HERE'S DONNY!
So how have the latest Yu-Gi-Oh Arc-V episodes been treating everyone? Now before you all break the review section with an itemized list of the MANY things you all no doubt want fixed, please keep in mind that in addition to our other works, Shimmering-Sky and I already have MANY more requests to do. And so, until the current list of requests is completed, I am setting a very reasonable cap on the requests until further notice. Any requests submitted after this chapter will be…well…postponed until the other requests are completed. That being said, I GREATLY appreciate the enthusiasm from you, the readers. I HIGHLY enjoy taking your requests, but in order to stay on track and keep ourselves organized (not to mention save on time) I would advise all readers of this chapter to simply post reviews of this chapter. Once the requests we have already received have been completed, I will most likely remove the cap and begin accepting new requests. Until then, please enjoy today's chapter. This one combines two requests, one from Shimmering-Sky, who requested that Dennis not card himself, and another from thetiger39 who requested:
As Ritual Summoning and females in general need a way better showcasing in the Yugioh series, can you edit episode 113-114 where instead of Kaito, Asuka duels and wins against Dennis?
Certainly, thetigher39. Certainly.
The following chapter contains "Signs of Renewal" spoilers and an original name for an unnamed Yu-Gi-Oh Arc-V character related to Asuka.
Episode 114 Fix: Guardian Machine Angels
"That was one dirty trick," Dennis sneered as he approached his former teacher, Yusho, and his former classmate, Asuka. "But now you can't run."
Their escape plan had not worked. Despite Yusho's skill and the precautions they had taken, somehow Dennis had still managed to find them, and now he was bound and determined to defeat and card the very man who had taught him everything he knew about Entertainment Dueling.
Asuka, however, was determined to not let that happen.
"If you want a duel, I'll take you on!" Asuka challenged, stepping between Dennis and Yusho.
"Traitors like you should back off!" Dennis snarled, clearly uninterested in her. "I'll card you later."
"I won't let you duel sensei!" Asuka countered, activating her duel disk much to Dennis's annoyance. It was fairly clear to her that Dennis was being motivated not only by his mission from Academia, but by his desire to prove himself as the greatest Entertainment duelist. Thinking quickly, Asuka decided to use that against him.
"I'm a student of Yusho just like you!" she continued, "But unlike you, I've actually learned how to apply every one of Yusho's teachings in my dueling!"
Dennis narrowed his eyes at that statement. "Are you suggesting that a mere disciple like you could actually surpass the Entertainment Dueling I have perfected beyond Yusho's teachings?"
"Asuka-" Yusho began before she cut him off, flashing him with a look that told him she knew what she was doing.
"We learned in Academia together," Asuka continued, turning her attention back to Dennis. "You know I am no neophyte when it comes to dueling."
"Oh, yes," Dennis sighed as if unimpressed. "You were the school's honor student, destined for success, glory, fame, and honor…before you decided to throw it all away and betray the Professor's teachings, that is."
"The only traitor I see right now is you," Asuka retorted, causing Dennis to clench his jaw with anger. "I have always been true to what I believed in, and when Academia no longer shared my beliefs, I chose to break away from them and align myself with the teachings of Yusho. But you?" She shook her head, genuine sorrow mixed with the need to play to Dennis's pride. "Yusho has told me about you. You once truly had the desire to bring happiness to others with your dueling, but you threw away all those beliefs the moment you had a chance to gain power under the Professor."
"SHUT UP!" Dennis roared, activating his disk. "I am the true master of Entertainment Dueling, not you! And I'll prove it! I'll prove that traitors like you don't even deserve to stand in my presence!"
Despite her knowledge of what Academia's teachings had done to Dennis and many of her other fellow students, Asuka still couldn't present herself from being shocked by Dennis's rage. She had always known him as a respectful and gentlemanly figure. Together in class, they had engaged in many practice duels together and had grown to greatly respect one another. Asuka would learn something new whenever she lost to Dennis, and he would take any of his losses with equal grace, not truly caring about the victory as much as he cared about the entertainment he could provide to the audience. What had happened to that boy? How had he become this egomaniac bent on proving himself the best by carding everyone he deemed inferior?
But Asuka had no more time to think about that. Dennis threatened to destroy herself, her teacher, and the rest of the You Show Duel School. He had to be stopped, and she had to be the one to stop him.
"DUEL!" Asuka and Dennis declared in unison.
"I'll be starting things off!" Dennis confidently declared, drawing his opening hand. "After all, a fabulous Entertainment Duel from me deserves the best opening possible. I, using the Scale two Entermage Bubble Guardna, and the Scale five Entermage Card Counter, set the Pendulum Scale!"
To the left and right of Dennis, two monsters dressed like stage magicians appeared in columns of blue light before rising into the air. The monster to Dennis's right was a little girl in a pink dress, a witch hat with a bulbous pink bubble on top, a staff in her hand, and a plushy crab adorning the top of the staff. To Dennis's left was a tall and thin magician with a painted clown face, an elegant tuxedo with playing cards adorning the sleeves and collars, and a pair of gloved hands, which rapidly shuffled a deck of cards before making the entire stack of cards seemingly disappear in the blink of an eye.
After finishing their ascent, the numbers "2" and "5" appeared beneath each monster respectively.
Inside the cruise liner, the crowds "oohed" and "awed," none of them having seen Pendulum Cards before.
Dennis smiled at the reception before fixing Asuka with a smug expression. "And this is just the opening act! Now prepare yourselves, ladies and gentleman, for with the Pendulum Scales set, I can now perform a Pendulum Summon! Come forth," Dennis ordered, snapping his fingers as a massive pink portal opened up between his two Pendulum Cards before two streams of red light poured out, "Entermate Hat Tricker and Entermate Flame Eater!"
To Dennis's field what looked like a floating hat with gloves and glasses and a black sphere with large cartoony eyes, a wizard hat on top of its head, and a massive mouth appeared to his field in a flash of brilliant light, soliciting even more gasps of excitement from the crowd.
Entermage Hat Tricker/ Earth/ Level 4/ Spellcaster/ Effect/ ATK 1100/ DEF 1100
Entermage Flame Eater/ FIRE/ Level 4/ Spellcaster/ Effect/ ATK 1200/ DEF 1600
"And now for the star of this show to appear!" Dennis proclaimed, raising his hands into the air as his monsters morphed into streams of red energy before entering a galaxy-shaped portal that appeared on the ground in front of him. "I overlay my Level four Hat Tricker and my Level four Flame Eater and Xyz Summon! It's showtime! Come forth, the master of magic and trickery, Entermage Trapeze Magician!"
In an explosion of light, Dennis's ace monster, a clown-like wizard wearing a mask and riding through the air using a magical trapeze pole, appeared to his field.
Entermage Trapeze Magician/ LIGHT/ Rank 4/ Spellcaster/ Effect/ ATK 2500/ DEF 2000
With two unique and interesting summoning methods performed with such dramatic flair in one turn, Dennis had the crowd in an uproar of applause. Graciously, he took a moment to bow to them before turning to Asuka with a smirk on his face.
"Now…let's see what you can do, traitor," he sneered. "Try not to mess up my act too much."
Trying to resist the desire to lash out, Asuka drew her card, memories flooding her mind as she recalled her duels against Dennis. In many ways, he was still the same person, trying to please the crowds with his flashy dueling style. But he had changed significantly from the boy she knew. For one, she was not entirely familiar with his new strategy, which incorporated both Pendulum and Xyz Summons. But even more than that, despite his gentlemanly act towards the audience, Asuka knew that Dennis would not hesitate to ruthlessly defeat and card her before attempting to do the same to her teacher.
Fortunately, Dennis was not the only person who had learned a new strategy over the years.
"I'll start by Normal Summoning the card I just drew, Cyber Petit Angel!" Asuka declared, summoning a small, round pink fairy with a metallic covering over its tiny body and a pair of angel wings.
Cyber Petit Angel/ LIGHT/ Level 2/ Fairy/ Effect/ ATK 300/ DEF 200
Dennis did not look impressed.
"It seems you've given up using Cyber Blader," he observed. "Seems only natural, given that you've betrayed the Fusion Dimension. Still, I fail to see how this is an improvement over your original strategy."
"After I learned what our dimension had done to the Xyz Dimension, I forsook Fusion Summoning," Asuka explained. "But I am not weaker because of it! When Cyber Petit Angel is summoned, I can add Machine Angel Ritual from my Deck to my Hand!"
"Ritual!?" Dennis exclaimed, a look of shock spreading over his face.
"You're not the only one who's learned a new summoning technique," Asuka replied, removing a copy of the Ritual Spell Card from her deck before activating it. "Using Machine Angel Ritual, I tribute my Level two Cyber Petit Angel and my Level six Cyber Prima in order to Ritual Summon!
In the center of the field, a large mechanical furnace shaped like a sacrificial altar appeared to the field before Asuka's Cyber Petit Angel and another monster, a professional skater with white hair, a mask, and a pair of criss-crossing gold rings around her waist leaped into the fire. After entering the furnace, the altar spewed forth a large column of fire before a large, gear-shaped insignia appeared in the sky and Asuka's Ritual Monster took form.
"Gishiki Shoukan!" Asuka declared, raising her hands into the air, up towards the insignia. "Descend now, Cyber Angel Dakini!"
Shielding his eyes, Dennis watched as Asuka's Ritual Monster descended from the sky in a pillar of light. Angel-like in appearance, Dakini was a blue-skinned woman with two pairs of arms, a pair of swords being wielded by her upper hands and a large pole being wielded by her lower hands, an orange breastplate, and a large hood partially obscuring her upper face.
Cyber Angel Dakini/ LIGHT/ Level 8/ Fairy/ Ritual/ Effect/ ATK 2700/ DEF 2400
"Cyber Angel Dakini's effect activates!" Asuka declared, stretching her hand out towards Dennis. "When she is Ritual Summoned, I can make my opponent send one monster he controls to the Graveyard!"
"What!?" Dennis growled, scowling at his field which contained only one monster. He did not look too happy to be forced to get rid of his own ace monster, and his next words confirmed Asuka's suspicions.
"You would force me to give up my Entertainment Dueling?" Dennis asked, narrowing his eyes at his former classmate.
"You gave it up yourself when you chose to follow Academia," Asuka retorted. "Now, send your monster to the Graveyard."
To her surprise, Dennis smiled in response, seemingly un-phased by the fact that his field was now completely empty of monsters as he slipped his Xyz Monster into the Graveyard.
"Well, I appear to be in a huge pickle." Dennis smirked, shrugging his shoulders as if conceding Asuka's victory. "It looks like I've really underestimated your abilities and I'm about to pay the price for it. But I wonder…" he continued, narrowing his eyes at Asuka ever so slightly, "…can you really manage to take me down now?"
His calm in the face of his situation was unnerving to Asuka, to say the least. However, she decided to call him on his bluff.
"You have no more monsters and no face-downs, meaning you can do nothing to stop any direct attacks," Asuka declared. "I will next activate a second Ritual Spell Card, Machine Angel Absolute Ritual, which allows me to Ritual Summon another Ritual Monster from my hand by Shuffling a Warrior or Fairy-Type monsters from my Graveyard into my Deck. So by shuffling Cyber Prima into the Deck, I will Ritual Summon the Cyber Angel Benten from my Hand! Come forth now, Cyber Angel Benten!"
In front of Asuka, a larger and more elegant furnace arose from the ground as she shuffled Cyber Prima into her deck. Disgorging another large column of flame, the same gear-shaped insignia appeared in the air above Asuka's head before a new Ritual Monster, this one taking upon itself the appearance of a Geisha warrior lady with long black hair, a tight body-suit, a war-fan attached to the end of a pair of nunchaku, and an elegant golden headdress over her forehead appeared to Asuka's field.
Cyber Angel Benten/ LIGHT/ Level 6/ Fairy/ Ritual/ Effect/ ATK 1800/ DEF 1500
"Cyber Angel Dakini, direct attack!" Asuka ordered, determined to end the duel as quickly as possible.
In response to her command, Dakini leapt forward, spinning her swords and staff through the air with acrobatic grace as she quickly closed the distance between herself and Dennis.
Despite the oncoming assault, however, Dennis stood firm, wearing a sly grin on his face as if he knew something Asuka did not. But it had to be an act. Dennis had no face-down cards and no monsters. He was wide open. Dakini was just about to land the hit when…
A pair of gloved hands caught Dakini's sword in mid-swing.
Asuka nearly jumped backwards with shock, stunned to see that a new clown-like monster with gigantic gloved hands had appeared to Dennis's field to block Dakini's attack. What was even more astonishing was the fact that the new monster, despite having zero ATK power, was fending off Dakini with little difficulty.
Entermage String Figure/ DARK/ Level 1/ Spellcaster/ Effect/ ATK 0/ DEF 0
"When I receive a direct attack," Dennis calmly explained, "I can activate the effect of Entermage String Figure in my Hand. With its effect, I can Special Summon String Figure in defense position and redirect Dakini's attack to itself. Furthermore, String Figure cannot be destroyed by the battle."
Asuka gritted her teeth with frustration. Fortunately, the attack was not a complete waste. "Dakini inflicts piercing Battle Damage when it attacks, so you will still take the damage!"
"Entermate String Figure's effect makes it so I take no damage from the attack," Dennis smirked, as Dakini unsuccessfully attempted to smash away the clown with her staff.
"Then, in that case, I will attack your String Figure with Benten!" Asuka growled, frustrated by the fact that she hadn't managed to defeat Dennis.
This time, when her monster attacked, the clown had no defense. With a single swipe of her combination nunchaku-and-fan, Benten was able to easily obliterate the clown, which exploded in a cloud of confetti.
"You have no more cards on your field and no more cards in your Hand," Asuka declared. "I set one card face-down and end my turn."
With the immense disadvantage he now had, Asuka wouldn't have been surprised if Dennis decided to retreat, or even more likely, throw an immense fit of rage. It was therefore quite confusing for Asuka when, instead of doing either of those things, Dennis began laughing while sarcastically clapping his hands together in applause.
"Well, Asuka, you have certainly shown what made you an honor student. You have not only managed to destroy my monster, but driven me into a corner with no cards in my Hand. However…" he continued, his grin widening, "did you really think that would be enough to stop me?"
Asuka's eyes widened in shock, unable to believe Dennis was maintaining his composure, even in this situation. Did he really have that much confidence in his next draw? Or was there something else she was missing?
"Ladies and gentlemen!" Dennis proudly proclaimed, bowing towards the audience. "For the first time ever, my Entermages and I are proud to present to you all the great Entermage conjuring act!"
"Conjuring act!?" Asuka exclaimed, wondering what was going on.
"Boku no turn…draw!" Dennis declared with a dramatic flourish. "I begin by activating the Pendulum effect of my Entermage Card Counter!"
"Of course!" Asuka internally exclaimed. "How could I have forgotten about his Pendulum Cards?"
"Using the effect of my Card Counter," Dennis continued, "I can shuffle my Entermage Trapeze Magician into the Extra Deck in order to Special Summon one Entermage monster from my Graveyard and draw one card; however, I cannot Normal Summon during the turn I activate this effect. Go! Entermage Card Counter!"
The card-playing magician began rapidly dealing out a storm of cards, which swirled around the duel field in a gigantic whirlwind of paper before coalescing into the form of Dennis's Entermage String Figure.
Entermage String Figure/ DARK/ Level 1/ Spellcaster/ Effect/ ATK 0/ DEF 0
"Draw!" Dennis declared, adding another card from his Deck to his Hand. "And now, with the set Pendulum Scales, I Pendulum Summon! Come forth from my Hand! Entermage Balloon Maker!"
Through the pink portal of the Pendulum Summon, Dennis's new monster, a bloated clown with a balloon-like belly, inflated gloves, and a bouquet of balloons in one hand that enabled the monster to float, appeared to the field, chuckling boisterously before bowing to the audience.
Entermage Balloon Maker/ LIGHT/ Level 4/ Spellcaster/ ATK 0/ DEF 0
"Entermage Balloon Maker's effect activates!" Dennis triumphantly declared. "Since it was Pendulum Summoned, I can Special Summon 2 Entermage Monsters from my Graveyard in attack position with their effects negated and their ATK and DEF changed to 0!"
"What!?" Asuka exclaimed in shock, unable to believe that Dennis was able to stage a comeback so quickly.
"Why are you so surprised?" Dennis taunted. "After all, this is what Entertainment Dueling is all about. Giving the audience a good show, such as when the hero is pushed to the very brink, only to come back in a glorious return. Speaking of which, it is time for the star of this show to make his reappearance! Using the effect of Balloon Maker, I Special Summon the Entermage Hat Tricker and Entermage Flame Eater in my Graveyard!"
Letting in an exaggerated inhalation of air, Balloon Maker's rotund body swelled to almost twice its size before the gigantic clown raised two balloons to its pudgy mouth, inflating both balloons before adroitly twisting each balloon into the exaggerated shape of Hat Tricker and Flame Eater. Grinning mischievously, the balloon-making clown pulled out a pair of pins before deftly popping both balloons, which exploded in a cloud of confetti, revealing the actual Entermage Hat Tricker and Flame Eater in their places.
Entermage Hat Tricker/ Earth/ Level 4/ Spellcaster/ Effect/ ATK 0/ DEF 0
Entermage Flame Eater/ FIRE/ Level 4/ Spellcaster/ Effect/ ATK 0/ DEF 0
"Now, it is time for the climax!" Dennis proclaimed. "Hat Tricker, Flame Eater, Overlay! The show must go on! Return to the stage now! Entermage Trapaze Magician!"
Swinging through the air on its magical trapeze bar, Dennis's signature ace monster appeared to the field, masked face smiling with glee as it rode through the sky.
"So you've brought your ace monster back," Asuka acknowledged. "However, that monster only has enough ATK power to destroy one of my monsters."
"Is that so?" Dennis questioned in a mocking tone, "Well, you know what they say. No magician ever reveals all of his tricks, and no magician is anything without his assistant!"
Asuka's eyes suddenly widened, remembering one of Dennis's monsters. But did he actually have a Fusion Magic Card in his hand now?
"It looks like you remember her," Dennis grinned. "She was my ace monster before I infiltrated the Xyz Dimension. Using the effect of my Entermage String Figure, I can Fusion Summon one 'Entermage Fusion Monster from my Extra Deck using monsters I control!"
"So you don't need Fusion now," Asuka grimaced.
"Like I said," Dennis agreed, "a good magician never reveals all his tricks, especially when he knows he might need them in a situation like this. Entermage String Figure, Balloon Maker, Fusion Summon! Come forth! Entermage Trapeze Force Witch!"
Suddenly, swinging towards Trapeze Magician from the opposite side on another enchanted trapeze bar, Dennis's Fusion Monster appeared, this one being a female performer garbed in a witch hat and frilly clown costume.
Entermage Trapeze Force Witch/ DARK/ Level 7/ Spellcaster/ Fusion/ Effect/ ATK 2400/ DEF 1800
"With the star performers, the final act can begin!" Dennis triumphantly proclaimed. "I activate the effect of Trapeze Magician! By detaching both of its Overlay Units, I will target both itself and my Trapeze Force Witch in order to give both my monsters the ability to attack twice this turn!"
"Two attacks each!?" Asuka exclaimed in shock.
"For a total of four attacks," Dennis agreed. "And in case you've forgotten, with the effect of Trapeze Force Witch, whenever an Entermage monster I control attacks, I can reduce the attack of the attack target by six hundred at the start of the damage step. Okay, Trapeze Magician! Attack Cyber Angel Dakini!"
Cyber Angel Dakini / 2700 – 600 = 2100 ATK
"With this you are finished, traitor." Dennis grinned. "And I can finally host the greatest Entertainment Dueling in recorded history between myself and my former sensei, the great Sakaki Yusho!"
"I won't let that happen!" Asuka countered. "Trap activate! Guardian Machine Angel!"
"What!?" Dennis growled, shielding his eyes as the effects of Asuka's trap card caused her monsters to be bathed in intense white light. Standing within the light, Asuka and her two monsters locked their gaze with Dennis, all showing a determination to prevent him from reaching Yusho and harming anyone else.
"Guardian Machine Angel increases my Life Points by 300 for each 'Cyber Angel' monster I control. In addition, until the end of this turn, if a 'Cyber Angel' monster I control would be destroyed by battle or card effect, I can banish 1 'Machine Angel' Ritual Spell Card or 'Cyber Angel' monster from my Graveyard instead!"
"Tch…so you'll manage to survive," Dennis acknowledged as Asuka's Life Points rose to 4600. "But it will ultimately change nothing. Trapeze Magician continues the attack!"
Leaping into the air on its enchanted Trapeze Rod, Trapeze Magician swung itself towards Cyber Angel Dakini, kicking into Dakini's chest as she attempted to block the attack with her staff.
Asuka / 4600 – 400 = 4200 LP
"I banish Machine Angel Ritual from my Graveyard in order to prevent Dakini's destruction!" Asuka declared, grimacing a little from the shockwaves of the attack.
Dennis, however, was undeterred by her resistance.
"The second attack!" he ordered. "Trapeze Magician! And of course, at this time Trepeze Force Witch's effect activates!"
Cyber Angel Dakini / 2100 – 600 = 1500 ATK
Grimacing from the pain of Trapeze Force Witch's effect, Dakini ended up dropping her staff and clutching at her side instead of raising her weapons to block, enabling Trapeze Magician to strike her directly in the face with a violent kick.
Asuka / 4200 – 1000 = 3200 LP
"I will refrain…from using Guardian Machine Angel's effect," Asuka grimaced, shielding her eyes as the shockwaves slammed against her and her monster disintegrated in a shower of golden sparks.
"Oh, I see." Dennis grinned, "You've realized you'd take more damage if you kept Dakini on the field, so you're letting me destroy it instead. But that's okay. I will next attack Benten with Trapeze Force Witch!"
Cyber Angel Benten / 1800 – 600 = 1200 ATK
Instead of attempting to block the attack, Cyber Angel Benten ended up leaping out of the way as Trapeze Force Witch flew towards her on her enchanted trapeze rod. Legs slamming into the deck of the ship with a violent kick, Trapeze Force Witch forced Asuka back as she shielded her face with her arms from the dangerous shockwaves.
Asuka / 3200 – 1200 = 2000 LP
"I promise to card you quickly," Dennis offered, holding up his Duel Disk.
"I'm not giving up!" Asuka resolved. "I banish Machine Angel Absolute Ritual in order to prevent Benten's destruction!"
"Willing to see the show to its climax?" Dennis replied with a shrug. "Okay, that's fine with me. It will make a much more entertaining show anyway. Trapeze Force Witch, final attack!"
Cyber Angel Benten / 1200 – 600 = 600 ATK
This time, despite her efforts to evade the attack, Cyber Angel Benten was caught right in her midsection by a flying kick from Dennis's Trapeze Force Witch. Letting out a small scream of pain, Asuka was lifted off her feet as the force of the attack slammed against her body.
Asuka / 2000 – 1800 = 200 LP
"With that, your last monster is…destroyed?" Dennis began, his proclamation suddenly turning into a question when he saw Asuka's Benten still standing, the ethereal image of Cyber Angel Dakini lifting the young woman to her feet before vanishing into the air.
"I banish…Cyber Angel Dakini…" Asuka gasped, clutching at her stomach, "in order to prevent Cyber Angel Benten from being destroyed."
Dennis clenched his jaw ever-so-slightly, but quickly shrugged off the event as a minor inconvenience as he continued his turn.
"I set one card face-down," Dennis declared, slotting a card into his Duel Disk, "and end my turn. Now then, let's see what you can do with a monster that only has six hundred ATK power."
"Atashi no turn…" Asuka groaned, managing to steady her stance, "…DRAW!"
Looking at the card in her hand, Asuka nodded her head before turning her attention back to Dennis.
"You've been deceived by Academia's teachings just like I almost was," said Asuka, placing the card in her right hand. "If it weren't for a dear friend of mine…" Asuka closed her eyes, remembering Hisako, who had lost her life helping her escape from Academia, "…I don't know what would have happened to me had I stayed," Asuka continued, "but I know I could never have escaped with her help. And now, now I'm going to save you, Dennis."
"I don't need saving." Dennis growled. "I completely believe in the Professor's teachings, and I don't regret any of the services I have rendered to Academia!"
"You're wrong!" Asuka countered. "I knew you back when we were studying in school together! Being a heartless soldier who tramples on the lives of others is not like you at all! You would never have done any of the things Academia has made you do, if given the choice, but you felt like you were trapped. Please, Dennis. You don't have to do this. Come with us and we can defeat Academia, together."
Dennis seemed shocked by Asuka's words. For just a few moments, he seemed to consider her words, looking down at the ground while closing his eyes, a look of pain and regret on his face.
Suddenly, just when Dennis looked like he might break and reconsider his options, his head whipped back towards Asuka, violently shaking his head while growling, "Impossible! It's impossible now! Academia cannot be stopped! You can't even stop me! How could you stop them even if we worked together!? You only have one monster with six hundred ATK and two hundred LP! What's more, I have four thousand life points, two powerful monsters, and even if you managed to summon a powerful monster, Trapeze Force Witch cannot be targeted for attacks while I control Trepeze Magician, and she will be able to weaken your monsters ATK! Furthermore, any damage I take is halved with the Pendulum Effect of Entermage Bubble Guardna and Entermage Card Counter's effect can help me bring any of my Entermages back! So what can you do!?"
Asuka closed her eyes.
"I'm not giving up on you, Dennis. No matter what it takes, I promise to remind you what true Entertainment Dueling is! I activate the effect of Guardian Machine Angel in my Graveyard! By paying half my LP and banishing this card, I can add one of my banished 'Machine Angel' Ritual Spell Cards or 'Cyber Angel' monsters to my Hand, and if I do, I can draw one card!"
Asuka / 200 – 100 = 100 LP
"Using this effect, I add my banished Machine Angel Ritual to my Hand and draw one card!"
"It's too late!" Dennis countered. "There's no way you can get through my defenses! Academia is invincible!"
"I'm putting my faith in this draw," Asuka replied, placing her hand on top of her Deck. "Just like you once did with your Entertainment Dueling, I won't be daunted by the odds."
Dennis grimaced, clenching his fists with frustration.
"DRAW!" Asuka declared, ripping the card from the top of her deck. Eyeing the card she just drew, Asuka let out a sigh of relief before continuing her turn.
"You did not…impossible!" Dennis sputtered, seeing Asuka's look of confidence.
"Using the Machine Angel Ritual I added to my hand, I tribute the Level six Cyber Angel Benten on my field and the Level three Cyber Skater in my hand in order to Ritual Summon!"
"No!" Dennis sputtered, shaking his head in disbelief as Asuka began her summoning chant:
"Radiant God of Destruction, spread your elegant metal wings and cast your flames of judgment upon the evil forces that new life may be born from the fire! Gishiki Shoukan! Descend from the heavens now! Cyber Angel Shiva!"
In a massive pillar of light and blue fire, Asuka's new Ritual Monster descended to the field. Tall and thin, Asuka's new monster was a woman with deep ebony skin, long green hair tied back into a ponytail with a gear-shaped accessory, fiery-red eyeliner, lipstick, henna tattoos, and an Indian bindi on her forehead. Over her legs and waist, she wore a long and elegant gold-and-red silk dress while sporting a crimson bikini top over her chest. Sprouting from her back and shoulders were two pairs of black-and-gold clockwork wings shaped like half gears. Like the Hindu god, she had three pairs of arms with a sphere of blue fire burning from each of her open palms.
Cyber Angel Shiva/ LIGHT/ Level 9/ Fairy/ Ritual/ Effect/ ATK 2800/ DEF 1800
"A Level nine monster?" Dennis asked, gritting his teeth and clenching his fists in frustration.
"If Cyber Skater is tributed, then I can use its effect to return it to my hand," Asuka explained, returning a monster in her graveyard to her hand, "Furthermore, Cyber Angel Shiva's effect activates when it is successfully Ritual Summoned. With its effect, I can destroy all Spell and Trap cards my opponent controls and inflict 500 damage for each card destroyed with this effect."
"What!?" Dennis exclaimed as Asuka's monster spread out its wings before rising into the air, palms stretched towards his field. Glowing with intense blue light, the metallic wings of Cyber Angel Shiva ignited with blue flame before each ball of fire in her hands let loose a torrent of flames in the direction of Dennis's field, obliterating his two Pendulum cards and his face-down Trick Box Trap Card.
Dennis / 4000 – 1500 = 2500 LP
"If Cyber Angel Shiva's effect successfully resolves, then she can make up to two attacks this turn," Asuka continued.
Nodding her head in agreement, Cyber Angel Shiva descended to the ground, assuming a battle stance before each sphere of fire in her hands reshaped themselves into six flaming swords, which Shiva held at the ready.
"Cyber Angel Shiva, attack Entermage Trapeze Magician!" Asuka ordered.
"It's no use!" Dennis countered, Entermage Trapeze Force Witch will reduce the ATK power of your monster by six hundred!"
"I activate the effect of the Cyber Skater I added to my hand!" Asuka replied. "By discarding this card from my hand when a fairy or warrior-type monster I control attacks, I can increase the ATK of my battling monster by one thousand while reducing the attack of all monsters you control by one thousand until the end of the Battle-Phase."
Next to Asuka, a slender woman in a tight gym suit and ice skates suddenly materialized before rapidly skating forward, changing the ground of the cruise liner into a slippery ice rink wherever she went. While Dennis's monsters tripped over themselves on the suddenly appearing icy terrain, Asuka's Cyber Angel Shiva gracefully slid towards them, bare feet gliding over the ice as if she were an Olympic skater.
Cyber Angel Shiva / 2800 + 1000 = 3800 ATK
Entermage Trapeze Magician / 2500 – 1000 = 1500 ATK
Entermage Trapeze Force Witch / 2400 – 1000 = 1400 ATK
"Trapeze Force Witch's effect activates!" Dennis declared.
"It's still not enough," Asuka countered.
Cyber Angel Shiva / 3800 – 600 = 3200 ATK
Swinging her blades through the air, Cyber Angel Shiva quickly dispatched the masked clown, slicing across its body with three blades before the monster disintegrated into dust.
Dennis / 2500 – 1700 = 800 LP
"Second attack!" Asuka ordered.
Cyber Angel Shiva / 3200 – 600 = 2600 ATK
Trapeze Force Witch tried to get up, but the slippery terrain caused her to slip and fall forward, directly into three of Cyber Angel Shiva's outstretched blades. In an explosion of flame, the witch vanished, leaving behind Asuka's monster, who graciously bowed towards the audience before causing her flaming swords to vanish.
Dennis / 800 – 1200 = 0 LP (LOSE)
Letting out an enraged scream, Dennis was blown backwards, falling against the deck as his life points dropped to zero and the duel field vanished. For several heartbeats, Dennis lay against the deck of the ship, stunned into silence by the fact that he had lost once again, despite his best efforts. All around him, everyone was equally silent when…
Clap.
Clap.
Clap.
Clap.
Yusho began clapping his hands together in applause, his example quickly leading others within the crowd to join in on congratulating the duelists for their performance. Slowly, Yusho strolled towards where Dennis was laying, followed by Asuka, who took a moment to bow to the audience.
"Huh…to think I'd fail yet again," Dennis groaned to himself, closing his eyes as he lay on the deck in abject defeat. "First to an Xyz user, then to my own teacher, and then to a fellow student."
"It's rude not to acknowledge the applause of the spectators," Yusho gently prompted, standing above Dennis before offering him his hand. In response, Dennis slowly got up from the deck, but did not take Yusho's outstretched hand.
"Applause…" Dennis sighed, "that's something only the winners earn. Losers like me don't deserve it."
Yusho slowly and sadly shook his head in disapproval. "You did not lose, Dennis. This applause you're hearing now, it's for both you and Asuka. Both of you made many people smile today."
Dennis widened his eyes in disbelief before looking up at the crowds. Yet everything Yusho had said was true. Not only were there members of the audience cheering on Asuka, many of the spectators were also cheering Dennis's name and thanking him for his spectacular performance.
"It was an amazing show," Yusho congratulated. "And it doesn't have to be your last. You can come with us, you can make many more people smile. Academia can change!"
"Come with us," Asuka agreed, holding out her hand.
Dennis seemed to consider their words for just a moment, before suddenly replying, "I can't do that!"
Flipping away from them, Dennis began backing away, an eerily defeated yet resolved expression on his face.
"Dennis!" Asuka called, fearing what he might do.
"Don't worry," Dennis reassured them, "I won't get in your way. I've failed the Professor and betrayed my only other friends. There's only one thing left for me now…"
Dennis began reaching for his Duel Disk, but Asuka was quicker, leaping forward, she pinned his Duel Disk arm to the deck of the ship while twisting his other hand behind his back before slamming both herself and his body against his arm, preventing Dennis from committing suicide.
"Why?! What are you doing!?" Dennis roared, with the voice of a man who knew he was doomed and was desperate to find any kind of escape, "I betrayed you! I betrayed the Lancers, and now I've betrayed Academia! I have no place anymore!"
"Do you really think killing yourself will make things better?" Asuka replied, using one of her hands to remove Dennis's disk from his arm while keeping him firmly pinned to the ship.
Dennis didn't seem to know what to say. A fine sweat was beginning to bead on his head. "I…I…" he stuttered, looking back and forth between Yusho and Asuka.
"There's still a lot you haven't answered for," Asuka continued.
"Revenge?" Dennis whispered, his face paling.
"Redemption," Asuka replied, face softening. "There's still a lot of good you can do, Dennis, but you can't do any of it if you're gone."
Dennis gasped in shock, unable to believe what he was hearing.
"Focus on that, Dennis," Asuka encouraged. "Make that your reason for living! Academia has used you just like it would have used me had I not been saved! But you, me, everyone who Academia has exploited can make things right! We don't have to let our past dictate our future!"
There was a long pause as Dennis considered Asuka's words. Slowly, Dennis began looking from Asuka's pleading expression, to Yusho's firm but encouraging look. Biting his lip, he looked down on the ground, considering his options before murmuring:
"I…will need…some…some time to think."
Asuka looked over at Yusho, who motioned for her to let go of Dennis. Complying, Asuka released Dennis from her hold, allowing the Academia Agent to stand up. To everyone's relief, he made no attempts to grab for his Duel Disk, but instead began walking away from them, eyes downcast while his face wore an expression of uncertainty.
"Take your time," Yusho sighed, setting down comfortably on the deck of the boat. "After all, we are on a very beautiful ship, and we have plenty of time before we reach Academia."
FEATURED FAN CARDS
Dennis's monsters
Entermage Card Counter/ LIGHT/ Level 6/ Spellcaster/ Pendulum/ Effect/ Scale 5/ ATK 1600/ DEF 1400/ Pendulum Effect/ Once per turn, you can target 1 "Entermage" monster in your graveyard that was Special Summoned from the Extra Deck: Shuffle that card into the deck, and if you do, Special Summon 1 "Entermage" monster from your graveyard. Each time you Special Summon a monster with this effect, you can activate this effect: Draw 1 card.
Monster Effect/ Once per turn, you can reveal any number of "Entermage" monsters in your hand: Shuffle those cards into the deck, and if you do, draw a number of cards from your deck equal to the number of cards shuffled into the deck with this effect + 1.
Entermage Balloon Maker/ LIGHT/ Level 4/ Spellcaster/ ATK 0/ DEF 0/ If this monster is Pendulum Summoned, you can activate this effect: Special Summon 2 "Entermage" monsters from your graveyard in ATK position. (Their effects are negated and their ATK and DEF become 0).
Asuka's Monsters
Cyber Skater/ LIGHT/ Level 3/ Fairy/ Effect/ ATK 1000/ DEF 800/ If this card is trubuted, you can return this card from your graveyard to your hand. (You can only use this effect of "Cyber Skater" once per turn). During either player's turn, if a face-up Warrior or Fairy-Type monster you control battles an opponent's monster, you can discard this card from your hand: Until the End of the Battle-Phase, Decrease the ATK and DEF of all monsters your opponent controls by 1000, and if you do, increase the ATK of your battling monster by 1000.
Cyber Angel Shiva/ LIGHT/ Level 9/ Fairy/ Ritual/ Effect/ ATK 2800/ DEF 1800/ You can Ritual Summon this card with Machine Angel Ritual. If this card is Ritual Summoned successfully, you can activate this effect: Destroy all Spell/Trap Cards your opponent controls, and if you do, inflict 500 damage to your opponent's LPs for each card destroyed with this effect, and if you do that, this card can make a second attack during each Battle-Phase this turn. Once per turn, if your opponent would Special Summon a monster(s), you can discard 1 Ritual Spell Card or "Cyber Angel" Ritual Monster from your hand: Negate the Special Summon, and if you do, destroy it.
Asuka's Traps
Guardian Machine Angel/ Trap/ Normal/ Increase your LPs by 300 for each "Cyber Angel" monster you control. Until the end of this turn, your opponent cannot target monsters you control for attacks except "Cyber Angel" monsters, also, if a "Machine Angel" monster you control would be destroyed (by battle or card effect) you can banish 1 "Machine Angel" Ritual Spell Card or "Cyber Angel" monster from your graveyard instead. You can banish this card from your graveyard and pay half your LP: Add 1 of your banished "Machine Angel" Ritual Spell Cards or "Cyber Angel" monsters to your hand, and if you do, you can draw 1 card. (You can only use this effect of "Guardian Machine Angel" once per turn).
Special thanks goes to Shimmering-Sky and CorinnetheAnime for their assistance in making this chapter and this series a reality. And now, without further ado, here are some responses to your reviews:
ScalchopWarrior:
OMG, through the power of the great vine (AKA CorrinnetheAnime) I have found you, and am now enlightened. Anyway, I've got two requests, both from the same episode, with no real preference of which one:
1: Zarc vs Lancers: Episode 140: I was kinda disappointed when Zarc was defeated the EXACT same way as last time, using the Natural Energy Cards. So instead, I want Ray to use some kind of card that brings every fallen duelist back into the duel, (Barely, like maybe with 50 LP) and then they proceed to defeat Zarc all working together, using their combined Decks and strategies to beat him
2. Zarc vs Yuya: Episode 140: Same as the last req, but instead, Ray manages to make Yuya able to fight back, which he does in the form of a mental duel with Zarc within their mind. Yuya would obviously use Performapals and Zarc the Supreme Dragons. I imagine Zarc even using Yuya's Magicians and Odd-Eyes (and Rune-Eyes, Beast-Eyes, Brave-Eyes, etc.), and Yuya has to either beat Zarc without them, or manage to steal them back. I'd want to see Yuya really utilize some of the lesser used Performapals like Slight Hand, King Bear, Gold Fang, Handsome Liger, Fireflux, Momoncarpet, Thunderhino, and maybe even Odd-Eyes Metal Claw.
Anyways, thanks, and your story is awesome
Thank you very much for your support. And as for your requests…well…let me tell you…I think I have something BIG planned in regards to episode 140 so stay tuned.
Guest:
This is an interesting convept brought up, it's cool that you're taking fan's wishes and writing them out, now my requests.
Option 1
In episode 51 Yuya doesn't play wings of misdirection(just realized that all the Yu boys have a wing card except Yuri) so early and end up winning the duel
Option 2
In episode 124, instead of changing spots with Yuya, Yuto magically takes over Shun's knocked out and paralyses body and controls it to side with Yuya while using Yuya deck since him switching with Yuya is already annoying.
Or Option 3(the more logical one)
Ray doesn't succeed in stopping Zarc so Yuya's rage allows him to revive temporary to end them game his way. This is more logical because Ray defeating Zarc just sounds plot demanding, like how there is this method to win and in order to win you MUST use this method, so I they wanted Yuya to finish it, why not let him come back
I'm doing option 2 early.
Episode 124 Fixed! The Power of Possession
"Wow! This is awesome!" Yuto exclaimed, flexing Shun's fingers while admiring his knocked-out best friend's impressive physique.
"You can possess people!?" Yuya exclaimed.
"I know right!?" Yuto gaped, "I had no idea either!"
"Well quick, possess somebody important!" Yuya suggested, "Like The Professor!"
"Yeah, that's a good idea!" Yuto agreed, ghost leaving Shun's body before flying into the professor's throne room.
"AND NOW!" The Professor Laughed, "The Arc-Area Project can begin! MWU-HA-HA-HA-HA-HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAW!"
Suddenly, however, before he could complete his nefarious plans, ghost Yuto intervened.
"On second thought!" The Professor suddenly exclaimed in a voice that was a mixture of his own and Yuto's, "I should totally just use my impressive array of technology to rebuild the Xyz Dimension, bring back peace to the dimensions, and actually let Ray's counterparts DO THEIR ACTUAL JOB AND KEEP ZARC SPLIT! Rather than endanger everyone."
The End ;)
But don't worry, I will be doing one of these requests and I will be doing it seriously. Stay tuned and thank you for your contribution.
Donvenganza666:
So yeah...like...I totally think that lots of Yu-Gi-Oh Arc-V...like...could totally be fixed...but...like...the thing that I think...like totally...needs to be fixed the most...is the fact that they focused absolutely no attention on my OTP, Crystal Wing Synchro Dragon X Moon-Light Leo Dancer. So like...since I know Donjusticia won't do it...because...like...he's a major jerkwad...could...like...Shimmering-Sky fix episodes 84-85 so like...Crystal Wing could maybe...like...you know...not destroy Leo Dancer...because...like...he really likes her and so...the duel ends with no conclusion because...like...Leo Dancer and Crystal Wing are going on a date together...and...and oh yeah...and also Selena goes on a date with Yugo because she kind of likes it and Yugo is like..."I think you look like Rin so I like you too!" And then like...Yuri sees the whole thing and like...he gets super jealous...and also...and also Starve Venom Fusion Dragon is there and like...he sees Crystal Wing with Leo Dancer and he's all like...super jealous and like...he evolves into Greedy Venom Fusion Dragon and like...its all one big giant love triangle and like...Yuri and Yugo are fighting over Selena and Crystal Wing and Greedy Venom are also fighting over Leo Dancer and like Selena and Leo Dancer are all not really liking it but are kind of super flattered that these guys are fighting over them but then Yuya shows up and teaches them all about egao so their like cool with each other now and so they all hug and then everything is better and everyone is happy and smiles.
Although I disagree with the premise of Leo Dancer X Crystal Wing, I must admit that this is indeed a very well-written and thought-out request. I'll get Shimmering-Sky on it right away. I'm sure she won't object.
wqsaey:
Man, all I can say is that these are really good. I do have one request that I'm (hopefully) going to actually write myself soon, but I'm interested to see how someone else would take it. The prompt is: make Yuto's presence within Yuya matter more in the Yuya vs. Reiji duel in episodes 50/51 (I think those are the right numbers. If they're not, it's their duel right after the battle royale.)
I've actually got a surprising amount of requests for episodes 50-51. We'll see what we can do.
Summonearth:
Great story idea so far! Wish I can contribute but the only thing I can think of is having Ritual Summoning have more focus and importance but that would be a LONG stretch.
How did we do with this chapter?
Nox Descious:
Yuzu: Selena! Eat a Snickers!
Selena: Why?
Yuzu: You tend to become a mindless, soulless drone when you're hungry! Better?
Selena: Better!
Doctor: what?! what's happening?! parasite fusioner, why aren't you controlling her anymore!?
Parasite: I can't help it! Chocolate tastes so much better than bwains! I'm sowwy!
Yuya: I ACTIVATE RED BULL!
*Merges into his dragons to form Supreme Dragon King Zarc*
Red Bull/ Trap/ Normal/ It gives you wings.
Sinking into Ruined Shadows:
YAYAYYA! Yuzu dueled!
*runs off waving hands in joy*
And you will be seeing Yuzu duel more!
Tobias97:
Great chapter. Makes me want a duel between Yuzu (with Parasite) against Yuya (or anybody really)
It's coming…really.
Shimmering-Sky:
Um... There were supposed to be lines separating the Doctor scenes from the rest of the chapter... And the only "Parasite" card that Epsilon Tarantula made was the Moonlight Feral Dancer...
But, thanks for leaving everything else pretty much the same as what I'd written. Looking forward to the next chapter!
What I heard was:
NAG! NAG! NAG! Constructive criticism! Constructive criticism! HONESTLY!? How do you expect me to improve as a writer if you keep pointing out areas I can improve!?
ForteOfTheBallad98:
Could I perhaps make a request?
The one thing I disliked about Episode 50/51 is Reiji's bullshit and his abnormal slasher pleasure in nearly making Yuya go Berserk. So perhaps, could you fix that so that Yuya does INDEED go Berserk, after a speech by Reiji, and defeats him with Odd-Eyes Raging Dragon? The reason for this is that it seems to me Reiji won really crappily, unlike the rest of his duels, so a fix would be appreciated.
Another fix would be in the Xyz Dimension. I found it really hard to be sympathetic to Kaito since he was going to card Shun, once upon a time his close comrade. So maybe, could it be explained a certain Number 95 was the reason? With Shun managing to defeat him with Yuya/Yuto's help?
If we're bringing back numbers, we also have to bring back Astral and Don Thousand, since I know you all love Don Thousand so much. #BestYuGiOhVillainEvar!
thetiger39:
I've got more fixes to add to your supposedly long list of requests. Know that these fixes intertwine with each other. You can do these in any order you like when you get to these.
1. Episode 69 The Synchro Divas Yuzu vs Chojiro in the Friendship cup
Exactly what it says on the tin.
2. Episode 77 Yuzu vs Sergey
Can Yuzu with her brand new shiny Synchro monsters in conjunction with her Fusions defeat the Duelist Crusher?
Episode 99 Rogers Desperation or Yuzu the final Boss of the Synchro arc.
Roger loses to Reiji and escapes with Yuzu like the coward like he is. But he has one more ace up his sleeve.
Soon the Lancers reach a room to find the Fusion Synchro Duelist Yuzu suddenly initiate battle against the Lancers. So yes Yuzu gets the mind control chip.
Are you TRYING to make me spoil "Signs of Renewal?"
Epsilon Tarantula:
Ah, the joy of seeing this request bloom! And please, when the time comes in Dyax, you'll get to see full-blown NIGHTMARES from the Doktor that'll make his actions here seem like first-steps-style villainy!
Great chapter
Take care of Tiny Brain Parasite Tim for me, my friend.
Stay tuned for more chapters from Shimmering-Sky and further chapters from myself once I complete the LONG awaited next chapter of "Signs of Renewal." Until next time everyone, this is Donjusticia. God Bless you and happy Post-Valentine's Day.