Phantom's Requiem
Chapter 16
Cawing
Daybreak filtered into Yuto's room, signifying that the night had finally come to an end. Duel Monsters cards littered the bedsheets, a Deck of forty cards hand-picked by Yuto and Yuya's room at the center. An Extra Deck containing the two's Fusion and Xyz Monsters next to it.
"So this is it. A three-way Duel between the two of us, and two other competitors. Crow Hogan and Shinji Weber, wasn't it?"
"Yeah. We spent hours putting that Deck together, though. We should be fine."
"Oh, I almost forgot to ask. That card we put in earlier… 'Overlord Form,' was it? I never had that one. Was it yours, Yuya? Yuzu gave me your Deck after… So, I thought that it could've belonged to you originally."
"'Overlord Form?' No. I've never even heard of it. On that subject, though, I'm actually surprised that you didn't have more objections to us including my Fusion Monsters. I was sure that just the thought of it would be enough to make you refuse."
"This Deck represents our combined power. I know that you don't use Fusion to hurt people like they do. That's why I'm okay with it."
Remaining silent, the other boy simply gave a smile.
Closing his eyes, Yuto quietly said, "But I want to try something before we leave."
"What?"
"I'm going to see if we can… change who's in control of my body. Consciously, that is. Nothing involving triggers, just switching whenever we need to. I'm going to relax; clear my mind of all thoughts. Ready?"
Opening his eyes again, he glanced in the mirror, noticing a softer facial expression; and, most telling of all, vibrant red eyes.
"It worked. Let's switch back again. I can't wait to talk to everyone again later!"
Pupils returning to their usual silver color, Yuto approached the door, waiting for his guide to arrive. A few minutes later, he heard a knock on the other side of the door.
"It's time. Are you ready?"
"Yes. Let's go."
As the two were walking through the grand hallways of the building, the boy leading Yuto suddenly stopped.
"You were the one who Dueled Jack Atlas, right?"
"…"
"I want to have this. It's a card called Tuning Magician. Jack gave it to me a long time ago. He told me it suited me. So I want you to give it back to him when you Duel him again."
Raising an eyebrow inquisitively, the older boy asked, "Why do you think I'll be Dueling him again?"
"It's just a feeling. That black card you used. What was it?"
Solemnly, he simply replied, "An Xyz Monster. One of my only mementos of what home used to be like."
Before the smaller boy could ask any further questions, they arrived at the Duel Palace.
Surveying his two opponents, he reminded himself to be cautious. The Duelists of this dimension were much stronger than the average Academia soldier.
"3… 2… 1… Riding Duel… ACCELERATION!"
Passing the turn first, the Duelist known as Crow took the turn, Shinji following closely behind him, with Yuto in last.
'This isn't good. In a run-off Duel like this, where there are three competitors and the one to run out of Life Points first loses, being last is going to put me at a major disadvantage.'
"And if we lose here, Sergey is going hurt more of our friends. I won't let what happened to Gongenzaka happen to everyone else. Especially not Yuzu." As Yuya said that, a momentary shine appeared in his eyes, fading just quickly as it had arrived.
'Then there's only one answer. We can't lose this Duel."
Turn 1: Crow
Crow LP/Hand: 4000/5
Shinji LP/Hand: 4000/5
Yuto/Yuya LP/Hand: 4000/5
"It's my Turn! I Summon Blackwing – Bora the Spear!"
Blackwing - Bora the Spear
Position: Attack Mode
ATK: 1700
DEF: 800
Level 4
[Winged Beast / Effect]
If you control a "Blackwing" monster other than "Blackwing - Bora the Spear", you can Special Summon this card (from your hand). If this card attacks a Defense Position monster, inflict piercing battle damage to your opponent.
"Then I Special Summon the Tuner Monster Blackwing – Gale the Whirlwind with its effect!"
Blackwing – Gale the Whirlwind
Position: Attack Mode
ATK: 1300
DEF: 400
Level 3
[Winged Beast / Tuner / Effect]
If you control a "Blackwing" monster other than "Blackwing - Gale the Whirlwind", you can Special Summon this card (from your hand). Once per turn: You can target 1 face-up monster your opponent controls; that target's ATK and DEF become half its current ATK and DEF.
"Level 3 Gale the Whirlwind Tunes Level 4 Bora the Spear! Spread your jet-black wings, and storm forth in tandem with the roaring thunder! A slash of lightning! Synchro Summon! Cascade, Assault Blackwing - Raikiri the Rain Shower!"
Blackwing – Raikiri the Rain Shower
Position: Attack Mode
ATK: 2600
DEF: 2000
Level 7
Materials: 1 Tuner + 1 or more non-Tuner monsters
[Winged Beast / Synchro / Effect]
If this card is Synchro Summoned using a "Blackwing" monster as Material, it is treated as a Tuner monster while face-up on the field. Once per turn: You can target cards your opponent controls, up to the number of "Blackwing" monsters you control; destroy them.
"I Set two cards face-down. Turn end."
Turn 2: Shinji
Crow LP/Hand: 4000/1
Shinji LP/Hand: 4000/5
Yuto/Yuya LP/Hand: 4000/5
"Then I'll go! Draw! I Summon Battlewasp – Pin the Bullseye!"
Battlewasp – Pin the Bullseye
Position: Attack Mode
ATK: 200
DEF: 300
Level 1
[Insect/Effect]
You can inflict 200 damage to your opponent once per turn.
"Next, I use Pin the Bullseye's effect to inflict 200 damage to Yuto!"
Yuto LP: 4000 – 200 = 3800
"I Set one card face-down. My turn is over."
'A monster with 2600 ATK on Crow's field, and a Level 1 Monster, plus a face-down on Shinji's field. Dark Rebellion can take out Raikiri with ease. It's Shinji that I'm worried about."
Turn 3: Yuto
Crow LP/Hand: 4000/1
Shinji LP/Hand: 4000/4
Yuto/Yuya LP/Hand: 3800/5
"It's my turn! I… Draw!"
To be continued…
How Two Days Turned Into Six Days: I know I said that this one would go up on Monday, but at the time I said that, I wasn't aware that I'd run out of the medicine that I need to help me sleep. The earliest I could've picked it up was on Tuesday, and, considering that my duel scripts tend to be riddled with errors when I'm exhausted, I decided to wait until I was caught up on my sleep to make this a better reading experience for you guys. TL;DR, Sorry for the wait. Hope you enjoy this one.
Oh, and before I forget, we hit 5K views recently! Also, I updated the duel formatting here, since I was re-reading some older chapters and realized how clustered in got when I included ATK/DEF stats in parentheses during a character's dialogue. What do you guys think of the new style?
Alright, enough updates. Let's go to the...
Review Response Corner
Ulrich362's Review: Oh, so that's your plan. Sounds fun to me. As far as this chapter, so it was short... no big deal and I definitely sympathize with Writer's Block. So Yuya and Yuto are able to communicate again and are going to prepare Yuto's deck for his duel. Looking forward to what they come up with and who Yuto will take down. On the other hand that vision can only mean one thing... the question is, can Yuto pull off the same miracle Yuya did before it comes true or will he end up losing when it gets to that critical match? Obviously that's a long time in the future but still it's been foreshadowed. Interested in what's coming, and possibly some duels we never saw. Awesome chapter, looking forward to the update.
My responses
1.) Yep. I'm giving it a proper errata, though. The real one kinda sucks, to be honest.
2.) You'll see a glimpse of the new deck next chapter. :) Sorry to end it on a cliffhanger, but I just wanted to end this chapter here due to my flair for the dramatic.
3.) Who knows? All I'm gonna say is that I've got quite the plan for the last arc.
4.) Update's here. Better late than never, right?
Slimslam's Review: We will see about it as we speak my plane is being made and when the time come the two of us will duel it out to the end but this will be no simple duel there will be things happening wile the duel goes on so bring your best deck for we shall see who is best to own this book. Done And Done Bring On The Next p.s. anything for my friend ;) oh and if you go and look at chapter ten and at my comment there's a lord of the ring pun in there a hype chapter a great friend what will you think of next
My responses
1.) Well, considering that Yuto is the main protagonist this time, there's only one choice, isn't there? Also, challenge accepted.
2.)The next has been brought.
3.) This was what I thought of.
Digital Christian's Review: I have been waiting soooooooo long! But you're doing a good job. Can't wait for the next one.
My responses
1.) I'm so sorry about that!
2.) Thanks!
3.) Here's the next one.
