-Chapter 8-
Life, People, and Revenge
"Good morning, Den City! This is Claire Ai from Den-Oh News! Today, we are here at the Den City Public High, where the one and only, the famous hero and side-kick of the mysterious avatar hero, Playmaker, Codebreaker go to! Also known as Yu Akira! This is the place where he reveals himself in one duel against an upperclassman, and we're to interview him and maybe capture some cool scenes with him!" A young woman said in front of the camera.
Claire Ai was a tall fair-skinned woman with blue eyes, and long brown hair. She wore regular business suit. Other than her and her crew, there were also other news anchors and people from media. Some of them were already talking with students who were walking by while others were taking photos.
"Excuse me, young miss! Could you please answer us some questions about Mr. Yu Akira, who is revealed to be Codebreaker?" Clair asked to a familiar person (who was actually one of Yu's friends, Tom).
"Huh!? Oh, well, um, that, ummmm!" He jibbed nervously.
"Sorry, but we got to go class now, thank you!" Emoti-chan interrupted as she pulled Tom by his arm, getting away from Claire and her news crew.
"Hmph, what a bother," Claire mumbled.
"Ms. Ai, you're still on the air," the camereman whispered to her.
"Oh!" She noticed as she smiled and refocused. "It seems like Codebreaker's classmates are very peppy for a good day of education! The future looks so bright for our city, folks. Let's talk with another student."
She looked around and noticed Yusaku walking by.
"Excuse me, young man!" She stopped him. "Could you please answer some questions for us? First off, what do you know about Yu Akira-kun? Is he your classmate? A friend?"
"Sorry, but I'm not interested in talking with the media," he said as he walked away. However, he stopped for a moment and looked back at them.
"But, I will say three things," he said.
"Oh, do tell, young man! Say anything you want," Claire said.
"One: you're making students who come here nervous and scared when you just approach to them without notice. Two: therefore, you won't get the right answer to your questions. Three: Because of that, you won't able to do a good job," he analyzed.
Claire Ai, and her crews looked at Yusaku with surprised expression and sweat-drop.
"However, you do have three positive traits. One: Because of your sense of approaching people, you are not too afraid to seek the truth. Two: The reason why you do this is because you love this job and prideful about it. And three: you want to be better than everyone else, which is a good motivation for you," he said.
"Hm, thank you for your well thought-out opinion, young man!" She replied hesistantly. "Oh! Look at the time! You must not be late for class!"
"Yes, you're right. I better get going," he complied as he left.
"Well, folks. That is all for now, but we won't end here! We will be back momentarily!" She said as she smiled a bit forcefully.
"And cut!" The cameraman stopped.
Claire sighed heavily and grunted. "Geez! What the heck is wrong with kids these!? That rude girl and that snout-nose brat! I need a coffee break now!"
She walked away in angry mood as her crew watched her go and get coffee.
Man, I feel bad for you guys working with her.
The crew, who were all guys, nodded their head in agreement to me. Just then, Emoti-chan and Tom got into their homeroom and sat down to relax.
"Man, what a hectic morning!" Emoti-chan grumbled.
I guess that lady is not the only one who's Oscar the Grouch today.
"Mr. Narrator, please don't be rude," Tom asked kindly. "But, yeah, it is pretty crazy morning. Morse really became famous since he, well, admits himself to be Codebreaker yesterday."
"I knew this would happen eventually, but not this soon! Man, news pick up so fast," she stated.
"Excuse me, you two." They turned around and were approached by Yusaku.
Oh! Look who finally is going to speak with the non-canon characters!
Yusaku shot an expression to tell me to "shut up".
"Um, hello there," Tom greeted shyly. "Is there something a matter, ummm-ah."
"The name's Yusaku Fujiki. I'm your classmate," he introduced.
"Oh! Right. Sorry about that. I never have talk with you before, so I didn't know your name," Tom apologized. "My name is Thomas Gate, but you can just call me Tom, if that is OK with you."
"And my name is Ane Emoti, but you can call me Emoti-chan if you want!" She introduced in sudden happy mood.
Talk about 180 degree in change of emotion.
"It's nice to meet you both, but actually, I want to speak with your friend, Yu Akira, or rather you call him by nickname of 'Morse'," he admitted.
"Oh, him. Well, don't worry about it. You can get his autograph later," Emoti-chan mumbled.
"Not that," Yusaku replied. "I actually want to talk with him."
"Oh! Well, sorry, Yusaku, Morse is…always late for class, so he won't be coming in like hours later," Tom said.
As Yusaku was about to say something, he was interrupted when a familiar green-haired, short boy approached them from behind him.
"Hey Yusaku!" Naoki jumped in. "And is my eye deceiving me or are you actually making new friends?"
"What? That is not…" Yusaku spoke, but got interrupt again.
"Good for you, man! Now, you are being more social. Not that I am saying that in a bad way, but good way! I'm happy for ya," Naoki said as he grinned.
"Sorry, but I will go to my seat now." Yusaku shrugged off Naoki's hand off from his shoulder and then walked away.
"Oh, but, don't worry, Mr. Fujiki! Morse will come in no time. At least right before lunch!" Tom exclaimed as Yusaku walked to his seat.
"Well, he is real…gentleman," Emoti-chan commented. "Though, he does look cute, but with that attitude, no way I would date with him or even ask him!"
"That's kind of cold, Emoti-chan," Tom said as he shivered a bit.
"Hmmm, and here I thought he changed over to a new leaf, but he is just Yusaku as always," Naoki said as he shrugged and shook his head.
Meanwhile, Morse finally woke up and like every other day; he was heading to school on his bicycle.
"Master Yu, why won't we just take a normal path to your educational facility? It would be 10% more efficient and faster," Rosey said as she was in her bicycle form.
"Nah, that would be the boring way," he responded. "Let's take a new scenic route!"
Rosey sighed, but followed her master's naïve decision as they rode away through the scenic route, skipping pass the main route to the school.
Meanwhile, back at their high school, it had been some hours now and Yu hadn't arrive yet. It was now a last class before lunch.
"Man, what is Morse taking so long!?" Emoti-chan asked in frustrated mode. "He's definitely taking a BIT longer than usual!"
"Don't worry, Emoti-chan. Um, I'm sure he will arrive…eventually," Tom assured, though not in very confident tone.
Everyone stopped in their conversation and looked to see the teacher who just entered the classroom. The teacher was somebody they never have seen before. She was tall, tan-skinned, and orange and creamy white hair with one bang in braid style. In fact, she looked very awfully familiar.
"Good morning, class. My name is Calma Syn, and I will be your history teacher for the rest of the school year," she introduced to the class.
"Hey look," Tom noticed. "Our history teacher is different."
"Hey." Naoki whispered to Yusaku, who he was sitting next to with. "I heard that our old history teach quit because of how lazy Yu Akira is, and how much he misses his class all the time."
"I…see," Yusaku replied carelessly.
"Your former history teacher had unfortunately leaved due to…circumstances, so I will be taking over the class, but no worry. Let's all do our best and enjoy the class together as I get to know each and every one of you," she said as she smiled, which gave positive feeling to everyone.
"Now, let's begin the…." As she was about to say to begin the class, the room light flickered on and off until it suddenly became dark.
"Hey! Who turn out the light!?" Naoki shouted as the students looked around and began to feel scared and nervous (especially Tom).
"Calm down, everyone. Do not feel afraid," Miss Syn assured.
Suddenly, the light came back after half an hour when suddenly the computer monitor on the wall behind the teacher turned on by itself with another familiar face or rather masked face appeared.
"Kyaah! It's the Knights of Hanoi!" One female student screamed.
Everyone gasped as Yusaku got up and looked straight at the screen.
"What are they doing here!?" He mumbled.
"Greeting, students! I am Gemma, member from the Knights of Hanoi! Sorry for interruption of any lessons that you were occupied in, but this school is now under our control. If you do anything that's abusive or reckless, even oppose this decision, then you will be terminated!" Gemma announced.
The students gasped in fright again. "What!? So, are you saying we're hostages!?" Naoki exclaimed in fear as everyone else thought the same thing.
'That's correct!" Gemma stated. "Until a certain someone shows up, this school will be now in locked down. As I said before, if you ever try to do something that would disturb us, then…well…you better not."
The monitor screen turned off and as it did, most of the students ran to the door, but when they approached the door, the first student noticed that it was locked.
"Hey! The door is locked!" The very front student shouted.
"What are we gonna do!? We're trapped here!" Another female student screamed.
"Everyone!" They all looked at their new teacher, who didn't show any fear. "Let's all calm down. For now, we cannot do anything. The best thing to do is stay calm and wait for someone to come and rescue us, and this school. So, please go back to your seat."
The class didn't like the situation, but the teacher was right as that was their thought. They all returned to their respective seat and stayed calm as possible until somebody comes to save them.
"Oh man, what does gonna happen to us, Emoti-chan?" Tom asked.
"I'm not sure, but Miss Syn is right," she said. "We just have to stay calm for now. Plus, I know that somebody will come to save us."
"Huh? Who…oh wait!" Tom realized. "Morse is coming."
"Right," she nodded.
-Yu-Gi-Oh VRAINS-
Yu was turning around the corner, arriving to the school very soon in few seconds until he stopped and noticed a crowd of news people in front of his school.
"Hey, what's up with those people over there?" He questioned aloud as he approached over to them closer.
One of the news people noticed him. "Hey look! There he is! Yu Akira, Codebreaker!"
The news media ran over to him as they surprised him. They surrounded him completely.
"Mr. Akira, what do you know about Playmaker!?" One news reporter asked.
"Are you really his side-kick?" Another one asked.
"Excuse me, Mr. Akira, how did you come up with a cool name, like Codebreaker? Also, did you know that your school is under the Knight of Hanoi's control?" Claire asked.
"Well, first I really don't know much about Mr. Playmaker. I only just met him to duel him. Second, I wouldn't say I am his side-kick. Like I said, I just met him. And third…wait, WHAT!?" He gasped.
He burst out of the crowds of reporters as he biked away.
"Rosey! We're going back home!" Yu exclaimed.
"Yes, Master Yu," she complied as she increased the speed.
"Come on! Let's follow him," Claire declared as she and her crews got onto their van and followed after Yu.
Meanwhile, at SOL Technologies' HQ….
"What did you say!? A high school is under the Knights of Hanoi's control?" Akira Zaizen exclaimed.
"Yes sir!" A worker replied as he saluted to him. "The school's network is under some kind of program's control. There's no way to get in or out. It is completely under their control."
"But, that is where Aoi goes to," Akira Zaizen mumbled. "Why would the Knights of Hanoi attack the school? It doesn't make sense unless…if Ignis is there! You, I command you and the team do whatever it takes to connect to the school's network."
"Yes sir!" The worker replied as he went to work.
Five minutes later, Yu arrived back at home or Tom's mansion. He parked his bike into the garage with automatic door and it closed behind once he was inside. His bike transformed into Rosey's robot mode.
"Come on, Rosey!" He exclaimed as he and his AI Robot maid went into the elevator, which went down.
Meanwhile, Claire and her news crew arrived and stopped by Tom's mansion.
"So, this is where he lives. He's a rich boy!" Claire stated. "Alright, boys. We're gonna enter LINK VRAINS to chase after him!"
"Are you sure, Miss Claire? Aren't that dangerous?" The cameraman asked in worrying tone.
"Who do you think you're working for, Bill!? I will get any news one way or another, no matter the danger!" She yelled. "Now, let's get going already!"
Back to our hero, Yu and Rosey exited out of the elevator and ran over to the portal, standing on it. "Let's go, Rosey!" He declared.
"Affirmative, Master Yu!" She flew over her master's side and transformed into a Duel Disk.
"Deck set!" He inserted his Deck into the slot.
INTO THE VRAINS!
Data materialized around him as he was inside a sphere of it. His outfit changed into a suit, and his hair color also changed. He jumped off into the air as if he was flying into space before he disappeared. In short second or two later, he came out of a portal and landed on top of the school's roof.
When he did, he saw Gemma waiting with her arms crossed.
"Well, well, well. You finally showed up, Codebreaker!" She snickered.
"Here I am! The one and only," he replied as he grinned. "Now, why don't you leave this school alone!"
"No," she replied forwardly. "Not if you defeat me first, that is. I'm here to get revenge on you for humiliating defeat from our last duel! So, for that and being late for classes, you will be destroyed here, Codebreaker or shall I say…Yu Akira!"
Yu gasped as his eyes widened with an expression of shock.
"Hey, how do you know my name!?" Yu questioned as he pointed to her.
"But how!? How does she know your identity, Master!?" Rosey asked.
Well, remember from last chapter or two ago. Yu revealed everyone at this school that he's Codebreaker. He did when he dueled against that Kogo chick.
"Oh yeah. Now I remembered," Yu remembered very carefreely.
"Even if you do decline to my request for rematch, this school, with all of your classmates, teachers, and your friends, will all…SUFFER!" Gemma shouted.
Yu changed his carefree expression to a bit more serious expression, but still keeping the cocky smile. "Then, I accept your rematch, Gemma! You Knights of Hanoi scum won't get away with this!" He accepted.
"Fine word," she grinned. "Then, let's begin our rematch!"
When she said that, the wind of the Data Storm blew over them coincidentally. They jumped onto the Data Storm with their respective D-Board.
SPEED DUEL!
Codebreaker vs. Knight of Hanoi, Gemma
Codebreaker: 4000 LP (4h)
Gemma: 4000 LP (4h)
Meanwhile, everyone who was trapped in their respective classroom were watching the Speed Duel on the class' monitor.
"Hey, it's Codebreaker!" One male student pointed.
"It's Yu Akira! He's here to save us!" One of Yu's classmates exclaimed.
His classmates hoorah for his arrival of rescue as for his best friends, they look relieved.
"Alright! Yu is here to save us!" Tom said happily.
"For once, I am glad that he was late for school," Emoti-chan said as she looked relieved as well.
Yusaku watched as the speed duel unfolds. "Yu Akira, even though I am a hacker who can mostly likely hack into the program to free all of us, I cannot do that \because I need to protect my own identity. So, whatever you do, don't lose!"
Back to the Speed Duel…
"I'll go first this time!" He shouted. "I summon C# Download Knight!"
His regular monster member appeared out of the digital portal as it flew next to him, with its sword out. "Then, I activate its effect! When it is Normal or Special Summoned, I can Special Summon another C# monster in my Graveyard or Deck! Appear from my deck, C# Security Dog in defense mode!"
Download Knight used its sword to cut open a portal in the middle of duel. The familiar silver mechanical dog jumped out of the portal as it roared and ran next to Download Knight.
"I end my turn," he said.
"Is that all?" She asked in disappointed tone before she changed her expression to a sinister smile. "Whatever. Here I go! I draw!"
Codebreaker: 3h
Gemma: 4h + 1 = 5h
"Since you control a monster and I don't, I can Special Summon this card from my hand. Come out, Gem-Knight Jasper!"
The new Gem-Knight wore a mix of light and dark brown-colored armor with a jasper gem in the center of its chest plate. It also had a long red ponytail flowing out behind its helmet.
Gem-Knight Jasper-Level 4, FIRE, Pyro/Effect, 1300 ATK, 1500 DEF.
"Next, I normal summon Gem-Knight Opal!" This one wore cyan armor with three opal gems decorated in the chest-plate. The center one was the largest of the three while the other two were the smaller ones.
Gem-Knight Opal-Level 3, WATER, Aqua/Effect, 1000 ATK, 0 DEF.
"According to my calculation, there are 90% chance that she is setting up for Fusion Summon. Be careful, Master!" Rosey analyzed as she warned him.
"No worry, but thanks for the warning," Yu smiled.
"I play the Normal Spell, Gem Hand!" A familiar Spell Card showed on the field. "With this, I can draw cards equal to the number of Gem-Knight monster on my side of the field or in my hand. I control two on the field and I have two in my hand, therefore I draw four!"
She drew four cards and smirked at the cards she drew. "Perfect. Just as according to plan."
"She is up to something," Yusaku thought as he and everyone watched the duel, while some of them were cheering for Yu and praying for his victory.
"Behold, Codebreaker!" She spoke aloud. "I will show you a new power that will surely defeat you!"
"A new power? What is it?" Yu asked with curiosity sparkling in his eyes.
"Master Yu, please don't encourage your opponent!" Rosey scolded.
"Gem-Knight Opal's effect activates!" She pointed to her said monster. "This card can be treated as two materials for Fusion or Link Summon of Gem-Knight monster!"
"Fusion," he repeated.
"Link!?" His classmates echoed in surprise tone.
"Open! My circuit!" She shot a blue lighting up into the sky, creating the link portal to open up. She surfed into the portal with her two Gem-Knights. She got off from her D-Board and looked down at the circuit board.
"Arrowheads confirmed!" She announced. "Summoning condition is three or more Gem-Knight monsters!"
Opal split into two; one, her physical and two, her ghost form. It and Japser turned into three red energies, hitting on three arrowheads in the direction of south, southwest, and southeast.
"Link Summon! Appear! Link 3, Gem-Knight Mistress Diamond!"
The summoned Link Monster was a completely new Gem-Knight. This one was tall and had physic of woman. She wore dark blue armor with long silver, sparkling cape attached to her shoulder plate. Her helmet had a diamond encrusted into it on the center of the forehead. Her sword also sparkled and had several diamonds encrusted into the blade and the handle where it holds the sword.
Gem-Knight Mistress Diamond-Link Number 3, LIGHT, Rock/Link/Effect, 2600 ATK.
"You can Link Summon, too!?" Yu questioned.
"Isn't it beautiful?" She asked. "But, she isn't just pretty thing to look at. When Mistress Diamond is Link Summoned, I can add one Gem-Knight card in my Graveyard or Deck to my hand. I add my Gem-Knight Opal back to my hand from the grave!"
She added her card as it slit out of the Graveyard Zone. "Then, I play the Spell Card Gem-Knight Fusion!"
"Here comes the Fusion now!" Rosey exclaimed.
"I fuse my Gem-Knight Ruby with my Gem-Knight Opal, using its effect to treat it as two Fusion Materials!" Gem-Knight Ruby and two Gem-Knight Opals appeared briefly before they joined hand together, turning into a swirl of red and blue color.
"Three brilliant warriors of gems, fuse your beauty and power to form into the mightiest, most beautiful gem of all! Fusion Summon! Come forth, Gem-Knight Master Diamond!"
The strongest Gem-Knight appeared with a battle cry as it swung its sword and staved it on the Data Storm, making it split into waves on both side as the tip of the sword cut through it. Yu dodged the incoming wave to the side.
"Holy Crap! There are two monsters summoned from the Extra Deck, but how!?" Naoki questioned aloud.
"When you control a Link Monster in your Extra Monster Zone, if any of its Link Markers are pointing to your Main Monster Zones, those zones become Linked Zones. When you have Linked Zones, you can Special Summon another monster from your Extra Deck," Yusaku explained.
"Nowadays, that is how dueling work," Miss Syn spoke as she just added her statement to Yusaku's.
"Miss Syn…" he mumbled.
"I see," Naoki said.
"I set two cards, and I play a familiar Spell from our last duel. The Equip Spell, Fusion Sword!" She revealed the card.
"Oh no! Not that powerful card!" Rosey moaned.
"I equip it to Master Diamond!" Its sword was replaced with Fusion Sword and when it did, green aura glowed around Master Diamond briefly as its ATK increased to 3900.
"3900 ATK!?" Tom and Naoki gasped at the same time.
"I set two cards. Now, taste my revenge!" She declared. "I attack first with Master Diamond! Diamond Slash!"
Master Diamond turned around and swung the sword at Download Knight. It countered with its sword, but due to sheer strength and size, Download Knight's sword was flung away and he got sliced in half. It cried before exploded.
"Download Knight!" Yu cried.
Codebreaker's LP: 4000 -2300 = 1700
"But, this is not over!" She followed up. "Do you remember the effect of Fusion Sword? Master Diamond can attack for second time after it destroyed your first one. Now, attack again!"
Master Diamond sliced Security Dog, but when she did, her Life Points drained down a little.
"Grgh!" She disgruntled.
Gemma: 3500
"When C# Security Dog is destroyed by battle and sent to the Graveyard, you take 500 damages and I can Special Summon another one from my hand!" A second dog appeared as the first one was destroyed.
"At least you have some fighting spirit left, but I wonder how long it would last," she snickered. "I end my turn."
Gemma: 3500 LP (1h)
Codebreaker: 1700 LP (2h)
"Oh my god! He already lost more than half of his Life Points!" One student yelled.
"Are we doomed!? We're doomed!" Another student cried.
"I really need to go and use the bathroom!" Different student cried.
"Morse," Emoti-chan mumbled as she prayed for him.
"Oh no…" Tom said nervously.
"This is not looking so good! And that Knight of Hanoi chick is really strong," Naoki stated as Yusaku watched quietly.
Yu looked uncertain as he faced courageously against Gemma while she laughed.
New Cards Cheat Sheet
Gem-Knight Jasper-Level 4, FIRE, Pyro/Effect, 1300 ATK, 1500 DEF. Effect: If your opponent controls a monster and you don't, you can Special Summon this card from your hand.
Gem-Knight Opal-Level 3, WATER, Aqua/Effect, 1000 ATK, 0 DEF. Effect: This card can be treated as two materials for Fusion or Link Summon of "Gem-Knight" monster.
Gem-Knight Mistress Diamond-Link Number 3, LIGHT, Rock/Link/Effect, 2600 ATK. Effect: Unknown
Hello, everyone. Today's episode was very good. Not to be spoiler or anything, but they really did good with Aoi Zaizen's character. I got to think of something for her when she appears in this story. Anyway, here is QOTC:
Q. What do you think of the games revealed at the E3 2017 this year?
Personally, I am happy to say that Metroid is finally coming back, with two new games, one for 3DS and another for Nintendo Switch are coming later this year and next year respectfully.
See you guys next time, and here is the preview for the next chapter!
Preview for Chapter 9
Rematch on the wind of Data Storm. Yu must face the consequence of his action as his friends and classmates' life on the line. The duel is just heating up while yours truly eat so many pizzas as I'm running out of it!
"You won't get away with this, Gemma!" Yu yelled.
"Bring it on, Yu Akira! I will have my revenge!" She yelled back.
As he is being corned by Gemma's power of Gem-Knight, a new power is born!
"Time to unlock the code of Data Storm!" Yu exclaimed as a card materialized in his hand and then silhouette of dragon appeared briefly, roaring very strongly.
Next time in Yu-Gi-Oh VRAINS Codes of Secrets: Birth of Null!
INTO THE VRAINS!