Vile: One of my reviewers for Numbershot 31's Q&A asked if I would continue Decks-hibition, and here's my latest story for it!
Yuma: Wow, newest one since February!
Vile: Well, Decks-hibition has the plot restriction of no new Numbers. That's what Numbershots are for. The star of this one-shot is Yamoto.
Yamoto: Hmm. My first one.
Vile: I realized I've kept my computer on the same screen for two hours, so I'd better stop wasting time. XD Standard disclaimer here, any bolded cards are either mine or my friend Rocket Knight 777's. Enjoy!
Decks-hibition
Story 13: Attitude Adjustment
Early morning rose over Heartland. Within his bed, Yamoto tossed and turned not out of any nightmare he was having, but out of annoyance: The blaring alarm clock by his bed was getting to him. Groaning, Yamoto started slapping around his nightstand for the "OFF" button, but kept missing the clock entirely. The blaring alarm began to do what normally didn't happen with him: Wear on his nerves, as Yamoto growled at his misses. "Graaaah!" Without even realizing it, Yamoto's hand was covered in dark energy as his hand finally found his alarm clock… and smashed it into pieces from the impact. The impact also gave Yamoto a little electric shock, which woke him up. "OW!" He yelled, sitting up in bed and shaking off his hand. Then he noticed his alarm clock in pieces and sighed. "Kuso… At least I have plenty of money for a new one."
*A Little Later*
After showering up and getting dressed, Yamoto got himself a bowl of cereal and began eating, still feeling sleepy. Gauche came in the room, noting his son's look. "Bad night, Moyen?"
"I don't know, Tou-chan." Yamoto replied with his mouth full. "I smashed my alarm clock to pieces and shocked my hand. I get the feeling that the day's gonna be bad."
"Don't get all worked up about it." Gauche said with his grin. He ruffled Yamoto's hair. "Everything'll be fine!"
Out of nowhere, Yamoto swatted his hand. "Don't touch me!" He snapped, glaring at his father.
Gauche recoiled. "Whoa! What was that for?"
Yamoto replied by shaking his head rapidly, blinking. "…Did that just come out of my mouth?" Gauche nodded slowly.
"Is something wrong out here?" Droite asked, entering the room.
"Eh… I don't know." Yamoto said honestly. "I should finish eating before heading out." He turned back to his cereal and resumed eating.
Gauche looked at Droite. "Bad night." Droite nodded in agreement, looking at her son worriedly.
*A Little Later*
Yamoto made the walk toward Heartland Middle School to start a new day on the job. However, he was suddenly cut off (and almost run over) by a green blur zipping past him. "Whoa!" He cried, freaked out.
Only a second later, the green blur moved toward him before screeching to a stop beside him, the green glow dispelling from Spade's body. "Gomen, dude! I should've been watching where I was going!" He said, scratching the back of his head nervously.
"Hah… hah… No worries, Spade." Yamoto said. "That helped me wake up today, heh heh."
"You're… awfully calm about me almost running you down." Spade mused, not even thinking.
"Would you rather I chew you out for it?!" Yamoto suddenly snapped, making Spade recoil. The black-haired teen immediately slapped his hand over his mouth with wide eyes.
"O…kay… I think I'd better go. Gomen again, Yamoto!" Spade said before revving up Number 48 and dashing off.
Yamoto removed his hand, looked at it for a moment, then sighed. "It's going to be a very bad day…" He continued walking to the school.
*At The School*
Yamoto wandered the hallways, attempting to make sure that nothing fishy was going on. So far, everything was in good shape, but he heard an irritated voice and banging. "Gee! Gee! Open up, geegee!" The vocal tic was unmistakable. The dark hunter stuck his head around a corner and saw Aokarasu banging on a locker angrily, trying to pull it open. "Geeeeee… I do not need this headache today!"
"Are you having a problem?" Yamoto asked, having walked out from behind the corner, startling the shorter boy.
"Geek! Huh?" Aokarasu whipped his head around, seeing Yamoto. An awkward grin crossed his face. "Uh, nothing, gee gee!"
Yamoto raised an eyebrow. "It sure doesn't SEEM like nothing."
Aokarasu tried to calm down. "Look, it's not what it looks like. This is my locker, geegee. Stupid thing won't budge!"
Yamoto walked to the locker, scanning it with a small device. The device showed that it was indeed Aokarasu's locker. "Okay, your story checks out. Let's see if I can override the lock." He scanned the lock with his device, but an error message popped up. "Huh? 'Lock in need of repairs'?"
"Geeeeeee! How am I supposed to get my stuff out of there?!" Aokarasu shrieked, gripping his head.
"Hmm. You tried muscling it open. Let's double up." Nervous, Aokarasu grabbed hold of the locker door alongside Yamoto, and both of them pulled with all their strength, only to lose their grip and fall backwards.
"Ow…" Aokarasu moaned, sitting up and rubbing his head.
Yamoto, however, wasn't very happy. "I am in no mood for this…" He walked back to the locker and gripped the handle. "Open..." With a growl, he pulled back, activating his dark powers. "UP!" with a mighty pull, not only did he open the door, but he ended up ripping the whole thing off of its hinges.
Aokarasu saw the whole thing with wide eyes, quivering. "Geee… You've been… working out…"
Yamoto snapped back to reality, seeing the door in his hand. "Whaa!" He cried, dropping the door which fell with a "CLANG". "H… How did I do that?!"
"Uh… m-maybe my banging loosened the hinges, geegee? Yeah, go with that!" Aokarasu said, rushing past him and getting his stuff. "Arigatou anyway! See ya, geegee!" With that, he rushed down the hallway and around a corner.
The dark hunter looked at his damage. Weirdly, the hinges actually DID look weak despite the lock being stuck. He sighed. "Maybe I can get away with this excuse after all." He walked off to inform the principal, gripping his head.
*A Little Later*
"You've certainly had one heck of a day, Yamoto." Yuma told him upon the school day's end, Yamoto having joined him and his friends.
"And definitely in the worst of contexts. My anger has gotten the best of me multiple times today." Yamoto said. "I can't explain it at all."
"And the whole 'sudden super strength' thing that keeps happening?" Tetsuo asked.
Yamoto formed dark energy over his hand. "…This has never happened before. My powers could be… evolving. Or some sort of related type of event."
"Well, mood swings tend to happen during the time of puberty. Maybe it has something to do with that." Kotori mused.
Yamoto gave an embarrassed blush and annoyed look. "Oh sure, relate it to something like THAT." He deadpanned.
"Hey, that's a new one. Deadpan is usually my line of work, Ura." Tokunosuke mused.
The dark hunter sighed again. "Maybe it was just a bad night that keeps getting to me." He mused. "I have to go anyway. I have a bit of shopping to do. Ja ne." He walked off with a wave.
*Later* *At a Store*
Yamoto looked around through the aisles, trying to find what he was looking for, but found nothing. "Kuso… I've never been here before. Perhaps I should ask someone." He left the aisle he was in and approached an employee. "Excuse me."
"Yes?" The employee asked, looking at him.
"Where would I find an alarm clock?" Yamoto asked.
"Down that way." The employee pointed to another aisle. Yamoto thanked her and headed in that direction.
Moving his way through the aisles, Yamoto found a good stock of alarm clocks. He found a model identical to the one he smashed this morning, noting the price. He fished out his wallet, looked inside, and smiled. "Yosh. Plenty of money for it." He picked the clock from the shelf and walked toward the register.
"Hold on, kid." A voice said. Yamoto turned and saw a rather old man looking at him, having scruffy red hair and blue eyes. "Looks like you dropped something." He pointed and Yamoto followed, seeing a card facedown on the ground.
"Oh! I didn't even notice that. Arigatou." He said, bending down to pick up his fallen card, which was Verz Bahamut.
The man, however, saw the card and sneered. "…Another Gen Z-er."
Yamoto stopped in his tracks, glancing back at him. "Excuse me?"
"All I see are Xyz Monsters these days…" The man said, walking past Yamoto. "These new kids don't know what the meaning of a strong card is."
He was cut off, however, when he felt the back of his coattail being stepped on, causing him to be pulled back. The man looked back and saw Yamoto giving him an annoyed look. "Might I ask what the problem with your attitude is?"
The man gave him a harsh stare. "I got no problem speaking my mind to a Gen Z-er. You wimps are too reliant on these piddly things you call Xyz Monsters." He held up a random Xyz Monster. "Pathetic. Back when I was a pro, they didn't have these things."
"You were a pro Duelist?" Yamoto asked.
"Yeah, back when being a pro meant something. Oroku is my name." The man said. "And nowadays, they call me the Xyz Destroyer… because no Gen Z-er, which is my term for someone who uses Xyz Monsters, has ever defeated me. Why? Because compared to my monsters, Xyz Monsters don't stand a chance." He ripped the Xyz Monster in two and tossed the pieces to the side.
Yamoto glared at him, feeling anger inside him. This time, however, the anger was willingly instigated. "Listen, Oroku." He said the name with anger. "I've had to deal with issues with my own attitude all day. Do NOT give me yours. I may be a 'Gen Z-er', but that doesn't make me pathetic."
"You want to put your cards where your mouth is?" Oroku asked, crossing his arms.
"Very well." Yamoto accepted the challenge. "Just let me buy this clock first."
*In the Parking Lot*
"Duel Disk, set!" Oroku's D-Pad equipped to his arm and activated. "D-Gazer, set!" His D-Gazer was placed over his eye.
"Duel Disk, set!" Darkness covered Yamoto's right arm, forming his D-Pad. "D-Gazer, set!" Darkness billowed from his eye, forming his D-Gazer.
"Nice special effect, kid. I'll give you that." Oroku mused.
"AR VISION, LINK ESTABLISHED." Both players' D-Gazers flashed, as well as those of any spectators that had gathered. "ESTABLISHING LINK BETWEEN A AND B." The area morphed into the augmented reality.
"DUEL!"
Yamoto LP:4000
Oroku LP:4000
"Watashi no turn. Draw!" Oroku drew his card. "Genex Searcher, Shoukan!" His monster emerged as a very strange machine with black-and-brown armor, skinny legs, red eyes, and a blue left arm with a claw.
Genex Searcher: Lv.4 EARH Machine ATK:1600/DEF:400
"Genex…" Yamoto breathed.
"Turn end."
"Watashi no turn. Draw!" Yamoto drew his card. "Verz Salamandra, Shoukan!" His monster emerged as a bipedal green dinosaur covered with spiky gray armor with a Verz symbol on the front, a purple aura radiating from it.
Verz Salamandra: Lv.4 DARK Dinosaur ATK:1850/DEF:950
"Verz Salamandra, attack Genex Searcher!" The dinosaur roared before rearing its head back and unleashing a jet of purple fire, which washed right over Searcher and incinerated it.
Oroku LP:3750
"Genex Searcher no kouka hatsudo. When destroyed by battle, I can Summon a Genex monster with 1500 or less Attack Points from my Deck." A card slid out, which he grabbed. "Real Genex Accelerator, Tokushu Shoukan!" An odd machine emerged, built into the ground: It was a circular tube of some sort with four black spheres with blue lights around the opening's perimeter, an opening in the bottom.
Real Genex Accelerator: Lv.4 WIND Machine ATK:1500/DEF:1900
"Hmm. Clever move." Yamoto commended. "Kaado ichi mai settei. Turn end!" A facedown emerged on Yamoto's field.
"Watashi no turn. Draw!" Oroku drew his card. "Genex Undine, Shoukan!" This monster emerged as a robotic light blue creature with several pipes and water-filled containers on its body, several of them being green-tinted.
Genex Undine: Lv.3 WATER Aqua ATK:1200/DEF:600
"Genex Undine no kouka hatsudo! When this card is Normal Summoned, I can send one WATER monster from my Deck to my Graveyard…" He sent a second copy of Undine to the Graveyard. "…in order to add Genex Controller from my Deck to my hand." He added the card. "Real Genex Accelerator no kouka hatsudo. Since I added a Genex monster from my Deck, I can Special Summon it! Genex Controller, Tokushu Shoukan!" The monster he just added emerged: A small, strange robot with a half-circular head, green eyes, and a few odd lights on the head.
Genex Controller: Lv.3 DARK Machine/Tuner ATK:1400/DEF:1200
"Now you'll see some true power. I Tune my Level 3 Genex Undine with the Level 3 Genex Controller!" Controller's eyes flashed before its body converted into three Level Stars, which flew around and changed into Synchro Summon Rings. Genex Undine flew through the rings, converting into a green outline of itself, and its three Level Stars lined up with each other as a green light shot through the rings. "Shinkuro Shoukan! Ideyo… Hydro Genex!" A new monster emerged from a vortex of swirling water. It looked strikingly similar to Genex Undine, but it appeared upgraded: It had two odd dark blue "wings" attached to its back with odd discs on them, more water tanks on its body, skinnier legs, and a much more intricate mess of pipes on its pack, complete with another water tank. It was also carrying a staff that projected a small sword made of water.
Hydro Genex: Lv.6 WATER Machine/Synchro ATK:2300/DEF:1800
"Synchro Summon…" Yamoto groaned.
"Hydro Genex, attack Verz Salamandra! Hydro Sword!" The water sword the machine was carrying surged to an immense size before it was brought down onto the dinosaur, cleaving it in half and causing it to explode, not into smoke and fire, but into water.
Yamoto LP:3550
"Hydro Genex no kouka hatsudo. When it destroys a monster by battle, the Attack Points of that monster are added to my Life Points!" Pipes extended from the machine's back and toward the pool of water, absorbing it. Then, the pipes pointed upward and sprayed the water in a shower over it and its owner.
Oroku LP:5600
"Kuso… What support." Yamoto groaned.
"Kaado san mai settei. Turn end." Three facedowns emerged.
"Watashi no turn! Draw!" Yamoto drew his card. "You control more monsters than I do, so I can do this! Verz Mandrago, Tokushu Shoukan!" His monster emerged as a small plant-like creature with white hair and flytrap leaves on its head and for arms.
Verz Mandrago: Lv.4 DARK Plant ATK:1550/DEF:1450
"Verz Vector, Shoukan!" This monster was no more than a pulsating orb of black, purple, and white tie-dye energy: The essence of the Verz.
Verz Vector: Lv.4 DARK Fiend ATK:50/DEF:50
"Watashi wa Reberu Yon no Verz Mandrago to, Verz Vector de Obarei!" Both of his monsters turned fully purple and shot into the air in a spiral. A red spiral portal opened up, and both his monsters sailed inside. "Ni tai no monsuta de, Obarei Netwaaku kochiku! Ekushiizu Shoukan!" A roar sounded as darkness billowed from the portal "Ideyo, Verz Bahamut!" Then, a black, white, and blue serpentine dragon with four wings emerged from the darkness, a red gem glowing on its chest next to the Verz emblem. Its eyes flashed, two purple Overlay Units orbiting it.
Verz Bahamut: Rank 4 DARK Dragon/Xyz ATK:2350/DEF:1350 2 Overlay Units
"Like the rest, you battle my Synchro Monsters with your Xyz Monsters. I'll take pleasure in destroying them." Oroku said.
"Let's see you back up those words. Verz Bahamut no kouka hatsudo!" One of Bahamut's Overlay Units were absorbed into the gem on its chest as Yamoto discarded Verz Hraes. "Once per turn, by using an Overlay Unit and discarding a Verz monster, I can target one face-up monster you control and place it under my control!" Bahamut's gem began glowing ominously. "Hypno-Infection!" All of a sudden, black vines of energy shot out from the gem and injected themselves into Hydro Genex, causing black blotches on its skin. Its eyes went dull, and it jumped from Oroku's field to beside Yamoto. "Verz Vector no kouka hatsudo. If it's sent to the Graveyard, I can add one Infestation card from my Deck to my hand!" A card slid out from his Deck, which he took: Rank-Up Magic – Infestation Evolution.
Verz Bahamut: 1 Overlay Unit
"You little whelp…!" Oroku growled.
"Despise nothing in this world, as what you despise will bring your downfall!" Yamoto declared. "Hydro Genex, attack Real Genex Accelerator!" The possessed machine surged its water sword.
"Never. Trap Card, Call of the Haunted, hatsudo! Genex Controller, Tokushu Shoukan!" From a purple portal, his odd-headed Tuner monster re-emerged.
Genex Controller: Lv.3 DARK Machine/Tuner ATK:1400/DEF:1200
"You realize that Summoning that isn't going to help, right?" Yamoto asked as Hydro barreled toward Accelerator.
"It will once I do this. Trap Card, Urgent Tuning, hatsudo! This card allows me to Synchro Summon a monster during the Battle Phase! I Tune Level 4 Real Genex Accelerator with Level 3 Genex Accelerator!" Controller's eyes glowed, and it once more changed into Level Stars and then Synchro Summon Rings. Accelerator rocketed out of the ground, revealing it to be tube-shaped, and flew through the rings, its four Level Stars lining up. "Shinkuro Shoukan!" A green light shot through the rings, and a tornado began to blow, slowly tilting down until the eye of the storm was visible. "Ideyo! Windmill Genex!" The tornado panned out, revealing the form within: A tall and chunky green robot with thick arms, thick legs, and a huge fan for a chest that was creating the vortex. With flicks of its arms, the robot stopped its fan and causing the tornado to dissipate.
Windmill Genex: Lv.7 WIND Machine/Synchro ATK:2000/DEF:1600
"Windmill Genex no kouka hatsudo! For each face-down Magic or Trap Card on the field, it gains 300 Attack Points!" The fan began to whir.
Windmill Genex ATK:2600
Yamoto recoiled. "Kuso… Now it's stronger than both monsters… Turn end!"
"Watashi no turn. Draw!" Oroku drew his card. "Genex Recycled, Shoukan!" This monster appeared highly similar to Genex Controller, but its metal was darker, and it had no lighting whatsoever.
Genex Recycled: Lv.1 DARK Machine/Tuner ATK:200/DEF:400
"Genex Ally Chemistrer no kouka hatsudo! By discarding it from my hand, I can change the Attribute of any Genex monster I control to any Attribute I want. I change Windmill Genex from WIND to FIRE!" An image of a small blue robot with a yellow visor equipped with two arm cannons and two tanks emerged, and it pointed the orange cannon on its left arm at Windmill and fired a laser beam at it, causing an orange aura to cover it.
Windmill Genex: FIRE
"Genex Recycler no kouka hatsudo! Once per turn, by targeting a Genex monster in my Graveyard, like Genex Controller, Genex Recycler gains that target's name until the End Phase!" The shoddy Tuner's eyes began to glow green.
Genex Recycled: Now treated as Genex Controller
"Now, I Tune Level 7 Windmill Genex with Level 1 Genex Recycler!" The Tuner's now-green eyes glowed brighter before it changed into a single Lever Star, morphing into a Synchro Summon Ring. Windmill Genex flew through the Ring, its six Level Stars lining up. "Shinkuro Shoukan!" A green light shot through the Rings, and a mass of blue fire erupted from the light. "Ideyo! Thermal Genex!" The blue fire burned away to reveal its source: A dark blue Genex robot with thick arms and skinny legs, two beady green eyes on its head. The blue fire was being expelled from holes in its hands, vents on its shoulders, and a large opening in its chest. It let out a low hum as it took its spot.
Thermal Genex: Lv.8 FIRE Machine/Synchro ATK:2400/DEF:1200
"You can't stand up to the power of my Genex Synchro Monsters. I can switch them at will and leave you behind every turn." Oroku said. "That's what you Gen Z-ers lack: Flexibility. Your Xyz Monsters can't adapt to situations where they're normally able to function. I'll never imagine why the curve of the game switched to-"
"Will you SHUT UP?!" Yamoto snapped, startling Oroku. He had a VERY annoyed look on his face. "Enough of your attitude! I haven't berated your monsters one bit for this entire Duel! The least you could do is give me the same courtesy and Duel like a civilized human being!"
Oroku narrowed his eyes. "Gen Z-ers get no respect from me, kid. Trap Card, Energy Renewal, hatsudo! Since I just Synchro Summoned a Genex Synchro Monster, I can now draw 2 cards for each Genex monster that was used to Synchro Summon it!" The card let him draw 4 cards. "Now, Thermal Genex, attack Verz Bahamut!" Energy began to build up within the machine's chest, blue fire expelling from the shoulders. Then, with a powerful BANG, a huge bullet of blue fire was shot out from the chest like a cannon, striking the corrupt dragon in the chest and making it explode violently, making Yamoto groan.
Yamoto LP:3500
"Thermal Genex no kouka hatsudo! When it destroys an opponent's monster by battle, the opponent receives 200 points of damage for every Genex monster in my Graveyard!" Images of his Graveyard monsters appeared behind him. "There are eight there at the moment, so you receive 1600 points of damage!" Thermal pointed its arms at Yamoto expelled powerful jets of blue fire at him, surrounding him.
"Gaaah… Kuso…!" He groaned.
Yamoto LP:1900
"As you can see, I have reason to look down on you, Gen Z-er. You don't have the skills needed to beat me!" Oroku said. "Kaado ni mai settei. Turn end!" Two more facedowns emerged.
Yamoto glared at Oroku with an eye flash. "I'll wipe your attitude out of your voice. Watashi no turn! Draw!" He drew his card. "During my Main Phase, I can call forth this monster at any time, but it is Summoned on your field! Verz Sleeper, Tokushu Shoukan!" On Oroku's field, a female humanoid emerged, looking rather beautiful, with red-and-black armor, long blonde hair, a rusted "X" plaque on her hip, and a pair of powerful swords in her hands. …That is, until odd bandages fell from her head. A dark chuckle came from her as she rose her head, revealing half of her face being infected with the Verz virus, an evil smile on her face.
Verz Sleeper: Lv.5 DARK Warrior ATK:1050/DEF:1050
"Next I release Hydro Genex!" The WATER Synchro dissipated into nothing. "Verz Ganesha, Adobansu Shoukan!" A new Verz monster took its place, appearing similar to Crystal Beast Amber Mammoth, but its body had become darker, the gleaming amber had became dull and lifeless, its tusks were unnaturally twisted, and somehow, the mutation had changed it to a bipedal form.
Verz Ganesha: Lv.5 DARK Beast ATK:1850/DEF:1150
"Verz Ganesha no kouka hatsudo! During my Main Phase, I can utilize Ganesha in combination with a Level 5 monster you control in order to Xyz Summon a Verz Xyz Monster!" Yamoto's eyes flashed. "Watashi wa Reberu Go no Verz Ganesha to, Verz Sleeper de Obarei!" The two monsters that Yamoto Summoned turned fully purple and shot up into the air in a spiral. Another red spiral portal opened up, and both his monsters sailed inside. "Ni tai no monsuta de, Obarei Netwaaku kochiku! Ekushiizu Shoukan!" Darkness billowed from the portal, but within the darkness, warped electronic noises were heard. "Arawareyo… Verz Spylakopa!" The darkness was dispelled to reveal a hideous mishmash of parts, two of which even seemed to come from Hydro Genex and Windmill Genex. It had the rusted fan chest of Windmill, a rusted arm and the staff from Hydro as a sort of scorpion-like tail, two odd, rusted, thick, light brown-colored arm-like appendages, and two rusted arms resembling Thermal Genex's arms (only colored red with orange flames seeping from them) that acted like the legs. The machine, whatever it was, also had no head, and its Overlay Units orbited it.
Verz Spylakopa: Rank 5 DARK Machine/Xyz ATK:2950/DEF:1450 2 Overlay Units
"What kind of abomination…? This is what your monsters consider a polymer?" Oroku said with disgust.
"I'm going to ignore that comment. Verz Spylakopa, attack Thermal Genex!" The odd hybrid machine cranked up its fan, but a loud backfire sound was heard, causing it to lurch back and fire off jets of orange flame from its legs while simultaneously unleashing a tornado from its front, the two attacks combining into a burning tornado.
"Hmph. Trap Card, Card Defense, hatsudo! By discarding a card from my hand, the attack is negated!" A wall of cards surrounded Thermal Genex, completely obliterating the tornado. "And when that is done, I can draw one card." He drew.
Yamoto growled. 'I can't let this… this bigot win!' He thought. "Kaado ichi mai settei! Turn end!"
"Watashi no turn! Draw!" Oroku drew his card. "Magic Card, Synchro Recycling, hatsudo! This card allows me to banish one Machine-Type Tuner monster and one Machine-Type non-Tuner monster from my Graveyard, in order to Synchro Summon a Machine-Type monster with their combined Levels or lower!" From purple portals, the junked forms of Genex Controller and Genex Searcher emerged, Controller's ruins becoming three Level Stars that transformed into Synchro Summon Rings. The wreckage of Searcher flew through the Rings, but part of it broke off, causing one of its Level Stars to explode, leaving only three of its own. "Shinkuro Shoukan!" A green light shot through the Rings, and an odd tan liquid sloshed around. "Ideyo! Geo Genex!" The liquid converged into a large bubble, which burst to reveal a light brown-armored robot that had the same arms that were used as Spylakopa's arms, only no longer rusted and having a tan liquid sword from one hand and a tan liquid scythe from the other. This robot had a green-eyed head and small, thick legs.
Geo Genex: Lv.6 EARTH Machine/Synchro ATK:1800/DEF:2800
"I have amassed all four of my monsters… now you'll face my true power, Gen Z-er!" Oroku said. "Magic Card, Miracle Synchro Fusion, hatsudo! With this card, I can banish the Fusion Material Monsters of a Fusion Monster that requires a Synchro Monster as a Fusion Material from my field or Graveyard, in order to call forth that Fusion Monster!" He thrust an arm up. "I banish my four elemental monsters: Hydro Genex, Windmill Genex, Thermal Genex, and Geo Genex!" Hydro Genex and Windmill Genex emerged from purple portals, then all four machines shot into the air, melding into one being. "Yuugou Shoukan!" All of a sudden, a burst of multi-colored light erupted, a new form within the light. A large white robotic arm shot out from the light, covered with various red-colored markings. An identical arm emerged, but this one had blue markings. Two large white robotic legs also emerged, the left leg covered in brown markings while the right leg had green markings. The markings ran toward the shoulders and pelvis and into the chest, which was marked with four glowing gems of the same colors as the markings, a large yellow gem in the center of them. "Arawareyo… Terran Genex!" The head, which had a similar construction to the rest of the Genex Synchros, had two white eyes flash on a black "eye mask" area, before it made all the gems flash as it stood tall.
Terran Genex: Lv.10 LIGHT/FIRE/EARTH/WATER/WIND (treated as the latter four due to effect) Machine/Fusion ATK:3300/DEF:2800
"Nanda…?" Yamoto breathed.
"Magic Card, Burial from a Different Dimension, hatsudo! This card allows me to return Windmill, Hydro, and Thermal Genex to my Graveyard!" He took his cards and sent them to the Graveyard. "You're finished. Terran Genex no kouka hatsudo! By banishing a monster with an Attribute it shares, it gains that monster's effects until the end of your turn!" Thermal Genex emerged once more, but become flames that were absorbed by the red gem in Terran's chest, causing it to glow brightly. "Now, Terran Genex, eliminate Verz Spylakopa!" With the power of Thermal Genex, Terran created a ball of powerful ball of blue fire, which it fired as a beam of the flames, ravaging the junky mess of Verzified metal and causing it to explode.
Yamoto LP:1550
"And as I have seven Genex monsters remaining in my Graveyard, you receive 1400 points of damage due to Thermal's effect powering Terran Genex!" The blue fire still in its hand, Terran Genex fired off the flames once more as a powerful bullet, mimicking the loud BANG, and the bullet impacted the ground in an amazing fiery explosion.
"AAAAAAAAHHHH!" Yamoto cried as the force of the attack flung him back, landing on the ground.
Yamoto LP:150
"Do you get it now, kid? I don't respect you Gen Z-ers because you're weak compared to me. My generation was the one where the game was at its apex!" Oroku declared. "Go ahead and make your final move, wimp! Turn end!"
Yamoto's eyes snapped open. This was no mere snap: Yamoto was actually angry. He slowly got to his feet, his eyes glowing faintly. "Watashi no turn… Draw!" He drew his card and smirked. "…Prepare to eat your words, Oroku. Magic Card, Monster Reborn, hatsudo! This card allows me to Special Summon Verz Bahamut from my Graveyard!" From a purple portal, the corrupted serpent dragon emerged.
Verz Bahamut: Rank 4 DARK Dragon/Xyz ATK:2350/DEF:1350 0 Overlay Units
"Trap Card, Restless Infestation, hatsudo! This card allows me to Special Summon a Verz monster from my Graveyard with its effects negated!" A new portal, this one murky black, appeared. "Yomigaere! Verz Spylakopa!" From it, the junky Verzified mess of metal re-emerged.
Verz Spylakopa: Rank 5 DARK Machine/Xyz ATK:2950/DEF:1450 0 Overlay Units
"That abomination again? You're merely setting up dominoes, boy." Oroku said.
"You… wish." Yamoto breathed, picking a card in his hand. "Watashi wa, Rank-Up Magic, Infestation Evolution, hatsudo!" Streams of black light came off the card, and the black metal Verz symbol appeared on Yamoto's forehead as his Dark Duel Mode activated. However, another purple blotch formed on his skin, underneath his left arm. Eerie black clouds began to swirl on the field, converging behind Yamoto to become a cloud tunnel. "This card allows me to Rank Up one Verz Xyz Monster I control in order to Special Summon a Verz Xyz Monster with one Rank higher!" Eerie mechanical noises came from Spylakopa before its body turned completely into Verz energy. "Watashi wa Ranku Go no Verz Spylakopa de, Obarei Netwaaku sai kochiku!" Spylakopa sailed behind Yamoto into the cloud tunnel, and a burst of dark light emerged. Yamoto's eyes let out a harsh glow. "Xyz Change Verz!"
The blue fire swirled within the cloud tunnel while the dark energy formed into the Verz symbol, the darkness buzzing like static. "Dōka, hakai, shōhi... Fukkatsu shinryaku no yuiitsu shikō! (Consume, destroy, assimilate... The only thoughts of the revived invasion!)" The blue flames set the Verz symbol ablaze, and a dark energy mass absorbed the flames. The dark energy mass pushed its way out of the tunnel, and from it, a large, rusted, dull silver arm emerged, its armor heavily blotched by the Verz energy and all under the armor being colored like the energy. Then, a second arm emerged, followed by what looked like two legs, but they were positioned wrongly, and what looked like fingers had burst through the toe areas, creating two extra arms, leaving no actual legs. "Umareru… Neoverz Shiva!" The monster itself was a very familiar form: it was Terran Genex itself, but hideously warped by the Verz energy. The head itself was the worst, having sprouted wires from its chin like tentacles, its eyes glowing purple, its center gem black. It let out a harshly warped noise as its single Overlay Unit became Verz energy and floated above its head. A purple energy circle was drawn, and the Verz symbol was drawn in the center.
Neoverz Shiva: Rank 6 DARK Machine/Xyz ATK:3350/DEF:2450 1 Overlay Unit
Oroku stepped back. "You… Your wretched series has even copied my monster!"
Yamoto ignored his remark with a stern look. "Neoverz Shiva no kouka hatsudo!" The single Overlay Unit was absorbed by Shiva's black gem, the circle above its head remaining.
Neoverz Shiva: 0 Overlay Units
"Once per turn, I can use an Overlay Unit and declare one Attribute! And when I do…" He pointed at Oroku. "All monsters on the field and in your hand are banished!"
"Nani?!" Oroku cried.
"The Attribute I declare is EARTH!" The chest gem glowed a harsh brown before a powerful laser beam shot right through Terran's chest, causing its body to slowly digitize into black pixels. Not only that, though: The laser beam lanced through Oroku's last card (Army Genex) and digitized it, too. "You're open now! Verz Bahamut, the first attack is yours! Direct attack! Black Ice Blaster!" With a roar, Bahamut unleashed a power mix of wind, white snow, and black snow at Oroku, washing over him and blowing him back only slightly.
Oroku LP:3250
"You insulted my monsters solely for their favored Summon. Now, it is that Summon that has defeated you!" Yamoto told him. "Neoverz Shiva, direct attack!" All four arms gathered dark forms of a different element: Fire, water, wind, and dust (for EARTH). Then, it slammed all its arms together, firing a combined mass of dark elements that impacted Oroku's field, causing a powerful explosion.
"Gaaaaaaahhhh!" Oroku yelled as the wind blew over him, surprisingly not blowing him away.
Yamoto LP:150
Oroku LP:0 – LOSER
The Verz symbol vanished from Yamoto's head as the Augmented Reality receded, his D-Gazer and D-Pad fading away. Oroku sat up slowly, grumbling. "I don't believe it… Defeated by this Gen Z-er!"
"Times change, Oroku." Yamoto said, having walked up to him. "Your time in the spotlight is over, but you had a good run with it. I can understand it if you're bitter about it, but don't make modern Duelists feel like trash just to give yourself an upper. I don't heckle older Duelists and call them 'old-fashioned', because their cards inspired the cards we have now. Your attitude betrays your skills."
Oroku narrowed his eyes. "And why should I believe you…?"
Yamoto smirked. "I'm a Gen Z-er and I beat you. That should give me some credibility." The retired pro did not react. "You're strong. Don't let it go to your head." He suddenly glared and snapped. "You don't want me to beat it out of you, do you?!" Oroku recoiled, as did Yamoto himself. "Gaaah… Gomen-nasai. I'd better go." He picked up the alarm clock he bought and walked away from Oroku. As he walked, however, he felt slightly hypocritical. 'I preach keeping your attitude in check, yet my own attitude keeps acting up today. Hopefully I can actually sleep well tonight.' He didn't notice the new blotch under his arm glow briefly.
Author-Made Cards
Verz Vector
Level 4 DARK Fiend
ATK:50/DEF:50
When this monster is sent to the Graveyard: Add 1 "Infestation" Spell or Trap Card from your Deck to your hand.
Verz Sleeper
Level 5 DARK Warrior
ATK:1050/DEF:1050
During your Main Phase, You can Special Summon this card to your opponent's side of the field (from your hand). Either player can only control 1 "Evilswarm Sleeper".
Verz Ganesha
Level 5 DARK Beast
ATK:1850/DEF:1150
During your Main Phase: You can target this card and 1 face-up Level 5 monster your opponent controls: Xyz Summon 1 "-lswarm" Xyz Monster using both monsters as the Xyz Materials, ignoring any limitations on the Xyz Materials other than Level.
Verz Spylakopa
Rank 5 DARK Machine/Xyz
ATK:2950/DEF:1450
2 Level 5 DARK monsters
Once per turn, when this card destroys a Special Summoned monster by battle and sends it to the Graveyard, and your opponent controls another monster with the same Attribute as the destroyed monster: you can detach 1 Xyz Material from this card; this monster may attack again with that monster as the attack target.
Terran Genex
Level 10 LIGHT Machine/Fusion
ATK:3300/DEF:2800
"Hydro Genex" + "Geo Genex" + "Thermal Genex" + "Windmill Genex"
This card can only be Fusion Summoned with the above Monsters as Fusion Material. This card's Attribute is also treated as FIRE, EARTH, WATER, and WIND. Once per turn, you can banish 1 monster in your Graveyard that is the same Attribute as this card: This card gains the banished monster's effect until your opponent's next End Phase.
Neoverz Shiva (Note: TCG name for Neoverz is "Finalswarm")
Rank 6 DARK Machine/Xyz
ATK:3350/DEF:2450
3 Level 6 "Verz" monsters
Cannot be Special Summoned, except with "Rank-Up-Magic Infestation Evolution". Once per turn, you can banish 1 "lswarm" monster on your field or in your Graveyard: This card gains the effect of that monster until the End Phase of your opponent's turn. If "Evilswarm Spylakopa" is attached to this card as an Xyz Material, this card gains this effect:
* Once per turn, you can detach 1 Xyz Material from this card and declare 1 Attribute: Banish all face-up monsters on the field and in your opponent's hand with the declared Attribute.
Synchro Recycling
Normal Spell Card
Banish 1 Machine-Type Tuner and 1 Machine-Type non-Tuner in your Graveyard. Special Summon 1 Machine-Type Synchro Monster whose Level is equal to or less than the total Levels of the banished monsters.
Rank-Up Magic - Infestation Evolution
Normal Spell Card
Target 1 face-up "lswarm" or "Number" Xyz Monster you control; Special Summon 1 "lswarm" monster with the same Type as that monster you control but 1 Rank higher, by using it as the Xyz Material. (This Special Summon is treated as an Xyz Summon. Xyz Materials attached to that monster also become Xyz Materials on the Summoned monster). Then, if your opponent controls any Xyz Monsters, each of them loses 500 ATK for each Xyz Material attached to it, also, you can attach all Special Summoned non-Xyz monsters your opponent controls to the Summoned monster as Xyz Materials.
Energy Renewal
Normal Trap Card
Activate only during your turn, and immediately when you Synchro Summon a "Genex" Synchro Monster. Draw 2 cards for each Synchro Material Monster used in that Synchro Summon. You cannot Synchro Summon any other monsters this turn.
Restless Infestation
Normal Trap Card
Special Summon 1 "Verz" monster from your Graveyard. Its effects are negated.
Vile: Well, that was a nice little bout of filler. But another blotch has appeared on Yamoto's skin. This is a mystery that will take some time to fully reveal. The others left, so this is where I exit. If you guys liked this story, leave a review for me. Ja ne for now!
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