Chapter Two: Past vs. Present
Duel Recap
Manjyome LP: 3900
Monsters:
None
Spell/Traps:
None
Kuchinawa LP: 3900
Monsters:
Yae
Spell/Traps:
Shrine Hidden in the Forest
"This is a very close duel." Sho said. "They both have the same life points and it seems like neither one's backing down."
Winged Kuriboh appeared on Judai's shoulder. "Kruii!"
Yeah I know partner. Judai thought. I got a bad feeling about that shrine too. There must be some other reason he played it than to give his ninjas a slight power boost, but I'm not sure I want to know what it is.
"Alright it's my move!" said Manjyome. "And I summon X-Head Cannon in attack mode!"
The robot appeared on the field.
X-Head Cannon
Level 4
Machine/Light
1800/1500
"Now X-Head Cannon attack!"
X-Head Cannon fired at Yae and destroyed her.
Kuchinawa LP: 3400
"Now I'll play one card facedown, that will end my turn, but that just goes to show you can't beat progress."
"Progress." said Kuchinawa. "It was progress that ruined my clan and my life. Thanks to your family!"
"His family? said Tyranno.
"Yes, it's because of the Manjyome family that my clan can never know that glory they once had!"
Flashback
The Ninja were once feared and respected throughout Japan; the warlord who had our loyalty soon had the loyalty of entire regions. But when westerners introduced guns and cannons the Ninja and our counterparts the Samurai were soon considered obsolete by modern society. However my grandfather trained me at his dojo in old ways since I was a boy.
"Keep it up!" said Kuchinawa's grandfather as a young Kuchinawa was doing sit ups while hanging from a rope.
"Yes Grandfather! I'll make you proud!"
I knew that I was destined for more than the mundane life my parents chose, and as I grew some of my closest friends joined me. It seemed that a new generation of ninja was about to appear, that was until your parents interfered.
"Let's get down to business." said Manjyome's mother a powerful real estate broker. "You are going to close this school and sell it me."
"And give me one good reason why would agree to that?" said Kuchinawa's grandfather.
Manjyome's father, the head of a manufacturing company smirked. "Because if you don't I'll close down the factory in this town and leave everyone in it, including your son, without a job!"
End Flashback
"Your parents crushed any chance for my clan regaining their former honor, so now I will crush you and brothers plans on controlling the world!"
"Are you done?" Manjyome asked. "Listen I don't care what my parents did or about my brothers' plan, all I care about is becoming the best duelist in the world and no one, especially a pathetic duelist like you is going to stop me!"
"Pathetic!"
"Look the Ninja had served their purpose, the old crumbles before the new, that's just the way things are."
"I'll show you pathetic!" Kuchinawa said as he drew a card.
"It's so sad." said Mika. "He feels that he's the only one who can help his family get back what was precious to them."
"Yeah." said Shingo. "I wonder if my sister felt the same way, like the burden of saving the world was on her shoulders alone."
"But your sister had something Kuchinawa doesn't." said Judai.
"What's that Judai?"
"The same thing we got, friends who stick with you no matter what!"
"It's my move." said Kuchinawa. "And I play the only card in my hand, Card of Sanctity! Now we must both draw until we have six cards each!"
"Whatever." said Manjyome.
Kuchinawa built his chakra. "Now I play Monster Reborn to revive Ninja Lady Yae!" reappeared on the field. "Next I summon Mighty Ninja Goemon in attack mode!" a ninja in an orange uniform with black hair appeared on the field.
Mighty Ninja Goemon
Level 4
Warrior/Earth
1000/1400
"And let's not forget Shrine Hidden in the Forest gives him a power boost!"
Mighty Ninja Goemon 1200/1400
"You may want to check your math." said Manjyome. "Both of your monsters attack points are still lower than my X-head Cannon's."
"And you may want to know about Goemon's special ability. Whenever he does battle with a monster in attack mode its attack power doubles!"
Mighty Ninja Goemon 2400/1400
"Mighty Ninja Goemon attack X-Head Cannon with Sudden Impact!"
Goemon's hair turned blonde as a gold aura surrounded him and he sliced X-Head Cannon in half.
Manjyome LP: 3300
"You activated my trap card, Chthonian Blast!" said Manjyome. "Since you destroyed one of my monsters I can destroy one of yours and you take half of its attack points in damage!"
Goemon then was destroyed in an explosion.
Kuchinawa LP: 2900
"No matter, Ninja Lady Yae attack his life points directly!"
Yae slashed Manjyome.
Manjyome LP: 2000
"And to continue my turn I play Earth Revival Jutsu! This quickplay spell card allows me to revive a monster that was destroyed on the same turn it was activated, so return Mighty Ninja Goemon!"
Goemon returned to the field.
"And now I play the permanent spell card Bushido!"
Judai looked confused. "Bu-shi-what?"
Shingo sighed. "Bushido was a code the Samurai lived by."
"It's more than that." said Daichi. "The Bushido spell card forces any player with a monster in attack mode to attack once and only one per turn and then the opposing player then chooses the target of that attack. Since Goemon's attack power doubles when ever it does battle with an attack position monster this makes for a devastating combo."
"But that means Manjyome has to summon a monster with more than 2400 attack points in order to stand a chance!" said Sho.
"Now I play one card facedown and end my turn." said Kuchinawa.
Manjyome made his move. "I summon Soul Tiger in defense mode!"
A tiger made of blue flames appeared.
Soul Tiger
Level 4
Beast/Earth
0/2100
"I just saw the hole in your little plan! Goemon's attack power only doubles when does battle with an attack position monster, so if I play a defense position monster as strong as Soul Tiger you'll damage yourself."
Kuchinawa built Chakra again. "No matter, I summon Grandmaster Ninja Sasuke in attack mode!"
A ninja wrapped in bandages appeared.
Grandmaster Ninja Sasuke
Level 4
Warrior/Light
1800/1000
Grandmaster Ninja Sasuke 2000/1000
"And I play the spell card Fire Surge Jutsu! Now for the rest of this turn whenever a monster is destroyed we each take 500 points of damage. Grandmaster Ninja Sasuke, attack Soul tiger with Kunai Cut!"
"What are you doing! His attack is no match for Soul Tiger's defense!"
"I guess you don't know about Sasuke's special ability, whenever he attacks a face up defense monster it's he automatically destroys it without calculating damage!"
Sasuke slashed Soul tiger which was then destroyed. "Now Fire Surge Jutsu will damage use both 500 points or rather damage you 500 because I activate Water Shield Jutsu! This trap prevents any damage caused to me by a spell or trap card, even my own!"
A burst of fire came from the middle of the field at went to both Manjyome and Kuchinawa. It covered Manjyome, but a dome of water appeared over Kuchinawa and took the hit for him.
Manjyome LP: 1500
"It's now your move, if you can make one!"
Manjyome looked at his hand. "I play the spell card Ojama Beach Party! As long as my opponent's monsters outnumber mine and I give up 1000 life points I can summon as many Ojama monsters I can from my hand and deck!"
Manjyome LP: 500
"Now I can summon Ojama Yellow from my hand and Ojama Green and Ojama Black from my deck!"
Ojama yellow appeared with a green monster with a single eye and tentacles for arms and a black monster with a big nose and sharp teeth; they all wore the same red briefs.
"Ojama Brothers…" said Yellow
"Are here…" said Green.
"To help!" said Black.
Ojama Yellow
Level 3
Beast/Light
0/1000
Ojama Green
Level 3
Beast/Light
0/1000
Ojama Black
Level 3
0/1000
"Are you seroius?" said Kuchinawa. "You can't defeat me with those weak monsters!"
"True they are pathetic, but even the weakest monster can be devastating in the hands of a true duelist!"
"But you'll be wiped out by the effects of Bushido!"
"But I'm not attacking yet, first I play the spell card Ojama Delta Hurricane! Now that I have all three Ojamas out on the field every card you have on the field is destroyed!" The three Ojamas pressed their rears together and began spinning and destroyed every card Kuchinawa had on the field. The Ojamas started celebrating. "Ready to surrender?"
Kuchinawa started laughing. "Yes you destroyed every card I had, including Shrine Hidden in the Forest!" A ring of blue fire surrounded the field stopping the Ojama's dancing. "You see when you destroyed the shrine you broke the seal and unleashed the most powerful creature in my deck, so come Phantom Beast Kitsune!" A giant nine-tailed fox appeared and roared.
Phantom Beast Kitsune
Level 8
Beast/Fire
3000/2400
The Ojama's went buggy eyed at the sight of the monster.
Mika gasped. "3000 points!"
"So that's what he was planning." said Judai. "He knew Manjyome would probably use Ojama Delta Hurricane to destroy his spell cards so set one up to summon a powerful monster."
"This looks bad, we may never see Asuka or Fubuki again!" said Sho.
"Nah, Manjyome will find a way to beat him."
"So what if you got a powerful monster out on the field? I play the spell card Polymerization to fuse my Ojamas together!"
"Ojama Unity!" said Yellow.
"Let's go!" said Green.
"Together!" said Black.
Manjyome continued. "Into the Ojama King, defense mode!"
A giant white Ojama with red briefs, a green cape and a gold crown appeared.
Ojama King
Level 6 Fusion
Beast/Light
0/3000
"And as long as he's on the field up to three of your monster zones can't be used!" A smaller Ojama king appeared and stamped three of monster zones on Kuchinawa's duel disk. "Now I play three cards face down and end my turn!"
"Very well!" Kuchinawa built his Chakra. "I now activate Phantom Beast Kitsune's special ability by removing Phantom Beast Tanuki from the graveyard!" Tanuki's ghost appeared. "You see by removing a monster from my graveyard Kitsune can remove a monster on your side of the field with lower attack points than the monster I removed; and although Tanuki doesn't have many attack points you Ojama King has none! Now Phantom Beast Kitsune, take both of their souls!" Kitsune swallowed Tanuki's ghost and a ghost taken from Ojama King who then disappeared.
"Now he's defenseless!" said Daichi. "If this attack hits it's all over!"
"Phantom Beast Kitsune, Attack Manjyome's life points directly with Nine-Tailed Firestorm!"
Kitsune released nine fire balls from its tails.
"Now I activate the trap card Nutrient Z!" said Manjyome. "Whenever I'm about to take 2000 points of damage or more this trap increases my life points by 4000 before the hit!"
Manjyome LP: 4500
Manjyome got hit by Kitsune's attack.
Manjyome LP: 1500
"I really ought to thank you; now that your attack hit me I can activate the quickplay spell Inferno Tempest! Whenever I take 3000 damage or more this spell card can then remove every monster from our decks and graveyards!"
"But that means I can't remove monsters to activate Kitsune's ability!"
"Pretty good Sherlock."
"Fine, then I end my turn, not that it's likely you can summon a more powerful monster than Kitsune since you removed practically all of your monsters as well."
"You know you're really starting to annoy me! I summon V-Tiger Jet in attack mode!"
A tiger robot built like a fighter jet appeared.
V-Tiger Jet
Level 4
Machine/Light
1600/1800
"Is that the best you can do!" asked Kuchinawa. "It doesn't have nearly enough attack points to destroy Kitsune!"
"Not that it needs any. I activate the trap card Return from the Different Dimension! I have to give up half my life points to activate it but then it allows me to special summon as many monsters that I can that have be previously removed from the game!"
Manjyome LP: 750
"Now I summon W-Wing Catapult, X-Head Cannon, Y-Dragon Head and Z-Metal Tank!"
X-Head Cannon returned to the field with a blue fighter jet, a red dragon robot, and a yellow machine on tank treads
W-Wing Catapult
Level 4
Machine/Light
1300/1500
Y-Dragon Head
Level 4
Machine/Light
1500/1600
Z-Metal Tank
Level 4
Machine/Light
1500/1300
"So you managed to summon a large number of monsters." said Kuchinawa.
"Oh more than that." said Manjyome. "These monsters can be removed to combine them! So I form VW-Tiger Catapult and XYZ-Dragon Cannon!"
V-Tiger Jet positioned itself on top of W-Wing Catapult to form a large fighter and X-Head Cannon, Y-Dragon Head and Z-Metal Tank formed into a large tank.
VW-Tiger Catapult
Level 6 Fusion
Machine/Light
2000/2100
Effect: Discard one card from your hand to change the battle position of one of your opponent's monsters.
XYZ-Dragon Cannon
Level 8 Fusion
Machine/Light
2800/2600
Effect: Discard one card from your hand to destroy a card on your opponent's side of the field.
"And I'm not done fusing yet! I combine my Tiger Catapult and Dragon Cannon into the ultimate weapon VtoZ Dragon Catapult Cannon!"
The two monsters combined into a giant humanoid robot
VWXYZ Dragon Catapult Cannon
Level 8 Fusion
Machine/Light
3000/2800
"Now one of this monster's special abilities allows it to change the mode of any monster it attacks but another one says I have to remove one of the cards on your side of the field and since you only have Phantom Beast Kitsune out he's removed from the game!"
Kitsune vanished in a whirlwind. "NO!" said Kuchinawa.
"Oh yes, you're now defenseless and I still have an attack! Dragon Catapult Cannon attack Kuchinawa's life points directly with Ultimate Destruction!"
Dragon Catapult Cannon fire a large blast at Kuchinawa who was thrown a short distance by the blast.
Kuchinawa LP: 0
"Game over, I win."
"No, it can't be. All of my training…"
"Hey you did best." said Judai. "Now how about letting Asuka and Fubuki go?"
Kuchinawa threw the key at Manjyome's feet. "Fine, but don't think that it's over between your family and me!" he threw a smoke bomb and vanished.
"Chump." said Manjyome. "Come on let's get them out." Maybe now she'll realize my love for her!
They came over to the storage shed and opened the shed. Manjyome spread his arms wide "Asuka I've saved…"
Asuka ran out at lightning speed with her arms between her legs. "Gotta go, gotta go, gotta go!"
"Man I'm starving!" Fubuki said as he dashed out.
"That's it?" Manjyome said after blinking.
"Hey I'm sure they'll thank you after they take care of the food and toilets." said Tyranno.
Manjyome fell on his knees. "Will I ever win in love?" Everyone else started laughing as the sun sank below the horizon.
The end
Cards I made for this story
Mighty Ninja Goemon
Phantom Beast Kitsune
Shrine Hidden in the Forest
Earth Revival Jutsu
Fire Surge Jutsu
Water Shield Jutsu
Bushido
Ojama Beach Party