Another tittle for this chapter is Kaiba, the Chancellor, and The Professor have been busy. You'll see why once you get past the first duel of this chapter.
Also, I know Ascension of Dragons is doing it (Go read that story as it's an excellent Arc-V Fanfiction), but I'm opening up reviews to any questions you may have for Lance about this story, himself, or his view on what's happening. I'm hoping to get lots of questions and like Ascension, Lance will only answer 3-4 per chapter.
Heartland City: Duel Park
Caswell walked back to his D-pad, which had fortunately been ensnared by the Barian Sphere, and placed it back on his arm. "Organization. He defeated Lance and took people without seeming to have a care. No mater what, I must beat him."
Caswell walked backed to Cat and stood beside her as they faced off with Organization.
The Barian held out his hands. "It's not too late children. You can give up now because once we begin, I will be going last. That way I can attack. On that turn, no matter what you've produced, I will defeat you both.
Neither of you have cards that could be in your hand to stop me, and all cards on your fields will be rendered useless. Just give up, and I will grant you power to put you on par with people like Lance or Shark."
"We already declined your offer Organization." Cat declared.
Caswell nodded. "We won't join you."
"Very well." Organization chuckled. "Can't say I didn't try."
D-pad go
Duel Gazer on
Augmented vision link established
(Caswell & Cat 4000 each/Organization 4000)
"I'll go first." Caswell drew. "I activate Double Summon allowing me to normal summon twice this turn. First, Wind-Up Magician(LV 4/600/1800)." A white and dark purple machine spellcaster appeared. "Second, Wind-Up Soldier(LV 4/1800/1200)."
A green and silver wind up, humanoid magnet appeared. "I'll activate Wind-Up Soldier(LV 5/2200/1200 effect) granting him 400 ATK and one more level. When a Wind-Up monster activates their effect, Magician allows me to special summon from my deck.
The condition is that the monster must be a level four or lower Wind-Up monster and summoned in face up defense position. I choose Wind-Up Juggler(LV 4/1700/1000)." A light green and white machine appeared kneeling in front of Caswell.
"When a Wind-Up monster is summoned, I can special summon Wind-Up Shark(LV 4/1500/1300)." A cartoonish, blue shark appeared. "I then activate Wind-Up Shark(LV 5/1500/1300) increasing his level by 1. Now, the conditions have been met.
I construct the overlay network twice. First with my Level 5 Soldier and Shark. Then, my level 4 Juggler and Magician. Xyz summon Wind-Up Arsenal Zenmaioh(R 5/O2/2600/1900) and Wind-Up Zenmaister(R 4/O 2/2500/1500 effect)."
A red, blue, and silver machine with a drill on one hand and laser on the other and blue, silver, and green machine warrior appeared. "Zenmaister gains 300 ATK for each overlay unit making him 2500 ATK. I'll then set two cards."
Cat looked at the monsters before looking at her hand and sighing. "I suppose we can't take this opponent lightly." She looked at Organization firmly. "I need to go all out and try to bring out the full power of this deck!"
Cat drew. "I activate Lunalight Fusion allowing me to combine the two Lunalight Blue Cats in my hand. Fusion summon Lunalight Cat Dancer(LV 7/2400/2000)." A purple, humanoid cat in blue and purple dancer's attire appeared.
"She won't be staying because I can activate another Lunalight Fusion to combine Cat Dancer with Lunalight Yellow Marten. Fusion Summon Lunalight Panther Dancer(LV 8/2800/2500)." A humanoid panther in dancer's attire appeared. "I set one card."
"That was as impressive as I thought it'd be. Nowhere near enough to beat me." Organization removed his cloak to reveal his face. "After all, I did defeat my little brother, and you two could never match up to him, correct?"
Caswell and Cat were shocked.
"Caswell, that's Lance's older brother, right?" Cat asked.
"It looks like him." Caswell shook his head and grit his teeth. "So, he was Organization all along. We never did stand a chance, did we?"
"I can see it." Zach chuckled. "You two now know challenging me was useless. Beyond that, don't bother questioning me. I don't care about the state of my family, and you'd only get answers beyond that if you managed win; however, that's not happening."
He drew. "Now watch as I show you how hopeless your chances were. I set the Pendulum Scale with Scale 1 Kingdom Hearts – Eraqus and Scale 5 Kingdom Hearts – Xehanort." A man in white robes with black hair and an old man with a bald head and black clothing appeared.
"He can Pendulum summon!?" Cat/Caswell shouted.
"That will come soon enough; however, I first normal summon Kingdom Hearts - Sora(LV 4/1500/1400)." A young man with brown hair and black attire with plenty of belts appeared. "When he's summoned, I can special summon a Kingdom Hearts monster from my hand.
I choose Kingdom Hearts - Riku(LV 4/1800/1300)." A young man with silver hair and yellow, sleeveless shirt appeared. "I now overlay my two monsters to Xyz summon Saix(R 4/O 2/2500/1500)."
A man with shoulder length blue hair and a black cloak appeared. "I'll then rebuild the overlay network with Saix to Xyz summon Kingdom Hearts - Larxene(R 5/O 3/2500/1800)." A woman in the same black cloak with blond hair appeared.
"Now I detach one of her overlay units to deal an opponent 1000 life points. My target will be Caswell (Caswell 3000). When she activates this effect, Larxene can't attack, but that won't matter. I now activate Rank-Up-Magic Kingdom Hearts.
This allows me to target a Kingdom Hearts monster I control and rebuild the overlay network to Xyz summon a monster 1 rank higher. Xyz summoned Kingdom Hearts – Marluxia(R 6/O 3/2800/2300)." A black cloaked warrior with pink hair and a scythe appeared.
"He just Xyz summoned 3 times in one turn!" Cat shouted.
"If you think that's impressive, Marluxia's own effect negates the effects of every card on the field until the end of the turn." Zach declared.
"Every card on the field…" Caswell looked at his monsters and set cards in shock. "What he said was true. My decks got nothing that can handle this. Even if it did, my hand's empty."
With that out of the way, and no way for either of you to defend yourselves, I'll discard Kingdom Hearts-Luxu to activate his effect. I now get to draw one card. If it's a monster, an opponent of mine will take 800 life points."
Zach drew. "It's the spell Drive Form; however, don't think your safe because for this turn, I can continue to draw by sacrificing 500 of my life points. I'll sacrifice 3500 to draw 7 cards (Organization 500)."
"No way!" Cat shouted. "That means he gets to draw a total of 8 cards this turn!"
Caswell just stared at Zach as he drew seven more cards. He showed them off revealing the spell Armor Up Ritual and the monsters Kingdom Hearts-Aqua, King Micky, Xion, Ventus, and Terra.
"Five monster means I can dish out 4000 life points, but I'll divide that in half dealing each of you 2000 life points (Caswell 1000 & Cat 2000)." Zach declared. "Now, allow me to show you just how outclassed your skills are.
With my Pendulum scales I can Pendulum summon any monsters in my hand if they fall between levels 1 & 5. Come forth Kingdom Hearts - Xion(LV 4/1000/1000), King Micky(LV 4/1300/1200), Aqua(LV 4/1600/1700), and Terra(LV 4/1800/1300)."
A young female with black hair and in the same black cloak as Organization, a big mouse on two legs, a short young woman with blue hair, and a tall figure with brown hair and black clothing appeared.
"Now, allow me to reveal the other summoning methods." Organization stated.
"He can perform them all." Caswell thought now looking at the ground. "Well, he shouldn't be able to perform Link but does that really matter?"
Cat looked at Organization firmly. "I don't doubt he can use them all, but he's stronger than I thought. Yuma, Lance, or Shark might be the only ones of our group that can beat him."
Crimson energy was pouring off Zach, but he spoke rather calmly. "I now have everything I need. Against you two, I didn't even need my Barian form. I use my level four Micky to tune my level four Xion and Synchro for 8.
Synchro summon Kingdom Hearts – Sephiroth(LV 8/3000/3000)." A tall young man with long silver hair, one black wing, and large blade appeared. "When he's Synchro summoned, every monster on my opponent's field is destroyed.
Next, I banish the dark attribute Terra and Light attribute Aqua to combine them. Fusion summon Kingdom Hearts - χ-Blade(LV 4/2000/1500)." A large key blade comprised of two Kingdom keys with a green blade extending out from where they connected appeared.
"Finally, I activate Armor Up Ritual using my Ventus. He's the only requirement needed for the last card in my hand. Ritual Summon Kingdom Hearts – Armor Ventus(LV 8/2700/2500). A young man in greed armor appeared.
"Every one of these monsters have effects that could help me, if you posed any threat, but I don't need them. I just need to attack. Now, do you see how worthless it was to challenge me? You never stood a chance."
"We never did." Caswell looked at the Xyz, Ritual, Synchro, and Fusion monsters. "We never did."
Cat looked at Caswell. "Caswell…"
"χ-Blade will attack Cat directly and Sephiroth will attack Caswell directly." Organization declared. "Finish this!"
The χ-Blade shot forward and slammed into Cat's gut while Sephiroth launched forward swinging his blade into Caswell's chest. They were knocked into the sphere, and the following electricity shocked them into unconsciousness (Caswell & Cat 0 each/Organization 500)
Winner: Organization
The sphere faded and both unconscious duelists fell to the ground while Organization landed on his feet. The Barian approached the downed dueling while taking out the two cards which glowed with crimson energy. One of the cards was 104 Masquerade.
"Vector may have betrayed me, but without his over 100 Number, he's little more than a pest." Organization thought.
Andrew's Apartment: Nelson's Room
Nelson currently sat at his desk looking from his Superheavy Samurai deck to his Constellar deck before nodding. "I was only planning on using my Superheavy Samurai deck, but after losing big brother to that cloaked guy, I'll use both.
Lloyd was the one who got me into dueling, and he helped me build my deck. I'll use it and my Superheavy Samurais to show him I've become the duelist we both wanted me to be. I will get him back."
Ms. Andrews opened the room carrying a plate with a hamburger and fries. Honestly, she wasn't a fan of this type of food, like her sons, but she was more than happy to eat it now that she knew they liked it.
"Nelson." She saw that he was looking at his decks again before sighing. "I know you're worried, but I'm certain Lloyd will be at the WDC finals." She shook her head. "Honestly, I can't believe he took off and only told you. If he weren't an adult, I'd ground him."
Nelson had to tell his mom something and telling her the truth would only make her worry. "Oh, I know he'll be there, and it'll be as a participant." He chuckled. "Lloyd wants to duel me as equals, and I want to be sure I can."
Ms. Andrews walked over and placed the plate on his desk before smiling. "Well, I'll be glad to see the two of you in the finals." She patted his back. "I mean that. Since dueling makes you two happy, I'm proud with how good you are."
Nelson smiled. "Thanks mom. That means…"
He stopped as his Constellar deck glowed with dark magic.
"Nelson, what is going on with you deck!?" Mrs. Andrew's asked.
The dark magic stopped, and Nelson flipped the deck over only to see Cat's Lunalight deck. "This isn't right!" He looked through the deck only to see that none of it was his Constellar deck. "Are you in trouble?"
Nelson jumped to his feet and ran out his door. "Sorry mom, but I need to go!"
He threw open the front door and ran out as Ms. Andrews shouted. "Nelson, get back here! Where are you going!?"
Duel Park
Organization threw the two cards, one each, at the downed Caswell and Cat. Unfortunately for him, while the magic had been less showey with Nelson, it was far greater around Cat. The chaos infused card met with the dark magic as it swirled around Cat catching the card.
"What is this?" Organization thought.
The two energies, god and powerful magic, clashed. Both fought for dominance. The second card entered Caswell with no trouble and infected his deck shifting it to an archetype more befitting of the card.
A crimson portal opened beneath Caswell sucking him in. Cat continued to stay where she was as the two energies continued to clash. Organization stood back observing this phenomenon with curiosity. Unfortunately, the outcome would not be seen.
A different portal, one that was light blue yet not of Astral World, appeared below Cat sucking her, the dark magic, and over 100 Number, taking her away from the Xyz Dimension. The moment she was in, it closed.
"I see." Organization chuckled. "Like the one I picked up from in between the dimensions, Cat has left this one. The over 100 Number is getting further from my grasp meaning she may not stop there like the one I picked up did."
He turned away from the scene. "Well, it's not like I needed both. They, like the current Emperors, are nothing more than a contingency in case my current plans fail." The Barian walked away. "Still, I wonder who dared to challenge my power."
Roof Nearby
15 figures stood on a roof nearby with 13 of them standing together, but each clearly favored a part of their group. 7 stood together wearing red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet cloaks respectively. 3 stood in their own group wearing white cloaks.
2 of them stood together wearing cloaks that combined yellow, blue, and red; however, one was darker than the other. 1 person wore a crimson red cloak while the last of these 13 wore and Orichalcos green cloak. The remaining 2, of the 15, wore golden cloaks and stood ahead.
One of the golden cloaked individuals chuckled. "This dimension is quite interesting and far different from the history you described." He was looking at the second figured in a golden cloak. "That's only to be expected given Academia's change."
"By the looks of things, the past is catching up to the present." The second figure spoke. "Soon, everything that was, will have happened." He turned away form the roof and looked at the figure in the crimson cloak. "Must be nostalgic for you, Don Thousand."
The crimson cloaked figure crossed his arms. "It is merely a shame that I cannot interfere to salvage my past, but the plans for the future are more intriguing. Especially if Sartorius' prediction can be trusted. Given his own failure, I won't put much stock in it."
The first golden cloak said, "I believe we have stayed here long enough. Let's return."
"Oh, sounds like someone's excited to return to Academia already." He chuckled. "Can't wait to see those legendary duelists right, Zarc?"
Zarc put his hands in his pockets and walked away from him. "No comment." Zarc withdrew Supreme King Z-Arc. "We're leaving now."
The roar of a mighty dragon rang out across the city causing a voice to come over their duel disk. "Right, I'm calling you all back."
The 15 duelists vanished.
Mindscape: Den City/Neo Domino City
Yusaku and Yusei found themselves standing a skyscraper which sat in the middle of a grassy field. In the distance they saw one city comprised of two. It was split right down the middle. One was a sprawling metropolis with skyscrapers that utilized glass while the other had numerous roads connected to skyscrapers and smaller buildings were sprinkled about.
"That's Den City on the right." Yusaku stated.
"Neo Domino is on the left." Yusei stated. "Considering this is the mindscape, our minds must have combined places familiar to us."
"There's a way down nearby, but I suggest we have our first duel here." Yusaku stated.
Yusei nodded in agreement. "Duel on neutral ground before either of us have home field advantage."
The two of them faced off only for Yusaku to notice that he had his old duel disk and no duel gazer. "Looks like our minds don't need Augmented Vision."
Yusei had seen how people in the Xyz Dimension dueled, and while he intended to get the gear for it, he was glad he didn't need it for this.
"Let's duel!" Yusei/Yusaku declared.
(Yusei 4000/Yusaku 4000)
"I'll go first." Yusei stated. "Sound good?"
Yusaku nodded. "Go for it."
"I'll start by setting one monster and two cards." Yusei stated.
Yusaku drew. "Since I control no monsters, I can special summon Linkslayer(LV 5/2000/600)." A warrior decked out in golden armor with twin, blue energy swords appeared. "His effect allows me to send up to two cards from my hand to the graveyard. Then, I can target that many cards on your field and destroy them. I'll send two cards to destroy your back row."
"Nice try, but one of my face downs is Starlight Road." Yusei countered. "Since you are going to destroy two cards, by card effect, this card negates that effect and destroys the card. That's not all because now I can special summon Stardust Dragon(LV 8/2500/2000) from my extra deck."
A white and cyan dragon appeared.
Yusaku looked at the monster. "That is impressive, but I'm not done. Since I sent Dotscaper(LV 1/ATK 0/2100) to the graveyard, due to Linkslayer, I can special summon him." A white and blue pixel monster appeared.
"I normal summon Cyberse Gadget(LV 4/1400/300)." A futuristic gadget monster appeared. "When he is normal summoned, I can special summon a level 2 or lower monster from my grave. Once again, Linkslayer provides. I special summon Micro Coder(LV 1/300/0)."
A small, gray and blue robot appeared.
"A level 4 and two level 1 monsters." Yusei looked at the field. "Is he going for a Fusion, Synchro, Ritual, or some other summoning method I haven't heard about."
"Appear circuit which leads to the future. Arrowheads confirmed. The condition is 2 Effect Monsters. I set Micro Coder and Dotscaper in the Link Markers. Link Summon Code Talker(1300/L 2)." A light blue Cyberse monster appeared.
"Link summon." Yusei looked at the monster. "Seems as though those monsters don't care about levels, but you still used weaker monsters to make it. Reminds me of how I play."
"Is that so?" Yusaku nodded. "In that case, let me remind you again as I perform another summon. Appear circuit which leads to the future. Arrowheads confirmed. The condition is at least 2 Effect Monsters."
He looked at Yusei. "Before I continue, allow me to give you a little lesson about Link monsters. Their Link rating is more than a number as that stands for how many monsters they can be worth to a Link summon.
With that in mind, I set Code Talker and Cyberse Gadget in the Link Markers. Link Summon Transcode Talker(2800/L 3 effect)." A bulky, white armored monster appeared. "Now, as you've seen I've placed these monsters in a zone above the five normal zones you have.
That's because it's where Link monsters belong. With Link monster's comes arrows. Transcode has one on top, bottom, and side which is where most effects of these monsters will take place. Because Transcode is pointing to your Stardust Dragon, he gains 500 ATK."
"I see." Yusei nodded. "A Link monster's arrows need to be taken into consideration in a duel. Meaning, the opponent has to be careful where they place monsters, or we may help duelists like you."
Yusaku nodded. "That's right, but that's not all my monster's effect does. He also allows me to special summon a Link monster with a rating of 3 or lower from my grave and placed in in a zone this card point to. Below Transcode, I'll special summon Code Talker(1800/L 2 effect)."
Transcode Talker(3300/L 3 effect). "Like Transcode, Code Talker gains 500 ATK for every monster he points to and Transcode is pointing to a second monster granting him another 500 ATK. Transcode Talker will destroy Stardust Dragon (Yusei 3200/Yusaku 4000)."
"I activate my face down Revenge Return. Since you destroyed a card by battle, I can draw 1 card." Yusei declared.
Yusaku said, "Code Talker will destroy your face down monster." The monster flipped to reveal Speed Warrior, who was decked out in gray armor, before it was destroyed. "I'll end my turn by setting one card."
"My move." Yusei drew. "I'm summoning Junk Synchron(LV 3/1300/500)." A small warrior decked out in rusted armor appeared. "His effect allows me to special summon a level 2 or lower monster from my grave, but they are summoned in defense mode and have their effects negated.
Welcome back Speed Warrior(LV 2/900/400). Junk Synchron will then give Speed Warrior a tune up to Synchro for 5. Synchro summon Junk Speeder(LV 5/1800/1000)." A white armored warrior appeared.
"If this card is Synchro summoned, I can special summon as many Synchro tuners, as possible, from my deck, in defense position. I will only exercise that right to bring out Nitro Synchron(LV 2/300/100) and Drill Synchron(LV 3/800/300)."
A pink and white cylinder gauge with a face and a small machine with drills appeared. "I'll then equip Junk Speeder with Junk Barrage allowing him to deal you half the original ATK of any monster he destroys."
"That must mean you have something up your sleeve to increase your monsters ATK to get over my Transcode." Yusaku stated.
"That is correct." Yusei stated. "Junk Speeder, attack Transcode Talker. When Junk Speeder is involved in an attack, I can double his ATK." Junk Speeder(LV 5/3600/1000) (Yusei 3200/Yusaku 3700). "You are dealt the extra damage (Yusei 3200/Yusaku 2550)."
Code Talker(1300/L 2) "Now, I will use the level 2 Nitro Warrior to give the level 5 Speeder a tune up and Synchro for 7. Synchro summon Nitro Warrior(LV 7/2800/1800)." A green and black warrior appeared. "When Nitro is used to summon a Nitro monster, I draw one card.
Then, Drill Synchron will give Nitro Warrior a tune up to Synchro for 10. Synchro summon Shooting Star Dragon(LV 10/3300/2500)." A huge, white, and glowing dragon appeared. "With that, I end my turn with a set card.
Yusaku stared at the dragon amazed. "An impressive turn Yusei. I won't deny that, but I will surpass it." He drew. "I activate Recoded Alive allowing me to target and banish a Link-3 monster from my grave and special summon a Code Talker from my extra deck.
So, I banish Transcode Talker to Special summon Decode Talker Extended(2300/L 3)." A gold, black, and purple monster appeared. "Since there's no monster in my Extra zone, I can banish Recoded Alive to special summon my banished Transcode Talker(3200/L 3 effect).
Now, I activate Cynet Fusion to combine Decode Talker Extended with the Clock Wyvern in my hand. Fusion Summon Cyberse Clock Dragon(LV 7/2500/2000)." A black dragon with blue energy flowing through it appeared.
"A Fusion Dragon." Yusei gave a small smile as Yusaku was proving to be quite the opponent. "Let's see what it can do."
Yusaku gave a small smile back. "I activate Cyberse Clock Dragon's ability. For every Link ranting the Link monster used in his fusion had, I can send that many cards from the top of my deck to the grave. Clock Dragon then gains 1000 ATK per monster sent."
Yusaku did just that. "I hit three monsters granting Cyberse Clock Dragon(LV 7/5500/2000 effect) 3000 ATK. That's a permanent increase. Now. Cyberse Clock Dragon destroy Yusei's Shooting Star Dragon."
"Nice try, but I activate one of my Shooting Star's effects. I can target the monster that attacks him, banish Shooting until the end of the turn, and negate that attack." Yusei declared.
Transcode Talker(2800/L 3 effect)
Yusaku nodded. "You got lucky as with Clock Dragon on the field, he's the only monster you can attack or target with card effect. That said, you're wide open for a direct attack from Transcode Talker."
"When you launch a direct attack, I can activate my face down Scrap Iron Scarecrow negating that attack." Yusei countered. "My card is then reset on the field; however, its effect can only be used one per turn."
"Code Talker will attack you directly (Yusei 1400/Yusaku 2550)." Yusaku declared. "I'll end my turn."
"That means Shooting Star Dragon(LV 10/3300/2500) returns to the field." Transcode Talker(3300/L 3 effect). "Now, I'll activate his special ability. I excavate the top 5 cards of my deck and shuffle them back into my deck.
Then, my monster's number of attacks, this turn, equal the number of Tuners I draw." Yusei drew five cards and revealed them. "I drew Turbo Synchron, Jet Synchron, Junk Anchor, Road Synchron, and Quickdraw Synchron. 5 Tuners which are shuffled back into the deck."
"That's a great ability, but even with your number of attacks, you can't defeat Cyberse Clock Dragon." Yusaku stated.
"I'm aware which is why I activate Half Shut targeting Cyberse Clock Dragon(LV 7/2750/2000). This card halves you monster's attack; however, it isn't destroyed by battle and will return to normal once the turn is over. Since I have five attacks, this duel is over."
Yusaku smiled. "So, it is."
"Go, Shooting Star Dragon." Yusei declared. "Attack Cyberse Clock Dragon 5 times (3300-2750 = 550 x 5 = 2750) (Yusei 1400/Yusaku 0)." The holograms faded and Yusei approached Yusaku. "You're a great duelist. If I hadn't drawn Half Shut, your dragon would have had me."
Yusaku nodded. "I was impressed myself. Your Synchro summoning is stronger than anyone I've seen."
Yusei held out his hand and Yusaku took it. The two of them shook on it.
"Considering we're still here, morning must be a long way off." Yusei stated.
Yusaku nodded. "Sounds reasonable since we did just get here." He walked towards the way down. "Considering we're here to train and get to know each other, we should head into our respective cities."
Yusei followed him. "Sounds like a plan."
"Time Travel's a Bitch" - Perfect Cell(TFS's DBZA)
In case you missed it, Academia has been on a collection spree gathering more powerful forces than just protagonist, Oc's, and the like. I will say some of you may have ideas as to who those cloaked figures are, at least those I didn't reveal the names of, but allow me to give you a hint or two as to their identities.
1. Past Big Bads
2. Unexpected People
3. Owners of Divinity
(Note: These three hits do not fit every person there or those who remained at Academia)
No need to worry about them interfering in this story greatly (Until much later). What they did with Cat is about the extent they'll interfere for now. They're all more than content to let the soldiers do their thing.
Anyways, if you want, I'll be interested to see if any of you can name all the people Academia has at their disposal now.