"
"I will get you back Masumi. No way can you get passed my three mighty Synchro's."
Turn 4
Yaiba LP: 2150 Hand: 0
Masumi LP: 2950 Hand: 1
Masumi smirked. "I will. I told you. Fusions are the best! Draw!" she yelled. "I play the Spell Unearth Fusion! I banish Gem-Knight material from my graveyard! I banish Zirconia, Prismaura, Sapphire, Obsidian and Tourmaline!"
"What?! That's all your monsters. You don't have anything that powerful?!"
"Thanks to Academia, I do! I Fusion Summon my ultimate gem! Appear Gem-Knight Commander Biotite!" A knight in black amour appeared with a red sword in hand. He had red playing down his chest panel and his sword had several black gems running down the blade.
Gem-Knight Commander Biotite ATK: 0 DEF: 0 Dark/Warrior/Fusion/LVL 10
Yaiba looked at Masumi's monster with a shocked expression. "You never had that monster before?!"
"This is Academia's gift."
"Zero attack and defense? What a bad gift." replied Yaiba.
"At the moment. This monster required two Gem-Knight Fusion monsters and one or more non- Fusion Gem-Knight's."
"One or more?!" said Yaiba.
"For every non-Fusion monster I use, I can attack that many times in addition to my normal one attack! I sent three non-Fusions meaning I get four attacks!"
"Still makes no difference!"
"Just watch fool!" Masumi said. "Go Biotite. Attack his first!" Biotite leapt forward and slammed his sword against Souza's. Yaiba watched on as he expected Biotite to fall but it didn't much to his surprise. Seconds later his Souza begun to crack, it then exploded. Yaiba was caught in shock.
"What just happened?!" he yelled.
"When Biotite battles a monster, the monster it battles is automatically destroyed and I take no damage from the battle. Next for every monster I destroy, Biotite gains 1000 attack!"
"No! It was stronger then it looked!" replied Yaiba. Biotite raised his sword into the air as it grew longer.
Biotite ATK: 0 - 1000
"Now wipe out his Boggart!" Once again Biotite slashed away at Boggart and the same thing happened. Boggart cracked up and was destroyed. Yaiba was speechless.
Biotite ATK: 1000 – 2000
"Attack his Gottoms!" Biotite slammed his sword into Gottom's stomach. The monster was impaled on the Gem-Knight's sword and was quickly destroyed as well.
Biotite ATK: 2000 – 3000
Yaiba looked at Masumi with a devilish grin on her face. "Masumi! PLEASE!"
"Please what? Don't you wish to be a part of something bigger and better. Feel assured your life energy will be put to use."
"Please..." said Yaiba as he begged once more, his voice got quieter as he spoke.
"Please finish you off? Sure! This is for the Professor! Go Biotite!" Biotite launched forward with his now extended sword and slashed Yaiba across the chest. The hit sent Yaiba flying backwards and into the wall.
Yaiba fell down off the wall and head first onto the floor. Masumi walked over.
"Masumi... I... I beg you...please! You're a Lancer..."
"I am an Academia student!" Masumi lifted up her duel disk and a purple beam came out of it. Yaiba was covered in the purple with a defeated look on his face.
"I'm sorry Masumi... I couldn't save you." Yaiba said as he dissolved away. A card came out of Masumi's Academia's duel disk and it showed Yaiba lying in pain. Masumi had carded him. She smirked and threw the card onto the floor.
"Worthless. Soon the world will be rid of those." Masumi tapped away at her duel disk and a purple portal appeared. She walked through and the portal disappeared.
Three Hours Later – Reiji's Office
Reiji was at his desk once more. He was watching a holoscreen which was showing the Masumi and Yaiba duel. Reiji had his hands clenched as Himika Akaba walked in.
"Reiji... I heard. I'm sorry." she said.
"Yes. Now we have two Lancers carded and one has been brainwashed for the enemy. Now I know we have an Academia mole within LDS. Someone who wanted to take apart the Lancers from within." Reiji replied. "Someone in LDS who has the ability to cover things up and knows the code to the safe house."
"Is there anything I can do?"
"No. The tournament begins tomorrow and our new Lancers will be chosen. No way will anything or anyone be able to stop that. It is too big to fail." Reiji replied as he stood up and looked outside his window. Himika smiled back.
Another Office
Somewhere in LDS, Himika was sat down and looking at her computer. She looked around the room and then outside the office window. There was no one about.
She took a card from a drawer and picked it up. It was blank. Himika placed the card into a computer slot and the screen begun to change.
Connection Establishing...
Connection Secure
No one appeared on the computer but a male voice could be heard. "Password?"
"H-Akaba-Tribute-"
The screen then went silent and a white bar appeared on the screen as it loaded. Another black screen then appeared with another male voice.
"Glory on the Academia."
"Glory on the Academia." said Himika in return. "I have new information on the plan here in Tribute. Let me speak to my husband."
"Right away Mrs Akaba. Putting you through now."
"Thank you." said Himika smirking.
A/N
Negate Attack was a small reference to GX.
FurySong – The fusing is a part of the boys as normal but about the girls and Ruri/Yuzu won't be like Yuto/Yuya. I am keeping them around and not RIP Yuto for 70 episodes . Without spoilering, the girls are slightly different.
Tobias97 – Thanks as ever.
OC New Cards
Unearth Fusion/Spell
Fusion Summon 1 "Gem-Knight" Fusion Monster from your Extra Deck, using monsters from your graveyard as Fusion Materials.
Gem-Knight Commander Biotite ATK: 0 DEF: 0 Dark/Warrior/Fusion/LVL 10
2 Gem-Knight Fusion Monsters + 1 or more Non Fusion Gem-Knight Monsters.
This monster can attack X the amount of non-Fusion monsters used as Fusion Material for this card plus it's normal attack.
If this card battles an opponent's monster then destroy it before damage calculation. You take no damage from battles involving this card.
This card gains 1000 ATK and DEF for each monster it destroys.
