"Speaking"
*Noise* or Speaking over a flashback
"Thoughts, Monster's speaking or Summoning chants and etc."
Fusion Dimension, Throne Room
"So Doktor, how goes the experiment? I hope your predicted results have come to bare fruit." Leo asked as the Doktor stood before him in a bow, he then rose up fully, "Progress is slow, but we're getting there." the Doktor snapped his bony fingers, making a holo screen appear before the Professor. Its footage showed the Duel between Ruri and Daniel, specifically when Daniel summoned Parasite Fusioner, and started to become dizzy.
"Young Daniel's reaction upon my beauties' Summoning, proves that its working, abit not as strong as I had hoped for the first trail, but results are results..." he explained with Leo nodding his head to let him know he understood.
Leo frowned slightly as that scene was replayed a couple more times, "Let me ask you this once more, Doktor." Leo began, "Are you absolutely sure this project is harmless to the subject we wish to use them on, I don't want the girls harmed mentally, that will ruin my plan." As he said this, he clutched his armrest tightly, the Doktor flinched lightly at this.
"O-of course! Look at this scan I did of Daniel's brain after the Duel when he came back for study." the Doktor snapped his fingers, replacing the footage with a scan of Daniel's brain, "See this region here? The Dorsal Anterior Cingulate Cortex." he pointed at the mentioned region, just above the frontal lobe, it glowed to make it easier to see. "My scans showed that this region of the brain became slightly less active. This region is responsible for keeping someone vigilant of their external environment." he explained.
"By making the subject unaware of their surrounding, they're more likely to listen to instructions, and follow them, that's the purpose of my project." he finished with a bow. "Yes yes, I have read the specifics of your project, but do now see a flaw in it, based on what you've shown me..." Leo said, alerting Doktor, who looked a bit shocked.
"O-Oh, and what would that flaw be..." he asked cautiously.
"These results are due to the fact that that card was used, had Young Daniel not used it, nothing would occur." Leo explained, "But what I want is for the results to be constant, so as to make it difficult for the girls to not think for themselves." he narrowed his eyes at the Doktor. "Am I understood?" he asked him, his tone cold.
"Yes, sir!" the Doktor responded quickly, as to avoid the Professor's anger. "Good, that will do for now, carry on, and let me know of your future results. Begone!" he commanded, upon hearing this, the Doktor quickly scuttled out of the throne room, the doors closing behind him.
As soon as he was gone, Leo sighed to himself, "I know I shouldn't trust him, but this is the only way to contain the girls until its time..." he thought rubbed his forehead, to release some stress. This stress had occurred a while ago, right about when Barrett returned empty handed from the Synchro Dimension...
Flashback, (A couple of days ago)
Barrett stood before Leo, who stared down at his soldier, which he noticed was covered with minor bruises. "Report, Barrett." he ordered the soldier, who rose his head to look his leader in the eye. "I failed, Professor. The Girl was prepared, and on high alert. She bested me in battle, and my teleporter innated its return protocol." Barrett replied.
"So that's twice the Synchro Girl has slipped through our grasp..." Leo said frustrated slighty, "But it matters not, in the end, she will be captured eventually." he said, "Now onto what to do with you." he looked back at Barrett, who looked nervous. "I think being Serena's guardian should do for now. "Wouldn't you agree?" he asked his subordinate.
"Yes Professor, this punishment shall do." Barrett bowed, and then rose, "Hail Academia! he yelled saluting, "Hail Academia..." Leo repeated, though not as loud...
"Its likely the girl will be on high alert after the second attack, so a third attempt is out of the question..." he pondered to himself, "However, that's a thought for a another day. Besides, as long as she's stuck in that world, I can try as many times as I need to capture her."
"But I can't be too lax about this, after all, since finding out about 'him', its a race against time..." he finished, as soon as he finished, his mind began to wander back onto old memories- "No! I can't think about that now, I need to focus on my plan. Or he wins!" He snapped himself out of those thoughts, and went over the schematics for his plans. "Soon, this will all be over soon..." he reminded himself.
"Are you sure you're okay Daniel?" Sophia asked as she and Daniel were walking the corridors, mostly for their break, but also due to her Disciplinary Squad duties, to make sure no one was breaking the rules, or causing havoc.
As she asked, Daniel continued to look and walk forwards, a dazed look on his face, "Yeah..." he said, "You sure? You've been out of it for a while..." she asked, "Yeah..." he repeated, "Really?" she asked, "Yeah..."
For a moment, she thought on what to say next, "So I'm thinking of going around in a bikini tomorrow." she suddenly said, "Yeah..." once again, he repeated. But this time she slapped him on the back off his neck.
Upon contact, he reacted, "Owww!" he cried out, jumping forward a few feet, whirled around to face her, "What was that for?" he asked with a soft glare, rubbing the back of his neck, the girl need to hold back when coming to things like that.
"You're not even listening to me!" she retorted to him with her own soft glare, "I was too!" he retorted.
"Oh yeah, then what was the last thing I said?" she asked, crossing her arms below her bust, "Ummm..." he pondered, "You were thinking about changing your hair style." he answered.
"Nice try..." she said, "Thinking about adding new cards to your Deck?" he asked, "Nope!" she said, "Make-up?" he said, instead of saying, she made a cross with her fingers.
"Okay fine... You win!" he relented. He then began walking again, with her following her, "So..." she said, "Just a headache, nothing to worry over." he answered, not even looking her in the eye as he did. "No, this is something else." she began.
"This all started after your 'extra credit' began..." she said that suspiciously, "Just what is your extra credit, and what is it doing to you?" she asked. "I can't tell you, you know that. It's one of the rules that I had to follow, I can't tell anyone outside of the project of what we're doing." he answered. "Especially about that girl..." he thought, thinking back on the girl he met that was a prisoner.
"Plus as a Disciplinary Squad member, you must follow the rules to the T, so no more questions." he added, as she looked to be about to ask something unrelated but was actually related to what she wanted to know. "Fine..." she sighed out defeated.
The two then walked in silence for a while, until they came across someone at one of the hallway junctions.
It was Serena, and accompanying her was Barrett, who was walking a few feet behind her. The two parties came to a standstill, neither moved upon seeing the other, and both were quiet, until Serena started the conversation.
"Move out of my way!" she demanded, "Yeah, no." Sophia answered for the two.
"I said, move!" she asked again, getting annoyed, normally everyone who knew about her would simply move out of her way. So this never occurred.
"I think not, Princess, you don't get to boss people around just because the Professor won't let you do what you want." Sophia remarked, further annoying the Slifer Red. "How dare you..." Serena clenched her hand into a fist. Meanwhile Daniel and Barrett looked to one another before the young teen coughed uncomfortably.
"So... Barrett." Daniel began, "How's life been treating you?" he asked, "Fine, though I bare the burden of failing the Professor in a crucial part of his plan. And thus I've received punishment for my failures." he said.
Sophia hearing this, looked to Barrett, then to Serena, put two and two together and smirked. "So... Your punishment is to be her babysitter?" she asked, Serena looked away annoyed hearing this again... just different words were used.
When she was told to report to the Professor, at first she believed that he was finally giving her a chance to show her worth on the frontlines in Xyz... Only to be annoyed when she was told that Barrett would now be her guardian.
Seeing her reaction, made Sophia laugh lightly, "I'm sorry Barrett, I truly am, not even you deserve to be near her." at this, Serena got pissed. "Have you got something against me!?" she yelled out at her.
Sophia however didn't even flinch. "That's my business to know, and for you to never find out." with that said, she began to walk, she brushed past Serena gently and Daniel waved bye to the two and caught up to her.
However they didn't get very far before- "I challenge you to a Duel!" Serena said to Sophia, making her halt in her tracks and turn back to her. "Do you accept?" she asked the Disciplinary Squad member. "Even though I have nothing to prove against you, yes, I do accept." Sophia then turned to Daniel. "Go on ahead, I'll catch you later..." she told him.
He nodded and walked away, very glad that Serena had shown up, "Oh and Gen." he instantly came to a halt upon hearing his surname, he cautiously looked back at his best friend, "Our discussion isn't over." she told him serious.
He didn't say a thing, and just faced forward and walked off. "Right, now that that's done." Sophia turned to face Serena, Barrett slowly walked to the side of the wall, there was nothing he could do, seeing that the students were allowed to Duel during their break hours. Thus it was out of his derestriction. "You ready?" Serena asked.
"Yeah, let's get this over with." Sophia said as the two armed their Duel Disks, the energy blades roaring to life.
"DUEL!" the two shouted, drawing five cards each.
Serena's LP: 4000
Sophia's LP: 4000
Turn 1
"Since you declared the challenge, I'll decide who goes first." Sophia declared, "You first, princess." she said, "Fine then!" Serena began her turn, taking a card from her Hand.
"I Normal Summon Lunalight Emerald Bird!" a young girl with emerald coloured skin in a orange leotard, with blue frills on the sides of her hips, connected at her and to her wrist was green cloth assembled to look like bird feather, resting on her head was a beret, attached to it was a one-sided cresent moon mask.
Lunalight Emerald Bird: DARK, Level: 4 [Beast-Warrior/Effect] ATK/1200 DEF/1000
"Her effect! When Summoned, I can send a Lunalight card from my Hand to the Graveyard," she sent a card to the Graveyard, "Doing this lets me draw a card." she then drew a card.
"Now the effect of Lunalight Yellow Marten activates! When sent to the Graveyard by an effect, I can add a Lunalight Spell or Trap from my Deck to my Hand!" she added her card to her Hand. "Then I place two cards face-down and end my turn!" two cards appeared face-down and faded.
Serena's Hand x 3
Turn 2
"My turn!" Sophia drew her card, "I activate the Spell, Foolish Burial! And send to the Graveyard from my Deck Spiritual Beast Pettlephin!" her mentioned card was ejected from her Deck, which she grabbed and placed it in her Graveyard. "Then I Normal Summon Ritual Beast Tamer Lara!" a young forest mage girl appeared carrying a staff.
Ritual Beast Tamer Lara: WIND, Level: 1 [Psychic/Effect] ATK/100 DEF/2000
"Now I activate her effect! When Normal Summoned, I can Special Summon from my Graveyard a Ritual Beast monster! Appear! Spiritual Beast Pettlephin! appearing from a burst of water came a pink dolphin covered in tattoos and wearing some light armour.
Spiritual Beast Pettlephin: WATER, Level: 4 [Aqua/Effect] ATK/0 DEF/2000
"And now Pettlephin's effect! By banishing a Ritual Beast card from my Hand," Cannahawk was sent to her banished zone, "This lets me return a card on your Field to your Hand!" she picked her choice. "The one on the right please." she said as that card returned to Serena's Hand.
"And now for this! By banishing the required material, I can Contact Fusion!" she declared as her two monster began to glow green and blue. "Young tamer of the forest, become one with the creature beast of the sea to bring forth a new beast!" the two then swirled into a vortex. "Fusion Summon! Appear! Ritual Beast Ulti-Apelio!" Ulti-Apelio appeared from a blaze of fire with a roar.
Ritual Beast Ulti-Apelio: WIND, Level: 6 [Pyro/Fusion/Effect] ATK/2600 DEF/400
"Battle! Ulti-Apelio, attack her Emerald Bird!" Ulti-Apelio roared as its tamer steered it forward, it rushed towards it prey, it then pounced into air and slashed at Emerald Bird who was then destroyed. Serena's LP: 4000 - 1400 - 2600
"Trap activate, Lunalight Reincarnation Dance!" Serena shouted, her face-down flipped up. "When a monster I control is destroyed, I can add two Lunalight monsters from my Deck to my Hand!" she added her choices.
"I now place two cards face down, and end my turn!" Sophia finished as two cards appeared face-down.
Sophia's Hand x 1
Turn 3
"Not bad, not bad at all..." Serena drew her card. "I activate the Spell, Polymerization! I now fuse together Lunalight Crimson Fox and Lunalight White Rabbit!" the two spectres of the chosen monsters appeared on the Field, and began to glow red and yellow.
"Crimson vixen that stalks in the night. The lively white rabbit illuminated by the moonlight! Spiral into the moon's gravity and become a new power!" the two then swirled into a vortex. "Fusion Summon! Appear Lunalight Cat Dancer" the mature feline woman swayed her hips in a dance and then took a stance, her daggers at the ready to strike.
Lunalight Cat Dancer: DARK, Level: 7 [Beast-Warrior/Fusion/Effect] ATK/2400 DEF/2000
"Now Crimson Fox's effect activates! When sent to the Graveyard, one of your monster's ATK becomes 0 for the rest of the turn!" seeing that Ulti-Apelio was Sophia's only monster, it was the target of the effect. Ulti-Apelio's ATK: 2400 = 0
At this Sophia sighed, knowing where this was going, so she put a halt to it instantly. "I activate Ulti-Apelio's effect!" she announced as the beast and rider glowed, "By returning it to the Extra Deck, I can Special Summon from my banished zone, a Ritual Beast Tamer and Spiritual Beast monsters in Defense!" Ulti-Apelio burst into particle, which began to reform into two entities.
"I Summon Ritual Beast Tamer Lara and Spiritual Beast Cannahawk!" Lara appeared back on Field with the Thunderbird monster. Both were in Defense.
Spiritual Beast Cannahawk: WIND, Level: 4 [Thunder/Effect] ATK/1400 DEF/600
This had shocked her opponent, "What!? They can do that?" she thought shocked, she didn't know Contact Fusions could do such a thing. She then shook her head, not that this little detail affected her, she was going to win in the end. "I now Normal Summon Lunalight Kaleido Chick!" a girl, smaller than the other girls, and wearing similar clothing appeared, in both her hands was a stick connected to a cloth that when stretched out, looked like a cape. Atop of her head was hat was resembled a young chick.
Lunalight Kaleido Chick: DARK, Level: 4 [Beast-Warrior/Effect] ATK/1400 DEF/800
"I now activate Cat Dancer's effect! I tribute a Lunalight monster," Kaleido Chick was tributed, "This means that Cat Dancer can attack all your monsters twice this turn, as the first attacks won't destroy them." she explained. "And now Kaleido Chick's effect activates! When sent to the Graveyard, I can add a Polymerization from my Graveyard to my Hand." she added back her Fusion card.
"Battle! Cat Dancer, show them whose boss!" at this, Cat Dancer leapt into the air, and pounced at Cannahawk first, "Cat Dancer's effect! Each time she attacks, you take 100 points of damage!" Cat Dancer's knives were enveloped with energy, which she then swung, throwing the energy at Sophia's feet. Sophia's LP: 4000 - 100 = 3900
"Again!" she then somersaulted off Cannahawk, and tossed one of her dagger at the beast, destroying it this time. "Cat Dancer's Effect again!" Serena called out. 3900 - 100 = 3800 (Sophia) "Now take out Lara! Lunalight Mayhem!" Cat Dancer brought her hands together, and released two bolts of lunar energy at Lara. The first made Lara flinch, then the second one hit and caused a small explosion. When it cleared, Lara was gone. 3800 - 100x2 = 200 = 3600 (Sophia) "I end my turn with a face-down!" Another face-down appeared on her Field, then vanished.
Serena's Hand x 3
Turn 4
"My turn!" Sophia drew her card. She looked to see what it was. "I activate the Spell, Ritual Beast's Spirit Call!" the card appeared, showing an image of two Ritual Beast monsters being spirted away into the sky, only for two new ones to take their place. "By banishing a Ritual Beast Tamer and Spiritual Beast monster from my Graveyard, I can Special Summon 2 Ritual Beast monsters from my Deck whose names are different to the banished ones!" She banished Lara and Cannahawk.
"I Summon Ritual Beast Tamer Pilica and Spiritual Beast Apelio!" the two cards ejected from her Deck, which she placed on her blade, causing two new monsters. A Tamer and Spiritual Beast monster.
Pilica was a young girl with green hair which was tipped with orange. Wearing a puffy coat and carrying a small staff with a cyan gem fitted into it. Apelio was a red young lion with a fiery mane and tail. With armour covering its hide, paws and neck, with the neck collar fitted with a orange glowing stone.
Ritual Beast Tamer Pilica: WIND, Level: 3 [Psychic/Effect] ATK/1000 DEF/1500
Spiritual Beast Apelio: WIND, Level: 4 [Pyro/Effect] ATK/1800 DEF/200
"I activate Pilica's effect! When Summoned, I can Special Summon a Ritual Beast monster from my Deck by negating its effects!" another card was ejected from her Deck, "I Summon Ritual Beast Tamer Elder!" Elder appeared on the Field, between Pilica and Apelio.
Ritual Beast Tamer Elder: WIND, Level: 2 [Psychic/Effect] ATK/200 DEF/1000
"And now I activate the Spell, Spiritual Beast Draw!" the next card showed multiple Spiritual Beast monsters being turned into cards, "I can shuffle any number of Spiritual Beast monster from my Banished Zone, into my Deck, and draw cards equal to the shuffled amount plus one!" She shuffled both Cannahawk and Pettlephin into her Deck, then drew three cards.
"And now using both Ritual Beast Tamers, I now perform a contact Fusion by banishing these monsters!" Pilica and Elder glowed red and green. "Tamers both young and old, become one to call forth a new Tamer!" the two swirled together, forming a bright light.
"Fusion Summon! Appear now! Level 5! Ritual Beast Tamer Pan!" a grown man, with slightly pointed ear and dressed a dark green cloak with light brown cloth underneath showing through slightly. In the many pockets of his cloths were treats, herbs and healing items. And held in his arms was a staff my of elder wood with multiple red gems fitted onto the multiple branches of the staff.
Ritual Beast Tamer Pan: WIND, Level: 5 [Psychic/Fusion/Effect] ATK/1900 DEF/600
"Pan's effect! All Ritual Beast Fusion Monsters gain 500 ATK & DEF!" Pan's ATK & DEF: 1900/600 + 500/500 = 2400/1100 "And now for Pan's other effect! I now Banish a Spiritual Beast Monster I control..." Pan waved his staff over Apelio, whose form glowed and began to grow. "And now I can Special Summon a Ritual Beast Fusion Monster whose Type is the same as the banished monster!"
After the glow ended, Ulti-Apelio was in Apelio's place. And with Pan's effect, its ATK & DEF increased. Ulti-Apelio's ATK & DEF: 2600/400 + 500/500 = 3100/900
"Battle! Ulti-Apelio attack Cat Dancer!" Ulti-Apelio roared and then charged at Cat Dancer, it bit into Cat Dancer's torso, applied pressure and crushed her in its jaw. 2600 - 700 =1900 (Serena)
"The Trap, Lunalight's Dancing Tag Out!" Serena activated her face-down, which showed Cat Dancer doing the tango as another Lunalight monster danced into the spotlight. "When a Lunalight monster is destroyed by battle, I can return that monster to my Hand or Extra Deck...," Cat Dancer returned to her Extra Deck compartment.
"Then I can Special Summon a Lunalight monster from my Graveyard whose name is different to the destroyed monster!" she picked her choice, "I Summon Lunalight Yellow Marten!" a young woman, whose skin was yellow and had knee length yellow hair. She also had a bushy tail.
Lunalight Yellow Marten: DARK, Level: 4 [Beast-Warrior/Effect] ATK/800 DEF/2000
"She can't be destroyed for the rest of the turn either." she added with a smile. Sophia sighed, "I place a card face-down and end my turn." A card appeared on Sophia's side, and then faded away.
"So much for trying to beat me!" Serena smirked, "You challenged me first, you b-" Sophia suddenly caught herself from getting riled up, she closed her eyes and inhaled and then exhaled to calm herself, after that she opened her eyes to face her opponent. "I honestly don't care what you say, I don't have anything to prove to you anymore..." Sophia said, however something caught Serena's attention about that last part.
"Anymore... What do you mean anymore?" Serena asked then thought back just before, "That's right, you seem to have something against me..." at this Sophia rolled her eyes, "Of course you wouldn't remember, but if it can't register in your head, I may as well tell you... Why I hate you..." Sophia said, and then began her tale.
"It started five years ago..." she began...
5 Years Ago
The scene showed the main cruise ship for the Academy coming into port, a while later, the passengers were departing, first the adult staff, and then the kids, one of which was an eleven year old Sophia, wearing a small dress and a jacket over it and sandals. "It was my first day of the Academy, at the time, I wasn't who I am now..." the older Sophia explained as the younger one looked at her surroundings in wonder.
"Wow..." she muttered as she walked, following the line of other students. "This place is super amazing! I can't wait to have Duels and make friends!" she gleefully said.
After the orientation for the new students, to which they had discovered that the previous principal had been replaced by a new one, who called himself Leo, they were allowed to explore the campus.
As she walked about, the chatted to the other students, some new like her, which she got along well with. "So far, that day was turning out to be a great one for me..."
Young Sophia looked around a bit, "But then..." she paused her sights on a girl who caught her interest, she had indigo hair tied up in a ponytail and wore a magenta short sleeved shirt. On her wrist was an interesting bracelet. Young Sophia seeing her, decided to happily run up to her and tapped her on the shoulder, catching the girls attention who turned to face her. "I meet you."
"Hi!" Sophia said smiling at the girl, the girl whoever took a glance and suddenly became uninterested. "Hi..." she said somewhat reluctantly, hoping this girl would leave her alone soon, "My name's Sophia Bright, nice to meet you! What's your name?" she asked the girl, "Serena." was all the other girl said, she turned to walk away, confusing Sophia.
"Whoa hold there, we're the fire?" Sophia joked, "Look, I got better things to do than talk to some stranger." Serena told her, and then began to presume walking away. Sophia pouted for a moment, but then got an idea. "If I could go back in time, I would stop myself from having that idea..."
"I know! If you don't to talk, then how about we have a duel?" she suggested, Serena stopped cold in her tracks. "A Duel?" she asked looking back at her. "Yeah! A Duel is the best way to get to know one another, plus they're fun to play!" Sophia told her.
"I wouldn't say that, but I never turn down a Duel, so sure, let's Duel!" Serena told as she brought out the Duel Disk the students were given after the orientation, Sophia did the same with hers. "Let's have some fun!" she cheered.
"Fun... has no meaning in a Duel..." Serena said as their blades activated.
"Lunalight Cat Dancer! Attack her directly!" Serena's ace monster charged at the defenceless girl, when the monster swiped at Sophia, she went skidding backwards and landed on her back, her Life Points becoming zero.
The Duel had only been four turns, in which Serena had practically walked all over her, apart from a move she used to save herself once
As Sophia picked herself up from the floor, Serena walked over to her, and looked down at the defeated girl, "A Duel isn't for goofing off or to have fun, Dueling sets the winners and losers apart, if you can't see that, then you've got a long to go before being a winner!" was all Serena said, she then walked off leaving Sophia on the ground.
As she got up and dusted herself, she heard giggling and laughter around her, she looked around and saw that the older kids were in small groups. "Did you see how pathetic that girl duelled against that other newbie?" a girl said to her friends, who laughed as quietly as they could, however Sophia had heard and was shocked. "Huh?" she said backing away.
She then bumped into another group, a boy who she had bumped into turned to look down at her, "Hey guys, its the brat that lost big time!" he smiled down at her with a demeaning smile, "Ha! Get lost loser, I don't want to catch your horrible talent!" he joked loud enough for the other groups to hear, in which caused all to laugh, some even pointed at her.
To her the world started to spin, and the laughter was distorted, the people seem to become even taller, and they all looked down at her.
Eventually it became too much for, so she ran off, tears streaming down her "I had never been humiliated like that in my whole life"
A little while later, within the court yard, Sophia could be found in a corner, crying into her arms, "Luckily no one would actually remember that Duel, but it still hurt..." As she continued to cry, footsteps could be heard. She stopped crying to not alert however it was.
"Hey did you see that Duel earlier on?" one older student asked her friend, "Yeah! I was amazing! That Serena girl is going to go far!" one of her friends said, at the mention of that name, Sophia frowned. "That girl she faced was so bad! I don't know why she even bothered coming here!" the second one laughed, followed by the first.
They continued to walk off, leaving the area, at which point, Sophia slowly came out of her hiding place. She tried to dry her tears, when another figure approached her. "The only good thing to come out of that day, was meeting him..." Suddenly young Sophia felt a hand on her shoulder, snapping her to attention, she jumped forward a bit before turning around to face this new figure.
Who she saw was a boy the same age as her, his hair was two-toned, violet with the under later being pink, the violet layer formed a fringe that frame his face, with two fringes pointed up. He wore a long sleeve purple buttoned shirt, white trousers and brown leather shoes. And his eyes, a lighter shade of his violet hair, from a small glance at them, she could see that they was only a little warmth.
"Hey, are you okay?" the boy asked, it took her a while to respond, "Oh, yeah... I'm fine..." she said, "Alright then, just wanted to make sure..." he said, "Right then..." she stopped, as she didn't know his name. "I'm Yuri!" he told her, "Sophia Blight!" she told him.
"I watched your Duel against that girl..." hearing this made her frown, "Oh..." she turned, beginning to walk off, "Yes that was a humiliating Duel, but..." she stopped to look back at him, "The fact that you're still standing, means you can get your revenge against her the next time!" he said, "I should have known something was off about him, but I didn't seem to mind"
"So, get stronger, then stronger, and stronger, basically become stronger than everyone you come across, and when you come to face that girl again..." he began to turn as he said this, "Don't let your hate for her fade, because when you do destroy her pride, it will all the more satisfying." and with that, he walked off, leaving. "I look forward to the day we can duel one another." and said as he rounded the corner.
Young Sophia just watched him go, taking his words to heart... Along with something else...
End of Flashback
"And that's why, ever since that duel, I've hated your guts." Sophia said glaring at her, "Since then, I had been thinking of how to get back at you for that humiliating moment..." she said, and took a pause. "But..." she added.
"But what?" Serena asked, "About a year since that moment, I had notice something that set us apart." she said, "What? That you'll never beat me?" Serena mocked, at this Sophia shook her hear.
"No... Its that you... haven't changed..." she said, and this confused the other girl, "What are you talking about? I'm older from back then, of course I've changed!" Serena retorted. "Not that kind of change, I meant a mental change. Your still the same girl from back when I first met you, other than you physically growing, nothing else is new about you..." Sophia explained. "Anyways, your turn..." she added.
Sophia's Hand x 2
Turn 5
"Change, what does change have to do with Dueling?" Serena thought, she then shrugged that thought away, to continue the Duel. "My turn! Draw!" she drew her card. "I activate the Spell, Luna Light Perfume!" she shouted as the card appeared. "I can Special Summon a Lunalight monster from my Graveyard! Appear, Kaleido Chick!" Kaleido Chick appeared in Defence.
"Then I activate Perfume's other effect, by banishing it and sending a card from my Hand to the Graveyard." she banished Perfume and discarded a card, "I can add a Lunalight monster from my Deck to my Hand!" she added her choice.
"Now I activate the Spell, Fusion Recovery! I now add a Polymerization and 1 monster used as Fusion Material from my Graveyard!" she added her Spell, and White Rabbit. "Kaleido Chick's effect! I now send a Lunalight monster from my Deck or Extra Deck to the Graveyard, and have Kaleido Chick's name treated as that sent monster!" she took a card from her Extra Deck. "I'm sending Lunalight Cat Dancer to the Graveyard to have Kaleido Chick treated as her!"
"And I activate Polymerization! This time Fusing Kaleido Chick treated as Cat Dancer and White Rabbit in my Hand!" White Rabbit appeared on the field, as did Cat Dancer behind Kaleido Chick, the monster then floated into the air and glowed red and blue. "The beautiful beast dancing in the moonlight! The lively rabbit illuminated by moonlight! Swarm in the vortex of the moon's gravity and become a new power!" the two then spiralled into the vortex and a flash occurred.
"Fusion Summon! Come forth! Elegant beast dancing in the moonlit wilderness! Level 8! Lunalight Panther Dancer!" appearing from the flash was a new Lunalight monster, she was slightly taller than Cat Dancer, her skin was dark red, she wore a dark purple corset with tuffs of light blue fur sticking out of its, around her hips was a long pink cloth. two dark purple bell sleeves covered her arms, detached from her corset, and on the golden bands attached to these sleeves were single crest blade, like two halves of a cresent moon. She wore high knee legging, the same colour as her corset, but her feet were paws. Around both of her wrist, which both had paws with claws attached, were big golden rings, with a single bell and a line of purple ribbon. her tail was black. As she fully appeared, she pulled off some exotic dance move, with some swiped here and there.
Lunalight Panther Dancer: DARK, Level: 8 [Beast-Warrior/Fusion/Effect] ATK/2800 DEF/2500
"Like Cat Dancer, Panther Dancer attack all your monsters twice, and the first time they aren't destroyed either." she explained, "Now battle! Panther Dancer! attack Beast Tamer Pan!" at the mention, Panther's hand paws suddenly grew long red curved blade to act of her claws, she then made a mad dash for Pan, slicing at him instantly. 3600 - 400 = 3200 (Sophia)
"Now attack him again!" she ordered, Panther Dancer then did a backflip, and once again, slashed at Pan, this time the monster was destroyed. 3200 - 400 = 2800 (Sophia)
"With Pan leaving the field, your other Fusion monster's ATK returns to normal." Serena said smirking, 3100/900 = 2600/400 (Ulti-Apelio) "Buts that not all, as now Panther Dancer's other effect now activates! When she destroys a monster by battle, she then gains 200 ATK!" Panther Dancer's ATK: 2800 + 200 = 3000 "Now take out Ulti-Apelio!" Panther than sprang over to Ulti-Apelio, and as quick as a flash, slashed it twice in a cross formation.
She appeared behind the beast, who then fell to pieces that disintegrated. 2800 - 400x2 = 800 = 2000 (Sophia) "Panther Dancer now gains another 200 ATK!" 3000 + 200 = 3200 (Panther Dancer)
"And now I end my turn with a face-down!" she finished, content with dealing serious damage this turn, for now that is, she would destroy her opponent on her next turn, that she was sure of...
The only thing she wasn't sure of was Sophia's words. "Again, what does she mean by "change"?" she asked herself as her Duel Disk registered that her turn was over.
Serena's Hand x 1
Turn 6
"My turn" Sophia drew her card, she glanced it and gave a soft smile, "First! I activate one of my face-downs!" one of her cards flipped up, revealing it to be a Spell, "The Continious Spell, New Leash on Spiritual Life!" she declared, "This card can only be activated while there is a Ritual Beast Fusion monster in my Graveyard." she explained, "Now for its effect! Once per turn, by returning a Ritual Beast monster from my Graveyard or banished Zone to the bottom of my Deck..." she return Apelio to her Deck, which then shuffled itself. "I can now Special Summon two Ritual Beast monsters from my Deck, except for the returned monster!"
"Now I Summon Spiritual Beast Pettlephin and Ritual Beast Lara !" the two other Spiritual monsters appeared on the Field, "Then I Normal Summon a Cannahawk! from my Hand!" A Cannahawk appeared. "Then I activate the Spell, Ultimate Spiritual Evolution!" the card appeared, showing an Apelio evolving into its Ultimate version. "I now banish this card and Cannahawk," the two cards vanished. Suddenly a portal of light erupted from nowhere.
"This allows me to Special Summon a Ritual Beast Fusion monster from my Extra Deck, whose type is the same as the banished one!" she explained as the card was ejected from her Extra Deck. "I Summon Ritual Beast Ulti-Cannahawk!" appearing on the field was a larger version of Cannahawk, however its yellow was replaced with electric green. Ritual Beast Tamer Elder was riding on its back.
Ritual Beast Ulti-Cannahawk: WIND, Level: 6 [Thunder/Fusion/Effect] ATK/1400 DEF/1600
"Then I activate another face-down!" her other face-down flipped up, revealing it to be a Trap, "The Continious Trap, Ritual Beast's Ultimate Strength!" the card showed all three Ulti Ritual Beast monsters, glowing with power. "This card can only be activated while there is a Ritual Beast Fusion monster on the Field."
"And now that the conditions have been met..." she began, "I now contact fuse Ulti-Cannahawk, Ritual Beast Tamer Lara and Spiritual Beast Pettlephin together!" the three monsters started to float into the air, and glowed green, red and blue. "Ultimate beast that soars through thunder, Tamer of youth, and the beast of water, come together to bring forth new ultimate beast!" the three then swirled into a vortex, unleashing a bright light.
"Fusion Summon! Come forth ultimate beast that prowls the earth! Level 10! Ritual Beast Ulti-Gaiapelio!" appearing from the earth that shattered upon its summon, was a huge version of Apelio. Its back was covered with earth and grass, with a tree stuck in the middle. It wore a silver helmet, the sides of its mane were alit with molten earth. Kneeling just above its was Beast Tamer Lara. The giant beast gave a mighty roar after its summoning.
Ritual Beast Ulti-Gaiapelio: WIND, Level: 10 [Psychic/Fusion/Effect] ATK/3200 DEF/2100
With that done, she carried on with her turn, "I now activate my Trap's effect!" the trap glowed when mentioned, "You see, when I control a Ritual Beast Fusion Monster, I can activate one of three effects!" she held out three fingers at this.
"For now, I'll use its first effect, which allows me to target a Ritual Beast Fusion monster, and it gains a 1000 ATK until the end of the turn!" since Gaiapelio was her only one on her field, it became the default target. Gaiapelio's ATK: 3200 + 1000 = 4200
"Battle! Gaiapelio attack Panther Dancer!" Gaiapelio roared at this command, and began to charge for its prey. "Trap activate!" Serena yelled as her face-down flipped up, "Moonlight's Glare! When you attack a Lunalight monster, that monster-"
"Gaiapelio's effect activates!" Sophia cut her off, "When you activate a Spell, Trap or monster effect, I banish a Ritual Beast card from my hand," she banished Ritual Beast Return, "This now lets me negate your activated card and destroy it!" she declared, Serena's Trap was negated, then destroyed. "The attack continues!" she reminded.
Gaiapelio was right in front of Panther, stood on its hind legs, reared its right paw back, and swung it down, slashing at its prey, destroying her into a bunch of particles, the recoil hitting Serena. 1900 - 1000 = 900 (Serena)
"With that I end my turn!" she finished as Gaiapelio return to her side. "With it ending, Gaiapelio's ATK returns to normal. 4200 = 3200 (Gaiapelio) Just as her Duel Disk,
Sophia's Hand x 0
Turn 7
"My turn..." Serena began, "I wouldn't bother ending that..." Sophia began, at this Barrett looked at her, having watched Serena like a hawk since the entire Duel, "What are you-" Serena began, "I mean, think about you're situation right now..." she wave her had over the layout of their Duel. "Do you think you can come back from this?" she asked.
"I see what you're up to..." Barrett thought, "Well..." Sophia asked, but got no response from the other girl. "Honestly, I don't get it, what does the Professor see in you? Why does he keep you away from the frontlines?" she pondered.
"But no I think I know why. He doesn't think you can survive out there," Serena clenched her fist, "He doesn't think you can beat them," her knuckles started to turn a but white, "He just sees you as a helpless girl" she added as her opponent gritted her teeth.
She waited for a response from the girl, but got none, she did however, notice that the girl was getting annoyed, "Good, this next bit should push her over the edge..." she thought and began to talk. "Look, If you're not going to do anything, I think I'll be generous, and just surrender to give you the win!" she declared.
And this was the tipping point, Serena looked up at her opponent and gave her a burning glare, "Don't you dare... DON'T YOU DARE LOOK DOWN ON ME!" she yelled outraged.
"I DRAW!" she yelled, swiping her card out viciously. "I activate the Spell, Pot of Greed! I draw 2 more cards! Then I activate a second Luna Light Perfume! And Summon Panther Dancer back to the Field!" Panther Dancer appeared on the Field, "I then banish the second Perfume and a card from my Hand to add a Lunalight monster to my Hand from my Deck!" she added her choice.
I now Summon, Lunalight Pink Mouse!"
Lunalight Pink Mouse: DARK, Level: 1 [Beast-Warrior/Effect] ATK/600 DEF/400
"Her effect! When Summoned while I control another Lunalight Monster, I can add a Lunalight card from my Deck to my Hand!" she added her choice, and flipped the card to reveal what it was. "I now activate the Spell, Lunalight Fusion!" she used the card. "I can now Fusion Summon a Lunalight Fusion Monster, but if you control a monster Special Summoned from the Extra Deck, I can use one Lunalight monster from my Deck or Extra Deck!" she declare as another card was ejected from her Deck. "I Fuse together Panther Dancer, Pink Mouse and Purple Butterfly from my Deck!" Purple Butterfly's spectre appeared next to Panther Dancer. The three then floated and glowed orange, pink and purple.
"Elegant beast dancing on the moonlight wilderness! The pink mouse that skeeters across the forest! The Butterfly that wields violet poison! Swarm in a vortex of the moon's gravity and revive with a new power!" the three swirled into a vortex, releasing a bright light. "Fusion Summon! Appear, Level 10! Lunalight Leo Dancer!"
Appearing from the bright flash was a tall beautiful amazon like woman with magenta coloured eyes , her body was covered with magenta markings, which covered parts of her thighs and stomach, her hair was wild, looking like that of a lion's mane, a long lock extended out, looking like a tail, this 'tail' had three golden rings on it. Covering her body was a somewhat dominatrix corset that was dark brown in colour, this covered her lower legs, her torso, but revealed a lot of her stomach, completely covered her left arm, her right hand was covered. This same material covered the lower part of her 'tail'. On her knees were small kneepads in the form of cat faces with whiskers of fur. Around her hips was a long flowing pink cloth, with puffs of fur around it, there was another puff of fur around her upper torso. Adorning her body were golden cresent moon, one on her navel, two on the back of her hands, one above her breast, half of one was attached to her left arm just under her left wrist, and there was one within her hair, its two parts framing her face. And held in her right hand was a long curved blade.
Lunalight Leo Dancer: DARK, Level: 10 [Beast-Warrior/Fusion/Effect] ATK/3500 DEF/3000
"Battle! Leo Dancer attack Gaiapelio!" Leo readied her blade, which gave off a glare of light, she pounced, jumping forward at the Ritual Beast. "I now activate the Quick-Play Spell, Moonlight Guard!" the card appeared, showing Leo Dancer enveloped in a glowing aura of moonlight. "When a battle is declared involving a Lunalight monster, i can target either of the battle monsters, and it can't be destroyed in that battle!" she declared.
"I choose Gaiapelio!" she said, she then looked over at Sophia, expecting confusion, but no, she was calm. "I take it there's a drawback to this." Sophia asked calmly, frustrating Serena for some reason. "Yes, the player who controls the protected monster receives double the damage from this attack!" she explained as a barrier appeared over Gaiapelio just as Leo Dancer brought her blade down at the beast, tendrils of electricity escaped from between the blade and barrier, some hitting Sophia. 2000 - 600 = 1400 (Sophia)
"And now Leo Dancer's effect activates!" she declared, "At the end of the damage step, if Leo Dancer attacked a monster, her effect destroys all Special Summoned monsters!" Leo Dancer swiped her blade horizontally, releasing a wave of energy that destroyed Gaiapelio. "Leo Dancer can declare a second attack during each Battle Phase! So now Leo Dancer! Attack her directly!" she ordered her monster, who then proceeded to charge at the defenceless Sophia, she swiped, releasing a blast of wind that nearly knock Sophia over. 1400 - 3500 = 0 (Sophia)
Serena: WINS
Sophia: LOSES
"Well that was unnecessarily excessive..." Sophia said as she dusted herself off, meanwhile the field and monsters started to disappear. They both deactivated their Duel Disk with Barrett getting up from the wall, "So..." Serena began with a big grin on her face.
"I couldn't come back from that huh?! That was what you said, right?" she taunted, however Sophia didn't react. "That will teach you to look down on me, I know I'm tough enough to be on the frontlines, I know that, and I'll make sure everyone who gets in my way know that." she held a clenched fist up. "And soon, the Professor will see me for what I am, a true warrior!"
"So, got anything to say to that?!" she asked once more, "Yeah I do..." Sophia paused, "You just proved me right." she said, and this confused the other girl, "Waht do you mean you were right? Right about what exactly?!" she asked annoyed, she hated hidden messages,
"I'm right about the fact that you haven't changed in the last five years, as you know from earlier, after you humiliated me back then, I sought revenge on you." she glared, then continued, "After that day, I watched you from a distance as you clashed with our comrades, either they started the fight or you did, mostly you, and it always ended with you having a temper tantrum and going over the top to defeat your opponent."
"Then after every Duel, you say that they should respect you for your power, yet you diss them first. In fact, you practically diss everyone who so much as looks at you funny, you're basically asking for them to Duel you, and you always end up in tough situations." she then shrugged, "Which you then miraculously get out."
"So, as I watched your efforts to make the Professor see you as "a true warrior" as you put it, all I saw as time passed by was a reckless, arrogant, attention seeking girl, trying to be something her superiors don't think she can be." That last part seem to stung at Serena who flinched gently. Sophia then walked forward and got right in her face.
"So, you can take this victory, and the many that will come after it, but just know, your attempts, just like you, aren't going to change a thing..." she finished as she turned on her heels and walked away. "Either you continue this pointless path you've made for yourself, or you accept the Professor's decision for you. Either way, I don't care..." she then turned the corner, leaving the two to themselves.
Serena just stood there, staring at the corner Sophia had walked away, she was conflicted, yes she had won the battle, so why... she her words sting so much. "Serena..." Barrett said, placing a hand on her shoulder, she quickly shrugged him off her. "Let's go..." she muttered, not looking back at him.
She began walking, after a few feet, Barrett also began to walk, following her from a distance, as they walked, a camera, on the ceiling was tracking their movement...
As the walked off, the security feed was turned off, revealing the Professor on his throne, Barrett had informed him that Serena had issued a Duel, so he decided to watch the action. He was impressed, for both sides. But he was genuinely more impressed with the end results of Sophia's speech. It seems to have hit home for the other. Maybe she would finally understand, that she needs to get her act together, as well as know, that she, was never going to the frontline in Xyz.
Speaking of Xyz... "Give me a status report on the invasion in Xyz!" he ordered his staff, one of them complied, gathering the data that was transmitted back to them a few days ago. "Sir, Completion of the Xyz Invasion is about 61% complete!" they told him.
Hearing the result confused him, "61%" he repeated to himself, that was what the report from before this one had told them, meaning progress seem to be slowing down, drastically at that. "I was expecting a small increase, but nothing at all. Hmm..." he thought to himself, sure he anticipated the resistance movement, that's why he was focused on the Xyz Dimension at the movement, why spread out your forces to multiple locations if they're not likely to succeed unless in numbers.
The Invasion force was fairly large, meaning it would be difficult for the enemy to stop them, even if a few of their forces were carded by their own technology. So why only 61% and halting now. "Something is happening out there, but the report doesn't show what exactly is the cause." he suspected that someone is fudging results to be in his good books... That usually doesn't end well for their deception.
"Contact the Commander of the Invasion on Xyz soil for me! It's time for a check up!" he ordered, "Yes sir!" they began setting up the call, the Professor meanwhile waited patiently, but one thought was on his mind, "Just what could cause progress to come to a stand still?" he asked as he waited...
Xyz Dimension, Invasion Base, Control Centre
Oh, where... Just where on earth is that Commander!?" a whining voice said to himself, meanwhile the other Academia staff, rolled their eyes, "There he goes again..." one muttered quietly to himself.
The owner of the whiny voice belonged to the deputy Commander of the Heartland Invasion, his name, Mamoru Noro. A short, thinned man with red-brown hair in a bowl cut style. Wearing a navy blue coat with yellow lining over a red waistcoat and a high-collared black shirt with brass coloured buttons, the lower half consisted of white pants and grey shoes with black soles. As he paced about, he stared into old-timey pocket watch.
He's late! What on earth is he doing out there somewhere." he said, "Maybe he's making himself useful, and taking out the resistances, they've been alot more aggressive than usually. Because of them, were behind schedule!" at that, he started to sweat slightly, "Dear god, I hope the Professor doesn't notice anything off with the last two reports." at that he sweated more, but than suddenly remembered.
"Wait, what am I worried for, its not my fault this has happened, its those useless soldiers, how difficult can it be to wipe out this pathetic resistance..." he continued his ramblings, then suddenly loud beeping could be heard over the monitors. "Commander Mamoru! Incoming Call from the Fusion Dimension!" one of them said, hearing that made Mamoru panic.
"F-F-Fusion! That must be the Professor! Tell him I'm not here! I'm doing-" suddenly the display changed to a video call, the Professor on the other end. "Deputy Commander Mamoru." the Professor said, making said person stand up straight in fear. "Professor! Hail Duel Academia!" Mamoru panicked out, giving a quick salute, the Professor acknowledged it.
"S-So for what reason, have you called us? Out of nowhere, may I add." he asked, sweating at what he thought was the reason, "I'm calling to hear about your progress on the Arc Project!" the Professor, began, "Going through the last two reports, I've noticed that both have the same progress of 61%" he said, glaring softly at the Deputy Commander, who went stiff at that. "Care to explain!" he demanded.
"We-Well, sir, you see for some reason, we've encountered a situation, that is not my fault in any way-" "Get on with it!" the Professor demanded, making him flinch. "R-Right! Anyways, we don't know how, but the Resistance is somehow pushing us back, and we've somehow lost a few soldiers, we don't how it happened, one surviving soldier reported back saying a cloaked figure had interfered when their unit was about to card a bunch of the enemy. We believe they let them return as a warning." he left out the fact that this mysterious being was using a Duel Academia Issue Duel Disk.
"Hmm, that wasn't recorded in your reports, why?" the Professor asked, "Well sir, we didn't include that in the report because its a minor problem, one that will be taken care off soon-" as soon as he did that, an idea came to mind, he began to grin slightly, "In fact, it was I who came up with an idea," hearing this, the people at the control stations rolled their eyes, Mamoru paid no attention.
"The plan is to have the Commander and a small group of soldiers to go out of the base in search of this traitor, and wipe them out." he exclaimed, "That would explain the Commander's absence" the Professor noted, "I was hoping to speak to him about the report" Mamoru lost his smile at this, "Yes, as I was saying, when they succeed, which they will as its the Commander we're talking about, when that problem is solved, we can continue with the Arc Project at full force!" he continued on.
The Professor was silent, taking this info in, his silences was suffocating to Mamoru, "Very well then, continue with this plan of yours." he ordered, at this Mamoru bowed, hiding his sigh of relief, "Thank you, Sir, I shall have this trivial matter solved soon-" "But..." The Professor cut him off, making Mamoru look back up at him, "I expect to see results that the Project has progress more significantly since the last report..." he then narrowed his glare, "Or there will be severe punishment, am I clear?" he asked threateningly.
At this Mamoru panicked and stood up straight instantly, "Y-Yes sir, it shall be taken care off! For the glory of the Academia! Hail Academia!" he all but shouted, "Hail Academia..." the Professor finished, and then ended the call. Upon this, Mamoru deflated onto the Commander's seat, "I can't believe that work, that was a close call..." he muttered to himself.
"But now I'm on a time limit, one that I cannot afford to have screw up by these idiots" he thought frowning, but then smiled at what would happen when he succeed, "But the benefits out way this little risk, once the Commander has dealt with this pitiful 3rd party, as per my instructions, I shall get the recognition that I deserve, and the Professor we see my worth!" he smiled, thinking what his plan would bring. He could just picture, it the respect, the adoration, a spot in the Professor's inner circle, the one which that smug arrogant asshole R-, No! He would not think of that person.
But most importantly, this may give him the promotion to being the actual Commander of this operation in Xyz...
That plan and his hopes and dreams of that entitlement however, rest in the hands of one man, and one man only, and so, he once again asked himself this simple question that he, for the live of him can't figure out...
Heartland Wastelands
"JUST WHERE ON EARTH IS THAT BLASTED COMMANDER!?" he screamed out in his head, meanwhile out in the wastelands of the city that lay in ruins, which was experiencing a dust storm, a figure of a person could be seen wandering through said storm, all that could made out of them was that they were wearing a cloak.
They were wandering about, in search of something, or someone, but they couldn't seem to find what they were looking for, and so, they continued on, travelling further into the storm, until they could no longer been seen.
"Where did they go!?" A Ra Yellow Leading Soldier asked his Slifer Red Soldier, which there were two of, they were looking about in search of their targets, who had somehow evaded them, "They can't have gone far sir!" one of the Slifer Reds said, they walked around the remains of a building that had collapsed. "Well in that case, spread out and search for them!" the Ra Yellow ordered.
"Roger!" the shouted and began their search, meanwhile hiding in the corner, covered by shadow. Two silhouettes were kneeling down behind some rubble, "What do we do?" one of them, a girl whispered to the other, "I don't know, if we run now, they'll follow us, leading them straight to the sanctuary." the other, a male said.
"We can't allow them to know its location, or the resistance will lose its advantage..." he peaked over slightly, and noticed that the Duel Soldier weren't even bothering to look over at them, "But I think its safe to say, that these morons aren't going to search over here-" just as he finished, a small rock, which his fingers grazed over tumbled, falling to the floor and making a lot of noise.
Hearing this, the soldiers turned in their direction, "Hey I see one!" one of them shouting, point at the silhouettes, said figure flinched, grabbing the girl and making a run for it. "They're getting away! After them!"
They began pursuit, unaware that a third party had been following them...
Further along, the two being were revealed to be a young couple. wearing torn clothing, the male, wore the mark of the Resistance around his biceps, his girlfriend however didn't as the two had only just reunited, having been seperated for ages since the invasion. him joining the resistance in the Spade Division, while she had taken shelter in a public around ground bunker. Said bunker was no more, so she sent out a distress signal, and he came to find her.
"Faster! Hurry!" the male shouted as the two ran, but not in the direction of the Sanctuary, but leading them away, he had already requested reinforcements, and so he hoped they could distract them just long enough for them to show up and push them back.
"There they are!" one of the Duel Soldiers said, having caught up, the girl looked back in shock, but this was a mistake as this trip her, causing her fall and roll, "No!" her boyfriend shouted skidding to a stop and running back to help her. This however gave the Soldiers enough time to finally catch up to them. "Damn it!" the boy cursed out, he then made a grab for his Duel Disk.
"Uh uh uh!" the Ra Yellow said wagging a finger, the two Slifer Red's armed their Duel Disks, "Any sudden movements, and she's carded!" one of them aimed at her, "Cowards! Going after the defenceless!" he said to them, seething with rage at the thought of being powerless to stop them. "Like we care what you think of us, it matters for a few moments." the three began to draw closer, making him and her shift back.
This continued until the two hit a wall, "Damn..." he muttered, and then turned back to the enemy, who began to laugh and grin darkly, "Right, seeing that you can't get away now, let's start with a question." the leader said.
"Where is the Resistance's HQ located?" he asked, "Like I'll tell you! Fusion Scum!" the boy retorted, "Oh I think you will..." the Leader had one the Slifers charge up his Duel Disk, "After all, she's not worth much to us, but to you however..." he said, making the boy grit his teeth. "We don't care who we card first, just so long as get what we want from you." he declared.
"How about we Duel for it then!" the boy declared, "You win, you get the info you want, I win, we go free!" he told him. The Ra Yellow seemed to ponder this for a while, "Na! I prefer my way of things, besides," he gestured to his soldiers, "What makes you think you would have a chance at winning against us!?" he asked.
"He could, if it was a one v one..." a third voice said, shocking and confusing those on the ground, "What the- Where?" the Leader looked about, until he spotted a cloaked figure standing above on the broken roof of the building near them. Said figure jumped up soaring over to them and landing between the two parties. "Who are you- Wait!" the leader spotted something on the figures arm. A Duel Disk, one that belonged to Fusion.
"It's you! The one that's been helping these Resistance losers! The one who betrayed our cause!" he accused pointing at him, "The Deserter!" he declared, "I have a name you know, but that's my little secret" the Deserter told them.
"We're saved!" the girl exclaimed, meanwhile her boyfriend frowned, "Great, this guy..." he had heard rumours of this guy, that he had abandoned the Fusion Scum, and tried to help the Resistance, but they didn't want his help, so he just helped them as he pleased, much to their annoyance.
"You should be ashamed of yourselves, thinking yourselves better without playing fair." The Deserted told them, "What's it to you Turncoat!" one the Slifers shouted at him, Turncoat was just one of the many names the Academy and the Resistance had for him, not that he minded one bit.
"Get out of the way! This has nothing to do with a scummy traitor like you!" the leader said, "It does when you guys don't play fair..." The Deserter began, "But if you don't want to play fair, then I'm game to play instead of him!" he declared.
"Ha! Don't make me laugh! What makes you think you can beat us?!" the leader shouted with a laugh, "Well, I say my odds at winning at pretty high if you can't do anything by yourself!" he retorted, this pissed the three off.
"Fool! You've just sealed your fate! Put 'em up! if you have what it takes!" the three then armed their Duel Disk, the Deserter doing the same. "Alright then, let's see if you can back up your claim at being better than them!" Deserter said.
"DUEL!" the four of them yelled, drawing five cards each.
Deserter's LP: 4000
Red no. 1's LP: 4000
Ra Yellow's LP: 4000
Red no.2's LP: 4000
Turn 1
"Since its three v one, I'll go first!" Deserter declared. "First I Summoned Masked HERO Gust!" appearing on the Field was an armoured being, said armour was lime green, and around their neck was long double scarf, which was flowing in the winds due to the Hero's wind powers.
Masked HERO Gust: WIND, Level: 4 [Warrior] ATK/1500 DEF/1600
"Then I set two cards face-down and end my turn!" two more cards appeared face-down.
Deserter's Hand x 2
Turn 2
"My turn!" Red no. 1 said "I Summoned Ancient Gear Hunting Hound!" a mechanical hound comprised of bronze gears appeared rushing onto the Field, appearing before its master.
Ancient Gear Hunting Hound: EARTH, Level: 3 [Machine/Effect] ATK/ 1000 DEF/1000
"I now activate its effect! When you control a monster, I can inflict 600 points of damage to you!" the Hunting Hound opened its mouth, and breathed fire, the fire reaching over to Deserter. Deserter's LP: 4000 - 600 = 3400 "And since I control an Ancient Gear monster, I can Special Summon Ancient Gear from my Hand!"
Ancient Gear: EARTH, Level: 2 [Machine/Effect] ATK/100 DEF/800
"I activate the Spell, Shifting Old Gears!" the card appeared, showing an image of old timey gears spinning at high speeds. "I return 1 Ancient Gear monster on my Field to my Hand," he returned Ancient Gear back to his Hand, "To Special Summon a different Ancient Gear monster from my Hand! I Summoned a second Hunting Hound!" a second Hunting Hound appeared.
"I uses its effect!" the second one breathed fire, harming Deserter 3400 - 600 = 2800 (Deserter) "I set a card face-down and end my turn!" a card appeared face-down and faded away.
Red no. 1's Hand x 2
Turn 3
"My turn!" the Ra Yellow drew his card, "I Summoned an Ancient Gear Hunting Hound!" a second Hunting Hound appeared in Attack Position. "I activate its effect, dealing you 600 damage!" this one also breathed fire, harming Deserter again. 2800 - 600 = 2200 (Deserter) "Then I activate the Spell, Polymerization! I fuse together my Hunting Hound and one in my Hand!" a second one appeared on the Field and then they were sucked into a vortex. "Fusion Summon! Appear Level 5! Double Ancient Gear Hunting Hound!"
Appearing from the vortex was a Hunting Hound, however this one had two heads, and its metal plating was a bit darker, both heads growled upon seeing their prey.
Double Ancient Gear Hunting Hound: EARTH, Level: 5 [Machine/Fusion/Effect] ATK/1400 DEF/1000
"Now I set a card and end my turn!" a card was set in his Spell & Trap zone, which then faded away.
Ra Yellow's Hand x 1
Turn 4
"My turn! I draw! the second Slifer Red drew his card, "I Normal Summon Ancient Gear Knight!" An old mechanical gear knight appeared, one of its arms was a lance, and the other had a gear shield.
Ancient Gear Knight: EARTH, Level: 4 [Machine/Gemini/Effect] ATK/1800 DEF/500
"Then I activate the Spell, Double Summon! I can once again Normal Summon, and I'll use it to Gemini Summon Ancient Gear Knight!" the ancient mechanical knight glowed briefly. "I now set a card, and end my turn!" a card appeared on his field, and faded away.
Red no. 2's Hand x 2
Turn 5
When it became Deserter's turn again, his Duel Disk told him that Battle Phases could now be used, since every player had had a turn. "My turn! I draw!" he drew his card, which he flipped over to look at and frowned as he looked back at the two behind him. "Sorry in advance for this..." he whispered to them. "I activate the Quick-Play Spell, Mask Change!" the appeared on the Field.
"I target a HERO monster I control and send it to the Graveyard!" Gust was his only choice, "This now allows me to Special Summon from my Extra Deck a Masked HERO whose Attribute is the same as the sent monster's one!" a mask suddenly appeared by Gust, who then grasped it and placed over his already concealed face, upon doing this, his attire being began to glow bright green.
"I Special Summon Masked HERO Divine Wind!" when the glow finished, Gust had transformed into... a HERO monster who had more detailed armour, which was the same colours as Gust's armour, its helmet was different, and its two scarfs had become a full on long cape. It struck a pose as an explosion erupted behind it.
Masked HERO Divine Wind: WIND, Level: 8 [Warrior/Fusion/Effect] ATK/2700 DEF/1900
"A Fusion Monster!?" the girl gasped in shock while her boyfriend gritted his teeth at the sight of the monster, "Ha! I activate Double Ancient Hunting Hound's effect! When monsters are Normal or Special Summoned to your Field, I can place a Gear Counter on those monsters!" Ra Yellow Leader declared, "Counter Trap, HERO Concealed!" Deserted activated one of his face-downs.
The image that was shown depicted a silhouette of a figure with a question mark within it, surrounding this figure were other silhouettes, who appeared to be confused over something. "When you activate an effect upon the Summoning of a Masked HERO monster, I can negate that activated card!" he declared as the two headed hound had its effect halted.
"Now I Summon Masked HERO Cyclone!" a dust cloud suddenly picked up, once it dissipated, its revealed a new Masked HERO, its armour was light grey with green details over parts of its, a small scarf was wrapped around their neck.
Masked HERO Cyclone: WIND, Level: 4 [Warrior/Effect] ATK/1600 DEF/900
"I activate Cyclone's effect! When I control two or more Masked HERO monsters, I can add one Spell from my Deck to my Hand!" he added his choice. "I activate the Spell, Double Attack! I target 2 Masked HEROs and one of them gains the ATK of the other!" he declared, "I chose to gain Divine Wind's ATK!" Cyclone roared as power surged through it. Cyclone's ATK: 1600 + 2700 = 4300
"Now I activate my other Spell!" the card appeared on the Field, showing a monster called Masked HERO Blast, unleashing green energy into a wind vortex surrounding him.
"Masked Technique - Wind Twister!" he declared. "This card can only be activated if I control a WIND Masked HERO monster on my Field!" he explained, "And now its effect, for every Masked HERO I control, I can send a Spell or Trap back to your Hands!" he targeted the first red, and Ra Yellow's Field. "Each of you have a set Spell or Trap, so I'm sending them back to your Hands!" a twister filled with green energy erupted around the two Masked HEROs, which the two then unleashed on their intended targets. Returning them to their Hands.
"Battle! Masked HERO Divine Wind attack his first Hunting Hound!" Divine Wind immediately surged forward at their target, swiping their hand across them to generate a blade of wind that sliced the mechanical beast in two, causing it to explode. Red no. 1's LP: 4000 - 1700 = 2300
"Divine Wind's effect activates! When it destroys and send a monster to the Graveyard, I can draw one card!" he then proceeded to draw a card. "Now take out his other Hound, Cyclone!" Cyclone then followed after Divine Wind's lead, this time they swirled up air into a condense sphere, which they then launched at the second Hunting Hound, denting its head inwards, a moment later it exploded like the first, sending its controller flying backwards onto their back. 2300 - 3300 = 0 (Red no. 1)
Red no. 1: Out of the Duel
"And that's one down..." Deserter said to his opponents, how gritted their teeth at the lose of their comrade. "I set a card and end my turn!" the card appeared, then faded. "With it ending, Cyclone's ATK returns to normal." 4300 = 1600 (Cyclone)
Deserter's Hand x 0
Turn 6
"Damn you..." Ra Yellow growled out in frustration, "I draw!" he drew his card, "I activate the Spell, Fusion Recovery! I add a monster from my Graveyard to my Hand that was used as Fusion Material as well as a Polymerization!" the two cards were added to his hand. "I activate the Polymerization! Fusing together Double Ancient Gear Hunting Hound and Ancient Gear Hunting Hound in my Hand!" the Hunting Hound appeared on the Field next to its two headed counterpart. the two then glowed, and swirled into a vortex.
"Fusion Summon! Appear Level 7! Triple Ancient Gear Hunting Hound!" now appearing on the Field was a three headed Hunting Hound, two heads above the first one.
Triple Ancient Gear Hunting Hound: EARTH, Level: 7 [Machine/Fusion/Effect] ATK/1800 DEF/1000
"I activate the Equip Spell, Ancient Gear Battle Spin!" the card appeared, showing multiple giant gears crushing a few monsters, "I equip this card onto an Ancient Gear monster and it gains 1000 ATK!" the three headed beast roared as its gears started to rotate, beginning to spin faster and faster. Triple Hunting Hound's ATK: 1800 + 1000 = 2800
"Battle! Tripe Ancient Gear Hunting Hound! Attack his miserable Cyclone!" The three heads roared in unison and charged for Cyclone, each one charged a fire ball in their mouths, which they then fired at Cyclone, consuming the Masked HERO in flames, vaporising it. 2200 - 1200 = 1000 (Deserter)
"Trap activate, SOS!" one of Deserter's face-downs flipped up, "When a Masked HERO is destroyed by battle, I can Special Summon from my Deck a Level 4 or lower Masked HERO!" a card was ejected from his Deck, "I Summon Masked HERO Sol!" appearing on the Field was a Masked HERO monster whose armour was porcelain white armour with gold details, on its chest was an eight pointed star. It struck a dramatic pose as it landed.
Masked HERO Sol: LIGHT, Level: 3 [Warrior] ATK/1200 DEF/1100
"Now for HERO Concealed's effect! When a Masked HERO is destroyed when this card is in the Graveyard, I can banish it, to add 1 Masked HERO monster from my Deck or Graveyard to my Hand!" he added his choice, which came from his Deck. "Doesn't matter if you summoned that monster! Because Triple Ancient Gear Hunting Hound can declare 3 attacks per turn! So now it will attack your Sol!" Triple Hunting Hound stopped its charge and then aimed several fire balls at Sol.
"Counter Trap! Masked Technique - Blinding Mirage!" Deserter's last face-down flipped up, showing a silhouette of a Masked HERO surrounded by a bright light coming from behind the monster. "When you declare an attack while there is LIGHT Masked HERO on my Field, I can negate that attack!" the fire balls suddenly vanished. "Then I can Special Summon a Masked HERO from my Deck or Graveyard, but negate its effects!" he finished, "I Summon back Cyclone in Defense!" Cyclone once again appeared on the Field in Defense. "That monster cannot be destroyed by battle either." he added.
"Then your Divine Wind will be destroyed! Attack it Triple Hunting Hound!" the monster obeyed and shot a stream of flames at Divine Wind, who braced themselves as they were slowly destroyed. 1000 - 100 = 900 (Deserter) "I end my turn with a face-down..." he said as the card appeared, and then vanished.
Ra Yellow's Hand x 0
Turn 7
"My turn! I draw!" Red no. 2 drew his card. "I activate the Equip Spell, Ancient Gear Magic Shield! I equip it onto Ancient Gear Knight and it gains 1200 DEF and can no longer be destroyed by battles!" Knight's Shield glowed and changed shape, when the glow faded, its shield had been upgraded, this new shield then created a red energy field around the monster. Knight's DEF: 500 + 1200 = 1700
"Battle! Ancient Gear Knight attack his Sol!" the mechanical knight charged forward, lance ready to skewer its victim. "I activate Mist's effect from my Hand!" Deserted revealed his only card, which was a monster.
"If a Masked HERO is targeted for an attack, I send Mist to the Graveyard to negate that attack!" he sent Mist to the Graveyard, the second he did, and fog appeared and surrounded Sol, the Knight charged into it, only to run back out the way it ran in a moment later. "I set a card and end my turn!" the card appeared and then vanished.
Red no. 2's Hand x 1
Turn 8
"My turn!" Deserter drew his card, "I activate Sol's effect!" Both Cyclone and Sol suddenly glowed, green and yellow they glowed, "If I control 2 Masked HERO monsters with different attributes, I can draw one card!" he drew another card. "Now I activate the Spell, Masked Draw! I draw one card for every Masked HERO I control!" he drew two more cards.
"Now I activate Sol's other effect!" Sol's glow became brighter, and then suddenly shifted between colours. "Once per turn, I can target 1 Masked HERO and change its attribute! I change Sol's LIGHT to become WATER!" the rainbow colour shift came to a halt, landing on a light blue. "Then for Cyclone's effect! Since I control 2 Masked HERO monsters. I can add a Spell to my Hand!" he added his choice.
But he wouldn't be keeping it, "I now activate the Spell, Mask Change! This time I select the now WATER Attribute Sol to send to the Graveyard..." Sol's form shifted growing taller.
"I now Summon forth the master of acidic waters! Masked HERO Acid!" when the glow faded there stood a warrior in segmented plated dark blue armour, which covered its arms and legs, its torso armour was with similar armour but it was red with a brass six pointed star atop of it. Its helmet had a similar star on it, and carried in their right hand was a small hand gun.
Masked HERO Acid: WATER, Level: 8 [Warrior/Fusion/Effect] ATK/2600 DEF/2100
"Acid's effect! When Special Summoned, all Spell and Traps you control are destroyed!" Acid armed their weapon, and in rapid succession, fired streams of acidic water at Red no. 2's three Spell and Traps, and Ra Yellow's two Spell and Traps, for a total of five cards destroyed. 2800 = 1800 (Triple Hunting Hound) 1700 = 500 (Knight)
"Also your monsters lose 300 ATK!" Acid then shoot two more streams at the mechanical monsters, melting their armour, 1800 - 300 = 1500 (Triple Hunting Hound) 1800 - 300 = 1500 (Knight) "Now I activate the Spell, Mask Charge! This lets me add a Masked HERO and Mask Change in the Graveyard to my Hand!" he added his choice of monster and the Spell.
"I once again activate Mask Change! This time targeting Cyclone!" Cyclone glowed green, its form shifting, "Come forth! Master of compress air! Masked HERO Blast!" appearing in Cyclone's place was a green coloured masked being, around its neck was a short red scarf.
Masked HERO Blast: WIND, Level: 6 [Warrior/Fusion/Effect] ATK/2200 DEF/1800
"Now for Blast's effect! When Special Summoned, I can target 1 monster you control and its ATK becomes half its current ATK for the rest of the turn! I pick Triple Hunting Hound!" Blast summoned forth a whirlwind of air, and sent it at the three headed beast. 1500 = 750 (Triple Hunting Hound)
"Battle! Acid attacks Triple Hunting Hound!" Acid fired a quick blast of acid right at the centre of the beast, melting its insides and causing it to collapse. Ra Yellow's LP: 4000 - 1850 = 2150
"Now Blast will attack Knight!" Blast then condensed a sphere of wind, and fired it at the mechanical knight, tearing a hole right through its chest, causing it to explode. Red no. 2's LP: 4000 - 700 = 3300
"Quick-Play Spell, Heroic Teamwork!" the card appeared on his Field, showing two Masked HERO walking away from each other, just after giving the other a high-five. "When A HERO monster destroyed your monster in battle, I can target a different monster, and it gains 800 ATK until the end of the turn!" Acid's visor glowed, feeling a surge of energy. Acid's ATK: 2600 + 800 = 3400
"And as a bonus, if that monster has already attacked, it can attack again!" saying this made the two flinch, both sweating as they looked at their comrade. "Acid attack Red no. 2 directly! Ra Yellow sighed in relief, Red no. 2 however panicked.
"Wait! wait! wait! Can't we talk about this!?" the soldier exclaimed as Acid proceeded to fire a shot of acid at the defenceless Duelist, sending him flying onto his back. 3300 - 3400 = 0
Red no. 2: Out of the Duel
"Amazing! He's already taken out two of them!" the girl exclaimed, "Just one more..." her boyfriend added worried, despite the fact their ally had the clear advantage, he knew better than his girlfriend that their enemy could still somehow bring out that terrifying monster. "Please hurry... Before it appears..." he thought as Deserter continued their turn.
"I now end my turn with a face-down!" the card appeared, then faded. "With it ending Acid's ATK returns to normal." 3400 = 2600 (Acid)
Deserter's Hand x 1
Turn 9
"Damn you! Why are you doing this!?" Ra Yellow yelled out in frustration, "You're one of us! It doesn't make sense, why did you abandon the cause to rescue these... these inferior vermin!" he demanded, the last past made the two behind his opponent glare at him. "You're clearly a powerful Duelist, so why did you do it? If were still with us, this invasion would almost be over."
"Why? Why you ask? Simple really, I've seen the error of all this, when we started this, I thought I was helping in a noble cause, but as time went on, I notice that my fellow comrades were doing this for fun, preying on these people, making it into a game to see who could score the most carded people." hearing this made the two resident people frown, having a minor flashbacks about that. "Now I know there is nothing noble about this senseless violence. So I've decided that being on the other side of this pointless war is a better cause." he explained to his final opponent.
"Also, I don't think you get to say their 'inferior' when you guys always team up against a single person. How can you say you're better, when really, you're the weakling hiding behind teammates." hearing that seemed to piss of the final Fusion Soldier. "I'll show! I'LL SHOW WHOSES THE WEAKING HERE!" the Ra Yellow bellowed out in rage.
"My turn! I draw!" he drew his card, which he flipped to see what it was, he smiled at what it was, he then began chuckling to himself, "Let me guess, you've got the right card, to bring that monstrosity out? Haven't you?" Deserter asked, making his comrades flinch at this.
Ra Yellow's laughter came to a halt. "Oh yes I have! I activate the Spell, Ancient Gear Hunter's Collection!" the card showed an image of Hunting Hound and its evolutions together. "When I have three Hunting Hound monsters in my Graveyard, I can send a Hunting Hound Fusion monster to the Graveyard, then add an Ancient Gear card to my Hand from my Deck!"
A card was ejected from this Extra Deck, which he grabbed and showed them what it was, "I'm sending Ultimate Ancient Gear Hunting Hound to the Graveyard..." he sent it to his Graveyard. And then a card ejected from his Deck, which he also took. "And add Ancient Gear Scrap Fusion!"
"Which I now activate! This card allows me to Fusion Summon by banishing monsters from the Graveyard!" the two non combatants flinched, they knew what was coming. "I fuse together in my Graveyard Ancient Gear Hunting Hound, Double Hunting Hound, Triple Hunting Hound and Ultimate Hunting Hound!" the mentioned appeared side by side, and then were sucked into a vortex.
"Fusion Summon! Appear! Level 10! The ultimate mechanism of destruction! Ancient Gear Chaos Giant!" when the monster's card hit the blade, the ground rumble, and behind them it erupted, rising from the earth was mechanical monster of giant proportions, its presence striking fear into the two locals. The mechanical beast loomed over them all, covering its feet, knees, chest, shoulders and hands were the heads of the Hunting Hound and its Fusion Evolutions, one of these head acted as the monster actual head, with a single menace red glowing optic, its gears started to turn.
Ancient Gear Chaos Giant: DARK, Level: 10 [Machine/Fusion/Effect] ATK/4500 DEF/3000
"HAHAHAHAHA! Now you're doom! Nothing can stand against this monster, nothing!" Ra Yellow gloated, "Now say your prayer you traitor!" he then threw his arm out, "Battle! Ancient Gear Chaos Giant! Attack his pitiful Blast!" he laughed out as Chaos Giant began to raise its arm, it groaning under its own weight, once it was above, it began to let it down.
"And this is where I activate the effect of Mist in my Hand again!" Deserter said, shocking Ra Yellow, "What!? I forgot you had that card!" Ra Yellow panicked, "By sending it to the Graveyard, i can negate Chaos Giant's attack!" just after sending it to the Graveyard, Chaos Giant's arm came to an abrupt halt, just a foot above Blast's head.
"Damn it!... Still, that was your last card, and with Chaos Giant on my Field now, whatever card your draw, won't help you!" he smiled thinking his victory was now assured. "I end my turn, take your last turn!" he smiled and closed his eyes, patiently waiting for his next turn.
Ra Yellow's Hand x 0
Turn 10
"My turn! I draw!" Deserter drew his card, meanwhile the couple looked on concerned as their comrade looked at his only card. "It's over! With that monster on his Field, he has no chance of fighting back, whatever card he drew is meaningless..." the boy said and looked over to his girlfriend, "I guess this is it then..." he muttered staring into her eyes, and her vice versa.
"I'll always remember those precious moments together..." she said back to him, to which he nodded, "Guys, you may want to take those words back for another day." Deserter said, shocking the two, and making Ra Yellow flinch, "W-W-What are you on about? There's no way to come back from this!" the boy said.
"Yeah! What he said, how delusional can you be!?" Ra Yellow shouted.
"Well for one thing, the Duel's not over yet..." Deserter then looked back at the boy, "Or have you forgotten that, until someone's Life Point go to zero, there is still that silver lining of hope to appear..." he then faced back, "And that hope has appeared now!" he then took his only card, and readied himself.
"If I control a Masked HERO Fusion Monster or more, I can target one of them and Special Summon this card! I target Acid! So now appear! Masked HERO Score!" Appearing from a hole in the ground was a new Masked HERO, this one's suit was orange with silver trimmings over it, and covering its lower legs, upper torso, shoulder, forearms and head was brown rock like armour, the one around it head acting as a helmet with an orange visor, it struck a heroic pose, standing next to its ally Acid.
Masked HERO Score: EARTH, Level: 1 [Warrior/Effect] ATK/400 DEF/800
Upon the Summoning finishing, Ra Yellow just stared at the monster for a moment, before bursting into hysterical laughter, "What the hell that thing suppose to do against my mighty Giant!" Chaos Giant's gear groaned under its weight.
"By itself, not much, but together with Acid, something new." Deserter began, "Now the rest of Score's effect! If summoned this way, it's level becomes same as the one that was targeted to summon it, in this case, Acid!" Acid placed one of its hand on Score's shoulder, allowing them to take some of its energy. Score's Level: 1 = 8
"LEVEL 8!?" Ra Yellow screamed out, panicking at what this meant, the couple was also shocked by this development, "It can't be!" the boy said,
"That's right! Alright you two, time to unite your power together!" Deserter declared, "I now Overlay the Level 8 Acid and Score!" Acid and Score suddenly became energy, Acid was blue while Score was orange, the two then shot up into the air. "With these two monsters, I now build the Overlay Network!" suddenly, a spiralling galaxy appeared on the ground before Deserter's feet, the two beams of energy then shot down into this galaxy, causing a ray of light to erupt from it.
"Heroic Masked Being! Time to reveal yourself and corrode away the evil that surrounds you!" a being began to shift with a thunderstorm. "Xyz Summon! Appear! Rank 8! Secret HERO Corrosion!" appearing from a torrent of acidic water stood a tall and powerful hero. This Hero's Suit was dark blue with the centre strip being cyan. There was additional armour covering its lower legs, forearms, chest and head, this armour was a normal blue, on its chest piece was silver six sided star, and at the centre of it was a small detailed engraved S. There was a similar smaller star on its helmet, but it was its visor. On its back was a water powered jetpack, with connected to two water cannon fitted onto its arms by tubing. Similar tubing encircled both legs, which housed water in them also. Two blue Overlay Units orbited the hero at a distance.
Secret HERO Corrosion: WATER, Rank: 8 [Warrior/Xyz/Effect] ATK/3200 DEF/2500 OLUs: 2
"A Fusion Summoner using Xyz Monsters! How dare you!" Ra Yellow exclaimed shocked, but then suddenly something clicked in their head, "Wait a minute, now I know who you really are!" they declared pointing at Deserter, "I should have known, only someone trying to be a hero would use HERO cards! Isn't that right? Hiro!" they said.
At this, Deserter chuckled, "Bout time you figured it out, you're the only one out of all the Soldiers I've faced to figure out my name..." they then removed their hood, to reveal pale skin with short spiky brown hair, covering his eyes were a pair of goggles, which he lefted up to reveal his eyes to be grey, and around his neck was a grey scarf.
He then removed his cloak to reveal his body, his clothing consisted of a dark grey leather jacket over a white t-shirt with the world HERO in bold red, he also wore worn out blue jeans, black combat boot, around his belt, which was brown, were a couple of card deck cases.
This guy is Hiroshi Satou, or as he prefers to called himself, Hiro, turncoat of the Fusion Dimension, ally to the Xyz Resistance, and protector of the weak. "Guess the 'secrets' out now!" Hiro said with a smirk, making Ra Yellow growl at this.
"What's the point of Summoning that thing, that pathetic Xyz monster still can't topple my Giant!" Ra Yellow declared, "Not yet it can't!" Hiro declared, "I now use Corrosion's effect! By using an Overlay Unit..." one of Corrosion's unit was popped like a bubble, Corrosion's OLUs: 2 - 1 = 1
"I can target a monster you control, and make its ATK become half its original for the rest of the turn!" he explained as Corrosion armed its cannons at the towering giant. "WHAT!?" Ra Yellow screamed in panic, he then swiftly and panickly glanced across his field, expecting some card to help him out of this situation. Sadly there was no miracle for him as Giant was his only card remaining.
Corrosion's cannons fired a stream of acidic water, that washed all over the mechanical giant from head to toe. After its acidic shower was done, the metal slowly began to metal, some places more than others. Chaos Giant's ATK: 4500 = 2250
"Right! Lets end this Duel! Battle! Secret HERO Corrosion! Attack Ancient Gear Chaos Giant!" Corrosion once again armed and charged up its cannons, their barrels slowly glowing a light blue. "Acidic Wave Cannon Fire!" Hiro cried out.
After announcing the attack, Corrosion fired off two pressurized blast off extremely concentrated acids, they soared over to the melted giant, and melted its entire torso away, leaving its legs, arms and head just floating there for a moment until they exploded in a big explosion. 2150 - 1050 = 1100 (Ra Yellow)
"And now with Giant gone, Blast will finish you off with a direct attack!" Hiro said with no hesitation, Blast soar summoned forth a whirlwind and launched it right at the stunned Duel Soldier, who was then launched off their feet and sent flying into the air.
"AAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" they screamed out scared out of their mind, 1100 - 2200 = 0 Suddenly the wind died out and a few seconds later, the Ra Yellow fell to the ground with a thud face first.
Ra Yellow: Out of the Duel
Deserter/Hiro: WINS
For a moment the couple couldn't believe their eyes, "I don't believe it..." the boy whispered out slowly, too stunned to move, Hiro then began to put his cards away, with each one being removed, their monster selves vanished from the field which also disappeared.
"Never just accept..." Hiro muttered, the two becoming alert, "That your fate is sealed just because of the situation you face..." he continued, "And also... never give up on hope either..." he looked back at then, "Hope can only do so much for you in life, you've got to meet it halfway and grasped it with all your might!" he declare making a fist, as if grasping said hope. "Remember that..." he then turned back to his downed opponents, who were slowly starting to get up.
However they stopped when they heard Hiro approach them, their anger at their defeat by his hand was suddenly replaced with shock and fear as Hiro armed his Duel Disk, more specifically his Carding Function.
"W-W-What do you think you're doing!?" Ra Yellow squeaked out in fear, "You're suppose to be the good guy, why-" "Which side won..." Hiro cut him off, "This would've been the same situation between..." he began to activate the device, "The only difference is that you'd enjoy it and mock who you defeated to satisfy your egos..." he trailed on.
Ra Yellow panicked, and then sneered, "Like I'm just going to let you-" he quickly armed his carding function and pressed the button to card his would be card, but- "ERROR! CARDING FUNCTION CEASED! ERROR! CARDING FUNCTION CEASED!" His Duel Disk suddenly said after nothing had happened, Hiro was still standing over him, his Duel Disk glowing eerily as it charged up.
"W-w-what?! W-why isn't this t-thing working!?" he squeaked out, tapping on his Duel Disk, trying to get it to working, his comrades were also experiencing the same problem. "I'm surprised you've forgotten that project Fusion was working on when they realised Xyz had recreated their carding technology..." Hiro suddenly interrupted their panic, catching their attention.
"A computer virus that was installed in the user's Duel Disk that would transfer a copy of itself into the defeated Duelist's Duel Disk via the Duel Disk Linking for the Duel, that would then lock their Carding Function away. The Anti-Carding Virus! It could also be activated in the opponent's Duel Disk should they win and the Fusion Soldier lost the Duel." he declared, "Perfected here in the Xyz Invasion Headquarters, however-" he stopped, letting the three realise the rest.
"After its perfection, it was stolen, and all traces of its files and coding were stolen one day..." Ra Yellow muttered out weakly, he looked up at Hiro. "It was you! You're the one that stole the virus!" he exclaimed.
"Yep! This Virus would basically ensure the Resistance's defeat depending on either they won or lost a Duel..." Hiro explained, "Every Soldier I've faced has done exactly what you tried to do, without hesitation."
"So, I'm sorry for this, but again, you would've been doing the exact same thing to me..." was all he said as his Duel Disk began to glow brighter, Ra Yellow panicked and tried to get to his feet and run away, however the flash occurred, and once it was over, the three Soldiers were gone.
Three cards were ejected from his Duel Disk, which he plucked and waved about, images of the Duel Soldier's panicked looking faces showed up on them, "Don't worry..." he then pocketed them into one of his Deck Storage packs, which also housed similar cards of the previous soldiers who meet the same fate. "Once this war is put to an end, I'll find a way to restore all of you..." he finished then turned back to the couple.
"Sorry you had to see that..." he said to them, "Why? They deserve it for what they've done to our home!" the boy retorted, "They're still human, they just haven't gotten the chance to see past the errors of Fusion to think properly..." Hiro remarked, "Only a select view have done so..." he whispered that last part. "Anyways, now that that's over, let-" he stopped, narrowing his eyes as he heard something behind them.
He turned around and prepared to arm his Duel Disk, but restrained himself when he noticed it wasn't the enemy. A group of Resistance members were travelling to towards them, "Right, you're back-up is here to escort to your base, I better go..." Hiro then put his hood back up, and sprang up, wall jumping until he reached the crumbling roof, he looked back at the two, but then turned away and ran off...
"You two!" one of the Resistance shouted at them, they turned to face them, "Are you okay? What happened here?" they asked, "We're fine! Duel Soldier ambushed us as I was retrieving my girlfriend... They cornered us, but then..." he stopped, "Then?" one asked, "The Fusion Traitor showed up and saved us!" the girl said, much to the disgust of the resistance.
"Not him again! Why can't he just leave us alone! We don't need his help." another growled out annoyed, "But he had saved our bacon more times then should be necessary..." another added, "I don't buy it, this whole traitor thing must be a trap to make us lower our guard until we open up to him, and then BAM! We walk right into their clutches." a third said.
"Whatever the case with the Traitor is..." the first said, getting the conversation back on track, "it's over for now, so let's go back..." the group turned and began to make their way back to their base. "By the way..." the first spoke again, he glanced back at the boy, "The Commander would like a word with you, something about leaving your post when you were stationed to be on lookout..." they said, their voice caring an undertone of anger.
"Y-yes sir..." the boy sighed in defeat, he knew he shouldn't have done what he had, but it was for her... And because he had unwittingly discovered something the resistance now need to know. "I need to talk to him about something anyway..." he said.
"Right, follow me..." they then travelled further away from the sight of the Duel, the girl looked back at it for a moment, and then faced away and followed her boyfriend, catching up to him and holding his hand.
After a while, waiting about for them to leave, Hiro poked his head out, watching where they left. "You're welcome..." he muttered, pretending he heard a "Thank You!" from one of the two he saved, but nothing was said.
he sighed, once he was sure they were far away, he too left, returning to his base of operations, waiting for the next chance to make up for all the wrongs his people have done to them...
Fusion Dimension, Doktor's Lab
Currently the Doktor was alone in his laboratory, a couple of cobwebs made from a few spiders littered the lab, "Oh... what am I to do..." the Doktor groaned out, head in his hands, frustrated and afraid. Frustrated that he couldn't figure out a way to met the Professor's requirements to the suppose flaw in his brilliant project, afraid on what would happen to him if said requirements couldn't be reached.
"I know the answer is out there somewhere, but I can't figure it out to save my life, the Professor will cut my funding, and card me for my suppose incompetence." as he muttered to himself, a lonely spider, whose web was directly above the Doktor, began to descend down towards him.
"I've finally been given the chance to proceed with my research, and its coming to a stand still, all because that fool demands complete obedience from that girl he's kidnapped..." at the thought of that girl, Ruri, he began to wonder, just why was she here in the first? What purpose did she have in the Professor's plans, and why did she look alike another girl he had seen around the halls before.
"There must be a connection between those two... But what?" he thought to himself, before he could further ponder the strange phenomenon of the girls, he felt a disturbance on his hand.
He took his head out of his hands looked at his right wrist, which now had a spider resting on it, the sight made the Doktor become disgust at such a thing. "Yuck! Such a an ugly thing to behold, not as beautiful as my Parasites, if only it could be real, then-" he suddenly paused in his thoughts, his eyes widening in awe as brilliant inspiration hit him, such brilliance began to make him chuckle to himself as his solution slowly came together in his twisted mind.
He then looked back down at the spider, which was now resting right in his open palm, and grinned wickedly at it, "Thank you you ugly little pest, because of you, you've given me the solution to what I need to do to make my project even more brilliant then what it would've been..." he spoke to it, his fingers slowly closing in around the arachnid.
"But you've served your purpose to inspire me... You're useless now..." and with that, his hand closed up fully, a small squish could be heard from within his hand, a few seconds later, he scrapped his hand along his desk, removing the remains of the disgusting creature off his being. He then rose up from his desk, his chair squeaking behind as he did.
He walked off, smiling to himself as he slowly laughed to himself, "Now... Now to get to work in bringing my wonderful solution... to life!" He walked further into the darkness of his lab, his laughter becoming a sinister cackle that echoed across his empty room. Which wouldn't be empty soon...
End of Chapter 28
Hello readers! I'm back after (reads the date of the last published chapter) 18 months, Yikes..., you can guess that main reason behind to long delay to be caused by writers block, and you would be right, there's also my personal life that I need to maintain, also this blasted pandemic screwed work over for me.
But that's enough about my life since the pandemic, this chapter covers the other two dimensions. Also the part at the start, gives a brief scientific way on how the Parasites function. Because, lets be honest, the series never mentioned how they worked, they just... did. So I did some research on brainwashing, and the Dorsal Anterior Cingulate Cortex is linked to hypnosis, which is essentially brainwashing. I tried to go deeper on the subject but, couldn't find much else.
OC cards
Serena
Lunalight's Dance Tag Out
Normal Trap
When a "Lunalight" monster is destroyed by battle: Return that destroyed monster to your Hand or Extra Deck, then Special Summon from your GY 1 "Lunalight" monster whose name is different to the destroyed monster, that monster cannot be destroyed for the rest of the turn.
Moonlight Guard
Quick-Play Spell
During either player's Battle and an attack is declared involving a "Lunalight" monster; target 1 of the battling monsters, that monster cannot be destroyed by that battle, but the controller of that monster takes double the battle damage.
Lunalight Pink Mouse
DARK, Level: 1 [Beast-Warrior/Effect] ATK/600 DEF/400
If this card is Summoned while you control another "Lunalight" monster; add 1 "Lunalight" card from your Deck to your Hand. You can only use this effect once per turn. If this card is sent to the GY, while you control a "Lunalight" monster: Target 1 "Lunalight" card in your GY or Banished Zone; add it to your Hand.
Moonlight's Glare (mentioned but not executed successfully)
Sophia (Rayisoar5)
Ritual Beast's Spirit Call
Normal Spell
Target 2 "Ritual Beast" monsters in your GY, (A "Ritual Beast Tamer" and a "Spiritual Beast" monster) Banish them, and if you do; Special Summon 2 "Ritual Beast" monsters from your Deck (A "Ritual Beast Tamer" and a "Spiritual Beast" monster) whose names are different to the banished monsters.
Spiritual Beast Draw
Normal Spell
Shuffle into your Deck, any number of banished "Spiritual Beast" monsters and if you do, draw cards equal to the number of shuffled "Spiritual Beast" monsters (+1). For the rest of turn you activate this effect, you cannot draw cards. You can only use 1 "Spiritual Beast Draw" Once per turn.
New Leash on Spiritual Life
Continious Spell
You can activate this card when there is a "Ritual Beast" Fusion Monster in your GY. While this card is face-up on the Field, you can activate the following effect: Once per turn, return 1 "Ritual Beast" monster in your GY or Banished Zone to the bottom of your Deck, and if you do; Special Summon a "Ritual Beast Tamer" and a "Spiritual Beast" monster from your Deck, except for a monster with the same name as the returned monster. If there isn't a "Ritual Beast" Fusion monster in the GY while this card is face-up on the Field: Destroy this card. " If this card is destroyed while face-up on your Field; return 1 banished "Ritual Beast" monster to your Hand.
Ultimate Spiritual Evolution
Normal Spell
Target 1 "Spiritual Beast" monster you control, Banish it and this card, and if you do: Special Summon a "Ritual Beast" Fusion monster from your Extra Deck, whose type is the same as the banished monster, ignoring their Summoning Conditions. The monsters summoning through this card's effect have their effects negated, and are sent to your GY at the end of the turn.
Ritual Beast Ultimate Strength
Continious Trap
If you control a "Ritual Beast" Fusion Monster, apply one of the following effects: 1) Target a "Ritual Beast" Fusion Monster you control; it gains 1000 ATK until the end of the turn. 2) Target cards your opponent controls up to the number of "Ritual Beast" Fusion Monsters you control; destroy them. 3) Your opponent sends 1 card from the top of their Deck to the GY for every "Ritual Beast" Fusion Monster you control.
Ritual Beast Tamer Pilica
WIND, Level: 3 [Psychic/Effect] ATK/1000 DEF/1500
When this card is Normal or Special Summoned: You can Special Summon 1 "Ritual Beast" monster from your Deck, but negate its effects. If you activate this effect, you cannot Special Summon monster for the rest of the turn, except WIND monsters.
Ritual Beast Tamer Pan
WIND, Level: 5 [Psychic/Effect] ATK/1900 DEF/600
2 "Ritual Beast Tamer" monsters
Must be Special Summoned (from your Extra Deck) by banishing the above cards you control. All "Ritual Beast" Fusion Monsters gain 500 ATK & DEF while this card is on the Field. Once per turn (Quick Effect), target 1 "Spiritual Beast" monster you control: Banish it, and if you do: Special Summon from your Extra Deck a "Ritual Beast" Fusion Monster whose Type is the same as the targeted monster, ignoring its Summoning conditions. If this card is destroyed: Special Summon 1 "Ritual Beast" monster from your banished zone. You can only Special Summon "Ritual Beast Tamer Pan" once per turn.
Hiroshi 'Hiro' Satou (HighDragon23)
Masked HERO Cyclone
WIND, Level: 4 [Warrior/Effect] ATK/1600 DEF/900
If you control a "Masked HERO" Normal Monster, you can Special Summon this card, from your Hand. Once per turn, if you control 2 "Masked HERO" monsters: Add 1 Spell from your Deck to your Hand. If a "Masked HERO" Fusion Monster is destroyed while this card is in the GY: You can banish this card; target 1 "Masked HERO" monster whose Attribute is the same as the destroyed monster's Attribute, add it to your Hand.
Masked HERO Sol
LIGHT, Level: 3 [Warrior/Effect] ATK: 1200 DEF/1100
Once per turn, if you control a "Masked HERO" Monster(s) on your Field, target 1 of them, declare 1 Attribute; that monster's attribute becomes the declared one. Once per turn, if you control 2 "Masked HERO" monsters with different attributes: target 1 "Masked HERO in your GY; return to your Deck or Extra Deck, and if you do; draw 1 card.
Masked HERO Mist
WATER, Level: 2 [Warrior/Effect] ATK/800 DEF/500
if a "Masked HERO" is targeted for an attack while this card is in your Hand: Send this card to the GY, and if you do; negate that attack. Once per turn, for every "Masked HERO" monster on the Field with a different name that you control: Gain 200 Life Points.
Masked HERO Score
EARTH, Level: 1 [Warrior/Effect] ATK/400 DEF/800
If you control a "Masked HERO" Fusion monster(s): target 1 of them, and if you do; Special Summon this card from your Hand, then make this card's Level become the same as the target's Level. When this card is sent to the GY: Add 1 "Masked Technique" card from your GY or Deck to your Hand.
Double Attack (based around the manga version)
Normal Spell
Target 1 "Masked HERO" monster, then a second one, the first target gains ATK equal to the ATK of the second target.
Masked Technique - Wind Twister
Normal Spell
Activate this card if you control a WIND "Masked HERO" monster on your Field. For every "Masked HERO" monster you control: Target 1 Spell or Trap your opponent controls; return it to their Hand. If you control a WIND "Masked HERO" Fusion Monster when this card is activated; your opponent cannot activate effects in response to this card's activation.
Mask Draw
Normal Spell
If you control 1 or more "Masked HERO" monsters; draw 1 card for per one you control. When this card is in the GY when a "Masked HERO" Fusion Monster is destroyed: Add 1 "Masked HERO" monster and "Mask Change" in your GY to your Hand, then banish this card. You can only use 1 of these effects once per turn.
Heroic Teamwork
Quick-Play Spell
During the Battle Phase, when a "HERO" monster destroys a monster by battle: Target 1 other monster you control; its gains 800 ATK until the end of the turn, and if it already attacked, it can attack a second time this Battle Phase.
HERO Concealed
Counter Trap
If your opponent activates an effect upon the Summoning of a "Masked HERO" monster; negate the activation of that card's effect. When a "Masked HERO" monster is destroyed by battle or card effect, while this card is in the GY; banish this card, and if you do, Add 1 "Masked HERO" monster or "Mask Change from your GY to your Hand, other than the destroyed monster.
Masked Technique - Blinding Mirage
Counter Trap
Activate this card if you control a LIGHT "Masked HERO" monster on your Field. When an opponent's monster declares an attack: Negate that attack, and if you do; Special Summon 1 "Masked HERO" monster from your GY or Deck with its effects negated, also that monster cannot be destroyed by battle. If you control a LIGHT "Masked HERO" Fusion Monster when this card is activated: End your opponent's Battle Phase.
Secret HERO Corrosion
WATER, Rank: 8 [Warrior/Xyz/Effect] ATK/3200 DEF/2500
2 Level 8 "HERO" monsters
This card is treated as a "Masked HERO" monster while on the Field. Target 1 monster your opponent controls, detach 1 Xyz Material from this card, and if you do: Make that monster's ATK become half its original ATK until the end of the turn. When a "Masked HERO" monster battles a monster in Defense while this card is on the Field, make this monster's DEF become 0 until the end of that battle. You can only use these effects of "Secret HERO Corrosion" once per turn. If this card is Xyz Summoned using a WATER "Masked HERO" Fusion Monster as Xyz Material, this card gains this effect: Once per turn, destroy all cards in your opponent's Spell and Trap Zone, then for every card destroyed, make your opponent's monsters lose 400 ATK for the rest of the turn.
Duel Solders
Shifting Old Gears
Normal Spell
Target 1 "Ancient Gear" monster you control, return it your Hand, and if you do; Special Summon 1 "Ancient Gear" monster from your Hand, other than the returned monster.
Ancient Gear Battle Spin
Equip Spell
Target 1 "Ancient Gear" monster you control, equip this card onto that monster. The equipped monster gains 800 ATK, but cannot declare direct attacks. Should the equipped monster be destroyed by battle; destroy this card instead.
Ancient Gear Hunter's Collection
Normal Spell
If you have 3 "Hunting Hound(s)" in your GY; you can send 1 "Ancient Gear" Fusion Monster in your Extra Deck that list "Ancient Gear Hunting Hound" as Fusion Material, then add 1 "Ancient Gear" card from your Deck to your Hand.
Before I go, I would like say sorry again that this chapter took... forever to come out, you can blame my writer's block or "you know what" that's happened, making it tougher for me to find time for this, but I plan to increase progress of this fanfiction that you readers have enjoyed. Anyways, stay safe and see you next time!