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Chapter 6 – Seal the Synchro Summon! Yusuriha vs. Anti-Synchro Deck
"The end is now!" the Yliaster member declared with a malicious sneer. "XX-Saber Gatmuz, Direct Attack the player!" Growling in a war-ready manner, the monster swung its sword right at Yusuriha standing opposite him, who looked on with a steely gaze right before the blade connected. As it swung through her, the sword struck the ground and created an explosion, kicking up smoke that encompassed the girl.
"No!" Luca yelled as the Yliaster member began to laugh maniacally.
"Yusuriha!" Aki also shouted, seemingly stressed by the encounter. Her anxieties lifted, however, when the image of the girl was seen through the smoke with Life Points still to her name.
"What's this?" the man asked, his sneer changing to a growling look of anger. "What did you do?"
"I activated my Trap Card," the girl answered, pointing to a face-up card beside her and making the man snarl bitterly. "When I receive a direct attack from a monster with 2000 attack strength or more, I can activate the Normal Trap Card Fall on thy Sword. Due to this effect, I decrease the battle damage by half."
Yusuriha: LP 1050
Enemy: LP 4000
"And next, I draw 2 cards," Yusuriha added, pulling her two new cards and looking at them quickly.
"You've escaped destruction this time," the man said bitterly, pulling a card from his hand and inserting it into the Magic & Trap Card Slots of his Duel Disc. "But you will not succeed the next time. Death cannot be cheated twice. I end my turn."
"I don't intend to cheat death again," Yusuriha explained with a confident grin. "It is through the power of life that I'll transcend and rise above. Draw! Come, Marauding Captain (ATK: 1200, LV: 3)!" Slapping a card onto her Duel Disc, Yusuriha conjured an armoured blond tanned warrior holding two different swords and sporting a tattered cape. "When this monster is Successfully Summoned, I may Special Summon 1 Level 4 or lower monster from my hand. Come, X-Saber Passiul (ATK: 100, LV: 2)!"
Right beside the two-sworded warrior emerged a large warrior with blue armour including a bionic eye, long black hair and a massive sword, which grunted as it took form before Yusuriha.
"A nice attempt at a Synchro Summon again," the man stated. "But it's all for naught. Permanent Trap: Discord. This card remains face-up for 3 of my turns, and during that time neither player can Synchro Summon."
"What?" she asked in reply, clearly caught off-guard by the inability to Synchro Summon.
"I knew you'd try to Synchro Summon X-Saber Wayne and Special Summon a monster that could deal with my forces using its effect," the man explained. "But I cannot let that happen."
"Then I'll just have to resort to plan B," Yusuriha confirmed, holding up a card. "Magic Activate: Saber Slash! For each face-up Attack Position X-Saber monster I control, I destroy a face-up card. My selection is Conspiracy of the Piano Tuner!" The Yliaster member had time to gasp before the bulky blue warrior leapt up into the air and swung its sword down through the Trap, shattering it. Immediately following that the gigantic armoured warrior warped off his field and returned to Yusuriha's, its eyes becoming red again.
"A clever ploy, but it's still not enough," the cloaked man stated. "Even if it can beat Synchro Eater normally, Synchro Eater makes the ATK of a Synchro Monster it battles 0 until the End Phase."
"I know that already," the woman countered. "I change Gatmuz to Defence Position (DEF: 2600, LV: 9)." Turning the card horizontal, the gigantic warrior put its sword at its waist and took up a crouch as it turned blue. "Next, I release Passiul according to its effect, and I discard a random card from your hand!" Pulling its word back out, the gigantic warrior pointed it at the man as the blue warrior dissolved. An electric charge formed between the blades and shot at his hand, shattering the card it hit and making it appear in the Cemetery Slot (where it was revealed as Synchro Control).
"Meddling bitch!" the man yelled, the gang looking on at Yusuriha confidently as the girl smiled.
"Say what you will. I set 1 card and end my turn."
"Draw!" the man yelled. "I Summon Synchro Breaker (ATK: 1600, LV: 4)!" Pulling the card from his hand and holding it up, the man called forth a dark blue-armoured warrior with a glowing sword and an amulet resembling a green Synchro Ring. "Attack Marauding Captain!" Rising up, the warrior jumped down upon the warrior and shattered it. "Next, due to the effect of Synchro Breaker, you must send 1 random Synchro Monster to the Cemetery."
Growling in contempt, Yusuriha pulled out her Extra Deck and shuffled it, pulling a card and placing it in the Cemetery after showing it to the man. "XX-Saber Hyunlay is it?" he asked in amusement. "With that card you could have fielded out my moves, but now that's all over. Permanent Magic: The Dark Door! Both players can only attack with one monster per turn."
"One attack per turn?" Taiyou asked. "He's hindering himself?"
"I doubt that's the real goal," Johan interpreted.
"Don't give up Yusu-chan!" Lua shouted. "You can win this!"
"That I'd like to see," the man scoffed. "I end my turn."
"Then it's my turn," Yusuriha stated, bringing her hand to her Duel Disc and closing her eyes. "A single card can make this work, but I have to draw the right card. My cover depends upon it." "Draw!" Extending her arm all the way out, she glanced at the card and smiled, reassuring the others but confusing the figure.
"Well… what is your card?"
"You'll see," she stated. "I activate Trap Stun!" Snapping her fingers by palming her card, she revealed a Trap Card that made the man look on in shock. "Then I chain Gatmuz' Urgent Orders! When a face-up X-Saber Monster exists on the field, I Special Summon 2 X-Saber Monsters from either Cemetery. Return: XX-Saber Gardestrike (ATK: 2100, LV: 5)! X-Saber Palomlo (DEF: 300, LV: 1)!"
On either side of the gigantic monster behind Yusuriha appeared a monster; on its left an armoured lizard-warrior with a trident-like sword, the other the wolverine-warrior with the saw-like blade on its arm. "Next, Trap Stun negates the effects of all Trap Cards for this turn!" Lightning shot out of the remaining card, striking the cards on the opponent's field and turning them all to stone.
"What have you done?" the man yelled.
"I've ensured my victory!" With that Yusuriha held up a monster to the opposing player and added, "Because I control 3 X-Saber monsters, I Special Summon XX-Saber Faultrol (ATK: 2400, LV: 6)!" Slapping the card onto the tray, she called forth a red-armoured warrior whose forearms were mechanical; it had a huge glowing sword, a red cape and a visor, and it grunted to show its readiness for battle. "Next, due to its effect, I Special Summon XX-Saber Fulhelmknight (ATK: 1300, LV: 3)!"
Swinging his sword, the red-clad warrior created a blue vortex that released an orange and brown-armoured young female warrior with long blond hair and a segmented whip-like device composed of metal links. "Your Tuner monster does you no good Summoner," the man grunted. "You can still only attack once!"
"I know," she issued, "But I intend to make it count! Equip Magic: Power of Unity! I equip this card to Faultrol, increasing his ATK by 800 for each face-up monster I control. Right now there are 5 (ATK: 6400)!"
"No way!" the robed figure blurted, completely taken aback by what he had just heard.
"Awesome job Yusu-chan!" Lua said, raising a fist into the air as the others looked on confidently.
"Go, Faultrol, attack Synchro Eater!" Raising his sword, the warrior created a huge aura around himself and jumped up into the air, pulling the sword into its backswing. But at that moment, surprising everyone, one of the set cards which had turned to stone cracked up and shattered to reveal itself.
"You almost had me there," he admitted. "But I'm afraid you've come up short. Your Trap Stun stopped my Traps and gave you an escape route, but I still have one card I can play. Instant Magic: Shrink! I halve the original ATK of Faultrol (ATK: 5200)!" Falling down upon the demonic multi-headed creature, the blade of the warrior swung straight through both it and the figure, significantly decreasing his Life Points but not wiping him out.
Yusuriha: LP 1050
Enemy: LP 200
"Very impressive attack traitor," the man chided. "But I still stand."
"I must hand it to you as well," Yusuriha replied unhappily. "I end my turn."
"Then the effects of Trap Stun and Shrink now wear off (ATK: 6400)." With that, all three frozen cards cracked up and broke out of their casings, leaving two face-up cards and one set one.
"Damn," Johan said, his tone giving away his frustration with what was going on. "She had him."
"She still does," Taiyou reassured, Johan still looking grave despite his confidence. "She always gets her man."
"I hope you're right."
"Draw," the Yliaster figure declared, pulling his card. "I switch Synchro Breaker to Defence Position (DEF: 1000)." Pointing the card-holding hand at the monster, the figure's request was fulfilled as the monster took up a crouching position and turned blue. "Next I activate a Permanent Magic: Synchro Burden. During each player's End Phase, both players take 500 points of damage for each Synchro Monster they control."
"What?" Yusuriha asked, clearly surprised.
"You have 3 turns to live. End Phase, the effect of Synchro Burden activates!" From below Yusuriha exploded a vertical surge of energy, blasting her and making her cringe and brace herself while her opponent looked on in amusement.
Yusuriha: LP 550
Enemy: LP 200
"This is bad," Aki realized. "She can't attack enough times to wipe out his Life Points before she takes lethal damage."
"I still think she'll come through," Taiyou reassured.
"Let's hope so," Luca chided in.
"Draw!" Yusuriha declared. Looking at her card quickly, she spun it around and said, "Magic Activate: Live by the Sword! I draw one card for each face-up X-Saber monster I control!" Reaching for her Deck, she then drew 5 cards in quick succession and looked at them in a fan, smiling confidently when she saw them. "Ready?"
"Bring it!"
"Magic Activate: Magical Shard Excavation! I discard 2 cards from my hand to return 1 Magic Card from my Cemetery to my hand. I discard X-Sabers Anapelera and Galahad." Showing the two cards, she put them into her Cemetery and held up her Duel Disc. "And now, I add Saber Slash from my Cemetery to my hand."
"What? No!" the man yelled defiantly, getting only a sneer in return as the card slid oit and into her hand.
"I'm afraid so. I release X-Saber Palomlo to Advance Summon Allsword Commander Gatmuz (ATK: 2100, LV: 6)!" The green reptilian figure then changed into a neon orb and released a silver-armoured warrior with a broadsword and a red cape, whose helmet covered his face and who grunted strongly. "Now, all Saber monsters gain 400 ATK (ATK: 1700) (ATK: 6800) (ATK: 2500) (ATK: 3500)."
"Why did she just decrease the number of X-Sabers she controlled?" Lua asked.
"Saber Slash must destroy exactly how many monsters are controlled," Johan responded. "He only has 3 face-up cards, so she needed to decrease her counts to cause herself less damage."
"Magic Activate: Saber Slash! I destroy Synchro Breaker, Synchro Burden, Discord and XX-Saber Fulhelmknight!" All four of the marked warriors jumped up into the air, swords and whip drawn, to take swings at face-up cards. The gigantic two-bladed warrior vut through the Yliaster member's Spell Card, the red warrior through his Spell Card, and the female warrior's whip struck and shattered the warrior. Seconds later, the blade-arm of the wolverine warrior cut through the female monster.
"You destroyed your own monster?" the man asked in disbelief.
"Not for long," Yusuriha mentioned. "Faultrol's effect! Return Fulhelmknight (ATK: 1700, LV: 3)!" Once again the red warrior raised his sword and warped forth the female warrior, her whip ready for battle. "Magic Activate: Avarice Pot! I return Passiul, Palomlo, Rose, Marauding Captain and Galahad!" From her Cemetery 5 cards slid out and she put them into the Deck, where they automatically shuffled in and she pulled 2 new cards.
"Perfect Circle," Aki realized. "She can continuously reuse her cards. Amazing."
"Now, I equip Legacy of the Saber to Allsword Commander Gatmuz! By equipping this card, he gains 1000 ATK, plus 200 for each X-Saber I control. Finally, it becomes an X-Saber Monster!"
"It what?" The warrior was consumed by a red aura as its sword developed a huge black "X" on it, and it raised its sword to rally the others.
"That's an additional 2400 ATK (ATK: 4500)! And finally, to complete the move, Cyclone!" Holding up the card, the whirlwind generated shot forward and struck the man's card, revealed as Holy Barrier – Mirror Force, and shattered it instantly.
"This…can't be!"
"But it is!" Yusuriha mentioned. "The finishing blow! Gatmuz, direct attack the player!" Jumping forward, the monster swung its sword straight through the figure with a mighty roar. The result was that the figure yelled out mechanically before his entire form dissolved into black and red static and his cries disappeared; but moments later the laughing voice of Judai, complete with a mechanical undertone, rang out.
"Congratulations girl," the voice declared, the static taking the form of Judai's face, to the surprise and chagrin of everyone. "You managed to escape the anti-Synchro Trap with your combos… but will you fare so well against our true forces?"
"You!" Johan yelled. "Stop impersonating our friend!"
"Do not think I have forgotten you Johan," he said. "You all will soon become servants of Yliaster." With that the face began to laugh psychotically, and the he faded out.
"What the hell is going on?" Taiyou asked, Yusuriha looking at him as she reset her Duel Disc.
"I don't know…" All of a sudden, everyone was interrupted by a text message to their cell phones, which they picked up and opened. It was a bulletin from the Public Security Maintenance Bureau that read that effective immediately all D-Wheels were forbidden on public roads due to serious crashes and damage to the lanes.
"What the hell…"
"Damage my ass," Taiyou blurted. "They're trying to pin us down. But, we won't be caged."
Outside of Neo Domino, right next to the mouth of the Daedalus Bridge, two Security Officers were posted to monitor all traffic to and from Satellite by any sort of vehicle. Their D-Wheels, set up with a GPS receiver, showed no signs of any D-Wheels on the roads, suggesting that the bulletin had been received by all and followed… that is, until a blip on the screen suddenly appeared to show it on the other side of the Bridge.
"What's this…?" One of the two asked the other, getting only a low hum of non-knowledge as a reply. Looking at the screen, they saw the blip move from the other side of the bridge all the way up to the centre in two seconds. "What the hell…?"
"This thing must be wrong," his partner said. "No D-Wheel goes that fast…" Two seconds later, he was proven wrong when a huge burst of air shot by in between the two officers and warped to reveal a long purple teardrop-shaped D-Wheel with a small front wheel at the apex and a huge rear wheel at the very back. The rider, dressed in a blue riding suit and with a red visor, got the attention of the two officers and they gave pursuit.
"Stop!" The first officer yelled. "You're in violation of bylaw 256 of Neo Domino's Public Security Maintenance Bureau?"
"Am I know?" a low voice issued over the speaker system. "Well then, perhaps you officers would like a good civil duel. Win and I go quietly; lose and I go free."
"We don't negotiate with unknown suspects," the second and older-sounding officer stated.
"Then call me Dark Glass," the blue-clad rider said. "So, ready to duel?"
"You're on!" the two officers yelled as they pushed buttons on the console, making the card Speed World Two appear on the monitors and the Duel Mode activate. At the unknown D-Wheeler's console emerged a Duel Tray, and a Wrist Dealer appeared on his right arm as the field became a purple aura. "Riding Duel Acceleration!"
"If it's two on one, then this guy deserves a bonus for it," the second officer said to his partner.
"Yeah, he's right," the first officer directed at Dark Glass. "What do you want? 8000 Life Points, Double Turns, 10 card hand?"
"I don't need any of those to defeat you officers," Dark Glass retorted, sounding offended at the implication. "Just make your moves."
Dark Glass: LP 4000
Officers: LP 4000
"I'll go first," the first officer declared. "I Summon Guard Blocker (DEF: 2000, LV: 4)." Between the two officers emerged a large blue-tinted stone slab with a single eye at its centre. "Next, I send this monster to the Cemetery to Special Summon gate Blocker 2 (DEF: 3000, LV: 6)!" The eye of the stone slab then changed into a neon orb as the rest of it disappeared, releasing a larger stone slab with two vertical eyes at its centre.
"I set 2 cards and end my turn."
"Then I Draw!" the second officer said, pulling his card. "Due to the effect of Gate Blocker 2, you don't gain any SPC at your Standby Phase (Dark Glass: 0 SPC/Officers: 1 SPC). I set 2 cards and end my turn."
"Is that all?" Dark Glass asked smugly. "I expected more from Neo Domino's finest. Draw (Dark Glass: 0 SPC/Officers: 2 SPC)!" Looking at his card, he declared, "When my opponent controls a monster and a Magic or Trap Card and I control no cards, from my hand I may Special Summon Tech Genus – Powered Wyvern DR-05 (ATK: 2000, LV: 5)!" lapping his card down with the left hand, Dark Glass called forth a large white wyvern with two large mechanical wings, several wires in its flesh and a visor.
"A Level 5 monster?" the second officer asked.
"Next, by decreasing the Level of Powered Wyvern by 2 (LV: 3), I Special Summon Tech Genus – Blast Lizard RE-03 (ATK: 500, LV: 3) as per its own effect!" Opening its mouth, the wyvern shot a blast of flame that released an anthropomorphized lizard-warrior with mechanical limbs and bionic eyes.
"Two monsters?"
"I Tune my now Level 3 Powered Wyvern to my Level 3 Blast Lizard!" Roaring loudly, the wyvern blasted out another shot of flame and disappeared; the flames released 3 white orbs that became green rings and surrounded the lizard-warrior. The monster then became an outline of itself and released three white orbs, which then formed a column of light.
"Synchro Summon! Come forth, Tech Genus – Sonic Dragon DRX-1000 (ATK: 2600, LV: 6)!" From the white light emerged a large light blue-armoured dragon with 4 metal wings and plasma-charged talons, which screeched at a high frequency that made the officers cringe. "Next, because I Successfully Synchro Summoned, I Special Summon Tech Genus – Portal Dragon DR-01 from my hand (ATK: 400, LV: 1)!"
Slapping a third card down on the tray, he called forth a metal serpentine dragon with long whiskers and a mane, which growled lightly. "Next, I activate this monster's effect: Once in one turn, I may Special Summon 1 Level 4 or lower Tech Genus Monster from my hand. Come, Tech Genus – Warp Phoenix WB-04 (ATK: 1700, LV: 4)!" As Dark Glass slapped yet another card onto the tray, his new dragon curled its body into a ring and formed a blue vortex inside, spawning a red metal-winged and taloned bird with a long tail.
"Another Synchro Summon in his first turn?" the first officer asked. "Who is this guy?"
"You are correct; I tune my Level 1 Portal Dragon to my Level 4 Warp Phoenix!" With the body of the dragon still curled up into a circle, the phoenix flew straight through the loop and become a yellow outline of itself, with the dragon changing into a green ring after the bird flew away. The ring then came forward and stopped at the waist of the monster, making it change into 4 white orbs and then a column of light.
"Synchro Summon! Appear now, Tech Genus – Powered Phoenix WB-05 (ATK: 2100, LV: 5)!" From the light emerged a four-winged crane-like bird with four metal wings, a metal tail and plasma-charged beak and talons, which made a haunting cry as it escaped its light. "Next, by the effect of Powered Phoenix, all Tech Genus monsters I control gain 500 ATK (ATK: 3100) (ATK: 2600)!"
"His monster is stronger than our Gate Blocker 2!" the second police officer warned. "This isn't gonna be pretty." As he said this, the D-Wheels of Jack and Kyojo pulled up a few metres back of the duel as they watched in anticipation of the events. Having just left Carly in intensive care, where she was getting treatment, they had caught sight of the duel and had come to watch.
"Due to the effect of Warp Phoenix," Dark Glass explained, "When it is used to Synchro Summon a Tech Genus Monster and sent to the Cemetery, I draw 1 card." Pulling a new card and placing it in his hand and declared, "I attack Gate Blocker 2 with Sonic Dragon! Sonic Flash!" Roaring at ultrasonic frequency, the dragon curled up its wings and stooped towards the massive wall, changing into a current of air as it did so and piercing straight through the structure.
The monster made it about a kilometer ahead of the duelists through this, and when it changed back to normal it lagged back to return to its master's side. "When Tech Genus – Sonic Dragon destroys a monster by battle, it can attack once again in a row. Go, Sonic Dragon!" Roaring again, the monster changed back into a burst of wind and shot between the two officers, making them both jolt outwards as their Life Points fell and they began to lose traction.
Dark Glass: LP 4000
Officers: LP 900
"This isn't good!" The younger officer yelled.
"Go, Powered Phoenix! Direct attack!" Screeching, the bird spread its wings and shot a burst of flames from its mouth to cover the officers, causing their D-Wheels to explode and the officers to go flying over the edges of the Duel Lane. The two men screamed as they fell into the bay below, and Jack and Kyojo punched their accelerators to get parallel with Dark Glass.
"What the hell are you doing?" Jack asked. "Public Security has some ridiculous policies, but they're not worth killing them for?"
"Who are you?" Kyojo barked in command.
"I have no quarrel with you, Kings," Dark Glass callously said. "But if it is answers you seek, go to the Bootleg and talk to Syd. He will have information for you about what is going on?"
"What's stopping you from telling us?" Kyojo barked, pulling out in front of Dark Glass's D-Wheel while Jack pulled to the side of it, boxing him there.
"We want answers!" Jack bellowed.
"Then go get them," was all Dark Glass said before he revved his engine and pulled up onto the glass edge of the track. Jack and Kyojo could only watch as he accelerated and shot upside-down into the air, and when gravity took over he shot straight down to parts unknown.
"What the hell is going on here?" Kyojo asked, turning to Jack.
"I have no idea… but once we get Judai, we're going to talk to Syd."
"Right!" Kyojo said with a nod.
"Kisama!" Judai snapped at his imposter standing before him, sneering. "What do you want here?" Instead of answering, the doppelganger simply chuckled darkly and closed his eyes, irritating Judai. "Answer me! Who are you?"
"I'm what you would have been," the distorted voice issued from the fake Judai, "had you sided with the right group. You chose the Signers over Yliaster, and as such you're leading this world down a path towards destruction."
"What the fuck are you taking about?" Crow asked in anger. "We protected the world from the Dark Signers. How does that make us evil?!"
"Because you oppose the new world order," Judai's doppelganger stated. "The Infinity seeks to erase that which is wrong with this world; but you wish to continue this decayed society and everything that is wrong with it. Therefore, you must be eliminated." Raising its left arm, the fake Judai materialized the red-trimmed Duel Disc and activated it, the Infinity Symbol forming on the dome and a green one forming a barrier trappig him and the real Judai.
"If you want to duel, then so be it!" Judai decalred, pulling up his Duel Disca snd activating it. He then took out his Deck and gave it a quick shuffle before putting in into the Deck Zone.
"Judai!" Yusei yelled, getting the man's attention. "Take this!" With that Yusei tossed a card to Judai in a way that made it land between his thumb and index finger. Looking at it quickly, Judai nodded and slipped it into his Deck, the auto-shuffler kicking in and mixing up the Deck.
"Add in any card you wish," Judai's double taunted. "You'll never win. I've mastered your cards and your moves. You're time is up, Yuki Judai!"
"We'll see!" Judai declared, his eyes changing to Yubel's orange eye and green eye as both players pulled 5 cards and yelled,
"DUEL!"
Judai: LP 4000
Enemy: LP 4000
"I'll go first," Judai declared. "Draw!" pulling his card, Judai took a card from his hand and put it in the tray. "I summon Elemental Hero Clayman in Defence Position (DEF: 2000, LV: 4)!" Before Judai emerged his large bulky dark grey stone warrior with a red head and a geometric body, which took up a crouching position and turned blue. "I set 2 cards and end my turn."
"Is that the bets you can do?" the fake Judai asked, sneering. "I expected more. It's my turn. Draw!" Pulling his card, he instantly flipped it around and declared, "I activate Convert Contact! Since I control no monsters, I send 1 Neo-Spacian Monster from my hand and 1 from my Deck to the Cemetery, and I draw 2 cards." Pulling another card from his hand, he held it between his fingers while he fanned through his Deck and picked out another card.
"I send N-Glow Moss from my hand and N-Aqua Dolphin from my Deck to the Cemetery." Showing the two cards, he put them and the card from his play into the Cemetery and put his Deck back, where it changed into black static before reforming. Pulling 2 cards, he then pulled another one from his hand and spun all three around. "Fusion Activate! I fuse Featherman and Burst Lady to Fusion Summon Elemental Hero… Flame Wingman (ATK: 2100, LV: 6)!"
Behind Judai's double emerged a mostly green warrior with white-feathered wings, taloned feet and a claw attached to his right hand, as well as a pale red spandex-clad female warrior with a gold helmet over black and white hair. The two monsters then spiraled together, forming a green and black monster with a red right arm ending in a dragon's head, a two-fluked tail, pointy ears and a single white wing on its left side
"This is bad," Crow realized, Yusei nodding in agreement. "Judai's signature opener is about to be used against him."
"Next I summon E-HERO Wildman (ATK: 1500, LV: 4)!" Slapping another card down on the tray, he called forth a brown-skinned warrior with a long ponytail, body paint, a loincloth and a huge sword on his back, which he quickly drew. "I attack Clayman with Flame Wingman! Flame Shoot!" Jumping up in the air, the green monster growled right before blasting flames out its dragon mouth, showering the rock warrior and then Judai. The man screamed out in pain while his double laughed psychotically.
"Judai! Hang in there!" Yusei yelled as the flames went out and Judai's form hung slack where it stood, before Judai simply fell on his knees.
"As you well know," Judai's double pointed out with crossed arms, "The opposing player receives damage equal to the ATK of the monster destroyed in battle by Flame Wingman."
"Yes, that's true," Judai stated, "but I'm also using an effect at this time. Trap Card Open: Hero Signal. Because Clayman was destroyed by battle, I Special Summon E-HERO Sparkman from my Deck (ATK: 1600, LV: 4)!" With a surge of blue electricity, a navy warrior covered in pieces of gold armour and wearing a visor emerged before Judai, looking over at its counterparts and making the fake Judai cringe.
Judai: LP 3200
Enemy: LP 4000
"Wildman has less ATK than Spoarkman does," the fake Judai stated matter-of-factly. "If I attack, I'll only take recoil damage and lose my monster, so I'll end my Battle Phase here. Main Phase 2, I set 1 card and end my turn."
"Not so fast!" Judai yelled. "Trap Card Open: Hero Tag! During the Opponent's End Phase, I may return 1 E-HERO monster from my field to my hand to Special Summon 1 E-HERO with the same Level from my Deck. Come, Bubbleman (ATK: 800, LV: 4)!" With a storm of bubbles, Judai's navy and gold warrior vanished and a blue armoured warrior with bubble shooter and water tanks appeared before him, and Judai quickly pulled 2 cards due it its effect.
"Very clever," the fake Judai stated, "but that card lets me draw 1 card as well." Pulling his card, he narrowed his eyes and said with a malice grin, "Kisama no turn."
"I'll show you the true power of the E-HERO Deck!" Judai yelled. "It's my turn! Draw!" Looking at his new card, he quickly placed it elsewhere in his hand and pulled out one of the cards he had drawn. "Instant Magic: Bubble Shuffle! I change Bubbleman and Flame Wingman to Defence Position (DEF: 1200) (DEF: 1200)." Both monsters responded by taking up a kneeling position and turning blue, their arms crossed over their bodies and the larger monster's wing folded over itself.
"Next, I release Bubbleman and Special Summon… E-HERO Edgeman (ATK: 2600, LV: 7)!" The blue warrior before Judai then disappeared in a cloud of particles to be replaced by the larger gold-armoured warrior with blades on his body, who quickly bellowed to show his readiness for battle. As the fake Judai looked on disdainfully, the regular Judai added, "Next I summon Sparkman (ATK: 1600, LV: 4)."
With the navy and gold warrior once again appearing before him, Judai instructed, "Go, Edgeman! Attack Flame Wingman, and inflict Penetration Damage!" Extending its blades and wings, the warrior leapt forward and cut straight through the blue winged warrior, making it explode and the shockwave causing parts of the fake's body to temporarily return to their static state.
"Now, Sparkman, attack Wildman! Spark Flash!" Grunting, the navy warrior shot a pulse of electricity at the tanned warrior, causing him to explode and the fake Judai to further take damage.
Judai: LP 3200
Enemy: LP 2500
"Trap Card: Hero Signal! Come forth, Bubbleman (ATK: 800, LV: 4)!" With the card flipped over, Judai's blue warrior from the turn before appeared beside the fake Judai. "Due to its effect, I draw 2 cards!"
"Then so be it," Judai stated. "I set 3 cards and end my turn."
"Draw!" the fake Judai stated, sneering darkly and taking a card bfrom his hand to place on the tray. "Permanent Magic: Suffering of the Strong! All face-up monsters my opponent controls lose 100 ATK times their own Level. That's 700 points for Edgeman (ATK: 1900) and 400 for Sparkman (ATK: 1200)."
"Damn it," Crow grunted. "Judai can't semm to hold his edge!"
"If this keeps up," Yusei stated, "things will only get worse and worse for us all."
"Magic Activate: Fusion Recovery!" Judai's doppelganger stated, his Cemetery glowing. "From my Cemetery I return Fusion and Featherman to my hand!" When the two cards slid back out, the fake Judai held them and a third from his hand up and said, "Through Fusion, I combine Featherman, Sparkman and Bubbleman. Appear now, Tempester (ATK: 2800, LV: 8)!"
The green feathered warrior, the blue warrior and another gold and navy warrior jumped up into the air and melded together in a spiraling action, producing a mostly-blue warrior complete with a visor that covered his eyes, three-taloned bird-like feet, a cannon instead of a right hand, and a pair of green and white hang glider-like wings.
"Judai!" Yusei yelled.
"Equip Magic: Elemental Sword!" In the left hand of the warrior appeared an electronic taser-like hilt with a glass dome at its top. "When the equipped monster battles an opponent's monster with a different Attribute, it gains 800 ATK for Damage Calculation only. Go, Tempester (ATK: 3600), Attack Sparkman!" Rising up, the hilt produced a glowing yellow-coloured blade as the warrior swung at his smaller counterpart.
"No! Judai!" Crow yelled as the red-haired man braced for impact and his doppelganger began to laugh maniacally…
In a dark alleyway of Neo Domino City, Tenjoin Fubuki stood with a petrified look of complete dismay upon his face, watching in horror what was unfolding before him. He was in the middle of a duel with a masked figure wearing strange clothes, such as a white coat-like piece on his waist and shoulder-length fingerless gloves, whose field now included some strange field which had turned everything into a space-like setting with its original outline, as well as a large black dragon much like his own except for silver metal bladed wings and a silver metal face.
Suddenly, a large black wyvern with a segmented, armour-like body covered in polygonal-cut rubies and red trim roared out in anger before it exploded, leaving nothing between Fubuki and the twisted dragon that floated behind his attacker. "Please, I beg of you… whoever you are…" Fubuki pleaded, terrified for his life. "Let me go, spare me… I'll say nothing of this…"
Instead of responding in words, the eyespots of the figure's mask began to glow in bright yellow, revealing them as a different set of 3 horizontal lines for both sides, and the black Duel Disc strapped to his right arm began to glow a dark purple in a flame-like aura. The dragon behind the figure began to growl in a possessed fashion, its eyes also glowing red.
Raising his left hand, the figure then pointed at Fubuki, silently commanding his beast to attack. Opening its mouth with a demonic growl, the dragon formed a scarlet and black orb of energy in its mouth and shot it at Fubuki, striking him head centre and cloaking him in flames. Fubuki screamed out in pain, but his screams simply echoed off the walls of the field, failing to reach the people outside the duel.
Fubuki: LP 0
Enemy: LP 1000
Stepping over to Fubuki, the masked figure looked down upon the duelist, who had fallen upon his knees, while the flames died out and a card slid out of his Cemetery. His signature monster, Red-Eyes Black Dragon, appeared there and burst out into blackness, a flame-like aura consuming his form and dissolving him into nothingness. As Fubuki, his Duel Disc and his Deck faded out, only the dragon's card remained to rest on the ground in black flames.
The figure simply stood there for a second before picking up the card, watching the black flames like a fireplace until the card began to warp and change. It quickly changed into an effect monster bearing the metal-coated version of the dragon, and so the figure took the card and placed it on top of his Deck. Seconds later, he disappeared and the field returned to normal.
Card of the Week – Fake Judai
Elemental Hero Flame Wingman
Type: WIND
Level: 6
Sub-Type(s): [Warrior/Fusion/Effect]
Effect: "Elemental Hero Featherman" + "Elemental Hero Burst Lady"
This card cannot be Special Summoned outside of a Fusion Summon. When this card destroys a monster by battle and sends it to the Cemetery, the opponent receives damage equal to that monster's ATK.
ATK/ 2100
DEF/ 1200
* Judai vs. Judai = Migraine. Review if you wish.*