Same disclaimer applied.
"Talking"
'Thinking'
Flashback
Distant Communication
(Person 1/ person 2) "In unison/in unison"
(5D's) "This symbol indicates the card is created by yours truly. All rights go to me."
(Dawn) "This symbol indicates the card is created by 'Duel Academy Stories' Duelist of Dawn. All rights go to him."
(Digi) "This symbol indicates the card is created by 'Seven Spirits' Digidramon. All rights go to him."
(Lily) "This symbol indicates the card is created by Lily Truesdale. All rights go to her."
Goodwin released the axel spike, which crashed to the ground. He walked forward, then projected himself on many holographic screeds in the stadium. He made sure his metal hand was hidden.
"People of New Domino City," Goodwin announced, "It is always a terrible tragedy that a gifted duelist like our very own Greiger suffers a complete nervous and emotional breakdown following such an intense duel. But rest assured, he'll get all the help he needs."
The crowds cheered. On the highest level of the stands, the red-haired man in the trenchcoat stood where he was yesterday, his lips curving into a smirk, "I can't believe they're eating up all of Goodwin's lies," he muttered, "Here comes that help."
Down on the track, several Security officers handcuffed Greiger and began to take him away, "Mr. Goodwin's gonna make sure you get everything you deserve!"
"Yusei..." Greiger called, "Promise me you'll take down Goodwin once and for all."
Yusei nodded and Greiger allowed the officers to drag him off of the track.
Without a trace of memory, Jason Issac Hutchins awakens in the back of a ghetto alleyway. This slum is home to bums and criminals who, exiled from the city, bear an inscription called a 'marker' on their faces.
It is there he notices a duel disk attached to his left arm, indicating that he is, in fact a duelist! In days ahead, what kind of destiny awaits him on...
Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's
Stardust Accelerator
Ride 35: Return of Chaos
Part 1: Black and White
The competitors' lounge was barely empty now. Most of the finalists remaining were out minding their own business. As for Xiki Nomura, however, it was the perfect opportunity to recuperate before her match. She was lying on a sofa with her face staring at the plush matresses. Although not asleep, Xiki's mind was drifted back to the lost days of yesteryear.
Xiki Nomura was not always the person she is now. Beyond that thick, hardened exterior of hers, is a timid soul waiting to be beheld.
Flashback... (11 years back...)
"Mama, how much do you love me?"
"Oh? What make you ask something like that? I love you very much."
"Because I want you and Daddy to always love me, no matter what."
"...Then that's just it. Whether we love or hate you is up to you, sweetie..."
End Flashbac-
"LADY NOMURA, WAKE UP!"
Xiki was snapped back into reality by someone's sudden screech. She never liked being disturbed from her meditation. So without looking back, she reached out an arm, grabbed a handful of Hilary's pigtails, and dragged her back to her level.
"You had better have a good reason for screeching in my ear, Hilary," Nomura growled.
"I just wanna tell you your turbo duel's about to start!" Hilary whimpered.
Nomura released Hilary's hair, letting her fall on her rear end. Without saying anything else, Xiki got up and exited the room...
Later...
"Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome back to the Fortune Cup Wild Card!" Sonya Harpe announced, "First up is Satellite's very own Jason Hutchins!" Jason raced into the track with his purple riding suit and white duel-runner, "Facing him is the Underground Dueling Queen, Xiki Nomura!" Nomura came onto the track next. She wore a dark-blue riding suit with black armor paddings on it. She has a duel runner as well. The thing is, it wasn't even hers. That looks like the same flaming chopper that Hunter Pace used!
Ken: "That's Hunter Pace's runner!"
Gabriella: "But how is that possible?"
Elsewhere...
In a dark, confined room, Hunter was tied up, bound and gagged in a corner.
Goodwin calmly pulling a fresh glove from his pocket and putting it on over his mechanical hand. He turned to Isis and Jack, "In case you were wondering about my arm, I was in an unfortunate accident several years ago."
Both players met the starting line.
"Nomura, you have to promise that once I win this match...," Jason challenged, "You have to give back the card you stole?"
"What card?" Nomura asked darkly, "I don't remember stealing anything."
"You stole one of Rico's cards when you finished him in your last match!"
"Rico... You must mean that kid who challenged me and came out the loser. I'm sorry to disappoint, but I don't think he exists anymore."
"What are takting about..."
"Let's get things started. I activate the Speed World field-spell!" Nomura pressed a button on her runner.
"Duel mode engaged! Auto-pilot standing by!" the field-spell activated as it surrounded the stadium.
"Remember, only the winner advances to the finals and the only spells you can use in a turbo duel are speed spells," Sonya called, "Let's get this duel rolling!"
"Countdown initiated," the starting screen said, "Read, set, duel!" both riders raced from their starting places.
Jason: 4000 (0)
Xiki: 4000 (0)
"The first move is mine!" Xiki started her turn, "I'll start with (1)(5D's) Twilight Archfiend(1000/1000) in DEF mode!" appearing from a blue portal, a skeletal, horned demon knelt beside its master. It's bones were pitch-black while it's muscle was snow-white, "Next I'll throw down three face-downs," three reverse cards appeared around Nomura's runner, "Your up!"
"It's my turn!" Jason drew, "Now, since you have monsters on your field and mine is empty, I can summon this monster without any penalty. Say hello to Big Piece Golem!" the grey granite golem appeared (ATK: 2100), "Attack Nomura's archfiend!" the golem rushed in and headbutted the skeleton, shattering it to pixels.
"It's the first move and you've already played right into my hand!" Nomura called, "When Twilight Archfiend is destroyed by a monster without a light or dark attribute, his destruction gives me the power to summon a different Twilight monster from my deck! I call upon my (*)(5D's) Twilight Knight(1600/1550)!" the dark-armored knight appeared, its sparkling cape flowing in the wind (ATK: 1600).
"Then I'll throw down a couple of face-downs and call it a turn," a pair of reverse cards appeared beside Jason.
"Then it's my turn," Xiki called, "I activate Twilight Knight's special ability! By tossing a monster from my hand to the graveyard, he gains a special ability according to the attribute of that card!" she discarded Twilight Dragon, "Since the monster I sent to the graveyard is a light-attribute, my knight gains 100 ATK points for each of its levels during one of his battles. And since Twilight Dragon's level is 10, he gains 1000 ATK points!" dark light enveloped the knight.
Twilight Knight: (ATK: 2600)
"Twilight Knight, !" the knight lept forward, ready yo slice the golem in half.
"Not so fast! I activate the Draining Shield trap card!" Jason's trap flipped and a barrier appeared around him and his golem. The knight's sword bounced off of the shield and glided back to its original position, "Once your monster attacked, this trap shields my Golem from your knight's attack. It also absorbs its ATK points into my life points.
Jason: 6600 (3)
Xiki: 4000 (3) (32)
The warrior's ATK points returned to normal (ATK: 1500).
"I summon Twilight Gardna in DEF mode," Xiki growled as she summoned her twilight defender (DEF: 2000), "I end my turn."
Katherine: "Twilight Dragon was what she used to beat Rico last time. She could've used it. But why didn't she?"
Ken: "Because Twilight Dragon can only be summoned via the effect of her Twilight Zone field spell. And since she couldn't use her normal spells in a turbo duel, she had to think of another alternative to use it."
Gabriella: "So although it can't battle, Twilight Dragon is still a great choice for level-based cards, considering how high a level the dragon is."
Katherine: "Well, it's didn't work on Jason, so there!"
"It's my move!" Jason started his turn, "I summon the tuner monster, Water Spirit!" the freezing blob of blue liquid appeared (ATK: 400), "Now let's give Big Piece Golem a tune-up!" the spirit transformed into a single synchro gate and surrounded the golem while Jason chanted:
"Divested stars form a gallant hero! Become the steed that will be the guide on his forgotten journey! Synchro Summon! Gaia Knight, The Force of Earth, Accelerate!"
The metal jouster appeared out of the synchro-jet (ATK: 2600), "Now take it to her Twilight Knight! Go, Steele Spiral Strike!"
"I activate my face-downs, the traps (5D's) Walls of Twilight and (Digi) Vanquished Light!" Xiki shouted as she revealed her two reverse cards in that order; one showing a duelist being surrounded by a tower of rings, and the other showing duel-monsters Honest, Archlord Zerato and Airknight Parshath lying unconscious with a roaring Dark Armed Dragon standing over them, "With Vanquishing Light in play, I'm allowed to remove five Light-Attribute monster form my deck and send them to the graveyard!" Xiki removed Twlight Archfiend, Twilight Enchantress, Twilight Pixie, Twilight Knight, and Twilight Gardna.
Jason: 6600 (4)
Xiki: 4000 (4) (27)
"Next, Walls of Twilight's effect kicks in! That means I take five monsters from my graveyard and remove them from play!" she then pocketed the same monsters she discarded.
Katherine: "But why would she do that?"
Ken: "Let's just say that Jason's gonna need something other than a kick-butt powerhouse to beat Nomura."
A giant glowing ring appeared around Xiki's runner and elevated, separating into five rings, each glowing with either light or dark energy. The rings together created a barrier that withstood the knight's attack. So Jason's Gaia Knight's javelin attack was bounced back.
"No way!"
"With Walls of Twilight in play, you can't attack with monster with 1000 times the number of cards I removed from play!" Nomura explained, "So if you were thinking of using that Colossal Fighter again, well, too bad!"
"Then i'll just throw a face-down to end my turn," a reverse card appeared.
"It's my move, then!" Xiki drew her next card, 'Wait, this is...'
Flashback...
"Happy Birthday, Xiki!"
It was when Xiki Nomura was five years old; and it was her birthday! It wasn't very fancy, actually. Xiki never had anyone over to her house before, so no one else was around. But she didn't mind. All she had were her parents, some cake, and some ice cream... more importantly the cake and the ice cream, but being with her parents was enough too.
"What's that in your hand, Mama?"
"Remember when you asked me for your own Duel Monsters cards a few weeks ago?" her mother held out a deck of cards, "These were mine from a long time ago, but I was waiting for a special occasion to give these to you. Happy Birthday!" when Xiki quickly looked over the cards, there was one in particular that caught her eye. It was a dragon with one half black and the other white.
"Thank you, Mama!"
"Don't forget to make a wish, sweetie," Xiki's father urged.
The little girl blew out the candles on her cake; all five of them,
"What dish you wish for?"
"I can't tell you," Xiki said, "It won't come true!"
...End Flashback.
'...I'll save this one for later,' Xiki placed the card into her hand, "I release Twilight Gardna to advance-summon my Ying-Yang Dragon!" the released monster created a warphole which called out a massive dragon. Its left side of the dragon is black with a white dot on the left wing and vice-versa (ATK: 2400), "Next comes her special ability: by sending a monster from my hand to the graveyard, one of your monsters is destroyed if they have fewer ATK than that monster," she sent Light and Darkness Dragon into her graveyard slot, "So by sending Light and Darkness Dragon to the graveyard, Ying-Yang Dragon destroys your Gaia Knight!" the dragon created a Ying-Yang symbol appeared below the knight, emitting electric pulses and destroying it, "And now my dragon is free to attack you directly! Go, Ying-Yang Wave!"
"I activate Defense Draw!" the moment the symbol returned under Jason, his trap card canceled it out and destroyed it, "Now, not only does it negate the damage of this battle, I also get to draw a card!" Jason drew.
"Then Twilight Knight attacks you directly!" Xiki's knight slashed at Jason with his sword.
Jason: 5000 (4)
Xiki: 4000 (5) (26)
"That's it for this turn. Let's see how that deck serves you now."
"Will do!" Jason started his turn, "First I summon Rose, Warrior of revenge in ATK mode," the black-leathered, red-headed kunoichi appeared, wielding her katana (ATK: 1600), "Now I activate the speed-spell, Mind Control! Since I finally have 5 speed counters, I can remove 3 of then to take control of one of your monsters. So I'm taking your Twilight Knight!" Xiki's knight switched sides and moved to Jason's field.
"No biggie. I don't really need it, anyway," she said, "Not while I have more powerful monsters in my disposal!"
"Well, it's a good thing I took it off your hands, right? Next, I activate my face-down (5D's)Attribute Synchron trap!" Jason flupps up a trap card which depicts a shadowed Gaia Knight about to gallop through a synchro gate decorated with each of the six attributes, "Now I use Rose to give my Twilight Knight a little tune-up!" Rose separated into four synchro-gates and surrounded the knight while Jason chanted:
"Divested stars form a timid soul, discovered in the darkest reaches! Unlock the gates to remove the shadows, and create the titan it will become, on its long-forgotten journey! Synchro Summon!"
"Colossal Fighter, Accelerate!" the silver giant appeared from the synchro-summon, powered with its special ability (ATK: 3000), "Next comes the effect of Attribute Synchron! You see, every time I make a synchro-summon, I get to activate one of its six effects!"
"Six effect?" Nomura repeated.
"Six effects; one for each attribute of non-tuner monsters used to synchro-summon it! And since I used a Light-Attribute monster, I gain life points equal to 300 times the level of the synchro-monster. And since Colossal Fighter's level is 8, I get 2400 in life points!"
Jason: 7200 (3)
Xiki: 4000 (6) (26)
"Next I activate the speed-spell High Speed Crash! This lets me destroy one card on each side of the field. So by destroying my Attribute Synchron, I can destroy your Walls of Twilight!" the five rings shattered around Nomura, "Now's the time for battle! Colossal Fighter, attack Nomura's dragon with Colossus Comet!" the colossal giant smashed through the dragon with one of its massive fists.
Jason: 7200 (3)
Xiki: 3400 (6) (26)
Gabriella: "Amazing!"
Katherine: "He beat that dragon to a pulp! I knew he could do it!"
Ken: "Yeah, but I don't think Nomura's gonna give up so easily."
Kenichi was right. Nomura knew that this match was far from over, "Why than you. I was counting on that! So I can activate the Light of Shadows trap card!" soon after she played her reverse card, a giant orb of dark energy appeared above her.
"What is that?"
"When a Light-Attribute monster is destroyed, I can special-summon a Dark-Attribute monster from my graveyard, ignoring summoning conditions!"
"Any monster?"
"That's right! From the shadows of the graveyard, I bring back my Twilight Dragon!" a pair of metallic wings popped out of the sphere; followed by a pair of legs, a tail, and two small arms. The orb broke and revealed it's shining torso. The black-and-white dragon glided across the track (ATK: ?).
Sonya: "Incredible! Xiki Nomura has sent out her headliner without her field spell to help!"
"And don't forget; his ATK points depend on how many Light-and-Dark monsters I have in my graveyard! And since I have three Twilights lying there, Twilight Dragon's power becomes 3000!"
Twilight Dragon: (ATK: 3000)
With its new power, Twilight Dragon's aura stood up to par with Colossal Fighter's.
Colossal Fighter: (ATK: 3000)
"It still doesn't have enough ATK points to take out Colossal Fighter!" Jason concluded his turn.
"It will soon enough," Xiki started her turn, "And since I have at least 6 speed counters, I can activate the speed-spell Foolish Funeral!" she slapped a spell onto her duel disk, "Now by removing 3 speed counters I get to roll a die. And depending on what number come out, the same number of monster are removed from my deck and sent to the graveyard," a giant holographic die appeared and came skipping across the track. When it stopped, it came out the number 5, "Now I can send 5 cards from my deck to the graveyard."
Jason: 7200 (3)
Xiki: 3400 (4) (20)
"And that means my dragon gains even more power!"
Twilight Dragon: (ATK: 8000)
"8000 ATK points?"
"And more than enough to wipe out your overgrown fighter. Twilight Dragon! Attack Jason's Colossal Fighter with Chaos Fury!" by his master's command, the dragon created a dark pentagram under Jason and his fighter. An ominous light flashed from the seal and erupted its light around Colossal Fighter. Finally, it all concluded in a giant explosion...
TO BE CONTINUED...
(1) Twilight Knight
[Warrior / Tuner] LV4 ATK/1600 DEF/1550
Monster Class-Type: LIGHT
Translation: This card is also treated as DARK. Once per turn, you can discard a Level 4 or lower monster card from your hand to activate the effect that corresponds to the attribute of the discarded monster:
• Light: Increase this monster's ATK by the level as the discarded monster x100 until the end phase.
• Dark: Select a face-up Attack-Positioned monster and change its battle position.
Sonya: "Now let's see what's up ahead on the next YuGiOh 5D's!: We're going into round 4 of the semi-final second round! Who will win? Who will lose? Find out on the next Stardust Accelerator!"
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