The wait is finally over! Also did y'all catch the holder of Number 17's name? Keto is the Greek Goddess of sea monsters and a Leviathan is a sea monster! Ha! I thought that was clever.
Chapter 4: A Royal Decision
In a place called BAR Ian, ironically named, the Barians were discussing Girag's discovery of the Original Number: Astral.
"Are you sure about this?" Mizar asked.
"100 percent! And by the looks of it, he doesn't have many Numbers!" Girag answered.
"What makes you say that?" Dumon asked.
"Well, when Fender used Barian's Force Astral was totally blank! He doesn't remember us!"
"That could be true, so we must strike while he's still too weak to become a threat again!" Dumon said.
"Well first we should find out where his host is." Mizar said.
"I saw the boy wearing a school uniform. So that's probably where they are at!" Girag said.
"I'll go to the school and see if I can find them and challenge them to a Duel and take their Numbers." Dumon said.
Little did they know, someone else was waiting to discussing what they saw during Yuma and Fender's Duel. In a large old house, a girl with blonde hair in a ponytail wearing a red cloak with a blue visor mask was wanting for someone. Then a golden light appeared and a girl, who was much older than the girl in red, wearing a yellow cloak walked into the room. She then removed her hood and let her long brown hair fall down her back and some over her shoulders and revealed her yellow eyes and had a golden spiked headband.
"Good evening Millennia." The girl in yellow said.
"You're late Terra. And where are the others?" Millennia asked.
"They'll be here any second now." Terra said.
Then two lights, one green and one purple, appeared and two girls came out of them. Out of the green one was a green cloaked girl with light green eyes who was younger than Terra, but older than Millennia. Out of the purple one was a purple cloaked girl with light blue eyes who was about the same age as Millennia.
"Sorry we're late, but we had a little loose end to tie up." The green cloaked girl, who let her hair down, which was brown with two pintails that had a silver star in each, said.
"It's alright Mayura." Millennia told her.
"Why did you call us here?" The girl wearing the purple cloak asked as she removed her hood, revealing her blonde hair that covered her left eye with a purple streak on her bangs and had a braid that she kept over her right shoulder with a dark purple ribbon at the bottom.
"Eclipsa, I'm afraid that I have some unfortunate news; the Barians are on Earth."
"WHAT?!" The other girls said.
"I'm afraid so." Millennia conformed.
"But, why are they here?!" Eclipsa said.
"Obviously they want the Numbers!" Mayura said.
"But that's not all. I have also found Astral." Millennia said calmly.
"Where is he?" Terra asked while trying to hold back anger.
"He's with Yuma Tsukumo."
"Yuma?!" Eclipsa said with shock.
"Yes. We should have seen it coming." Millennia said.
"But Yuma is goofy, clumsy, and his Dueling skills are nonexistent!"
"But you should know that he has a lot of heart. And even in Astral's amnesiac state he is still a Dueling machine. Combining Yuma's heart with Astral's brain could lead to the unraveling of our plans."
"So what do we do?" Terra asked.
"We still proceed with our original plans, just keeping a close eye out for the Barians and Astral." Millennia said.
"But what about Rio and Shark?" Mayura asked.
"Oh, we still proceed with the plan for them. Since they now possess Numbers 17 and 21 I can now keep an eye on them both. See you girls later." Millennia said as she disappeared into a red light.
Dumon was waiting in the park for Yuma and Astral to show up. He tried the school, but there were too many people. And If he understood correctly Yuma and his friends practice Dueling here every day after school. So this would be the ideal place for him to catch Yuma.
"Hey Yuma, can I Duel you today?" A voice said.
Dumon turned around and saw a girl with brown hair and braids talking to a boy with golden key around his neck. He recognized the key as the Astral World symbol. He had to be Yuma!
"Sure Amber! But I thought you didn't know how to Duel." Yuma said.
"I never said I didn't know how to Duel, I just was afraid to mess up and I would crash and burn." She said.
Then four people walked behind them. Two of them looked like brother and sister and the other girl had green hair with a ribbon in it and the other boy was a bit large with a cast on his arm.
"But now I don't worry about that. You always say Dueling is about friendly competition." Amber said.
Dumon then decided to make his move. He walked from his hiding place and walked up to Yuma and his friends. "My name is Dumon. And I hear that you Duel." Dumon said as he outstretched his hand to Yuma.
Yuma took the hand and shock the hand rapidly with joy. "Yeah! I'm Yuma!"
"Tori. Rio. Shark. Bronk. Amber." Everybody introduced themselves.
"I heard your looking for a Duel. Maybe you could Duel me." Dumon suggested.
"Sure!" Yuma said. His key then glowed and Astral appeared, which did not go unnoticed by Dumon.
This was all going according to plan. 'I'll just crush Yuma and Astral right here and now.' Dumon thought.
"Wait." Amber spoke up. "I was Dueling Yuma first."
"I have an idea! How about Amber and Dumon Duel, and whoever wins gets to Duel me!" Yuma said.
"I think that's a brilliant idea." Amber agreed.
Dumon was in a different spot. He didn't want to waste his time on this girl, but if he didn't agree, Astral, who was staring right at him, might get suspicious. "I accept your proposition."
Both Amber and Dumon readied their Duel Disks, Dumon's looking a lot like a silver javelin with crystals, and Amber's looked like a large yellow crystal connected to a large brown amber with five other large crystals coming out of it.
"Wow, cool Duel Disks!" Yuma commented.
Augmented Reality Vision Online
Dumon: 4000
Amber: 4000
"Let's Duel!" They both said.
"I'll start the Duel! I draw!" Amber drew her card. "I set two cards face down and end my turn." Amber said.
"What kind of a move is that?!" Yuma said. Even he wouldn't make that kind of move.
"Maybe she doesn't have a monster in her hand?" Rio guessed.
"It's my move! Draw! I summon Holy Lightning Wings!" Dumon made his move. The monster he summoned looked like a black metal satellite with purple metal bird wings, and its body glowed yellow.
Holy Lightning Wings: Level 4/LIGHT/Fairy/1200 Atk/1800 Def
"When Wings is Summoned, I can summon another Holy Lightning monster from my hand. I summon Holy Lightning Scepter in attack mode!" Another glowing metal monster appeared on the field. This one looked like a cross between a staff and a mechanical mosquito. It was completely blue expect for the glowing yellow highlights all over its body.
Holy Lightning Scepter: Level 4/LIGHT/Fairy/1800 Atk/400 Def
"Now when Scepter is Summoned, I can add a Holy Lightning monster from my deck to my hand!" Dumon picked his card and continued with his turn.
"I activate Royal Creed! This card allows me summon a Gem Royal monster from my deck in defense mode! I summon Gem Royal Emerald!" Amber said as her card revealed a small boy in jasper armor reading from a scroll. Then a boy dressed in armor made out of shining green emeralds with a large emerald as a shield appeared on the field.
Gem Royal Emerald: Level 3/EARTH/Warrior/0 atk/2000 def
"Nice. With 2000 defense points Dumon can't lay a scratch on her!" Yuma said.
"Not bad, but not enough to out maneuver me! I Overlay my two Holy Lightning monsters!" The red portal opened and the two light monsters went in.
"I XYZ SUMMON HOLY LIGHTNING SAGE!"
A large saint-looking man made out of metal appeared on the field and it glowed yellow as it opened a book in its hands.
Holy Lightning Sage: Rank 4/LIGHT/Fairy/2200 atk/1800 def
"I now activate Sage's ability! At the price of an Overlay Unit he forces your monster to switch its Attack and Defense points!" Dumon said as an Overlay Unit went into Sage's book and a glowing lightning bolt shot out of it and hit Emerald.
Emerald: 2000 Atk/0 Def
"No!" Amber said as she saw her monster was helpless.
"Now I activate Holy Attack! I can banish a Holy Lightning monster from my Graveyard, and my Sage can deal damage to you if your monster is in defense mode!" Dumon's spell showed a Holy Lightning monster being surrounded by light. "Now Sage, attack that Emerald! SAINT CEREMONY!" Sage began chanting and another blast of lightning hit Emerald, only this time destroying it.
Amber: 4000 – 2200 = 1800
"I activate Royal Revenge! Since you destroyed my Gem Royal you lose half your Life Points!" Amber explained as her trap activated. It showed Emerald striking a Duelist.
"What?!" Dumon said as his Life Points dropped.
Dumon: 4000 x 1/2 = 2000
"But that's not all! I also get to draw a card!" Amber drew her card.
"I end my turn." Dumon announced.
"Now I draw!" Amber began her turn. "I summon Gem Royal Sapphire!" A girl dressed in a blue and white princess dress with light blue hair that covered her eyes and had a tiara headband with a large blue sapphire in the middle appeared gracefully on the field.
Gem Royal Sapphire: Level 4/EARTH/Psychic/1600 Atk/1200 Def
"And since I Normal Summoned her I get too look at your hand!" Amber said as the sapphire on the tiara glowed.
"What?!" Everyone, even Astral, said.
"Can she really do that?!" Tori said.
A holographic screen appeared and Dumon's cards were shown to everyone.
"Since I Normal Summoned a Gem Royal I can bring out Gem Royal Peridot!" Another small girl appeared on the field dressed in the same clothes as Sapphire only hers were green and her was light green in a ponytail with a green peridot in a tiara on her head.
Gem Royal Peridot: Level 4/EARTH/Psychic/1500 Atk/1900 Def
"Now I Overlay my 2 Level 4 Gem Royals!" The red portal opened and the two girls disappeared into the Overlay Network.
"I XYZ SUMMON GEM ROYAL SARDONYX!"
A female knight dressed in red and white armor with a staff that had a red sardonyx with white swirls and had long reddish white hair appeared on the field.
Gem Royal Sardonyx: Rank 4/EARTH/Warrior/2000 Atk/2000 Def
"Now I equip her with Malachite Malice! This gives her an extra 800 attack point power up!" A green malachite necklace appeared on Sardonyx's neck and she glowed with green energy.
Sardonyx Atk: 2000 + 800 = 2800
"Now Sardonyx, attack that Sage! MERCY MACE!" The staff turned into a chain and the sphere grew spikes and Sardonyx swinged it at Sage and it exploded into light.
Dumon: 2000 – 600 = 1400
"Now I activate Sardonyx's ability! By using one Overlay Unit she can deal you 200 points of damage for each Rank or Level your monster had! So you take 800 points of damage! PAST PAIN!" A red light emitted from the spiked ball and hit Dumon.
Dumon: 1400 – 800 = 600
"Incredible!" Astral said. "I recall that she said she has never been in a Duel before, but the way she's playing her cards, she appears to be an expert!"
"Yah, Amber is really good!" Yuma agreed.
"I end my turn!" Amber said.
"Then it's my turn! I draw!" Dumon said. He was secretly worried. He saw that Astral was watching, and if he had Barian's Force in his hand when Amber looked at his cards, his cover would be blown! He couldn't risk that! "I summon a second Holy Lightning Wings!"
Holy Lightning Wings: Level 4/LIGHT/Fairy/1200 Atk/1800 Def
"And I guess you know what I'm gonna do now! I summon Holy Lightning Scale!" True to its name, it was a scale that was completely gold in color, and it had the same glowing as all the other Holy Lightning monsters.
Holy Lightning Scale: Level 4/LIGHT/Fairy/1500 Atk/900 Def
"And Scale's special ability allows me to summon Holy Lightning Books from my hand!" Dumon's third monster was a blue, book shaped creature with a face shaped crest on its spine.
Holy Lightning Books: Level 4/LIGHT/Fairy/1600 Atk/1400 Def
"Now with these three monsters I can build the Overlay Network!" The three monsters vanished into the Overlay Network.
"I XYZ SUMMON HOLY LIGHTNING SIEGE!"
The Network exploded in gold light and a large knight in gold armor with a glowing yellow sword and shield in its hands.
Holy Lightning Siege: Rank 4/LIGHT/Fairy/2500 Atk/1500 Def
"Now by using an Overlay Unit my Siege can take away all your monster's attack points!" The knight sliced an Overlay Unit and yellow lightning blasted from it and hit Sardonyx.
Sardonyx Atk: 0
"Now Siege, attack Sardonyx and end this Duel! SLASH ZERO!" Dumon ordered his monster, and the knight sliced Sardonyx down middle and exploded.
"I banish Gem Royal Emerald from my Graveyard! By doing so I don't take any damage!" Amber said as the boy appeared and shielded her from the explosion. "On the down side, since Malachite Malice was sent to the Graveyard, I lose 800 Life Points!"
Amber: 1800 – 800 = 1000
"I set two cards face down and end my turn." Dumon said.
"Then I draw!" Amber said. She was worried about Dumon's face downs, but when she saw the card she drew, she knew she could win. "I activate Gem Lockdown!" Amber's spell showed an obsidian chain wrapping around a large piece of quartz. "Until the end of my next turn you can't activate traps or spells!" She said as obsidian chains formed around Dumon's two face downs. "Next I activate Crystal Ancestry! I can banish Sardonyx from my Graveyard to bring Sapphire and Peridot back from the Graveyard, but one Level higher!" The spell used showed Sardonyx throwing Sapphire and Peridot through a Graveyard portal and they were glowing with energy. The Graveyard portal opened and the two Royals came out.
Sapphire and Peridot: Level 5
"Impressive, but not enough to beat me." Dumon said.
Amber then smiled. "Oh we'll see about that! Since I now have a Level 5 monster on my field I can bring out the elegant Gem Royal Pearl!" A pale skinned girl with blonde hair wearing a white princess gown and had a tiara with a big white pearl in the center gracefully appeared on the field.
Gem Royal Pearl: Level 5/EARTH/Psychic/2000 Atk/1500 Def
"Now I Overlay my 3 Level 5 Gem Royals!" The three girls vanished into the Overlay Network.
"I XYZ SUMMON GEM ROYAL AQUAMARINE!"
A light blue skinned girl with dark blue hair wearing a large dark blue princess dress with a rectangular aquamarine necklace descended onto the field.
Gem Royal Aquamarine: Rank 5/EARTH/Warrior/2600 Atk/1800 Def
"Now by using an Overlay Unit my Aquamarine can activate your Siege's ability!"
"What!?" Dumon yelled as Aquamarine copied his Seige's ability.
Siege Atk: 0
"Now Aquamarine, finish Dumon off! ANGUISH BLAST!" A large blue last of energy emitted from the necklace that disintegrated Siege and sent Dumon flying.
Dumon: 600 – 2600 = 0 (LOSE)
Winner: Amber
"Yes! I won!" Amber said while jumping with excitement as her friends came over to congratulate her.
"Observation Number 7: Not every new Duelist starts off as badly as Yuma." Astral said to himself.
Dumon couldn't believe it. He lost to some some human! And according to Astral this was her first ever Duel! If the other Emperors found out about this, he would be the laughing stock of the whole dimension! Yuma then walked over and offered Dumon his hand.
"That was a cool Duel! You're really good!" Yuma said as he helped Dumon off the ground.
"Yeah!" Rio agreed.
"Hey, they've opened this new Duel Park next to the mall. Maybe tomorrow we could all meet there and practice?" Shark suggested.
"That sounds like a good Idea Shark!" Yuma agreed. "Hey Dumon, do you want to Duel with us?"
"Me?" Dumon asked.
"Sure. You no doubt have some skills. And Amber could have just had beginners luck." Rio said.
"Hey!" Amber remarked while giving her the stink eye.
Everyone laughed, even Dumon. He hoped to take Yuma's Numbers, but instead he had gotten in something even better: Yuma's friend circle. If Yuma could trust him completely, maybe taking the Numbers would be easier than he thought.
Fanfic Cards:
Gem Royal Emerald: Level 3/EARTH/Warrior/0 Atk/2000 Def
If you would take battle damage from an attack involving a "Gem Royal" monster, you can banish this card from your Graveyard, negate the damage.
Gem Royal Peridot: Level 4/EARTH/Psychic/1500 Atk/1900 Def
If you Normal Summoned a "Gem Royal" monster, you can Special Summon this card from your hand.
Gem Royal Sapphire: Level 4/EARTH/Psychic/1600 Atk/1200 Def
If this card is Normal Summoned, you can look at your opponent's hand.
Gem Royal Pearl: Level 5/EARTH/Psychic/2000 Atk/1500 Def
If you control a Level 5 "Gem Royal" monster, you can Special Summon this card from your hand.
Gem Royal Sardonyx: Rank 4/EARTH/Warrior/2000 Atk/2000 Def
2 Level 4 "Gem Royal" Monsters
Once per turn when this card destroys a monster in battle you can detach 1 Xyz Material from this card and your opponent takes damage equal to the destroyed monster's Rank or Level x 200.
Gem Royal Aquamarine: Rank 5/EARTH/Psychic/2600 Atk/1800 Def
3 Level 5 "Gem Royal" Monsters
Once per turn you can detach 1 Xyz Material from this card and this card can use the effect of 1 monster your opponent controls.
Holy Lightning Sage: Rank 4/LIGHT/Fairy/2200 Atk/1800 Def
2 Level 4 LIGHT Monsters
One per turn you can detach 1 Xyz Material from this card to switch the Atk and Def of one monster your opponent controls.
Holy Lightning Siege: Rank 4/LIGHT/Fairy/2500 Atk/1500 Def
3 Level 4 LIGHT Monsters
Once per turn you can detach 1 Xyz Material from this card and target 1 monster on your opponent's field, its Atk becomes 0.
Holy Attack: Quick-Play
When a "Holy Lightning" monster you control attacks an opponent's monster in Defense Position, banish 1 "Holy Lightning" monster from your Graveyard, and inflict battle damage to your opponent.
Crystal Ancestry: Normal Spell
Banish 1 "Gem Royal" Xyz Monster in your Graveyard and then Special Summon, if able, all "Gem Royal" monsters in your Graveyard that were used to Xyz Summon it, but 1 Level higher.
Gem Lockdown: Normal Spell
Until your next End Phase your opponent can't activate Spell or Trap cards.
Malachite Malice: Equip Spell
Equip only to a "Gem Royal" monster. The equipped monster gains 800 Atk. When this card is sent from the field to the Graveyard, you take 800 points of damage.
Royal Revenge: Normal Trap
When a "Gem Royal" monster you control is destroyed by battle, your opponent losses half their Life Points, and then draw 1 card.
Royal Creed: Normal Trap
If you don't control a monster and your opponent does, Special Summon 1 "Gem Royal" monster from your deck in Defense Position.
Author's Notes:
What do y'all think of the deck I made for Amber? I based it on the Gem Knight deck, with a couple of other things. Gem Royal - Amber Prince! Cleaver right! Also, remember those four girls from earlier because they will turn up frequently.