4. Association of Thunder, Thunder Axis
Roku's eyes opened, the first thing he could remember from the other night was that one duel against Kazuka. The after effect hit him bad. Guilt fell upon Roku, wondering how Kazuka handled getting his deck burned and his duel disk destroyed. He also remembered his meeting with Daruka Juruseiji, his new sponsor. It seemed weird, there were so many other duelists yet he chose him. Usually people would avoid Roku but Daruka was inviting to him.
As Roku sat up in bed, he looked out to the sunny day. People were walking the side walks of Domino and cars and taxi's were honking. A fresh brew of coffee sat at his small table with a note on it.
"What's this?" Roku wondered as he looked at the note. All it had was a number on it, Roku guessed he would have to call it, but from who it was was unknown.
Roku made his way to the closet, opening it, he fitted into some normal looking clothes, wanting to fit in with the public crowd. Roku slipped on a white t-shirt and slid on a tight blue jacket and blue jeans. As Roku came back out from the small area, he glanced at the note again, picking it up, he scanned the number with his eyes and walked over to the phone.
With his hand hovering, Roku thought. "Maybe later. I want a day off." Roku said to himself, throwing the note on top of the phone and heading out.
Roku roamed the side walks of Domino, seeing all the unique duelists around and the business type folks walking to their destinations. He also viewed the various restaurant and stores nearby.
As soon as he could get a good look any anything there was a sudden burst of cute cries. "It's Yurasaki Roku!" A girl shouted as a group of school girls dressed in school uniforms came chasing after him.
"Whoa..." Roku thought watching his demise as the group of girls began their charge toward him, ready to take him down.
Suddenly Roku felt a sharp grab at his shoulder and was instantly dragged away. "Hey there buddy." A boy said as Roku was pulled into a coffee shop.
The girls went crazy at the front window, screaming and crying Roku's name. Roku felt awkward, wondering why these girls were praising him when he let down all his fans like that. Before Roku could focus on what had just happened, the boy who had pulled Roku away from the screaming fans came into his view.
"You all right? Yurasaki?" The boy asked. The boy wore a white t-shirt with a black jacket over and black jeans. His hair was spiked red and his eyes were gleaming red.
"Uhh yeah, thanks." Roku said.
"Yeah it's strange. I saw what happened between you and Kaiser. You're lucky you still have fans chasing after you." The boy smiled. "I'm Axel Kennedy."
"Hi, uhh, well you already know my name." Roku said. "I ought to get going."
As Roku began to turn, Axel grabbed Roku's arm. "You're not going out with that crowd out there, trust me, you'll be crushed." Axel laughed.
Roku sort of chuckled, he wanted to get going, he didn't really want to hang out with a fan, it wasn't his style, and the way he lived, he thought Axel was a lower class. But Roku knew Axel was right so he stayed for some coffee.
"So have you been lucky on finding a new sponsor?" Axel asked.
"Actually yeah, I have." Roku responded. "His name is Daruka Juruseiji. I met him last night while I was in an undergrou- er a tournament."
"Juruseiji?" Axel said, cocking an eye brow. "I have to say Juruseiji isn't the greatest sponsor out there."
"Well anythings better than Kurayama." Roku said, looking away, remembering all the horrible memories of his life with Kurayama, all the hard work and punishment he went through. It was all unfair to Roku, he wanted a happy life, not one filled with stress and work.
"Trust me, I know this guy." Axel smirked, sitting back in his chair.
"How do you know?"
"I've had experience. I mean I wasn't his sponsor duelist, but I know a bad guy when I see one. Just watch your back, Juruseiji is a money grubbing man." Axel smiled, taking a sip of his coffee.
Roku felt that Axel was telling the truth, but he questioned who he was talking to. A guy who just suddenly appeared, saved him from his obsessed fans, and now giving him advice on who he should be working with. "Well I don't know about you, but Daruka seems to be a good man to me." Roku said. He then looked over outside. "Looks like the fans has ebbed, I better get going."
Roku stood up and began to left. "See ya around, Yurasaki, Roku." Axel smiled as he watched Roku leave.
Axel sighed and dug into his breast pocket, taking out a slick black cell phone, quickly dialing a number. The number was strangely the same one as the one on Roku's note he had gotten in the morning. After dialing the number, Axel pressed send. A person quickly answered.
"Yes?" A deep man's voice asked.
"It's Axel. He's already got a new sponsor, Juruseiji." Axel said into the phone with a frustrated sigh.
"Damn, that man always seems to be one step ahead of us." The man's voice growled.
"That's because he has that damn Marufuji Ryo on his side. That cheap duelist doesn't deserve to be titled Kaiser." Axel growled. "I'll be back at head quarters soon."
With that, Axel turned his cell phone off, placing it back into his pocket, he headed out. Roku checked out some flyers on the wall of a shop, noticing there was a museum exhibit opened this week. It was starring several legendary decks.
"Hmm this seems interesting." Roku thought. It really caught Roku's attention and he wanted to check it out. The only problem was that it was across town, it would be a great adventure to start out with.
Roku quickly headed down to the sub way, paying for his tickets, he got onto the train which would lead to the next city, and to the museum.
It was 5:00 P.M. Roku leaned up against a railing with his arms crossed, snoozing silently. Some people walked by, looking at him oddly, wondering why such a famous duelist was bothering to take the subway.
The abrupt stop of the train caused Roku to wake up quickly. "Last Stop, Hamajuka." The intercom went off.
"Hamajuka? Damn it, I missed my stop." Roku groaned, getting off of the train. Drunken by fatigue, he slumped out from the train, seeing the dark subway, its emptiness reminding him of the past week.
Roku sighed, walking over to a map system where trains come and go. Only one person stood there, scanning the map. Roku, with his hands in his pockets came by, looking up at the screen.
"Take train F down to station B... Then take..." Roku said to himself when the man next to him glanced at him. Roku could feel the man next to him just stare at him, Roku looked at the corner of his eye.
The man wore a business suit and held a leather suit case. "What would a guy like him be out at this hour?" Roku thought, looking down at his watch. It was 8:00.
"Wow, I was sleeping for that long?" Roku thought to himself, wondering how he could have dozed off so quickly. Suddenly he heard someone clearing his throat, it was the man next to him.
"Excuse me young man, I couldn't help notice. You're Yurasaki Roku..." The man said invitingly.
Roku gave a quick grunt. "Err, yeah..." Roku said, only looking at him through the corner of his eye.
The man smiled deviously, Roku could hardly see the man's expression through the corner of his eye. If he were to see him full front, then he would find out something was suspicious.
"I'm Deox Xavier. I've been researching about you." The man said letting out a hand.
Roku was taught never to talk to strangers, but this was just a bad time at a bad place. "Sorry, but I've already accepted the offer of another sponsor." Roku said, avoiding the hand shake.
Deox laughed. "I'm sorry, but I'm not here for that." He smiled.
Roku analyzed what Deox had just said, he had the bad feeling now. "So he's been following me." Roku said, narrowing his eyes.
"I'm only here to get to know my target." Deox simply said, shrugging his shoulders.
"Target? What am I a target for?" Roku snarled, taking a step back, readying himself encase this guy was going to try to physically hurt him.
Deox took a small bow. "Pardon myself, but I am hired duelist." He said. "Hired by a disclosed person. I am here to take you down by duel."
"A duel?" Roku said. "But why am I a target."
"I can't let you know that information."
"Forget it then, I'm not going to accept your challenge."
Deox cocked an eye brow. "Sorry young man, but you have no choice." He said.
"whys that?" Roku asked, feeling another bad thing coming up.
"Take a look at those tracks, Yurasaki." Deox said, pointing over to the tunnel. Roku silently walked over, leaning over the edge to see a young tied up girl. She lay struggling on the rail road tracks.
"You sick..." Roku said, shocked and disgusted. Roku was about to jump down to help the girl but Deox stopped him.
"Take a look, Yurasaki. She's bound by chains and locks. The only way you'll free her is with this key." Deox said, showing him a silver key. "So unless you want to be at the scene of a homicide, I suggest you duel me now or face the consequences."
Roku looked worriedly at the young girl who looked scared into Roku's eyes. "Don't worry, I'll free you, I just have to settle this guy, I'm really sorry." He quickly said to the girl and turned to face Deox.
It was a fairly large Japanese subway entrance, enough room for a duel. "I should warn you, the next train should arrive in..." Deox said, looking at his gold watch. "Oh about twenty minutes, better make it fast."
"Damn, I'll have to make this fast." Roku said to himself.
"Oh and you'll need a duel disk too." Deox informed as he dropped his suit case to the ground, slowly opening up. He took out a duel disk and slid it over to Roku. Roku stopped it with his foot and picked it up.
As both duelist stood back up, they equipped their duel disks to their arms and slid their decks in, causing it to fold out. "Duel!" They both announced as their life points rose to 4000.
"I'll start, draw!" Roku quickly announced, wanting to make this quick.
"Don't want to rush now. You might end up making a crucial mistake." Deox chuckled.
"That's right, and this guy's a hired duelist, so he definitely knows what he's doing." Roku said in his mind.
Roku viewed his hand, he didn't have Alchemic Kettle to give him the energetic rush, but he still felt what was left from his duel with Kazuka. "I'll start off by summoning this, Alchemic Defenser in defense mode! (2000/100)"
Suddenly a large brute, armed with black armor, materialized to the field. His black helmet protecting his head and a black glass visor covering his eyes. The brute let out a battle cry as he formed onto the field.
"Starting with defense? Hmm ok." Deox smiled.
"I'll then set two cards face down and end my turn." Roku announced.
Deox drew his card without announcing, he knew his job was to defeat Roku, not just sit and play like kids. "Activate magic card, Tempest!" Deox announced, revealing the card to Roku.
"What!" Roku gasped as a whirl wind blast out of the magic card, taking over Roku's face down cards.
"A shame, such a champion like you would know that playing your best face down cards first is a bad thing." Deox smiled.
Roku shielded himself from the whirl wind as his face down cards flew off into the wind, breaking up into digital bits. "Che..." Roku grunted.
Deox got a good glimpse of one card. "That Drain Shield would have done you good, but now it's gone." He smiled. "Now, I'll summon Reflect Bounder in attack mode! (1700/1000)"
"Reflect Bounder..." Roku thought. He was familiar of the card and knew about its deadly effect, he wouldn't be able to successfully destroy it unless he wanted backfire.
"You know that if attack this monster, you'll suffer dearly." Deox smiled, practically reading Roku's mind. Roku remained quiet, as sick as this man was, he didn't want to make small talk.
"I'll then place one card face down and end my turn." Deox announced.
"My turn, draw!" Roku announced quickly. If Roku were to have failed to win this duel in time, the guilt would hit him hard, knowing he didn't try hard enough. The situation almost reminded him of his relationship between him and Kurayama.
"When you activated Tempest, you destroy my magic and trap cards, but one card in particular you destroyed was my Transmutation Configuration!" Roku explained as the magic card formed onto his field.
"What! I didn't see this coming." Deox thought, growling.
"Now I'm allowed to special summon a level four or lower alchemic monster from my hand, and I chose Alchemic Distiller!" Roku announced as the yellow armored woman materialized to the field, letting the blades on the sides of her arm extend. "And because Alchemic Distiller was summoned to the field, I can activate her effect and destroy your face down card!"
As Roku pointed Deox's face down card exploded. Deox growled, shielding himself from the group of digital bits flying past him, and feeling stupid for falling into such a easy trap.
"Next, Alchemic Defenser's effect activates!" Roku announced. "During each Main Phase, it gains one hundred defense points for each Alchemic monster I have on the field!"
Suddenly the black armored brute began to glow, increasing its defense points to 2200. "Hmm, this is quite interesting." Deox thought to himself, scratching his chin.
"Next, I'll summon this, Alchemic Breaker! In attack mode! (1700/1500)" Roku announced as his female dual pistol wielding warrior materialized to the field. "And then I'll activate this, Fusion!"
"Heh." Deox smirked.
"I'll use this to fuse Alchemic Breaker and Alchemic Distiller together!" Roku roared as the two female warriors jumped into the air together. The two women combined in a swirling flash of light. The light died down, revealing a tall warrior woman, wielding two long metal rods. The warrior's long yellow hair fluttered in the wind as her black armored chest plate suddenly turned on, glowing with a orange glow. In the middle of her chest was a circular orb with fire sparkling inside.
"This creates Alchemic Condenser! (2400/1700)" Roku announced as the woman posed into a fighter's stance.
"Heh, powerful, but will do no good for you." Deox smirked.
"That's what you think." Roku growled, clenching his fist.
"I think perfectly right. If you want to get to my life points, you'll have to attack my Reflect Bounder, but when you attack it, your attack will reflect back to you, dealing damage equal to your monster's total attack points. You'll be at a fast disadvantage." Deox explained.
"That won't happen, unless your own monster attacks." Roku smiled. "You see, when your battle phase comes around, Alchemic Condenser will give you no choice but to force your monster to attack it."
Deox smirked. "Either way I still have a way to bring you to your knees." He said.
"Turn end." Roku growled.
"Draw." Deox announced, drawing his next card and smiling. "I'll activate this, Descent of Mirror Knights!"
"A ritual magic card..." Roku thought, feeling something bad was coming.
"And by sacrificing Reflect Bounder and two other monster cards in my hand, I'll ritual summon three Mirror Knights! (0/0)" Deox announced as three armored, shining knights materialized to the field, each wielding a long sword.
"Your knights have no attack points, maybe this duel will be easy after all." Roku smiled.
"Don't think too soon. They may have zero attack points, but when they attack, they mimic the attack points of their opposing monster!" Deox explained.
"Then they'll just destroy themselves."
"Not if I activate this." Deox smiled, revealing another card in his hand. "Go! Mirror Knighting - Heavenly Descent!"
Deox slipped the magic card into his magic card slot, causing a giant whirl of wind to formed behind him, creating a large crystal with the reflections of his mirror knights on each side.
"What is that!" Roku said in shock.
"Mirror Knighting gives my Mirror Knights a boost of five hundred attack points." Deox explained as all three mirror knight's attack strengths rose to 500. "And as long as it's on the field, I gain no battle damage "
"He's got a solid strategy, hopefully I can break it." Roku thought.
"Oh and may I remind you of your Alchemic Condenser's effect, it forces my monsters to attack it, right?" Deox smiled.
"Not like it matters. You were going to attack it anyway." Roku growled.
"Heh." Deox smirked. "Mirror Knight! Attack!"
The knight jumped forward, ready to slash at Roku's warrior when suddenly its attack strength increased to 2900. The knight slashed his sword down across Roku's Alchemic Condenser. The female warrior let out a cry as she exploded into digital pieces.
"Damn." Roku growled, shielding himself as his life points reduced to 3500. "At least I have my Alchemic Defenser defending me."
"Don't think too soon."
"What!"
"When you only have defense positioned monsters, my Mirror Knights can attack your life points directly!" Deox explained. "Now! Attack my two Mirror Knights!"
The two knights raced forward, each passing each other than slashing their swords in an x-shape. Roku screamed brutally as he kept his ground, his life points dropping to 2500.
Deox laughed. "Boy, I've seen all your duels. Thanks to the media, I can now deflect any move you throw at me."
"A hired duelist would get the job done, quickly." Roku growled, mocking Deox's profession. Deox felt Roku push his button.
"Fine, but we still only have oh, fifteen minutes until that train comes and kills an innocent victim. And I'm sure the media will be here just in time to see you at the scene of the crime." Deox smirked.
Roku growled. "Draw!" He announced with rage, drawing his next card. He felt it, at that exact moment he laid a finger on that card, he knew what it was.
Roku looked down to see the card, Alchemic Kettle. Yet Roku still didn't know how it would help in him in this predicament. "I play this, Alchemic Kettle - Chaos Distill!"
Suddenly the giant maroon oven rose up behind Roku, letting a blast of heat roar out. Roku felt the energy come back, he no longer was dueling with depression of fear, he felt... happy.
Roku smiled. "I know in some way, this will help me win." Roku said. "Now every time a card is sent to my graveyard, it is instead removed from play!"
"You've got to be kidding me." Deox laughed. Although he felt tense. Deox had never seen that card in Roku's deck before, it was new to him.
"Next, I'll sacrifice my Alchemic Defenser to summon this, Alchemic Supporter! (2500/1600)" Roku announced as the yellow armored warrior materialized to the field, replacing his defending warrior. The warrior let out a battle cry, his two blades extending over his wrists. "Next, I'll play this, Support Cannon!"
"Damn." Deox growled, feeling something bad coming on. A large orange cannon propped itself onto Roku's warrior, letting off a heat wave.
"Once equipped to Alchemic Supporter, he gains an additional five hundred attack points." Roku explained as his warrior's attack strength rose to 3000. "Now! Alchemic Supporter! Attack his Mirror Knight!"
"Did you not hear me the first time! Whenever Mirror Knight is engaged in battle, he mimics the attack of his opposing monster, and thanks to the added bonus of my Mirror Knighting, he will always be five hundred attack points stronger than your monster!" Deox yelled.
"I beg to differ! Take a look!" Roku smiled, pointing.
Deox watched as his mirror knight charged, but his attack points only remained 500. "What! What is this!" He said in shock.
"Whatever monster my Alchemic Supporter attacks, while being equipped with Support Cannon, the effect of the attack target is canceled! Meaning your Mirror Knight doesn't get its added bonus!" Roku explained as his Alchemic Supporter blasted a orange molten lava blast from his support cannon. The lava splashed into the knight, melting it.
Deox growled, but then smiled. "Thanks to Mirror Knighting, any battle damage I gain from Mirror Knights are reduced to 0." He smiled.
Both players had eliminated their entire hands. Roku was in trouble because Deox's Mirror Knights could easily sub due his Alchemic Supporter.
"My turn ends." Roku growled.
"My draw." Deox said with a smile, drawing his next card. "Now! Mirror Knight, destroy his Alchemic Supporter!"
With that, Deox announced his move, thrusting his hand forward. The knight charged forth, slashing his sword to the ground, ready to strike. "And due to it's effect, it gains equal attack points, only mine will be five hundred points stronger!" Deox explained, smiling with content.
Roku watched as Deox's Mirror Knight grew to 3500, then slashed his sword across his warrior, slicing him into two and destroying him. Deox laughed with joy and Roku's life points dropped to 1500.
"And now!" Deox roared with excitement. "My final Mirror Knight, attack his life points directly!"
Deox's last Mirror Knight charged forward, slashing his sword across Roku's chest. Roku screamed out of pain as the attack nearly swept him off his feet. But thanks to his Alchemic Kettle, he felt he could still go on.
Deox smiled, looking at his watch. "Only nine more minutes." He said.
"Nine... My unlucky number." Roku growled in his thoughts.
"My turn ends." Deox announced.
"My turn, draw!" Roku announced, drawing his card and glancing at it. "I'll activate this, Pot of Greed!"
"Hmph." Deox smirked. "My Knights are unstoppable. There's no possible out come for you."
"You're a simple minded fool. Who ever hired you is messing with the wrong person!" Roku growled, drawing his two cards thanks to Pot of Greed's effect. "Now! I'll summon a monster in face down defense position. Next, I'll activate this, Fusion Recovery!"
"Huh?" Deox gasped. Although it was just a simple magic card Roku had played, Deox seemed devastated by it.
"Fusion Recovery allows me to return a Fusion magic card and a monster that was previously used in a fusion, back to my hand." Roku explained. "And I chose my Alchemic Breaker."
"Damn you, Yurasaki." Deox smirked.
Roku didn't know whether Deox was complementing him or insulting him, but it crossed his mind fast, that train was about to come any minute and an innocent life would be taken because of him. "I'll end my turn now!"
"Draw!" Deox announced, drawing his next card. "Now! Mirror Knight, destroy his defending monster!"
The knight charged, slashing at Roku's face down card. "Heh, reveal monster, Critter! (600/1000)" Roku called forth as the three eyed, hairy creature revealed itself. "With a defense of six hundred, your attack is stopped."
"Don't think so." Deox smirked as his knight's attack strength quickly rose to 1500, then slashed through his creature, destroying it easily.
"Since Critter is destroyed, its effect activates. I can take a monster with an attack of fifteen hundred or less and add it to my hand." Roku explained, taking his deck out, selecting a correct monster and adding it to his hand.
"Now, my second Mirror Knight, attack his life points directly!" Deox commanded, roaring loudly.
The last knight launched forward, slashing his sword. This time Roku couldn't take it. Roku groaned in pain, falling to his knee as his life points reduced to 500.
"And now! I'll activate this, Reflecting Blast!" Deox roared. "This card will inflict one hundred points of damage for each card in your graveyard!"
Suddenly Roku figured it out. He had recognized the card. Suddenly a blast of light shined down on Roku. Roku screamed in pain from the burning light. Because Roku only had three whole cards in his graveyard, his life points reduced to 200.
The blast of light stopped and Roku was left on his hands and knees, struggling through the pain. "How does it feel, to be weak." Deox laughed.
"Weak? I'm no weak duelist. That card I've seen it before, and your name, I've heard of it." Roku said, standing back up, cracking his neck. "You were an original champion duelist, I've seen you duel on T.V. Then you just disappeared suddenly. You always defeated you opponent with that card, it was your signature card."
"So you know a little about my history and I know yours, we're even." Deox said.
Roku looked back to his Alchemic Kettle and smiled. "So is it still weak?" He asked.
"What is?" Deox said, thinking Roku has gone crazy.
"My Alchemic Kettle. Just think. If I hadn't played it, I would have definitely lost this battle." Roku smirked. "But thanks to its effect, I was able to remove cards from play when they were sent to my graveyard."
Deox growled with frustration, he has never had this much frustration during a duel. Roku just stood there smiling. "Who are you!" Deox growled.
"I'm a new person." Roku said warmly, then drawing his next card. "It's time to end this."
"What!" Deox gasped.
"Activate magic card, Raise Dead!" Roku announced, flashing the card to Deox. "With this, I'll bring back Alchemic Distiller from my graveyard! (1500/1200)"
Suddenly the female warrior formed to the field, both arm blades extending out from the sides of her arms. "Thus activating her effect!" Roku announced. "Allowing me to destroy one magic or trap card when she is summoned to the field. And the card I choose is your Mirror Knighting!"
"No!" Deox gasped as the giant crystal behind him exploded. Both his Mirror Knight's were reduced to 0.
"Next, I'll activate this, Fusion! Fusing Alchemic Breaker, and Alchemic Gunner which I took from my deck thanks to Critter's effect." Roku announced, raising the two cards in the air.
The two warriors appeared and began to fuse together, forming on single warrior with two large shoulder cannons. "This creates Alchemic Breaking Gunner! (2300/1900)" Roku announced as the warrior let out a battle cry. "Now it's time for my assault! Alchemic Distiller, destroy his Mirror Knight!"
"No! This can't be happening!" Deox growled, clenching his fists as the female warrior dove into the air, doing a few flips before slashing the mirror knights to pieces, decreasing Deox's life points to 2500.
"Next, Alchemic Breaking Gunner, attack and destroy his final Mirror Knight!" Roku announced. The warrior crouched down, bracing himself as his two shoulder cannons began to charge up.
Roku could feel his energy combine with his warrior as he was ready to attack. "Attack!" Roku roared as the warrior released the energy, sending two electrical streams, blasting through Deox's mirror knight and obliterating it. Deox growled as his life points reduced down to 200.
"Tied, what a coincidence." Deox growled.
"Not anymore. My Alchemic Breaking Gunner's effect activates." Roku explained. "I draw one card, if the drawn card is a monster card, then you gain damage equal to half of its attack points."
"The odds of that are 1 out of three. You might as well be drawing a magic or trap card now." Deox laughed.
Roku had already drawn his card and smiled. "Don't think so." He said, revealing the card. "I've drawn Alchemic Mixer, with an attack of fifteen hundred!"
Deox's face turned so horribly fast into such a awful expression, it practically scared Roku, but he knew this duel was done. Deox's life points reduced to 0 and Roku would now be able to save an innocent life.
Deox fell to his knees, his first loss ever, and to a kid. Roku ran over to him. "The key! Give it to me NOW!" Roku growled, hearing the train coming.
Deox looked up at Roku and sighed, dishing out a iron key from his pocket. Roku snatched it and race down to the tracks, finding the main lock and unlocking it. The girl quickly ripped off the chains and both jumped away just as the train came running through.
The girl panted with adrenalin and Roku too. "You saved my life! Thank you!" She said, hugging Roku tightly.
"Ugh, no problem." He said. Police siren could be heard. Roku didn't want to be in any more trouble, he quickly fled into the sub way train, just in time too, as it was already leaving.
The girl watched the train and Roku leave, then she looked back at the depressed Deox. "Well, I hope you're proud of yourself." She said, crossing her arms. She threw her head back, quickly fixing her short black hair. The girl patted down her plaid skirt and fixed the tie around her neck.
"How did I lose." Deox said. "Dante...Please tell me... Why?"
"Heh, did you really think I wanted you to beat him?" The girl, Dante, giggled. "I only wanted to see what my competition was."
"My life... Ruined." Deox said sadly, looking at his hand.
"Xavier, you're pathetic. Yurasaki, he's a rival to the Thunder Axis. We don't want him being better than us. As a full member, you know that I know that we must find his source of power. And I think I might have found it." Dante said. "That Alchemic Kettle of his... It's weird, in a way. But anyway, we'll mail you your check, clean yourself up and get out." With that, Dante left.
Roku had finally gotten back to his hotel room. It was 3:00 AM and he was extremely exhausted. Suddenly his phone rang. Roku sighed, leaning over and answering it.
"Hello?" He asked.
"Roku? This is Daruka. I may have some shocking news." Daruka said.
"What?" Roku asked.
"It's about Kurayama."
"Why should I care about that horrible man." Roku growled.
"I thought I'd like for you to know that he's got a new sponsor duelist." Daruka warned.
Roku went silent. "He... Replaced me?" Roku said. All the hard work he did for Kurayama, it was just a fluke. Kurayama only waited until Roku failed horribly, then tossed him away like trash. "Whose working for him now?"
"You'll never believe it." Daruka said with a big sigh. "Steele Sabre is working for him now."
Roku felt dizzy. He couldn't believe it. Roku tried to figure out if Kurayama was trying to prove something to him. Kurayama now just hasn't become a hateful man toward Roku, he had now become a full fledge enemy.
Daruka carried on the conversation, telling him there'll be a news story about Kurayama and his new sponsor. Roku felt he didn't want to see, but he knew what would be coming. Kurayama would want to challenge him and it'll just turn into a big brawl.
Roku ended the conversation short and hung up. He was tired and needed rest. With that, Roku went to bed for the night.
CARDS PLAYED
Alchemic Defenser: Level 4 / 100/2000/ Dark / Warrior / Desc: During each of your Main Phases, increase this card's DEF by 100 for each face-up monster with "Alchemic" in it's name on the field.
Tempest: MAGIC / Desc: Destroy all Magic and Trap cards on the field.
Reflect Bounder: Level 4 / 1700/1000/ Light / Machine / Desc: When this face-up Attack Positioned card is attacked by your opponent's monster, before Damage Calculation, deal damage to your opponent's Life Points equal to the total amount of ATK the attacking monster has.
Transmutation Configuration: MAGIC / Desc: If this card is destroyed while face down due to your opponent's Card Effect, you can Special Summon 1 Level 4 or lower monster from your hand during your next Main Phase.
Alchemic Distiller: Level 4 / 1500/1200/ Dark / Warrior / Desc: When this card is Normal, Flip, of Special Summoned destroy 1 Magic or Trap Card on the field.
Alchemic Breaker: Level 4 / 1700/1500/ Dark / Warrior / Desc: When this card attacks a Monster in Defense Position, inflict damage to your opponent's Life Points by the difference between this card's ATK and your opponent's monster's DEF.
Fusion: MAGIC / Desc: Fuse 2 or more monsters on the field or from your hand into 1 Fusion Monster.
Alchemic Condenser: Level 6 / 2400/1700/ Dark / Warrior / Fusion / Desc: "Alchemic Breaker" + "Alchemic Distiller". This card can only be summoned by Fusion Summon. Your opponent must attack this card with all face-up Attack Positioned monster they have on their side of the field no matter what.
Descent of Mirror Knights: RITUAL MAGIC / Desc: Sacrifice monsters from your hand or field, to your Graveyard to special summon 1 "Mirror Knight" from your deck for each monster sacrificed.
Mirror Knight: Level 4 / 0/0/ Light / Warrior / Desc: This card can only be Ritual Summoned by "Descent of Mirror Knights". When this card attacks or is attacked, increase its ATK by the same amount of ATK of the opposing monster. When your opponent only has Defense Positioned monsters on the field, this card can attack directly.
Mirror Knighting - Heavenly Descent: PERMANENT MAGIC / Desc: Increase the ATK of all face-up "Mirror Knights" on the field by 500. If any "Mirror Knight" is targeted for an attack, Battle Damage is reduced to 0.
Alchemic Supporter: Level 6 / 2500/1600/ Dark / Warrior / Desc: As long as this card is on the field your opponent cannot destroy any other monsters on your side of the field with "Alchemic" in their names by battle (Battle Damage is still applied).
Support Cannon: EQUIP MAGIC / Desc: This card can only be equipped to "Alchemic Supporter". Increase the ATK of the equipped monster by 500. Negate the effect of a monster that the equipped monster is attacking.
Pot of Greed: MAGIC / Desc: Draw two cards from your deck.
Fusion Recovery: MAGIC / Desc: Return 1 monster that was involved in a Fusion, and 1 "Fusion" from your Graveyard, to your hand.
Critter: Level 3 / 1000/600/ Dark / Demon / Desc: When this card is sent to the Graveyard, from your field, you can take 1 monster with an ATK of 1500 or less from your Deck, show it to your opponent, and add it to your hand.Your deck is then shuffled.
Reflecting Blast: MAGIC / Desc: This card can only be activated if you have 1 Mirror Knight on the field. For each card in your opponent's Graveyard, deal 100 points of damage to your opponent's Life Points.
Raise Dead: MAGIC / Desc: Special summon 1 Monster Card from either you or your opponent's Graveyard onto the field in face up Defense or Attack Position.
Alchemic Breaking Gunner: Level 6 / 2300/1900/ Dark / Warrior / Fusion / Desc: "Alchemic Gunner" + "Alchemic Breaker". This card can only be summoned by Fusion Summon. When this card inflicts damage to your opponent's Life Points, draw one card from your deck. If the card drawn is a monster card, deal damage to your opponent's Life Points equal to half the ATK of the drawn monster card.