AnimeKiwi369: The duel of justice you've been waiting for has finally arrived!
Lane: Yeah.
AnimeKiwi369: The duel is long, but rather well done according to my good fanfiction pal, VileEXE, who read over the chapter for me.
Lane: That's a good thing, right?
AnimeKiwi369: Yes; you guys have to learn to trust me.
Lane: Maybe in the future. After we see how the story ends.
AnimeKiwi369: It's a good ending! Will you guys seriously not be so negative when it comes to the endings?
Lane: I guess we just do that because of what happens in the plot.
AnimeKiwi369: *Sighs*. What. Ever. I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's or its characters. I only own the plot, my OCs, Nan's name, and any bolded cards. Onto the duel.
Chapter 26
Justice
Sergei smirked as the duel stared. Both Lane and Yusei knew what they were getting into. This was going to be difficult and they knew they'd get hurt somehow. But it was going to be worth it if this Russian psychic was going to be caught. Copper was going to be avenged; one way or another
The three turbo duelists drew their hands. The psychic smirked as the other two looked at him through the corners of their eyes. The youngest duelist there looked at what he had. It was a decent hand to start; maybe not perfect, but it was going to be a start. The Signer looked at his hand. It was good; impossibly good. He had a feeling it was fate on their side.
"Since it's you two against me," the blonde psychic told them, "I'll start with 8000 life points instead of the normal 4000. And none of us can attack on the first turn."
"Fine." The Signer agreed. We may be at a disadvantage right now, but it won't be much for long, "Let's get things started."
"Speed World 2 set." The three runner computers announced as they sped through the lane. "Duel Mode Engaged. Autopilot Standing By. Formulating Cross-Town Duel Course And Awaiting Central Grid Authority's Official Authorization." The symbol for the duel lane being granted appeared on the duel runner screens, "Authorization Granted." The combat lane formed, "A Turbo Duel Is About To Commence. Combat Lane Transfiguration Is Underway. All Non-Dueling Vehicles Must Exit. The Combat Lane Immediately."
Yusei: 4000; Lane: 4000; Sergei: 8000
Speed Counters: Yusei: 0; Lane: 0; Sergei: 0
"I'll go first." The psychic announced, drawing a card, "I think for my first turn, I'll summon Necro Gardna in defense mode."
Necro Gardna: Lv. 3. 1300 DEF/600 ATK
"I'll end my turn there."
"You go next, Lane." Yusei commanded.
"Right." He agreed.
Yusei: 4000; Lane: 4000; Sergei: 8000
Speed Counters: Yusei: 1; Lane: 1; Sergei: 1
"I draw." He said; he looked at the card: speed spell, "I summon Infernity Anaconda to the field in attack mode." A large, black and dark purple snake appeared, hissing dangerously at the Russian.
Infernity Anaconda: Lv. 4. 1600 ATK/1200 DEF
"I set one card facedown and end my turn."
"I guess it's my move then." The dark-haired man called out.
Yusei: 4000; Lane: 4000; Sergei: 8000
Speed Counters: Yusei: 2; Lane: 2; Sergei: 2
"I summon Max Warrior in attack mode." He announced as the warrior appeared on the field.
Max Warrior: Lv. 4. 1800 ATK/800 DEF
"I set two cards facedown and end my turn."
"Then I believe it's back to my turn!" Sergei smirked as he drew.
Yusei: 4000; Lane: 4000; Sergei: 8000
Speed Counters: Yusei: 3; Lane: 3; Sergei: 3
"I activate the Speed Spell-Foolish Burial and send a card to the graveyard by removing two speed counters." He said as his speed counters lowered by two.
Yusei: 4000; Lane: 4000; Sergei: 8000
Speed Counters: Yusei: 3; Lane: 3; Sergei: 1
"Next I then I special summon Wulf, Lightsworn Beast from my graveyard!" the Russian psychic told them as the white beast appeared, bearing its claws.
Wulf, Lightsworn Beast: Lv. 4. 2100 ATK/300 DEF
"Now he's going to attack Max Warrior!" the blonde ordered, adding a wicked cackle.
Wulf, Lightsworn Beast: 2100 ATK; Max Warrior: 1800 ATK
"No, he won't." the Signer retorted, "I activate Scrap-Iron Scarecrow! And once per turn, this card negates the attack and then sets itself facedown again."
"I end my turn with two facedowns." The psychic growled.
"I draw." The ice-blue-haired boy announced.
Yusei: 4000; Lane: 4000; Sergei: 8000
Speed Counters: Yusei: 4; Lane: 4; Sergei: 2
"I summon Infernity Dolphin in attack mode." He said. A dark blue and gray dolphin appeared with a swirling pattern along its back and stomach.
Infernity Dolphin: Lv. 3. 1100 ATK/1200 DEF
"Next I activate the Speed Spell-Captivity Rage. By removing two speed counters and sending all cards in my hand to the graveyard, I can equip this to one of my monsters and it raises its attack points by its defense. And I equip it to Infernity Anaconda!" the snake on the field gained a piece of white armor on its head and increased in size by about three times.
Infernity Anaconda: Lv. 4. 2800 ATK/1200 DEF
"And now my anaconda attacks your beast!" he commanded.
Infernity Anaconda: 2800 ATK; Wulf, Lightsworn Beast: 2100 ATK
The dark-colored snake recoiled back and lunged forward with its smooth muscles rippling as it sunk its fangs into the other monster. The other monster was destroyed. The psychic's life points took a decent hit.
Yusei: 4000; Lane: 4000; Sergei: 7300
Speed Counters: Yusei: 4; Lane: 2; Sergei: 2
"Now I can attack with Infernity Dolphin! And when this card is on the field when I have no cards in my hand, I can attack you directly!" he commanded his other beast. The blue and gray made a dolphin sound and swam through the air, hitting the Sergei.
Yusei: 4000; Lane: 4000; Sergei: 6200
Speed Counters: Yusei: 4; Lane: 2; Sergei: 2
"Good job, Lane." Yusei congratulated for his getting first blood.
"Thanks, but it's not over, yet." The boy responded. They heard and eerie cackle from behind them, "I don't like the sound of that."
"I don't either." The Signer agreed, looking back at the blonde-haired psychic, "What's so funny."
"You're both as naïve as Miss Fudo." The dark-eyed man mocked, "I activate the trap that put her in the condition she's in, Unintended Suicide!"
Both Lane and the dark-haired man's eyes widened a little. They did not like the sound of that. Sergei said that was the card that put Copper in the condition she was in. Was it the card that made her crash? Or was it the card that made her lost all of her cards? Either way, they had a feeling it wasn't going to end well.
"Now whenever I have to send cards to the graveyard, you both have to. And during my end phases, you also have to send cards equal to my monsters levels." He said, answering the question they had, "It's too bad that this doesn't start to take effect until my turn."
"And I end mine." The blue-eyed boy responded, "You're up, Yusei."
Yusei: 4000; Lane: 4000; Sergei: 6200
Speed Counters: Yusei: 5; Lane: 3; Sergei: 3
"Then I draw." The aging duelist looked at the card in his hand. Debris Dragon. This is what I needed. He thought, But I need to save this for later.
"I summon Speed Warrior." He announced as the small almost machine-like humanoid appeared.
Speed Warrior: Lv. 2. 900 ATK/400 DEF
"On the turn Speed Warrior is summoned," the Signer started, "its attack points are doubled!"
Speed Warrior: Lv. 2. 1800 ATK/400 DEF
"And now he's going to attack Necro Gardna."
Speed Warrior: 1800 ATK; Necro Gardna: 1300 DEF
The humanoid rushed forward and gave the defense-mode monster a swift kick in the chest. Though the psychic didn't take damage, he was wide open for now.
"I set a card facedown and end my turn. And Speed Warrior's attack points return to 900."
Speed Warrior: Lv. 2. 900 ATK/400 DEF
Yusei: 4000; Lane: 4000; Sergei: 6200
Speed Counters: Yusei: 6; Lane: 4; Sergei: 4
"Then I draw." The blonde announced, "When my opponent controls a monster and I don't, I can special summon Cyber Dragon from my hand." The cybernetic dragon appeared
Cyber Dragon: Lv. 5. 2100 ATK/1600 DEF
"And now he attacks Infernity Dolphin."
Cyber Dragon: 2100 ATK; Infernity Dolphin: 1100 ATK
The dragon did as Lane's anaconda did earlier and lunged forward, taking a bite into the other 'Infernity' beast, before destroying it. The youngest duelist in the turbo duel lane took a hit in life points.
Yusei: 4000; Lane: 3000; Sergei: 6200
Speed Counters: Yusei: 6; Lane: 4; Sergei: 4
"Next I play my trap, Sneak Attack." The psychic announced, "After I attack, I can pay 1000 life points and attack another monster." Sergei smirked, "And I attack Speed Warrior."
Yusei: 4000; Lane: 3000; Sergei: 5200
Speed Counters: Yusei: 6; Lane: 4; Sergei: 4
Cyber Dragon: 2100 ATK; Speed Warrior: 900
"Did you forget?" the Signer asked, "I still have my trap Scrap-Iron Scarecrow."
"With Sneak Attack counter traps can't be activated." He smirked, "So I'll continue the attack." The dragon rushed forward again and coiled the humanoid in is tail, squeezing it until it was destroyed.
Yusei: 2800; Lane: 3000; Sergei: 5200
Speed Counters: Yusei: 6; Lane: 4; Sergei: 4
"I will now use the effect of Speed World 2!" he continued, "By removing four speed counters, I can inflict 800 points of damage for every speed spell I have and I currently have two speed spells. And I think I'll enjoy inflicting damage to the Kessler boy!"
Lane felt the impact from the psychic powers as his life points diminished.
Yusei: 2800; Lane: 1400; Sergei: 5200
Speed Counters: Yusei: 6; Lane: 4; Sergei: 0
"Your move, boy." The Russian said.
Yusei: 2800; Lane: 1400; Sergei: 5200
Speed Counters: Yusei: 7; Lane: 5; Sergei: 1
The blue-eyed boy drew silently, placing the new card in the wrist dealer as he suppressed a smirk. Sergei was going to get it. "Infernity Anaconda, attack Cyber Dragon." He ordered in a somewhat quiet tone.
Infernity Anaconda: 2800 ATK; Cyber Dragon: 2100 ATK
The reptile coiled back and tangled itself within the wingless, cybernetic beast on the enemy's field. The snake bit into the others neck, shattering it.
Yusei: 2800; Lane: 1400; Sergei: 4500
Speed Counters: Yusei: 7; Lane: 5; Sergei: 1
"I end my turn with one facedown." He said, "Your turn, Yusei."
"My pleasure." The Signer replied, drawing.
Yusei: 2800; Lane: 1400; Sergei: 4500
Speed Counters: Yusei: 8; Lane: 6; Sergei: 2
"I summon Debris Dragon in attack mode." He announced as the miniature of Stardust appeared.
Debris Dragon: Lv. 4. 1000 ATK/2000 DEF
"Now I play the Speed Spell-Double Summon and as long as I have two speed counters, I can normal summon again." He informed, glad Copper had gotten that card for him the previous Father's Day, "So I summon Quillbolt Hedgehog." The small orange monster appeared next to the dragon.
Quillbolt Hedgehog: Lv. 2. 800 ATK/800 DEF
"Then I play Graceful Revival." He continued, "And due to its effect, I can bring one level two or below monster back to the field from the graveyard. So say hello again to Speed Warrior!" he announced as the humanoid reappeared.
Speed Warrior: Lv. 2. 900 ATK/400 DEF
"But these three aren't staying around much longer. I tune Debris Dragon with my Quillbolt and Speed Warrior to synchro summon own of my most powerful monsters." The dragon turned into four rings as the other turned into four stars.
Yes! Lane thought, seeing where his girlfriend's father was going.
Uh-oh! Sergei thought also seeing this move.
"Prepare yourself, Sergei, for a force as strong as the cosmos! I synchro summon the majestic, the mighty Stardust Dragon!" he shouted as there was a blinding flash of light and the beautiful white and whitish-blue dragon appeared.
Stardust Dragon: Lv. 8. 2500 ATK/2000 DEF
"And now he's going to attack you directly." He ordered, "Stardust Dragon! Attack with Cosmic Flare!"
The dragon reared its head, its attack building up, before it blasted the psychic duelist. His runner wobbled slightly from the dent in his life points.
Yusei: 2800; Lane: 1400; Sergei: 2000
Speed Counters: Yusei: 8; Lane: 6; Sergei: 2
"I end my turn." Yusei finished. He glared back at Sayer's lackey, "It's your turn, Sergei."
"I know that, Fudo." He replied maliciously, "I draw."
Yusei: 2800; Lane: 1400; Sergei: 2000
Speed Counters: Yusei: 9; Lane: 7; Sergei: 3
"I summon Garoth, Lightsworn Warrior." The psychic announced, the monster appearing on the field with glares towards the Signer and the blue-eyed boy.
Garoth, Lightsworn Warrior: Lv. 4. 1850 ATK/1300 DEF
"Now I play the Speed Spell-Riryoku. So by removing two speed counters, I can halve one face-up monster's attack points and add them to another's. So I reduce Infernity Anaconda's attack points by half and increase my warrior's by that much until the end phase!"
Yusei: 2800; Lane: 1400; Sergei: 2000
Speed Counters: Yusei: 9; Lane: 7; Sergei: 1
Infernity Anaconda: Lv. 4. 1400 ATK/1200 DEF
Garoth, Lightsworn Warrior: Lv. 4. 3250 ATK/1300 DEF
"And now it's time to say bye-bye to the Kessler boy." The psychic laughed, "Garoth, attack!"
Lane smirked as the beast rushed towards, "Not today, you don't." he responded, "This is the end, Sergei! I play my trap card, Betrayal Attack!"
Yes. Yusei thought as he saw the card activate.
"This card allows me to take your monster and turn its attack on you." The young boy continued.
The psychic laughed a blood curdling cackle, "I don't think so, you naïve, little punk. I activate Negate Attack to cancel out my attack."
The Lightsworn's attack stopped dead in its tracks.
"I end my turn." He finished, "And both of you have to send four cards to the graveyard."
"Drat." The ice-blue-haired boy muttered as both he and the dark-haired man sent the cards, "I draw."
Yusei: 2800; Lane: 1400; Sergei: 2000
Speed Counters: Yusei: 10; Lane: 8; Sergei: 2
"I activate the effect of Speed World two." He started, "I remove seven speed counters to draw another card." He drew the second card as his speed counters fell.
Yusei: 2800; Lane: 1400; Sergei: 2000
Speed Counters: Yusei: 10; Lane: 1; Sergei: 1
This will work later. He thought. "Infernity Anaconda, attack Garoth, Lightsworn Warrior!" he ordered.
Infernity Anaconda: 2800 ATK; Garoth, Lightsworn Warrior: Lv. 4. 1850 ATK
I'll take this damage so I can damage Fudo. The psychic thought, suppressing a smirk as the snake coiled back again and destroyed the previously summoned Lightsworn. I'll cause him pain just like I did little Copper.
Yusei: 2800; Lane: 1400; Sergei: 1050
Speed Counters: Yusei: 10; Lane: 1; Sergei: 1
"I end my turn with one card facedown." Lane finished.
"I'm up, then." The blue-indigo-eyed Signer commented as he drew.
Yusei: 2800; Lane: 1400; Sergei: 1050
Speed Counters: Yusei: 11; Lane: 2; Sergei: 2
"First I place a facedown." He began, "And now Stardust will attack you directly, Sergei." Stardust reared its head and let a stream of cosmic energy towards the psychic.
"I play Magic Cylinder." The blonde countered; two hollow cylinders appeared, "So now, your attack is negated and you take damage equal to your dragon's attack points." The dark-eyed man smirked as Stardust's attack went through one cylinder and back through the other.
Yusei felt the pain of the damage as the psychic made it real. His head jerked forward sharply, giving him slight whiplash. He felt the impact cause a sharp pain in his lungs. The Signer coughed a big raggedly and felt a little bit of blood trickle down the side of his chin as he tasted the acrid taste on his tongue. He took a few deep breaths to calm himself. His chest hurt a little.
Yusei: 300; Lane: 1400; Sergei: 1050
Speed Counters: Yusei: 11; Lane: 2; Sergei: 2
"I activate the effect of Speed World 2." He said, his voice slightly hoarse, "I remove ten speed counters to destroy your Unintended Suicide trap card as long as I have a speed spell. And you can't stop it." He informed as the counters diminished. The trap card was obliterated as he spoke.
Yusei: 300; Lane: 1400; Sergei: 1050
Speed Counters: Yusei: 1; Lane: 2; Sergei: 2
"I end my turn with a face down." He finished, coughing a little bit again, feeling more of the thick red liquid run down his face, "Make your move, Sergei."
"With pleasure." He replied menacingly, "I draw."
Yusei: 300; Lane: 1400; Sergei: 1050
Speed Counters: Yusei: 2; Lane: 5; Sergei: 3
"I play the Speed Spell-Overboost, which give me six more speed counters." The psychic started.
Yusei: 300; Lane: 1400; Sergei: 1050
Speed Counters: Yusei: 2; Lane: 3; Sergei: 9
"Next I activate the effect of Speed World 2 and inflict 800 points of damage to the Kessler boy again by removing four speed counters."
The ice-blue haired boy felt the impact…again. He was tired of feeling the damage.
"Just hang in there, Lane." The blue-indigo-eyed man said. "Just a little longer."
Yusei: 300; Lane: 600; Sergei: 1050
Speed Counters: Yusei: 2; Lane: 5; Sergei: 5
"Now I activate another Overboost." The blonde continued, smirking.
Another one? The blue-eyed boy thought, why can't this guy give up?
Almost there. The Signer thought, If you're going to do what I think you are, you're finished. Just keep going.
Yusei: 300; Lane: 600; Sergei: 1050
Speed Counters: Yusei: 2; Lane: 3; Sergei: 11
"Now I activate the other effect of Speed World 2." The psychic duelist kept going, like the dark-haired man wanted, "I remove ten speed counters to destroy Stardust Dragon!" he shouted, laughing psychotically.
"No!" Lane exclaimed, not seeing the Signer's plan as the dragon was obliterated.
"Then you've lost Sergei." Yusei stated, "I activate Cosmic Blast."
Both the boy's and the blonde's eyes widened in surprise. The psychic was taken by surprise in the bad way, while the ice-blue-haired boy began grinning. Victory was at hand.
"Impossible!" the psychic exclaimed.
"Yes, and now you take damage equal to Stardust's attack points and you can't stop it." The dark-haired man announced, "This is what you get Sergei for messing with my daughter!"
Yusei: 300; Lane: 600; Sergei: 0
Speed Counters: Yusei: 2; Lane: 3; Sergei: 1
As soon as the psychic's engine blew out on him, both the Signer and teenager heard the sound of sirens. That was a good sign. Within less than a minute, as the engine was still steaming, Trudge was there with backup. And the paramedics, just in case. The blue-indigo-eyed man felt he should get checked over with how sharp his chest was feeling. The officer advanced on Sayer's lackey and handcuffed him before he could make a move.
It was finally over. Copper was avenged. Yusei smiled gently thinking of her. Justice had finally been served.
Next Time in "Lost and Found":
"Sergei, he's been arrested by Trudge. He can't hurt you again."
"Daddy. I'm just glad you're not hurt."
"I can't believe you'd do this for me, dad." She whispered with a small smile.
"I would do anything for you."
"Don't take too long, we want to take you somewhere afterwards."
"Where?"
"It's a surprise."
NEXT TIME—CHAPTER 27: GETTING BACK TO NORMAL
AnimeKiwi369: Just one more chapter and the epilogue left!
Lane: Not much.
AnimeKiwi369: No. The sequel to this is finished, but the sequel to this sequel is NOWHERE near completion or being halfway done. I'm only on I think chapter 4. And there's gonna be a ton of duels in it, so I don't know when it'll be posted. Hopefully before summer's over.
Lane: What about "Nightmare's Return" and "Psychic Connections".
AnimeKiwi369: "Nightmare's Return" is almost completed and so "Psychic Connections" will be my main focus for a while. And even I'm getting close to finishing that. Well, almost.
Lane: But what about your other fics?
AnimeKiwi369: I'm having some trouble with my fanfictions right now. Writer's block I guess you'd call it. At least for most of them. But I'm really doing well with my novel. I'm hoping to finish before summer ends.
Lane: I see.
AnimeKiwi369: I'll hopefully update this soon. So I'm not setting a number on the reviews, but I'd really appreciate it if you would please be kind and please review! ;]