So, a while ago, there used to be a fanfic called "Yu-Gi-Oh Arc-V Shipping Collection", where the author, Valentine Uchu encouraged the Reviewers to roleplay with their OCs, a Scenario I had there with Yuri led to him challenging Valentine to a duel on the next Valentine's Day.
And this is me making that come true.
Yes, I technically did this for a bad pun's sake, but the 'out of milestone'-specials that will follow up this one won't be written for a silly reason, this one is just an exception.
L1 Yuri's POV
I picked up that mysterious card again and got transported to Maiami City.
At least, this is what it looks like, right Yuya?
"Yes, this is Maiami City.", he answered, "but why did it transport us here?"
What? You wanna know what this is about? Even though it was kind of mentioned a few lines above?
Fine, it's a weird story and don't tell anyone that it involved me, it's kind of an embarassing one as well.
Initially this card brought me to someone named Valentine Uchu, who apparently was some kind of all-powerful Guardian of a vast number of alternate universes. I don't remember every detail, but alas, it freaked me out.
Yes, that's possible and I hate thiat this happened as much as you do. But I can't let that slide, so I challenged her to a duel on Valentine's day.
"Did you do it because you thought it was a funny and that made you less scared?", Yugo teased me.
Silence! No, it's just a silly joke, nothing else! I can appreciate the simple joys of life, like that.
"So, the simple joys of life are bad puns to you?", Yugo muttered.
Yes, it's a secret that I rarely share with people and it has nothing to do with that slander of me being scared. That is an absolutely impossible Event.
"But you admitted it 7 lines above.", Yuto pointed out.
Argh! Let's just look after her and get this over with, then I can act like my usual self again! As much as sharing a Body with 3 strangers allows me to anyway. Which is not at all.
"Hey, Yuya!", I heard someone call me, but she did not sound like the Valentine I know.
"You remember her voice, but not her exact powerset?", Yuya said, dumbfounded, but I will not react to that.
"No, I'm just crazily similar-looking. It happens more often than you think.", I said, "do you know anyone named Valentine Uchu?"
"How is just asking random people going to work?", Yugo said, as dumbfounded as Yuya.
If this card brought us to Valentine's weird, Shipping-AU watch room first, and then here, it would stand to reason that Valentine lives here, so maybe she is known, even if her role as nigh-omnipotent guardian isn't.
Oh, about that Shipping? Don't ask. It doesn't matter.
"That... only makes halfway sense.", Yuto said, probably looking confused for once.
"Uh, Sorry, I don't.", the owner of that voice said, which was just some chubby girl, "though strangely enough, my name happens to be Valentine Shido."
"Yuri, don't tell me you assume-"
Wait, there's a ring on her hand. The Valentine I met earlier had the same one.
"That's amongst the details you bother remembering?!"
"That ring you're wearing... is that an ordinary one?", I asked her, narrowing my eyes.
"Uh, why would it be anything else?", she said uncomfortably.
"So, you're just a normal person with only ordinary abilties?", I pried further.
"Well... you wouldn't believe me anyways.", she dodged my question.
"I just implied I consider supernatural abilities a thing. So, there's a good chance that the one you have is something I'd believe.", I insisted.
"But even if she does have supernatural abilities and the same first name, she doesn't have to be the same person!", Yuto tried (and failed) to argue.
Please, that would be too much of a coincidence, she has to be connected at least!
"But if she isn't the same, then you didn't beat the first person to scare you if you challenge her right now!", Yuya joined the futile 'convince Yuri not to duel this girl'-Train.
Besides, while I only said something about the original Valentine Uchu, if the other one can get me closer to her, I take that chance.
And before Yugo has a chance to say anything, I'll most likely only listen to the stuff Valentine Shido said for now.
"I can hear duel Spirits. But I don't think this ring has anything to do with it. But yours seem...", she said, sounding scared.
Heh, this could make things more interesting, so I said: "Eh, I happen to be an Entertainment duelist, just like Yuya Sakaki, I'm just in the Horror genre! How about we try it out? If Horror's not your thing, well my spirits are suprisingly flexible and I can do somehing different with them! They just don't look the prettiest."
I hope she doesn't mind horror. That would give me a chance to show my true self, without worrying about consequences for all of us.
"That, didn't sound very convincing.", she said shyly, "Also, I have a deck, but I don't really duel."
"What, did my Spirits rat me o- WHAT DO MEAN, YOU DON'T DUEL?!", I gasped lividly. I know, that's a weird way to phrase it, but if you get that I'm suprised and angry at the same time, I don't care.
"I-i'm sorry!", ah dammit, I messed up and scared her after all, "I mainly use my duel disk's side functions, but my parents shelter me and most likely wouldn't want me to duel a random stranger I met on the street. Especially if you are a horror duelist!"
"Oh, but I'm really not the kind of creep your parents would warn you about.", I claimed.
"A duel soldier that wanted to card everyone else in the word isn't even the kind of creep her parents would be aware about.", Yuya deadpanned.
"Just admit you messed it up and return home!", Yugo urged me.
But why are we not in the same spot from using that card as last time? Aren't any of you curious about that? Maybe dueling Valentine Shido will actually bring us the answer.
"Just out of curiosity, where were you going to when you saw me? Maybe we could meet somewhere else than in the street.", I said in a seductive tone.
"Now you ARE acting like the kind of creep her parents would warn her about.", Yuto pointed out.
"I realize I'm not making a perfect Impression.", I admitted, "But I need to duel you to see if you have a connection to Valentine Uchu. Her supernatural abilities are far beyond talking with duel Spirits. We did agree to duel one day, but if my supernatural methods of transport didn't bring me here, then perhaps that chance is lost."
"Well, I can't just say that your story is crazy, since I am able to talk to the spirits of duel monsters, but I'm bad at dueling, so I probably won't be as good as someone who can do far more than talk to spirits."
"How about you communicate with your cards or something like that? Maybe they give you tips or you can draw the card you want by talking to its spirit.", I suggested. It was just random ideas, but maybe they could work.
"If she isn't a good duelist then defeating her won't mean anything.", Yuto said, "If we can't visit Valentine Uchu again, we have to live with that"
"Let's give Yuri this one duel. Maybe he manages to convince her.", Yuya said, "Or maybe it somehow alerts the real Valentine. If not, we leave."
Fine, I can live with that.
"I don't know if it can rearrange the cards in my deck, but maybe I'll see if we can do it, but only if you tell me everything else about your crazy story.
I-if that's no problem for you!", she said.
You're probably just here to see the duel, so I'll speed up my narration here. I left out the parts concerning Academia, since that wasn't relevant to to the
Ms. Uchu Scenario (and she might run away from me if I did tell), but she did get that I wanted to duel this person. Yuya and co. might insist I scared her into this, but she seemed to just be the kind of Person that gets scared easily, so I'm not a terrible guy at the moment.
"And you're the kind of person that scares others easily.", Yugo muttered.
I will ignore that. Anyways, she led me to her universe's version of You Show Duel School and- Oh, that thing. There's a Yuya in there.
"Yuya shouldn't be here for now, so don't worry about meeting someone who looks just like you.", Valentine said, having predicted my exact same thoughts.
Great, very convenient.
"Almost too convenient.", Yuto suspected.
Hey, now, never look a gift horse into the mouth. I don't see anyone of you wondering why was able to interrupt whatever she was doing to let this duel happen.
"Now that you mention it..", Yugo began and I will not let him continue.
"I don't know how to use the Action Duel System, so we will have to do without one. Is that alright?", she asked.
"Eh, I don't mind to just have some good old Standing duel, so let's bring it on!", I declared.
Yuri (4000lp) vs Valentine Shido (4000lp) This is master rule 3 btw
"Since you're still a beginner, I'll give you the first turn.", I said.
"A-alright, I'll...", she started thinking for a while, "Summon Flower Maiden Dahlia (ATK: 400) and set one card face-down. I think that's it for now. I'm sorry if this isn't good enough to attract the attention of this Universal Guardian."
"Don't worry, my moves will more than make up for that! Besides, there's no point burning out ourselves instantly. I summon Predaplant Flytrap, which lets me put a Predator Counter on your monster, reducing its Level to one.
Predaplant Banksia Ogre can be Special summoned by tributing a monster with a predator counter that you Control. (ATK: 2000)"
"That's no problem. I have a face-down card that can counter it, even if you attack!", she said, barely sounding confident.
"Nice try, bluffing me out, I activate Transmodify, sending Flytrap to the grave and summoning Darlingtonia Cobra in its place! (ATK: 1000) This lets me add Polymerization to my hand. With this, I fuse two plants in my hand to summon Chimerrafflesia! (ATK: 2500)
And now, I'll simply attack you with my monsters!"
Please, don't let this end as soon, just give her something that reduces damage.
"Uh, which of those was the first?", she asked.
"I'll be nice and say Rafflesia. It's something that punishes hight attack points, let's you survive, but doesn't make you win, am I right?", I predicted.
"Be nice? Why?", all of them said, puzzled at my statement.
Hey, I'll only have one chance at this (probably) so I don't want to ruin it. Besides, I won't be having many duels without the inclusion of Link Monsters for the time being.
On top of that, Valentine Uchu would surely notice if someone like me held back out of kindness, so it's a win-win
"My face-down card was Maiden's Pollination! It gives me one token for every 300 points of battle damage! (Valentine LP: 4000-1500)"
"So it was a bluff, but only halfways. But of course, my remaining monsters will take two of them out.", I said, "It's your turn."
"You know, there might be a way for us to duel each other in this strange mindspace.", Yuya suggested.
Yeah, if I wanted to duel the same person multiple times, I would never have used Academia's carding technology. Since I have a choice in this regard, I'll say no. Maybe I'll make an exception for Yuto someday, since I never faced him.
"My turn, draw! I activate Petal Havoc! I discard Petal Maiden Ginger and destroy all Special summoned monsters on the field!"
"Fine, but that includes the remaining tokens. And next turn, my Rafflesia will give me a card that allows Fusion summoning.", I said calmly.
"And now I'll use Flower Bloom! This lets me summon a Flower Maiden from my deck! I choose Peony. (ATK: 1600)",
I looked up what this card did, and- WHAT? The card can do something with Pendulum monsters?
"A pendulum-related effect, huh? Are they more common in this universe?", I asked her.
"Actually... it's complicated. Yuya is the only other one who has them. A-anyways, I attack directly with Peony!"
"I use the effect of Drosophyllum Hydra in my graveyard, I banish Moray Nepenthes, which was the other material for Chimarrafflesia and reduce Peony's ATK by 500! (Peony ATK: 1600-1100 Yuri LP: 4000-2900)"
So, she is no expert at dueling, but has pendulum monsters at her disposal, that's interesting.
"Well, I end my turn now.", she said.
"My turn, draw! In my Standby Phase, I add a card that lets me Fusion summon to my hand. I set it and the monster in my hand."
"This duel is moving very slowly. Will we be really be able to attract Valentine Uchu's Attention with that?", Yuto wondered.
We got through the first three turns pretty quickly, I don't know what you mean.
"That's what I was gonna say, but I think he means that very few cards were played in them. If all of your turns end up like that, it won't garner the attention of an interdimensional guardian.", Yugo said.
"But Yuri's turn had a lot more effects used than Valentine's and might make up for the lack of moves on her part. And besides, with the monster he set, it won't stay as simplistic for long.", Yuya tried to cheer me up, I assume.
"My turn again, draw. I use my own Polymerization."
"A Fusion user? I like that. Are they more common here?"
"No, that's... also a difficult story.", she said.
"Ah, pitiful, but then I wonder how you got acces to all of these summoning methods if you're just a novice."
"I fuse Peony and another copy of her to Fusion summon. Flowery Young Girls...", she then hesitated.
"This is her first summoning chant isn't it?", Yugo said.
"Don't worry about the dramatic introduction, this isn't a high-stakes duel. even with the purpose of getting the attention of a divine figure. It will be the strenght of our spirits that determine whether we will succeed."
Okay, what was that of me? When did I turn into "that"? Being in the same Body as the other three must have had even more adverse effects on my personality than I assumed. Why can't I be the one to rub off on the rest?
"Well Karma is a b-"
Is Yuto really going to say that? Is my assumption that only my personality has deteriorated from this Merger being proven wrong instantly?
"-ewildering thing.", Yuto finished.
Pitiful. But now I'll be the only one acting out of character. Even though I'm the most bothered by hiding my true self. Seriously, don't even make it seem like you are about to say something you'd never say. Unless... no that would only encourage you.
"I just summon Nature Maiden Snowdrop. (ATK: 2400-2600) Her boost is thanks to her ability giving her 200 attack Points for every plant monster I control."
So she really isn't that good. Or she is cautious and thinks my face-down Monster has more than 1600 DEF.
"I attack your face-down Monster."
"It's Morphing Jar! No we have to discard our hands- we may have none, but it's not worded like a cost for the following: We both draw 5 cards!"
"Yes!", Yugo said, "Now that both hands are refilled, Things won't get stale so soon!"
"Then, in my Main Phase 2, I also activate Seasonal Ritual! I Tribute Nature Maiden Summer.", she then took a deep breath, "Maiden of Nature, lower your scorching heats, to a reinvigorating Warmth. RITUAL SUMMON! Come forth, Nature Maiden Spring!" (ATK: 2600)
"Much better chant and I assume you're going to show me why instantly why you used a much stronger Monster to summon it?", I asked.
"Right, Spring allows me to revive Dahlia. Then I activate Natural Fusion to fuse Nature Maiden Rosemary and Flower Maiden Dahlia! Blooms and Fragrances unite….I'm Pretty new at this. Will our duel attract less attention if I'm not dramatic?"
"Eh, shame, your last one was almost good.", wait, did I just Insult her by accident? Shoot, better fix this, "by that I mean you should never give up, even when you are not good at all, because you can still get better! But It's more about power than Drama, so feel free to Fusion and Ritual summon without chants, as long as those monsters aren't bad card"
"That was an akward Display.", Yugo muttered.
And you're too smart to say the word 'display'. Too much? I don't care
"I'll summon Natuer Maiden Ivy! (DEF: 2000) Now Snowdrop gains 400 attack from both summons! (ATK: 2600-2800-3000) I end my turn with this."
"Then my turn! I activate the Continous Spell, Predapast! I reveal Predaplough, Predaplant Fly Hell and Predaplague! Now all of your Monsters gain a Predator Counter for each revealed Card and have one star left.
But that's not all. I activate Predaplough and summon Fly Hell. I place another counter on Ivy."
"But why would you give a Monster two counters? Does it get a negative Level now? Or Level 0, like XYZ monsters?", Valentine questioned.
"No, but Predaplough negates the effects of monsters with 2 predator counters and since a counter has been placed, will let me summon Predaplant Hemliger (ATK: 2000) from my deck and Hemliger gives every of my plant 1000 more attack Points! (Hemliger ATK: 2000-3000 Fly Hell ATK: 400-1400) Also
Hemliger also turns every Monster with a Predator counter into a plant and decreases the ATK of predaplants you control by 1000." (Snowdrop ATK: 3000-2000, Ivy ATK: 1000-0, Spring ATK: 2600-1600)
"That means I'll have 100 life Points left, if you attack spring with Hemliger and then you can destroy another Monster with Flytrap.", Valentine said.
"That's what I'll do.", I replied. (Valentine LP: 1500-100), "Then I attack Ivy with Flytrap , destroy it and turn Flytrap to a Level 9. In Main Phase 2, I use Downbeat and trade Flytrap for a second Hemiger. Now your last monster's ATK will 'Snowdrop' even furhter while my Liger's power will rise (Snowdrop ATK: 2000-1800-800 Hemliger ATK: 3000-4000)"
"... bad pun aside, that Liger could be considered the true ace, of your main deck at least.", Yuto commented.
Yeah, but I'm not superficially judging my cards according to their effects.
"By what then, looks?", Yugo asked.
It's too complex to explain (by that I mean, I don't want to) and not just for Yugo.
"Also, I end my turn. Perhaps you should talk to the spirits, maybe they actually can help you to draw what you need to turn this around.", I encouraged her. (purely because it would be boring for the duel to end right now. And because we can't catch the other Valentine yet with a duel like this)
"Are you sure this is possible? I mean how can talking to cards rearrange them?", she asked shyly
"It's just a vague idea I had. But if you don't ask if they have a way to help you, you'll never know. Using supernatural abilities to influence the outcome will only help us alert the other Valentine. Sure, I might be able to switch on Action Duels now, but... it feels dirty as opposed to telling you not to give up."
Great, now I have some strange moral Code. Does our fusion's influence know no Bounds? Why does increase so rapidly in this duel now?
"Alright, let's see…", Valentine closed her eyes and began to concentrate. For a few seconds. And then a minute. If this was an Action Duel, she would've been disqualified.
"Sorry it took that long, but I hope it worked. My turn, draw! Since you Control a Special summoned Monster, Seasoned Ritual can return itself to my Hand and search a Ritual Monster from my deck. But I can't summon the searched Monster this turn, I choose Natur Maiden Winter. I activate De-Fusion, Splitting Snowdrop into 2 Dahlia's again. I end my turn."
"Come on! I'm sure your deck can go better than De-Fusion!", I yelled.
"I-i'm sorry, I couldn't think of anything better at the Moment!", Valentine said meekly.
"Didn't you say you were going try and not scare her?", Yuya said.
"Well, perhaps that was too harsh, but how did you try to use your power?", I asked.
"Well, I thought of the cards I had in my deck and I couldn't think of anything better, I haven't memorized everything."
"Well, maybe the spirits of your cards know what could help you. But this will be the last time that I've helped you.", I said and drew my card.
"Alright, I'll promise I'll use it better!", Valentine said.
"I start by using Magical Mallet to shuffle itself and all other cards in my Hand back into my deck! I activate Dark Fiber Jar, which turns all Monsters in your Graveyard into the Dark Attribute during the activation of my effects, then I flip up my face-down Fusion of the haunted, which allows me to treat monsters that were destroyed during a turn as Fusion materials. I also set two cards."
"My turn, draw! I activate another Natural Fusion!", Valentine announced, "Since you have at least one Special summoned Monster with at least 7 stars, I can use Flower Maiden Dahlia from my graveyard as Fusion material, with the Dahlia from my graveyard and the Nature Maiden Winter in my Hand I summon my second Nature Maiden Ivy! (ATK: 1000)"
"I use my dark Seed Planter, turning Ivy into a dark Attribute, also I can negate all attack from Dark Attribute monsters. Furthermore if you read Hemliger's effect, he can basically increase the counter Output of all my cards by one, meaning that your ability to counter Special summons and to protect yourself from damage will be gone easily."
"That Lion-Tiger thing is seriously OP.", Yugo muttered.
"Well, but I won't give up! I end my turn."
"My turn, draw! I unfortunately have to pass here.", I said.
"My turn, draw! I summon Petal Maiden Ginger and banish her to revive Nature Maiden Rosemary!(ATK: 2300) Who allows me to recover Earth-Plants from my Graveyard for every Special summoned monster on the field! In this case four!"
"Oh, so you took a look at it yourself and realized that Dark Fiber Jar only counts for my own card effects? Not so fast! I use my Raigeki Break to discard one card and destroy Rosemary! The effect still resolves, but you only get to bounce back three!"
"However only the monsters I had when you activated Dark Seed Planter become dark, which mean, they are unaffected by Rosemary's drawback of only being able to use the powers of Earth-monsters this turn!", Valentine deduced.
"But if one more monster meets its doom this turn, I get to fuse!", I reminded her.
"That'll not happen!", she said excitedly, wait does she have a way to win in her graveyard?, "I recover Rosemary herself, Nature Maiden Summer and one Peony! Now with my Ritual Spell, I sacrifice Summer for Winter! (ATK: 2000) With Winter on the field, all other Ppants wilt and Freeze until they have no ATK or effects left and they all stay in their current position! (Hemliger ATK: 4000-0) And all of that power goes to Winter herself! (ATK: 2000-4000-6000) by that I mean their base attack stat. Now I attack the left Hemliger!"
"Well... Looks like it'll end too quickly after all.", Yugo gulped.
Ts, you should have looked at the card I discarded.
"But now I can activate the effect of Reckless Survivor From my Graveyard!", I countered, "This little Warrior lets me destroy all but one card and go straight to the End Phase if an attack occurs that would deal lethal damage to me. The surviving card will be Fusion of the Haunted!"
"That card seemed weirdly out of place for your deck. And it's oddly specific.", Valentine pointed out.
Seriously? THAT card set her off?!
"Well, you're not the only one with supernatural skills related to duels. Mine allows me to draw cards like I need it. And even make new ones. I just discreetly used it."
"That's interesting, but also kind of unfair.", she said.
"Well, impressing you is unfortunately not the goal here, but someone else with a supernatural power and I have to sacrifice some duel chivalry for it .", That first half of this sentence was so unnecessarily akward, that you are only seing an edited version now.
"Yuri's poor social skills aside, that was a stupid move.",Yuya said.
Well, all I ever had to do was card people, so how should I have aquired them, and why are you saying insults right now? I'm the only one that gets to act very different from his normal self! And besides, as Entertainment duelist you should appreciate sudden unexpected turnarounds like that!
And Action Cards aren't exactly a better way to create them.
If you are curious about how it would look like for Yuya to get angry under nonserious/-world ending circumstances, then I have to dissapoint you, because I did not pay attention to his grand speech defending Action Cards. I guess at least I have an adverse effect on him as well.
Geez, this whole thing is way too zany and weird, but I can't let it end just yet...
"Anywaaaay! With Fusion of the Hauned, I can fuse both of my destroyed Hemligers into Greedy Venom Fusion Dragon! (ATK: 3300) And my turn, draw! First, I use Greedy Venom's effect to reduce the ATK of Nature Maiden Winter to Zero and negate her effects. (ATK: 2000-0)
Now..."
Dang it, I didn't really create the right card to prolong this…. but there is till one option left to at least make this a Little bit more impressive.
"You know, it would be awfully boring to end this with just an attack, So I activate Pot of Avarice! I shuffle the Hemliger's A Flytrap, Drosophyllum Hydra, Morphing Jar and Reckless Survivor in my deck to draw two cards!
Next, I summon Chlamydosundew (ATK: 600) and activate the card Aurora Draw! With this I draw two cards, since I have none left in my hand."
"So, are you sure this is still gonna get her attention? If you had to hold back to make Things more flashy?", Valentine wondered.
"Me turning from my original self into a strange showman isn't something you can overlook! And I'm going to go crazy and wild with my card-creating power now!", I declared, "However, first I activate Gourmet Fusion! This requires me to pay 2000 life Points! (Yuri LP: 2900-900) But in exchange I get a high Level Fusion Monster without needing material! I choose Predaplant Dragostapelia! (ATK: 2700) Dragostapelia will place another Predator counter on Nature Maiden Winter!
Now Sundew will turn her Attribute into dark and he lets me Fusion summon with her."
"You're going to fuse with 4 monsters now?"
"Now just them! I activate Dragon's Mirror! I use all of the monsters on the field, and from my graveyard, banish Banksia Ogre, Darlingtonia Cobra and the second Fly Hell! Now since I waived it for Greedy Venom, time for a chant fitting of this beast! Thousands of wilted Flora, Dragon of life-destroying substance, amalgamate your essence and create a deadly force never seen before! FUSION SUMMON! Come forth, Level 12, Ravenous Rancor Legion Dragon! (ATK: 3300)"
Imagine Greedy Venome was tortured and cut into pieces, then those pieces were loosely re-assembled, as in, as if every pieces of a puzzle is one meter away from its correct spot, then those spaces were filled with rotten plants, soaked in poison. Ans that's just a vague image of the new card.
"Well... I'd have no trouble believing you're a horror-themed Entertainment duelist now. Not that I had any before, at least deckwise.", Valentine gulped.
"Relax, we don't have Solid Vision with mass on. Now for my creature's effect. If it uses 3 or moe Fusion materials it gains 500 for every material that just had dark Attribute during Fusion, that mean 500 for Nature Maiden winter (ATK: 3300-3800) and for every Fusion Dragon or Predaplant 800 which means 4800 for the rest! (ATK: 3800-8600)
With 4 or more materials, it can banish cards from your graveyard up to the number of its materials and gain their ATK, I choose, Nature Maiden, Summer Spring and Ivy! (ATK: 8600-14000)"
"Aren't you going way overboard now? This card's effect are crazy!", Yugo worried.
This whole situation and how it came to be is completely and utterly insane! I just decided to roll with it and turn it into a deadly weapon!
"That was just a figure of speech right? If she gets shredded by that thing…. you won't get that other duel. While that other Valentine isn't one keen on interfering, I doubt she would be pleased if you went beyond carding and literally tore someone to pieces."
Have you forgotten that we aren't using Solid Vision right now? Besides, I don't have a reason to card her and this may not be our only fight. And next time, we won't be forced to go crazy with our dueling superpowers and I can enjoy a nice duel without Link Monsters.
"But couldn't you duel us?", Yuto wondered, "Surely we could find a way to duel each other in this mindscape, as we pointed out before. And when did your mind on intentional rematches change?"
I can occasionally play on 'easy mode' with this Valentine and then there's what I said 3 lines above. If I can't be the vicious soldier, can I at least change my mind in a short amount of time?.
"She could've beat you at one point.", Yuya pointed out.
That's just because this wasn't a regular scenario and I was not taking it seriously. Besides, if you don't take changes of defeating your opponent for whatever reason, you deserve to loose. I technically did that too here, but some people just don't get what they deserve. Now can I get back to explaining that overcomplicated card effect?
"At 5 materials, Ravenous Rancor allows me to draw one card for every 2000 ATK it has, in this case seven!"
"That's an insane card! I don't know what to think!", Valentine gasped, "And it's body is covered with the spirits of my monsters. "
"Then just be impressed. You know, maybe I'll duel you again, regardless of meeting that other Valentine. But maybe a duel without our crazy powers." I said, "Also, at six materials, he can equip monsters from my hand to himself and gain their ATK and effects! I choose Banksiogre, Spinodionea, another Moray Nepenthes, Ophrys Scorpio and another Darlingtonia Cobra! (ATK: 14000-21600)"
"Let me guess.", Valentine said, "You're going to show me the final effect now? And this one will let you win instantly. But what crazy ability can it have after all of this?"
"The last one is simple and effective. And It's actually two. If you had multiple monsters he could battle all of them, but he can also create the Illusion of a fight. To put in in Laymans Terms, He can compare his ATK to the power of any other monster and deal effect damage equal to the difference, and that would work even if you somehow were stronger! But I already used your last Monster as fusion material, so it will be one simple strike!
Final Strike, Toxic Rain! (Valentine LP: 100-21600=0)
For the final move, Rancor spread his wings as wide as it could, turned all of his equipped monsters, materials and the ones he absorbed into one huge purple cloud of poisonous gas, which turned everything in our sight into ist colour as it rained down. Heh, quite spectacular, I might say.
WINNER: Yuri
"I COULD have finished this in an honest manner..", I'm weirdly starting to get used to this, please don't let this last!, "But we needed to make sure that this would get the attention of a interdimensional being, so I had to go stupidly crazy with my own."
"Did it work, did we get that other Valentine's Attention? And how do we know?", Valentine asked, looking a bit dizzy from everything in her sight turning Purple from my final move.
"I don't know, maybe I should take a look at the card that brought me here.", I guessed. It seemed to be just a blue translucent card and nothing else.
"Can you still go back to your own world?!", Valentine worried.
"Yes, I can feel it would bring me back.", I said, "but maybe-"
Then it started glowing, even though I did not attempt to reuse its power.
"That seems to be the sign.", Valentine guessed.
I found myself inside a strange void, alongside Valentine, but unlike in my previous conversation with Valentine Uchu, it seemed oddly misty in there.
"Uchu? The extremly powerful girl with my name? Are you somewhere in here?", Valentine Shido asked into this void.
"Yes I am.", Valentine Uchu said.
"Now, are you ready for that duel? It is fourteenth of february now, after all!", I said.
"You wanted to duel her exactly on Valentine's day, really?", Valentine said.
"Really?", I repeated at her, "a bad pun is what you are concerned about now?"
"Unfortunately, I am not.", Valentine Uchu answered, "Things aren't as simple for me right now."
"Why can't you duel Yuri?", Valentine Shido asked.
"Before, I just had to watch over the Alternate Universes, but now... I have to interfere for myself in a certain one. My Story might have been very different if things had gone in another way there."
"Really? What AU? Why could it lead to you having to interfere?", I asked.
"I can't tell you that. If you will ever be part of tiat Story, it would be better if you found out about it on your own.", Uchu answered, "I don't want to give you false hopes, but I can't confidently confirm that you won't be a part of it either."
"Fine, just be Miss Cliché 'n' Cryptic.", I spat, "Come on, if you're really that strong, the duel would be over faster than this conversation anyway!"
"The question should be, do you still need it?", Valentine Uchu asked.
"Wait, Yuri, you said you were afraid of that Valentine, weren't you?", Valentine Shido said, "And you dueled me, to hope get her attention, didn't you?"
"Yes, what is your point?", I asked angrily.
"Well, you conquered your fear already with the previous duel."
"Oh, come on!", I said, "Like I wanted to do that! I am sick of being trapped in here with all the others in this Body! I just wanted a no-strings attached duel with a strong opponent, as separate from this bizarre adventure that I got shanghaied into as possible!"
"Wait, there're other people inside of you?", Shido gasped.
"Eh, it's complicated. Don't even bother to ask about the rest I mentioned.", I said.
"Well, you also had that duel.", Uchu argued.
"So, this is like the wizard of Oz, except we only find out your wish at the end.", the other Valentine said.
"Well, fine I got a break from all of this.", I admitted begrudgingly, "Even though my opponent could've been a better duelist."
"Hey!", the small Valentine objected.
"And you only remember this while you're in here, which means...",Yuto said.
"And one of my other self is bringing up that I cannot carry over the memories to my homeworld, which means there unfortunately won't be much of a relaxation effect from this break, either way.", I said.
"And even then, you said something about dueling me again.", Valentine Shido said.
"Since you want these no-strings attached duel as break from this adventure you got shanghaied into on 'easy mode' too, apparently", Yugo mocked.
"Well...", I said.
"And If I somehow get too strong, I can look for duelist that's not as big of a veteran as me! And if I don't get better and you still want someone stronger, I'm sure there is someone much stronger for you to duel!", Valentine Shido said.
So she countered my difficulty Argument, without even me bringing it up. *sigh*
"Grr…. well maybe, but None of them are on the Level of a universal watcher, like Valentine Uchu!", I said.
"I'm afraid that's an issue you won't resolver that easily.", Valentine Uchu said.
"Well, you win some, you lose some", Yuya said.
"*sigh*, I guess I can live with that.", I said, "Then I'm ready to return. But uh, give me a few minutes to talk with my other selves."
"That is no problem.", Valentine Uchu said.
"Then, until next time, I guess. Maybe.", Valentine Shido said. And the both of them dissapeared and the only thing that was in the room was the Teleportation card.
"Uh, what exactly are we gonna talk about?", Yugo asked.
I meed some time to think about this whole thing. If I ever go here another time, I don't want to spend the first ten minutes thinking "what the heck happened last time?"
"Uh, I guess this was weird towards the end. I hope we didn't use up this ability when summoning Ravenous Rancor cause that was crazier than any card we have seen."
The setup to this was weird. We pick up a card of the ground get transported there, Talk to this weird guardian figure, that spends her time viewing Brief episodes of alternate romantic Pairings, have a small chat, I am afraid for once in my life, challenge her on a duel, with the sheduling being based solely on a pun. Also, we only remember the details of the realm as long as we are inside.
As for the duel itself, I did make it very clear that I was embracing and weaponizing that weirdness. Also, nnow that I look back at my deck, it seems to be vanishing, so cards that were created in here also cannot be carried over
"Yeah, speaking of that, These fourth wall breaking gags don't suit us. Even in this non-canon scenario.", Yuya said.
Agreed, we won't go into that territory for the rest of this conversation. I'll need to tone them down, maybe they are even so toned down by the Point of release that this exchange will make no sense. Or it was made worse, I have no idea as of writing this down.
"I think the important thing is what happened to the other Valentine.", Yuto said.
Let's not worry about that unless we're actually dragged into her story, that's what Valentine Uchu said herself.
"Perhaps you're both right.", Yuto admitted.
"Then what about those cards Valentine Shido had?", Yugo wondered, "Plants that counter Special summon... if she gets more experienced with it, she's going to be a very dangerous duelist."
Indeed. So I guess she has to show me some of the newbies of this world if I go there again for 'easy mode'.
"So, you're serious about going here again?", Yugo asked.
I don't know. I could return here very soon. It could be never or just a long while. This was different from the usual stuff since I've gotten stuck with you. It wasn't anything like the time each of us was one person...
Huh, I don't actually have that many ideas what to talk about right now, but it didn't have to be a Grand ending speech
But I'll say, it's something I could get used to, if I ever were able to retain it's memories into my own life.
Maybe after we've solved everything in the new world.
Funfact, most of this chapter was improvised, I only began making notes to myself of *do this and that* around halfway through the duel.
While this chapter's intentional zanyness may not be everyone's thing, I feel like this special was better than the last one, at least it was a lot more fun to write.
Also, I used the anime effect of Magical Mallet in this Scenario (as I did in a recent chapter of Arc-VRAINS)
And another side note: Fusion of the Haunted, a card that utilizes destroyed monsters as material is an idea that I had for a while, but since I want to minimize the number of super situational cards, I don't think this card will migrate over into canon, same actually goes for Dark Fiber Jar. (Also, Dark Desertapir has next to know similarities to the original either. before you tell me that.) Though for that one I vaguely remembered the originals name and nothing else when thinking of a name for that particular effect. (though originally it would have made them DARK at any given time)
And to adress Ravenous Rancor and the other stuff, it was just a weird joke. I won't use him (maybe the name, but then with a very different effect) in the Canon Arc-VRAINS! While the story does feature a power for creating cards, I won't ever pull something like Legion Dragon in a serious context. And to warn you for the next annual Special, I am in the process of writing it at the Moment and I will fo intentionally crazy there as well. At one point in the duel at least.
If you liked Valentine or her deck, Valentine Shido; her creator with the same name has started a new story with her as the Main Character
And I bet some of you might take an issue with how she has Fusion and Ritual monsters, even though she isn't supposed to the best kind duelist and only those get access to the other summoning methods in Arc-V.
The Explanation is: Valentine Shido has sent me ALL cards that are in her deck, I don't know if she will have all of them instantly, she could have planned far ahead for all I know.
And some of the Maiden cards might be subject to change before their first appearance in the story, should you feel like they are broken.
Also , this story has finally gained a favorite! Welcome Shakalos123!
And here's the three Chapterly Questions:
QOTC1: What do you think about the way I name the cards? As in "most of the time, TCG name/OCG name If I used it before the international release/sub name for some Action Cards." It's technically very inconsistent, but should I go as far as to edit the naming?
QOTC2: Since apart of the cards that have a different effect in my fanfic, there are that have a different effect than in real life. Should I add a list for those on my profile?
Most people don't note the convenience changes they make to each card and I wonder whether I should stay on this middle ground or take the listing further
QOTC3: Since it was teased in the chapter, should I seriously consider a Valentine vs Yuri rematch as a future Special? Or should it happen "never" after all?
OC cards from Valentine:
[Name: Flower Maiden Dahlia]
[Type: Plant / Effect]
[Level: 4]
[Attribute: EARTH]
[ATK: 400]
[DEF: 1900]
[Effect: If your opponent controls a Special Summoned monster, you can Special Summon this card (from your hand). This card can be treated as 2 Tributes for the Tribute Summon of a Level 7 or higher "Nature Maiden" monster. If this card would be used as Material for the Xyz Summon of a "Nature Maiden" monster, you can treat it as 2 monsters.]
[Name: Maiden's Pollination]
[Type: Normal]
[Effect: If you took battle damage this turn: Special Summon 1 "Seed Token" (Plant-Type/EARTH/Level 1/ATK 100/DEF 100) for every 300 points of battle damage
[Name: Petal Havok]
[Type: Normal]
[Effect: Discard 1 "Petal Maiden" monster in your hand. Destroy all Special Summoned monsters on the field.]amage you took from that battle.]
[Name: Petal Maiden Ginger]
[Type: Plant / Pendulum / Effect]
[Level: 2]
[Attribute: EARTH]
[Pendulum Scale: 9]
[Pendulum Effect: Once per turn: You can target 1 Normal Summoned monster your opponent controls; negate its effect until the end of the turn.]
[ATK: 500]
[DEF: 500]
[Effect: During your Main Phase: You can banish this card face-up from your field; Special Summon 1 Level 5 or higher "Nature Maiden" or "Flower Maiden" monster from your Graveyard.]
[Name: Flower Bloom]
[Type: Normal]
[Effect: If you control no monsters: Special Summon 1 Level 4 or lower "Flower Maiden" monster from your hand or Deck. You can only activate 1 "Flower Bloom" per turn. You cannot Special Summon monsters during the turn you activate this card, except EARTH Plant-Type monsters.]
[Name: Flower Maiden Peony]
[Type: Plant / Effect]
[Level: 4]
[Attribute: EARTH]
[ATK: 1600]
[DEF: 1000]
[Effect: If this card is destroyed by battle and sent to the Graveyard: You can Special Summon 1 "Flower Maiden" monster from your Deck, except "Flower Maiden Peony". If this card is destroyed by a card effect: You can add 1 "Petal Maiden" Pendulum Monster from your Deck or face-up Extra Deck to your hand.]
[Name: Nature Maiden Snowdrop]
[Type: Plant / Fusion / Effect]
[Level: 6]
[Attribute: EARTH]
[Summoning Conditions: 2 "Flower Maiden" monsters]
[ATK: 2400]
[DEF: 2000]
[Effect: This card gains 200 ATK for each Plant-Type monster you control. When this card is Fusion Summoned: Destroy all Special Summoned monsters your opponent controls. While this card is on the field; all Plant-Type monsters you control cannot be targeted or destroyed by card effects.]
[Name: Seasonal Ritual]
[Type: Ritual]
[Effect: This card can be used to Ritual Summon any "Nature Maiden" Ritual Monster. You must also Tribute monsters from your hand or field whose total Levels equal or exceed the Level of the Ritual Monster you Ritual Summon. If your opponent controls a Special Summoned monster: You can return this card from the Graveyard to your hand and add 1 "Nature Maiden" Ritual Monster from your Deck to your hand, but you cannot summon it the turn you activate this effect.]
[Name: Nature Maiden Summer]
[Type: Plant / Ritual / Effect]
[Level: 8]
[Attribute: EARTH]
[ATK: 2800]
[DEF: 2000]
[Effect: You can Ritual Summon this card with "Seasonal Ritual". While this card is on the field; All other Plant-Type monsters you control gains 1000 ATK and DEF during damage calculation only. If you control another Plant-Type monster, your opponent cannot target this card for attacks or effects.]
[Name: Nature Maiden Spring]
[Type: Plant / Ritual / Effect]
[Level: 8]
[Attribute: EARTH]
[ATK: 2600]
[DEF: 2000]
[Effect: You can Ritual Summon this card with "Seasonal Ritual". Once per turn: You can target 1 Plant-Type monster in your Graveyard or hand; Special Summon it. Monsters Special Summoned by this effect gain 500 ATK and DEF.]
[Name: Natural Fusion]
[Type: Normal]
[Effect: Fusion Summon 1 "Nature Maiden" Fusion Monster from your Extra Deck, using monsters from your hand or field as Fusion Materials. If your opponent controls a Level 7 or higher Special Summoned monster; you can also banish 1 "Nature Maiden", "Petal Maiden", or "Flower Maiden" Monster from your Graveyard as material.]
[Name: Nature Maiden Rosemary]
[Type: Plant / Effect]
[Level: 7]
[Attribute: EARTH]
[ATK: 2300]
[DEF: 1700]
[Effect: Once per turn: You can target EARTH Plant-Type monsters in your Graveyard up to the number of Special Summoned monsters on the field; add them to your hand. You cannot activate non-EARTH monster effects during the turn you activate this effect.]
[Name: Nature Maiden Ivy]
[Type: Plant / Fusion / Effect]
[Level: 7]
[Attribute: EARTH]
[Summoning Conditions: 1 "Nature Maiden" + 1 1 "Flower Maiden" monster]
[ATK: 1000]
[DEF: 2000]
[Effect: Cannot be destroyed by battle or card effects, also you take no battle damage from attacks involving this card. If this card battles a Special Summoned monster; banish the monster and inflict 500 damage to your opponent. If this card battles a Pendulum Monster: After damage calculation; destroy all monsters in your opponent's Pendulum Zones.]
[Name: Nature Maiden Winter]
[Type: Plant / Ritual / Effect]
[Level: 8]
[Attribute: EARTH]
[ATK: 2000]
[DEF: 2000]
[Effect: You can Ritual Summon this card with "Seasonal Ritual". While this card is on the field; all other Plant-Type monsters are switched to Defense Position, their DEF and ATK drops down to 0, and their effects are negated. Their battle position cannot be changed. This card gains ATK equal to the original ATK of all Plant-Type monsters on the field. This card can attack twice per turn.]
Here my own OC cards, those that never appeared in Arc-VRAINS so far are in italics:
Predaplough
Continous Spell
You can Special summon a Predaplant from your deck when a Predator Counter is placed on a Monster. Monsters with multiple Predator Counters on them have their effects negated.
Predaplague
Normal Spell
Special summon up to one Predaplant from your Extra Deck, for every non-Fusion Monster on the field that was summoned from the extra deck and place a Predator counter on those non-Fusion monsters.
Predaplant Hemliger
Level 8, Dark, Plant, Effect
ATK: 2000
DEF: 1400
When a Predator Counter is placed on a Monster, by a different Cards effect, you can place another Predator Counter on a different Monster on the field. All monsters on the field with Predator Counters are treated as Predaplants.
All Predaplants you Control gain 1000 ATK Points, all Predaplants your opponent controls lose 1000 ATK.
Dark Fiber Jar
Continous Spell
The Attribute of all monsters in the GY becomes dark, during the activation of your effects that affect cards there.
Fusion of the Haunted
Continous Trap
(Quick effect) You can treat monsters that were destroyed this turn in either players GY as Fusion materials, but the same card cannot become a Fusion material twice this way.
Reckless Survivor
Level 1, Earth, Warrior, Effect
ATK/DEF: 0
If this card is in your graveyard, you can, during your opponent's battle Phase, destroy all cards you Control except one and if you do, it becomes the end Phase of this turn. You can only use this effect once per duel.
Gourmet Fusion
Literally identical to Instant Fusion, except with a 2000lp cost and summoning Level 6 or higher. Am I allowed to be lazy here? I do type out the effect of very Reinforcement of the Army and Allure of Darkness clone, so please forgive me.
Ravenous Rancor Legion Dragon
Level 12, Dragon, Dark, Fusion, Effect
ATK: 3300
DEF: 2500
Material: Any number of Fusion Dragon or Predap monsters (min 1)+ any number of monsters with Predator Counters
If this card is Fusion summoned, this card gains the following effects, depending on the number of materials.
2+: Once per turn you can target one Level 5 or higher Monster your opponent controls, negate ist effects, its ATK become Zero and replace this effect with all of that monster's effects.
3+: This card gains 800 ATK for every Predaplant and fusion dragon that was used as material and 500 for every other monster.
4+: When this card is summoned, banish monsters from your opponents GY up to the numbers of materials used for this card and if you do, it gains ATK equal to the monsters combined ATK.
5+: Once per turn, you can draw one card for every 2000 ATK points this card has
6+: Once per turn, you can equip monsters from your hand to this card and it gains ATK equal to the total ATK of all monsters equipped to this card.
7+: This card can attack all monsters your opponent controls, once each. Once per turn, you can target one monster your opponent controls, inflict damage to your opponent equal to the difference in ATK between this and that Monster.
Altered cards:
Chimerrafflesia
searches any Card that allows Fusion summon, otherwise like IRL card
Predaplant Chlamydosundew:
Monsters with a Predator Counter that you use as Fusion Materials are treated as dark-attribute. If you would Fusion Summon expand the usable Fusion Materials to Monsters with Predator Counters your opponent Control. (instead of being able to start a fusion summon on its own)
Aurora Draw:
Doesn't need a Meklord. just an empty hand.