Chapter 16
The next day Jaune decided to start training Moon in Speed Dueling, Renegade, Thunder and Uang watched with either awe, sweat drops or face palming as Jaune and Moon did drawing exercises, played the video game, went to a waterpark and sat under two bucket dunker that dumped water on them while they sat in meditative position and push ups, Moon had her duel board rested on her back and Jaune had his Duel Runner rested on his back.
And then the next day it was time for the Glory Cup, Jaune, Moon and Renegade were all ready ''I know you three will totally rock this tournament… that's how the youngsters say it right?'' asked Uang, to with Thunder just shrugged.
''thank Uang'' said Jaune.
''remember we'll be cheering for ya in the stands'' said Thunder ''just be careful''
''we will'' said Renegade as the groups separated.
Meanwhile outside, the announcer had set the stage announcing the sponsors, the people who funded the tournament and the person running the tournament, though admittedly it was all by Rex Caesar.
Just then Borreload Dragon came out of nowhere ''Borreload Dragon has appeared and we know what that means!'' cried the announcer ''ladies and gentlemen, I present to you, our King, our ace, our Jace Magnum!''
Jace burst out of nowhere and parked right in front of Borreload Dragon who had landed down in the center.
''and now introducing the duelists'' said the announcer and the screen started to show all of them as they walked onto the field.
''wow look at all the people'' said Moon.
''yeah they've all come to watch Glory Cup'' said Renegade.
''don't worry about it Moon just relax'' said Jaune, Moon nodded.
the announcer continued ''Shambala, Perce Caliburn, Ronin Fujimori, Grinder, Steven Seraph-''
Moon froze at that name and Jaune noticed this ''Moon are you alright?'' asked Jaune.
As he said this to her Moon snapped out of it and looked to Jaune ''yeah I'll be fine'' she smiled weakly, Jaune decided not to question it, he would find out later and he'd defiantly keep his eye on that guy.
''Moon, the Renegade, who has asked to remain anonymous and Jaune Yu Arc, more commonly known as the Lawbreaker!''
When the announcer stated those final two names everyone started to cry out in outrage and boo at them, some people even threw stuff one person threw a Soda Can which hit Jaune square in the forehead, he rubbed the pained hit, Renegade helping him.
One of the competitors Grinder, then stepped up and took the microphone ''give me that, I've got something to say, my name is Grinder and I know that thing's might be different hear, but one thing I know is you judge someone based upon there spirit, these kid's right hear-''
''Kids!?'' said Renegade indignantly ''I'll have you know me and Jaune are both nineteen and as of such-''
''Renegade he's sticking up for us shut up'' said Jaune.
''the Lawbreaker as you call him you may have branded him as a no good but when I look at him I see nothing but the true heart and soul of a duelist and when I look at the Renegade even though she hasn't even branded like Lawbreaker unfortunately has I see the same and being a duelist myself I will respect them until they give me a reason not to, because what makes a duelist isn't where he or she comes from, not about there money, not there family, it's not what matters'' spoke Grinder.
Caesar started to applaud Grinder and everyone started to follow, competitors included ''thank you for those well thought out and chosen words Grinder, in the world us Neon's and Satalites live in there's a divide but I say we put it aside hear and let the cards do the talking, I want this tournament to take two half's and make a whole, so for now forget social status or where they come from, let's just focus on the tournament, now I we'd all please take our positions''
With that the duelists started to walk out of the arena, Jaune ran up to walk next to Grinder.
Grinder himself was a big man, he wore a tight fitting white shirt that showed all his muscles, Jaune had become pretty muscular from his time hear, but Grinders looked like they were large stones, they weren't big enough to be called boulders, he wore a green scarf, and cargo cammoflash pants, he had wild brown hair and olive green eyes.
''hey thanks man'' said Jaune holding out an hand.
''don't mention it'' smiled Grinder shaking Jaune's hand.
With that all the competitors went to the waiting room to wait for their duel to come up, the randomization process started to declare who would duel who, the results were:
Moon vs. Ronin Fujimori
Renegade vs. Perce Caliburn
Grinder vs. Steven Seraph
Jaune Yu Arc vs. Shambala
''looks like I'm up first'' said Moon a little scared looking at her opponent.
Ronin Fujimori was the exact same age as she was, he was the same height as her too, he had flame red hair and yellow eyes, he wore a green shirt and brown shorts and a black coat, he was currently looking through his deck grinning.
'hmm so Caesar thinks she's something special, he thinks she's a Signer?' though Ronin 'wrong, that's me'
With that Ronin left but Moon was still talking to Jaune.
''the duel board and disk you fixed up for me works great'' said Moon.
''I'm glad you like them'' said Jaune.
''any last minute pointers?'' asked Moon.
''look I think your ready, I've trained you and I have confidence in you'' said Jaune ''but if I were to give you one last pointer, I'd say adapt to your opponents moves and remember even if it looks like your opponent is winning there's still a way to turn it around''
''right'' nodded Moon getting serious, she then started to walk off, freezing a little when she walked past Seraph, gulping but regaining her composure and walking past him and grabbing her duel board ready.
She made her way to the ring, Renegade sat down next to Jaune ''hey don't worry about it handsome, you trained her well, she will win I know it'' said Renegade.
''yeah I know it too, I'm just worried, whenever she starts losing she gives up thinking she can't win, so I'm just worried that'll happen'' said Jaune.
''hey that little girl has gained one hell of a confidence and all from your training, she'll beat that punk and she'll beat him good!'' said Renegade.
''I guess your right'' said Jaune ''thanks Renegade''
''no problem'' smiled Renegade.
-LINE BREAK-
''alright ladies and gentlemen hear it is our first duel featuring the two youngest competitors in there tournament, first up we have the blazing streak of fire Ronin Fujimori'' said the announcer.
With those words Ronin road out, his Duel Runner was black and covered in pictures that could make it be described as a hot rod, the bike itself had a sidecart and it was a mass produced one, however the person driving it was in fact just someone Ronin hired, Ronin was riding in the side cart.
''and now introducing his opponent the bright celestial which shines down upon us all, the lovely Moon!'' stated the announcers, as Moon came out on her duel board, many in the audience actually pointed and laughed at it, Moon just ignored them though.
''hey I hope you have fun dueling me'' said Moon.
''pff, like I'd care about some piece of trash'' said Ronin ''you, Lawbreaker, Renegade your all pieces of garbage, not worthy to be in this tournament''
'ok that's it, I'm beating this guy!' thought Moon furiously.
''alright, duelist's take your marks and get set, first one of make the corner makes the first move'' stated the announcer ''and… GO!''
Both Moon and Ronin took off at a blinding speed, both of them going as fast as they could only problem was Ronin was a little fast and turned the corner first.
''Duel'' they both said.
''my moves first, I draw'' said Ronin.
Speed Counters:
Moon: 1
Ronin: 1
Ronin looked down at his hand he grinned ''I'll start by summoning my Flare Solider, Draglider'' stated Ronin.
A man wearing armor riding a red dragon appeared, he was wielding a rifle and riding the dragon on a saddle like it was a horse.
Flare Solider, Draglider
Level: 4
Attack: 2100
Defense: 0
''then I'll throw one card facedown and end my turn'' stated Ronin.
''my turn'' said Moon drawing a card.
Moon: 2
Ronin: 2
''oh before you make any moves I should let you know as long as Flare Solider, Draglide is on my side of the field if you take damage, effect or battle damage I can destroy one monster on either your side of the field or mine'' stated Ronin.
Moon mused for a moment, she wasn't going to make mistakes she had made on that video game, where she had used her Speed Counters up too quickly, she had to pace herself.
''alright I'll start with my Moonlight Performer Bunny Magician'' said Moon as Bunny Magician appeared ''with that I can add my Moonlight Performer Trapeze Artist and with it's special ability I can special summon it to the field and activate my Bunny Magicians ability to inflict 600 points of damage to you''
Trapeze Artist appeared holding onto the trapeze swinging alongside Moon, Bunny Magician took off her hat and launched a barrage of bunnies which exploded into streamers, all of them hitting Ronin, causing him to spin out of control and slightly damage the pavement of the arena.
Ronin: 4000 – 600 = 3400
''oh my what's this, it seems that was very real!'' cried out the announcer.
''oh no I did it again'' said Moon.
''wait you did that so you're a psychic!'' cried Ronin, the crowd heard this and started to chatter among themselves.
''she's a psychic!''
''freak!''
''what's she playing at!''
''get out of hear freak!''
''she's a danger!''
Moon just tuned them out and decided to keep dueling ''sorry I have a hard time controlling it'' said Moon ''I'm trying''
''pff yeah right you just want to hurt people, makes you feel good doesn't it'' sneered Ronin.
''n-no I hate these powers'' said Moon weakly, she looked like she was close to crying, but quickly regained her composure ''but I'm trying, now I'll use my Moonlight Performer Clown Cuties ability, with it I can special summon her to the field''
a woman dressed in a green clown costume and with white and green facial pain, she had spheres that had white and green lines all over them,.
Moonlight Performer Clown Cutie
Type: Spellcaster
Level: 3
Attack: 1500
Defense: 500
''and of course now my Bunny Magician can inflict another 600 points of damage to you'' said Moon as her Bunny Magician fired another stream of rabbits, all of them hitting.
Ronin: 3400 – 600 = 2800
''next I'll throw two cards facedown and end my turn'' said Moon.
''my turn I draw'' said Ronin drawing a card.
Moon: 3
Ronin: 3
''alright first I'll summon my Dragon Monk in attack mode'' said Ronin.
An old man with no hair and a white beard, red dragon scales, with the lower body of a snake and large red wings appeared.
''next I'll activate my facedown Ring of Destruction and use it to destroy Dragon Monk'' said Ronin as the ring appeared on the dragon mans neck and exploded along with Dragon Monk.
Moon: 4000 – 800 = 3200
Ronin: 2800 – 800 = 2000
''wait why would you do that?'' asked Moon.
''for one to destroy your Bunny Magician'' said Ronin as flames were blasted from Draglides gun and surrounding Bunny Magician destroying her ''and to allow me to special summon two level four or lower Dragon type monsters from my hand or deck, so I'll take my Flare Solider, Axel and my Flare Solider Burn Blaster''
two new monsters appeared one was a lizard man wearing armour and holding an axe and the other a man riding a dragon like Draglider only he was holding what looked to be a crossbow.
Flare Soldier, Axel
Level: 3
Attack: 1700
Defense: 0
Flare Soldier, Burn Blaster
Level: 4
Attack: 1900
Defense: 0
''well then I can activate my Clown Cuties ability twice and I can deal you 200 points of damage for both Ring of Destruction, Draglider and Dragon Monk's ability's'' said Moon.
Clown Cutie then started to shoot all the sphere's at Ronin really brusing him up.
Ronin: 2000 – 200 – 200 – 200 = 1400.
''grr, fine after that I'll play the spell card Inferno Reckless Summon and special summon my Flare Soldier, Fire Archer'' stated Ronin ''with this I can now inflict 500 points of damage if I destroy a monster''
a lizard man with wings holding a bow and a flaming arrow appeared.
Flare Soldier, Fire Archer
Level: 4
Attack: 1500
Defense: 0
''and clown cutie damages you again for 200 points for Inferno Reckless Summon'' said Moon as the spheres attacked again.
Ronin: 1400 – 200 = 1200
''whatever'' growled Ronin ''if you think you can hurt me trash your wrong and watch me show you your wrong! And watch now as I burn a new path with my Flare Soliders, Draglider, Axel and Burn Blaster and now I Link Summon- FLARE DRAGON BLADEMASTER!''
a new dragon appeared this one had red scales, it had black wings and golden claws, it had golden horns and was wielding a large silver sword.
''ok that's pretty impressive'' said Moon.
''now I can activate my Flare Soldier, Gatling Dragon with it's effect that since I Link Summoned my Blademaster'' stated Ronin ''sure I'll lose 200 life points but its worth it''
Ronin: 1000 – 200 = 1000
As Ronin was clobbered with the sphere's more and more, but he enjured as a new dragon appeared, one with red scales and had hands that were Gatling guns, it had a ridged spiked back, it had no wings and was rather large.
''but now I can create a new flare to the future'' said Ronin.
''wait your Link Summoning again?!'' said Moon in shock.
''HELL YEAH I AM, AND NOW I LINK SUMMON, ARMED FLARE DRAGON, BLAZADON!'' roared Ronin.
A new dragon appeared, this dragon was much bigger than Blademaster, it was a large red dragon ocveredi n mechanical armour that consisted of weaponry such as Gatling guns, flamethrowers, missile launchers and bombs.
''next I activate my dragons effect, since one of it's Link Marks points to a monster I can destroy every monster on the field that has a lower level than that monster!'' said Ronin.
Blazeadon released a blast of fire burning both Trapeze Artist and Clown Cutie destroying them.
''now Fire Archer's effect activates and deals you 500 points of damage for each one'' stated Ronin.
Moon: 3200 – 500 – 500 = 2200
''next I'll activate Card of Sancitity so we now draw until we have six cards, hope you enjoy them cause now its over! Go on Blazadon finish it'' said Ronin and Blazadon let out a huge burst of flames.
''I'll activte the effect of my Firework Juggler to negate your attack'' said Moon, bright fireworks burst in front of her blocking the flames.
''then Flame Archer will have to finish it'' smirked Ronin.
''I activate Zero Gravity to switch your Archer to defense mode'' said Moon.
''eh fine I throw one card face down and end my turn'' shrugged Ronin.
''well now it's my turn'' said Moon.
Moon: 4
Ronin: 3
''well then why don't you do us both a favor and give up'' smirked Ronin.
'what's the point' thought Moon 'he's right I can't win'
-LINE BREAK-
Meanwhile Jaune was watching Moon's duel intently, he could see how Moon looked, the same look she gave him when she gave up in there duel ''come on Moon I know you can do it'' he said.
-LINE BREAK-
'no wait, Jaune's right' though Moon
''I draw'' said Moon full of new determination, she then looked at her cards and the cards on the field to see what she could do and then, she had it and she smirked she had it now ''first I play Pot of Greed, so I can draw two new cards I play Monster Reborn to special summon my Bunny Magician from my graveyard''
''big deal'' smirked Ronin.
''oh it is a big deal, cause now I can add another monster and I'll add, Trapeze Artist and subsequently special summon it'' said Moon.
''well before you think I'm going to take damage I won't because I'll activate the continuous trap Flare Block, with this I can cut the damage in half of decrease one of my monsters attack points'' said Ronin ''so I think I'll decrease my monsters attack points''
Armed Flare Dragon, Blazadon: 2800 – 600 = 2200
''oh bad move'' said Moon ''casue now I'm going to unlock the full power of both of these two and summon forth the future, I Link Summon, Moonlight Performer Popstar Eva''
in a burst of light Moon's new monster appeared she was a woman who stood as tall as Renegade, she wore a pink and purple short dress with a blue coat, she had one pink and blue stripy sock and one white and black poke dot sock, she was holding a state and a microphone, she had blue skin and pink and blue hair and she wore a top hat.
Moonlight Performer Popstar Eva
Type: Spellcaster
Link Markers: ↙️↘️
Attack: 2100
''so what she's still not strong enough'' said Ronin.
''next I'll play Double summon and Summon out my Moonlight Performer Bunny Magician and then a Moonlight Performer Night Sky Princess'' said Moon.
Another Bunny Magician appeared along with a woman who was dressed like a popstar, with blond hair and face paint, she had cool colorful clothing on and was holding a microphone.
''now first Bunny's ability allows me to add another Trapeze Artist to my hand which I will subsequently special summon'' said Moon ''and with that I can now deal you 600 and 800 points of damage, but then again they just go to your dragon, oh and lets not forget Eva who deals another 200 points''
Armed Flare Dragon, Blazadon: 2200 – 600 – 800 – 200 = 600
''and next I'll activate my trap card Present Card, so you discard your whole hand and add five more cards of course my Princess burns you for each card you add, 300 for each your dragon can take 600, but then your dealt the rest 900'' said Moon.
Armed Flare Dragon Blazadon: 600 – 600 = 0
Ronin: 1000 – 900 = 100
''t-this can't be I'm suppose to win!'' cried Ronin.
''don't worry Eva's effect doesn't activate because now she's going to attack oh but before you should know she gains 900 attack point's because you lose 900 attack points'' said Moon.
Moonlight Performer, Popstar Eva: 2000 + 900 = 2900
''go on Eva, Moons spotlight!'' cheered Moon
Eva took deep breath before she let out a lovely sounding cry which destroyed Blazadon and finished Ronin off.
Ronin 100 – 2900 = 0
''and with that the winner of the first round is- MOON!''
So there, that was Moon's first Speed duel and her first win, I hope you enjoyed and as always I will now present the OC cards in full:
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Flare Solider, Draglider
Type: Dragon
Attribute: fire
Level: 4
Attack: 2100
Defense: 0
Effect: this card cannot attack your opponent directly, if you're opponent takes life point damage, you may choose one monster card and destroy it.
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Flare Solider, Axel
Type: dragon
Attribute: fire
Level: 4
Attack: 1700
Defense: 0
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Flare Solider, Burn Blaster
Type: dragon
Attribute: fire
Level: 4
Attack: 1900
Defense: 0
Effect: if one of your opponent's monsters is destroyed you may draw one card.
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Flare Soldier, Gatling Dragon
Type: dragon
Attribute: fire
Level: 2
Attack: 500
Defense: 0
Effect: if you Link summon a Link Monster you may special summon this card from your hand to the field.
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Flare Solider, Fire Archer
Type: dragon
Attribute: fire
Level: 4
Attack: 1500
Defense: 0
Effect: every time an opponent's monster is destroyed deal 500 points of damage to your opponent.
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Dragon Monk
Type: dragon
Attribute: fire
Level: 4
Attack: 800
Defense: 2000
Effect: if this card is destroyed by an effect special summon two level 4 or lower, Dragon type monsters from your hand or deck to the field.
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Flare Dragon, Blademaster
Type: dragon
Link Markers:↙️⬇️↘️
Attack: 2400
Summoning requiremnets: 2 dragon type monsters.
Effect: once per turn you may destroy one monster this card points to and gain attack points equal to the destroyed monsters attack points.
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Armed Flare Dragon, Blazedon
Type: dragon
Link Markers: ↙️⬇️↘️➡️
Attack: 2800
Summoning requirements: 3 dragon type monsters.
Effect: if this cards Link Marker points to a monster you may destroy every other monster with a lower level.
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Flare Block
Card type: trap
Type: continuous
Effect: if your opponent inflicts effect damage to you, may either, cut the damage in half or lower a Dragon Type monsters attack points.