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I hate that thing's canon attack name

Thanks goes to Arcana Force XIII for the original cards. if you feel like it, feel free to check out his story Our War Game!


The outskirts of Evarice were not the nicest place to be at this time of night. The creeps usually emerged and started their illegal dealings, creating a nearly tangible aura of place was known as one of the most dangerous cities in America for a reason.

Water crashed against the docks and a low fog horn in the distance signaled the approach of a ship. Two grown men quarreled over the price of an item one was trying to sell. "Hale a million Yen for one card?" Grumbled one man. "You're insane!" His thick beard and rugged clothes gave him a disheveled look. He wasn't the kind of guy you'd expect to own that kind of money, if you judged by looks alone. Of course, your assumptions would quickly be proven wrong.

"What's the matter, Yamazaki? Your wife spending too much of your money. You're not the kind of guy who usually bitches over such a paltry sum of dinero." The second man had dark skin and wore an expensive looking white business suit. he had well groomed hair and a perfect white smile. He obviously cared about his appearances more than the first man. But they were both equals in wealth and in danger. You'd be a fool to trust either of them. And yet, many people were. These two had made a fortune out of swindling others.

"So, for half a million Yen, you can steal Destiny End Dragoon?" Yamazaki double checked.

Destiny End Dragoon was the trump card of the Destiny Hero Archetype. There were only two in existence. Originally, the entire archetype rested solely in the hands of one Edo Phoenix, a gift from his late father, a card designer for I2. Eventually, he decided that it would make his departed father happiest if his final creations were released to the public. The once unique archetype had now entered public circulation. But the trump card did not. Only two copies lived in this world, one in Edo's deck, and one in a vault in I2.

"For half a million Yen I can get you any card you want."

Whoosh. The waves crashed against the dock again. The smell of the ocean stung Yamazaki's nose. "Okay, deal, Lucian, you've got your money."

Clack, clack, clack. Someone with wooden sandals walked along the wooden dock. "Planning a theft of a rare and valuable card, my, my, my, I am disappoint." The voice was distinctly feminine, and so was the figure though most of her features were obscured. A black Duel Disk clung to her left arm and slender legs poked out of black denim shorts. She wore a brown cloak over her pink shirt, the hood pulled over her eyes, hiding her face in shadows. When she spoke, her voice was altered by some sort of device, giving it a mechanical sort of quality.

"Who are you?" Demanded Lucian. "And what's with that get up. Could you be more cliché?"

"Cliché? El-oh-el, that word means overused to the point of having no value. Cloaks like these will always be awesome." The girl spoke. "Now, onto business. I came her because I heard there would be a meeting tonight between two powerful men who like to do very illegal things." She held up a tape recorder. The two men moved to grab it, but she took a step back and wagged a finger. "If you want it, I'll wager it as an ante in a duel against you, Lucian, and you'll wager your services. But if you decline, this tape goes straight to the police."

Lucian grimaced, knowing he'd have no choice but to obey. Sure, he could try to overpower the girl, but something about her gave him the chills. "What's your name?"

"You can call me the Wicked Shadow." She drew sic card. "Ore-sama no taan. Duel!" She slipped two cards face down and smiled. "Kaado ni mai setto!"

"What, speak English," Lucian growled.

"Are you stupid? Kaado is obviously the English word card. Setto clearly means set. Ni, I'll forgive this, means two. it's somewhat common but I guess it's not a required bit of knowledge. Anyway I set two card face down, shouldn't that have been obvious? Taan Endo. Teme no taan!"

Lucian growled as he drew. "Only two face downs and no monster. You're a fool if you think you can beat me that way. I summon Noble Rider Odin!" (1700/500) A large black armored man with a golden face galloped down from the heavens on a six legged horse. "When he attacks directly, I can discard a monster from my hand to boost the damage by 200 times that monster's level. Go, Odin, Gugni,"

The Wicked Shadow's first set card spun face up, revealing an image of a wyvern like creature. "Chronic Deja Vu copies your monster into a token." (1700/500)

"That's fine with me. When Odin attacks another monster, it gains half that monster's defense as attack for the battle, giving him just enough of an edge to win this fight. Go, Zantetsuken!" The true Odin galloped forward on his mighty steed, slicing through the impostor with ease.

The Wicked Shadow 3750

She showed no emotion in response to the destruction of her token. "I activate a trap card, Michizure, destroying Odin." The first Odin shattered just as easily as his doppelganger, leaving both players wide open for attack.

"Three card set," Lucian panted as his face downs appeared. 'Why does my chest hurt so much from such a simple duel?'

"Ore-sama no taan. Draw!" The Wicked Shadow's hand size went up to five. "I think I'll summon Ash Suflet! (0/0) In defense!" A tiny orb of light appeared on her side of the field, two more soon joined it. "And it's effect calls its friends out from my hand, deck, or graveyard!"

"What? But that means you can easily recycle them. They're way too broken as tribute fodder!"

"You think these cards are broken, wait until you see what I'm using them as fodder for. "I set one card face down and use Foolish Burial to send a monster in my deck to my graveyard."

Lucian could barely breathe thanks to all the pressure. It felt like someone was squeezing the life out of him. He thought his heart might burst at any moment. "I activate Advanced Ritual Art, sending six normal monsters from my deck to bring out Lycanthrrope from my hand!" (2400/1800) A large vicious werewolf jumped up from the ocean and landed on the docks, shaking a few loose boards. "When he inflicts damage, you take an extra 200 damage for each Normal Monster card in my graveyard. And currently there are six! Then I use my face down Instant Flip! By paying 1000 Life Points I can discard a flip effect monster in my hand to use its effect!"

Lucian 3000

"So I discard Magical Merchant and begin picking up cards until I get a Spell or Trap card. Then I add that to my hand and discard the rest." He began searching through his deck like crazy, taking card after card from the top. "Here we go, it's Heart of the Underdog!" he presented the card before activating it, and sending all the other cards to the graveyard. "In case you lost count, that was twelve cards, meaning I have eighteen Normal Monsters in my graveyard. So when Lycanthrope deals you any battle damage, you take and additional 3600 Battle Damage. Now I equip my Lycnathrope with Fury Claw. It can only be equipped to Beast Warriors and allows them to inflict piercing damage. And, whenever they destroy a defense position monster in battle, I can destroy another defense position monster you control. Go, 6000 points of damage, Fury Fang!"

"!"

The Wicked Shadow watched her first monster be destroyed by the vicious lycan, and her Life Points plunged down

The Wicked Shadow 1350

Red claw marks appeared in the air above her body, signifying Lycanthrope's damage dealing effect. "Not so fast, I activate Schiaphiliac Heart. I can remove from play a monster in my graveyard to negate the effect damage you would have dealt me, as long as its less than my monster's attack."She watched the werewolf tear through another of her cards.

"Keep playing defensively and I'm going to win this easily."

The Wicked Shadow drew her card and smiled. "You're under the impression that you're in control aren't you? Let me tell you this. I allowed you to come this far because you're kind of cute. But I can easily destroy you whenever I want to. Combo, Card of Safe return and Monster Reborn! I bring back my two dead Suflets and draw two new cards." She immediately played one of her new card. "Graceful Charity. Pot of Greed." She drew three cards and discarded two, before drawing another two. "Next I activate Ashes to ashes, tributing one Ash Monster to halve your Lycanthrope's attack." (1200/1800) "I'll set my hand. Baka no taan."

Lucian growled as he picked up another card and revealed it, a Normal Monster. He repeated the process until he had drawn a fourth card. "I activate Sword of Offered Souls. I equip it to Lycanthrope and discard as many normal monsters in my hand, raising his attack by 1000 for each. His attack is halved during the end of each turn, but I'll deal with that later," he slipped away three cards. (4200/1800) "Go, Soulstealing Fang!"

"Cue the latin," the Wicked Shadow's smile was visible even in the darkness. "My first card is Ojama Trio, forcing the three Ojamas onto your field!" (0/1000)

"I hate that Manjoume popularized that card." Yamazaki muttered.

"And All out attacks forces them into attack mode and makes them attack this turn."

"Pointless, my Lycanthrope will end this."

"And I tribute my two monsters for my trap, immortal Class! This card allows me to revive any Level 7 or higher monster in my graveyard, ignoring summoning conditions." Darkness swirled beneath the balls of light, taking them in. What replaced them was a large avian dragon with silvery scales. "I bring out The Wicked Eraser!" (8000/8000) "Go, Disparitie Supernova!" The Wicked Eraser shot each of Lucian's Monsters with a burst of black energy. "-13,700. I think."

Lucian 0

The criminal fell over, defeated by the immense might of the Wicked God. "Alright, what are your conditions?"

"I want you to go to Duel Academia for me. There is someone I want you to defeat. His name is Naota Yamaguchi."


Naota Yamaguchi slumped onto his bed, still drying himself off with a towel. He had had a long exhausting game of baseball with Ross' friends. They had offered to take him to get pizza, but he said he wanted nothing more than to go home take a shower and nap. His body ached, but he had fun. A lot of fun. He was ready to take a nap when his computer dinged.

You have one new message.

He read the words on screen and smiled. "Sanmaru!" he cheered as he logged in.

Soleil de Chevalier: Hey, Naota, how are things going, man.

E・HERO Honest: I'm doing great. How are you?

Soleil de Chevalier: A new kid transferred in. he made it all the way up to me in the Gauntlet, but I defended my spot. What did you do today? Did you end up playing ball with your friend Ross?

E・HERO Honest: Yeah, I didn't do much though. My team won, but I feel like I held them back.

Soleil de Chevalier: Don't worry, you'll get better at this, trust me.

E・HERO Honest: I hope so. Anyway, I'm excited, we're supposed to play again next week. Ross even said he'd try to order uniforms for us all.

Soleil de Chevalier: Wow, you're liking this even more than I thought! I can't wait until summer when we can play.

E・HERO Honest: Well, I have to admit it's pretty fun, though wearing a cup sucks. I can't beleive Ross is making me wear one. -.-;

Soleil de Cehavlier: Lol, yeah. It does suck, but trust me, you want it just in case. Anyway, I was fine tuning my deck today, you want to duel?

E・HERO Honest: Okay, just let me get my deck.

Naota ran to his dresser, where he had left his Duel Disk and Deck. Ross' words and Ienzo's both ran through his head. he took the deck out of his Duel Disk and removed a few cards before putting the rest back. He walked to his bed and grabbed his teddy bear, pulling out the deck inside. "Yuu."

He shuffled it into his Duel Disk and hooked it up to his computer. A small computerized version of himself appeared on screen, right next to a small digital copy of Sanmaru. He has chocolate brown hair and tanned skin, and wore a long sleeve black shirt with an unbuttoned red shirt on over it. Baggy black pants covered his legs and a yellow Duel Disk with a red trim.

"My turn, draw!" Sanmaru started. "I normal summon Ultimate Baseball Kid to the field!" His avatar played a card and it appeared the vast darkness of cyberspace. "Since I control him, I can Special Summon Baseball Kid Takuya from my hand!" (1000/500) "Now Ultimate Baseball Kid gets 1000 extra attack!" He reached for a card and set it. "A face down will end my turn." The two boys wore similar red uniforms, showing they were on the same team.

"Time to show you the true strength of one of the most powerful decks in the world."

"Wait, are you using your other deck? Cool, I get to beat that one too." Sanmaru joked.

"I summon Starlight Sorcerer- Adelaar!" (1600/1200) The eagle winged star mage appeared in a gust of spinning feathers. "Whenever I activate a spell, she gets a Spellcounter and 200 attack points. So I activate Starlight Starnova. One Starlight Sorceror I control gains 800 attack points this turn, and if it destroys a monster in battle, i gain Life Points equal to its defense!" His monster's attack rose to 2600, enough to attack even if Sanmaru planned to activate the popular DNA Transplant. "Go, attack ultimate Baseball Kid!"

"Takuya's special ability lets him intercept an attack meant for Ultimate Baseball Kid!" Sanmaru swung his arm out as his other monster stepped in the way. "And I activate my face down Double Play. When you attack a Baseball Kid I can pay 1000 Life Points to destroy the attacking monster and force you to send a monster from your hand to the graveyard."

"Okay, I'll toss this away," Naota said, slipping a card into his graveyard. he watched as Takuya hit a flaming baseball that struck Adelaar in the forehead. "I set a card and end my turn!"

Sanmaru drew his card. "I'll set another card and summon Baseball Kid Lea!" (1000/500) This one had red hair poking out from under his helmet. "Now go, end this, triple attack!" They all tossed fiery baseball into the air and his them with their metal clubs. With two Fire Monsters beside himself in play, Ultimate Baseball Kid gained 2000 attack, boosting their total power to 4500.

"Sorry, I activate a Trap, Staraze Twin Nova. by removing from play a Starlight Sorcerer in my graveyard and one from my hand when you declare a direct attack, I can bring out a Starlight Synchro as long as its level is equal to the removed monsters. So I bring out Starlight Sorcerer- Konijn!" (2800/2000) A young woman with pink hair and black robes bounced onto the field. her floppy bunny ears fell over her eyes. "Her effect doesn't allow her to gain Spellcounters, but once per turn I can remove from play a Starlight Sorcerer in my deck to activate its Spellcounter effect. And that's without using any Spellcounters! So I remove Havik to destroy your Ultimate Baseball Kid!" Feathers swirled around the young jock and cut through him, shredding him to ribbons.

"I activate Foul Ball, when an Ultimate Baseball Kid I control is destroyed by your card effect, I inflict damage to you equal to its attack. Flames washed over Naota, cutting his Life Points drastically.

Naota 1500

"That's alright, go, attack Lea!" Konijn fired a magical bullet out of her finger, which shot through the young player's chest.

Sanmaru 2200

The tanned boy drew a card and smiled. "I activate Baseball Diamond! This field spell boost all Level 4 or lower Baseball monsters' attacks by 800, meaning my monsters each now have 1800 attack! Then I summon Baseball Kid Ash (1000/500-1800/500) He gains a power boost." This player didn't have a bat, only a glove. Instead of a helmet, he had a cap, he was obviously the pitcher. "He can attack directly, but first, I set a card. now go, Ultimate Pitch!"

A baseball flew through the air, striking Naota's avatar directly.

Naota 1500

"What? That should have ended it!"

"Remember when I discarded a monster? That was Starlight Kuriboh. When I take direct damage, I can remove it from play to negate all direct damage I would take this turn. Then, once the turn ends, i can Special Summon a Starlight monster from my deck with less attack then the damage I negated."

"I end my turn." Sanmaru announced

"I'll use Pot of Greed to draw two cards. Then I bring out Starlight Sorcerer- Krai!" (500/500) Naota drew. "Level 3 Krai and a Level 8 Konijn. I'll tune them both to bring out my ultimate monster. Starlight cluster and form a bridge to my dreams. Open the pathway to a smile. Shine your light on me and become my wings. Synchro Shokan, harbinger of dreams, Starlight Angel!" (3500/2000) The girl didn't look at all angelic. She just looked like an ordinary blonde girl with a black robe and a staff. "Go, Feather Waltz! When she attacks, I can reduce her attack by 1000 until the endphase to negate every single effect on the field! But first, I activate Diffusion Wave Motion! For 1000 Life Points she can attack both your monsters!"

Black lights burst forth, slicing through both baseball players, cutting through Sanmaru's Life Points

Naota 500
Sanmaru
0

"D-damn, that was a cool move, Naota. That deck is pretty awesome. Why don't you use it more often?"

"You know what, i think I will," Naota told him.