Yugioh 5D's: Konami/Kazuki Takahashi
Outside the room, Rally, Nervin, Blitz, Tank, Persian and Blister sat silently, worrying for their friend.
"Poor Yusei..." Rally murmured, clutching at the Signer's helmet.
The door opened, and Martha and the doctor, Schmitt, stepped out of the room, removing their surgical masks.
"Tell us, Doc, how's he doing?" Crow demanded.
"It looks like he'll make a complete recovery," Martha assured.
"He'll need a few more days of rest in bed, but, he'll be just fine," the doctor said, "Just keep 'im from underground duels for a while, okay?"
Everyone sighed with relief.
"You're the doc!" Rally laughed happily.
"What now?" Nervin asked.
"Now, we find that Dark Signer and make him pay!" Crow growled angrily, clenching his fists...
Unfortunately, the others are not so enthusiastic about that; then Rally sneezes, with Blitz, Tank and Nervin just a breath behind.
"What's wrong?"
"Walking all night without any clothes..." Rally shivered, "I think we all caught a cold."
"Just perfect," Martha sighed, "I'll make some soup."
YuGiOh! 5D's
Reverse of Arcadia
Ride 13: Supersensory Shakedown
Elsewhere to the Tops area, Jason was packing up what little he had. He figured it was time to leave.
"What do you mean you can't stay?" Gabriella questioned.
"It's like I said, ever since I came to the city I did nothing but put everyone I care about in danger. It's time I moved on."
The Signer was about to leave through the door until Gabe came and blocked it, "You do know we're going to miss you, Kat in particular."
Gabriella had a point. Ever since Jason met her and Katherine after he left the Facility, the little cosplayer was attached to him like a kitted to a ball of string. He knew she would sooner die that let him put himself in any more danger.
"That's why I'm trusting you to protect Katherine. You've been doing a good job at it even before I came here. She's gonna need you more that ever now. The least you can do is be strong for her," Jason wrapped his arms around the young woman, pulling her to his embrace.
"I mean, ever since that duel you had with that psychic yesterday, I just feel uneasy seeing you in that much trouble," Gabriella whispered, her head resting against the Signer's warm chest, "I know you can take care of yourself, but, it still hurts..."
"Thanks for everything, Gabe. Thanks for looking after me," afterward he took his cards and his disk, "I'm gonna take out those Dark Signers. And until then, don't bother looking for me," Jason shut the door behind him.
"Just come back safe, Jason..." Gabriella prayed.
And that was Jason was planning on. The sooner he defeats the Dark Signers, the sooner he can come home with his small family back in his arms. He was confident the would be fine. But jist in case...
"Hey, Tanner," Jason called, "Could you do me a small favor...?"
While Jason left he called Tanner ad asked if he could look after them. So he and Yanagi stopped by her place to pick them up before going topside to Leo and Luna's home.
"Wouldja look at this place!" Yanagi chuckled, impressed.
"This is one time I don't mind babysitting!" Tanner added.
"Hold on, you're not babysitting," Luna pointed out, "You're just here 'cause Yusei was worried about those Dark Signers coming after us."
"But don't worry about them; Luna n' me'll protect you with our awesome dueling!" Leo said.
"In all my time here, I had no idea you were living over our heads," Gabriella admired, "But where are your parents?"
"Mom and Dad are always away on business trips, so we usually have the house to yourselves," Luna answered, settling herself into a nearby couch.
Gabriella joined her, "But don't you feel lonely without them around?"
"Yeah, but I still have Leo around, so at least I have someone."
"Check out this pool! Does anyone mind if I do aquarobics?" Yanagi asked.
"Why don't we try checkin' in on Yusei before you start splashin' to the oldies, Yanagi," Tanner pulled a laptop out of one of the bags he was carrying and looked at it.
Leo anxiously looked over the ex-champion's shoulder, "Is Yusei okay? Last night Luna's Sign started glowing super-bright, does that mean he's dueling a Dark Signer? Is he in trouble?"
Gabriella, hearing this, laid a hand over her bandaged arm, making sure no one looked.
"I think you should take a time-out from the question game and let me see if Yusei's checked in..." Tanner looked through his computer, "Looks like there's no email from 'im yet"
"But what if Goodwin locked him up?" Katherine asked, "Like he did before with Jason, nya?"
"Calm down. I'm sure he's takin' out Dark Signers or somethin'."
"Mrrow, okay."
"No one can stop Yusei- he's just too slick!" Leo boisterously cheered, "But if he's okay, why was your arm glowing last night?"
"I don't know," his sister said, "maybe it was my dream. I saw these dragons fighting the Shadow Army."
"Maybe your Sign was showing you the original battle of the Crimson Dragon, and how to beat the Dark Signers," Yanagi deducted.
"Wait! If the Dark Signers are like the bad guys, then the Signers are like superheroes, nya?" Katherine said, "Then that means we gotta band together the others! That means we gotta find Jack and Akiza!"
"Akiza? She may be a Signer. But that doesn't mean we can trust 'er," Tanner said, "She's part of that weird Arcadia Movement that's got all the psychics."
"The Arcadia Movement? You mean like with video games?" Leo asked.
"It's Arcadia, not arcade. Their group collects psychics from all over the world. Then they test their abilities to move objects with their minds."
"Nathan mentioned the Arcadia Movement," Gabriella said, "He said their primary goal is to alter their powers so their Duel Monsters can inflict real damage."
"But Akiza would never really wanna hurt people," Luna said.
"Although, I couldn't say the same for Divine," Gabe grimaced.
"Gabriella has a point," Tanner replied, "I say we stay as far away from Arcadia possible."
"Hey... but Katherine agreed that us heroes gotta stick together," Leo protested, "What if she needs our help?"
"Huh?"
"Or what if Yusei's in trouble and we need Akiza's deck as backup? There's, like, totally a million reasons that this is a good idea!"
"What're you talkin' about?"
"They want to go and get Akiza from Arcadia," Yanagi agreed, "Good plan; I'll just stay here and keep an eye on the heated jacuzzi!"
"Hold on! Who says we're going anywhere! We should stay put until we hear from Yusei!"
"What if we don't hear from 'im? For all we know, he might need our help!"
Tanner groaned, defeated, "You're right. If there's still no email, something might've happened to him that needs Signer backup," he checked the computer, but still no messages, "Hmm. Looks like we're gonna pay Akiza a visit after all."
Meanwhile...
At the Arcadia Movement, Akiza stood in a room of grey steel as a whirlwind of petals before her exploded apart to reveal Black Rose Dragon.
"Black Rose Flare!" she commanded, and the dragon unleashed its attack into a robotic dummy in front of her. But instead of shattering it to pieced as usual, it was simply knocked over.
From a gantry above, Sayer looked down upon the Duel as Black Rose Dragon vanished, pondering something.
"Something wrong, Sayer?" Divine asked upon entering the room, "You're not your usual mischievous self today."
"Normally Akiza would've reduced that duel-bot to ashes."
"This is the eighth match in a row so far. There's no doubt her psychic powers have weakened since the Fortune Cup."
"I never asked you to state the obvious, Divine," the head of Arcadia growled, "She needs fixing. She's lost duels before; what's different this time?"
"It wasn't the duel that was distracting her. I must be her opponent, Yusei Fudo."
"...Of course..." a dark smile twisted across the man's face, "Could it be that our Akiza has a crush?"
He stepped off of the gantry and walked into a staircase, descending and meeting Akiza as she emerged from an elevator, "Akiza! That was an impressive duel."
"Yeah, right," Akiza knew he didn't mean it.
"You're too hard on yourself. Whatever's troubling you, you can always tell me. We're friends."
"I'm fine. I just need to rest."
"Come, now. I've known you too long for you to start lying. I saved you. Or don't you remember?" Sayer lectured, "You were an outcast with frightening powers. You had no friends; no one wanted to be around you. They'd stare from afar; watching, whispering, laughing. Even your own parents didn't want anything to do with you. And when you were ready to throw away your future, who was it that saved you? Me, Sayer. And now you're one of Arcadia's most powerful girls, surrounded by friends who share your abilities, all thanks to yours truly. At the very least, you can tell me what's really going on. Why are you distracted? What's so important that you're risking all that we've accomplished?"
Sayer was sure that will get her, and was surprised when Akiza nudged past him and continued on her path, "I said it's nothing."
"...Or is it Yusei Fudo?"
The Black Rose gasped; it looked like he found out.
"You don't have to be a psychic to figure it out. You think you can run off, live a normal life, and have Yusei fight your battles for you? Very romantic. But I'm afraid your place will always be here."
Akiza remained silent. Was what he said was true?
"And make sure you remind Rico as well, that you don't need him to tell you how to duel," he continued, referring to her last match at the Fortune Cup, "And he also doesn't have to tell you what to think, because he doesn't know the pain of being rejected like you did, considering what happened to his mother. So what could he possibly know about the mindset of hose 'normal' people?"
Sayer chuckled as Akiza continued to disappear through the hall. He sure kept her straght. Sayer started to leave in a different direction, but then his cell phone rang.
"Not now," he snapped, answering it.
"There's a group here to see you, and two a' them are the twins you were asking about, Luna and Leo."
"They're here? Things just got interesting..."
Later...
Lightning flashed and thunder roared as Ccapac Apu rose up, monolithic, towering over the Satellite.
"Hahahahahahaha! Get ready to join the rest of the taken in the shadows of the netherworld! Ha! Earthbound Immortal Ccapac Apu, pound this pathetic Signer into the darkness!"
he Earthbound Immortal roared and reached out for Yusei...
With a cry of shock and horror, Yusei woke up, sitting straight up in bed and wincing as the movement sent lances of pain through his bandaged abdomen.
"Well look who's awake," Martha greeted, pulling the curtains from over around Yusei's bed.
"Martha. What happened?"
"You took a nasty fall off your runner, then Crow brought you here."
"Nasty fall?" he then remembered about the terrible events that happened last night, "Oh, yeah, there was a duel between me and Kalin."
"When you were little, I told you dueling was dangerous. Now you're a wreck! Check out your runner."
"Huh?" Yusei looked out the window; his runner was sitting in the yard, with a couple of little kids standing around it.
"Surprised? Your friends pushed it the whole way here."
"Through the Satellite?"
Martha seemed amused at Yusei's exclamation, "They got sick and lost their decks, and quite literally the shirts off their backs. But they all knew what that runner meant to you," her expression then turned serious, "Hope is all anyone has left in the Satellite Sector. Security's taken our decks, and crime's taken anything else that has even a little value. But people here have always looked up to you, Yusei. They thought you might get outta here, start a real life," she turned away and walked to a shelf against the wall, turning back to glare at Yusei, "Which is why it breaks my heart to know you're back here dueling. I hope at least you won your little game."
"It's not what you think; there's people out there that want to destroy our home!" Yusei assured, "All of us here are in great danger. It's complicated, but there's these Dark Signers, and-"
"You need to calm down, Yusei. I believe you. But if we're all in great danger, why're you trying to save us all on your own?"
"It's my job..."
"You'll just never change," Martha spoke bitterly, saddened at Yusei's foolishness, "trying to do everything by yourself and ending up in a hospital bed! You've got friends out there that will follow you anywhere. Look what they did just for your duel runner."
Yusei looked down at the sheets, considering her words.
"Then there's Jack. You two were like brothers, once. You need each other. Whatever happened, it's time the two of you forgave and forgot. Life's hard enough, but it's even harder without a best friend. And if it's true, if these 'Dark Signers' you're talking about want to turn our home into a parking lot, then you're gonna need all the friends you can get, 'cause mark my words, I'm done bandaging your black-and-blues. Your life is just too important to ride solo! Now, eat this," She placed the plate of apple slices on his bedside.
"Thank you, for all your help."
"There's just one more thing. If you run out of here before I say you're ready to go..." she scolded, brandishing a fist, "then those scars are just the beginning."
Yusei couldn't help but smirk. Then looked down at his Mark of the Dragon.
"Good luck, Yusei; you'll need it."
Meanwhile, at the Arcadia building, Tanner, Yanagi, Luna, and Leo, Gabriella and Katherine, in all in their nicest clothes (Kat was wearing a sparkling blue ballgown complete with a plastic jeweled tiara, like something Cinderella would wear), were sitting down to dinner with Sayer, who was wearing a rather outrageous-looking fancy teal suit.
"So what're they serving?" Yanagi whispered, "Red meat doesn't agree with me."
"Be quiet, gramps, no one cares," Tanner snapped back, being aside from the old man.
"So all of you want to see Akiza," the head of the Arcadia Movement said with a smirk, "I should warn you, she's awfully busy. What's so incredibly important that you've come all the way here?"
"Well, she's got a Dragon Sign. That means she's a superhero," Leo explained, "And now because Luna and me are superheroes too, we're going to help our friend Yusei and fight the Dark Signers and save the whole city, okay?"
"Your young friend here certainly has an imagination. But… It makes sense. I have been monitoring some unusual occurrences lately. Plus, Akiza was ambushed by one of their followers We would love to help you." Sayer said. Everyone was actually surprised that Sayer actually agreed to this.
"You would?" Kat asked excitedly.
"My Arcadia Movement is here for good; if any of my psychic duelists, especially the lovely Akiza, can be of help, what sort of person would I *be* if I turned my back on you? I promise you all I'll do everything to stop this threat. Now, if you would just excuse me, I'll go get Akiza," Sayer then went out the door and left the room.
"So there! You said that he was all weird and scary," Leo boasted, "How's it feel to be wrong!"
"I thought he said we were gonna eat dinner, I brought my best kimono!" Yanagi wondered.
"I'm sure he'll- hold on," Tanner said as he sniffed the air, "You guys smell something a little funny?"
"Whoops! Ya get to be my age, you get gastronomical problems."
"Whoa..." Leo yawned, "I'm getting tired."
"Me, too..." Luna added.
One by one, the occupants all collapsed and dozed off. The doors opened again to see Sayer and a group of his lackeys wearing gas masks.
'Luna, ever since I saw your duel at the tournament, I knew I have to have your special powers under my control, but I need to know if your brother possesses the same ability. Fortunately for him, I have ways to find out.' Sayer thought.
"Luna! Luna, wake up!"
The green-haired girl groaned and her eyes slowly opened, letting her see a pair of bright brown eyes. She then focused to his brown hair, then his brown vest, and more importantly the lollipop in his mouth.
"Rico..." she rubbed her eyes, "What's going on? Where am I?" she slowly sat up, finding herself on a sofa in what appeared to be a viewing gallery, with one wall made of reinforced glass.
"It's your brother! Look through the window!" Luna followed Rico to the giant window. She then noticed Sayer below, with another duelist by his side. On the opposing side of the room she saw two more people, Their ankles were chained to the ground and they each has some kind of head gear on their head. Her eyes widened when she saw who they were.
"Kat! Leo!" Luna cried. "What's going on? Why are chained like that?"
"It's a test." Akiza answered, watching from beside them.
Down in the arena, the two children tugged at the chains locked to their ankles, trying to get free.
"The chains are there for your own protection. We don't want you 'hurting yourselves', now, do we?" Divine smiled, "As for those hats you're wearing, it's for detecting latent psychic powers. Assuming, of course, that you have any; which I highly doubt."
"Latent what?" Leo snapped.
"You said you were gonna help us fight the Dark Signers, Mr. Sayer! You never said anything about him showing up!" Katherine hissed, pointing at the lime-haired psychic."
"Well now that is what they would call a lie, Miss Cheshire, and I'm sure you'll hear many more."
As Leo kept struggling, he then saw Luna up above at the gantry watching with Rico and Akiza, "Luna, get out of here!"
"Save your breath, Leo; there's no way she can hear you," Sayer said.
"What're you gonna do to us? Take our or something?"
"Of course not. You're here to take a test to see if you have the power of a psychic duelist. Know that word?"
"What, psycho?"
"No. A psychic can do incredible things with their mind; something small or something powerful. My psychics use their abilities to make their decks come alive. I'm sure Mr. Divine gave a small preview of his abilities, right, Katherine?" Sayer relished the sight of the little neko-girl shivering, remembering what Divine did to her at the tournament, "That's right. Though as powerful as he is, Divine is just the tip of the iceberg. I have dozens more psychic duelists at my command. Who cares about these Dark Signers; let them destroy the Satellite Sector. It only helps me in my quest to make society pay for the discriminating ways in which they've treated psychics throughout time."
"Does that mean that Akiza's gonna help you get even? Nathan and Rico?" Leo gasped, "But you guys are supposed to he heroes!"
"Did you just say 'heroes'?" Divine laughed, "Those guys don't even know what we're doing here!"
"And you're helping him?" Kat exclaimed, "But why?"
"As if someone as pampered and innocent as you would understand," the psychic activated his duel-disk, following Sayer, "Now, shall we."
"Guess I don't got a choice," Leo activate his disk as well, followed by the reluctant Katherine.
"Now, be sure to duel hard," Sayer teased, "'Cause if you don't, you'll end up locked away with your friends! Now let us begin!"
"DUEL"
Leo & Katherine: 4000
Sayer & Divine: 4000
"The first move is mine," Divine began the duel, "And now for a change of scenery: I play the field-spell, (5D's) Reverse of Arcadia!" the instant the spell was inserted, the lights around the arena went out, only to give way to mew light forming into lines around the arena floor. The markings crossed together to form the shape of an arching dragon, glowing in a dark-blue neon light, "Now on to my psychics. But first I'll activate the spell Double Summon. Now I summon Mind Protector," a golden-plated robot encased with violet glass appeared (ATK: 0), "Next I'll release it for (1) Overdrive Teleporter(6/2100/1200)!" the metallic monster dissolved into a portal and made way to a more humanoid one. It had sleek white armor and a white overcoat. A green visor covered its eyes and some of its almond hair covered its right eye. It looked like a splitting image of its master, "Quite the looker, isn't he? And with his special ability, I can special-summon 2 level-3 psychics from my deck. Now, normally, I have to play 2000 life-points to use it; but with the power of this field-spell, I don't have to pay a thing! Anyway, I summon Psychic Commander, plus another Mind Protector," another Mind Protector appeared (DEF: 2200), as well as the commander on its hover-tank (ATK: 1400), "Now I tune Psychic Commander with Overdrive Teleporter to synchro-summon you-know-who!" Overdrive disappear and its six stars surrounded Divine. Then Commander's three synchro-gates descended and surrounded him as well. He was then engulfed in a column of light as Divine chanted:
"Stars of verlism, unite as one! Unlock the gate of cyberspace to uncover the arms, and array me with the rods of destruction! Synchro-Summon! From the depths of the cyber world, enter Hyper Psychic Blaster!"
Divine broke out of the synchro-jet in his silver armor (ATK: 3000).
"Oh. This is bad!" Leo gasped.
"Yes it is. But since this is my first turn I can't attack. But of course, since this a two-on-two battle, neither can anyone else. So I'll just place two card face-down," a couple of reversed cards appeared in front of the Hyper Psychic Blaster, "And now since this is the end-phase, the second effect of Reverse of Arcadia activates, increasing our life-points equal to the amount of points I would've paid from my psychic's abilities this turn," a dark-blue aura surrounded Divine.
Leo & Katherine: 4000
Sayer & Divine: 6000
"It's your move, little girl."
Katherine silently, still slightly scared, "I summon Neko-Cleric in DEF mode," the cat-eared priestess appeared, but shivere in fear the moment it spotted Divine, "Next I activate the spell Neko-Penalty. And since I played a spell this turn, Leo and I get 300 life-points thanks to Cleric's ability," the nun's rosary glowed.
Leo & Katherine: 4300
Sayer & Divine: 6000
"I place two cards face-down, and end my turn," two reverses appeared.
"It's my turn," Sayer drew, "And I summon Krebons in ATK mode," the psychic harlequin appeared (ATK: 1200), "And I'll end my turn with one face-down! You're up now, Leo!"
"My deck rules, weirdo! After I take you out, your army is next!" the morphtronic duelist started his turn, "And for my first move, I summon my (3) Morphtronic Radion(4/1000/900)!" a large portable radio appeared in front of Leo, "When he's in DEF mode, all the other Morphtronic monsters get an extra 1000 DEF points!"
Morphtronic Radion: (DEF: 1900)
"I play a face-down and call it a turn!"
"If that's the best you got, then you're in trouble!" Divine laughed and started his turn, "I activate the trap, Marcro Cosmos! Now all cards that would normally be sent to the grave are removed from play instead. Next I summon Psychic Snail to the field!" a large gold and violet humanoid snail appeared (ATK: 1900), "Now I activate its special-ability, allowing me to attack twice this turn! Time to bust that toy radio of yours!" Divine fired one of his blasters at Morthtronic Radion.
"Time to bust your attack! I activate the Morphtransition trap card!" Leo activated his face-down, "So now you attack is negated, and my morphtronic changes its battle mode!"
"Assuming that even happens! I activated counter-trap Mind over Matter!" Divine's Mind Master disappeared when his trap activated, "By releasing one of my psychics, your trap is negated," with Morphtransition out of the way, Radion was wiped into atoms from Divine's attack. Leo cringed as an electrical shock surged through him.
Leo & Katherine: 3200
Sayer & Divine: 6000
"Hey, what was that?" Leo cried out, "Something just shocked me!"
"That is the result of my psychic dueling power, Leo; something in sure Miss Cheshire is familiar of," Divine smiled, "and if you ever hope to beast the two of us, you'd better use your own! Divine, let's give them another taste!"
"With pleasure," Divine fired another round and obliterated Katherine's Neko Cleric's. Katherine felt the terrible shocks coursing in her body.
Leo & Katherine: 2200
Sayer & Divine: 6000
"When a Neko monster is destroyed in battle, Neko-Penalty activates, removing 3 cards from my deck," Katherine announced, her voice breaking, "Then the opponent that attacked can't attack this turn."
"Well, la-de-da," Divine cracked, "You're only delaying the inevitable. Just make your move," The effect of Reverse of Arcadia activated once again.
Leo & Katherine: 2200
Sayer & Divine: 6800
Katherine started her turn, "I summon Neko-Warrior and end my turn," the kunoichi appeared and stood her ground (DEF: 800).
"Is that all? Just one monster in DEF mode? I'm starting to doubt if you have any ability at all," Divine stated and started his turn, "Here's how you play a monster card. I summon Armored Axon Kicker," a bulky warrior in black and green armor appeared on Sayer's field (ATK: 2200), "It may be a level-6 monster, but with another psychic on my field, he can be summoned without releasing a monster. Now I'll use him and Krebons for a synchro-summon!" Krebons and Axon combined, the former forming three synchro-gates around the latter.
"Surge, my black mist of vengeance! Synchro Summon..."
From a smoldering cobalt fog emerged a pair of glowing red eyes, "Come, my mighty beast, (2) Thoughtruler Archfield(8/2700/2300)," the head of Arcadia chuckled as a hideous monster emerged. Thought Ruler Archfiend was a fearsome creature in dark green and bright orange, with bleached white bones for armor, a skeletal face, large wings and claws. The beast growled as it eyed menacingly at the two children.
"You still can't attack because of Neko Penalty," Katherine shivered.
"True. That's why I activate the Psychokinesis spell," Katherine's spell was destroyed, but at the expense of 1000 life-points at Sayer.
Leo & Katherine: 2200
Sayer & Divine: 5800
"And that's not all. I also activate Stop Defense," Sayer's second spell forced Neko-Warrior into ATK position (ATK: 1400)
"No!" Kat cried.
"Oh yes. Thoughtruler Archfiend, attack," the abomination spewed a forceful shadowy fog, suffocating the poor, defenseless neko before she dispersed into pixels. Katherine ducked down to avoid the shards, but not the terrible shocks.
Leo & Katherine: 900
Sayer & Divine: 5800
"And, since he destroyed a monster on the field, the destroyed monster's ATK points are accumulated into my life-points."
Leo & Katherine: 900
Sayer & Divine: 7200
It was DejaVu all over again for Katherine Cheshire. It was like when she first faced him in the tournament, what he did to her hurt. And what he did to Jason that day hurt her even more. And now she was going to go through the same type of torture: being a human target for the Hyper Psychic Blaster. She was entirely out of ways to defend herself or Leo. All she could do now was cover her head in fetal position.
"I just don't understand, sis!" Rico cried, "You're gonna just let Sayer and Divine do this?"
"Please stop this! They're getting hurt down there!" Luna pleaded.
"There's nothing I can do. Once the test starts, it doesn't end until one duelist loses." Akiza said, her voice visible with regret.
"Stop it... Please stop..."
"Huh? What was that?" Divive mockingly cupped his ear with his metallic hand, "You need to speak up. I can barely-"
"I SAID STOP IT! STOP IT NOW!" the girl shrieked, "LEAVE US ALONE! PLEASE! JUST LEAVE US ALONE!"
If you ever wanna see your friends and family again, I would quit the whining and show me your psychic powers," Sayer replied heartlessly, "Now, are you gonna get up and duel or rust my steel floor?"
"You're a bunch of monsters!" Leo shouted at the two terrorizing psychics, "Why are you doing this? Why can't you let us go?"
"I'm doing this as a favor. You'll thank me in the end," he growled, "Now tell your friend to get up an stop sniveling. May I remind you that if you lose, you and your friends will be locked up forever; and Luna's power will be mine to control."
That last statement must have touched some of Leo's nerves, "You're gonna wish you never messed with my sister! Nobody gets away with that!"
Sayer was glad he touched the boy's emotions, "That's the spirit, Leo. Come at me with all that anger, all that emotion you have buried deep down inside! So what're you gonna do: are you just gonna cry, or are you gonna duel?"
"I'm gonna win!" the morphtronic duelist started his turn, "And I summon (4) Morphtronic Scopen(3/800/1400)!" then appearing to his field came a giant Microscope. It twisted and turned until it became noticed as a robot (ATK: 800), "And since it's in ATK mode, I can special-summon Morphtronic Boomboxen from my hand!" a large red boombox appeared and transformed into a robot as well (ATK: 1200), "Now I combine both my monsters for a synchro-summon!" the mobile microscope disappeared, revealing three shining stars that soared upward into the air and re-emerged as synchro-gates. Boomboxen flies through the rings, transforming into glowing outlines. Its four stars align as Leo chanted:
"Docking strength with courage to protect world peace! Synchro Summon!"
"Now you're gonna get a little taste of what I got in store for the Dark Signers. Envoy of love and justice, (5) Power Tool Dragon(7/2300/2500)!" a giant mass of golden metal broke out of the column of light. Power Tool Dragon was a mechanical yellow dragon with big red lenses for eyes. By raising a bare silver arm, a large cobalt shovel slammed onto its hinge in the end; and by raising its right, a lone scarlet drill. Te dragon descended on its feet with a loud rumble (ATK: 2300).
"Nice," Sayer clapped, "Now keep that focus and harness the energy that flows within."
"Well how's this for energy! I use my dragon's V2 ability so that I can play any equip spell from my deck!" Leo's deck rapidly shuffled, then he drew the top card from the deck, "Yes! Now I can play Double Tool CD, which gives an extra 1000 ATK points to the monster I equip it to. Power Tool Dragon, you're about to get power-up!" Power Tool's weapons were switched with a red curcular saw and a green drill.
Power Tool Dragon: (ATK: 3300)
"Smile, 'cause here comes my dentist! Ataaaaack!" both the mecha's power tools spun rapidly. It then rushed towards the Thoughtruler Archfield, smashing it to bits with both tools.
Leo & Katherine: 900
Sayer & Divine: 6800
Sayer chuckled a bit, "Not bad."
"Hmph, luck-of-the-draw, that's all," Divine retorted.
"Next time you oughta think twice before trying to mess with me and my friend!" Leo boasted, "'Cause once this duel's over, we're gonna get Akiza out of here and stop you evil schemes!" he then turned to Katherine, "And don't you worry! We will get out of here!"
Hearing Leo's words eased her a bit. It made her less scared for the first time ever since this duel started.
"Don't make a promise you can't keep!" Divine started his turn, "Because I'm gonna end this here game right now! And in case you forgotten about that equip-spell of yours, your power-boost only lasts during your turn only! So your Power Tool isn't so powerful anymore, now is he?"
"You may have more ATK points than him, but as long as my dragon's equipped with Double Tool, I can sacrifice it in order to keep 'im alive!"
"I must say, I applaud your innovative strategy," Sayer approved, "But unfortunately, it will only work if your dragon is attacked."
"But- but you have to!"
"I'm sorry, but I'll be using my trap card right now," the psychic played his revered card he placed at the beginning of the match, "It's called Battle Teleportation. I can only activate it when there's only one psychic-type on the field, and it allows Divine to attack to bypass your dragon and attack you directly," Sayer laughed as Divine instantly disappeared.
"W-where did he go?"
"Boo!" Katherine got her answer when she felt cold steed on her back. She quickly turned around to face Divine, pointing one of his barrels at point-blank range. Seeing the Hyper Psychic Blaster terrified her, as she tripped onto her rear, not taking her eyes off Divine, "I guess I was right all along. You really don't have what it takes to duel with the big boys after all."
"Now! You leave her alone!"
"Enough out of you!" Divine raised his extra blaster and fired at Leo. The force was so great that his chain snapped as he flew against the wall, falling unconscious on impact. With that one distraction aside, the psychic turned back to the panicking little girl, "As I was saying before I was so rudely interrupted, you still held on to those sweet little fantasies out of your head; and now I'm gonna knock 'em right out!" he docked one of his blasters and waved a free hand at her mockingly.
The poor little victim could no longer handle the stress. She begged. She pleaded. She even screamed at the to of her lungs for help. But all that she said and done, she knew nothing could keep her from her inevitable fate...
"Sweet dreams!"
...And then it all came in an instant: a merciless, unforgiving force invaded her dead-on. She could think of nothing at this moment except for the distasteful, calamitous agony searing through her. But she had no time to scream, for the entire world around her darkened as instantly...
Divine scoffed as he watched Katherine's still body, wrapped around the torn remains of her beautiful dress, lying in a crater of dented steel metal, battered...bruised...defeated.
"Ugh. I told you they don't have anything to offer," he grunted as he walked towards Sayer, while deactivating his armor.
"Hmm. Seems that they don't... But at least we have another Spirit Caller in our grasped," the redheaded head of Arcadia chuckled as he watched through the viewing gallery, enjoying the anguish and turmoil little Luna's loss was putting her through...
DUEL-MON DATABASE
(1) Oerdrive Teleporter
Stats: [Psychic/Effect] Level 6 ATK/2100 DEF/1200
Attribute: LIGHT
Description: This card cannot be Special Summoned. You can pay 2000 Life Points to Special Summon 2 Level 3 Psychic-Type monsters from your Deck. This effect can only be used once while this card is face-up on the field.
(2) Thoughtruler Archfiend
Stats: [Psychic/Effect] Level 8 ATK/2700 DEF/2300
Attribute: DARK
Description: 1 Tuner + 1 or more non-Tuner monsters
When this card destroys a monster by battle and sends it to the Graveyard, gain Life Points equal to that monster's original ATK. You can pay 1000 Life Points to negate the activation of a Spell or Trap Card that targets 1 Psychic-Type monster, and destroy it.
(3) Morphtronic Radion
Stats: [Thunder/Effect] Level 4 ATK/1000 DEF/900
Attribute: LIGHT
Description: ● While in Attack Position: "Morphtronic" monsters you control gain 800 ATK. ● While in Defense Position: "Morphtronic" monsters you control gain 1000 DEF.
(4) Morphtronic Scopen
Stats: [Machine/Effect] Level 3 ATK/800 DEF/1400
Attribute: LIGHT
Description: ● While in Attack Position: Once per turn, you can Special Summon 1 Level 4 "Morphtronic" monster from your hand. Destroy it during the End Phase. ● While in Defense Position: While this card is in face-up Defense Position, it is Level 4.
(5) Power Tool Dragon
Stats: [Machine/Synchro/Effect] Level 7 ATK/2300 DEF/2500
Attribute: EARTH
Description: ● While in Attack Position: Once per turn, you can Special Summon 1 Level 4 "Morphtronic" monster from your hand. Destroy it during the End Phase. ● While in Defense Position: While this card is in face-up Defense Position, it is Level 4.
Magic: "Now for a preview for the next YuGiOh 5D's! In case you don't know, a Spirit Caller communicates with Duel Monster spirits, as well as travel to a mysterious plane called the spirit world. Now what if our favorite female protagonist has a spiritual experience for herself? Find out on the next chapter of Reverse of Arcadia: A Spellcaster's Spiritual Speculation! Time to make some magic!"
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