Chapter 3
Battle of Charms
Raging Wind
Key Card: Wynn the Wind Charmer
"The earthquake that struck last night left the scientific world baffled. The initial reports of it striking only Japan were wrong as information came pouring in and it seems that the entire Earth has been hit with a disaster. With us is Jishin-sama." The blond reporter turned to an elderly man standing next to her. "Jishin-sama, the earthquake that struck the world last night, it's something beyond earthquake specialists as you could have imagined." The elderly man gave a firm nod "Yes, we are rather clueless about what caused it, the most likely explanation is a sudden change in the earth's core, but we have no evidence pointing in that direction."
"Thank you, Jishin-sama, Neo Domino City has come through it without suffering catastrophic damage. All the citizens are left now with the question if the WRGP will continue."
"Kou-kun, did you hear Angela's report?" Tozaru looked over his shoulder at his friend sitting at the table laying down the cards of his deck. "Oi, Kou-kun!" Slightly irritated Koushaku looked up, just as the news bulletin started anew.
"Yes, I heared it Tozaru-kun. It is horrible to the rest of the world who do not suffer from earthquakes ever, but we can not do anything . It iss pointless to think about it and depressing. But Angela has an interesting point, Neo Domino has come through the quake rather unscathed, will they continue the WRGP?"
"Beats me, I would say it depends on what Sector Security and Hoshino-sama come to on agreement. Probably Hoshino-sama will manage something, he is a businessman and well, the new director seems like a pushover."
"I do not know what to think of him, he was the right hand of Godwin before Godwin vanished. He knows how to deal with at the very least some of the things." Suddenly the slamming of a door was heard, followed by footsteps coming up the stairs. Nemuru appeared in the room, panting slightly. Koushaku and Tozaru looked both surprised at her, she was not the kind of person to come running without a good reason.
"Kou-kun, down the street, there is someone claiming that this is the end of the world or something. A lot of people find him a nuisance but he won't leave, he keeps preaching and Sector Security is to busy with other matters to deal with a harmless lunatic." Koushaku grabbed his cards from the table and sighted as he got up.
"Let me guess, you want me to go and do something about it?" Nemuru smiled and shot an angry glare at Tozaru who was opening his mouth to say something.
"Thank you Kou-kun. There some people who are gullible enough to believe him, it could cause a panic."
"Yeah, yeah, let's go then and point him to me."
Outside, they didn't even need her directions. Despite it being at the end of the street, a crowd had formed around the guy, most of them also quickly leaving but there were some people standing and listening. The group moved into the ground, Koushaku managed to get to the edge of the empty space around the guy with some help of his elbows.
"…This is a sign everyone, a world wide earthquake, it announces the end of the world."
Koushaku looked at the man, who didn't look like as he had expected. The man was wearing a black robe, the end of his sleeves and robe had a edge that was coloured a dark blue, the bald head almost glimmered in the sun and the piercing brown eyes shot across the crowd until they met Koushaku's. A bright blue crescent moon was tattooed in his neck.
"Oi, oji-san, can you keep yourself quiet? We are not interested in an apocalypse predictor at the corner of our street." Some approved muttering rushed from the crowd, others frowned and shook their heads.
"Owh, we have a non believer here. Tell me, what do you think it was then?"
"I do not know, I do not care and I am certainly not going in discussion with you. Now kindly leave quietly or else I will throw you out of this neighbourhood myself."
The man grumbled angrily, seeing that he had no choice to give in, since if he resisted the crowd would aid Koushaku. Then his eye fell on a small deck pocket on Koushaku's belt.
"I know a better deal, you duel me. If you win, I will leave and not return here ever, but if you lose I can stay here for the amount of time I desire."
Koushaku frowned, it would be easier to just kick him out of here, but he could easily return and since the deal is being made in front of so many eyewitnesses he probably wouldn't dare to break it.
"Fine, I will accept it." Koushaku turned to Tozaru and signalled that he needed his Duel Disk, Tozaru nodded and ran back to their place. A few minutes later Tozaru was back and handed it to Koushaku. In the mean time, the robed stranger had activated its own dark blue Duel Disk, the card slots were oddly bend, together forming what resembled a crescent moon.
"Ready, Oji-san?" The man gave a nod.
"Duel!"
Koushaku – Old man
4000 LP – 4000 LP
"Draw" The man placed the card into his hand and without hesitation he placed two cards in his spell and trap card slots and placed a set monster on the field.
"That will be it for my turn."
Koushaku – Old Man
4000 LP – 4000 LP
"A set monster? Either he doesn't want me to know what it is or it has a flip effect. Draw" Koushaku picked a card from his hand and the field spell slot shot open.
"I activate the field spell, Dragon Canyon." The city around them was replaced by huge cliffs as they stood at the bottom of a canyon, once in a while a dragon shadow could be seen passing over them.
"Now, for Dragon Canyon's effect, by discarding a card in my hand, I can activate one of two effects." He put Dragunity Angus into his graveyard slot and a card shot out from his deck who he also placed into his graveyard.
"I chose to send a dragon type from my deck to my graveyard. Next, I summon Dragunity Dux." A man wearing a helmet resembling the head of a hawk and a white robe that ended just above his knees. Over it he wore a white chest armour, with the sides silver coloured and black shoulder pieces and a black belt, both adorned with gold, just like around his wrists and shins. On his back their was a pair of wings, similar to the other Dragunity Winged Beasts, this time the outline was coloured black. In his hand he held a short staff with strings of white leather hanging from the tip of it. [1500 ATK]
"Now for Dragunity Dux' effect, when he is successfully normal summoned, I can equip a Dragon type Dragunity monster to him. I will equip him with the monster I just send to the graveyard, Dragunity Phalanx." The staff vanished from Dux' hand and was replaced by two short spears, one in each hand.
"Now for Phalanx own effect, when he is equipped, I can special summon him to my side of the field." The two spears vanished, Dux' getting his own staff back and a small dark blue dragon appeared on the field. It was covered in a light gold armour that ran from the tip of his tail over his belly and back, just before his neck, the armour on his belly split in two running over his shoulder. It covered the wings only leaving the membrane visible. The armour ended on his head into two small spears sticking out way in front of him.
"Now, as all of the other dragons of the Dragunities, Phalanx is a tuner. I tune my level two Dragunity Phalanx to my level four Dragunity Dux." Phalanx changed into two light green rings and Dux passed through them dissolving into four shining stars.
Aku no okami ga hoeshita toki, kuriin no eiyuu no yari ga awareru to kinjirareu taiki o hikisaite! Kakusei, seinaru hagane yo!
Shinkuro Shokan!
Ten o nori, Doraguniti Naito Geaborugu!
The white armour clad knight and dragon appeared on the field, the rider aiming his spear at the set monster.
"Gaebulg attack that set monster." The dragon sped forward, its rider holding the spear so it can hit the opponent. Suddenly a trap card shot up on the opponent's side.
"Reverse card open, Desert Sunlight. All my monsters are changed to face up Defense Position."
Sunlight broke through the canyon and the set card was replaced by a young girl with green and spiky hair that was worn in a ponytail. A long brown overcoat covered a green shirt and a blue skirt was visible. In her hands she held a silver coloured staff that ended in a green gem. Beside her was a small yellow limbless dragon, his small wings flapping happily. [1500 DEF]
Suddenly the gem of the staff started to glow, the spear just stopping several inches away from the young spellcaster, Gaebulg took off and joined the Wynn's side, who looked nervously up at the creature that just joined her side.
"What just happened? Why is my Gaebulg on your side?" Confusion was all over Koushaku's face. The old man started laughing.
"That is the power of Wynn the Wind Charmer. Her effect allows me to charm my opponents wind monsters to fight by her side." He grinned wickedly, while Koushaku looked at the remaining cards in his hand.
"I end my turn."
Koushaku – Old Man
4000 LP – 4000 LP
"Draw, I think I will keep this turn nice and simple. I summon Petit Dragon in defense." A small yellow limbless dragon appeared on the field, the cute head looking curiously at the familiar from Wynn, who looked exactly the same.[700 DEF]
"Now, Wynn moves to attack mode and I attack you directly with her." Wynne stood up and prepared a spell, blasting Koushaku with a powerful wind. [3500 LP]
"Now show what this bad boy can do, Dragunity Knight Gaebulg, attack your former master directly." Wynn looked nervously to the dragon next to her as she was not entirely sure if she could command it, then she signalled with her staff that he needed to attack. Without wavering the dragon shot forward, Koushaku got a full hit with the spear of the rider. [1500 LP]
"Now to get rid of Gaebulg before you take him back, I send him and Wynn to the graveyard to special summon Familiar-Possessed Wynn from my deck." Both the monsters started to glow, Wynn absorbed the light of Gaebulg, growing older and her familiar grew bigger and got a more ferocious appearance, fur growing on the back and head spiking wildly, the head losing its cute appearance flatting starting to resemble that of a snake. [1850 ATK]
"Just one card face down and that is enough. Go ahead." A set card materialized behind Wynn.
Koushaku – Old Man
1500 LP – 4000 LP
"Oh be sure I will, draw! I'll start off by activating Mystical Space Typhoon, allowing me to destroy that set card of yours." A typhoon appeared from the sky, aiming directly at the set card, that was lying there from the first turn, which suddenly shot up.
"Reverse card open, Spiritual Wind Art – Miyabi! By releasing my Petit Dragon, I can send one card on the field to the bottom of your deck. Why not make your scenery disappear? Your Dragon Canyon gets send back to the bottom of your deck." A magic circle appeared around the Petit Dragon and next to it Wynn the Wind Charmer appeared, clearly readying a spell. Petit Dragon was absorbed into the magic circle, the field slowly disintegrating as Koushaku's Field Spell slot sprang open and he placed the card on the bottom of his deck.
"I'm not done yet. I summon Dragunity Pilum" A small green dragon appeared, it wore a cylindrical light black armour from its hip till where its ears should be. On top of his head was spear. The armour continued on the underside of his tail.
"Now for Pilum's effect, whenever he is normal summoned, I can special summon a Dragunity from my hand and equip Pilum to him. Come forth, Dragunity Primus Pilus." A much taller man then the previous dragunities appeared, the helmet had a big red beak pointing forward and the man's mouth and nose were covered by a piece of blue clothing. On his shoulders there were red shoulder pats and on his chest a large golden emblem, the centre diamond shaped and straight wings expanding from the bottom sides, in the centre was a green jewel. Around his waist was a red belt made of fabric, covering the part where in the tight fitting chest clothing went into a more lose robe that stopped above his knees. On his back he wore a large shield, his short totem style wings barely large then the shield. In his hand he wielded a whip, who instantly got replaced by a glove with a long nail attached on the back of it, sticking out over his hand. [2200 ATK]
"Now, Primus attack Wynn." The birdman dived forward with the nail coming towards Wynn menacingly. Both her familiar and herself tried to defend her, the serpentine dragon launching an counter attack and Wynn raising her staff in defence. As the attack connected with staff, a sudden gust of wind forced Koushaku to cover his eyes. As he looked, he saw that Wynn was still standing.
"A trap to safe that girl with her oversized furry snake."
"Precisely, Safe Zone, it makes my monster impossible to destroy, drawback is she won't be able to attack you directly." The man stood there with a smug smile starring at Koushaku.
"Don't forget you still take damage to your lifepoints." His opponent grunted a bit at the slight damage he took.[3650 LP]
"I take it your done?" With a silent nod Koushaku confirmed it.
Koushaku – Old Man
1500 LP – 3650 LP
"Draw, ah, well, no big things this turn. I set two cards face-down in my Spell and Trap Zone and keep it at that." Two cards appeared set on the field, next to the open Safe Zone and with a grin that almost went from ear to ear, making Koushaku a bit uneasy.
Koushaku – Old Man
1500 LP – 3650 LP
"You make a big error in mocking me like that." Koushaku didn't even bother to announce his draw, instead trying to read anything of his opponent's face. The guy had hardly used any big moves but was giving him a harsh time. Koushaku frowned when he drew his card.
"I summon Dragunity Legionnaire to the field." A man appeared onto the field, like all the other human dragunities, he also wore a helmet resembling a bird and a pair of green wings. Clad in a gold trimmed white torso armour with green shoulder pats and trim of fur around his neck. Raising his dukes, Legionnaire took a fighting stance.[1200 ATK]
"Now, Legionnaire's effect is similar to Dux', I get to equip a level 3 or lower Dragunity Dragon from my graveyard to him. Phalanx should suffice." Two short spears appeared in Legionnaire's hands.
"But he won't stay for long, I send Phalanx to the graveyard for Legionnaire's second effect, I can destroy one face-up monster you control. Say goodbye to your witch." Legionnaire threw both the spears at the opposing monster, one directed at the familiar and one at the girl herself. Just before the spears hit target, they bounced of an invisible barrier. The old man started laughing.
"Really, have you paid any attention to what I said? Safe Zone gives my monster protection of any destruction you can throw at it."
"Good that this no loss for me. A Synchro Summon was of no use to me now. Now, since Pilum is equipped, he grants Primus the ability to attack directly by halving his attack. Go, Primus." Primus flew towards his opponent, bypassing Wynn and striking him with the nail. The old man grunted as the attack struck him, but the grin did not diminish in the slightest.[2550 LP]
"Well done, again you played straight into my hands. Reveal face-down, Damage Gate. It allows me to special summon a monster with attack equal or lower then the damage that I just took. I think this charming young lady would do." A portal appeared on the field, beyond it lied a dark and misty graveyard, through the mist a shadow was moving towards the portal and as it stepped out of the mist onto the field it was Wynn, the Wind Charmer, an instant later her familiar burst out of the mist and the portal closed.
"Her again, Legionnaire take care of her." Legionnaire flew forward, reading his arm to launch a blow with his fist at her. Wynn in an attempt to protect herself raised her staff defensively.
"You thought I wasn't prepared? I am well prepared. Quick-play Spell Card, Book of Eclipse. All of the monsters on the field are changed to facedown defence position." Suddenly all the monsters on the field were replaced by set cards. Koushaku groaned, not only was his attack stopped but Wynn had been set again.
"I set this card and end my turn." Suddenly light burst from the two facedown monsters on Koushaku's side and both Legionnaire and Primus Pilus came up from the card, crouched down and holding their arms crossed.
"Ah yeah, Book of Eclipse has a second effect, your monsters flip face-up at the end of the turn and you draw a card for each of them. So that makes two for you." Koushaku drew his two cards, the smug and confident attitude was starting to be unnerving.
Koushaku – Old Man
1500 LP – 2550 LP
"Draw, I think this will do fine. I flip summon both my monsters, join us again, Familiar-Possessed Wynn and Wynn the Wind Charmer. You know Wynn's effect, I'll take control of that big birdman you have over there." Both an older and a young version of the same girl appeared on the field, both raising their staffs, the younger one hesitatingly, the older with more confidence. The young ones staff gem started to glow and Primus Pilus took flight and joined her side of the field.
"Now to complete the family, I summon Storming Wynn." A third girl appeared on the field, looking to be in her late teens, with the same colour hair and staff as the two others. Fierce gusts of wind accompanied her, making her simple unaltered clothes from her two other versions flap in the wind. Her familiar was floating on a gust of wind and looked like the Petit Dragon of her younger version, just the colour scheme slightly darker toned.
"Now, as you might guess, she also has control over wind creatures but she enables me to summon them from my hand after a small sacrifice. So your birdman will leaving the stage, as by Wynn's effect, I call forth Guardian Eatos!" A magic circle appeared around Dragunity Primus Pilus, who was enveloped by a bright light. From the light a young woman stepped forward, wearing brown leather skirt with various decorative images and a brown leather top. From her back sprouted a pair of white feathered wings and on her head rested the head of a giant white eagle, the inside of the beak easily covering her entire head. [2500 ATK]
"Now, we are nearing the conclusion of this duel. Familiar-Possessed Wynn, dispatch of Legionnaire. Sadly due to Book of Eclipse, she has lost her effect to deal piercing damage but she is still strong enough. Raging Storm!" The more wild looking girl raised her staff and pointed it towards Legionnaire in one motion, sending a blast of wind and her familiar to attack. Legionnaire shattered by the blast.
"Let's end this, Guardian Eatos attack him directly. Great Spirit Sword!" Guardian Eatos summoned a sword into her hand and slashed it through the air, sending a sonic wave in direction of Koushaku, the blast send up a lot of dust, obscuring the playing field from everyone. The old man smirked and was about to declare himself victor, when the dust started to settle, revealing a shadow of a dragon in the cloud.
"That trap card of yours, how did you escape the final blow?" Koushaku smirked as the dust settled completely, revealing that the new monster was Dragunity Knight Gaebulg.
"Simple, it was Reanimation Wave, by cutting the damage in half I can special summon a Synchro Monster from my graveyard with a lower level then your Guardian Eatos. Since Gaebulg is only level 6, that was no issue." His Life Point meter had stopped at 250.
"I have nothing left to do, go ahead." With a hand wave he confirmed that he finished and it was now Koushaku's turn.
Koushaku – Old Man
250 LP – 2550 LP
"It is your own Book of Eclipse that brings your downfall. First I set two cards into my Spell and Trap Zone. Next I summon Dragunity Aklys." A small red dragon appeared on the field, his body was wrapped in a cylinder formed armour with holes for his arms, legs and head. On his head rested something that resembled a spear point. The small dragon let out a high pitched roar.[1000 ATK]
"Aklys is as you might expect a tuner, so, I tune my level two Dragunity Aklys to my level six Dragunity Knight Gaebulg." Aklys dissolved into two light green rings and Gaebulg passed through them dissolving into six bright stars.
Kamikaze ga kita no ryu o hakobu! Sono ikari o aite de ochirugaii!
Shinkuro Shokan!
Korin, Hariken Wingu Doragon!
A large bipedal dragon descended, with wings that had a wingspan of trice his body length. The light green scales gleamed in the light, the muscles visibly rippling with each movement. The tail ended in a tip which he could open and close like a fan and the sides of his heads had small ruffs which quivered with the wind that was made by the beating of his own wings. [2800 ATK]
"Now for Hurricane Wing Dragon's effect, for each spell and trap card on the field he gains 500 Attack, since I have two he gains 1000 Attack points." Hurricane Wing Dragon let out a roar that made the ground tremble as his attack increased more.
"Now, end it, Hurricane Wing Dragon destroy Wynn, the Wind Charmer! Tatsumaki Zenmetsu![1]" Hurricane Wing Dragon roared again, pulled his wings back and blasted the forward. Everyone, including Koushaku, covered their eyes. As the violent gusts subsided, the old man had vanished.
"Where did he go? He could not have gotten away without anyone noticing." Koushaku looked around, but the crowd was equally as surprised so he wouldn't have moved through it.
"Maybe your attack send him flying." Koushaku looked sarcastically at Tozaru, who started laughing and waved his own comment away as a joke. "At least you don't have to deal with a doomsday chanter anymore."
"Whatever, lets go back, the pools should be known now." Without another word the trio turned around, the crowd breaking up to let them pass and they returned to their apartment.
"Sir, we confirmed the identity of Seiryu's descendant. His name is Koushaku Ishida, leader of Team Ancestral Dragon. They made it past the preliminaries." A tall man wearing a cloak, concealing his normal robes, was standing at a large mahogany desk, the room was on a high floor in one of the many skyscrapers of Neo Domino and was quiet bright due to the sun sending his rays right into the room.
"Good, any other news?" The answer came from the chair turned away from him.
"Yes, we have indications who the others might be, our man are preparing for it and well, the one that fought Seiryu has not returned or reported back. It is as if he vanished."
"As expected, you know what you must do." With a turn the man went on his way outside, the cloak lifting up a bit, revealing a large executioners' axe.
Key Card: Wynn the Wind Charmer
Hiita: "Cristov, Shirley, lets head out. There some things of the city I want to show you and we are off today so might as well do some sightseeing."
Cristov:" Love the idea, but this annoying kid won't leave me alone. Battle of Charms, Blazing Fire! Stop following me!"
Synchro Speech Gaebulg: When the demonic wolf howls, the hero of Chulainn's lance will appear and pierce the foreboding atmosphere! Divine steel awaken! Synchro Summon! Ride the sky, Dragunity Knight Gae Bulg
Synchro Speech Hurricane: Holy Wind carrying the dragon of the north! Rain down his rage on my enemy! Synchro Summon! Descend, Hurricane Wing Dragon
[1] Cyclone Devastation
Author Notes: The first full duel, hope you enjoyed it and I apologize for the delay. I was on vacation for about a month. Next chapter might take while aswell, in two weeks Uni is starting and there some other things fiction related I want to take care off before I start on the following chapter. Again I apologize for the irregularity.