People have followed their dreams, no matter how hard or how seemingly impossible, ever since history began to be recorded.
Everyone's dreams are different, whether it's the goal or the road to achieve the goal. No matter how old they get, people will still have dreams.
It was a dream that inspired writers to write…
It was a dream to have people make life easier…
It was even a dream that made a new king of games…at least from what my teachers told me about a Yuki guy.
Even I have dreams…although right now, I'm kind of at a crossroad in this time. But for the moment, I'm aiming for a great duelist. If that doesn't work then I'll have my ninjitsu to fall back on.
But I'm going off topic. Due to un-foreseen events, a person can give up his or her dream in order to survive in the world today. Their dreams shatter in a minute…that's all it takes.
The guy I'm dueling right now has a dream; he even has the dream of a loved one riding on his shoulders. His dream consists of a certain thing above us…
…The sky…
Even his monsters have something to do with his dream, creatures of the sky, even though it seems quite strange for a guy to use this strategy.
The only thing is about this guy is that he shows that he's fighting for someone else…maybe that's why he's hard to beat.
But I've still got a few tricks up my sleeve! I'm not going to lose my dream!
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Chapter 4: A Sky's Limit
Ninjas V.S. Dreams of the Clouds
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A week had passed since the start of the school year and already things were slowing down. Duels were now a semi rare sight for Garu, mainly because of all of the homework he had been getting from his teachers. Today however was different…
"Now Mudora (2600/1800)! Attack his Thunder Giant now!"
With a quick leap the powerful golden masked sand fairy slashed the huge yellow armored giant in two. As the huge giant shattered into pixels, the Mudora jumped back to his owner's side, a young lady's side to be precise. A smile appeared on her face as she wiped the long brown hair from her face. A Ra Yellow jacket hung loosely over her skinny body, which adorned a female Ra yellow uniform. "You ready to give up yet Sorro?" (TLP: 2700)
Across from the young lady stood her opponent, his short dark crimson hair seemingly flowed through a non-existent breeze. His semi muscular body was covered by the standard Obelisk Blue overcoat. However, there was a CD player at his belt connected with two small portable speakers. "Of course not Terri…and neither are my heroes!" (SLP: 1100)
The two duelists were facing off against each other in Fortanu's classroom for a study of different dueling strategies used by the academy students. "Whatever Sorro…as long as you don't sing…"
With a quick and fancy draw Sorro added a fourth card into his hand. But then he slid the card into his duel disk showing the polymerization card with an orange figure being freed from it. "I activate Fusion Recovery! So I'll take back Burstinatrix (1200/800) and the Polymerization cards from the graveyard and into my hand!"
But Sorro wasn't done yet, he immediately slid the same spell card he just took and the blue vortex appeared in front of him. "So I'll fuse the Elemental Heroes Avian (1000/1000) and Burstinatrix (1200/800) in my hand to form the famous of the heroes!"
The familiar red jumpsuit woman with long dark hair and the green feathered hero appeared in front the vortex to only be sucked in. The vortex shattered as the famous one winged hero appeared before his master. His right arm was a red dragonhead while the rest of his body was a combination of muscular green and black tights. "The Elemental Hero Flame Wingman (2100/1200)!"
At the sight of the monster Terri just chuckled. "Nice try Mr. Singing Hero, but thanks to my Mudora's effect, he's strong enough to take back your monster."
"Yeah…but what if I play this field card, one that you need a hard hat for?" Sorro asked as his field card zone opened up and he simply slid the card into it. "Skyscraper!"
All of the students in the classroom gazed in awe at the sight of the multiple building appearing above the field. A full moon graced over the playing field as the Flame Wingman appeared on the tallest Skyscraper. "And now…Wingman attack with Skydive Scorcher!"
With a great leap the Flame Wingman flew towards the small sand Fairy engulfed in flames, his attack points sky rocketing (3100/1200) immediately. Before Mudora could even defend himself, the flames shattered him in front of Terri. "Darn you!" (TLP: 2200)
"Too bad I'm not done yet, especially with the Wingman's superpower! He deals you damage equal to your monster's attack!" Sorro announced as his Wingman landed in front of Terri with his dragon arm poised and ready to fire.
"…Uh oh," Terri gulped before the Flame Wingman fired a powerful blaze of fire on Terri sending her to the ground. (TLP: 0)
As the holograms disappeared, Fortanu walked in front of the two duelists clapping. "Excellent moves, both of you…
"I knew this was a waste of time," Vic thought as he crossed his arms. Fortanu had asked him to duel for the students with the Kaiser of the school. Unfortunately the Kaiser had a dentist appointment and had to cancel out at the last minute.
Turning his back to the leaving duelists, Fortanu coughed to get the attention of all the students. "Okay then class, since we just watched two of our academy's top duelists duel each other just now, here's a little pop question. Name the two strategy types that Sorro and Terri both displayed."
From the stands, multiple students just shrugged the question off, others just ignored it, and some of them just struggled with the question. A single Silfer Red raised his hand and Fortanu spotted him. "Ah yes, Skylar Schmidt, please go on and answer the question."
The Slifer Red known as Skylar stood up, his pitch-black hair spiked above his goggles. His skinny body made his jacket and black clothes look like parachute clothes. "The main strategies are as followed. The one that Terri used in the duel is more than likely a Fairy Rush deck, while Sorro uses a more common strategy concerning the E-Heroes. A fusion strategy that combines usually less powerful monsters into beings of pure power for multiple situations."
Nodding his head in agreement, Fortanu just smiled at the answer he was given. "Very good Skylar… now if only the rest of your Slifer Red peers would act accordingly like that."
Vic just raised his eyebrow at the sight Skylar and a plan began to appear in his head. "There usually is a few gems in the trash…Especially if those gems I can use to my advantage."
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"Man that Skylar is such a suck up," Garu sighed leaning back into his seat. "Making everyone else in Slifer red look like a gaggle of slackers."
Yae just sighed at her friend's comment. "Maybe he wouldn't if you actually show you were paying attention in class. And you mind keeping it down? Its bad enough that I had to come from my class today to watch this."
"I didn't see you try anything to answer the question," Garu snickered making Yae very upset in the process.
"Aw just shut up Garu," Yae huffed as an annoying foot tapping sound caught her attention. "Uh oh…"
"Hey, what's going…on…?" Garu stuttered to see a very pissed off Fortanu standing in front of their desks. "Hey there teach…"
"Would you two like to share with the class what you were talking about?" Fortanu asked, trying to keep his cool.
"Um…no?" Garu stuttered as Fortanu smirked.
"Very well…then the two of you can enjoy this afternoon in detention," Fortanu said as Yae and Garu lowered their heads listening to the laughter of the students around them.
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"Ruff! Ruff!"
"Truly correct, it has been quiet for the last hour Rox," Zeff sighed snoozing on and off in the tree near the Slifer Red dorm. "Guess I should probably try to find out where Garu and Yae are…"
Just as Zeff and Rox were about to jump from the tree branch a familiar Slifer Red walked under the tree, not noticing the two. "Hey isn't that?"
"Hey there Zeff!" Skylar announced as Zeff and Rox landed on the ground on all fours.
"Nice seeing ya again Skylar," Zeff greeted standing up on his two feet. "Say…ya wouldn't know where my roommates are do ya?"
Skylar just rubbed his chin while concentrated in deep thought. "I think they both have detention today, courtesy of Professor Fortanu."
Lowering his head, Zeff just sighed loudly. "Awe man…I was hoping to have some fun with them, I so do love a good ole prank on friends."
Confused as to his fellow peer's behavior, Skylar just snickered to himself. "Well, I've got no homework…yah wanna help me try something out I've been working on?"
"Might as well, I'm too energized to go to sleep," Zeff stated as Rox jumped onto his shoulder.
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"Well thanks a lot Garu! I always wanted detention!" Yae scoffed as she and Garu walked back to the dorms.
"Hey at least I found something out during that time," Garu stated with the Slifer Red Dorm coming into view.
Stopping in front of Garu, Yae spun on her heel and glared at him. "And what pray tell was that?"
"I learned that detention is a good time to catch some Zs," Garu chuckled before he took punch to the head sending him down. "Ow…"
"Are you kidding me! I was working on homework while you were snoozing!" Yae yelled as Garu sat up on the ground.
"That's a mean left hook," Garu moaned rubbing his head.
Before Yae could yell at Garu for a second time, a large shadow floated over their heads. As soon as they both looked up they saw what appeared to be a red hang glider with a very happy Skylar holding onto the bars. "Whoa…"
"Hey guys!"
Garu and Yae turned to see Zeff and Rox running towards them, both of their brows drenched with sweat as if they were chasing something. "About time the two of ya got here!"
"Really…what's going on and what's with the glider?" Yae referring to the one Skylar was hovering in above all three of the duelists (and wolf cub).
"Oh that, well, Skylar asked me to help him get this glider in the air but unfortunately he doesn't know how to land that dang thing," Zeff answered as the glider began to waver in the wind.
"So…what does that mean?" Garu asked not noticing that the glider was falling towards the ground.
"It means that…we should run!" Yae shouted before she, Zeff and Rox ran away from Garu who just had a confused look on his face.
"Do I offend?" Garu asked before he noticed a huge shadow appearing behind him.
Just as Garu turned around, the glider crashed into him causing a large amount of dirt to fly into the air. As Yae and Zeff carefully approached the debris as it fell to the ground. At the sight of the two Slifer Red students, Yae and Zeff just laughed loudly, but who wouldn't?
Garu's head was ripped between the fabric that made the glider while Skylar looked to be stuck in the ground with his legs in the air. "Need a hand guys?"
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After helping Garu and Skylar from the crash sight, the four duelists were relaxing in the Slifer Red cafeteria enjoying an early dinner…which basically was some ramen noodles with a few pieces of fruit. "Garu do you have to eat so loudly?"
Lifting the bowl away from his lips, the now bandaged Garu just smiled. "Yes Yae, now then where was I?"
"Ignoring the messy eater," Zeff stated as Skylar smirked. "I believe that Yae and presumably Garu would like to know how you managed to get that hang glider on the island…come to think of it you didn't really tell me why you had it here either."
Skylar just tossed the bright green apple that he had in his hand up and down a couple times before he grinned towards his fellow Slifer Red students. "How I got it on the island was quite simple…I simply took it apart before getting here and hid the stuff needed to put it back together in a spare suitcase.
"As for why I brought it with me…its quite simple, it reminds me of home," Skylar stated as he reached into his shirt and pulled out a small silver pendent with a pair of golden wings etched onto it. "Ya see, when I was with my family, me and my twin sister would either duel or go hang gliding. Since she's not really here anymore…"
"Oh…she's passed away?" Yae asked, as Skylar looked confused.
"What? No, she had a broken leg and she couldn't come to the exams," Skylar replied causing Yae, Zeff and Rox to crash to the ground while Garu just continued his ramen noodles. "So until she gets the chance to come here, I promised that I'd use a deck like hers…so when she does get here I'll be able to beat her."
"…I don't get it," Garu sighed before he continued his noodles.
"If I learn how to use a deck like hers then I'll be able to defeat her deck cause I'll know about all of the strategies that the deck is capable of," Skylar explained while getting a stare from Garu.
"I think I get it…" Garu replied putting down his bowl of ramen. "I don't get it at all…"
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The Next Day…
"Now then…for the last time…please leave me alone!" Takashi pleaded trying to eat his lunch. The T-Team was sitting next to him waving their banners. "I just want to read my book and eat my lunch!"
"Aw come on boss! Ya can't get rid of that easily!" Iruka chuckled putting down his banner.
"Then how do I get rid of you?" Takashi sighed loudly as Vector and Iruka laughed loudly.
Kara just looked at Takashi slapping his forehead. "Um, Vector, Iruka could you two please grab me a water bottle?"
"Both of us?" Vector asked as Kara simply nodded. "…Okay… I get ya…"
As soon as Vector and Iruka jumped from their seats, the air around Takashi and Kara suddenly felt a lot quieter. With a sigh of relief, Takashi instantly pulled his book from his pocket and opened it at the last place he left off. "Thanks, now I can enjoy some more of my book."
Blushing slightly, Kara just looked away. "Um…you're welcome."
Meanwhile at the Obelisk blue seats across the cafeteria…
"And that's your plan?" Kiro asked dropping his fork into his steak.
"Listen, its even a miracle that I'm able to come up with plans with all the bad luck I usually have," Vic confronted resuming into his lobster. "Sides…I've done my studying about Mr. Schmidt, and I happen to have some of those cards his own deck that he'll need."
Gathering his fork, Kiro stabbed it into his steak making the juices seep out. "Very well, we should probably meet with him after lunch…no doubt he'll want to jump at the chance to increase his rank and to get his hands on some rare cards. Just hope he doesn't turn out like another Rioko…"
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"Another day of class down!" Garu shouted walking from his classroom. Yae walked out from behind him with a sigh.
"All you did was sleep almost all day," Yae pointed out following Garu through the hallways.
"I was listening…for the most part," Garu replied as a familiar soul stood in front of the two. His light green duel disk hung loosely on his left arm. "Hey Skylar!"
"Garu…Yae…" Skylar smiled at his fellow Slifer red students. "Might as well ask Garu if he wants to duel…cause those Vic and Kiro Obelisk Blue duelists gave me those Alien cards and I gave my word that I'd duel Garu. Still they didn't tell me why they wanted to duel him…oh well."
"So do you need something Skylar?" Yae asked as Skylar smirked widely.
Lifting up his duel disk towards Garu, Skylar replied with confidence in his voice. "I wish to duel you Garu…"
At the sound of him dueling once more Garu just simply reached into his backpack and pulled out his duel disk and deck. "Just name the time and place! It'll be one on one!"
Skylar just smiled and gestured down the hall. "That's how most duels are like, and how about five minutes in the Slifer Red duel field…"
"Don't you mean arena?" Yae asked as Skylar sheepishly chuckled.
"You'll see…"
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"You've got to be kidding me!" Garu shouted at the sight of the small wooden platform with red banners with the Slifer emblem on them. "We get this instead of a duel arena?"
"Well, maybe this is another reason why the Slifer Dorm is run down," Yae sighed as she walked over to the nearby tree and sat down underneath it.
Skylar was already on one side of the duel platform blowing a leaf to the side of platform. "Eh, what ya going to do. Ready to duel Garu?"
From the trees, Vic and Kiro sat in the branches waiting for the duel to begin. In Kiro's hands was an advanced video camera. "Come on…get it on!"
"Relax Kiro…they'll start when they are ready," Vic stated crossing his arms.
At the corner of his eye, Vic spotted a separate Obelisk blue hiding behind a tree on Garu's side of the platform. From the spiky gray hair, the small pair of glasses and the thin physique from his baggy uniform, Vic didn't even recognize the guy. "Must be a freshman…"
"Duel!" (GLP: 4000) (SLP: 4000)
"Why don't you start us off Garu?" Skylar offered as Garu drew his first card.
Garu just grimaced at his new card and his hand. He had just drawn monster cards; he should have taken those optional shuffling classes. "Dang it…oh well…"
Slapping the card onto his duel disk, the familiar black clothed ninja dropped from the sky in front of him with his arms crossed. "I'll summon Strike Ninja (1700/1200) and call it a turn."
Snapping the top card from his deck and glancing at it, a small smile appeared on it. "Alright, I start this duel right by summoning Sonic Shooter (1300/600) in attack mode!"
From the sky swooped down a silver blur but quickly landed in front of Skylar crouching down. When the blur finally focused a birdman with silvery skin and large, silver wings appeared his head crowned by a feathered plume. "And guess what…if you have no spells or trap cards on the field, he can attack you directly!"
Disappearing in a quick blur, Garu stared at the spot where the Sonic Shooter was only a few seconds ago. However, from above him a powerful whistling sound filled the air. And just as Garu looked up, the Sonic Shooter dived bombed him right in the chest sending him to the ground. "Damn it…" (GLP: 2700)
While the Sonic Shooter floated back to his master's side of the field, Skylar just slid another card into his duel disk. "And I'll wrap up this turn with a card face down…"
At the sight of the new card in his hand, Garu just sighed out of relief. "Finally…a spell card I can use.' I hope you're ready for this! I summon Lady Ninja Yae (1100/200) in attack mode!"
In a small tempest, the beautiful green haired ninja reappeared in front of Garu. However, at the moment her feet touched the ground, Skylar's trap card went active revealing a second birdman getting blasted by an energy shot from the sun. "That can't be good…"
"For you it isn't," Skylar smirked as his Sonic Shooter began to glow yellow. "It's a trap card known as Icarus Attack. All I have to do is tribute a Winged-Beast type monster, and then I can destroy up to two cards on the field! So Sonic Shooter, bye bye, your jobs done as are your two Ninjas Garu!"
With a loud screech the Sonic Shooter exploded and the blast caught both of Garu's monsters shattering them in the blast. With a loud sigh, Garu just slipped a card into his duel disk that immediately appeared before him. "Great…I end my turn with a face down."
"Not much you can do eh?" Skylar snickered drawing another card from his deck. "I drew this card this early? Interesting…and now, I'll activate the field card known as…Cloud Kingdom!"
Yae and Garu gaped in surprise as multiple clouds began to form around the platform. Behind Skylar the clouds began to form into a large futuristic castle with birds flying around it. Yae was the first to ask. "What in the world is this?"
With a bright smile, Skylar lifted another card from his hand. "Quite simple really, it is the realm where the warm summer breeze comes from…at least that's what my sister said whenever she played this card.
"However, in dueling terms it increases the base attack and defense of all Wind attribute monster by 200. And if a Wind monster is destroyed as a result of battle, the player can then add a wind monster that is the same level of the monster that was destroyed into their hand."
"And I take it that you're going to be summoning a wind monster now right?" Garu sighed seeing Skylar placing the card on his side of the field.
"Yep! So let's give it up for the lovely lady known as…Harpie Lady 1 (1300/1400)!"
Flying from the clouds a lovely young bird woman with long flowing red hair. The tight purple and black jumper didn't leave anything to imagination, and her sharp talons appeared from her green winged arms. "1…so there more of them?"
With a wicked smiled the Harpie Lady just winked at her master. "Yep, in my deck are her two sisters."
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"What the hell! That's weirder than when Sorro sings!" Vic exclaimed as Kiro snickered while still taping the duel.
"True to that…however remember the Harpie cards can be deadly when played in the right way," Kiro stated.
"Still pretty weird for a guy to run a Harpie Deck," Vic sighed.
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"Now then, its time for this gal to get to work," Skylar stated as a green aura surrounded his Harpie Lady 1. "Thanks to Cloud Kingdom, she gains 200 attack and defense points, and then with her own effect, all Wind monsters gain 300 attack points! And you can probably guess what her attribute is (1800/1600)!"
"This is just embarrassing," Yae sighed as the Harpie Lady 1 raised her talons.
"Harpie Lady 1! Show him your claws!" Skylar shouted as his Harpie Lady flew towards Garu readying her claws.
Just as the Harpie was about to stab Garu with her talons, a weird machine in the shape of an old style game controller appeared before Garu sending its connector chord into the abdomen of the Harpie. "Nice try! But my spell card Enemy Controller activates! Allowing me to switch your monster to defense mode!"
As soon as the Harpie was forcibly set to crouch down, the controller shattered. Yae raised an eyebrow as she saw Garu slid the card into his graveyard. "How in the world did you get that?"
Turning to his roommate, Garu just smirked. "Yesterday I traded with Zeff, saying that his deck didn't need this card."
"Nice move there Garu…but now, its still my turn and I'll place a card face down," Skylar stated as the face down card appeared over the holographic clouds.
"And here's my turn!" Garu shouted after he drew. "Awesome, I play the spell card, Pot of Greed! So I get two more cards!"
At the sight of the grinning green pot, Garu's duel disk beeped and spat out two more cards into his hand. "Excellent! I summon a familiar face! Say hello to Ryu – The Mythical Ninja (1700/1200)!"
From the multiple clouds emerged the blue haired ninja raising his kitsune staff above his head. "And since there's two Ninjas in my graveyard, he gets his first two effects. Raising his attack and defense by 400! (2100/1600)"
"I activate my trap card! Go Harpy's Ecstasy!" Skylar announced as his face down card went active showing the three Harpie Lady Sisters hugging a blushing Celtic Guardian, their claws ready to stab the warrior. "This continuous trap card can activate when you summon a warrior or spellcaster monster when I have at least one Harpie Lady on the field. Your monster now has to take a knee in defense mode!"
Ryu just blushed as he knelt down raising his arms to protect himself. "Great…then I'll just have to place a card face down and call it a turn."
"Now then, I'll just draw," Skylar stated as he drew his next card, and at the sight of it his eyes widened. "Well now, it's the same card you drew. Some people call it fate, but I call it luck of the draw. So now, I play my own pot of greed!"
Skylar's eyes widened even further at the sight of his two cards. Immediately he place one of them on to his duel and the holographic clouds erupted with a second blur emerging from them. "Now then, its time we introduced the second harpie sister! So let's give it up for Harpie Lady 2 (1300/1400 1800/1600)!"
From the sky above, a second harpie floated down almost the exact same as the first one only this one had short orange hair with long bangs that covered half of her left eye. "And it seems unfair that these two get the spot light, so I'll play my spell card! Elegant Egotist!"
As the kaleidoscope spell card appeared before Skylar, a card popped out of his deck which immediately slapped onto the duel disk. The spell card shattered and a third harpie appeared before Skylar wearing the same clothes with the same body type. The only difference was the dark blue spiky hair on her head. "So say hello to the final sister, Harpie Lady 3 (1300/1400 1800/1600)!"
"Man, what is up with these chicks?" Garu asked, apparently the pun was intended.
Skylar sighed, apparently he heard the joke before or that he was the one who made the wisecrack. "Allow me to explain. This deck is like my sister's, and since she was able to defeat me every time, I decided to learn every strategy that is capable of this deck.
"As to the harpies, my sister really admired a certain duelist who used them during her career. But for another reason, my sister focused her deck because she enjoys the elegance of the birds…or in this case the Harpies. However, my real deck is really different, it describes my love of the sky.
"One day, I hope to become one of the best pilots in the world."
"…Wow…" Garu awed at the long answer.
"I know…now then I'll switch my Harpie Lady 1 to attack mode," Skylar announced as his first Harpie rose to her feet and screeched loudly. "Now then, I'll have Harpie Lady 1 attack your monster, then I'll have the other two attack you directly!"
All three of the Harpies flew directly towards the ninja and his ninja duelist, however at the last minute, Ryu surprised almost everyone by throwing a smoke bomb onto the first Harpie Lady and causing all three of the winged beauties to float back to Skylar's side of the field. "What in the world?"
"It's my trap card, Ninja Technique: Smoke Bomb! When you declare an attack when I have a ninja on my side of the field, I can end the battle phase immediately," Garu sighed as did Ryu in relief.
"Well then, I'll just end my turn with a card face down," Skylar said as the card back appeared in front of him.
"Alright, comeback time," Garu stated as he drew. "Alright, time to fix my hand! I activate the spell card Magical Mallet!"
As the golden hammer appeared in front of Garu, Skylar just smirked at the sight of the card. "Go ahead! So what if you can shuffle as many cards from your hand back into the deck? My three harpies are ready for anything!"
"Okay then, I'll shuffle everything back into the deck and draw four cards!" Garu announced doing so.
At the sight of the new hand, Garu's eyes widened. "Alright then, I'll start this turn by switching Ryu to attack mode. Then I'll summon the second member of an elite team of ninjas!"
As the clouds began to recede, Skylar just slapped his forehead and chuckled gesturing towards his Harpy's Ecstasy trap card. "Did you forget? My trap card will switch it to defense mode."
"Ya sure about that?" Garu asked as Skylar just raised an eyebrow at the new ninja.
To perfectly describe the ninja, it was a small robotic ninja with skinny metallic body, with blue metallic hair tied up to resemble a palm tree. A metallic green ninja suit covered his metal skin armed with multiple kunai on it. "Cause, The Mechanical Ninja - Uzamaki (1400/600) has something to say to that!"
The robotic ninja did something strange next, instead of reaching for his weapons, a small compartment popped out his chest and revealed a small camera. The next thing that Uzamaki did made Garu, Skylar, Yae and everyone who was watching the duel developed drops of sweat on the back of their heads…
…Uzamaki took pictures of all three of the Harpie Lady sisters, causing all three to smile at the small ninja. Skylar just rubbed his head in confusion. "Has your ninja done this before?"
Shrugging off the question, Garu just watched Uzamaki turn towards Yae and snapped a few pictures of her. "Like I would know, this is the first time I used him on a duel disk."
"Well, he certainly has good taste," Yae stated as Uzamaki replaced his camera with two kunai.
"So how come he's not in defense?" Skylar asked as Uzamaki and Ryu nodded to each other.
"Cause, you said your trap works on warriors and spellcasters, but Uzamaki is a machine monster!" Garu explained as a green aura appeared around Uzamaki. "Oh and by the way, he's a wind Attribute monster, so he gains the same power ups as your ladies (1900/800)!"
"This will not bode well," Skylar sighed as Garu smirked.
"Yep! And now then, I'll have Ryu attack your Harpie Lady 3! Mythical Kitsune strike!" Garu commanded as Ryu jumped into the air bring some of the clouds following him.
With a quick instant, Ryu slammed his Kitsune staff into the stomach of the blue haired harpy, shattering the monster into pixels. As soon as Ryu returned to Garu's side of the field, he dropped to his knees holding his sides in pain. "Ryu! What's wrong?"
"It's my Harpie Lady 3 effect, any monster that attacks it cannot attack for two more turns," Skylar answered as a card shot out of his deck. "And lest we forget that Cloud Kingdom adds a Wind monster into my hand. So I'll choose, Harpie's Pet Baby Dragon." (SLP: 3700)
Garu just shook his head and pointed towards Uzamaki who held up his two kunai. "Good thing I've still got a couple of attacks left, cause if there's at least one ninja in my graveyard, Uzamaki can attack twice during the battle phase! And now attack both of his monsters with bull's eye shot!"
Hesitating for a mere moment, Uzamaki threw two of his kunai that immediately pierced both of the Harpies in the hearts. As the Harpies fell through the clouds, two cards shot out of Skylar's deck. "Did you forget Cloud Kingdom? I get two more wind monsters, and your Uzamaki loses some attack points (1600/800)." (SLP: 3500)
"Fine, then I'll just place one card face down," Garu stated as he slid another card into his duel disk.
As soon as Skylar drew, his other face down card went active revealing multiple Harpie Ladies appearing from a bright light. "I activate my trap card, Hysteric Party! Now, by simply discarding my Birdface (1600/1600) I can bring back three special ladies (1800/1600)!"
Garu just jaw dropped as all three Harpie Ladies emerged from the clouds, each of them screeching loudly. "Aw man! Not them again!"
"Relax Garu! They all have less attack points than both of your monsters!" Yae shouted as a green aura appeared over Uzamaki (1900/800).
"Yes, but neither of them will be able to handle this beasty," Skylar stated as he slapped the card onto his deck.
From the clouds floated up a small cute, red dragon with a green and black mask next to all three of the Harpies who immediately scratched the dragon gently. "Meet the pet of my fair ladies! Harpie's Pet Baby Dragon (1200/600)!"
"Okay…now I am officially confused," Garu stated as the dragon roared loudly into the air.
"Well, you see, depending on how many Harpies there on my side of the field, my dragon gains the following effects," Skylar stated as a powerful green aura appeared around the pet baby dragon. "First off, if there's at least Harpie out, you can't attack anything but the Pet Baby Dragon.
"If there's two out, my dragon double's her attack and defense points, and don't forget about Cloud Kingdom and my Harpie Lady 1's effect to power her up!"
(2400/1200 2900/1400)
"And if there's a third harpie on the field, then my dragon can instantly destroy one card on your side of the field. The only question is which one?"
Before Skylar could continue, Garu's face down card went active. It was a spell card that had Uzamaki slicing through multiple card backs. "Not so fast! I activate my spell card, Ninja Art: Metal Hurricane! This spell card can only be activated when I have Uzamaki on my side of the field. For one turn I have to cut his original attack points in half, but then he gets to destroy every spell and trap card out on the field!"
Uzamaki began to focus dropping his physical strength (900/800), however the winds started to focus around him as did the holographic clouds. All of a sudden, Uzamaki began to spin at a high speed, causing a small, green tinted hurricane to appear in front of Garu. Skylar could only watch as multiple kunai shot from the hurricane at a high speed that shattered his Harpy's Ecstasy, the Hysteric Party, and even his Cloud Kingdom card bit the big one. Skylar gasped as all three of his Harpie Ladies shattered. "No…this can't be good."
Uzamaki ceased his spinning and seemed to smirk, showing off his white metal teeth. Garu just smiled along with him. "And don't forget, with all of your harpie ladies gone, your dragon is back to being a newborn, and since Cloud Kingdom is gone then all power ups are gone!"
(700/600) (1200/600)
Skylar just stepped back at the sight of his dragon and for the fact his edge in this duel suddenly turn on him. "Yeah, well my dragon can still take out your Mechanical Ninja! Attack with Obedient Flame!"
Just as the dragon fired its weakened green flame towards the weakened Uzamaki, a single kunai flew directly through the flames and pierced the heart of the dragon, shattering it. Skylar's eyes widened as his dragon began to fall to the ground. "…what the?"
"I guess I kind of forgot to tell you that like Ryu, Uzamaki gains effects due to the amount of ninjas in my graveyard," Garu chuckled discarding a card in his hand as Uzamaki sighed loudly. "You see, when Uzamaki is in attack mode and faces a monster with at least 500 more attack points than him, then I can simply discard a card from my hand and make it he's not the one destroyed in battle, but rather your monster is." (GLP: 1700)
"Then why did your life points fall?" Skylar asked as Uzamaki chuckled slightly.
"Well, battle damage still applies, but its actually doubled," Garu sighed. "So anything else this turn?"
Skylar just sighed loudly, his hand only had monsters in it. "No…go on."
"Here it comes!" Garu shouted drawing his next card and Uzamaki's strength came back to him (1400/600). "Okay now, I play the equip spell card, Ninja's Weapon of Choice! And I'll equip it to Uzamaki!"
Raising two of his Kunai in the air, Uzamaki watched as the weapons he held turned to solid gold. (2000/600) "And don't forget, he still has his double attack! So go! Metal Kunai Barrage!"
With a powerful leap into the air, Uzamaki readied multiple kunai and threw them directly into Skylar sending him to the ground. (SLP: 1500)
And just as Skylar was about to get up, a second barrage sent him back to the ground moaning loudly. "Nice shot…" (SLP: 0)
As the two ninjas in front of Garu began to disappear, Uzamaki helped Ryu to his feet. Garu just walked over to Skylar and held out a hand. "Good duel Skylar! Ya almost had me there a few times."
Accepting the hand, Skylar jumped to his feet and grinned. "Almost doesn't really cut it, now does it?"
"Can we please go back to the dorm now?" Yae sighed loudly as Garu and Skylar smirked towards her.
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"Okay, I got all of that on tape," Kiro stated turning of the camcorder. "We ready to analyze his strategy now?"
Vic was really paying attention to his friend, during the duel, he gaze would shift to that weird Obelisk Blue. At times the Obelisk Blue moved his eyes towards Vic, as if he could see through his hiding spot and directly into Vic's own two eyes. "Who the hell was that?"
"Vic?" Kiro questioned as he tapped Kiro on the shoulder.
"Yeah…I've already figured out a similarity to Garu's cards," Vic said his mind clearly elsewhere. "Hey Kiro…did you see that other Obelisk Blue watching the duel?"
"Other Obelisk Blue?" Kiro questioned with a question mark appearing over his head. "Uh, no, actually I didn't see any other blues here. Hell, why would they want to be here?"
"Good question…yet something tells me we haven't seen the last of that Obelisk Blue," Vic thought watching the three Slifer Red students walk from the dueling platform. "Let's go…"
"This is exactly what happened with Rioko!" Kiro shouted before jumping from the tree branch.
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Original CardsCloud Kingdom / Field Spell / Effect: Increase the attack and defense of all wind attribute monsters by 200. When a wind monster is destroyed as a result of battle, you may add one wind attribute monster that is the same level as the monster destroyed from your deck to your hand.
Image: A large sky blue castle floating among the clouds with multiple Harpie Ladies flying around it.
Harpy's Ecstasy / Continuous Trap / Effect: Whenever your opponent summons (normal, flip, special) a warrior or spellcaster type monster, that monster is automatically shifted to defense mode.
Image: The three Harpie Lady Sisters hugging a blushing Celtic Guardian, their claws ready to stab the warrior.
The Mechanical Ninja – Uzamaki / Wind / LV: 3 / Machine / ATK: 1400 / DEF: 600 / Effect: You can ad the following effects for each monster in your graveyard with 'Ninja' in its name to this card;
At least one: This monster may attack twice during each of your battle phases.
At least two: When this card attacks a face up attack mode monster with at least 500 more attack points, you may discard one card from your hand to destroy the selected monster. If this effect is used, this card is not destroyed (Battle damage is doubled if this effect is used).
Description: A small robotic ninja with skinny body, blue metallic hair tied up to resemble a palm tree. A metallic green ninja suit with multiple kunai on it.
Ninja Art: Metal Hurricane / Instant Spell / Effect: This card can only be activated if you have a face up 'The Mechanical Ninja – Uzamaki' on your side of the field. Halve the original attack of required monster for one turn. Destroy all spells and trap cards on the field.
Image: Uzamaki slicing through multiple card backs as if he was flying.
Vyser D: I hope you all enjoyed this chapter and the small section that came after this. Hoperully it'll allow people to follow this story a lot easier.