chapter 22
''and there we go folks, after that massive slug fest, I don't think anyone thought he'd get this far and yet hear he is on of the two finalists, close to dueling the king, Lawbreaker Jaune Yu Arc!'' cheered the Announcer, nobody shared his positivity ''go on Jaune take a victory lap!''
Jaune didn't instead he doubled back to check on Grinder ''Grinder you ok?'' asked Jaune.
''come on Jaune give us a victory lap'' said the announcer.
''Jaune I'm fine'' said Grinder his voice resounding around the stadium because he currently had a microphone ''but it's not over yet unfortunate as that is''
''what do you mean?'' asked Jaune.
''I was hoping to do this differently, but if it must be like this then so be it'' said Grinder.
''err what are you talking about?'' asked Jaune.
''you remember when we went to the pub Jaune and we discussed the reasons where hear and I told you about my Countryside and how fire consumed it and destroyed it, well I discovered the truth Jaune, it wasn't a natural fire!'' stated Grinder ''Caesar isn't going to help me rebuild my country side as he promised''
''ok I know you think your explaining yourself but really your not and I'm just more confused then when you began'' said Jaune.
''I'm getting to it'' said Grinder ''now you see this, this is what my country side currently looks like''
the screen flashed and showed a land that was completely scorched black, there was nothing but black on the land, it looked to be either ash or the land was just burned to such a degree that it became black, some of the earth was still smoking.
''ok that- that is horrible'' said Jaune.
''I hacked into Caesar's files before this duel and I discovered one thing, that Caesar decided that he would use our country side as a way to test out the power of the Crimson Dragon, but he didn't foresee that it's power was uncontrollable and as of such caused all this devastation!'' cried Grinder ''the country side is gone, everyone who lived there all gone!''
''Grinder are you positive about this?'' asked Jaune.
''I AM JAUNE AND NOW CAESAR WILL PAY!'' roared Grinder before jumping back on his Duel Runner and two spikes came out of the back wheel's, Jaune's eye's widened as he figured out what Grinder was going to do.
''GRINDER NO DON'T DO IT!'' roared Jaune.
Grinder didn't listen and took off at full speed, using the side of the arena he quickly took off, he made break neck speed and jumped from the barrier ''YOUR GOING DOWN CASEAR!''
''NO!'' screamed Jaune who had took off the same way and tackled into Grinder knocking him away one of his spikes broke off and hit the side of the tower, both Runner's crashed onto the ground and Jaune and Grinder fell off the Runners.
''JAUNE YOU BASTARD!'' roared Grinder grabbing Jaune by the collar and punching him straight in the jaw ''HOW COULD YOU, HOW FUCKING COULD YOU!''
Jaune spat out some blood and said ''I'm sorry Grinder, I'm sorry you were used, but doing what you were about to doesn't make anything better it just makes it worse'' said Jaune.
Grinder snarled a little then roared out ''CAESAR!''
Not long after that security came to take Grinder away, ganging up on him they forced him to the ground and then put handcuffs on him before standing him back up.
After this Caesar made a speech ''people of Neon City, it always is a terrible happening when a gifted talented duelist like Grinder suffers an emotional and nervous breakdown during the end of an intense duel, but please rest assure we are going to get him all the help we can get him''
And with that statement the crowd cheered, but Grinder could only growl ''Jaune promise me you'll take down Caesar once and for all'' he ordered.
''I can't promise that'' said Jaune ''I can't promise I will be able to do that, all I can really promise is I will do what I can to bring the people who did that to you, to justice''
''thank you, that's all I really want'' said Grinder.
-LINE BREAK-
when Jaune got back to the waiting room he punched the wall ''THE HELL WAS THAT IDIOT THINKING!'' he roared, before taking a few calming breaths, he was so frustrated now that Grinder made his words basically mean nothing, now that he did that it meant any kind of words he gave for him or Renegade were now void, it was the ultimate way to spite him.
''feel good to let out?'' asked a smooth voice, Jaune turned to see Renegade ''I'm frustrated too ok, so trust me when I say you need to stay calm''
''I know, I just had to let that out'' Jaune sighed.
''good to know your calm now, get ready our duels next'' said Renegade ''and yes there still doing it despite what just happened, the one of us who wins this Duels Jace Magnum and if you win, I take this mask off and if your jaws still hurting from the punch Grinder gave you I'll kiss it better, but if I win you have to… wear a dress''
''heh, that it deal'' said Jaune, he had already wore a dress once in front of the whole Beacon Campus he could take this, true it would make him less threatening as the Lawbreaker and people would remember it for years, but he could take it.
''we get a lunch break first and then we duels so I guess I'll see you on the track handsome'' said Renegade walking away swaying her hips.
Jaune couldn't stop himself from saying ''see you on the track beautiful''
-LINE BREAK-
Jaune went to see Moon and spend his lunch with her before his duel with Renegade.
''are you ok Jaune?'' she asked ''I saw what Grinder did you didn't get injured did you?''
''nah I'm fine Moon'' said Jaune hugging his soon to be adopted daughter ''I didn't get hit, the only thing that really hurt was when he punched me in the face''
''I think you were really brave to do that sonny'' said Uang.
''thanks'' said Jaune smiling ''but people are going to be even more hateful of us now thanks' to that little stunt Grinder tried to pull''
''but you saved Caesar that must mean something'' said Moon strongly.
''you'd think so but no'' said Jaune.
''so your up against the Renegade now'' said Thunder.
''yeah and if I lose I have to wear a dress'' said Jaune.
''but if you win she has to take off her mask right?'' asked Moon.
''yeah and with that and dueling Jace, there's no way I'm gonna lose, there's way too much at stake to lose'' said Jaune.
''you got a plan for her?'' asked Thunder.
''honestly, no'' said Jaune ''but I don't think she has a plan for me either, for both of us this comes down to just how well we can play the game'' said Jaune.
''I know you'll win though Jaune'' said Moon.
''what makes you think that?'' asked Jaune.
''because you're the best duelist I've ever seen'' said Moon ''you're my hero''
''well then that's one more added stake, now there's no way I can lose'' said Jaune ''but first what are we thinking for lunch? Me I'm thinking maybe Pizza, I love Pizza, I could eat Pizza for my whole life and never get sick of it''
''me too!'' exclaimed Moon.
''I prefer Chinese'' said Uang.
''eh I don't really mind'' said Thunder ''there's a food court downstares, contestants in the tournament eat free''
''ok lets go there'' said Jaune.
-LINE BREAK-
Later Jaune was ready, he had gotten his Runner prept, his stomach was full and mind was focused he was going to win this round and he was going to duel Jace again.
''alright ladies and gentlemen this is the final duel between the last two competitors of the tournament the winner of this duel will get a shot at the championship title and will duel Jace Magnum on the data wind!'' cheered the announcer and all the crowd started to cheer too ''and now to the competitors, we'll start with the ladies, she's the one who nobody knows who she is, all we know she likes pink, she's really attractive, just sayin' and we know she's one of the most famous Lawbreakers in the city, she's known as the Renegade!''
Renegade burst out and everyone started to boo her, but she just teased and made fun of it like in her first match.
''and now to the man of the competition, he's mostly known for his run ins with security, his breaking the law and his ridiculous hair style, it's Jaune Yu Arc, the Lawbreaker!'' cheered the announcer.
The response to Jaune was equally as negative, but Jaune just ignored it and stopped next to Renegade on the track.
''alright everyone you know the drill, first one around the corner goes first'' said the Announcer.
''try not to fall too far behind'' said Renegade.
Jaune laughed ''funny I was gonna say the same thing to you''
''alright and 3, 2, 1… GOOO!'' cried the Announcer.
Jaune and Renegade went off immediately at break neck speed, both of them going as fast as they possibly could.
''not bad for a custom job'' said Renegade.
''you sound surprised it was made by yours truly and yours truly is taking first turn'' said Jaune.
''not if I have anything to say about it'' said Renegade putting on an extra burst of speed.
Everyone was at the edge of their seats wondering who would cross the corner first, when they both did nobody could tell who did so first ''were going to get a playback please someone play back… oh there, by a single hair, Renegade got there first!'' cheered the announcer.
''DUEL!'' they both cried.
''my turn first'' said Renegade smugly.
''don't get ahead of yourself you may have won the race for the corner but you won't win the duel'' said Jaune.
''we'll see won't we, now I draw'' said Renegade.
Jaune: 1
Renegade: 1
''I'll start my turn with a card I just added to my deck, Hand Destruction, with this card we can discard two cards from our hand and then draw two more cards'' stated Renegade.
Both of them followed instructions through, they took two card and discarded them and then drew two more cards ''next- wait what!?'' exclaimed Renegade as a monster appeared on Jaune's side of the field in defense mode.
It looked like a pixilated version of a robot that looked a little bit like WALL-E, only it had no arms and just seemed to roll about on the floor, it had two big green eyes and blue markings on it.
''what how is that on your field?'' asked Renegade.
''you helped me, you see when this monster, Dotscaper, is sent to the graveyard I can special summon him'' said Jaune.
Dotscaper
Type: Cyberse
Level: 1
Attack: 0
Defense: 2100
''alright that's pretty impressive that you thought that far ahead'' said Renegade ''by it won't matter in the long run, because now I'll remove my Amarylease from play by doing so I can summon a tribute monster with one less tribute, so I'll summon my, Cannon Blast Huntress''
a woman dressed in a pink and white dress appeared and she was carrying a massive high tech cannon that she had to carry under arm to use, her hair was done up into a pony tail at the top of her head while her hair still cascaded down.
''I'll throw two cards face down and since I cannot attack on the first turn I'll just end my turn'' said Renegade.
''my turn'' said Jaune ''I draw''
Jaune: 2
Renegade: 1
''I'll start this turn by special summoning my Backup Secretary and then I'll activate my spell Double Summon summon my Cyberse Wizard and Stack Reviver'' said Jaune as three of Jaune's main monsters appeared next to him ''next I'll make a circuit to the future, using my Backup Secretary, Dotscaper and Stack Reviver, I Link Summon Decode Talker!''
Decode Talker flew out brandishing his sword.
''well then I'll activate my one of my face down cards, Huntress Protocol'' said Renegade.
''then my Dotscaper will revive thanks to my Stack Revivers effect'' said Jaune as the pixilated creature appeared ''now my Decode Talker will attack your Cannon Blast Huntress''
''then I'll activate my Shield Guard Huntresses effect, I remove her from play and as of such I cannot take battle damage and my monsters cannot be destroyed by battle'' said Renegade ''and also since I just removed a monster from the graveyard I can special summon my Sword Slash Huntress''
Sword Slash Huntress appeared as Decode Talker slashed down at Cannon Blast Huntress but it just knocked her back.
''fine I'll throw two cards face down and end my turn'' said Jaune.
''my turn, draw'' said Renegade drawing her card.
Jaune: 2
Renegade: 2
''my turn I draw'' said Renegade ''like you I'll start with the spell Double Summon and I will use it to summon my two Bell Call Huntresses'' said Renegade ''next I'll remove my Sword Slash Huntress from the game to activate my Cannon Blast Huntresses effect and blast your Dotscaper''
Sword Slash Huntress burst into light which was absorbed into Cannon Blast Huntresses Cannon which was then fired into Dotscaper destroying it and lowering Decode Talkers attack points.
''next my Bell Call Huntress will activate her special effect, she removes herself from the field and allows me to special summon Scatter Shot Huntress and Transference Huntress'' said Renegade as the first Huntress disappeared replacing herself with the two mentioned Huntresses ''next I'll use my Scatter Shot, Transference and Cannon Blast to make a circuit to the future, I Link Summon Prime Huntress, Pyrric!''
as she did this Pyrric appeared drawing her bow ready for battle.
''next using Transference Huntresses ability I will special summon Scatter Shot from the graveyard'' said Renegade.
'what why not Cannon Blast?!' Jaune wondered in his head.
''next I'll remove my other Bell Call Huntress and special summon my two Quick Quiver Huntresses'' said Renegade as the two archers appeared.
''I activate my trap card Three Strike Barrier, with this none of my monsters can be destroyed by battle'' said Jaune.
''oh your desperate to keep Decode Talker out then?'' asked Renegade ''well lets see how useful your big shield will be this turn, I'll start by having my two Qucik Quivers attack you''
Jaune: 4000 – 1000 = 3000
''and then with there ability to remove themselves from the game and as of such special summon two monsters removed from the game in there place, which of course will be my two Bell Call Huntresses and Pyrric's ability to reduce a monsters attack by 500 when a monster it's linked to is removed from the game, your Decode Talker loses 1000 attack points and then Pyrric will attack''
''I'll use my Scrap Iron Scarecrow then to block'' said Jaune.
''oh well then I guess I'll just have to end my turn with a card face down'' said Renegade.
''you could have ended the game there why didn't you?'' asked Jaune.
''simple, I want to enjoy this for as long as I can, so go on'' said Renegade.
''fine, it's my turn draw'' said Jaune drawing his next card and looking over his hand, as Decode Talker's power returned to it.
Jaune: 3
Renegade: 2
''alright I'll start with my Bitloopers effect I discard Bitron from my hand to special summon him'' said Jaune.
A robot with large legs and that had a large lance and a holographic shield appeared, but something that was bizarre about it was that it had Bitron for a head.
Bitlooper
Type: Cyberse
Level: 4
Attack: 1500
Defense: 2000
'alright I love this new body, lets fight some monsters' said Bitlooper, who was really just Bitron.
''next I'll special summon my Backlinker and then I'll summon my Launch Commander and with that I can then special summon Turbo Booster'' said Jaune ''then using Backlinker and Bitlooper I will make a new circuit to the future''
'oh come on I wanted to fight monsters' complained Bitron as he flew into a Link Marker.
''I Link Summon Flame Administrator'' said Jaune
A large red mech appeared, it had a very blocky shape and looked kinda like one of those giant power ranger robots.
Flame Administrator
Type: Cyberse
Link Markers: ⬅️↘️
Attack: 1200
''now with Launch Commander, Cyberse and Flame Administrator, Decode Talker gets his power up plus 300 and 800 extra points'' said Jaune.
Decode Talker 2300 + 500 + 500 + 300 + 800 = 4400
''more than enough to destroy your Pyrric not that it'll matter because I will now use Turbo Boosters ability to destroy her'' said Jaune, Turbo Booster then fired his arms at her, but she disappeared and the arms hit the floor and exploded ''what!''
''sorry but my Huntress Camoflash has different ideas'' said Renegade ''with this I can remove a Huntress monster from the game for a turn''
''oh well, Decode Talker will now attack'' said Jaune as Decode Talker leapt forwards.
''sorry handsome but I have a trap, Mirror Force!'' stated Renegade.
''oh no'' said Jaune as all of his monsters were destroyed.
''I'll throw a card face down over to you'' said Jaune.
''alright, I draw'' said Renegade.
Jaune: 4
Renegade: 3
''I think it's time I stop holding back don't you, because now my Prime Huntress Pyrric has returned'' said Renegade ''now I'll make a network to the future, using her and my Scatter Shot Huntress''
The two Huntresses flew towards the Link Network, Prime Huntress Pyrric split into three of itself, ready to enter the Link Markers.
''what!?'' cried Jaune.
''now meet my deck's ultimate monster, a monster that has trained her whole life, who has forged herself through steel and fire and proven herself to be the ultimate Huntress'' said Renegade ''I Link Summon! Come Forth, Vermillion Xiphos Huntress Dragon!''
Vermillion Xiphos Huntress Dragon was a European type dragon as it stood up like a human, it was clearly a female dragon as it had more of a female body shape, it had a strong body with gold scales covered by red armour, it had two large white wings with red and gold markings on each feather, it had a red head with two golden horns, it was welding a large red Xiphos with gold linings and it wore a golden circlet with a red gem in the middle.
Jaune just looked at the dragon in pure awe, just wondering to himself 'how am I going to beat this dragon!'
And their Renegade's dragon is revealed; I hope it's the reveal you all wanted it to be.