Here we are, FINALLY we can read the Shun VS Sora duel! Along with its aftermath, hoo boy! I'm excited to get this thing rolling! Hell, I was so excited that I started this thing as soon as I was done with the last Chapter! Now then, let's get on with the story!
Ch.15: Personal Grudge Match
Zero walked towards Shun quietly, his cape slowly fluttering behind him as he went. Shun was still leaning against the wall with his arms crossed, yellow eyes narrowed and a scowl on his face as he thought. Those yellow eyes instantly took note of Zero's presence, and the taller teen relaxed. If only just a small, imperceptible bit. He was getting better at detecting Zero over time.
"What do you need Shun?" Zero asked, his faceless mask looking out towards the stadium, where Sora was currently waiting for his opponent. Though most couldn't see it because it was rather well hidden, those emerald eyes still held a thirst for the hunt.
"Yuto and Ruri are asking me to not card this kid once I kick his ass." Shun stated bluntly, glaring over at the Academia spy with hatred and distaste. "I'm going to be honest with you Zero, I don't think I can accept their request."
"Why is that?" Zero asked, masked head tilted slightly.
"You know why!" Shun snapped, arms crossing across his chest tighter. "That bastard down there helped ruin my home! He carded my people with a fucking smile on his face, and they expect me to just let him get away from the consequences scot free!" The Raidraptor wanted to hit something, so he decided to hit the wall even when his hand started to hurt slightly from the action.
"So then why are you still bothered by this?" Zero questioned, and the question itself caught Shun off guard slightly. "Why are you having such a conflict with yourself over this? If you want to card the kid then go ahead and do it once the duel is over." The glass on Zero's mask reflected some of the light bleeding into the hallway. "Though you should know that if you do card Sora, the crowd is going to panic like a pack of frightened gazelle and bolt. People will probably get hurt over the panic, and you'll most certainly get disqualified from the tournament while possibly making Reiji an enemy."
"Well when you put it like that…" Shun began, but Zero interjected.
"I'm not stopping you from carding the kid." Zero leaned back against the opposite wall while looking at Shun. "Though it would probably be one of the worst times to card him, but I still wouldn't stop you. You have a rage and need for vengeance that I won't get in the way of, because I know that anyone who gets in the way of my own revenge would instantly be swept aside without a passing thought." The way Zero spoke about this so calmly made some of the hairs on Shun's neck stand on end. Why did Zero sound slightly dead even with his modulator? "It's your decision to make, not Yuto's or Ruri's or even my own. It's yours, but if you really want me to stop you from carding Sora... I'll try."
"So you'd really let me card that bastard?" Shun just wanted to be sure, and when Zero nodded his head silently yellow eyes looked at the ground in thought.
Should he?
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"Alright then." Yellow eyes looked back up into Zero's mask with a determined glare. "Here's what I want."
Shun opened his mouth and spoke, and Zero just gave an accepting nod. He wouldn't judge Shun, not for something like this.
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"Come on!" Sora sighed for what felt like the thousandth time. "Where is my opponent!" Sora whined slightly, the emerald eyed boy having already finished his sucker. "I wanna fight someone already! I've been waiting for my turn to duel long enough!"
"Quit your whining." Another male voice snapped from across the field, and Sora looked over to see that it was Shun walking onto the field to face his opponent.
Sora gave a knowing smirk. "I see, so you decided to stand your ground and fight instead of running away." Shun grit his teeth and frowned, yellow eyes glaring as he was about to retort but was cut off by Nico Smiley.
"Next up is today's third match!" Nico began speaking again after a short break and a drink of water for his dry throat. The duelists were shown on the screen. "Yusho Duel School's Sora Shiunin VS L.D.S' Shun Kurosaki! Everyone, please, your applause for these two duelists!" The crowd cheered, still a bit high from the last duel.
Sora waved out towards the crowd, taking all of the attention with glee and a big smile on his face. Shun however, wasn't having any of it, nor was he in the mood to play Sora's games. The Raidraptor just stood there, with his arms tightly crossed over his chest.
Sora gave the Yusho group a thumbs up after they cheered loudly for him to win. "Okay! Leave it to me you guys! I'll satisfy the whole crowd just like Yuya!"
"Sora, be careful!" Yuya leaned against the railing to yell towards his friend. "Don't let your guard down!"
"Don't worry, I'll be fine!" Sora replied smoothly, without any real care for the circumstances he was in.
It's a tad bit too late for those words, Yuya. Zero thought to himself as he appeared from the hallway into the stadium. Though all the masked man really did was lean against the wall beside one of the currently occupied seats and watch the two duelists interact. Some of the audience looked over at Zero with awe, none of them expecting the masked man to be here and much less be beside them.
"Zero's here!"
"Wait, Zero's here? When did Zero get here!"
"Where is he?"
"That masked freak is in the stadium?"
"Why is he watching this duel? He already finished his duel, so why is he bothering to watch someone elses' fight?"
The masked man ignored all of these ramblings and questions, and instead focused on the incoming match in the field. Zero's deadly aura making anyone who was interested in talking to him think twice and stay quiet. This is going to get dangerous fast.
"This time I'll entertain you, Yuya! Look forward to it!" Sora yelled out towards his tomato haired friend, before he finally caught on to the crowds mutters. Emerald eyes quickly scanned the crowd before the Action Field could rise. "Wait a second, Zero's here?" His smirk grew. "Ahhh, so he came to watch you fight me eh?"
No reply, only a glare.
"He did, didn't he? Though I didn't have any doubts about where you came from before. This only cements the truth now. Perhaps I can get a quick duel with him as well once I defeat you here." Sora's smirk turned slightly predatory, but nobody else except for the resistance fighters could see it.
Shun's yellow eyes narrowed even more slightly as he thought back to what had happened the night before. Back at the L.D.S tower.
'"This is a Pendulum Card made for you." Reiji Akaba's main body guard, Nakajima, held out the cards towards Shun. The Raidraptor duelist having his back turned, but his head tilted back slightly in curiosity. "Please take it."
Shun stared at the card, in deep thought for a moment. Should he really take it? The Raidraptor knew that he wouldn't even need it for this coming duel against the spy, so why take it and waste his breath on it.
Though… Yuto, Ruri, and even Zero were going to try and learn other summoning methods to get stronger, weren't they? So shouldn't he try it as well, and get stronger himself so that he could advance alongside his comrades? He had to get stronger, he swore he would protect Yuto and Ruri over his dead body. To do that properly, he needed to learn some more Summoning Methods since he knew Xyz to its fullest potential, so he could become unpredictable, stronger.
Maybe it was because Reiji Akaba was 'gifting' him the Pendulum cards instead of someone else.
"Knowing you, you should be able to use it better than Sylvio." Nakajima continued. Someone was certainly trying to sweet talk Shun into taking the cards weren't they?
Shun gave an annoyed sigh, before turning around and looking at the card. The Raidraptor gave the card a scrutinizing gaze before twisting his nose slightly in distaste.
Even if it hurts his pride slightly, he would do just about anything to protect his friends, his family. Anything for Yuto and Ruri.
However…
"Hmph." Shun put the card into his pocket and turned away from the bodyguard. "I have no need for it." He simply stated before walking away, the taller adult taking a step forward and yelling out towards him in anger. Though Nakajima didn't stop him from leaving, nor did Shun ever give the Pendulum cards back.'
Shun blinked out of his small flashback, usually scowl still on his face if only slightly deepened. He didn't need Pendulum Summoning for this.
Maybe he would use it later, but not for this duel. Not against someone like HIM, if only for this one time since his sister and friend weren't in any true danger.
"Today's third event starts now!" Nico yelled while pointing on the screen. "First up, selecting the Field Spell! The field chosen is the City of the Future! Heartland!"
Hearing that name made both Shun and Zero tense, Shun even more so. Rage etched clearly on his face as the familiar scenes began to generate around him and the field.
Reiji you son of a bitch. Zero raged in his mind. This entire place may just be leveled to the ground because of you and your damn need to know everyone's weak points!
Sora blinked as Nico continued. "This is the perfect stage for the two who will show us the future of dueling! Now then, Action Field on!"
Reiji you BASTARD! Shun yelled to himself in thought. You fucking set this up on purpose. That field wasn't chosen by accident, you rigged the options!
"Field Spell! City of the Future, Heartland, activate!" Nico spoke in a jolly tone, that happiness from the last duel won't be lasting for long.
"Heartland…" Shun breathed. It was almost exactly like his home, but there were a few differences. The giant tower for example, it didn't have a heart at the top.
Sora looked around the field, hands on his hips. "I'd be more excited if it were a town of sweets, though…" Sora trailed off before continuing. "But it looks like the crowd is enjoying it, so I guess it's fine if it's not." Sora looked over towards Shun from across the river that was separating them. His smile dropped slightly at the sight of Shun though.
Shun was holding a shaking fist, his face scrunched up in boiling rage that couldn't be released. It really looked like the taller teen wanted to hit something, and that something looked like Sora's face when yellow eyes met emerald.
Sora blinked, playing innocent. "What's wrong? Do you have a stomach ache?" Shun looked down at the ground while taking a deep breath, his fist lowering back to his side. "Hey, will you really be able to duel me?"
Yellow eyes shrunk slightly as he glared towards Sora. "You should worry about yourself first!" The Raidraptor snapped, and he could feel how his monsters wanted to tear into the little pint sized runt. Sora just blinked up towards Shun in rather well done innocence. "If you really are a true Fusion user…" He raised his duel disk, ready for battle. "I will show no mercy!"
With that said, Shun did a slow spin and activated his duel disk. Yellow eyes almost looking like a burning sun, this teen was set on destroying Sora in this duel.
Sora smirked, and activated his duel disk as well. "Interesting, aren't you?" He then turned towards the waiting crowd. "All right, everyone! My Entertainment duel is about to begin!" The short teen waved towards the crowd and where Yuya should be sitting. "Cheer for me just like you did for Yuya!" The crowd cheered even louder in response to his words. Sora nodded in approval, before jumping up and throwing a hand in the air. "Then, with that, let's get this started!"
Emerald eyes met piercing yellow as Sora began the chant. "Duelists locked in battle!"
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Shun didn't reply back. The taller teen not even bother to try and look excited or happy. The only thing he did was darken his glare.
"Huh?" Sora looked put down by his opponent's silent refusal to play along. "Hey! You're really killing the mood, you know?" The Academia spy put his hands on his hips. "If I say 'Marco', you have to say 'Polo'!" Sora held his hand in a lecturing gesture. "It's called call and response!" Emerald eyes looked up towards yellow as if they were looking up at a lesser being, or a child. "Got it?"
Shun said nothing, and his trenchcoat and hair blew softly from a sudden gust of wind.
Sora's eyes narrowed and his body slumped more at Shun's outright refusal to play along. He sighed. "He's a lost cause." The shorter teen did a complete 180 after those words and smiled once again towards the crowd. "Alright then everyone!" The boy pumped his fist into the air. "Let's take it from the top! Duelists locked in battle!"
The crowd spoke loudly as one, and it only seemed to make Shun even more pissed then he was before. "Kicking against the Earth and dancing in the air alongside their monsters! They storm through this field!"
Nico decided to help the shorter boy, while preparing to snap his fingers. "Behold! This is the newest and greatest evolution of dueling! Action…" Nico snapped his fingers, and the cards spread around the beautiful field that would soon turn into a God forsaken warzone.
"DUEL!"
SORA LP- 4000
SHUN LP- 4000
"The audience's call and response was perfect!" Nico praised the audience as they cheered. "Out third match today is just getting better and better! Just how will it turn out?!"
You won't be saying that later. Zero thought to himself darkly, his body looking as relaxed as it was before the field was revealed. On the inside however, Zero was tightened like a spring ready to break from the pressure.
"I'll go first!" Sora insisted since Shun didn't bother to go. "I summon from my hand a very cute bear monster, Fluffal Bear!" The monster did indeed look cute, it was pink, big, and looked very soft along with having a red scarf around its neck and small angel like wings on its back.
FLUFFAL BEAR LV.3 ATK:1200 DEF:800
The children and females of the crowd awed at the cute sight. "So cute!"
"Isn't it?" Sora asked the crowd, and got cheering as a response. "But I've got even cuter ones coming up! When there is a Fluffal monster on my field, I can Special Summon these monsters from my hand!" Sora held the two cards in the air. "Two cute sheep monsters that'll make you squeal! I double Special Summon two Fluffal Sheeps!" Those monsters were also indeed cute. They had very puffy orange wool, green eyes, and pink wings on their backs.
FLUFFAL SHEEP LV.2 ATK:400 DEF:800
"So cute!" Though, judging from the scowl on Shun's face. The Raidraptor user couldn't give any less of a shit.
"I set one card and end my turn." Sora finished calmly before putting one hand on his hip. "Now then, you're up! Let's both give the audience the greatest show!" Sora's smile widened slightly.
"The greatest show?" Shun finally spoke up, though his voice was monotone. It sounded like he was just tired of everything around him as yellow eyes narrowed. "Once, dueling was the greatest show in my homeland as well." Shun's eyes closed as he began to reminisce about something, pain on his face that instantly went away before anybody could notice other than Zero. Even Sora missed it, and he was closer to his opponent than the masked man. "That's right… the greatest…"
"Huh?" Sora blinked, this dudes mood was destroying the good atmosphere he tried so hard to create!
"Whether they were children or adults, everyone enjoyed it without a care." Yellow eyes finally opened to focus on his opponent and only his opponent before it went to Heartland itself. "It was a town where duelists were adored by the public." Shun looked back at Sora, and emerald eyes narrowed slightly at the hidden implications. "Until that day…"
"The day your world was destroyed and you had to duel to survive." Zero muttered to himself. "The day Heartland was gone, replaced with rubble, smoke, ash, and tears. Replaced with a place with people who fear dueling… The day Academia invaded."
"On that day, our enemy attacked us without warning and turned our town into a battlefield." Shun continued alongside Zero even though he couldn't hear the masked man. The Raidrapotor could feel how he really felt about it.
"Enemy? Battlefield?" Sora sounded completely lost, and if it wasn't for the fact that he wore a modified Academia uniform Shun might have doubted the kid was a spy in the first place. "What's that? What are you going on about?"
The entire crowd was silenced by Shun's words. Everyone was confused and slightly scared about what he was talking about.
"Jeez…" Sora's eyebrows furrowed and he gave a sad frown. "You're really oblivious, aren't you?" That hand has back on his hip again. "I even went out of my way to play three cute monsters to liven the match up." Sora raised his hand again. "Don't go and ruin it!" He whined slightly. "I said we should both give them the greatest show, didn't I? If I go 'Ka-boom', then you've got to follow up with a 'Ba-bang' or it won't-"
"My turn. I draw." Shun interrupted Sora's rant, which made the candy addict give the Raidraptor user a childish frown. "We were thrown into disarray by the sudden assaults. Just mounting a defense took everything we had!"
"Are you even trying?" Sora threw Shun's words to the side.
"I summon Raidraptor Vanishing Lanius from my hand!" Shun spoke calmly, too calmly for Zero's liking. The green mechanical falcon spread its wings and looked up into the sky. A red symbol etched into its chest as it screeched loudly, glad to finally be released to fight against the Academia spy.
RAIDRAPTOR VANISHING LANIUS LV.4 ATK:1300 DEF:1600
"Battle!" Shun spoke, surprising everyone else since he didn't summon anymore monsters or play any Spells. Shun threw his hand up towards his trusty mechanical bird. "I attack Fluffal Bear with Vanishing Lanius!"
The falcon screeched, before clawing the cute bear into shreds. The wind blew against Sora's hair and clothes while also causing the teen to close one emerald eye.
SORA LP- 4000 = 3900
The two duelists could faintly hear a little girl crying in the background, but Sora just ignored it and gave a soft chuckle. "I'll save it for you right now! I activate the Trap Fluffal Crane! This can return a Fuluffal monster that was destroyed by battle to my hand. This also lets me draw one card from my deck! You've got to react like this, got it?" Sora asked towards Shun once again, giving the teen a cute childish wink.
Now he seems to be trying a bit too hard in his disguise. Zero narrowed his violet eyes towards Sora.
Shun didn't bother to respond to the Fusion user, and instead continued his turn. "Because a Raidraptor monster declared an attack this turn, I activate the Spell card Raidraptors Symbol." The taller teen didnt even look at his hand as he played the Spell he was talking about, yellow eyes focused only on his prey. "I can add one Raidraptor monster from my deck to my hand. I add Raidraptor Vanishing Lanius." Shun took the monster from his deck and put it in his hand. "And due to the previously summoned Vanishing Lanius' monster effect, I can Special Summon one more Vanishing Lanius this turn!" The second falcon soon joined its comrade and gave a cry that hungered for battle.
RAIDRAPTOR VANISHING LANIUS LV.4 ATK:1300 DEF:1600
"I summon it in Defense Mode." Shun added.
"It's nice that you were able to respond so quickly, but there's no point in hiding behind those monsters, you know?" Sora spoke up, but Shun just ignored him. Though that statement did reveal himself more than he had probably intended it to. It's not like he wasn't hiding from Shun, but the Academia spy had to at least keep up some sort of flimsy facade when it came to the rest of the Standard citizens watching this duel.
"I set one card and end my turn." Shun finished calmly.
"Both players have ended one turn with two monsters of the same name!" Nico spoke into his golden mic. "At this point, neither has taken a decisive lead! I wonder what twists this battle will take! Who will get the taste of victory!? Sora or Shun?"
"Isn't that obvious?" Sora looked over towards where Nico's stand was briefly before looking back towards Shun. "The one who entertains the audience more, of course!" He gave a thumbs up. "And I'll make sure they have their fill! Let's go! My turn. I draw!" Sora drew his card, excited to play his turn. "I summon Edge Imp Sabres from my hand." Though this monster was a little scarier than the two sheep, it wasn't super terrifying. It was just a pair of clippers with red eyes.
EDGE IMP SABRES LV.3 ATK:1200 DEF:800
"When this card is Normal Summoned, I can return one Fluffal monster on the field to my hand. Then I can Special Summon a different Fluffal monster from my hand!" Sora revealed the monster's effect, and began to resummon Fluffal Bear. The clippers began to sheer the orange fluff off of one of the Fluffal sheep. "Now, your applause please, as our very cute sheep in no time turns into… Fluffal Bear!"
FLUFFAL BEAR LV.3 ATK:1200 DEF:800
The crowd cheered, although it was mostly some children since the cute teddy bear had returned.
"It's Mr. Bear!"
"Bear!"
"So cute!"
"It's back!"
"But where's Mr. Sheep?"
Sora waved a card in his hand towards the crowd. "Mr. Sheep is right here!" Emerald eyes looked at his sheep card. "When he returns to my hand, I get to add a certain card from my deck to my hand because of his effect!" Sora drew a card, before looking at Shun as he said his next words. "That card is the Spell card Polymerization!" Sora revealed the card to the Raidraptor user, and Shun immediately grit his teeth and frowned.
The lights suddenly turned off on the field, and Sora vanished. When two spotlights turned on a drum roll began to play as the lights tried to find the short teen. The lights finally revealed the sky blue haired teen standing at the very top of some stairs that went to another level of the city.
Sora raised one hand. "Ladies and Gentlemen!" With that, all of the lights turned back on and the crowd began to cheer at the lines mostly said by Yuya.
"What's this?!" Nico exclaimed. "Isn't that Yuya Sakaki's very own catchphrase?!"
Does he really likes Yuya that much? Zero questioned to himself with disbelief. It was dangerous for an Academia spy to get close to their soon to be victims, so why was Sora trying to be just like Yuya?
Was Yuya really making Sora change? Did he affect the Academia spy that much, so much so that Sora really did want to be Yuya's friend.
Zero clicked his tongue. "Preposterous. What am I even thinking? The chances of that are slim to none, so why even bother trying to fix something that's so broken?"
"Hmph." Shun looked up to meet his opponent's eyes.
"What you're all about to witness is a real, full-fledged Fusion Summon!" Sora waved to the crowd he couldn't see, but he could certainly hear them. "Now let's get to it! I activate the Spell card Polymerization! I'm going to fuse Edge Imp Sabres and Fluffal Bear!" The two began to fuse in a light behind the Academia spy. "Claws of the demon and fangs of the beast!" Sora held his arms out, before putting them together in a fist and throwing them out in front of himself. "Become one and reveal to us your new form! I Fusion Summon!" The teen bent his elbows so that the fist was right beside his chest. "Come forth, horrifying beast that shreds all! Frightfur Bear!"
The bear's arms grew claws and extended from its body while scissors cut through his chest. Red eyes glowed from within the bear's forcefully opened maw, and its real eyes had this crazed look in them.
FRIGHTFUR BEAR LV.6 ATK:2200 DEF:1800
"It's time to battle!" Sora threw his hands out towards one of Shun's birds. "I attack Vanishing Lanius with Frightfur Bear!" The bear spun around, before clawing the mechanical bird. The falcon gave one last screech before being destroyed. Shun had to cover his face from the wind that blew his hair and cloak.
SHUN LP- 4000 = 3100
"Not only that!" Sora continued with hands on his hips in triumph. "Frightfur Bear has the ability to equip monsters it destroys in battle! My Fusion monster will gain your bird's attack as well." The yellow particles began to gather together, until a yellow phoenix revealed itself, and began to get sucked into the waiting maws of the Fusion bear.
FRIGHTFUR BEAR ATK:2200 = 3500
Shun threw his arm forward, and spoke calmly. "I activate the Trap card Raidraptor Return!" The card began to glow brightly, and a red aura appeared around Frightfur Bear. "This card returns one Raidraptor monster destroyed in battle to my hand!" The Fusion bear threw up the yellow phoenix which formed into a card that was in between Shun's two fingers.
FRIGHTFUR BEAR ATK:3500 = 2200
Sora blinked, not expecting that move. "Huh?!" Though the shorter teen quickly regained his composure, but it wasn't the same as it was before. It wasn't as jolly. "Well, if you didn't do this much, it wouldn't be any fun!" Sora admitted. "I set one card and end my turn!"
"It's as if they are one with their decks!" Nico announced over the silence that arrived from Shun's trap. "They're trading blows as easily as if they were just drawing breath!" The announcer clenched a fist while his other held his golden mic. "I have a feeling this third match is going to be an amazing one! In fact, I can't deny that it's already amazing at this point in the game!"
"Amazingly destructive." Zero added to himself, though some of the audience looked towards Zero, confused by that comment. However, Zero said nothing else to enlighten them to the violent time bomb that was inbound. Both Shun and Sora were literally walking, breathing, ticking time bombs. One was with rage, while the other was more on the verge of insanity.
"Well, isn't that all counting on him?" Sora asked, and emerald eyes focused more on the sucker he was holding. "You said you'd show no mercy, but you'd better start trying now!" The candy addict threw the pink sucker up into the air, before catching it into his mouth. A satisfied smile on his face as he tasted the sweet flavor and spoke with his the sucker still in his mouth. "Or could it be you're so focused on defending yourself that you can't fight back?" Emerald eyes looked down towards yellow with a taunting look in them.
"At first that was the case." Shun admitted. He would make this midget pay for what had happened to his home, severely. "We could hardly manage to protect ourselves against such an overwhelming foe…" Sora's smile vanished as he blinked. The crowd mumbling about what Shun was 'babbling' on about.
"There he goes again…"
"What could he be talking about?"
Yellow eyes narrowed in steely determination. "But we didn't have any organized resistance. Pushed to our wit's end, we started losing comrades one by one. In those hopeless battles, we learned… The only way to survive was to win!" Shun began to raise his voice, if only for just a moment. "Only those who bore a steeled will to win would live through that hell!"
For just a second, emerald eyes shook at Shun's threateningly aura and manners, before he blinked and frowned down at the secret rebel. Which wasn't really a secret anymore.
"But then you found HIM, didn't you?" Sora spoke quietly, but Shun still heard it. "Even under the circumstances, you were so desperate as to trust someone like him."
Shun said nothing that confirmed nor denied Sora's words. "My turn! I draw!" Yellow eyes averted to look at his card, before looking back at emerald. "I summon Vanishing Lanius from my hand!" The bird gave a war cry, ready for what was about to come.
RAIDRAPTOR VANISHING LANIUS LV.4 ATK:1300 DEF:1600
"On the turn this card is successfully summoned, I can Special Summon another Vanishing Lanius from my hand!" Shun spoke, and summoned another Lanius that cawed towards it's allies.
RAIDRAPTOR VANISHING LANIUS LV.4 ATK:1300 DEF:1600
"He has three Vanishing Lanius?!" Sora looked down at Shun's field in slight shock.
Shun raised his hand up towards the sky. "I overlay all three Level 4 Vanishing Lanius!" The golden vortex appeared in the ground, and allowed Shun's new bird to fly up from the dark depths into the sky. All six of its red eyes activating, and giving off a somewhat eerie glow. "Obscured falcon. Raise your claws sharpened by adversity! Spread your wings of Rebellion! I Xyz Summon! Come forth! Rank four! Raidraptor Rise Falcon!"
The giant mechanical falcon gave a piercing cry towards the heavens itself. It's metallic body mostly green and black with yellow joints. A Raidraptor symbol emblazoned on its back and sides of its neck. It's wings spewed fire to help keep itself afloat, and it's talons were outstretched to catch and raze anything within its reach.
RAIDRAPTOR RISE FALCON RNK.4 ORB.3 ATK:100 DEF:2000
Sora looked up at the giant falcon with some surprise. Though the crowd was going insane at the reveal of Shun being able to Xyz Summon. The monster flew around in circles, viewing its new hunting grounds with keen red eyes. "So this is you getting serious?" Sora asked rhetorically before looking back down towards Shun. "You've got to be kidding me! Is this meant to be an insult? Because it certainly feels like one."
"This monster can attack all Special Summoned monsters on the field." Shun ignored Sora's barbs, and began to reveal his 'weak' monster's effects.
"Even if you can attack all of my monsters, with just a 100 Attack that bird's goose is cooked!" Sora pointed out with a smile on his face.
You underestimate people like us at your own cost. Zero smirked from beneath his mask. As Yuto once stated before, a happy Zero can be as dangerous as an angry Zero. This match certainly didn't bode well for the Fusion user.
"Be careful Sora!" Yuya yelled from where he stood against the railing. "This person is dangerous and so is that monster!"
Sora just waved up at Yuya, not heeding the taller boy's warning. "Don't worry, I'll be fine!"
Though Sora looked back down when he saw Shun raise his hand to point a finger up at his Rise Falcon. "I activate Rise Falcon's effect! By using one Orbital, it gains Attack equal to the total Attack of all of my opponent's Special Summoned monsters!"
RAIDRAPTOR RISE FALCON ORB.3 = 2
"That means my Frightfur Bear, and even my Fluffal Sheep's Attack is added to yours!?" Sora's emerald eyes widened in shock at this turn of events. The Academia spy could only watch as real fire sprouted out and around Rise Falcon's metal wings and body as it gained even more power. The cry it gave even more loud and mighty than the one before it. "So that's an Attack of 2700!"
RAIDRAPTOR RISE FALCON ATK:100 + 400 + 2200 = 2700
"Battle!" Yellow eyes widened, and Shun made a gun like gesture with his fingers, pointing straight at Sora and his damn Fusion monster. "Raidraptor Rise Falcon! Rend and tear all of our enemies! Brave Claw Revolution!" The falcon cried out, and went high into the sky with its extreme strength and speed before tearing down towards its prey. The two monster's being decapitated by the deadly mechanical bird's claws, while the force and strength of the wind sent Sora flying backwards.
"Mr. Sheep!" The crowd screamed in horror at the brutality and merciless display shown. Parents covered their children's eyes while others cringed back instinctively.
Sora cried out as he was sent flying from where he was by the stairs. The boy protecting his face with his arms as he lost Life Points.
SORA LP- 3900 = 3400
With its job finished and prey destroyed, Rise Falcon gave a loud cry of victory and made a huge sweeping victory circle around the field. Once that was done, the mechanical bird continued to soar high up in the air in circles, looking for its next victim.
The audience couldn't even believe what they were seeing, and were stunned into silence. "Wh-what just happened?!" Even Nico sounded like he couldn't believe the display of Shun's ferocity. "Frightfur Bear and Fluffal Sheep were taken out in an instant…!" Even the announcer sounded somewhat frightened.
Sora struggled to sit up from the pathway he had landed on, and when he did he frowned down towards Shun. The lights shadowed Shun's body slightly as he finished his turn. "I set two cards and end my turn." Rise Falcon heard its master's words, and flew down to float behind Shun. "At this time, Rise Falcon's effect ends and its Attack returns to normal."
RAIDRAPTOR RISE FALCON ATK:2700 = 100
Sora wiped some dirt off of his cheek before giving a big grin, sucker still somehow managing to stay in his mouth. "Now you've done something pretty interesting!" Sora flipped up onto his feet and walked back to where he once was by the top of the stairs. "Well, then I guess I have to… Go all out for a bit against you." That grin began to turn maniacal.
"So, you're already at your breaking point." The people around him could feel his frown. Zero stood up from the wall he was leaning against and walked up to the railing, grabbing ahold of it. His fists tightened slightly around the metal, making his knuckles turn white. The masked man straightened his back and watched the duel with a calculating eye.
"How will Sora mount his counter attack after all of his monsters were destroyed?!" Nico questioned, getting back into the swing of things quickly after that small scare.
Sora smiled. "My turn, I draw!" The sky blue haired teen leaned forward slightly, eager to prove himself. "I summon Edge Imp Saw!" The monster was a literal mechanical saw with red eyes in the center.
EDGE IMP SAW LV.5 ATK:500 DEF:1000
"When this card is summoned I can draw two cards by sending one Fluffal monster to the Graveyard!" The boy sent one Fluffal Sheep to the Grave before drawing and looking at his two cards. Shun did nothing but silently watched the Fusion user with a glare. He couldn't wait until he finished this duel and gave the Academia spy what was coming to him. "I activate the Spell card Fusion Conscription from my hand!" Sora showed Shun the card he was talking about. "I can call a Fusion Material monster from my deck to my hand." Sora smirked down at his card, it being just a little bit too big of a smirk for any good intentions.
Though the boy did another 180 and raised both of his hands out towards the crowd. "Your attention please! Make sure the spotlight is only on me!" The stage directors reluctantly did as they were asked, and Sora raised one hand out towards the sky, finger pointing towards the lights. "The fun has just begun!"
"Woah!" Nico leaned back. "There's another one of Yuya Sakaki's famous catchphrases!" The crowd was beginning to cheer again after Shun's turn. The atmosphere slowly being returned to something more enjoyable. "I activate the Continuous Spell Frightfur Factory from my hand! I can banish one Polymerization card in my Graveyard to Fusion Summon a Frightfur Fusion monster!" Sora looked at his card. "I'm going to fuse Edge Imp Saw and the Fluffal Lion in my hand!" The two monsters, one cute, and the other deadly, began to fuse together behind Sora.
"Steel blades possessed by demons! Become one with the fanged beast and reveal to us your new form!" Sora threw a balled fist out in front of himself. "I Fusion Summon! Come forth, king of beasts that shreds all! Frightfur Wheel Saw Lion!"
The once cute lion began to burst at the seams in a gorish manner. It's paws turned into three sharpened red claws, while a wheel saw erupted from its chest. It's face had multiple wheel saws buzzing around on it, along with crazy red eyes and sharp red fangs. The demonic monster gave out a maniacal laughter as its stuffing and wrappings began to fall apart all around it. Children screamed and began to cry at what the adorable lion had turned into.
FRIGHTFUR WHEEL SAW LION LV.7 ATK:2400 DEF:2000
Shun looked over to where he could hear the children cry. A vague emotion of what was possibly sadness crossed his face for just a millisecond before it was gone. Yellow eyes then focused to the fake Heartland around him, before he turned around and ran away, looking for an Action Card.
"Oh! The tides have turned on Shun!" Nico observed the field with a worried gaze. Perhaps this battle was being taken a tad bit too far?
Sora laughed. "What's this? Are you scared?" The shorted teen mocked from above as he watched Shun run. The taller teen said nothing, but instead jumped up and grabbed ahold of Rise Falcon's talon. The mechanical bird having swooped in to help its master find what he was searching for as it took off high into the sky. Emerald eyes narrowed as he smiled. "You can't escape." The Fusion user threw a hand out in front of him. "I activate Wheel Saw Lion's effect! Once per turn, it can destroy an opponent's monster and deal damage equal to its Attack to my opponent!" The saws around the lion's head began to buzz and make sparks wildly, before all of them were unleashed. Each saw heading straight towards Shun and his falcon.
Shun looked backed at the saws impassively as Rise Falcon ducked under a bridge. The mechanical bird knowing what to do all on its own to protect it's master. The falcon dodged left and right, making the saws miss him by a hair before finally launching out of the cave and into the sky again. The saws still followed them both, but the bird was persistent, and ducked, weaved, and dodged around the deadly metal saws just begging to take a bite out of him.
The saws cut through buildings, shattering windows and causing debris to fly everywhere as Rise Falcon flew between two buildings and around another one. Yellow eyes widened, and Shun let go of his monster to drop into a free fall. The falcon flying off in a different direction so the saws wouldn't harm Shun.
The Raidraptor duelist grabbed ahold of the Action Card he saw with his keen eyes. "I activate the Action Card Mirror Barrier!" Shun yelled from over the wind as he began to fall. The tall teen heading for the ground head first and his cape and hair moving wildly from the winds.. "It negates an effect that would destroy a card!" Rise Falcon cried out, and swooped down below Shun to save it's master from the fatal fall. The taller teen instantly knew what to do, and stood on top of his falcon's back, arms once again crossed over his chest.
"So that's what he meant by riding one of your monsters." Zero breathed, watching Shun do the admittedly cool display without any fear. However, Shun would have to throw the revolutionary out of a high window to get him to do anything even close to what the yellow eyed teen was doing now.
A barrier protected Rise Falcon from being destroyed along with Shun. Meanwhile, down below, Sora's jaw dropped as he watches his Wheel Saw Lion get trapped by surrounding mirrors. The demonic lion obviously didn't like being stuck in an enclosed space, nor looking at its reflection, and began to cry out in rage. Sora threw a fist out towards his Fusion monster and cheered for it. "Break it down! Wheel Saw Lion!"
The saws on Wheel Saw Lion's head and chest began to buzz madly, red eyes glowing maliciously as it broke one of the mirrored walls into pieces. Though the monster wasn't done, and actually tackled into a building, causing even more destruction and chaos in the field.
Nico watched and announced it all with honest worry and furrowed eyebrows. This was beginning to cross a line. "Umm… Even if it is Solid Vision, destroying it for no reason is a little…"
"Oh, sorry!" Sora apologized and shrugged, but it was obvious that he wasn't really sorry. "Cats just don't like being out of the spotlight!"
"Cats what?" Nico asked, caught off guard slightly.
The cat emerged from the building by punching another hole in it, and looked up at Rise Falcon and Shun. It's intent rather obvious to everyone. "But thanks to that, I found one. An opponent I should destroy." Emerald eyes narrowed, and everyone was confused by the sky blue haired teens words.
"Found one?"
"Found who?"
"What's this guy talking about!?"
"Destroy? Isn't this supposed to be an Entertainment duel? Whatever happened to the fun duel like with Sylvio and Yuya!"
"You're wrong." Zero whispered to himself over the questioning mumbling of the audience. "It's we who have found you, Sora Shiunin."
Shun scowled down at Sora, while the teen himself smirked up at the resistance fighter. "You did well trying to protect it with Action Cards, but too bad!" Sora shrugged casually, but it was in more of a mocking way. "You can't run away from the king of beasts that shreds all!" Emerald eyes grinned up towards Shun, the intent of violence radiating off of the shorter boy in waves. "You'll take some huge damage when your 100 Attack monster gets taken out by a 2400 Attack lion, won't you?"
Sora gave Shun zero time to respond or move, and pointed up towards the two. "Battle! Wheel Saw Lion, attack Rise Falcon!" The lion began to charge towards the flying duo, before it gave one mighty jumped. It's red claws sharpened and ready to kill with its red fanged grin and insane laughter.
Shun just gestured to the side. "Trap activate! Adversity! When a monster I control is attacked by a monster with higher Attack, I take no damage and my monster is not destroyed." The lion swiped down at Rise Falcon, but the mechanical bird just backed away and shook it off like it was nothing. "And it's Attack is increased by 1000!"
RAIDRAPTOR RISE FALCON ATK:100 = 1100
"What?!" Sora looked up at this twist with a flicker of real rage.
"And there's another Trap!" Nico raised one fist with his other hand holding his golden mic. "This time, he fended off Wheel Saw Lion's attack and boosted his own monster's Attack with a previously set card!" The crowd began to cheer once again.
However, this didn't help Sora's attitude. "Damn it!" The boy stomped on the ground in frustration before pointing back up at Shun and his damned falcon! "I'll definitely get you next time!" He swore. "I end my turn here." The candy addict pouted, still eating his one sucker at the beginning of the match.
The Yusho group worried over Sora, and with a little cheering from Shuzo the baby blue haired teen once again did a complete 180. The boy jumped around and waved towards his friends. "Don't worry! I'm fine!" He began to ease their worries, but even Zero knew that they were beginning to see through the cracks in his mask. "I'm not really letting it bother me! I'm just having fun!" Emerald eyes glared off to the side, before he began running.
"My turn, I draw!" Shun yelled out in his always calm stance and tone. "I activate Rise Falcon's effect! By using one Orbital, it gains the Attack equal to the total Attack of all of my opponent's Special Summoned monsters until the End Phase!
RAIDRAPTOR RISE FALCON ATK:1100 = 3500
"Battle!" Shun gestured towards Wheel Saw Lion. "I attack Wheel Saw Lion with Rise Falcon!" The mechanical bird gave a loud cry that turned into sound waves, all of them heading towards Sora's monster.
Sora himself jumped up towards an Action Card hidden in the trees. "Not happening!" He yelled out determinedly. "I activate the Action Card Evasion!"
"Pointless." Shun spat, eyes closed before they opened again to reveal calm, steely yellow eyes. "Counter-Trap Raptor's Storm activate! If I control a Raidraptor monster, it negates the activation of an opponent's Spell or Trap card!" The Trap card revealed itself, taunting the shorter boy.
Wheel Saw Lion twisted abnormally from Rise Falcon's cry, and was destroyed. Sora himself was sent flying back once again, this time his sucker being lost in the force. The boy skidded across the ground on his back harshly.
SORA LP- 3400 = 2300
"Sora!" Yuzu and Yuya yelled in the silence of the crowd. Everyone was starting to get a little scared of what this duel was turning into.
"I set two cards and end my turn!" Shun finished his onslaught. "At this time, Rise Falcon's effect ends and its Attack returns to normal."
RAIDRAPTOR RISE FALCON ATK:3500 = 1100
"Are you okay Sora!" Yuya called out, very concerned for his friend.
Sora himself was slowly standing up, his back turned from Shun and the others. "You really… Are PISSING me off, you know that?!" Emerald eyes turned to glare up at uncaring yellow. "How many times have you destroyed my monsters now?!" You could hear how the shorter teen ground his teeth together. "No more Mr. Nice Guy!" Sora looked down at a new sucker, he quickly ripped the wrapping off using his teeth and popped it into his mouth. The boy spitting the wrapping out onto the floor carelessly. "This time. I'm really going all out! My turn, I draw!"
Sora didn't even give anyone any time to think about his moves, he just did them as fast as possible. The shorter teen really wanting to kick Shun's ass and destroy that damn falcon of his! "I activate the Spell card Seam Reborn! I Special Summon Fluffal Sheep from my Graveyard!"
FLUFFAL SHEEP LV.2 ATK:400 DEF:800
Sora threw a hand to the side, a rather evil grin on his face. "Next, I activate the Continuous Spell Frightfur Factory's effect! By banishing one 'Fusion' card in my Graveyard, I can Fusion Summon a Frightfur Fusion monster!" Sora yelled. "I'm going to fuse my Fluffal Sheep on the field and Edge Imp Chain in my hand!" When Sora threw his hands forward into one balled fist this time, his face had an edge of insanity in it. "I Fusion Summon! Come forth, beast of chains that binds all! Frightfur Chain Sheep!"
The mutated orange sheep gave a mockery of it's once nice baa. Teeth buzzing and green eyes swirling around in it's head wildly. It had two weird disks above it's back that may have acted like wings, but at this rate nobody could really tell.
FRIGHTFUR CHAIN SHEEP LV.5 ATK:2000 DEF:2000
Sora grinned up towards Shun. This time he would FINALLY clip that birds wings! "When this monster attacks, my opponent can't activate Spell or Trap cards!" Emerald green eyes narrowed as Sora's sneer grew. "Now that little specialty of yours has been sealed!" His almost hissed in sick happiness.
"Battle!" Sora pointed up towards the sky where Rise Falcon and Shun resided. "Go, Chain Sheep! Attack Rise Falcon!" The sheep gave a weird laugh, it's teeth moving around in its mouth wildly before it shot a red beam up towards the two.
Shun glared down at Sora alongside his damned Fusion monster, before Rise Falcon sprung into action. The mechanical bird proving its flexibility as it dodged around the red beam that tried to hit the bird from out of the sky. The falcon swept across the ground before flying back up again, the red beam following and closing in.
Finally. FINALLY, the beam struck Rise Falcon, and smoke exploded from where it once was in the sky. Shun himself began falling towards the Earth once again head first, eyes closed.
SHUN LP- 3100 = 2200
Yellow eyes opened widely as the rebel fighters trenchcoat and hair waved in the wind frantically. The teen looked down at the ground and did a swan dive gesture towards the ground without fear. The Raidraptor duelist jumped between buildings to help soften the fall. Once he reached the ground, Shun did a flip, before skidding to a stop in a crouch, hand and shoes digging into the dirt.
Shun stood to his full height, and carefully wiped his shoulders off of any dirt and grime that had accumulated on his trenchcoat. Eyes closed or focused on his own clothes more than Sora or the duel as he spoke calmly, if slightly mocking and sarcastically. "And with that, your monster's attack is done. So that effect has ended as well."
"What was that?!" Sora looked at Shun with disbelief. How did this guy take that so well, and STILL keep standing!? He destroyed his damned bird, so why wasn't he more afraid!
Yellow eyes finally opened in a glare. "I activate the Quick-Play Spell Rank-Up Magic - Raptors Force!" Shun threw his hand forward and the Spell card revealed itself. "I Special Summon the destroyed Rise Falcon and make it Rank Up to a Raidraptor monster that is 1 Rank higher!"
"What did you say?!" Sora cried out incredulously. He had just destroyed that fucking bird, and now it was coming back a rank higher and even STRONGER?!
"Ferocious falcon." Shun began to chant as a new bird took to the skies. "Break through this fierce battle and spread your wings! Destroy our gathering foes!" Shun threw his hand up towards the sky, towards his monster. "Rank Up! Xyz Change! Come forth!" The Raidraptor user threw his new monster down, and it appeared in a pillar of white light and glowed a fierce blood red. "Rank 5! Raidraptor Blaze Falcon!"
The bird gave a shrill caw towards everyone and everything that stood in its way to victory. This metallic bird was painted red and black, with yellow joints as well. The Raidraptor symbol etched into its chest as one orbital floated around it.
RAIDRAPTOR BLAZE FALCON RNK.5 ORB.1 ATK:1000 DEF:2000
Emerald eyes shook at the sight of the stronger bird. "Wh-wh-what?!" Nico couldn't believe he was seeing, along with the rest of the crowd. "His supposedly destroyed Xyz monster was reborn with its Rank increased!"
Sora looked up at Shun's new monster, stunned. Before he quickly blinked out of his stupor and laughed. "Nice! Very nice!" The shorter teen held out his sucker towards Shun, who was now only a few feet away. "You're quite the entertainer yourself, aren't you?" Sora waved his sucker around playfully. "Let me thank you for making this so exciting!" Emerald eyes looked up towards where the audience was. "The audience is loving it!"
Shun didn't bother to reply to Sora, and it only seemed to make the Fusion user more upset, or was it insane?
Either way, the crowd wasn't responding to this duel very well at all. No one was cheering, and that meant literally EVERYONE was watching this duel with scared and frightened eyes. All for one, or maybe two. Though one was watching through a screen hidden in his tower while the other was looking down from the railing he was holding onto.
"Have you finally lost your mind, Sora?" Zero spoke softly to himself in his modulated voice, this duel crossed a line long ago. There was no point in trying to stop it, and changing the atmosphere into something lighter was beyond impossible now.
What everyone was watching wasn't a duel. It was a battle.
Sora leaned forward and took one menacing step. Though it didn't rattle nor scare Shun in the slightest. Emerald eyes were widened at the thrill of the duel he was in right now. "I'm so excited and having so much fun, I can't contain myself!" He put his sucker back in his mouth and narrowed his green eyes that flickered slightly. "I end my turn here! Now then, why don't you let me enjoy this even more!"
"Enjoy?" Shun questioned calmly. "What you will experience now is the agony of death and defeat!" Sora furrowed his eyebrows and his smile dimmed. "My turn!" Shun drew his card and began his newest onslaught. "I activate Blaze Falcon's effect! By discarding one orbital, it destroys all Special Summoned monsters my opponent controls, and deals 500 damage per monster destroyed this way!"
RAIDRAPTOR BLAZE FALCON ORB.1 = 0
Yellow eyes widened, and Blaze Falcon's blue eyes glowed momentarily before it began its attack. Multiple robotic pieces began to eject from Blaze Falcon's wings, their destination being by Frightfur Chain Sheep.
"Wh-what a ruthless card effect!" Nico leaned down slightly beside his chair.
The robotic pieces began to fire blue lasers towards Sora and his Fusion Summoned demonic animal. "I activate the Trap card Frightfur Backup! It negates the destruction of a Frightfur monster and increases its Attack by 800!" The weird orange disks began to move, and a multicolored barrier was formed around Frightfur Chain Sheep.
FRIGHTFUR CHAIN SHEEP ATK:2000 = 2800
The lasers closed in, but simply bounced off of the barrier and into the landscape and buildings surrounding it. Shun grit his teeth at the sight of his 'home' being destroyed once again. The field being consumed in smoke and fiery explosions that caused some of the field to light on fire and spread its ghastly flames.
"And Sora manages to hold off that attack with a Trap card, and on top of that, increases his monster's Attack!" Nico tried to lift the mood up with his announcing, but it was a lost cause at this point.
Children were crying and hiding within their parents hold as everyone else stared at the decaying field in horror. What kind of duel was this supposed to be?! It's not supposed to be a war, this was supposed to be a fun, peaceful, and entertaining duel!
But that wasn't how it was meant to be was it?
Shun decided to roll with the punches and continue in another direction. "Blaze Falcon can attack my opponent directly! Go!" Shun threw his hand out, and sicked his Blaze Falcon out towards Sora without any mercy.
"Shun continues his attack!" Nico yelled out as Sora turned, and ran, looking for an Action Card. "Sora is in a pinch!"
When Sora couldn't find one in time the falcon struck, a single talon pushing the short stack aside and sending the kid flying once again. The candy addict losing his green sucker in the process of the hit. What was worse, was that the kid's back was sent straight into a building, making a huge round crater in it as he slumped down towards the ground.
SORA LP- 2300 = 1300
The ground began to rumble as the building finally couldn't take no more hits, and began to collapse. All of this happening right on top of the Fusion user, Sora.
"The building is collapsing!" Nico cried out towards the boy in fear for his safety. "Look out!"
"Sora!" Yuya yelled out, and emerald eyes finally looked up at the incoming enormous chunk of building. The teen grit his teeth, before standing up, and jumping between falling rocks and debris to reach a safe spot just after the building collapsed. Sora grinned towards Shun as the building fell just behind him, ruffling his jacket and light blue hair which was still in a ponytail somehow. Even Sora's friend at Yusho couldn't explain his sudden ability to move like that.
Shun continued mercilessly, and kept his hand out towards Sora. "When Blaze Falcon deals damage from a direct attack, it can destroy one of my opponent's monsters!" A compartment opened below Blaze Falcon's chest, and a bunch of missiles began storming out and flew straight towards Frightfur Sheep.
"Like I'll let YOU!" Sora spat. He lunged for an Action Card and quickly activated it. The Academia spy was just about done and over with Shun's shit. "I activate the Action Card Mirror Barrier! It negates an effect that would destroy a card!" Another, more clear barrier protected the demonic sheep from destruction once again.
"This time, he defended his monster with an Action Card!" Nico exclaimed into his golden mic. "With the same Mirror Barrier Shun used just before!"
Shun was on top of the case in an instant. "Trap card, open!" He moved his hand down towards his newest trap. "Raptors Gust! If I control a Raidraptor monster, it negates the activation of an opponent's Spell card and then destroys it!" With that, the barrier was broken and shattered, leaving Frightfur Chain Sheep exposed. The rest of the missles swarmed in at the chance of a kill, and the nightmarish monstrosity was finally slain.
Nico leaned over his special booth used to announce the duels. "And we have another turnover!" This time the crowd did cheer, but it wasn't for Sora anymore. "If they get you, get them back!" Nico yelled frantically to the audience. This clashing and exchange of blows has gotten me so excited!"
Not everyone was happy with it though. Children were still crying, while some adults and teens yelled at the two duelists in anger. Others cheered them on, wanting a better, more violent duel. Yuya looked down at it all in rising terror, this reaction being the most common one in the stadium thankfully.
"This is almost like... a battlefield, isn't it?" Yuya breathed to himself in fright. This isn't what dueling is suppose to be about.
This is wrong.
But it didn't stop the two from continuing now, did it?
Shun looked down at a single card, most likely the last one in his hand. "I set one card and end my turn!" Yellow eyes closed as he finally responded to Sora's jabs, barbs, and mocking words with some of his own. "Where'd that grin of yours go?"
Sora blinked, the light in his emerald eyes gone. His body shook slightly, before he clenched his fists and absolute, unadulterated RAGE filled his face. His body didn't quake with fear or fright, it shook in anger, in the absolute urge to show this Xyz TRASH who was the proper Alpha.
Shun stabbed and twisted the proverbial sharply edged dagger in deeper. His yellow eyes never losing their spark, their fire, their rage or fight as they glared towards Sora. Shun saw through his soul itself. "Now do you understand a bit of what it feels like to be hunted?" The Raidraptor user began to hiss as his thoughts drifted back to the pain and absolute HELL and torture he had to go through all of this time. "You bastards would always laugh while you continued to attack my comrades!" He could still hear his friends' and families' screams.
He could still see their terrified faces clearly, even as they became a simple piece of paper that could be destroyed so easily.
He could remember Academia's laughing and gleeful faces as they did it all without any regret.
"They're indeed cruel." Zero somehow managed to dent the metal with the sheer grip he had on the railing, teeth grit behind his mask as he began to relieve everything HE has gone through. Both in this world and his own. "Human beings are monsters in and of themselves. They enjoy seeing others like us sink into despair with this twisted, damned elation as they themselves rise up higher. Both Academia, and Britannia, are cruel, twisted, dark sins through and through. So they must be ERADICATED if we are to help the world regrow without their fatal and infectious poison."
"But we are no longer submissive prey for you to hunt!" Shun yelled, some of his true rage and feelings spilling out towards Sora and the world. Shun's face darkened at the mere thought of being 'submissive' to anyone or anything like Academia.
"Huh?" Emerald eyes shrunk back and shook slightly, they looked like pupils. A sinister, truly insane grin splitting across his face that just wouldn't go away. "Aren't you getting carried away!" The Academia spy had truly thrown himself over the edge, hadn't he? Sora laughed and drawled on slowly and carelessly. He somehow managed to look down at Shun, even from his height, as if he was a child. "Don't even joke about it!"
"I can win a duel like this while licking some candy!" Emerald eyes somehow managed to shrink back even FURTHER as he pulled out a big lollipop. The Academia spy took one vicious and powerful bite, snapping off over half of the lollipop in one go.
Sora chewed slightly, before looking back towards Shun with a psychopathic look. "It's just a game!" He yelled out towards the taller teen lightly. "There's no way I need to get so serious!" Emerald eyes refocused on his candy. "That's the same with my friends as well!" He took another vicious bite, this time taking the rest of the lollipop.
"We all hunted you just for fun!" Sora cheered giddly, it was almost like he was drunk on insanity and sweets itself. He spoke so loudly, so carelessly, and admitted everything out towards the crowd that spooked and frightened them even more than what Zero had originally thought. Sora must truly be a wreck if he scared the entire stadium like this. Even Nico Smiley was crouching slightly under the desk in his booth, but everyone was listening intently.
Everyone listened in on how Sora spilled his guts out about destroying Shun's previous life. With no guilt and all glee at that.
"Because all of you are just prey for our HUNTING GAMES!" Sora cackled.
"Prey? Games?!" Yuya was so lost, confused, and frightened right now. His entire body shook at his friend's true face, at his friend's apparent insanity. "What is he talking about!"
"My turn!" Sora yelled out with his shrunken eyes and psychotic smile. One eyelid lowered slightly as he stood a demonic child possessed. "I activate the Spell card Frightfur Fusion!" He slammed his hand down on his duel blade harshly it almost broke the thing. "I banish Scissor Bear, Wheel Saw Lion, and Chain Sheep in my Graveyard, and Fusion Summon a Frightfur monster using them as Fusion Materials!" Sora screamed as he raised his hands into the air, balling them into one fist. The light of a Fusion Summon flashing behind him. "Unusual plaything possessed by demons! Destroy and root out the plebeians who dare rebel against you!" Sora threw his fist down in front of his screamed even louder and more drawn out. "I FUSION SUMMON! Come forth!" Four giant feet landed on the ground, and destroyed the dirt and concrete below it from the shear force and weight of this enormous beast. "A chimeric fusion of all playthings! Frightfur Mad Chimera!"
Three giant necks lead up to decapitated stuffed animals with tools and gears forcefully pushed into their heads and bodies. Stuffing leaking out every second and pooling around the stabbed areas. One head looked like a real demon or rotting dead rat, another looked like the head of a seal of maybe a Fluffal sheep, while the last one had the head, arms, and upper body of a bear with a magenta bow tie. A tail swung slightly behind the giant nightmare, and the rest of its lower body was all mechanical gears and four, chubby square shaped legs.
FRIGHTFUR MAD CHIMERA LV.8 ATK:2800 DEF:2000
Adults, both males, females, young, old, teenagers, mothers, and children alike screamed in absolute fright at this… THING. One of the heads grew too close for the audience's liking in an area, and everybody literally vacated the premises. All except one, Zero looked up at the giant monster, violet eyes behind the mask uncaring as he calmly stared down the giant demon. The monster's focus all on him, but Zero soon looked back down at the two main contributors to this battle, Shun and Sora.
People were going to get nightmares out of this, that was certain.
Yellow eyes stared up at the thing you have to call a duel monster without fear or trepidation. The Raidraptor hearing the crowd's screams and children crying even from here. "I thought you wanted to entertain the audience around you? It looks to me like you're scaring them instead."
Sora threw his hand out straight towards Shun, shoving his words aside and not truly giving a damn anymore. "Battle! Mad Chimera, attack Blaze Falcon!" The bear's eyes turned red, before it's maw opened to cover its entire face, and a giant missile tore out from its throat and flew straight towards the mechanical bird. The bird tried flying away but it ultimately exploded in a mess of fire and scattering red debris. Shun lunged away from the deadly sharpnel, and rolling across the ground, flipping once, and skidding to a stop in a crouch. The Raidraptor duelist looked back towards where his monster was destroyed, before looking towards Sora and his big beast.
SHUN LP- 2200 = 400
One big piece of debris exploded behind Shun, casting the resistance fighter into shadows. "I activate Mad Chimera's effect!" Emerald eyes narrowed as his demonic grin grew sly. "If it destroys a monster in battle, I can Special Summon that monster to my field!" Shun's own falcon rose from the Grave to face it's original master.
RAIDRAPTOR BLAZE FALCON RNK.5 ORB.0 ATK:1000 DEF:2000
Sora gestured to Shun's bird. "Now look at how the tables have turned. This damn bird you tried to sick on me will be your own downfall!" Sora cackled. "Mad Chimera's Attack increases by 300 for each monster I gain control of this way!" The teen held up three fingers to emphasize the point.
FRIGHTFUR MAD CHIMERA ATK:2800 = 3100
"Now your monster has become mine!" Sora put his hands on his hips and spoke quickly, excitedly, it was so fast it was almost like a babble of sorts to himself instead of Shun. "Do you understand now?" Sora questioned Shun lightly, eyes closing for a moment. "You can never hunt me!" Emerald eyes snapped open and looked at Shun wildly. "The ones being hunted are always you!" The shorter boy yelled loudly as Shun stood their silently, letting the boy waste his air. "Now and forever more!" Sroa laughed again, and it seemed even more crazy than it was last time. In some ways, it even sounded like a witch or demon was cackling instead of a short, sky blue haired boy who apparently dueled for the sadistic thrill of hurting people.
"W-What as has he been talking about this whole time?!" Yuya's red eyes shook, and Yuzu couldn't even say anything. Her mouth was left wide open and she hugged her wrists to her chest in fear.
Emerald eyes closed. "I'll at least give you the honor of dying by your own monster's hand." He spoke as if dying was a small mercy in the first place. Those eyelids opened lazily as he glared, grinning towards Shun at his continued silence, most certainly from fear and shock. "With a direct attack from Blaze Falcon's 1000 Attack, you and your last 400 Life Points will-"
"Ridiculous." Shun snapped, and interrupted Sora from his monologue, the Raidraptor having enough of it for a lifetime already.
"What?!" Sora blinked, eyes shrinking back again.
"We of the Resistance always fight prepared for the worst case scenario!" Shun yelled out, his apparent silence not from fear or shock, but just because he didn't feel like speaking. He LET Sora think he had it all. "All while considering the possibility that our comrades might be captured by the enemy."
"Or that we may lose some of our comrades." Zero spoke up as well, but nobody heard him but himself. There was no one there TO listen to him. "Or that we may have to sacrifice our comrades to gain the results necessary to win. All that matters are results."
. . .
Yuto walked around the street, looking for something with his classic scowl. Though he was distracted slightly by the words echoing off of the big screen beside the L.D.S tower. Grey eyes looked up at the sound of Shun's voice.
"But even if they may be taken away… We will NEVER abandon them!"
. . .
Ruri looked at the TV screen in the hotel. The entire battle having scared even her, and SHE knew it was going to turn out like this. However, most of that fear was for her brother, and seeing him saying such words and seeing he was unharmed gave the Lyrical Luscinia some comfort and relief.
"We will always take back our comrades!"
. . .
Yellow eyes snapped open, a molten rage finally being unleashed from its chained binds. The Raidraptor having held it back for so long since the beginning of this accursed fight. Seeing Heartland being destroyed once again, the damned despicable Fusion user from ACADEMIA! Those mental chains he prepared himself with snapped and crumbled into dust.
Nothing was going to stop him from defeating this bastard.
Absolutely nothing.
Sora flinched back, actually frightened by Shun. Though he quickly dug his nails into his hands to stop himself from going any further. HE was the hunter dammit! He was the Academia soldier, not some worthless piece of Xyz shit like that bastard!
So why was he feeling afraid?
"Quick-Play Spell! Rank Up Spell! Revolution Force!" Shun threw his hand out as the second Rank Up Spell revealed itself. "I can take control of an Xyz monster on my opponent's field." Shun began and Blaze Falcon once again flew over and returned to its proper master's side. Sora watched the entire thing with a dropped jaw, Chimera's attack dropping back to normal.
FRIGHTFUR MAD CHIMERA ATK:3100 = 2800
"And make it Rank Up to a Raidraptor monster that is one Rank higher!" Shun finished, yellow eyes steeled like gold at the incoming chaos. Fire rose up and consumed his falcon, and the mechanical bird began to transform within the flames once again.
"WHAT?!" Sora screamed.
"Prideful falcon." Shun spoke proudly and calmly. "Spread your wings dyed in the blood of heroes!" Two yellow eyes glowed through the flames. "Advance through the path of revolution!" Shun threw his hand out towards Sora before it turned into a fist being thrown directly into the air. The fire shadowing his face and body. "Rank Up! Xyz Change!"
The new falcon had no talons, only two big wings and a head. It's body being painted a dark bluish purple and black, with yellow joints. One orbital flew around the giant bird as it gave an ear shattering screech. "Raidraptor - Revolution Falcon!"
RAIDRAPTOR REVOLUTION FALCON RNK.6 ORB.1 ATK:2000 DEF:3000
"Wh-what's this!" Nico cried out, on leg on top of his desk as he stared up at the great bird in the sky, wings spread out majestically. "Shun's Xyz monster has Ranked Up even further!"
Sora couldn't believe it, he just watched it all happen as he breathed. Before something within him snapped, and he just laughed.
And laughed.
And laughed.
And laughed.
Over and over.
Before he finally stopped and lowered his eyelids, emerald eyes looking directly at Shun incredulously. "What? Are you serious? You start talking about revolutions and nonsense, but it's just 2000 Attack?!" Sora hiccuped slightly before continuing with his crazy gaze, one eyebrow raised and that maddened grin once again on his face. "You can't defeat my 2800 Attack Frightfur Mad Chimera with that! It's weak! It's PATHETIC compared to MY FRIGHTFUR CHIMERA!"
"Oh, is that so?" Shun asked calmly, he might as well be the poster child compared to Sora at the moment.
Sora took a step back at his words, before leaning forward once again. "That's just a bluff, isn't it?!" The ending of that sentence was phrased as more of a question than anything else. Sora's emerald green eyes looked around the field wildly. "Because you don't have any set cards on your field at all!"
Yuya grabbed onto the railing just like Zero did and yelled out towards his 'friend'. "Stop it! Don't provoke him!" Yuya pleaded with his once candy addict friend. "He's dangerous! He really will-!"
Shun decided to interrupt Yuya, and show mercy to both him and Sora by ending the duel already with this last move. "Revolution Falcon's effect! When this card is Xyz Summoned by Ranking Up a Raidraptor monster. I can destroy one Special Summoned monster my opponent controls, and deal damage equal to half of its Attack to my opponent!"
"What?!" Sora looked up at the beast over shadowing him. He couldn't lose. He just couldn't LOSE! Not to someone like him, to Xyz scum! Not to Shun! He was okay with losing to Yuya, but he couldn't lose to someone like HIM!
But here he was losing.
Why. Why? Why! WHY!?
"Go!" Shun's yellow eyes widened, and he once again made that gun like gesture towards Sora. "Revolution Falcon!" The giant mechanical bird flew up higher into the air, and two compartments opened up near the bottom of its wings. "Burn and scatter in the flames of revolution!" Shun raged and cursed, hoping for the worst towards Sora as bombs began to rain down on Sora's side of the field. They whistled in the air loudly as they destroyed the rest of the buildings and life left in the 'Heartland' Shun once knew and loved before it became a hellish wasteland.
"Stop it!" Yuya screamed. "This isn't dueling! The dueling that I believe in is supposed to make everyone happy!" Chimera screamed hellishly as it was consumed by fire, before being destroyed by a bomb.
Sora ran through the literal mine field, looking left and right for an Action Card desperately. When he found one, the teen lunged to get it and rolled into a crouch. The main tower began to crack, and slowly descended down as it fell, gaining more speed as it went.
Just as Sora was about to play the Action Card he just got, a shadow appeared over him. Emerald eyes looked up to see the Heartland tower itself falling straight towards him.
He couldn't move.
He couldn't react.
He couldn't even think about saving himself or using his Action Card.
Crazed emerald eyes could only stare up at the giant tower falling on top of him. Crushing him. With only one humiliating thought echoing in his mind.
He had lost.
He.
Had.
LOST.
And he had lost to an Xyz scumbag named Shun Kouraski.
He lost to Shun Kurosaki.
.
.
.
He would remember that, and he certainly wouldn't forget that.
Never.
Sora screamed as he felt a brief pain of the building collapsing on top of him. The duel was over then and there, whether the Frightfur user liked it or not. His Life Points were depleted to zero anyway.
SORA LP- 1300 = 0 LOSER
SHUN LP- 400 WINNER
"SORA!" Yuya screamed, looking down at the field as it dissipated into yellow particles.
Nico looked up from his hiding place under the desk in his stand. Seeing Shun Kurosaki's name and face on the screen with the word 'Winner' stretching across the bottom. The announcer instantly sprung into action, if a little shaky at the brutality of it all. "Th-the winner is Shun Kurosaki!"
No one said anything, they just stared at what was once a battlefield in numbing disbelief and slowing fading horror.
Zero mumbled to himself as he walked forward past the guards without any delay or unnecessary force and into the field. The security numbly letting him past, still stuck within their own train of thought to really notice.
Shun took menacing steps towards the downed Academia spy, the time for carding him ripe and perfect for the picking. When his duel disk rang, a familiar unknown number on it, the Raidraptor duelist quickly answered and spoke before Reiji even had a chance to breathe. "Shut the hell up. I'm done with being attached to your leash. You have no right to say anything after the shit you pulled." He hissed between his teeth. The Raidraptor user could hear someone yelling at him from the background, most likely Nakajima, but he threw that aside without a care in the world. "We will be having words about that later. Until then, get lost. I have an Academia spy to card." With those enraged words said, he hung up and looked down at Sora. The rebel raised his duel disk and his finger lowered down towards the button that would turn the rat into a card.
When a black gloved hand grabbed ahold of his wrist, and tightened so much it felt like steel.
Enraged, yellow eyes swerved to the side to meet Zero's faceless mask. However, he could feel the masked man's serious aura, and just knew he was frowning underneath that mask.
"That's enough, Shun." Zero spoke quietly, the entire stadium drawing in a collective breath.
Zero and Shun knew each other?
"Like hell it is Zero!" Shun snapped, and tried to break out of his leader's grip, but it was too strong, and only seemed to tighten even more at seeing his attempt to escape. "You know what he is, so we need to take care of him before he retreats back into the hole he crawled out of. Take care of this nuisance before he actually tries to become a threat."
"Not with everyone watching." Zero hissed in reply, and it was true. Everyone was watching this mini confrontation with rapt attention.
"You said you wouldn't stop me." Shun pointed out their last conversation, before finally pulling his wrist out from Zero's grip with a harsh tug. The Raidraptor duelist prepared to card the Academia spy once and for all.
"Is this the real you talking Shun? Or is it the you that is blinded by rage?" Zero asked, just before Shun pressed the button to card Sora. The taller teen flinched his hand back reflexifly, yellow glaring strongly into nothing. "They asked you not to do this… You know how they would feel if you went with it anyway, even against their wishes."
If almost felt like a verbal slap to his face. He did say he wouldn't card the little bastard for Yuto and Ruri, didn't he?
But this runt was a threat to both Yuto and Ruri's safety. Hell, if Sora managed to get back to Academia alive and intact even Zero's safety would be compromised.
He could lose them all.
He could be left all alone here.
But Zero wouldn't stop him unless Shun himself really meant that he didn't want to card Sora. The masked man wouldn't have stopped him unless it really would have messed up the Raidraptor user.
He wouldn't have stopped him if Shun didn't ask him to back in their first conversation before this entire duel.
.
.
.
"Come along, Shun. You've done enough as it is." Zero turned, and began to walk away confidently, each stride like a boom of thunder echoing across the field. "He'll be left to live with his shame. That humiliation is enough torture for the boy."
Shun looked down at the battered and beaten Academia spy, before turning on his heel and began to proudly walk away. "Hmph." The Raidraptor user never looking back at the sad excuse of a spy even as Sora struggled to get up.
Zero internally breathed a sigh of relief. He really didn't know how Shun was going to react, or if he was just going to throw everything to the wind and card Sora. Though it kind of sucked that he had to pull the Yuto and Ruri card on Shun, it was thankfully the only thing needed.
He didn't want to fight Shun over something as trivial as this.
"Wait…" Sora gasped, and struggled to get up off of the ground. Zero stopped to turn back and look at the struggling Academia spy while Shun just stopped. Closed yellow eyes not even bothering to face his defeated opponent, it was too much of a hassle and a waste of his time. "This match isn't over!" He yelled stubbornly. His light, baby blue hair cutting off the expression on his face. When Sora was just about to sit up, emerald eyes zeroed in on the back of Shun's head. "There's no way I can lose! To you Xyz scum, I could never…!"
He looked absolutely desperate to duel Shun again, maddeningly desperate. Emerald eyes still lacked their luster as they shook, focusing in and out at random intervals. The shorter teen couldn't even stand, much less duel Shun again.
Zero shook his masked head, before turning around once again, cape moving behind him at the action, and walked away. "Let's go, Shun. We're done here."
With those words said, both resistance fighters began to walk away without any hesitation. They didn't bother to look back and see the sight of Sora screaming and yelling at them to come back. They ignored his expletives, and refused to grace the Academia spy with even a reaction, much less a look.
"Wait!" Sora reached a shaky hand out towards the two. "Don't run away! You damn cowards!" Emerald eyes narrowed. "Again… Duel me... again!" Sora couldn't take anymore of the strain, and collapsed onto the ground again. "Damn you... Fucking. Xyz. Scum!" He spat harshly as he began to lose consciousness. "Damn you Shun… Zero!"
"Sora!" Yuya yelled, and tried running into the stadium to check up on his 'friend'. Yuzu wasn't that far behind him. However, two security guards stopped the tomato haired teen, now having snapped out of their stupor and prevented him from checking on his friend. "Sora!" Some doctors and nurses on sight ran over to the short candy addict, and put the injured boy on a stretcher, before beginning to carry him off. "SORA!"
When I looked up Fluffal Bear in Google, I found actually bears instead of the card. XD It was still very cute though, so I didn't mind. Otherwise, that's Chapter 15 guys! I can't believe this one duel managed to consume an entire chapter and around 13,000 words! Looks like Yuto's going to get the spotlight now in the next Chapter, and Yuya is finally going to get some freaking information! Yeah!
Though, there comes a little predicament in Chapter 16 as well.
Fusion.
… Oh well! You guys will have to find out what happens when the time comes for me to post it! Until then, see you all in Chapter 16! -MoonlightWright
