Yugioh GX: Konami/Kazuki Takahashi
Alright, let's get this Spirit Caller club meeting underway," Rock said, standing above his fellow members, "All in attendance say 'here'."
"I'm here," Aspen raised her hand, "And so is Jason and Noire. You're welcome for saving us time, by the way."
"Uh, you're forgetting someone..."
Aspen turned over to the person Rock gestured to, and realized there were two Noires sitting side-by-side, "Oh. Right."
"Now onto business," Rock continued, walking back and forth, "Okay, what do we know so far? We know this jerk Martis used those Millennium Scales to separate Noire into two people. So first order of business is to get our hands on those scales so we can make her one person again."
"Any ideas for that?"
"Well, I was thinking so far the mages came to us, so we should come to them. We find their hideout and take them out once and for all! So, what do you think?"
"…Alright, two things: one, we have no clue where to start…"
"In a cave out in the wasteland," everyone turned their surprised attention to the second Noire, "Oh c'mon, I should be the one surprised you didn't think of asking me sooner. I used to work for the guy, remember?
"…Okay, that's one... The other thing's that even if we know where this place it, we'd just be walking into enemy territory. This idea sounds crazy, if you ask me."
"Hey, sometimes crazy works," Rock said, "If it could get us those scales and take out the rest of those mages, then I'm all for it."
"I agree..." Noire muttered, "I d-don't want to offend anyone but the fact there's two of me is very uncomfortable."
"Hey, having to sit next to me's no picnic either," the second Noire said.
Aspen sighed, "I guess I'm outvoted, then."
Suddenly, a ringing came from Jason's pda. When he answered it, his eyes widened, "Guys, I got a duel request for later today…"
Later...
Afternoon came and it was time for the duel. The arena was mostly packed.
"Wow, there's a lotta people for one duel request," Rock said, looking around as he found a seat, "I wonder who sent it...
Jason stood on one side of the field by himself, waiting until his opponent stepped in on the other side. He was then shocked when he saw who his opponent was…
"What's the matter? Aren't you going to say hi?"
"Um…Hi, Chakra…?"
"Wait, so Chakra gave him that challenge?!" Rock exclaimed.
"I bet you're wondering where I've been during these past few weeks," Chakra said.
"So Chakra was on vacation?" Aspen wondered, "Who knew…?"
"But let's save the small talk for later. It's time we duel!" as Chakra then equipped her duel-disk, Jason's eyes widen at the sight of it, "Look familiar? It should. This used to be yours."
"That's the black duel-disk bandit Keith gave him!" Rock exclaimed, "But what's she doing with it?!"
"Let's cut to the chase, then. You win, and this disk is yours. I win, and I take something else of yours, namely your pendant," Jason flinched as he clutched his pendant, "This is the one chance you get to prove your worth as a Card Professor. So…?"
After a moment of pause, Jason turned on his duel-disk.
"Huh. I guess you wanted this over as quickly as I do," Chakra drew her starting hand, then let's duel."
Chakra: 4000
Jason: 4000
"Ladies first," Chakra drew her sixth card, "I activate the spell card Painful Choice. As for its effect, I can take five cards out of my deck, and you get to pick which one I get to add to my hand. All the others go straight to the graveyard. Now here's my selection…" five large cards materialized facing Jason on the field. The slifer blinked as he was looking at all but one of the cards that are new to him, and all of them were monsters.
"Funny, I never seen most of the cards I'm looking at right now," Rock wondered, "I wonder which one he'll pick…"
'It's safer that I pick the card I know so...' "…I pick Combo Fighter!" Jason announced.
"Then the rest go to the graveyard," Chakra added the chosen card to her hand and discarded the remaining four, "Next I summon Combo Fighter in ATK mode," the shirtless pink-haired martial artist appeared (ATK: 1600), "I place four cards face-down and end my turn," four reverse-cards appeared.
"It's my turn," Jason drew his next card…
"And I activate all four of my face-down cards!" Chakra opened all of her reverse-cards, "Plus a little something extra from my graveyard!" four ghostly silhouettes of a turtle, a cat, a bird and a snake appeared, "Finally I activate one more card, straight from my hand!" after Chakra slapped her last card onto her duel-disk, between the four phantoms came a bright light shadowing a roaring, serpentine shape.
The next thing that happened was Jason on his back wincing. No one else was able to see what was past that light over the last few moments of the duel.
Chakra: 4000
Jason: 0
After a moment of silence, the arena erupted in cheering from the crowds; not because it was packed with as much action as they're used to, but they never seen anything like what they were shown just now.
"I can't believe what I'm looking at," Rock said in shock, "All those life-points gone in one move? How is that possible…?"
'First rule of battle: leave your opponent unaware. Second rule: never use the same moves twice. It's too bad you never bothered to learn from your mistakes...' "I guess now we know who the true Card Professor is," Chakra said, walking to her fallen opponent, "And since you lost, I'll be taking my prize," she picked up the fallen pendant and began to walk away…
"Wait!" Chakra stopped, if only to hear what Jason had to say, who was still on his knees with his head stuck low, "I know I let you down when I lost in the school duel, but I was hoping we can get past that. So please tell me what I can do to fix this. Whatever it is I'll do anything. I just don't want you mad at me anymore…"
Chakra, not even bothering to face him, just said, "Here's an idea: why don't you use your head and figure it out yourself," she then left the field, leaving Jason to sulk.
As she was exiting the arena, she came across a certain teacher who came over, "I have to say I was very impressed, miss…"
"Silvers. Chakra Silvers."
"Of course, Miss Silvers. Anyway, I would like to take a closer look at your skills. So if we could meet back in this area for a private lesson…" Slysheen trailed off.
"…Alright, I'll see you then," Chakra replied before continuing her way out…
Much Later...
And there Chakra was, standing on the arena early in the evening. What's strange was that her teacher has yet to show up, and it was getting dark due to the sun setting outside. Even the lights were yet to be on. But it seems she wasn't the only one here...
"Chakra Silvers, is that you?" Chakra turned to see Xiki Nomura coming over, "I never thought I'd meet you here!"
"That makes two of us," Chakra replied, "Did Professor Slysheen invite you too?"
"How'd you know?"
"Call it a hunch. The question now is, what's taking him?"
"Hello there," both obelisks turned to the opposite side of the field and found Slysheen stepping up, followed by one more, "Were you waiting long?"
"Not exactly," Chakra said, "I was a little anxious so I came a bit early," she then eyed the bronze-cloaked man beside Slysheen, "May I ask, who's your friend?"
"Oh, this is my, uh, assistant for tonight. You can call him Martis," Slysheen answered, "You see, we're all going to have a tag team duel. You get high marks depending on your performance."
"Nothing to read into there!" Xiki said, arming herself with her duel-disk, "So let's go, already!"
"So eager, are we? Very well," Slysheen and Martis put on their own duel-disks.
"Fine by me," Chakra activated hers as well.
All players drew their starting hands.
"DUEL!"
Slysheen/Martis: 8000
Chakra/Xiki: 8000
"I will take the first turn," Slysheen drew his sixth card, "I'll start by playing this spell card: Dark World Dealings. This card forces everyone to send a card from our hand to the graveyard. But in return, was can also draw a card from our deck," all players discarded before drawing, "Next, I play another spell card, The Shallow Grave. Now we all take a monster from our graveyard, and summon them to the field face down," each players' field was soon occupied by a set monster, "Next, I summon yet another monster face-down, and place one more card face-down," another set monster appeared with a set spell/trap card, "That ends my turn."
"It's my turn!" Xiki drew her sixth card, "I summon Vanguard of the Dragon in ATK mode!" the spear-wielding humanoid dragon appeared (ATK:1700), "Next I activate his special-ability: I get to send any number of dragons from my hand to the graveyard. And for each one I send this way, my Vanguard gains 300 ATK points!" after three cards were discarded, Vanguard's ATK rose (ATK: 2600), "But since this is a two-on-two duel, I can't attack on my first turn, so I'll end it here."
"My turn," Martis drew his sixth card, "I summon one monster face-down, followed by one more face-down card," two set cards appeared, "I end my turn."
"It's my turn," Chakra drew her sixth card, "I set a card in my monster and spell/trap card zones," two more reverse-cards appeared, "I end my turn."
"It's my turn," Slysheen drew his next card, "I summon both of my monsters from their face-down positions!" the moment the two cards flipped open and glowed, two undistinguished masses spilled out, one on the ground and the other in the air.
"Ugh! Bugs?! Are you kidding me?!" Xiki shuddered, "Why did it have to be bugs?!"
"When my (1) Swarm of Scarabs(2/ATK: 500/DEF: 1000) is summoned after being placed face-down, I can destroy a monster on the opponent's field. And my (2) Swarm of Locusts (2/ATK: 1000/DEF: 500) holds a similar effect, only it destroys any spell/trap card on your field. Now I'll use them both to destroy two of your cards!" the two swarms separated, the Scarabs going for Xiki's field while the Locusts go for Chakra's.
"I activate my face-down card, Chain Strike!" Chakra opened her reverse-card before the Locusts reached their target, "By combining its effect with your Locusts', I can deal 800 points of damage to your life-points!" the spell card shot out a pair of chains the lashed on Slysheen.
Slysheen/Martis: 7200
Chakra/Xiki: 8000
"You may have saved your card, but your friend's Vanguard won't be so lucky," Slysheen said as the dragon disappeared under the swarm, the scarabs leaving nothing where it once stood.
"You think I'm worried?" Xiki scoffed, "When my Vanguard is destroyed due to a card-effect, his special-ability let's me summon a dragon-type normal-monster from my graveyard. And I choose my Serpent Night Dragon!" the dark serpentine dragon appeared in the Vanguard's place (DEF: 2400).
"I activate my swarms' second abilities, which returns them both to their face-down positions," both swarms retreated to their respective cards before they lowered back down, "Next, I activate the continuous-spell card, Swords of Concealing Light," the spell formed a series of Swords made of darkness that lowered around the opponents' field, releasing a dark cloud inside the perimeter and swallowing and face-up monster inside it, "These magical swords force every monster on your field face-down, and must stay that way until the end of my next turn. I place one card face-down before doing just that," a set card appeared.
"It's my turn!" Xiki drew her next card, "I summon Luster Dragon in ATK mode!" the crystalline blue dragon appeared (ATK: 1900), "Now attack!"
"I activate my face-down card Book of Moon!" Slysheen opened his reverse-card, "This forces your monster face-down before you can even attack with it," the fog reached out from behind the dark swords and snared the dragon inside.
"...I end my turn," Xiki growled.
"It's my turn," Martis drew his next card, "I flip-summon the monster (3) Des Lacooda(3/ATK: 500/DEF: 600)," a mummified camel appeared (ATK: 500), "And when it is summoned, I am allowed to draw one card," Martis drew, "And its second ability returns it to its previous position," the monster vanished into its set card, "Next, I activate the continuous-spell card Shifting Sands. By paying 300 life-points, I can rearrange the face-down monsters on our side of the field," a gust blew from out of the card, carrying a heavy amount of sand as it swirled over and around the set monsters for a moment before retreating back into the spell card.
'So that's their game,' Chakra thought, 'By rearranging their face-downs, their opponent won't know where to attack. But as soon as I get what I need, it won't matter…'
Slysheen/Martis: 6900
Chakra/Xiki: 8000
"I end my turn."
"It's my turn," Chakra drew her next card, "I activate Graceful Charity. This spell card lets me draw three cards, then makes me discard two of them," she drew then discarded, "Next, I place two cards face-down, one in my monster card zone and one in my spell/trap zone," two set cards appeared, "I end my turn."
"It's my turn," Slysheen drew his next card, "First I activate my trap card Solomon's Lawbook," the reverse-card opened.
"Oh great…" Chakra cursed under her breath, which got noticed by her partner.
"Why're you worrying about a useless card like Solomon's Lawbook?"
Chakra held her head in annoyance from Xiki's soon-to-be-apparently-stupid question, "That card can skip the player's standby-phase."
"And?"
"And Slysheen's swords were due to expire in this standby-phase."
"So?"
"So, what do you think would happen to those swords if that very phase was skipped?"
"Allow me to summarize," Slysheen explained, "My Swords of Concealing Light expires during this turn's standby-phase. But if my standby-phase were to be skipped, my swords don't have to go anywhere. So I used Solomon's Lawbook to remove my next standby-phase and keep my swords on the field as long as it takes. But back to the duel. I summon my Swarm of Locusts back face up to destroy Chakra's face-down card," the Locusts flew out of the opened card towards Chakra's field.
"I activate my trap card, Pharaoh's Treasure!" Chakra opened her reverse-card, "This card gets shuffled right back into my deck," the card vanished, causing the Locusts to miss their target.
"I place my Locusts back face-down," the Locusts flew back into the closing card, "Then, after paying 300 life-points for Shifting Shadows, I end my turn," the sandstorm raged before going back into the card.
Slysheen/Martis: 6600
Chakra/Xiki: 8000
"It's my turn!" Xiki drew her next card, "Finally it's showtime! I activate my face-down card, D. Tribe!" the set card was then opened, "This card turns every monster on my field into dragons. And there're two other things you to know: since Chakra shares the field, her monsters count also. And it doesn't matter what mode they're on, so your swords don't mean squat for what I have planned! I activate the spell card Polymerization to fuse all four monsters and a dragon from my hand to summon Five-Headed Dragon!" four rays of different colors flew out from under the fog, as well as another from Xiki's hand, and merged together before taking the shape of the massive the five-headed dragon that took form and landed with its feet in the fog with a heavy quake (ATK: 5000).
'Looks like she's doing the work for me,' Chakra thought, impressed, 'This just makes what I'm about to do much easier…'
"Now I'm gonna attack one of your face-down monsters; and add my Dragon's Rage into the mix!" after Xiki's set continuous-trap opened, the dragon fired on one of the set monsters, which turned out to be Des Lacooda before it was destroyed, "And that attack just broke through your defense; so the difference go to you as damage!"
Slysheen/Martis: 2200
Chakra/Xiki: 8000
"And that's my turn!" Xiki concluded.
"My turn," Martis drew his next card, "I summon (4) Guardian Statue(3/ATK: 800/DEF: 1400) from its face-down position," a tall, stone statue rose from the flipped card (ATK: 800), "and its effect forces one of my opponent's monsters back to the hand, like your Five-Headed Dragon,"
The dragon vanished from the field as a form of multicolored light that shot back into Xiki's deck, "My dragon!" she cursed, "All that hard work…"
"Next, I summon (5) Moai Interceptor Cannons(4/ATK: 1100/DEF: 2000) from my hand," another tall statue appeared in the form of a large head (ATK: 1100), "Now both of my monsters will attack you directly!" Xiki fell from the statue's crushing blow and the energy blast from the Easter head's opened mouth.
Slysheen/Martis: 2200
Chakra/Xiki: 6100
"Now I place both monsters back face-down. And after placing one card face-down, I activate Shifting Shadows and end my turn," Martis concluded after the sandstorm rearranged the cards.
Slysheen/Martis: 1900
Chakra/Xiki: 6100
"It's my turn," Chakra drew her next card, "I summon the (6) Legendary Combo Fighter(2/ATK: 500/DEF: 500) in ATK mode!" a humanoid spirit appeared wearing loose-wearing blue sleeveless shirt and pants over a red short-sleeved undershirt (ATK: 500).
Slysheen eyed the new monster with interested, "So this is what you used in your earlier duel. I cannot wait to see what it does."
"You'll find out sooner than you think when he attacks! And during that, I activate the effects of (7) Martial Artifact – White Tiger(4/ATK: 1600/DEF: 0)," a tiger spirit appeared with solid silver gauntlets on its forearms, "(8) Martial Artifact – Blue Dragon(4/ATK: 1800/DEF: 0)," a dragon spirit appeared with a blue helmet and blue tail tip, "(9) Martial Artifact – Red Sparrow(4/ATK: 0/DEF: 1700)," a bird spirit with solid red wings appeared, "and (10) Martial Artifact – Black Tortoise(4/ATK: 0/DEF: 2000) from the graveyard," a turtle spirit appeared under a solid black shell.
"Four monsters at once, and all from your graveyard…" Slysheen mused.
"And there's more to come; because they're followed by Rush Recklessly from my hand, giving 700 ATK points to my Combo Fighter (ATK: 1200)! Now onto my Artifacts: they each give 100 points to a monster like my Legendary Combo Fighter!" the spirits formed around the Combo Fighter, dissolving into a multi-colored aura (ATK: 1600/DEF: 900), "And that ends my combo, which triggers my Combo Fighter's ability: it gains 100 ATK and DEF points for each card in that combo (ATK: 2100/DEF: 1400), "Now take it to one their monsters!" Legendary Combo Fighter charged over and smashed its fist into a set monster. A lot of Scarabs flew upwards before shattering into pixels, "And there's one more thing about my Artifacts you should know: each of them has a secret hidden ability with two special requirements: they have to be the card that starts the combo and that same combo must hold five or more cards. And with that already done, my Combo Fighter can now attack another monster!" the fighter went over to the next set monster, which was revealed to be Guardian Statue before it was shattered in one punch, "And after one card face-down, I end my turn; and the power of Rush Recklessly wears off."
Legendary Combo Fighter: (ATK: 1400)
"Wow! That was…wow!" Xiki said, amazed at the performance, "I didn't know a monster that weak can be that powerful!"
"That just depends on the duelist using it," Chakra smirked at her partner, "I am from Obelisk Blue after all," she then winked at her, which caused Xiki to fluster.
'First she has the sense to dump that loser Jason, now she does something like this…' Xiki thought, 'She is officially my #1 favorite duelist!'
"It's my turn," Slysheen drew his next card, "I flip-summon my Swarm of Locusts and destroy one of your face-downs," the Locusts flew from their face-down position towards Chakra's field.
"I activate my four Artifacts from the graveyard, and my face-down card Chain Strike!" as Chakra's reverse-card opened, the four animal spirits reappeared, "And with six cards chained, you take 2400 points of damage to your life-points!" the spirits swirled around the gyrating spell card and formed a multi-colored cyclone that dragged itself towards Slysheen and Martis, even crushing the Swarm of Locusts in its path.
"I activate the Spell of Pain from my hand," Slysheen said, opening his reverse-card, "So all effect-damage I would take will go directly to you instead," a barrier formed in front of the tornado to bounce it back towards Chakra and Xiki.
"You've just played right into my hand. Now I'll play the effect of (*) Crossroads Dragon(8/ATK: ?/DEF: ?) from my hand!" Chakra plucked the card from her hand, where a bright light emitted from it. And from the rose a giant, brighly-glowing eastern-styled dragon came coiling around the field with its long body, and its head hovering over Chakra's side, "This card has a secret power when formed in the same combo as my four Martial Artifacts, where it inflicts 800 points of damage for each card in that combo. I knew that by watching my last duel you'd find a way to counter it; and now that I forced your hand you're about to take a grand total of 6400 points of damage!" the dragon fired a blast of blue fire that merged itself with the tornado, and returned it on its original course towards Slysheen and Martis.
"Yes!" Xiki exclaimed as she pumped her fist, "Soon as that attack hits we win!"
But the tornado seemed to be stopped in its path by another that collided with it, "I counter your ability with my face-down trap card," Martis opened the reverse-card, which was revealed to be...
"No…" was all Chakra could say as she stared wide-eyed at the Barrel behind the Door card.
"Wait, what does it mean?!" Xiki asked, concerned.
"It 'means', you just lost!" Slysheen snickered, "This trap card deflects damage from an effect back to its owner! So not only will you take back the 6400 points of damage, but the first 2400 you tried giving us! That's a grand-total 8800 points of damage!"
The second tornado then pushed back the first and smashed it into Crossroads Dragon, where they both dispersed and unleashed their opposite forces into a burst and causing the dragon to be erased in a pained roar. Chakra had to shield her eyes as the force extended to her. She didn't even notice the glowing golden eye on the other side. Then everything went dark...
Chakra woke up, on her back, feeling hurt all over. The other thing she learned past that was that she was the only one around the dark facility; even Xiki was gone. The third: the pendant she was wearing was missing. And it took her an instant to realize what became of it.
Things have gotten from bad, to worse…
DUEL-MON DATABASE
(1) Swarm of Scarabs
Stats: [Insect/Effect] LV: 3 (ATK: 500/DEF: 1000)
Attribute: DARK
Effect: Once per turn: You can change this card to face-down Defense Position. When this card is Flip Summoned: Target 1 monster your opponent controls; destroy that target.
(2) Swarm of Locusts
Stats: [Insect/Effect] LV: 3 (ATK: 1000/DEF: 500)
Attribute: DARK
Effect: Once per turn: You can change this card to face-down Defense Position. When this card is Flip Summoned: Target 1 Spell/Trap Card your opponent controls; destroy that target.
(3) Des Lacooda
Stats: [Zombie/Effect] LV: 3 (ATK: 500/DEF: 600)
Attribute: EARTH
Effect: Once per turn: You can change this card to face-down Defense Position. When this card is Flip Summoned: Draw 1 card.
(4) Guardian Statue
Stats: [Rock/Effect] LV: 4 (ATK: 800/DEF: 1400)
Attribute: EARTH
Effect: Once per turn, you can flip this card into face-down Defense Position. When this card is Flip Summoned, return 1 monster on your opponent's side of the field to its owner's hand.
(5) Moai Interceptor Cannon
Stats: [Rock/Effect] LV: 4 (ATK: 1100/DEF: 2000)
Attribute: EARTH
Effect: Once per turn, you can flip this card into face-down Defense Position.
(6) Legendary Combo Fighter
Stats: [Warrior/Effect] LV: 2 (ATK: 500/DEF: 500)
Attribute: DARK
Effect: After a Chain resolves, this card gains ATK and DEF equal to its number of links x100. This effect can only be activated once per turn.
(7) Martial Artifact - White Tiger
Stats: [Beast/Effect] LV: 4 (ATK: 1600/DEF: 0)
Attribute: EARTH
Effect: When this card is in the graveyard, you can target one level-3-or-lower monster you control; it gains 100 ATK and DEF. If you activate this effect first in a Chain of 5 or more links, after it resolves, you can apply this effect to the monster you targeted until the end-phase of this turn:
After this monster destroys an opponent's monster, it can attack a second time. You can only use this effect once per duel.
(8) Martial Artifact - Blue Dragon
Stats: [Dragon/Effect] LV: 4 (ATK: 1600/DEF: 0)
Attribute: WIND
Effect: When this card is in the graveyard, you can target one level-3-or-lower monster you control; it gains 100 ATK and DEF. If you activate this effect first in a Chain of 5 or more links, after it resolves, you can apply this effect to the monster you targeted until the end-phase of this turn:
When this monster attacks with an ATK that is higher than the DEF of your opponent's Defense Position monster, inflict the difference as Battle Damage to your opponent's Life Points. You can only use this effect once per duel.
(9) Martial Artifact - Red Sparrow
Stats: [Winged-Beast/Effect] LV: 4 (ATK: 0/DEF: 1700)
Attribute: FIRE
Effect: When this card is in the graveyard, you can target one level-3-or-lower monster you control; it gains 100 ATK and DEF. If you activate this effect first in a Chain of 5 or more links, after it resolves, you can apply this effect to the monster you targeted until the end-phase of this turn:
This monster can attack your opponent directly. You can only use this effect once per duel.
(10) Martial Artifact - Black Tortoise
Stats: [Reptile/Effect] LV: 4 (ATK: 0/DEF: 2000)
Attribute: WATER
Effect: When this card is in the graveyard, you can target one level-3-or-lower monster you control; it gains 100 ATK and DEF. If you activate this effect first in a Chain of 5 or more links, after it resolves, you can apply this effect to the monster you targeted until the end-phase of this turn:
This monster cannot be destroyed by battle or card-effects. You can only use this effect once per duel.
(11) Crossroads Dragon
Stats: [Dragon/Effect] LV: 8 (ATK: ?/DEF: ?)
Attribute: LIGHT
Effect: The following effects can only be activated from your hand only as Chain Link 2 or higher; you can only select one effect to be activated once per duel:
Summon this monster to your side of the field. Its ATK and DEF becomes equal to the Chain Link of this card x100. If the effects of "Martial Artifact - White Tiger", "Martial Artifact - Blue Dragon", "Martial Artifact - Red Sparrow" and "Martial Artifact - Black Tortoise" were activated in succession in the same chain beforehand, that value becomes x400. This card is removed from play when it's removed from the field.
Inflict damage equal to the Chain Link of this card x100. If the effects of "Martial Artifact - White Tiger", "Martial Artifact - Blue Dragon", "Martial Artifact - Red Sparrow" and "Martial Artifact - Black Tortoise" were activated in succession in the same chain beforehand, that value becomes x800.
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