Author's Note 1: Ya, I kind of dropped the ball on this story. However, aside from being stuck on certain story decisions (mainly what Lukas' deck should be) and my D2 crapping out, this story has been delayed for a while. However, thanks to the good folks at Konami, I've gotten plenty of inspiration for my story. Also, no more OCs.
New Domino City. A sprawling island metropolis and Duel Monsters capital of the world. A new level of battles known as the Riding Duels have taken the world by storm. One of these riding duelists is the current champion, Jack Atlas, a duelist known for his overwhelming power and grace.
But not all is well in this future. Across the bay from New Domino is a run down industrial wasteland known as the Satellite Sector. This impoverished area is overrun with criminals, homeless and other lowly members of New Domino society.
And keeping the peace are the brave men & women of Sector Security, who are tasked to maintain order between the two cities.
Previously: Erika had managed to defeat the Shadow Knight, who gave her a cryptic message before fading away. Later that night, Erika (and most of Sector Security) were called in to handle a situation at the Memorial Circuit Duel Stadium. While the officers are in the dark about what's going on inside the stadium, a watchful Verita is watching from a secure location as Jack Atlas duels against Yusei Fudo. But how did it come to this?
Chapter 3: Awakening
An Hour and a Half Ago...
'Any minute now.' Jack Atlas thought to himself as he waited. The blond champion was standing on an overpass that shadowed the Waste Maintenance Facility. Ever since Verita showed footage of Yusei and with the knowledge that he now possessed a new accelerator chip, he figured that his former friend would enact the same plan that he had done two years ago. And sure enough, he heard unmistakeable sound of a duel runner and saw a streamlined red vehicle zoom out of the building and onto the streets.
The rider of said vehicle removed his helmet, revealing his spiky black & yellow hair and blue eyes. He looked up and saw the champion. "Jack."
"It's been a while, Yusei." The white-clad man said with a cocky smirk. The two glared at each other before the taller man looked towards the island known as the Satellite Sector.
"How many years has it been?"
"Two." Yusei replied.
"Two, huh?" Jack then looked back down and looked over his former friend's new Duel Runner. "You've built quite the Duel Runner there. That's not surprising."
"You did ride off with the one I built before, after all." Yusei stated, anger underneath his calm expression.
Hearing this brought the memories and a smirk to Jack's face. "A king never lets a chance slip him by."
"Where is it now?"
"Obliviously, it's already broken."
The satellite duelist clenched his fists when he heard this. All of that work, all of that dedication, and not only did Jack steal it, but he didn't even bother to maintain it.
"What about my card?"
"Stardust Dragon, you mean?" Jack asked, reaching into his pocket and held the synchro monster card out.
"That was a part of our dreams…" Yusei stated.
"Our?"
"The dream of all our friends in the Satellite Sector."
Hearing this made Jack's smirk drop as a familiar anger reemerged within him. "Are you still prattling on about that childish crap? Now that I'm the King, I don't need this card anymore." He dropped the card over the edge. "You can have it back for all I care."
Yusei quickly ran and caught the card. As soon as this happened, he felt the same sensation one felt after reuniting with an old friend. However, something was still not right.
"Well? You have your card back. Now go back to your hole while you still can." Jack said, starting to turn back to his runner.
"You think that's it?" Yusei exclaimed, making his former friend stop. "You stole our hope and think you just get away with that?! That you can live a lie while me and the others struggle just get food?!"
Jack turned back and looked down, the two locking eyes. As he looked into Yusei's eyes, the King knew that the techhead wasn't going to leave until he felt some kind of vindication. "Hmph, fine then. I'll make a deal with you."
He held his pointer finger out. "One Riding Duel. If you win, I'll tell everyone about my past. But if I win, you'll return to Satellite and never set foot in New Domino again."
Yusei didn't say anything but nodded, which brought Jack's smirk back to his face.
'Looks like it's going to be an interesting night.' The King thought to himself. A few minutes later, the two were on their Duel Runner and on their way to the Memorial Circuit Duel Stadium via an overpass.
"Take a look, Yusei!" Jack exclaimed as they passed by multiple brightly lit skyscrapers. From that distance, the two could also see the Kaibacorp Building, which stood out as the tallest tower in the city. "New Domino never sleeps! It's constantly on the pulse and always expanding! This city will never die and will continue to grow with me as its King! So enjoy the view while you still can!"
Soon enough, the two arrived at the Duel Stadium, unaware that they were being watched by the higher ups of Sector Security and a certain renegade.
"Well, well, well." Verita said to herself as she watched the two via her spycam. "This should be good."
The two duelists soon stopped at the track of the dark stadium (specifically at the starting lines, Jack at the first and Yusei at the second) and stood next to their duel runners.
"This is my battlefield, Yusei." Jack stated before looking up at the empty booths, remembering the cheers from the crowds from early on in the week. "The feeling of being chased is exhilarating. It lets you realize that you're king. And a king must always be ready to defend his throne!"
The tall blond pressed a button on his runner which remotely activated the lights. "I hope you're ready."
The two former friends then proceeded to broad their duel runners (while also loading their decks into their Wrist Dealers and placing their helmets on).
'Not going to be as satisfying without an audience, but oh well.' Jack thought to himself before pressing a button on his dashboard.
Duel Mode, on - Auto Pilot, standby.
With the duel modes activated, Jack and Yusei started to rev up their engines.
Jack: 8000
Yusei: 8000
"Duel!" And with that, the two blasted ahead and quickly turned the first corner, with Jack in the lead.
"As the challenger, I'll let you have the first move." Jack proclaimed. Yusei just remained stoic and drew his first card.
"I activate Supply Squad, set a monster and two cards. I end my turn with that." The spiky-haired man stated as the continuous spell, one horizontal card and two vertical cards appeared next to him before vanishing. Jack smirked and drew his card.
"I'll start by playing Mystical Space Typhoon to destroy one of your set cards!" He stated, the spell card appearing next to him and facing Yusei. A cyclone emerged from the card a blew away one of Yusei's set cards, revealing it to be a trap card known as Scrap-Iron Scarecrow.
"When my opponent controls a monster and I don't, I can special summon Lord Gaia the Fierce Knight from my hand!"
The monster was an improved version of the famous duel monsters, the rider having a blue cape attached to his red & dark blue armor and held a red lances in each of his hands. However, his mount was not a horse, but a light brown serpentine dragon with wings and similar colored armor on its face and back of its neck. (LV. 7/ATK: 2300) He then turned his duel runner around, the big wheel design letter the vehicle still move forward despite facing a different direction.
"Lord Gaia, attack his set monster!" The rider jumped off his mount and tossed one his lances. The monster flipped up and revealed itself to be Quillbolt Hedgehog (LV. 2/DEF: 800) which got pierced by the lance. And since one of his monsters was destroyed, Yusei was able to draw a card.
"I set two cards and end my turn." Jack stated before turning back around. "Come on, Yusei! You have to have at least some fight in you!"
Yusei just ignored this and drew. "By discarding a monster from my hand, I can special summon Quickdraw Synchron." He discarded a card called Speed Warrior and summoned a small robotic-looking cowboy monster with an equally tiny gun. (LV. 5/DEF: 1400). "And since I have a tuner monster on the field, I special summon Quillbolt Hedgehog from my graveyard, although I have to banish it when it leaves the field."
And just as Yusei said, the tiny bolt-covered hedgehog reemerged from the grave. "Quickdraw can also substitute itself for any 'Synchron' tuner monster."
A wheel of different cards started spinning in front of the Synchron monster and it shot one called Nitro Synchron. "I tune my level 2 Quillbolt Hedgehog with my level 5 Quickdraw Synchron."
The cowboy-themed monster and the tiny creature leap into the air above their master, transforming into five rings and two stars and exploded into a pillar of green light as Yusei started to chant
"Gathering feelings will now become a new force! Become the path its light shines upon! Synchro Summon! Blaze on, Nitro Warrior!"
The monster that appeared was a green & cobalt dragon-like monster with red eyes, silver horns, exhaust pipes poking out of the back of its head and neck, and a massive booster engine attached to its lower back. (LV. 7/ATK: 2800)
"Impressive, but rather impulsive. Once per turn, when my opponent summons a stronger monster, Lord Gaia gains 700 ATK until the end of the turn." The dragon mount roared as its ATK was raised to 3000.
However, Yusei was undeterred by this. "I equip Nitro Warrior with Magnum Shield."
A three-sided red and gold shield with spikes at each point attached itself to the green monster's left arm. "Since he's in attack position, Nitro Warrior gains ATK equal to his original DEF."
The shield encased it's equipped monster with a green glow as his ATK was raised to 4600.
"Nitro Warrior, attack Lord Gaia with Dynamite Knuckle!" The large booster and the thrusters on its fist blasted the Warrior monster towards its enemy.
"You're still as brash as ever!" Jack stated as he tapped one of his face down cards on his screen. "You've triggered my Mirror Force!"
"I chain my own trap card, Seven Tools of the Bandit!" Yusei countered with a trap of his own. "By paying 1000 LP, I can negate the activation of a trap card and destroy it."
Yusei: 8000 - 7000
With the trap shattered, Nitro Warrior continued his attack and smashed his knuckles into Lord Gaia, destroying it.
Jack: 8000 - 6400
The damage slowed Jack's runner and let Yusei overtake him.
"Who's chasing who now? I end my turn."
Jack drew his next card. "Don't be so sure. I activate Resonator Call, which lets me add one 'Resonator' monster from my deck to my hand." After he did that, he took another monster from his hand a slapped into onto his duel disk. "I summon Red Sprinter."
A strange-looking horse-like creature with human-like hands, horns and fire making up its mane and tail. (LV. 4/ATK: 1700) "And when he's summoned, I can special summon a Level 3 or lower Fiend-type tuner monster from my hand or graveyard. Come out, Red Resonator!"
A small demonic creature had fire making up most of its body while it held a tuning fork in one hand and a circular staff in the other. (LV. 2/DEF: 200)
"When Red Resonator is special summoned, I can select one monster on the field and gain life points equal to its ATK. And I choose Nitro Warrior!"
Yusei's eyes widened as his monster was covered in an orange aura. The same aura was also appearing around Jack.
Jack: 6400 - 11000
With the massive boost in LP, Jack's runner zoomed far ahead past Yusei. "This is law of the city! One minute you're ahead, the next minute you're far behind! I tune my Level 4 Red Sprinter with my Level 2 Red Resonator!"
The fiery imp creature flew ahead and tapped its tuning fork and wand together before it transformed into two synchro rings that covered Red Sprinter, which turned into four stars and exploded into a green energy pillar.
"The crimson souls shall become one. All shall tremble before the king's might! Synchro Summon! Appear, Red Wyvern!"
The aforementioned monster was a mid-sized red dragon with fire as its mane and at the ends of its wings. (LV. 6/ATK: 2400)
"I activate Red Wyvern's effect. If a monster with higher ATK is on the field, I can destroy the monster with the highest ATK on the field!"
The dragon gathered fire within its mouth and launched it at Nitro Warrior, destroying it and letting Yusei draw a card via Supply Squad's effect. "Red Wyvern, attack Yusei directly!"
And just as its master ordered, the blazing creature flew towards Yusei and struck him with its blazing wings, making him swivel a bit.
Yusei: 7000 - 4600
"I set a card and end my turn!" Jack stated before looking back at his opponent. Yusei just drew a card and set a monster, ending his turn. The King drew his card and said, "Don't tell me you've already given up already. Red Wyvern, attack Yusei's set monster!"
Once again, the synchro monster flew in and attacked with its wings. However, the flipped up creature was one with a stone body, four legs, and four arms holding up a rocky helipad it used to block the wyvern's attack. (LV. 2/DEF: 1200)
"Once per turn, Fortress Warrior can't be destroyed by battle."
"Tch. I end my turn."
Yusei drew his next card. Upon seeing this card, a plan quickly formed in the spiky-haired man's head. "I summon Junk Synchron."
Out of a summon portal came a stocky orange monster with an engine on its back and a scarf around its neck. (LV. 3/ATK: 1300)
"And when he's normal summoned, I can resurrect a Level 2 or lower monster from my grave card in defense position and its effects negated. I summon Speed Warrior."
The orange tuner held its hand out and resurrected a lanky warrior with gray armor and goggles. (LV. 2/DEF: 400)
"And since I've normal summoned a monster this turn, I can special summon Turbo Booster from my hand!"
And another monster appeared next, this one being a tiny yellow robot with rocket boosters for arms. (LV. 1/DEF: 0) Seeing this monster made Jack widen his eyes in shock.
"That's…"
"Rally's card." Yusei finished. "He gave it to me for good luck. Now, I tune my Level 1 Turbo Booster, Level 2 Fortress Warrior and Speed Warrior with my Level 3 Junk Synchron!"
The scarf-wearing monster flew upwards and pulled a cord attached to its stomach, which revved up the engines on his back before it transformed into three stars that surrounded the other three monsters. The monsters turned into five stars and transformed into a green pillar as Yusei began to chant.
"Gathering fighting souls will awaken the raging wicked god! Become the path its light shines upon! Synchro Summon! Obliterate, Junk Destroyer!"
A massive mechanical monster with four arms, four silver wings, a massive crown on its head and black & gold armor appeared. (LV. 8/ATK: 2600)
"When Junk Destroyer is Synchro Summoned, I can target and destroy one card on the field for each non-tuner synchro material I used."
Since Junk Destroyer was summoned using three non-tuner materials, three of the four wings glowed and fired lighting at Red Wyvern and Jack's face-down cards.
"I chain Jar of Greed, letting me draw one card!" The king stated as the lightning struck his monster, activated trap and set Reject Reborn.
"Junk Destroyer, attack Jack directly!" Just as Yusei ordered, the Junk monster launched one of its fists and struck the white Duel Runner.
Jack: 11000 - 8400
"I set a card and end my turn."
Jack just drew his next card and smirked. "You still have a long way to go before you can catch up to me."
"You talk too much." Yusei stated. Jack just scoffed at this as he played his next card.
"I activate Dark Hole!" As soon as he slipped the famous spell card into the S/T zone, a massive black hole appeared over the two. The event horizon sucked in Junk Destroyer, even as it struggled futilely against the gravitational pull. Afterwards, the black hole vanished.
"Next, I summon Mirror Resonator." (LV. 1/ATK: 0) Another resonator monster appeared next to Jack. This one had a large mirror with demon wings attached to its back. "And since I have a tuner monster on the field, I can special summon Magical King Moonstar."
A being with a purple renaissance costume, a mask with a crescent moon on it and a similar staff appeared next to Jack. (LV. 3/DEF: 600) "And when Moonstar is summoned I can select a monster on my field or in my graveyard and make Moonstar the same level until the end of my turn. I choose Lord Gaia."
Three stars appeared over the purple-clad creature as it waved its staff. This created a purple portal that shot out seven stars that started to twirl around it. And seeing this made Yusei realize Jack's next move.
"I tune my Level 7 Magical King Moonstar with my Level 1 Mirror Resonator."
Like before, the resonator monster tapped its tuning fork and wand together before turning into a ring that surrounded the purple monsters. The monster turned into seven stars and exploded into a pillar of light as Jack chanted.
"The ruler's heartbeat will now fly through here! Take witness to its creation-shaking power! Synchro Summon! My very soul, Red Dragon Archfiend!"
And from the light came the famous ace monster of the King, with its truly threatening red & black scaled appearance. It let out a furious roar that vibrated through the stadium. (LV. 8/ATK: 3000)
Outside, the gathered Sector Security officers turned to the arena as they heard the dragon's roar.
"What was that?" Lukas asked. Erika looked at the direction of the roar and then tapped on her com-links.
"This is Hawkins. We just heard a loud noise coming from the stadium. Requesting permission to investigate."
"Permission denied."
"But chief…
"Your orders haven't changed. All officers are to remain at their posts."
Erika just clenched her fists in rage. "Then can you at least tell us what's going on? We can access the camera feed inside the stadium, right?"
"That's correct. However, the Director himself has stated that all stadium footage is to be sent only to the communications bureau."
'So only the top brass know what's going on! And they're just expecting us to stand here doing nothing!' The dirty blonde thought to herself in anger before signing. "Understood. Hawkins out."
"So we're still in the dark, huh?" Lukas stated and got a nod from his partner. The officers then turned their attention back toward the stadium and wondered what was so important that the Director was attempting to keep it so tightlipped.
"Red Dragon Archfiend, attack Yusei directly!" Jack ordered his monster. "Absolute Powerforce!"
Fire gathered around the ace monster's hand and it flew towards Yusei. However, the spiky-haired duelist was ready.
"I activate Defense Draw!" As soon as he activated the trap, a blue & green barrier surrounded the red duel runner and blocked the dragon's attack. "This reduces battle damage to zero and draw one card."
Jack just scoffed and ended his turn, letting Yusei draw and start his turn.
"I summon Junk Synchron." Another copy of the orange tuner appeared on the field. With its effect, Yusei once again resurrected Speed Warrior from his graveyard in DEF position. "Next, I activate Instant Fusion. By paying 1000 life points, I can special summon a Level 5 or lower Fusion Monster from my extra deck. However, it can't attack and is destroyed during my end phase. I summon Giltia the Dark Knight."
Yusei took that card from his extra deck and summoned the ironically named green & purple armor wearing warrior to his side (LV. 5/ATK: 1850), even as a red aura drained his life points.
Yusei: 4600 - 3600
"I tune my Level 5 Giltia with my Level 3 Junk Synchron!"
Once again, Junk Synchron turned into three rings and surrounded Giltia, turning him into five stars.
"Clustering wishes will become a new shining star! Become the path its light shines upon! Synchro Summon! Take flight, Stardust Dragon!"
And just like that, the elegant white-scaled dragon appeared above Yusei's runner, stardust shining off of its wings. (LV. 8/ATK: 2500)
'Good to have you back beside me, Stardust.' Yusei thought to himself with a smile. However, that quickly ended as he felt a piercing pain in his right arm. Likewise, Jack felt the same pain in his right arm too.
'What the hell?' Jack thought to himself. While the duelists were temporarily distracted by the pain, the two dragons glared and growled at each other, which was odd since they were supposed to be nothing but holograms. Soon, the pain faded and Yusei continued his turn.
"I activate Back-Up Rider, giving Stardust a 1500 ATK boost until the end of the turn."
The wind-attribute dragon roared as its ATK was raised to 4000.
"Stardust Dragon, attack Red Dragon Archfiend! Shooting Sonic!"
Cosmic energy gathered in Stardust's maw and launched the attack at its counterpart. But as soon as the attack impacted with Red Dragon Archfiend, the two rivals felt the pain return to their arms. From the end of the blast, crimson red energy emerged and started to surround the stadium. With one final roar, the red & black dragon was vanquished.
Jack: 8400 - 7400
"I end my turn." Yusei said, even as he looked up at the flowing crimson energy with a hint of worry.
"My turn." Jack stated as he drew his next card. He looked at the card and scowled. "I set a card and end my turn."
Yusei drew his next card and immediately summoned the new monster. "I summon Junk Blader."
A humanoid monster with light purple armor, a torn black cape and a large red sword in its left hand. (LV. 4/ATK: 1800) "I activate Junk Blader's effect." He ejected Junk Destroyer from his graveyard and pocketed it. "Banishing one 'Junk' monster from my graveyard, Junk Blader gains 400 ATK until the end of my turn."
The caped monster swung its sword as it glowed and its ATK was raised to 2200. And since their was no limit on how many times this effect could be activated, Yusei proceeded to banish his two Junk Synchrons and raised Blader's ATK to 3000, followed by switching Speed Warrior into attack position (ATK: 900).
"Battle! Stardust Dragon, attack Jack directly!"
The light-scaled dragon unleashed another Shooting Sonic attack at Jack, making the King's runner wobble a bit.
Jack: 7400 - 4900
"Junk Blader will attack next!" The blade-wielding monster flew ahead and raised its sword up, ready to swing down.
"You've triggered my trap card, Spiritual Swords of Revealing Light!" Jack exclaimed, flipping the trap card and summoning three intricate hard light swords around his duel runner. "Once per battle, when my opponent declares an attack, I can pay 1000 life points to negate the attack!"
The light blades then connect via the hilt and quickly spun, blocking and deflecting Junk Blader's attack.
Jack: 4900 - 3900
Yusei then ordered Speed Warrior to attack and kicked the side of Jack's runner.
Jack: 3900 - 3000
"I end my turn."
Jack placed his hand on the top of deck, ready to draw. As he did it, for the first time in a while, he felt like he was facing a real challenge in Yusei. At the back of his mind, he found it odd that his former friend's cobbled together deck was providing more of a challenge than some of the professionals he had fought before. He drew his next card and his eyes widened. Soon, he started to laugh.
"Time for the final round, Yusei! I activate Stardust Shimmer!" Jack played his new spell card and then proceeded to pocket Red Resonator and Red Wyvern. "This card lets me summon one Dragon-type Synchro monster in my graveyard by banishing other monsters equal to its level!"
Phantoms of the tuner and synchro monster appeared overhead and proceeded to perform a pseudo-synchro summon. "Phantom Synchro! Return to your king, Red Dragon Archfiend!"
And in a flash, Red Dragon Archfiend returned to the field. And like before, the two opposing synchro dragons roared at each other and the two duelists felt the same piercing pain from before. But this time, something on their arms started to glow underneath their gloves.
"This pain again!" Jack exclaimed before looking at Stardust Dragon. Whatever this pain was, the King started to belief that Stardust was somehow the cause of it. "Red Dragon Archfiend, destroy Stardust Dragon!"
"Jack, wait!" Yusei begged. However, it was too late as the dragons each fired blasts of energy at each. The blasts proceeded to collide and a massive ball of colliding energy emerged at the point of convergence. The red energy from before also started to converge at the center, much to their shock.
(Music Que: 5Ds OST - Dragon)
In another part of New Domino, the Shadow Knight stood atop a building, watching the Duel Stadium in the distance. "It begins."
As the energy started transforming into a dark shade of red, it started to generate gale force level winds. The winds traveled through the stadium and eventually reached the Sector Security officers.
"Where did this wind come from?!" Erika yelled over the torrents of air.
The energy from the attacks started to shrink and transform into a raging ball of crimson energy. The suddenly and without warning, the energy exploded into a massive pillar of crimson.
"AHHHHH!" Yusei and Jack yelled, both from the searing pain in their arms and the energy knocking their duel runners (and them) into the air. The officers also saw the ascending pillar and were utterly shocked by the sudden tower of energy. And if that wasn't enough, when the pillar reached 400 feet into the air, the top started to shift and change. Erika managed to open her eyes and looked up, but what she saw shook her to the core.
The pillar of energy had transformed into the top half of a serpentine dragon with wings. The creature then let out a roar that sounded like a thousand birds crying.
"What the hell is that thing?!" One of the officers yelled out.
As the creature continued to roar, the Shadow Knight's warning echoed in Erika's mind.
"When the Crimson Dragon awakes from its long slumber, the barriers will be torn asunder. And then the Earthbounds shall rise."
And with one final roar, the Crimson Dragon faded into the ether almost as soon as it began, unleashing a pulse that knocked out every piece of technology in the surrounding area.
In her headquarters, the screens showing Verita footage from outside and inside the stadium were showing nothing but static. The whistleblower just scowled underneath her face-concealing scarf. 'Something's not right. Even more so than usual.'
Back at his viewpoint, the Shadow Knight stared into the night sky where the Crimson Dragon was. "So once more, the battle begins anew." Wisps of shadows surrounded his left hand and transformed into five cards. "I must prepare."
Outside the stadium, the Security officers started to recompose themselves. However, they noticed that their duel runners were shut down.
"HQ, this is DC 318 calling in! HQ, what is the situation?" Lukas asked. For a minute, communications were down until someone spoke over all of their comms.
"This is Deputy Director Lazar. All active officers are to arrest the Satellite criminal inside the stadium. This is a top priority arrest."
"Satellite criminal?" Erika asked. But before she could ask anymore, the comms shut off again. With nothing else to go on besides the orders, the officers grabbed their riot shields, batons and spotlights. They rushed through the corridor and turned on the spotlights.
The duel track had a massive hole from where the Crimson Dragon emerged. The duel runners were on their sides, the emergency systems going off. And standing a few feet apart from each other was Jack and Yusei (who each had removed their right glove), the later of which was shielding his eyes from the sudden lights.
"This is New Domino Security!" Lukas exclaimed via a megaphone. "New Domino does not approve of Satellite residents trespassing without proper authorization. Under orders of the Public Security Maintenance Bureau, we are placing you under arrest!"
'Wait a minute. That's the punk that beat Trudge yesterday.' Erika thought to herself as she looked over the situation. 'Was he dueling the King? Just what in the hell is going on?!"
Later in life, four of the individuals that stood within that stadium would look back on this moment. They would recall that was the night when everything truly began.
To be continued…
Author's Note 2: And with that, the gears are set in motion and many questions are raised. How are the Crimson Dragon and the Shadow Knight connected? What were those cards he was holding? And what lies ahead for the residents of New Domino and Satellite? Tune in next time to find out!
And as an apology for the long delay, here's the opening for TPAS!
(Opening 1 - Let's Go! by Masahiko Kondō)
(We hear the sound of police sirens and see Erika and Lukas chasing down criminals with their Duel Runners. We get a zoom in on their screens as they enter Duel Mode.)
Let's Go! Let's Go!
(Erika slams a card into her monster zone, summoning Big Benkei who slams his fist onto the pavement, creating a wave of fire.)
Let's Go! Let's Go! Kattobashite
Let's Go! Let's Go!
(Within the flames, we see the story logo before the flames give way to a bird's eye view of New Domino.)
Itsumo to onaji you na hibi yo
(Erika sits over the edge of Security HQ with the wind blowing her hair and coat.)
Kowashite tachimukatteiku yo
(Standing behind her are Lukas, Sect, Carly and Hunter Pace.)
Inazuma ga hashitta kono kokoro
(We then get a synchro summoning sequence with Trumpeter and Big Benkei summoning Warlord Susanowo.)
Henkashi tsuzukete mou tomerarenai
(We see still images of Yusei in prison, Jack on his penthouse balcony, the Black Rose in an alleyway, and finally the Lazar, Mina and Rex in front of the Sky Temple.)
Saikou ni COOL na kaze ni notte
(After glimpses of criminal activity, we see Verita holding New Domino in the palm of her hand with a silhouetted monster behind her.)
Sekai no hate made kattobashiteikou
(We see sequences of Erika, Lukas, Sect and Hunter preparing their duel runners, decks and helmets before taking off and seeing quick flashes of the Shadow Knight, the Crimson Dragon, the Signer Marks and the five unknown cards.)
Supiido wo agete yami wo kirisaite
(We see Jack, Yusei, the Black Rose, and Luna calling out their Signer Dragons.)
Kono keshiki wo hikari ni kaeyou
(We see Hunter next to a charging Supersonic Skull Flame and Carly next to a thunder-charged Beast King Barbaros.)
Nani mo kowaku nai kakenuketeku no sa
(We see Sect next to a diving Clear Wing Dragon and Lukas next to a slashing Berserion the Electromagna Warrior.)
Sono mirai mo kako mo erabareshi omae dakara
Let's Go! Let's Go!
(Superheavy Samurai Beast Kyubi and Stardust Dragon launch stream attacks that collide and explode.)
Let's Go! Let's Go! Kattobashite
(We see a grinning Erika drawing her next card from her duel disk.)
Let's Go! Let's Go!
Let's Go! Let's Go! Kattobashite
(After close-ups of Lukas, Carly, Sect and Hunter holding their ace cards we get a final shot of the five standing in the Memorial Circuit Duel Stadium with their monsters (Superheavy Samurais, Magnet Warriors, Fortune Ladies, Speedroids and Zombies) behind them as they strike their own unique victory poses.)
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