Yugioh 5D's: Konami/Kazuki Takahashi
While the others were on their way toward the second main generator, Crow and Margaret went back into the abandoned city where the last duel had been.
"Hey, how much longer is this gonna take?" she asked Crow, "It's taking forever!"
"Calm down! We're almost there," they rounded a corner and soon came to a dead-end, where heaps of trash surrounded them, "Now, I know I hid it around here somewhere." he looked around and searched through the trash piles.
"Well, where did you put it?"
"Hold on! I need to figure out where I put it! It's been a while. I need to get my bearings here... Wait, there it is!" Crow stopped at one of the piles and tossed aside the trash, until all that was left was a large mass covered over a dirty white sheet. When he pulled off the veil, there was a duel-runner sitting there.
Margeret silently gasped in awe at the motorcycle, "Is that..." the runner had a post-sleek violet frame which arched at the ends, with gold trims hooping throughout. the nose-plate in front of the console was equipped with two golden semi-arches that surrounded the handlebars. The turbo-boosters at the rear followed the same design.
"Yep, made especially for you! Sure it can't fly or anything, but it's still enough to get you around, right?" Crow tossed Margaret a duel-runner helmet, which followed the same design as the runner itself.
"I-I don't know what to say!"
"How 'bout you start with, 'Let's have a turbo-duel to break 'er in!"
"But... but I don't have any speed-spells. You need speed-spells to have a turbo-duel, right!"
"You do now!" Crow handed her a few spare speed-spell cards, "Now let's get to it so we can catch up with Yusei and the others!"
YuGiOh 5D's
Reverse of Arcadia
Ride 40: Into the Pits of Desire and Despair
Xiki Nomura had no idea where she was going. All she knew was that she was being lead through the thick darkness. She dared not utter a single word as she followed her captors footsteps in front of her. Eventually, the footsteps stopped, and so did she.
"Welcome to the first step of your new life," the room suddenly revealed itself as it lit from below. Xiki looked around to find herself in the middle of a large four-way crossroad.
"Where is this place?" she demanded, "Where have you taken me?"
"This is where your new chapter begins," Gabriella said, "When you leave this place, you will re-enter this world as one of us; you will become a Dark Signer!"
"What makes you think I want to join you?"
"Oh, please, like you even have a choice; when your only option is prison."
Xiki cringed at the Dark Signer's truthful words. Between what would happen to her here and in the Facility, she at least knows what people would do to her in the facility. But here... "And what's supposed to happen to me if I join? Could it be any worse?"
"Would you care to find out?" Gabriella pushed a duel-disk on the floor with her feet and skid it across to Xiki, "Your cards are all in there; just prove to me that you're worthy of joining our cause, that you can handle the power offered by the Netherworld itself...! Or would you rather let Sector Security put you in a cage like a domesticated mutt you're becoming."
That was when something gave way inside Xiki. For as long as she had remembered, it was her very name that struck fear in the underworld slums of New Domino. The scum crawling there looked to her for protection. And in return they pledge their loyalty; mind, body and soul. She was a queen whose subjects have abandoned any and all hope to ascend to a better life, whose only purpose is to worship the filthy ground she walks upon.
But now she was being talked down upon by someone she thought was a do-gooding coward. She was dragged down here just to taunt her! Such a sharp tongue just makes her want to rush over there and rip out her throat with her teeth! But she will make sure to put that woman in her place...
"You made a big mistake..." the Twilight Duelist picked up her duel-disk and equipped it onto herself.
"I was hoping you would say that," Gabriella turned on her own duel-disk and both players drew their starting hand.
"DUEL"
Gabriella: 8000
Xiki: 8000
"You're gonna regret ever messing with me!" Xiki growled as she drew her sixth card, "I summon Twilight Fiend in DEF mode!" the pale-skinned, obsidian-marrowed pseudo-archfiend appeared (DEF: 1000), "Next I place a card face-down!" a reverse-card appeared, "It's your turn!"
"And I plan to make the best of it," Gabriella drew her next card, "I summon (5D's)(1) Lustsworn Elf(4/ATK: 2000/DEF: 800) to the field," the monster in question wore a lime-green cloak that showed off her dark skin, which was barely covered by just a silk bra and short loincloth. In her hands she held a leather whip. A silver headdress rested atop of her head. She appeared to look like the Mystical Elf, only a bit epileptic (ATK: 2000), "Next I'll place two cards face-down. That ends my turn!"
'What? She didn't even try to attack?' Xiki wondered, 'And with a monster with 2000 ATK points?'
"Since I'm feel in a good today, I won't attack at any time during the duel."
The Twilight Duelist did not believe what she just heard. Is that woman mocking her? "Are you kidding me?"
"There's more than one way to skin a cat, Xiki," the Dark Signer smirked, "or in this case, a little doggy like you."
"You'll be sorry for that!" Xiki snapped as she drew her next card, "I summon the tuner Twilight Knight!" the black knight appeared (ATK: 1600), now I tune him along with Twilight Field to synchro-summon Light-End Dragon!" the two monsters combined as Xiki chanted:
"The sparkles of light are the eight twilights! Light is virtue, enriched by unity! Synchro-Summon! Imbredded from the light, Light-End Dragon!"
The six-winged white dragon appeared from the synchro-summon (ATK: 2600), "Light-End, attack that Lustsworn Elf!" the dragon reared its head as its maw was filled with a bright source of energy, "And when my dragon attacks, its special-ability then activated, decreasing the ATK power of monster targeted at the cost of 500 of its own!"
Lustsworn Elf: (ATK: 500)
Light-End Dragon: (ATK: 2100)
The dragon fired a stream of white energy directly at its target. But the target in question was ready and leap out of the way. She brought out her whip in mid-air and made a few lashes in the open air near the dragon. When the attack was done and the Elf landed, it was only a matter of time before the dragon was sliced into pieces and was destroyed. "What just happened?"
"You didn't think I would leave my field ill-prepared, do you?" Gabriella revealed one of her reverse-cards, "So I had my Prideful Roar trap ready just for the occasion. And just in case you forgot how this card works, I just need to pay a small price in the difference between the monsters battling, and mine would always be 300 points ahead of yours!"
Gabriella: 6400
Xiki: 7700
"Oh, and before I forget, Lustsworn Elf's effect activates whenever she battles in ATK position; that allows me to discard one card from my hand. And the card I removed just happens to be Lustsworn Nurturer, which grants me 1000 points when sent to the graveyard."
Gabriella: 7400
Xiki: 7700
"Now in case I'm forgetting, it's still your turn, isn't it?"
Xiki growled, "I end my turn..."
"Then it's my move," Gabriella started her next turn, "I think I'll activate Pot of Greed, to draw two more cards from my hand. Next I'll summon Lustsworn Harpe in DEF mode," the small Lustsworn hatchling appeared (DEF: 600), "And while I'm at it, I'll send one card from my hand to the graveyard to special-summon Lustsworn Lamm, whom I also place in DEF mode," a tired-looking lamb-girl appeared alongside Harpe (DEF: 700), "That'll do for now."
"It's my turn!" Xiki drew her next card, "I set a monster in DEF mode!" a reversed monster appeared, "I end my turn!"
"Nothing to attack this time?" Gabriella asked as she drew her next card, "I guess that saves me a bit of trouble. I end my turn with a face-down card."
"Then it's my turn!" Xiki drew her next card, "I release my face-down card to set another in DEF mode. That ends my turn!"
"It's my turn now," Gabriella drew her next card, "I think I'll pass for now."
"It's my turn!" Xiki drew her next card, "I activate the spell card Star Blast! By paying 500 life-points, I can decrease the level of one of the monsters in my hand by 1! That gives my the chance to summon the Sphere of Chaos!" a sphere of black metal with several glowing orbs appeared (ATK: 1600), "And it's about to go on the attack on your monsters!"
"That would be the case, if only I didn't have this!" when Gabriella flipped one of her reverse-cards, a loud roar echoed across the room, "With Threatening Roar I can easily skip your turn's battle-phase. In other words, your monsters can't attack this turn."
Xiki growled lowly, "Then I'll end my turn at that!"
Gabriella: 7400
Xiki: 7200
"Very well," Gabriella drew her next card, "First things first; I activate the trap known as Destructive Draw. When this continuous-trap is in play, while I have no cards in my hand, I can drew two cards instead of just one. But let's worry about that later; It's been three turns since I called out my Harpe and my Lamm to the field. Now it's time for them to really have some fun! By releasing Lustsworn Lamm and Lustsworn Harpe, they evolve into Lustsworn Herald of Sloth-Baphomet and Lustsworn Herald of Lust-Lilith!" flames burst around the young monsters before they were converted into their adult forms (DEF: 2600) (DEF: 2300), "Next, I sacrifice my Lustsworn Elf and summon out my (5D's)(2) Lustsworn Golem(6/ATK: 1000/DEF: 2450) in DEF mode," the Elf disappeared and was replaced by a woman with an opposite complexion, very pale in comparison. A thick shell of black stone covered her wrists, lower legs and her crouch. A dark-brown top covered her chest. She had black hair and black eyes that gave a blank expression. She was bent down on one knee in her battle position (DEF: 2450).
"What's with all this defense?" Xiki wondered, "Are you going to hide behind a bunch of monsters this entire time?"
Gabriella smiled, "Maybe. I place one card face-down and end my turn. And then the effect of Destructive Draw activates, which requires a price of 700 life-points to stay in use, not that I have any option..."
Gabriella: 6700
Xiki: 7200
"If that card forces you to lose life-points then you should've waited until you actually needed it; but you had to show off by playing it!"
"Yes I should have, but I think I'll give you a little leeway, so you could have a better chance of winning."
Xiki became frustrated, "I am not a child! You think I can't do this on my own?" she then drew her next card, "I summon the tuner-monster Chaos-End Master in ATK mode!" the white winged warrior appeared next to the Sphere of Chaos (ATK: 1500), "And I use them both to synchro-summon my Dark-End Dragon!" the two monsters combined as Xiki chanted:
"The shrouds of darkness are the eight twilights! Darkness is power, corrupted by solitude! Synchro-Summon! Spawned from the darkness, Dark-End Dragon!"
The ferocious black dragon appeared (ATK: 2600), "And it's about to ravage every one of your monsters and then some! And it's gonna start with that Golem of yours!" the dragon fired a stream of black energy from its maw.
"I activate a face-down I've been saving, the Shrink magic card," Gabriella flipped her reverse-card, "That means the ATK power of your dragon is halved (ATK: 1300)," the golem clapped her hands and then pressed them to the ground. Lightning coursed before a large wall of black rock erupted from the ground, intercepting Dark-End's attack, "And did I forget to mention, any battle-damage caused by Lustsworn Golem is doubled." the blast ricocheted in different directions, all fractions being sent back towards the Twilight Duelist.
Gabriella: 6700
Xiki: 4900
"I'm not through yet!" Xiki grunted as she brushed off the attack, "My dragon has a special ability that take any monster off the field at the cost of 500 ATK points! And that annoying golem will be the first to feel its wrath!" a black fog spewed from Dark-End's maw and consumed the golem.
But the loss of one of her monster just did not seem to faze her and just smirked, "So much power. I was wondering when you were going to try harder..."
"You haven't seen anything yet!" a reverse-card appeared, "I place a card face-down and end my turn!"
"Then it's my turn," Gabriella drew her next card, "And with the effect of Destructive Draw, I can draw one additional card," she drew once more, "I think I'll give your dragon a little something for his excellent performance. I activate the spell card Axe of Fools and equip it onto the Dark-End Dragon," a shiny object twirled from Gabriella's card before it attached itself onto the dragon. Dark-End Dragon now had a steel axe with a golden emblem embedded on its chest."
"What does this spell card do?" Xiki wondered, "And why give it to my monster?"
"Well, for one, it gives your dragon 1000 ATK points, as well as the power to negate that pesky effect of his. I'm sure you can do the math, can you?"
Dark-End Dragon: (ATK: 3600)
"And there's one more thing that I think you should know. As long as that equip-spell is in play, at the start of each of my standby-phases, you take 1000 points of damage," Gabriella's smile grew wider as Xiki growled, "But for now I'll place one card face-down, and let Destructive Draw take effect."
Gabriella: 6000
Xiki: 4900
"It's my turn now!" Xiki drew her next card; when she took a glance at it, she gave a sly grin, "You're gonna regret powering up my dragon! I equip my Dark-End Dragon with Big-Bang Shot, giving him 400 extra ATK points!" a burning aura surrounded the dragon as it roared with vigor (ATK: 4000), "And the best part is when he attacks a weaker monster in DEF mode, he can deal the difference as damage to your life-points! Now go! Attack that Lustsworn Lilith with Black Stream of Shadows!" the dragon fired another dose of black energy.
"I activate my trap card, Fairy Box!" when Gabriella revealed her face-down, the dragon's breath was countered by a giant box that enveloped her two monsters, "And here's how it works: I get to flip a coin and call it. And if I call it right..." she fiddled with a small coin she had in her hand, "It won't end good for you; now heads up!" she tossed the coun in the air and waited for it to come down, letting it hit the floor. The coin rolled for a while until it finally landed flat on its tail, "It's heads! I guess that means your monsters ATK power is dropped to zero for the turn," with Xiki's dragon weakened, Lilith slipped out through one of the holes in the box and stood in mid-air, and emitted a loud screech. Even with her ears shut tight, Xiki could not escape the sonics piercing her eardrums.
Gabriella: 6000
Xiki: 2600
"You'll pay for that!" Xiki roared.
"I would love to see you try, little dog," Gabriella taunted.
"I place one more card face-down! That ends my turn!"
"And begins mine," Gabriella drew her next card, "First things first: I draw another card thanks to Destructive Draw," she drew another card, "Next, you take 500 points of damage due to Axe of Fools you take 500 points of damage." a wicked red aura surrounded Xiki as she felt more of her life force being tken.
Gabriella: 6000
Xiki: 2100
"And finally Fairy Box. And although I have to pay 500 life-points to keep Fairy Box on the field, I think I'll just toss it aside..." the Fairy Box disappeared.
"Now I'll place two cards face-down and end my turn, which triggers the effect of Destructive Draw, draining 700 points from my life-points."
Gabriella: 5300
Xiki: 2100
"It's my turn!" Xiki drew her next card, "I activate Call of the Haunted to bring back my Light-End Dragon!" the face-down trap re-summoned the light dragon (ATK: 2600), "And first thing she'll do is attack your Lustsworn Lilith! Go, Burst Stream of Light!" the Light-End Dragon fired a beam of light.
"I activate the trap card D2 Shield," Gabriella revealed her reverse-card, "And once activated, one of my monsters receive double the DEF (DEF: 4600). I guess you failed once again." Lilith was able to create a gust of wind from a single beat of her wings, which deflected the dragon's attack and sent it back to its master.
Gabriella: 5300
Xiki: 100
"I'm not through yet!" Xiki growled through the pain, "Dark-End, eliminate that Baphomet! Give her an eternal slumber!" the black dragon obeyed and fired at the Herald of Sloth.
"I activate my second face-down, Half-Shut," Gabriella revealed her reversed quick-play, "And by halving her ATK points, Baphomet can't be destroyed in battle this turn." a small barrier appeared around the sleeping demon and deflected the attack from her. It was amazing ho the noise did not awake her. The remaining energy passed around the barrier and rushed directly toward the dark duelist. The mass force knocked Gabriella across the floor.
Gabriella: 3900
Xiki: 100
Xiki panted heavily staring at her opponent's body sprawled on the ground, concealed beneath her black robes. The Twilight Duelist could barely restrain the low snarls that would occasionally escape through her barred teeth. She did not take her eyes off of her as Gabriella slowly brought herself about off the floor; scattered strands of sickly acid-green hair over her face. What had really sickened her was the fact that the Dark Signer had just wiped a small rivlet of black blood from the corner of her mouth with her tongue, and all with her trademarked cold smile. "Ooh, that was just the reaction I was hoping for..."
"What?" Xiki snarled.
"You have everything I've been looking for! Your rage would make you the perfect guard-dog I would just love to get my hands on!"
"Why do you constantly have to compare me to some filthy animal?" Xiki snapped.
"Oh, but that's exactly what you are, my little doggy," Gabriella stated, enjoying the way Xiki was responding to her stinging taunts, "Sure, your dueling's a bit rough around the edges, but you just need a little bit of pressure. You need a reason to fight with all your power. All you need was to be forced into a corner; and like any cornered animal..., you lash out with all your fury."
Xiki did not know what to make of Gabriella's words now. From what she was just told it was almost as if she began to receive praise. Either way, she would not allow herself to fall victim to any more or the Dark Signer's mind-games, "It's still my turn! I release Light-End Dragon and Dark-End Dragon to advance-summon Light and Darkness Dragon!" both dragons' bodies were reduced to dark and light energies respectively and swirled together into one. It created a portal that released the black-and-white dragon (ATK: 2800), "I don't care what you have to offer, I'm not about to join a bunch of circus-freaks! Soon as I win this I'm leaving; and you can't stop me!"
"I didn't recall you being given a choice," Gabriella scolded, "And besides, it's not like you were planing to run back to your mommy and daddy."
Xiki's eye widened and her lips quivered, "Y-you had better watch your mouth!"
But Gabriella continued, "You used to have it all, Xiki; you lived in a beautiful house in the upperclassman districts of New Domino City. You had two loving parents who gave you everything you ever needed. It's piratically every girl's dream come true. I wish I had parents, that I had a beautiful house to live in. But apparently it's true when they say that too much of a good thing is bad for you. You suddenly blew up and decided to leave all of that behind you, even the parents who raised you."
"My parents only wanted a daughter who's prissy and perfect!" Xiki shrieked, "I tried my best to please them but I just don't ct it! So I did them am favor and left!"
"Oh, that's right. You've been trying to be the 'Ideal Daughter' for them. But you couldn't handle a little stress and run away from the whole thing. You're no better than a stray dog scrapping to get by."
"Are we gonna duel or are you gonna lecture me all day?"
"...I'm guessing that you're waiting for me to make a move; very well," Gabriella drew her next two cards, "Your dragon may be powerful, but it has the greatest weakness. I activate the effect of Level Eater from my graveyard. By downgrading a monster on my field by one, I can summon Level Eater to the field." as Baphomet's level was lowered (Lvl: 6), a small portal appeared.
"Light and Darkness Dragon's ability activates!" Xiki announced, "Whenever a monster's special-ability is activated, my dragon sacrifices 500 of its ATK and DEF points to negate it!" the portal disappeared.
Light and Darkness Dragon: (ATK: 2300/DEF: 1900)
"You forgot one thing, Xiki. My Level Eater is still in the graveyard, so I can play its ability again and again every time after your dragon's effect activates. And all it would cost me is a few of my monsters' levels." the process repeated over and over until a red ladybug with a star on its shell appeared (DEF: 0).
Lustsworn Herald of Sloth-Baphomet: (Lvl: 4)
Lustsworn Herald of Lust-Lilith: (Lvl: 5)
Light and Darkness Dragon: (ATK: 800/DEF: 400)
"And now your dragon is as weak a you are. I'll play one card face-down," a reverse-card appeared, "That ends my turn."
Gabriella: 3200
Xiki: 100
"Then it's my move!" Xiki drew her next card, "First I activate the spell Pot of Greed, drawing two more cards from my deck! Next I activate the spell Double Summon, which in case you don't know, allows me to summon twice this turn! And through this spell, I summon Kaiser Sea Horse..." a knight in spined-blue armor appeared (ATK: 1700), "And finally use this monster's double-tribute effect to summon (3) Felgrand Dragon(8/ATK: 2800/DEF: 2800)!" the warrior disappeared and was replaced by a large dragon with shiny golden scales (ATK: 2800), "Finally, I place Light and Darkness Dragon in DEF mode!" the dragon furled itself under its wings (DEF: 400), "I end my turn!"
"It's my turn now," Gabriella drew her next 2 cards, "I activate the spell card Painful Choice. This allows me to select any five cards in my deck and show them to my opponent. Then my opponent is allowed to select one of those cards I can add to my hand, while the others are sent to the graveyard. And here are the cards I have selected..." five cards appeared before Xiki as followed:
Sloth Fragrance
Envy Fragrance
Greed Fragrance
Lust Fragrance
Card Destruction
Xiki studied the five cards, as she has never seen most of them before. Card Destruction seems to be the least threatening. She does not have anything important saved in her hand, so it would not matter if that card would be used. However, those other four cards seemed to be useful to Gabriella. So why put them at risk by painful choice when she can draw them she has the chance? What is her main objective?
One step at a time. Xiki would have to worry about those cards later on in the duel. For now they would be out of Gabriella's reach as well, "I choose Card Destruction!"
The spell card was placed into Gabriella's hand while the remaining cards were sent to the graveyard, "Why thank you. This would prove quite useful to me; especially when I activate Spellbook Inside the Pot," both players drew three times, "Now I activate the card you gave me, Card Destruction. Now we both discard our entire hand and then draw the same number of cards," the two duelists did as instructed, "And now, I activate yet another spell card, Dark Hole. And you know what that means: every monster on the field is instantly destroyed," a black vortex appeared overhead and expanded the dueling-field. Every monster was pulled in and crushed by its gravitational field, before vanishing.
"You just triggered Light and Darkness Dragon's special-ability!" Xiki said, "Whenever it's destroyed, all of my cards may be destroyed, but I also get to summon a monster that's in my graveyard, like my Felgrand Dragon!" the golden-scaled dragon returned (ATK: 2800), "And as for Felgrand's special-ability, he gains even more power from another monster in my graveyard, to atune of 200 ATK points per level. And I select my level-8 Light of Darkness Dragon!" a faint ghostly image of the black-and-white dragon briefly appeared over Felgrand Dragon as it powered up (ATK: 4400), "Now I have the strongest monster on the field once again!"
"Yes, I could see that," the Dark Signer purred, "Let's see you lash out at me one last time, little doggy."
"You're going to regret saying that!" Xiki started her last turn, "No one ever insults me and gets away with it! Especially when they think I'm stupid enough to follow a bunch of circus freaks like you! Felgrand Dragon, atta-" Xiki's command froze in place as well as her body. She soon felt her self weaken, her bones feeling like gelatin. She could no longer stand and then dropped to her knees. Her vision was obscured by a rising haze glowing in all colors of the rainbow. It carried a scent that Xiki could not forget about. It was as if this scent was actually clouding her mind.
Suddenly two shadows appeared in front of Xiki from afar. They slowly began to reveal themselves even through the fog. Xiki's eyes widened as she took a good look at the two figures...
"Mama...Papa.."
Two people, a man and woman, stood in front of her. They were indeed Xiki's mother and father. Her heart pounded just from them appearing before her after all this time. Xiki had soon found the strength to erect herself to her feet and moved forward. She had her arms slowly outstretched as she approached them one foot at a time. Closer and closer she moved, she could actually see the warm smiles on her parents' face.
Xiki stumbled over but was able to clamp her arms around the woman's waist that was her mother. Her heart melted from the warmth of her mother's thighs against her face. She had not realized until now, but she had really missed her parent's affection. It was now a wonder why she was so worried about being the 'perfect daughter'. The loved Xiki just for being Xiki Nomura. And that's all she needed to be.
"Hmm hm-hm. I just can't get enough!" Gabriella could not stop herself from snickering as she continued to watch her opponent Xiki, who was slouching on her knees hugging herself. It was just too much to restrain herself to see her in such an embarrassing position. Xiki's mind was currently drowning in an world of delusion. She was given not the loving parents she had wanted back so badly; no, it was nothing but false hope, an illusion created by her deepest desire.
Gabriella briefly turned from her entertainment and looked at the cause of Xiki's bottomless delusion. Her lips curved as she dared make out the very trap card's name, "Lilith Temptation," those two words were like honey on her tongue, "I still can't believe that a single card could bring an opponent sniveling on their knees. All they could think about is a world that the always longed for, where their deepest desires become their dream come true. Even this stray little dog is experiencing bliss beyond her wildest imagination," her glance skipped toward another card face-down on her duel-disk, "Now to add some terror into the mix..." she pressed a button and activated her final card...
Xiki felt something moist roll down her neck. She managed to wipe it off but when she looked at it it was a black liquid. It felt as if it was...blood. She found more of the liquid dripping from her mother's dress. And when she looked up, she had really wished that she had not: her eyes, her mouth, even her nostrils; they were all overflowing with rivelets of the black blood. Not only her mother, the same thing happened with her father as well. Xiki stumbled back and scampered back away from the two as more of the black liquid spurted from them. It soon sprayed in massive amounts from not just their ports, their own bodies were melted into black muck and spilled out of their clothes, disappearing into the fog below.
A large object erected from the haze in its place. It was a stone gate created in a gruesome skeleton design. Dark ridged screening was visible in the large spaces under its ghastly skeletal structure. Seven symbols were placed on random spots on the gate, each one a different color and different symbol. One by one they flashed their respective colors. When the final symbol lit, the gats slowly opened, revealing a void of pitch-black. More of the black substance spilled through the gateway and crept forward to Xiki's direction. She inched back further to distance herself from it. But she was soon immobilized when she felt something grab her ankle under the fog, gripping her like a vice. The same thing eventually happened when a pair of black tendrils came out of the fog an ensnared each of Xiki's limbs. Now even more powerless she was now being dragged back towards the gate. Xiki fought hard to remove her bandages, as to succeed by ripping off one of the tendrils on her limbs. But that only alerted the gate to shoot out many more tentacles to ensnare her. Xiki soon found herself wrapped in many black tendril, completely immobilized saved for her right arm. She began to claw at the unseen ground trying to get some sort of hold. Whatever pulling her to the gate was waiting for her, and she was to frightened to find out what it is. But despite all her strength she just kept coming closer and closer toward the gate. And just when she was about to lose hope a hand reached out and grabbed Xiki's, preventing the tendrils from pulling her any closer. Xiki looked up and saw that it was Gabriella who was holding her. Although her expression was unchanged; an incarnation wicked manipulation.
"Long ago there was a beautiful princess who once lived in a fantastic kingdom. She had two loving parents, dozens of willing servants, and all the possessions she ever wanted. But the one thing she longs for the most is to be the perfect daughter for her two mommy and daddy. So she spent day after day practicing manners and etiquette. But one day, the stress of her constant crusade finally became too much. And instead of being the daughter their parents wanted, she became a beast, and animal. Her rebellious behavior had her exiled from the kingdom by her own parents. And from that day forward, she became a lone wolf," Gabriella moved her face closer to Xiki's, peering into the Twilight Duelist's transparent irises as she continued, "With her pack she hides in the shadows and terrorizes those unfortunate enough to wander from the safety of their kingdom. One day a young man was walking back home to his daughter; and he was unlucky enough to travel though the forest at night. He was spirited away just as the others and taken to the underground lair where the Wolf would torture her captives before killing them. But as the Wolf had not expected, the man could not be easily broken, and have manage to escape her fangs. And to make matters worse he managed to bring the entire village back with him. They raided her lair and captured the Wolf's pack, and finally scorched the lair to a pit of ashes. It was because of that man the Lone Wolf was left with nothing. And from then on she was forced to wander in the darkness of the forest, hiding in fear of the people who would always hunt her down."
As soon as Gabriella was finished, her cruel smile was the last thing she saw before darkness blinded her and she felt herself being dragged back towards the gate, even feeling Gabriella's grip slip away, "You had the perfect life just to throw it away. And now, you're just a stray who has lost her way. And now you will be damned to wander in total darkness, forever looking for a home you will never, ever deserve," Xiki's whimpered for Gabriella to come save her from the unknown terrors that wait for her behind the gate. The black bindings were removed from her eyes just in time to see the doors closing straight in front of her. Her fear intensified to major heights as she could see Gabriella kneeling to her at the other side. Her whimpers became muffled cries as the Dark Signer waved goodbye to her. The binds from Xiki's mouth were removed for Xiki who hopelessly reached out the the person she abandoned, eliciting a spine-chilling scream as the gate finally closed in front of her.
"Have fun, Xiki, my little stray puppy."
The sound of engines tore through the silence of Satellite. Two vehicles zoom off a steep hill and drove through the area. Crow was riding on his Blackbird while Margaret rode on her new Sorceress Speed.
"Remember, Magic, in a turbo-duel, the only spells we can use are speeds-spells, got it?" Crow said.
"Got it! I'm gonna activate Speed World!" Margaret replied and pressed a button. The the Speed World function enveloped the field.
Magic: 4000
Crow: 4000
"I'll take the first turn!" Magic drew her first card, "I place 2 cards face-down!" two reverses appeared beside her runner before vanishing, "Then I place a monster in DEF mode and end my turn!"
"It's my turn!" Crow drew his next card, "And since there's a monster on your field and not on mine, I can summon Blackwing-Sirocco the Dawn to the field in ATK mode!" his powerful bronze-winged avian appeared next to him (ATK: 2000), "And with a Blackwing on my field, I can special-summon another from my hand, like (4) Blackwing-Gladius the Midnight Sun(3/ATK: 800/DEF: 1500)!" the new Blackwing had white wings black feathers with a tail of scarlet hair extended from its head. It held a short curved sword in each hand (ATK: 800), "Now let's see what she's hiding! Sirocco, Attack!" Sirocco swooped in and swiped through Magic's set monster, which was revealed to be Crystal Seer before it was destroyed.
"You just triggered Crystal Seer's flip-effect! Now I get to add 2 cards from the top of my deck; then I pick one to keep and one to place at the bottom of the deck!" Magic picked up two cards and selected one of them, adding the card to her hand while the other returned to the deck.
"Then I'll have Gladius to attack you directly!" the weaker Blackwing flew toward Magic and slashed her with its two swords.
Magic: 3200 (2)
Crow: 4000 (2)
"Finally I place a card face-down and end my turn!" a reverse-card appeared, "That ends my turn!"
"Then it's my move!" Magic started her turn and looked over her cards, 'Okay, let me think; when it's comes to Blackwings, there'd always be more than one on the field. So I have to shoot those birds down before there are too many I could handle. ...But for now, I'd better have a strong defense.' "I summon Defender, the Magical Warrior in DEF mode!" the blue magician appeared hiding behind his shield (DEF: 2000), "And once summoned, he gains a spell-counter!" the center gem on his shield glowed (CTR: 1), "Next, I activate these 2 face-downs, Pitch-Black Power Stone and Tower of Babel!" Magic revealed her two reverse-cards, and the Power Stone gains 3 spell-counters (CTR: 3), "And since I have at least 2 speed-counters, I can activate the Speed Spell Double Summon, and use its effect to summon Silent Magician LV4 to the field in ATK mode!" the young white-robed magician appeared and floated next to Magic (ATK: 1000), "And because Double Summon counts as any other spell card, Tower of Babel gains a spell-counter of its own (CTR: 1)! Next comes the effect of my Pitch-Black Power Stone! Now I can transfer one of its spell-counters to another card that could use one, like Silent Magician! And for each counter she gains 500 ATK points!" one of the gems on the Silent Magician's robes glowed (ATK: 1500) "Now, Silent Magician, attack Gladius the Midnight Sun with Silent Burning Attack!" Silent Magician fired a ball of white energy from her scepter.
But Gladius stood its ground as he withstood the attack with its crossed twin blades, "Sorry, but in case you forgotten, Gladius can be kept from being destroyed once per turn!" Crow said.
"I place one card face-down! It's your move!"
Crow drew his next card, and triggered Silent Magician's effect (CTR: 2/ATK: 2000), "I activate the Overboost speed-spell, bumping up my speed-counters by 4!"
Magic: 3200 (3)
Crow: 4000 (7)
And whith another spell activated, another spell-counter was added to Tower of Babel (CTR: 2).
"Next, I activate the speed-spell Accelerator Draw! By removing 6 speed-counters, I can draw 2 new cards!" Crow drew twice more and another spell-counter was added onto Tower of Babel (CTR: 3), as well as Silent Magician (CTR: 3/ATK: 2500), "Next I summon Blackwing-Shura the Blue Flame!" the cobalt-feathered Blackwing appeared (ATK: 1800), "And since I have a Blackwing on the field, I can special-summon (5) Blackwing-Kris the Crack of Dawn(4/ATK: 1900/DEF: 300) straight from my hand!" the next Blackwing summoned beared resemblance to a Balian garuda statue, as it wore a gold mask over its face. In its hand it wielded a short kris sword (ATK: 1900), "And now I play my face-down card, the trap Delta Crow-Anti Reverse, to destroy every face-down spell-or-trap card you have on the field!"
"I don't think so! I activate the trap card Ice Wall!" Magic revealed her reverse-card and a frosty haze came from out of it, "By sending 1 card from my hand to the grave, the battle-phase is cancelled!"
"Then I'll switch Gladius and Sirocco to DEF mode and sent a card face-down!" Gladius crossed its arms in front of itself while a reverse-card appeared before disappearing, "I end my turn! Which means the aftereffect of Overboost reduces my speed-counters to 1!"
Magic: 3200 (3)
Crow: 4000 (1)
"It's my turn now!" Magic drew her next card, "I place one card face-down! Next I activate the effect of Pitch-Black Power Stone and transfer another of its counters to Silent Magician (CTR: 4/ATK: 3000)! Now attack Crow's Kris the Crack of Dawn! Silent Burning Attack!" the spellcaster fired another blast at one of the Blackwing monsters!"
"I activate the effect of (6) Blackwing-Kalut the Moon Shadow(3/ATK: 1400/DEF: 1000) from my hand!" Crow said as he discarded the only card in his hand, "By sending it to the graveyard, any Blackwing monster in battle gets a 1400-ATK-point boost!" Kris rushed into battle and thrust out its sword, deflecting the magician's blast against the edge (ATK: 3300). The Garuda Blackwing slashed at the Silent Magician, but she held her ground deflecting the sword with her staff.
"When a spellcaster on my field engages in battle, Defender's special-ability activates," Magic said, "And just as your Blackwing Kalut helped out Kris the Crack of Dawn, Defender can prevent Silent Magician's destruction by removing a spell-counter on my field!"
Tower of Babel: (CTR: 2)
Magic: 2900 (4)
Crow: 4000 (2)
"And with that, I'll end my turn!"
"Than it's my move!" Crow started his turn, and Silent Magician obtained her last spell-counter (ATK: 3500), "I switch Sirocco back to ATK position and activate his special-ability; now all my monsters' ATK points!" the Blackwings transferred their power to Sirocco (ATK: 6500), "Next, I remove 1 speed-counter to activate the speed-spell version of the Forbidden Lance quick-play! Now, Sirocco may lose 800 ATK points, but he's now immune to any spell and trap cards thrown his way for this turn (ATK: 5700)! Now atack that Silent Magician!" the avian then charged toward the spellcaster.
"I activate Defender's ability and protect Silent Magician from destruction!" Margaret removed the spell-counter from Defender's shield (CTR: 0). The Silent Magician managed to fend against the Blackwing's attack, but at a cost of Margaret's life-points and speed-counters.
Magic: 700 (3)
Crow: 4000 (1)
"In that case that's all for me!" Crow said.
"Then it's my turn!" Magic drew her next card, "I summon the Night's End Sorcerer tuner-monster!" the scythe-wielding hare appeared (ATK: 1300), "And now I'll tune him with Defender to synchro-summon Tempest Magician!" after the synchro-summoning process, the dark exemplar magician appeared in their place (ATK: 2200), with a spell-counter of her own (CTR: 1), "Finally I activate her special-ability: by removing every counter on my field, you take 500 points of damage for each one!" Tempest Magician took a swipe of her scythe and fired a barrage of dark air-blades which all collided with Crow's runner.
Magic: 700 (3)
Crow: 0 (0)
"Wow, you really know how to turbo-duel!" Crow said.
"Thank you," Margaret blushed.
"Now come on, let's go catch up with Yusei and the others!" the two then rode off towards the next generator.
DUEL-MON DATABASE
(1) Lustsworn Elf
Stats: [Spellcaster/Effect] Level 4 ATK/2000 DEF/800
Attribute: DARK
Description: During the end of the damage-step of the Battle Phase when this face-up Attack-Positioned monster battles, discsrd one card from your hand. If you cannot, destroy this monster and take 2000 damage.
(2) Lustsworn Golem
Stats: [Rock/Effect] Level 6 ATK/1000 DEF/2400
Attribute: DARK
Description: The battle-damage inflicted by this Defense-Positioned monster is doubled.
(3) Felgrand Dragon
Stats: [Dragon/Effect] Level 8 ATK/2800 DEF/2800
Attribute: LIGHT
Description: This monster cannot be Special Summoned except from the Graveyard and only if it was sent there from the field. When this card is Special Summoned, select 1 monster in your Graveyard. This card gains ATK equal to the Level of that monster x 200.
(4) Blackwing-Gladius the Midnight Sun
Stats: [Winged-Beast/Effect] Level 3 ATK/800 DEF/1500
Attribute: DARK
Description: If the only face-up monster you control is a "Blackwing" monster, except "Blackwing - Gladius the Midnight Sun", you can Special Summon this card (from your hand). Once per turn, this card cannot be destroyed by battle.
(5) Blackwing-Kris the Crack of Dawn
Stats: [Winged-Beast/Effect] Level 6 ATK/1900 DEF/300
Attribute: DARK
Description: If you control a "Blackwing" monster, you can Special Summon this card from your hand. This card cannot be destroyed by the effects of Spell/Trap Cards.
(3) Blackwing-Kalut the Moon Shadow
Stats: [Winged-Beast/Effect] Level 8 ATK/2800 DEF/2800
Attribute: LIGHT
Description: When a "Blackwing" monster you control attacks or is attacked, you can send this card from your hand to the Graveyard during the Damage Step to have that monster gain 1400 ATK until the End Phase.
Yusei: "And now for a preview for the next Yu-Gi-Oh 5D's: Now's finally the time to settle the score with my friend Kalin! And with each move, our final times together were unveiled! Next time on Reverse of Arcadia: A Score to Settle: Part 1! It's time to Rev it Up!"
DUEL-MON TRIVIA-
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The trap card Lilith Temptation is referenced from the Needless anime/manga seriese! Try to guess who's the one who posesses this ability...
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