YuGiOh 5D's: Konami
Kenichi Matsuda: 5-Digits
Nathan Turner: Duelist of Dawn
Rico Burst: Gammatron
Things were busy in the city of New Domino, especially for the unlikely party of Margaret Spires, Nathan Turner, and their recent addition, Rico Burst.
"Would you mind if I asked where we're going?" Magic asked politely.
"We're gonna go somewhere suitable for a duel," Nathan answered dryly, "Besides, I've been wondering what kind of skills you posses."
"Can we go to the candy store today?" asked Rico.
"Of course."
As that didn't already know, a public scandal was at an all time high today; everyone and thier grandpa know about it. In fact, above the high planes of the Tops area, Kenichi and Gabriella were disgusted about the display the Daily Duel has put in public.
"Whada' the mean Jason's a kidnapper?" Kenichi exclaimed, "He was there with me that night! There's no way that was him!"
"But why would they print nonsense like that?" wondered Gabriella.
"Pssh! What else: everybody knew Jason came from the Satellite! And there's nothing would make him more welcome than liable and slander!" answered Kenichi sarcastically, "That's why I hate the Media! While they're not snithcing all the damn time, the go and make up stuff!"
"If that's true, then we better find Jason before Sector Security does!"
"But how are we gonna do that? We don't know him all to well to know where he goes!"
"...I think I know of a way."
Even higher up, at the all-powerful Kaiba Corporation, Isis Kaiba looked into Jason's predicament.
"It looks like Jason Hutchins is on the run," she thought aloud, "This is perfect."
Without a moment's rest, she grabbed her briefcase from beside her and casually walked out of the office.
"The perfect opportunity to reclaim my pride..."
Even the underworld had been caught wind of the news, especially a certain twilight duelist.
"That son-of-a-bitch finally got caught doing something stupid, huh? Well, I got just the cure for stupidity!" Xiki Nomura pressed a button on her bedroom wall and activated the intercom, "I want Jason Hutchins' garbage-hauling ass found and brought back here!"
And speaking of Jason, he's got his hands full already; for right now he was being confronted by a new contender, who arrived out of the blue just to challenge him!
"Who are you?" Jason demanded, "And how do you know who I am?"
"My name is Careen Stormfeather. But that's all you'll get from me..." the young woman stretched her arm out and presented and light-green duel-disk of hers, "Unless you agree to duel me, in which you must use your Genex monster if you want to beat me."
"Then it's a done deal," Jason wasted no more words as he quickly exchanged his deck for another and reactivated his duel-disk, "Let's duel."
YuGiOh! 5D's
Reverse of Arcadia
Ride 8: Eye of the Storm
Jason: 4000
Careen: 4000
"I'll start the match, Mister Hutchins," Careen started the duel as she drew her first card, "I think I'll change the scenery a bit. I activate the field-spell, Divine Wind of Mist Valley," after the spell was inserted into the field-slot, the wind picked up a bit; but strange ribbons of various colors bgan to travel along with it, "Next up, I play the Pot of Greed," the drew twice, "Now I activate Spring of Rebirth spell card, and summon (1) Mist Valley Watcher(1500/1900) in DEF mode," a small tornado spun in place on Careen's field and dispersed to release a braided-haired native-american with white pants and an indian-styled cape. Its hand and feet were rough like bird's skin with feathers on the ankles and wrists. Its wrists also held silver wristbands and wore a pair of thick glasses with feathers dressed around them. The avian gained a blue hue as it knelt to the ground (DEF: 1900), "Next I activate the spell (5D's)Razor Featherstorm." the continuous-spell showed the divine bird Simorgh lashing out a windstorm carrying a barrage of razor-sharp feathers, "Finally, I play 2 cards face-down. Its your move."
"Thanks," Jason started his turn, "I activate the Double Summon spell to normal-summon 2 monsters in one turn. First I'll summon Genex Controller," a small black robot winded with gears appeared (ATK: 1400), "Next, I can summon this next card without any sacrifices, since Genex Controller is on my field. Genex Heat, come on out!" a giant furnace with flames bursting out joined the smaller Genex (ATK: 2000), "And now I'll use these two for a synchro-summon! I tune my Genex Controller with Genex Heat!" the Controller's gears grind against each other before disappearing and separated into three synchro-gates and surrounded the furnace. The furnace disappeared, leaving five stars aligned before the entire display exploded into a torrent of light. All the while, Jason chanted:
"Divested stars form into a hidden world of power! Become the new vessel to venture the new frontier! Synchro-Summon!"
"Genex Dragon, Accelerate!" a dragon with blazing scales appeared. Its metal armor was practically heating from the flames (ATK: 2800-3200), "Attack Stormfeather's monster! Go, Thermal Blaze!" the dragon fired a stream of flames at the Watcher, but not before Careen made her big move.
"I don't think so; I activate my face-downs," both of Stormfeathers reverses flipped up one after another, "Now, since your monster attacked a winged-beast of mine, (5D's) Springback Feathers negates the attack and returns my monster to my hand," the Springback Feathers continuous-trap advertises a Swift Birdman Joe being blown back by a strong gust of wind in time to avoid an attack from Despair from the Dark; the card's effect reenacted its actions and returned Mist Valley Watcher back into Careen's hand, "And since a WIND monster on my field is returned to my hand, my 2 more of my cards activate: first, (5D's) Zephyr Charity allows me to draw 1 card," a continuous-trap showing a white-robed, blond-haired woman with eagle wings on her sholderblades, permitted one card draw, "Second, Spring of rebirth increases my life-points by 500. Then last, but not least, my field-spell allows me to special-summon another WIND monster from my deck, namely my (2) Mist Valley Falcon(2000/1200)," after the Watcher vanished, glowing feathers floated down over the Wind Duelist. Then, in its place came a young woman with short white hair. She carried an indian-styled shield in her left hand, and a longsword made of pure diamond in her right. Large brown wings spread out from her shoulderblades (ATK: 2000).
Jason: 4000
Careen: 4500
"There's more," Stormfeather continued, "Since a winged-beast was successfully special-summoned, Razor Featherstorm takes 800 points out of your life-points. Observe!" Falcon raised her sword and, with a swift and heavy swing, released a strong gust of wind and launched a fury of bronze feathers.
Jason: 3200
Careen: 4500
"Then I'll just end my turn with these," Jason concluded with two reverses.
'So Careen can block Jason's attack and widen the gap in each others life-points...' Sonya analyzed the woman's strategy, 'But I'm sure Jason can find a way out.'
"It's my turn, Jason," Careen drew, "And I summon (3) Mist Valley Thunderbird (3/1100/700) in ATK mode," the Wind Duelist summoned an actual bird, its feathers an electric lime-green, and its crown and tailfeathers ran zigzagged from behind it, "Next up play Spellbook inside the Pot," both duelists drew three cards, "Next, I activate the spell Summon Storm. By paying 800 life-points, I can special-summon a level-4-or-below WIND-attribute monster such as the Mist Valley Shaman (3/1200/1200) tuner-monster," the monster summoned this time was a golden-skinned avian woman in a black bodysuit to her field, her hair long yellow tendrils (ATK: 1200).
Jason: 3200
Careen: 3700
"Finally, I tune my Mist Valley Shaman with Mist Valley Thunderbird and Mist Valley Falcon for a synchro-summoning that will literally blow you away!" the skies turned dark and stormy as the shaman ascended to the skies. Her frame disappeared and left three synchro-gates behind...
"Rising storm winds manifest an avatar of the screaming sky...!"
The rings dropped down and revolved around the Thunder Lord, thus creating a cyclone from the gyration.
"Rise, Spirit of Wind, and take glorious flight!"
More wind began to absorb into the miniature tornado and soon it produced gale-force winds. The first thing Sonya thought to do is grab on tightly behind Jason around his waist as her only support.
"Synchro Summon! Rise up, (Digi)(11) Simorgh, Deity of Mist Valley(3100/2600)!"
As soon as the chanting ritual was complete, a large bolt of lightning descended from the dark heavens and struck the synchro-tunnel, spawning a giant cyclone whoose winds ripped apart the ground of the rooftops, as well as carried all the who once stood there...
(This next scene alternates the same time Jason's duel began)
On to the next scene, Nathan had found a perfect and peaceful place for him and Margaret to have a match of their own. Rico was watching from the sidelines on the benches sucking on his usual lollipops.
"This is where I put your skills to the test," Nathan said, activating his disk, "May the best duelist win."
"T-thank you," Magic stammered, "You too..."
Magic: 4000
Nathan: 4000
"I make the first move," Nathan started the duel, "And to start I'll summon (4) Drillago (4/1600/1100) to the field in ATK mode," a manhole was made a a bizarre machine dug out. It was a small yellow torso with a drill fro a head, as well as shoulders, elbows, knees, hand, feet and especially tail, "And next, I activate the (5D's) Psycho Initiation Machine," following behind the drilling machine came a much larger one; but instead of being humanoid like Drillago, this one was a steel pedestal carrying a large test-tube with an unknown liquid inside, "And as long as this card's on my field, both players are only allowed to play one trap card per turn. I place one card face-down," a reverse-card appeared, "You're up."
"Okay..." Magic started his turn, "I summon (6) Raging Eria(800/1500) in DEF position," a geyser of water erupted and brought forth a young woman with long blue hair. She wore a green top and a blue skirt over a tattered trenchcoat, and a pair of leather sandals. In her hands she wielded a steel scepter with a blue teardrop crystal on the end. The sorceress knelt as she gained a blue aura, "Next I equip her with Heart of Clear Water, which protects her from all monsters attacks and targeting effects ATK points," Eria was enveloped inside a small bubble, "It's your turn."
"Alright, my move," Nathan started his next turn, "I summon (5) Cannon Soldier(4/1400/1200) in ATK mode," Cannon Soldier was a purple mech with yellow shoulderblades. It had claw-like pincers for arms and a long-barreled cannon for a head, "Next, I activate the continuous-spell, Dark Room of Nightmare. Now I use Cannon Soldier's effect: you see, by sacrificing another monster on my field, you get shot down 500 life points. And with Dark Room of Nightmare, 300 more points are inflicted every time you take effect-damage. I pay Drillago for tribute," the drilling robot changed into an aura of light and absorbed itself into the soldiers barrel.
"Fire!" Cannon Solder fired off a round straight through Margaret's chest, who cringed from sudden damage.
Magic: 3200
Nathan: 4000
"Plus, whenever a DARK monster is released, 2 Bio Counters are placed into the Psycho Initiation Machine during the end-phase (CTR: 2). I'll turn over to you for now."
"My turn," Margaret drew, "I summon Mother Grizzly," an enormous bear with blue fur appeared (ATK: 1400), "Next, I use the power of Raging Eria and sacrifice a monster just like you did; then she can call out any Water-Attribute monster from my hand. So by releasing Mother Grizzly, I can summon the (7) White Night Dragon(8/3000/2500) onto the field!" with a twirl of her staff, the water charmer summoned a torrent of water and enveloped the bear. In its place she spawned an enormous creature made of ice. The dragon's breath became visible as it roared (ATK: 3000).
"Before you even think of attacking, I activate the trap Gravity Bind," Nathan activated the reversed face-down, creating a barrier of intersecting green lines around him, "Now all monsters level-4 and over can't attack."
"Oh...," Magic felt so stupid falling for a trap so obvious, "then I'll end my turn."
"You should really learn how to read a person's strategy, Margaret," Nathan stated as he drew his next card, "I activate Fire's of Doomsday, to special-summon 2 Doomsday Tokens(1/0/0) to my field," a pair of black flames spawned and ignited, slowly manifesting each into a sinister spirit (ATK: 0), "I can't summon any other monsters when it's activated, but I can still release them for Cannon Soldier, dealing 500 points of damage for each token, and 300 more for each time you take damage from a card-effect," the dark flames seeped themselves into Cannon Solder before the machine fired two more rounds.
Magic: 1600
Nathan: 4000
"And with that, I place 1 card face-down and end my turn; and my P.I.M. spell card gains 2 more counters due to its effect (CTR: 4)."
"Then it's my turn," Margaret drew, "I summon another Mother Grizzly," a copy of the blue-furred grizzly bear appeared (ATK: 1400), "Now I release it with Eria's special ability to special-summon (8) Ice Master(8/2500/2000) directly from my hand!" Eria's magic changed the ferocious grizzly into a beautiful woman, wearing a radiant silver and sky-blue robe and cape, held together by crystalline armor. Her face and blond hair were protected by a large crown made completely of ice, large ice-crystals sprouted from the back. Just like the water charmer, she carries a staff of pure ice in her hand (ATK: 2500), "And with her special-ability, she gives a monster an Ice Counter once per turn," the spellcaster pointed her staff at Cannon Solder, freezing its rifle-shaped nozzle solid (CTR: 1).
"That's nothing fro me to worry about, because I use Interdimensional Matter Transporter to remove Cannon Solder from the game, so it can return to the field during the end-phase."
"I end my turn..."
"And I will start mine," Nathan drew his next card, and Cannon soldier had returned to his field, "I release Cannon Soldier itself to deal another 800 points of damage," the cannon fired off one more round before self-destructing into pixels.
Magic: 800
Nathan: 4000
"I end my turn, leaving me with 2 more Bio Counters (CTR: 6)."
"I'll start my turn," Margaret drew, "With no monsters on your field, I switch Raging Eria to ATK mode and attack you directly!" the water charmer stood up from her defensive position and fired off a blast of H2O at Nathan.
Magic: 800
Nathan: 3200
"I end my turn."
"Alright, time to end this..." Nathan flatly stated as he started his turn, "I activate the effect of Psycho Initiation Machine: by sending it to the graveyard, I can summon a DARK machine-type monster from my deck and since I have a total of 6 Bio Counters on it, I can summon a level-6 monster," the tank opened up releasing the liquid from inside. A person walked out a stood in the sunlight. It had metalic green armor and its organic head was covered in a scary-looking mask; it was the famous monster known as Jinzo (ATK: 2400), "Now I release Jinzo to special-summon Jinzo-Lord from my hand," the android glowed and gained a new form of armor: with a silver plating and four mechanical tendrils attached from its back. Its mask was replaced by a more futuristic kind with a third eye (ATK: 2600), "And when this monster's called out, all face-up traps are destroyed, and then you take 30 points of damage for each one destroyed," as soon as Nathan's Gravity Bind disappeared, Jinzo's fuor tentacles gathered a ball of pink energy and hurled it at Margaret; and the Dark Room of Nightmare card caused even more damage.
Magic: 200
Nathan: 4000
"Now, Jinzo-Lord, attack Raging Eria and win this!" the android obeyed and attacked with an array of lasers from its optics which caused the charmer to explode on contact, taking the remainder of Magic's life points.
Magic: 0
Nathan: 4000
"And that's game over. I was expecting you to put up a better fight. But still, that was a good duel," Nathan walked past the vanishing holograms to Magic, realizing she paid no attention to the duel at all, "Margaret?"
It was then when he saw Magic looking at a sky full of dark clouds, leading to a small storm hovering a few yards away.
"Nathan, what is that," she asked, nervous.
"That's what we're gonna find out; that's not our everyday storm over there. C'mon, Rico..."
(The next scene overlaps the other two...)
A small search group was going underway. The small party of Kenichi, Gabriella and Katherine were searching the Damon Area for Jason. Kat's cosplay attire for the day consisted of sandy-blond furry slippers and mittens, a fluffy tail, and a pair floppy dog ears. She was scampering around on all fours whiffing off the ground, much to Ken's disarray.
"So, mind explainging to me how Kat turned from neko-girl and inu-girl in 5 minutes?"
"Well, it's hard to explain," Gabriella replied, "It happened when the two of us went into the woods for a camping trip. When we got separated, I looked all around for her, while she was actually looking for me. To put it simply, she's a much better tracker than I'd be."
A short series of yips caught Ken and Gabe's attention when Katherine began to scamper away. The two chased after her to a courtyard, where they heard a loud thud followed by a startled cry. When they reached the courtyard, they found the last person they'd expect to see around a place like this...
It was KaibaCorp's president Isis Kaiba, mounted by 'Inu-Girl' Katherine Cheshire!
"Someone get this mangy little brat off me..." she snarled.
"Oh! Miss Kaiba, I'm so sorry!" Gabriella knelt and patted her lap to lead Kathering back to her, "C'mon, girl! C'mon!" she chirped.
Kat playfully barked and bolted from Isis, tackling her elder sister and snuggled against her.
"So, wanna explain what you're doing back at the boonies?" Ken asked.
"That, is none of you business," Isis got up and disted herself off, "but since you're here, I might as well ask: where is Jason Hutchins?"
"I'm sorry, but we're looking for Jason as well," Gabriella said.
Isis didn't say anything else. She just scoffed and started to walk away, until Ken quickly blocked her path.
"Hold up! Just what exactly do you want with Jason anyway?"
"Like I said before, that's none of your concern," Isis threatened, "Now get out of my way, or you'll regret it."
The fiery go-getter smiled, "Actually, I want offer you a proposition: a duel!"
Isis stood dumbfolded, but then she stifled a laugh, "Duel? With you?"
"If you win, I'll let you go on your merry way; but if I win, you'll have to let us help you out!"
"Don't kid yourself," Kaiba smirked, "My skills exceed the ability of any pro-duelist, especially that upstart Yusei Fudo. Dueling you would be a waste of my talent," the president activated the duel-disk strapped on her right arm, which was styled after a certain white dragon, "On the other hand, I think it's time to tech you a lesson in respecting you superiors.
"Then let's get this class started!" Kenichi started his own duel-disk.
Kenichi: 4000
Isis: 4000
"The first move is mine," Isis initiated the duel by drawing her sixth card, "I set one monster and end my turn with three face-downs," four reverses appeared in front of Isis.
"My turn," Ken started his turn, "This lady's got three face-downs out on the field. She must be protecting her monster to summon something bigger...,' he smirked, 'I got just the remedy for that!' "By discarding 1 card from my hand, Cost Down downgrades all monsters in my hand by 2! So now, I get to summon Horus the Black Flame Dragon Lv6 without any penalty!" the monster Ken summoned was a large falcon-like creature, its hide covered in silver plating. Its large wingspan spread out about the same height (ATK: 2300), "I place 1 card face-down and end my turn!"
"My turn, then," Isis started her turn, "I sacrifice my monster to summon the (9) Divine Dragon-Excelion(5/1500/900)!" her face-down dissolved into a multi-colored portal, and what came out became a white serpentine dragon. Four large horns fitted on top of its head. Searing blue flames erupted from its hips and sholders,its tail and its flowing mane. Excelion glared ant Kenichi with all six of its eyes (two big ones were actually placed on its cheeks) (ATK: 1500).
"Kinda low expectations for a level-5 monster," Ken laugh.
"Despite its questionable power, its special abilities make up for it. Of course, you wouldn't know. But first, I chain its effect to the trap card, Deck Destruction," Isis revealed one of her reverses, "And because Excelion has less that 2000 ATK points, two more copies of the same monsters are removed from my deck and sent to the graveyard," she placed the two copies into her graveyard slot.
Ken was confused, "Uh, why do that?"
"Because when Excellion is successfully summoned, it gains the same number of special abilities as there are other Divine Dragons in my graveyard. So now Excelion gains 1000 ATK points."
Divine Dragon-Excelion: (ATK: 2500)
"That also means I can activate my face-down Divine Excel trap," Isis revealed her second revers-card, revealing the three Excelion dragons swaying around a sun of white energy, "Because after Excelion's effect is triggered, it also gains its third ability."
"Third ability?"
"Ugh, it's such a pain trying to explain such things to someone like you. But since you are so desperate to find out... Excelion hast a set of three abilities: the first one gives my dragon 1000 ATK points. The second grants it the ability to attack again, if it destroys a monster in battle. And the third effect inflicts damage equal to the ATK of the destroyed monster."
'Okay, that's a whole lot loaded into that dragon!' Ken thought, 'But now's no time to panic. I got Mirror Force face-down already; so as soon as her turn's over, when that lizard becomes dragon meat, Horus gets to power up to Lv8!' the go-getter smirked, 'Heh, I don't know how she got the name Kaiba; she's not that tough.'
"I almost forgot. I activate Dust Tornado! Say goodbye to whatever trap you're hiding behind!" Isis' third rever-card created a tornado that crashed against Mirror Force and destroyed it, causing Ken to agitate.
"Okay, now it's time to panic!"
"Excelion! Clip the wings off that dragon! Go, Divine Strider!" the white dragon fired a stream of bright white energy and bored a hole into Horus' chest, before it disintegrated into pixels.
Kenichi: 2800
Isis: 4000
"And now its next ability activates, slamming you with 2300 points of damage! Let 'im have it!" the flames on Excelion burst to life and charged at Ken, causing him to clamor from the full impact.
Kenichi: 500
Isis: 4000
"And now to finish you off. Divine Dragon-Excelion, end this upstart with Divine Strident!" one last solar blast was all it took for the rest of Kenichi's life-points to disappear.
Kenichi: 0
Isis: 4000
"I can't believe it! I lost..." Ken dropped to the grond hard on his knees, "
"That's what you get for going up against the elite," Isis said, starting her way out of the courtyard.
Gabriella ran from the sidelines over to the fallen Kenich, with Katherine following.
"My goodness! Kenichi, are you alright?"
"Yeah... I'm fine. Don't worry."
Gabe looked at the Kaiba woman with pure regret. What should have been a friendly competition turned into a one-sided slaughter, "You know, you should have shown at least a little respect to your opponent as a fellow duelist."
"If by 'respect' do you mean pity for his incompetence?" Isis replied, "A real duelist doesn't involve emotion to a duel; that's for amateurs. Real dueling is about unleashing as much power as possible and obliterating your opponent. It's all about power and skill. ...Besides, now's not the time for small-talk."
A strong gust of wind picked up, leading everyone to see a helicopter descending to this spot.
"Looks like they finally find him," Isis Kaiba lept into the aircraft, and turned back to the trio, "If you dork want to find your friend, the I suggest you come with me."
Meanwhile...
Burning sensations of a familiar crimson marking invaded Jason's slumber. The darkness soon dissipated as Jason's eyes fluttered open. It was quite difficult, considering the wind keep blowing in his face. When he felt the ground below him, instead of the hard concrete he expected, he found cold steel.
"Ugh, what is this?" he groaned, "Where am I?"
Jason looked around the area for a moment, until he found Sonya lying not too far from him. He crawled over to her and shook her awake.
"Jason..." her voice slurred as she woke up.
"Well, it's about time you decide to wake up," the two quickly turned to see none other than Careen herself. But something was seriously amiss...
Instead of stone, she was standing atop of an eagle's head; and a massive emerald-green eagle to boot! Gold feathers sprouted from its forhead and around its neck. Itslarge shroud-like tail billowed in the loud wind as the bird flapped its four major wings.
The Jason came to a realization: the duel was still underway as the magnificent avian hovered over the Genex Dragon, in which Jason and Sonya were standing on its back.
The sky was blackened with flashes of light littered. Down below Jason could see that the roof of the hotel was heavily damaged.
"It seems you're inspired by the work of my Duel Terminal, I take it?" Careen smiled, spreading her arms out to praise the giant avian she was riding.
"Careen... What is this?" Jason demanded, "What have you done?"
"It's not me that's doing this, its Simorgh. She's not called the Deity of Mist Valley for nothing. Being the Spirit of Wind she is, she has the power to create massive storms and magnificent hurricanes; and trust me, it's all real."
Jason stood up, "I think It's time you tell me what you're actually doing here. So start talking!"
"I was just fixing to... I represent augmentations for the Arcadia Movement."
"And what does the Arcadia Movement have to do with me?"
"To put it simply, we're here to protect you from Rex Goodwin. I'd tell you more, but boss said it's need-to-know only."
"Well, tell your boss that I'm gonna have to decline," Jason had to play it safe, considering he doesn't know what he would be dealing with.
Careen sighed, "I guess I'll have to recruit you the hard way; and I'll do it with the help of Simorgh! You see, when this monster is successfully synchro-summoned, all spell and trap cards on the field are returned to the owners' hand!" the colossal avian thrashed its massive wings, and emitting another gale to blow away all spells and traps, "And to end my turn, I re-activate Spring of Rebirth and Razor Featherstorm, as well as set two face-downs," the four spell/trap cards reappeared, "Oh, I almost forgot to tell you about Simorgh's second special-ability: which deal 400 points of damage to both of us for each empty spell/trap card on our respective fields! You might wanna cover your ears..." the emerald eagle once again beat its wings and summoned a much larger whirlwind, forcing the Genex Dragon to hide behind its wings, protecting the riders on its back. As for Careen, her in-play spell and trap cards formed a barrier that shielded her from most of the damage.
Jason: 1200
Careen: 3300
'Crap! Her monster affects the environment just like the twins did at the Fortune Cup!" Jason cursed, "I should've known..."
"Oh, and by the way, that Genex Dragon you're standing on is the only reason you're still standing. All I have to do is get rid of that and... I'm sure you know what happens next," it was true, that with their previous field destroyed, Jason has to rely on his dragon to stay in the game.
But the question remains: how long will he stay in the game? "It's my move!" Jason started his turn.
Meanwhile, the copter made it to the storm's area, and was astonished at what they saw.
"Ken! I think we found Jason," Gabriella said, "And he's fighting against a giant eagle... atop of his Genex Dragon?"
"Oh good! You see it too..." Ken sighed relieved, thinking for a second he was hallucinating.
"What you're actually seeing is a bunch of parlor trick. Those monsters can't be real," Isis disputed, monitoring the current duel on screen.
'I could attack with Genex Dragon and force Careen to send Simorgh back into the extra deck when she uses Springback Feathers; but at that point, Razor Featherstorm will activate when she summons another bird to the field, leaving me with 400 life-points. And if she special-summons another during her next turn I' finished. I gotta play it safe.' "I place 2 cards face-down," Jason's pair or reverse-cards reappeared, "Next, I activate Card of Sanctity to replenish my hand," Jason drew five cards while Careen drew an entire hand of six, "Next, I equip Genex Dragon with Mist Body, to make him invulnerable in battle. Finally, I place 2 cards face-down and end my turn!"
'Good move, Jason,' Sonya smiled, 'With an entire spell/trap card zone fully occupied, Simorgh's effect won't cause any damage.'
"It's my turn," Careen drew, "I must thank you for giving me a new hand, Mr. Hutchins. First I activate my two face-downs," Springback Feathers and Zephyr Charity returned, "Next I summon the Mist Valley Windmaster (2/400/800)," a small peacock chick appeared, flapping its tiny wings rapidly (ATK: 400), "Now I activate the spell Offering to the Mist!" the quick-play shows an unknown person lying on an alter, as tribute to the Thunder Lord looming above, "By returning a level-3 or below WIND monster to my hand, I can give that monster's ATK power to a level-6 or higher winged-beast on my field. So I offer up my Windmaster to power up Simorgh for the duration of this turn!" the tiny bird dissapeared, as to offering its soul to Simorgh.
Simorgh, Deity of Mist Valley: (ATK: 3500)
"No way..."
"Way. And there's more to this card; it make him immune to any spell or trap card you throw at her. And before I forget, I activate the effects of Spring of Rebirth, replenishing 500 of her life-points, Divine Wind of Mist Valley, letting her summon Mist Valley Soldier from her deck (ATK: 2000), then Razor Featherstorm, dealing 800 points of damage to Jason, and Zephyr Charity, allowing her to draw one card.
Jason: 400
Careen: 3800
"And now to deal with that dragon! Go get 'im, Simorgh!" the divine avian created a torrent of pure wind and attacked Genex Dragon. The tornado slammed into the dragon, which is still hanging on by the wings. At the end of her turn, Simorgh's effect activated.
Jason: 100
Careen: 3400
However, the shock caused Sonya to stumble and fall off the dragon's back. Luckily, Jasin caught her in the last second, "Hang in there, Sonya! I'm almost through!"
"Thanks for the tip," the singer mumbled under her breath.
Ken: "'Almost through' is right! It all come down to this next turn!"
Gabriella: "Jason has to somehow take out all of his opponent's life-points in one move. But that seems impossible at this point..."
Katherine: "Ruh-roh!"
"Alright... It's my turn!" Jason drew his card and looked at it, then smiled, 'This, I can use!' "I summon Blastfan Genex in ATK mode!" the small green fan-bot appeared, "Next, I play Attribute Synchron, then activate the face-down Birthright to return Genex Controller from my graveyard!" along with the fan came Jason's favored tuner (ATK: 1400).
Gabriella: "Genex Controller with Blastfan... Is he summoning who I'm think he's summoning?"
Ken: "Aw yeah! Now it's his turn to bring out the storm!"
"Now I tune Blastfan with Controller to synchro-summon Windmill Genex!" the two Genexes formed together as Jason chanted:
"Divested stars form a drifting soul! Become the winds that will guide him on his forgotten journey! Synchro-Summon! Windmill Genex, Accelerate!"
The small fan changed into an even bigger mecha-like fan, powered by its special-ability (ATK: 2600), "Now Attrubute Synchron effects activates. So since Blastfan is a Wind-Attribute, and since Windmill is a level-7, 3 of your spell/traps are sent back to your hand! Next I activate Windmill's special-ability; and by removing 3 cards from my hand, Spring of Rebirth, Springback Feathers, and Zephyr Charity are sent back as well!" the emerald-green robot propelled the large fan in his torso, summoning a whirlwind of its own to blow away all of Careen's spell/trap cards, 'So far so good. The best monster to help me now is (10) (5D's) R-Genex Booster(1/600/600)! All I gotta do is attack and it'll be game over!'
Ken: "Alright! Now, Genex Dragon, take it to the overgrown turkey!"
'I think I got enough data I need...,' a small smile crept across Stormfeather's face. With a snap of her fingers, the 'overgrown turkey' took one last beat of its mighty wings, and conjured a massive wind to blind everyone witnessing the duel.
The turbulence caused the KaibaCorp helicopter to lose balance, and caused Gabriella to stumble out of the aircraft.
she could have met her end if it wasn't for a newcoming figure swooping in and caught her in time. That person appeared to be none other that an android with green armor, six levels, and 2400 ATK points.
After the storm subsided, the Wind Duelist, as well as the Deity was gone, taking the shrouding clouds and rumbling thunder with them.
"She's... gone," Jason whispered.
A few moments later, Genex Dragon landed ontop of a nearby building, where Nathan, Rico and a purple-haired girl were waiting, and dismounted Jason and Sonya before disappearing. The helicopter landed and Ken and Kat got off. Finally, Nathan's Jinzo landed and released Gabriella to join the others.
As soon as she joined the fray, she clamped her arms around Jason's neck for a hug, "Jason! Thank goodness, we found you!" she cried, "Just what was that duel all about?"
"I didn't know what as going on either. But the important thing is that it's over, right?" the Signer turned to Nathan, "Thanks for catching her for me, Nate."
"No problem," Nathan said flatly.
Then Jason spotted the girl, "I haven't seen you before. Are you a friend of Nathan and Rico's?"
Magic blushed and hid behind Nathan, "M-my name is Magic."
"Nice to meet you, Magic," Jason smiled.
The Signer saw Katherine as well and came over to greet her as well. But he didn't feel welcome, because she would try to bite his hand when he tried t get close to him.
"You can't go a full day without getting in trouble, can you?" she scolded.
"Uh... Sorry?" was all Jason could say to the grouchy little puppy-dog.
That pup said nothing else to him, just huffed and turned her nose up away from him, 'You're lucky you're cute,' she thought.
"Sorry to ruin this touching moment... but would you mind explaining what happened up there?" Ken inquired, "And who was that with the giant bird?"
Rico was the first to answer that question, "Her name is Careen Stormfeather! She's a psychic duelist like me and Nate and Magic!" he explained, "She would travel across the world for the Arcadia Movement, looking for strong psychics to join us! In fact, I heard she uses an actual spirit that can cause storms and tsunamis! That must be the monster she was using just then! She must have known you're a Signer, because of your arm! Look!" he pointed to Jason's right arm, his Mark of the Dragon burning crimson.
Everyone was astonished by that feature; and Jason was still getting used to it.
A small jolt pierced Magic's mind. It was only brief, so no one would notice.
"Well, that tears it," Jason said, "They're after me because of this mark. That means I'd better stay away from them until I know more about them."
Just then, they heard the engines of a helicopter turn on as they find the KaibaCorp chopper leaving.
"Hey, wait a minute! What about us?" Ken called.
"I said I'd help you find Jason. I never said I'd give you losers a free ride home!" Isis called over the intercom, "Thanks to that little freak of nature earlier, I missed out on a perfectly good opportunity! But I'll be back!"
They watched as the Kaiba woman fly away...
Later...
Nathan never told anyone about this, but sometimes he would go to the MetroTower to clear his mind on things; so that's what he, Rico and Magic did near the end of the day.
Buying tickets for three, Nathan led his two friends to the top of the tower. When they arrived, the saw no one else, except for a black haired woman and a tall man wearing a black jacket and a blue hat. They couldn't help but listen in...
"Two years ago, I gave up everything I knew to come to the City from the Satellite," the man said in an Australian accent.
Magic's heart skipped a beat. Why did that voice sound so familiar?
He continued, "And what did I gain? 'Temporary greatness'. The admiration of fickle fans who love you when you're on top and hate you when you're not. In order to be the duelist I wanted to be, I lost sight of the duelist that I really am. I wanted to be the 'greatest'... but I see now that I took the *easy* path. Now that it's too late... I know what I really stand for."
"It's not too late, Jack," said the lady, "It's just, like, a-a do-over. You can use what you've learned and go forward. Think of it this way; old Jack lost in the battle against Yusei, and *new* Jack was reborn. You can do it again; you can go back to the Satellite and right your wrongs. You can say sorry to your friends, and things can be like they were before."
"...Y'know what? You're right. I can still do this," the mister took off his shades, revealing two pools of violet, "That's it; no more hiding. No more feeling sorry for myself It's time to move on!"
He pulled off his hat and threw it in the air. As for the girl, she watched with dismay as the hat goes flying off over the sea, "Uh, Jack? Th-that was my hat."
"Sorry about that," he turned and smiled, his spiky blond hair immune to the wind currents, "It's time for me to show the world who I really am!"
"Then you'll need this!" she held up a bag she was carrying with her. Moments later, a shade of white flourished.
Nathan, Rico and Magic watched in shock and amazement as the witnessed the person emerged: dark violet eyes, blond spikes, white blazer; it was none other that Jack Atlas.
As a bonus the all-too-familiar lightning invaded Magic's cranium, stronger than before. But this time, no headaches came, and she lost no stamina. Instead, flashback sequence began:
Flashback...
The wasteland was dark and foggy and she looked over the broken streets of Satellite. Along with her, four more comrades stook with her side-by-side.
Two of them appeared as whom she known as Yusei Fudo and Jack Atlas. The third one had spiky orange heir, held straight up by a brown headband. Criminal-marks ran every whichaway across his face. The final person had golden yellow eyes, and light blue hair. He was also wearing a purple bandanna in his hair to keep his own bangs out of his face.
Their clothes were covered over capes of black veil. One-by-one they equipped themselves with antique duel-disks and activated them. Preparations completed, they launched themselves down the hill, ready to patrol the deadly streets...
...End Flashback.
"Magic? Magic?" Margaret's mind was brought down to earth thanks to Nathan grabbing her attention, "Hey, is everything alright?"
"...Nathan, there's one more place I wanna go; somewhere I missed so much."
"You mean..."
"I wanna go to Satellite. I wanna see home..."
DUEL-MON DATABASE
(1) Mist Valley Watcher
Stats: [Winged-Beast/Effect] Level 4 ATK/1500 DEF/1900
Attribute: WIND
(2) Mist Valley Falcon
Stats: [Winged-Beast/Effect] Level 4 ATK/2000 DEF/1200
Attribute: WIND
Description: This card cannot declare an attack unless you return 1 card you control to its owner's hand.
(3) Mist Valley Thunderbird
Stats: [Winged-Beast/Effect] Level 3 ATK/700 DEF/1100
Attribute: WIND
Description: When this face-up card on the field returns to the hand, Special Summon it. This card cannot attack during the turn it was Special Summoned by this effect.
(4) Drillago
Stats: [Machine/Effect] Level 4 ATK/1600 DEF/1100
Attribute: DARK
Description: If the only cards on your opponent's side of the field are face-up monsters with ATK 1600 or more, this monster can attack your opponent's Life Points directly.
(5) Cannon Soldier
Stats: [Machine/Effect] Level 4 ATK/1400 DEF/1200
Attribute: DARK
Description: By Tributing 1 monster, inflict 500 damage to your opponent.
(6) Raging Eria
Stats: [Spellcaster/Effect] Level 4 ATK/800 DEF/1500
Attribute: WATER
Description: Once per turn, you can Tribute 1 WATER monster you control (except this card) to Special Summon 1 WATER monster from your hand. The monster Special Summoned by this effect is destroyed if "Raging Eria" is removed from your side of the field.
(7) White Night Dragon
Stats: [Dragon/Effect] Level 8 ATK/3000 DEF/2500
Attribute: WATER
Description: Negate the activation of any Spell or Trap Card that targets this card, and destroy that card. When a face-up monster you control is selected as an attack target, you can send 1 Spell or Trap Card you control to the Graveyard to change the target to this card.
(8) Ice Master
Stats: [Spellcaster/Effect] Level 8 ATK/2500 DEF/2000
Attribute: WATER
Description: You can Special Summon this card from your hand by Tributing 2 WATER monsters. Once per turn, you can place an Ice Counter on 1 face-up monster. You can Tribute this card to destroy all monsters with an Ice Counter(s).
(9) Divine Dragon-Excelion
Stats: [Dragon/Effect] Level 5 ATK/1500 DEF/000
Attribute: LIGHT
Description: When this card is Normal Summoned, it gets 1 of the following effects for each "Divine Dragon - Excelion" in your Graveyard when this effect resolves (your choice). These effects cannot accumulate. ● This card gains 1000 ATK. ● If this card destroys your opponent's monster by battle, it can attack once again in a row. ● When this card destroys a monster by battle and sends it to the Graveyard, inflict damage to your opponent equal to the ATK of the destroyed monster.
(10) R-Genex Booster
Stats: [Machine/Effect] Level 1 ATK/600 DEF/600
Attribute: WIND
Description: When a "Genex" Synchro Monster you control battles a Level-5 or higher monster, you can discard this card from your hand. That "Genex" monster gains 1200 ATK and DEF until the End Phase.
(11) Simorgh, Deity of Mist Valley
Stats: [Winged-Beast/Effect] Level 10 ATK/3100 DEF/2600
Attribute: WIND
Description: 1 'Mist Valley Tuner + 2 or more WIND non-Tuner monsters
This card cannot be Special Summoned except by Synchro Summon. When this card is Synchro Summoned, return all Spell and Trap Cards on the field to their owners' hands. During each End Phase, inflict 400 damage to each player for each empty Spell and Trap Zone on their side of the field. If this card would be destroyed by a card effect, you can return 1 other 'Mist Valley' monster you control to your hand instead.
Colossal Fighter GX: "Sorry for the long unexpected hiatus. I just couldn't reach the internet somehow. Anyway, I'll introduce the preview for my next chapter, where Magic will return to her home land, and Yusei will face against an old foe. Next time on Reverse of Arcadia: Dark Signs!"
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