Disclaimer: I still own nothing save for the changes I made to the story line and my original characters
It was a bright and sunny morning in the Tops apartment complex. One apartment however was holding 4 occupants.
"Do you think he's going to wake up anytime soon?" Asked a boys voice
"I don't know Leo." A girl's voice said.
"He'll be alright. He went through a lot yesterday." Said Yusei
"Ugh," Garrett starts to wake up but doesn't recognize his surroundings "Hey where am I." he said a little groggy
The girl giggles and Yusei smiles. That's when the boy, Leo was his name, decided to speak up
"Look mister you're in the Tops. Our house specifically."
"You don't have to be so mean Leo." The girl said
Garrett looks at Yusei "Do you have an-." Garrett starts
"I woke up in the same state you did." Yusei said.
Garrett nods and looks down at the small table that held his deck. He smiled and then picked it up and placed it back in his pocket.
"Hey you're a duelist right." Asked Leo
"Leo!" his sister scolded
"What is it this time Luna."
"Maybe we should introduce ourselves before we start asking him questions."
"Oh right right, my name is Leo and this is my twin sister Luna."
"It's nice to meet you." Said Luna
Leo and Luna were about 13 years or so each. They both were kind of short with teal green hair. Leo's hair was up in a high pony tail and Luna's hair was in pig tails. They were both wearing tee shirts with white shorts. Leo was wearing a blue vest and Luna was wearing a red vest.
Garrett smiles at them "My name is Garrett it's nice to meet you two. I assume you already know Yusei."
Luna sighs "Yeah we went through the same thing like an hour ago."
Leo starts jumping up and down "Garrett you still didn't answer my question."
"You really need to calm down Leo." Luna said
Yusei chuckles
"Yes Leo I am a duelist if that's what you were wondering," Said Garrett "In fact Yusei over there is a duelist also."
"So do guys know what happened to you last night?" Asked Luna
"Yeah we found you both knocked out in the parking lot so we brought you both up here." Finished Leo
"Don't worry Garrett they brought our runners up here too." Said Yusei
Garrett nods.
"Oh yeah that reminds me are you guys turbo duelist. You just have to be I mean you both got duel runners after all." Asked Leo
"I'm so sorry about my brother you guys. He just gets too excited when it comes to dueling."
"It's ok Luna. But yeah we are turbo duelists." Said Yusei
"Then you guys must have heard about the upcoming Fortune Cup right." Said Leo
"Actually no we haven't heard about the Fortune Cup." Replied Garrett
"Well it's a tournament where they have selected eight duelists from around the city at random to compete for a chance to duel against the king himself Jack Atlas," Said Leo "Man I would give anything for the chance to duel Jack, he's my hero."
Garrett chuckled "Some hero he is. Right Yusei."
Yusei sighs "Tell me about it."
Leo quickly hands Garrett the envelope that contains an invite to the Fortune Cup.
"Oh and check this out Garrett they even invited me to be in the tournament isn't that awesome."
"That's um great Leo." Garrett said looking at the card Leo gave him
"Actually Leo they invited me to compete not you." Reasoned Luna
"Well yeah but your too scared to enter so I'm going in as your replacement." Argued Leo
While Leo and Luna continued their argument Garrett and Yusei both walked over to give their duel runners a quick inspection
"We're twins they'll never even notice the difference." Countered Leo
"Umm I'm a girl." She said
"So what I'll wear some make-up and stuff."
Luna sighs in defeat "Your hopeless I swear."
Leo suddenly turns towards Garrett and Yusei and says "You guys say that your duelists but I want some proof I challenge you to a duel!" Leo shouts pointing at Garrett and Yusei
"Leo! Why don't you give the poor men a break." Said Luna
"No its ok Luna." Garrett looks at Yusei "Why don't you duel him Yusei it's been a while since you've dueled for fun."
Yusei nods his head "Ok Leo I accept your challenge."
Yusei taps a few buttons on his duel runner and then his duel disk pops off and he places it on his left arm.
"Yes alright," Shouted Leo grabbing his duel disk and quickly runs outside. He looks back "Are you guys coming or not."
Luna sweatdrops "Oh my here we go."
"It's ok Luna this should be fun to watch." Said Garrett going outside to watch the upcoming showdown.
"Ok Leo you can have the first move." Said Yusei
"Ok I draw." Shouted Leo. Before he could make a move his duel disk slides down his arm.
"Wait hold on I got this," Said Garrett. He walked over to Leo and fixed his duel disk by tying a piece of elastic around his arm to prevent the duel disk from falling off.
"Ok now you guys are good to go." Said Garrett giving them a thumbs up
"Wow thanks Garrett." Said Leo
"No problem Leo." Garrett replied
Luna smiled up at him "You really are a nice guy huh."
"Yeah that's sort of a hobby of mine actually." Garrett replies
Luna giggles
"Ok now I can go. And I summon morphtronic celfon in atk mode(1/100/100) now I activate his special ability. I get roll a dice and depending on the number I get to look at that many cards from the top of my deck and summon the first monster I find…I rolled a three, and now I summon morphtronic magnen in atk mode(3/800/800) and with that done I end my turn with a facedown card." Said Leo
"Not a bad way to start a duel." Said Garrett
"Now let's see what Yusei's got." Said Luna
"My turn now." Said Yusei "I summon speed warrior in atk mode(2/900/400). And during this turn his attack points are doubled(1800) now I'll attack that celfon."
"I don't think so I activate my trap card morphtransition. Now your attack is negated and I'm allowed to switch my magnen into def mode." Said Leo
"Ok then I end my turn Leo."
"Back to me then. I summon to the field another morphtronic magnen only this time in def mode(3/800/800). Now that I have two magnens on the field in def mode you can attack me at all. Next with the help of celfons ability I can summon my morphtronic datatron in atk mode(3/1200/600). Next I activate my spell card gadget box so I get one gadget token per turn(1/0/0) so now by sacrificing that token datatron can burn you for 600 points of damage."
"Argh(LP3400) nice moves Leo."
"Thanks Yusei I end my turn."
"You've played a good duel Leo but it's about time I finished this."
"W-What do you mean."
"Watch and learn Leo." Yusei said drawing a card "I discard one card to activate the spell card, card rotator. Now the battle positions of all your monster are switched."
"No not all of them." Protested Leo
"Yup all of them. Next up I summon junk synchron to the field(3/1300/500) and with his ability I can bring back the monster I discarded nitro synchron(2/300/100). Now junk synchron tunes with speed warrior to synchro summon junk warrior(5/2300/1300). But I'm not done yet now these two monsters tune to synchro summon nitro warrior(7/2800/1800) and since your magnen isn't in def mode anymore I'm free to attack it go."
"Ahhh(LP2000)"
"Now thanks to nitro's ability your celfon switches back to atk mode and I get to attack again."
"Noooo(LP0) I lost." Said Leo
"That was a great duel you guys, well done." Said Garrett
"He's right Leo even though you lost that was still a great job. You just need to focus more on combos than on swarming the field." Said Yusei
"Alright I'll work on my strategy and be better for the Fortune Cup."
"That's the spirit Leo" added in Garrett
"I think it's time for us to go back inside now." Said Luna
The other three nodded.
On the other side of the city back in Garrett's house Dale was just arriving when something didn't seem right. He walked in the door only to find Dawn looking out one of the windows.
"Wow you got here before I did I'm impressed." Said Dale
"Dale, Garrett and Yusei still aren't back yet I'm really worried about them." She replied
"I know what you mean." Dale smirked "You know we could always go and look for them on my duel runner if that would make you feel better."
Dawn suddenly perks up "I'm sure their fine. We should probably get back to training you for the Fortune Cup anyways."
"Yup I had a feeling you would say that…princess."
Dawn glares slightly "Let's get to work Dale."
The rest of the day went by pretty uneventful but around 10:00 or so Garrett and Yusei were still up and about customizing Leo and Luna's duel disks for them.
"Alright there that should do it." Yusei said walking over to his runner.
"Yeah these two duel disks should make great parting gifts after all." Replied Garrett
"They dissever them after all that have done for us."
Garrett nods writes a quick letter to the twins and then him and Yusei walk there runners out of the Tops and onto the streets when they are stopped by a limo that pulls up right in front of them.
"What is going on." Said Yusei
"Your guess is as good as mine." Replied Garrett
Out of the limo steps a small man wearing a red overcoat and white pants, his face was covered in white make-up. He looked exactly like a clown with all that white face and spiky purple hair.
"Hello gentlemen I'm on a special assignment sent by director Goodwin himself my name is vice director Lazar."
"What kind of assignment are you on." Said Yusei
"Delivery here you are." Said Lazar
Lazar hands the two duelists a piece of paper as well as a photograph
"What's this." Asked Garrett looking at the paper
"An invitation to a tournament that Goodwin expects the two of you to participate in, it's called the Fortune Cup." Lazar explained
Garrett's eyes instantly narrow at the mention of Goodwin's name
"This tournament what if we refuse to compete in it." Asked Garrett
"Then the four people you see in that photograph will pay for the damages the two of you have caused to the city, good night gentlemen." Said Lazar as he departs in the limo he came in.
"A photograph?" Garrett looks at the picture and gasps "No way that's."
"That's Rally as well as Nerven, Tank, and Blitz." Says Yusei
"Yusei I have a bad feeling about this." Said Garrett
"I know were being blackmailed to compete in this tournament and that's never a good sign." Said Yusei with slight concern
"Well we have to compete in order to protect our friends."
"We will but we'll have to be careful. I don't know what Goodwin is planning."
"Let's go tell Dawn and Dale. I sent Dale a message to meet us at my place." Said Garrett
Yusei nods and the two speed off. Back with Dawn and Dale they are in the middle of a practice duel.
"(LP1700) Now mushroom dragon attack Dawn directly(8/2800/2000)." Shouted Dale
"Nice try Dale but I activate my magic cylinder trap card so now you take damage equal to your dragon's atk points." Dawn said
"I use my dragon's ability to negate your trap card." He replied
"That I anticipated I activate my oceans rage trap card to stop your ability by discarding one card."
"Oh no(LP0) awe man I lost." Said Dale
"Wow you must really want to win that tournament doesn't you."
"Yeah I want to teach Jack a lesson."
They see Garrett and Yusei pull into the driveway
"Thank god there finally back. There ok." Dawn squealed
"Good now I can train with Yusei." Said Dale
Dawn sighs "Don't you know when to take a break."
Garrett and Yusei walk inside
"Hey guys your back I was so worried about you." Dawn said giving Garrett and Yusei a small hug.
"Sorry about that we got caught up with Goodwin's goons and were forced to take refuge for a while." Garrett said
"Why I am not surprised that Goodwin was involved." Said Dale
"Is Dale ok. He seems unusually jumpy right now." Asked Yusei
"He's just happy they invited him to participate in this tournament called the Fortune Cup." Said Dawn
"So you guys have been invited to huh." Said Garrett
"Why what's the problem." Said Dale
"We were asked to participate as well only our invitation wasn't so friendly." Said Yusei
"What do you mean." Asked Dawn
"Take a look for yourself." Said Garrett handing Dale the photo
Dale's eyes widen "No way it can't be."
"What is it." Dawn asked
"If Yusei and I don't duel, then those four people in that picture will pay the ultimate price." Said Garrett
"That's not good they are your friends right." Dawn said
The three boys nod
"I bet Jack has something to do with this." Said Dale
"Whether Jack is involved or not it doesn't matter. We do know that there is a reason Goodwin wants us in this tournament though." Yusei said
"So we best be careful." Garrett added
"I'll call Blister and have him go over to the Satellite and make sure Rally and the others are ok." Suggested Dale
"Good job Dale that's actually a step to the positive side." Said Yusei
Dale nods his head and leaves the room to give Blister a call
"Well than if Goodwin is making this tournament for keeps then you three better start practicing up." Said Dawn
"Good idea Dawn we have 1 month from today to prepare for this tournament and we have to win this thing or who knows what's going to happen to us or worse our friends." Said Garrett
"Count me in to help out as well." Replied Dawn with a smile
Yusei and Garrett nod their heads in approval.
Dale re-enters the room "Blister said that he could get into the Satellite tomorrow afternoon and that he would keep an eye on our friends just to make sure that Goodwin doesn't do something he'll regret."
The four heroes spend the rest of the night doing practice duels for the Fortune Cup.
The next day the first one to wake up was Leo and the minute he saw the note and improved duel disks he immediately called for his sister
"LUNA! Get out here quickly." He shouted
"What is it Leo." Luna asked rubbing the sleep out of her eyes
"Garrett and Yusei must have left in the middle of the night last night."
"They just left." Luna said
"Yeah it says so in this note they left and look at these duel disks they made for us." He exclaimed
"We should probably thank them when we see them again." Luna said
Leo nodded then on the TV in the room, the picture of a boy the same age as the twins appeared. He was wearing glasses and had long brown hair. He was wearing a dress shirt and overalls.
"Hey Dexter guess what." Leo screamed
"Whoa calm down Leo did you guys get new duel disks or something." He replied
"No but our two new friends made them for us." Leo exclaimed
"Well did you hear that the Black Rose was going to be in town today." Dexter said
"No why are you going to try and duel her again." Luna asked
"Of course I am." Dexter said "If we can find her that is."
"I know we'll find her this time. Meet me in the Damion Area in one hour the hunts beginning early this time." Leo said
"Ok Leo I'll see you then." Dexter disappears from the screen
"Are you sure about this Leo." Luna asked
"Yeah and besides if I find Yusei and Garrett I can thank them for the duel disks." Leo said running out the door.
Luna sweatdrops "I have a bad feeling about this."
Back at Garrett's place we find Yusei awake with Garrett gone to get some supplies and Yusei was working on his runner
"There we go just a few more tune ups and that should do it." Yusei said to himself
Two people walk into the shop and Yusei recognizes them as his friends from the Facility. Bolt Tanner and Yunagi. Tanner was a big man with a strong muscular build and blue spiked up hair. He was wearing classic jeans and a red tee shirt. Yunagi on the other hand was a short old man with white hair that was spiked up on both sides but not in the middle. His outfit resembled that of the clothes a dojo sensei would wear.
"Hey Yusei over here it's Yunagi." The old man shouted jumping up and down
"Hey guys I see you got out early." Said Yusei
"Yup and it's all thanks to you." Said Tanner with a smile
"Yeah when you out dueled the Chief we all got early release." Added Yunagi.
Yusei nods
"I see you found yourself a place to stay while you're in the city huh." Asked Tanner
Yusei once again nods his head. "I've also been invited by Goodwin to participate in the Fortune Cup."
Tanner frowns "I wouldn't do it Yusei. You can't trust Goodwin for all he's worth."
"I don't really have a choice in the matter. He has my friends from the Satellite held captive and if I don't duel then they get the short end of the stick." Explained Yusei
Tanner and Yunagi nod in understanding
"So is this your duel runner. Can I take it for a spin?" Asked Tanner
"Uhh I don't think so." Came Yusei's reply
"How about we have a duel. If I win then I get to go for a drive on that thing." Said Tanner
"Now this I got to see." Said Yunagi
"Alright Tanner you have a deal." Said Yusei shaking Tanner's hand
"What is that we got to see." Said Garrett as he wheels his runner in
"Hey Garrett I see you made it back alright." Said Yusei
"Who's this." Asked Tanner
"I'm Garrett the owner of this fine shop and you are."
"Tanner's my name."
"And I'm Yunagi." The old man said
"These are my friends from the Facility." Said Yusei
"Cool now what was I about to miss." Asked Garrett
"Yusei is about to duel Tanner." Said Yunagi
"Your right this I got to see." Garrett agrees
"Alright then we'll duel in the Damion Area." said Tanner
The other three agree and they head over to the Damion Area. As soon as they arrive Garrett feels a flash of pain go through his right arm.
'It's that same pain I felt when I saw that red dragon before. I wonder if this pain is trying to warn of something or someone.' Garrett quickly thought to himself. So to be on the safe said he decided to take his duel disk with him.
"Alright Yusei are you ready." Said Tanner
"You bet I am." Replied the one in question
Garrett and Yunagi were just standing off to the side watching the appending duel when Dale rides up to them.
"I figured I'd find you here." He said getting off his runner
"You figured correctly." Replied Garrett
"I'm Yunagi nice to meet you."
"Dale, back at you."
"So is Dawn coming up here too?" Garrett asked his best friend
"Yeah she said she'll be here in a few minutes." Replied Dale
"Good." Said Garrett with a smile
"Sounds to me like somebody has a little crush on Dawn."
Garrett smirks "You know your jealous Dale."
"Yeah right." He replied
Then suddenly a white wheel shaped runner comes up to the group
Garrett smirks "Looks like we have some company. Let's go check it out." Garrett walks over to Yusei was standing
"So you decide to make an early appearance huh this should be fun." Dale walks over to Garrett and Yusei
"Wait what's going on." Yunagi said slightly confused but follows the crowd none the less
Jack steps out of his runner and walks over towards Yusei but stops when gets to Tanner
Tanner glares at Jack "Atlas"
Jack shakes him off easily "Tanner"
"What are you doing here Jack." Asked Yusei
"I just thought you'd want this for the Fortune Cup old pal." Replied the king
Jack hands Yusei his stardust dragon card.
"I see you're finally starting to redeem yourself Jack." Garrett said glaring slightly
"What wrong Jack, life at the top to boring for you." Dale said
Seeing Garrett and Dale shocked Jack greatly
"Well I'm glad to see you and Garrett made to the city as well. I hope you're enjoying your stay." Replied Jack arrogantly.
"So sorry to disappoint you Jack" started Garrett
"But Satellite just wasn't the same without you. So we decided to come and visit you. I hope you don't mind." Finished Dale
"Whatever I don't have time to talk to the likes of you anyways. I have a world to save."
Jack gets on his runner and is about to leave when Yusei interrupts him
"Wait Jack!" hollered Yusei
"What Yusei." He replies
"You've been Goodwin's underling for a while now. So what do you know about Goodwin threatening our friends and forcing me and Yusei to duel in this upcoming tournament." Garrett said
"I had nothing to do with it Goodwin has his own agenda." Jack said defending himself and then driving off.
"Well at least we know that Jack's not involved now." Said Dale trying to lighten the mood
"That may be Dale, but we still don't know what Goodwin is planning for us at this tournament." Said Yusei
"Yusei's right guys. I know this tournament is trap and right now we have no choice but to walk straight into it. There was something that Jack didn't tell us and I have a feeling it involves all of us in one way or another."
"What are you talking about Garrett." Asked Yunagi
"Remember what the twins said Yusei." Garrett said "They said that eight duelists were picked at random."
"You know what now that I think about it. Something doesn't add up here." Said Dale.
"Exactly if this tournament really was by random chance then there's no way that all three of us would picked by coincidence." Said Garrett
"Wait are you saying that Goodwin picked the three of us on purpose." Said Yusei
"That's exactly what I'm saying Yusei. Goodwin is gathering us all together. And the reason for this, well I have no idea" said Garrett
"What did Jack mean when he said he was going to save the world." Asked Dale
"I'm not sure but I think I might have an idea." Said Yusei
"Like what." Asked Tanner.
"Well the night I came into the city I challenged Jack to a turbo duel, but then in the middle of the duel a giant red dragon appeared and my right arm started to glow a bright red and hurt really bad. It was then I was taken to the Facility where Yunagi told me that I could possibly be a signer." Said Yusei "But since then my arm has been perfectly normal."
"Was it the same dragon that you and Dawn told me about in the hospital Garrett." Dale asked
Garrett nodded "Yes and my arm also started to hurt really bad as soon as I saw the dragon."
"Wait it did!" Yusei said shocked
Dale scratches his head "Ok back up a sec. You said something about a signer, what the heck is a signer." Asked Dale in confusion.
"A signer is someone who possesses what is known as the mark of the Crimson Dragon." Said Yunagi
"Do you think that red dragon was the Crimson Dragon Yunagi." Asked Garrett
"Well I didn't get to see it so I can't sure, but the way you guys were describing it, it sure sounds like the Crimson Dragon." Said Yunagi.
"You said you knew some legend concerning the Crimson Dragon right." Asked Yusei
Yunagi nods "According to legend when all six signers come together the Crimson Dragon will be re-awakened."
"And in other news what card did Jack give you Yusei." Said Tanner
Yusei shows them his stardust dragon
"Wow stardust dragon." Commented Yunagi
"With a card that powerful you must be a good duelist." Said Tanner
"Well I should know seeing as I have stardust dragon to." Said Garrett
"You have one to!" exclaimed Yunagi
"That's really cool." Said Tanner
"In fact both my deck and Garrett's deck are very similar when it comes to cards but with strategy there completely different." Said Yusei
"Yeah these two are basically the masters of the synchro summon." Said Dale
Just then Dawn comes running up to them all out of breath
"Hey guys what I miss." She pants
"Umm a lot." Comments Dale
Dawn looks at the ground "Oh."
With lots of careful explaining they get Dawn all up to date with the recent events
"So that's what's been happened." She said
"Yup in a nutshell." Said Garrett
"So if Yusei and Garrett are signers than shouldn't they be out saving the world or something."
"We don't know for sure if were signers yet or not." Said Yusei
"And besides weather we're signers or not if the world needs saved then we'll all go into battle together." Said Garrett
"Yeah I'd help put to." Said Dale
"Don't forget about me." Said Dawn
"Hey Garrett and Yusei what are you guys doing here." Leo said running up to the two duelists with Dexter trailing behind him.
"Umm Leo what are you doing here." Asked Garrett very confused to see the boy
"Wait I'm confused." Said Dawn
Dale sweatdrops "I'm right there with you Dawn."
"Well I never got to thank you guys for the new duel disks." Leo said
"You're welcome Leo it was nothing really." Garrett said
"Also I'd like to introduce you to my best friend Dexter." Leo said
"Hello everybody." Dexter said with a smile
"I guess we should introduce you to rest of our friends then." Yusei said.
"This is Dawn."
"Hello." She said
"Dale."
"Sup." Was his reply
"Tanner."
"Hey." He said
"And last Yunagi."
"Hi kids." He said
Then Leo notices the invitation in Yusei's pocket
"Hey Yusei did you get and invitation to the Fortune Cup to." Leo asked
"Yeah I did and so did Garrett." Said Yusei
"Awesome I can't wait to duel you guys then." Leo exclaimed
"Say Leo you're a pretty good duelist right." Dale asked the boy
"Of course I am." Leo responded
"Then I look forward to dueling you in the Fortune Cup." Dale said holding out his hand in Leo's direction
"You to Dale." Leo said shaking his hand
"I can't believe how fast you guys make friends around here." Dawn said amazed at this hospitality
"Well the way we grew up friends were your key to survival." Garrett informed her
"Oh yeah I knew that." Dawn said blushing a tiny bit
"Actually Leo, isn't your sister going to be in the Fortune Cup tomorrow not you." Dexter said
"But Luna's to scared to enter so I'm taking her place." Leo countered
Dale chuckled "I can't wait to see that make over."
"It'll be interesting for sure." Garrett added
"Say Leo I don't mean to rude or anything but where is your sister." Yusei asked
"She didn't want to come because she thinks this place is too dangerous." Leo said
"I kind of agree with her. This isn't a good place for kids to play so why are you here." Garrett asked
"Me and Dexter are looking for the Black Rose Witch so he can duel her." Leo said
"And I will beat her." He replied
"Hey I've heard about the Black Rose." Said Dale
"Really." Said Dawn
"Yeah it's a legend that a witch walks around this area and challenges people to duels using real battle damage." Dale explained
"Real battle damage." Said Yunagi
"No way." Said Tanner
"Is that even possible." Questioned Garrett
"I have no idea." Said Yusei
Then all of a sudden roots come flying through the ground causing everybody to dive in different directions to avoid them they cause a lot of destruction but luckily everybody gets out of the way.
"Is everybody ok?" Yusei asked
"Yeah were all good here." Said Garrett getting up off the ground
"What was that?" Asked Dale
"I've got no clue." Replied Tanner
Then Garrett and Yusei feel a sharp pain in there right arms
"Urggg." Garrett screams as he drops to one knee
"Are you guys ok?" Leo asked showing concern and worry
"It's the same pain as before when the crimson dragon appeared." Yusei remarked
Then Garrett and Yusei's right arms start to glow bright red
"Uhh is this normal you guys." Dale asked flabbergasted
"Whoa that's no tattoo." Tanner remarked
"That's the mark of the Crimson Dragon you two are signers." Yunagi said
"Something big is happening." Garrett said
"Yeah but what." Yusei asked
"I have a feeling were going to find out." Dale said not really wanting an answer
"Hey look up there." Yunagi said pointing forward.
He was pointing directly at a dragon. Although this dragon was made entirely out of rose petals and seemed to be just floating in the air.
"It's a dragon but isn't that a duel monster?" Yusei asked
"Maybe it's the Black Rose?" Leo said
"Um guys where's Dawn." Dale asked
"Oh no she's not here we got to find her." Shouted Garrett
"I bet she's up there with that dragon." Said Yusei
"Yeah that would be the most obvious place to look." Remarked Dale rolling his eyes
"Then let's get over there." Shouted Garrett
They all run towards the giant dragon but stop when they notice a cloaked figure standing under the dragon. This person was wearing a white mask on their face and had long maroon colored hair running down the sides of their face. Also this person had a duel disk on their right arm.
"Who's that?" Garrett asked
"It's the Black Rose." Leo exclaimed
"So she is real." Dale said
"I guess so." Replied Tanner
"Then I'm going to duel her." Said Dexter with determination
They walk closer but then Yusei puts his arm out stopping everybody.
"No you guys stay back let me and Garrett handle this." Yusei said
"Are sure about this Yusei." Asked Dale
"Just trust us on this one Dale." Replied Garrett
"Alright then. Guys, kids lets back off for now."
"But I want to help to." Cried Leo
"Come on." Said Tanner
Dale, Tanner, Yunagi, and the kids back off a good distance while Garrett and Yusei try to strike up a conversation with the Black Rose
"Why are you causing all this destruction?"
"Because I'm trying to rid the world of people who have this mark people like you to." The person says holding out their arm revealing another glowing mark. From the person's voice you could easily tell she was female.
"What are you talking about?" Yusei says before realizing. "Hey that's a mark."
"So you have one to." Asked Garrett
"Yes and it's caused me nothing but pain and misery my entire life, now come and duel me."
"Fine bu-." Yusei starts
"Wait a minute Yusei." Garrett interrupts "Give us back Dawn wherever you're keeping her."
The Black Rose smirks "If you mean this girl then you'll have to beat me in order to save her." She said pointing to a sphere of energy next to her. Inside that sphere was Dawn
"Dawn!" Shouted both Garrett and Yusei
"Garrett Yusei, help me." She said pounding on the sides of the sphere trying to break free.
The Black Rose laughs evilly "Pound all you want girl but you're not getting out until somebody here defeats me."
The Black Rose recalls her dragon and then gets into a dueling stance
"Then let me be your opponent." Garrett stated boldly
"Are you sure about this Garrett." Asked Yusei
"More than sure Yusei I'll do anything to insure Dawn's safety." He replied
Dawn blushes 'That's so sweet Garrett'
"Then be my guest but just be careful." Said Yusei smiling a knowing smile
"Oh trust me I will." He says also getting in a dueling stance
"I'm going first. and i activate the spell card seed of deception so now i can special summon a level 2 or lower plant type monster from my hand like my dark verger(2/0/1000) and now ill sacrifice him to summon out my rose tentacles(6/2200/1200) i end my turn there. Beat that." She said arrogantly
"Oh I will. I summon out to the field max warrior(4/1800/800) next I activate the spell card fighting spirit to give max warrior 300 more attack points for each of your monsters(2100) now attack rose tentacles."
"You fool I'm stronger than you."
"Maybe but when max warrior atks he gains 400 atk points(2500) now go."
"Urg(LP3700)."
"I end my turn so now max warrior's stats are cut in half(2/900/400)."
"Then I go. I summon lord poison(4/1500/1200) now ill atk with him."
"Don't forget thanks to fighting spirit my monster gets 300 points(1200)."
"Don't you forget that he's still destroyed."
"Actually he's not by getting rid of fighting spirit he gets to stick around. Ahhhh(LP3700)." Garrett feels pain from that attack "Man that really hurt. She really can make battle damage real!"
"She can do what! Oh no be careful Garrett." Dawn shouts
"Real battle damage!" Yusei exclaims
"Then I end with a face down card." The Black Rose says
"Witch means it's my turn. And now max warrior returns to normal(4/1800/800) now I summon turbo synchron(1/100/500) and because i summoned a monster this turn I can special summon turbo booster(1/0/0) now I synchro summon turbo warrior(6/2500/1500) and ill atk with him."
"Urg(LP2700) now I activate my doubleganger trap so you now take the same amount of damage that I took."
"Ahhhh(LP2700)." He falls down to his knees in pain "I end with 2 face downs."
"Oh no Garrett!" Dawn cries out
"Get up man."
"it's my turn." The Black Rose says
Garrett stands up slowly "I activate dust tornado to destroy your doubleganger trap."
"I use lord poison's effect by removing dark verger from play he comes back(4/1500/1200) next I summon twilight rose night(3/1000/1000) now with his effect I can special summon rose warrior of revenge(4/1600/600) now I tune twilight rose knight with lord poison to synchro summon black rose dragon(7/2400/1800)." The same rose petal dragon from earlier appears right before their very eyes.
"So that dragon we saw earlier. That was black rose dragon." Garrett summarized quickly
"Now I use black rose dragon's effect." Says the Black Rose
"This can't be good." Garrett says
The Black Rose smirks "Not for you at least. Now by removing lord poison from play your monster loses all of its atk points."
"What(0)." Garrett says in complete shock
"If you don't do something fast you're going to lose Garrett."
"No." Dawn says to herself "Don't lose Garrett. I know you can do it."
"Now atk black rose dragon." Black Rose commands
"I activate my synchro deflector trap card to negate your attack and destroy your black rose dragon."
"Then I attack you with my rose warrior."
"ahhhhhhhhh(LP1100)" Garrett screams in pain "Man if this keeps up not only am I going to lose this duel but my life too."
"I end with a facedown card."
"Then I go. And I discard level eater to summon quickdraw synchron(5/700/1400) and by reducing his level by one I can re-summon level eater(4)(1/600/0) now I synchro summon junk warrior(5/2300/1300) now ill attack with him."
"(LP2000)."
"I end with 2 face downs."
"It's my turn now. And I activate wicked rebirth now for the cost of 800 LPs(LP1200) I can bring back black rose dragon(7/2400/1800)."
"Not again." Garrett protests
"Now for its ability I remove twilight rose knight and you know the rest."
"Here it comes(0)" said Garrett anticipating it
"Attack." She screams
Garrett jumps out of the way to avoid being hit by the dragon's attack "I activate defense draw to negate the damage plus I can now draw a card." He said with a smile
"I end by summoning wall of ivy in def mode(2/300/1200)."
"Phew that was a close one." Dawn said relived to see her friend alright
"Look at you, you can barely stand up straight." The Black Rose comments watching as Garrett slouches slightly from the pain coursing through his body.
"This pain only fuels my desire to win this duel and save Dawn." He says straightening himself out
"Just go and make your last move." She said annoyed
"I will. And with it ill win."
"Finish this Garrett." Yusei says
"Yeah go Garrett." Cheers Dawn
"I activate call of the haunted to bring back junk warrior(5/2300/1300) now I summon nitro synchron(2/300/100) and now my monsters tune together to synchro summon nitro warrior(7/2800/1800) and I'll attack black rose dragon with him
"Urg(LP800)."
"And now for his ability he can switch your monster into attack mode and then attack it."
"No."
"And now for the grand finale nitro warrior attack wall of ivy."
"Ahhhh(LP0)."
"I win." Stated Garrett
"Yes thank god. Good job Garrett." Dawn said being freed of the ball of energy
"Way to go Garrett."
Dale and the others run up to him as well as Dawn
"Good dueling man." Dale said slapping him on the back
"Yeah that was quite impressive." Replied Tanner
"Thanks guys." He said wincing a bit
"I don't know how you managed to beat me but that doesn't change my mind about these marks." The Black Rose comments
She vanishes in a whirl of rose petals causing Yusei and Garrett's marks stop glowing and they vanish also like they were never their
"Well I'm glad that's over." Said Leo
"Thank you Garrett." Dawn said giving him a hug."
Garrett smiles "No problem Dawn." He said returning her embrace
"So what's her deal?" Dale asked
"I'm not entirely sure but I have a few ideas." Yusei said
"Like what." Tanner asks
"I have a feeling that we'll be a lot more of her later." Yusei said
"Oh great that just brightened my day up." Dale comments
"Dale you're so stupid." Dawn says with a sigh
"I think it would be best if we all went home for now and continued preparing for the Fortune Cup." Garrett said
"I think we should go and get you bandaged up because that duel looked pretty painful just watching it." Tanner remarked
Garrett scratches the back of his head "Yeah let's do that first."
"I'll go and get his runner. We'll all meet up at Garrett's house." Yusei said
Everyone agreed with the plan and went off towards Garrett's house, except for Leo and Dexter who returned to their homes
And that ends yet another chapter. Remember guys to leave your comments in reviews and I'll see you guys next chapter.