-Chapter 17-
Colorful Climax
"I DRAW!" Yusuke drew his card with rainbow sparkles appeared when he did it. He slowly revealed the card.
"Let's do this thing! I activate the Spell card; Magician's Portal!" The card showed Dark Magician coming out of a purple portal. "When this card is activated, I can Special Summon 1 Spellcaster-type monster from my Deck, but that monster is sent to the Graveyard during the End Phase after I activated this card. The Spellcaster monster that I choose is one….and only…Masquerade Caped Crusader!"
The said purple portal appeared in midair, and then his ace monster appeared out. He spun before he made his signature pose like if he is on the stage.
"Masquerade monster, huh? That Archtype is old." Sasuke thought aloud.
Yusuke chuckled. "With my ace monster on the side of the field, I think I will…."
"Yusuke…" His other-self appeared next to him. "Are you planning to use your monster to summon Dark-Sealed Avenger?"
"Huh, how did you know that, my other me?" Yusuke asked to him. Sasuke and the others watched Yusuke talking to himself in their eyes, when in fact he is talking to his mirror-self which they cannot see him.
"Is it bad I do it?" Yusuke asked.
His mirror-self thought for a moment before he sighed and gave an assured grin. "It is not bad, and I will let you use my power for this Duel. If you think this is the way to victory, then I shall lead you my power."
"Thanks, my other me!" Yusuke nodded as he pumped his fist excitedly.
"Hey! Who are you talking to?" Sasuke yelled at him, snapping Yusuke out of his thought.
"Oh, I, ah….was talking to myself to think!" Yusuke made an excuse. "Anyway, I think it is time to show you my awesome power!"
Sasuke raised his eyebrow. "I use my Masquerade Caped Crusader as the material for Mirror Summon!" When he called it, the blue mirror portal appeared behind his ace monster.
"Is this!?" Sasuke gasped.
"Woah, what is going on!?" Aiko asked.
"This is it, boss. This is the Mirror Summoning I talked about!" Miss Akako said to Katsuo-sensai while he just nodded in response and focused on watching the duel.
The blue mirror portal shined in blue light as it swallowed Masquerade Caped Crusader into it. "Mirror, mirror, hear my wish! Reveal my monster's true color and strength! Bring out the dark crusader who fights for justice from the shadows!"
A bright purple light shined through the portal as the Mirror monster appearing out of that portal. "Mirror Summon! Come forth! Shard 8! Dark-Sealed Avenger!"
It came out of the portal completely when they heard a shattering sound when he hears a mirror broke. It made its signature pose with its arms crossed.
"So, that is a Mirror monster. I never have seen such a thing!" Sasuke thought.
"Woah! That monster looks so….epic!" Aiko exclaimed.
"Next, I equip Dark-Sealed Avenger with the Equip Spell; Punisher's Gauntlet!" Yusuke (as his regular self) said. This card showed a warrior wearing a monochrome gauntlet that looks like a face of a skull (the skull looks very familiar to the Punisher's symbol).
"Now, it's time to battle! I declare Dark-Sealed Avenger to attack your King Arthur!" He declared as his monster leaped into the air, and slammed into the said target with its fist.
"What are you think you are doing!? If you do that, both monsters will be destroyed!" Sasuke yelled at him.
"Not for my monster! I activate its effect! When it targets a monster with 2000 or more ATK during my Battle Phase only, that target's ATK is cut by half and that half is increased to its ATK, so Dark-Sealed Avenger gains 1250 ATK points!" His Mirror monster's fist flared up in purple flame while wearing the gauntlet, creating into a flaming purple skull head.
"What's this!?" Sasuke said, shocked.
"Go! Charged Fist of Justice!" Yusuke yelled as his monster makes the attack. His Mirror punched through King Arthur's chest as it cried in pain before it exploded.
"Gaarrgghh!" Sasuke gritted.
Sasuke's LP: 2750
"Then, the effect of my Equip Spell comes to play! When the equipped monster destroys my opponent's monster by battle, it inflicts damage equals to that destroyed monster's ATK, but if that destroyed monster was Level 7 or higher, then it will be equal to the total original ATK points!"
"What!?" Sasuke exclaimed as he noticed Dark-Sealed Avenger in front of him. The monster gave him a weak jab, so it won't hurt him too much, but it still felt strong. The jab caused Sasuke to skid across the ground before he stopped.
Sasuke's LP: 250
"Too bad I didn't take out all of your Life Points, but at least I did a decent amount of damage!" Yusuke smiled. "I set a card and end my turn. At this point, my Mirror monster's ATK is returned to normal."
His Mirror monster returned to his side of the field as its ATK decreased to the original 2500 points.
Sasuke got up with frustrated face. "Damn it! That did a lot of damage! I can't believe he actually did this amount of damage in one turn!" He thought. "So…this is the power of the Mirror monster, huh. I studied all the Summoning methods out there, but this one is never heard of! I got to end this before he does something else with it!"
"Hey, what's wrong, Sasuke? It's your turn, buddy." Yusuke said.
"Shut up!" He replied, making Yusuke to cringe a bit. "I'm fine."
"Uh oh. It looks like Sasuke is mad now. When he is mad, watch out!" Aiko stated.
"My turn, I draw!" He drew his card very strongly. "I summon Color Summoning Die!"
A black die with dots in three colors (cyan, magenta, and yellow) appeared as it floated in mid-air.
Color Summoning Die-Level 3, EARTH, Rock/Effect, 100 ATK, 1800 DEF.
"I activate Color Summoning Die's effect!" He declared "Once per turn, I allow to roll a die and depending on the number of dots it lands on, I Special Summon a Level 4 or below Color Caster monster from my Deck! Color Roll!"
The die rolled itself. After 10 seconds, it landed with 3 red dots. "It landed with a 3, meaning I Special Summon Level 4 or below Color Caster M monster! I Special Summon Color Caster M Elf Archer!"
The said monster appeared; it looked similar to Link from Skyward Sword, but the classic green is replaced with magenta-reddish color, his shield on his back, and he wielded a bow with flaming arrows.
Color Caster M Elf Archer-Level 4, FIRE, Warrior/Effect, 1500 ATK, 1100 DEF.
"I activate Elf Archer's effect! Twice per turn, I can increase or decrease the level of a monster on the field! I target my Color Summoning Die to increase its Level!" The archer shot his flaming arrow, hitting the Die and it absorbed the arrows, making its Level increased to 4.
"Now, I build the Overlay network with these two monsters!" He declared as his M Self Archer and Color Summoning Die turned into red and orange energies respectfully. Both monsters swallowed into the spiral galaxy portal.
"Rising with burning crimson, show the world your redness rage! Xyz Summon! Rank 4! Color Caster CMY Lava Tortoise!" The monster appeared was a giant, red turtle with glowing pink eyes. Its shell was orange color with a flame for its insignia on the center. It had white, short claws for the toes. Two red comets orbited around it.
Color Caster CMY Laval Tortoise-Rank 4, FIRE, Beast/Effect, 2000 ATK, 2500 DEF.
"I activate Lava Tortoise's effect! Once per turn, by using one of its overlay units…" One of the red orbits gets absorbed. "I get to draw cards equal to the number of Color Caster monster I control on my side of the field. I have three, so I draw three cards!"
Sasuke applied the effect, gaining three cards from his deck. "I activate the Spell card: Color Wheel Fusion!" This card showed red, blue, and yellow swirling into a wheel with two monsters in the color of purple and green swirling into the colorful vortex.
"When this card is activated, I can Special 1 Color Caster Fusion monster from my Extra Deck, as long as one of the materials is a Color Caster monster! This card applies to any monsters on my side of the field, hand, or Graveyard for the Fusion materials of my choice! I choose Color Caster C Aqua Maiden and Color Summoning Die in my Graveyard, and use them as my Fusion materials!"
Aqua Maiden and Color Summoning Die appeared out of the Graveyard portal and then they swirled together into a blue and orange energy.
"Maiden of blue beauty, and die of colorful luck, swirl into the vortex of rainbow and form into the colorful, powerful new form! Fusion Summon! Arise! Color Caster CMY Ocean Sorceress!"
Blue water formed into a humanoid figure until it completely became into a blue skinned woman. She wore dark blue witches outfit, decorated with shells and sea stars, with two large sea shells used as bra, like a mermaid, and red coral crown with white pearls decorating around it. She also had green hair, green eyes, and a staff made from red coral.
Color Caster CMY Ocean Sorceress-Level 7, WATER, Spellcaster/Fusion/Effect, 2000 ATK, 2800 DEF.
"Woah! So you can do Ritual, Fusion, Synchro, and Xyz! That's…damn!" Yusuke amazed.
"Finally, I activate this Spell card: Colorful Climax!" The card showed King Arthur, Lava Tortoise, and Mighty Thor in shrunk size as they shootout yellow, red, and green lights as all three lights combined into one beam, aiming at a huge monster with two red eyes.
"As long as I control three or more Color Caster CMY monsters on my side of the field, under the condition that I don't declare a battle, my opponent gains damage for each Color Caster CMY monster by 200 points! You gain 600 points, meaning this duel ends here!"
His Color Caster CMY shot their lights; Mighty Thor was green, Lava Tortoise was red, and Ocean Sorceress was blue. The three color lights formed into a beam, aiming at Yusuke.
"This duel is over, and I win!" Sasuke decided surely.
The beam hit Yusuke, causing a huge smoke of debris.
"Woooooaaahh!" Aiko screamed as she covered her face.
When the smoke cleared away, Sasuke had a surprised look. "What!? No, it can't be!"
Yusuke stood still! "That was another close one, but good I had this Trap card activated at the right timing!" A half robotic, half human dummy in a blue ninja uniform appeared in front of Yusuke, although it was coming out of the Trap card.
"That card!" Sasuke noticed.
"Meet my Trap card: Dummy Ninja 2.0!" Yusuke exclaimed. "When either my monster is targeted for an attack or I am targeted for effect damage, then it is negated and you'll be inflicted with 500 points of damage!"
"What!? I…I…lost?" Sasuke questioned to himself as the dummy jumped into the air and threw his metallic shuriken at Sasuke. It hit him, but didn't hurt him as it took down all of his Life Points.
Sasuke's LP: 0
Yusuke Wins!
All the monsters and the field disappeared. Yusuke jumped in the air, cheering for his own victory.
"Woohoo! I won!"
"I can't believe it…I lost. Me, losing…to a someone like…him." Sasuke looked down to the ground.
"Hey, cheer up, man. You did your best." Aiko reasoned with him.
"Sasuke." Katsuo-sensai said. Saskue looked up, and straightened himself, like a soldier noticing his commander. Yusuke stopped jumping in cheer, just to listen to what that guy will say.
"This Duel was not to see who wins or loses, but it is a test to see the Duelists' play style, and…their reason to Duel."
"The reason to duel?" Sasuke repeated.
"Yes. Your reason is to get strong, right? Well, that sounds admirable, but anyone can get strong. There is more than just getting strong and mastering all summoning methods. You still have a lot to learn, my young pupil."
Sasuke cringed a bit, and looked to his side. Katsu-sensai turned to Yusuke. "As for Yusuke, congratulations for beating my two students. I believe that you earned your place here at this agency."
"Really!?" Yusuke asked. "Ah, I mean…thank you, sir!" He bowed down to him in a polite manner.
"Everyone, dinner is ready!" A voice called out to them.
"Dinner! I'm in!" Yusuke said cheerfully as his stomach growled.
Yusuke joined in the company of the Rising Star Agency at the dinner room. They ate the dinner together at a traditional Japanese table, where you sat on the floor, not chair.
"So, you are the new pupil starting today?" The girl asked. She wore a white apron with light pink shirt underneath it, and light brown pant. She had a short black hair with a bun over her head tied with red ribbon, silver eyes, and her complexion was light.
"Yeap! The name is Yusuke Kagami! Nice to meetcha!" Yusuke greeted before he gobbled one temupra shrimp.
"It's nice to meet you, too, Yusuke. My name is Kuro." Kuro introduced with a friendly grin. "I am kind of like a housekeeper here. I make breakfast, lunch, and dinner for everyone as well as some house chores, but I hope you will help around a bit. I would very appreciate it."
"Cool." Yusuke replied with his mouth full.
Aiko leaned over to whisper something into his ear. "When she means that, she really means you got to clean yourself, or else!"
Yusuke had a little shiver going down his spine for a second, but continued eating his dinner. Sasuke ate only little bit as he was deep in thought. Katsuo-sensai noticed this, but ignored as he just drank his beverage.
"Is there something wrong, Sasuke-kun?" Kuro asked, looking worried.
"Hmph?" He looked up to her. "Oh, don't worry. I am fine. I just…need to take some fresh air. If you all would excuse me…"
He got up, and then left the room immediately. Yusuke, Aiko, Akako, and Kuro looked at him before he was gone. Kuro looked the most worry. Yusuke wondered what that was about, but then he went back in eating the food. Aiko looked worry, too as Akako thinks to herself.
Meanwhile, Sasuke took a walk around the garden. He noticed the shadow of the cloud passing by until the scenery lightens up. He looked up to see the full moon, shining brightly in the night sky.
"Mirror Summon…That kid, Yusuke knows a summoning method that I've never read about, or saw before…until today, at least." He clenched his hands into a fist until he released his grip and took a deep breath. "I studied all the summoning methods; Ritual, Fusion, Synchro, Xyz, and Pendulum, but Mirror…..I must learn its secret."
He continued to look at the full moon while Kuro secretly watched from behind him through the kitchen's window.
"Sasuke…" She sighed.
New Cards Cheat Sheet for Ch. 16 and 17
Inferno Battlin' Boxer Comet Cetus Halley-Rank 5, FIRE, Warrior/Xyz/Effect, 2800 ATK, 2000 DEF. Effect: 3 Level 5 monsters. Effect: When this card destroys a monster by battle, the owner is dealt with damage equals to half of that destroyed monster's ATK. If one of its Xyz Materials is Inferno Battlin' Boxer Star Cetus Diphda, this card gains the following effect: Detach one overlay unit; target one monster in your Graveyard and remove it from play; your opponent is inflicted with damage equals to the banished monster's original ATK points.
Baron Boohaw-Level 1, WIND, Zombie/Effect, 500 ATK, 500 DEF. Effect: While you have this card in your hand: when your monster are targeted for an attack, direct attack, or effect damage, negate it and Special Summon this card from your hand. Its ATK is reduced to zero via this card effect.
Power Scale-Type: Normal Spell Effect: Target one monster on your side of the field and target one monster on your opponent's side of the field. Both monsters must battle; if your monster has the lowest ATK, then it is not destroyed by battle and gains ATK equals to the other attacking monster's ATK plus 1000 points.
ATK Cannon-Type: Normal Spell Effect: Target one monster you controls on the field; reduce its ATK by half and inflicts damage equals to the other half to your opponent's Life Points.
Color Caster M Young Arthur-Level 4, FIRE, Warrior/Effect, 1400 ATK, 1000 DEF. Effect: While you don't declare to attack, Special Summon 1 Level 4 or below Color Caster monster from your hand or Deck to your side of the field.
Color Caster C Aqua Maiden-Level 3, WATER, Spellcaster/Tuner, 700 ATK, 700 DEF. Effect: When this card is Special Summoned, add 1 Ritual Spell card from your Deck to your hand. If this card was Special Summoned via a Color Caster monster's effect: Add 1 Ritual monster from your Deck to your hand.
CMY Round Table Ritual-Type: Ritual Spell. Effect: This card is used to Ritual Summon "Color Caster CMY King Arthur." You must also have monsters from your hand or field whose total Levels equal 7 or more.
Color Caster CMY King Arthur-Level 7, LIGHT, Warrior/Ritual/Effect, 2500 ATK, 2000 DEF. Effect: When this card is Ritual Summoned, add 1 Color Caster monster from your Graveyard to your hand. If one of the Ritual materials is a Color caster monster, this card gains 1000 ATK, until the End Phase.
Needle Sword-Type: Equip Spell Effect: The equipped monster inflicts pierce damage when it destroys a monster in Defense position.
Color Caster Y Zip-Zap Serpent-Level 2, LIGHT, Thunder/Effect, 300 ATK, 200 DEF. Effect: While you controls a Color caster monster on the field, Special Summon this card from your hand. Once per turn, increase or decrease 1 monster's Level by one.
Color Caster CMY Mighty Thor-Level 6, Attribute: WIND, Type: Thunder/Synchro/Effect, 2400 ATK, 2300 DEF. Effect: When this card is Synchro Summoned while you controls Color Caster CMY monster on your side of the field, this card gains 500 ATK, until the End Phase. Once per turn, target one monster on the field; decrease that monster's ATK/DEF (depending on the current position) by 500 points.
Defensive Damage-Type: Normal Trap Effect: Your monster destroys a monster in Defense position, inflicts 400 points of damage to your opponent.
Magic Barrier-Type: Normal Trap Effect: Negate the effect damage until the End Phase of this turn.
Magician's Portal-Type: Normal Spell Effect: Special Summon 1 Spellcaster monster from your Deck to your side of the field. The monster special summoned via this card effect is sent to the Graveyard during the End Phase of this turn.
Punisher's Gauntlet-Type: Equip Spell Effect: When the equipped monster destroys a monster by battle, inflict damage equals to the destroyed monster's ATK by half.
Color Summoning Die-Level 3, EARTH, Rock/Effect, 100 ATK, 1800 DEF. Effect: Once per turn, roll a die and depending on the number of dots it rolled on, Special Summon 1 Level 4 or below Color Caster monster:
1 or 3 Color Caster M
4 or 6 Color Caster C
2 or 5 Color Caster Y
Color Caster M Elf Archer-Level 4, FIRE, Warrior/Effect, 1500 ATK, 1100 DEF. Effect: Twice per turn, you can increase or decrease the Level of a monster by one on the field.
Color Caster CMY Laval Tortoise-Rank 4, FIRE, Beast/Effect, 2000 ATK, 2500 DEF. Once per turn, by detaching one overlay unit; Draw card(s) equals to the number of Color Caster monster that you controls on the field.
Color Wheel Fusion-Type: Quick-Play Spell Effect: Special Summon 1 Color Caster Fusion-type monster from your Extra Deck, using the monsters as materials from your hand, field, or Graveyard, with at least one of the Fusion Materials is a "Color Caster" monster listed for that Color Caster Fusion monster (This Special Summon is treated as a Fusion Summon). If it is from the Graveyard, that material is banished. If the summoned monster via this card effect is destroyed, Special Summon its Fusion materials to your side of the field.
Color Caster CMY Ocean Sorceress-Level 7, WATER, Spellcaster/Fusion/Effect, 2000 ATK, 2800 DEF. Effect: While you controls this card face-up on the field, each time a Color Caster monster is Special Summoned, you gain 300 Life Points. If this card is destroyed by a card effect, the controller gains 1000 Life Points, and once per turn you can perform a Fusion Summon with Color Caster monsters from your hand or field, but the monsters used for Fusion Materials are banished from play.
Colorful Climax-Type: Normal Spell Effect: This card can only be activated when you controls three or more Color Caster CMY monsters: Inflicts 200x of damage for each Color Caster CMY monsters you control. You cannot declare to attack after you activate and use this card effect.
Dummy Ninja 2.0-Type: Normal Trap Effect: When your monster is targeted for an attack, direct attack, or effect damage, negate it and inflict 500 points of damage to your opponent's Life Points.
Hey, guys. A new chapter as a Valentine's Day gift! I enjoyed writing this one. I hope you enjoyed this very wonderful climax. Did anyone saw the latest episode for Arc-V or the final episode for RWBY Volume 3? Either way, they are both awesome anime in my opinion (the latter is really a web series, but I think it deserves to be called anime).
I want to make an important announcement about update schedule. I want to work on three stories mainly, one of them is this story. This will one will second, so I will be working on the third one next. Then, after that I work on the first story. I will cycle this by making one chapter by one for each story I do. I hope this is fair for everyone and readers alike.
Well, guys that is all I want to say. I give credits to pokemonking0924 for making some of the cards for Sasuke such as Color Summoning Die and Color Caster CMy Ocean Sorceress. I really like Color Summoning Die, and I think it became my favorite card used by Sasuke. We will learn more about Sasuke in the future chapter, probably in the next one or another one after the next chapter.
Next times in Yu-Gi-Oh Mirror, we will side step a bit and see what the villains are up to in "Secrets of the Mirror". See you guys then and I hope you all had a wonderful Valentine's Day today (if you live in the USA). If not, I hope you had a wonderful day in general. Thank you, and see you guys later. Peace!