Leo swore that if this was cartoon he would be breathing fire. There, on his chair, drinking from his cup, was siting Max and some other, unknown adults. They were merely chatting with Yusei, Aki and Luna. Max was siting a little bit too close to his sister and that made the boy even angrier.
"You"
Everyone turned to look at the newcomer. Luna quickly glanced at their guests and at her brother. She quickly understood that things could get ugly fairly quickly. She quickly walked over to her brother before he could say something offending. "Easy tiger, they came here to get to know the neighbors. Max is living in the flat below us" said the girl as she put an arm onto his shoulder. "Then why they decided to visit us first?" growled the boy. She lightly punched him on the shoulder. "Just try to be polite 'kay. I will get you a chair"
"I can get a chair myself" said the boy as he went to his room to get a chair. Luna joined the others at the table. Aki leaned over to the girl and whispered, "Is he alright?"
"And what do you think? We will be lucky if the building would still be standing after this evening" replied the girl. Leo placed the chair between Max and Luna and took a seat. "My name is Leo and what are your names?" asked the boy and despite the fact that the phrase was supposed to be polite it seemed rather rude at the moment. "My name is Daniel, Daniel Ardo and this is my wife Maria Ardo" introduced the man. Then Leo looked at Akiza and Yusei. They suddenly started feeling like two children that have done something bad and are about to get scolded by their parents. Akiza excused herself to go and get some more tee and sweets.
Leo took some time to observe these two adults. The male had short dark hair, broad shoulders and was wearing a tux, he probably just got from his job. The woman had black hair that was cascading down her back and was wearing a yellow dress that almost reached the floor.
"So, Leo, you are studying in the same class as my son" said Daniel. "Yes, I do, so what about it?"
"I am planning on becoming the principal of that Duel Academy and I looked at your marks. Don't you think they are too low?" asked the man. Yusei clenched his fists under the table. He understood that Ardo family was the guest right now, but this guy was going a little bit too far. "Don't you think that my marks are not your business, at least right now" replied the boy. Luna lightly nudged him for being rude.
"Oh, yes, that what happens when there are no man in the house" noted Daniel. Okay, now it was official, Leo hated this family. "I am sorry Mr. Daniel but I think you are wrong. Leo is a better man then most of other could ever be. We don't have the lack of males in this family" said Yusei. "That what you think. As far as I can remember you didn't have a father as well" said the man in a calm tone as he sipped his tea. Yusei had a hard time surpassing a glare while Leo had a murderous look on his face. "Leo, let's go help Akiza with the tea and desert" said the spiky haired man through gritted teeth. Leo nodded and they walked to the kitchen.
"Three on three" said Yusei on their way to the kitchen. "What?" asked the slightly confused boy. "I will take Dan, a nice straight punch to his jaw should cool him down, you will need to take the kid and Aki will get his mother" explained the man. He looked completely serious. "Are they still there?" asked the psychic as the males reached the kitchen. "Yeah and I don't know how to get rid of them in a polite way" said Yusei as he got cookies out of a cupboard. Leo took a bag of candies and placed them into a large glass bowl.
"We could pour some medicine into their tea" suggested the boy. "Leo, you are losing touch. You usually come up with something more… bizarre" said Aki with a small smile. "Hey it is classic and I am a tad bit too angry at the moment to come up with something more interesting" said the boy. The group entered the living room. They put on fake smiles and sat down.
The Ardo family was merely chatting with Luna which kind of surprised Leo. He was surprised that Luna had enough patience to speak with these people. The thought made Leo smirk for a second. The evening continued to slowly drag along.
"Are those your flowers, miss Akiza" asked Maria. "Yeas, they are mine" replied the red haired woman. "Oh they are in such poor state. They definitely need some care, as all the things in this house" she said the last part in a whisper but everyone still heard her. Now even Luna was starting thinking that this evening should end as quickly as possible. "I am sorry Mr. Mrs. Ardo but me and Leo need to do our homework" said the girl with a polite smile. "Don't worry Luna. With your grades you can skip one homework and one more homework won't help your brother" said Daniel. "We have an important test tomorrow and we need to prepare for it" continued the girl. She didn't want to have a fight today, especially with this family. Max was rather sweet… compared to his parents. "I can make an arrangement for you to get the max grade" said the dark haired man. Luna was starting to run out of ideas.
Yusei's phone rang and the man picked it up. "Yes… We can… What?! We will be there in a few" the duelist put his phone down. "Some strange guys are harassing Sector's Security main office. Crow and Trudge need our help" said Yusei. He had a hard time surpassing a sigh of relief. Leo, Akiza and Luna stood up and headed to the door. "Maybe we can help you" suggested Daniel. "I think we can manage" said Yusei as he already exited the flat. The Ardo family also left the flat. The signers and Leo left the building. Aki and Yusei took their bikes and rode to the Sector Security along with the twins.
Only now they noticed that the city was terribly quiet. There were no people on the streets at all, which was strange for such city.
Once they reached Sector's Security main office they saw a rather bizarre sight. The building was being besieged by knights, as strange as it sounds. People dressed in iron armor were fighting the police, and it looked like the knights were wining. "I think someone needs to tell these guys that it is not Halloween" joked the teal haired boy. The group got of the duel runners and put on their duel discs. "Okay. Me an Aki are going to try to clear the way for the security. I want to say to you to stay here" said Yusei as he looked at the twins, "… but I know that you won't listen, so make sure there won't be any reinforcements for these knights"
"Yes sir" said the twins as they pretended to salute to Yusei. The man let out a chuckle and ruffled their hair. He and Aki went to help the security while the twins went to the road to block any possible reinforcements.
Aki and Yusei were tearing through the knights. It was really hard for the regular human to challenge a signer. Black Rose Dragon and Stardust Dragon were flying above the battlefield. It really looked like a scene from a fairy tale where brave knights were challenging the evil sorcerers that lived with the dragons, although the roles were reversed right now.
The twins weren't quite bored as well. They had to wait only a little bit before four knights appeared on the street. They were rushing to aid their comrades. "Where do you think you're going?" asked Leo as he blocked the way for them. "Out from our way, boy. We need to help our allies" said one of the knights in overly dramatic way. "Oh really? Make me" challenged the boy. The knight got out his sword. Leo was surprised to see that it was real, made out of metal and sharp. The knight swung the sword but Leo easily dodged it. He grabbed knight's arm with his left hand and pulled the man closer to him, the he delivered a powerful hit to the jaw with his elbow. The boy was much stronger then he looked. He managed to knock out the man with that one hit. His comrades charged at the teal haired duelist. Leo quickly looked around himself to find a place where he could dodge, but the foes were coming from all directions. He couldn't dodge all the blades.
Leo shielded his face and prepared for the strike but it never came. Luna grabbed the sword that was lying on the ground and blocked all the strikes. It looked quite strange for such small fragile looking girl to deflect the strikes of grown up men, but she had noted a few years ago that she was starting to grow stronger after the events with Dark Signers and Aporia, maybe it had something to do with the fact that she was a signer and Crimson Dragon was giving her the strength to protect people that were dear to her.
"Looks like they do teach something at that Kendo class that you are attending" said the boy to his sister. The knights snapped out of their shocks and continued their assault on the twins. Leo took the two of them on. He easily dodged a strike from the first one and pushed him onto his comrade. They stumbled and collapsed to the ground. The boy wasted no time and knocked them out with their own swords. It was strange how in two years he became such a good fighter. Even he was sometimes surprised by what he could do in a heat of battle. He and Luna did spend almost a year in the Satellite, helping in restoring it and they did come across several gangs there, that experience surely helped them in learning how to survive, but even that couldn't sharpen his combat skills this far. Yusei once noted that going against Leo in a fair fight is a suicide.
Meanwhile Luna was dealing with the remaining knight. He tried to reach the girl with his sword but she was blocking each blow with such ease that he was starting to get desperate. He raised his sword high for a powerful blow, only to give Luna an opportunity to slid between his legs and hit him on the head with the blunt side of the sword. The knight collapsed to the ground unconscious. Luna dropped the sword and looked at the knights that were lying on the ground. She was really surprised that she and her brother managed to defeat this guys with such an ease. Yes, her brother was a great fighter even now but it was still quite an achievement to defeat several armed adults. After the whole thing with Aporia she started attending self-defense and Kendo classes. She thought that it would make her less useless for the team, although everyone told her that she was never useless.
The twins smiled to each other. They looked back at the Sector's Security office. The knights there were falling one by one. Soon enough this would be over. This turned out to be just another riot, only the leaders had some imagination this time. Then the siblings heard a sound of footsteps. They turned around and let out frustrated sighs. About thirty knights were heading in their direction and they did not look friendly. They surrounded the twins and got out their swords. The siblings stood back to back, holding each other's hands. Now this was really bad. The knights started to close in when they heard engine's roar. They looked back and jumped away from the car that was going to crush them. The card was an old, black Chevrolet. The front door got opened and a man got out of it.
The man had a dark skin, similar to Martha's. He had short black hair that was already becoming gray in a few places and a short beard. He was wearing a pair of trousers and a black button up shirt. You could say that he was somewhere around forty or maybe fifty years old. He was leaning on a wooden cane. The handle of the cane was white, with a silver cross hanging from a chain that was attached to it. "Hey, kids, are you alright?" asked the man as he turned to the twins. "Father Komstock? What are you doing in the city?" asked the teal haired boy. The man let out a chuckle, "I came here to visit you, and the first thing I see are some clowns that are attacking my children. This is just not right"
"You should've at the very least called us. We would've bought something tasty" said the girl. While they had a small talk one of the knights got behind the man and prepared to strike him down. Just as the blade was about to hit the flesh, Komstock took a step to the side. The blade flew right past him. He threw his cane up and after grabbing it by the end hit the knight on the head with the handle.
This was father Komstock, a priest from a church in a Satellite. He was an old friend of Martha. He spent the last month in England. The twins came to know him when they were helping people in the Satellite. He was a really good man, with nice sense of humor and a rather interesting past. He used to be a member of a gang and then became a priest of the church. All in all the twins really liked this man, but one man wouldn't help them in getting out of this. Then they heard terrified screams. Everyone turned around and saw several knights dangling from the wines of Black Rose Dragon. Akiza was calmly walking to them. Her plants were restraining everyone that tried to attack her. She walked over to the twins. "Someone decided to go all out" joked the boy. "Yeah, I figured that you two would need some help. The office is almost cleared out and I thought that you two could be in a really big danger here. Yusei and Crow are dealing with the remaining knights. Oh and hello Mr. Komstock"
"I told you to call me father Komstock. I am glad to see you to Aki" said the man with a smile. By this time all of the knights were captured by Akiza's monsters. "Turns out having a psychic duelist on our side can be pretty useful" said Leo with a smile. Aki smiled back at him. The group started walking to the office. They needed to drop off these knights somewhere. They hoped that the jail won't be too small for this amount of people. When they were about to drop off these guys they heard someone scream, a far too familiar scream. It was coming from behind the building. They ran there and once they reached the alley behind the building they were greeted with a rather unpleasant sight.
Crow was standing in the middle of a pillar of light and was screaming from pain. Yusei was dueling three knights that weren't allowing him to get to his orange haired friend. The pillar became thinner and thinner until he became engulfed by light. There was a bright flash that blinded everyone. Once they opened their eyes Crow was gone. Leo noticed a card lying on the ground in the place where Crow was standing a moment ago. He looked a little bit harder and his eyes widened. "No way" muttered the boy. Akiza and Luna trailed his line of sight and noticed the card as well. Aki gasped and put a hand to her mouth. "Crow!" shouted the green haired girl. Yusei commanded his Shooting Star Dragon to attack and defeated all of his opponents in one move. He ran up to the place where Crow had disappeared and picked up the card.
There, on the duel monster card, was depicted Crow with pained expression. The man glared at the knight that had done this to his friend. The knight was smirking. He was obviously a leader of these knights. His armor was decorated with red cloth and he had a golden crest on his chest plate. "Return him back to normal" said Yusei, his glare intensified.
The knight looked at the card in Yusei's hand, then at the man in front of him. He started laughing. "You do understand that you are in no position to make requests here" said the man. That was it, Yusei is going to crush this guy. "I challenge you to a…"
"Oh no you won't" said someone from the back of the alley. Two more knights walked out of the shadows of the buildings. They had silver crests on their chest plates and their armor was decorated with yellow cloth. "King Arthur had already given you enough honor and defeated one of you, you do not deserve any more" said one of the knights. "I leave this to you Agravein, Gareth" said the knight who apparently was named Arthur.
Leo walked ahead and stood beside Yusei. The man looked at the boy and nodded to him. It could prove to be dangerous, but Crow was Leo's friend as well and he deserved the right to get revenge just as he did. "You can go first" said one of the knights.
Leo: LP-4000
Hand-5
"I draw. I play a field spell card Morphtronic Map. I set one monster face down and one card face down. I end my turn"
Leo: LP-4000
Hand - 3
"Now it is going be my turn, beware because this could be the last turn of the game, because I am, Agravein is one of the strongest knights" said the man. His boasting was making him much less scary.
Agravein: LP-4000
Hand-5
"I draw. I summon Noble Knight Brothers. Whenever I normal summon this card I can special summon up to two Noble Knights cards from my hand. I special summon Noble Knight Borz and Noble Knight Artorigus. I equip Borz with Noble Arms of Destiny. Now he becomes dark attribute and its level is increased by one. Now I activate his ability and search my deck for three Noble Arms cards and add one to my hand, the other two are sent to the grave. I equip Noble Knight Brothers with Noble Arms Gallatin. Now he gets one thousand life points but he will lose two hundred during my end phase. I attack your face down with Artorigus "
The knight charged at the face down monster. The card got flipped up and revealed Morphtronic Radion. "I activate my trap card No Entry and change the battle position of all monsters my opponent controls to defense position. Three monsters had changed their battle position, so I get to put three Morph counters onto Morphtronic Map. Now my Morphtronics gain nine hundred attack points"
"Damn you! I end my turn"
Agravein: LP-4000
Hand – 2
"Okay, now it is my turn"
Yusei: LP-4000
Hand – 5
"I draw. I play a spell card Foolish Burial and send Quillbolt Hedgehog from my deck to my grave. I discard Level Eater and special summon Quickdraw Synchron. Since I control a tuner monster I special summon Quillbolt Hedgehog from my grave, I lower the level of Quickdraw Synchorn by one and special summon Level Eater from my grave. I tune my level two Quillbolt Hedgehog and level one Level Eater to my level four Quickdraw Synchron and synchro summon Nitro Warrior. I summon Stardust Xialong and play a spell card One for One. I tribute my Stardust Xialong and special summon Turbo Synchron from my deck. Once per turn, when a spell card is activated Nitro Warrior gains one thousand attack points. I attack Noble Knight Artorigus. Whenever Nitro Warrior destroys a monster I can choose a monster in defense position and switch it to attack position. I choose Noble Knight Brothers. Since a monster had changed its battle position Leo can put another Morph counter onto Morphtronic Map. I attack Noble Knight Brothers"
Agravein: LP-4000→3200
"Whenever Noble Arms are destroyed I can attach them to another warrior type monster on the battlefield. I attach Gallatin to Borz"
"I set one card face down and end my turn"
Yusei: LP - 4000
Hand – 0
Gareth: LP – 4000
Hand – 5
"I draw. I summon Noble Knight Brothers and via their effects I special summon Noble Knight Drystan and Noble Knight Medraut. I equip Noble Knight Drystan with Noble Arms Gallatin. Once per turn, if Drystan is equipped by a Noble Arms I can destroy one face up card my opponent controls I destroy Morphtronic Map. I play a spell card One for One and tribute Noble Knight Brothers. I special summon Lady Of The Lake. I tune my level four Noble Knight Drystan and Noble Knight Medraut to my level one Lady of The Lake and synchro summon Exalted Knight Gared!"
Exalted Knight Gared: LV-9 ATK-3200 DEF-2200 Attribute-Light Type-Warrior
"Once per turn it can equip up to one monster from the field to it as an equip card and gain the attack and defense of the equipped monster. I choose Nitro Warrior"
"I play my trap card Urgent Tuning and tune my level seven Nitro Warrior to my level one Turbo Synchron and synchro summon Stardust Dragon. Now your effect has no target. Since I have special summoned Stardust Dragon, I can special summon Stardust Xialong"
"I end my turn"
Gareth: LP-4000
Hand – 1
"Why does every time I try to pull this combo someone screws me up" said Leo with a sigh.
Leo: LP-4000
Hand – 4
"I… I summon Morphtronic Celfon. I activate his ability and roll a die. Oh come on! One? Someone up there really hates me" muttered the boy. He looked at the top card of his deck and his frown became smaller. "I special summon another Celfon and activate his ability. What?! Two?! Okay, what do we have here. Now that is something. I special summon Morphtronic Bumboxen. I activate my trap card Shape Sister. I special summon it as a level two tuner monster. I tune my level one Celfon and my level four Bumboxen and synchro summon Power Tool Dragon. I activate his ability and add one equip spell card from my deck to my hand. I equip Power Tool Dragon with United We Stand and he gets sixteen hundred attack points. I attack Borz with my dragon"
"Once per turn Noble Arms of Destiny can negate the destruction of the monster they are attached to"
"Fine, I set one card face down and end my turn here"
Leo: LP-4000
Hand – 3
Agravein: LP-3200
Hand – 2
"I draw. I summon Lady of The Lake. Whenever it comes to the battlefield I can target one normal warrior type monster in my grave and special summon it. I special summon Artorigus. I tune my level four Noble Knight Borz and Noble Knight Artorigus to my level one Lady of the lake and synchro summon Exalted Knight Agravian"
Exalted Knight Agravian: LV–9 ATK – 3500 DEF – 1200 Attribute – Light Type – Warrior
"The abilities of Noble Arms activate and I equip both of them to Agravian. If there are two or more Exalted Knights on the battlefield and Agravian is equipped by two or more Noble Arms it can attack a player directly. I attack you, boy"
"I banish Glamdring from my hand and take only half of the battle damage"
Leo: LP – 1850
Hand – 1
Yusei looked at the boy beside him with a tint of surprise on his face. He never knew that Leo had such card in his deck, scratch that, he never knew that such card had ever existed.
"Whenever a player takes damage I can add the attack of all monsters on the battlefield to Agravian. Now he has more than thirteen thousand attack points"
"How the hell that is even legal in this game? Why the bad guys always get the strongest cards?" said the teal haired duelist. Yusei stayed silent but he agreed with Leo. He had to finish this duel on this turn. A bright red circle appeared on Yusei's back and the top card of his deck started glowing.
Yusei: LP-4000
Hand-0
"I draw. I summon Majestic Dragon. I tune my level eight Stardust Dragon and level one Stardust Xialong to my level one Majestic Dragon and synchro summon Majestic Star Dragon. I choose Exalted Knight Gared and negate his effect and can activate one of its effects. I equip Exalted Knight Agravian and add his attack to Majestic Star Dragon. Unfortunately he will only gain thirty five hundred attack points but that is more than enough to defeat you, isn't that right, Gareth? I attack Exalted Knight Gared"
Gareth: LP-3200→0
"During my end phase I sent Majestic Star Dragon back to the extra deck and special summon Stardust Dragon from my grave. I end my turn here"
The man in front of him had a horrified expression on his face. He got surrounded by light that shot up into the sky. "No! That was an accident! Give me a second chance!" yelled the man. In a moment he became a card and the light had disappeared. "So weak" said Agravain as he looked at the card that depicted his comrade.
Agravain: LP-4000
Hand – 2
"I discard my whole hand and special summon Exalted Knight Agravian from my graveyard, I attack you directly with Agravian"
"I activate my trap card Damage Diet and take half of the damage is should've taken this turn"
Leo: LP-1850→100
"Like that is going to save you. Agravian's ability activates and he now has ten thousand attack points. I end my turn"
Agravain: LP-4000
Hand – 0
Yusei was now worried for his friend. Leo didn't have something that could help him in this situation and he couldn't rely on Crimson Dragon to help him since he wasn't a signer. Leo took a deep breath, closed his eyes and drew his card. Once he opened his eyes Yusei thought that he saw something glowing with green there, but only for a split second.
Leo: LP-100
Hand – 2
"I summon Glenmalt, The Dragon Edge"
Glenmalt, The Dragon Edge: LV – 2 ATK-1900 DEF-500 Attribute-Fire Type-Draguner Tuner
"What kind of type is that? Draguner? I have never heard of it before" exclaimed Agravain. "Draguners are humans that allied themselves with Morphtronics and Mech dragons in order to achieve unbelievable power. I can only summon Glenmalt if my opponent controls a monster with more attack than the total amount of attack points of monsters under my control. Whenever I summon him I can call out a Dragheart Weapon. A Drag Weapon is a weapon that was created by using the technology and magic and can only be called from another dimension by Draguners. I call Gaihaeart, Galaxy Sword"
A vortex of glowing particles appeared in the sky. A sword came down from the vortex and landed into Leo's hand. The word was vide. It seemed like the space itself was reflected in the blade. "Now I can make an attack that is worth twenty five hundred attack points. I also can destroy one monster on the battle field. I tune my level seven Power Tool Dragon and level one Morphtronic Smartfon to my level two Glenmalt and synchro summon Power Tool Überdragon"
Power Tool Überdragon: Lv-10 ATK-3300 DEF-3000 Attribute-Earth Type-Dragon
"Whenever I summon him I can search my deck for up to one equip spell card and equip it to Power Tool Überdragon. I take Gravity Axe – Garl from my deck and equip to Power Tool Überdragon. Now I activate Gaiheart's ability and destroy Agravian. Now I can't attack but Power Tool can. Go my dragon"
Agravain: LP-4000→200
"You still can't finish me off and on the next turn you will be done for" said the knight with a smirk. "Who said I have finished my turn. I a monster with over three thousand attack points have died this turn and my opponent took damage I can flip Gaiheart "
"Flip?" exclaimed Luna. She had never seen her brother dueling like this and she definitely didn't know that he had those kind of cards in his deck and they kept no secrets from each other. "When the conditions are met a Dragheart Weapon can be flipped onto its creature side. Why would you think they would call them Dragheart Weapons. This weapons are in fact dragons sealed in a form of a weapon. Come Gaiginga, Passionate Star Dragon"
Gaiginga, Passionate Star Dragon: LV-8 ATK-2500 DEF-1000 Attribute-Fire Type-Dragon
"I attack you directly"
Agravain: LP-200→0
The knight's eyes widened. A pillar of light appeared around his body. He was too shocked to even scream. He got turned into a card and everything was over. Leo blinked a few times and shook his head. He felt like was in a trance once again. He checked his deck. There were new cards there, again. He looked around himself: Yusei was standing beside him, two cards were lying on the ground in front of them, Akiza and Luna were standing behind them. The red haired woman walked over to the cards and picked them up. "I think we should give these to the scientists in order to find a way how to turn them back into humans" said the woman. "Yeah. This way, if something goes wrong with them Crow would be out of danger" said Yusei. Then his phone rang. The man picked it up and put it to his ear.
"Hello… What… Oh no"
Yusei put his phone down. His expression was now much more serious. "We have a big problem" said the man as he pressed the red button on the phone to end Mina's call.
I hope you've liked it. I know that the part where the twins defeat several armed adults seems surreal, but they are not regular kids. I guess I need to point it out. I write the stats of the monsters that are made up by me. Good luck and have a nice day.