Being someone left on the steps of the Ninja grounds, I wouldn't know what a family truly is…
…although, if I had to consider people as my family, I'd say that Yae is like a twin sister, Takashi an older brother…and Master Yoh is my perverted old grandpa…
Of course, my new friends, I consider them my 'family' as well…
Still, from the family relationship I've seen with Cain and Ami, I can tell that having a real blood related family is worth a lot.
But…from what I'm seeing in front of me…
…is there usually this much tension between family?
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Chapter 33
A Turner for the Worst
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On the island floating in the Pacific, it was another peaceful midday at the island, save for a mysterious cool breeze that was a rarity for the tropical island. Students relaxing, others dueling, and some of them…
…being dragged in the main school building by their ear…
Or to be more specific, a certain blue haired, red duelist was by a red haired, Ra Yellow girl.
For some reason, Kara had a stronger grip than Garu had accounted for a shy girl like herself. "OW! OW! OW! You can let go! I'm not going to, OW, going to run off!"
"Um…I-I don't think so…" Kara replied turning her head to Garu, while keeping her fingers on Garu's ear. "Y-Yae told me that until we get to the…"
"Damn it Yae!" Garu shouted into the air, making the students that were already staring at the two students to step backwards.
"Do…do you have to shout so loudly?" Kara asked blushing slightly.
"Ah, don't worry. I'll be taking over here Miss Turner…"
Both Garu and Kara snapped their heads to the side, met with the sight of the white bandana wearing professor, looking through a folder, fingering some of the papers inside.
Then, and he didn't know how, but Garu managed to free from himself with a surprised and excited look on his face. "SATOSHI!"
Kara bowed slightly towards Satoshi. "G-Good afternoon Professor…"
"Miss Turner, Back Watered Duelist," Satoshi nodded back to the two duelists, making the red duelist fall to the ground. "Been a while…"
"Aw come on!" Garu shouted lifting his torso up, tears rolling down the sides of his face. "You still can't remember my name?! How can…"
"Shut it Back-Watered duelist," Satoshi stated walking past Garu looking down at Kara. "Anyway…I'm glad you were able to bring the Back-Watered duelist this fine day…"
Twitching slightly as he stood up, Garu lowered his head to have his hair overshadow his eyes. "You've got to be kidding…" He sighed in a quiet voice.
"…and I must say," Satoshi continued snapping the folder shut. "I'm impressed…with both of you."
"Thank you sir," Kara stated bowed again slightly.
"...Huh?" Garu questioned raising an eyebrow. "Impressed with what?"
"You give me a chance to explain and I'll tell you," Satoshi growled placing his hand on top of Garu's already messy blue hair, ruffling it up even more. "…yeesh, I'm starting to think that the results were a mistake…"
"Will you just get to the point!?" Garu snapped, slapping Satoshi's hand to the side.
"…where'd that come from?" Satoshi asked blinking a few times at Garu's sudden anger.
"Sorry," Garu replied with a slight blush on his face as he rubbed the back of his head. "I've been under some stress…what with the tutoring, that Legendz crap and being whapped on the head several times by that white haired shorty…"
"White haired shorty?" Satoshi questioned blinking a few times.
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It was bright, the sun hanging high in the sky, beating down on the top of Densui's greasy, slicked black hair. With the sheen on his hair gleaming in the light, Densui threw his red overcoat over his shoulder in order to cool himself slightly. '…this sucks…I wish I had some nachos…'
With the temperature being this horrible, his drink gourd left in his room, and his stomach growling loudly, wasn't helping Densui with his little trip to the Ra Yellow dorm. Since he made that deal with the mysterious duelist, there were a few other conditions that Densui had to fulfill.
Then suddenly…
"DAMN YOU TALO!" Densui roared throwing his overcoat on the ground, sending a lot of dirt flying off into the air.
And once again, Densui had to chalk up another point for Talo screw over. It was typical!
One of the more recent events was when the two of them were stationed at the sister school to the Pacific duel academy, the Atlantic Academy. Densui was loving the mission (even though he didn't really do any work, he left that to Talo), he didn't have to see Talo unless he had to, he was able to sleep all day, skip his classes…
…and best of all, he managed to score big time with his roommate match. Thankfully, it wasn't Talo he was matched with, no; rather it was a lovely young girl. Not only did he manage to get a few awkward moments out of the deal, but whenever she was in her classes…
…well, let's just say that Densui went exploring in the room…
But no…Talo had to ruin that for Densui! Talo had made a wager with his own roommate and managed to somehow get Densui to agree with it (he kinda thought he had too much of the sweet rice wine at the time). The deal was that Talo and his roommate would duel each other, and if the girl won, Talo would have to change places with the girl roommate that Densui had grown accustomed with.
Everything was looking good in the beginning; there was even a side bet by a short duelist and a cold hearted stiff that Densui wished to get in on.
But that all shattered…
Talo had surrendered to the girl, and both of the saints of sin were forced to room with each other. And with Talo, Densui didn't really enjoy the fact that the temperature was turned down, his little 'exploring' was canceled, and he was always bombarded with Talo's sickening lectures on what they were supposed to do.
To top things off, he was now forced to room with Talo at the Red Dorm while they were stationed at the Pacific Duel Academy. Maybe if he studied a tad bit more (or cheated a little bit better) he could've gotten into the Ra Yellow dorm…
…but then again, from what Densui was seeing at the yellow dorm, he'd probably wouldn't get much sleep. "…what the hell?"
On either side of the yellow, mansion like building, the forested landscape dramatically changed and the day's sky that hovered over the dorm was replaced with star covered nights. To the right of the dorm, there were only stars covering the area…while on the opposite side, piercing the holographic night's sky was a large Japanese castle that was adorned with several moons.
So either Densui had too much sweet rice wine again…or two people that he knew were dueling against their targets. "Damn it…since everyone's working this hard…why can't they cover my shifts?"
If it wasn't for the fact that Densui had promised to call out his target for the guy he hired, he probably would've been sleeping in the cold Slifer Red dorm room…
"Damn it…I don't even know what the target looks like," Densui moaned looking at the small talisman that Lucian had given him. How was he even supposed to find the target, without a face attached to a name?
Especially if he didn't want to work that much to do it…
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"So…why exactly are we here again?" Garu asked turning left and right to see the extremely messy office of Satoshi, papers falling from the top of the cabinets and the desk.
"You give me a minute and I'll get to the point," Satoshi replied digging through the many papers, sending them flying over both Garu and Kara's heads. "…OW! Paper cut!"
"Um…w-why is it so messy in here sir?" Kara asked picking up a few of the papers that had scattered on the ground.
Pulling his slightly sore finger from his mouth, Satoshi crossed his arms at the two students. "Ah, I've just been getting a little behind in my work…"
The real truth was because ever since the duel matches between Kurro's Team Legendz duelists and the duelists of this academy, all of the teachers were given several pieces of Daigo's paperwork. Most of them were the transfer papers that many of the students that were kicked out thanks to the Duel Out program that Kurro had initiated.
Other parts of the paper work were to discuss the new transfer students to get good publicity back on the academy. However, that was easier said than done…
"…anyway, the real reason why I called you both in here," Satoshi stated adjusting his white bandana slightly. "Was that since Kara's been tutoring you, Back-Watered Duelist, your grades have been steadily improving to at least a B plus average…"
"Alright," Garu chuckled rubbing the back of his head with a slight blush on his face. "I knew I was awesome!"
"…you do realize that you didn't do it all on your own, you backwatered duelist," Satoshi pointed out, getting Garu to fall face first into the paper covered ground. "But, I digress…I am still impressed with both of you, Kara, you've got the best future for becoming a teacher…"
"You want to be a teacher?" Garu asked slowly standing up, rubbing his bruised nose.
"W-Well…it's something I wanted to do," Kara replied pointing her fingers together a few times.
"Then what the heck are you doing here then?" Garu questioned bluntly, crossing his arms with a few question marks popping over his head. "Shouldn't you be going to one of those…uh, teaching schools?"
"…this is a teaching school," Satoshi sighed shaking his head at Garu's stupidity. "Backwatered duelist, this academy isn't just for people trying to become duelists. This school also gives students a chance to become teachers, engineers, cooks, and etc., etc… didn't you think it was weird that there were several classes that didn't have a thing to do with the game?"
"Um…well, I just slept through those classes," Garu replied with a sweatdrop rolling down the side of his head.
"Oh Garu…no wonder you did badly in your classes," Kara sighed lowering her head.
"…Back-Watered Duelist, Back-Watered Duelist, Back-Watered Duelist," Satoshi moaned with a slap to his forehead. "Please tell me that you at least have one back up plan if you don't become a duelist…"
"Uh, does ninja count?" Garu suggested, forgetting slightly that he just gave away his secret identity. '…crap!'
"What the? Ninja!?" Satoshi shouted jumping from his seat, standing over Garu. "What the hell are you talking about? Ninja?"
"Uh…well, ninja are cool," Garu chuckled rubbing the back of his head. "So I figured…"
"For the love of…" Satoshi groaned with another slap to his forehead. "Ninja only exist in your cards, stories and movies! So unless you're planning on becoming a card designer, a writer or an actor…"
"…no…" Garu replied slightly.
"…then you're going to have to get another class to prepare yourself for the real world!" Satoshi shouted making Garu fall backwards.
"Aw come on! I've got enough on my hands with the classes I've got now!" Garu retorted waving his arms into the air.
"Too bad!" Satoshi growled walking past Garu, grabbing the student's uniform collar. "Now then, you two are coming with me…"
"Why do I have to come?" Kara asked as she followed the teacher and the complaining red student.
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After his pointless search, and beating up several Ra Yellows to take his anger out in a productive manner, Densui found himself leaning up against the entrance of the duelist academy, snoozing on and off occasionally.
Once again, he was hoping to find the target for his hired goon…although since he was searching for the target instead, it seemed like it was a reversal of roles.
And with a large yawn, Densui stretched his arms up into the air, making a small cracking noise echo through the air. One little rule he had with himself was that he wasn't going put too much effort in anything that didn't interest him. This little mission didn't really wet his palate, even if he might get his ass chewed out…
…Densui would rather sleep…
"HEY! YOU CAN LET ME GO NOW!"
So much for that plan…that loud voice caused Densui's eyes to snap wide open, making the dead drunk duelist to turn towards the entrance…seeing Garu being pulled by a muscular man with his dark hair being covered with a white bandana, both of the being followed…
"…looks like my old man was wrong," Densui snickered searching his many pockets. "Ya gotta keep your nose to the grindstone and keep working; nothing will come to you…"
"…well, my target just came to me ya old coot…"
While Densui was searching for his lost cell phone to call the hired goon, Satoshi, Garu (who was still being dragged against his will) and Kara were slowly making their way to where the Blue Professor was leading them.
Needless to say, Garu didn't like the fact that he was being dragged like a dog. "Letmego! Whereareyoutakingme!?"
"Man, you're annoying," Satoshi sighed releasing Garu's collar. "Listen Back-Watered Duelist, we're going back to the Red Dorms. The reason being is I'm talking to your dorm head, since I don't have any real authority for your class schedule, I'm going to talk to Fortanu about it."
"And as for you Kara," Satoshi turned towards the slightly surprised Ra Yellow tutor. "We're going to discuss if your tutoring services are going to be required for the future…"
Before the three could continue on their trip to the Red Dorm, an ominous breeze swept through the air, blowing Satoshi's bandana from his head. "ACK! What the?!"
"Heh, professor's got messy hair," Garu chuckled crossing his arms.
"Hey! It's a lot better than yours!" Satoshi shouted with his messy, tangled sticking up in the air. "Now how about you help me get my bandana?!"
"Excuse me…"
"Huh?"
Standing before the three, a duel disk strapped his left arm and in his right hand was the white bandana that willowed in the wind along with his usually suave hair. As he slowly walked forward, Kara's eyes widened. 'N-No…'
"Ah, thanks," Satoshi replied taking the white bandana to wrap around over his head, fixing his look.
"You know…you look really familiar…" Garu stated looking at the suave haired young man, earning himself a glare.
"I should," Rae sighed waving his arm up in the air. "I was in your tour group; I told you my name was Rae Turner…"
"Oh…" Garu stated rubbing his chin for a few seconds before snapping his finger. "…sorry I'd remember a guy like you…"
"…do you get struck on the head on a daily basis?" Rae asked shaking his head while crossing his arms over his chest, slowly turning his eyes over to Kara…who was currently starting to sweat slightly at the very glare she was getting.
"You don't know the half of it…" Garu sighed lowering his head.
With that little question floating in the back of his head, Satoshi was more interested as he moved his eyes left and right, turning to Rae and Kara, back and forth a few times. Then slowly, a smile crept on the blue professor's face. "Ha ah…and here I thought my pro league days were behind me…"
"What's that supposed to mean old man?" Garu asked lifting his head up to place his hands behind his head, a small trait he developed just to make sure that no one actually punched him in the back of the head.
"It means…wait," Satoshi stated narrowing his eyes at the knucklehead ninja duelist. "Did you just call me an old man?"
"And if I did?" Garu retorted, a small dark smile appearing on his face.
"I'm only thirty years old you little runt!" Satoshi roared getting all three of the students to back off a few feet from the spazzing out teacher. Then, with a few coughs, Satoshi adjusted his collar to show that he was calmed down.
"Ahem…a-anyway…As I was saying, we've got two of the Turner Family duelists here…"
"Turner Family Duelists?" Garu questioned raising an eyebrow.
"That's correct," Satoshi answered stepping in between Kara and Rae. "Rae Turner…Kara Turner…and if Volcan Turner were here, I'd swear that I'd see some of my fellow duelists from the pro leagues were standing right here…"
"Messy hair, a temper, and now he's hallucinating…" Garu sighed shrugging his shoulders. "This is the guy entrusted with our education…"
"…shut up…" Satoshi growled before turning towards the two Turner kids. "And I know that this is a little much to ask…but, could I see you two duel each other?"
"Um, well…I," Kara started, turning her head down to the right.
"Of course Professor," Rae answered crossing his arms at his slightly surprised sister. "It'll be fun to see how little Kara has improved since she got here…"
"Um…b-but…" Kara stuttered lifting her hands up in a defensive manner.
"Most excellent!" Satoshi exclaimed pumping his arm into the air. "Nothing like a blast from the past to revitalize the blood…"
"Weren't we going to talk to Fortanu about my classes?" Garu questioned with a sweatdrop rolling down the side of his head.
…back near the entrance…
"Oh, what the hell?!" Densui groaned slapping his forehead lowering this hand with his newly found cell phone. "If he was going to confront her in the first place…why did he bother sending me to find her?!"
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"So…what exactly is a Duelist Family?" Garu asked sitting down on the grass next to Satoshi who was standing to watch as the two Turner siblings shuffle each others' decks.
"…hmm…I'll give you that one Back-Watered duelist," Satoshi replied keeping his eyes locked on the two duelists. "After all, duelist families only popped up about a decade ago…"
"You see, it's usually a trend that when the kids who have pro duelists as their parents, inherit their parents' decks. Usually, the kids have a choice if their parents are both duelists, trying to select which deck."
"But, there are three major Duelist Families in the world…the Turners, the Wrights, and the Swartzvauld…"
"Wow…Kara's a strong duelist just like that?" Garu questioned blinking a few times as Kara and Rae slowly walked away from each other, taking twenty steps till they turned around.
"…not exactly," Satoshi corrected crossing his arms. "Duelist Families are complicated, especially when there are several offspring to the parents. Like here for example, the Turners are documented to have had three children, Rae and Kara are two of the three right now…"
"…but, since there's the older brother, their parents had to make a decision that caused a lot of tension between the three siblings. Toss in the fact that the kids have sort of a burden on their shoulders to keep their family's name clean and strong…"
"Whoa…" Garu sighed turning back to see Rae crossing one of his arms towards Kara.
The warm air graced the concrete ground as Rae reached into his pocket for a second, scoffing his face to the side. "…how long has it been since we've dueled Kara? A day? A week? A month? Time's become scattered to me…"
"Um, R-Rae…I, I…" Kara stuttered rubbing the side of her arm.
"Still stuttering as usual I see…" Rae sighed slowly snapping off his first five cards from the top of his duel disk. At the sound of the cards' snaps, the warm breeze stop dead in its place, making the air stuffy as Rae narrowed his eyes down at Kara. "…then I suppose nothing's changed about you…" (RLP: 8000)
Turning her eyes slightly to the side, Kara sheepishly drew her first five cards. (KLP: 8000)
"Hey, I'm not sure how a family works," Garu stated scratching the side of his head. "But…should he be insulting her?"
"Remember that tension I told you?" Satoshi said simply. "Well…I don't want to think I know what he's going through…but, Rae was the only one of the three kids who didn't get a deck from his parents…"
"Its time to duel, Kara," Rae drew a card from his deck, immediately slapping it onto his duel disk, materializing the horizontal set card in front of the suave haired duelist. "And its time for a face down defense…"
And behind the set monster appeared a vertical face down card as well, outlining Rae's shadow. "…and for an added bonus, I'll set one spell or trap card down on the field. It's your move, and let's see how you've improved our family's deck…"
"M-My turn…" Kara mumbled to her self as she slowly lifted her next card up. "I-I summon Herald of Creation!"
A standing up card appeared in front of Kara, immediately shattering into a young tall woman dressed in flowing white robes, her face covered up by a thin cloth. Behind her mask, a large amount of billowing blonde hair that graced the air as the woman spun the mystic staff in her hands (1800/600).
"Oh…and there's a new addition," Rae chuckled lifting his duel disk up to tap a button on the machine. "But then again, I've also got a new addition! Trap card go! Bottomless Shifting Sand!"
Rae's face down card melded into the ground, sending ripples through out the concrete, slowly transforming the concrete and grass that everyone was standing on into pure sand. The sand blew slightly into the air, stinging Kara's eyes slightly as she looked around the field. "H-Huh? W-What the?"
"Surprised?" Rae asked crossing his arms. "Get used to it…I got rid of that Warrior Toolbox deck, and upgraded to something that actually clicked with me…"
"G-Good for you b-brother…" Kara congratulated bowing her head towards her slightly older brother.
"No need to congratulate me yet," Rae stated turning his head to the side. "I still need to test whether or not this deck is powerful enough, so go ahead and test my defense if you're up to it!"
"Um…a-alright, H-Herald of C-C-Creation! A-Attack!" Kara shouted out as the Herald of Creation lifted up the staff into the air, sending a powerful surge of power into the face down card, causing a large explosion of sand and smoke to rise up into the air.
From the smoke, the scattered remains of Rae's face down monster floated above his head. The remains began to liquefy into pure light that rained down on Rae's body, making him smirk slightly as he lifted his duel disk up. (RLP: 9000)
"What the? How'd his life points increase?" Garu asked while Rae fitted the card into his duel disk's graveyard.
"It must've been his face down monster," Satoshi answered biting his thumb in pure excitement. "And there's only one monster I know of that can do that…"
"Thanks…that was my Skull-Mark Ladybug," Rae sighed shaking his head to adjust his hair slightly. "When its sent to the graveyard in any way, I get a thousand life points added to my score…not that I'll need them in this duel…"
"Uh, I-I'll set one card face down," Kara announced with the set card appearing behind her Herald. "And e-end my turn…"
The sand began to twist and turn, slowly becoming a large whirlpool of sand right underneath the Herald of Creation, pulling the light spellcaster into the sand's depths. Rae shook his head again. "And when you end your turn, thanks to my Bottomless Shifting Sand trap card, the strongest monster on the field gets pulled under…and unfortunately for you, your Herald was the only monster out…"
"Hmm…that's an interesting card," Garu stated rubbing his chin at the sand; he was probably considering trying to find a copy for himself.
"Don't get all hyped up, that card has a stiff condition to it," Satoshi replied as Rae snapped off his next card. "…and unfortunately for our little tutor, Rae has that condition filled thanks to that five card hand he has…"
"True…now then…" Rae stated fitting the newly drawn card into his duel disk, making it appear over the sand. "I'll set one card face down…and summon Chainsaw Insect!"
The sand began to recede at Rae's feet, allowing a pair of metallic pincers to pierce the air, many chainsaw like blades to slice the air between them. Then the rest of the monster crawled from the sand, showing that the creature at hand was an extremely large ant (2400/0).
"What the?!" Garu shouted getting a good look the monster's stats a few times, making sure he wasn't reading them incorrectly. "There's no way he could've summoned…"
"It's a legit move, ya Back-Watered Duelist…" Satoshi stated slapping his forehead. "Albeit, it's a little much, but still legit…"
"Aw come on, from what I'm seeing," Garu retorted messing with some of the sand next to him. "He's been playing but broken cards!"
"You want to talk about broken cards, how about we talk about those ninjas that you used to use?" Satoshi retorted making Garu lower his head slightly. "…yeah, that's what I thought…anyway, both of the cards you're seeing both have nasty side effects. Bottomless Shifting Sand doesn't only affect Kara's monsters, only the strongest monster on the field. And unless he has more than four cards in his hand, Rae can only keep his trap out for a set amount of time."
"And then there's the Chainsaw Insect…you see, whenever that monster battles another monster, the opponent gets to draw a card…but since there's no monster to defend her…"
Rae reached into his graveyard slot, pulling out the Skull-Mark Ladybug card to slip into his back pocket. "…Kara's wide open for my attack! And I'll remove my only insect in the grave to summon Aztekipede, The Worm Warrior!"
The sand erupted once more, this time allowing a large green and blue armored centipede to thrash about the sand, its large red eyes zeroing in on Kara (1900/400). And with a loud roar, the new insect began to charge towards Kara. "And why wait? Aztekipede! Attack my sister directly!"
Kara's eyes widened as the Worm Warrior encircled her, squeezing her tightly as her life point counter began to drop. "A-AAH!" (KLP: 6100)
As the centipede crawled back to Rae's field, coiling behind the Turner duelist, Rae snapped his finger with a smirk on his face. "And now…Aztekipede has a nasty effect when he inflicts damage to your life points, you lose the top card of your deck…"
With a slight nod, Kara pulled the top card from her deck, placing it into her duel disk's graveyard.
"…but that's the least of your worries!" Rae shouted throwing his fist up into the air. "Chainsaw Insect! Attack her directly!"
Stomping forward, the large Chainsaw Insect lowered its pincers around Kara's body, the chainsaw blades beginning to spin, ready to slice and dice her.
"S-Sorry b-brother, but I a-activate Draining Shield!" Kara announced as a large green barrier appeared around her, blocking the two pincers from cutting her. Rather, a soothing aura seemed to seep from the barrier, into Kara's duel disk. "N-Not only d-does m-my trap card b-block your attack, b-but I gain life points equal to the attacking monster's attack points…" (KLP: 8500)
"Huh…why didn't she use that trap when that Aztec…Anasai…that weird bug thing attacked?" Garu asked blinking a few times in confusion.
"…having a hard time with your grammar, Back-Watered Duelist?" Satoshi chuckled adjusting his bandana. "And I thought that you were only technologically impaired, and were decent at math."
"Hey!"
"Anyway, if Kara had used Draining Shield on Aztekipede," Satoshi explained, ignoring the fact that Garu was steaming mad. "She would've lost life points, and be below the eight thousand mark…and besides…if I'm correct about her strategy, she wanted a card in her graveyard…"
"Man, you're not making any sense," Garu sighed with several question marks popping up over his head.
"…once again, you shield yourself," Rae sighed placing his hand on his hip. "Typical…"
"Um…i-is it my turn?" Kara asked slowly reaching for her deck.
"Go right ahead…I'm not going to stop you," Rae replied shaking his head. "Show me the strength of our family!"
"Uh…okay," Kara stuttered lifting her next card up. "I-I activate a spell card, R-Reinforcement of the A-Army!"
"Ah…you must've drawn it already then…" Rae smirked to himself, confident that he knew what was going to happen. "Go right ahead then…"
"I-I will…" Kara replied lifting the new card she got from the Reinforcement of the Army. "I-I summon the C-Creator I-Incarnate!"
In a flash of light, an orange armored knight stepped in fro not Kara, his red billowing cape attached to a large steel ring. And in the warrior's hand was a large curved sword that seemed to glow with a golden aura (1600/1500). "A-And next…I'll send my Creator Incarnate t-to the gr-graveyard…"
"…to summon the Creator, right?" Rae interrupted as a powerful golden aura began to erupt from the warrior. "Please…I know exactly what that card can do…remember; we're cut from the same cloth…"
The aura shattered the warrior, allowing a large bolt of electricity to crash into the ground in front of Kara. The lightning slowly began to form itself into an extremely large human shaped golem. Donning surging, orange armor all over its body, the large golem's back began to surge with the large wings that were attached to its back (2300/3000). "Um, w-well, y-yeah…"
"And more than likely, you've already got a strong monster in your graveyard," Rae sighed wagging his finger. "I would've figured you'd come up with a better strategy than the old monster recycling…oh well…"
"U-Um, I-I discard my Disciple of The Forbidden Spell," Kara announced fitting the card into her graveyard, allowing another card to slip from the same slot. "S-So I can s-special summon the m-monster you made me discard with Aztekipede…"
Clapping its hands together, the Creator began to create a large orb of light in its armored hands…then throwing the orb into the air, the orb shattered into several pieces that flew into the air around the new monster that floated in the air.
With its steel white wings flapping to keep its gold and white sectioned body, the steel dragon roared loudly into the air, sending a large amount of sand to fly into the air (2900/1800). "…m-my Majestic Mech – G-Goryu!"
"Whoa! Look at that!" Garu shouted, his eyes starting to gleam at the sight of the large powerful monster.
"Yeah…you're seeing one of the strategies that the Turner Family has been known for," Satoshi remarked keeping his eyes on the rather calm Rae.
"Gor-Goryu! A-Attack the Chainsaw Insect!" Kara stammered as the large fairy dragon reeled its head back slightly, before firing a powerful white light that crashed into the large ant, eradicating the Chainsaw Insect into nothing…
…and yet, Rae just kept his eyes closed…not caring that his life point counter began to drop. (RLP: 8500)
"A-And I'm not done! C-Creator! A-Attack Aztekipde!" Kara shouted with a little more confidence.
Clapping its hands once more, the large electrified golem fired a powerful surge of electricity that crashed into the rather large Worm Warrior, burning it to a crisp…
…and Rae still kept his eyes closed, not worried that his life points were slowly draining. (RLP: 8100)
Then, as he slowly opened his eyes, Rae just looked left and right… "…are you done yet?"
"Huh?" Kara questioned blinking a few times.
"Have you gone deaf little sis?" Rae questioned pulling some of the hair that had gotten sand in it with the last move. "Are. You. Done?"
"Um, well, I-I set one card face down…" Kara announced with the face down card appearing behind her two monsters. "…and e-end my turn…"
"Hmm…looks like someone forgot something…" Rae stated wagging his finger.
The sand erupted upwards, almost as if it were tentacles, wrapping around the roaring Goryu. Then the sand began to pull the large monster into the shifting sand, dragging it into the sand whirlpool, until its roaring head was pulled under. "My trap's still out…at least for now, and Goryu's back where he belongs…"
"Uh…" Kara stammered until a snap echoed through the air.
"And the duel's back where it belongs! In my hands!" Rae announced lifting up the four cards he had in his hand. "And unfortunately, since I have no more than four cards, I must bid adieu to my trap…be gone!"
All of the sand shattered into millions of pixels that erupted into the air, returning the ground back into grass and concrete.
"So…I may not be a bug expert," Garu stated rubbing his chin. "But, what did that sand trap had to do with an insect deck?"
"I'm not a bug expert either," Satoshi replied. "But, I know that there are several insects that actually thrive in the sand regions…like scorpions, spiders, and I think centipedes…but like I said before, I'm not a bug expert…"
"But I'm an expert," Rae replied slapping a card onto his duel disk. "And as a bug duelist, this next card is a must have! I summon Pinch Hopper!"
Leaping from one of the bushes, a large green grasshopper appeared on the concrete, chirping slightly as it fanned its wings out slightly (1000/1200). "And next…I'll activate the spell card from my hand, Insect Imitation!"
As the spell card appeared behind it, the Pinch Hopper's body began to bulge and make cracking noises until its back opened up to allow two extremely large green scythe like claws to erupt from its back…
"Oh man, that's gross…" Garu spat out with tongue hanging out.
Then peeling the rest of the grasshopper's body away, a new insect, this one resembling a very large green mantis with four scythe like claws protruding from its body (2350/1000). "My spell allows me to tribute an insect from my side of the field in order to special summon one from my deck with exactly one level higher than the tributed monster…so since my Pinch Hopper was level four, my level five Grasschopper counts!"
That's when the Pinch Hopper's card appeared in front of Rae, spinning around like a spinning door. "And on the subject on Pinch Hopper, I can use his normal effect to special summon an insect from my hand…"
The spinning card shattered, forming into another large insect, with a large silver body with multiple legs curled underneath it spiky body, while having several hooked spikes to allow it to keep its torso a few feet off of the ground (2300/900). "…and as it name suggests, Ultimate Insect LV5 will do…"
"Ugh…and I thought snakes were nasty," Garu gagged once more.
"…thanks for the little tidbit," Satoshi chuckled rubbing his chin.
"What?! No!" Garu shouted pulling his hair.
"…and now, since I don't want that face down card getting in the way," Rae said with his face down card flipping up to release a small tornado. "I'll activate my trap card, Dust Tornado! Now, kiss that face down card goodbye!"
Kara lifted her hand up before the small tornado crashed into her face down card, shattering the card before it could be revealed. "And now…Grasschopper! How about you slice and dice that Creator, and send him to the end!"
Lifting all four of its scythe like claws, Grasschopper screeched loudly into the air before slashing down with several green crescent blades releasing from its scythes. The blades flew directly into the Creator's chest; however, it looked as if nothing happened for a few seconds…
…until the top half of the Creator's torso slowly slipped off of his waste, crashing it into the concrete in front of Kara, making her jump backwards at the sight of the Creator destroyed immediately. (KLP: 8450)
"And I'm not done…not by a long shot!" Rae shouted as the Ultimate Insect LV5 screeched loudly into the air. "Ultimate Insect! Go crazy!"
Opening its horned mouth, the large insect unleashed a powerful spray of acidic webbing that landed at Kara's feet, sending a dark mist to wrap around Kara, making her cough violently. (KLP: 6150)
"Ah, there we are," Rae replied fitting another card into his duel disk, allowing it to appear behind his two large insects. "Back where we were a few minutes ago…"
Standing back near the entrance…
"Hmm…not a bad duelist…" Densui muttered watching the duel from a safe distance, raising an eyebrow. "…maybe I should get Lucian's opinion on this duelist…perhaps I can get a little extra for getting another duelist on our side…especially since he's from the Turner family…"
"…if he turns out as a dud, we can just use him as bait…damn, since when have I been a good tactician?"
Back to the duel…
"Um…I-I actually d-did make many i-improvements…" Kara stated shakily drawing her next card. "Like t-this! I set o-one monster in de-defense mode…"
The face down card appeared in front Kara, giving her a small defense. "…a-and end my turn…"
"Hmm…oh gee…a defense?" Rae scoffed pulling his next card. "Oh whatever shall I do? Oh wait…"
That's when the Ultimate Insect LV5's exoskeleton began to crack and chip away as the color began to fade. Then several wings began to erupt from its back, opening the back even further to allow a large, three tusked insect to fly over the field, its red and blue exoskeleton glimmering in the light (2600/1200). "…I'll evolve my Ultimate Insect into its greatest form…and just to let you know, my Ultimate Insect LV7 will lower the attack of all monsters on your side of the field by seven hundred points…but for now…"
A large green and blue pot appeared in front of Rae, giggling loudly as its yellow toothed grin appeared on its front as the insect duelist pulled off the two top cards from his deck. "I'll play Pot of Greed! Allowing me to draw another pair of cards! One of which I'll activate right now, Different Dimension Capsule!"
The ground began to recede, allowing a small blue sarcophagus to rise up from the ground, slowly opening as Rae fanned his deck out in front of him. "Now, I remove one card from my deck to the removed from play pile…and in two turns, I'll get the card I removed…"
"And next, I'll summon Leghul!"
In a blur, a fanged worm like monster appeared on the field, screeching slightly as it landed on the ground in front of Rae (300/350 – 700/0). "And now…Leghul! Attack Kara directly!"
"Wait a minute! She has a monster out!" Garu protested as the Leghul curled up, showing the several spikes on its body.
"It doesn't matter," Satoshi pointed out shaking his head. "Leghul has the ability to attack directly regardless if your opponent has monsters out or not…"
"ACK!" Kara gasped as the Leghul slammed directly into her duel disk, making her skid backwards. (KLP: 5850)
"And now…Grasschopper! Slice and dice that face down monster!" Rae commanded as the Grasschopper slashed downwards, sending two more laser scythes towards the face down card that flipped up immediately into a small white blob with cartoonish eyes (300/500).
The blades just crashed into the blob, however, the blob just bounced the blades to the ground. Rae's eyes widened as he looked to his life point counter began to lower. "What the heck?" (RLP: 7100)
"Th-that was Marshmallon," Kara explained as the small blob reappeared next to her, smiling brightly. "A-And when you a-attack it when its face down d-defense mode, y-you take a thousand points of d-damage…"
"Hmm…I may have spoken a little too soon," Rae stated fitting another card into his duel disk. "But…that might be a little too soon as well…"
"Th-then, I'll s-show you that I-I've improved…" Kara stated under her breath as she pulled another card from her deck. "A-And I-I'll activate the spell that you used…Pot of Greed! N-Now, I can draw two more cards!"
"Hmm…now you're copying me…" Rae sighed shaking his head a few times while Kara slowly pulled her next two cards.
"W-Well, t-then I'll use a c-combo that I-I came up with!" Kara announced lifting three cards, all three of them being placed into her deck. "I-I activate the spell cards, Convulsion of Nature, Spell Economics, a-and Archfiend's Oath!"
The three spell cards appeared on the field, the first one showing multiple disasters rocking the picture, the second with a book and pen being set up next to an abacus, and the third had a demonic creature with large wings standing in front of a slate that was being held with claws.
"Huh?" Rae questioned snapping his deck out, flipping it over. "What in the world are you planning?"
"Y-You see…" Kara started tapping the foot of her shoe into the concrete a few times. "C-Convulsion of Nature flips our decks upside down, t-then my Archfiend's Oath allows me to p-pay five hundred life points t-to n-name a card on the top of my deck…and if I g-get it right, I-I can draw it…"
"But thanks to Spell Economics, she can draw without paying a price or taking a risk," Satoshi stated rubbing his chin. "Not a bad combo…not bad at all…"
"S-So, I'll declare F-Final Ritual of the An-Ancients…" Kara announced pulling the top card from her deck up, showing the very ritual card that she declared. "N-Now, I a-add the card t-to my hand…b-but, I-I'll have to end my turn…"
"Hmm…I guess you have changed slightly," Rae complimented pulling his next card, his eyes narrowing down on her. "But still…the fact that you still use that deck is a slap to my face!"
"I activate the spell card, Spider Web!"
A glowing white thread shot out from Rae's hand, flying directly into Kara's graveyard, snapping a card from it and into his hand. "W-What?!"
"My spell card allows me to take a spell card from your graveyard that you used last turn…" Rae explained as the giggling Pot of Greed appeared back in front of him. "And since there was only one, I'm glad that you did copy me! I get two more cards!"
With the next two cards added to his hand, Rae lifted up one of the cards up to his duel disk. "And if I can't destroy that blob, then I'll activate the field spell, Forest!"
Rae's duel disk began to glow, allowing the trees from the side of the concrete to grow at a fast rate, turning the entire area into a forested grove. All three of the insects on Rae's field screeched loudly into the air, signifying that they were becoming stronger (2350/1000 + 200/200) (2600/1200 + 200/200) (300/350 + 200/200). "And if I can't destroy your sugary sweet, I'll just take down your life points! I'll summon a second Leghul!"
Leaping from one of the trees, a second Leghul (300/350 + 200/200) fell next to the first, both of them screeching into the air. "And now…double direct attack!"
Both of the Leghul insects rolled up, flinging themselves directly into Kara's duel disk, sending her skidding backwards a few feet. (KLP: 4850)
"Heh…I'll just chip away from your life points," Rae scoffed to the side as the two Leghul appeared back on his field. "And with my Ultimate Insect weakening your monsters…heh…I'll be all set…"
"Um…is it…is it my turn?" Kara coughed slightly reaching for her deck.
"Go right ahead…" Rae growled slightly watching Kara drawing her next card.
"So, Back-Watered Duelist…what's your opinion on this?" Satoshi asked watching as all three of Kara's spell cards began to glow once more.
"Uh, I think I hate bugs?" Garu guessed blinking a few times.
"…never mind, my fault for trying to think I could hold a decent conversation with you," Satoshi sighed shaking his head with a slap to his forehead.
"…I-I declare T-Trade-In, s-so, I'll discard Felgrand Dragon," Kara stated fitting two cards from her hand into her duel disk's graveyard. "N-Now I can d-draw two more cards…"
"…oh, it looks like you've actually got a plan…" Rae chuckled rubbing the back of his head. "Then by all means…show me!"
"F-Fine!" Kara announced lifting two cards up. "I-I activate the spell card F-Final Ritual of the A-Ancients! S-So, by sending my G-Gilford the Lightning, I-I can ritual summon…"
A powerful light erupted from the holographic trees behind Kara, forming into a large golden golem that floated into the air, its elbows and torso each replaced with a blue, yellow and red orb of energy. The creature had several stone wings floating behind it (2500/1500 – 700/0). "Reshef The Dark Being!"
"Urk!" Rae gasped slightly with his cool demeanor disappearing at the sight of the monster.
"N-Next, I'll discard Bait Doll to a-activate Reshef's ability!" Kara announced fitting one of the remaining cards in her hand into the graveyard slot. "Now…I-I can take c-control of your Ultimate Insect LV7 f-for one turn!"
"What?!" Rae shouted as the Ultimate Insect began to float next to Reshef (2500/1500).
"A-And, n-now your monster's e-effect gets turned against you…" Kara gulped as all three of Rae's Insects began to screech in pain (500/550 – 700/0 x2) (2550/1200 – 700/0).
"Awesome! She just turned it around in one go!" Garu shouted jumping to his feet. "I didn't know that Kara was able to do that!"
"You'd be surprised with the Turner family," Satoshi replied with a smirk on his face. "They're known for their comebacks…"
"N-Now…Ultimate Insect LV7, a-attack Grasschopper!" Kara shouted, now confidence brimming inside of her.
With a loud screech, the Ultimate Insect buzzed its wings even faster than it was originally, forming a powerful orb of light that fired directly into the Grasschopper's abdomen, shattering it directly into Rae's body. "Grr…" (RLP: 6050)
"A-And now…I-I activate the quick-play spell," Kara continued fitting the last card in her hand into her duel disk, creating a very large blue, old fashioned game controller that shattered the Ultimate Insect. "E-Enemy C-Controller! N-Now, t-thanks to it, I-I just need to sacrifice y-your Ultimate Insect and I-I get control of one of the Leghul…"
"But since you got rid of my Insect," Rae growled as one of his Leghul (500/550 x2) crawled over to Kara's field. "My other gets back to normal…"
"Y-Yeah…but, um, Leghul, a-attack Leghul!" Kara commanded as the two Leghul leapt at each other, shattering the two insects.
"Awesome! That leaves him wide open!" Garu shouted as Reshef slowly floated in front of Rae, charging the three colored orbs on its body.
"D-D-Direct A-Attack!" Kara yelped out with her eyes closed.
A loud rumbling sound echoed through the air, allowing Reshef to fire the three orbs of light directly into Rae's body, making him snarl loudly into the air as the multicolored lights began draining him of his life points. "Grrrrr!" (RLP: 3550)
"That was most impressive," Satoshi admitted turning towards Rae, his body smoking slightly from the insect Turner duelist. 'However…something tells me that he's not done yet…not by a long shot…'
"Kara! You rock! I didn't know you were that good of a duelist!" Garu shouted pumping his arm up into the air.
"W-Well, I-I owe it to Takashi…" Kara replied, blushing as she mentioned Takashi's name.
…however, Rae noticed that and snapped off his next card. "So…that's where this is coming from…My move!"
Then, from the holographic forest ground, the Different Dimension Capsule erupted from the ground. "It's been two turns since I activated my capsule…now I get the card that I placed into it!"
"Kara, I may not know what caused this slight change," Rae slapped his next card onto his duel disk, creating several embers to fly around his body. "But know this…as long as you hold that deck, you'll never fully change…you'll be chained by the destiny that our parents had left upon you and Volcan…"
The embers all crashed together, forming into what appeared to be a large butterfly that was completely made of flames (1500/1500 + 200/200). "…I however, will never be bound by that! And this is my freedom, Blazewing Butterfly!"
"B-Brother? W-What are you…" Kara asked as Rae lifted his next card up.
"The time to talk is over…" Rae stated filling the card into his duel disk. "The time to end this is now! I activate the spell card, Super Double Summon! Now, my Blazewing Butterfly! I summon you once more!"
"Wait…summon again?" Garu asked as a fiery red aura wrapped around the Blazewing Butterfly. "It's already out on the field…"
"What you're seeing here, Back-Watered Duelist," Satoshi explained with a sweatdrop rolling down the side of his head. "Is a Gemini monster…monsters that require two summons to get their usually powerful effects…"
"And now, Blazewing Butterfly! Begone!" Rae shouted as the Blazewing Butterfly shattered into millions of embers. "Now, since I tributed him, I can now special summon another Gemini Monster…and I think I'll bring back someone that you all remember…"
The embers flew away, showing that the Grasschopper (2350/1000 + 200/200) was back on the field, screeching loudly…only this time it seemed to have a forest green aura around its body.
"Aw man…that nasty bug's back," Garu groaned shaking his head.
"And now…its time, trap card go! Ojama Trio!" Rae announced as his face down card disappeared into the air.
That's when three lights appeared on the field next to Reshef…all three of them forming into three small creatures, all of them wearing red, sparkling bikini briefs. One was yellow with long eyestalks, another was green with a large eye, and the last was a small porky black creature…
…and all three of the creatures struck a pose at being on the field (0/1000 + 200/200 x3). And Kara's eyes went blinking a few times at the sight of the three weird creatures. "Wh-What?!"
"Heh…my trap summons three Ojama Tokens to your side of the field," Rae explained lifting yet another card up. "And now…I activate the spell card, H-Heated Heart! This card grants my Grasschopper an additional five hundred points and the ability to inflict damage to your life points when it attacks a monster with a lower defense than its attack!"
The green aura around the Grasschopper flared up, forming into a powerful flame that erupted around all four of its scythe like claws (2550/1200 + 500/0). "And I should mention that my mantis can attack all of your monsters at least once? Oh, wait, I didn't oh well…"
"Wait…what's going to happen?" Garu asked blinking a few times.
"Uh, it means that Kara is going to lose," Satoshi stated bluntly as the Grasschopper charged all four of its scythe like claws with a fiery green energy.
"ATTACK!"
All four of the claws slashed downwards, sending a powerful wave of green energy towards the four monsters on Kara's field. When the green energy engulfed all four of them, Kara yelped as the energy became too much, sending her falling backwards as her life point counter began to drop all the way down to nothing.
Garu and Satoshi's eyes widened as the forest began to disappear along with the Grasschopper. "Whoa…Kara! Are you okay?!"
"Relax you blue haired idiot," Rae stated slowly walking towards Kara, who was slowly sitting up. "It's not like the monsters are real…"
"R-Rae…" Kara moped looking up to see her brother standing directly in front of her.
"Little sister Kara," Rae started kneeling down, placing his right hand on Kara's shoulder, allowing him to bring his head on an equal level. And speaking in a whisper so that Garu and Satoshi couldn't hear, Rae stood up after he finished talking.
…whatever he had said…Kara was quiet and made her lower her head slightly as Garu walked up to her. "Are you okay Kara?"
"…" Kara was silent as she slowly stood up.
"Professor Hikari, thank you for suggesting this duel," Rae thanked bowing to the blue professor. "It was mildly entertaining…"
"Um, your welcome," Satoshi replied adjusting his bandana slightly.
"Have a decent day," Rae stated walking away.
Meanwhile…
"Damn…talk about being a powerhouse," Densui whistled before turning his eyes at Kara…more specifically the right shoulder, seeing a weird mark appear and disappear in the last few seconds...
"…aw well, we've got that one thing down, and now, its time to tell Lucian about Rae…"
A small cricket echoed through the air for a few seconds…
"Forget it, I'll get Talo to tell him…"
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Card Stats
Spider Web / Spell / Effect: When this card is activated, you may add one spell card from your opponent's graveyard that was activated in your opponent's last turn.
Image: A spider crawling on a large spider web.
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Vyser D: Before I get to the preview for the next chapter I have two things to say. First of all, this was the first chapter in a good while that I actually had used decks that I didn't really make up any cards for it…with the exception of Spider Web, but that was made by the writers of the original show so I'm not counting that one this time.
And secondly, I don't know what the hell I was thinking before, I'm probably stressing out, what with exams coming up, me changing jobs and losing someone close to my heart. But I'd rather not bore you all with my problems. Anyway, I hope you all enjoyed this chapter, and hope to see your reviews…
Later!
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Takashi: It's about time I reappeared in the story, I thought for a second I disappeared…
?-?-?-?-?-?-?: When I'm through with you, you're going to be wishing that you did disappear.
Takashi: Okay…what in the world do you call that style?
With a new strategy of cards from a rival, will Takashi be able to win in a duel of pure horror? Find out next time – Chapter 34: The Horrifying Deck
Cain: Wait a second! What about our duel?
Kazuki: I think its just going to be a cameo…
Cain: What the hell?! I'm a main character and I'm getting treated like a side character!
Takashi: Oh quit complaining, from what I heard, you were lucky to even get into this fiction…