Learning How to Rev It Up!
General POV
"Now that's very unfortunate." A boy commented reading a newspaper.
The article, his crimson eyes were focused on, had pictures of Yuya, Serena and Shingo with the word 'WANTER' written in red over their heads. The boy closed the newspaper, revealing his spiky red hair. He put it aside and turned to the side with an annoyed expression on his face.
"Your Lancers have started to do mischiefs with their arriving to this dimension." Yuksel said with an almost taunting voice. "If they keep it like this making a contract in this world will become far harder to accomplish."
"There is no need to trouble yourself with this." Reiji stepped toward. "I'm prepared for such circumstances."
"Of course you are." Yuksel smiled. "That's why you are the leader here. I'm just saying that their actions worse our already nonexistent reputation in this dimension." Yuksel looked to the lower parts of the city, the Commons' area. "And in this society diplomacy seems to be in a really primitive state."
"What exactly are you suggesting for me to do?" Reiji asked back.
"I'm not suggesting anything." Yuksel answered. "Our group is scattered all over the city each of them getting in trouble in their own unique ways. Yet you still haven't told me how you plan to make an alliance with the Synchro Dimension."
"I don't plan of making the public follow me." Reiji fixed his glasses. "The ones whose trust we need to receive is the governing body that is in charge of this world."
"Ugh I don't get how politics work!" Hema groaned and grabbed her head.
Yuksel laughed at his sister's actions while Reiji just ignored it. Suddenly the twins felt a presence and quickly turned around. A blue ninja was standing behind them with his hands crossed.
"Tsukikage…" Hema sighed in relief of seeing an ally.
"Gomen." The ninja duelist bowed. "I didn't meat to scare you. I found some important information. The Executive Council seems to be in charge of this city."
"Good." Reiji nodded. "We are going there now."
"I guess there is nothing we could do now but wish you good luck then." Yuksel turned his back to Reiji and processed to leave with Hema following suit.
"You aren't coming?" Tsukikage asked the twins shocked.
"There are things that we need to take care of as well." Hema informed. "But we will join again with you once it's possible."
"I understand." Tsukikage nodded.
"So how are we going to find them?" Hema whispered in her brother's ear once they got in a good distance from the two Lancers.
"You shouldn't worry about that." Yuksel ensured her. "After all with a pair of bombastic twins like those it should be a pretty easy task."
Evan's POV
"Ah~! Winning money in this city must be easier than even in Vegas." I exclaimed happily while carrying three plastic bags full of food. The best part is that I didn't even need to use the money I won in order to buy them!
"What's Vegas?" Wolfy's spirit appeared next to me titling her head in a cute way.
'You can look in my brain, right? Just google it there.' I mentally deadpanned.
"You want me to search one word in a place full with memories worth sixteen years when you could simply explain it?"
'And where would be the fun in that?'
Wolfy puffed her cheeks and jumped toward me with her claws, but vanished the moment she made a contact with my body. Ha, take that Duel Spirits! You can't damage me while in this form!
"Are you sure about that, master~?" I heard Foxy's voice in my head. Damn you, ability to hear my thoughts!
'For the love of Ra not you too!' I groaned mentally.
The damn spirit appeared before me with a mischievous grin. "Maybe if you fall on all four and bark I won't do any mental damage."
I shoot her a nasty glare. 'Why don't you do it instead?'
"Why should I?" Foxy asked me back confused. Oh boy, it's so fun to look at her. She is really thinking that she still has the upper hand over me.
'You do understand that you and your sister aren't the only spirits in my deck, right?' I reminded her with a mischievous grin on my own.
Foxy's tail that was swinging around until now froze and her eyes widened. It seems that she understood what I was talking about.
'Please take care gentlemen.' Berserk Fighter, Timerush Dragon and Spacebreaker Tiger all appeared behind Foxy. The black knight grabbed the mischievous fox and threw her over his shoulder.
"W-w-wait! Let's talk about it! Please! Master!" I waved goodbye as my monsters vanished along with the protesting Foxy.
Because of the duel with my sister I was able to realize that Foxy and Wolfy are actually made as representatives of my conscience instead of my desires. Because of that turning the others Chroneality into helping me with controlling those two was pretty easy.
With no one else to ask me pointless questions or ruin my mood anymore I continued on my path toward Fujiko's house. I can't already imagine their expressions once I walk in with all that food. Fujiko will surely praise me!
"What is that?!" Fujiko yelled while holding me by the collar.
What the heck? When I walked inside the house everyone was staring at me in awe, but the moment I put the bags onto the table Fujiko ran to me and started shouting. Be a bit more grateful for the food damn it!
"Let's see… There is bread, tomatoes, eggs, donuts, there is also curry…" I began to recite.
"There's curry!" Shin shouted in awe and grabbed the bags.
"That's not the point here!" Fujiko snapped at him, then glared at me. Oh boy this cold look! "How were you able to get all this when just yesterday you didn't had a yen!"
"I won some money!" I shouted back and pulled 10 500 yens from my pocked. Fujiko paused for a moment staring at the money. "See? I didn't steal anything. You should apology-! AAAAAAHHHHHHHH!"
Crash!
"Ouch!" I shouted rubbing my back. Did she really have to throw me against the wall?! Fujiko walked toward and grabbed me by the collar again. I turned toward Shin and my sister for support but they were both hiding behind the door eating the food. Traitors!
"Tell me how you got those money!" Fujiko demanded.
"Ok, ok!" I waved my hands in defeat. "Just don't get made, ok? I won the money by legal means."
"How?" She continued staring at me.
"Pretty easy actually." I said with pride. "I was hanging around the Top area when some moron wanted to take my deck 'because the cards were rare. I told him to fuck off and he challenged me on a dual in which I had to bet my deck…"
"It still doesn't explain how you became rich!" Fujiko hissed.
"Well…" I rolled my eyes. Seeing how she hates such kind of games I'm sure that she will be mad but still. "Because it would be unfair I made him bet his money. And let's just say that after three One Turn Kills I was about to also get a new apartment if he hasn't called Security."
"You were gabling?!" Fujiko's face turned red from anger and she threw her right fist toward me.
"What's the problem with that?" I glared at her. Fujiko's eyes widened as my hand moved to stop her fist and then twisted her hand, emitting a yelp from the girl. "It isn't right? It's morally wrong? The Tops get to live a wealthy life just because they can while you all have to fight for survival every day. If one would be to think about it this way what I'm doing is actually right!"
"Grambling for money isn't right!" Fujiko shouted and pushed my arm away. "Didn't I tell you when you helped me rescue the kids that I don't tolerate such actions? Social status is no excuse for doing something as lowly as Grambling and stealing!"
"Oh please, if you saw the man I dueled that much must have been like pocket change for him." I defended myself then raised a finger before Fujiko. "But if it's so big of a problem for you that I took some guy's lunch money then the only way to solve this disagreement is with an overcomplicated children card game."
"That gotta be good!" My sister commented from the side eating the popcorns I brought.
"What overcomplicated children card game does he talk about?" And of course let's just ignore anything that Shin say from now on.
"Translation: I challenge Fujiko on a duel." I really had to explain that?
"Actually, I have a better idea how to solve this conflict." Fujiko crossed her hands and nodded.
'Does she by any chances mean that we are going to sit down and talk about it? I can't believe it such a phenomenon is going to happen?! Quickly I need a camera!'
"We are going to do things the way they are done in our world." Fujiko exclaimed pushing her fist toward. "With a Turbo Duel."
'My dream was too good to be actually true!' I thought crying with anime tears.
What was the worst, I have absolutely no experience in Turbo Duels like in I have no experience in driving superfast motorbikes. Fujiko is clearly doing this because she has more skills and wants to get any possible advantage she could get in order to beat me.
"I'm against that!" Shin shouted.
'What?! Shin is going to talk some sense in Fujiko!'
"I'm not letting that guy ride my D-Wheel!" Shin yelled pointing at me like at a criminal.
'Why do I keep having so high expectations for this anime?' I wondered while hitting my head into the table.
"Then he can ride Isa's D-Wheel? There is no problem for you as long as it isn't yours, right?" Fujiko asked. Why do I felt like she will do everything possible just to have me duel her?
"It's been some time since that D-Wheel left the garage." Shin pointed out. "I will need some time to look at it."
"Thant's ok with me." Fujiko walked off. "We will duel after an hour!"
"Security's numbers around here seem to have increased." I told her.
"We will duel after two hours!" And with that she left.
"I have never seen her so pumped up before." Shin pat my shoulder.
"You weren't reasonable to let her drag you like that." My sister spoke her dissent.
"She certainly has the higher ground for this duel." I agreed. Then I smiled and looked at my fist. "However there are and better ways to get past such obstacles. I'm going to demolish any advantage she could possible hope to get in this duel."
"Good luck with that." Shin waved his hand in an 'I don't believe you' manner. "Fujiko has possible one of the best dueling styles I have ever seen."
It's true, although Fujiko isn't exactly like him, her deck and play style are very close to Yusei and I believe we all know his Win/Lose ration is. If she truly is his doppelganger her dueling style must be able to comprehend her opponent's tactics and quickly formulate an effective counter strategy.
The mere thought pumps me up so much! This will surely be one unpredictable duel. A fiercest battle against the queen of junk herself.
"I guess it can't be helped." My sister sighed and stood up. "The glove is already thrown so there's no point in trying to stop the duel anyway. Hey Shin! Can I come with you?"
"I don't see why not." He nodded. "You could help me by giving the instruments."
"Then I'm going to get myself ready for the duel as well." I said putting my hands into the pockets of the jacket.
I walked into the room Fujiko gave for me and Elizabeth. Then I sat on the ground and took my deck. I didn't had any time to look over my options before so in all my duels with this deck so far I just threw whatever I find to be good for the situation.
Maybe I shouldn't have said that I can defeat Fujiko.
After taking a good look onto what this deck fully consists of my worries about the duel with Fujiko somewhat increased. The relation between Main Deck and Extra Deck here is really strange and actually pretty close to non-existing.
Even the Fusion monsters which somewhat relate themselves with what I'm playing have some weird exceptions.
"Can I hide here?" Foxy suddenly appeared behind me. "I barely escaped from the others and I'm sure that Phantom and Sola are currently looking for me in the 'PG 18' zone of your mind."
"Ah Foxy! Just the half animal that I needed!" I grinned. She stepped away.
"Coming here was a mistake as well." She spoke harshly.
"Don't worry, don't worry." I patted the ground next to me. "There are a few things about you Chronealities that I need speak about with some expert."
Foxy took a deep breath and sat next to me. "It's still better that being put in a cell measured for real foxes."
"Good, good!" I clapped. "Now there is a list of things that you need to give a proper answer for. First, why is the Rank of my only Xyz monster so weird? Almost none of the monster in my deck is of the Level needed to summon it and the only possible ways to summon it I found is with a few breaky combos."
"Every property of the cards are created from the user's mind so the reason for that must be in you." Foxy lied on her chest and began swinging her tail. "But hey, with the abilities you get from summoning it that's a pretty good trade off, isn't it?"
"If their properties are made from my brain then why do I have this kind of Tuner in my deck when I don't have that kind of Synchro monsters?" I asked the fox showing her the card. Foxy's eyes widened as she saw it.
"What is this doing here?" She asked and raised to a sitting position. "I thought this kind of cards was extinct. To think that master's soul could hide something like this." A grin spread over Foxy's face and her eyes started shinning. "But of course they haven't disappeared from all timelines so I think it's just natural for our family to gain new unusual faces."
"Does Synchro-Pendulum and Fusion-Pendulum count in this weird family of yours?" I asked turning back to my deck. "I honestly have no idea how those things are working. Do they stay face-down when in the Extra Deck? Can I Pendulum summon them from there? What if one of those five remaining blank cards turn into a Xyz-Pendulum? Those things don't even have a Level in order to work properly!"
"I so wish there was a rulebook for this kind of things." Foxy dropped her head. "I'm just a Duel Spirit, my job is to guide my owner, not write the rules for dueling mechanics."
"Point taken." I admitted defeat and started putting my deck together.
"Sorry for not being of much help with those things." Foxy laughed silly. "Is that everything that master wished to know?"
I put the deck back into its holder and then answered. "Actually, there is something important I wanted to talk about. It's about those powers that you mentioned?"
"You must be confused, such things didn't exist in your reality after all." Foxy looked at me. It felt almost as she was showing pity toward me. "And yet you have this kind of abilities since birth. It sounds really hard to believe, doesn't it?"
"It seems that my sister can't talk with her spirits or see them as I do." I looked at my deck. "Why am I the only one able to hear you guys?"
Foxy shook her head. "Honestly, I don't know how to explain it myself."
"How comes?" I glared at her curiously. "It has been you who addressed those powers in the first place? You should know the most about them."
"My entire existence is because of you." Foxy crossed her hands. "I'm just a product of your thoughts that was supposed to be invisible for normal people. I figured that you have those powers because you were able to see and talk to us when we first came out of your head."
"Is there really nothing you could tell me?" I hate to admit it, but I was ready to beg her if that would help me gather some information.
Foxy closed her eyes. "I felt that with every day it's evolving. It's like the power is trying to gain a certain form that it wasn't able to acquire in the reality you existed before that."
"A certain form… Is that everything you can tell me?"
"It, it feels strange, it's dark but also warn." Foxy shook her head. "Sorry master that's everything I could see."
"Thanks anyway." I told her and lied on the ground.
Foxy followed suit and rested her head onto my chest. Literally, I can feel her against my body. Weren't Duel Spirits supposed to be like ghost without bodies?
"I didn't know that you can materialize." I said with awe.
"I can't." Foxy answered bringing her tail around us. "It's master's power that allows me to gain a body when I'm close enough to him. If it's uncomfortable I can leave."
"Don't." I put my hand over hers. I'm not sure if it's hormones of something else but I want her close to me right now. "Let's stay like this for a bit longer."
"If that's what master wants." Foxy smiled and closed her eyes. "It feels warn."
"Yeah." I closed my eyes as well, swallowing the moment. When Foxy isn't trying to tease or annoying me her company is actually very pleasant.
Elizabeth's POV
"If you are going to examination the motorbike why is there a laptop?" I asked looking at the codes that Shin was entering into the device.
"For the last time, it's a D-Wheel." He groaned. Well excuse me for calling it by its proper not-so-silly name. "I have to check the systems if they work properly during duels. When a duel start the D-Wheels are programmed to change into Auto-Pilot to ease the duelists, but that also locks them from controlling it manually, meaning that they can't control where they are driving."
"And if the Auto-Pilot isn't working right there is a high chance for them to crash." I finished. "So it's like a double edged sword, right?"
"Yes, though malfunction are rare it's better to be sure than sorry." I have to give them credits that at least they are trying to make it safe.
I walked to the side and sat under one of the walls. Shin doesn't need my assistance and I'm getting really bored here. Then something caught my attention. A poster on the wall of the opposite side from me. There were several people in jumpsuits with helmets and in the middle of them a man with blonde hair pointing toward.
Yeah, I remember him from one of the Yu-Gi-Oh series my brother has watched. His name was Jack something. I think it was Jack Atlas, but not completely sure about it. There were also the words 'Friendship Cup' written underneath him.
"Hey what is that?" I asked Shin and pointed to the poster.
"That?" he looked at the wall curious. Then Shin sighed and returned to his work. "It's a poster for the Friendship Cup."
"I can read that." I blurted annoyed. "But what exactly is the Friendship Cup and who's that guy on the poster."
"The Friendship Cup is the biggest tournament that happens every year. It's created to promote harmony between the Tops and Commons." Shin took a spanner and moved to the D-Wheel. "But in the end it only serves to entertain the crowds who have gone there to watch as the participants tear each other apart. And of course to watch whichever unlucky duelist gets to be the King's sacrifice. And that is Jack Atlas, the current Duel King."
"Duel King?" I looked at Shin confused.
"The Duel King is the one who won the Friendship Cup and defeated the previous holder of the tittle. They are like the star of the city and get all kinds of privileges."
"Are you and Fujiko going to participate?"
"We aren't interested." Shin put the spanner aside. Then he looked at me seriously. "It may sound easy, but that tournament is in fact like a death sentence. There is only one belief in this city and it's that the weak must fall while the strong rule."
"That's horrible." I mumbled. "But if it's so bad then why don't you try to change it?"
Shin paused for a moment, thinking about it.
"There are things that simple people like us can't do." He shook his head. "If people are ready to fall on their knees and follow senseless tyrants then they just aren't worthy to be saved."
"Shin…"
"The reason why Security hates us so much and why we are isolated from the rest of the city is because of that. In here such kind of thinking doesn't exist. For the higher ups we are just defects that represent danger for their society."
Now that's brutal. To get such treatment because you won't bow. If people in this city are really so simply minded as Shin says they are then he is probably true that to try help them is pointless as well.
"Anyway, can you give me the screwdriver?" Shin asked.
"Right away." I answered and raised. I walked to the box with the instruments, but there were five different screwdrivers. "Which one exactly?"
"The second smallest one."
"Ah! Here you go!"
"Thanks! It's a lot easier with someone to help me."
Evan's POV
The two hours passed like a bliss. I didn't even realize when I had fallen asleep. Good that Foxy was with me as she woke me up to get ready for the duel.
I always had a problem with relaxing and it's painfully hard for me to fall asleep even when I'm completely tired. It shocks me that Foxy's mere presence is able to calm my mind so much. Those Duel Spirits are truly miracle makers.
But that's insignificant information anyway, so moving on, I got myself ready and ran into the garage where the others were already waiting for me. The starting line was going to be the front door of the house and the course was going to be around the abandoned part of the city.
"Just to input the course into the Auto-Pilot's programming and you are ready to go." Shin explained as he was working onto the laptop.
"Are you sure that this is a good idea?" my sister asked worried. "The streets aren't in very good conditions and you have never driven such thing in your life. Actually, you haven't driven anything in your life!"
"Don't you trust in me?" I asked in a joking tone.
"It's not that I don't believe in you!" she snapped at me and looked down. "But everything could happen and you have no experience."
"Bad things won't happen if you don't think about them." I told her with a smile. Then I turned to Shin and Fujiko to remind them of a small detail. "Still, won't it be safer if you give me a helmet!"
"Whoops!" Shin suddenly remembered and took something that was lying beside him. "Catch!"
I grabbed the helmet he threw at me and looked it over. It was mostly white with a pink visor and a pink heart on top of it. I gained a tick from just looking at it.
"What's… that?" I asked, trying to retrain my composure and avoid fusing my fist with Shin's face.
"Sorry, but the only spare helmet we have is Isa's." He said with a big smile.
"Couldn't you just handle me your helmet for this? I mean, you won't be needing it right now, so why not?"
"I already said no about letting my D-Wheel. Why are you thinking that I won't just do the same thing about the helmet?"
I simply shot him a glare. There was no need of words to respond to this.
"Are you ready?" Fujiko asked putting her helmet on. Then she revved up her engine
"I never back from a challenge." I smirked, but from the inside, I was really worried. The auto-pilot wasn't an insurance since there was far much to riding a motorbike that just that.
"On the start line!" my sister stepped in front of our D-Wheels with raised hands.
"Three!"
I branched myself up and Fujiko continued revving her D-Wheel.
"Two!"
I moved my hand to the accelerator and noticed that my hand was trembling a bit. Damn, now it's the time for this!
"One!"
Suddenly, my body and mind relaxed. I felt warm overflowing in my body. That's right, I'm not alone in this.
"Go!"
We both accelerated toward and past my sister. It was so amazing! The feeling of going against the wind!
"Field Spell set on! Neo Speed World!" We shouted in unison.
"Duel Mode: On. Auto-Pilot Standby!" Our D-Wheels' AIs announced and the duel disks' blades activated.
"Riding Duel! Acceleration!"
Since who passes the corner first gains the first turn I and Fujiko were trying to overtake one another, but none of us was able to take the lead. It was going to be a tier, however.
Just as we were about to past the corner Fujiko accelerated toward, completely passing me as if I was a stone standing on one place.
'Damn, she has been holding back!' I gritted my teeth.
"I'm going to show you the true strength of Turbo Duels!" Fujiko shouted back to me.
"Bring it on!" I called out. Then we both drew our first five cards.
I looked at my card holder. My cards were the trap Chroneality Hidden Striker and the monsters Chroneality Cursed Phantom, Chroneality Rush Tuner, Chroneality Cuden Curtain and Chroneality Foxy Magician.
'Welcome aboard everyone!' I smiled.
Turn 1
Fujiko's LP: 4000, Hand: 5
Evan's LP: 4000, Hand: 5
New Cards:
Chroneality Hidden Striker (Trap) Counter
When a Trap Card is activated, negate the activation, and if you do, destroy it, then you can destroy up to two cards on the field. When an opponent's monster attack a "Chroneality" while this card is banished, you can negate the attack, then Special Summon this card as an Effect Monster (Zombie-Type/Water/Tuner/Level 1/ATK 300/DEF 300). During either player's turn: You can Tribute this card; target 1 face-up monster on the field; that target is unaffected by card effects, expect its own effects, for the rest of this turn.
A/N: Hey everyone! First I want to apologize because the updates from now on will probably be slow (unless the upcoming Arc-V episodes get me hyped) not because of school, but because most of my focus goes to another story I have started writing but won't post it on this site since it's an original story and not a fanfiction.
Along with that I got a hobby of completely destroying Blue-Eyes players with my Four Dimension Dragons deck. Because what is better than crashing your Starve Venom into their Blue-Eyes for 7600 damage and then laugh into their faces or to simulately spam Dark Requiems during the opponent's turn while also negating their monster effects?
Anyway, moving to the chapter, Yuksel and Hema are back, yay! I think I may have spoiled Evan's deck too much with this. But none of the mentioned monsters is going to appear anytime soon so it's ok. I just want you guys to note that when he uses a new monster it isn't like he has pulled it off his ass, but simply hasn't used it before since there was no real need for it. Of course there are still those five blank cards, so not everything is revealed yet, hehehe.
A fun fact: Every time when I write Evan talking with Foxy I feel like I'm writing about a couple that I ship really hard.
And moving on...
Thanks to karategeosteelgaming for the favorite!
Now to my and probably most other writers' guilty pleasure, responding to reviews!
Lspaceship: In-universe it's just coincidence however when I designed the decks I wanted to turn them into like, backstory for those "familiar faces". So non-canonically Chroneality and Oracle Sisters were the decks those monsters belonged when they were young.
silvernet: (Goddamn when did you change the name again? I was about to write Komori Rias!)
Anyway, the reason I used Master no Baka is because of how awkward it is. Foxy used that English-Japanese for fun and to annoy Evan.
I know what you mean, it really feels unsatisfying to me as well, however I tend to reveal backstories and such things at different moments in the story so I believe that things that will be said and done during the future will make this mini-arc seem more finished.
The Evan acknowledged his mistakes but doesn't repent is really like that. From his point of vision it was simply wrong as a tactical move. People may not like it but I don't plan of making Evan a cliché protagonist. He isn't the type of person that takes actions because he simply want to help but because he expect to gain something out of it.
The idea of Elizabeth's fears being represented by a simply 2400 DEF wasn't for it to be almost indestructible. It was mean to be broken in the sense that it barely works with her deck with a weird effect and is in most situations useless. It shows how 'weak' and 'useless' Elizabeth actually feels - a being that doesn't belong anywhere and is despised by others.
Colou: I just want to note the "After all, the road to hell is paved with good intentions." part since you have no idea how true this is about alot more characters that will appear in this fic and not just Evan.
And done! See ya next time everyone!
ShadowFire10 Out!