Hyper Runners: Duel Legacy

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Chapter Ten: Taking the Heat, Part 1

Morning came a little too fast for Marcus' taste. After receiving the phone call about Crow's condition, the Fudo household was restless that night – Yusei remained in the garage for hours. When morning had finally arrived, Marcus and his master weren't the only ones to visit their fallen fried. Jack Atlas, Akiza Izinski, and the teenaged Leo and Luna were standing outside Crow's room, twitching anxiously.

"Yusei, you're here!" Leo shouted alarmingly. "I thought Pyro had gotten to you, too."

"Nah, traffic is just backed up." Yusei shook, looking to Jack. "What's wrong with Crow?"

"The good news is that he survived the duel." Jack explained. "The bad new: his entire body was completely burned. Luna thinks that his birthmark protected him from that maniac's attack."

"I tried listening to his deck." Luna explained. "But they all say the same thing: Flurry."

"Flurry?" Marcus repeated confused. "What in the world is that supposed to mean?"

"We're hoping to ask Crow once he wakes up." Akiza said. "But the doctor said it would take a few days before he regains consciousness."

If that was the case, Marcus found no real reason to stay if Crow wouldn't wake up any time soon. The Marked Duelist guessed it had something to do with them being Signers. The five heroes watched the door as Crow was going to jump out and surprise them, but Marcus just rested on the bench. After four minutes of sheer boredom, Marcus' attention was curved to another man walking down the hall. Akira "Rev" Seta walked past the Signers without a hint of concern on his expression – he didn't even bother looking at them. But his eyes did lock on Marcus for a few short moments as he passed.

"I'm leaving." Rev said in a bored manner. "Call me when its time to resume our training."

He walked out of the hospital without an answer. When he wasn't looking, Yubel appeared at Marcus' side with a serious expression on her face.

"I have a bad feeling about this." Yubel stated. "You should follow him to make sure he's all right."

"Why would I do that?" Marcus questioned rudely. "He can take care of himself."

"As I said, I have a bad feeling about this." Yubel said. "And I am usually right."


Rev was spotted a few miles east of Domino City, headed in the direction of the Satellite. Because the Daedalus Bridge was still undergoing repairs from the duel the other days, Rev was forced to use one of the secondary bridges. As he drove by, he was a number of riders dueling on the separate courses through the Speed World 2 cards. Rev was never one to use such a card, preferring to duel where the environments are more decisive and dangerous. His eyes were pacing back and forth under his helmet, obviously looking for something important.

"I doubt you'll find him here." The Deva Path glided at his master's side. "From the reports so far, the Pyro only appears at night and when someone is alone."

"I have my suspicions." Rev replied strictly. "I understand the kind of psychology used for these kinds of people. This "Pyro" is someone that likes to take on people he believes to be ace duelists. He loves the thrill of the challenge."

"And you expect him to appear?" Deva questioned. "This is the man that beat Crow – a Signer."

"Crow was a washed-up fool." Rev stated harshly. "I will prove to everyone who is truly the superior duelist."

"Rev!!"

The Akatsuki Duelist was nearly thrown off his own Runner in surprise when the voice emerged. Looking back, he spotted Marcus Kiva riding up behind him, but not with his own Runner. Rev knew for a fact that Chaos Control was ripped beyond repair and the one Marcus was using seemed oddly familiar. Once it was directly at his side, he quickly realized that the Runner he was using belonged to Yusei Fudo, but the owner was not aboard.

"What are you doing?" Rev glared. "Where did you get that Runner?"

"Yusei let me borrow it." Marcus answered. "I decided to follow you because Yubel had a feeling that you might be in trouble."

"Oh yes." Rev said lowly. He scanned over the Marked Duelist's shoulder, spotting Yubel flying alongside him. "I had heard rumors that you had acquired a new deck. But as you can plainly see, I am perfectly capable of protecting myself."

"But I just get this feeling that something is about to happen." Marcus said with genuine concern.

"What could possibly happen?" Rev questioned irritably.

His answer came in an unexpected spark of fire between them. Both rivals were forced to steer their Runners to either side of the bridge as the flame expanded into a shooting fireball. The familiar Runner of the Pyro duelist emerged from the intense flames – his Chakrams clicked against the back of his Runner. But unlike the duel against Crow, the man's hood was thrown back to show his face. He had shoulder-length, crimson-red hair that was kept in an unusual style – one side was neat and smooth while the other was spiked and messy. Judging by his features, he was probably only two years older than Rev.

"Does that answer your question?" Yubel said bluntly.

"Who are you?" Rev questioned.

"Well, that's very rude." Pyro smirked. "Where did you learn your manners?"

"Answer the question." Rev commanded.

"Such a stubborn kid." Pyro shook. "While you people call me Pyro, my real name is Ignite."

"You're the guy who beat Crow, aren't ya?" Marcus asked.

"Bingo." Ignite said eagerly. "Just looking for a better challenge."

"Then you'll get one." Rev stated. "I challenge you to a duel."

"We both do." Marcus added determinedly.

"Two against one doesn't really seem fair." Ignite said excitedly. "But I can't pass up a challenge like this. All right, I'll take you two one together, but I get 8000 life points while you two still get 4000 each."

"Deal!" The younger riders nodded.

"Then let's have at it." Ignite smirked, pressing a button on his Runner. "Starting up the Speed World."

"Speed World activated...autopilot standing by."

"Duel!" The group shouted.

Ignite (8000) – Marcus (4000) – Rev (4000)

"Let's light this candle!" Ignite shouted, drawing his card. "And to start off, I play Flame Dancer in attack mode!"

A blue idol statue appeared on the field. It held several golden rings with a single above its wicked grin while maintaining the fires on its heads and hands (550/450).

"Then I place down two cards and end my turn." Ignite finished.

"Bad choice." Marcus smirked, playing his card. And as he did so, the speed counters for everyone activated (1-1-1). "Cause now I'm going to summon up Elemental Knight – Crushing Wave!"

A warrior wearing smooth, ocean-blue armor appeared. His armor seemed to be connected with his skin and smoothed out into the shape of an ocean wave (1300/800).

"And now I attack your Flame Dancer with Crushing Wave!" Marcus declared.

The aquatic knight cupped his hand together and released a thick stream of light-blue energy upon the flaming statue. With a mischievous smirk present on his face, Ignite gladly watched as his monster is obliterated by the blast.

Ignite (7250) – Marcus (4000) – Rev (4000)

"Thanks for the help, kid!" Ignite grinned wicked. "Because I can now activate my trap card: Soul Rope!" He revealed the face down. "When one of my monsters is destroyed, I can pay 1000 life points to summon a level 4 or below monster from my deck!"

Ignite (6250) – Marcus (4000) – Rev (4000)

"And now I summon Fox fire in defense mode!" Ignite announced.

In a small flash of fire, the orange kit appeared on the field (300/200).

"All right, I throw down a face down and end this turn." Marcus finished, placing down his card.

"It's about time." Rev said coolly, drawing his card. Because the pyro duelist sacrificed over a thousand life points, he had originally lost his first speed counter (1-2-2). "And Now I summon Sonic the Hedgehog in attack mode!"

Much to the shock of both Marcus and Yubel, the blue hedgehog emerged at the Rev's side, appearing to his new master (1500/900).

"Hey, that's my card!" Marcus exclaimed.

"Not anymore." Rev replied coolly. "Unlike you, I went to search for these cards because I could see the power that they held." He glared at the Marked Duelist beneath his visor. "You are weak and have no right carrying such power."

"Hmm...Friction between the main characters." Ignite thought amusingly. "This just keeps getting better and better."

"And now I activate the Speed Spell: Spin Dash!" Rev announced, revealing a card with Sonic curling into a ball. "This card's effect can be activated as long as I have two speed counters. When my monster attacks another in defense mode, the difference between them is subtracted from your life points!"

"That's an impressive move." Yubel commented. "That deck certainly is powerful."

"Yeah, I would know." Marcus glared.

"I attack your Fox Fire with Sonic the Hedgehog!" Rev stated

The cobalt hedgehog curled into his ball form and zoomed across the highway to shred its way through the tiny fox. But the attack didn't end there. After plowing its way through the fox, Sonic made its attack directly for Ignite. The Pyro Duelist nearly lost his balance after being struck from the side. Look back at his dashboard, Ignite groaned inwardly at his speed counters (0-2-2).

Ignite (4950) – Marcus (4000) – Rev (4000)

"Man, these kids are killing me." Ignite thought nonchalantly. "Looks like its time I step my game up."

"I end my turn!" Rev announced.

"And that means Fire Fox returns to my field." Ignite said, watching his monster return from the grave. Afterwards, he drew his fourth card (1-3-3). "And now I activate the trap card: Slipstream! With this card, I gain the same number of speed counters as you two."

"So we're all on equal ground, eh?" Marcus grinned.

"Not exactly." Ignite said deviously. "Since you two are working together, all your speed counters are counted as a whole, giving me a total of..."

"Six!" Rev exclaimed shockingly.

Speed Counters (7-3-3).

"And now I remove my Flame Dancer from the game." Ignite stated. He pulled the card from his graveyard and pocketed it in his coat. "By doing this, it allows me to special summon Spirit of Flames!"

A spike of heavy flames erupted from the street – a tall shadow loomed from within. As the fire died down, a devilish beat with intensive red skin and four spikes on its head emerged from the heat (1700/1000).

"And this is the best part." Ignite grinned. "Whenever Spirit of Flames enters into battle, it gains an additional 300 attack points."

"I got a bad feeling about this." Marcus thought.

"Spirit of the Flames, burn his Crushing Wave to ash!" Ignite commanded.

With the advanced power up, the Spirit of Flames immersed its fist is fire and jabbed it into the heart of the knight. As his knight was obliterated from existence, Marcus could feel the heat radiating from the flames. His hand tightened fearfully – he was afraid he might be repeating the Gedo Mazo incident. But then, he found Yubel's hand resting upon his own. Though she was only a spirit, Marcus could still feel her warmth.

"It's all right." Yubel said kindly. "I'll be with you every step of the way."

"Thanks, Yubel." Marcus thought.

Ignite (4950) – Marcus (3300) – Rev (4000)

"Now I activate my trap card: Knights Signal!" Marcus shouted, revealing a card with a cloud of smoke shaped like a 'K'. "When one of my monster's is destroyed, I can special summon a Knight monster from my deck. Come out, Elemental Knight – Blaze!"

A feminine knight clad in scorching red armor appeared on the field. The female inside the armor looked very serious, which only matched the armor itself, which appeared to be forged from actually living flames. A sword was sheathed at her side, which she seemed eager to draw (1700/1000).

"Hey, not bad!" Ignite complimented. "If that's the case, I place a face down and end my turn."

"My draw!" Marcus shouted, drawing his fifth card (8-4-4). "And I summoned Elemental Hero Burstinatrix!"

A woman with deathly-pale skin appeared on the field. She was covered in a skin-tight red suit with a golden crown present to hold in her flowing silver hair (1200/800).

"And now I activate the Speed Spell – Speed Fusion!" Marcus called, playing the card. "This card activates when I have four speed counters. With this card, I can fuse Elemental Knight – Blaze and Elemental Hero Burstinatrix to summon Elemental Knight – Inferna!"

Blaze and Burstinatrix were absorbed into a spiraling vortex to made way for the next champion. A thin, but clearly powerful female warrior appeared n the field. She wore a crimson-red tunic with charcoal-dark pants, but also wore scarlet-red bracers, greaves, and a knightly helmet. She was swinging a pair of chains around her arms, which were lit with fire at the ends (2300/1600).

"So this is the power of the Elemental Deck." Rev thought impressively. "Maybe..."

"Inferna, attack with Molten Link!" Marcus commanded.

"Don't forget!" Ignite shouted quickly. "Spirit of Flames gains 300 attack points in battle."

But that made very little difference. Overall, Elemental Knight –Inferna was still 300 attack points stronger than the Spirit of Flames. The fiery knight swung her chains around and constricted the fire demon's throat. Without a hint of remorse, Inferna pulled back on her chain and snapped the monster's neck, obliterating it from existence.

Ignite (4650) – Marcus (3300) – Rev (4000)

"And now I throw down a face down to call it a turn!" Marcus finished.

"Man, this is the best duel I ever had!" Ignite shouted excitedly. "The tension, the thrill – it's awesome!"

"Let's see how much you enjoy it after this." Rev said coolly, drawing his fourth card (9-5-5). "Now I sacrifice Sonic the Hedgehog to summon Konan!"

The blue hedgehog evaporated into a mist of light, leaving the path for Konan to appear (2200/1800).

And now I activate the Speed Spell – Chaos Emerald #1!" Rev continued, placing a magic card with a green emerald. "By sending one monster from my hand to my graveyard, I can revive one monster. Return to me, Sonic the Hedgehog!"

As Rev discarded a monster into his graveyard, a beam of light sprung out and returned in the form of the cobalt monster.

"Oh no..." Marcus thought fearfully. "Please tell me he isn't..."

"And I tune Konan to Sonic the Hedgehog to summon my strongest monster!" Rev shouted.

At once, the blue-haired female reformed into her paper-like stated and formed a cocoon around the blue beast. As Marcus had predicted from their last duel, the paper sphere grew larger and larger until there was the faint sound of a beating heart.

"Born from the depths of lost souls, the master of death shatters his binds!" Rev chanted darkly. "Rise forth, Gedo Mazo!"

At once, the paper cocoon was shredded, revealing the face of the blind statue (4000/0). At the sight of the monstrosity, Marcus unintentionally swerved Yusei's Runner to the right, scraping against the guardrail. When the marked Duelist finally regained his bearings and returned to the road, Yubel appeared with a concerned expression.

"What's the matter?" Yubel asked. "Is something wrong?"

"That...that monster..." Marcus answered frighteningly. "It's because of that thing..."

"Wow, that's some power!" Ignite whistled impressively. "But something like that obviously has a drawback."

"It's true that the Gedo Mazo cannot attack." Rev nodded. "Not can I play any other cards on the field. But in exchange, I can remove one card from play. And depending on what that card is, its effect is activated. So, I choose to remove you Fox Fire!"

The Gedo Mazo ripped open its enlarged jaw, revealing a spiral of spiritual energy. Suddenly, the spiral transformed into a massive serpent and swiped through the tiny fox, ripping the soul from its body. As the body of the fox was obliterated, the spirit serpent returned to its master's throat.

"And it doesn't end there!" Rev shouted determined. "When the Gedo Mazo removes a monster from play, half of that monster's attack points are taken from your life points."

"The Gedo Mazo ripped open its mouth for a second time revealing the faint outline of the Fire Fox. The spiritual Kitsune was catapulted from the statues mouth and struck its former master in the face.

Ignite (4500) – Marcus (3300) – Rev (4000)

"Man, you guys are good!" Ignite laughed. "I don't know if I can even beat you two."

"So are you ready to give up!" Marcus questioned hopefully. He was looking for any excuse to distance himself from the Gedo Mazo.

"Hey, I'm not giving up that easily." Ignite stated, drawing his third card (10-6-6). "In fact, it looks like my luck is turning around. I activate my face-down card: Level Conversion Lab!" He revealed the face-down. "Now I select one monster from my hand and roll a die. And whatever number it lands on because the monster's level for one turn. And I select my special level 12 monster!"

"Level 12!!" The duo thought ludicrously.

"Let go, Level Conversion Lab!" Ignite shouted eagerly.

A bacterial tank appeared between the duelists, containing one die inside. The duelist trio and the duel spirits watched anxiously as the die continued spinning within the tank, eventually slowing to a stop. And, much to the heroes' dismay, it landed on the number 4.

"Yeah, now that's what I'm talking about!" Ignite cheered. "With that in mind, I summon Order VIII – Flurry of Dancing Flames!"

The bacterial tank exploded without warning, forming a towering pillar of flames. Even the duelist who were in the middle of their own duels stopped to watch the strange phenomenon Marcus and Rev stared at the tower of fire as it slowly parted to reveal the true monster behind the destruction. In was a humanoid warrior barely taller than the Gedo Mazo's tooth with spiky red hair that reached down its back. He wore a pair of white, silk pant with orange cuffs at the ankles, a crimson sash across its chest, and white braces on its forearms. The human warrior carried metallic chakrams similar to the ones of Ignite's Runner (3000/2600).

"That's what this is all the fuss is about." Rev said disapprovingly. "That monster isn't worthy enough to lick my shoes."

"Looks can be deceiving." Ignite grinned. "In fact, I failed to mention its special ability."

"What special ability?" Marcus asked.

"On the turn it is summoned," Ignite said dramatically. "Flurry of Dancing Flames can destroy one monster and subtract its attack points from the owner's life points."

"What?!" The duo exclaimed.

"That's right!" Ignite cackled wildly. "So say good bye to your little idol!!"

The Flurry of Dancing Flames ignited its chakrams and jumped into the air until it was level with the Gedo Mazo's eyes. The small human tossed its weapons for the blind statue with the intention to end the monster and its master permanently.


The fires grow bigger with the friction between them. Is this the end of Rev's game? Can Marcus save his partner before it's too late? Or will Ignite succeed in his unknown mission once again? Find out on the next Hyper Runners!

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Duel Report:

Name: Elemental Knight – Inferna

Attribute: Fire

Type: Warrior/Fusion/ Effect

Level: 6

ATK/DEF: 2300/1600

Fusion: (Elemental Knight – Blaze + Elemental Hero Burstinatrix)

Effect: For one turn, you can direct the effects of one monster to this monster. If this monster is destroyed by a monster effect, all damage is reduced to 0 and you can special summon one fire monster from your deck.