Chapter 5
(Jack POV)
After that huge explosion I then saw Shantae start running down the street to source of the explosion and as I stared at Shantae suddenly I felt this strange urge. It was like it was telling me to help her, to protector her. Then as if I was on auto pilot, I then dropped me bags and started to follow Shantae.
"Hey where are going" Sky shouted at me
"I have no idea" I shouted back and kept on running
Little did I know is that in me duel box there was a faint glow and that glow was going to help both Shantae and me.
(Time Skip)
After hours of running Shantae finally stopped at last at what looked like docks.
"Oh man, you sure can run fast" I said bending over trying to catch my breath
Shante then spun around looking ready fight until she saw me her eyes went wide with shock.
"JACK! What are you doing here it's dangerous" Shantae said?
"How right you are" a voice said
When I turned my head toward the source of the sound what I saw was really strange. It looked the top part of a pirate ship strapped onto of large sea monster. On the deck of the ship there were tons of short black creatures with red bandanas and wearing red pants and on the bow of the ship stood a woman with a very skimpy pirate outfit. She had white colored skin and wore a classic pirate hat, she also wore a skull shaped chest piece of some kind that was cut off from the top of stomach and showed a bit of her cleavage and also a pair of black pants with a bone lining around the waist and held up by a brown belt with a pistol strapped to her side.
"Who is that?" I asked
"Risky Boots, you pick worst times to attack my town" Shantae shouted at the women now named Risky Boots
She then gave hardy laugh brushing off Shantae's comment aside.
"Oh please, what's so important that my attack can wait" Risky said in a mocking tone she then turned her head and then laid eyes on me.
"Oh, I see so who's your new boyfriend" Risky asked
Hearing that statement caused my brain to shut down while Shante face turned bright red.
"He is not my boyfriend, he's just a friend and beside that none of your business" Shantae shouted shaking off her embarrassment.
"We'll see" Risky said with a snicker
"Now are we going throwdown Risky because I'd very much like to get back to my day" Shantae said with determination on her face.
Risky then let out another laugh and jumped down from her ship and landed on the docks.
"Oh, we'll "throw down" Shantae but it will be a little bit different today" Risky said
This made Shantae very confused "what do mean?" she asked
Risky then turned her ship "Men!" she yelled then one of the small black creatures ran to the side of the boat and throw to Risky what look like a purple duel disk. She grabbed it and attached to her arm.
"I know how much you love to duel, and since I'm feeling in a sporting mode how about a wager" Risky said in a sly tone
"What do have in mind Risky?" Shantae asked
"Well since you asked if you win, I'll leave town as I always do, but if you lose, I take over your little town" Risky said with a smug grin
I stared in shock at this, not only was this a risky bet but it's also shifty too, and if there anything I know about pirates they are really sneaky.
"Shantae don't agree to this, this a trick I know it." I said but all Shantae did was take out her duel disk and attached to her arm.
"Well If it means getting rid of you easier that's fine be me, get ready Risky" she said
"You're seriously go along with this!?" I shouted in disbelief
"Trust me Jack, I battle Risky all the time this will be no different" Shantae said with confidence
'Aw man, I am sure this a trap I wish I can help her' I thought until all of sudden there was glow coming from my deck box which caught my eye, I then flip the top open and found two glowing cards that weren't there before.
'Where did these come from, but they look like' I thought looking at them for a while until it clicked.
"Shantae wait, I said causing her look at me "if your going to face her, you should try these." I said handing her the cards. She then took the cards and gave them a once over until her eyes widen in surprise.
"These are…" she started to say until Risky cut in.
"Stop stalling you brat and let's do this." Risky said sounding a little bit agitated
Shantae then placed the new cards in her extra deck and activated her duel disk as well as Risky.
"All right Risky I'm Ready-2-Go" she said inserting her deck
"Then get ready to lose brat" Risky said inserting her deck
"Let's Duel"
(Shantae:8000)
(Risky:8000)
'Good luck Shantae' I thought as the duel commenced.
(Shante POV)
"Now to decide who goes first how about we flip a coin" Risky said showing me a gold coin
"Fine if means beating you" I said
"Very well then" Risky said and flipped the coin and as fast as it came up if went back down to Ricky's opened hand and then slapped on the back of her other hand, "now Head or tails?" she asked
"I chose Tails" I said then Risky lifted her hand and little out a snicker.
"Sorry it's heads" she said showing me the coin
"Fine, just make it quick" I said feeling very anxious
"Well if you're in a hurry to lose why should stop you" Risky and picked a card from her hand, "To start my turn I will summon Hammer Shark" she said then out of the water came a black skin shark with a hammer for it head and two eyes on both sides.
(Hammer Shark/Atk:1700 Def:1500/LV:4)
"Yikes that is one mean looking shark" I said backing away from the hungry looking shark.
"Well if you think that bad just wait because I activate my Hammer Shark's effect by reducing level by one, I can summon a level three or below fish monster from my hand." Risky said as her monsters level decreased.
(Hammer Shark/LV:3)
"So now I summon Big Jaws" she said as another viscous shark monster appeared with huge mouth lined with metal and blade for its top fin.
(Big Jaws/Atk:1800 Def:300/LV:3)
"Now get ready Shantae for a shark attack because I now I Overlay my level three Big Jaws and Hammer Shark" Risky said as the two-monster turned into blue lights and flew into a giant galaxy like portal.
(AN: I'm going with the original xyz summoning animation because the new xyz animation in Vrains is just barley new I bet not a lot people have saw yet, also it really hard to describe.)
"Now say hello to Number 47: Nightmare Shark" Risky announced has her monster appeared from the portal, it looked a shark with a long snake like tail and two large blades for its arms and a big red 47 on it fin.
(Number 47: Nightmare Shark/ Atk:2000 Def:2000/Rank:3)
'Oh boy that shark looks hungry' I thought staring at the monstrosity before me
"Since that is done, I'll lay one card face down your move" Risky said as a face down appeared
"Alright then it's my turn, I draw" I said drawing my card, I then looked down at my hand to see what I should do 'that oversized fish is pretty strong so better find away to cook it' I thought then I got an Idea.
"Alright Risky get ready because I'm going turn that fish into sushi so I'll start by playing polymerization" I said garbing two of my cards from my hand, "now I'll fuse together my Elemental Hero Nercoshade and Sparkman together" I said as the two-monster fused together.
"Now I summon Elemental Hero-Dark Bright" I said as my new Hero appeared featuring a pair of golden metal wings with a black and red suit with black lighting crackling off him.
(Elemental HERO-Darkbright/ Atk: 2000 Def:1000/LV:6)
"Alright time to fry that fish, Darkbright attack Nightmare Shark" I commanded as my Hero charged forward with a lighting ball in hand.
"Not so fast you brat I activate my trap Negate Attack" Risky said as her trap flipped up creating a barrier around her monster protecting it.
"Darn, almost had you but for now I set one card face down and end my turn" I said placing a facedown.
"My turn then" Risky said drawing her next card and smirking, "now I activate the spell Aqua Jet which gives my shark 1000 more attack points.
Then her monster gained two twin turbine propellers on each side of its body.
(Number 47: Nightmare Shark/ Atk:3000)
"Next I activate my sharks' effect by using one overlay unit now my shark can attack you directly this turn" Risky said as her shark ate one of the small blue orbs orbiting it.
'uh oh this going to sting' I thought
"Now Nightmare Shark attack Shantae directly" Risky said as the shark charged forward and dodged Darkbright and went start for me. I then crossed my arms over my chest as the shark then raised one of its blade arms and gave a big swing sending me flying.
(Shantae:5000)
"Hahaha, I think that's enough punishment for now so I'll end my turn" Risky said with smug grin
I then started to push myself up onto my feet ignoring the ach in my body from that hard landing.
"Hey Shantae are you okay" Jack shouted at me
"Yeah I'm fine" I replied as I turned back toward Risky, 'but really I'm not, the duel just started and I just lost 3000 life points already I better hope I can turn this around' I thought placing my fingers on my top card.
"Alright then its my turn, I draw" I said, I then at me card feeling a little bit happy at my luck, "Hey Risky time to sink that fish of yours" I shouted at her.
"Oh, please your monster can't destroy my monster" Risky said
"Not this one no but I know what can, but first I need some assistance" I said as a ghostly image of Nercoshade appeared behind me, "since Necroshade is in my graveyard I can now summon a high level elemental hero from my hand without a cost so here comes Elemental HERO- Bladedge" I said as a golden armored warrior appeared with two blades on each of his arms.
(Elemental HERO-Bladedge/Atk:2600 Def:1800/LV:7)
"All of that to summon another weakling, what was even the point of that move" Risky said with a board expression
"Watch and learn, now I play the spell H-Heated Heart" She said as the blue H appeared and was absorbed into Bladedge powering it up.
(Elemental HERO-Bladedge/Atk:3100)
"Now Bladedge slice and dice her shark" I command as the hero rushed forward, blades extended, and sliced into Ricky's monster making it vanish in cloud of yellow particles.
(Risky:7900)
"Next up Darkbright attack Risky directly" I said as said monster rushed forward at blasted Risky with a blast of black lighting.
(Risky:5900)
"Now since Darkbright attacked he had to go in defense mode but that's okay because you one less monster short so I end my turn and since I did Bladedge's attack boost ends as well" I said as my hero powered down.
Risky then started to fume and her faced contorted in anger at this seeing her lead demolished like that in one go like that.
"You pay for that you Half-Genie brat, my turn" she said and drew her card, "Now I activate Pot of Greed" she said and drew two cards she then had wicked smile on her face.
"I hope your ready Shantae because this is going to hurt, a lot" Risky said
'I don't like the sound of that' I thought
"First I activate the spell Surface to summon back a level 3 or lower fish type monster in defense position, so come on back, Big Jaws" Risky said as the metal mouthed shark appeared in defense position.
(Big Jaws/Atk:1800 Def:300/LV:3)
And since I summoned a fish type monster, I can also summon this guy Shark Stickers" she said as smaller fish appeared with a flat disk on his head.
(Shark Stickers/Atk:200 Def:1000/LV:3)
'A pair of level three monsters, she going for another rank three XYZ monster" I thought
"Then I summon Saber Shark" Risky said as a new shark appeared, this one with a large blade on its nose
I then stared in shock at this 'what is that thing for, its level doesn't even match the others" I thought
"Now I activate its effect to raise both Big Jaws and Shark Stickers levels by one" Risky said as said monster levels increase from three to four.
"uh oh, three level four monster I don't like where this is going" I said
"trust me, you won't cause now I'm overlaying all three of my monsters" Risky said as the three sharks turned into blue light beams and flew into the newly made galaxy portal.
"now prepare to meet the king of deep, the beast of the sea, say hello to Number 32: Shark Drake" Risky shouted as out of the portal came a large red shark like creature appeared with two large fins and standing on two legs.
(Number 32: Shark Drake/ Atk: 2800 Def: 2100/ Rank:4)
"Yikes, that thing puts a megalodon to shame" I shouted as that thing let out a guttural roar
"And better believe his going take bite out of you, now Shark Drake attack Bladedge with Deep Sea Destruction" Risky ordered as the giant man shark came charging at Bladedge then it started to gather energy in its maw let loose a stream of water at Bladedge destroying him.
(Shantae: 4800)
"Ha. you'll have to try harder then that Risky" Shantae said, then Risky let out an evil giggle.
"Oh, I plan to, I activate Shark Drake's effect by using an overlay unit I revive the monster I just destroyed back on your field but 1000 less attack points" Risky said as Shark Drake consumed one of its glowing orbs and opened a portal and Bladedge appeared looking weaker.
(Elemental HERO-Bladedge/Atk:1600 Def:1800/LV:7)
'That's weird why would she give me back my monster…unless' Shantae thought until something clicked
"That's right, Shark Drake can now attack it again!" Risky shouted as her monster charged in and shot a stream of water destroying my hero again sending me flying a few feet.
(Shantae:3600)
"Shantae! Are you okay?" Jack shouted
"Peachy" I replied weakly and picked my self up with a groan, "Alright my turn Risky, I draw" I said as I drew my card.
"Alright Now I activate the spell Graceful Charity so I draw three and discard two" I said as I did, "then I activate the trap Dis-Graceful Charity now the cards I discard come back to my hand" I stated as the cards popped out of the graveyard.
'Let's see here the cards I just drew are Vison HERO- Vyon, Elemental Hero Avian and De-Fusion' I thought looking at my cards.
'I could try to summon Flamewing Man but he doesn't have enough attack points to beat Shark Drake or I could try to summon Shining Flare Wingman but Sparkman is in the graveyard' I thought as my face scrunched up in angry 'what should I do' I thought until something clicked
'The cards Jack gave me' I thought and looked at my screen to see the monsters effect, after reading them and seeing how they work my plan was under way.
"Alright, Risky here's my comeback" I said determination driving me.
(Que: Dance through the Danger)
"First, I summon Vision HERO – Vyon" I said as a purpled armored hero with multiply orbs on him appeared.
(Vision Hero -Vyon/ Atk:1000 Def:1200/LV:4)
"And when this guy is summoned, I can send one HERO monster from my deck to my graveyard so send my Shadow Mist which activates her effect which lets me add a new HERO from my deck to my hand so I add Burstinatrix" I said as I my card popped out of my deck
"Next I activate Vyon's other effect, by banishing a HERO from my graveyard I can add a Polymerization from my deck to my hand" I said as I removed Shadow Mist and added a new Polymerization
"Are trying to fusion summon again? Well it's pretty much pointless because your extra monster zone is full already" Risky stated with a smirk
"Don't think I don't remember Risky that's why I have this, De-Fusion" I said playing said card
"What!" Risky shouted
"Now I return my Dark Bright to my extra Deck and summon back Sparkman and Necroshade from my graveyard" I said as Dark Bright turned into yellow particles and reformed into the two previous Hero's
(Elemental HERO-Sparkman/ Atk:1600 Def:1400 /LV:4)
(Elemental HERO-Necroshade/ Atk:1600 Def:1800 /LV:5)
"Not bad brat, but those weaklings are to weak to take down Shark Drake, so what was the point of that move" Risky said
(Pause Music)
I then looked down at my duel disk, pacifically the extra deck area, with confidence in my eyes.
'Alright let's see what these new cards can do' I thought and took a deep breath.
(Resume Music)
"Appear circuit of hope" I shouted, and just like Jack blue lighting shoot out of my hand and flew into the sky and created the same square circuit
"Impossible!?" Risky shouted surprise
"woah!" Jack shouted in surprise
"The summoning condition are two HERO monsters so I set Vision HERO- Vyon and Elemental HERO- Necroshade in the link arrows" I shouted as the two heroes turned into colored tornado and filled the top and bottom arrows
"I link summon, link 2, Xtra HERO Wonder Driver" I shouted as my new hero emerged from the circuit.
He wore a sort of techno like clothing with a visor over his eyes and he was holding a long golden rod with a gold circle at the end holding a blue orb in middle.
(Xtra HERO Wonder Driver/Atk: 1900/↑↓)
"A link monster!? How did you a link monster!?" Risky shouted at me with anger and shock on her face
I then gave her smirk looked over my shoulder at Jack, "from a friend" I said as Jack gave me a thumbs up.
"Now back to the duel Risky I now activate Polymerization and fuse my Avion and Burstinatrix together to form, my favorite hero, Elemental HERO-Flame Wingman" I said as the two heroes fused to form my ace.
(Elemental HERO-Flame Wingman/ Atk: 2100 Def:1200/LV:6)
"So, what he can't beat Shark Drake" Risky said
"Not Yet he can't, but first my new hero Wonder Drivers effect activates, when a monster summoned to his link arrow, I can set one Fusion card from graveyard on the field" I said as Wonder Driver's staff glowed and Polymerization appeared on my field
"Next, I'm going to activate the spell I just placed on the field, Polymerization, and fuse Flame Wingman and Sparkman and create the one and only Elemental Hero- Shining Flare Wingman" I shouted as m new appeared.
He looked like Flame Wingman but he didn't have the dragon arm, he also wore sliver glowing armor and sliver wings and sliver visor over his face.
(Elemental Hero- Shining Flare Wingman/Atk: 2500 Def:2100/LV:8)
"And as you know Risky my Flare Wingman gains 300 attack points for each Elemental Hero in my graveyard, so with six in my graveyard that equals…" I said as Flare Wingman powered up.
(Elemental Hero- Shining Flare Wingman/Atk: 4300)
"4300 attack points!?" Risky shouted
"You bet now Flare Wingman attack Shark Drake" I commanded as Flare Wingman launched a ball of energy at Shark Drake causing the monster into particles.
(Risky:4400)
"And there's more when my Wingman destroys a monster, he deals you damage equal to your monster Attack points" I said as Flare Wingman landed in front of her and his light intensified dealing her damage.
"Ahhhh!" Risky shouted taking the damage
(Risky:1600)
"Alright now to finish you off, Wonder Driver attack Risky directly and end this duel" I shouted as Wonder Driver shot out a blast of energy from his staff sending Risky flying and dropping her life points to zero.
(Risky:0)
(End Music)
"Your beat Risky, now hold up your end of the bargain and get lost" I said pointing an accusing finger at her
Risky pushed her sleeve up from off the ground gave her best sneer "you may have beaten me your half-Genie brat but next time well fight with more then just cards she said and jumped back on to her ship and sped away.
I then let out a long breath and deactivate my duel disk.
"Shantae you were amazing out there, and you pulled off that link summon perfectly" Jack said
"Thanks, but really if you haven't given me those cards I would have lost for sure" I said as Jack looked away bashfully
"Oh, it was nothing" he said scratching his neck as I smiled
"Well, since that is over how about I show where you'll be staying" I asked
"oh yeah thanks again for this" He said
"no problem, what are friends for, just follow me" I said walking away from the docks with following from behind.
But as we walked, I couldn't help but take a look at the Wonder Driver card, and as I looked at it, I couldn't help but yet this warm feeling inside me. Filling me up with happiness. An I couldn't help but smile and bask in this happiness knowing without Jack I couldn't have saved my town and that thought made me even happier.