A/N: It's part 2 of Chaosblazer's XYZ mini-arc! Kinda hope this more people review since it's not often YYGDM has any card game duels. This is a rare treat for y'all.
I'm glad some of you like the Rainbow Kuriboh vs. Kuriboh and Winged Kuriboh moment.
Ford: Yeah, the ex-Paradais Knights are back, but are under the services of a new boss. And from this point on, the XYZ cards are now a thing in the YYGDM dimension.
Generic Reviewer: Nah, you probably won't see the manga-exclusive Signer dragons for Team 5Ds, especially Leo and Luna (which according to Chaosblazer, those two's manga dragons are evil and twisted).
Jnaegi: You know it. Rika will be whipping Takato to dueling shape!
Now enough out of me. Here's part two.
Chaosblazer's A/N: This takes place during the epilogue of Accel Stream Season 2, and before D-Reapers Fury. Once again, I'll be giving thoughts towards the end. Then Kanius will give his just like last time.
Do gotta say a couple of things, Kanius wrote the first part of this chapter with some mods by me, and there is also a scene used from chapter 43 of his Dawn of Chaos story.
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Dimension Coordinate Key
XLR-08: Digimon Accel Stream dimension
YYGDM-01: YuYuGiDigiMoon mainstream dimension
DF-616: Digimon Fusion Kai mainstream dimension
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Dueling Evolution: The XYZ Story, Part II of II
Written by: Chaosblazer
Edited/Beta'ed: Kanius
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Present/KaibaCorp/Lobby/YYGDM-01
Karin and Christina escorted Ken back down to the lobby. There they stopped when a girl with long lavender hair with a yellow ribbon and an Asian woman with a red Chinese-styled dress came into plain sight view.
"Karin, Chris, over here!" Miho called over the two Kuipers.
"We're so glad you two can make it." Karin said genuinely. Upon seeing the two ladies, Ken was taken aback by their familiarity.
"Wait, you're Miho Nosaka... and Vivian Wong! It really is true and I thought you were just jerking my chain, sis!"
"Nope, I told you." Karin managed a smile. "Ken, say hello to our lost Kuiper Belt Senshi members." She pointed to Miho. "Sailor Makemake." Then, she veered over to Vivian. "And Sailor Haumea. They're our most recent additions, but it's not too often we come together."
"Yeah, how come we don't hang out as much as we want?" Christina asked Miho and Vivian.
"Oh, so sorry!" Miho bopped herself in the head gently and gave a ditzy giggle. "Between work and Senshi duties, I've just haven't had time, but I'll make it up to you, Chris!" She apologized, earning her a chuckle from Christina.
"Shopping tomorrow, Miho. After work if it's possible." The Australian told Miho. "I'll be out of school then."
Karin whispered to Ken. "Miho and Christina have been becoming fast friends as of late."
"I can tell." Ken said as he approached Miho. "Um, hello..."
"Oh, hello. You must be that Kensuke guy." Miho replied genuinely. She bowed and shook his hand. "Pleased to meet you."
"Pleasure is mine. Don't take this the wrong way, but it's weird meeting you and Vivian..." he said smiling.
"Why?" The lavender-haired girl curiously asked.
"Nothing bad, just saying..."
"Now that you mention it..." Miho's voice faded as she flinched and saw a vague flash before her eyes. "Oh!"
"Miho?!" Karin and Christina called to her concerned as to what was going on.
"Miho!" Vivian rushed over to her. As she turned to Ken, she, too, felt a small jolt in her head and saw a similar flash in her eyes. What the heck was that?!
As Miho and Vivian faced Ken, they saw their surroundings turned into a royal palace setting. In place of Ken was him garbed in dark blue armor and standing next to him was Karin, but garbed in a beautiful blue princess gown. They turned to see Christina in her full Sailor Orcus uniform. They noticed they, too, were dressed in their Sailor uniforms.
"Vivian, are you seeing this?"
"So, it's not just me!" Vivian blinked thrice as she and Miho returned to present day. They were all back in their regular clothes.
Miho's eyes softened as she smiled to Ken. "So, we meet again, your highness."
"Huh?" Ken was taken aback when Miho knelt before him.
As if that wasn't enough, Vivian quickly pulled Ken into a hug and stuffed his face against her chest. Ken wildly flailed his arms around as she squeezed him to near death.
"I thought we'd never see you again, my favorite prince!" Vivian screamed happily.
"Princess and Prince Sedna, we're honored to faithfully serve you once again." Miho shifted over to Karin, who backed away.
"Whoa, thanks, but we're reincarnations of the princess and prince." Karin said. "With all due respect though, you can just call us by our present day names. That's who we are now."
"As you wish, Karin and Kensuke." Miho complied. She turned to Christina and addressed. "And?"
"Just call me Christina, ok, Miho?"
"Sure."
"Ok... nice that you got your memories back... but um, can ya let me go?!" Ken pleaded, begging to breath some air into his lungs.
"Oohhh, sorry!" Vivian finally let go. "I... I should mind my manners! It's just been so long as we've last seen each other!"
Ken cringed as he rubbed his aching sides. "You're excused." He quickly assessed her physical power. Damn! She's strong! Could've broken my ribs if she wanted to! And I thought Tyra was a beast. Vivian could easily beat her in a test of strength any given day!
Vivian addressed the siblings and Christina. "We were duty bound to serve you and your sister's royal family until Inuit Kingdom fell."
"Inuit Kingdom?" Ken was confused.
"That's likely the name of the kingdom where our past incarnations lived long ago." Karin answered before putting on a thoughtful look at the two Kuipers. Strange... it took me and the other Kuipers a while to regain our memories. Yet, there's some fragments from our past memories still missing. Yet, these two... just by getting close to Ken, boom! Just like that! They appear to have regained all of their memories! That fact's already proven since they remember the name of our past incarnation's kingdom!
"I understand you and the other Kuipers have your full memories back?" Miho asked Karin.
"More or less, yeah, though some fragments might be missing. We're each slowly remembering our past selves."
(Cue Yu-Gi-Oh! OST – Vivian Wong)
"I know one thing I do remember as if it were yesterday!" The Asian woman giggled deviously, shifting her eyes over to Ken who did not like the gaze.
Narrowing her eyes, Christina's overprotective nature kicked in. "What are you talking about?"
"Yeah, what are you talking about?" Karin asked as well.
"My collective memory of the past is so acute that I recall that most wonderful day." Vivian waved a finger to Ken. "Shame you can't remember. Oh well, let me jog your memory, boy!" She spun around and found a big marker board. She picked up a marker sitting next to it and drew up a door. "It happened like this!" She then doodled herself. "It all happened on a one training regiment. I, Sailor Haumea, was given the duty to train you Kuiper brats and whip you into shape!"
"Wait, like you were our drill instructor?!" Christina asked.
"Oh, yes and I even had a whip to smack y'all on your cute little asses." Vivian let out a wicked witch laugh. "Hohohohoho!"
Karin, Ken, Christina, and Miho sweatdropped in response to Vivian's evil laugh.
"Anyway, can I weave my story?" Vivian quickly doodled the other Kuipers and Ken on the board. "That morning, after a hard day's training, I instructed you all to go take your baths..."
(End theme)
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Flashback/Thousands of Years Ago/Inuit Kingdom Training Grounds
The Kuiper Senshi were beaten and dirty after four long hours of physical training. Sailor Haumea stood holding her mistress whip in one hand and a piece of Sailor Varuna's skirt in the other. Varuna was flat on her back after receiving a beating from Haumea. Sailor Makemake was on the sidelines watching her partner making short work of the younger Kuipers.
Prince Sedna stood up with a determined look on his face. Sailor Sedna watched her brother stand up to Sailor Haumea, who kept a devious smirk.
"Hit the showers, we're done, my lovely nymphs." Haumea gave a cool smile and walked off. "Tomorrow morning, same time! We're running laps all over the kingdom!" She dropped the torn skirt fabric on Sailor Varuna's face. "And next time, Miss Varuna, attack me when my back isn't turned."
As Sailor Quaoar helped Sailor Varuna up, Prince Sedna fell on his back exhausted.
Haumea addressed the Sedna siblings. "And good job keeping up, prince. You and your sister are catching on quick." She beckoned Sailor Makemake to accompany her and give her a drink.
Sailor Sedna crouched next to Prince Sedna and offered him a hand.
"Let's continue to do our best, brother."
"Yeah..." Prince Sedna looked up at Sedna's gently smiling face and took her hand.
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After training was over, the Kuipers dunked themselves in a hot springs together to relax their aching bodies. They conversed about today's lessons and their plans for the rest of the day.
"Ugh, that bitch's gonna get hers!" Varuna cursed, washing hot water over her arms. "Just you wait!"
Orcus sighed at her friend. "Look, Varuna, you have nothing to blame but your own bullheadedness. You know how strong Haumea-sensei is. She'll make your ass redder than it already is."
"I'll just keep training, so I'm strong enough to fight her!"
"Oh yeah, like that'll ever happen." Ixion rolled her eyes.
Quaoar giggled over Varuna's adamant behavior. "I do admire your courage, Varuna." She swam over and sat next to the blonde. "I guess that's I'm drawn to you."
"How about a spar session? You and me, Quaoar?"
"Sure, I'm game."
Sedna sat on the edge while soaking her legs. She mulled over her morning drills and pivoted over to the wall, which obstructed them from the men's side.
"Poor prince, he's the only guy that trains with us and he's usually stuck alone on the other side of the wall." Orcus conveyed sympathy for the prince.
"Oh, don't worry about him. He normally prefers to be in solitude." Sedna replied, smiling. "He's just like our mother in that regard."
On the other side of the wall, Prince Sedna walked out wearing nothing but a towel. He headed straight for the lockers to get his belongings. On his way out, he accidentally bumped into someone.
"Ow!" The prince grunted as he stumbled back. "I'm sorry! I didn't see where I was... uh?" He looked up and saw Sailor Haumea holding a tablet.
There was a brief silent exchange between the prince and Sailor Haumea. Then, without the prince realizing it, his towel slipped off and Sailor Haumea's reaction was something not seen too often. Prince Sedna tried covering up, but it was too late. Haumea's face flushed red and blood trickled down her nostrils.
(Cue Yu-Gi-Oh! 5Ds OST – Comical SOS)
"WOOOOOOOOW!" Haumea squealed as her darkest fantasy was now fulfilled. She was the first outside anyone in the royal family to see the prince in his birthday suit. "SOOO HOT!"
The prince freaked out so much he ran back and forth. Then, as he heard the other Kuipers from the women's bath side, he grabbed his towel and bolted for the lockers. By the time Haumea came to, the prince was gone and the Kuipers arrived to see her putting both hands on her face.
"Lady Haumea, what happened?!" Orcus asked.
"Were you attacked?" Quaoar inquired to her.
Varuna scoffed. "Oh please, you expect her to let just anyone attack and take advantage of her? What happened here?!" She looked around for the supposed 'attacker'.
Haumea blushed and giggled out loud. "The most beautiful thing I've ever seen!"
The Kuipers sweatdropped at her sudden erratic behavior.
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Present/KaibaCorp/Lobby
"...and that's the whole story!" Vivian doodled herself kneeling to a naked Prince Sedna.
Miho sweatdropped. "I can't believe you remembered all that so vividly."
"We have Ken here to thank. Right, my sexy man?" The Asian winked to him.
Ken covered his blushing face. "Oh god, don't look at me like that!" That really happened?! Maybe it's good that I don't remember that!
Not having any of this, Christina went up to Vivian and pulled her face to face.
"Listen here, missy!" Christina spat out. "I don't care what when on in the past, but we're in the now. And as far as I'm concerned, Ken is off limits! He's my boyfriend!"
"Oh, he's all yours, but just know I'm the first gal who's ever seen his hot bod."
"But, that was the prince! Not Ken! And I'll protect him from a perverted witch like you!"
As Christina screamed in her face, Vivian turned away with a devious look.
"I said you can have him, Chris! I've got that loser Tristan all to myself!"
"So you say?! How do I know you won't dump him just so you can bed with Ken?!"
"As long as you don't dump him, that is."
Christina shouted. "That'll never happen! In that case, I'll never leave Ken!"
Karin and Miho both were embarrassed over the situation. But no one was any more embarrassed than Ken, who tried to purge the thought of his past self caught in the nude.
God, could this get any worse?! Ken pounded his head on a wall.
(End theme)
As Christina prepared to slap Vivian, Vivian backed off.
"Look, take Ken. He's all yours, Chris. What's in the past stays there."
Christina snorted and lowered her hand. "Fine, but don't attempt any advancements on my guy."
"Promise."
With that, Christina and Vivian shook hands to seal the deal.
"Well, that turned out better than I thought, Karin sighed with relief. She noticed Ken with his head on the wall. "Brother?"
"I'm gonna have some of my Digimon break some wooden baseball bats off my head later, cause I need a serious brain bleach after that!" He yelled out, sighing.
Vivian giggled again making him shiver hard.
"Will you quit that!?"
Vivian frowned. "Gotta say one thing, you certainly don't seem as assertive now as your past self was. You definitely seem a lot more shy than he was."
Hearing this made Christina sigh a bit, but she quickly let it go lest Vivian take advantage of the situation.
Karin giggled. "I think we've been through enough of this reunion." She said trying to ease the tension.
"I heard Yugi, Joey, and the others are here," Miho said.
"Then, why don't we go see them and watch Ken duel?!" Vivian declared. "Ken, do me a favor and kick Richard's butt. He handed me a loss I'll never forget."
"How did you know he was dueling Richard?" Karin asked her.
"Oh come on, I might be a Senshi now, but I'm still a pro duelist, too. There's not much that goes on in the dueling world that I don't know about. Besides I wanted to check out these new monsters. They might help get revenge on that bratty kid from America!"
Ken sweatdropped. "You mean Rebecca, right?"
Vivian nodded getting angry. "Someday that brat is going to pay for embarrassing me in the Kaiba Corp Grand Prix!"
All sighed at how quickly her attitude changed.
"Let's just go back, I'm sure the others are waiting for us." Ken said as they headed back to the arena.
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Restroom Hallway/KaibaCorp
(Cue Yu-Gi-Oh! 5Ds OST – Showdown)
Another "reunion" of sorts was about to take place outside the arena near the restrooms. Yugi, Jaden, and Yusei found themselves staring down their foes from the Dawn of Chaos ordeal, the former Paradais Knights themselves, Grapplo, Dragoon, and Zealoss.
"It's been a while," Zealoss said smirking, only raising the tension.
"Why are you three here?!" Yugi demanded.
"Yeah last I heard, the three of you disappeared after..."
Grapplo grew angry and cut Jaden off. "Since we got expelled from Duel Academy... and dueling in general since we were blacklisted from tournaments!"
"It's your own faults for getting involved with Paradais," Yusei argued.
"Yeah but still, is that the thanks we get for trying to plea bargain off the rest of the students involved? We thought by taking the blame they'd show some mercy. While we kind of expected being expelled from Duel Academy, we didn't think we'd be blacklisted from tournament play for the rest of our lives! Do you realize how hard it is to get by when the best you can manage is underground dueling!" Zealoss yelled passionately.
"Not to mention it's aggravating how Jeremiah and his whore made us so many promises, but didn't fulfill them, but that's ok we've found someone who will help us get revenge... at least on Yugi and Jaden since you're not even supposed to be back here Yusei!" Dragoon said.
This confused the three Duelists.
"Who are you talking about? Who is backing you now?" Yugi demanded.
"Our mistress..." However, this would be the last word to come out of Zealoss mouth.
Grapplo looked like he was foaming at his mouth. His eyes keenly locked on Jaden. "At least, you two didn't lose due to your opponent pulling shit out of his ass last minute, or do you think I forgot about that Jaden?!" He questioned, making Jaden think back.
(End theme)
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Flashback/Over a year ago
"What are you planning?" Grapplo asked in confusion. "I don't see the point of this..."
Jaden grinned. "You will soon enough! Grapplo, I'm about to show you that Neos' evolution hasn't stopped. It's still infinite!"
Grapplo blinked. "Huh?"
"Neos! Air Hummingbird! Aqua Dolphin!" Jaden yelled, clenching his fists tightly as the three warriors grunted in response. He raised his hand and pointed to the sky. "Triple Contact Fusion!"
Neos nodded and jumped into the air, Air Hummingbird and Aqua Dolphin following him.
"T-Triple Contact Fusion?" Grapplo stuttered in horror. "Since when did you have that?"
Jaden smirked. "Since now... Wind and Water, lend Neos your strength and bring out a new Hero!"
Neos and the two Neo-Spacians collided in a brilliant flash of light.
"Awaken! Elemental Hero..." Jaden held up a blank purple card that slowly gained the image and text of a new monster. "...Storm Neos!"
Storm Neos was a winged humanoid in a dark blue spandex outfit covered by pieces of lighter blue metal. Gauntlets with three very long talons over the knuckles covered his arms. Torso armor pointed forward and looking vaguely like the face of a shark covered his chest. His head was covered by a helmet that looked like a hummingbird. Sharp points and purple spheres grew from the armored joints of his feathery wings.
(Elemental Hero Storm Neos. LV/9 Wind/Warrior/Fusion/Effect ATK/3000 DEF/2500)
"Awesome!" Syrus, Blair, Max, Sam, and Hassleberry shouted, all of them were awestruck at the newly fused Neo-Spacian.
An elated Alexis cheered him on. "Hopefully this will take him down!"
Aster nodded. "Let him have it, Jaden."
Chazz gaped, witnessing the rise of Storm Neos. "Oh... man..."
"Triple Contact Fusion?" Grapplo muttered. "Elemental Hero Storm Neos?"
Jaden clenched his fists. "Let's begin by activating Storm Neos' special power! Once per turn, I can unleash his Ultimate Typhoon to destroy all Spell and Traps on the field!"
"WHAT?" Grapplo yelled. "ALL Spell and Traps?"
Jaden nodded. "Yeah! Go for it, Storm Neos! ULTIMATE TYPHOON!"
Storm Neos grunted and spread his wings, unleashing a powerful blast of wind that swirled around them. Grapplo cried out as his two face-down Traps exploded, along with Mage Power and Big Bang Shot.
"Big Bang Shot..." Grapplo muttered. His eyes widened in horror. "No... NO!"
Jaden grinned. "All right! Time to fight!" He pointed at Phoenix Gearfried. "Storm Neos, att- Huh?"
Phoenix Gearfried groaned before vanishing in sparkles of light.
"Uh... what just happened?" Jaden asked.
"When Big Bang Shot is removed from the field, the monster it's equipped to is removed as well," Grapplo groaned.
Jaden blinked. "Really? That sucks for you..."
"Yeah..." Grapplo muttered. He blinked. "Wait a minute! You didn't plan that?"
"Nope," Jaden replied.
Grapplo looked confused. "But, you said you were going to end the Duel!"
Jaden nodded. "Yeah... I was expecting his ATK points to go back to 2800... Then, after Storm Neos destroyed him, I would play Contact Out."
"Contact Out?" Grapplo asked.
"It's Elemental Hero Neos' own Quick-Play version of De-Fusion," Jaden said. "By returning Storm Neos back into my Fusion Deck, I can Special Summon Neos, Air Hummingbird and Aqua Dolphin from my deck to the field. Then I would have gone for a triple direct attack on your LP to end the Duel."
Grapplo looked at Jaden in horror. "R...Really?"
Jaden nodded. "Yep! But seeing as Phoenix Gearfried was removed from play because of Big Bang Shot and you're wide open, I think I have another idea."
Grapplo stepped back, his eyes widening in horror. "W-Wait! Hold on! No! Stop!"
"Elemental Hero Storm Neos, attack him directly!" Jaden said with a grin, pointing at the Duelist. "ULTIMATE CYCLONE!"
Storm Neos grunted and charged up a ball of wind in his hands before throwing it at Grapplo.
"No... no... NO!" Grapplo yelled before he was engulfed by the cyclone and pushed away.
(JADEN: 100)
(GRAPPLO: 0)
Jaden smiled as he posed. "And that's game! That was one sweet duel!"
Grapplo groaned as he hit the ground. "Damn... damn it all..."
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Present Day/KaibaCorp
"I had you cornered Jaden, but you pulled that Triple Contact Fusion out of your ass! That's the only reason I lost to you!"
Jaden sweatdropped. "I told you Neo's evolution is infinite."
"Maybe, because even though we were expelled I've still got some friends at Duel Academy, ones that hated you because of your happy go lucky attitude as much as me, and they told me about all the crap that happened after we were gone. How you went to another world not once, but twice, got new forms for your Neos as well as new hero fusions, and how you fended off that creature of darkness."
Yugi and Yusei were getting irritated.
"A Duelist's deck can respond to the force of their will. Perhaps Jaden's will was just stronger than yours!" Yugi rebuked.
Zealoss sweatdropped. "Grapplo has a legit gripe though. You did best me during our duel, but you didn't summon stuff out of no where."
Dragoon sighed. "Same goes for Yusei. Despite using cards from the future, the cards he used were ones he had on him. Jaden pulled his little stunt from no where."
"Is there more of a reason to you three being here?" Yusei demanded.
(Cue Yu-Gi-Oh! 5Ds OST – Coercion)
Jaden's eyes suddenly glowed as Yubel manifested and launched forward.
'Who is trying to probe Jaden's mind!?' She screeched, only for Grapplo to hold up his arm, and showed what looked like a watch
From this watch, a barrier suddenly formed, forcing Yubel back from him and his cohorts.
"I had a feeling that she'd try to mind crush us, but thanks to this we're safe!" Grapplo boasted.
That's a prototype, you dumbass! We may have just been lucky since Yubel is said to be extremely powerful from what the mistress said. Zealoss thought as Jaden looked uneasy for a moment, but then returned to normal.
"Ok what just happened?" Jaden wondered in confusion.
The three villains smirked.
"Our mistress has completed her objective here. We merely stalled you so we could get information from Jaden's mind regarding the other worlds, because as much as I hate to admit this Jaden, my Gemini deck probably can't beat your heroes as things stand. But mark my words, I will find a way to access those worlds, and I will find a way to construct a deck powerful enough to take you down!"
Yusei had enough and prepared to rush the three, only for Zealoss to purposely toss a black ball at him. He caught it but when he did smoke erupted from it blinding their view. When it cleared, the three were gone.
(End theme)
'Where did they go!?' Yubel yelled out after recovering.
"I dunno, but I don't like this at all." Jaden said.
Yusei nodded. "I thought those three would've learned their lesson, but I guess not. It's a shame I might not be able to help with what they're planning this time."
Yugi smiled. "Whatever it is, Yusei, we'll be able to handle it..." He stopped when he and Jaden noticed their Kuribohs looked to be in pain. "Kuriboh?"
"What happened to you two?"
The two Kuribohs made angry chirps, but quickly stopped when Ken came up.
"The duel with Richard's about to go down. What are you three doing?" Ken asked. His Rainbow Kuriboh popped out behind him and glared at the other two Kuribohs, who hid behind Yugi and Jaden nervously.
"Oh wow you've got a Kuriboh, too. What's it's name?" Jaden asked excitedly.
Ken answered. "Rainbow Kuriboh." He then handed Yusei a card, which depicted a dragon style warrior. "Here Yusei, you might get more use out of this than me."
"Stardust Warrior, and it's an Accel Synchro monster."
Ken nodded. "Yeah, since Pegasus doesn't want to mess with Synchros right now, I figured why not give it to you? Now wish me luck." With that, he headed off to the duel arena.
"Hope he knows what he's getting into. Richard isn't an easy opponent." Yugi said.
"Is it true he made Kaiba retire?" Yusei asked.
Yugi nodded as they headed off after Ken.
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Dueling Arena/KaibaCorp/YYGDM-01
Richard entered the arena and stood looking at his deck silently. Nearby Shaina and George watched him.
"I really hope he wins, but at the same time if Ken doesn't live up the skill Rika claims he has, it will be a hollow win."
George shook his head. "We can't think with that mentality, sis. I mean for one we need to see how he duels before making such claims."
Ken arrived a moment later and walked up to Richard. "You're my opponent?" He asked, offering a handshake.
Richard was reluctant to take it at first, but did so. They then shuffled each others decks as Lyn returned this time with Kaiba, who took up a seating position near some camera workers.
"Make sure to get all the data you can from this," Seto instructed his workers who nodded.
"All right, the moment you've all been waiting for! The third and final exhibition duel, Kensuke Rainer vs. Richard Grandra! Let's make this a great duel!" Lyn yelled with enthusiasm, earning cheers from the crowd.
One person in the crowd, however, was nervous. That being the alien Rajita boyfriend of Joey's sister, Serenity. His name was Morpheus.
"Morpheus you've been pale ever since Richard entered the room is something wrong?" Serenity asked. She got no response as the alien glared at Richard through his shades.
(Cue Yu-Gi-Oh! 5Ds OST – Confrontation)
Why do I feel some of that lost forbidden power coming from that man? I really hope it's just me imagining things.
This guy seems tense for some reason. I wonder why? Ken thought as they activated their duel disks and drew five cards each. "You want to go first?"
Richard nodded. "Yes!"
Kensuke/8000 LP
Richard/8000 LP
"I'll start by playing Fiend's Sanctuarywhich allows me to summon a Metal Fiend Token!"
A metallic silver creature appeared before Richard, it had no attack or defense points.
Metal Fiend Token
DARK/Fiend
LVL/1 ATK/0 DEF/0
"Next I'll sacrifice it to bring out Horus the Black Flame Dragon LVL 6!"
The token vanished and was replaced by a silver like dragon with a red aura and with bird like wings.
Horus the Black Flame Dragon LVL 6
FIRE/Dragon
LVL/6 ATK/2300 DEF/1600
"Next I activate Level Up!"
Horus began transforming into a bigger dragon who had more defined wings and now had arms.
As this happened Ken's mind clicked. I think I know where this is going!
Horus the Black Flame Dragon LVL 8
FIRE/Dragon
LVL/8 ATK/3000 DEF/1800
"Finally, I'll end with a facedown! Your move!" Ken nodded and drew his card. The moment he did, Richard activated the facedown card he had played. It was the trap Royal Decree."The infamous Horus Lock. I'm impressed."
Richard became nervous as well. "What I thought was a compliment."
In the crowd several onlookers gave their thoughts.
"And there he goes again, does he think that combo will always work for him?" Larry stated flatly. Next to him, his girlfriend, Taylor West, elbowed him lightly.
"Be nice."
"He's got a point though," Aster Phoenix noted.
"Man that dragon is cool! Kinda wish I had it." Takuya said.
"Because it's a fire monster?" Izumi smiled a cat's grin to Takuya.
"Well yeah," he said rubbing his head.
"My turn! DRAW!" Ken drew his card and looked at his hand. With Royal Decree out, I've gotta be careful how I play this. "I summon Ganbara Knight in attack mode!"
A knight holding two green shields appeared. Many in the crowd grew suspicious as it had no attack points.
Ganbara Knight
LIGHT/Warrior
LVL/4 ATK/0 DEF/1800
Even Richard was skeptical. "Why play that in attack position?"
"Cause if you try to attack it, it'll switch to defense mode. And since I've successfully summoned a monster, now I can special summon this guy! Kagetokage!"
A black flat lizard with red eyes that detached from its face, and floating in the air, appeared next to Ganbara Knight.
Kagetokage
DARK/Reptile
LVL/4 ATK/1100 DEF/1500
"Now it's time for some fun! I conduct the overlay network!"
(End theme)
(Cue Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal OST – Xyz Summon!)
The two monsters turned into orbs as a space-like vortex appeared in front of him. They vanished into it and from the resulting explosion came a dark dragon with long majestic wings.
"Come out! Dark Rebellion XYZ Dragon!"
Dark Rebellion XYZ Dragon
DARK/Dragon
Rank/4 ATK/2500 DEF/2000
"So this is an XYZ summon?! Still my monster is stronger than yours!"
Ken smirked back. "Not for long. By using an overlay unit, my dragon can sap half of the attack points of a monster my opponent controls as long as it's level 5 or higher!" Richard gaped as Dark Rebellion's wings spread with dark purple lightning brimming from them. "Treason Discharge!"
Horus screamed in pain as the lightning slammed into it, confining it and draining half of it's attack power.
Dark Rebellion XYZ Dragon
ATK/4000 (2500+1500)
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Horus the Black Flame Dragon LVL 8
ATK/1500 (3000-1500)
"No! This can't be!" Richard yelled in shock.
"Oh, it can, dude. Now attack! Revolt of the Lightning Disobey!"
Dark Rebellion charged forward. Its jaw charged with power and slammed into Horus destroying it by impaling it through the chest.
Richard/6500 (8000-6500) LP
"And now that he's gone! I can use Mystical Space Typhoon to destroy your Royal Decree!" Playing his spell card a cyclone erupted from it and destroyed Royal Decree. "And with that I'll throw down two facedowns and call it a turn!"
Dark Rebellion's attack returned to normal.
Dark Rebellion XYZ Dragon
ATK/2500 (4000-1500)
Richard began shaking uncontrollably, which Ken was quick to notice, as were others.
"Yo, you ok, man?"
"What's his problem?" Kaiba asked annoyed.
Lyn elbowed him lightly. "Will you stop it?"
"Shaina told me about this, but I didn't think it was true!" Lance said as Larry nearby overheard him.
"Yeah, I heard the stories, too. I beat him and suddenly he goes on a losing streak. Looks like he's gotten paranoid about losing."
"But why? Duels should be about fun? There's no souls or the world at stake here!" Jaden said.
Chazz sighed at his obliviousness. "Dork, some people take losses harder than others."
As his hands shook nervously, Richard drew his next card. In one turn this nobody destroyed my Horus lock effortlessly... I hate to use this, but I need to refill my hand. "I'll play Card of Sanctity. Now we both draw until we're holding six cards!"
Ken did so, but mentally he growled. Terrific, my deck is based upon the ban list of my world. So, he's probably got the other staple draw cards in his deck and who knows what else that's considered banned back home! This presents a problem. He then noticed Richard looking uneasy again. "Dude, seriously calm down and have fun!"
"I can't have fun!" he said shaking while looking at a certain spell card he drew. I don't remember putting this in my deck... where did I...His thoughts were cut off when a familiar female voice entered his mind. His eyes glazed over for a moment as it happened.
(End theme)
'If you wish to win, play this card. It's your only hope!'
"Yes... my mistress," he said in a deadpan tone, opening the field slot on his duel disk. "I activate..."
However, Ken saw the card clearly. "What the fu... hey hold on!" Everyone in the crowd was confused.
(Cue Yu-Gi-Oh! OST – Seal of Orichalcos)
"...the SEAL OF ORICHALCOS!" Upon declaring this and thrusting the card into his duel disk, it glowed brightly. A green energy ring formed above everyone in the room and descended around the players trapping them within.
This action sent a chill through the air to those who knew of the card.
"I knew it! That human had that card in his deck!" Morpheus declared standing up.
"But, I thought your colleagues scanned the planet for any remaining copies of that card?!" Yugi yelled.
Kaiba scowled. "Did a pretty crappy job..."
Lyn grew concerned.
Inside, the seal appeared on Richard's forehead as he started grinning with an evil smirk. Karin stood up but Yugi stopped her.
"Let me go! Brother is in trouble!"
Joey replied. "I'm afraid it's not that simple, Karin! Once the seal is played..."
"...only the victor can get out," Mai finished for him. "If we had an Orichalcos stone, we could break it, but the only time someone did that they had their arm broken in the process."
Morpheus hopped off from the stands and ran down to the field. He punched the seal's outer wall, but it held.
"No good! The man's force of will is powering the card! Unless weakened, I can't take it down!"
Larry paled at the sight of the Orichalcos seal. He recalled he and his Chimera cohorts dueled Takato and his friends in Orichalcos contested duels.
"Larry, you're seeing this?" Taylor noticed her boyfriend's disturbed look.
(End theme)
Ken growled inside. "Dude, do you have any idea what you just did?!"
Richard grinned. "Of course, and I feel great!" His grin widened to the point where Ken felt like he was having a bad case of deja-vu.
If I run into another Terumi, I'm going to punch his crotch so fucking hard any future descendants of his will disappear from existence!
(Cue Yu-Gi-Oh! 5Ds OST – Terror and Destruction)
Richard then made his move. "I put two cards down and summon Masked Dragon in attack mode!"
A small dragon with a mask like face appeared.
"Thanks to the power of the seal, its attack power will rise by 500 points!"
Masked Dragon
FIRE/Dragon
LVL/3 ATK/1900 (1400+500) DEF/1100
"Richard, you must stop this!" Shaina pleaded, fearful of her brother's behavior.
"NO! I have to win! I will never lose again! I never should've lost to Larry! This is all on him!"
Larry stood up from his seat. "You need to man up, man! You think just because you beat Kaiba once you should always be at the top?! You're a sorry excuse of a duelist!"
George growled at this remark. "Please, Larry! My brother is a good man. Don't say things like that!"
Ken took his turn and drew a card. "I play Night Beam! With this, one of your two facedowns gets blown off the field and you can activate it in response!" The facedown destroyed was a trap called Dragon's Rage. Richard growled at this. "Guess you won't be doing any pierce damage! Now for your monster!" However as Dark Rebellion charged in, Richard activated his remaining facedown card, which was Spirit Barrier."Oh boy..."
Masked dragon was destroyed.
"Oh boy indeed! Now as long as I've got a monster out, I won't receive battle damage, and thanks to Masked Dragon, I can now summon Armed Dragon LVL 3!"
A small orange dragon appeared before Richard.
Armed Dragon LVL 3
WIND/Dragon
LVL/3 ATK/1700(1200+500) DEF/900
"Fine I'll throw down one more facedown and end my turn!"
"Good. Now that it's back to me. My Armed Dragon will evolve into LVL 5!"
Sure enough his dragon grew bigger, and more bulky with more spikes coming from its body.
Armed Dragon LVL 5
WIND/Dragon
LVL 5/ ATK/2900 (2400+500) DEF/1700
"He won't be around for long though since I activate another Level up!"
The dragon glowed and evolved further.
Armed Dragon LVL 7
WIND/Dragon
LVL/7 ATK/3300 (2800+500) DEF/1000
"Finally, I'll sacrifice it to bring out it's ultimate form, LVL 10!"
Ken grimaced as Richard's Dragon evolved to it's highest form. And people think I go overboard.
Armed Dragon LVL 10
WIND/Dragon
LVL/10 ATK/3500 (3000+500) DEF/2000
"I activate Forbidden Chalice!" Ken yelled out.
A chalice appeared before the Armed Dragon LVL 10, who drank it, and his attack rose even further.
Armed Dragon LVL 10
ATK/3900 (3500 + 400)
"Now, why would you do something like that!?" Richard demanded somewhat confused as were most watching.
"Why would he give his opponent a boost?" Kazu wondered.
"Beats me," Terriermon replied.
"Simple, now you can't use it's effect for the remainder of this turn."
Richard growled. "You think that will stop me?! Attack his Dark Rebellion XYZ Dragon!"
At this point though, Ken flipped up one of his facedown cards it depicted a person fighting in an alleyway near a fence.
"I activate Adversity! With this if your monster's attack power is higher than mine, not only do I not take battle damage but my monster lives and gains a permanent 1000 attack point boost."
Dark Rebellion was slammed back, but it quickly regained itself as well as its attack bonus.
Dark Rebellion XYZ Dragon
ATK/3500 (2500+1000)
"I'm not done with you! I summon Red Eyes Black Chick!"
An egg appeared before hatching into a baby black dragon with red eyes.
Red Eyes Black Chick
DARK/Dragon
LVL/1 ATK/1300 (800+500) DEF/500
"Next, I'll offer it to bring out his father! Red Eyes Black Dragon!"
And I thought Kaiba had a dragon fetish. Ken thought as the new dragon came out.
Red Eyes Black Dragon
DARK/Dragon
LVL/7 ATK/2900 (2400+500) DEF/2000
"Next, I play this! A spell called Inferno Fire Blast!"
Ken's eyes widened as the Red Eyes charged up and unleashed a fireball that passed by Dark Rebellion XYZ dragon and slammed him hard into the seal wall while doing damage... but it wasn't over.
Kensuke/5600 LP
(End theme)
The seal snapped and cracked against his back with lightning. It felt like someone was slamming his back with a lightning bolt several times before he fell forward onto one knee.
"KEN!" Karin and Christina both yelled concerned as he was breathing hard.
"Oh, c'mon that shouldn't have hurt that much!" Kaiba muttered loudly.
Lyn wanted to rebuke him but she too was concerned for Ken's safety.
"Mom, is Uncle Ken going to be ok?" Athena asked Karin, who then came to a realization.
Don't tell me that because he's an Ascendant the seal hurt him that badly? He's not even in Ascendant form!
(Cue Yu-Gi-Oh! 5Ds OST – Helpless Battle)
Ken slowly rose, cringing in pain. Ok, I'll admit that fucking hurt like hell... this asshole is gonna pay!
"Next, I'll sacrifice Red Eyes Black Dragon to bring out Red Eyes Darkness Dragon!"
Red Eyes was replaced by a darker form with larger wings.
Red Eyes Darkness Dragon
DARK/Dragon
LVL/9 ATK/2900(2400+500) DEF/2000
"Finally for every dragon in my graveyard, my Red Eyes Darkness Dragon gains an additional 300 points, and currently there are eight down there."
Red Eyes Darkness Dragon
ATK/5300 (2900+300 x 8)
"For my last move, I'll active the spell card Magical Stone Excavation! By discarding two cards from my hand, I can revive a spell card, and guess which one I'm choosing? Card of Sanctity! Which I shall now activate." Once again both players drew until they had six cards. "By the way, the two cards I discarded were dragons! Guess what that means!"
Red Eyes Darkness Dragon
ATK/5900 (2900 + 300 x 10)
This guy is getting on my nerves! Ken swore mentally as he drew a card. When he did he smirked at it. "I'll start by summoning Goblindbergh in attack mode!"
Richard's eyes narrowed at what he was seeing.
Goblindbergh
EARTH/Warrior
LVL/4 ATK/1400 DEF/0
"You're kidding me! You think that piece of trash can stand up to my dragons!?"
Ken tossed down another monster. This one was a triangular pyramid-like monster with eyes on its sides and what appeared to be a jet thruster coming out of its backside.
"Wait, you can't do that...and what the hell is that!?"
"Actually, I can, bro. See when Goblindbergh is summoned I'm allowed to summon another level 4 or lower creature from my hand, as long as I switch him to defense mode." Goblindbergh switched modes. "Now, let me introduce you to a new friend of mine, Speedroid Tri-eyed Dice!"
Speedroid Tri-eyed Dice
WIND/Machine/Tuner
LVL/3 ATK/300 DEF/1500
Yusei was quick to realize something about the monster. "Wait a second, that's a tuner!"
(End theme)
Ken grinned.
"Oh no, he wouldn't..." Lyn gasped.
(Cue Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V OST – A Battle Beyond Imagining)
"I tune Speedroid Tri-eyed Dice with Goblindbergh!"
Speedroid Tri-eyed Dice split into three green rings while Goblindbergh became four spheres of light that flew into them.
"Spread those wondrous and beautiful wings, and strike down our enemies at light speed!" A beam flashed forward and from it appeared Ken's new monster. "Clear Wing Synchro Dragon!"
Clear Wing Synchro Dragon
WIND/Dragon
LVL/7 ATK/2500 DEF/2000
As soon as his new white and green dragon hit the field, there were loud murmurs amongst the crowd, something that Lyn hoped wouldn't happen.
"Synchro what!?" Many onlookers questioned.
"I thought only the XYZ monsters were being displayed?" Came one voice.
"What is a Synchro monster, and a tuner!?" Another wondered.
"Wow, Yusei that thing looks like Stardust dragon's long lost brother!" Leo shouted excitedly.
Luna sighed at her brother's antic's considering the atmosphere.
"Synchro!? That's new to me!" Lance said as Rika palmed her head.
"He is so gonna get yelled at by Lyn after the duel is over..."
(End theme)
(Cue Yu-Gi-Oh! 5Ds OST – Yusei Battle)
Richard didn't seem to care. "I don't know what this new monster is, but it still doesn't stack up against mine! Now I activate Trap Booster! By discarding a card from my hand, I can activate a trap card, and I choose Threatening Roar! Meaning you can't conduct your battle phase this turn, and let me tell you now the card I discarded was a dragon!"
Red Eyes Darkness Dragon
ATK/6200 (2900+300x11)
"My turn, first I'll activate Stamping Destruction to take out one of your facedown cards and deal 500 points of damage to you!"
Upon playing the spell, Armed Dragon LVL 10 slammed his foot down on the ground sending out a shockwave that blasted one of Ken's facedowns. The card was a spell depicting a cyclone with planets on it.
Kensuke/5100 LP
"Huh, never seen that before, and now to activate my Armed Dragon's ability. By sending a monster to the graveyard, I can activate my Armed Dragon's effect!"
However, the moment his monster started glowing, so did Clear Wing Synchro Dragon.
"What now!?"
"You activated my Clear Wing Synchro Dragon's effect! When a level 5 or higher monster uses their effect, his effect negates that one's effect and destroys it. Then gains its attack strength until the end of the turn!"
Clear Wing sent out a wave of energy that blew Armed Dragon LVL 10 off the field. This only angered Richard more.
Clear Wing Synchro Dragon
ATK/5500 (2500+3000)
"You idiot! You are only prolonging your death! With two more dragons in the graveyard, my Red Eyes Darkness Dragon's attack power increases!"
Red Eyes Darkness Dragon
ATK/6800 (2900+300 x13)
"Inferno Dark Fire!"
Red Eyes Darkness Dragon prepared to attack, but right as it did a small flash of light appeared on the field.
"What is..."
Rainbow Kuriboh appeared, flew forward and grappled onto Red Eyes Darkness Dragon's face, preventing it from attacking.
"What is going on!?"
"Rainbow Kuriboh is what's going on! When you try to attack me with a monster, I can equip him to that monster and stop it from attacking as long as it's equipped."
Richard's anger peaked to the point where the seal on his head started glowing.
"YOU DARE DEFY MY MIGHTY DRAGON WITH SUCH GARBAGE!" He yelled out before throwing down two cards.
Clear Wing Synchro Dragon
ATK/2500 (5500-3000)
"My turn, but first remember that card you blasted last turn?"
A sudden powerful cyclone, more powerful that Mystical Space Typhoon, erupted onto the field and took out Spirit Barrier.
"What just happened?"
Ken removed the spell from his graveyard for all to see. "This is called Galaxy Cyclone. It can take out one set spell or trap card, but once in the graveyard, I can banish it on a later turn to destroy one face up spell or trap card."
Richard was going to retort but he stopped when Dark Rebellion used it's overlay unit. "Oh shit..."
(End theme)
(Cue Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal OST – The Turn of the Counterattack)
Red Eyes Darkness Dragon
ATK/3400 (6800-3400)
x
Dark Rebellion XYZ Dragon
ATK/ 6900 (3500+3400)
"Revolt of the Lightning Disobey!"
Dark Rebellion charged forward and slammed into Richard's Red Eyes Darkness Dragon. Rainbow Kuriboh went flying and disappeared into Ken's graveyard as Richard was slammed into the seal's barrier hard
Richard/3000 (6500-3500) LP
"I activate the trap card Red Eyes Spirit!"
One of Richard's facedown cards opened up showing a red eyes on it.
"With this, I can resurrect my Red Eyes Darkness Dragon with his power restored. So you can't attack me again!"
Red Eyes Darkness Dragon
ATK/6800 (2900+300 x13)
"Bring it back! I'll keep destroying it!" Ken declared as Richard took his turn.
"So you would think! First, I activate Dragonheart! I'm not allowed to summon by using this card, but with it I can toss three pieces of trash from my deck to the graveyard to further empower my beast as well as give it a 1000 point boost until the end of the turn!"
Shaina and George were become afraid of how their brother was becoming.
"You can't mean that! You've always treated your monsters with respect!" George shouted.
Yugi walked up and put his hand on his shoulder. "That's not your brother's fault. It's the fault of the seal. It's corrupting his mind."
"Shut up Yugi!" Richard declared as he pulled three dragon monsters from his deck. Two of them were dragons called Red Eyes Wyvern while the third was called Red Eyes Darkness Metal Dragon.
Oh boy, since he didn't normal summon this turn, at the turns end he can resurrect that Red Eyes Darkness Metal Dragon by removing one of his Wyverns from play. Ken assessed his opponent's play.
Red Eyes Darkness Dragon
ATK/8700 (2900+300x16+1000)
"I'm not done! Next, I activate Raigeki!"
The lightning bolt spell destroyed Ken's monsters.
"I'll also add these two beauties! Dragon's Gunfire! So, you'll be taking 1600 points of damage!"
Red Eyes Darkness Dragon let loose two fireballs at Ken, which slammed him into the seal again. It caused the same effect as before, but this time he felt his shirt's backside tear in the process.
Kensuke/3500 (5100-1600) LP
Last thing I need is people seeing my scarred body. Ken thought as Richard started laughing like a maniac.
"Attack! Inferno Dark Fire! I win!"
Red Eyes Darkness Dragon unleashed it's attack
"KEN LOOK OUT!" Christina, Vivian, and Miho cried out.
"Uncle Ken!" Athena yelled in concern.
Karin screamed fearfully "Brother! No!"
(End theme)
Before the fire could hit him, Rainbow Kuriboh busted out of the graveyard and intercepted the blast before vanishing.
"Thanks for having my back, dude."
Richard's jaw hit the ground. "That piece of filth saved you again?"
Ken nodded. "When I've got no monsters in play, Rainbow Kuriboh can be resummoned from the graveyard to block one attack. However, it's then banished from the game."
Richard looked like a rabid dog at this point with how angry he was. "I end my turn, not that it does you any good!"
(Cue Yu-Gi-Oh! 5Ds OST – Unleash Force)
Ken was shocked at this expecting Red Eyes Darkness Metal Dragon to be summoned but said nothing. I haven't seen the actual Dragonheart card printed so I don't know if it prevents summoning period, that must be the case.
Red Eyes Darkness Dragon
ATK/7700 (2900+300x16-1000)
"All right then let's go!" Ken yelled as he drew his card. When he did his eyes did a double take. The one from the stone tablet... could this really be, let's find out. "He placed another card into his duel disk. "I activate Photon Sanctuary! It lets me summon these to the field in defense mode!"
Plasma Token x 2
LIGHT/Thunder
LVL/4 ATK/2000 DEF/0
"They have no defense points!"
Ken smirked. "They won't be staying long. I sacrifice them in order to summon a creature with the destructive power of a black hole!" He yelled as a cross-shaped item appeared in his hands. Tossing it into the air, there was an explosion, and following it came a loud roar. "Come out! Galaxy Eyes Photon Dragon!" The multi-colored dragon descended and roared triumphantly around the room.
Upon seeing the new monster, Kaiba's eyes seem fixated on it, in a rather disturbing way that made Lyn uncomfortable.
"Kaiba, quit it!" she said elbowing him.
Galaxy Eyes Photon Dragon
LIGHT/Dragon
LVL 8 ATK/3000 DEF/2500
Many around the room had a different view of this new creature.
"Hey, doesn't that look like Photondramon?" Takato asked, referring to a Digimon whose appearance was similar to the aforementioned duel dragon.
"Holy crap! You're right it does!" Takuya yelled in elation.
Richard was unamused. "Impressive though it may be, it lacks the strength to combat my Red Eyes Darkness Dragon!"
"Good thing I ain't finished. Next, I play Miracle Synchro Fusion! If I have a fusion monster that uses a Synchro monster as fusion material, I'm allowed to fuse it and the subsequent component together from my field or Graveyard!" He removed his two dragons from the graveyard. "I remove and fuse these two in order to summon Elder Entity Norden!"
Clear Wing and Dark Rebellion were fused together, and in their place was an elder man riding a horse.
Elder Entity Norden
WATER/Fairy
LVL/4 ATK/2000 DEF/2200
"That move makes no sense at all?!" Richard spat out.
"I kinda have to agree," Rika said.
Ken heard her. "Oh, be quiet, Rika!" He shifted his focus back on Richard. "With his ability, when he's summoned I can special summon a level 4 or lower monster from my graveyard to the field. If it's an effect monster, its effects are negated! I call out Ganbara Knight!" The two shield branded knight returned.
Ganbara Knight
LIGHT/Warrior
LVL/4 ATK/0 DEF/1800
"Next, I activate the spell card Galaxy Queen's Light! I select one of my monsters, and all other creatures gain that monsters level until the end of the turn. I select Galaxy Eyes Photon Dragon and give his level to the other two monsters!"
(End theme)
As this happened Richard's paranoia resurfaced.
"Three level eight monsters, don't tell me..."
"That's right I conduct the overlay sequence once again!"
(Cue Yu-Gi-Oh! 5Ds – Clear Mind by Masaaki Endoh)
All three monsters flew up into the sky another object. This one a large spike appeared in Ken's hands as he chunked it up into the swirling energy. When it exploded, a larger, red hydra-like dragon with three heads, one big one and two smaller ones on the side with three overlay units floating around it descended.
"Say hello to Neo-Galaxy Eyes Photon Dragon!"
Neo Galaxy Eyes Photon Dragon
LIGHT/Dragon
Rank/8 ATK/4500 DEF/3800
Once again, shock rose throughout the room, but it was this time Kaiba literally stood up with his hand extended to the beast.
"Oh my money..."
Everyone heard this and looked at him awkwardly.
"And Kaiba just got a boner...ok..." Ken said quietly enough as not to let Athena hear him.
Kaiba, however, did and snapped back to his senses.
Lyn glared at the dragon in a jealous manner.
"What did you just say Rainer!?" The KaibaCorp CEO yelled out at him.
"Nothing... anyway now that my monster is out, all face up cards on the field except himself have their effects negated!"
Richard paled at this. The dragon let loose a roar from it's main head. The seal shuddered under the impact of the roar to the point where it was fading in and out. Morpheus attempted to punch it again, but still no luck. Richard watched as his Red Eyes Darkness Dragon was depowered completely.
Red Eyes Darkness Dragon
ATK/2400 (7700-500-300x16)
"Now let's end this! ULTIMATE PHOTON STREAM OF DESTRUCTION!"
Richard held up his hand. "I'll still live through the attack!"
Ken held up one final card. "No you won't cause I'm sending Honest to the card graveyard!"
Richard paled as Yugi, Joey, Mai, Kaiba, and Lyn all got shocked seeing this, remembering that Ken had not done this in his duel with Yugi.
Neo Galaxy Eyes Photon Dragon
ATK/6900 (4500+2400)
Angelic wings materialized on the giant dragon's back empowering it further to end the match. Red Eyes Darkness Dragon was blasted so hard it was blown into tiny pieces as Richard slammed against the seal wall again.
"Game over...I win," Ken said dropping to one knee.
Richard/0 (6900-3000) LP
The seal began to shrink down around Richard. However, Morpheus once again smashed the barrier before it got in too close. This time succeeding in breaking it, causing the card to eject itself from Richard's duel disk. Morpheus then grabbed it and clapped it in his hands destroying it.
(End theme)
"Where did he get that card?" Joey wondered.
"Thank...god..." Ken muttered collapsing forward. His skull cracked the cement.
Rainbow Kuriboh appeared next to him in spirit form panicking as Karin and the others came to his side. When they did, Vivian and Miho, as well as Athena and Taylor, all got a good look at his back. Miho turned away immediately.
"What on earth!?" Taylor was taken aback by Ken's scarred back.
Karin pleaded to her friends. "We need to get him some help."
Lyn arrived at the same time as Kaiba.
"We have an infirmary here, he can rest there," Lyn said.
Kaiba, however, looked down at Ken's duel disk, seeing the Neo Galaxy Eyes Photon Dragon card made his eyes catch fire, as if he craved it's power.
Lyn saw this and stomped on his foot. "Now is not the time!"
Joey grew miffed and confronted Kaiba. "What's your problem, rich boy?"
Kaiba grinned evilly as the girls took Ken away. "I'm thinking of coming out of retirement. Now, step aside you dog."
"What did you call me!?" Joey readied his duel disk causing most everyone to worry.
"Oh no..." Mai groaned.
xxxxx
Infirmary/KaibaCorp
Some time later, Ken opened his eyes and came too. He found himself yet again on a bed with an IV unit in his arm.
"Ok how long was I out this time?"
Karin answered, patting Ken's hand. "About two hours. That was one insane duel."
Lyn approached him slightly miffed. "I thought I told you not to use those Synchro cards. Pegasus has had to lie to the public because of that stunt you pulled." She then smiled softly. "But, since Richard did it, too, with that Seal card, I guess you can't be blamed entirely. Just don't use them again."
Vivian was still in a state of shock. "I can't believe that hot sexy body has become a scarred mess! How did that happen?"
Ken scoffed and rolled his eyes. "If there's any solace to this day, it's that I'm not the only one who got embarrassed by something." He muttered. "Look a long time ago, I got in a fight with a Digimon calling himself Legionmon. At the time, I only had Veemon as my one partner."
Taylor nodded. "That's right, 'cause you had just started as a Digi-Destined."
"Legionmon killed him and then attacked me. Wasn't exactly the smartest idea to fight back without a partner but I did it anyway... nearly died, someone named Darkstar found me and helped me heal. Thankfully, I found myself in my world's Primary Village, so I was reunited with Veemon rather quick. Then became Tsukuyomimon for the first time to battle Legionmon and purify him... still the damage was done."
"Do they hurt Uncle Ken?" Athena asked worryingly, keeping PinkPatamon asleep on her lap.
"Not anymore, but they ain't going away..." He confessed sadly before looking at his deck. "Never thought I'd reunite with Photon. Still, I probably shouldn't use him and NeoPhoton... well their card versions if I can avoid it, 'cause Kaiba's erratic behavior was disturbing.
Lyn concurred with Ken's sentiment. "You got that right. By the way, I have some interesting news." Ken looked up. "A lot of high profile duel sponsors want you to join their leagues and companies as their pro. From what we've seen, you've definitely got some pretty good skill at the game since you've got all the mechanics down pretty good."
"They probably want me for the power my cards pack," Ken said,getting up and having the IV detached. "So, what's the word on Richard? Anyone figure out where he got the card from?"
Lyn nodded dismissively. "Other than it being a blonde woman who he described as being dressed inappropriately, not really..." She then remembered a look a distress on a certain other blonde female's face. Though Mai looked shocked for a moment, but she was with us the whole time so it couldn't have been her.
(Cue Yu-Gi-Oh! 5Ds OST – Friends)
"I see, and I'm guessing Joey got beaten down again?"
Taylor answered Ken. "Oh yeah, poor guy!"
Yugi added. "What's worse Kaiba's thinking of coming out of retirement for some more action, though he won't be a full time duelist anymore. As for Richard, Larry had a talk with him and he's got his head on straight. Yusei and the twins also headed off back to the future. Yusei wanted to say thanks again for the card you gave him."
Ken smiled genuinely to this.
"Would also like to point out that Rika dragged Takato off, said she was going to whip him into shape... though not as bad as someone did to us in the past." Christina said, glaring at Vivian.
"I see," Ken then turned to Vivian and took a card out of his deck box. "I didn't get to use this in the match. Perhaps this might help you against Rebecca since XYZ monsters can't be stopped by Gravity Bind." The card was called Heroic Champion Excalibur.
Looking it over and reading it's effects, Vivian suddenly got her evil grin back. "Oh yes I'll destroy that runt with this! OHOHOHOHO!"
Everyone in the room inched away from the snickering Chinese woman.
Lyn handed Ken a newer Duel Disk model. It looked more high-tech than the one he had.
"We're going to start using these models from now on. I figured you should have one as a gift as thanks for helping us get the XYZ cards known globally."
Ken nodded and put the Duel Disk on his arm to check it out. Athena walked up to him.
"By the way Uncle Ken, where did the moving rainbow ball come from?"
Ken sweatdropped at how Athena addressed Rainbow Kuriboh. "To be honest I don't know, but he's like my spirit buddy kinda like your animal spirits." He said before forming a portal and hugging Karin and Athena. "I better leave before Kaiba comes calling." Christina walked up and gave him a kiss on the cheek making him blush. "You all take care."
"You, too, brother," Karin smiled as he left.
"Think he can stay out of trouble until the next time we meet?" Taylor wondered.
"I sure hope so," Karin replied.
xxxxx
Outside KaibaCorp
Before the Grandras left after saying their goodbyes, Richard apologetically bowed his head to Lance and Larry.
"By the way, can you tell Ken that I'm sorry for what went down in our duel?" Richard openly apologized. "I didn't mean for our duel to get that far... even if I wasn't completely there thanks to that wicked card."
"He's already gone, so y'all just missed him," Taylor spoke up as she walked out to meet with Larry and Lance. She folded an arm over Larry. "He's gone, but he's not upset. You can rest easy knowing that."
"Richard, are you sure you can't tell us about that woman?" Larry asked.
"Sorry, but my mind went blank and don't remember what she did. All I remember is blonde hair, but I can assure you it's not Mai Valentine."
Lance nodded. "Of course not, Mai was with us the whole time."
Taylor deduced. "Wonder who this mystery lady might be?"
"Well, we must be off and I'll be bettering my deck so I can duel one of you one day," Richard addressed them, but her turned his eyes on Larry. "One day, we will have our rematch."
"And I'll be ready," Larry nodded. "And remember, it wasn't you who attacked Ken like that. It was that Orichalcos card. Believe me, there's no one here that understands when one gets corrupted by those cards better than me." he reached out and shook Richard's hand. "Just be sure and train to get better. Your siblings seem to be already on top of that."
The Grandras waved goodbye to Larry, Lance, and Taylor as they headed back to their hotel.
"Think we'll see them again?" Lance wondered.
"Can't say, but hopefully for the next big tournaments," Larry said.
"And I'll be cheering ya to victory, Larry," Taylor said, taking his hand.
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Canyon Dominion/Zion Village/XLR-08
"I thought you were joking about this?" OmegaShoutmon said as he, AlforceVeedramon, Blademon, Titaniamon, and CyberBeelzemon all stood around him holding metallic baseball bats.
Ken was on his knees. "I want you all to hit me until I am rendered unconscious! I am not going to live with the memories of what just transpired!"
"If you insist..." AlforceVeedramon said as they all prepared to swing at Ken's head.
The only thing heard a few moments later was the sound of metal striking rock.
(End theme)
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Unknown Location/YYGDM-01
(Cue Yu-Gi-Oh! 5Ds OST – Mystery)
"So, what do you think, Mistress Psyren? Can these new cards help us?" Dragoon addressed the woman, who had changed from her prostitute disguise and was garbed in a full leather black bodysuit complete with black shades.
She nodded at the images he, Zealoss, and Grapplo showed her.
"I think so, and thanks to the data I've gotten from Jaden we should be able to create a dimensional portal to those other worlds to get reinforcements," Psyren scanned the pictures of the new cards while removing her blonde wig, revealing her natural curly orange hair. "Still, these Synchro monsters, which the Duelists from the future use, we require more data on them. If he is to be pleased, I know the data we got on the Seal should suffice, but that man is sometimes hard to read." She said before thinking. That Kensuke boy. He had more Synchros if I recall what that girl Lyn said. Someday he and I shall duel.
Just then, Psyren's cell rang, prompting her to answer. As she conversed with her employer on the other line, she smirked and closed her cell. "And here I was just mentioning that man just now. Well, guess what? That was him."
The ex-Paradais Knights turned to her and shrugged.
"Yes, and?" Dragoon said.
"You've waited long enough. I think it's about time I take you to meet your new employer, Mr. Cain Bearer."
(End theme)
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Chaosblazer's A/N: And there ya have it, Ken needs some brain bleach after the opening segment (Which I didn't do, Kanius can elaborate more on that), but at least he didn't go down alone (Kaiba got a boner...). Ken won't be using the Galaxy Eyes cards much due to the obvious reason of Kaiba wanting them, and of course Lyn reminds him to not use Synchros in official duels. Rest assured this isn't the last time you'll see him bust out Clear Wing, but it might be a while all the same.
Now XYZ monsters are properly incorporated into the YYDGM-01 time line. Ken's got a new Zexal-style Duel Disk, and Yusei's got a new toy as well in Stardust Warrior.
Speaking of Duelists, we see what the ex-Paradias triad has been up to. Me and Kanius agreed on their punishment, you can be assured they will be back as will their mistress, Lady Psyren.
As for my next project, it's back to my triple S story for a side story revolving around Ken and the d3's post D-reapers fury.
That's all from me, now it's Kanius turn, peace out readers.
My A/N: Yes, as already mentioned, I wrote the opening scene of the Kuipers and Ken meeting Vivian and Miho. At this point, those two are the only ones who haven't had their former memories restored. Just having Ken appear was enough to jog those old past memories. It was kinda Chaos' idea to have those two fully remember everything (yes, even to the point of Vivian/Haumea recalling that infamous instance of seeing Ken in his birthday suit, but really the naked Ken part was my idea for comedy's sake). Wonder what will happen if/when Tyra and Vivian cross paths? Should make for some heated exchanges.
Tidbit: The Inuit name is derived from the indigenous people living in the Arctic regions of Greenland, Canada, and Alaska, and according to their folklore Sedna is their Goddess of the Ocean. I think its fitting.
Ok, as for why there's still Orichalcos cards left, Cain was given three by Dartz (before he passed on during Waking the Dragons arc) as tokens. But, since Cain has no interest in dueling, he's sealed them in storage until he finds someone worthy to use them. Enter Lady Psyren, who's identity has been revealed here, as she returns under the employment of Cain's services. Psyren decided to take it upon herself to test an Orichalcos card for Cain as a demonstration and just so happened to pick Richard as a guinea pig. What of the remaining two Orichalcos cards? They're now in Psyren's possession, and according to what me & Chaos have planned, they will be used by Psyren and Grapplo. And so far there may come another Gaiden entry that will cover this. All I can say is that Psyren only intends to use her Orichalcos card outside dueling purposes.
Photondramon/NeoPhotondramon is a Digimon based on Photon Dragon from Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal, and Chaosblazer's Digimon Expy. The fact the Tamers and some others recognize him is because they've guest starred in a couple of Accel Stream chapters to have seen Photondramon. It'd make sense for them to put two and two together when recognizing their similar designs.
Yusei and Vivian both receive new cards courtesy of Kensuke; the latter will no doubt seek her revenge on Rebecca. Kensuke is sure a giving kind of guy (but helps him get a certain Asian duelist/Kuiper off his back).
And of course, I also wrote the brief scene of Lance and Larry sending the Grandras off. This may, or may not, be the last time we see the Grandras, but if Chaos is up for more duel writing they may come back. But, nothing set in stone.
Anyway, hope you enjoyed this two-part arc. Glad I had something to keep Gaiden running. Thanks for the submission, Chaos. And if you have any idea/suggestions for a Gaiden entry, feel free to tell me, but I can't make any promises to write for you (and with my work load, don't think I can do anything I want at anytime).
Until the next entry, stay cool.