Hey everyone! Glad I had got this out! Kingdom Hearts 3 is amazing! I can't believe I defeated it so fast! The last time I beat an RPG quickly was Final Fantasy XIII! I was hooked! But anyway, I'm back to this! Let's get it!
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Chapter 14: Recruiting of the Powers
Seto Kaiba had established Dueling Schools in several countries of the world alongside the original Duel Academy whose aim was to cultivate future master duelists around the world. It was well on its way of succeeding as the past month was any indication. While Duel Academy was still in the works, East Academy did see a change of the guard.
Tetsuko Ecada, better known as Tetsu, was a young man with shoulder-length, light brown hair and dark blue eyes, wearing a white short-sleeved shirt and beige pants. His East Academy blazer that was brown and white was wrapped around his waist. He used to be the number 2 Duelist of the Academy, chosen to help Duel Academy raise their skill level alongside former student Adrian Gecko. But after the events of the 12 Dimensions, Adrian was now presumed dead by the world with only a select group knowing the truth.
Adrian felt held back by society after he was adopted into the Gecko Financial Group. Despite having the mind and skill to inherit the company, it was all taken away when his foster parents had a biological son. Adrian laid his life out for his younger brother, but in reality... he wanted more. Thanks to Yubel's and Tragoedia's machinations, Adrian stood by their side and eventually gained some of their powers. But in order to rule over 12 Dimensions, he had obstacles to remove.
Tetsu was the first as Adrian knew firsthand how smart his classmate was yet held back in public. It drove Adrian to defeating him while obtaining the power of Exodia. But ultimately, he failed when pursuing Yubel and Tragoedia, defeated by the former and being drained of his life force alongside Echo, the only woman that stood by him through all the hard times.
"I activate the Trap Magic Cylinder!" Tetsu shouted, as he was attacked by a Dark Necrofear. "This negates your attack and damages your Life Points equal to your attacking monster's ATK!"
The female fiend's eye beam was launched, going into one of he magenta cylinders and then exiting out of the second, blasting the duelist's Life Points.
Tetsu: 2900, Winner
East Academy Duelist: 0
The holograms disappeared as the student body clapped for Tetsu's victory.
Tetsu looked around at the praise he was given. After returning to East Academy, he was now the number 1 Duelist at school. He stopped holding back and showed the entire school what he was capable of. In the month he returned it was victory after victory and he never let it get to him. It only reminded him of what could have been had Adrian still lived.
'Well, I stopped playing the fool,' Tetsu stopped as he walked over to his opponent and helped him up. 'Kai said I should be number 1 and show the people my gift, helping others with my dueling. But it still hurts that what I once was one of the driving points of Adrian and Echo rebelling and then attacking me.'
After thanking his opponent, he left the dueling arena without a word. He eventually found his way towards an outer garden on the Academy campus. Once he was out of sight, he leaned on the building wall and gave a sigh.
"It's all so hollow now," He said to himself. "But at least people are learning something from me... I'm happy for them..."
"It's lonely at the top, eh?" A man's voice called out.
Tetsu gasped and turned around to see one of his teachers coming towards him with a sad smile. A tall Japanese/English with an average build, long, black/gray hair in a ponytail and blue glasses over his dark blue eyes. This was Kai Mason, one of the leading Professor of East Academy and an advisor of sorts for Tetsu.
"You can say that," Tetsu replied. "It's no fun, though. But hey, school is mostly work at this point. I always liked learning from my opponents, so I don't win right away. After coming back from those dimensions with everyone..."
Kai sighed, "Yeah... It's sad that Adrian turned out the way he did. But I don't like that he tried to take you out of the picture."
"And it's why I decided to take my training and schooling seriously and out in the open." The student replied. "Who knows how many people resented me for my life style... In fact, I heard something similar when I was at Duel Academy. About how Jaden wins almost all his Duels, yet he never took his studying seriously. Others felt if they could copy his style, they'd succeed."
"Ah, the naturally gifted," the Teacher realized, "Like you except you hid your intellect until I discovered it after watching you duel. In my opinion, I proud that you are better than you let on. You shouldn't let what Adrian did shake you."
Tetsu nodded reluctantly, "I know, it's just he hated me to point that he wanted me dead. I thought I did him a favor back then since all eyes were on him; people favored him because of what he stood for. But in return, he resented me despite the both of us working against Viper when he tried to kill him."
Kai frowned at the memory, being held captive by the former West Academy Professor.
It was then a flash of white erupted nearby, causing the two of them to groan and cover their eyes. Once the light died down, Tetsu and Kai looked towards where it originated and gasped at what they saw.
On the ground was Bastion Misawa, groaning as he picked himself up to his feet and held a broken device in his left hand. The intellectual wiped any dirt off his already worn-out clothes before taking a look around. Once he settled on the two men in front of him, he gasped as he ran up to them.
"Excuse me, gentlemen," Bastion announced, "Can you please tell me where I am? I need to get to Duel Academy, it's urgent!"
Tetsu and Kai looked to each other before the former answered, "Well, you're at East Academy... uh...?"
"Oh yes, my name is Bastion Misawa!" The intellectual greeted with a bow. "I just came back from one of the 12 Dimensions..."
The Video Game Duelist gasped, "Oh right! You're one of the missing people Seth told me about! Man, I thought you were stuck there after the order was restored. It's good to see you back to your home dimension."
"But that's the problem!" Bastion interjected. "The order of the 12 Dimensions are in danger! I need to warn Jaden and Claudio of the threat as the enemies spoke of them!"
Kai gave a soft smile as he said, "I think you need a change of clothes and some proper rest while we fill each other in. Also, you probably need something to eat."
A growl came from Bastion's stomach, prompting him to look down, "Yes, that would be good..."
At the cafeteria, Bastion filled his stomach with food and proceeded to tell his story...
He was at war with these duelists and monsters that came from the Darkness and the Light of Destruction. Although they gained some ground, it was going to be a losing battle as they kept coming in stronger numbers. He had planned to bring Tania back to his dimension using a transporter he made. He went on to elaborate about obtaining parts from the abandoned Dark World and Fabled strongholds, in case he wanted to go back home to see his friends again. But it came at a time of urgency due to the invaders. Tania shoved him in the portal as they were confronted by the Light of Destruction duelist, giving him this chance...
After hearing the story, Tetsu and Kai were shock as Bastion frowned.
"The Dimensions were already screwed up during the aftermath," Tetsu mused. "These forces you're talking about must have occurred while everything tried to separate again. It would explain if they're trying to conquer everything and if they would come through to ours."
"Meaning whatever happened to Professor Viper and Adrian will happen again," Kai added. "Just through different means..."
"That's it," Bastion nodded. "I need to get to Jaden and Claudio so I can warn them about the threat coming for this dimension."
"Yes, but what about yourself?" the East Academy Professor noted.
"Hmm?"
"Sure, Jaden and Claudio are powerful duelists from what I've learned during our time at Duel Academy," Kai elaborated, "But even they can't handle the problems on their own. It would help to alleviate some of the threat. In fact, I received a call from Duel Academy's new Vice-Chancellor, Etna Belmonte, talking about having Tetsu comeback to Duel Academy to help out again."
"Oh?" Tetsu wondered. "I never heard about this..."
"I was going to tell you until Bastion showed up," Kai stated. "But after hearing the story, it looks like this was a good time. It must be related to this problem since she's already at work in placing Duel Academy Students in the right level."
Bastion figured he should train his dueling arts. After all, he needed to be at his best to defeat the enemies set to destroy the dimensions. Plus, he wanted to know how much stronger he's become after his training in the other dimensions with Tania. He then took out a deck of Duel Monster cards. In the past, he has many test decks as he did this to research Jaden's Elemental Hero Deck before creating one specifically to counter it. Now he needed to make one for all occasions and recalibrate it after a duel. But for this duel, he wanted to battle one last time as his old self...
"Well, Mr. Mason..."
"Just Kai," Kai corrected with a smile.
"Kai... A training duel would be a good thing," Bastion replied. "I'm a far cry from the Duelist I once was and want to test it in a Duel."
Tetsu was impressed as well, "Well Kai, I think we have a challenge."
"And I know a perfect opponent for him as well," Kai smiled. "Tetsu, show Bastion to the East Academy Training Arena."
"Yes sir!" the Video Game Duelist nodded as he motioned Bastion to follow him. "Can't wait to see the skills you have now..."
'Neither do I want to wait...' Bastion thought.
The Dueling Arena was just like Duel Academy's version, only with a color scheme of light green and white. Bastion noticed it right off the back and smiled as it almost took him back to the past. He was also issued the East Academy Duel Disk during his stay. It had blue colors on the inside with a gray outline. When he activated it, the tray pushed out and extended the sides.
To the opposite of him was a young man with black hair, tanned skin and dressed in the East Academy student attire. He gave a wide smile to Bastion and waved.
"Hello Bastion Misawa!" the man greeted. "My name is Jeffery McAffrey! I will be your opponent! Just call me Jeff, though."
"Nice to meet you," Bastion replied with a bow.
Sitting on the bottom row of the arena were Tetsu and Kai, ready to watch the duel unfold.
"So, why'd you pick Jeff?" Tetsu asked his Professor. "He's one of the new guys we have."
"He's a fast, rising duelist," Kai replied. "Also, I wanted to see how Bastion reacts to Jeff's dueling skill."
Tetsu had a knowing look, "Okay."
Both players activated their duel disks and drew their opening hands.
DUEL!
Bastion: 8000
Jeff: 8000
"I'll start the duel," Jeff announced, drawing his sixth card. "I'll start with a Set Monster." He stated as a facedown Monster Card appeared. "And then I'll end with a facedown card."
Bastion nodded and then drew his sixth card, "My move! I'll bring out Summoner Monk!" In flash, an old man in a white and purple robe appeared and then sat in the lotus position. (4/800/1600) "When summoned, he's moved to Defense Position. "Then, I'll add in his Special Ability! By discarding a Spell Card from my hand, I can Special Summon a Level 4 Monster from my deck!" He then discarded a card. "Now come forth, Oxygeddon!"
The Monk made a prayer and summoned a pterodactyl made of pure oxygen. (4/1800/800)
"But you cannot attack with him," Jeff pointed out.
"Trust me, I know the effect," Bastion stated, "And then I'll set two cards facedown to end my turn."
"Whoa, he's got a good field," Jeff mused, "Decent defense and a good attacker."
"My turn," Jeff announced, drawing his next card. "Since you didn't fall for my trap, I'll just have to use the next best thing. I'll reveal my facedown Monster, the Ancient Lamp!" The Set Monster flipped over, revealing a bronze lamp with long, sharp legs. (3/900/1400)
"I see, if I had a decent attacker, I would have lost another monster due to Ancient Lamp's effect." Bastion smiled, "Before the damage calculation, I would have been forced to destroy my other monster."
"Yup, but I'll have to continue my plan without having less to deal with." Jeff stated, "I'll activate Ancient Lamp's effect, allowing to me Special Summon a number of La Jinn the Mystical Genie of the Lamp from my hand! And I have two!"
Green smoke came out of the lamp and solidified into two of the same being. The genies had green, transparent bodies with golden shackles and a purple thimble-like hat. (4/1800/1000) x2
"Then, I'll activate my Trap Card! Lamp Trade!" He continued, revealing his Trap Card revealing merchants selling a Mystic Lamp to a customer. "I'll send Ancient Lamp back to my deck! In exchange, I can Special Summon another Lamp Monster from my deck equal to the number of La Jinn on my field. However, it can't be the same name."
Bastion gasped as he saw Ancient Lamp vanish from the field, "This deck must have expanded!"
"That's right," the Genie duelist grinned, "Come forth from my deck, Red Lamp and Purple Lamp!"
Red Lamp looked like the normal Arabian Lamps, only colored red and it was alive with burning eyes and a sharp grin. (3/900/0)
Purple Lamp was shaped like a hand with three glass, window-like eyes and a big grin. (4/1600/100)
"And it doesn't stop there," Jeff continued, "When Red Lamp is Special Summoned, I can deal 600 points of damage!"
Bastion: 7400
Jeff: 8000
"And when Purple Lamp is Special Summoned, I can add Polymerization from my deck to my hand!" He continued as he took the famed Spell Card.
Bastion braced himself as he knew what was coming next.
"Now, l will play the Spell Card Polymerization!" Jeff announced, inserting the Fusion Card into his disk. "For this, I'll will fuse one La Jinn with my Purple Lamp!" One of the La Jinn smirked as he went inside Purple Lamp, who then jumped into the Fusion Vortex. "I Fusion Summon Dark Jinn the Fusion Genie of the Lamp!"
Coming out the vortex, La Jinn returned in a purple color and was now adorned with a black swirl on its torso and wore a black, thimble hat on its head. (7/2400/1400)
"When this card is Special Summoned, I can perform another Fusion Summon with the cards on my field! And I'll pick my second La Jinn and Fire Lamp!"
"A Fusion without Polymerization!?" Bastion gasped as Dark Jinn created a Fusion Vortex out of his hands, absorbing the second La Jinn and Fire Lamp.
"Now I Fusion Summon the second Genie!" the Genie Duelist announced, "Come forth, Fire Jinn the Flame Genie of the Lamp!" Then the second Genie came out, bringing out a magenta-skinned Genie with its neck, waist and wrists surrounded by flames. (7/2400/2000) "When this Monster is Special Summoned, I can deal 600 points of damage!"
Fire Jinn snapped his fingers, causing flames to bathe the Chemical Duelist where he stood, prompting a grunt to come from his mouth.
Bastion: 6800
Jeff: 8000
"Impressive," Kai praised, "Creating a Fusion Combo is no easy feat. Not to mention creating two powerful monsters with burn damage to boot."
"Then, I'll enter the Battle Phase!" Jeff announced, "Fire Jinn, attack the Summoner Monk!"
"I reveal my facedown cards," Bastion announced, revealing his facedown card. "Staunch Defender and DNA Implanting! Staunch Defender forces you to attack a Monster of mine with all of yours. And I choose my Oxygeddon! Then, DNA Implanting equips onto your monster on the field and changes it Type of my choosing! I pick out Pyro-Type!"
"Meaning that once Oxygeddon goes, Staunch Defender will make it so that Dark Jinn cannot attack Summoner Monk." Tetsu figured. "Pretty smart."
"And with DNA Surgery making Pyro-Type Monsters, Oxygeddon's effect will go off," Kai added, "But he's still taking the battle damage!"
Fire Jinn launched a breath of flames that covered the Oxygeddon while becoming the embodiment of flames, due to DNA Implanting.
Bastion: 6200
Jeff: 8000
"Oxygeddon now activates its effect," Bastion announced, "By destroying this card with a Pyro-Type Monster, we both take 800 points of damage!"
The flames burst in both players' direction, causing the points to drop once more.
Bastion: 5400
Jeff: 7200
"And thanks to Staunch Defender, I can't attack again," Jeff stated. "I'll end my turn with another facedown card."
"Finally, the second effect of DNA Implanting lets me draw a card since your monster is still on the field, during the End Phase of our turns." Bastion continued, making a draw. "Then, it's my turn." He continued as he drew for his Draw Phase, "I activate the Spell Take Over Five! I send the top 5 cards from my deck to the graveyard."
He took off the five cards and promptly placed them into his Graveyard along with the activated Spell.
"Next, I'll activate the Spell Flute of Hamelin! This allows me to place all copies of my Hydrogeddon from the deck in the graveyard." He then took two more of his monsters, placing them in the graveyard. "Then, I activate the Field Spell Card A Legendary Ocean!"
Jeff frowned as the field was now engulfed in water, sending them to an underwater city. "With cards like Summoner Monk and Oxygeddon, what monster is good with this card?"
"I summon Duoterion!" Bastion answered, bringing out a T-Rex like monster made of heavy hydrogen (5-4/2000-2200/1400-1600) "When this card is Summoned, I can Special Summon Oxygeddon to the field from the Graveyard!"
The pterodactyl of oxygen returned to the field. (4/1800/800)
"Then, I add the Spell Bonding – D2O," Bastion announced, activating the Spell Card.
"D2O!?" Jeff shouted.
"Yes, this is the advanced version of the Bonding – H2O card which summons Water Dragon," Bastion announced, "I can send 2 Duoterion monsters and 1 Oxygeddon monster from the field and hand to the graveyard in order to do the same thing or bring out another Monster!"
Another Duoterion appeared before combining with the first and Oxygeddon into a swirl of water.
Jeff then grinned, "Sorry to break up the Chemistry lesson, but I activate the Absorbing Lamp Trap Card!"
Bastion gasped, seeing the Trap Card revealed.
"This card can negate the activation of your Spell and it gets added to my hand!" The Genie Duelist grinned. "And then, since tributing your monsters was the cost, you've lost it all!"
The Water evaporated into nothing, causing Jeff, Kai, and Tetsu to gasp.
However, Bastion remained calm and said, "I end my turn. I'll also draw for my DNA Implanting."
"All he has left his Summoner Monk," Kai mused, "If Jeff can get more monsters on the field, it's over."
"My turn," Jeff announced, drawing his next card. "Looks like it's almost time! I summon another copy of Ancient Lamp!" (3/900/1400) "Then, I'll continue with its effect to special Summon my Last La Jinn!" (4/1800/1000) "Finally, I'll activate another of Dark Jinn's effects! I can recover Polymerization when I Summon two monsters from my hand and then activate it!" He then took the named Spell from his Graveyard and used it. "I fuse La Jinn with Ancient Lamp!"
The Genie entered his original lamp and went into the vortex.
"I Fusion Summon Mega Jinn the Advanced Genie of the Lamp!"
Emerging from the vortex, a genie with bronze skin, silver bracelets and necklace. It then created two green orbs from its hands. (8/2800/2000)
"When this card is Fusion Summoned, I can destroy one monster on the field and then deal damage equal to its DEF!" The Genie Duelist grinned, "So say goodbye to Summoner Monk!"
Mega Jinn launched one of the orbs in its hands, absorbing the Spellcaster and compressing it to nothing. Bastion felt a green aura surround him, damaging his Life Points.
Bastion: 3800
Jeff: 7200
"You're wide open now!" Jeff shouted. "I attack you directly with everything I have!"
Mega Jinn and Fire Jinn breathed green and red flames respectively, launching it at Bastion...
"I activate a Trap from my Graveyard!" Bastion announced, "Chemical Barrier!"
"From the Graveyard!?" Tetsu gasped, "No wonder he was so calm!"
"When I have at least 1 of each Carboneddon, Hydrogeddon, Oxygeddon, and Duoterion in my graveyard, I can activate this to negate Direct Attacks! Then, if you have at least 3 Monsters on your side of the field, I can Set a Trap Card from my Deck!"
The Genie Duelist gasped, "Those are the cards you placed in with Take Over Five!"
"Precisely!" Bastion stated. "I merely needed to place these cards into the graveyard."
"I end my turn," Jeff stated as Bastion drew due to DNA Implanting. "Man, I keep trying to knock you down, but you don't give in."
"Something I've learned in the past few years," Bastion admitted. "I once dueled for the logic of it all; thinking it was enough since I was praised for being top duelist of my freshman class. Even though I praised others like Jaden and Claudio for exceptional skills, I envied them since it wasn't their minds, they put into the game... It was their hearts. Despite being put into disadvantages, they find the strength to surpass their opponents' tactics as well as their drives and win. It's why I duel now; to place my heart into the game and combine it with my logic. Then, I know how surpass my skill every day. And I can stand as a true equal to the friends that tried to teach me this philosophy!"
Kai and Tetsu smiled down at young prodigy.
"My move," Bastion announced, drawing his next card. "During my Standby Phase, I can remove Take Over Five from my Graveyard to draw another 1 card!" He drew another card. "Now, it's time! I activate the Trap Card! Bonding DHO!"
"DHO?" Jeff asked.
"The chemical forming of semiheavy water?" Tetsu wondered.
"I send back of 1 each Duoterion, Hydrogeddon and Oxygeddon to my deck and Special Summon a new Monster!"
The phantom images of the three mentioned monsters merged together, creating an immense fusion that took in the ocean and drained its waters. Pretty soon, the Legendary Ocean was now barren as the city was sunken no more.
"I create the Water Dragon Cluster!"
The ocean then created a large sphere with two dragon-like heads coming out of it, roaring loudly. (10-9/2800-3000/2600-2800)
"Good monster," Jeff praised, "But you won't be having him for long! I activate Advanced Genie's effect! I destroy your new Monster and you take 2800 points of damage!"
Bastion smirked, "Not this time! Water Dragon Cluster's effect activates! The Moment it's Special Summoned, all other Monster effects are negated and their ATK are reduced to 0!"
"WHAT!?"
The Cluster's sphere created a shockwave that erased the flames on the Genies' bodies, leaving them hunched over in weakness. (7/2400-0/1400), (7/2400-0/2000), (8/2800-0/2000)
"Now to defeat you!" Bastion called out, "Water Dragon Cluster, attacks Mega Jinn! Aqua Annihilator!"
Water Dragon Cluster combined their heads, creating another orb of energy and launched it at ace monster, blasting it with water and pixels.
Bastion: 3800
Jeff: 4200
"I activate my last card," Jeff countered, revealing a facedown card, "De-Fusion! I return Fire Jinn to the Extra Deck and Special Summon La Jinn and Fire Lamp in defense mode!" Fire Jinn vanished into a red light, before splitting back into the Fire Lamp and his original state. (4/1800/1000), (3/900/0) "And since it was Special Summoned, Fire Lamp deals 600 points of damage!"
The Lamp launched another fire blast at Bastion, making him stumble.
Bastion: 3200
Jeff: 4200
"Next turn, I'll just fuse them again and then finish you off!" Jeff continued.
"Then, I'll activate my Water Dragon's Cluster final effect," Bastion countered, "I can Tribute this card to Special Summon 2 Water Dragons from my deck, ignoring the Summoning Conditions!"
The audience gasped as the sphere blasted apart, restoring some of the ocean, while leaving the two dragon-like forces. (8-7/2800-3000/2600-2800) x2
"I'll attack both of your Fusion Genie and the original! Aqua Punisher!" Bastion continued as the Water Dragons launched a blast of water, smashing both Genies into pixels.
Bastion: 3200
Jeff: 1200
"Now I activate Offerings to the Doomed!" He stated, activating his Quick-Play Spell, "I destroy one Monster on the field and skip the Draw Phase. But we both know I won't need it. I destroy one of my Water Dragons!"
One of the Water Dragons exploded into water.
"What was the point of..." Jeff stopped himself.
"Looks like you remembered the Chemistry in Water," Bastion grinned. "When Water Dragon is destroyed and sent to the graveyard, I can Special Summon one Oxygeddon and two Hydrogeddons from the Graveyard as well!" Soon the pterodactyl and two anklyosaurus made of hydrogen air. (4/1800/1000), (4/1600/1000) x2 "I now attack your Fire Lamp and then you directly with Oxygeddon and Hydrogeddon!"
Oxygeddon blasted a clear vapor beam at Fire Lamp, blasting it to pixels.
Finally, Hydrogeddon launched its Hydro Gust attack, hitting Jeff square in the torso to end the game.
Bastion: 3200, Winner
Jeff: 0
Jeff was left kneeling as the holograms disappeared while the duel disks were deactivated.
"Well, Professor Kai wasn't kidding about you," Jeff sighed but smiled. "And after your declaration of putting heart into the game, I can say I felt that strength today."
Bastion nodded as he stared at the deck, "Yes, one of the first decks that I started to show my real strength in Duel Academy. However, I fell out of favor to the point where I wanted the enemy to want me. Now with what's coming next, I want to be able to stand by my friends' side instead of looking at them with envy."
The Genie Duelist smiled, "Now I see even more why the Professor wanted me to face you. We're alike!"
"Oh?"
"Ever since I became proficient in Fusion Summoning, I thought myself a strong opponent," Jeff explained. "Of course, I'm losing out to duelist's like Tetsu, but facing you after hearing your story... I'd be soon looking down on everyone even against the ones who seek to improve."
Bastion chuckled. "Yes, I once told Jaden that Duel Monsters was nothing but a numbers game when I crippled his deck's main function. However, he still found a way to defeat me." He then held out a hand to Jeff, "So, I wish you well in your improvements and hope to duel you again."
"Same to you, Bastion." The Genie Duelist replied, shaking the outstretched hand.
Tetsu and Kai smiled at the moment before them.
"Well, Bastion's fine for now until we get more training," Kai stated. "And even motivated one of our duelists."
"Motivated me as well," Tetsu smiled. "It was difficult carrying on the burden that Adrian died the way he did, but I know I have to move on. It changed me, yes, and I will continue with that change. I want to see where that takes me."
"Now to handle the threat that Bastion told us about," Kai mused. "It won't be long until that threat comes calling, and I'm willing to bet that Jaden and Claudio have faced it recently if not at all."
"They were truly tenacious indeed."
Tetsu and Kai gasped when they heard the voice reply. Bastion and Jeff looked around as well, wondering where the voice came from.
"Is this one of the forces we fought in the Amazoness Dimension?" Bastion wondered.
"Dimension?" Jeff asked.
Suddenly, dark portal opened underneath the Video Game Duelist. But before anyone could notice...
"WHOA!" Tetsu shouted as he was dragged into the portal.
"Tetsu!" Kai shouted as the portal disappeared.
"Tetsu!" Bastion gasped. "Oh no, those forces must have followed me here!"
In the Darkness, Tetsu felt himself being sunk deeper and deeper into the abyss.
"What the Hell's going on here!?" Tetsu shouted as he kept falling.
"You're being pulled away from your friends." The voice replied. "And have you be lost in the darkness!"
"What!?" the Video Game Duelist. "Lost in the darkness!"
"I will not have you learn the truth of what's at stake." The voice added.
Suddenly, Tetsu stopped moving as he was now standing upright. Before he could say anything else, he saw black cards come out of nowhere and combine into a man.
"Are you the one that dragged me here!?" Tetsu growled as he activated his Duel Disk, "Because I want out of this!"
"I am called Trueman," the man of darkness greeted. "And I've come to eliminate your existence and bury it in the darkness."
Tetsu frowned, "You're one of the forces that Bastion warned me about. I guess you don't want more people to rise against you?"
"Correct," Trueman smirked. "And I know how smart you truly are. So, defeating you before you use that intellect will help in the long run."
"Gee, I feel special..." the Video Game Duelist groaned. "But I don't feel like losing right now! So, I'll kindly kick your ass now and get back home."
"And you won't make it out of here," Trueman declared.
Trueman's left arm reformed into his duel disk and both players drew their opening hands.
DUEL!
Tetsu: 8000
Trueman: 8000
"I'll start the duel!" Trueman announced, drawing his next card, "I summon Dark Archetype!" the messenger's signature Monster Card appeared. (4/1400/400) "I end my turn by setting a facedown card."
"Okay..." Tetsu stated, drawing his sixth card. "I summon Keyblade Wielder – Sora!" In a burst of light, a boy with spiky, brown hair and blue eyes appeared wearing a black and silver outfit, black shoes and fingerless gloves. (4/1600/1400) "When Summoned, I can add a 'Keyblade' Equip Spell Card from my deck to my hand. "Next, I'll activate the Spell Block Attack to switch your monster's position to defense!"
"What!?" Trueman gasped as his monster crouched down.
"Then, I activate the Equip Spell Kingdom Key to boost Sora's stats by 300!" Tetsu continued as Sora summoned a giant key with a gold handle and silver blade shaped like a key. (4/1600-1900/1400-1700) "Now attack!" Sora jumped in the air and slashed down on the fiend, destroying it. "I end my turn with a facedown card. I figured you'd have something in mind if you placed a weak Monster in attack mode... However, I know cards like that benefits from being destroyed with damage! Going to have to try harder than that!"
"My move," Trueman announced, drawing his next card. "So, you are using the Equip Spell deck. Then, I will be able to end you as quickly as possible."
Tetsu frowned, figuring the opponent's next move, 'Looks like he wasn't fazed at all... He must still have his cards...'
"You'll lose soon as I play the Continuous Spell Morale Boost!" Trueman announced, activating his Spell.
The Video Game Duelist sighed, "Oh crud..."
"Although you could use this to boost your Life Points by 1000 for each Equip Spell you activate," the Dark Messenger stated with a smirk, "But you'd lose 1000 Life Points for every Equip Card lost."
"And then I'd figure your face down card is..."
"Bad Reaction to Simochi!" Trueman grinned as he activated his facedown card. "Now you'll lose Life Points equal to the amount you would have gained. You'll now lose 2000 points for each card! Meaning your Deck's purpose is severely limited!"
"Then you must have a plan, seeing as I can just destroy your combo with ease," Tetsu stated.
"I do," Trueman announced as he played another Spell Card. "I activate the Continuous Spell Crisis Plant! I pay 1000 Life Points and this Spell protects the cards that are positioned next to it. And in turn, it makes it so that it cannot be destroyed in three turns."
Tetsu: 8000
Trueman: 7000
"Then, I summon the Monster Backup Guardna in defense mode!" the dark duelist continued as summoned played a giant, blue troll with a mane of red hair and wearing brown loincloth. (4/500/2200) "Then, I'll activate the Spell Chain Energy!"
"Oh great, an old school card that's going to be trouble!" Tetsu growled. "People nowadays do tend to forget about great cards of the past..."
"That's right, from now on, any cards we play from our hand to Normal Summon, Special Summon, Set, or activate, we must pay 500 Life Points." Trueman stated.
"And then Backup Guardna's going to force me to equip cards on my other monsters." Tetsu stated. "It's perfect for cards such as the Guardian Archetype who needs them..."
"You truly are a smart individual," Trueman admitted. "However, it's also your biggest weakness." Tetsu stayed silent at that comment. "Nothing to say... Then you realize your folly. I end my turn."
"My move!" Tetsu announced, drawing his next card. "It's bad that every move I make will just damage me. But it's bad that I'll just summon one more monster on the field. And that will be the plan. Lucky for me, it's not a problem! I'll set three of my cards facedown, paying 1500 Life Points!"
After he filled up his Spell/Trap Zone, he was then subjected to an electric shock from the Chain Energy.
Tetsu: 6500
Trueman: 7000
"And I'll end my turn here," Tetsu stated, catching his breath. 'That was taxing... Since he says he tells the truth, he must know about my battle with Adrian. Meaning he was in the other dimensions, gathering information on us and our decks... Kinda sounds like me whenever I lose to people when I could have stopped the cards altogether.'
"Valiant effort," Trueman stated, drawing his next card. "However, it's not enough to stop me."
The Video Game Duelist frowned, "How so?"
"I activate the Spell Obligatory Summon, paying 500 Life Points!" the Messenger of Darkness announced, having his Life Points drained from playing his card.
Tetsu: 6500
Trueman: 6500
"And now you have to Special Summon the other Warrior Type Monsters in your deck to fill your field!" He continued. "Luckily, you won't lose Life Points since they're being summoned from your Deck."
"Alright then," Tetsu announced as he fanned out his deck and chose his four Monster Cards, "I Special Summon Companion Goofy in defense mode and my Keyblade Wielders Riku, Kairi, and Roxas all in attack mode!"
In a starry light, the famous anthropomorphic dog with black fur, clad in pair of light brown pants and a green shirt with a grey vest overtop appeared first. He held a silver circular shield in front of him that had the insignia of mouse head styled in three circles. (4/1200/2000)
Next, a silver-haired young man appeared clad in a black zip-up tank top and a white and yellow vest over it, blue denim jeans held up a square, spike studded belt, and a pair of sneakers. (4/1800/1600)
Third, a young woman with red hair appeared clad in a pink mini-dress and a pair of lilac shoes. (4/1400/1200)
Finally, a young man with light brown hair wearing a white jacket over a black shirt and pants appeared on his field. (6/2300/1450)
"However, Sora gains 200 ATK for each other Keyblade Wielder on the field!" Tetsu continued as Sora smiled seeing all his friends aid him. (4/1600-2200/1700)
Trueman smirked, "Now to activate my Backup Guardna's effect to transfer your Equip Spells effect to another Monster once per turn!"
Sora gasped as his Keyblade vanished from his hands and then reappeared into Riku's hands, who was just as surprised. (4/2200-1900/1700-1400), (4/1800-2100/1600-1900) But all the wielders and Goofy gasped as they saw Tetsu groan in pain as a red aura drained his energy from Morale Boost.
Tetsu: 5500
Trueman: 6500
"Now I end my turn." Trueman announced. "Try to end my combo if you can..."
"With pleasure! Here I go!" Tetsu announced, drawing his next card and then revealing his facedown card, "I activate Trap Card, Rising Energy! I boost Sora's attack by 1500 for the turn!" Sora roared out as his inner power erupted from within. (4/1900-3400/1400) "Now I attack!"
Sora summoned another Keyblade like the Kingdom Key and rushed across the field.
"Backup Guardna's effect activates!" Trueman countered, "I discard my last card to negate your attack!"
Soon as Sora got close enough, the ogre backhanded him back to Tetsu's field where his friends quickly picked him back up.
"I end my turn." Tetsu sighed.
"My move!" Trueman announced, drawing his next card. "I then activate Backup Guardna's effect to switch Kingdom Key to Kairi!"
This time Riku lost the Keyblade, making it appear in Kairi's hands (4/2100-1800/1900-1600), (4/1400-1700/1200-1500). Tetsu growled as he felt the stinging pain.
Tetsu: 4500
Trueman: 6500
"Next, I pay 500 Life Points to activate the Spell Card Duel!" The Messenger of Darkness continued as the Spell Card appeared on the field, "Allowing both of us to draw until we have six cards in our hands!"
Tetsu: 4500
Trueman: 6000
Both players drew their full hand with Trueman giving a smirk.
"Next, I play Tailor of the Fickle to transfer Kingdom Key back to Riku." He continued. Both players felt the sting of their lost Life Points as Riku regained the Kingdom Key from Kairi. (4/1700-1400/1500-1200), (4/1800-2100/1600-1900)
Tetsu: 3500
Trueman: 5500
"I set one card to end my turn." Trueman concluded, losing more Life Points.
Tetsu: 3500
Trueman: 5000
'Damn...' Tetsu thought in frustration. 'Now I can't stop him from defending with the Backup Guardna! He can just discard his hand! And that facedown card will limit what I can do! I just need that one card then... Hopefully, I can draw it...' He then drew his next card for the turn.
"I activate my Continuous Trap Card, Eye of Truth!" Trueman interrupted, revealing his facedown card.
"Oh no!" Tetsu shouted.
"With this card in play, you must play with your hand revealed!" The Dark Messenger grinned. "Also, if you have at least one Spell Card in your hand during your Standby Phase, you would gain 1000 Life Points... But Bad Reaction to Simochi is in play; you lose them instead! Now show your hand!"
Tetsu clicked his tongue as he revealed his hand: Oblivion, Chain Strike, Companion Donald, Door to the Light, Fusion Guard, and Wall of Revealing Light.
"The Eye of Truth now deals damage with Bad Reaction to Simochi!" Trueman declared as the Trap Card drained more of Tetsu's Life Points, making him scream in pain.
Tetsu: 2500
Trueman: 5000
"This will be the end..." Trueman stated as he revealed one card in his hand, "I have the Spell Card Hand Control! On my next turn, I can play this card to force you to equip Oblivion and then use Backup Guardna's effect to equip it again. Even if you could defeat Backup Guardna, there's no protection from this!"
Tetsu eyed the card he drew and grinned, "But now I have you right where I want you!"
"What!?" Trueman gasped.
"You were too hasty in playing Duel to get me Spell Cards in my hand for the Eye of Truth!" The Video Game Duelist stated, "You should have waited for the slow kill! Now's the time for this Spell Card! The Mark of Mastery!" He then placed the card into his disk, ignoring the damage loss.
Tetsu: 2000
Trueman: 5000
"Mark of Mastery!?" Trueman shouted as the card's image came into play. It showed the silhouettes of several people armed with different variations of Keyblades, standing before an elder man overseeing them.
"This sends a Keyblade Wielder equipped with a Keyblade to the Graveyard and Special Summons a Fusion Monster!" Tetsu explained, "And since you were generous to give Riku back the Keyblade, why not let him do it!"
Riku raised his Keyblade in the air, letting him glow with energy as Tetsu chanted.
"Keyblade Wielder who once submitted to the darkness! Now gain redemption and gain the Mark! Fusion Summon! The Warrior that walks the path between! Keyblade Master Riku!"
Once the glow died down, Riku revealed himself in new garb. A black, hooded jacket with short sleeves, gold buttons, and a checkered pattern at hem. Underneath, he was a white shirt, blue cropped trousers, black gloves and black high-top boots. His friends cheered at the new power he obtained, before they all prepared for battle. (10/3600/2700)
"3600 ATK is nothing!" Trueman stated. "You forget that Backup Guardna can negate any attack as long as I have cards in my hand! And once it's over, I can arrange your Equip Spells once more."
"Then you should change your name, because you're becoming a liar!" Tetsu grinned as he pointed to Riku, "When this Card is Fusion Summoned, I can discard any number of cards in my hand to send any number of cards from your field to the graveyard. I send one to the Graveyard: Backup Gardna!"
"Impossible!" the Dark Duelist shouted as Backup Gardna roared in anguish as he vanished into nothing.
Tetsu continued, playing the next Equip Spell and fought off the damage from Morale Boost and Chain Energy, "Then, I activate the Equip Spell Oblivion! Giving my DARK Monster 600 ATK!" Riku wielded a black Keyblade with a wicked edge to it. (10/3600-4200/2700)
Tetsu: 1000-500
Trueman: 5000
Trueman growled as his plan to stop this duelist failed.
"Riku! Sora! Attack directly!" The Video Game Duelist shouted as both male Keybladers leapt at Trueman, slashing him apart into dark card shards.
Tetsu: 1000, Winner
Trueman: 800-0
Once the holograms disappeared, a blinding light enveloped the darkness causing Tetsu to cry out as it washed over his form.
"...etsu!"
"Tetsu, wake up!"
"Uh..."
The Video Game Duelist groaned as he opened his eyes and rubbed his head. He found himself looking up at Kai and Bastion, both had relieved looks on their faces.
"Good, you're still alive!" Bastion stated.
"You feeling alright?" Kai asked his student.
"Yeah, I'll be okay," Tetsu replied. "But man, Bastion... I think I found out firsthand what you're facing..."
"When we saw how you were sunk into a dark portal, I feared the worst," the East Academy Professor sighed. "Who was it that kidnapped you?"
"He called himself Trueman," the Video Game Duelist noted. "He was trying to psyche me out when he saw through my strategy after turn one. However, he got too hasty about it and gave me the chance to use that new card on him." He looked at Bastion, "And if this is the stuff you're talking about, then we need to get stronger and gather allies."
"Quite," Bastion stated. "It feels like the Zombie Duelists, only improvement in dueling skills rather than a numbers game."
"Don't worry about gathering allies," Kai said, "Etna called back and having us go to Domino City."
"Domino City?" Tetsu mused.
"Yeah, Kaiba Corporation and Industrial Illusion representatives are asking for assistance there," Kai stated. "They trust that Jaden, Claudio and the students there can hold on their own on Academy Island. From what Chairman Kagemaru told Etna, the battles on Duel Academy will affect the world."
Bastion sighed, "I can understand that... Other parts of the world will be under attack if they can reach East Academy."
"Then, it's settled," Tetsu exclaimed. "When do we leave?"
"Now, but you're going to rest once we're on the boat," Kai stated. "We want to be at 100% for this and you were attacked."
"No kidding," the Video Game Duelist scoffed.
Bastion looked at the two of them and smiled, 'I wonder how far Jaden and Claudio have connected with everyone back on the island.'
And done! I wanted to use that Water Dragon Cluster card in this duel, so I went back to the Chemical Deck from Season 1. I may add to it or have a new deck for Bastion for later. As for Tetsu, after playing more of the Kingdom Hearts series, I wanted to have that Keyblade Master Card be made.
And as you can see, I'm bringing the Overseas Champions back since they flaked out on Jim and reintroduced Jesse too late for my tastes.
Lamp Trade
Normal Trap
Return 1 Lamp Monster from your side of the field to your deck: Special Summon up to 2 other Lamp Monsters from your Deck to your side of the field with a different name.
Dark Jinn the Fusion Genie of the Lamp
DARK
Level 7
2400/1400
Spellcaster/Fusion/Effect
La Jinn the Mystical Genie of the Lamp + Purple Lamp
Must first be Fusion Summoned. When this card is Fusion Summoned: You can Fusion Summon using cards on your side of the field as Material. Once per turn: You can Fusion Summon 1 Fusion Monster that lists La Jinn the Mystical Genie of the Lamp as Material.
Mega Jinn the Advanced Genie of the Lamp
DARK
Level 8
2800/2000
Spellcaster/Fusion/Effect
Must first be Fusion Summoned. When this card is Fusion Summoned: Destroy one Monster on your opponent's side of the field and inflict damage equal to the destroyed Monster's DEF.
DNA Implanting
Normal Trap
Select 1 Monster your opponent controls and choose 1 Monster Type. Equip this card onto the selected monster and it becomes the declared Type.
Chemical Barrier
Normal Trap
If you have 1 each of Hydrogeddon, Oxygeddon, Carboneddon, and Duoterion in your graveyard: You can activate this card from your Graveyard. For the rest of the turn this card was activated: You take no damage from Direct Attacks. If your opponent has 3 or more monsters on their side of the field: Set 1 Spell/Trap Card from your deck to your field.
Crisis Plant
Continuous Spell
Pay 1000 Life Points. Spell/Trap Cards positioned next to this card cannot be destroyed. If there are two Spell/Trap cards on your side of the field: This card cannot be destroyed.
Mark of Mastery
Normal Spell
You can perform a Fusion Summon from your Extra Deck using a Monster with 'Keyblade Wielder' in its name equipped with a 'Keyblade' Equip Spell.
Keyblade Master Riku
LIGHT
Level 10
3600/2700
Warrior/Fusion/Effect
Can only be Summoned through the effect of 'Mark of Mastery'. This card cannot be destroyed by card effects. Once per turn: Send any number of cards from your hand to the graveyard: Send that number of cards from your opponent's field to the graveyard.
(All card creation rights go to me. Inspirations go to the original creators.)
Next Time: We look into the team of Jim and Yuri heading to Domino City after receiving a call from Axel and Fidel. But on the way, they are ambushed into duels.
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