Hey everyone! Yes, it's the New Year, wooo! Now I know it's been a while, but I've been busy with making a professional graphic portfolio and trying to get into the world of work. In fact, I want my first job as a New Year's resolution. So feel free to check out my portfolio, if you can find it. The address will soon be on Deviantart, but maybe at the end of the month.
Anyway, here's some Yuto action for ya. That's all I'm gonna say, enjoy!
Chapter 8 - The Rematch
After the duel between Aero and Yuya, everyone slept in the night. At first, Aero had a peaceful sleep at first, but it sooned turned into a nightmare. Aero's nightmare started with him walking down a dark alleyway, he doesn't recognise it from where he had explored the city before. Aero wasn't sure why he was out this late, but it was strangely quiet. That was until, he heard a roar. Aero had heard of this roar recently and he was dreading it was that monster, Dark Rebellion XYZ Dragon. He had been scared of it since that night at the warehouse, he was not scared of the looks, but how real the damage was. Aero only recieved damage from what was destroyed in the warehouse, but what if the opponent was him? Could he survive the dragon's attacks?
Hearing the roar, Aero turned slowly only to find two glowing yellow eyes and purple orbs, with two glowly blue lights circling the monster. It was then that Aero's heartbeat was increasing and was slowly walking backwards in fear. A white glow appeared in front of him, it was Sonic Boom Dragon. Aero had a smile on his face and was relaxed to see Sonic Boom Dragon protecting him. But then, one of the blue orbs disappeared and electricity sparked towards Sonic Boom Dragon. The electricity seemed to have weakened Sonic Boom Dragon as it was decending near to the ground. The other blue orb disappeared and more electricity went through to Sonic Boom Dragon.
Sonic Boom Dragon looked awful as its glow was fading and was fully down to the ground. The monster that made this powerful electricity had much brighter orbs and colour than Sonic Boom Dragon had at the moment. The monster's wings expanded and the electricity flowed onto its wings and body, the orbs glowed brightly and flew towards Sonic Boom Dragon. The monster's spikes pierced through Sonic Boom Dragon and upon impact, it exploded and continued its attack onto Aero.
It seemed to have not touch Aero as he opened his eyes and breathed heavily in his sleeping bag. Aero looked around as he breathed a sigh of relief and was slowly relaxing. 'Just a nightmare... was that... Dark Rebellion XYZ Dragon?' Aero closed his eyes as he remembered the night at the warehouse:
Flashback
"I overlay my two level four Shadow Veils!" The two monsters became a beam of purple and went into a yellow swirl portal and something bigger took its place. It was a black and purple dragon with sharp wings and fangs, it had two balls of light circuling around it. "Appear now, Dark Rebellion XYZ Dragon!" Aero looked at the dragon scared.
"Dark Rebellion...XYZ Dragon?" Aero looked at the newly summoned dragon, wondering what kind of summon the stranger made. 'Dark Rebellion XYZ Dragon, it looks deadly'. The dragon roared once more at the power increase from 3900 to 4600. "Battle! I attack Mobius the Mega Monarch with Dark Rebellion XYZ Dragon! Go! Crush that glacier with your fangs! Revolt of the Lightning! Disobey!"
Dark Rebellion XYZ Dragon used the blade on its lower jaw, combined with its lightning powers. It pierced the monster, then blew up. People nearby were blown far away and Yuzu screamed as she was going to get hit by some debris that came from the attack. Aero heard the scream and was about to shield her, but strangely, the stranger shielded her instead. Having not much time to react, Aero shielded himself, but seemed to have got hit by some sharp debris on his left arm. The lights above sparked and broke due to electrical overload and some of the glass from the bulbs hit the floor. After a big cloud of smoke, it became clear again and there were a few flare sparks on the floor.
Aero opened his eyes and looked at the devastation the attack had caused. 'That was definately a phychic duelist's attack, no doubt. Much more powerful than Akiza did before...' Aero unfolded his arms and noticed some debris stuck on his left arm, as well as some glass. It was bleeding a little, but it was stinging in pain and he knew that he had to get it out soon, otherwise, he'll get sick. 'This isn't good... I have to get this debris off before using my chaos energy...'
Aero then heard a voice from the opposite side of the warehouse. "Is this badge from LDS? What do you know about Duel Academy?" Sawatari had no clue what the masked stranger was talking about. "Duel Academy? I have no idea what you're talking about". The stranger snapped, "Don't play dumb!" Sawatari answered, "I swear! Everyone who enrols in LDS has a badge like that, I have no idea what this Duel Academy thing is, I swear!"
The masked duelist's goggles seemed to have come off due to the attack, but the dark lighting and the shadow from his hair was making it hard to see the eyes. "Then I have no quarrel with you. I activate a spell from my graveyard, Phantom Des Spear! By removing this card from my graveyard, I can negate the activation of a trap and destroy it!" The trap Sawatari used disappeared into yellow particles. "And it also inflicts 100 points of damage to its owner!" Sawatari waved his arms in panic and the spear was shot just under the armpit. Dark Rebellion XYZ Dragon and the spear disappeared as it was the end of the duel and the masked duelist grabbed the mask that was covering his nose and mouth. He held the mask in his hand and took a deep breath, but what everyone saw shocked them.
His face looks exactly like Yuya's.
Present
Aero opened his eyes as he thought, 'Who was that guy? Why is he interested with Yuzu? And more importantly, why does he look like Yuya?' Aero looked at the window, it was early in the morning and he sees Yuya sleeping peacefully in his bed. 'It's too early... plus, I'm not really hungry...' Aero closed his eyes and got his right hand out as the Sword of Chaos appeared. Aero kept his eyes closed and said quietly to not wake Yuya up. "Chaos Control". Aero disappeared and Yuya was the only one in the room, sleeping without a care.
In a flash, Aero was the highway thanks to the teleportation of Chaos Control. Aero opened his eyes and looked at the highway, it was beautiful seeing the sunrise on the left side of the horizon. Aero looked emotionless as he kneeled on the railing and watched the sunrise, deep in thought. "You look awful, Aero". Gleam Thief said after appearing beside him. Aero didn't look at Gleam Thief, but looked down slightly. "What if that dream I had was real? What if the damage became real just like the dream did?"
Gleam Thief shook his head at what Aero was saying. From when and where they first met, they had been through much tougher foes than Dark Rebellion. They had face strong cards such as the Alchemist's cards and the Sacred Beasts cards. "So? We've been through much worse! If you're so concerned, go after that guy! Face your fears!" Aero looked at Gleam Thief confused. Was Gleam Thief trying to encourage him? Or is Gleam trying to be brave himself? "What do you mean Gleam?"
Gleam facepalmed, but withdrew his hand as he replied, "What I'm saying Aero is to go after that guy! He deserves payback for framing Yuya!" Aero looked back at the sunrise, which was almost over and thought on what Gleam Thief said. It's true that Yuya was framed because of that duelist, because he was a lookalike of Yuya, but he also wanted answers. Aero nodded and understood that Gleam Thief was right. "Okay Gleam, you're right. We gotta catch that guy before anyone else gets hurt. But the question is, where is he?"
Gleam Thief didn't answer as he was interrupted by Scrap King materialising. "Well, we last saw him in the number 52 warehouse, when he faced Shingo..." Aero nodded as he got his plan ready. "Okay, warehouses it is, after some breakfast though. The Yuya lookalike might not even be up yet and it's best to be prepared". Gleam replied with a humph and dematerialised, but Scrap King stayed as he smiled and nodded. "Good plan, it's best to get your energy first". Scrap King also dematerialised and went back to Yuya's house using his super speed.
Later that day...
It was lunch break at the school and both Yuya and Yuzu were having their lunch together. "You didn't see Aero this morning? Are you sure?" Yuya looked at Yuzu, as he got up this morning, he noticed that Aero wasn't in his room. Yuya must have thought that he was hungry and went for some early breakfast, but when he got there, Aero was nowhere to be seen. "I'm sure. But I wonder, where is he and why so early?" Yuzu looked lost as she couldn't answer his questions, but she asked, "Does he nomally wake up with you?" Yuya nodded and added, "Mostly yes. I guess I have to wait for him at You Show".
It was then that Shingo walked up to them and explained that LDS are in production for Pendulum Cards and that Shingo would obtain them to defeat Yuya. Meanwhile far from the school, a figure was standing on one of the storage boxes, looking for someone. It was Aero with his goggles on. "Where is he?" After Aero had his breakfast, he went to the place where he last saw the Yuya lookalike. It had been three hours since then and Aero was starting to get uncomfortable from standing too long.
Aero sat down, but continued looking. "He should be here..." Aero was drifting a little since he was a little tired, but a voice woke him up. "Aero, you can have a rest if you want. I'll look out for that guy for you". Aero looked at who said that. "Thanks for the offer Scrap, but I'll be fine. I just the need some company". Aero looked at the warehouse and added, "Thanks for keeping me entertained". Scrap wondered what he meant at first, but was happy to know that he was useful. "You're welcome".
Aero sighed as he had enough of waiting, after what seemed like thirty minutes to him, he jumped off the storage box and headed straight through the doors of warehouse 52. Scrap knew Aero long enough that if he waited long enough, he would go straight to the problem. "Be careful, Aero". Aero nodded and gently pushed the doors, cautious as to what could happen. Aero looked around the room as he entered, there was no one in sight. Seeing that the coast was clear, Aero closed the doors behind him.
Aero turned and called out, even if he couldn't see anyone. "Hello? Anyone here?" Aero didn't see it, but on the first floor, a figure was hiding by one of the pillars. The figure was curious as to who was talking, so he slowly turned his head and saw Aero. He had surprise on his eyes, but kept hidden as he wanted to know more about Aero. "Look, if you're worried about getting hurt, I'm not gonna hurt you". Aero paused and then sighed, if he wanted answers from this Yuya lookalike, he'lll have to express himself.
Aero left his goggles hanging on his neck and let his full image shown. "I'm a traveler, an orphan from another world. I was just like you, a human who has friends... but it was then that a miracle happened". It seemed to have worked because the figure looked at Aero and was shown a little more than before. "I got this power which changed my life, I went to a new beautiful world and met even more friends there. I went on many adventures with them and am now exploring different worlds like this one".
Aero was going to continue, but he heard noises on the balcony floor. It was like something was moving. Aero was following the noise, but the sound of metal clanging stopped and a new voice spoke behind Aero. "Are you from Academy? Who are you?" Aero jumped at the sudden voice, but turned around slowly to see the one person he was looking for. Aero seemed to noticed that the Yuya lookalike didn't have his goggles on. "I asked you a question, who are you?" Aero seemed a bit more calmer.
"The name's Aero and I don't know this 'Academia' that you keep talking about". Aero knew about Duel Academy during his travels with Jaden, but this was many years ago. He didn't know if he should mention this or forget it for his safety. Aero decided. "I knew Duel Academy, but many, many years ago, in the time when Jaden Yuki was a student". The stranger widened his eyes, but then quickly narrowed them in anger. "You're one of them!" The stranger activated his duel disk. "Face me, now!"
Aero had his hands up in defense. "W-w-woah! Wait a second! I told you I'm not here to hurt you!" The stranger didn't seem to listen. "If you're with Academia, you'll will pay for what you did to my home!" Aero tilted his head. "Your... home?" Aero shook his head and readied his duel disk. 'I guess the only way to get through to him is to duel him...' Aero's deck shuffled and both duelists drawn their five cards. "DUEL!"
Aero - 4000
Stranger - 4000
Stranger's Turn
"I'll go first. I summon Phantom Knights, Ragged Glove!" A strange duel monster appeared and Aero was a little surprised, due to the fact that this was the first time this stranger used monsters in his deck.
Phantom Knights, Ragged Gloves - ATK 1000 DEF 500 LV3 Warrior / Effect - DARK
An Xyz Monster that was Summoned using this card as an Xyz Material gains this effect.
- If it is Xyz Summoned: It gains 1000 ATK until the end of this turn.
"If I control a Phantom Knight monster, I can special summon this card from my hand. Come, Phantom Knights, Silent Boots!" Another monster appeared that was similiar to Ragged Gloves.
Phantom Knights, Silent Boots - ATK 200 DEF 1200 LV3 Warrior / Effect - DARK
If you control a Level 3 "Phantom Knights" monster, you can Special Summon this card (from your hand).
"With these two monsters, I overlay!" The two monsters became two purple streams of energy and went into a yellow swirly hole. It soon disappeared as another monster replaced it. "Souls of warriors fallen on the battlefield, revive now and become light to rend the darkness! XYZ summon! Come forth, Phantom Knight, Break Sword!" A dark shadow horseman replaced the level three monsters.
Phantom Knights, Break Sword - ATK 2000 DEF 1000 R3 Warrior / XYZ / Effect - DARK
2 Level 3 DARK monsters
If this card leaves the field while it has Xyz Material: You can Special Summon all the monsters that were attached to this card as Xyz Materials, but their Levels become 4.
'Another XYZ monster?' The stranger placed two cards down. "I place two cards face down. I end my turn".
Aero's Turn
Playing "Dragon Road - Day" from Sonic Unleashed
"It's my turn now, draw!" Aero's hand contained Team Sonic's Team Attack, Bonus Ring, Eggman Plan 7, Cream, Power Ring and the drawn card was Elemental Hero Mobian Green Gemini. 'I haven't got a strong enough mobian to take this monster out... I guess...' Aero looked at his hand and made his move. "I summon Cream!"
Cream - ATK 700 DEF 100 LV1 Beast / Effect - EARTH
This card is treated as a Mobian-Type Monster. When this card is Normal or Special Summoned to the field, this card gains 1 Speed Counter. Once per turn, by removing 1 Speed Counter, you can inflict damage to your opponent for each card in their hand x 300. If "Cheese" is equipped to this card, this card gains 300 ATK but its effect is negated.
The stranger looked confused at the mobian, Cream. Aero smiled at the stranger's confusion, but continued. "Since I control a Mobian monster, I can special summon this card from my hand. Come on out, Elemental Hero Mobian, Green Gemini!" The twin green rabbits were in defense mode, beside Cream.
Elemental Hero Mobian Green Gemini - ATK 1200 DEF 1200 LV4 Warrior / Effect - LIGHT
This card is treated as a Mobian-Type Monster. This card can be Special Summoned from your hand if you have a Mobian-Type monster on the field. When this card is Normal or Special Summoned to the field, this card gains 1 Speed Counter. Once per turn, you can remove 1 Speed Counter on this card, if you do, you can Special Summon 1 "Mobian" monster from your hand, Deck or Graveyard that has a LIGHT or EARTH Attribute. This card gains ATK and DEF equal to the total number of "Mobian" monsters x 300 (Not including this card).
"Next I equip Cream with the spell, Power Ring!" Cream had a glowing ring on her right wrist.
Power Ring - Equip Spell
Equip to any "Mobian" monster. Once per turn, if the monster equipped with this card gets destroyed by battle, it is not destroyed. Send this card to the graveyard once it's attacked.
"I activate Green Gemini's effect! I remove a speed counter from Green Gemini, so that I can special summon another mobian from my hand, deck or graveyard that has a light or earth attribute. I special summon the hero of Mobius, Sonic!"
Sonic - ATK 2500 DEF 1500 LV7 Beast / Effect - EARTH
This card is treated as a Mobian-Type Monster. When this card is Normal or Special Summoned to the field, this card gains 2 Speed Counters. Once per turn, you can remove 1 Speed Counter on Sonic; when you do, you can destroy 1 card on your opponent's side of the field. If you destroy a Monster that has more ATK than Sonic, this card cannot declare an attack. If this card was Special Summoned by the effect of "Super Sonic", this card's ATK becomes 0 until your next Standby Phase.
"Okay Sonic, time to use your effect! I remove a speed counter to destroy the face down on the right!" Sonic spin dashed the face down, revealing a trap card called Booby Trap E. "Now it's time to take on his monster! Sonic, attack Break Sword!" Sonic jumped high in the air and was about to hit the head, but the Yuya lookalike activated the other face down. "I activate my trap, Phantom Fogblade!"
Phantom Fogblade - Continuous Trap
Activate this card by targeting 1 opponent's attacking monster; negate the attack. Its effects are negated, it cannot attack, also you cannot target it for attacks
"This card becomes an equip card for your monster and a monster equipped with this card cannot attack or activate its effect". Aero clinched his teeth and Sonic jumped back to where he was before. "I'll throw down a face down and end my turn!"
Stranger's Turn
"My draw! Break Sword, attack Cream!" The horseman used its sword to slash Cream, but only Cream's Power Ring disappeared instead. "Power Ring prevents Cream from being destroyed, but then the card gets destroyed after the attack". The sword bounced back from hitting the ring, but a shockwave hit Aero as the life points went down.
Aero - 2700
Aero covered himself with his arms, he could feel the monsters' attack clearly, but luckily, it was just wind. Compared to the other night when debris of the warehouse hit his arm, there was no harm so far. "I place a face down and end my turn".
Aero's Turn
Aero uncovered his arms and looked at his opponent's eyes. 'This guy is pretty good... but I've got to be careful of his Dark Rebellion XYZ Dragon...' Aero looked at his deck and drew the next card. "My turn! Draw!" The drawn card was the newest trap card, Sonic Boom Reincarnation. 'No good... I'll just have to play defensively for now...' "I switch Cream to defense mode and acivate her ability! By removing her speed counter, I can inflict damage to you for each of your cards in your hand, times 300!" Cream ran up and pounced on the opponent's chest using her feet. "I'll throw down a face down and call it there".
Stranger - 3700
Stranger's Turn
"Draw". The opponent drew his card, but seemed bored. "Is this all you got? I don't even feel any of your dueling strength, not even a fragment of it". Aero blinked as he had a moment of dejá vu. 'Weird... he said the same thing to Shingo... Is it because I'm not giving my all?' Aero closed his eyes as he remembered that duel, but he didn't want to make this a fight, he wanted to have a fun time. Aero smiled as he said, "Well then..." Aero then opened his eyes and added, "...Bring it!" The Stranger wasn't expecting this sort of reaction. The Yuya lookalike continued. "Activate trap, Phantom Sword! This increases Break Swords attack by 800!"
Phantom Sword - Continuous Trap
Activate this card by targeting 1 "Phantom Knights" monster you control; it gains 800 ATK. If that target would be destroyed by battle, you can send this card to the Graveyard instead. If that target leaves the field, destroy this card.
Phantom Knight, Break Sword - 2800 ATK
"Break Sword, attack his Sonic!" The sword the horseman was using was about to slash Sonic, but Sonic seemed to be sheilded. "My trap activated, it's called Eggman Trap 7. This negates your attack once and it goes back face down. Try and get me now!" The Stranger clenched his teeth as he had no moves left. "I end my turn".
Aero's Turn
"My turn, draw!" Aero drew his card which was Charmy Bee. 'Yes! Just what I need!' Aero gave a big smile and said, "The fun has just began! I play the mobian, Charmy Bee!" A familiar bee mobian made backflips next to Sonic.
Charmy Bee - ATK 100 DEF 700 LV1 Insect / Tuner / Effect - EARTH
This card is treated as a Mobian-Type Monster. When this card is Normal or Special Summoned to the field, this card gains 1 Speed Counter. Once per turn, by removing 1 Speed Counter, you can send 1 card from your hand to the Graveyard to draw 1 card.
"Next I'll use Charmy's ability! By removing his speed counter, I can discard a card from my hand to draw a new one". Aero discarded Team Sonic's Team Attack and drew the card, Chaos Control. "Now I tune Charmy with Sonic!" The stranger's eyes widened as he seemed to know the summoning method. "From the land, comes a master of the sky! Become the wind that blows around you! Synchro Summon! Come forth, Sonic Boom Dragon!"
Sonic Boom Dragon - ATK 2600 DEF 1800 LV8 Sc4 Dragon / Synchro / Pendulum / Effect - WIND
1 Tuner + 1 or more non-Tuner monsters
This card cannot be Special Summoned except from the Extra Deck. This card is treated as a Mobian-Type monster. When this card is Synchro or Special Summoned to the field, this card gains 3 Speed Counters. Once per turn, this card gains 1 Speed Counter (max 10). You can destroy a number of cards on the field by removing Speed Counters for each card you want to destroy. If this card has 2 or less Speed Counters, this card cannot declare an attack.
The stranger looked at this dragon Aero summoned, he seemed confused and Aero would like to know why. Aero had so many questions to ask this lookalike, but he had a duel to finish. "Now here comes the serious stuff, when Sonic Boom Dragon is summoned, he gets three speed counters. So I'll remove one to destroy your monster! Go Sonic Roar!" Sonic Boom Dragon opened its jaw and let out a loud roar that destroyed Break Sword. "Break Sword's ability activates! When it's destroyed, I can summon the material monsters as level 4 monsters".
Both Phantom Knight monsters came back in defense mode. Aero looked at the two monsters, thinking that he was going to have a hard time. "Lucky for you is that Sonic Boom Dragon can't attack you if he has two or less speed counters, so I'll just have to end my turn. So come at me!" Aero made a hand gesture to the opponent saying 'Bring it'. The opponent looked mad and got ready for his turn.
Stranger's Turn
"My turn! I overlay the level 4 Ragged Gloves and Silent Boots!" Like before, the two monsters became energy and made something different. The shape looked familiar to Aero and he was dreading on what would happen next. 'It's coming...' Sharp wings, fangs and claws replaced the two monsters. "Fangs of pitch-black darkness, rise up against the foolish oppression! Descend now! XYZ summon! Come forth, Rank 4, Dark Rebellion XYZ Dragon!" The said dragon appeared out of the fog and two orbs of light circled around it.
Dark Rebellion XYZ Dragon - ATK 2500 DEF 2000 R4 Dragon / XYZ / Effect - DARK
2 Level 4 monsters
You can detach 1 Xyz Material from this card, then target 1 Level 5 or higher monster your opponent controls; its ATK becomes half its current ATK, and if it does, this card gains that lost ATK. These changes last until the End Phase.
Aero's smile disappeared, but he appeared to be calm as he put back his goggles on. "Like I said, bring it!" The Stranger narrowed his eyes and declared, "I activate Dark Rebellion's effect! By removing an overlay unit, I can half your monster's attack points and Dark Rebellion gains that amount! Treason Discharge!" What happened in Aero's dream was happening for real. The same purple electricity spreaded around Sonic Boom Dragon and it made the dragon weaker. "Now I activate Dark Rebellion's effect once again!" Sonic Boom Dragon got even weaker, but there was a small change compared to the first one.
Sonic Boom Dragon - 650 ATK
Dark Rebellion XYZ Dragon - 4450 ATK
'This isn't good... I've got to stop this attack, otherwise I'll be toast! Wait, Eggman Plan 7! That's it!' Dark Rebellion prepared its attack by extending its wings and electricity flowed through them. "Dark Rebellion, attack Sonic Boom Dragon!" The dragon was about to pierce Sonic Boom Dragon, but the trap before made a reappearance. "Sorry, but no matter how powerful that one monster is, you can't get me with it". The attack was negated and Dark Rebellion went beside the Stranger. "I end my turn".
Aero's Turn
'Sonic Boom Dragon... I'm sorry! I couldn't save you. Now we don't stand a chance against it!' Aero was too beaten down, what he was afraid of was what he was up against. "Don't beat yourself up, Aero! We've been through worst!" Aero looked at his deck with his worries slowly erasing. 'Scrap? Is that you?' It was silent but a voice replied, "Yeah it's me. Remember, we're a team. We can do this!" Aero's worries seem to have disppeared as his smile came back. 'Thanks Scrap. Now let's do this!'
Aero drew the card, Wave. Aero knew that this one mobian won't help, but he knew one that can. "I activate the spell, Chaos Control!"
Chaos Control - Normal Spell
Return 1 "Mobian" monster from your hand to the Deck. Add 1 "Mobian" monster from your Deck to your hand.
"With this card, I can switch a Mobian monster from my hand with a different one from my deck. So I choose my favourite one, Elemental Hero Mobian Scrap King!"
Elemental Hero Mobian Scrap King - ATK 1500 DEF 1000 LV4 Warrior / Effect - WIND
This card is treated as a Mobian-Type Monster. This card can be Special Summoned from your hand if you have a Mobian-Type monster on the field. When this card is Normal or Special Summoned to the field, this card gains 1 Speed Counter. Once per turn, you can remove 1 Speed Counter on this card, if you do, you can Special Summon 1 "Mobian" monster from your hand, Deck or Graveyard that has a WIND Attribute. This card gains ATK and DEF equal to the total number of "Mobian" monsters x 400 (Not including this card).
"Now Scrap King's effect activates! I remove his speed counter to summon a mobian with a wind attribute, so I summon Tails from my deck!"
Tails - ATK 1000 DEF 300 LV4 Beast / Effect - WIND
This card is treated as a Mobian-Type Monster. When this card is Normal or Special Summoned to the field, this card gains 1 Speed Counter. Once per turn, you can remove 1 Speed Counter on Tails; when you do, you can Special Summon 1 "Mobian" Monster from your hand, Deck or Graveyard. If you Special Summoned from the Deck, this card cannot declare an attack.
Cream - 0SC
Elemental Hero Mobian Green Gemini - 0SC
Sonic Boom Dragon - 3SC
Sonic - 2SC
Tails - 0SC
"Now for Tails' ability! I remove his counter to summon any mobian I want, so Sonic is coming back!" Sonic came back from the graveyard and the Stranger saw the amount of monsters he had to face. "Now it's time to make this battle easier! I activate Sonic's ability! By removing his speed counter, I can destroy your face down!" Sonic nodded and spin dashed onto the Stranger's face down, destroying it. "Next I activate Sonic Boom Dragon's effect! I remove a counter to destroy Dark Rebellion XYZ Dragon!" The roar Sonic Boom Dragon did before destroyed Dark Rebellion, leaving the Stranger's field empty. "I switch Cream and Green Gemini to attack mode! Now everyone, attack!"
Stranger - 0
Aero - 2700
All of the duel monsters disappeared as the duel was over and Aero was relieved that it was over. He then looked at the duelist he faced as he was shocked to be beaten. Aero kept his smile and walked towards the duelist. "Hey, don't beat yourself up. Our duel was fun". Aero gave his hand towards the Stranger and he seemed to be surprised by this gesture. He accepted his hand and got back on his feet, but kept the surprise on his face. "I need to ask you some questions, first one, who are you?"
The Stranger kept silent as he was still surprised at Aero and Aero thought he was going a bit harsh on demanding answers. "Okay, let's start over. I'm Aero, what's your name?" The Stranger kept quiet, but he removed his mask that was covering his mouth. "Yuto". Aero wasn't sure what he meant. "Huh?" The Stranger introduced himself again. "My name is Yuto". Aero was about to ask another question, but he heard noises outside. "He must be in here, but if not, we can find some clues..." Aero was getting worried, he needed more time to talk to Yuto and he didn't want him to get caught. Aero had one shot at this. Aero summoned his Sword of Chaos behind his back, he grabbed Yuto's coat and immediately shouted out, "Chaos Control!"
Yuto didn't react fast enough as they both were covered in a bright white light and within seconds, they were gone. The voices that were coming from outside were opening the doors, there were three people. The first one was Masumi, the Fusion course expert. They came in later, but the second was Sora and the third one was Yuzu. Yuzu explained that she wanted Sora to teach her Fusion Summoning, so that she had a better chance at defeating Masumi. Masumi was about to leave after finding no clues, but she saw Yuzu. "If I had time, I would duel you, you little pipsqueak, but I've got somewhere to be". She pushed Yuzu out of the way gently, leaving Sora and Yuzu to train in the warehouse.
Meanwhile, at You Show Duel School...
Playing "Empire City - Night" from Sonic Unleashed
The white flash from the warehouse reappeared on top of the roof of the dueling school, known as You Show Duel School. The glow disappeared as Aero and Yuto were fully shown, Aero went to the only exit to make sure it was shut tight so that no one could interrupt them. "Where are we?" Aero went close to Yuto. "You're at a place called You Show Duel School, I currently teach here". Yuto looked at Aero directly. "What happened? Did we teleport?" Aero smiled and answered, "Yep, my form of teleportation to be exact".
Yuto was a little starstrucked, he was still confused on what Aero was like in person. From what he heard, he was human. But he had this 'miracle' which changed his life, he needed to know more. "Aero... was it?" Aero looked at Yuto as he asked. "Tell me your story". Aero dropped an eyebrow with confusion. "Story? You mean how I became like this?" Yuto nodded a little and Aero took a deep breath. "It all started back home on Maxis, a particular city you might not know of. I was living the good life, spending time with friends, having fun and even beating my rival with races at school. But, even with all that, I felt like something was missing. I always dreamt of becoming faster, not just by speed, but thinking logically aswell".
"It was then that, that night happened. I dreamt I was on this island, but not just any island, a floating island. I was freaking out, I never dreamt of anything like this before and when I looked at my reflection at a nearby pond, I saw... this". Yuto studied his mobian form as he was listening to his story. "Then I found this, stuck in a stone". Aero summoned his Sword of Chaos, but didn't put it behind his back to let Yuto see it this time. "So I had this feeling of taking that sword and as I pulled it out, I felt this horrible, unending pain in my arm. After that, all I saw was white and I woke up in my room, thinking that whole experience was just a dream".
"I was late for school that day, but I somehow got there with plenty of time. I didn't notice at first, but my eyes had changed colour and when I felt unfocused in class, I went outside, only to find my rival challenging me to a race again. I didn't want to race at first, but as he took a head start, I couldn't refuse. But this was the mirace and brace yourself for this..." Aero took a deep breath as Yuto was waiting for the outcome. "...I have super speed". Yuto gave a look to Aero, showing that he wasn't convinced. "Don't believe me? Watch". Within a second, Aero grabbed a towel that had the initals 'YSDS' on it. Aero used it to rub the sweat off from the duel and Yuto seemed fully convinced.
"There you have it, super speed in its finest form. Now where was I? Oh right... I was freaking out and I needed answers, so the only way was to go to my dreams and it worked. I was back at the floating island and it was then, that I met the Guardian, Knuckles the Enhidna. He was stubborn at first, but once he saw that I had the Sword of Chaos in my hand, he answered any questions I had. I then got the answers I needed, it turns out that this sword can transform me into the mobian you see before you now and it can only be chosen by a pure heart... like mine". Aero paused and added, "Still not sure what that bit means but anyway, I had to beat up this guy who was using heavy machinery for evil and someone who looked like my mobian form saved me and as a thank you, I went to his world".
Yuto was letting this story in, he seemed surprised that someone could go through all that. He had been through some tough times back in his world but he was still on a mission. "I use the powers of my sword to get other worlds such as this and here I am. So... what about you? What's your story?" Yuto looked back at the city horizon and began his story. "It started like any other day, duelists having fun dueling. But that... that was..." Yuto was taking this hard and Aero saw this. If it was hard on him, he would let the subject go.
"Sorry Yuto, I shouldn't have asked that. You don't have to explain it". Yuto was shaking his head, he wanted to continue and he seemed to have calmed down. "You need to hear this..." Aero was a little surprised at how Yuto could carry on with an emotional moment. "...That was the day, Academia attacked. They turned the duelists of my home town into trading cards. Only a few survived and are now part of the Resistance. I am a member of this group alongside my friend, Shun and his little sister, Ruri. Ruri got kidnapped by one of the Academia's top soldiers and me and Shun are trying to find her".
Aero listened to Yuto's story and during the point that he talked about Academia turning people into cards, Aero had his fists clenched in anger. "That's... that's horrible! No one should use Duel Monsters for war! No one!" Aero was thinking of punching the wire fencing, but he learned to control his anger. Aero unclenched his fists and calmed down. "Look Yuto..." Yuto looked at Aero, wondering on what he has to say. "... I know we just met, but I have this strange feeling to trust you. So I will, but on one condition. Try not to get Yuya in trouble again". Yuto didn'lt know who he was talking about as he had to ask. "Who's Yuya?" Aero answered, "Remember that girl you saved the night before? She's a friend of Yuya's aswell as me, I'm also one of his friends. You got that? Try not to get to noticed by LDS otherwise we'll have to save this school again".
Yuto nodded as he understood the condition, even if he didn't know what Yuya looked like. He may meet him, but maybe that girl he saved might give him an idea. "Deal". Aero smiled as clapped his hands. "Great! Now let's get you someplace unnoticeable, shall we?" Aero went to the door and unlocked it for the staff. He went beside Yuto and looked down at his right hand, as the Sword of Chaos appeared once more. Aero grabbed Yuto's cloak and said, "Chaos Control!"
Instantly, the flash of the Chaos Control was shown in a alleyway that was close to the Duel Stadium. As the sword was put away, Aero asked, "Is this place okay?" Yuto looked around as he saw no one at sight. "It's fine, thanks". Aero looked at his personal pocket watch and noticed how late it was. "I gotta go, good luck finding your friend's sister". Aero ran out and within a second, he was gone. Yuto looked at his duel disk for a moment, but then looked back at where Aero was with a smile. 'He's a strange guy... but I like him'. Yuto turned and ran within the city streets.
Later that day, Yuya and Aero had their buffet dinner and was getting ready for a good night's sleep. "Sorry I wasn't around most of the day. Did you have a good day?" Yuya had a smile as he explained what happened. "When I was finished at the other school for the day, Nico Smiley came around and told me to go and compete in the Junior Youth Championships". Aero was happy for Yuya. "Woah man! That's great news!" Yuya wasn't done explaining. "But in order to get there, I need a sixty percent win rate to get in".
Aero titled his head. "How many matches do you have to win to get to sixty percent?" Yuya answered, "Four more". Aero smiled and gave him some confidence. "Don't worry Yuya! You can do it, if you can beat Strong, you can beat those other guys". Yuya smiled. He was glad to have someone like Aero around. "Thanks Aero, I feel much better". Aero smiled back. "You're welcome". Aero was getting snugged in and Yuya asked, "What about you? How was your day?" Aero smile went down a little. "Informative". Aero took a deep breath and Yuya was curious on what he had to say. "Yuya... I know your lookalike's name".
There you guys, a cliffhanger! I'm gonna get Aero to confess what he knows to Yuya. Stay tuned!
BlueYusei :D
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