A/N: Like I said, this was already going through my head. I'm basing Jake's deck mostly on my own Dragunity deck... not including the three Blue-Eyes, Blue Eyes Ultimate, and Ancient Fairy Dragon cards I have. He doesn't get those. :P
Connections
"Are you a psychic duelist?" Akiza finally asked Jake, whom blinked at the idea. The others looked at him, interested in his answer.
"No," Jake answered. "I can see where you get the idea, but as far as I know, I'm not."
"Then how can you communicate with the cards?"
"From what I've figured out, it just takes an open heart that's willing to do so. I've never known of there being any other way of doing it."
"I can talk to the spirits of the cards, too," Luna said. "But I've never met anybody else that can do it."
"Well, uh... now you can say you have?" Jake grinned sheepishly, shrugging as he did so. There were a few laughs and chuckles around the dinner table they were eating at.
"Could you tell us what our cards say of us?" Leo asked excitedly. Jake laughed.
"Like what? That they think you're crazy sometimes and should learn how to calm down?" He grinned, making Leo blush with embarrassment as the table, especially Luna, laughed. Then he paused and frowned as he looked out the window behind Martha, whom sat at the head of the table.
"What's wrong?" Yusei asked, watching as their new friend's eyes narrowed. Jake stood and opened the window.
"Who's there?" Jake called to the forest. "Come out! I know you're there."
Yusei came over to the window, along with Jack, and watched as someone dressed in a dark cloak walked out of the shadows. A Dark Signer.
"Well, well, well," The true-bass voice of the man began, chuckling darkly. "At least one of you pays attention to their surroudings."
Jake's eyes travelled to the man's duel disk, and eyes widening sharply, he had to back up and sit down. Something about that deck clearly either scared, or shocked, him. The people in the room turned to him in surprise.
"What's wrong?" Luna asked gently.
"His deck... their voices are..." Jake shook his head and forced himself to stand up. "I've never encountered a deck with their voices muted like that. All I can hear is the sound of something dark and powerful and not exactly friendly – and it's laughing or something. Everything else in the deck... either their voices are being covered up, or they've been silenced. And I don't like it."
The group shared a look, before looking back out at the Dark Signer standing right outside their window.
"How about we duel, Yusei? Right now," Said the man, grinning as darkly as his robe was black.
"Not here," Yusei said, grabbing his stuff for the duel. After Jake's help, he could hear his monsters demanding that they take down this Dark Signer together.
"I'm going with you, and you can't stop me," Akiza said as they walked outside.
"Same here," Jake interrupted. "Leyvaten wants to be there, and so do I."
Yusei nodded to them both, and they walked away to where the man, calling himself Roman, would duel Yusei. Upon arrival, Jake announced his decision.
"Yusei, I'm fighting alongside you, end of discussion," Jake said, narrowing his eyes at Roman.
"No, Jake, it's too dangerous," Yusei attempted to argue. He paused at Stardust's advice to just let the teen do it.
"You're not even a signer, why should I bother dueling you when I'm already going to win?" Roman grinned. Jake smirked.
"So you can have the fun of dueling two of us at once and saying you won if you really will," The teen said, playing his cards perfectly. "And no, Yusei, like I said, this is not up for debate."
The King of New Domino City sighed and nodded, and Roman just smirked as the two of them activated their disks and their decks were shuffled. Upon drawing, the disks decided who would go first.
"Looks like I go first," Jake said, as they drew their hands. And, all at once, they spoke, as the flames colored purple appeared around them all.
"Duel!"
Roman: 8000 LP
Yusei: 4000 LP
Jake: 4000 LP
"Draw!" Jake exclaimed, liking what his deck gave him in his hand. "Alright, here's how this goes. Try and keep up. First, I summon the monster Hunter Owl in attack mode!"
Hunter Owl: 1000 ATK/900 DEF, 4 Stars
(This card gains 500 ATK for each face-up WIND monster you control. While you control another WIND monster, your opponent cannot attack this monster.)
Why would he summon a level four monster with such low attack power? Akiza thought to herself, standing back to watch with confusion.
"His ability kicks in now, and he gains 500 attack points."
Hunter Owl: 1000 ATK 1500 ATK
"Then, from my hand, I activate the equip spell card, Mage Power! For each spell and trap card I control, including this one, he gains an additional 500 attack and defense!"
Hunter Owl: 1500 ATK 2000 ATK, 1400 DEF
"Then, by placing two cards facedown before ending my turn, he gains an additional 1000 attack and defense points!"
Hunter Owl: 2000 ATK, 1400 DEF 3000 ATK, 2400 DEF
"Be glad I can't attack in the first turn," Jake said harshly. That silenced deck of Roman's was really putting him on edge, and his deck was responding appropiately. They didn't like it when he was like this.
"Then it's my move," Roman said, drawing and chuckling. "First, I activate the field spell card, Spider Web. Next comes the monster, as a special summon, Dark Tuner Spider Cocoon!"
Dark Tuner Spider Cocoon: 0 ATK/0 DEF
(If your opponent controls monsters and you don't, you may special summon this monster from your hand.)
"A Dark Tuner?" Yusei exclaimed, getting Jake's attention, even as the teen flinched from the menacing voice whispering from the monster.
"That's right," Roman confirmed, grinning evilly. "Then I normal summon Dark Spider, and use its effect to increase Dark Tuner Spider Cocoon from five stars to seven!"
Dark Spider: 0 ATK/0 DEF
(Until your end phase, you may increase one face-up insect monster's level by 2.)
"Then I'll use these monsters to dark synchro summon... Underground Arachnid!" Roman laughed, as the beast began to be synchro summoned.
Underground Arachnid: 2400 ATK/1200 DEF, 6 Stars
"Dark synchro summon?" Jake cried, watching as the white stars turned black.
"That's right!" Roman grinned. "Welcome, my spidery friend! Now, I use his effect to capture Hunter Owl!"
The beast trusted his duelist, and as such, the only show of emotion Jake gave was a clenching of his fist.
"But it's the first turn, so I'll end with a face-down."
"I draw!" Yusei called, picking up the first card of his deck. "First, I summon Road Synchron!"
The tuner grinned in its hologram as it appeared. Then, from Yusei using One for One, he summone Tuningware and therefore, Quillbolt Hedgehog. From there, he synchro summoned one of his favorites – Road Warrior. Jake smirked along with his teammate at what the warrior-type was saying.
"And Road Warrior attacks Underground Arachnid!"
"I may take the damage, but Hunter Owl is the one destroyed!"
Roman: 7400 LP
Yusei: 4000 LP
Jake: 4000 LP
"And since it's your end phase, Spider Web causes Road Warrior to switch to defense mode!"
Road Warrior: 3000 ATK/1500 DEF
"My turn, and I draw!" Jake exclaimed, pulling out his top card, and smirked. "First, I summon Dragunity Aklys! As a result, I can special summon one dragunity monster from my hand, and equip it with Aklys, and I choose Dragunity Militum!"
Dragunity Militum: 1700 ATK/1200 DEF, 4 Stars
(Once per turn, you can special summon one "Dragunity" monster from the spell & trap card zone.)
"Then I activate her effect, and special summon Aklys to the field!"
Dragunity Aklys: 1000 ATK/800 DEF, 2 Stars
(When Dragunity Aklys is equipped to a monster and destroyed, choose one card on the field and destory it. When Aklys is normal summoned, special summon a "Dragunity" monster from your hand and equip it with this card.)
"Finally," Jake began. "I'm having Aklys give Militum a tune-up for a synchro summon! And the monster I'm bringing out is Dragunity Knight Gae Bulg!"
Dragunity Knight – Gae Bulg: 2000 ATK/1100 DEF, 6 Stars
(If this card attacks or is attacked, you may remove from play one Winged Beast-type monster in oyur graveyard to have this card gain the ATK of that monster until the end phase.)
Jake took a moment to listen to the knight and nodded.
"Don't worry, we'll win," He smirked. "I end my turn. It's back to you, Roman."
"Then I activate my trap card, Altar of the Bound Deity!"
The two other duelists watched as a very large building grew out of the background, looking exactly like an ancient altar.
"That... can't be good," Jake commented.
"And neither can this!" Akiza exclaimed, getting their attention. "What are you doing here?"
There, watching the duel, were two boys from Martha's refuge. They explained, crying, they only wanted to watch and maybe help. Yusei and Jake both realized how much quicker they had to win. Only four turns to win was kinda pushing it.
"Then I'll summon Ground Spider in defense mode, place a card facedown, and end my turn," Roman said, ignoring the two boys.
Ground Spider: 0 ATK/1500 DEF, 4 Stars
(Once per turn, if a monster is normal or special summoned, you may change its position to defense mode.)
"I believe that's all I need to do for now."
"Then it's to me," Yusei said, taking his deck's top card. "I use Road Warrior's ability to special summon Speed Warrior to the field."
"And I use Ground Spider's effect to change it to defense position!" Roman exclaimed, as Ground Spider shot shot silk at Speed Warrior to do just that.
"Nice try," Jake said, activating a trap. "I'm activating my Final Attack Orders trap. From now on, until this card is destroyed, all monsters on the field are forced into attack position."
Roman didn't flinch as Speed Warrior was let go and Ground Spider's position changed. Yusei nodded to Jake.
"I'm using Advance Draw to draw two more cards," Yusei said, getting Iron Resolve and Turret Warrior. "I release Speed Warrior to summon Turret Warrior, who will attack Ground Spider!"
Turret Warrior attacked, destroying Ground Spider and dealing damage to Roman's life points, and Yusei ended his turn there.
Roman: 6200 LP
Yusei: 4000 LP
Jake: 4000 LP
"My draw, then," Jake said, smirking at what he drew. "Interesting that I'd draw you right now. Hmm... I'm going to activate from my hand the spell card Pot of Greed! I get to draw two cards. Then, I'm also going to activate from my hand the card called Ante."
It depicted a hand showing a one-star monster to its opponent.
"Here's how this works," Jake began to explain. "First, everyone picks a monster card in their hand. Preferably, the one with the highest star level."
"You're choosing me, right?"
"No, I can't risk losing you. Anyway, once you've chosen, everyone reveals that monster! I chose Dragunity Darkspear, a level three monster!"
"I've got a one-star monster," Roman said, as Yusei showed another three-star.
"Then that means your monster is sent to the graveyard, and you take a thousand points of damage," Jake said calmly.
Roman: 5200 LP
Yusei: 4000 LP
Jake: 4000 LP
"Then I'm going to special summon Dragunity Arma Mystletainn by sending Gae Bulg to the graveyard," Jake began, as the assistant of the ravine's leader appeared with blade ready. "As a result, I equip Dragunity Militum to her. Then, I'm going to ahead and thank the assistant, for helping me get out the leader. By removing these two from play, I'm allowed to special summon Dragunity Arma Leyvaten!"
Yusei looked at his deck, hearing Stardust Dragon demand that he get to fight alongside her as soon as possible. Jake opted to ignore this, as he used Leyvaten's ability to equip Dragunity Aklys to her.
Dragunity Arma Leyvaten: 2600 ATK/1200 DEF, 8 Stars
(You may special summon Leyvaten by removing from play 1 face-up monster equipped with a "Dragunity" monster. When this card is normal or special summoned, you may equip it with 1 dragon-type monster in your graveyard, except for itself. When this card is destroyed, the equipped monster may be return to the field by special summoning.)
"I can still normal summon," Jake said, bringing out Dragunity Darkspear, whom bowed to his leader, whom nodded in return. "That's all for now."
"Then it's my move," Roman said, as a single lanturn of the Altar of the Bound Deity lit up. "And I activate Offerings of the Bound Deity, paying half my life points to light up two of the lanturns!"
A scowl crossed the faces of Jake, Yusei, Akiza, and Leyvaten as the points went down and the flames lit on the large, ancient-looking altar.
Roman: 2600 LP
Yusei: 4000 LP
Jake: 4000 LP
"I think I'll let you two have one last turn," He chuckled, as the duel turned to Yusei's turned, whom drew right then.
"Alright, I'm summoning Junk Sychron, and activating its ability," Yusei said, bringing Turbo Booster out from the graveyard.
Junk Synchron: 1300 ATK/500 DEF, 3 Stars
"Next, Junk Synchron will tune with 5-star Turret Warrior!"
Junk Synchron seemed to grin at the idea of doing its job as a tuner monster, and revved up the engine on its back, before vanishing and beginning to make Turret Warrior vanish.
"In order to synchro summon, the beast of the cosmos – Stardust Dragon!"
Stardust Dragon appeared, giving off quite a show of light and sparkles that came from his appearance that the holographic projectors captured perfectly.
"It's about time you arrived," Leyvaten grinned.
"Give me time," Stardust replied, rolling his eyes at her.
"Right, you like your flashy entrances. And how come you get a fancy title and I don't?"
"Your name is enough of a mouthful as it is," Jake answered, rolling his eyes at the affronted feeling he got from her as a result. "My turn, Yusei?"
"Yeah," Yusei said, as the two dragons kept talking back and forth, if only quietly. "Go ahead."
"Then I'll draw this card," Jake glanced at it, the field, and placed the card in his disk. "Place it face-down and end my turn."
"Then I suppose I should warn you about what's about to –"
"Hold it!" Jake exclaimed. "Now that it's your standby phase, before you summon that Earthbound... thing, I'm activating a trap since I'm allowed to. It's a little something I like to call Last Turn!"
"Last Turn?" Roman and Yusei asked at the same time, intriqued by Leyvaten and Jake's smirk.
"Allow me to guide you all through it one step at a time," Jake began. "First, everyone picks a monster on their side of the field.
Roman chose Underground Arachnid, while Yusei obviously chose Stardust Dragon, and Leyvaten was picked as Jake's.
"Now take a look at what's in your hand, because now we've all got to discard them completely," Jake explained, smirk growing slightly. "Finally, take one last look at your field... because every card that you didn't select is also destroyed, and not a single effect activates!"
Roman grit his teeth, as they all discarded everything but their chosen monster, causing the spider web background to dissipate.
"Keep this in mind – effect powers don't work with Last Turn in effect!" Jake exclaimed. "Since there are two of us over here, facing you Roman, pick one of us."
"I'll pick the non-signer," Roman said, pointing to Jake.
"Fine," Jake nodded. "As a result of Last Turn, our monsters duke it out, and the winner wins the duel! Leyvaten, you know what to do, and do it quickly before Roman pulls some sort of dirty trick!"
Leyvaten didn't hesitate a bit, racing forward faster than Roman could react. As a result, the duel ended right when Arachnid Spider was destroyed – with victory for Jake and Yusei, and it was then that Jack and Martha and Trudge arrived to get the kids.
"Wow, he's not bad," Jack commented quietly.
"Yeah, I didn't think he'd be that good," Trudge agreed.
Roman chuckled, before jumping up to meet with his fellow Dark Signers as the Signers arrived, Martha and Trudge taking care of the kids in the process. The two of them stared each other off for a while.
"That was a good duel, kid," Roman complimented. "But I don't disappear that easily. Tomorrow, meet us at the four stars of destiny, then this will all be decided."
With that, things went into many different directions. Jack noticed someone familiar and went after them, Yusei's old friend Kalin taunted them, but most Dark Signers vanished and/or left stylishly. Jake, however, had a question once he'd glanced at his now-offline duel disk. He decided to voice his question.
"Hey, Yusei?" Jake began, confused. The duelist turned to the teen. "You aren't a psychic duelist, right?"
"No, that would be me," Akiza interrupted.
"Then could someone explain something to me... like, why Leyvaten and Stardust haven't vanished yet, even though all the duel disks are offline and the cards are put away?"
The dragons seemed to just notice this as well, and looked at each other, then at the now-staring duelists. Jake's eyebrows were nearing his hairline as he went over to Leyvaten. Poking her, she instinctively slapped his hand away, showing everyone what just happened. The two monsters had somehow been brought into this world, and the current few questions involved why, and how they would be going back...
Credits: It all goes to me! :D Well, not including the "real-life monsters" idea. Give credit of that to Joey Taylor.
A/N: Well, I hope you enjoy that last twist! The idea came to me recently, and I thought, 'why not?'. Reviews are most appreciated. After all, Leyvaten and Stardust will pulverize you if you don't.