Hello again everyone! Didn't get as many reviews as before... still, it's just a stupid filler, so I can't blame you. Same with this chapter. And the next (sigh).

Latoma: Yeah, I kinda figured it was evil... pretty from Aku and samurai jack. And... uhm... I don't get ur last sentence, but yeah, I don't know anything japanese, excpet a few words XD

Writer of Fate: Lol, you don't really need patience for patience is a virtue... and as I said earlier, the Chrono cards aren't mine.

darkduelist: lol! Yay coincidence:)

Oh, and just so you all know, I'm going to be on vacation next week, so I won't update next week. So review this week! XD


Chapter 13: Hero Heart

Kengake, Chris, and Sam were all eating lunch together; Sarah was eating lunch with some of her other friends that day.

"It's Friday! And we're already halfway through the day, so all we gotta do it make it through a few more classes and we're free until Monday!" Chris smiled.

"Yeah, and it's been a long week," Kengake sighed.

"So—" a brunette Obelisk boy interrupted Sam.

"You're Kengake, right?" he inquired.

"Yes, I am," Kengake quietly responded after a small pause.

"Can I see your deck?"

"Um… I'm sorry, but I don't really like to trust my deck to people I don't know."

"Well, you use a hero deck, right?"

"F-Heroes," Kengake corrected.

"Okay then, same thing," the boy said. "I'm Kataki. And I challenge you to a duel!"

"Well—" Kengake began to respond, but was interrupted.

"And whoever loses cannot use their deck ever again!" Kataki added.

"No! Why should he do that?" Chris yelled. He almost forgot there were other people in the cafeteria.

"Because," Kataki said, leaning close to Kengake so it was barely audible to Chris and Sam. "You'll never be a real hero if you run away from your fights."

Kengake was silent for a moment, thinking this over. Finally, he hesitantly sighed, "I'll do it."

"Excellent. We shall duel tomorrow at 4 o'clock PM in Dueling Arena C," Kataki said before he walked off.


Chris was waiting in the special entrance in Dueling Arena C for the participants of duels. (This would be this arena's equivalent of the hallway where Siegfried gave Leon the golden castle card in the grand prix.) Chris saw a figure appear in the hall and walk down, he approached it. "Why are you doing this Kataki?" he asked.

"Doing what?" Kataki asked, feigning innocence. "It's only a duel."

"I mean making Kengake giving up his dream." Chris said, not fooled by Kataki's innocent tone. "And how did you know about Kengake's dream?"

"Oh, all those hero freaks have a reason for using heroes," Kataki snorted, instantly changing his tone. "It's not that hard to figure out what that reason is. Plus once you do, it's even easier to manipulate that person. Now, if you'll excuse me I have a duel to win and a dream to crush."

Kataki continued towards the light at the end of the hallway, but stopped when Chris said, "You didn't answer my question. Why are you doing this."

Kataki rotated his head 90 degrees so Chris saw a profile of his head and looked slightly down. "Because heroes don't exist, and I'm going to prove that," he darkly said before he continued to the arena.

Kengake, you have to win this, Chris thought. I don't know exactly what type of hero you want to become, but I do know that those guys in latex suits with superpowers don't exist. However, you could be a hero of another sort, like with dueling. You could protect people from bullies, like Kataki, or even from those shadow games Yami was talking about…


Kengake was already on his side of the grounded arena, shuffling his deck. He placed his deck on the corresponding slot as Kataki went onto his platform and was raised up.

"LET'S DUEL!" shouted the two competitors and some of the spectators in the partially filled arena.

Kengake: 4000; Kataki: 4000

"I'll start," Kengake said as he drew his card(6). "I summon F-Hero Flamefire(5;1300/500) in attack mode, set a spell/trap(4), and end my turn!" In a burst of fire, a man surrounded by flame appeared in front of a card backing.

"Draw(6)!" Kataki yelled. "I'll start off with a monster of my own; E-Villain Aeroman(1000+300/1000+300)!" A monster that seemed similar to E-Hero Avian appeared; he had black feathers covering his body, silver talons, and light blue skin around his mouth.


"E-Villains?" Chris murmured to himself from the stands.

"Yeah," Replied Sam, who obviously overheard. "They were made specifically to counter heroes."

"This is going to be a tough duel for Kengake," Chris sighed. He wished Sarah was there; she could have let him know who would win the duel.


"Our monsters' attacks are the same!" Kengake pointed out.

"Not for long," Kataki snickered. "I play Underhanded Thievery(4)! This will transfer half of your hero's attack to my villain's attack to this turn!" Kengake gasped as Flamefire's attack decreased to 650, and then Aeroman's attack increased to 1950 and then 2450. "Oh, and because my spell card stole a hero's power, my villain's power is increased by an extra 500 points! So Aeroman, attack!" The black man dove forward through the man of fire into Kengake.

Kengake: 2200; Kataki: 4000

"I'll end my turn," Kataki said as E-Villain Aeroman's attack decreased to 2150, and then back down to 1000.

Kengake frowned as he drew his card(5). If I summon a monster, Aeroman's attack will increase back to 1300. Meaning I have to go on the defensive already… "I set a monster(4) and end my turn."

"That's all?" Kataki laughed as he drew(5). "I'll show you a real move! I summon E-Villain Shadowthief(4;1600/1400), and equip him with Burglary Equipment(3) to increase his attack by 500! Attack with Thieving Strike!" A man in a tight black spy suit materialized besides the black-winged man. He also carried a black sack over his shoulder. A few more pieces of high tech spy equipment appeared on his suit before he ran forward towards Kengake's monster, which was revealed to be F-Hero Onyx(1000/2000). Shadowthief took his sack and somehow fit Onyx into it. "Now I'll have E-Villain Aeroman attack your lifepoints directly!"

"Not so fast! I activate A Hero's Revenge!" Kengake yelled. Aeroman began to charge forward and Onyx erupted from the ground below Shadowthief, lowering his attack to 1100 and defense to 0. Onyx then ran in front of Aeroman, preventing him from advancing.

"You may have stopped Aeroman's attack, but you can't stop Shadowthief's effect!" Kataki yelled. "By destroying F-Hero Onyx, Shadowthief gained 2 counters and then a third from Burglary Equipment! And by removing 3 counters, I can use his effect!" Suddenly Shadowthief disappeared from Kataki's field. Kengake nervously looked around, anticipating his effect. Shadowthief appeared before Kengake, but Kengake felt a sharp blow to the back of his head. As he fell to the ground, he saw Shadowthief take a card from his hand(3) and add it to Kataki's(4).

"That hurt," Kengake simply said as he got up a few seconds later, rubbing the back of his head.

"Tough luck," Kataki spat. "And since I like the card I got so much, I think I'll use your precious Polymerization now(3)! So I can fuse Aeroman on my field with E-Villain Pyro Assassin(1200/800) in my hand(2) to form E-Villain Silent Explosion(2100+100/1200+100)!" A man covered in tight black and red strips of cloth and small, glowing red orbs around his waist appeared. He was fused into a vortex with E-Villain Aeroman, and the monster that emerged was a tall black man with blood red wings and eyes. "I end my turn."

Oh, I think I get it now, Kengake thought as he drew(4). All the E-Villains mimic the E-Heroes, including their fusions. But what is Silent Explosion's effect besides that power boost? If it is the same as E-Hero Flame Wingman's, then if I summon no other monsters I'll have 100 lifepoints next turn! Assuming he doesn't summon another monster. I guess I'll have to increase my defense a little bit more… "I activate Hero Gate(3), letting me fuse my F-Heroes without Polymerization! So I can fuse F-Hero Ghostguy(2;100/100) with F-Hero Onyx to form F-Hero Earthspirit(0/800)! He's not destroyed in battle or by effects that target, so I think you'll have a tough time getting through him!" A giant golden ring with 4 outside pods and a giant "H" painted on it appeared and floated above the arena. A ghost-like monster appeared and rose with Onyx into two of the pods. The gate opened, and Earthspirit descended. He looked like Onyx, except he was semi-transparent and much smaller. "I end my turn."

"I pass," Kataki sighed after drawing a card(3).

Kengake drew his card(3) and smiled. "I have a monster that will help me defense, so now I think it's time for me to go on the offense! I activate the effect of my Hero Gate, letting me fuse F-Hero Fightingfists(2;1850/1000) with another F-Hero Flamefire(1) to summon F-Hero Fireheart(2000+1000/2200)!" A muscular man with giant fists appeared, and was brought up into the pods with another flaming man. The monster that emerged was a giant, muscular man with a small aura of fire, and several flame-themed weapons and pieces of armor. "Now, Fireheart, attack E-Villain Shadowthief with Burning Fist, and put me in the lead!" The man leaped up and landed on E-Villain Shadowthief, immediately destroying him.

Kengake: 2200; Kataki: 2100

Kataki growled as he drew a card(4). "You'll pay for that. I set a spell/trap(3) and a monster(2), and switch Silent Explosion to defense mode for my turn."

"Attack!" Kengake immediately commanded after he drew a card(2). Fireheart leaped up, and began to descent upon Silent Explosion. However, Silent Explosion reached up and punched Fireheart in the gut as Fireheart was about to complete the attack, surprising and destroying him. "Fireheart!" Kengake cried as his lifepoints decreased.

Kengake: 1800; Kataki: 2100

"That was my Cheap Shot trap card, just in case you didn't know," Kataki explained. "It not only destroys your monster, but gives you 400 points of damage. Oh, and in case you didn't realize it, my trap put me back in the lead."

"I still have Earthspirit to protect me," Kengake said as he set two spells/traps(0). "You're move."

"Draw(3)!" Kataki yelled. "First I'll flip summon E-Villain Aqua Crusher(800/1200), letting me draw an extra card(4)! And now I'll tribute Aqua Crusher and Silent Explosion to summon the last monster your deck will ever see! E-Villain Mastermind(3;2500/2100)!" The two monsters disappeared, and a new villain appeared in his place. He had a tight purple suit of what looked like leather armor. A dome covered his head, which was bald and had a giant brain. A green visor similar to Cyber Tutu's covered his eyes. He grinned menacingly as he was summoned, and destroyed Earthspirit with a black of dark energy. "As you can probably tell, Mastermind destroys all Hero monsters when he's summoned. Of course, now he can attack you directly!" E-Villain Mastermind created as even larger ball of energy and launched it at Kengake, who was severely damaged.

Kengake: 100; Kataki: 2100

"I'm... not... out yet," Kengake slowly said as he stood back up. Thin wisps of smoke were emanating from his blue uniform.

"But… h-how?" Kataki yelled. "Mastermind should have dealt 2500 points of damage to you, while you only had 1800 lifepoints left!"

"Actually, I used my face-down Mystik Wok on Earthspirit before you destroyed him," Kengake explained, "Which increased my lifepoints by 800 and gave me just enough lifepoints to withstand your attack."

"Fine. Make your last move." Kataki snorted.

"With pleasure!" Kengake shouted as he drew a card(1). "It's time to end this duel, and with a hero that is truly frightening! I activate my face-down Fusion Recovery, allowing me to return Polymerization(2) and—more importantly—F-Hero Ghostguy(3) to my hand!"

"Ghostguy?" Kataki laughed. "I've seen scarier fairy monsters!"

"Well, it's not just him," Kengake smirked. "It's him and F-Hero Magician(1300/1200)! I'll use Hero Gate to fuse them together(1) and form F-Hero Poltergeist(100/100)!" The two creatures went into the pods, and the gate opened. The creature that descended was black and semi-transparent; it had an elongated body with two arms and a tail-like wisp instead of legs. Eerie white light emanated from several, strange rips along its body. It had jagged black teeth, and its two eyes were simply large rips. It floated down and circled around Kengake like how a snake might wrap around a treasure it was guarding. "This is who you should be afraid of. Not only is he a fusion monster, but also a union monster!"

Suddenly relief replaced Kataki's wave of fear. "You idiot! If he's a union monster you can't use his effect because you have no other monsters! Plus he only has 100 attack points!"

"Not exactly. For you see Poltergeist equips to your monsters, not mine."

"Wait, if he does that, then does he—"

"Yep," Kengake interrupted. Poltergeist flew forward at an incredible speed into E-Villain Mastermind. Mastermind's eyes began to glow red, and then he walked over to Kengake's field. "Villains truly are villainous. They don't even stay loyal to their original owners. That is why you shouldn't use villain monsters. Of course, you won't be using them any more. Attack!"

Kataki was motionless as his monster destroyed his lifepoints with a wave of black energy. I lost... the duel and... my deck...

Kengake: 100; Kataki: 0

"No… no…" Kataki muttered to himself, but then yelled, "You killed my deck! I can't use it anymore! Why would you do this?"

"Because you challenged me," an emotionless Kengake said. "This was your idea, and your fault. If I had lost, it would have been my deck I would not be able to use. You should have thought about the consequences of losing before asking for a duel."

I guess he's right, but still... Kataki thought. That just means my Villain deck wasn't perfect. The next deck I'll make will be even better, and won't lose to anyone! I swear that on the memory of my old deck!


I always enjoy Kengake's duels. I love F-heros! XD

They are strong, and fun to play with! Sort of like super e-heros... Actually, one of Kengake's duels (it will be towards the end of the fic) is gong to be an actual duel I had with f-heroes XD

Now get ready for chapter special #2, to make up for filler #2!


Chapter Special 2: Decks!

Chris: Well, I couldn't actually decide a solid deck theme for Chris... so I just gave him a deck full of random cards! (as Takashi clearly stated)

Sam: Well, he's spellcasters, obviously. I really have no idea why I chose that, especially since Yami is partly spellcasters...

Mr. Richards: Weenie beatdown. Yay! I think I chose it just because I wanted to show off Mystic Swordsman LV6, and on Raging Flame Sprite it was good XD

Takashi: Well, he's a Kaiba. So he uses mainly light monsters... when you see his next duel (chapter 16) you'll see even more how is deck is like Kaiba's XD

Jason: Well, when I was looking through Yami's decklist on janime, I saw that wind-card-thingy (forget what's it's called). I thought it was really cool, so I gave Jason a burn deck so Yami could use it.

Sarah: You'll see her deck next time. Remember her name, and you'll see why I chose it. When you see her family/heritage, you'll see even more (and I gave a hint about it... sort of)

Kengake: As I just stated, I love F-Heroes! I had to show them off! XD

Ijimeko: I don't know why I chose a skill drain deck... I didn't realize how many random deck types I have XD

Akutou: Well, his name means dark, so he has a dark deck... plus, heros vs. dark deck. Get it?

Sachi: As he stated, that was a test deck, not his actual deck. And I chose guardians for his deck because I like guardians! Yay!

Brainiac: Well, he's smart, and hand control seems like a pretty smart deck type... I mean, stopping the hand to stop the field? Sophisticated oO

Shadow: You haven't seen his deck, but you guys can probably guess what it is XD

Casatos: Again, random deck XD I like Ace in the Hole, too XD

Amanda: My friend's character; my friend's deck

Manukan: Like Sachi's deck, I chose guardians because I like guardians, and I chose agents because I like them XD Plus, the agents are sort of the opposite of... well... you know... him.

Samantha: I like harpies. And I thought it was pretty cool how getting out all harpie lady 1s gets out +900 to all monsters XD Good harpie swarm...

Zamen: Well, I saw the person's Chrono cards, and I like them, so I used them for a deck! XD

Kataki (whose name in japanese means villain or something): Well, it's a hero vs. villain duel... get it?


Card of the Day

Elemental Villain Shadowthief (DARK)
Warrior/Effect
Level 4
ATK 1600/DEF 1400
Every time this card destroys a monster as a result of battle, put 1 counter on this card. If this card destroys a "Hero" monster as a result of battle, put an extra counter on this card. You may remove 3 counters from this card to randomly select one card in your opponent's hand and add it to your hand.


Original Cards

F-Hero Flamefire; level 3; Warrior/Effect/FIRE; 1300/500; This card is treated as a normal monster. You can fuse this card with another monster with "F-Hero" in its name to special summon a F-Hero Fusion Token. An F-Hero Fusion monster is treated like a fusion monster, and can be flipped face-down, sent to the graveyard, removed from play, etc. An F-Hero Fusion Token made with this monster increases its original ATK by 1200, DEF by 700, is a warrior, can be a FIRE monster, has the following effect: "When this card destroys a monster as a result of battle inflict damage to your opponent's lifepoints equal to the level of the destroyed monster x 200," and has "Fire" in its name.

E-Villain Aeroman; level 3; Warrior/Effect/WIND; 1000/1000; Increase the ATK and DEF of this card by 200 for each monster your opponent controls. Increase the ATK and DEF of this card by 100 for each "Hero" monster your opponent controls.

Underhanded Thievery; Spell; Halve the ATK of one of your opponent's face-up monsters until the end phase of this turn. Increase the ATK of one of your face-up "Villain" monsters by the amount the selected monster's ATK was decreased until the end of this turn. If the selected monster is a "Hero" monster, increase the "Villain" monster's ATK by an extra 500.

E-Villain Shadowthief; level 4; Warrior/Effect/DARK; 1600/1400; Every time this card destroys a monster as a result of battle, put 1 counter on this card. If this card destroys a "Hero" monster as a result of battle, put an extra counter on this card. You may remove 3 counters from this card to randomly select one card in your opponent's hand and add it to your hand.

Burglary Equipment; Equip Spell; This card can only be equipped to a "Thief" monster. Increase the ATK of the equipped monster by 500. Whenever a counter would be put on the equipped monster, you may put an extra counter on it.

F-Hero Onyx; level 4; Warrior/Effect/EARTH; 1000/2000; This card is treated as a normal monster. You can fuse this card with another monster with "F-Hero" in its name to special summon a F-Hero Fusion Token. An F-Hero Fusion monster is treated like a fusion monster, and can be flipped face-down, sent to the graveyard, removed from play, etc. An F-Hero Fusion Token made with this monster increases its original ATK by 200, DEF by 1800, is a warrior, can be an EARTH monster, has the following effect: "This card cannot be destroyed by card effects that target as long as it remains in defense position. When this card is destroyed as a result of battle, the battle phase ends immediately," and has "Earth" in its name.

A Hero's Revenge; Trap; You can activate this card when a monster with "F-Hero" in its name was destroyed. Special summon that monster. If the summoned monster was destroyed in battle, decrease the ATK and DEF of that monster by the ATK and DEF of the summoned monster, respectively.

E-Villain Pyro Assassin; level 3; Warrior/Effect/FIRE; 1200/800; When this card destroys a monster as a result of battle you may destroy 1 spell or trap card on the field.

E-Villain Silent Explosion; level 6; Warrior/Fusion/Effect/WIND; 2100/1200; "E-Villain Aeroman" + "E-Villain Pyro Assassin" This card cannot be special summoned except by a fusion summon. Increase the ATK and DEF of this card by 100 for each "Hero" monster your opponent controls. When this card destroys a monster as a result of battle, you may destroy 1 spell or trap card on the field. If this card is destroyed as a result of battle, immediately destroy the monster that destroyed this card.

Hero Gate; Field Spell; You may fuse monsters with "F-Hero" in their names together without "Polymerization".

F-Hero Ghostguy; level 2; Warrior/Effect/DARK; 100/100; This card is not destroyed as a result of battle. If this card is targeted by an effect (excluding fusion summoned), it is immediately sent to the graveyard. You can fuse this card with another monster with "F-Hero" in its name to special summon a F-Hero Fusion Token. An F-Hero Fusion monster is treated like a fusion monster, and can be flipped face-down, sent to the graveyard, removed from play, etc. An F-Hero Fusion Token made with this monster decreases its original ATK and DEF by 1000, is a warrior, can be a DARK monster, has the following effect: "This card is not destroyed as a result of battle," and has "Spirit" in its name.

F-Hero Fightingfists; level 4; Warrior/Effect/EARTH; 1850/1000; This card is treated as a normal monster. You can fuse this card with another monster with "F-Hero" in its name to special summon a F-Hero Fusion Token. An F-Hero Fusion monster is treated like a fusion monster, and can be flipped face-down, sent to the graveyard, removed from play, etc. An F-Hero Fusion Token made with this monster increases its original ATK by 1400, decreases its DEF by 200, is a warrior, can be an EARTH monster, has the following effect: "When this card destroys a monster in DEF mode with a DEF less than this monster's ATK, inflict the difference as battle damage to your opponent's lifepoints," and has "Fighter" in its name.

F-Hero Fireheart; level 8; Warrior/Fusion/Effect/FIRE; 2000/2200; "F-Hero Flamefire" + "F-Hero Fightingfists" This card can only be fusion summoned with the above fusion material monsters. Increase the ATK of this card by 200 for each monster in your graveyard with "F-Hero" in its name. Whenever a monster with "F-Hero" in its name on the field is sent to the graveyard, increase the ATK of this card by 300 until the end phase of the turn.

Cheap Shot; Trap; You can only activate this card when your opponent attacks a "Villain" monster. Destroy the attacking monster and inflict 400 points of damage to your opponent's lifepoints.

E-Villain Aqua Crusher; level 4; Warrior/Effect/WATER; 800/1200; When this card is successfully summoned, draw 1 card from your deck for each face-up "Hero" monster on the field.

E-Villain Mastermind; level 7; Warrior/Effect/DARK; 2500/2100; Only "Villain" monsters can be used as tributes to tribute summon this card. When this card is successfully summoned, flip all monsters on the field face-up (flip effects are not activated at this time). Destroy all "Hero" monsters, then return all monsters to their original position.

F-Hero Magician; level 4; Spellcaster/Effect/LIGHT; 1300/1200; You may discard this card in your hand to the graveyard to add a spell or trap card in your graveyard to your hand. You can fuse this card with another monster with "F-Hero" in its name to special summon a F-Hero Fusion Token. An F-Hero Fusion monster is treated like a fusion monster, and can be flipped face-down, sent to the graveyard, removed from play, etc. An F-Hero Fusion Token made with this monster increases its original ATK and DEF by 900, is a warrior, can be a LIGHT monster, has the following effect: "When this card destroys a monster as a result of battle or inflicts battle damage to your opponent's lifepoints, you may add a spell or trap card in your graveyard to your hand," and has "Magician" in its name.

F-Hero Poltergeist; level 5; Warrior/Fusion/Union/Effect/DARK; 100/100; "F-Hero Ghostguy" + "F-Hero Magician" This card can only be fusion summoned with the above fusion material monsters. Once per turn, during your Main Phase you may equip this card to a face-up monster on your opponent's side of the field as an equip spell card OR change this equip spell card to a monster on your side of the field in face-up defense mode. You control the monster equipped with this card (1 monster can only be equipped with 1 union monster at a time).


Next Time: The Eye of Truth