Chapter 45 Resentment of Tops
The group finally arrives at the Spider Gate, and they are still clueless about who the Dark Signer will be, and since all the Pendant holders have gotten tired due to their past 6 battles, they'll need to decide who to go next.
"Here it is..." Yuya says as they see the gate in front of them.
"Now who will the Dark Signer be..." Yuni says as they start to look around.
They then hear engines and a D-Wheel appears in front of them. On the D-Wheel is a man covered with a red and black cape, he stops in front of them with a mark on his hand.
"You're finally here..." Katrina says.
The man just stops and takes off his cloak, much to everyone's surprise.
"Shinji? Is that you?" Crow asks. "You're a Dark Signer?"
Shinji says, "It is obvious." He shows the mark, causing everyone to widen their eyes.
"Why? Shinji?" Kiryu asks, he can't believe that Shinji is a Dark Signer. "How did you become a Dark Signer?"
Shinji points at Yuya, "It is because of him. He is the reason I am a Dark Signer!"
"Me?" Yuya is shocked as well as everyone. "I didn't do anything to you! I only defeat you in the Friendship Cup Second Round..."
Shinji says, "Defeating me...That defeat has stopped our revolution!"
Aki asks, "Yuya, what's going on?"
As everyone turns to Yuya, Yuni says, "After Brother's victory, Roget arrived at the scene and he congratulated him. He was trying to make Brother the enemy of Commons."
Shinji yells. "And then the Security has executed me for rebellion instead of sending me to the underground! If it wasn't for Dark Signers, I wouldn't have been able to help the Commons with our Revolution!"
Crow says, "But I saw you at the Underground as well...why were you there when you were executed?"
"That's because there are a lot of Commons Comrades there, and I'm going to get them out for our revolution. And right now, I'm going to fulfill my revenge on him!" Shinji says.
Yuya clicks his tongue, he hasn't fully recovered yet, and now he has to duel him. Crow says, "You're not dueling Yuya! You'll have to get past me if you want to duel him!"
"Crow?" Everyone is shocked, Shinji asks, "Why are you protecting that traitor? Crow?"
"He is not associated with Tops! I learned it in the Friendship Cup, they also suffer the same fate as us!" Crow says.
"You must be out of your mind. If you want a quick death, then I'll also defeat you for the glory of commons!" Shinji yells.
Crow grits his teeth, he can't believe that Shinji is so into getting revenge that he will try to get rid of everything in the way. Ruka says, "Crow, I'll also join you."
"Ruka?" Rua asks in shock.
"Rua and I are from the Tops, rather than Crow, who is a Commons like you, or Yuya who doesn't belong to this city, I should be a better opponent. I won't run and I won't hide. I take all your anger." Ruka says determinedly.
Crow says, "Ruka..."
Shinji says, "That's fine. I'll defeat you both and then have my revenge against Sakaki Yuya." He then raises his hands and the mark of Spider appears. Instead of having a D-Wheel battle, they have a standard battle.
Both Crow and Ruka prepare their duel disks. Thanks to Ruka's Duel Disk, the Field magic Crossover also activates.
"Duel!" (Crow:4000)(Ruka:4000)(Shinji:4000)
As the duel goes, Yuya frowns, "I can't believe I made him hate me at that duel...this is not what I expected..."
Reisho says, "It is not your fault, Yuya. That Roget is sneaky enough to trick people like that."
Mark says, "Indeed. And besides, that one that duels is Zarc, not you, right?"
Yuya nods, "But still..."
Shinji says, "I set Dark Scale 4 Bee Force: Nail the Darkness and Dark Scale 8 Bee Force: Knife the Slash in the Pendulum Zone!" Two small purple bees appear with one has a nail and the other has a knife appearing with 4 and 8 below, Shinji says, I set one card and end my turn."
Crow says, "Shinji...I will save you. My turn!" He draws the card and says, "I summon Black Feather - Calm the Shimmer. (ATK:600/DEF:1800 LV:4) Since I summon a monster, I summon Tuner Monster, Black Feather - Gale the Swift Wind (ATK:1300/DEF:400 LV:3)"
Crow yells, "I tune the Level 4 Calm the Shimmer with the Level 3 Gale the Swift Wind! Spread your pitch-black wings and storm forth in tandem with the rising thunder! Slash apart the lightning! Synchro Summon! Cascade! Assault Black Feather - Raikiri the Sudden Shower!" (ATK:2600/DEF:2000 LV:7)
Once the ace monster appears, Frank says, "Alright! Raikiri is here!"
"Go, Crow!" Amanda yells.
"Battle I attack you directly!" Crow yells as the monster starts flying towards Shinji. Shinji says, "I use my Nail The Darkness' effect. When I was about to get attacked, I can negate the attack and Synchro Summon a Synchro Monster from my Extra Deck using the materials in my deck."
"What?" Crow is shocked.
"I tune Level 4 Bee Force - Arbalest the Rapidfire with Level 2 Bee Force - Needle the Stinger! Use your wings to make a storm follow its ways, and with your poleaxe open a way to the truth! Synchro Summon! Come, Bee Force - Voulge the Charge!" (ATK:2500/DEF:800 LV:6)
As the monster appears, Crow grits his teeth and says, "Damn it. I set one card and end my turn."
Shinji smiles, "At the same time if my opponent has controlled a Synchro Monster, I use the effect of my Knife the Slash! I can give you damage equal to half of your monster's ATK."
Crow is shocked as the knife pierces through him. He falls to the floor. (Crow:4000-2700)
"Crow!" The kids yell, Ruka asks, "Are you okay? Crow?"
Crow says, "The damage...it feels so real..."
Shinji says, "Crow, why don't you surrender the duel so I can defeat that Top Traitor, and we can have our revolution together."
Crow yells, "That is ridiculous! I won't stop until I open your eyes!"
"He is right. My turn!" Ruka draws the card and says, "I activate my Magic card, Fairy Pendulum Call. With this card, I place Scale 4 Fairy Guardian: Harmony and Scale 8 Fairy Guardian Double on both scales."
Two green-colored Fairy raise to the field with 4 and 8 underneath it, the Green Pendant also spins in the air. She says, "With this, I can summon monsters from Level 5 to 7! But I am not going to summon yet. I summon Armored White Bear." (ATK:1800/DEF:1400 LV:4)
As the bear appears, Ruka says, "With Double's effect. I can treat my Bear as two monsters. And I overlay it!" As the bear splits into two and goes into the portal, she says, "The sacred light of protection, use the powers to secure every monster on the field! Xyz Summon! Come forth! Rank 4! Ancient Fairy Bio Dragon!" (ATK:2100/DEF:3000 RNK:4 PS:4)
As the dragon appears, Shinji snorts, "As common as a Tops, having rare cards indeed."
"Stop it, Shinji! Don't you forget how Ruka and Rua have been helping us with the children?" Crow asks, "Are you going to throw that away?"
"It still doesn't change the fact that she is associated with the Tops." Shinji says.
"You..." Kiryu mutters.
Yuzu says, "He is so desperate..."
"I know..." Vivian says. "Manibus, can an Earthbound God manipulate the darkness of the hearts?"
Manibus says, "Uru is probably the nastiest since it was with the leader and has gone through a lot of hearts to search the host."
Ruka says, "I set two cards and end my turn." She says.
"Now it is my turn." Shinji draws the card and says, "I use Field Magic: Spider Web! With this card, if my opponent's non-Insect-Type monster declares an attack, it is changed to Defense Position at the end of the Damage Step. It cannot change its battle position until the End Phase of your opponent's next turn, while this card remains on the field." Shinji says as A giant web covers the field.
"No way..." Crow says as he looks around.
"Now I'll show you the power that is with the souls and hearts of commons! O souls of the dead who lurk in my light of destiny! Grant me the power to lead the dark truth in this protean world! Appear now, Earthbound Pendulum God Uru!"
The cocoon appeared with both Ruka and Crow shuddered at the sight. Yuya says, "Here it comes..."
The cocoon then breaks and a giant spider emerges from it. (ATK:3000/DEF:3000 LV:10 DPS:2)
"Wow, it is so big..." Ron says.
"But it looks a little disgusting." Jean says.
Shinji says, "If I control an Insect monster, I can summon Bee Force - Pin the Bullseye!" (ATK:200/DEF:300 LV:1)
As the monster appears, Shinji yells, "I'll use its effect, I give you 200 damage." The two bees start to charge and both Crow and Ruka get hit by the attack. (Ruka:4000-3800)(Crow:2700-2500)
"Yuya is not kidding that it is a real shadow game..." Crow mutters as he feels pain.
"Now I use Uru's effect. I can summon an extra deck monster negating its summoning conditions, but its effects are negated. I summon Bee Force - Azusa the Ghost Bow! (ATK:2200/DEF:1600 LV:5)
As the monster appears, Shinji says, "And Uru can gain 1000 ATK." (ATK:3000-4000)
"This is bad...if a direct attack...Ruka or Crow will lose..." Aki says.
"Now battle! I use Uru to attack directly!" Shinji points at Ruka as the spider is about to shoot the webs at Ruka, Ruka says, "Trap Card! Starlight Wall! With this card, I can end the battle phase! And you take damage to half of the attacking monster's DEF."
Mark says, "It is not targeting Uru, so the effect works."
"Way a go! Ruka!" Rua cheers. Shinji just jumps back as he gets damage. (Shinji:4000-2500)
"Why you...I set one card and end my turn." Shinji says angrily.
"My turn!" After drawing a card, Crow says, "I equip Spinning Blade of the Trailblazer to Raikiri! With this card, I can let Raikiri gain 800 ATK! (ATK:2600-3400) I also give you 400 damage for each monster that is used for the Synchro Summon! That means 800 damage."
Shinji covers his face as the attack hits. (Shinji:2500-1700)
Crow says, "Now battle! I attack your Pin the Bullseye with Raikiri!"
Shinji says, "By using my field's effect, I change your monster into DEF!"
"What?" Crow says as his monster is being tied up. "Damn it... I end my turn..."
"Since you control a Synchro Monster..." Shinji says. "You should get 1300 damage."
Ruka says, "I use Bio Dragon's effect! I detach one Overlay Unit to negate that effect!"
Bio Dragon absorbs the unit and then glows, causing the knife to be destroyed.
"Ruka..." Crow says.
"I don't care if you are Tops or Commons. What matters is doing right to help comrades." Ruka says as she gives Crow a thumbs up, who also gives back.
"Now my turn!" Ruka draws the card and says, "With the set scale, I Pendulum Summon! Come forth! The Glory light of protection, now become the very light that shines the way! Ancient Fairy Union Dragon!" (ATK:2100/DEF:3000 LV:7 PS:10)
The purple-colored Ancient Fairy appears on the field with a roar, Ruka says, "I use its effect, if this card is on the field, I can select a type and all monsters will become that type! I choose Insect Type!"
"What?" Shinji is surprised.
Choujiro says, "With all the monsters becoming Insect type, the effect of Spider Web is no use!"
"Way a go! Ruka!" Rua says.
"And since there are three monsters that switch into Insect Type. I can add 500 ATK for each one to my monster." (ATK:2100-3600)
"Battle! I attack Pin The Bullseye with Bio Dragon! Bio-Life!" Ruka yells.
Shinji says, "I activate my Nail of Darkness' effect, once per turn, I can negate the attack and then summon one Synchro Monster using the monsters in the deck as materials. I tune my two Level 3 Bee Force - Twin Bow the Continuous Attacker with Level 2 Bee Force - Needle the Stinger. Power in concert! Bear the flames of grudge and release the arrow of revolt! Synchro Summon! Level 8! Bee Force - Hama the Evil-Conquering Bow!" (ATK:2800/DEF:2000 LV:8)
Ruka says, "I still have Union Dragon! Go! Union Awaken!" Ruka yells.
Shinji grabs an Action Card and says, "I use Action Magic: Miracle. I negate my monster's destruction and half my battle damage."
Shinji covers his eyes as the impact hits him. (Shinji:1700-100) "Then I activate my Trap Card, Bee ware! You'll have to take the same damage with me!"
Ruka and Crow are shocked as they get hit by the bees. (Ruka:3800-2200)(ATK:2500-900)
Both people are now lying on the ground, the children yell, "Crow!" They try to get to Crow to make sure he is fine.
"No! Frank! Tanner! Amanda!" Yuya, Yuni, and Katrina stop them. Frank says, "Let go of us!"
Amanda says, "Yeah! Crow is hurt! We want to help him!"
Katrina says, "You can't do anything now! If you leave us, you'll immediately be sucked into Uru! You don't want that to happen, right?"
"But..." Tanner says. "But Crow..."
Yuya says, "Put faith in Crow and Ruka, I am sure that Crow and Ruka aren't going to lose this duel."
The kids then calm down and Yuya says, "Shinji! Just calm down and listen to us! We all know how Tops have robbed everything from Commons, and how the Security has been targetting Commons without a singular reason."
"What are you going on right now?" Shinji asks with annoyance.
"The real enemy is not the Tops!" Yuya says, "If anything, the real enemy is the director of Security!"
"What do you mean?" Shinji asks with shock.
Crow slowly wakes up and says, "Shinji...the Security and the Tops, they are being controlled by that damn Security Director..."
"What nonsense are you talking about? Controlled?" Shinji asks.
Crow says, "The director of Security isn't from our Dimension, he is from the place the same as Yuya and his friends' enemies. We saw some officers have been controlled by control chips, that is why they attack us with no reason!"
Shinji is shocked, then he shakes his head. "You must be tricking me. I will not believe this! My turn!" He draws the card and says, "I Tune Level 6 Voluge and Level 1 Pin with Level 5 Azusa! Tear down the wall of the haughty villains with the power of our gathered bonds! Synchro Summon! Appear now, Level 12! Bee Force - Big Ballista the Final Battle!" (ATK:3000/DEF:800 LV:12)
"Please Shinji..." Crow says.
"I use Big Ballista's effect, I banish all my monsters in my graveyard to make your monster's DEF 0!" Shinji yells to Crow. "And then when it battles a DEF position Monster, I can give Piercing damage! Battle! Big Ballista!" The bee monster is aiming at Crow, but Crow picks up an Action Card by his hand reach and says, "Action Magic, Evasion! I negate the attack."
"Then I use Hama to destroy Bio Dragon!" Shinji yells as the Bio Dragon gets destroyed. (Ruka:2200-1500)
"And finally, Uru, attack directly!" Shinji yells as the Spider tries to attack. Crow yells, "Shinji! If you don't believe me, then I'll force you! I use Trap Card, Black Memory Illusion!"
The card appears as Shinji widens his eyes. Then he watches the scene
Yuya says, "Well, it is complicated. But I have questions I need to ask you: Do you know who is the director of Security?"
"The Director? You mean the director Jean Michel Roget?" Kazama asks.
Serena flinches at the name, Sawatari asks, "What is wrong? Serena?"
"Jean Michel Roget...he is a traitor of Academia...so he is here..." Serena says.
"Why are you asking the Director's name?" Kazama asks. Yuya says, "From what I heard from Crow and Kiryu, Security sometimes captures innocent Commons. I know that the Tops and the Commons have a huge gap, but it doesn't make any sense. So I decided to find out the truth, and then I found this in your helmet."
Crow asks, "Wait, you did this all for us?"
"Yeah." Yuya says as he takes out the Control Chip. "The Control Chip, it is likely that the Director is the one who did this, since Roget was a man full of ambitions, he will like to play the king and control both Tops and Commons."
Crow says, "Wait, do you mean that the Security is victims just like us?"
Yuya says, "The reason I know this device, is because this device was made by my sister a couple of years ago. I am afraid that the director stole some of them when he was betraying Academia."
Kazama says, "Then if it is true...then how much Commons do I accidentally arrested..."
"I end the battle phase and summon a monster from my graveyard! I summon back Calm the Shimmer!"
Once Crow has summoned back his monster...Shinji says, "So the Security...and the Tops...they are like us...they also lost their freedom..."
"Now do you believe us?" Ruka asks.
Shinji says, "I end my turn..."
Crow looks at the frowning Shinji, and he says, "I'll end this turn! I summon Black Feather - Hurricane the Tornado! With this card, I tune Calm with Hurricane! Pitch-black gale, become the tailwind that ties our bonds! Synchro Summon! Take flight, Assault Black Feather - Sohaya the Summer Shower!"(ATK:1500/DEF:2000 LV:5)
As the second Synchro Monster appears, Crow says, "Now I tune Level 5 Sohaya with Level 7 Raikiri!"
"Wait, Raikiri isn't a Tuner, right?" Jean asks.
"If Crow is summoning that monster, it is a Tuner..." Reisho says.
"Jet-black wings, wield the power of thunder, and resonate through the skies! Synchro Summon! Slash! Assault Black Feather - Onimaru the Divine Swell!"(ATK:3000/DEF:2000 LV:12)
As the monster appears, Ruka says, "Crow, I'll lend you a hand." She grabs an Action Card and says, "Magic Destruction! I destroy Spider Web!"
"What?" Shinji is shocked as the webs are disappearing, causing Uru to get back to normal.
"Alright. Now he can attack Uru!" Yuni says.
"But they have the same ATK!" Yuya says.
Crow says, "My final card, I use Black Feather Forever! If there is a monster that is the same ATK as my monster, I can destroy that monster and give you damage equal to its ATK! I destroy Uru!"
Onimaru then jumps high and punches Uru, causing it to break apart. Shinji screams and he sees a scene.
A younger Crow and Shinji are at the orphanage, Shinji says, "Hey Crow, I know we are Commons, but my dream is to unite Tops and Commons together."
"Eh...isn't that hard?" Crow asks.
"I know. But I want everyone to be happy, no social status and no discrimination..." Shinji smiles.
"That is right..." Shinji says as he falls down to the ground once the field disappears. (Shinji:100-0)
"Shinji!" Everyone rushes to him as Crow shakes him. Shinji says, "I am sorry Crow...Ruka...for hurting you..."
He looks at Yuya, "Sakaki Yuya. I am sorry...I let my anger best of me...back then..."
"It is fine...we forgive you." Yuya says.
Before Shinji can turn into dust, Ruka's Pendant glows once more and revives the duelist. Uru also flies into Vivian's hand as she takes it.
Once the gate is closed and Shinji is back up, the kids are happy to have Shinji back. As for the group. Reiji says, "So that is one more..."
"Yeah...the one with my Mother..." Ruri says with a frown.
Shun says, "We will save her, as well as Father. So our family can be together again..."
Ron says, "Shun..."
They then all head towards the final gate, which is the Humming Bird Gate.
So about Shinji, I watched the anime and he wants the revolution, only to be stopped by Roget and he has said that he'll never forgive Yuya. But when Jack's duel, he suddenly doesn't hate him. I decided to write this duel so that I can write about Shinji's change of opinion of Yuya.
The next chapter will be the duel with the mother of the three Kurosaki Siblings. I hope you enjoy this chapter.
New OC Cards:
Bee Force Nail The Darkness
Dark Attribute LV:2 DPS:4 Insect/Dark Pendulum/Tuner/Effect ATK:100 DEF:200
Pendulum Effect: If your opponent declares an attack, once per turn, you can negate the attack and then Synchro Summon a Monster using monsters from the deck as materials.
Effect: When this card is used for Synchro Summon, you can give your opponent damage equal to the ATK of the total of ATK used for this monster.
Bee Force Knife The Slash
Dark Attribute LV:4 DPS:8 Insect/Dark Pendulum/Effect ATK:1000 DEF:1200
Pendulum Effect: At the opponent's end phase, if your opponent controls a Synchro Monster, that opponent will have to take damage equal to half the ATK of the Synchro monsters.
Effect: When this card is used for Synchro Summon, you can summon back a monster from the graveyard to the field if the monster is destroyed.
Earthbound Pendulum God Uru
Dark Attribute, Insect/Dark Pendulum/Effect LV:10 DPS:2 ATK:3000/DEF:3000
Pendulum Effect: When you have no monsters on the field, special summon this card to the field.
Effect: While this card is face-up on the field, "Earthbound God" monsters cannot be Summoned. If there is no face-up Field Magic Card on the field, the following effects are negated, and this card is destroyed during the End Phase: ● This card can attack your opponent directly. ● This card cannot be attacked by your opponent's monsters. ● This card is unaffected by the effects of your opponent's Magic/Trap Cards. ● Once per turn, you can summon an Extra Deck Monster to the field without summoning conditions and have its effect negated. It gains 1000 ATK for one monster that is summoned that way.
Starlight Wall:
Counter Trap
Effect: If a monster declares an attack, you can negate the battle phase and give the opponent damage equal to half of the Attacking monster's DEF.
Ancient Fairy Union Dragon:
Light Attribute, LV:7 PS:10
Fairy/Pendulum/Effect, ATK:2100/DEF:3000
Pendulum Effect: Once per turn, you can destroy a card in your opponent's hands
Effect: Once per turn: You need a Field Magic on the field, select a type, and then all monsters on the field become the same type as the one you declare. And with one monster who changes an Attack, you can add 500 ATK to this monster. You can also banish this card with three other Ancient Fairy Dragons with different summon methods to Integration Summon.
Bee Ware:
Trap Card.
Effect: When you take damage, your opponent has to take the same damage.
Black Memory Illusion:
Counter Trap.
Effect: Negate the battle phase and then summon back a monster from the graveyard.
Black Feather Forever:
Quick Play Magic:
Effect: If there is a monster that is the same ATK as your monster, you can destroy that monster and give your opponent damage equal to its ATK!