Chapter 4: The Guile Predator
Didn't think I'd be back so soon, well, I did say that there wouldn't be too much dueling in this one, so that cut down most of the typing. This one is more plot oriented, detailing Yuto and Yugo meeting as well as adding more emotion, both from Yuto and a little from Yuri. I also added a surprise at the end and there are some legacy characters appearing here in the Xyz dimension, so enjoy:)
(Xyz Dimension: Heartland City)
Yugo had to blink a few times to make sure he was seeing right. He didn't know where he was at all. The city he was in was absolutely devastated, almost like a battleground. Not knowing what else to do, he got back on his D – Wheel and rode through the city, praying that he'd find Rin somewhere through the fallen city.
(Elsewhere in Heartland)
Yuto was getting sick and tired of the Obelisk Force and Academia, in fact, he was getting tired of anything to do with Fusion anyway. Ever since Ruri had been kidnapped he wanted nothing more than to find this, Fusion, beat him up, find Ruri, and get her back here. However, it seems that the Obelisk Force had different plans as they bombarded the Resistance left and right, leaving them no time for recovery, let alone to assemble a search party. Currently, he was in a fight with a member of the Obelisk Force (LP: 3300) after bringing down 2 of his comrades. Said duelist smiled arrogantly with his Antique Gear – Ultimate Hound Dog (ATTR:EARTH/LV:9/ATK:2800/DEF:2000) and a facedown, while Yuto (LP:1800) had his Phantom Knights of Fragile Armor (ATTR:DARK/LV:4/ATK:1000/DEF:2000) and Cloven Helm (ATTR:DARK/LV:4/ATK:1500/DEF:500), and it was Yuto's turn.
"With my level 4 Phantom Knights of Fragile Armor, and level 4 Phantom Knights of Cloven Helm, I build the overlay network!" With that said network appeared below him as his monster disappeared as dark photons to call forth his signature card. "Formed from the pitch-black darkness, to fight those foolish enough to oppose it with its treacherous fangs! Now descend! Xyz Summon! Rank 4! Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon!" From the overlay network Yuto's dragon emerged from the darkness, its claws and bladelike jaw ready to fight (ATTR:DARK/RK:4/ ATK:2500/DEF:2000).
The Obelisk Force member laughed, "It seems like Xyz scum can't learn, but your monster's attack points are less than my Hound Dog."
"You're the one who can't learn. The power of an Xyz monster is in its overlay units. Let me show you my dragon's power! By using an overlay unit I can target a level 5 or higher monster, halve its attack power, then increase the power of Dark Rebellion by the power your monster lost, so just in case, I'll use both of mine." With that, Dark Rebellion absorbed both of its overlay unit as its wing open and expand, causing waves of electricity to flow from one orb to another on its wings. The electricity shocked the mechanical hound, sucking its power dry as Dark Rebellion roared, feeling its power rise.
Still, the smug expression on the Obelisk Force member stayed, "Pointless, I activate my Continuous Trap, Fusion Trench. Now only Fusion monsters can attack, so power up your dragon as much as you want it won't matter.
Yuto closed his eyes and sighed, "You still don't understand, I've already won. I activate Fragile Armor's effect from the graveyard, allowing me to banish it to send one "Phantom" Spell or Trap from my deck to the graveyard and draw one card." Yuto then added his new card to his hand.
The Obelisk Force seemed confused, "Are you hoping your new card will save you?"
"No, the card I sent to my graveyard was Phantom Knights of Tomb Shield, and by banishing it from the graveyard I can negate the effect of one face up trap on the field until the end of the turn. I choose to negate Fusion Trench!"
"But that means…" The Obelisk Force trailed off as his trap had a tomblike shield placed on it and was then wrapped up in chains.
"It means that you lose. Now battle Dark Rebellion! Revolt of the Lightning! Disobey!" The dragon's wing glowed blue with electricity as it flew before cutting right through the rusty metal dog with its electrified jaw. It caused an explosion that sent the Obelisk Force duelist flying on top of his comrades (Obelisk Force LP: 0).
Yuto stood over them, barely able to contain his anger. These people attacked them without warning, and in a single day turned his life along with so many others upside down. Many of his old friends like Christopher Arclight had already been carded, and everyday more lives were lost. These people took lives and treated it like a game; they deserved nothing less than death. At the lost moment though, Yuto remembered the words of his dear friend.
(Flashback to 2 months prior)
Yuto was right in the middle of a fight and jumped back when he saw Ruri and Sayaka comforting a small girl and he heard Ruri say…
"No, what these people are doing is wrong. Duels shouldn't be used for war or battle. Dueling is meant to bring smiles and joy to everyone," Ruri turned her head towards Sayaka, "Am I wrong?" Sayaka merely looked away.
Yuto stood quietly, pondering Ruri's words before he went to help some people."
(Present day)
Yuto's arm fell to his sides as he breathed deeply before opening his eyes and staring down the wounded Obelisk Force trio as they tried to rise up. "Get out of here…before I change my mind about sparing you." Without more than a second they vanished, Yuto now looking up as he wondered where Ruri was.
"It's going to be okay, Yuto." A girl with short pink hair over long dark bluish-purple hair stated as she walked towards Yuto, who turned to face her. "We'll find her, no matter what."
Yuto smiled at Luna, one of his childhood friends. She and Ruri hadn't been the best of friends before and during the war, mainly due to their different methods of dueling (though Allen liked to tease that it was because they both liked Yuto and were competing for his attention). However, following learning of Ruri's kidnapping Luna was the first one who voiced assembling a search party to find her. "I know Luna…do you mind if I could walk a bit alone, need some time by myself."
Luna sighed, "Okay Yuto, just make sure you don't get ambushed."
With that, they went their separate paths and Yuto thought about how he had been so close to carding the Obelisk Force. He wanted to tell himself it was justified, but he knew deep down that if he started justifying carding others, he may never stop. "I don't want to hurt others anymore." Yuto, closed his eyes as he clenched his fists, trying to hold back his pain.
"Hold on right there! Don't even try to escape!" A figure said from above him.
Yuto looked up and saw a duelist with a strange motorbike with a white motorcycle suit and white helmet, but what alarmed Yuto was how the man's face was son similar to his own. In the vision he had seen, the individual named Fusion, had his face as well. "Are you with Academia!" He roared. "I heard something about Fusion!"
"Who the hell is Fusion, my name is Yugo. I'm not going to leave until I beat you!" With that the man leaped down on Yuto, activating his duel disk on his motorcycle.
Yuto leaped back and activated his duel disk, "So you are with Academia of Fusion, aren't you!"
"Why don't you listen to people when they talk?!" With that the duel between them commenced.
Unknown to both of them, the true kidnapper was eyeing them from behind a fallen building with a warped grin. Idiots, Yuri thought. If they spent more time listening to each other instead of fighting, they'd realize they'd both been duped. Not that I mind the show. Yuri watched as they summoned their aces, Clear Wing Synchro Dragon and Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon as they clashed, taking notes to prepare for the day he had to duel one or both. Looks like my plan went better than I hoped. Yuri watched as Yuto's fellow Xyz trash arrived to help him, causing Yugo to ride away. Seeing no other reason to remain, Yuri activated Violet Flash to take himself and Rin back to Academia where the Professor was waiting.
Upon his arrival the Professor was speaking to some members of the Obelisk Force before turning to Yuri. "Excellent work Yuri, I was about to send these duelists to aid in the invasion. I'll have them take Rin to the West Tower to be locked up. You may now rest Yuri. You've done a good job.
With a polite bow Yuri walked back to his quarters before he was struck by a vision. Upon opening his eyes he saw himself before a stadium, and found himself uttering these words…
"Swing, pendulum! More and more!" As he drew his card Yuya gasped as he saw 3 cards in his hand shine before the texts on them changing, his Odd-Eyes Dragon now Odd-Eyes Pendulum Dragon! Somehow he knew what must be done!
"I Set the Pendulum Scale with the Scale 1 Magician of Astromancy and the Scale 8 Master of Chronomancy!" The two magicians were placed on his disk which read Pendulum, and they materialized and began to rise up on either side of a pendulum between them.
"With this I can Summon any Monsters between Levels 2 and 7 at the same time! Swing, Pendulum of the Soul! Draw an arc of light across the ether! Pendulum Summon! Come forth! My Monster servants!" With that a strange snake in a hat and a flying swordfish shot out of the pendulum, followed by the birth of a brand new monster. The red dragon of heterochromatic eyes materialized behind the boy and let out a mighty roar. Yuya smiled with confidence, ready to dazzle the audience with a magnificent show and bring smiles to their faces.
Yuri then opened his eyes, punching himself in the gut to make sure he was awake. When he arrived at his quarters, he collapsed onto his bed, less tired and more confused from what he saw. Removing his deck he stared at his dragon. "What was that all about, I thought you said I'd have better control of the visions by now?"
"I don't exactly know what happened myself…or my brother's new appearance." Starve Venom said to him telepathically.
"Well, it won't affect our plan, so I guess there's nothing to worry about." Yuri took off his coat, leaving him in his black T-shirt and pants, before lying down on his beds and mulled over his vision. This Pendulum Summon unheard of to Yuri, but what surprised him the most was the wish he felt from whoever said that. Bringing smiles to others faces. That idea felt so foreign to Yuri he wondered whether or not he heard that, or actually heard something else. However, not long ago, a younger Yuri would've agreed with that in a heartbeat…but he had learned the hard way that wishes like those brought only pain. What was important was the plan; he had succeeded in manipulating Yuto and Yugo into fighting each other, and now they were at each other's throats. With hope, that would convince the Resistance that they wouldn't find help in the Synchro dimension, and too weak to attack Academia, that left only one other alternative, Standard. Yuri couldn't do anything now, all he had left to do was waiting for the right moment, and he would get his prey, he was an expert on patience nowadays. He would wait for now, and his prey would find him, that's when he would strike. Tired, Yuri closed his eyes and allowed sleep to come over him, hopefully to peaceful dreams.
And done. That's all for this chapter. If you remember earlier on I said that I changed something in the duel between Yuri and Ruri. Well, since the duel itself was never seen except that Yuri won, we can speculate what happened there. What changed was that no one witnessed the duel, Sayaka wasn't there this time, so no one knows who took Ruri. The only reason Yuto knew Yuri and he resembled each other was because he saw a flash of Yuri when Dark Rebellion sensed Starve Venom being summoned nearby, and never caught his name. He only knows that "Fusion...was there." So when Yugo, looking for Rin found Yuto and mistook him for Yuri, Yuto mistook him for Yuri and asked him of his connection to Fusion, which Yugo mistook as getting his name wrong, and we know what happens from there. I got the idea to add the Arclight's after reading Frost190's Bonds of Pendulum, which featured the Arclights, fleshing out more of Yuto's character in the process, which I liked. I decided to also add Luna from the Zexal manga mainly because while I wanted to add Shark and Rio, I really didn't feel they could've added that large of an impact, while the ideas I have for Luna will. BTW, Yuto is stuck in a love triangle between Ruri and Luna. Think of that in any way you want. Hope you enjoyed and I can't wait to show you all what's next!
