Me: I'm in a really good mood today!

Sky: Do you mean that literally or sarcastically?

Me: Literally. I danced with a cow last night and my mom made me laugh so hard I fell to the floor twice!

Yusei: You danced with a cow…

Me: A guy in a cow costume who works for Chick-Fil-A came into my dance class for no apparent reason.

Yusei: That makes more sense.

Sky: Aren't you supposed to be adding a chapter?

Me: Oh yeah! That proves my lack of attention span yet again. I don't own Yu-Gi-Oh 5ds, but I do own Sky.

Sky: You have a lousy attention span?

Me: Later!

Chapter 21

"Hey Crow, are you here?" Rally asked. Suddenly a bunch of young children run out from random places.

"Where have you guys been?" one of the kids asked.

"Some goons stuck us in a crate. This woman helped us get out and she wants to see Crow," Tank said.

"Crow's not here. He went to raid Sector Security HQ again," another kid said. Raiding Sector Security? Crow certainly has been making a name for himself, I thought.

"How long until he comes back?" Blitz asked.

"Crow left about five minutes ago," said one of the kids. "And his raids usually last a few hours. You'll have to wait."

"Do any of you kids have a deck?" I asked. "Dueling would pass the time pretty fast."

"I do!" exclaimed a girl. "My name is Hikari. Will you duel me?" she asked.

"Sure," I said. The girl ran inside to get something and came back out with a Duel Disk. It was definitely hand-crafted by Crow because there were some black streaks in it.

"You can go first," I said. Hikari's Life Points: 4000, Sky's Life Points: 4000

"It's my turn, draw!" Hikari said. "First I play the Field Spell Luminous Spark!" All around us bright flashes would appear at random times. "Now I Summon Fairy Archer (ATK 1400, DEF 600) in Attack position. Due to the Field Spell, she gains 500 Attack Points," Hikari continued.

Fairy Archer ATK 1900, DEF 200. "Fairy Archer's effect activates, taking away 400 of your Life Points for each LIGHT monster I control," Hikari said. Sky's Life Points: 3600

"I place one card face-down to end my turn," Hikari finished.

"My move, I draw!" I started. "Perfect, I Summon Celestial Knight-Venus (ATK 1700, DEF 1000) to the field in Attack position. Since she is a LIGHT monster as well, my knight gains your Field Spell's effect," I continued.

Celestial Knight-Venus ATK 2200, DEF 600. "Celestial Knight-Venus, attack Fairy Archer! Lover's Strike!" I shouted. With pleasure mistress, my monster said.

"I play the Trap Mirror Force which destroys your monsters that are in Attack position," Hikari countered.

"Very good, but now that a 'Celestial' monster was destroyed, I can Special Summon Celestial Priestess (ATK ?, DEF ?) in Attack position," I said. "Her Attack and Defense points are equal to the number of cards in my hand times 500," I continued. "She also gains your Field Spell's effect."

Celestial Priestess ATK 3000, DEF 2100. "Lucky for you, Celestial Priestess can't attack the turn she is Special Summoned," I said. "I end my turn with a face-down, which does decrease her power."

Celestial Priestess ATK 2500, DEF 1600. "Well then it's my turn!" Hikari said. "Alright, I Summon Gellenduo (ATK 1700, DEF 0) in Defense mode and switch Fairy Archer to Defense. I also activate the Spell Swords of Revealing Light, so you can't attack for three turns. Before I end my turn, I play Fairy Archer's ability," Hikari continued.

Sky's Life Points: 2800 "Well then it's my turn!" I shouted. I can't do much with that Spell card in play, I thought. "I Summon the Tuner Celestial Knight-Earth (ATK 1900, DEF 1000) in Attack mode!" I said.

Celestial Knight-Earth ATK 2400, DEF 600. "Next up I'll play my own Swords of Revealing Light and end my turn," I finished. Celestial Priestess ATK 1500, DEF 600).

"Why didn't you Synchro Summon?" Hikari asked as she drew her card.

"I'm waiting for the right card," I replied.

"Okay, but I release my Gellenduo in order to Tribute Summon Neo-Parshath, the Sky Paladin (ATK 2300, DEF 2000)!" Hikari said. "I also play Fairy Archer's effect. That ends my turn."

Sky's Life Points: 2000 "My move then," I said. "Nothing good, so I end my turn."

Hikari just played Fairy Archer's ability. Sky's Life Points: 1200 On my turn, I couldn't do anything either, but that was time up for Hikari's Swords of Revealing Light.

As my Swords of Revealing Light was still active, Hikari just played the Archer's ability. Sky's Life Points: 400 Hikari's friends started cheering her on.

"Alright Hikari, one more turn and this duel is yours!" one said.

"Come on Hikari, you still have all your Life Points and this woman barely has any! Take her down!" another said.

My card was destroyed as the girl ended her turn. "It's my turn!" I exclaimed as I drew my card. A small jolt of pain went through my right eye as I noticed it was Titanium Burst.

"I have the card I want! I Tune my Level 4 Celestial Knight-Earth with my Level 4 Celestial Priestess! Awaken the searing flames that sleep at the Earth's core! Synchro Summon! Burn, Pyrus Titanium Dragonoid (ATK 3000, DEF 2500)!" I shouted.

Do I get to fight mistress? Pyrus Titanium Dragonoid asked. "Not today, I activate the Spell Titanium Burst! This card, by releasing Pyrus Titanium Dragonoid and sending my hand to the Graveyard, inflicts damage equal to the cards that were in my hand times 1000," I said.

Hikari's Life Points: 0 The young girl falls to her knees and starts crying. "Hey Hikari, you shouldn't cry when you lose. You put up a great fight, and I probably would have lost had I not drawn Titanium Burst," I said. "Your deck is really good too, I bet with a little more training you could even be able to defeat people in the City," I added.

Hikari sniffed and wiped her tears away. "You really think so?" she asked.

"Without a doubt," I replied. Then sounds of a Duel Runner are heard.

"Crow's back!" the children exclaimed. As the ginger stops his Runner he is bombarded by the kids.

"Did you get us cards?" one asked.

"Yep!" Crow said, pulling some decks out of a bag. He handed one to each of the children except Hikari, since she already had one.

The four that received decks run up to me and ask if I'll duel them. "I never back down from a challenge!" I said. I proceeded to duel Kokoro, Taiga, and Daichi. Because Crow was there, I was trying not to use Pyrus Titanium Dragonoid, resulting in both Kokoro and Daichi defeating me. Then it was Ginga's turn.

XXX

Ginga had 2400 Life Points left, two face-down cards and a face-up Spirit Reaper in Defense mode. I had 1700 Life Points left, one face-down, four cards in my hand, and both Celestial Knight-Mars and Celestial Knight-Saturn in Attack mode. Ginga just finished his turn.

"It's my turn, I draw!" I yelled. Like before, a small jolt of pain shot through my eye. My deck really wants me to play this card, I thought.

Why don't you? Reshiram asked. You came here to show your friend that you're alive.

I paused, and smiled. "That is true," I said. "Alright, I Summon the Tuner Celestial Knight-Uranus (ATK 1500, DEF 1000) in Attack position!" I continued. A knight in pale blue armor joined the other two clad in red and yellow.

"Now I Tune my Level 4 Celestial Knight-Uranus with my Level 4 Celestial Knight-Saturn! Awaken the searing flames that sleep at the Earth's core! Synchro Summon! Burn, Pyrus Titanium Dragonoid!" I shouted.

I glanced at Crow and saw recognition and shock in his eyes. "I play the Spell Titanium Burst, and I'm pretty sure you know what it does," I said. Ginga's Life Points: 0

"That was awesome!" Ginga said, even though he lost. Then Crow overcame his shock.

"Who are you and how did you get that card?" he asked.

"Wow, you came out with both questions faster than Jack did," I said. "I found the card in a trash heap 17 years ago and you already know my name," I continued.

So then I told Crow the same thing I'd told Yusei and Jack. "Do you forgive me Crow?" I asked.

"I guess so," Crow said. "But that doesn't mean you're off the hook for making us think you were dead for three years."

"Would you like to duel then?" I asked.

"Heh, you still know how to make me happy," Crow said. "Alright, I'll duel you."

XXX

Me: There! Now about that lack of attention span… *Whispers into Sky's ear*

Sky: *Starts laughing uncontrollably* You set fire to Mac-and-Cheese?

Me: Yep. Our house still smells like it after three whole days.

Sky: Hey, who wins that duel?

Me: I'm too lazy to write it, so I'll let the viewers think about it.

Yusei: I'm guessing the next line is going to be 'Please review'.

Me: Hey! I guess, yeah, please review my story.