Hey everyone, Poke'boy24 back with the next Chapter of Duelist Loud as this will be a short chapter just to give you all a heads up as there won't be any Dueling but more about what's been happening back home with everyone in Royal Woods as well our Main Trio sharing a bit about each other's past as well why they're here in Duelist Kingdom.
And like clock-work before we get to the Story, let get to the Reviews.
AsashiOfSapphire: What part of ROOKIE or NEWBIE don't you understand?
Lincoln is NOT being weak, he's a BEGINNER Duelist and if you had actually watched the Animes, played the Games, or even read the Mangas then you would know that the Main Characters don't ALWAYS win as they also have their own share of loses.
Plus Lincoln had only been in FOUR Duels so far so how is by any logic mean he's weak?
If anything I think what you think is weak, and what I think is weak, are two completely different things since there's an old saying like 'You CAN'T win them all' or 'You LEARN from your MISTAKES to BETTER yourself in the FUTURE' so don't go around calling people 'weak' if YOU never experience a lost yourself.
Claircrystal: Winning? Winning at what exactly?
What I'm doing is basic Story Building since the Main Characters CAN'T be overpowered or win every single time.
Also the Sisters AREN'T even in this Tournament so what makes you think that they're winning?
Gamelover41592: Thanks, I figured that having a Deck Bio would be easier to help in planning future Duels.
Mr. Haziq: It's not that he has too many Spell Cards, it's more like pairing which Equip Spell to which Monster.
Remember in the Original Series Joey's Deck was made of just Monster Cards before he learned that also having Spells and Traps can be supportive or in the 5D Flashback when Yusei lost to Jack and he commented about how his Deck wasn't balanced?
The point is that Every Duelist has a different style that can revolve around a lot of things like Power, Defense, Chance, Swarming the Field, Deck Destruction, Damage Dealing, etc.
Killerbull55858: No, the Girl isn't Azula, but you'll find out in this Chapter.
Remember that I DON'T own Loud House or Yugioh in any way except for my OCs as well Lincoln's Deck.
Also I wanted to point out that this Story takes place before Ronnie Anne's Family moved to Great Lake City as well before entering Middle School just to clear things up.
Now let get onto the Story!
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(Chapter 8: What's down is Hometown)
After finding a place to settle in for the night, Lincoln, Trek, and Stephan were sitting around the campfire provided by the older Boy of the trio.
"Wow Stephan, I didn't know you knew how to cook what's grows in the Forest." Lincoln said surprised as the Middle Schooler had made them since the only Food he had packed her Energy Bars and Crackers along with a couple Water-bottles.
"Well my Family has a knack for Foresting for Food that grows in Nature as long as you know what is and isn't safe to eat." Stephan simply said as he had gathered some Wild Berries and Potatoes slicing and cooking the latter on a Skillet while blending and boiling the former into a juice.
"Now this is what I call Camping since the last camping trip I been on was a terrifying disaster." Trek imputed shivering at the thought of his last camp out involving a Wild 'Animal' attack, a 'Robotic' Hunter, and a Middle-aged Highschool Teacher with his Shirt off.
"I hear that but it's kind of nice just to enjoy the Outdoors for once." Lincoln said as he took a breath to enjoy the calm atmosphere as this was better than his last Camping trips where he abused the luxury when his Sisters tried to bribe his vote for a tie-breaker on where they should go, wasted another trip panicking about what Lucy predicted his future that day, and where him and Clyde gotten lost on that Weekend retreat when he thought he had lost his Manliness.
"Well since we got some time before the Potatoes are done, how about we kill the time by sharing a bit about ourselves?" Trek suggested since he knew they were from different parts of the States.
"Hard pass." Stephan interjected crossing his arms as he wasn't in the mood to talk about his past.
"Suit yourself Stephan." Lincoln said slugging his shoulders before turning to the Red head as they both began sharing a bit about themselves.
/ / /Royal Woods, Mcbride House/ / /
"WHOA! ! ! Now that's what I call a one-two knockout!" Clyde exclaimed as him and his friends were watching Lincoln's recorded Duel against that Jerk who tore up three other Kids Decks on their Computers.
"{Wow-wee that there Beetle charged him down like our Goat when she sees a Tin can.}" Liam said seeing the Older Boy literally flying through the air.
"{If Insects were that size, I sure wouldn't want to be the one they steps on.}" Zach added just shuddering at the thought of him being squash under a giant Insect's foot.
"{What happened? I was distracted by the cute Girls as well the lovely Lady Monsters they were using.}" Rusty stated as he was watching a different Duel between two Girls both around their age-range.
Bing-bing~ Bing-bing~
The sound of the Computers binging caught all their attention as they saw the notification of new Duel Videos uploaded at the end of the first day.
"Hmm… I wonder what these new videos will be about?" Clyde questioned before seeing the latest list of recent Matches before noticing his best Bud's name on one of them. "Hey guys check this out. Look like Lincoln been in another Duel today." He said as he clicked and shared the Video with the trio of Red/Orange hair Boys as they began watching the recording.
/ / /Royal Woods, Loud House/ / /
"Aw man, and when that Kid used this swirly Card to mix that Ox-man and the Horse-man into a Half Ox/Half Horse-man Monster was so awesome when that Beast-man brought his Axe down upon that Robot-man and shatter that guy to dozens of pieces causing that other Guy's Life points to drop to Zero was just Wow!" Lana exclaimed excitedly stepping up on the Dinner-table mimicking the final play of one of the Duels she had watched on her Tablet stepping on Lynn, Luna, and Lola's plates launching food onto their faces.
"Dude, I know you're all excited from watching those Vids. But can you not rise up and hit us like a Hurricane with our grub?" Luna said wiping the food of her face annoyed before Charles jumped up and began licking the Gravy off her face.
"Yeah Lana, you know it take hours to get all these Peas and Mash-potatoes out of my hair!" Lola growled glaring at her Twin grad she skipped the Gravy otherwise it would have stained her Gown.
"I don't see what you're so excited about since that dumb game is a giant load since it isn't real!" Lynn said irritated as she was angry that some of her Sisters had been yakking on and on about that stupid Card game made by that Silver haired Fruitcake.
"Actually Lynn, the Card game is very much real but had been taken to new heights of increased excitement by using a series of Light wave molecules controlled by an imaging projection device to scan and produce the Holographic Physic of the Cards printed imagery." Lisa said getting everyone to look at her confused not having a single clue of what she just said getting her to sigh. "They use Hologram projectors to make the Cards look more Life-like and exciting whenever they're placed on one of the slots." She said dumbing things down a little getting some to awe as they now understand what she had just said.
"The Game thingy is a Project of Hula-hoops and Gram-crackers?" Leni asked even more confused getting those who actually enjoyed watching the game to face-palm.
"That's literally now even close to what she said." Lori said before focusing back on her phone as she was texting with her Friends from the Golf team.
"Either way the McBrides told us that your Brother might be on that Island for a week during the Tournament so-" Lynn Sr. started but was cut off when Lola slammed her hands on the table.
"WHAT?! Lincoln gets to stay on an Island Castle for A WEEK! UGH THAT'S NOT FAIR!" the Pink wearing Sister whined out completely jealous that her Brother gets to stay at a REAL Castle on an Island paradise!
"Lola calm down!" Rita said sternly getting the Pageant Girl to sit back down. "This isn't about what's fair and what isn't, the fact is that your Brother is off on another Island trying something that he might like so we might as well try to be supportive." She said as she was worried that her Son was miles away.
Spending the night at a friend's house sure, a week at a Camp no problem, but a few days on a faraway Island miles away from home? That's a reason to feel worried.
"Don't worry Honey, remember what the McBrides said? If Lincoln loses he would be sent home right away." Lynn Sr. reassured since who knows, maybe their Son is on a boat ride home right now?
/ / /Duelist Kingdom/ / /
"Whoa Man, 10 Sisters?! Now that's a lot of Girls to deal with..." Stephan said spitting out his Juice when the White hair Boy told him and Trek that he was the Middle Child and ONLY Son of his Family.
"Yeah… But even though they can drive me crazy sometimes, I still love them even if get into chaotic fights about the littlest of things." Lincoln said recalling how they fought over everything from a Quarter in the couch cushions to the last slice of Pizza. "But that's why I'm here, to find what I'm good at." He added looking up to the stars above.
"What do you mean by that Lincoln?" Trek asked wondering what his friend was talking about.
Taking in a breath, the Middle Loud Child decided to tell them the reason he was here to begin with. "Back home, my Family has this Trophy case filled with Awards from their achievements from Sports to Pageants, from Science to Music, and even from Comedy to Poetry. Heck, even my Baby-sister Lily has Trophies for Thumb-sucking." He explained getting the older Boy to raise an eyebrow.
"Thumb-sucking? Guess they make a Trophy for anything these days huh?" Stephan asked since he didn't know that they were making achievement awards for Babies now?
"So what kind of Trophies do you have Lincoln?" Trek asked getting the White hair Boy to look down.
"None, the only thing in my Trophy case are Dust-bunnies, Cobwebs, and a mini homemade Trophy but that feels more like a petty prize." He admitted as he had tried a lot of the things his Sisters were good at but no dice as he had nearly won that Video Contest with those funny and embarrassing clips of his Sisters following Luan's advice but she never told him about asking permission to post those clips since it was an 'Unspoken' rule of Comedy as he posted embarrassing clips of himself to get them all to forgive him but in the end he still lost to a Hamster running on its wheel. "So even if I don't make to the Tournament Championships, I would still enjoy playing this game win, or lose." He added with a small smile so even though his still had so much to learn about Duel Monsters, he would still just enjoy the game.
"That's some mature stuff Lincoln, most Rookies would have just up and quit after so many loses since the important thing is that you keep playing to learn from your mistakes, as well to improve yourself in the future even if you don't win a Prize at the end." The Middle Schooler said since he had seen so many Duelists just up and quit the Game because they couldn't even get close to one win.
"Speaking of Prize, what are you guy's reasons for being here besides the love of the Game?" Lincoln asked looking towards the more experience players wanting to know what they were here for if they win the whole Tournament.
/ / /Pegasus's Castle, First Finalist's Room/ / /
Sitting within her bed looking out towards the night sky was a Girl who looked to be a Junior in Highschool with a light Tanned skin-tone with short Platinum-blonde hair with a Willows-peak and two little Pigtails tied at the end and three freckles on each of her cheeks under her pretty Blue eyes. Her outfit was a Light-Olive-green Dress with large Dark-blue spots surrounded by Light-blue linings patterned around her Dress along with a Black Bow-tie around the collar and Black Belt around her waist that seems to draw attention her her slender Country-Girl-like figure as she also wore Black Flats on her feet.
Picking up her Deck from the Bed-table she looked at it before looking back at the stars. 'Soon, soon I will finally be normal.' The Girl thought as she has to win that Prize money so she could develop her own Lab and equipment that'll be needed for a personal project of hers.
/ / /Royal Woods, Santiago House/ / /
"WHOA! Okay now that was a close one." Ronnie Anne exclaimed as she watch a Duel between a Teenage Surfer and an Adult Woman as the Woman had her Fire Pegasus Monster attack him directly and take him out but he manage to stop the attack with a facedown Card that canceled the attack as well changing the Woman's Pegasus to Defense position.
After watching the last couple of Duels she thought that maybe she should give it a try since it looks pretty fun.
"This Card game looks so much fun! Maybe I should make my own Deck and maybe challenge Lame-O to a Duel when he gets back." She said to herself as she now have to figure out where to buy a Starters Pack since they don't sell them in Town yet.
/ / /Duelist Kingdom/ / /
"Whoa! Seriously your Family is going to lose their house?!" Lincoln exclaimed as he and Stephan were wide eyed in complete shock at what the Red hair Boy just told them.
"Yep, my Family been having some financial trouble since my Uncle investment to the Mayor's Construction project to a Mega-Mall went bust so unless we could build up the funds, the Bank is going to take away everything." Trek said since his Family owns a small local chain of Department Stores and his Uncle closed up his share of them to invest in the Mall's construction but the strangest thing is that his Uncle doesn't even remember investing in the project, much less hearing about it which makes it sound like he was processed or something.
Either way, his Family needs the funds as they were now down to only two Stores left and there were a lot of Big Corporations just barging to buy them up so they could demolish them for their own chain of businesses.
"Wow, and I thought my Family had it rough." Lincoln said looking down since what he plan for the Prize money now feels a little selfish since with Trek's Family chain of Businesses closing down left so many people without a job to help support their Families. Sure their House is a fixer-upper along with Vanzilla being long overdue for some repairs as well as using hand-me-downs from older family members, the White hair Boy saw that Trek's reason for being here were far more noble since his plan for the prize money will be helping a lot of people.
"Tough man, but I'm not here for the Money since I'm only here to reclaim what was once mine." Stephan said getting the two younger Boys to look towards him and asked what his reason was. "My reason is personal okay, but I'll just say this. The thing I wanted to reclaim, is that it was my Dad's as well the last thing he gave me, before he passed." He said sadly looking up towards the starry night as both Lincoln and Trek decided not to push the matter forwards since he didn't want to talk about the early departure of a relative.
After what felt like hours of silent, Lincoln decided to finally speak. "Hey Trek, think you can teach me a bit more about Equip Cards?" he asked getting the Red head Boy to nod before moving over to a nearby Tree-stump and took out their Decks to begin another lesson before heading to sleep as they have a big day tomorrow as they'll be facing tougher opponents.
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And there it is folks, I told you that this Chapter will be short but now we know the reason why Trek and Stephan are here as I've used some real life scenarios along with what been happening for the past year but both of these Boys reasons involve the same thing, Family and Community since that is what should be important right now since we need to move towards a blighter future and not stay stuck or reliving past events because things are getting crazier and crazier from labeling Classic Cartoon Characters to 'Cultures' as well banning or getting rid of them because of their design or inspiration background.
I may not know everything that's going on, but we all have our own thoughts and opinions of things and that's fine but we shouldn't take that out on other people because in the words of a Movie I know we've all saw, "Sometimes you just have to let go of the past and keep moving forward.", and that is what we all need.
Also now that I've gave a little more detail to our Mystery Girl, whoever can guess her Name and what Nick Series she's from, you'll get to pick which of the three Duels next as well what Field they'll be Dueling on.
See you all next time and remember to stay safe and try to enjoy the little things in life since you'll never know how long you'll have it.
