YuGiOh 5D's: Konami/Kazuki Takahashi
Crow: "When you fight with nothing to cling on to, you actually have nothing left to lose. After leaving my empty nest, I ran across Greiger, who's become one of the Dark Signers. With nothing left, we duke it out in a turbo-duel with both our lives at stake. My Blackwing monsters became grounded by his Reactor monsters, especially with his Flying Fortress SKY-FIRE. And even when I managed to take it down he had another trick up his sleeve, in the form of Dark Flat Top. Who knows what that giant tub could do...
YuGiOh 5D's
Reverse of Arcadia
Ride 39: A Whale of a Ride
Part 2: Fierce Gust
The violet fires along the side of the road lit up the oil stains on it like a field of stars. Beams of metal and ruined buildings blocked the road on all sides as Crow and Yusei, accompanied by Blackwings Armor Master and Gale the Whirlwind, race onward, followed closely by Greiger and his menacing aircraft, Dark Flattop.
"That's quite the 'ship', Greiger," Crow laughed, "It's just too bad I'm gonna have to sink it along with all your life-points."
"Oh, please, you're not gonna be sinking anything of mine, Crow. See, with the V2 power of my Dark Sea Rescue, I can draw 2 cards from my deck!" Greiger drew two more cards, Next, I activate Dark Flattop's special ability, which lets me bring back Flying Fortress SKY FIRE from my graveyard once per turn!"
"Aw, man! But I already took that thing out once this match!"
'And you're gonna have to keep takin' it out unless you find a way to deep-six Greiger's Dark Flattop!' Yusei thought.
"Welcome back, Flying Fortress Skyfire!" Greiger's SKY FIRE soared from the dark orb on Dark Flat Top's deck with engines roaring (ATK: 3000).
"Nice move, but that hunk of junk is about to get grounded, Greiger!" Crow said.
"And how d'you plan to do that with only one monster left on the field? Ya see by sending one card to the graveyard I can activate the special ability, which allows me to destroy your Blackwing Armor Master!" Armor Master became riddled with bulletholes before it was destroyed, "And with him out of the way, I can now set my sights on the only monster you have left. Looks like the only one being grounded this match is you!" Gale the Whirlwind found itself all alone against Skyfire. Gale tried to fly for it, but did not stand a chance. The force of the blast had flung Crow and his runner forward tumbling along the road. A nearby bump had the runner launched into the air.
"Crow!" Yusei and cried out as he and Greiger stopped in their tracks. The road still steamed from a track scraped out of it by Crow's passage. Crow was down, his face planted to the ground. His Blackbird had crashed onto its side beside him.
Crow: 900 (5)
Greiger: 1800 (5)
"Don't even bother trying to get back up!" Greiger taunted, "I'm afraid your runner's down for the count and so're you!"
Yusei tried to get off his runner to help, but… "Stay back!" Crow shouted, struggling to get himself up. "If you interfere, I'll lose. And losing isn't an option!"
"Well, from the way things look up here, neither is winning." Greiger replied.
"You wish, Greiger. You're not gonna get rid a' me that easily. Crow got to his feet and trudged over to his fallen runner, "I got too much...too mu... agh!" he tried to kneel next to his runner, and ended up falling down on top of it, before fighting his way back up,"-to fight for! I owe it to the kids. And that means you're gonna pay!"
Greiger smirked, "Well I'd like to see you try and collect!"
"...But your... runner..."
"Is gonna be just fine, Yusei, trust me. It might be down..."
Crow pulled up a panel on his runner and toggled something; the engine revved in response, "...But it's not out!" the runner pushed itself up on one of its wing-flaps, pealed out, zoomed away then arced back, stopping at Crow's side, as he stood up again. The screen flickered back on.
"How touching, Crow," Greiger mocked, "but I would've stayed down if I were you!"
Crow settled back onto his runner and looked over his shoulder, "Well lucky for my friends, you're not me, Greiger! Shall we?" he kept going and greiger followed.
"Yes we shall!" Greiger then wondered, 'I thought you would've given up by now, Crow. But I should've known you would never back down since you, like me, are fighting for the memories of our families and friends. Although we grew up in different parts of the world, we both shared a common goal. Like you, I hoped that dueling would provide an out to the life that had been dealt to my friends and family. I believed that if I shared my knowledge of dueling with those close to me, someday their dreams of a better life would come true. But because of Goodwin, their dreams vanished along with their home!' "I place one card face-down! Your move!" Greiger concluded as his reversed card appeared on the track before vanishing.
But when Crow tried to draw, he felt a pain shoot through the left side of his body. 'Move? I can barely breathe! I think that fall damaged more than just my runner. But before I take care of myself, I gotta take care of Greiger!' "Looks like I'm up!" he drew his next card, 'But I might not be for long, unless I figure out a way to take out his Flying Fortress SKYFIRE. 'Cause with the shape I'm in right now? If it attacks me again, I might not be able to keep fighting this fight.' "I'll end my turn with a face-down!"
"Is that all?" Greiger said as he drew started his next turn, "Looks like 'someone's' too scared to attack."
"Too scared to attack? I don't think so! Ya see, why attack when I can let one a' my face-downs destroy all your monsters for me!"
"Yeah, right!"
"Happy hunting, Greiger!" Crow pulled ahead laughing, daring Greiger to try and attack him.
'Little does Crow know that I've always got a backup plan. And I think this is the perfect time to put my little insurance policy into play.' "I send one card in my hand to the graveyard In order to activate Flying Fortress SKY FIRE's special-ability, which lets me destroy one card on your field! Now which one will it be? How 'bout the one on the left!" SKY FIRE loomed over Crow's runner with turrets ready, "Now, attack!" Crow's left-sided face-down got blown away; it was the trap Fake Feather.
"Oh, so close!" Crow teased, "Now if you attack me, all your monsters are going to be totally annihilated!"
"The only things that're going to be 'annihilated' are the last of your life-points! You have nothing left to protect you except that one face-down and that doesn't scare me for a second! This is the end of the road for you!"
Crow was still smiling, "This is the end of nothing, 'pal'!"
"You cannot stop the inevitable! Flying Fortress SKY FIRE, finish Crow off and send him to the Netherworld!" Skyfire launched three rockets, which zoomed behind Crow in formation, but didn't hit him.
"I'm not goin' anywhere! I activate my trap, Blackwing Backslash!" Crow revealed his reverse-card, "And since I have at least 5 Blackwings in my graveyard, this trap destroys all the monsters on your field just like I said it would!" The Blackwings in Crow's graveyard appeared as streams of colored lights of blue, green, purple, red, yellow, and white. They gracefully targeted the rockets, then Skyfire, then Dark Flattop, and sent them all flaming to the ground.
"How could you!"
Crow laughed, "Well, I couldn't have without your help, Greiger."
"So this is all my own doing?"
"That's right, you've got no one to blame but yourself for the situation you're in. Maybe next time you won't underestimate the power of my deck!" The two continued to race onward down the blazing track.
"It's funny you should say that, because that's exactly what I was thinking, when I sent this to the graveyard!"
"Sent what to the graveyard?"
Greiger revealed the card he discarded earlier, "A little insurance policy called (1) Darksea Float(1/ATK: 0/DEF: 300)! This allows me to draw one card from my deck," he drew, then played it face-down, "That'll do just fine. Next up, I'll trigger the trap card Contaminated Earth! Due to its effect, because I have two level-5-or-above monsters in my graveyard, I can now summon an Earthbound Immortal!" a big rock, a small asteroid with a hole through the center, appeared above them. In the hole at the center of the rock, the strange seal of an Earthbound Immortal appeared in midair. Souls leaked from the surface of the rock and flowed into it. The heart started to pulse, showing veins of purple energy, "Yours is a future that will be cloaked in eternal darkness! Now come forth (2) Earthbound Immortal Chacu Challhua(10/ATK: 2900/DEF: 1600)!" With an almighty roar, a pillar of purple fire erupted, fading to reveal a colossal titan of a whale, jet-black with purple geoglyph signs running across its form. Chacu Challhua gave an almighty roar as it loomed over Crow, glaring down at him with baleful purple eyes of fire (ATK: 2900), "Fortunately for you, because it was summoned by Contaminated Earth, Chacu Challhua can neither attack nor activate its special-ability this turn. So show me what you got!"
"Al-righty, Crow, this is it. I draw!" Crow started his next turn, 'But before I make a move I better assess the situation. Greiger's got more life-points than me and a giant whale protecting 'im. I gotta figure out a way to beach that thing before it swallows my life-points whole!' "I summon, (3) Blackwing Fane the Steel Chain(2/ATK: 500/DEF: 800)!" a shinobi-like raven appeared (ATK: 500).
"If that's all you have to attack with, then perhaps you should pull over and end this duel!" Greiger laughed.
"I'm not stoppin' for anything, ya got that? In fact, I'm comin' straight for ya! Blackwing Fane the Steel Chain, attack Greiger directly!" Fane threw a long chain past the giant whale and straight through Greiger.
Crow: 900 (8)
Greiger: 1300 (8)
"That was quite the move. It's just too bad that it's going to be the last one you ever make!"
"Don't think so! Ya see, it's time for part-two of my attack to take effect!"
"What d'you mean?"
"I mean that there was more to that move than meets the eye. Ya see the real purpose of my Blackwing attacking was to switch your whale into DEF mode!" more links of chain burst from mid-air, ensnaring Chacu Challhua in their folds, leading it down into the sea with only its ghostly tail-fin treading the water, "Now that whale of yours couldn't even hurt a fly, much less me or my Blackwing! Now I'll end my turn with a face-down."
"It's my move then!" Greiger started his next turn, "Now, you may've stopped my beast from attacking, but whoever said it had to be in ATK mode to deal out damage! My Immortal can't be stopped. I activate Chacu Challhua's special-ability, which means your life-points get hit for half the amount of its DEF points!" Chacu Challhua's dorsal fin surfaced from the road as though it were the surface of the ocean, and swam straight for Crow and his runner.
"This wasn't part of the plan!" Crow's runner got thrown off balance; it was a rough ride as Crow struggled to hang on.
Crow: 100 (9)
Greiger: 1300 (9)
"I summon Darksea Rescue in ATK mode!" two cloaked ghouls reappeared rowing on a raft (ATK: 0), "And next, I activate the trap Basara!" Greiger revealed his reverse-card, "By playing this card I can now release one monster on the field, to destroy a monster whose level is higher! And as an added bonus, not only do you lose one of your monsters, but you also lose 800 of your life-points! I release my Darksea Rescue in order to destroy your Fane the Steel Chain!" Darksea Rescue disappeared into the gruesome face of the trap card, and a hungry stream of fire emerged from the card and headed straight for Crow's Blackwing.
"If you don't stop that attack you'll lose, Crow!" Yusei cried.
"I'm on it! I play the trap card Guard Minds, which not only protects me from your Immortal's special-ability, but it also hits you for 500 points of damage!" Crow's revealed trap intercepted Basara with a barrage of mines.
(CUE: BIRTH)
Greiger shielded his eyes from the bright explosion. Crow flew out of the cloud of smoke, leaving Greiger in the dust, "This little pest is really starting to get under my skin..."
Crow: 100 (9)
Greiger: 800 (9)
"My turn!" Crow goes to draw his next card.
hikari to kage tabidachi no ame mo "koko" ni modorenaito
mae dake mitearuki dasu owarinaki sekai de kimi o sagasu
'Okay, Crow, it all comes down to this. You've only got one trap left in your hand. The odds're against you, but they've been against you your entire life! You can't give up now. You owe it to the kids! It's time to draw a winner. Here goes everything!' he draws and looked at it for a moment, hardly able to believe his eyes, then smiled, "Just what I was hoping for! Now I can go 'n' lay down a face-down, and then summon Blackwing - Blizzard the Far North!" the white snow-bird appeared (ATK: 1200), "Now that I've added a little offense to my field, I think I'll balance it out by adding the defensive abilities of my Blackwing - Shura the Blue Flame!" Shura returned to the field (DEF: 1200) Next I tune my Blizzard the Far North, Fane the Steel Chain, create a whole 'nother bird-of-prey!"
"koko" kara saki ni nani ka matsu to iu? ashita wa "doko" e tadoritsuku?
modosenai toki no naka umareta imi shiritai
shinjiru koto no muzukashisa toka mo yatto wakatte kitakedo
utagau koto nado shiranai mama ni aitai
A small cyclone of ice and wind was beaten from Blizzards wings before separating into three synchro-gates, while Shura removed his frame and released his four stars. The two united as Crow chanted:
"Gust fiercely, storm! Gain the will of steel and the speed of light to sublime your form! Synchro Summon! (4) Blackfeather - Silverwind the Ascendant(8/ATK: 2800/DEF: 2000)!"
akenai yoru nado nai sa dareka ga matsu te o nobashite
akiramena kereba owaranai GO AHEAD!
Out of the wind appeared a figure with glowing red eyes, who dispelled the wind with a slash from its long, thin sword. Silverwind the Ascendant, like most Blackwings, was an anthropoid monster, armored in a very impressive array of gray and black feathers, ornate gold boots, and of course a beaked mask (ATK: 2800).
hikari to kage meguri awa se umare deta kanashimi no BIRTH
taorete mo tachiagatte owarinaki sekai de
oboeteru yo oboeteru yo deau tame umarete kita
mada minu asa kimi no koe sore dake o mune ni kizamikomu
"That's quite the beast," Greiger admitted, "It's just too bad my Immortal's special-ability, will be keeping your Silverwind on the sidelines!"
"Fine by me! Because that allows me to counter your move with a special ability of my own! Since my feathered-friend couldn't battle this turn, I can now destroy up to 2 monsters whose DEF points are less than Silverwind's ATK points!"
ieru koto nai itami shoikonde hiroi machi no katasumi de
kidzukanai uchi ni kimi to surechigau doko ka de
karenai namida wa nai sa tsugi no machi de kitto aeru
shinji renai yume wa kanawanai GO AHEAD!
Greiger gasped, "Then that means...!"
"Your Immortal's history! And this shadow-duel is about to come to an end! Go, Perfect Storm!"
hikari sashita yami no soko de kokoro ga tada toikakeru
jibun jishin darena no ka kioku o tabi shi teru
kikoeteru yo kikoeteru yo onaji sora kimi mo mi teru
so shinjite ikite yuku meguri au kiseki ni michibika reru
Crow was about to order the effect, but was stopped by something as he looked up at Chacu Challhua's face.
(Pause)
"Please, help!"
"You mustn't do this!"
As he looked up, he saw the images of two children (a boy and a girl) appear upon the Immortal's flesh, both of whom bore a close resemblance to Greiger! "Who're they?"
"Please, help us get back to our village!" they cried.
"Whaddayou mean, 'village'!"
"Enough stalling, Crow!" Greiger demanded, "If you're not gonna finish your move, then allow me to!"
"But...don't you see those kids up there?"
"All I see is the finish line, Crow!"
"But Greiger-"
"But nothing!"
"There's kids up there!" Yusei yelled, "Please, just look for yourself!"
"Fine, Yusei!" The Dark Signer did so, and gave a gasp of shock as he saw not only his siblings, but his entire village's population upon the Earthbound Immortal! "How can this... how can this be?" he gasped, "Why are there people from my village inside this Earthbound Immortal?"
"So he knows them?" Crow asked.
"There's only one way to be certain..." Yusei said before turning to Greiger, "Greiger, is that your family?"
"I'm sure of it now! The people trapped inside this Earthbound Immortal are my brother, and sister, and people from my village!" Greiger growled, "That means the Crimson Dragon isn't to blame for this... it was the Dark Signers who took everything away from me!"
"So it's the Dark Signers who are responsible..." Yusei whispered.
"Yes. And here I was blaming you and Goodwin..."
Greiger decelerated with Yusei falling back with him, "Greiger! Now that you figured out the truth you have to stop this duel!"
Greiger opened his eyes; the space around his irises was white again."Yusei. I'm sorry. I'll forfeit this duel so that-" Greiger stopped in mid-sentence when his whale mark glowed and reacted.
"You'll forfeit nothing!" a Dark Voice echoed, "This is nothing but a Signer trick. They are your true enemy! Show no mercy! And send them all to the Netherworld!" Greiger's eyes then glowed with violet light, the markings on his body shining as well as he gave a wicked grin. His veins pulsed as he gripped the accelerator and roared forward.
"Greiger!" Yusei called, worried.
(Resume)
ieru koto nai itami shoikonde hiroi machi no katasumi de
kidzukanai uchi ni kimi to surechigau doko ka de
karenai namida wa nai sa tsugi no machi de kitto aeru
shinji renai yume wa kanawanai GO AHEAD!
"I'm afraid your trickery will not stop me from sending you and those loyal to you to the Netherworld!" Greiger declared, before he groaned and the purple light faded, "Rrgh... get out of my head, whoever you are! Please, Crow... you must... end this duel, right away! It's the only way to release my family and friends... from their prison...!"
"Are you sure?"
He cried as the purple light returned, "Not exactly! In fact it might be best if I end this duel right away! My turn!" the possessed Dark Signer drew his next card and snickered.
hikari sashita yami no soko de kokoro ga tada toikakeru
jibun jishin darena no ka kioku o tabi shi teru
kikoeteru yo kikoeteru yo onaji sora kimi mo mi teru
so shinjite ikite yuku meguri au kiseki ni michibika reru
"I switch Chacu Challhua into ATK mode!"
"You'd better be careful with Greiger!" Yusei cried, "He isn't gonna hold anything back!"
"That's right, Crow! Now... Earthbound Immortal Chacu Challhua, attack!" The whale dove down on Crow, ready to swallow him into the great abyss...
sonzai sae shira rezu sekai wa mawari tsudzukeru
dakedo ima wa deai o shinjite mitai
"Don't give up! You can end this duel, I know that you can!"
"...He's right, I can...!" Crow exclaimed, 'And I will! Greiger's beast might not be affected by my traps or spells, but his own are a different story!"
"This shadow duel is over!" Greiger laughed.
"It will be, once I activate Parasite Mind!" Crow announced as he reveled his reverse-card.
hikari to kage meguri awa se umare deta kanashimi no BIRTH
taorete mo tachiagatte owarinaki sekai de
"With this, I can gain control of a trap card on your field, and activate its effect! And the trap card I'm gonna be using is Basara! Now I know you're familiar with how this card works, and I know you know the damage it can dish out, but I bet you never knew that your own card was gonna be your Immortal's undoing! So by releasing my level-8 Silverwind, I can destroy your Earthbound Immortal Chacu Challhua!" as soon as Parasitic Mind's artwork changed to mimic that of Basura's, Silverwind was launched with a veil of burning fire following him.
oboeteru yo oboeteru yo deau tame umarete kita
mada minu asa kimi no koe sore dake o mune ni kizamikomu
With an eagle's screech, he drew his sword and pierced through Chacu Challhua. The great whale reared back and keeled over, many souls gushing like blood. The villagers cry out as they were all sucked toward the wound. Chacu Challhua dramatically collapsed and dove beneath the water under the track and swam right into the bridge support before the beast disintegrated.
aruki dasu
Buildings lean dangerously to the side and the duelists weathered the earthquake. Greiger was oblivious as the thing possessing him roared and screams its fury before leaving his body.
Crow: 100 (11)
Greiger: 0 (11)
Greiger rode up suddenly and knocked Crow and his runner flying. Crow landed, skidding hard to the side and yelling, as the huge chunk of concrete hits the ground. Crow sat there catching his breath for a moment, then realized that Greiger was not there. He climbed off his runner and ran toward the fallen concrete, with Yusei jumped the pile of debris on his bike, hurrying to join him. There sat Greiger, halfway buried in rubble, and from the looks of it barely alive. One of the two horns was cracked off his helmet, his visor was halfway gone, and part of his helmet was missing entirely. Crow and Yusei kneel on either side.
"Greiger, are you okay?"
The broken and battered form of the Dark Signer, who looked up at them with a groan of pain, "I'm fine... And Crow... you're safe..."
"Why'd'ja do that?" Crow cried, "Why did you risk your life for me?"
"Because..." Greiger winched, "You risked yours so that my family and friends could return to their homeland. You must continue to fight the Dark Signers... Stay strong and save your family."
"You can count on it, Greiger," Crow replied sincerely with tears in his eyes.
Greiger turned to Yusei, "Yusei... Thank you for helping me see the truth. You freed me of the darkness... that was... gripping my heart."
"Of course."
"Yusei...! The Signers must stick together. It's the only way... you will defeat the darkness!" He reached up to Yusei with the hand that was not buried. Yusei gripped it with both of his. Greiger closed his eyes, beginning to turn gray like the concrete around him. He began to disappear, as little black specks float upward from where he lies.
"We won't let you down!" Crow cried, "We promise!"
"Crow's right...! We won't stop until... the darkness is defeated!"
Later, Margaret and the twins, along with Trudge, were searching around the ruined city. After the purple fire died, they were able to travel further.
"We were looking all over and we still can't find Yusei!" Leo said.
"I hope he's okay," prayed Luna.
"Wait, look over there! Is that..." Margaret spotted something moving in front of them. When the car stopped, they saw something moving into the headlights. Yusei stopped in front of them with Crow beside him.
"Crow!" Margaret hopped off the car and ran towards them, "You were the one inside that geoglyph? Are you alright?"
"Crow eventually gave a toothy grin and a thumbs up, "I'm fine; just a little banged up."
Margaret sighed. He was glad he was alright. After a moment's rest, they exited the abandoned city.
"So... is Kalin next, Yusei?" Crow asked.
"Yes. We have some unfinished business to attend to." Yusei gripped his accelerator and took off. Everyone else left after him except for Crow and Margaret, the former stopping her from entering the truck.
"Just a minute, Magic. I need to show you something first..."
DUEL-MON DATABASE
(1) Darksea Float
Stats: Machine/Effect] Level 1 ATK/0 DEF/300
Attribute: DARK
Description: When this card on the field is destroyed by a card effect and sent to the Graveyard, the owner of this card draws 1 card.
(2) Earthbound Immortal Chacu Challhua
Stats: [Fish/Effect] Level 10 ATK/2900 DEF/1600
Attribute: DARK
Description: "Earthbound Immortal" monsters cannot be Summoned while this card is face-up on the field. If there is no face-up Field Spell Card on the field, the following effects are negated, and this card is destroyed during the End Phase: ● This card can attack your opponent directly. ● This card is unaffected by your opponent's Spell and Trap Cards. ● Your opponent cannot select this card as an attack target. ● While this card is in face-up Defense Position, your opponent cannot conduct his/her Battle Phase. Once per turn, you can inflict damage to your opponent equal to half the DEF of this card. This card cannot attack the turn this effect is used.
(3) Blackwing-Fane the Steel Chain
Stats: [Winged-Beast/Effect] Level 2 ATK/500 DEF/800
Attribute: DARK
Description: This card can attack your opponent directly. When this card attacks your opponent directly and inflicts Battle Damage to your opponent, you can change 1 Attack Positionmonster your opponent controls to Defense Position.
(4) Blackwing-Silverwing the Ascendant
Stats: [Winged-Beast/Synchro/Effect] Level 8 ATK/1600 DEF/1800
Attribute: DARK
Description: 1 "Blackwing" Tuner + 2 or more non-Tuner monsters
When this card is Synchro Summoned, you can select and destroy up to 2 face-up monsters on the field with DEF lower than this card's ATK. You cannot conduct your Battle Phase the turn you activate this effect. The next time a "Blackwing" monster you control would be destroyed by battle during your opponent's turn, it is not destroyed; this effect only happens once.
DUEL-MON TRIVIA-
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Silverwind the Ascendant resembles a chevalier, which is a class of membership in a French or Belgian Order of Chivalry or order of merit.
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