Vile: This was a quick one, but here it is: Chapter 3!
Tetsuo: All right! Now we can get to some music!
Vile: You got that right! It also gets us into the Duel that starts next Chapter.
Raio: So what are we waiting for?
Vile: I hear that! Disclaimer's on the first page, any bolded cards are mine. Enjoy!
Numbershot 94: Shockin' Rockin'!
Chapter 3
Yuma LP:2400
Raio LP:3300
Yuma's field: Empty
Raio's field: Erratic Engineer equipped with Hornet Lance, Two-Gun Trooper equipped with NV Goggles
Erratic Engineer: Lv.6 (originally 3) EARTH Insect (originally Warrior) ATK:600/DEF:1000
Two-Gun Trooper: Lv.6 (originally 4) EARTH Machine ATK:1200/DEF:1200
"Ore wa Reberu Roku no Erratic Engineer, Two-Gun Trooper, Obarei!" Raio declared. His monsters, a humanoid wearing overalls and a hard hat, holding a wrench and a yellow lance (the Equip Spell), and a cyborg dressed like a cowboy, carrying two laser pistols and wearing a set of night-vision goggles (its Equip Spell), turned fully orange before shooting into the air in a spiral. A red spiral portal opened up, and both monsters sailed inside. "Ni tai no tsuchizokusei monsuta de, Obarei Netwaaku kochiku (With these two EARTH monsters, I construct the Overlay Network)! Ekushiizu Shoukan! Arawareyo… Gatling Giant!" His monster appeared as a HUGE humanoid monster, covered in mostly black, hoisting an enormous gatling gun on his shoulder. Two orange Overlay Units orbited it.
Gatling Giant: Rank 6 EARTH Warrior/Xyz ATK:2600/DEF:1300 2 Overlay Units
"Gatling Giant, go in for the win! Bullet Hell!" The humanoid grunted before lifting his gatling gun to in front of him, the barrel spinning. Next thing they knew, a massive storm of bullets flew out of the barrel, causing explosions all around Yuma.
"Uwaaaaaaaahhhh!" He yelled as he was thrown back, landing on the ground.
Raio LP:3300
Yuma LP:0 – LOSER
"Booyah!" Raio chirped as the Augmented Reality faded, snapping his fingers with a smirk. "My Weaponry Deck's not too shabby, huh?"
"No way! It was awesome!" Yuma chirped, pulling off his D-Gazer. Raio helped him up.
"Who knew Raio was an awesome Duelist to boot?" Tetsuko remarked. Raio winked at her, making her blush slightly.
"Yo, Raio!" GP came in. "Show time in 5!"
"Aw, hell! I almost forgot!" Raio realized. He turned to Yuma and the others. "You guys should get out to the stage!"
"All right! Good luck up there, Raio!" Tetsuo said. Raio gave them a thumbs-up before rushing off. The group left backstage and headed out to the stage area. The crowd was going wild, waiting for the show to start.
"This is gonna be awesome!" Kotori cried. After a few minutes, the band members came out one-by-one, Raio being the last one.
"What is going on, people?" Raio cried out to them on the mike, getting a ecstatic reaction. "Boy, you guys are gonna love what we've got for you tonight! Flip on those D-Gazers and we'll get this show on the road!" He threw up his own D-Gazer. "D-Gazer, set!"
"D-Gazers? Why do we need them?" Akari wondered.
"It's a Thunder Kings specialty! They give a special effect in Augmented Reality just for the concerts!" Tetsuko explained.
"Good enough for me!" Yuma said. He looked at Kotori and Tetsuo, who nodded. Akari an dTetsuko nodded as well.
"D-Gazer, set!" All five of them flipped on their Gazers.
"WIDE RANGE AR VISION, ESTABLISHED." The automated voice stated as the area became dark, akin to a nighttime concert, complete with augmented spotlights. The sky went cloudy, and lightning began to flash and strike. Everyone's D-Gazers, band and crowd, flashed. "LINK FUNCTION DE-ACTIVATED."
"A one, a two, and a one, two, three, four!" A small guitar melody was played before the drums and bass kicked in. The melody slowed, and Raio went to work.
*Italicized are Lyrics*
Dareka ga mizu wo kureta
Sore wa kantan ni niji wo egaita
Risou toori no boku ni naru no wa
Muzukashii ne
Kurushi mi mo nashi ni
Shouri hatsukamenai keredo
Saite itai
Kakko warui yume ga aru
Kanaeru tame nara
Wara waretemo kamawanai
Genkai wa jibun ga kimeta amae dakara koso
Asu e nori koete miseru
Ah, aoi sora megakete
Saki hokoru yo setsubou no freesia
The crowd was going nuts. "Whoa… awesome song!" Tetsuko chirped. Kotori was hugging Yuma, getting a sweet from the song.
Dareka ga kuchi ni shiteta
"Ikiru koto wa karete iku koto"
Tabun uso janai
Dakedo sore de wa
Kanashi sugiru yo
Naita koto waratta koto
Omoi de no hana no kazu dake
Tsuyoku nareru
Kazoe kirenai hanabira wo gisei ni shite kita
Sono zujou ni boku ga iru
Moshi make wo mitometara raku ni nareru kana ?
Asu no boku ni shitsurei ka
Ah, kyou mo mayoi nagara
Akogareru yo setsubou no freesia
Tetsuo and Yuma threw up a rock-on sign with a lot of the rest of the crowd. Hearing their music in person was amazing! "Wooooooo-hooooooo!" "YEAH!" "You rock!" Various cheers came from the crowd.
"Nee kiite ?
Jibun jishin, enjiru koto ni tsukaretara ?"
"Sore mo hitotsu no katachi, itsumo no kimi sa"
Kakko warui yume gaaru
Kanaeru tame nara
Wara warete mo kamawa nai
Genkai wa jibun ga kimeta amae dakara koso
Asu e nori koete miseru
Ah, aoi sora megakete
Kurushi mi wa poketto ni irete
Saki hokoru yo setsubou no freesia…!
The last bit of the melody played, and the song came to an end. The crowd erupted into applause, cheering their heads off. "And that was only the start of this rockin' fest! Keep it tuned, 'cause the next hit is comin' up!"
A voice mused from the shadows. "That's right, Raio… Once the encore comes around… I'll be the star of your show."
*An Hour and a Half Later*
The last notes of their most recent song finished, and the crowd was going crazy. "It's been one heck of a rock-fest, eh folks?" Raio declared on the mike, getting a positive response. "Nice! Get this. We appreciate all the praise you guys give us, and we feel honored to have so many fans here in Heartland, that we've got a little treat for you all: A special song created just for this concert! We may never perform this song again, so you guys are lucky enough to witness it!" The Augmented Reality in place, the band prepared to begin their number.
As the augmented lightning flashed, a chuckle was heard. "Show time…" All of a sudden, one of the lightning bolts shot down and impacted the floor, burning it and scaring the people nearby.
"What the hell?" Raio mused. More lightning bolts shot down, impacting the floor but luckily missing everyone.
"What the hell is going on?" Akari cried.
Tetsuo quickly pulled off his Gazer and gasped. The lightning continued to strike. "Not good!" He quickly contacted Raio. "Raio, everyone's gotta get out of here! The lightning's real!"
"Oh hell!" The rocker replied. "Everyone, this lightning isn't fake! Take off your Gazers and evacuate, now!" He yelled into the mike. The crowd quickly began to make their way toward the exits, helped by the security guards.
"Why you little…" A bolt of lightning shot down, impacting one of the guards and frying him.
"Cripes! I don't think this is random lightning!" Yuma cried. All of a sudden, Astral materialized from the Key.
"Yuma! This electricity isn't natural!" The spirit told him. "I can sense it! Numbers!"
"Numbers?" Yuma replied.
Raio rushed up to them. "Come on, guys! Let's get out of here!"
"We can't yet!" Yuma told him. "This lightning is being caused by a Number!"
"A Number? One of those kooky cards you mentioned?" Raio replied.
Yuma nodded. "If we can get that Number, we can stop this storm!"
"How are we supposed to do that?" Raio asked.
"We should look for the source of the lightning! If we know where it's coming from, we can find the Number!" Kotori said. Everyone nodded.
"Incoming!" Akari pointed, and everyone dodged the bolt that flew at them.
"Keep your eyes peeled!" Tetsuo warned. Everyone looked around, dodging bolts.
Then, Tetsuko's eyes fell on a figure radiating electricity. A bolt of lightning suddenly came from the figure, Tetsuko narrowly dodging. "Over there!"
The figure, now wise, suddenly ran. "Get back here!" Yuma yelled, running after the figure, the others on his tail. The group's chase eventually led them to the balcony, where they could see stormclouds brewing. "What the heck? I was sure it came this way!"
"Looking for me, silly boy?" A voice cooed. Everyone turned and saw a familiar face.
"Zina? What are you doing out here?" Raio asked.
"Oh… you remember me!" Zina gushed.
"You gotta get out of here! This electricity could kill you!" Yuma cried.
Zina approached Yuma with a smile. "Thanks for the warning, kid, but…" She gains a dark smirk. "I'm not afraid of lightning…" She quickly grabbed his shoulder and spun him around, with his back to her. "But you should!" She jabbed her finger into the back of his neck and unleashed a direct current of electricity, shocking Yuma's whole body.
"AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!" Yuma cried in pain as he was directly electrocuted.
"YUMA!/YUMA!" Everyone cried. The electricity subsided with a flash, and Yuma's body fell limply to the ground. He was still awake, however.
"Hmph." Zina snapped her fingers with a smirk, a bolt coming off of them.
"Yuma! Are you all right?" Tetsuo called.
"N…No! I… can't… move!" Yuma struggled to say, his body convulsing.
Akari quickly rushed up and grabbed Yuma, pulling him to the sidelines with no interference from Zina. She glared at the electric-blue-haired girl. "You bitch! You paralyzed my brother!"
"I gave him a shocking time, wouldn't you say?" Zina mused, smirking. She took a pose, electricity covering her. "And now it's your turn!" She fired out streams of lightning at them.
Raio quickly jumped in front, blocking the lightning with his hands, shocking (no pun intended) everyone. "My gloves are rubber! I'll be fine! Someone take care of her!"
"Always so difficult, huh, Raio?" Zina mused, putting a hand on her hip.
"Kotori, you're the only one who can do this!" Astral told her. "Fight and get that Number!"
Kotori nodded and glared at Zina. "You're gonna pay for what you did to Yuma!"
"Bring it, sister!" Zina cried. "Duel Disk, set!" Lightning formed her D-Pad, active. "D-Gazer, set!" Electricity streaked around her eye, forming what looked like an electric blue tattoo D-Gazer and turning her eye bright yellow.
"Duel Disk, set!" Kotori activated her D-Pad. "D-Gazer, set!" Her Gazer flipped onto her face.
"AR VISION, LINK ESTABLISHED." Both players' D-Gazers flashed, as well as those of the spectators. "ESTABLISHING LINK BETWEEN A AND B." The area morphed into the augmented reality.
"Get her… Kotori!" Yuma sputtered.
"DUEL!"
Author-Made Cards
Erratic Engineer
Level 3 EARTH Warrior
ATK:600/DEF:1000
Once per turn, you can activate one of the following effects:
* SpecialSummon 1 "Sentry Gun Token" (Level 3/EARTH/Machine-Type/ATK:800/DEF:0) in Attack Position. You can only control 1 "Sentry Gun Token".
* Target 1 "Sentry Gun Token" you control with less than 2400 ATK: Increase that target's ATK by 800.
Two-Gun Trooper
Level 4 EARTH Machine
ATK:1200/DEF:1200
When an Equip Card is equipped to this card: Increase this card's Level by 2. If the Equip Card changes this card's Level: This effect is not applied.
Gatling Giant
Rank 6 EARTH Warrior/Xyz
ATK:2600/DEF:1300
2 Level 6 monsters
Once per turn, this card cannot be destroyed by battle. Up to twice per turn, if this card attacks a monster, and the attacked monster is not destroyed by battle: You can detach 1 Xyz Material from this card: This card can attack that monster once again.
Hornet Lance
Equip Spell Card
Equip only to a Warrior or Machine-Type monster. The equipped monster gains 3 Levels and is treated as an Insect-Type monster. If this equipped card is sent to the Graveyard: Select 1 card on the field: Destroy it.
NV Goggles
Equip Spell Card
Equip only to a Warrior or Machine-Type monster. When this card is activated, flip all face-down cards your oppnent controls face-up (no effects are activated at this time), then return them to their original positions. While a monster you control is equipped with this card: You may check your opponent's Set cards at any times, and you opponent must show you all cards they Set.
Vile: Not good. The rabid fan's got a Number, and she's paralyzed poor Yuma!
Yuma: One bad thing after another with me!
Vile: Blame the Numbers, not me.
Akari: You're the one who's writing this stuff!
Vile: *backs up slightly* Anyway... If you guys liked this chapter, leave a review for me! And a cookie for anyone who guesses the song I used! See ya!
Computer Voice: Vile, logging out.