I yawned while stretching my arms upwards, I can't help but feel both nervous and excited for the Miami Championship
I looked at my deck and checked their content and sighed at the pressure I had in me since the tournament was announced, to which I am thankful for, means that LDS will be closed and few students from my school chosen will train while duelists from outside Miami City will come here and participate in the tournament as well.
But I know that Reiji made this tournament as a way to find strong duelists and face the invading force from the Fusion dimension
'I hope that everyone won't be angry on finding out that the tournament was just a set up' I placed my deck in the duel disk before going down to the living room with my parents eating breakfast
"Have a bite with us son" my dad spoke as he drank his coffee "your mother made french toast today"
'Perhaps a bite can help me calm down' I sat down on the table and waited for the food ''what else is on the agenda today?"
After a little talk about this lancer recruitment and a wish of luck for my survival from my parents, I walked down the road to see Sally and her parents, Carl and Hikari Mazaki, with her
"Jason!" she waved upon seeing me and her parents smiled at seeing their daughter so peppy
"Hi Sally" I smiled and waved back "having a family bonding time?"
"Yep!" she nodded "before the big tournament starts, I want to have a special moment with my parents to keep the pressure off me"
"Sally" the girl's father pulled out some money and gave it to her "why don't you get me and your mom a nice cold drink while we talk to Jason about some things"
"Okay daddy" she smiled
Sally went off to find a vending machine leaving me alone with her parents
"Now that our daughter's occupied for the moment" Hikari looked at me and gave her brightest smile "Arigatou, Jason-kun"
"Uh..." I blinked awkwardly at her action for a few seconds "I'm sorry what?"
"My wife's expressing how grateful she is for helping our daughter out of her slump" Carl smiled "if you hadn't saved her back then..." he grimaced at seeing her daughter's sad face "I don't want to think about that"
"No problem there" I smiled bashfully "I'm just glad that Sally became my friend"
"We wanted to give you this Jason" Hikari pulled out a card from her coat pocket "it is a Fusion monster card that was produced in few orders and it was considered a rare to the eyes of collectors"
I took the card and my eyes widen to see what the monster is 'no way...' I gulped 'I thought this card was never made'
A few years ago, Industrial Illusions tried to make special cards for duelists who would try to mix up some of their summoning methods... however thanks to certain conditions, those cards were only made in small quantities leaving only the really lucky to have them, and I was one of those few
The card I held was Dragon Knight Draco-Equiste
'I believe I have found the right gift for Sally' I smiled "thanks for the card you two" I bowed "have a fun time with your daughter today"
I went to the park and sat down to think on who are possible candidates on the lancer recruitment
'Yuya is a possible Lancer' I thought 'with him creating the Pendulum method, there's no doubt that Reiji would consider him an asset'
I shook my head from that thought 'I can't be thinking of those right now' I scratched my head a bit in confusion 'but what can I do for the moment?'
As if my question was heard, my duel disk vibrated and was surprised to see an unknown number on it, I placed the device on my ear
"Hello?"
"Jason Wellbing" Reiji Akaba's voice spoke "I'm glad that you answered my call"
"President Reiji!?" I shouted quietly "i-is there anything I can do for you?"
"Yes you can" he replied "I'd like you to meet me in the LDS building, and come alone because you are the only one suitable for this task"
The call ended with me looking at my device curiously 'what would make him say that I was suitable?' my eyes went wide when I realized something 'did he finish the thing?'
I went to the LDS building to see Nakajima waiting at the front door
"Let me guess..." I hummed "you're my escort"
"Hai" the man nodded "shacho and Henrietta-sama are waiting for you"
Nakajima walked me to the testing room where, to my surprise, Reiji himself was waiting inside
"Shacho" he bowed "I have brought the person"
"Good" Reji nodded "you may go" he said before snapping his fingers to which a metal platform rose up from the floor with a box on it "Jason, your perspective about the duelist's mobility in Action dueling is interesting" he smirked "to which I discussed with kaa-san about it"
"It really is surprising to hear it from you Jason-san" Henrietta's voice spoke from the window above us "l've given your words some thought and approve of this project" she smiled "Reiji-san had some of our scientists create the item"
"And since this is a prototype, you will need to test it yourself" the CEO added
I opened the box to see a pair of thin metal colored sole and heels designed to be attached on my shoes, I placed it on the floor and stepped on them making my feet cling on them
"To truly see the potential of your idea Jason, a duel must be done" Reiji raised his arm "activate the Action field, Battle City!"
The projector lit up and the area shined creating the historic Domino City where the king of games,Yugi Motou, lived and dueled in
"A field spell where Duel Monsters was first created" I whistled "you must really respect history don't you?"
"Kaiba Corp was my company's predecessor" Reiji activated his duel disk "I am preserving the things that Duel Monsters went through the course of time"
"Then let's make history in Action dueling" I grinned while activating my duel disk
Reiji LP: 4000
Jason LP: 4000
"I'll go first" Reiji declared "watashi no tan, I activate Dark Contract with the Swamp King" the card revealed itself on the field "I will take 1000 damage points in my next standby phase, but in exchange I can Fusion summon a Fiend-type monster this turn" He then pulled out 2 cards fro his hand "I fuse D/D Cerburus and D/D Lilith"
"Fangs of the beastly fiend be led into darkness by the lady of night and call forth a king's power" he chanted "Fusion summon! D/D/D Temujin, the Blaze Overlord"
D/D/D Temujin, the Blaze Overlord (Lvl:6 ATK:2000)
"Tan endo" he finished before looking at me
"My turn" I drew my card "since I have no monsters in my graveyard I can special summon Guardian Eatos to my field"
Guardian Eatos (Lvl:8 ATK:2500)
I decided to run for it but when I moved my feet felt slippery, I looked down to see the metal attachments of my shoes glowing
"They are in automatic function" Reiji answered my yet to be made question "when you move on the ground they feature as skates, that should at least give you an edge for speed"
"Neat" I skated around the area and found an Action card "I activate the Action spell, Quick Summon" I placed the card in the spell/trap slot "I can special summon a level 4 or below monster but in exchange the monster cannot attack this turn" I placed my monster on the arm blade "and the monster I summon is Elemental HERO Heat"
Elemental HERO Heat (Lvl:4 ATK:1600)
"And his effect activates" I smiled "for every Elemental HERO I have on my field, he gains 200 ATK points"
Elemental HERO Heat (ATK:1600-1800)
"Now Eatos" I pointed at Temujin "attack that D/D/D monster"
Eatos swooped at her target, while Reiji placed himself on Temujin's blade and the fiend threw him up to the sky. Reiji spotted an Action card on a lamp post and took it before landing on the ground
Reiji LP: 4000-3500
I looked at the smoke cloud disperse and to my surprise Temujin's still in the field
"I used the Action spell, Avoid" Reji smiled as the card showed itself "I negated the destruction of my Temujin from your attack"
"Heh I should have expected that move " I smirked "I set a monster ending my turn"
"Watashi no tan, doro" Reiji looked at his hand "I summon the tuner monster D/D Night Howling"
D/D Night Howling (Lvl:3 ATK:300)
"I activate Night Howling's effect to bring back a D/D monster but the ATK and DEF of that monster becomes zero" he then pointed to his monster "and the monster is D/D Lilith"
Night Howling screeched calling a fallen D/D monster back into the field
D/D Lilith (Lvl:4 ATK:100-0)
"I now tune my level 3 D/D Night Howling with level 4 D/D Lilith"
Night howling turned into green rings and Lilith turned into balls of light
3+4=7
"Howls in the dark night, let the winds echo the warning where a king will rise" he chanted "Synchro summon! D/D/D Alexander, the Gale Overlord"
D/D/D Alexander, the Gale Overlord (Lvl:7 ATK:2500)
"Now Temujin's effect activates, when D/D a monster is special summoned I can target a D/D monster in my graveyard and special summon it, I choose D/D Cerberus"
The monster came back looking beastly as ever
D/D Cerburus (Lvl:4 ATK:1800)
"Alexander's effect now activates" Reiji continued "should a D/D monster be special summoned I can bring back another D/D monster from my graveyard"
Alexander created a whirlwind with the wind opening a fissure in the sky
"I revive D/D Lilith"
D/D Lilith (Lvl:4 ATK:100)
"Now I overlay my two level 4 D/D monsters and build the overlay network"
The 2 monster turned into purple streamers and entered the spirl portal causing an explosion
"King of the seas, let your power drown enemies into the abyss" he chanted again "Xyz summon! D/D/D Caesar, the Wave Overlord"
D/D/D Caesar, the Wave Overlord (Rnk:4 ATK:2400)
I gulped at Reiji's monsters 'to freely manipulate all three methods of summoning' I stepped back 'just like how others feared/respected him, this is the power of Reiji Akaba'
"Battle" he declared "Alexander attack Eatos"
Alexander and Eatos clashed and exploded together since their ATK points are equal
"Now Temujin attack Heat"
Temujin jumped forward and slashed down on my hero depleting my lifepoints
Jason LP: 4000-3800
"And lastly Ceaser attack that set monster"
The Xyz fiend raised its weapon and slashed at my set monster revealing to be Wildheart
"I place two cards face down, tan endo" Reiji pushed his glasses up "you have made a good defense Jason, if you didn't find the Action card earlier then your lifepoints would be far smaller"
"I'm fighting against someone out of my league" I smiled "I can't have myself be an easy target"
Henrietta smiled at the duel she watched "Jason-san is quite spirited when he duels" she said "I think I'm finally seeing Reiji-san's interest in him"
"Hai Henrietta-sama" Nakajima nodded "shacho saw potential in the boy as a lancer for the fight against the invaders"
"It's my turn, I draw" Jason looked at his hand "I activate my Pot of Greed spell card" he drew 2 more cards "and lastly I use my Graceful Charity to have an extra chance on my draw"
'A continuous draw method' Reiji looked intently at Jason 'you must be feeling desperate after seeing my power' a small smile graced his lips 'but perhaps those draws can at least give you a chance'
I sent my intended cards to the graveyard from the effect of Graceful Charity "I play Polymerization and fuse Elemental HEROs Sparkman and Clayman"
"Hero of the earth, let the sparks gather around you and become a strong hero" I chanted as my monsters fused together "Fusion summon! Elemental HERO Thunder Giant"
My HERO monster appeared with sparks radiating out and inside of his body
Elemental HERO Thunder Giant (Lvl:6 ATK:2400)
"I activate Thunder Giant's effect" I called "I can destroy a monster whose original ATK points is lower than my hero" I pointed at Temujin "Thunder Giant destroy Temujin with static blast"
My HERO electrocuted Reiji's leaving him and Caesar to fight each other
"Now, attack Caesar using voltic thunder!"
The 2 monsters moved toward each other creating and explosion with Reiji covering his face from the blast while Jason flew back since he was skating earlier
"You have surprised me that you would use my tactic to destroy my monster" Reiji commented to a struggling Jason
"I know for certain that powerful monsters can be advantageous" he groaned trying to stand up "but desperate attacks like now can cause your opponent to step back for seeing such a move"
"Interesting answer but..." Reiji pointed at the clouds revealing his D/D/D Overlords "I activated my Caesar's effect" he smirked "upon the end of your battle I used 1 overlay unit to revive my monsters that were destroyed this turn" but he went composed again "however in exchange for that I must pay 1000 of my lifepoints for each monster in my next standby phase"
"I place one card face down" the card showed itself on Jason's field "I end my turn"
"Watashi no tan" my opponent drew his card "at my standby phase I take damage from Caesar's effect and pay 2000 of my lifepoints"
Reiji LP: 3500-1500
"Wait hold on" I interrupted "you should also be taking damage with your Contract card last turn"
"That's actually because of my trap" said card revealed itself "Contract Laundering, I can negate the effect of my Contract cards and destroy them" he then reached for his deck "and for each Contract destroyed I draw a card"
"Next I activate the Monster Reborn spell and revive D/D/D Gale Overlord Alexander" The Synchro monster appeared again on Reiji's field
D/D/D Gale Overlord Alexander (Lvl:7 ATK:2500)
"With that, I use my trap D/D/D Resource Management I return my three D/D/D monsters to the extra deck and add two D/D monsters from my deck to hand"
He then picked up an Action card and played it "I activate the Action spell, Draw Declaration" the card showed an image of a duelist drawing a card with a spell, trap and monster cards in the background
"I draw a card and declare what kind, if it's right the card will be in my hand, if it's wrong the card will be sent to the graveyard" he drew his card "spell" he looked at it and was correct before using it "I play my Pot of Greed to draw 2 cards"
Reiji drew again and smiled that he finally had the cards to finish the duel "I applaud you for making an interesting duel" he then pulled out 2 cards from his hand "and this will be your reward"
"With the scale of 1 D/D Savant Galilei and the scale of 10 D/D Savant Kepler, I create the pendulum!" he placed the cards on the pendulum zones and the word pendulum lit up
I gaped as the 2 Pendulum monsters appeared in blue pillars with their scale numbers presented
"Great power that shakes the very soul, arise from slumber and face those who will be challenged" he chanted "Pendulum summon! Enter the field my monsters!"
A bright light appeared on Reiji's field which meant his monsters will end me...!
"The transcendent deities that rule over all, D/D/D Armageddon, the Cruel End Overlord"
D/D/D Armageddon, the Cruel End Overlord (Lvl:8 ATK:3000x3)
My HERO and I stepped back at the three monsters my opponent summoned
"You have witnessed the possibilities of my power, brace yourself for the burden coming at you!" he pointed at me as a sign of his battle phase
His 1st Hell Armageddon attacked my hero striking him down to nothing
Jason LP:3800-3200
"Continue the attack Hell Armageddon" Reiji continued as the second monster fired its laser at me decreasing my lifepoints
Jason LP: 3200-200
"Now finish him Armageddon" Reiji declared with his 3rd monster ready to attack
I looked at my end and had only one thing to say before my end
"Unbelievable..." I muttered before I was sent flying from the final attack
Jason LP: 200-0
Reiji: WIN
I lied still at the defeat I took from Reji Akaba's monsters, it was unbelievable experience, to use all 3 methods in 1 deck and to even bring the power of Pendulum is doubling my shock that the CEO of LDS has created his own set of Pendulum cards
I finally sat up to see Reiji looking at me
"How was the experience?" he questioned
"Intense..." I answered before looking at my feet "though this could use some work" I pulled them out of my shoes and felt the warmth of the metal in my fingers "they may be good for speed but it would be better to have options on other terrains than simple flat ground"
"Hmm" Reiji muttered as he eyed the metal device "perhaps an alteration will be needed, I'll get my scientists ready for the improvement" he then pointed at the door "right now, you have to be ready for the Miami Championship, I will have the device delivered to your home before the matches start"
I nodded before walking out of the room and heading for home after such an eventful moment
Reiji was looking at the data Jason produced in the duel earlier along with a video feed of him using the glowing soles
"What do you think Reiji-san?" Henrietta questioned as she looked at the data
"The invention is a success" Reiji replied "however the power generated is a little slow and they will be easily destroyed should the wrong step be made"
He turned to Nakajima "have our scientists redesign the technology so the duelist can wear them all the time as casual wear"
"Hai shacho" the man bowed before walking away
I walked out of the LDS building and made one last look at the place before heading home
'I may not know what will happen in the tournament or who I will face in there...' I reached for my duel disk 'but I'll be ready for it and my cards will help me'
Author's notes:
Yes I know that you guys are angry that I just replayed Yuya's duel with Jason taking his place and are mentally shouting at me for not even having my OC use his newly acquired Xyz power but I have good reason's for that;
1) Jason's still new to the Xyz concept and his cards are mostly used for Fusions and I'm saving that method as a surprise for the tournament as his respect on the great Dueltainer Yusho Sakaki to wow the audience who will watch him duel
2) Jason will not use Utopia until he is facing his best friend Sally (after all dueling is suppose to be fun in Yuma's perspective and the best way to have fun in dueling is with a friend)
3) Jason's duel against Reiji is to show you guys that he isn't a powerful duelist... he still has ways to go but he can get it done should he watch and learn, and as seen in the duel this chapter, he watched the possible conduct of using 3 summoning methods be used in 1 deck and he learned that Pendulum summoning is the centerfold of special summoning monsters to go with Fusion, Synchro and Xyz
Lastly... the starting tournament duels will be updated with 2 chapters to make sure you guys will be excited on who will face who, although... fair warning is that the duels in the anime will still be the same unless and I mean unless I decide to change that...okay?
OC card/s;
Quick Summon
Action spell
Image: a duelist summoning a random monster
Effect: special summon a level 4 or below monster but it cannot attack during the turn it was summoned
Draw Declaration
Action spell
Effect: draw a card and declare if it's a monster, spell or trap if correct add it to your hand, if not send it to the graveyard
Author out...
