Vile: And here I am with another of my Duelshot collection, Decks-hibition!
Yuma: Man, it's been over a month since Fuya's Duel? Time sure flies.
Vile: Indeed it does. This Duelshot gives the focus back to Takashi, making his second Duelshot in this collection. Takashi's in my Top 5 ZEXAL characters, after all!
Tokunosuke: Last I checked, I was, too. How come I haven't gotten a Duelshot yet, Ura?
Vile: Mainly because I don't have any ideas for you. If I did, I would've written one already. Anyhoo, disclaimer's on the first page, any bolded cards are made, which most of them are. Enjoy!
Story Routine, Set!
Computer Voice: Execute!
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Story 6: Swing Vote
Takashi walked into the school building in the morning with a brighter than usual smile on his face. Yuma and the others seemed rather confused by this when they saw him. "Okay, I'll bite. What happened?" Yuma asked.
"Not what happened. What will happen." Takashi responded. "Did you forget what's coming up?" All of the others made thoughtful faces, an anime clock ticking being heard. Takashi sweatdropped. "8th Grade President elections are in two days!"
The proverbial "ding" went off in each of their heads as realization set in. "Oh yeah!" "How did we forget?" "It's a big thing, Ura!"
Then Cathy hit a lightbulb. "Wait a minute, Inchou. Why are you so confident about this?"
Takashi scratched the back of his head. "Eh heh heh. Normally I wouldn't be, but from what I've heard so far, no one's even planning to run against me. So, to summarize, I have no competition!"
"Until now." A voice said. Takashi's eyes widened as he whirled around to see the source of the voice: A boy in his grade, with dark orange hair and electric blue eyes, wearing the standard uniform with a yellow tie.
Takashi then caused a scowl that was not characteristic of him at all. "Well, well, well. Sedo Kuran. I didn't expect to see you here."
"You know me. Always popping up where no one expects me." Sedo replied.
"So what did you mean by that last statement?" Takashi could feel that he wasn't going to like the answer.
"Just what I said, Takashi. I'm running against you for 8th Grade President." Sedo replied.
Takashi facepalmed with a groan. "Are you doing this just to try and spite me again, Sedo?"
"No, no, not this time, Takashi." Sedo said, holding up his hands. "I just wanted this to be a fair challenge is all." Other students had gathered around to listen in. "Since no one else is planning to run against you, I didn't want this to be a boring shoo-in. If the others in this school find you better than me, you'll still win regardless. It all comes down to the voters." He held out a hand with a confident smirk. "May the best *ahem* gentleman win."
Takashi reluctantly shook Sedo's hand. "Fine, but I'll tell you this." He pointed at Sedo's face. "I've got my eye on you." Sedo held up his hands in defeat and walked off, rolling his eyes.
Takashi's reactions to the other boy unnerved the group. "Jeez, Inchou. I didn't know you could act so… dark." Hikaya mentioned. "What's your deal with him?"
Takashi sighed with exasperation. "Sedo and I are rivals, you could say. He has been trying to outdo me ever since 2nd grade. He's even resorted to cheating to try and beat me." The boy explained. "I haven't seen him since we went from elementary school to here. The fact that he's acting like some refined person now doesn't jive with me. He is the worst sport I've ever seen."
"Maybe he's changed." Shark said, lazily sipping his soda. "He probably grew up and became more mature."
"Sedo? Mature? I don't buy that." Takashi reacted. "He was still the same brat when we graduated elementary school. I swear he's gonna try something fishy."
A small moment of silence followed. Then Yuma spoke up. "Well, whether he does or doesn't, we'll still help you win fair and square!"
"Yuma's right. We'll all pitch in!" Cathy followed up. The others agreed, making Takashi smile.
*Meanwhile*
Sedo was putting up a poster for his own campaign as three boys approached him. This made the orange-haired boy smirk. "Is everything all ready?"
"Check." A bulky boy with blonde hair said with a slightly sick grin. "You'll be a shoo-in after all of this."
"Geeheeheehee, those chumps won't know what hit them!" A shorter boy with black hair said.
Sedo grinned and clapped his hands together. "Then let's begin… Operation: Eccentric Election is underway."
*During the Break*
Tokunosuke and Hikaya were putting up posters for Takashi's campaign. Tetsuo had agreed to help the two of them, passing out campaign buttons. As they moved to a different section of the school, Tetsuo's eyes widened. "What the?" Several posters of Takashi's campaign were completely marred with what looked like paint blotches.
"Who did this?" Hikaya cried. Out of nowhere, a poster that was clean was splotched with more paint.
"Geeheeheehee!" A voice laughed. The trio looked and saw the short black-haired boy seen with Sedo firing a small toy pistol, the bullets being paintballs.
Tokunosuke gained a tic mark. "HEY!" He growled.
The black-haired boy looked over, and his eyes widened. "Eek! Busted!" He quickly took off with his paintball gun.
Tetsuo facepalmed and looked at the posters. "Kuso… We worked hard to put those up."
Tokunosuke sighed. "No use crying over spilled milk, Ura. Let's get some new ones up." Tetsuo and Hikaya nodded, and the trio got to work with new posters. The boy with the paintball gun, however, was still nearby, watching with a grin.
*Meanwhile*
Takashi was working on a speech he was to give, Cathy and Yamoto helping him out with the words for it. As luck would have it, a janitor was working nearby to clean up a spill. "And it should be… finished!" Takashi said, making the final period.
Yamoto took the paper and began reading over it. When he was finished, he handed it back to Takashi. "It looks great, Takashi-kun! I'm sure it'll connect with the students." Takashi grinned.
"Beep beep!" A voice cried. Out of nowhere, a boy with white hair slammed into Takashi and Yamoto's shoulders as he blazed past them. The speech's papers flew out of Takashi's hands.
"Nyaaaaah!" Cathy shrieked as the papers flew toward the spill. Acting quick, she managed to nab each page, ending by supporting herself on one hand to keep herself from tumbling over.
"Sorry, dudes!" The white-haired boy yelled in a tone that didn't sound apologetic as he turned a corner and bolted.
Takashi grabbed Cathy's wrist and pulled her to her feet. "You all right, Cat-chan?"
Cathy nodded and sighed. "I managed to save each of them." She said, handing Takashi's speech to him.
"Arigatou, Cat-chan. If you hadn't saved those, I would've had to re-write it from scratch!" Takashi thanked. Cathy giggled in response, a slight (unnoticed by Takashi or Yamoto) blush on her face.
Yamoto, however, was a little miffed. "It's uncanny, isn't it?" Takashi and Cathy was confused. "Right after you finish writing your speech, someone comes out of nowhere, slams into you, and almost knocks your speech into a convenient spill. The chances are almost impossible."
"You think he did it on purpose?" Cathy asked.
"It's quite possible." Yamoto mused. "Then again, that's just my thoughts."
Takashi scowled. "If it was on purpose, I have a good idea who set it up." He growled. Cathy and Yamoto looked at him with sympathetic expressions.
*Meanwhile*
Yuma and Shark passed out flyers for Takashi's campaign while Kotori and Ariel told any passersby about what Takashi was promising for his time as 8th Grade President. All of a sudden, they heard a small "CRASH". "Nani?" Yuma cried. The four of them turned to see a bulky blonde boy next to their now-wrecked stand, holding up one of the beams with a skeptical look.
"Man, talk about shoddy work." The blonde mused.
"What's your problem, man?" Shark growled.
"Hey, don't get pissy at me! It ain't MY fault your stand sucked!" The blonde dropped the beam.
Kotori got into his face, her face being an angry face that made Yuma instinctively back up. "The stand didn't suck! You BROKE it!" Her voice tone made the boy back up and land on his rear.
"Prepare the Emergency Run." Shark whispered to Yuma, making him nod.
The blonde got up and dusted himself off. "Keh. I'm not gonna waste my time with you over a dumb stand." He said before turning around. "Good luck with your crap campaign!" He walked off with a laugh.
"Jeez, what a douche!" Ariel mused, Yuma and Shark nodding in agreement.
*After School*
The others met with Sei and Sachi, who were running a popularity poll to see who was more popular among the students. Takashi"Okay, the results are tallying up right now." Sei said as the data flowed in her D-Gazer. "Okay, Inchou's approval rate is…" Two beeps sounded. "54%." The data suddenly changed. "Make that 53%."
Takashi's eyes widened, and he made a worried face. "Ouch. Sedo must be running a good campaign." Tetsuo mused.
Takashi looked around, noticing Sedo walking around shaking hands with some of the students. He rolled his eyes when several girls got hearts in their eyes at him. Then he noticed something. "Nani?" The others looked as well. Three figures were walking beside Sedo, all of them familiar. "That's the boy that ran into us earlier!" He cried, pointing at the white-haired boy.
"And that's the one who was paintballing the posters!" Hikaya cried.
"And the guy who wrecked our stand!" Ariel added.
Takashi had an uncharacteristic look of rage on his face. "Inchou?" Cathy asked. Then, Takashi stomped his way over to the opposing candidate.
"Sedo!" He growled, startling the orange-haired boy and making him whirl around.
"Takashi? What happened to you?" Sedo asked, seeming genuinely confused.
"Stow the act! I know you sent your lackeys to mess up my campaign!" Takashi snapped.
"N-Nani? I did nothing of the sort!"
"What about them?" Takashi pointed at the three boys next to Sedo, in order from white hair, black hair, and blonde hair. "He almost knocked my speech into a spillage, he was messing up my campaign's posters with paintballs, and he trashed one of our stands!"
Sedo's eyes widened, and his face suddenly became angry as he whirled around to face his lackeys. "You idiots! What the hell were you thinking?"
"Y-Y-You told us to make yourself look better than him, Inchou!" The black-haired boy stuttered, scared of Sedo's anger.
"I meant improve my campaign, not wreck theirs!" Sedo yelled. He facepalmed with a sigh. "This is why I gave up cheating. You can never get good help!" He turned to Takashi. "I am extremely sorry about all of this, Takashi. These three must've thought I was still a cheater."
Takashi had a confused look. "So… you actually did mature?"
Sedo raised an eyebrow. "Of course I did. Cheating can't get a person everywhere." He held out a hand. "I am really sorry for all of this, again. Truce?"
Takashi stared at the hand for a moment, then smiled. "Truce." He shook Sedo's hand.
Sedo then turned to his lackeys. "As for you three, you're fired!"
"FIRED?" The three of them cried.
"You heard me! I don't work with cheaters! Get lost!" Sedo growled. The three boys growled before walking off grumbling. Sedo looked back at Takashi. "I can't believe I used to be like that." Takashi nodded in agreement.
*Later*
"Who does he think he is?" The black-haired boy growled. "Tossing us aside like garbage!"
"Hmph. He just doesn't know what we could really do." The blonde said.
"All right, boys. We'll show both Sedo and Takashi who's truly the kings." The white-haired boy said, making all three of them laugh.
*Two Days Later*
It was time to hear the results of the voting, and the students were all gathered in the gym. Professor Ukyo was on a stage with the ballot box, Takashi and Sedo also on the stage. "Without further ado, the results of the voting shall be announced!" Ukyo said, pressing a button on the ballot machine. Various beeps were heard as the votes were all tallied up. A final beep was heard, and the final results were seen, making everyone gasp. "I don't believe it… the votes are tied!"
"Now what?" "There's never been a tie before!" "We can't have two Presidents!" Various students said.
Ukyo then smiled. "Well, since we have the first tie ever, I have the perfect method in mind to settle this!" He said, turning to the candidates. "Our two candidates shall Duel, and the winner shall be the President!" Takashi and Sedo's eyes widened, and they looked at each other before looking back at Ukyo. "Is that all right by you?"
Sedo looked at Takashi and smiled. "May the best man win?" He asked with his fist held out.
Takashi returned the smile. "You know it." He said, returning the fistbump. The students began clapping as the two candidates took their positions for the Duel, Ukyo hopping off the stage.
"Duel Disk, Set!" Their D-Pads appeared on their arms. "D-Gazer, Set!" Takashi flipped on his D-Gazer, as did Sedo with his standard (although with a yellow lens) D-Gazer.
"AR VISION, LINK ESTABLISHED." The voice from the Duel System said, both of their D-Gazers along with Yuma's glowing. "ESTABLISHING LINK BETWEEN A AND B." The area around them began to warp into the augmented reality.
"Go, Inchou!" Yuma and company yelled out. For some reason, Cathy's voice was louder than the rest.
"DUEL!"
Takashi LP:4000
Sedo LP:4000
"I'll take the first move! Boku no turn! Draw!" Takashi said, drawing his card. "Strikebug X, Shoukan!" His monster was a blocky-style monster with a blue body, a large red "X" printed on its body, and two large fists.
Strikebug X: Lv.3 EARTH Machine ATK:2200/DEF:0
"I place one card facedown! Turn end!"
"A monster with 2200 Attack Points at the start? Interesting, Takashi. Boku no turn! Draw!" Sedo drew his card.
"Trap Card, Draw Virus, hatsudo!" Takashi's facedown flipped up and covered Sedo's Deck with a dark red blocky aura right before he drew. The aura shocked Sedo. "Draw Virus inflicts 600 damage to your whenever you draw a card!"
Sedo LP:3400
"Not bad, Takashi, but since I took damage, you've just let me Special Summon my Red Beaconfly from my Deck!" A tiny red circle of light suddenly appeared on the ground, but it was coming from a tiny dark red firefly. It had small arms and legs, as well as big red eyes. Its tail was replaced with a spotlight, the red light coming from it.
Red Beaconfly: Lv.2 LIGHT Insect ATK:400/DEF:400
"'Beaconfly'?" Yuma, Kotori, and Tetsuo wondered.
"This is the debut of my new Deck, Takashi. Observe! Blue Beaconfly, Tokushu Shoukan!" A blue circle of light, smaller than the red one, shone before a tiny firefly floated to the field, its colors being respective blues.
Blue Beaconfly: Lv.1 LIGHT Insect ATK:200/DEF:100
"My Blue Beaconfly can be Special Summoned from my hand at any time. But this is only the start of the capabilities they hold! Magic Card, Firefly Beacon, hatsudo! This allows me to Special Summon a Beaconfly monster from my hand or Deck and treat it as being Special Summoned by the effect of a Beaconfly monster! Yellow Beaconfly, Tokushu Shoukan!" A yellow circle of light appeared, larger than the first, being cast by a slightly larger firefly with respective yellows. "When Yellow Beaconfly is Special Summoned by a Beaconfly monster, I can Special Summon a LIGHT Insect-Type monster from my Deck. So I Special Summon another Yellow Beaconfly, then Summon a third one by the second's effect, then use the third effect to Special Summon Orange Beaconfly!" Three new lights emerged, two yellow, and one that was orange and slightly larger than them. Two more Yellow Beaconflies came down to the field, along with a dark orange firefly that was bigger than any of them currently on the field, with respective oranges. It took a position behind the rest of the fireflies.
Yellow Beaconfly x3: Lv.3 LIGHT Insect ATK:700/DEF:800
Orange Beaconfly: Lv.6 LIGHT Insect ATK:1200/DEF:1300
"Wait a second! That makes six monsters! How is that possible?" Takashi asked.
"Easy. Beaconflies can treat Magic and Trap Card Zones as Monster Card Zones if any of them would be Special Summoned." Sedo explained.
"Oh, so to summarize, up to ten Beaconflies can be on the field?" Takashi wondered.
"Precisely! Now then, since a Magic Card was activated, Green Beaconfly, Tokushu Shoukan!" A green beacon, this one being larger than the yellow ones but smaller than the orange one, shone before a firefly landed on the field, having respective greens.
Green Beaconfly: Lv.5 LIGHT Insect ATK:1100/DEF:1100
"And to think, I haven't even Normal Summoned yet. Pink Beaconfly, Shoukan!" This time the beacon was pink, being smaller than green and larger than yellow, connected to a firefly with respective pinks.
Pink Beaconfly: Lv.4 LIGHT Insect ATK:900/DEF:800
"Whoa, he's Summoned eight monsters already!" Yuma cried.
"Field Magic, Beacon Forest, hatsudo!" The field suddenly changed to a forest area, tons of multicolored lights shining all around. "Once per turn, Beacon Forest allows me to Special Summon a Beaconfly monster from my hand or Deck! Purple Beaconfly, Tokushu Shoukan!" A purple beacon shone down, bigger than the others, before a firefly with respective purples descended.
Purple Beaconfly: Lv.7 LIGHT Insect ATK:1400/DEF:1500
"Time for a change of pace! By sending Blue, Red, and Yellow Beaconfly to the Graveyard, I can perform a Fusion Summon!" The three fireflies buzzed into the air before melding into one. "Yuugou Shoukan! Arawareyo, Primary Beaconfly!" Three beacons of identical size, being blue, red, and yellow, circled around before a new form descended. It was a large white firefly with three spotlight tails that were casting the beacons.
Primary Beaconfly: Lv.6 LIGHT Insect/Fusion ATK:1000/DEF:1000
"They can perform Fusions?" Takashi wondered.
"Indeed. But now, Primary Beaconfly no kouka hatsudo! When it's Fusion Summoned, it gains 300 Attack Points for each LIGHT Insect-Type monster I control, including itself! The total comes to seven, making 2100 more Attack Points!" The other six Beaconflies turned their beacons to the larger one, giving it power.
Primary Beaconfly ATK:3100
"3100 Attack Points?" Takashi cried.
"This will be enough Special Summons for this turn. But I will still attack! Primary Beaconfly, attack Strikebug X!" The large firefly pointed its tails at the blocky monster before energy gathered into them, firing out as a large beam of red, blue, and yellow energy that completely obliterated the large-fisted monster.
Takashi LP:3100
"Ngh! Strikebug Y no kouka hatsudo! When Strikebug X or Strikebug Z is destroyed, I can Special Summon it from my hand or Deck!" A new blocky-style monster appeared, having a purple body and a large shield with a "Y" emblazoned on it. The readout said it was in Defense Mode.
Strikebug Y: Lv.3 EARTH Machine ATK:0/DEF:2000
"Interesting. My Beaconflies don't have enough strength to defeat your monster." Sedo remarked. "Turn end!"
"Boku no turn! Draw!" Takashi drew his card. "Magic Card, Monster Reborn, hatsudo! Strikebug X, Tokushu Shoukan!" The large-fisted monster returned to the field.
Strikebug X: Lv.3 EARTH Machine ATK:2200/DEF:0
"Strikebug Z, Shoukan!" A new blocky-style monster emerged, having a gray body designed like it was wearing a neckerchief, a large "Z" emblazoned on the chest, and it was carrying two blocky-style weapons similar to revolvers. "When I control X and Y, Strikebug Z's Attack Points become 2500!"
Strikebug Z: Lv.3 EARTH Machine ATK:2500(originally 0)/DEF:0
"So you've gathered the three Strikebugs!" Sedo remarked.
"Magic Card, Triangle Assault, hatsudo! If I control 3 monsters with the same Level, Type, and Attribute, their Attack Points all become 3300 until the End Phase!" The three monsters took a triangle formation, X in the front, a triangle connecting them.
Strikebug X, Y, Z ATK:3300
"Nani?" Sedo cried.
"Hit him, Inchou!" Yuma cried.
"Strikebug Z, attack Primary Beaconfly!" Strikebug Z pointed its revolvers at the large firefly and fired several blasts. The blasts pierced through Primary's body, causing it to digitize into red, blue, and yellow blocks. Sedo groaned from the shockwave.
Sedo LP:3200
"Primary Beaconfly no kouka hatsudo! When it's destroyed, I can re-Summon Blue, Red, and Yellow Beaconfly from my Graveyard!" The three smallest Beaconflies returned to the field through the beacons cast by Primary.
Blue Beaconfly: Lv.1 LIGHT Insect ATK:200/DEF:100
Red Beaconfly: Lv.2 LIGHT Insect ATK:400/DEF:400
Yellow Beaconfly Lv.3 LIGHT Insect ATK:700/DEF:800
"Okay then. Since your Beaconflies are all in Defense Mode, Strikebug X and Strikebug Y, attack two of his Yellow Beaconflies! Strikebug Y is allowed to attack while in Defense Mode!" X just pounded down on one of the yellow flies while Y threw its shield shuriken, slicing it to pieces. "Great! I place one card facedown! Turn end!"
Strikebug X ATK:2200
Strikebug Y ATK:0
Strikebug Z ATK:2500
"Cyan Beaconfly no kouka hatsudo! Since the Attack Points of a monster were changed, I can Special Summon it from my Deck!" A cyan beacon that was currently the largest shone before a firefly with respective cyan coloring emerged.
Cyan Beaconfly: Lv.8 LIGHT Insect ATK:1600/DEF:1600
"I place two cards facedown! Turn end!" Takashi's facedowns appeared.
"Boku no turn! Draw!" Sedo drew his card, getting a slight shock from Draw Virus.
Sedo LP:2600
"Magic Card, Beacon Draw, hatsudo! For every two Beaconflies I control, I can draw one card!" Four cards were drawn. "Magic Card, Relay Beacon, hatsudo! By sending two Beaconflies from my field to my Deck, I can Special Summon two different ones! I return Pink and Green Beaconflies!" The two fireflies flew off into the forest. "Black Beaconfly and Gray Beaconfly, Tokushu Shoukan!" A black and gray beacon, both the largest, gray being the bigger of the two, circled around before a black firefly and a gray firefly descended.
Black Beaconfly: Lv.9 LIGHT Insect ATK:1800/DEF:1700
Gray Beaconfly: Lv.10 LIGHT Insect ATK:1900/DEF:1800
"Beacon Forest no kouka hatsudo! White Beaconfly, Tokushu Shoukan!" This beacon, the biggest so far, was white and shone around before a white firefly descended.
White Beaconfly: Lv.11 LIGHT Insect ATK:2000/DEF:2100
"Nine monsters…" Cathy breathed.
"Now… for my true powerhouse!" Sedo declared. "I release Blue, Red, and Yellow Beaconflies!" The three fireflies disintegrated into light particles. "Adobansu Shoukan! Arawareyo… Rainbow Beaconfly!" A color-changing light, the absolute biggest, circled the field before the source descended: A large golden firefly with six wings and a prism for a tail, projecting the rainbow beacon.
Rainbow Beaconfly: Lv.12 LIGHT Insect ATK:?/DEF:0
"A Level 12 monster…" "But it doesn't have any points!" "How pretty…!" "Doesn't look so tough!" Various kids in the audience said.
"Rainbow Beaconfly can only be Advance Summoned with three monsters, and it can't be Special Summoned with 2 or more monsters on my field." Sedo explained. "But it has a great strength. For every LIGHT Insect-Type monster I control, including itself, it gains 1000 Attack Points! Orange, Purple, Cyan, Black, Gray, White, and Rainbow makes seven, making 7000 Attack Points!"
Rainbow Beaconfly ATK:7000
"Too cool!" "I take it back, it is tough!" "7000 Attack Points!" Various kids said.
"And there's more to it, Takashi! If I control exactly seven LIGHT Insect-Type monsters including Rainbow… then Rainbow Beaconfly is capable of attacking you directly!" Takashi's eyes widened. "Rainbow Beaconfly, attack Takashi directly!" Rainbow Beaconfly's prism tail began radiating all the colors before it was pointed at Takashi. Then, a powerful color-changing beam was fired, passing right past Takashi's monsters and landing right beside him, causing a powerful explosion.
"INCHOU!" Yuma and his friends cried, Cathy louder than the rest.
Sedo let out a breath. "Looks like I won fair and squa-Eh?" He looked and saw that Takashi was still standing after the smoke cleared.
Takashi LP:100
"How on earth?" Sedo cried. Various kids cheered.
"Eh heh heh… I activated my facedown Trap Card, Nutrient Z. Since I was about to take 2000 or more damage, I gained 4000 Life Points before the damage was dealt. I had 7100 Life points before the attack hit, so I survived your attack!"
"That's the way, Inchou!" Shark yelled.
Sedo smiled. "Very impressive, Takashi. I can see why so many people like you. I place one card facedown! Turn end!"
"Boku no turn… Draw!" Takashi drew his card. He let out a small laugh. "Looks like I win, Sedo!"
"Eh?" Sedo was confused.
"Boku wa, Reberu San no Strikebug X, Y, Z, Obarei!" His three monsters turned fully orange and sailed into the air. A red spiral portal opened up, and all three monsters sailed inside. "San tai no monsuta de, Obarei Netwaaku kochiku! Ekushiizu Shoukan!" A spiked ball on a chain was suddenly being swung around. "This is my true ace monster! Arawareyo… Super Strikebug!" The chain was held by a huge blocky-armored warrior with black, pink, and green armor, but the striking thing was that there was no head, only an empty socket with no neck. Then, the spiked ball landed on the empty neck socket, revealing a face on it in red: It was the head. Three orange Overlay Units circled it.
Super Strikebug: Rank 3 EARTH Machine/Xyz ATK:3000/DEF:0 3 Overlay Units
"Awesome…" Tokunosuke, Ariel, and Hikaya breathed, Tokunosuke having an "Ura" at the end.
"3000 Attack Points? As opposed to my Rainbow's 7000?" Sedo wondered, his hand on his chin.
"Super Strikebug no kouka hatsudo!" Takashi cried, one of the Overlay Units being absorbed into the monster's chest.
Super Strikebug: 2 Overlay Units
"By using an Overlay Unit, I can choose an Attack Mode monster… and switch its Attack and Defense Points!" A powerful beam was fired from its chest, striking Rainbow Beaconfly and weakening it, its prismatic tail shattering.
Rainbow Beaconfly ATK:0/DEF:7000
Sedo's eyes were wide. "…Looks like I've lost. At least it was a good match."
Takashi nodded. "You were good, Sedo. But I was better! Super Strikebug! Attack Rainbow Beaconfly!" Super Strikebug began swinging around its spike ball head rapidly before launching it forward, a purple aura surrounding it. The spike ball smashed the large firefly, destroying it, starting a chain explosion that destroyed all the other Beaconflies. Sedo just stood there, taking the shockwave with closed eyes and a satisfied smile.
Takashi LP:100
Sedo LP:0 – LOSER
Takashi's face appeared with the word "WIN" as the buzzer sounded, and the Augmented Reality began to vanish. The crowd erupted into applause at Takashi's win, and Yuma and co. were high-fiving each other. Takashi walked over to Sedo, who was picking himself up, and offered a hand. "Nice match, Sedo."
Sedo smiled and took his hand, being helped up. "It certainly was. You've definitely earned it… Inchou." The two teens laughed and shared a fistbump.
*A Little Later*
"And so, I'd like to thank you all for electing me 8th Grade President! I won't let any of you down!" Takashi said, signing off with a wink. The crowd of students began to cheer loudly, Yuma and his friends among them, as was Sedo. The election went off without a hitch. However, three certain students were nowhere to be seen.
*Meanwhile*
"Let us go, you nimrod!" The white-haired boy griped. He and his two comrades had been tied up and were being dragged off by Yamoto.
"Pipe down." Yamoto told them. "Just wait until the principal gets word of what you tried to do." He couldn't suppress his smirk as the three boys he was dragging began whimpering loudly.
Author-Made Cards
Strikebug X
Level 3 EARTH Machine
ATK:2200/DEF:0
This card cannot attack unless you control a "Strikebug X" and "Strikebug Y".
Strikebug Y
Level 3 EARTH Machine
ATK:0/DEF:2000
If a "Strikebug X" or "Strikebug Z" you control is destroyed: You can Special Summon this card from your hand or Deck in Defense Position. This card can attack while it is in Defense Position. If this card attacks while in Defense Position, apply the ATK of this card for damage calculation.
Strikebug Z
Level 3 EARTH Machine
ATK:0/DEF:0
If you control a "Strikebug X" and "Strikebug Y": This card's ATK becomes 2500.
Blue Beaconfly
Level 1 LIGHT Insect
ATK:200/DEF:100
If this card would be Special Summoned, you may treat 1 unoccupied Spell and Trap Card Zone as a Monster Card Zone and Summon this card in that Zone. You may Special Summon this card from your hand at any time.
Red Beaconfly
Level 2 LIGHT Insect
ATK:400/DEF:400
If this card would be Special Summoned, you may treat 1 unoccupied Spell and Trap Card Zone as a Monster Card Zone and Summon this card in that Zone. If you take damage, Special Summon this card from your hand or Deck. If this card is face-up on the field, Special Summon 1 LIGHT Insect-Type monster from your hand or Deck instead.
Yellow Beaconfly
Level 3 LIGHT Insect
ATK:700/DEF:800
If this card would be Special Summoned, you can treat 1 unoccupied Spell and Trap Card Zone on your side of the field as a Monster Card Zone and Summon this card in that Zone. If this card is Special Summoned by the effect of a "Beaconfly" monster, Special Summon 1 LIGHT Insect-Type monster from your Deck.
Pink Beaconfly
Level 4 LIGHT Insect
ATK:900/DEF:800
If this card would be Special Summoned, you may treat 1 unoccupied Spell and Trap Card Zone as a Monster Card Zone and Summon this card in that Zone. If a Trap Card is activated, you can Special Summon this card from your hand or Graveyard. If this card is face-up on the field, you can Special Summon 1 LIGHT Insect-Type monster instead.
Green Beaconfly
Level 5 LIGHT Insect
ATK:1100/DEF:1100
If this card would be Special Summoned, you may treat 1 unoccupied Spell and Trap Card Zone as a Monster Card Zone and Summon this card in that Zone. If a Spell Card is activated, you can Special Summon this card from your hand or Graveyard. If this card is face-up on the field, you can Special Summon 1 LIGHT Insect-Type monster instead.
Orange Beaconfly
Level 6 LIGHT Insect
ATK:1200/DEF:1000
If this card would be Special Summoned, you may treat 1 unoccupied Spell and Trap Card Zone as a Monster Card Zone and Summon this card in that Zone. If a Effect Monster's effect is activated, you can Special Summon this card from your hand or Graveyard. If this card is face-up on the field, you can Special Summon 1 LIGHT Insect-Type monster instead.
Purple Beaconfly
Level 7 LIGHT Insect
ATK:1400/DEF:1500
If this card would be Special Summoned, you may treat 1 unoccupied Spell and Trap Card Zone as a Monster Card Zone and Summon this card in that Zone. If you Fusion Summon a Fusion Monster, you can Special Summon this card from your hand or Deck. If this card is face-up on the field, you can Special Summon 1 LIGHT Insect-Type monster instead.
Cyan Beaconfly
Level 8 LIGHT Insect
ATK:1600/DEF:1600
If this card would be Special Summoned, you may treat 1 unoccupied Spell and Trap Card Zone as a Monster Card Zone and Summon this card in that Zone. If the ATK or DEF of a face-up monster changes, you can Special Summon this card from your hand or Deck. If this card is face-up on the field, you can Special Summon 1 LIGHT Insect-Type monster instead.
Black Beaconfly
Level 9 LIGHT Insect
ATK:1800/DEF:1700
If this card would be Special Summoned, you may treat 1 unoccupied Spell and Trap Card Zone as a Monster Card Zone and Summon this card in that Zone. If you Xyz Summon an Xyz Monster, you can Special Summon this card from your hand or Deck. If this card is face-up on the field, you can Special Summon 1 LIGHT Insect-Type monster instead. This card cannot be used for an Xyz Summon, except for the Xyz Summon of an Insect-Type Xyz Monster.
Gray Beaconfly
Level 10 LIGHT Insect
ATK:1900/DEF:1800
If this card would be Special Summoned, you may treat 1 unoccupied Spell and Trap Card Zone as a Monster Card Zone and Summon this card in that Zone. If a monster's battle position changes, you can Special Summon this card from your hand or Deck. If this card is face-up on the field, you can Special Summon 1 LIGHT Insect-Type monster instead. This card cannot be used for an Xyz Summon, except for the Xyz Summon of an Insect-Type Xyz Monster.
White Beaconfly
Level 11 LIGHT Insect
ATK:2000/DEF:2100
If this card would be Special Summoned, you may treat 1 unoccupied Spell and Trap Card Zone as a Monster Card Zone and Summon this card in that Zone. If the effect of a face-up card is negated, you can Special Summon this card from your hand or Deck. If this card is face-up on the field, you can Special Summon 1 LIGHT Insect-Type monster instead. This card cannot be used for an Xyz Summon, except for the Xyz Summon of an Insect-Type Xyz Monster.
Rainbow Beaconfly
Level 12 LIGHT Insect
ATK:?/DEF:0
If you control 2 or more monsters, you cannot Special Summon this card. If this card would be Special Summoned, you may treat 1 unoccupied Spell and Trap Card Zone as a Monster Card Zone, and Summon this card in that Zone. This card cannot be Tribute Summoned except by Tributing 3 monsters. This card's ATK is equal to the number of LIGHT Insect-Type monsters you control with different names x 1000. If you control exactly 7 LIGHT Insect-Type monsters with different names (including this card), this card can attack your opponent directly.
Primary Beaconfly
Level 6 LIGHT Insect/Fusion
ATK:1000/DEF:1000
"Blue Beaconfly" + "Red Beaconfly" + "Yellow Beaconfly"
If you control the above monsters, you can send them to the Graveyard to Fusion Summon this card from your Extra Deck (you do not use "Polymerization"). If this card would be Special Summoned, you may treat 1 unoccupied Spell and Trap Card Zone as a Monster Card Zone, and Summon this card in that Zone. When this card is Fusion Summoned: It gains 300 ATK for each LIGHT Insect-Type monster you control. If this card is destroyed, you can Special Summon 1 "Blue Beaconfly", "Red Beaconfly", and "Yellow Beaconfly" from your Graveyard.
Super Strikebug
Rank 3 EARTH Machine/Xyz
ATK:3000/DEF:0
3 Level 3 Machine-Type monsters
Cannot be Special Summoned except by Xyz Summoned. Once per turn, you can detach 1 Xyz Material from this card to target 1 Attack Position monster: Its ATK and DEF are switched until it changes battle positions.
Firefly Beacon
Normal Spell Card
Special Summon 1 "Beaconfly" monster from your hand or Deck. A monster Summoned by this effect is treated as being Special Summoned by the effect of a "Beaconfly" monster.
Beacon Forest
Field Spell Card
Once per turn, you can Special Summon 1 "Beaconfly" monster from your hand or Deck in face-up Attack Position. "Beaconfly" monsters in your Spell and Trap Card Zones cannot be attacked unless all of your Monster Card Zones are unoccupied.
Triangle Assault
Normal Spell Card
Activate if the only monsters you control are 3 monsters with the same Level, Type, and Attribute. The ATK of all monsters you control becomes 3300 until the End Phase.
Beacon Draw
Normal Spell Card
Draw 1 card for every 2 "Beaconfly" monsters you control.
Relay Beacon
Normal Spell Card
Return 2 "Beaconfly" monsters you control to your Main Deck: Special Summon 2 "Beaconfly" monsters with different names from your Deck.
Draw Virus
Continuous Trap Card
Each time your opponent draws a card during their Draw Phase: Inflict 600 damage to your opponent. If you do not control a "Bugman" (Crashbug in TCG), "Debugger", or "Strikebug" monster: Destroy this card.
Vile: Takashi took down Sedo's bugs and won himself the election, which brings this Duelshot to a close!
Yuma: I sensed a few TakashixCat-chan moments in there. *smirks*
Takashi and Cathy: *blush*
Tetsuo, Tokunosuke, Shark: *snickering while Yamoto tells them what happened to the three nitwits*
Vile: I do my best to cameo pairings I like. ^_^ If you guys liked this story, leave a review for me! I'll see you guys on my next work chapter!
Computer Voice: Vile, logging out.