Hey y'all, I'm back with more chapters to upload! With the newly released pack and a newly made deck too! Anyway this is a short chapter so I hope you don't mind. I'm sorry if I am offending you readers by posting it late and short but hay, I'm still an... intermediate writer. Please, please, please, comment! I need to know how am I doing now. Hope you enjoy.
Chapter 23: Civil No More
"Bingo! Your instinct of survival is incredible Civil, or should I say Kyou Kiyuugi!" quoted Sici. At the instance Civil heard that name, he was taken aback again into his memories. This time, he remembers his true name, Kyou Kiyuugi. His father was called Fumika Kiyuugi while his mother is Aima Kiyuugi.
"I am… Kyou…" gasped Civil.
"Yes, in fact, you and I, we are of the different side of the same coin! Your opposite, so to speak," said Sici in a malicious tone, which Civil gasped in realization. "Yes, you are a being of order, where else I am the being of chaos!"
"Sinear Civelk! I remember now, you… Noir, Blanc and GHOST… you're all me!" hissed Civil. That explains why I felt so familiar knowing Ghost's name. "What is it you want from me?"
"… Your head!" Sici bellowed, "Y'see, I'm a bounty hunter, and a bounty hunter hunts those with a bounty." Sici said as he shove his hat higher, "You in the meantime, has a bounty of 100 million on your head!" Sici dug a paper out of his pockets and raised it to Civil. As Sici said, he had a bounty of 100 million on his head. At the sight of this, he remembered more of himself. A few years ago, he was an infamous duelist that rises in the ranks. As years went by, he had a duel with a Shadow Duelist. He lost that duel and his price is his memories, not his soul.
"I see… so the reason to my amnesia is my defeat… then that means…"
"Nope, that's not me! I don't take people's memories; I take their souls! Now, carry on!" Sici make his draw.
Civil - 13450
Sici- 8000
"Sheesh, that Nitro Warrior of your's is getting in my way. If I cannot destroy your monsters, then I'm gonna have to eliminate you instead! From my hands, I play the equip spell Opti-Camouflague Armor! This card can only be equipped to a Level 1 monster. The monster equipped to this card may attack your Life Points directly!" explained Sici as he returned to his calm personality.
"Ah, just what I need, Spirit Barrier…" sighed Civil ironically as he realized that he did not have that card in his deck nor in his side deck. Note to self: Remember to get Spirit Barrier at the nearest Card Store near me. He noted.
"Ah too bad, SKIEL! ATTACK!" the flying machine aimed its laser gun straight at Civil and fires. The beam hit dead on his shoulder.
Civil - 11250
Sici - 8000
Civil shrieked aloud as the shot his right shoulders. The pain was unbearable but he needs to keep going if he wanted to survive the Shadow Duel. "DARN IT! THAT HURTS!"
"Of course it hurts, that is what the Duel Monsters we're using now experiencing. Pain, agony, sacrifices and despair, these are all what the cards felt every time they are sent into battle!"
"Whatever… are you done?" cried Civil as he struggled to stand up.
"I end my turn!" With that declared, Civil make his draw.
This is the sixth turn… four more! thought Civil, But I'll be damned! My next card is… Debris Dragon, this card allows me to special summon a monster in my graveyard with 500 or lesser attack points… so I could bring back Dandylion in my graveyard, then synchro summon it to form a Level 7 Dragon Synchro monster… but the problem is that face down Mirror Force! When I attack with my monster, that card will trigger and destroy every monster I had on the field that are in attack position…
"Darn!" cursed Civil under his breath as he is pushed into a dead end. "I have no choice but to risk it! I summon Debris Dragon (Level 4/Wind/Dragon/Tuner/1000/2000)!" a lesser dragon with halo scales appeared, "When this card is normal summoned, I can special summon a monster in my graveyard that has 500 or lower attack points! I pick my Dandylion! (Level 3/Earth/Plant/Effect/300/300)" a flower shaped monster returned to the field. "With this played… I end my turn!"
"Alright then, turn seven! Draw!" Sici pulled his next card and reveals it. Machine Emperor Wisel Infinity! Good! "Here I go! Skiel! Direct Attack!" The giant bird like machine flew to the air and aimed its cannon straight at Civil. It launches its attack. The shock from the attack stunned him as he shrieked aloud.
Civil - 9050
Sici - 8000
"Well then, I guess that's all I got!" declared Sici, "Turn End!"
Civil lay on the ground in a paralyzed state. He was gasping heavily as he tries to get up.
"Hey, that's all you got?" taunted Sici.
Civil ignored that taunt and continue to pant. He somehow managed to get up with his injured right arm and disabled legs. "Tch… you're gonna pay for my medical fees!"
"Don't care!"
"… DRAW!" Civil pulled his next card as he hopes for a reversal. At this rate, he would be tormented to death. Closing his eyes, he revealed, Machine Emperor Wisel Infinity… It wasn't what he wanted. Civil threw a sigh and declared unwillingly, "Turn End!"
"HNGH! TURN EIGHT DRAW!" bellowed Sici. He revealed his hand and grins. "I play Graceful Charity!" he bellowed, which stuttered Civil, "With this card, I draw 3 cards and discard away 2!" Sici followed what he had explained. "I know what you are thinking! It's a banned card right? But I'm afraid, the rules don't apply to a Shadow Game."
Civil glared daggers at his copy.
"Anyway, I play the one I keep! I set Morphing Jar (Level 2/Earth/Rock/Effect/700/600) on the filed, the with this, I attack you directly with Skiel!" the giant bird machine flew up once again and fired.
Civil - 6850
Sici - 8000
"With it, I end my turn, again." declared Sici, "The next turn will make eight turns! BUT! IT SHALL BE YOUR LAST!"
Civil raised his head to face his clone. "My… last?"
"YES! ALL THE MATERIALS I NEED HAVE BEEN GATHERED! THE NEXT TURN! SHALL BE… YOUR DEMISE!"
With those words echoing in Civil's ears, his heart made a heavy leap. His fears were betraying his calmness, his body twitching, his will and spirit were relinquished. "…I …"
Sici had a wide grin despite his gentleman manner. He is remaining his eye contact with him as he pressures him.
"I… I…" Civil's feeble voice suddenly turned rough, "I… WON'T… LOOOOOOOOSE!" Civil placed a hand on his deck and pulled in a flash of green light. Sici rolled his eyes as he saw that action. Civil reveals the card he pulled. He was staring at it for quite sometimes now.
"Um… Civil, will you continue?" asked Sici in his gentleman demeanor despite his impatience.
"… I see now…" is what came out of him. His voice was entirely different. The fear in his tone were completely gone. The twitching his body made ceased as if he felt nothing. "I see now!"
"What?"
"I see… my rebirth!" said Civil as he turned his attention from the card he drew to Sici.
Sici was then shocked as he saw his origin's eyes. The cold and emotionless dull black eyes were replaced by cold green lines that flowed into his white iris. "Kyou…"
"I can see the faint light that shall lead to my rebirth!" Civil repeated, "From my hands, I summon Tech Genus - Striker (Level 2/Earth/Warriror/Tuner/800/0)!" as Civil declared, Sici gasped to his horror. A man in some futuristic armor appeared. The warrior executed a pose as it appeared. "With this card on the field, I shall prepare for the inevitable! Level 3 Dandylion plus Level 2 Tech Genus-Striker tuning!"
System preparation, backup drive, all green. Info library, all clear. Boosters output, 250%! OK! System ALL CLEAR!
"Synchro Summon! Come forth my ally, Tech Genus-Hyper Librarian (Level 5/Dark/Spellcaster/Synchro Effect/2400/1800)!" A blonde man in a weird outfit appeared with a book like tablet in his hands.
"Tech Genus..."
"I'm not finished, with Dandylion sent to the graveyard, I can have two Fluff Token (Level 1/Wind/Plant/Token/0/0)!" two fluffs appeared on Civil's field, "I now Tune! Level 4 Debris Dragon with 2 Fluff Token!" The dragon took wing with the fluffs.
Synchro Limitation, Level 6, Predation, Ground Support System, ALL OK! Power Check, 2500! OK! Synchro Summon, ALL OK!
"Iron Chain Dragon (Level 6/Earth/Dragon/Synchro Effect/2500/1300)!" bellowed Civil. A gigantic dragon with some heavy chain attached around it appeared. "Next, when a synchro summon is done, thanks to Tech Genus Hyper Librarian's effect, from my deck I draw a card!" Civil made his draw, "I activate Tech Genus X - Half Life (TGX-HL)!" A blue machine appeared before the librarian, "With this card, I halve the attack and defense of a monster with Tech Genus in its name. With that done, I am able to destroy 1 spell or trap card on the field! Farewell Mirror Force!"
Sici braced himself as a laser canon flew at light speed and shattered the face down card. "Oh, you got me!"
"I'm not finished!" roared Civil, "This is just the beginning! Turbo Warrior, attack Skiel!" the red machine like warrior boosted his engine and attacks. The attack was successful. The giant blue machine exploded.
Civil - 6850
Sici - 7700
"Tech Genus - Hyper Librarian, Iron Chain Dragon, carry on!" the two remaining monsters conducted their attack.
Civil - 6850
Sici - 4000
Sici gritted his teeth viciously as he had lost his Life Points most of his Life Points in an instant due to a one turn reversal.
"With this, I end my turn!" declared Civil confidently. "C'mon!" he taunted.
"Tch, turn 9 my draw!" roared Sici. He reveals it, "I play the field spell Fortissimo the Moving Fortress!" With the card played, the bluff turned into what looked like a machine fortress. Sici stood on the stage bellow the three hatches. "By forfeiting my hands, I play my face down, Morphing Jar! Time for round two!" declared Sici as he discards his entire cards in his hand. Both Civil and Sici draw up to five new cards from their deck.
"All my cards… they're returning to me… so is my memory!" mumbled Civil.
"Now, here's the effect of my field spell, once per turn, I can special summon a Machine Imperial monster to the field. Here comes the first, Machine Imperial Soldier Wisel Ein (Level 4/Dark/Machine/Effect/1800/0)!" One of the three hatch above Sici opens and a white machine appeared. "Next, I summon Machine Imperial Soldier Skiel Ein (Level /Effect/1200/1000)!" Another hatch opens up and this time, a blue machine appears, "Wisel Ein and Skiel Ein both have the effect of increasing their attack points if the other is on the field. Wisel Ein gains 100 points while Skiel Ein (1900/0) is on the field while Skiel Ein gains 200 if the other is on the field (1400/1000)."
"That's not enough to defeat my monsters!"
"I'm not done, I play Gift of the Machine Emperor! With this card, I can now draw 2 cards if I have at least 2 Machine Emperors of Machine Imperials Soldier on my field!" Sici pulled another 2 cards from his deck. He glees at the sight of the two new cards he had drawn, "I activate activate my second Gift of the Machine Emperor which allows me to draw two more!" he pulled another two. "Now I play Double Summon! This card allows me to summon again in the same turn!"
"Let me guess, Machine Imperial Soldier Grannel Ein (Level 4/Earth/Machine/Effect/1800/1200) is it?" said Civil lazily.
"That's correct! I now bring forth the machine in question!" the final hatch opens and a brown machine appeared. "Grannel Ein like Wisel gains 100 attack points for each Machine Imperial Soldier or Machine Emperor on the field, since there are two other on the field now, they are now a few hundred points stronger!" The three machines, Wisel Ein (2000/0), Skiel Ein (1600/1000), Grannel Ein (2000/1200) are now charging with an aura of their respective attributes. "Before I carry on, I use Grannel Ein's effect to halve the attack points of your Nitro Warrior!" As he had declared, the brown machine fires a purplish gravity bomb at the warrior (1250/1500)
"This is the end as I said! From my hands, I special summon Machine Imperial God Dragon Asterisk (Level 10/Dark/Machine/Effect/0/0)!" Civil gasped at the sound of the monster, "When I control at least 3 or more Machine Emperor of Machine Imperial monsters, I can special summon this monster to the field, appear! ASTERISK!" Sici roared.
The ground began to tremble at the roar of a machine like sound. Then, the hatches above Sici opens up. There is a glow that covers Civil in light. Then slowly, in the midst of the glow, a long dragon like creature began to spawn. The light dims and the dragon was revealed. Civil stared at the dragon rather emotionlessly and his cold glare began to grew ever more cold. "Asterisk!"
"Indeed! Allow me to demonstrate to you! Asterisk attack points are equal to the original attack points of the Machine Emperor or Machine Imperial Soldier monsters that I sent to the graveyard. I send my three Machine Imperials Soldiers to the graveyard! With this, Asterisk attack points become 4600!
"Doubtfully, that's enough to defeat me!" reminded Civil as he watches his opponent lazily.
"Then how's this? Magical Stone Excavation! With two cards discarded, I add a spell card from my graveyard; this is the end! I choose Limiter Removal!"
Civil sighed lazily. "Yes, this is my end and my rebirth!"
At that comment, Sici hesitates no longer as he plays the card. With it, the machine dragon became severely powerful. (9200/0) "LIGHTS OUT!" roared Sici.
Civil stared at the dragon. He ignored the pain made by his injured legs and right arm as he retreats. "This is not the end…" any second now the dragon is about to launch an attack at him. "…One shall fall today…" the pressure is growing intense for every second passed, "But two will be born! My defeat is all but a stepping stone to my rebirth!" Civil turned and run away. Despite the scene had changed into a fortress, it doesn't change the fact that they were still standing on a bluff. Civil charged to the bluff. The dragon released a massive laser at him.
The three of his monsters rushed to his aid as they barricaded the attack. Unfortunately, the laser was too strong for them. All of them perished in a second. Civil jumped to freedom as the scene dissolves in to a bluff. Unfortunately, the laser reached him before he could drop from the ledge. The sheer pressure of the laser began to boil his body into a cremation. At the same time, he tried to ease the agony by shrieking. However, he had lost his voice in the cremation. His eyes were burning as they were exposed to the laser causing his visions to go all black. Before he splash into the ocean, the figure of an elegant woman appeared in the darkness.
"Yu…la…"
SPLASH!
He is heard no more…
With his hunt accomplished, Sici cover his eyes in deep thoughts. As he did, one of the synchro monster Civil used was lying on the ground. He picked it up and pockets it away as a moment.
"Farewell, Kyou Kiyuugi!" he turns and disappears into the darkness.
In another point of view, Yula, Civil's replacement and lecturer comes to at Sici's dismiss. She was confused as to finding herself on the floor by Civil's accommodation. At that moment, she remembers the figure that hypnotized her. Heart skipping she found the door to Civil's room opened. Moreover, she could not find any traces of him. Worried, Yula went to search the island for any traces of him. She searched every corner of the island but to no avail, until finally…
"Civil…" she heard a cry from a corner. Yula turned around to find the source of the voice. It turns out that a spirit was making the cry. The spirits was no other than the cards Civil had. All his monsters were assembled on the bluff Civil and Sici dueled except the Machine Emperors.
"Um," called Yula to the spirits. "What happened? What happened to Mr Kenears?"
"…" they had no response. But one of them-Effect Veiler, nodded to the bluff. Yula gasped and rushed to the bluff. Then to her horror, Civil's Ra jacket was floating on the surface of the ocean along his cards. His body however remained in the depths of the ocean. Wasting no time, she revealed herself. Yula grew an orange pair of feathered wings and flew off the bluff. Civil's deck of duel spirits gasped at the revelation and were stunned.
Minutes went by and there is still no luck in searching him. Within the darkness, she has only limited range of sight neither could she feel due to the impenetrable cold waters. But everything comes with a hope eventually. Lying on the seabed was a glittering silver object. Yula dived towards the object and recognizes it as a Ra Academy Disk. He must be nearby! She searched the perimeter around the Duel Disk. In the end, his body remain unfound.
Yula ascended from the ocean and find his Duel Spirits waiting and grieving above the bluff. Their griefs turned to pure sorrow as she told them of her findings.
"Hold on…" called out one of the spirits Junk Warrior, "Who are you?"
"… I am Yula Wilhelmia… to be precise, Blackwing - Breeze the Zephyr, Civil's first card!"
"WHAT!" they gasped.
End Chapter 23
Card Review
Machine Imperial God Dragon Asterisk Effect Monster
Level 10
Attribute: Dark
Typer: Machine
Description: This card cannot be Normal Summoned or Set. If you control 3 or more face-up "Machine Emperor" or "Machine Imperial" monsters, you can Special Summon this card from your hand. When this card is Special Summoned, select any number of other "Machine Emperor" or "Machine Imperial" monsters you control and send them to the Graveyard. This card's ATK is equal to the combined original ATK of the sent monsters. Each time a player Special Summons a Synchro Monster, inflict 1000 damage to that player.
Comments: Yay to the newly released pack. Also newly released Machine Emperor support deck (too bad I haven't got this card YET). This card is easier to summon than Machinecle (in my opinion).
End Card Review
That's all for now, but I will be posting more ASAP! Also, please R&R! Next Chapter, Chapter 24 Price of Power