Chapter 4
The signers assambled
Jax drove his runner towards Rex's estate wondering what he had got himself into. Finding the estate he headed up to the door and rang the bell. The door opened to reveal a girl roughly his age. She had long flowing pink hair, a heart-shaped face emerald green eyes and wore a sleeveless blue shirt and a tan plaid miniskirt. For a moment the two just stared at each other then she spoke "Please say you're looking for me." She said, blushing
Jax took a moment to gather himself then said, "I wish I was, but I am here looking for Rex Goodwin." He replied.
"Then come on in then come on in and I'll take you to my grandpa." she said
She led him down marble halls to a high ceiling sitting room where Rex was sitting with a cup of tea. "Ah, Mr. Cambell, I've been waiting for you, you may go, Rika," he said to the girl "I see you've met my Granddaughter." He said as Rika left.
Jax blushed "Um… Yeah, so what do I have to do to become the 5th signer?" he asked
"Well, You have to prove yourself worthy in the eyes of the Crimson Dragon." Said Rex simply.
"And let me guess, I have to duel a signer or one of your cronies in order to do that?" guessed Jax.
"You guess well." Said Goodwin "however there is one more element added to a duel to pass on the powers of a signer to another. He said and pulled out a box. And opened it inside was what looked like a weird piece of jewelry which consisted of a ruby bracelet and armband connected by red chains that went the length of the forearm.
"Uhh…" said Jax not understanding this item.
"You will understand this Item once the duel begins." Said Rex. "In the meantime I've already invited the other four signers to observe this duel." At that the doorbell rang a few seconds later, Yusei, Jack, a girl with crimson red hair, a little girl with green hair in two ponytails on either side of her head and a boy of the same age as the young girl who looked like he was rather pissed for some reason. "Ah, so good of you to come, for those who don't know him I would like you to meet Jax Cambell the new 5th signer.
"What, I thought I was the signer!" yelled the young boy
Suddenly noticing that he had seen the boy before he said "Hey, You're Leo, right? Didn't I blow you halfway off the field with my assault mode red dragon archfiend in a street duel last month?" he asked
"YOU?!" exclaimed Leo very pissed now.
Rex noticed this and had an Idea, "Well, Leo, if you do want to be the signer of the dragon's head why don't you duel Jax for it." He said taking out of the box another Item identical to what he had shown Jax.
"Really? If that's the case then I'm going to kick his butt this time around!" he said really ecstatic.
Jax glanced at the other signers "have you considered giving him decaf?" he asked the older signers and Jack, Yusei and the girl started cracking up. Which didn't sit well with the others.
A FEW MINUTES LATER…
"Whoa this is so cool!" said Leo when they entered the chamber where the temple of the dragon star stood. Rex explained the duty of a signer was to defend earth against the evil of the underworld and how the power of yeliaster (spelling?) holds the universe together. And how the devices Leo and Jax held on their arms will absorb the posers of the 5th signer. When one person looses life points the one on the attacking end will absorb the power of the signer, and the one on the receiving end will loose some of that energy.
"Sounds simple enough." Said Jax putting his duel disk on standby and Leo doing the same
DUEL
Jax's LP: 4000
Leo's LP: 4000
"I'll get this party started." Said Leo drawing his card "and I summon Morphtronic Celphon (1/100/100) in attack mode, when this monster is in attack mode I can roll a six-sided die and draw an equal number of cards from the top of my deck and if there are any Level 4 or lower Morphtronic monsters among them, I can special summon one of them." Explained Leo and a giant die appeared next to him and he booted it like a soccer ball. The die rolled across the field and landed on a three. "Okay, so I see the top three cards." Said Leo picking up the cards. And grinned "and I choose Morphtronic magnen!" he said summoning a magnet in defense mode. (3/800/800) "And when he is in defense mode you cannot select another attack target, I'll slip one card face down, make your move." He said with a smirk.
Jax raised an eyebrow at this, Okay, this kid has been living in the shelter of the Tops for way too long if he has a deck full of high tech gadgets "Don't mind if I do." Replied Jax drawing his card "and I'll—"
"Hold it, I activate my trap card Morphtronic monitron, now when I summon a Morphtronic monster it can automatically go into defense mode." Said Leo activating his trap card.
Jax started cracking up, "You don't know how much easier you made my job!" said Jax. "I'll now summon Masked Dragon in attack mode (3/1400/1100), Next with the help of your trap card I shall summon Trap Eater, this card can only be summoned by sending one of your trap cards on the field to the grave." he said as the fiend monster chowed down on Morphtronic Monitron and floated to his side of the field, and now I'll tune up my Masked dragon with Trap eater! Declared the dragon duelist dragon kin that come and go come and aid me here below, serpents one and serpents all, come and heed my dragon call! Syncro summon: Explode Wing Dragon (7/2400/1600), I will now attack Morphtronic Magnen with Explode wing Dragon which activates his special ability: when Explode Wing Dragon attacks a monster with attack lower than it's own, I can automatically destroy the monster and the attack of it comes out of your life points." Explained Jax
At the moment he declared his dragon's effect's activation Morphtronic Magnen exploded
Jax: 4000
Leo: 3200
"I'll set two cards face down and end it here." Said Jax setting cards face down
"And my go." Said Leo drawing a card. "And I'll once again activate the effect of Morphtronic Celphon." He declared as the die reappeared again and Leo kicking it, landing it on a 2. "Okay," said Leo picking up the top two cards. "Booyah, I'll play the Morphtronic Datatron in defense mode, and Normal summon the tuner Morphtronic Remot (Author's note: I do not know if this is the English name for the card for it hasn't been released in the US) and activate the ability of my Morphtronic datatron do deal 300 damage to your LP." Declared Leo as the Morphtronic cigarette lighter shot an ember at Jax who didn't even bat an eyelash at this.
Jax: 3700
Leo: 3200
"My next trick will be to tune up my Level I Celphon and my Level 3 Datatron with my Remot to syncro summon Power Tool Dragon (7/2300/2500)!" called out Leo as a robotic Dragon appeared "And now for it's ability: I take three equip spell cards from my deck you choose one, that one goes to my hand while the other two return to the deck!" said Leo taking three cards form his deck and larger pictures of the cards appeared behind him: Three Double Tool D&C
"Fat lot of choice there, I pick Double Tool D&C." said Jax getting slightly annoyed with this kid.
"And I'll equip Power Tool Dragon with Double Tool D&C, this card gives Power Tool Dragon 1000 additional attack points plus Poser Tool Dragon is the only card you can choose as an attack target as long as he is equipped with that card." Said Leo "Now I will attack your Explode Wing Dragon with Power tool Dragon" Declared the green haired caffeine addict
Jax: 2800
Leo: 3200
"My move," said the Dragon Duelist "And I play the spell card Double summon, this card allows me to normal summon once per turn and first off I'm summoning Big Piece Golem, (5/2100/0)"
"Uh, isn't that a level 5 monster?" asked Leo
"Yes, so it is, however when I have no monsters on the field and you have at least one I can normal summon this one without a tribute, and for my second summon, I will summon the tuner monster Dark Resonator (3/1300/300)."
"Oh Kami he is going to Syncro summon again!" said Leo panicking.
"Keep a cool head Leo, trust in your deck!" called Yusei from the observation platform
This seemed to give Leo the confidence he needed. "If the pep talk is over, I'm like you said, tuning up Big Piece Golem with Dark Resonator… Dragon Kin that come and go come and aid me here below; serpents one and serpents all come and heed my dragon call! Syncro Summon: Red Dragon Archfiend (8/3000/2000)." Declared the dragon duelist as a demonic red and black dragon emerged from a pillar of fire.
"Well, I must say," said Jack "He sure has good taste when it comes to cards." Sid Jack with a smirk.
Yusei rolled his eyes "he also has Stardust Dragon, and both dragon's assault modes." The dark haired satellite said which made Jack freeze
"He must be one powerful duelist then." Said Jack.
"No matter how powerful your dragon is, it doesn't have enough points to take down My Power Tool Dragon." Said Leo with a smirk
"Well, I'll have to change that, won't I?" asked Jax, "I activate one of the cards I set down at the end of and earlier turn, I trigger the trap Assault Mode Activate!" announced Jax.
"Eyyyaghhh!" exclaimed Leo in shock
Jax's lips twitched into a small smile, "I take it by your reaction you know what this card does." He said calmly and Leo nodded terrified. "Well then, that means I would have to skip another monologue in this damn chapter, and get right to summoning: Red Dragon Archfiend/Assault Mode (10/3500/2500), I will now Strike your Power tool Dragon with Red Dragon Archfiend Assault Mode. Declared Jax as his draconic behemoth's arm started to surge with fire and slashed the bucket of bolts known as Power Tool Dragon. When the smoke cleared Poser Tool Dragon was still standing.
Jax: 2800
Leo: 3000
"Ha! Didn't expect that one did you? For when Power tool Dragon is attacked while he has an equip card on him I can destroy the equip card to save him." Said Leo with a laugh.
"I'm not worried, for you see at the end of the battle Phase when Red Dragon Archfiend/Assault Mode attacks all monsters apart from himself are incinerated by its fires." Explained Jax as Red dragon Archfiend/Assault Mode launched a fireball sending Power Tool Dragon to the melting pot where he belonged. ""At the end of my turn I trigger my last trap; Dragon's Rage, and end turn." Said Jax
Now Leo was trembling in his boots as he drew a card. "I'll set one monster in defense mode and leave it at that." Said Leo
"Very well then, my draw, and I will attack your facedown monster with Red Dragon Archfiend/ Assault mode destroying your facedown!" declared Jax as his dragon blasted through the facedown Morphtronic Cameran dealing 2900 points on damage thanks to Dragon's Rage.
Jax: 2800
Leo: 100
"M-my move." Said Leo drawing a card; at that moment he felt something twinge in his right arm. What was that? Thought Leo "I'll set one monster in defense mode and one card face down, end turn."
"I've got to say, despite your deck style being a little weird, you acting like a caffeine addict, and your refusal to give up when you're staring down one of my best cards, you are an impressive duelist." Said Jax
"Thank you, you're just plain awesome." Said Leo
"Like that's the first time I've heard that." Said Jax with a laugh "to thank you for a good duel I'm not going to attack for my final move, I am going to activate the spell card Stamping Destruction, when I have a dragon on my field I can destroy one of your spell/trap cards and you take 50 points of damage." Said Jax
FINAL SCORE
Jax: 2800
Leo: -400
Even with that little damage Leo collapsed to his knees. When the dust cleared Jax stood there with the Dragon's head mark on his right arm. However, his attention was drawn from the mark to Leo's right arm where there was a mark of a strange heart. "It can't be." Said Rex.
"What is it?" asked Leo, also looking at his arm as the others came down to the floor.
"It is a mark that hasn't been seen since the first group of signers: the mark of the Dragon's heart, only given to one who is pure of heart, truly respects his opponent and is not willing to give up no matter the risks or the situation." Explained Rex. "If this is the case I owe you an apology Leo, for being short with you." Said the white haired man.
"Apology accepted." Replied Leo.
Jax looked down at his own mark. "Well, looks like I have a chance to change my life." Said Jax to himself as they exited to the lift to the ground level. As they exited the lift he turned to Goodwin. "Sir, do you mind if I ask your granddaughter on a date?" he asked out of the blue
Goodwin was taken aback by this question but smiled. "Go right ahead, in fact here she comes now." He said as Rika bounded down the halls towards them. "Pardon me, Rika, would you be interested to go for dinner and a night on the town?" he asked
Rika was surprised by this but smiled blushing "I'd love to, Tuesday at eight?" she asked.
"I'll pick you up then, you don't mind duel runner riding, do you?" he asked
"Of course not." She said.
"As the now six signer group left the mansion Jax got on his runner thinking. Since yesterday, my life has gotten better and better
IN ANOTHER PART OF TOWN 4 HOURS LATER…
In a dimly lit office on the top of a high-rise building, a man in a 3-piece suit smoking a cigar while stroking the fur of a Russian Blue cat was listening to the report from Calvin.
"Heh, Calvin, what am I going to do with you, you were supposed to be one of my runner elite, yet you were taken down by your target."
"Sir, please give me one more chance and I know I can bring him down." Said Calvin
The man with the Cigar smirked, "Well I do have an Idea on how to get Young Jax to see things my way, here." He said handing him a picture of a girl with pink flowing hair a dazzling smile and a heart shaped face. "Her name Is Rika Goodwin, Granddaughter of the director of the security maintenance bureau, and I've received word that she is going to be on a date with our friend Jax, that would be a good moment to strike, and oh, take this deck, it may not be built fr turbo duels but it most likely will bring Jax to his knees." Said the man
Calvin bowed accepting the deck "I won't fail you this time." He said
"Let's hope not, I'd hate to pull my Luger at you." Said the man.