YuGiOh 5D's: Konami/Kazuki Takahashi
CFGX: "Alright, here's another chapter. Sorry for the late update. I've just been having a rough time with work and I tried to make this one more epic than the last. But I kinda got lazy at the end. Oh well, I hope all you readers out there will give me your honest opinion. Enjoy."
YuGiOh 5D's
Reverse of Arcadia
Ride 43: Blackened Innocence
Part 2: Black Waltz
Back in the theater, the match between Jason and Katherine continued...
"You're down to less than three-thousand life-points and a dozen cards," the dark witch laughed, "And soon enough you'll be left with nothing! Ready to give up yet?"
Jason struggled his way back up and readied to draw, "Not a chance..."
"Then hurry up and make your next move! It's no fun if you just stand there like a zombie!"
"It's my turn!" he drew his next card, 'Okay, this is bad; most of my best cards a out of commission so it's gonna be hard making a comeback. But the bright side of this is that Colossal Fighter gets 1300 points thanks to his special-ability (ATK: 4500), so I'm sure none of her monsters will touch him in battle. Maybe that will give me the advantage. As will this...' "I summon Command Knight in DEF mode!" a female knight in red armor appeared (DEF: 1900), "And thanks to her special-ability all of my warriors gain 400 extra ATK points (ATK: 1600)(ATK: 4900). Finally, I end my turn with a face-down!"
"It's my turn again," Katherine chimed, "I activate the Pot of Greed!" she drew two more times and payed the cost of the Skull Invitation trap.
Jason: 2600 (11)
Katherine: 1300 (22)
"Finally, I place 2 cards face-down." two reverse-cards appeared.
'That's strange,' Jason wondered, 'One face-down and that's it? She couldn't have forgotten about her Penalty card. It's been a whole round since it came into effect. Plus she left her only monster vulnerable in ATK mode. If that's the case that face-down card could backfire my attack. But she must have known that Torapart's ability prevents any trap card to activate when Colossal Fighter attacks. What's she up to...?' "It's my turn!" he drew his next card, "Colossal Fighter! Attack Dark Neko Magician!" Colossal Fighter charged in with his fist reeled, "Sorry for this, Kat!" the warrior swung its fist toward the witch, only to disappear along with Command Knight.
"You should've seen the look on your face!" Katherine laughed, "I bet you forgot Colossal Fighter's still vulnerable to spell cards! I activated Book of Eclipse to change both your monsters face-down!"
Jason: 2600 (11)
Katherine: 1000 (22)
Jason groaned, "Then I end my turn. And during the end-phase, Book of Eclipse flips my monsters back face-up; then I draw a card for each one." he then drew two cards.
"It's my turn," Katherine drew her next card, "I switch Dark Neko-Magician to DEF mode and place one card face-down. That's it for my turn."
"Then it's my turn-"
"And I activate the Battle Mania trap card," Katherine said, revealing her face-down, "Now your monsters have to attack this turn, like it or not."
Jason: 2600 (7)
Katherine: 700 (21)
"In that case, Colossal Fighter, attack!" Colossal Fighter rushed in to attack.
"I activate my second trap, Draining Shield!" Katherine exclaimed, revealing another set card, "So not only your monster's attack is negated, I also gain life-points equal to its ATK points!"
"But that's impossible! Torapart's effect prevents that! And even of Colossal Fighter's own effect is negated Torapart's power would still remain!" Jason protested as Colossal Fighter's fist collided with a glowing shield.
"I guess you don't know your own cards well, do you? Torapart's power lasts only, as long as the monster it was used in its summoning remains face-up. When your monsters were set back face-down thanks to Book of Eclipse, Colossal Fighter's power were set back in Neutral."
Jason: 2600 (7)
Katherine: 5300 (21)
"Fine then, I activate the trap card Interdimensional Matter Transporter and remove Command Knight from play until the end of my turn!" the knight disappeared, "Next I place 2 cards face-down and end my turn!"
"Then it's my turn again," Katherine drew her next card, "I play the spell Pot of Avarice and return 5 monsters in my graveyard to my deck and draw five new cards. she smiled showing him one of the card, before placing it in her duel-disk, "Next, I switch Neko-Magician back into ATK mode and activate the spell card Cat-Scratch Fever! And you know what that means; all Neko monsters get to attack you directly. And since Dark Neko Magician's level is negative, that means I get to attack with full power!" Katherine held her wand in front of her, and twirled its figurehead, "Pum-Pum Pumkin-Pumkin, Black Cat Frenzy!" she pointed the staff at Jason and fired a trio of ghostly black feline looming straight towards him.
"I activate the trap Defense Draw! This negates all battle damage from this attack!" an energy-shield formed around Jason and protected him from Katherine's attack, "And after that, I get to draw 1 more card!"
Jason: 2000 (6)
Katherine: 4700 (23)
"Oh well, then I guess I'll lay this card face-down," a reverse-card appeared on Katherine's field, "There's always next turn..."
"It's my move!" Jason drew his next card, "First I switch Command Knight back to DEF mode. Next I activate my trap card; it's called Imperial Iron Wall!" the continuous-trap card was revealed, "And once activated, no one's cards can be removed from play!"
"And what good does that do?" Katherine asked, her tone dispassionate.
"That means whatever cards you plan on using from your graveyard, Quick Reflexes, Neko Cylinder, An Angel Gets its Wings, they can all only be activated by being removed from play; and this card prevents that! Remember, I used your deck when I battled Divine, remember?" Katherine said nothing, "Colossal Fighter, attack Dark Neko Magician and end this duel now!" Colossal Fighter advanced once more, "Go, Colossus Comet!" he adverted its gigantic fist and managed to connect with its target. The impact launched small debris and blew clouds of dust across the room. When the dust settled enough for Jason to see, Colossal Fighter removed his fist from the large crater, only to reveal an empty pit where Katherine was supposed to be. "What... Where'd she go?!"
"Boo!" Jason never had the chance to turn his head towards the source of the voice, as a consequence of a set of cold steel pressed against his throat, "Looking for me, Jay-Jay?" Katherine popped her head into Jason's line of sight as she held her nails on the Signer's gullet.
Jason slowly raised his hand to remove Katherine's, but the razors digging further in his throat served as a warning to stop what he was doing, "Katherine, you don't have to do this."
"You still don't understand, do you?" Katherine sighed, "I gave myself to the Dark Signers so I can be the one to take you in to our side. And now I have you where I want you. Tell me, Jason, are you afraid?" Jason remained silent, while Katherine pouted, "I'm just curious; how do you feel with this kitty's claws against you, just itching to be sharpen? Is your heart racing? Are you scared? I bet you'd never expect that I'd be the one to place your life in my paws..."
"Katherine, please; you can still stop this. I know you don't want to hurt-" the Signer's words were cut short as he felt his throat slash not a moment after Katherine swiped her claws away with a swift movement. He was left dropped onto his knees, clamping tight against the clean gashes on his throat, though failing to hold the warm blood gushing out.
His eyes became heave as he found Katherine perched in front of him on all-fours, gazing at him while casually licking his blood off her hand as a domesticated feline would. His vision became blurry but did not obscure Katherine's image as she looked closer and closer, until she was able to caress her nose against his. She retracted just in time to to watch him lose strength.
"You're gonna be okay, Jason. You'll see; soon as you wake up it'll all seem like a bad dream." a light chuckle was hear before his world fell into the cold darkness...
Back past the borders of the city, David and Kenichi had found the forth generator, and was taken aback from what was waiting for them from behind the generator.
"To think we wouldn't be seeing him again until after this is over..." Kenichi said.
"What would he be doing here in a place like this?" David added.
They were both stumped as the just kept staring over him. He was laying there, curled up in a ball. His body body heaved slowly as he clutched onto his stuffed tow-tailed wolf.
"I don't get it; what's Rico doing here?" Kenichi asked, "He's supposed to be at the orphanage, wasn't he?"
"He was supposed to be at the orphanage. I'm just wondering how he beat us all the way here while we traveled on our duel-runners?"
"Maybe we can ask him as soon as he wakes up. I the meantime..." Ken grunted as he picked up Rico, "We oughta go back into the city. Maybe we can find Jason if we look over the town.
David nodded, and the two drove off.
Awareness hit him like a brick as his eyes fluttered open. He slowly sat up and the first thing he saw was Katherine, standing where she originally was, her hands behind her and her long tail swaying around her waist. "Oh good, I thought you were never gonna wake up."
Jason slowly felt around his neck as he slowly stood up. The gashes he thought he was given were gone. "What did you do to me...?"
Katherine laughed, "You should have seen the look on your face when I activated this," she revealed her reverse-card, "It's a trap known as (5D's) Premonition of Demise. When you attacked, that attack is negated, and then you take damage equal to the ATK of the monster who was targeted. The only downside is that I can do my battle-phase on my next turn. I told you that was a bad dream."
Jason: 350 (5)
Katherine: 4400 (23)
"So, are you going to finish your turn?"
"I place 2 cards face-down..." two reverses appeared.
"Then it's my move," Katherine started her next turn, "I activate the spell Neko-Gift, to draw a card for every Neko on my field. But even though I only have one, I'll take what I can get," she drew once more, "But then again, since I accumulated five more spell-counter, I can activate Dark Neko-Magician's special-ability. But this time, I'll be using the effect that allows me to draw three cards from my deck, "Katherine drew three more times, "Finally, I switch Black Neko-Magician black to DEF position and end my turn with a couple of face-downs."
Jason: 350 (5)
Katherine: 4100 (18)
"It's my turn," Jason drew his next card, 'At this point brute force is getting me nowhere. I'll have to try something else, stall for a little more time.' "I activate the spell De-Synchro! And with this I can separate Colossal Fighter into the monsters used to summon him!" Colossal Fighter disappeared and Marauding Captain, Spell Striker and Torapart appeared in their place (ATK: 1200-1600/600-1000/600-1000), "Next, I summon a second Marauding Captain to the field," a second soldier appeared (ATK: 1200-1600), "Finally, I place 2 cards face-down and end my turn."
Jason: 50 (4)
Katherine: 4100 (18)
"Then I start my turn," Katherine drew her next card, "I activate my face-down Emergency Provisions. When activated, I can send as many cards in my spell/trap zone and gain 1000 points for each one. You can't have too many life-points!" Katherine discarded every other spell and trap card on her field.
Jason: 50 (4)
Katherine: 8100 (17)
"Now that I got more room, I think I'll activate Mystical Space Typhoon, to destroy that annoying Iron Wall!" a hurricane destroyed Jason's Imperial Iron Wall card, "Now there's nothing stopping me! Now I activate the spell Dark Hole to destroy all monsters on your field!" arches of negative energy appeared above in a single point before it expanded into a giant black vortex, creating a vacuum threatening to pull the monsters in.
"But then your monsters would be destroyed also!" Jason argued, "What'll happen f you go along with them?!"
"Luckily I won't have to find out, because I activate the spell Forbidden Lance!" a golden spear appeared in Katherine's hand, "For a small price of 800 ATK points, I'm immune to any other spell and trap cards until the end of this turn!" all other monster on the field were sucked into the black hole while Katherine remained, "Now there's absolutely no chance of winning. I guess that means it's game over," Jason could only watch as bright-orange energy gathered in Katherine's free hand, "You're such a disappointment. I'd only wish you would last a little longer... But oh well! Pum-Pum, Pumkin-Pumkin, Halloween Cannon!" the same energy came gushing out as giant burning Jack-o-lantern came rushing towards Jason.
"I activate my trap, Nutrient Z!" Jason revealed his face-down, "Whenever I'm about to take 2000 or more points in damage, my life-points increase by 4000 before taking damage!" before he could say anything else the large pumpkins landed around Jason and detonated at the point of impact. The instant series of blasts surrounded him, hitting him with dust and gravel. Katherine stood in front of the continuous blasts, her eyes sparkling against the bright lights of the eruption. When the explosion passed and the dust cleared, Jason was left standing like a zombie, smoke trailing from his body, like some undead shell.
Jason: 1550 (4)
Katherine: 8100 (17)
"I just couldn't keep you down, can I?" Katherine giggled as she walked towards Jason, "That's terrific! That means we have more time to play! It would be disappointing if this ended too soon," she stopped when she was face-to-face with him. Although she was a few inches shorter then him, his eyes were still hidden behind his hair; she could hear his lips moving, but could barely hear any words, "Huh? What was that? I couldn't hear-huh?!" she suddenly found Jason hugging her close to him.
"Please listen to me, Katherine," Jason said, his voice breaking, on the verge of tearing, "this is not the was it's supposed to be. I know you want us to stay together but you should know better that this!" streams of tears began falling from his eyes, "I am not going to let this go any further if it means losing you to those Dark Signers! You can still turn away, Kat! Just turn back and we can get Gabriella back! Please! I just can't bare the though of losing you!"
Katherine just stood there, taken aback as Jason embraced him, his dropping tears tickling her flawless skin. Her heart was taken aflutter while her ear was pressed against his chest, her perfect hearing picked up on Jason's rapid heartbeat. Katherine knew what Jason had said was true, but she was still speechless. She had to say something; anything, to ease his pain.
"Jason. Jason, I knew your heart is still in the right place. You never had stopped thinking about me," Katherine moved over his shoulder and nuzzled his neck, "I never thought for a second that you would abandon me. You the most selfless man any girl could ever ask for. But you know what..." she reach up and gave his ear a small lick, "...It's, not, enough."
She felt Jason's heart skip a beat as he stood frozen, his mouth agasp by her words. Katherine took that opportunity to free herself from Jason's numbing arms, and turned to walk back to her original spot, her tail swaying along the way, "You may say you want to protect me, but I'm going to need a little convincing," she turned around to glare at Jason, "If you want this to stop, if you want to rescue me, then let's see if you can actually do it."
"...Fine," Knowing there was no way to convince her otherwise, he drew his next card, "I place one card face-down..." Jason had found himself spent. His lack of energy had left him to drop onto his knees.
"Then it's my turn," Katherine drew her next card, "Well, this is it! Time to see if you're really the man you are!" she raised her hand up, "Pum-Pum, Pumkin-Pumkin, Halloween Cannon!" more burning pumpkins came heading towards Jason. He just stood there, shaking on his hands and knees, waiting for the projectile to come until finally...
BOOOOOOOM!
The impact caused a series of explosions akin to the previous, yet more destructive and full of force. Katherine watched on as plumes of fire bloomed and whithered continuously. Until it all ended in a sea of fire.
Katherine looked on sadly at the flames, "I guess you didn't keep your promise after all..." she turned to leave...
"We're not finished yet!" Katherine gasped as she spun back around towards the flare. The flames split open to reveal a man in metallic red-and-silver armor. Her heart danced like the wildfire when seeing Jason's face under the glowing flames, "I guess there's only one way to get to the Katherine I knew. If it's proof you want, then it's a duel you'll get. And from now on, "I'll stake my very being on the battlefield!"
Katherine remained still, her legs quivering slightly as she continued to marvel at the sight of Jason's armor; its sleek, reflective silver plating accompanied by the crimson cursive plating. The armor itself was draconic in nature with simple silver wings on its back. The flickering of the flames reflected against Jason's eyes as they shot a fierce glare from the dragon-classed helmet, no longer was the tired, broken expression present.
"When you attacked, I activated my face-down Trap of Destruction," Jason explained showing his opponent the reversed card, "By paying 1000 life-points, I can activate any one of my normal-trap cards in my graveyard by removing it from play. And the card I chose to use is Aura Armor!" the card's image changed according to the used card, "And in case you didn't realize, this card negates your attack. Not only that, it also gives me this Player Token. The only downside of it is my life-points are cut in half afterwards."
Jason: 225 (4)
Katherine: 8100 (17)
"So, are you going to continue?"
Katherine was snapped out of her paralysis. What is wrong, she wondered. She felt in complete control until now. She was the predator, him the prey. But now, the tables have seemed to be turned. She was now as afraid of him as vice-versa before. But there was no time for her to act self-conscious. There was still a game to play. "I'll end my turn."
"Then it's my move," Jason drew his next card, "I activate the spell Pot of Avarice. You know how it works, right? 5 monsters return to my deck, then I can draw 2 more cards. Next, I summon Rose, the Warrior of Revenge!" the red-headed assassin appeared (ATK: 1600), "And since my Player Token is a level-4 monster, I can tune with Rose to re-create Colossal Fighter!" Rose disappeared and released four synchro-gates, surrounding Jason. The column of light enveloped him until it revealed him in a new set of armor, akin to Colossal Fighter with blue gems on his shoulders and a blue visor over his eyes (ATK: 2800-3900), "That's where I end my turn here."
"It's my turn," Katherine drew her next card, "I switch Dark Neko Magician to DEF mode, and then I activate Dark Neko Magician's special-ability, so I draw three more cards from my deck. Now I play the spell Enchanted Bell Collar," a collar and bell appeared strapped around Katherine's neck, and since Neko Dark Magician is a negative-level monster, I can't be destroyed in battle. Finally I end my turn with two face-down cards."
"It's my turn," Jason drew his next card, "I activate the spell card Assault Teleport! With this, I take a certain monster card and place it back into my deck. Then I can draw 2 cards from my deck!" after shuffling his deck, he drew two more times, "Next, I summon (1) Assault Mercenary(ATK: 1800/DEF: 300) in DEF mode!" an anthropomorphic wolf appeared onto the field, holding a futuristic blaster in its hand (DEF: 300), "Now I activate his special ability: by returning a trap from my graveyard to my deck, to destroy one spell or trap card on your field. And I choose the card on your right!" the mercenary fired its blaster and destroyed Katherine's Magical Cylinder, "Next, I discard the monster (2) Assault Beast(ATK: 1900/DEF: 1200). And since I did that, I can add a trap card from my deck, which I'll then place face-down," a reverse-card appeared, "That ends my turn."
"Then it's my turn," Katherine drew her next card, "I activate the Roll of Fate spell card. After rolling a die, I can draw the same number of cards as the number the die rolls, while I send that same number of cards from my deck to the graveyard," a roulette spinner appeared overhead, the spaces labeled 1-6. The arrow spun around until it stopped at 4. With that, she drew four cards and removed four more from her deck.
Jason: 225 (4)
Katherine: 8100 (4)
"And next, I will activate my face-down card: the trap, Raigeki Break! By sending one card from my hand to the graveyard, I can destroy any card on the field. Let's see what happens to a duelist when a monster it's infused with is destroyed...?" she suddenly tossed a current of lightning at Jason.
"I activate my trap card!" but before Jason's card was completely revealed the bolts collided around him and kicked up more dust from the small explosions. When the attack ceased, the smoke cleared to reveal a large cobalt stealthjet-like vessel pointing downward, acting as a shield for Jason.
"What's that?" Katherine wondered.
"My trap card Assault Mode Activate is a card that can only be used with a certain monster on my field; meaning I can upgrade Colossal Fighter with Assault Mode; creating (3) Colossal Fighter-Assault Mode(10/ATK: 3300/DEF: 1500)!" the blue jet flew upwards and came descending in pieces, attaching themselves onto Jason's armor. He now wore jet-themed gauntlets, torso armor, and boots, while his helmet was assorted with a pair of blue wing-like ears and his visor became green (ATK: 3300).
Katherine suddenly became frustrated at how Jason had managed to evade yet another deathblow, "I place one card face-down and end my turn."
"Then it's my turn," Jason drew his next card, "I place 1 card face-down. Next I activate Assault Mercenary's special-ability. So now I return Assault Mode Activate from my graveyard to my deck to destroy your face-down card!" the beastly merc fired his blaster through Katherine's Scrap-Iron Scarecrow, "That ends my turn."
"It's my turn!" Katherine drew her next card, "I activate A feather of the Phoenix! By discarding one card from my hand, I can add one card from my graveyard to the top of my deck. And with that done, I can activate Dark Neko Magician's special-ability! Now all your monsters are instantly destroyed. And this time, I'll make sure that armor disappears! Pum-Pum, Pumkin-Pumkin, Halloween Cannon!" another wave of burning pumpkins came hurtling toward Jason. The impact shattered the ground with its forceful flames. The outcome was smoke and burning debris everywhere. Katherine could see Jason flat on his face where he was standing.
"Jason..., aren't you going to get up," Katherine asked, receiving no response. Her face then brightened, "I did it! I though he would never go down! Oh we'll be together in no time!"
The mood suddenly went away when something came out of the smoke. Jason has rose up, only able to stand on one knee. His white armor was scratched and cracked in many areas, and the blue attachments were gone, "Since Assault Mode was destroyed..." Jason wheezed, "Colossal Fighter reverts back to his original form..."
He raised his head to reveal his gaze through his cracked and chipped visor. His eyes were emitting a mixture of determination, and fury. Katherine saw Jason as an immobile gargoyle; even in the midst of a storm it would not relinquish from its spot. Katherine had unleashed her power upon her multiple times and still he was willing to fight. Why would he put himself through so much pain when he could just surrender? Perhaps he still could not understand what she was trying to do. She only wanted to help, and still... His life is fleeting by the moment and he would still resist her offer rather than embrace the darkness that will protect them for all time. If Jason were to die...
"Why... WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS TO YOURSELF?!" Katherine's outburst surely caught Jason's full attention, "Can't you see I'm doing this to protect us?! No one is safe with this war going on! And when it's over there will be nothing left! The Dark Signers are gonna win, Jason! But they can save us! They can give us what those stupid Signers couldn't: immortality!" as Katherine walked towards him, Jason applied himself to stand up. It was like trying to lift a small mountain of weights, but eventually, he found the strength to stand on his feet. He then found Katherine staring at just a couple inches away from him, her hands resting on his chest, in the same posture as would a cat pressing against a wall on her front paws, "What will it take for you to listen to reason? Please tell me..."
"Just ask me something first... Why would you go as far as to side with the Dark Signers just to get to me?"
"What... Why..." Jason's words kept ringing in Katherine's head. Does he still not understand? Is he so selfish not to understand her wishes? "DO I REALLY NEED TO SPELL IT OUT FOR YOU!?" she cried as she repeatedly beating on Jason's armored chest, "How many times do you have to go into battle just so I can watch you get pummeled by the enemy?! How many times do you have to go away just so I'd have to worry about you never coming back?! How many times are you gonna get beaten around like a rag-doll, just for me to scream your name begging you to leave well enough alone?! You risk your life every day and I always stand in the sidelines worrying! I'm sick of just standing around doing nothing!" Katherine looked up to him, rivets of tears streaming from her eyes, "I'm doing this because I worry about you, Jason! I do it because I care! How can I not care about you?!"
"Katherine..." Jason could truly see the innocence returning from the girl's eyes, he managed to wrap his arms around her, "Believe me when I say I know what you're feeling. But you should know better. Those Dark Signers are no good and you shouldn't have made a deal with those people."
"But I'm doing this for Gabe! I can't just turn my back on her!"
"...I don't know who that woman was, but that was definitely not the Gabriella we know. She's been overcome by the darkness that's been plaguing Satellite. And it's up to me to get her back."
"But what about me?! I wanna get her back too! I wanna help!" Katherine buried her face in Jason's chest, and began to cry again, "Figures I'd always be a useless little kitty...!"
"Is that what this is about? Katherine, please understand, these are real bad people out to destroy everything in sight. A child shouldn't be involved in this sort of thing."
"But I'm a big girl now! They won't have a defenseless little girl to push around anymore! I was hoping to show you how strong I've become! I was hoping you can see how...how beautiful I am..."
"This is a little extreme just to make a point... Katherine, please, would you look at me?" Katherine looked up at him, and stared at him with teary eyes, "Listen, you don't have to be on the front-lines to be helpful; and trying to mature to quickly won't help either," Jason gently removed Katherine's hat, revealing a set of flattened cat ears on her heat, "I know you're worried about me, but it'll take more than what they throw at me to keep me down. All I need is to trust my cards, and someone to have trust in me. I'd be nothing without you cheering from the sidelines. Your faith in me keeps me going. Don't you see? You are being useful: by having faith in me."
Jason's sincere words had slowly sunk in. All this time she thought that as a team player she was completely worthless, that she was a liability. It had turned out that here strength, in turn Jason's strength, was her faith that he would be lead to victory. She was now feeling as she always had: helpless, indefensive, an endangered species waiting to be crushed. However at the same time, she felt sheltered, a guardian angel looking over her. A great burden has been lift off of her, "Promise me you'll get Gabriella back, okay?" she pouted, "Because I'll hate you forever if you don't."
Jason chuckled, and rustled over Katherine's head, hearing the cat-girl purr as his hand tickled behind her ears, "Hey, when this is all over, how about the three of us go out to the youth center for some ice cream?"
"Yeah! I'd like that!"
Suddenly, a bright light had caught both their attention. Jason held up his duel-disk and saw that his top card was glowing, "Kat, you know what has to be done..."
Katherine placed her had atop of his deck, "I have you, don't I? I know I'll be alright."
Jason nodded, and drew that same card, starting his turn. The glow went out revealing the card he had never seen before, much less remembered putting in his deck. But somehow, he knew exactly what to do... He pressed a button under his duel-disk and a reversed card was played. It was the trap card Life Equalizer; and with it both his and Katherine's points were changed to 3000.
Jason: 3000 (4)
Katherine: 3000 (2)
Next, a large ladybug with a star on its back had appeared. It was the monster Level Eater, summoned from the grave by means of consuming an existing monster's level. Finally, he took one last look at the card he drew, nervous of the unknown power it might unleash. He then found Katherine resting her hands on his, a reminder that she was right there by his side, that there was nothing to be afraid of he raised the card overhead and dared called its name... "I summon the tuner monster, Majestic Dragon!"
A ray of light shot from the card and gave form to a small crystalline creature bearing resemblance of a dragon (ATK: 0). Without hesitation, the ladybug floated upward and dispersed into a single star. It was assimilated into the Majestic Dragon and caused it to grow and shine more brightly beyond recognition. The next thing either of them know, is that the dragon's card was replaced by a sword gripped in Jason's hand.
The sword's guard bared resemblance to the Majestic Dragon, the round head in the middle while on both sides carried a pair of wings flared open. Its mouth erected a long, thin blade made of clear crystal with its inner light shining brightly through.
Katherine watched the sword's glow as she remain held in Jason's embrace. No matter how bright it was, it did not hurt her eyes. It was like its light had accepted her. Even though she had once sworn her allegiance to the Dark Signers it had sensed the goodness remaining in her heart. Her eyes fell heavy as she rested her head against Jason's chest, feeling the light washing her darkness away...
David and Kenichi rode at top-speed through the dead city trying to find Jason. They sped through each street and turned each corner, their only lead being a tower of light that can be seen from afar. Although the light vanished minutes before, they managed to reach an abandoned theater where they figured it came from.
"Alright, I'll search the building, you stay here," David said to Kenichi as he got off his runner. He was running towards the theater when he suddenly stopped, seeing someone coming out.
Jason came walking out of the darkness out the door, his clothes ripped an slightly burnt in different places. He was hunched over, carrying something on his back. Katherine was resting on his back, fast asleep. Before David could say anything, Jason already beat him to it:
"Don't start, please. I'm exhausted as it is..."
THE END
DUEL-MON DATABASE
(1) Assault Mercenary
Stats: [Warrior/Effect] Level 4 ATK/1800 DEF/300
Attribute: EARTH
Description: Once per turn, you can return 1 "Assault Mode Activate" from your hand or Graveyard to the Deck to destroy 1 Spell or Trap Card your opponent controls.
(1) Assault Beast
Stats: [Beast-Warrior/Effect] Level 4 ATK/1900 DEF/1200
Attribute: EARTH
Description: You can discard this card to the Graveyard to add 1 "Assault Mode Activate" from your Deck to your hand.
(1) Colossal Fighter-Assault Mode
Stats: [Warrior/Effect] Level 10 ATK/3300 DEF/1500
Attribute: DARK
Description: This card cannot be Normal Summoned or Set. This card cannot be Special Summoned except with "Assault Mode Activate". When this card is Special Summoned, you can send up to 2 Warrior-type monsters from your Deck to the Graveyard. All monsters your opponent controls lose 100 ATK for every Warrior-type monster in your Graveyard. When this card on the field is destroyed, you can Special Summon 1 "Colossal Fighter" from your Graveyard.
Yusei: "With four Dark Signers left, I'm being called out by the man responsible for all this. It's a good thing too because I think it's time he's paid for what he done. It's been a long time coming. Next time on Reverse of Arcadia: Destiny's Will. Time to Rev it Up!"
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