YuGiOh 5D's: Kazuki Takahashi/Konami
It has been minutes since the group separated. Persian and Margaret were riding along the dirt path toward the Wolf control-unit.
"I'm quite curious," Persian said, trying to strike a conversation, "I know the Signers have a thing for those Dark Signers. But how are you wrapped up in all this?"
"Huh?" Margaret's attention was caught, "Oh... Uh, how could I explain it? Here's the thing, it started three years ago. I had been having strange dreams back then. It wasn't until a few days ago that I found out that the dreams were real. There's a whole world out there, way different than this one, and it's in terrible danger. And I have to be there to stop whatever's causing this."
"Mmhm..."
"You don't believe a word I said, do you?"
"Let's see; there's glowing red dragons, colossal giants, and supernatural undead duelists. What's there to not believe?"
"Hmm..." suddenly, Magic heard a piercing shriek, almost as if someone was calling out to her, "Stop!"
"Come again?"
"Persian, stop the bike now!" Persian's duel-runner came to a screeching halt as she stopped in the middle of the road. Margaret staggered off and wandered with her hands over her temples. "I heard something just now. I don't know what it is but I think someone's calling out to me!" she then felt a small tug on her robes and looked around. Her white magician friend was looking up to her in her illusory form, "Silent Magician...?" the young magician duelist knelt down to the magician's height, "You know what's going on; we have to go right away, don't we?" the small magician then reached out to her partner, and placed her small hands against the girl's cheeks. Margaret did not know it then, but she could see that the Silent Magician's eyes carry wisdom which harmonizes with her innocence. She leaned in closer until their foreheads were touching each other. Suddenly, a bright light shone over them, obscuring them from plain sight. When the light dimmed, Margaret was gone.
Persian, who saw the phenomenon, stood agasped, "This day is getting weirder by the minute."
YuGiOh: 5D's
Reverse of Arcadia
Ride 28: Mark of the Monkey
Part1: Primal Instinct
Leo and Trudge noticed that Luna was nowhere to be found because of a possible similar experience that took place there as well. There was a chance that she must have fell out of the car, so the two decided look for her. Although it was taking a while too looking for her.
Leo called as he kept looking for his sister. He kept running around for a while until he rounded a corner and abruptly stops, amazed at something in front of him. He was standing within view of a large mechanical device: a spire like the one at the bottom of the crater, with four prongs on top like an antenna, "There it is; the Mark of the Monkey," it was true; there's ancient Latin-American designs carved around the base of the structure, center-pieced with a monkey, "This must be the control thing Mina was talking about. Hey, Dark-Signer-Monkey guy! Are you in there? Hello, I'm ready to duel!"
"I've been waiting for you, Signer," a voice called and then purple fire erupts from the ground behind the mechanism, and spreads, drawing a tail with three coils of parallel lines. The Mark of the Monkey appeared on the landscape of the Satellite, and reflected against the clouds. "So if I'm in the middle of this monkey barrier, that means-"
"Who are you?" Leo gasped as he turned to see Devack appearing from the machine, equipped with his duel-disk. "What's going on? You're not a Signer, what're you doing here!"
Leo sighed and then turned tough, "I'm gonna duel you! That is if you think you're strong enough to take me on!"
"Is this some kind of joke? Where's the little girl? Why isn't she here! I told her to come!"
"Yeah, well, she's busy! You're gonna hafta duel me instead, mister! I may not be a Signer, but that doesn't mean that I can't rock a deck!" Leo declared as he activated his duel-disk, "Now come on! Let's see what you're made of!"
"I applaud your enthusiasm. I really do," Devack smiled as he activated his disk, "But I'm afraid that you simply do not have the power to match me, boy!"
"You don't know that!"
"If you insist on being destroyed...so be it!"
"LET'S DUEL!"
Both players drew their opening hand and readied.
Leo: 4000
Devack: 4000
"Leo! Get outta there, don't be a fool!" Trudge called from a vantage point overhead. The Sector Security Officer then heard a duel runner coming by and suddenly screeched to a halt. He turned around to see Yusei. "Yusei! What're you doing here?"
"I turned around when I saw that pillar of light. What's going on?"
"Well first, Luna disappeared to who-knows-where."
"She what? She must've gone to the Spirit World for some reason."
Trudge groaned, "Great, now you're babbling about Spirit World and fairy tales?"
"It's not a fairy tale, it's real! Luna must've gone to rescue Ancient Fairy Dragon!"
"Ancient what?"
"I'll explain later, right now we gotta stop this duel!" Yusei then called out, "Hey! Devack! That kid's not a Signer, ya can't duel him!"
"I warned him, and once a shadow duel begins, it cannot be stopped. Not until somebody wins, that is!" Devack.
"Let's get this battle going!" Leo declared as he drew his sixth card, "Awesome! I summon Morphtronic Magnen in DEF mode!" a large magnet appeared (DEF: 800), "With Morphtronic Magnen in play, you can't attack any other monster on my field! Now I'm placing one card face-down and ending my turn!" a reverse-card appeared, 'By laying my Morphtransition trap card face-down, I can trigger its effect and negate any attack my Morphtronic monsters might take. And then if I'm able to summon another Morphtronic Magnen on my next turn, I'll create a magnetic lock that'll stop him from attacking completely!'
"Leo, stop this!" Leo called, "You gotta find a way to get outta this duel!"
"No way! Don't you get it? If I defeat Devack, Luna won't have to duel 'im!"
Devack chuckled as Yusei looked on in distress.
"All we can do now is hope he can beat this guy." Trudge said.
"It's my turn, boy!" Devack drew his sixth card, "And I summon (1) Ape Magician(3/ATK: 800/DEF: 1200) in ATK mode!" a short simian being in bronze armor and a green cape appeared. It carried a staff with two curved, golden horn-like prongs.
'I usually hate magical primates,' Leo thought, 'but since this thing's too weak to destroy my Magnen, I don't mind it too much. Just as long as I don't have to worry about any special-abilities or anything.'
"I now activate Magician Ape's special ability," Devack announced, "which means that once a turn, if I take one card from my hand and send it to my graveyard, Magician Ape is able to take control of one of your monsters!" Leo gasped as Ape Magician used its staff to control Magnen by shooting out electricity and moving it to Devack's side of the field, "And with that out of the way, Magician Ape attacks you directly!" Ape Magician then shot more electricity from his staff and shocked Leo. The Morphtronic Duelist yelled from the top of his lungs as he was being shocked.
"LEO!" Yusei and Trudge cried.
Smoke sizzled out of him as he fell on his knees, 'Man. That really smarted. That was worse than when I dueled Sayer!'
Leo: 3200
Devack: 4000
"Now you know the true power of a shadow duel," Devack said, "Don't worry; I will try to send you to the netherworld with as little pain as possible! That is the only mercy I can spare you!" Yusei and Trudge watched tensely as Leo kept winching on his knees. He wandered into the Lion's Den with now support except his own. But he bored the Dark Signer's dispassionate glare as he was willing to fight until the bitter end...
Margaret opened her eyes groggily as she was being shaken gently by Silent Magician. She woke up to find the both of them in the middle of a modern-looking town. Its streets were cobbled and empty, its buildings built of plain, impeccably hew stone. The place looked like something out of a fairy tale. She looked around and realized she was sitting on the edge of a large fountain behind her.
Along the exterior walls of the buildings were spaced unusual staffs, apparently standing on their own, tilted to one side or the other. A staff of this type tapered to a blunt point at the bottom, and the pole, grey with a single black stripe coiling around it. Capping that was a black device shaped like a squat letter T, with two arrows on each horizontal tip, like the hands of a clock. Directly above that was a golden ornament shaped like a stylized U. Aside from their appearance, strange things took place in the environment, such as balls bouncing back up steps, or leaves flying up to rejoin tree branches.
Silent Magician tugged on Margaret's robes to catch her attention, and pointed down the streets. To where a few small children hid behind the corners of buildings, before vanishing again behind them. "Goodness, I guess Ancient Fairy Dragon wasn't exaggerating when she said this world is in danger..." Suddenly there were cries of alarm as a dark mist rolled into the town, covering the streets. In its wake, several monkey-like soldiers have appeared, each carrying a staff like the ones around town. The one in lead instantly spotted her and the others followed. "This is not a good sign."
"You! Girl! Stay still!" the leader demanded as he and his cohorts. Pointed their staffs. Silent Magician took no time to pull Margaret off the fountain right before several bolts of dark lightning were shot out toward the fountain. The soldiers gave chase and were right on their tail. The girls scampered around the town trying to shake off the simians, but to no avail. As they ran, Margaret was slightly marveled from her reflections in windows that were upside-down as opposed to reversed; but her fascination dampened when she found herself and Silent Magician stranded in a dead end. They looked back to see mass shadows of monkey soldiers coming their way. Margaret's spirits began to drop further before Silent Magician gestured her to a moving stepping-stone near them.
"Down here! Hurry!" a voice whispered urgently…
Meanwhile...
"Ready, boy? It's your move." Devack taunted.
Yusei: "It's finally Leo's turn, but I'm worried He doesn't look good."
Trudge: "He's a tough kid. He can handle whatever Devack throws his way."
Yusei: "You're right, Trudge."
"Interesting. Did you hear your friends?" Devack asked, "They seem to believe that you can handle more punishment; do you care to test that theory, young Leo?"
"Well, to be honest, I hate tests. But if it means keepin' my sister safe, then what's the first question pal, 'cause my deck's full of answers!" Leo drew his next card, 'Although a cheat sheet might come in handy, 'cause as long as Devack has Magician Ape on his field, he can take control of any monster I summon! ...But maybe that's what I should let 'im do.' "I summon my Morphtronic (5) Magnen Bar(1/ATK: 100/DEF: 100) in DEF mode!" A red magnet bar with black square tips showing the 'N' on one side and 'S' on the other appeared, "And now I'll end my turn with a face-down!"
"It looks like you're going to fail." Devack sneered as he drew his next card, It's my move, boy! And I use Magician Ape's special ability! Now, by sending one of my cards to the graveyard, your monster becomes my property. Morphtronic Magnin Bar, join the dark shadows!" he discarded a card and Ape Magician took control of the magnet with its staff and placed on Devack's side of the field.
"Alright! You fell for it!" Leo cheered, "Now you can't attack because *your* Magnin Bar's in DEF mode!"
"Shame, it won't make a difference. I activate the spell Monster Gate! By releasing one monster on my field, I remove the top cards from my deck until I find a monster I can summon. So bid farewell to your Magnen..." the magnet bar disappeared; then Devack removed four cards until he reached a monster he could use, "And welcome my (2) Ape Fighter(4/ATK: 1900/DEF: 1200)!" a muscular ape wearing black pants and grey helmet appeared (ATK: 1900), "When Ape Fighter destroys an opponent's monster in battle, it gains 300 ATK points. Since you're defenseless, Ape Fighter can attack you directly!" the savage simian then lunged toward Leo.
"I play my face-down, Remake Puzzle!" Leo revealed his reverse-card, "Now if I destroy a Morphtronic monster, even if you control it, your attack ends automatically!" And there's more! Now I get to summon another Morphtronic monster from my graveyard, to make up for the one I just sacrificed! And I choose, Morphtronic Magnen Bar!" Morphtronic Magnen broke into pieces, went up to the air, and reconstructed itself into Magnen Bar while Ape Fighter went back to Devack's side of the field.
"All you've done is prolong your misery, boy!" Devack said, "You don't really think you'll win, do you? You can't defeat me! And then when I'm through with you, I'm coming after your sister, next!"
A short while, once the monkey soldiers had spent a decent amount of time searching for Margaret and the magician and cleared off, the stone moved again and the two crawled out, following by a small black-haired boy in purple magician's robes.
"You don't look like any duel spirit I've seen. So who are you?" he asked.
"I'm sorry. I'm not exactly from around these parts," Margaret said, "My name's Margaret. But you can call me Magic."
"Magic? ...Oh. that's right; your the person Luna told me about!"
"Luna?" Margaret gasped, "Is she here too?"
"The boy nodded, "And I can take you to her. Follow me."
The boy lead the two girls across the town, avoiding the soldiers who would pass by. Momenta later, they snuck into an abandoned building. Once there, they saw a little girl with teal pigtails hiding under a nearby window. "Luna?"
"Magic?" Luna gasped as she saw Margaret walking in. She got up and rushed toward her, and wrapped her arms around her, "I'm so glad you're here!"
"What happened here?" Margaret asked.
"It's those soldiers! They're the ones that are causing all this trouble! They took away almost all of the duel-spirits and they took my monsters too!"
"Your monsters? I don't understand!"
"Perhaps I should explain things from the beginning. But we have to lay low, though. That army is still out looking for us!" the boy said; soon everyone were sat on the floor, hiding against the wall from the monkey soldiers. "Okay, I think it's fair to tell you who I am first. My name is Torunka. And as you might have already known, our world is in big trouble. No one knows what happened; but that army appeared one day and took over. They use staffs like the ones you saw before, to turn everyone into stone tablets!"
"But who's causing all this?" Margaret asked, "Why would they do such a thing?"
"The person behind it all is a tyrant known as Zeman. He's the one causing all this, He sends out his soldiers to catch duel-spirits and send them back to his fortress. Even the strongest spellcasters are no match for them. The very few of us that escaped didn't get far without the curse affecting them as well. I take it you knew what happened to Silent Magician. I'm actually old enough to be your great-grandfather, but it's this Minus Curse made us all look this young! And without any magic to power our city, those soldiers can come and go as they please."
"Our only hope is Regulus, the servant of Ancient Fairy Dragon," Luna said, "But apparently he's affected by Zeman's power and no one could get close to him without him lashing out on them!"
Then Margaret remembered what Ancient Fairy Dragon had told her the last time she came here, "Oh, what about the Arcanite? Do you know what that is?"
"Arcanite? That's right, Ancient Fairy Dragon told me you need to learn the Arcanite while we help free her! Don't worry, Silent Magician can help you with that." the Silent Magician nodded. "In fact, she'll help you out by helping us sneak out of the city. You just have keep those monkeys busy while Luna and I escape."
"Really? Um, I'm not sure that-" Margaret felt the Silent Magician tug on her again. She saw that her eyes were full of determination and courage. And that was something Margaret should have... "I'll do it." she sighed.
Moments later, the small party crept out the front door. In no time at all, a pair of monkey soldier spotted them and began to chase after them. Margaret activated her duel-disk and placed a card on the tray, and a wall of light was raised up to protect them from the monkeys' staffs.
"You! Girl! Move out of way!" one soldier grunted.
"I'm sorry, but I can't do that!" Margaret said, brandishing her disk, "If you want to get pass me, then you have to duel; if you really can duel."
"You think we can't duel?" the second soldier argued. He and his partner crossed their staffs across their arms. The staffs glowed and changed into duel-disks. "There, you see! You want a duel, now you have one!"
The Silent Magician stood next to Margaret and summoned her own disk. Now the stage was set.
"DUEL!"
Magic: 4000
Silent Magician: 4000
Soldier 1: 4000
Soldier 2: 4000
"Be careful, Margaret!" Luna called out as she ran away with Torunka.
"I'll go first!" Soldier 1 drew his sixth card, "I play the effect of (8) Gallis the Star Beast(3/ATK: 800/DEF: 800) that's in my hand! That allows me to send the top card in my hand to the graveyard; and if it's a monster card, I get to summon Gallis to the field and you take 200 points of damage per level!" he then discarded a card from the top of his deck, "And the card I sent to the graveyard is Behemoth the King of All Animals, which is a level-7 monster! That means you take 1400 points of damage!" the monkey then placed the monster onto his tray; a dragon-like creature appeared overhead above the buildings. Its crimson scales were plated under blue armor from the back up with a star insignia on its chest. It wore a bird-like helmet with a crimson topping and golden blade-like arches (DEF: 800). He spread its steel wings as it glowed brightly, and then flapped forward shooting feather-like projectiles. Margaret was physically needled by the attack as she shielded most of it with her duel-disk; one unfortunately grazed her shoulder.
Magic: 2600
Silent Magician: 4000
Soldier 1: 4000
Soldier 2: 4000
"Now I set one monster face-down and end my turn!" a monster appeared face-down in DEF mode.
'That was close!' Margaret cringed as she help her left shoulder, 'I should have known better. Duel Spirits mean real damage! How am I going to get through this one?' she turned to Silent Magician, "Would you mind telling me how I can get the Arcanite this way? I know you can't talk, but don't you at least have a pen and paper you keep around? That would help a lot!"
Ironically enough, a large drawing-pad appeared in her hand. She opened an ink-marker and started writing. After she was done, she showed Margaret what she wrote: 'Is that better?'
"Uh, yeah; but that doesn't exactly answer my question. What about the Arcanite? How do we find it?"
The Silent Magician tore out the front page and began to write on another. When she was done, she showed the second one to Margaret. 'The Arcanite isn't a thing but a state of mind. It allows the user to acquire essence from a person or thing to utilize their magic more efficiently. Many spellcasters can use it-'
"Stop stalling and duel!" the first soldier barked.
'Just stand back and watch how it's done.' she wrote as she afterward started her turn. A young woman with a decorated green robe then appeared in front of her. She wore a gold neck-brace and a solid-gold headband to hold up her black hair (ATK: 1700). Next, she activated Toon Table of Contents, and used it to add a copy of the same spell into her hand. Finally, another monster appeared. It was an anthropomorphic hare in loose-fitting brown robes, covered under a tattered cape. In its hand was a wicked-looking scythe with a clear blade (ATK: 1300).
"Hey, that's cheating!" the first soldier complained, "You can't summon 2 monsters at the same turn!"
Silent Magician pouted and began to write on her pad again. When she was done, this was what she wrote: 'On the contrary; the monster I summoned first was (9) Magical Exemplar(4/ATK: 1700/DEF: 1400). Her special-ability gives her two spell-counters every time a spell is activated. And this ability is a continuous effect so as long as she's on the field, she can accumulate as many counters as possible. But that is not all she does; I can also special-summon a spellcaster from my hand by removing counters from Magical Exemplar equal to the level of monster I would summon, which is (10) Night's End Sorcerer(2/ATK: 1300/DEF: 400). And since Night End Sorcerer is also a tuner-monster, I can tune him with Magical Exemplar.' the tuner hare leap up and separated into a pair of synchro-gates, which then floated around Magical Exemplar, who then exploded to a pillar of light. When the light disappeared, only Magical Exemplar was left, but with small improvements; her robes were a dark-blue and she carried Night End Sorcerer's scythe (ATK: 2200). 'Magical Exemplar has now became (11) Tempest Magician(6/ATK: 2200/DEF: 1400). And once summoned, one spell-counter is placed onto her. Next comes her speciel-ability, which allows me to send cards from my hand to the graveyard to add more counters to the field. So by discarding one card from my hand, I have assimilated another counter (CTR: 2). And to end my turn, I will place two cards face-down.' a pair of reverse-card then appeared on Silent Magician's field.
"Ooh-ooh! Finally! Me get a turn!" the second soldier drew his sixth card, "I activate Polymerization! Now I fuse Big Koala and Des Kangaroo to fusion-summon (8) Master of Oz(9/ATK: 4200/DEF: 3700)!" the ground shook as a giant, green koala-like beast appeared wearing a purple vest and boxing gloves (ATK: 4200). "Now I place one card face-down! End turn!"
"Then I guess it's my move," Margaret drew her sixth card; however, Silent Magician wrote another statement on her drawing-pad:
'Now it's your turn: try using Tempest Magician to win the duel; allow me to help you out...' the magician's two reverse-cards flipped up, both to reveal the Pitch-Black Power Stone, adding on six more spell-counters to the field (CTR: 4). 'The stage is now set. All you have to do now is let the Tempest Magician go wild.'
"Thank you; I'll do it. I activate Tempest Magician's second ability! Now by removing all the spell-counters that are on the field, one of you will get hit with 500 points of damage per counter! And with eight counters on the field, guess what all that adds up to?" eight small orbs of light entered themselves into Tempest Magician's sickle, giving it a sunny glow. The spellcaster swing her weapon and released eight blades of light that simultaneously collided with the first monkey soldier, catching it in a small explosion. In the aftermath, the soldier was knocked out onto his back.
Magic: 2600
Silent Magician: 4000
Soldier 1: 0
Soldier 2: 4000
"Now I send five cards from my hand to the graveyard to add 5 spell-counters onto Tempest Magician (CTR: 5)! Finally, I place one card face-down to end my turn!" a reverse-card appeared.
"You pay for that!" the second monkey screeched as he drew his next card, "Master of Oz! Attack Tempest Magician!" the large animal reeled in its large gloved fist and sent it hurling at the magician.
"I activate the trap Draining Shield!" Margaret's trap conjured a barrier over Tempest Magician which absorbed the impact of Oz's punch, and converted it into Margaret's life-points.
Magic: 6800
Silent Magician: 4000
Soldier 1: 0
Soldier 2: 4000
The monkey soldier screeched in frustration, "Graaahh! I end turn!"
Before she started her turn, the Silent Magician wrote something on her note-pad and showed it to Margaret, 'Before we move on, there is a philosophy you must take into consideration: as you were told before, the Arcanite uses the essence around the caster and uses it to fortify their use of magic. That can often be achieved from use of spell cards. The more spells you cast, the more essence you can absorb. And some of the most powerful spellcasters can use that essence to perform more powerful spells. Allow me to show you one last time...' and the Silent Magician drew her next card. She activated Spellbook inside the Pot, allowing all players to draw three cards. Next, she discarded those same three cards so Tempest Magician can gain three more spell-counters (CTR: 8). Finally, she removed all those same counters and dealt 4000 points of direct damage to the remaining soldier. Before he knew it, he was dump onto the ground on top of his partner.
Magic: 6800
Silent Magician: 4000
Soldier 1: 0
Soldier 2: 0
After the duel was over, Margaret walked over to her partner. The magician really knew how to collaborate with her cards. The Silent Magician wrote on her note-pad before showing it to Margaret. 'Those were just the basics of using this type of magic. There is still more you need to be taught.'
"Thank you..." Margaret said softly, "I think we should go now. We have to catch up to Luna and Torunka."
The Silent Magician nodded.
Meanwhile...
"I hope this works! Okay!" Leo drew his next card, "Finally! I summon Morphtronic Cellphon to the field, in ATK mode!" a large yellow cellphone appeared and transformed into a humanoid robot (ATK: 100), "it's time for me to dial up some trouble! See, since my Cellphon's in ATK mode, he chooses a number between 1 and 6! Whatever he picks, I can draw that many cards, and if there's another Morphtronic in there, I can summon him automatically!" the cell phone's lights blinked for a few seconds until the light lights up the number three. "3! Alright!" Leo did just that checking the top three cards and he smiled when he saw the last card, "Hope you brought your ear-buds! I summon, (6) Morphtronic Remoten(3/ATK: 300/DEF: 1200)!" a white remote controller appeared and transformed (ATK: 300).
"That's quite... entertaining." Devack mocked.
"Yeah? Well this party's just getting started! I activate Level Mirroring!" Leo played a spell from his hand, "Now I get to choose a monster on your field and match his level to one a' mine! In other words, Magnen's now as tough as your Ape!" a mirror appeared showing the reflection of Ape Magician, went in front of the magnet bar and shattered into pixels.
Morphtronic Magnen: (Lvl: 3)
"And with that power boost, it's time to get things rockin'! So now I tune my Remotin with my Magnin Bar and Cellphon, to morph my Morphtronics into something new!" the three transformers rose up into the dark sky. Remoten separated into three synchro-gates and surrounded Magnen Bar and Celfon, which broke apart and revealed four stars as Leo chanted:
"Docking strength with courage to protect world peace! Synchro Summon!"
"I synchro-summon, my Power Tool Dragon!" the sunny-golden mechanized dragon appeared (ATK: 2300).
Trudge: "Alright! Now Leo's added a little firepower to his side a' the field! I didn't think the kid had a combo like that in 'im!"
Yusei: 'It's a good start. And I know it's only gonna get better!'
"That's no Signer dragon," Devack laughed, "that's a 'toy' you should've left in your playroom! I hope your sister will be more of a challenge!"
"Too bad you'll never find out, 'cause I'm about to take your game apart! First I activate my Dragon's special ability, which lets me add a random equip spell to my hand!" his deck automatically shuffled and Leo plucked a card stuck halfway from his deck, "And as luck would have it, I get to use the power of Break Draw! So as soon as my Power Tool Dragon destroys one of your monsters, I get to draw another card! You might think my cards are no match for your dark deck, but I'm about to shed some light on the fact that my monsters are the best beasts around! Now! Attack Ape Magician!" The mechanical dragon flew using its mechanical wings and crushed Ape Magician with its shovel like arm, destroying it into pixels. Devack shielded himself from the flying pixels.
Leo: 3200
Devack: 2500
Leo drew an extra card afterward, "Well that was quite the vanishing act, wasn't it! Now, if you've got something else to say about the power of my Dragon, go right ahead!" Leo boasted; his only reply was blank expression from Devack, "Nothing? What's the matter, dragon got your tongue?"
"Joke all you want. It's my turn now," Devack drew his next card, "And your dragon's about to meet its match!" as he glanced at his card, a laugh escaped him, "I sense good things."
"What're you talking about?"
"You human beings! So narrow-minded! You have no idea that this battle is being waged in the Spirit World as well! I assume that's where your poor sister is right now, isn't she."
"Leave Luna outta this! You're duelin' me! Now draw your card and go!"
"My pleasure. Though once you see what I have in mind, you'll wish I'd waited! Now, meet your doom in the guise of my dark-tuner monster (3) Dark Ape(2/ATK: 0/DEF: 0)!" a strangely-shaped small ape appeared.
Trudge: "But it's powerless!"
Yusei: "Not for long. Just watch."
"Your friend Yusei knows what he's talking about. Behold! By using my Dark Wave spell, I can convert a monster's level into negative energy."
Ape Fighter: (Lvl: -4)
"And that is just the beginning. I also activate the Star Blast spell card. By sacrificing 500 life-points, one of my monsters lose one level, like my Ape Fighter!"
Ape Fighter: (Lvl: -5)
"Now you can witness the real purpose of my Dark Ape, as I use him to combine forces with Ape Fighter!" Darkness consumed the two monsters as Dark Ape dissolved into two glowing stars that impaled Fighter's Ape, reducing it to a framework containing five dark stars. The seven total dark stars burst from the Dark Synchro Summon, orbiting it before exploding outwards, "When the shadows are devoured by even darker shadows, the curtain pulls back and reveals, a world without light! Come forth, (3) Zeman the Ape King(-7/ATK: 2500/DEF: 1800)!" another vicious simian arose from the mass of darkness. Black leather with golden trims rested over his shoulders, followed by a dark-green cape which rested over his arms and legs. A black-and-gold loincloth spilled over his legs. A golden crown was strapped around his scalp over his fiery maroon hair. The Ape King stood over Leo with dark authority (ATK: 2500). "Good luck using any spells or traps; since the strength of this King overrules all their powers!"
"So what! All I need is my dragon; he's got more ATK points than your pathetic little monkey has anyway!" Leo boasted.
"My only error has been in not finishing you off sooner! But I'll rectify that right now; and since Dark Ape was used for a synchro-summon, I can draw one card from my deck," Devack drew another card, "Perfect! I play the field-spell, Closed Forest!" Roots started to grow out of the ground and soon a forest of dead, ominous trees surrounded the playing field, their branches spiking toward the sky.
"Not a field-spell!" Leo gasped.
"Oh no! Now Devack's got everything he needs to summon one of those Earthbound Immortals against Leo!" Yusei exclaimed.
Meanwhile, Margaret and the Silent Magician were running through the forest. Everywhere they went, there were staffs stuck out everywhere. The trees looked as if their life-force was being drained from them, their essence draining from them just as their dead, brown leaves were. From a distance Margaret could see two people nearby. "Luna! Torunka! Thank goodness we found you!" but something was amiss; when she got close enough, she could see Luna and Torunka cowering against each other. Then Margaret heard low growling and looked towards where the two children were staring.
A few feet away, standing atop of a large rock stood a strange beast. It was a white lion-like beast with the horn of a unicorn, and a tail more like a mouse's. It was wearing scratched armor, built to fit him, bedecked with globe-like light blue jewels at the shoulder and hip.
"W-what kind of monster is that?"
The Silent Magician frantically tugged onto Margaret's robes a showed her a new illustration on her note-pad. It was one word, the last this Margaret would suspect...
'Regulus.'
DUEL-MON DATABASE
(1) Ape Magician
Stats: [Beast/Effect] Level 3 ATK/800 DEF/1200
Attribute: DARK
Description: This card cannot be Special Summoned. Once per turn, if this card is in face-up Attack Position, you can send 1 monster from your hand to the Graveyard and select 1 face-up Defense Position monster your opponent controls. Take control of the selected monster until the End Phase of this turn. It cannot change its Battle Position this turn.
(2) Ape Fighter
Stats: [Beast/Effect] Level 4 ATK/1900 DEF/1200
Attribute: DARK
Description: Each time this card destroys an opponent's monster by battle, this card gains 300 ATK. If this card does not attack during your turn, the ATK gained from this effect returns to 0 during the End Phase of that turn.
(3) Dark Tuner-Dark Ape
Stats: [Beast/Dark Tuner] Level 2 ATK/ 0 DEF/ 0
Attribute: DARK
Description: When this card is used for a Dark Synchro Summon and sent to your Graveyard, draw 1 card from your Deck.
(4) Zeman, the Ape King
Stats: [Beast/Dark-Synchro/Effect] Level -7 ATK/2500 DEF/1800
Attribute: DARK
Description: 1 non-Tuner monster – 1 Dark Tuner Monster
To Special Summon this card, subtract the Level of a Dark Tuner monster from the Level of 1 other monster you control; the value must equal the Level of this card. When this card attacks, your opponent cannot activate Spell or Trap Cards until the end of the Damage Step. You can send 1 monster from your hand or side of the field to the Graveyard to negate the attack of one of your opponent's monsters.
(5) Morphtronic Magnen Bar
Stats: [Thunder/Effect] Level 1 ATK/100 DEF/100
Attribute: EARTH
Description: ● While in Attack Position: Once per turn, if you control exactly 2 other face-up Attack Position monsters, and no additional monsters, this card gains the combined ATK of the other two monsters until the End Phase. The other two monsters cannot attack the turn you activate this effect. ● While in Defense Position: Monsters you control cannot attack.
(6) Morphtronic Remoten
Stats: [Machine/Tuner] Level 3 ATK/300 DEF/1200
Attribute: EARTH
Description: ● While in Attack Position: Once per turn, you can remove from play 1 "Morphtronic" monster from your Graveyard and add 1 "Morphtronic" monster with the same Level from your Deck to your hand.
● While in Defense Position: Once per turn, you can send 1 "Morphtronic" monster from your hand to the Graveyard and add 1 "Morphtronic" monster with the same Level from your Graveyard to your hand.
(7) Gallis the Star Beast
Stats: [Beast/Effect] Level 3 ATK/800 DEF/800
Attribute: EARTH
Description: You can reveal this card in your hand; send the top card of your Deck to the Graveyard, then, if it was a monster, inflict damage to your opponent equal to its Level x 200 and Special Summon this card from your hand, otherwise destroy this card.
(8) Master of Oz
Stats: [Beast/Effect] Level 9 ATK/4200 DEF/3700
Attribute: EARTH
Description: "Big Koala" + "Des Kangaroo"
(9) Magical Exemplar
Stats: [Spellcaster/Effect] Level 4 ATK/1700 DEF/1400
Attribute: EARTH
Description: Each time a Spell Card is activated, place 2 Spell Counters on this card. Once per turn, you can remove any number of Spell Counters from this card to Special Summon a Spellcaster-Type monster from your hand or Graveyard whose Level is equal to the number of Spell Counters you removed.
(10) Night's End Sorcerer
Stats: [Spellcaster/Effect] Level 2 ATK/ 1300 DEF/400
Attribute: DARK
Description: When this card is Special Summoned, you can remove from play up to 2 cards from your opponent's Graveyard.
(11) Tempest Magician
Stats: [Spellcaster/Synchro/Effect] Level 6 ATK/2200 DEF/1400
Attribute: DARK
Description: 1 Tuner + 1 or more non-Tuner Spellcaster-Type monsters
When this card is Synchro Summoned, place 1 Spell Counter on it. Once per turn, you can discard any number of cards to place 1 Spell Counter on a monster(s) you control for each card you discarded. You can remove all Spell Counters on the field to inflict 500 damage to your opponent for each removed Spell Counter.
Margaret: "It's time to bring Regulus back to our side! But considering the circumstances it could be too difficult. Can we keep him still long enough to listen to reason? Next time on Reverse of Arcadia: Mark of the Monkey: Part 2! Time to make some magic!"
DUEL-MON TRIVIA-
Hey duelists! Did you know:
Night's End Sorcerer bares a strong similarity to Laharel from the Disgaea series.
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