Disclaimer: No I do now own Yugioh or the World of Darkness.
06/29/2025
What am I?
Am I a monster?
Am I some kind of evil demon?
What am I?
All I've gotten is the crap beaten out of me by this evil bastard. I could try to run…but I've got nowhere to go. So at least these guys can feed me.
Cheveyo Qua
Lost as always
Cheveyo closed his journal and dropped it into his backpack. Pulling the blanket around him tightly, he shivered again at the memories of his transformation. ("What am I?")
The jeep bumped up and down rapidly as it traveled through the treacherous roads of the forest.
"Can't you drive a little more carefully Nikolai?" Jill barely avoided slamming her head against the dashboard.
"This is careful," the man calmly continued to drive, sending every passenger in the vehicle lurching and flying about.
"Ya blood bas…" Conn's sentence was cut off as Fire Claw was thrown at him from the force of a turn.
Out of everyone in the vehicle, Fong was the one that was unaffected by the lurching. He sat cross-legged in his seat and continued to meditate.
Cheveyo wrapped the blanket around himself tighter. He wasn't sure how he had done it, but he was human again. And he never wanted to change into whatever that thing was ever again. ("I don't want to turn into a monster. Can't I just go back to dueling for money and being a drifter?")
Conn shoved Fire Claw off of him and slid into the back next to Cheveyo. "Hey."
The boy didn't respond except to curl the blanket tighter around himself.
"If yer thinkin ta confuse me then yer dead wrong." Tugging the blanket back so that he could see Cheveyo's head, the Irish man sighed and looked out the back window. "Ya know, you're taking it too seriously."
"Are you crazy?" Cheveyo clenched his head in his hands. "I'm a monster."
"You're not a monster. The monsters are the things that we fight. You can think of us as the anti-monsters." He grinned winningly…but dropped it when he realized that it wasn't going to work. "Bloody 'ell kid, cheer up."
"Tell me what I am." Cheveyo glanced at Conn. "Tell me."
"Well yer a…."
Something slammed into the hood of the jeep. Something that was nearly as large as the jeep. And everyone felt it as the whole vehicle flipped and then skidded out of control.
Cheveyo slowly crawled out of what was left of the jeep. ("Oww…that hurts…")
"So you're the kid huh?"
As his inner ear brought itself to concentration, Cheveyo felt it. ("Like the perversion…RUN!") Leaping to his feet, the boy started to run for all he was worth.
A hand snapped out and grabbed him by the back of the neck. "You're not going anywhere."
Cheveyo screamed and spun around, throwing as hard of a kick as he could.
Whoever his assailant was caught the leg and sent him crashing face-first to the ground. "You're not an action hero." A sound like a flute being played reached his ears…and he realized that there more going on here. Opening his eyes, he saw a sight that scared and drew him in at the same time.
There was some kind of warped lizard-like creature in the middle of the road. It was the size of a tank, and it was made up all different kinds of tentacles, claws, and teeth. Like it was made for battle. Yet it was so strange he had trouble identifying what it was.
Whoever now had him pinned to the ground blew into something and a high-pitched flute-like noise echoed across the forest again.
And the monster changed tactics.
("What's it moving like that for? It's like it's dancing…") Cheveyo's eyes widened as he realized that it was fighting. Its foes were moving so quickly…and he understood why it felt so hard to identify the monster. It was fighting with a group of five blurs…
Nikolai snarled and drove his claws into an open space in the thing's flesh. One of its numerous tentacles flipped around to try and knock him away, so like before he withdrew his claws before he could deal lasting damage. "This is pointless!" No matter what they did they'd have to break off before they could damage it.
Jill, a strangely beautiful-looking brown wolf, bit into a tentacle that had been about to pierce through Nikolai's chest. ("We need to figure out a way to kill this thing quickly!")
Cheveyo stared in amazement at the five he had seen in the jeep before. Each one seemed to be in a nearly constant state of movement. In mid-move some of them were wolves, and some were the huge wolf-like beasts that still burned in his memory. And then moments later they'd switch forms and continue to fight. It was like a dance of death…except from what he could tell they were doing more dodging than any actual fighting. ("That thing is fighting in perfect sync. So are they, but it has more ways to strike.") He heard the flute noise and knew exactly what was making that thing so coordinated. Snapping his foot up, he caught the female assailant in the back of the leg.
And as soon as the music stopped all five of the wolves found more than enough openings to exploit. Now the monster's attacks were mindless, just blind rage. And each member of that five knew how to deal with blind rage.
The woman tried to hop to her feet but found herself entangled with Cheveyo's legs. "You little brat! Let me go!"
"Not a chance! I don't know how evil those guys are, but at least they aren't trying to kill me!" He knew that if he could disarm her of her flute…
A heel to the throat cut off any heroic thoughts in the head. Gasping for air he felt his lock on her legs slipping.
She pressed her lips against the flute and played furiously. The monster began to gain its coordination again, and that meant that the five fighters were forced back into dodging.
Conn mentally frowned as he had to shift from Crinos to Hispo to Lupus and back again and again so that he could avoid getting torn to shreds by the now focused thrashings of this monster. ("This is fookin pointless. We're never gonna kill this thing. So it's time ta go after the source.") When he was originally going to zip he zagged, twisting away from the tight battlefield that he and his pack mates were in. ("I'm going to go deal with the person controlling this thing!") He signaled through a series of simple body commands. It wasn't telepathy, but it was the next best thing.
Heltra hissed in anger as she realized that one of the five had broken away from her pet and was coming after her. ("You think that you'll be able to take me down alone?") She kicked Cheveyo in the ribs again to stun him and then drew her dagger out of her belt. "Come and get me puppy…."
Conn slowed his charge…and started to move around her. In his current fully wolf form, he was faster but at the same time he lacked the brute force of Crinos form. ("I could switch…but something tells me that this perversion knows to strike when I'm doing so.") One wrong move and he'd be dead. There was no doubt in his mind that the dagger she held had something in it to cause grievous wounds to something supernatural.
The woman, who appeared attractive with black hair and dark eyes, licked one of her nails and then her lips as she watched him circle her slowly. "Well…aren't you going to try to save your friends?"
("Not likely witch. As long as you aren't directing it then the rest of the pack will tear that monster apart.")
"You think they're safe, don't you? Wrong…because my pet's very difficult to kill. In fact, it's nearly impossible to kill physically." She smiled calmly. "So I have the advantage. You may have incredible endurance, but you will still need to eventually rest."
("I gotta figure out…") Conn mentally frowned. ("That'll work…") He withdrew slowly, all the while shifting from Lupus back to Homid. Now that he was only a human wearing a tight green t-shirt and a green pair of shorts, he pointed at her. "Then we'll have a duel."
"A duel hmm?" Heltra glanced back at Cheveyo. ("If I set the right circumstances…") She coldly sneered. "Sure, let's play a little game. Winner takes all…literally." She motioned with her hand and a black mist curled around her arm, forming into a duel disk.
Conn looked at the still wheezing for air Cheveyo. "Hey kid, throw me a disk."
Cheveyo grabbed the duel disk out of his backpack and threw it to the man.
Conn caught it and attached it to his arm. After sliding his deck in he turned the device. "Duel!"
"Duel." Heltra snickered. "Let the battle begin."
Conn- 4000
Heltra- 4000
Heltra drew. "I'll begin with one monster face-down on the field. End turn." The card appeared in front of her and she licked her lips, as if savoring every moment.
Conn drew. ("She's trying to lure me into something.") He looked at his hand and rubbed his chin. ("All monsters huh?") "I summon Archfiend Soldier!" (1900/1500) A purple demon with ram horns appeared on the field. "Attack the set monster now!" His monster slashed into the set card…and was repelled.
Heltra smirked. Her monster was some kind of female plant. "You just attacked Prickle Fairy. (300/2000) When she is attacked the attacking monster switches into defense mode after damage calculation." Archfiend Soldier dropped to one knee.
Conn- 3900
Heltra- 4000
Conn glanced behind him nervously…and did a double-take as he actually saw Fire Claw trip, though the wolfess quickly regained her balance without taking any hits. ("Fire Claw lost her balance?") Looking back at Heltra, he growled deep in his throat. "End turn."
"Draw." Heltra looked at the card she had drawn and inserted it into her hand. "I summon Ultimate Insect Level 1 in defense mode." (0/0) An ugly little larva appeared on her field. "End turn."
Conn drew. ("Alright…Skull Archfiend of Lightning….but without my field magic card I'll have to pay life points for its effect.") "I summon another Archfiend Soldier into attack mode!" A new purple demon appeared next to the first. "Attack Ultimate Insect!" It leapt….and growled in surprise as Prickly Fairy's tentacles flipped up to block the attack. Snarling in rage it returned to Conn's field and switched into defense mode. "What?"
"The effect of Prickle Fairy prevents you from attacking insect monsters in play as long as it is face-up in play." Heltra waved a finger in the air chidingly. "And your pack mates are paying for your stupidity."
Conn glanced back and paled slightly as he watched Nikolai stumble while in Crinos form, nearly getting skewered by a spiked tentacle. ("Every life point I lose affects their strength levels…damn it…") "End turn."
Heltra drew. "During my standby phase the effect of Armed Insect Level 1 activates. By sending it to the graveyard I can special summon Ultimate Insect Level 3!" (1400/900) The larva grew in size and screeched. "Also, I set one monster face-down and end my turn."
Conn looked down at his deck. ("How about something other than a bloody monster please?") He drew. "The magic card Pot of Greed lets me draw two cards." He slid the top two cards off of his deck and added them to his hand. ("That's more like it.") "Field magic card! The Lair of Ten Thousand Demon Lords; Pandemonium!" All around them the forest changed into a hellish background. Giant bone spires rose up into the sky and demonic cackling could be heard somewhere in the background. "While this field is in play I don't have to pay life points for the effects of Archfiend monsters!"
Heltra scoffed. "Don't get cocky."
"I sacrifice one of my two Archfiend Soldiers for Skull Archfiend of Lightning!" One of the two demons disappeared and was replaced in a blast of lightning that shook the earth. It formed into a huge demon made up of just demon and muscle. (2500/1200) "I switch Archfiend Soldier into attack mode!" The purple demon stood up. "Skull Archfiend, Demon Thunder!" His huge demon roared and sprayed lightning out of its mouth, blowing Prickle Fairy apart.
"Prickly Fairy forces your monster into defense mode!" Heltra knew she could kill that monster next turn if it was in its weak defense mode.
Conn waved a finger in the air and a group of six different colored balls appeared next to him. "You triggered the effect of Skull Archfiend of Lightning. When this monster is targeted by an effect controlled by you one number is randomly selected between one and six. If that number is a one, three or six then your effect is negated." A fire lit up along the one ball and then traveled from ball to ball before stopping on three. "So my monster remains in attack mode."
Heltra growled. "The effect of Ultimate Insect Level 3 is that if it was special summoned through the effect of Ultimate Insect Level 1 then it will reduce the attack of all monsters you have in play by 300 points."
"That's fine. Go Archfiend Soldier! There's your target!" (1600/1500) The demon soldier slashed through the larva. "End turn."
Conn- 3800
Heltra- 3800
Heltra drew, grimacing as she heard her monster roar in pain. ("Unfortunately, the drain works both ways.") She looked at the drawn card. "This will put you in your place! Flip summon Man-Eater Bug!" (450/600) Her face-down monster flipped up to reveal an ugly brown cockroach. "This monster, when flipped, destroys one monster in play!" She pointed at the Skull Archfiend of Lightning.
Conn snapped his fingers. "Get it started…" The fire moved along the six balls, and stopped on a five. The Skull Archfiend of Lightning exploded into dust. "When an Archfiend is destroyed for a reason other than battle I may take one Archfiend monster of a lower level from my deck into my hand."
Heltra slid a card into her disk. "I activate the magic card Whistle of Insect Strength." Her Man-Eater Bug snarled and grew in size. "This card activates only when an insect in play destroys a monster through an effect. That insect gains the attack power of the monster it destroyed. At the end phase of the turn that monster will be destroyed." (2950/600) "Also, the monster in the graveyard that was destroyed through the effect is removed from play."
Conn gritted his teeth. ("Bloody 'ell…")
"Man-Eater Bug, attack now!" The insect tackled the Archfiend Soldier and both exploded into dust.
Conn- 2750
Heltra- 3800
"I'm not done yet!" Heltra held up a card. "Monster Reborn revives Prickle Fairy in defense mode." The female plant appeared on the field in a crouching position. "End turn."
Conn winced as he heard a cry of pain from behind him. Spinning around he saw one of the monster's tentacles slash along Nikolai's chest. ("NO!") Snapping his head around, he drew. "I summon Desrook Archfiend (1100/1800) in defense mode." A strange tower-like demon appeared on the field. "End turn."
Heltra drew. "Now I'll make sure your pack suffers for your foolish dueling. I summon Insect Knight (1900/1500) in attack mode." A cockroach in armor appeared on the field. It lifted its sword and chattered excitedly. "Now I play the magic card Magic Shard Excavation. This card lets me discard two cards to pick up one magic card from graveyard." She held up Monster Reborn. "And can you guess what I am reborning, little dog?"
"Archfiend Soldier…"
"Wrong. Ultimate Insect Level 3 is special summoned." The larva appeared on the field and screeched. "Insect Knight, attack now!" The knight slashed through the Desrook and blew it apart instantly. "Ultimate Insect, direct attack!" A spray of some green fluid hit Conn in the chest. "I set one card face-down and end my turn."
Conn- 1350
Heltra- 3800
Conn dropped to one knee and clutched as his chest. Then he glanced behind him, just in time to see Jill disappear under a mass of the monster. "NO!" He drew quickly. ("I need to inflict life point damage now!") "Premature Burial lets me revive one dead monster at the cost of 800 life points!"
Conn- 550
Heltra- 3800
Archfiend Soldier appeared and next to it appeared a monster wearing fleshy royal robes. "I normal summon Terrorking Archfiend!" (2000/1500)
"That won't get past Prickle Fairy…" Heltra started to smirk…
"Terrorking Archfiend, attack Prickle Fairy now! Locust Swarm!" The chest of the demon king opened and released a horde of demon insects that hit the plant and dissipated. "When Prickle Fairy's effect tries to switch Terrorking into defense his ability activates! Go Demon Roulette!" The fire snapped along the balls and stopped on a two. "That means your monster's effect is negated and it is destroyed!" Prickle Fairy exploded.
Heltra gasped. "Impossible…"
"Archfiend Soldier, Demon Sabre!" The purple demon slashed through Ultimate Insect Level 3.
Conn- 550
Heltra- 3300
Conn smirked slightly as he heard the monster screech in pain. "End turn."
Heltra drew. "Pot of Greed's ability lets me draw two cards." She looked at the drawn cards and sneered. "I sacrifice Insect Knight for Ultimate Insect Level 5!" (2300/900) A huge grayish bug appeared on the field. "Destroy Archfiend Soldier now!" It sprayed the purple demon with slime. Howling, the evil monster dissolved into a puddle.
Conn- 150
Heltra- 3300
Conn gasped, but didn't bother to look behind him. ("I have to win!") He drew. "I switch Terrorking Archfiend into defense mode and summon Vilepawn Archfiend in defense mode." (1200/200) A much smaller demon appeared on the field in a crouching position alongside its king. "End turn!"
Heltra drew. "During my standby phase Armed Insect Level 5 sends itself to the graveyard and special summons Armed Insect Level 7!" (2600/1200) The Insect broke away its grey shell, which was replaced by a huge colorful shell and wings. Howling, it looked down at the two Archfiends. "I summon Neo-Bug (1800/1500) in attack mode!" A huge green mantis appeared on the field. "Armed Insect's special ability reduces the attack and defense of all monsters on your field by 700!" (500/0) (1300/800) "Neo Bug, attack Vilepawn now!" The mantis slashed through the smaller demon easily.
Conn threw up his arms and braced himself. At least the damage was only affecting his body now.
"Armed Insect, Poison Rain!" The huge bug sprayed out a stream of purple liquid that dissolved the mighty king.
"Desrook Archfiend's hand ability lets me discard it to revive Terrorking!" Conn tossed a card from his hand and the king appeared in play in a crouching position again. (1300/800)
Heltra smirked calmly. "My pet is winning the fight. End turn."
Conn looked down at his deck and then drew. "I set one card face-down and summon Opticlops (1100/1000) in defense mode. End turn." A hulking Cyclops appeared on his field in a crouching position.
Heltra drew. "Neo Bug, attack Opticlops!" The mantis slashed through the monster easily. "Armed Insect, Poison Rain!" A stream hit the king and dissolved it again.
"I discard Desrook Archfiend to save my King!" Conn discarded his last Desrook and the king appeared on the field in a crouching position once more. (1300/800)
"I set one card face-down." Heltra sneered coldly. "End turn…"
Nikolai roared as loudly as he could, plunging into the mass of flesh that the creature wasto try and throw it off course. His claws dug in as tightly as they could, and he had to shut his eyes as horrible fluid sprayed right into his face. But he wouldn't give up. That thing had Jill pinned.
Fong stood back…and closed his eyes. Cuts were all over his body, but none of them too grievous. ("This beast is far too strong to be defeated through force. There is a flaw, as there is in all things.") As he concentrated his muscles moved of their own accord, allowing his dark gray wolf body to dodge a wave of blind attacks by the monster. ("I must focus my energies…")
Fire Claw snarled, currently in Crinos form. She tore into the other of the creature and bit into the foul flesh as hard as she could.
Conn drew. "I activate Puppet Animation!" Archfiend Soldier appeared on the field. "This magic card special summons one monster from my graveyard to the field with zero attack points in attack mode!" (0/1500)
"That won't be enough…." Heltra sneered…until she saw the look on Conn's face.
Rage burned in the man's green eyes. "Ah'm sendin yer arse back ta the abyss it was spawned from! I sacrifice Archfiend Soldier and Terrorking Archfiend to summon Maju Garzett!" Both of his monsters disappeared, replaced by a huge demon that was half feathers and half carapace. (0/0) It howled and began to drink in power from the graveyard. "When tribute summoned Maju Garzett's attack points go up by the original attack of the two monsters sacrifice for it!" (3200/0) "Attack now!" Maju Garzett lifted a claw up to slash through the Ultimate Insect.
"Reverse card open!" Heltra pointed at one of her cards. "By activating Dark Pollen Virus I can transform one Insect in play into a powerful bio-weapon. When the infected monster is destroyed as result of battle all trap cards in your deck and hand will be destroyed!"
"Trap card open!" Conn's face-down card flipped up and the trap card shattered. "Command of the Mighty activates when a level seven or higher monster is in play. It negates the activation of one card." Maju Garzett's claw slashed through the Insect. (3900/0)
Conn- 150
Heltra- 2800
Conn slid the last card in his hand into his disk. "I set one card face-down." The card shimmered into existence behind his demon. "End turn."
Heltra drew. And she started to laugh crazily. "All of your effort…and all for nothing! I summon Leghul!" (300/350) A centipede appeared on her field. "Now I use its effect to attack your life points directly!" The bug disappeared and then appeared right in front of Conn. "It's over!"
"Reveal Evil Barricade!" A huge explosion of black fire sprang up between the Irish man and the insect. "This trap card can only activate when I have a demon in play. All life point damage to me this turn is zero!" The fire died down.
Heltra growled and pointed at Neo Bug. "Defense mode." The mantis pulled its weapons into itself and crouched. "End turn!"
Conn drew. "Card Sweep activates! This magic card destroys one card in play when I have no other cards in my hand!" The face-down card on Heltra's field started to break.
"Reveal Swarm!" Heltra sneered as Leghul curled into itself. "This card activates when I have more insects in play then you have monsters. All monsters on my field go into defense mode and I special summon two insects with 500 or less attack points from my graveyard to the field in defense mode." She threw two cards down. "I summon Ultimate Insect Level 1 (0/0) and Man-Eater Bug (450/600) in defense mode."
Maju Garzett's claw dropped onto Leghul and destroyed it. "End turn."
Heltra drew. "I summon Construction Bug!" (100/100) A small ant with a construction hat on it appeared on the field. "This monster can be special summoned from my hand if I have no other cards. It lets me draw three cards and discard all magic and trap cards from the three." She drew three times and began to laugh rapidly. "Your Maju Garzett is about to meet its match!"
"That's a lie…" Conn pointed at her. "Maju Garzett has an attack score of 3900. He's too tough for your monsters."
Heltra raised her hand up. "I offer Construction Bug and Ultimate Insect Level 1 as sacrifices…" Both bugs disappeared. "Insect Queen, arise and show the truth!" (2200/2400) A giant hideous female insect appeared and screeched, the sound amplified by the buzzing of the other bugs in play. "For ever insect monster in play Insect Queen gains 200 attack points." (2800/2400)
"You're still 1100 points off from matching my monster…"
"I'm not done!" Heltra removed Man-Eater Bug from her disk. "By sacrificing one insect I can special summon Insect Veil to the field." (0/0) A huge bow-legged bug appeared on the field and latched onto the Insect Queen's back. "This monster equips to one monster I have in play. That monster gains 1000 attack points." (3600/2400) "Finally…I sacrifice Neo Bug so that Insect Queen can attack!" The huge bug bit down into the mantis and consumed it. (3400/2400)
"Are you crazy? Your monster will die." Conn started to order his monster to counter-attack…
"From my hand I activate the effect of Boost Bug! This monster can only activate when an insect in play battles with a monster that has less than 1000 more attack points that it does! All battle damage during this turn is negated and the offending monster is destroyed!" She pointed at Maju Garzett. "Insect Queen, attack!" The bulbous bug sprayed the demon with green fire that melted it down into soup. "End turn." Insect Queen lowered its abdomen to the graveyard and deposited an egg on the ground. (100/100) (3600/2400)
Conn looked down at his deck. ("There's nothing left I can do, is there? I can't even sacrifice myself ta save them. I'm sure this'll make a great story amongst my kindred…the guy who couldn't save his pack because he stunk…")
Nikolai howled in pain as the monster's claws dug deeper into his arms. ("I will die…but I will die with the song of battle on my lips!")
Fong took a deep breath…his hands started to lift upwards.
"No….don't give up!" Cheveyo leapt up from his position on the ground. "It's not over yet! Give it everything you have!"
Heltra smirked coldly at Conn. "You know the truth. Foolish dreams don't win wars…"
Conn clenched his fist, green eyes reflecting the mix of rage and hopelessness that was in his heart. "She's right…you're a child. You don't know what this war is like…"
"You're taking this too seriously…" Cheveyo frowned. "Isn't that what you told me before?"
"Taking it too seriously…" Conn started to slide the top card off of his deck. "He's right…I am taking this too seriously…"
"Your friends' lives are resting on your draw…" Heltra wouldn't let him forget so easily.
"No…" He finished the draw and held the card up in front of his face. "Even if I were to fall we could still win. I'm not the absolute win or lose factor…and besides, you've lost." He held the drawn card up into the air. "I activate Return to the Past! This magic card returns one monster from my graveyard to the field for one turn. That monster returns as it was before it left the field!" A glowing portal opened up in the sky above him.
"There's nothing you could summon that could defeat Insect Queen…"
"Maju Garzett!" Conn's mighty half and half demon lowered itself onto the field. (0/0) "Because of Return to the Past its attack score returns to what it was before it died!" (3900/0)
"That won't be enough to…"
"Maju Garzett, end this duel in one strike! Demon's Claw!" The demon charged…right past the Queen, its claw squashing the egg with one crashing punch.
Conn- 150
Heltra- 0
Heltra clutched at her chest and stumbled back in surprise. "No…"
Fong opened his palm and charged in towards the mass of moving tentacles and claws. ("I see the weakness.") He dove right into the mass, disappearing for a few moments. And the there was a loud slap of flesh on flesh.
Nikolai started to prepare himself for one attack…but no more attacks came. The whole monster shuddered…and then collapsed dead to the ground.
Fire Claw withdrew herself from the mass of monster flesh and limped over to where the thing had fallen on Jill. ("Jill…are you alright?")
The creature's corpse was moved slightly and a very ragged-looking brown wolf pulled itself out of the mass. ("I've been better…")
Heltra clutched at her chest and cried out in pain. "Damn you…" Moments later she was dead on the ground.
Conn dropped to his butt and took a deep breath. "Well kid…welcome to what we need to fight."
"Can I please just not come with you?" Cheveyo sighed and sat down next to him.
Nikolai, still in the hulking Crinos form, limped up and glared at Conn. "Next time you plan on betting our lives…how about not cutting it so close?"
"What can I say?" Conn laid back and stretched. "I'm just not taking this seriously enough."
To be continued…
To Adriel: I already told you that Cheveyo's set of cards are one of the five warrior decks that use fusion.
To Seeker of the Soul: Well since LDD for the moment is done unless I decide to start a new arc, then yes. For now this is my writing focus. I need a change of characters for a little while anyway. BTW, yup. Werewolf.
To G.O.T. Nick: The rest of the Hidden Spirit pack cards will be unveiled slowly. Unlike the Cyber Shadows (which required showing a lot of the cards at once, since it is a fully original deck) I will handling the showing of the Hidden Spirit monsters differently. As for the plot, trust me it gets better.
To Rex: Hell, go ahead and jump to conclusions. BTW, in the last chapter of the Rival Schools Arc you mentioned my 'team'……what team?
To Raine: Stick with it. It'll make sense when question actually start getting answered.
To Wolfy: Indeed, lots more wolves.