Chapter 5: Damian's Flight
KOUTA: 4000 LP VS GOMAZ: 4000 LP
"And the duel begins!"
Damian watched the duel from his room. "...I want to know who you are..." Damian whispered.
The Duel continued and Gomaz got a huge advantage over Kouta.
"GO, Toxical Killer Queen!" Gomaz shouted
KOUTA: 300 LP VS GOMAZ: 2200 LP
"Toxical Killer Queen's effect, sting my majesty!"
KOUTA: 100 LP VS GOMAZ: 2200 LP
"What is this! Kouta is nearly at the brink of his life here at the invitational!"
Kouta looked nervous and Damian saw.
"...I wish to see him in the finals." Damian grabbed a card and it began to glow purple.
Suddenly, the top card of Kouta's deck began to glow purple. "W-what is this?" He wondered as he drew his card.
"W-what the!" His face went from defeated to absolute shock.
"Hm?" Gomaz was puzzled. "What is the hold-up you little shit."
"I didn't think... I would have to use it this early in the tournament... but no holding back now... I activate the spell card known as Galaxy Transmission!"
"I send two Galaxy or Photon cards that have 2000 ATK or higher to my Graveyard... GO My Living Light evolution!"
"Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon!"
GALAXY-EYES PHOTON DRAGON: LEVEL 8, ATK/DEF: 3000/2500
"What is this, Kouta suddenly brings out a big dragon!" The announcer shouted.
"It is, Fantastic!" The commentator had commented on.
"Next, I activate, Galaxy Repercussion!"
Damian smirked as he watched what had happened. "Good." He muttered under his breath.
"I target my Galaxy-Eyes Nova Warrior and it becomes Level 8!"
"Two Level 8s on the field, you guys know what it is!"
Gomaz smirked. "Bring your worst!"
"Descend from the heavens, and shine your light to restore this world! Xyz Summon! Come and Create a New Utopia! Galaxy-Eyes Soul Blaster!"
GALAXY-EYES SOUL BLASTER: RANK 8, ATK/DEF: 4000/3000
"Soul Blaster's effect, I detach 2 xyz materials, and I destroy every other card on this field and I gain 200 LP for each card destroyed!"
KOUTA: 1100 LP VS GOMAZ: 2200 LP
"Soul Blaster, finish this!" Kouta's eyes began to glow yellow.
"GAH!" Gomaz flew as he took the damage
KOUTA: 1100 LP VS GOMAZ: 0 LP
GAME OVER
WINNER: KOUTA!
The crowd went speechless. "A-and there you have it folks, Kouta wins and advances onto the Top 32!"
The crowd cheers as the he falls to the floor, completely collapsed.
Damian watched and smirked a little bit. "He is the answer to all my questions." Damian told himself, as he left his room and then the Top 32 would begin their next bracket.
"Ladies and Gentlemen!" The announcer and shouted through the Microphone, cheering the crowd up for some more hype duel action.
"Next we will begin the Top 32 portion of this bracket and here we have our duelists!"
The first few matches seem to pair up nicely.
Kouta and Cyrus looked up at the board to see who they were going to face against.
Kouta looked down the list and was caught off-guard when he saw Damian's name.
MATCH 13: DAMIAN VS RIKA
"Oh shit!" Kouta cried. "She is going to get bodied so fucking hard!" He laughed along with Cyrus.
"Oh really?" Rika stood behind the two friends and they froze in fear.
Cyrus looked at Kouta and they both nodded their heads.
"Run."
But before they could do, Rika grabbed Kouta's ear and so Cyrus was the one running away on his own.
"You think I would lose to him easily huh?" Rika pulled Kouta's face closer to hers.
"I am not a little pushover you know... I can deal with him. I will win."
In a desperate attempt to get away from his nemesis, Kouta nodded in agreement and she let him go.
"Alright, have fun losing!" Kouta immediately yelled as he ran off to find Cyrus, angering Rika in the process.
"You bitch..." She muttered under her breath.
THE NEXT MATCH WILL START IN APPROXIMATELY 3 MINUTES
"Looks like I am up." Kouta got his duel disk and deck ready.
"I can't rely on Soul Blaster... but I need to use my new tools to my advantage."
Kouta stood in front of the door, leading to the field. He looked outside at the crowd and contemplated his life. "Finally..."
Meanwhile, Damian readied a new deck, in preparation for his duel vs Rika.
"Yes..." His eyes began to glow an aurora sphere in the color of black.
"I will use you..."
The Duel was about to begin, and Damian watched Kouta duel with all his might through the big screen in his waiting room.
"Go, Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon!" The Dragon of Light blasted its Photo Stream of Destruction.
"Now, Galaxy-Eyes Nova Warrior!" Kouta had commanded, the Knight wielding its blade and slashing through the opponents lifepoints directly.
GAME OVER
WINNER: KOUTA!
"And there you have it, Kouta makes it past the Top 32 and advances on the Heartland Invitational!" The crowd cheered for the young duelist as he smiled happily.
NEXT MATCH, DAMIAN VS RIKA
Rika began to instill fear in herself as she heard her name called out for her duel.
"It is okay!" She kept telling herself to calm herself down.
"I know his tricks... Dark Rebellion... Dark Requiem... are his two strongest monsters, alongside his Phantom Knights Xyz Monsters... if I do this correctly... I can beat him."
Kouta walked by her and as she noticed, she portrayed a stunning shine of confidence in her face.
"See!" She yelled at Kouta for attention. "I can beat him!" She lied to herself, as Kouta shrugged and walked off.
NEXT MATCH BEGIN
The doors opened and Rika walked onto the field, where Damian was waiting.
"LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PLEASE WELCOME RIKA AND DAMIAN!"
The crowd roared and mostly everyone rooted for Damian.
"GO DAMIAN WOOO!" One fan uproared.
"Don't think this will be an easy fight." Rika told Damian straight to his face, as he does nothing.
"Let the duel commence!" The referee swung the flags down.
"DUEL!"
DAMIAN: 4000 LP VS RIKA: 4000 LP
"I will begin!" Rika shouted. "I draw, and I activate the field spell The Hall of Fame, allowing me to add a fairy-type monster from my deck to hand once per turn." Rika does so and does it, brimming with confidence.
"Next, when I control no monsters, I can summon my Spirit Walker!"
SPIRIT WALKER: LEVEL 5, ATK/DEF: 2000/1300
"Spirit Walkers effect, I select a fairy monster in my hand and it is special summoned with its level being 5, I select my Fairy Cloud Baby!"
FAIRY CLOUD BABY: LEVEL 2, ATK/DEF: 300/100
"Now I overlay!"
"Xyz Summon!"
A clown looking thing was summoned and it looked at the crowd.
"Go, Pixie Jester!"
PIXIE JESTER: RANK 5, ATK/DEF: 2500/1900
"Pixie Jesters effect can only be activated on my opponents turn so I end there!" Rika ended, fully confident she can block anything from Damian.
"Draw." Damian's eyes began to show a black aurora sphere. "You really think, you know everything about my deck do you..."
"W-well yeah of course, I always study up on my opponents!"
Damian smirked. "Should have studied a bit more... you will be my first victim to taste this!"
"I activate the spell card known as Scatter of the Weak!"
Pixie Jester, despite being an Xyz monster with a RANK, suddenly had it switched to level 1.
"W-what the hell?!" Rika was caught off guard.
"No, Pixie Jester's effect, I can detach both of my Xyz Materials to target 1 card in your extra deck and remove it from play, I choose your Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon and any copy of that card that is on the field is also removed from pl-"
CARD NOT FOUND ERROR
The Duel System had warned.
"W-WHAT?!" Rika surprised, and the crowd too went silent.
"Like I said, you should have studied a bit more... I summon Predaplants Ophrys Scorpio!"
PREDAPLANTS ORPHYS SCORPIO: LEVEL 3, ATK/DEF: 1200/800
"NANI, our featured duelist had his deck completely changed!"
Amuy watched the duel fold in his office and smiled. "Yes... Show them your POWER!" Amuy's eyes began to glow, and so did Damian's eyes.
"Scorpio's effect, I discard a card to special summon Predaplants Darlingtonia Cobra."
PREDAPLANTS DARLINGTONIA COBRA: LEVEL 3, ATK/DEF: 1000/1500
"Cobra's effect... I can add this spell card." Damian revealed Polymerization.
"W-what is that spell card?!" Rika feared, as she had never seen such a thing.
"Now... Spell card activate... POLYMERIZATION!"
"NANI?!" The entire city roared, witnessing for the first time in Heartland Invitational History, Polymerization.
"I select my two monsters... and perform a FUSION SUMMON!"
"Two beautiful flowers with an insect alluring fragrance..."
"NOW BECOME ONE, FROM A HELL UNDER YOUR PETALS, GIVE BIRTH TO A NEW TERROR!"
A Dragon came out from the lights of the Fusion.
"Come! Starving Venom Fusion Dragon!"
Rika stepped back, as the Fusion Dragon roared
"Starving Venom Fusion Dragon's effect, I target your Pixie jester, and it gains the attack of that monster until the end of this turn, next I special summon my Predaplants Leech Feeder."
PREDAPLANTS LEECH FEEDER: LEVEL 1, ATK/DEF: 0/0
"Leech Feeder's effect, when my opponent controls a level 1 monster, then it can be special summoned, furthermore it can attach to that monster and it loses all of its attack!"
"N-NO!"
"Starving Venom Fusion Dragon, FLY and Feast upon your Prey!"
The Dragon flew and destroyed the Jester, ending the duel immediately.
DAMIAN: 4000 LP VS RIKA: 0 LP
GAME OVER
WINNER: DAMIAN! PERFECT GAME!
"W-woah and just like that, our hotshot duelist is making a statement for himself!" The commentator shouted. "Even in the top 32, he makes a Statement that he is a HUGE contender for winning this years Heartland Invitational!"
Amuy turned off the television and laughed in a malevolent manner. "Excellent... Damian is growing quite well... soon... I will finally obtain... it..." Amuy opens his drawer to see 4 different colored bars, two filled with black and purple.
Kouta and Cyrus grabbed some food concession and saw Rika crying at a bench.
"Should I approach her?" Kouta asked Cyrus.
"S-sure, go right ahead."
Kouta approached the crying girl and she immediately became aggressive. "STAY BACK!" she yelled, and cried longer.
"L-look... sorry for saying you weren't going to win..." Kouta remorsefully told her.
"BUT DAMN HE JUST PERFECT GAMED YOU IN JUST A TURN!"
Rika cried but then became super angry and aggressive. "OH SHUT THE FUCK UP, LITTLE PUSSY!" She yelled, grabbing attention from the public.
"DON'T COME CRYING TO ME WHEN YOU LOSE TO HIM IN YOUR NEXT MATCH!" She punches Kouta, giving him a nosebleed and stormed off.
"Ow... The hell was that for?" and Cyrus facepalmed.
"You just made fun of her you dumbass... you really can't expect her to be nice."
Kouta nodded. "Yeah true, I want to know who I am up against next!"
Kouta and Cyrus both rushed to the board to see their names
FEATURED MATCH FOR TOMORROW: DAMIAN VS CYRUS MATCH 16
"Oh boy, this is going to be a heated one!" Kouta was fired up.
"So I am against the guy huh..."
"Damn Cyrus... against Damian huh..."
Cyrus didn't seem to be nervous or afraid that he was going to fight a tournament favorite.
"Don't worry Kouta... I may lose... but I am not going to go down without a fight. I will make sure he doesn't just win off easy." Cyrus assured.
Kouta nodded. "You got this Cyrus."
The two friends finished their food and went back to their rooms.
Damian on the other hand, seemed to have a shift in character as he tried for the first time, Street Food.
"mmm... This tastes real nice." Damian exquisitely stated as he took a bite from the delicious takoyaki.
"Man I felt like I ate canned beans for months!"
Damian went to each food stand and grabbed a free sample.
"mmm... This is the shit!"
"H-hey look it is the duelist that perfect gamed today!"
The crowd surrounded Damian, cheering for him to win.
"Take the cup home, Black Vortex!"
Damian was confused. "I have no idea what this is about, but if I can get more food then ill be win!"
The crowd cheered and Damian returned to his room with street food to eat in his room.
"This is amazing!" Damian then looked at his deck and then remembered about the duel tomorrow.
Suddenly, his looks changed and he observed the night sky. "The answer to my question lies tomorrow... someday, I will find out who I really am."
The Night Passes... and Damian in his dreams hear the voices of his cards...
"Summon me..." A voice cried out and Damian looked through his cards and nodded.
"Yes... I will summon you tomorrow... and everyone will fear and remember my name."
The Night Passes but in the meantime Cyrus looked at the window and prepared himself.
"LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WELCOME TO THE TOP 16 OF THE HEARTLAND INVITATIONAL!"
The Crowd cheered and all the top 16 duelists got ready.
"Hey you." A short guy, with brown hair touched Kouta.
Kouta looked down and saw the shortie tugging his pants.
"What do you want kid?" Kouta replied, angering the guy.
"I'm 48 dumbass, I am your next opponent so get ready to lose!"
The shortie left and the matches began.
Left and right the Commentator popped off as each duel featured many types of dueling skills.
"Next, please welcome Kouta!"
Kouta goes up on the stage, waving his hand to the crowd as they cheer for him to win.
"Get ready and Duel!"
Meanwhile, Cyrus was mentally preparing for what was to come when Damian passed by him.
"Scared much?" Damian asked quietly into Cyrus's ear.
"Shut up, what do you want from me." Cyrus replied back in a harsh tone.
"I had a dream... while eating some delicious food for the first time... it was you and that other boy."
"Other boy what!"
CYRUS AND DAMIAN PLEASE GET READY
Damian looked up. "Oh well, time is up!"
Damian goes to prepare and Cyrus is left uncertain about what Damian wanted.
"I will make sure I get my answers..." Damian menacingly whispered, as the duel is seen with Kouta beating the shortie.
"AND KOUTA MAKES IT TO THE TOP 8!"
The crowd became very excited, hoping that Kouta would have a chance versus Damian.
"Now our last match of the day... and our final match... is Cyrus versus The Black Vortex!"
Cyrus walked out to the field, where Damian was already waiting.
Damian opened his mouth only to be abruptly interrupted by Cyrus.
"Don't get cocky."
"Very well, let the duel begin." Damian bows, not in an honorable fashion but more condescendingly.
"DUEL!" Both duelists shouted.
DAMIAN: 4000 LP VS CYRUS: 4000 LP
"I draw, and I activate Psycho Network, allowing me to add a PSY monster from my deck to hand."
"Next, PSY-strikers effect, when I added a PSY monster from the deck to hand, I can special summon itself!"
PSY-STRIKER: LEVEL 2, ATK/DEF: 300/300
"Next, when I control a PSY monster, I can activate this spell from hand known as PSY-Morph, sending a PSY-monster from my extra deck to the Graveyard."
"I send KI PSY-cher from my extra deck and now PSY-chers effect, since it was sent to the graveyard by card effect, I can special summon PSY-prism from my hand!"
PSY-PRISM: LEVEL 2, ATK/DEF: 300/300
"Now, I overlay, my two PSY monsters together!"
"XYZ SUMMON!"
"KI PSY-waver!"
KI PSY-WAVER: RANK 2, ATK/DEF: 600/600
"Waver's effect, when it is Xyz Summoned with two PSY monsters that have 300 ATK and DEF, I deal 600 points of damage to my opponent!"
DAMIAN: 3400 LP VS CYRUS: 4000 LP
Suddenly, a huge strike of pain hit Damian hard.
"What the hell!" Damian cried as he knelt down to the ground.
"This is my power, as a PSYCHIC Duelist." Cyrus replied, with a menacing look towards Damian.
"I end my turn there."
Damian stood up. "I guess you are not that bad after all... still... even if you are a Psychic duelist my friend... I won't hold back." Damian's eyes began to glow and a ball of aura formed in his eyes.
"DRAW!"
"Hehe, fear this new power that I have obtained! I summon Speedroid Terrortop!"
SPEEDROID TERRORTOP: LEVEL 3, ATK/DEF: 1200/600
"Next, using Terrortop's effect I can add a Speedroid monster from my deck to hand."
Damian did so, and Cyrus kept his guard up. Seeing that he could be the next victim for whatever Damian had in store.
"Next, I special summon my Speedroid Taketomborg!"
SPEEDROID TAKETOMBORG: LEVEL 3, ATK/DEF: 600/1200
"Then, Taketomborg's effect, I tribute itself to special summon a Tuner monster from my deck and I choose Speedroid Red-Eyed Dice!"
SPEEDROID RED-EYED DICE: LEVEL 1, ATK/DEF: 100/100
"My dice's effect allows me to target my Terrortop and change its level between 1 and 6... I choose 6!"
"A Tuner monster... what does that mean?" Cyrus wondered.
"Now, I Tune my Speedroid Red-Eyed Dice with my Speedroid Terrortop!"
The dice turned into green circular rings as the Terrortop goes through them.
"Now... Behold a new power, SYNCHRO SUMMON!"
"Arise my Whirlwind of Destruction, CLEAR WING SYNCHRO DRAGON!"
CLEAR WING SYNCHRO DRAGON: LEVEL 7, ATK/DEF: 2500/2000
"Waver's effect triggers, when a monster is successfully summoned on the field that is level 5 or higher, I can target that monster and destroy it!"
The Psychic Waver blasts a ray of doom, but it did nothing and instead reflected back onto the waver itself.
"What the hell!" Cyrus shouted in confusion.
"Foolish, my Clear Wing Synchro Dragon's effect activates when an opponents monster effect targets any monster of mine that is level 5 or higher... I can negate the effect and destroy it!"
"Crap..." Cyrus knowing he is wide open for direct attacks.
"Now then, my fun does not finish here, I then summon Speedroid Double Yo-yo!"
SPEEDROID DOUBLE YO-YO: LEVEL 4, ATK/DEF: 1400/1400
"Double Yo-Yo's effect, I can bring back my Red-Eyed Dice!"
"Now, let it begin once more!"
The Red-Eyed Dice turned into circular green rings and the Double Yo-Yo went inside, a sudden burst of light flashes.
"SYNCHRO SUMMON!"
"Hi-Speedroid Chanbara!"
HI-SPEEDROID CHANBARA: LEVEL 5, ATK/DEF: 2000/1000
"Now, Chanbara and Clear Wing... FINISH THIS FOOL OFF!"
Both monsters dashed towards the helpless Psychic Duelist as he became angry.
"I use the effect of PSY-Shield Efull... by discarding this card and banishing a PSY monster, I negate all monster attacks and end the battle phase."
"Impressive, but not enough... my turn ends there!"
"Draw... are you even the same guy from a few months ago." Cyrus asked.
"Pardon me, I believe we have met at this wonderful festiv-"
"Cut that shit out!"
Damian's face suddenly widened. "W-what...?" It became silent for a moment until he began to contemplate the events.
"All I remember was... waking up from the Hospital Bed... and getting escorted to the Mayor's office where I was going under special rehabilitation treatment... who was I, and where did I come from!"
Cyrus shook his head. "I obviously don't know much... but the condescending bastard I see right in front of my eyes... sucking the mayor's dick as if you are anything special!"
"... you'll regret calling me that!" Damian yelled.
"The Mayor doesn't give a shit about who you are and what you do... you are just a creation, a tool used for Dueling and that is it."
"I'm just a tool huh... or is perhaps that you are just jealous of where I am... or is..."
Damian stood there silently, and Cyrus continued with his turn. "I activate the spell card known as PSY-chic, bringing back my two PSY monsters from the graveyard at the cost of 1000 lifepoints!"
DAMIAN: 3400 LP VS CYRUS: 3000 LP
"Now, I can activate Psycho Radiation!"
"I mill up to three cards from my deck and the amount of PSY monsters that appear is the same amount my two monsters on the field gain levels to." Cyrus milled and found two PSY monsters.'
"That is two levels gained and now they are both level four... I overlay!"
Damian continued to stand there and do nothing.
"Xyz Summon, KI PSY-Fury!"
KI PSY-FURY: RANK 4, ATK/DEF: 2300/1800
"I activate Fury's effect, I can gain the attack of one monster I target on the field as long as the monster's original attack is lower than Fury's and I choose your Chanbara!"
Fury grows bigger as it gained attack.
"Now then for my secret weapon, I activate the spell card known as PSY-QUAL!"
Fury's attack suddenly doubled and it became a mega giant.
"Fury... DESTROY CHANBARA!" Cyrus commanded the mega psychic, sending a flurry of attacks.
"ENOUGH!" Damian shouted, releasing an energy of darkness from his body and the attacks suddenly stopped at force, Cyrus's monster also stopped attacking and stepped back in fear.
"You know nothing about me, you and your stupid lies!"
"I activate the quick-play spell card known as Dark Phantasm, allowing me to target 1 monster on the field and every single monster on this field becomes the same level as the targeted monster. I choose my Clear Wing and every monster on the field becomes Level 7!"
"What is he planning..." Cyrus wondered, and also bit confused on what had just happened.
"And now, Dark Phantasm immediately lets me perform an Xyz Summon with my two monsters!"
"Tremble in Fear... IN THE FACE OF A GREATER DARKNESS!"
An abyss would crack open from the field, and a more gigantic monster would appear.
"Xyz Summon, my Phantom!"
The Dragon roared, cutting off the broadcast and livestream networks that were featuring the duel.
"Dark Revenant Xyz Dragon!"
DARK REVENANT XYZ DRAGON: RANK 7, ATK/DEF: 3000/2500
"What the fuck?!" Cyrus shouted.
Damian opened his eyes, and his eyes began glowing an aura sphere of dark purple and his body began to glow.
"Dark Revenant, Make the enemy fear!"
All Xyz Materials were removed, and suddenly the Dragon and the Fury began battling.
"Tch, my Fury still has more Attack points than your Dragon!"
Damian shook his head. "Think again!" Suddenly Cyrus saw that his monster has 0 ATK points.
"NANI?!"
"When Revenant is Xyz Summoned on the opponent's turn, I can detach all Xyz Materials, all other monsters lose their ATK and DEF points and they MUST engage in battle with Revenant!"
"N-NO!" Cyrus shouted.
Kouta also gasped at the sight of his best friend about to lose.
"DARK REVENANT XYZ DRAGON, ATTACK!" And the Dragon flew up and charged up a giant beam of darkness.
"THE FEAR OF DARKNESS!"
"CYRUS!" Kouta shouted, but it was too late.
A loud beeping noise fired.
DAMIAN: 3400 LP VS CYRUS: 0 LP
GAME OVER, WINNER: DAMIAN!
The monsters had disappeared, Cyrus was lying on the floor, back first. His shirt was ripped, he has some scratches and bruises.
"U-Uh The Winner is Damian!" The audience did not cheer nor shout. They looked at the horror in silence, as the paramedics came in and took Cyrus to the infirmary.
"Damian advances to the Top 8 in the Heartland Invitational!" The announcer just made everything more awkward.
"Just a guy who sucks the mayor's dick huh?" Damian stormed off the field.
NEXT TIME ON ENTER THE BLACK VORTEX!
"Ladies and Gentlemen, our Top 8!"
Kouta becomes increasingly nervous, wondering if he was going to get paired with Damian.
"What do I do... I don't know if I can win... I think... is it time to give up?"
A hand was placed on Kouta's shoulder.
"Don't give up." The injured Cyrus had whispered.
"Kouta look... I don't have much time...aghh." Cyrus was on a wheelchair and still felt the aftermath pain.
"Believe in Yourself..."
What a stunning performance from Damian, wiping out his opponents to make it into the Top 8, as well as Kouta. Suddenly, Kouta feels afraid of even stepping near the Black Vortex himself. Will Kouta be able to face his fear and make it through to the Tournament cup? Will Cyrus be able to recover from the injury? and more importantly, what is in the mind of Damian now?
FIND OUT NEXT TIME ON!
ENTER THE BLACK VORTEX!
Chapter 5: Damian's Flight
THE END
Author's Note- It has been quite a long time since I touched this Fanfiction. I was very busy with work and now that I have got some big free time on my hands, I am continuing this project as well as pre-planning on an even bigger project coming later this year. I hope you guys have enjoyed the story so far!
-InoLovex