Thetrueazure: Hey guys.
Ritsu: Sup...what are you doing Asuka?
Asuka: Azure said that I have to control my anger, so I'm meditating.
Ritsu: Azure, explain.
Thetrueazure: Mahogany.
Ritsu: Wait what! Ah screw it! Disclaimer.
"Wow." Ritsu said "I was named after my grandfather?"
Yuki nodded "Your dad told me that his father was a pro duelist, so he wanted to name you after him."
"Yes I did." They turned to see Shin standing in the doorway "It wanted you to be like your grandfather."
"Really?" Ritsu asked
"Yeah. Yuki I think we should let them go now." Shin smiled "Besides, Kazuma is fast asleep." Ritsu and Miharu looked to see Kazuma fast asleep in his seat
Miharu sighed "Kazuma!" Kazuma shot up from his seat
"W-Wha!" Kazuma looked around "What's going on?"
"We're going now." Ritsu said as they walked out, leaving Shin and Yuki by themselves.
"How long were you listening?" Yuki asked
"When you first started." Shin smiled
"Well I could have needed some help!" Yuki pouted "But anyways, tomorrow is when the Singers start helping them."
"Yeah." Shin said "I have a feeling that this is going to be a long two months."
Ch.49 Burning Inferno
Satoshi was riding his duel runner through the city, Jack told him to meet him at the duel park. he was thinking about the Signers helping them out.
*Flashback*
"Jack you'll help Satoshi." Yusei told Jack
"Alright." Jack looked at Satoshi "Try and keep up."
*End Flashback*
"Tsk, who is he to tell me to try and keep up." Satoshi thought "I'm already strong, I don't need his help."
Apollo appeared "Satoshi, you know as well as I do that you need this help if your going to fight in the final battle."
Satoshi looked at Apollo and grunted "Fine."
At the duel park
Satoshi made it to the duel park to see Jack standing in the middle of the arena.
"You finally showed." Jack said as Satoshi walked towards the arena
"Please, I never run from a challenge." Satoshi said as he activated his duel disk "Let's see what the 'king' has to offer."
Jack activated his duel disk "Be careful what you wish for!" Both duelists drew their opening hands
Jack/Satoshi: Duel!
Jack: 4000
Satoshi: 4000
"I'll take the first turn." Satoshi drew his sixth card "I summon Luster Dragon (1900/1600) in attack mode!" A sapphire blue dragon appeared on the field and roared "I'll set one card face down and end my turn." One reverse card appeared
"I draw!" Jack drew his sixth card "Since you control no monsters on the field, I can special summon my Vice Dragon (5/2000/2400)!" A large purple dragon appeared on the field "However, if I special summon him this way, his stats are cut in half." Vice Dragon lost half of it's power (2000-1000/2400-1200) "I now summon the tuner monster Dark Resonator (3/1300/300) in attack mode!" A little ghost like fiend with a gold tuning fork and a stick with a blue ball at the end appeared.
"A tuner." Satoshi said
"I tune my level 5 Vice Dragon with my level 3 Dark Resonator!" Dark Resonator became three synchro gates and surrounded Vice Dragon, turning him into five stars.
The ruler's heartbeats will now file through here! Take witness to its creation-shaking power! Synchro Summon! My very soul, Red Dragon Archfiend (8/3000/2000)!
Out of a column of light came a dragon with some characteristics of a demon.
"Red Dragon Archfiend, attack his Luster Dragon with Absolute Power Force!" Red Dragon Archfiend brought down his flaming fist towards the sapphire dragon, destroying it instantly.
Jack: 4000
Satoshi: 2900
"I play the trap card Call of the Haunted so that I can bring back my Luster Dragon!" The sapphire dragon reappeared on the field once more.
"I'll set one card face down and end my turn." One reverse card appeared "What are you afraid of, I thought you were suppose to be the King, or was it just an act?"
"Watch it!" Satoshi ripped the top card from his deck "I summon the tuner monster Delta Flyer (3/1500/900) in attack mode!" A small tan dragon flew to the field with incredible speed "His effect allows me to increase the level of one other monster on the field by one! So I increase Luster Dragon's level from 4 to 5" Luster Dragon glowed brighter as he gained a level (4-5) "I tune my level 5 Luster Dragon with my level 3 Delta Flyer!" Delta Flyer turned into three synchro gates and encircled Luster Dragon, turning him into five stars
The flames of resolve shall burn forth and bring a new power, burn away all who oppose you! Synchro Summon! The dragon of fire, Apollo-The Dragon of Flames (8/2800/2200)!
Apollo appeared on the field and stared down Red Dragon Archfiend, causing Satoshi's eyes to glow orange and Jack's mark to glow.
"Get ready Jack because I activate Apollo's special ability! I discard my Luster Dragon #2 (6/2400/1400) in order to inflict 500 points of damage and an extra 200 points times it's level which is 1700! Take this!" Apollo fired a volley of fireballs towards Jack
"That's your dragon's special ability?" Jack asked "Well then, I activate the counter trap Crimson Fire!" The fireballs were absorbed my Jack's dragon "This trap card negates the damage you sent my way and then boomerangs it back at you with double the power."
"Wait so then that means I'll take 3400 points of damage!"
"That's right, Red Dragon Archfiend! Crimson Fire!" The demon dragon sent out a powerful fire stream at Satoshi, dropping his life points down to zero in an instant
Jack: 4000: Winner
Satoshi: 0
"I-I lost." Satoshi fell to his knees as Jack walked over to him.
"You call yourself a King, your a joke!" Jack said "It's a no wonder you lost your title. "
Satoshi kept his head down as Apollo's card fell down to the floor.
"Whenever your ready, you know where to find me." Jack said as he walked away "Maybe next time I'll actually try."
Satoshi walked through the city with his head still down as he recalled what Jack said
*Flashback*
"You call yourself a King, your a joke!" Jack said "It's a no wonder you lost your title. "
Satoshi kept his head down as Apollo's card fell down to the floor.
"Whenever your ready, you know where to find me." Jack said as he walked away "Maybe next time I'll actually try."
*End Flashback*
Satoshi gritted his teeth "I can't believe I lost so easily!" Satoshi punched the wall right next to him, making his hand bleed
"Um excuse me." Satoshi turned around and saw a a girl around 18 with chocolate black hair, indigo eyes, she wore a black tank top with a white jacket over it, she also wore white pants with black tennis shoes. "Are you OK?"
Satoshi hid his hand away so that she couldn't see it "Yeah I'm fine."
She noticed his hand and took out a piece of cloth from her jacket "Your hands bleeding, that's not being fine." She took his hand and wrapped the cloth around his hand so that the bleeding could stop. "Better?"
"Yeah, thanks-"
"Shiko, Shiko Kamihari." Shiko introduced herself "And you are?"
"Satoshi Shinamori." Satoshi said "Thank you for helping me."
Shiko cracked a small smile "Don't worry about it. Do you want to talk about what happened?"
"Sorry, but I don't really want to talk about it." Satoshi suggested
"Really? Because your dragon seems eager to talk." Shiko motioned towards Apollo who was floating in midair.
"Wha? You can see me!" Apollo said
"Yeah, I can see duel spirits." Shiko explained
Satoshi smiled "Well, guess I have no choice." Satoshi and Shiko started to walk as he explained what happened during his duel with Jack.
"So you dueled the King of the Dueling world, lost in no time, and he said maybe next time he'll try?" Shiko said to him
"Wow, when you say it like that, it sounds more harsh." Satoshi chuckled a bit "But yeah."
"Wow!" They both turned to see a small boy standing there "It's actually Satoshi! I'm a big fan! I've watched all of your duels!"
Satoshi knelt down in front of the kid "Heh, it's always nice to meet a fan."
"Um, if it's OK, I want you to look at my deck?" The boy asked
"Sure, I don't see why not." The boy handed him his deck as he started to look through it
"I based it off of your deck, even though I don't have Apollo." The boy shyly said
Satoshi smiled and handed the boy his deck back "Your deck is pretty good, maybe when I'm around we can have a duel."
"Really!" The boys face beamed with excitement "Promise?"
Satoshi held out his pinky finger "Promise."
The boy smiled and ran off, leaving Satoshi and Shiko by themselves
"That was a nice thing you did." Shiko said as Satoshi smiled
"He reminds me of myself when I was a kid." Satoshi said
"Satoshi, let me ask you something." Shiko said as Satoshi looked at her "Do you trust your cards?"
"Huh?" Satoshi wondered
"Do you trust your cards?" Shiko repeated "If your cards trust you then you can never lose."
"Trust my cards." Satoshi looked at his deck, Shiko then took it from him "Hey, what are you doing?"
Shiko fanned out his deck and then placed a card in it and handed it back to him "Call it a little upgrade."
"Uh, thanks." Satoshi said
"Don't mention it." Shiko gave him a slight smile "Now why don't pay Jack a visit."
Back at the Duel Park
"So you decided to show up again?" Jack said as Satoshi came with Shiko "Who's she?"
"A friend that's none of your concern." Satoshi said as he activated his duel disk
Jack smirked "I like that look in your eyes, maybe this will be fun." Jack activated his duel disk as well. Both duelists drew their opening hands
Jack/Satoshi: Duel!
Jack: 4000
Satoshi: 4000
"I'll take the first turn!" Satoshi drew his sixth card " I'll set one monster in defense mode and set two cards face down." Two reverse cards appeared and a reverse monster appeared "I end my turn."
"I draw!" Jack drew his sixth card "I summon my Big Piece Golem (5/2100/0) since I control no monsters and you do!" A giant stone Golem appeared on the field "Attack his monster!" The golem threw a punch at the reverse monster, destroying it it no time.
"You just destroyed my Masked Dragon (3/1400/1100)! When he's destroyed in a battle, I'm allowed to special summon a monster with 1500 attack points or less!" Satoshi fanned out his deck and picked one card "I special summon my Exploder Dragon (3/1000/0)!" A small blue dragon carrying a bomb appeared on the field.
"I'll set two cards face down and end my turn!" Two reverse cards appeared
"I draw!" Satoshi drew his next card "I summon my Luster Dragon (4/1900/1600) in attack mode!" A sapphire dragon appeared on the field "Exploder Dragon! Attack his Big Piece Golem!" The small blue dragon flew towards the golem
"Your side has lower attack points, what are you trying to do?" The golem swatted the dragon away, but the bomb stuck to him
Satoshi smirked "The bomb has been placed."
"Huh?" Jack saw the bomb detonate, destroying the golem "What happened?"
"Exploder Dragon has a unique ability, when it's destroyed in battle, the battling card goes with it. Oh and by the way, all damage is reduced to zero during this battle."
"Why you." Jack hissed
"My attack isn't over yet, Luster Dragon, attack his life points directly!" The dragon threw a couple of sapphire shards at Jack
Jack: 2100
Satoshi: 4000
"I'll end my turn right there." Satoshi said as Shiko started to clap
"Very nice Satoshi." She said "Your cards are trusting you."
"I draw!" Jack drew his next card "I activate Call of the Haunted, in order to bring back my Golem!" The giant stone golem rose from the ground once more "Next I summon Flare Resonator (3/300/1300) in attack mode!" A small ghost like fiend with a gold tuning fork and a stick with a red ball on it appeared on the field in a ball of fire.
"It's coming." Satoshi prepared
"I tune my level 5 Big Piece Golem with my level 3 Flare Resonator!" Flare Resonator turned into three synchro gates and surrounded Big Piece Golem, turning him into five stars
The ruler's heartbeats will now file through here! Take witness to its creation-shaking power! Synchro Summon! My very soul, Red Dragon Archfiend (8/3000/2000)!
Jack's ace monster appeared on the field with a deafening roar.
"Attack his Luster Dragon!" Red Dragon Archfiend threw a flaming fist at the crystal dragon. "Oh and when Flare Resonator is used for a synchro summon, the synchro monster gains 300 attack points!" Flare Resonator was absorbed by Jack's dragon (3000-3300)
"I won't make the same mistake twice! I activate the trap Negate Attack!" A barrier blocked the fist "Your battle phase is now negated!"
"I set one card face down and end my turn!" One reverse card appeared
"I draw!" Satoshi drew his card and looked at it "This card is."
*Flashback*
"Trust my cards." Satoshi looked at his deck, Shiko then took it from him "Hey, what are you doing?"
Shiko fanned out his deck and then placed a card in it and handed it back to him "Call it a little upgrade."
"Uh, thanks." Satoshi said
"Don't mention it."
*End Flashback*
"With this card I could win, but those face downs worry me. I'll save it for later." Satoshi placed it in his hand "I summon the tuner monster Delta Flyer (3/1500/900) in attack mode!" Satoshi's key tuner appeared on the field "You already know his effect, so I change my dragon's level from 4 to 5!" Luster Dragon glowed brighter (4-5) "I tune my level 5 Luster Dragon with my level 3 Delta Flyer!" Delta Flyer turned into three synchro gates and surrounded Luster Dragon, turning him into five stars.
The flames of resolve shall burn forth and bring a new power, burn away all who oppose you! Synchro Summon! The dragon of fire, Apollo-The Dragon of Flames (8/2800/2200)!
Apollo appeared on the field with a determined look on his face "Get ready, because we don't plan on losing!"
"I activate the continuous spell card Solidarity, now since all I have are dragon type monsters in my grave, Apollo get's an extra 800 attack points!" Flames started to surround Apollo (2800-3600) "Attack his Red Dragon with Solar Flare Blast!" Apollo sent out a fire stream at Red Dragon Archfiend.
Jack: 1800
Satoshi: 4000
"I end my turn!"
"I draw!" Jack drew his next card "I play the spell card Monster Reborn in order to bring back my soul!" Jack's Red Dragon Archfiend reappeared on the field "I now summon the tuner monster Chain Resonator (1/100/100) in attack mode!" Another small ghostly demon with chains on his back appeared on the field "When he's summoned when you control a synchro monster, I'm allowed to special summon a Resonator monster from my deck. I pick my Dark Resonator (3/1300/300)!" Jack's ghostly demon appeared on the field. Jack then became enveloped in a crimson aura as his mark began to glow.
"What's going on!" Satoshi wondered as his eyes started to glow orange
"This is my unwavering determination, my Burning Soul!" Jack yelled "I double tune my level 8 Red Dragon Archfiend with my level 3 Dark Resonator and my level 1 Chain Resonator!" Chain and Dark Resonator turned into a total of four blazing synchro gates and surrounded Red Dragon Archfiend.
"What!" Satoshi said
"Double tuning?" Shiko wondered "Is that even possible?" The synchro gates started to spin at a high rate of speed, forming a blazing sphere.
The King and The Devil, here and now shall become as one. A Raging Spirit! Lift up the very cries of Creation itself! Synchro Summon! Come Forth, Red Nova Dragon (12/3500/3000)
In a giant explosion came a giant dragon with four wings and all the characteristics of a demon
"3500 attack points!" Satoshi exclaimed "And a level 12 to boot."
"Red Nova Dragon's effect activates! He gains 500 attack points for every tuner monster in my graveyard!" Three of Jack's tuners appeared in front of Red Nova "There are three tuners in my graveyard, so Red Nova Dragon gains 1500 attack points!" All three tuners were absorbed in the dragon (3500-5000)
"Incredible! 5000 attack points!" Shiko exclaimed
"Red Nova Dragon! Destroy Apollo! Burning Soul!" Red Nova Dragon became enveloped in flames and rammed into Apollo, destroying him instantly.
Jack: 1800
Satoshi: 2600
"I end my turn!" Jack declared
"I draw!" Satoshi drew his card "I set one monster in defense mode and end my turn!" One reverse monster appeared on the field
"That's all you have? Pathetic!" Jack drew his next card "Defense in front of the King is useless! Red Nova! Destroy his defense!" Red Nova Dragon rammed into the defense monster.
"Oh man." Satoshi gritted his teeth.
"I activate the trap card Lineage of Destruction! Now since my Red Nova Dragon destroyed your defense position monster, it can attack again!" Red Nova Dragon readied itself for a second attack
"Not today! I activate the trap card Half Shield! Cutting the damage in half, so I only take 2500 points of damage!" A shield appeared in front of Satoshi as it blocked Red Nova's assault, but shattered under the pressure.
Jack: 1800
Satoshi: 100
"I end my turn." Jack declared
Satoshi placed his hand on his deck and closed his eyes "Please, help me, I trust you guys." Satoshi drew his card and looked at it and smiled "I activate the spell card Monster Reborn in order to bring back Apollo!" Apollo reappeared on the field (2800-3600)
"You can't win Satoshi." Jack scoffed "Just face it, your not the king!"
"I never said I was!" Satoshi yelled "I may have lost my title, but I become stronger with each lose I take! I trust my cards, and they trust me and I'll prove it to you! I summon the tuner monster (Azure) Inferno Spirit (3/1600/800) in attack mode!" A ghostly fire dragon appeared on the field "Next I play the spell card Card of Demise!" Satoshi drew until he was holding five cards, a blazing aura surrounded Satoshi.
"What?" Jack wondered what was going on.
"Like your Burning Soul, I also have an unwavering determination! My Burning Resolve!" Satoshi yelled "I tune my level 8 Apollo with my level 3 Inferno Spirit!" Inferno Spirit turned into three red synchro gates and surrounded Apollo, turning him into eight stars
As the inferno dragon awakens from it's long slumber, it shall incinerate everything that opposes it, show your foe your unwavering resolve! Synchro Summon! The resolve of the Inferno, Nova - Dragon of the Inferno (11/3300/2500)
Out of a column of light came Apollo in an evolved form, he stood on two legs, he had four wings, his scales were radiating heat.
"How do you feel Apollo?" Satoshi asked as Apollo did a couple of practice punches
"I feel great!" Apollo said
"Ready Jack, because since Nova is a dragon type he gains 800 attack points from Solidarity!" More flames surrounded Nova (3300-4100)
"Your monster is still weaker!" Jack pointed out
Satoshi smirked "I activate the quick play spell card Forbidden Chalice, your dragon gets an extra 400 attack points, but his effect is negated!" Water started to rain down on Red Nova, robbing him of his powers (5000-3900) "Nova, attack Red Nova Dragon with Hyper Inferno!" Nova fired a giant fireball, consuming Red Nova in an instant.
Jack: 1600
Satoshi: 100
"That was nothing!" Jack yelled
"Then allow me to kick it up a notch by activating Nova's special ability, discarding a monster card from my hand to graveyard in order to inflict half their attack points as damage! I discard my Black Luster Soldier (8/3000/2500) in order to inflict 1500 points of damage! Take this!" Nova sent a fire stream at Jack
Jack: 100
Satoshi: 100
"Next I activate the spell card Linear Accelerator Cannon! I release Nova in order to inflict half of his original attack points. Nova's original attack is 3300, so you take 1650 points of damage! Nova, end this!" Nova sent a fireball at Jack, dropping his life points to zero.
Jack: 0
Satoshi: 100: Winner
"I-I won, I actually won!" Satoshi cheered as Shiko walked up to him and hugged him, causing him to blush "Um Shiko, what are you doing?"
"I'm congratulating you on your win." Shiko smiled
Satoshi pulled out Inferno Spirit and handed it to her "I think this is yours."
"Keep it." Shiko said "Inferno Spirit has taken a liking to you."
"Congratulations." Satoshi turned to see Jack standing there "You were able to beat me, and you've unlocked a new power." Jack held out his hand "You better keep getting stronger, King."
Satoshi smiled and shook Jacks hand "I'm no King. Just a duelist with an unwavering determination."
Ch.49 End
Thetrueazure: Another chapter done! And I think Asuka has finally controlled her anger.
Ritsu: You are a saint.
Kazuma: Ritsu, what did we discuss?
Ritsu: Don't hover over him. Sorry. Stay tuned for the next chapter
Terra: Hey guys, I get to duel the former Black Rose Witch, I've heard so much about her dueling abilities. I know for a fact that I'm going to have a tough time dueling her.
Next Time: Yugioh 5D's Power of the Six Elements; Plants of the Earth.
"Let's go Golem!"