Chapter 3: Clash of Ideals! Swarm Against The Police!
"Our next Duel is going to be," Melissa declared, "Tsukikage versus Sergey!"
Yuya looked up as his blue-clad ninja friend and a muscular, tattooed man appeared above the field. "Good luck, Tsukikage," he muttered under his breath.
The two Duelists sped onto the circuit. Both were emotionless and failed to exchange a single word as their D-Wheels pulled up at the starting line. "Someone's being awfully quiet," Melissa mused as the light turned green and the two Duelists started. Sergey immediately sped into the first turn and took the first move. "I activate my Field Spell, Earthbound Prison," he rumbled. Lines of colourful energy burst into being all over the course as it turned black. Tsukikage's eyes widened as a forest of giant hands burst from the sides of the circuit and began to clutch at him, but before he could even try to dodge -
"I now activate another Field Spell, Earthbound Plain," Sergey continued. The hands crumbled into nothingness and the energy all turned purple, as a great mound burst into being in the centre of the course. "When Earthbound Prison is destroyed, the player who destroyed it takes 2000 damage. But I activate Curse Reflection Doll's effect," A Quick-Play Spell Card appeared, showing a black doll of an angel. "By discarding this card, the effect damage I would take becomes 0, then you take it instead,"
In an instant, a stone fist shot from the ground and collided with Tsukikage's D-Wheel. The machine was instantly destroyed on impact, but the ninja pulled his Duel Disk clear seconds before and leapt clear, landing on the course. "Incredible! Even though his D-Wheel has been destroyed and he has lost 2000 Life Points before even taking a turn, Tsukikage will not surrender!" Melissa grinned as the ninja furiously dashed to catch up on foot while his Life Points became 2000.
"I now set two cards face-down and end my turn," Sergey snorted. "My turn! Draw!" Tsukikage declared. "I activate my Spell, Twin Twister!" he declared. "By discarding one card, I destroy two Spell or Trap cards on the field!"
Earthbound Plain was destroyed and the Stadium returned to normal, as was one of Sergey's Set Cards. "I now activate the Amarylease in my Graveyard that I just discarded! I can banish it from my Grave to Normal Summon the Level 6 Twilight Ninja Nichirin, the Chunin, from my hand without a Tribute!" the ninja declared, as he was joined by another ninja, this one bulky and bare-chested with green pants and a red scarf. "Nichirin! Attack him directly!" Tsukikage commanded.
"I activate Ring of Destruction," Sergey emotionlessly responded. "Nichirin is destroyed and we both take damage equal to his ATK," A black collar, flickering with flames, appeared around Nichirin's neck, which promptly exploded. 2300 damage washed over both Duelists, but, while Sergei had 1700 LP left, Tsukikage didn't have the luxury. His Duel Disk beeped as his points hit zero, before the explosion flung him skyward.
Melissa squeaked as his body pinwheeled towards her helicopter, and, in a freak coincidence, he came close enough to grasp the copter's landing gear with one arm. He grunted, beckoning for assistance from the commentator. "How are you still conscious after that?" she demanded, helping the Duelist into the copter, before the orange-haired girl, now that she was up close with him in person, noticed his toned physique and rippling muscles. "Oh, I, uh," she stammered, before the ninja nodded and quietly thanked her. "You have my gratitude, noble lady, but a ninja never reveals his secrets,"
He probably wouldn't have called her 'noble lady' if he had realised that he was close enough for her microphone to pick up his every word and broadcast it around the entire City.
Melissa nodded, still a little flustered. She looked into the cockpit, but then remembered that the copter was on autopilot. "Listen, the copter won't land until the end of the day, so unless you want to jump, you're stuck here," she whispered to the ninja. "So, how would you like to be my temporary co-host?" she offered, loud enough for the microphone to hear. The ninja balked a little in surprise, but immediately realised that he had little choice. "Very well," he accepted. "And with that," Melissa declared into her mike. "Sergey is victorious with a stunning victory during his opponent's first turn, and I have a new guest star co-host!" she exuberantly smiled. "What are your thoughts on this, Tsukikage - eh?"
The ninja suddenly looked decidedly queasy. "I suddenly remember why I don't fly," he moaned. "Eh? You get airsickness?!" Melissa was shocked. "I'll be fine," the ninja nodded, steadying himself and swallowing his bile. "Well done Sergey," he mumbled.
"And, with that, onto the next Duel! Our next contenders will be Shinji Weber, versus," Melissa paused. "Sorry, but I think there's been an error. Shinji's opponent is registered only as 'Duel Chaser 227'. As in, a member of Security. But that can't be right,"
Suddenly, the big screen overlooking the circuit changed to show the massive visage of Jean-Mitchell Roger, head of Security. "There is no mistake. I personally entered a member of Security into the Friendship Cup to display the strength and power of the Security forces. Go on," The screen returned to normal, and Melissa blinked, before shrugging. "Okay then. Shinji Weber, a well-known revolutionary radical from the Commons, determined to make his case and stage a rebellion!"
"I'm not a radical! Or a terrorist!" Shinji yelled up at the commentator as his D-Wheel zoomed onto the circuit. "Uh-hum," Melissa sceptically nodded. "And - oh. Would you like to introduce the other Duelist?" she offered Tsukikage, who shrugged. "And Duel Chaser 227. A representative of the Security," he shortly provided. The girl frowned. "Remind me not to let you introduce any more Duelists," she huffed to herself.
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"Wait, 227? That's the same guy whose ass I kicked last week!" Yugo frowned in surprise. "Unless he's had a big improvement, he won't get far," he snorted, kicking back to watch the show.
Crow smiled from his room overlooking the Stadium at the sight of his friend. "You tell them, Shinji,"
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The disgraced police force member clenched his teeth in anticipation. "I will redeem myself in the eyes of the commander-in-chief," he told himself.
"Oi! So you're representing the hated oppression of Security, huh?" Shinji snorted at him as he pulled up next to his opponent. "Yes. And I will prove the power of the police," he growled. "Commons trash,"
"What did you just call me?" Shinji growled. "That's it. Commons! Hear me now! If we don't do something about the oppression of the Tops, our situation will never improve! I am going to stage a rebellion, and I want all of you behind me! And to prove that I mean business, I will defeat this man right here and now! I will eliminate the representative of Security and prove that their power ultimately means nothing!" Shinji declared. "Hey, hey, don't -" Melissa started, but the resounding roar of the Commons filling the grandstands shook the very earth under their feet. Her voice, even amplified as it was, was drowned out.
Shinji took the time to strategise. "Security uses Goyo monsters. Goyos capture the enemy monsters and take control of them. I can't let that happen. I won't let a single one of my monsters be taken over by that bastard,"
Eventually the crowd quiet ended, and Melissa, seeing nothing else to say, started the countdown. "Riding Duel," The light turned green. "Acceleration!"
"I know how you Security work! Sneaking up on people and stealing the first turn! I won't let you!" Shinji raged, gunning the throttle on his bike and whizzing ahead of 227. His bike arced through the turn and he drew his hand. "I draw! I Normal Summon Bee Force - Pin the Hit from my hand!" A squat, round little bee appeared next to Shinji. "Once per turn, Pin the Hit can deal you 200 damage!" 227's Life Points dropped to 3800. "I end my turn with a face-down!"
"Pathetic!" 227 snorted. "My turn! Draw! I Normal Summon Goblindbergh from my hand!" A goblin flying a red plane with 1400 ATK appeared above him, carrying a large box underneath him. "When Goblindbergh is Normal Summoned, I can Special Summon a Level 4 or lower monster from my hand!" The box opened, revealing a squat man with big glasses wielding a pair of chopsticks. "I summon Jutte Fighter! Goblindbergh is now changed to defence position!" Goblindbergh landed it's plane with 0 DEF. "I tune my Level 2 Tuner monster Jutte Fighter with my Level 4 Goblindbergh!" The Synchro Summoning procedure happened and a beam of white energy obliterated both monsters. "Appear, Goyo Predator!"
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Shinsei fumed to himself in his room. "What's up with this place? Doesn't anyone around here bother with a summon chant?"
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The summoned monster looked like a Viking berserker dressed like a Japanese Royal guard, wielding a long, coiled whip. "Goyo Predator! Attack that insect!" 227 declared, and the Synchro monster obliged.
"I activate my Trap, Bee Force Nest!" Shinji declared. "By targeting Pin the Hit, I can Special Summon another Pin the Hit from my Deck, and end the Battle Phase!" he shouted. A copy of the squat bee appeared, and Goyo Predator paused, before returning to 227. "This is the strength of the Commons! When one of us is threatened, the rest of us rise up and we stand strong together!" Shinji shouted at 227, who ignored him and cursed losing the attack. "I set a card. Turn end,"
"I am impressed," Tsukikage solemnly nodded. "The power of his monsters symbolises the strength of his people,"
"Whatever you say," Melissa shrugged.
"My turn! I draw!" Shinji declared. "You ignore the proof of my power, but I will force you accept it! I now Normal Summon Bee Force - Piercer the Target from my hand!" A bee with large, moth-like wings and stripes that went red, blue, white around his tail, with a yellow stinger, appeared with 1400 ATK. "I activate the effects of my two Pin the Hits! Take 400 damage!" Shinji declared, and the damage was subtracted from 227 as both little bees winked. "I'm tired of being looked down on! I'll rise up and pierce through you!" Shinji declared with an angry grimace. "Now, I tune my Level 4 Piercer the Target to my two Level 1 Pin the Hits!" The two little bees immersed themselves in the four rings Piercer became. "With those wings, whip up a blast! With that stinger, cut open the path to truth!" the duelist chanted as the readout read '4+1+1=6'. "Synchro Summon! Come, Bee Force - Voulge the Attack!" The summoned monster was a black humanoid bee, wielding a trident, the prongs of which each resembled a bee's stinger. It had 2500 ATK, just enough to trump Goyo Predator. "Voulge! Attack!" Shinji commanded. Before 227 could even react, Voulge flew forward and destroyed Goyo Predator, making 227's Life Points 3900. "Set a card, and turn end!" Shinji grinned.
"How impressive! Shinji responds in kind with a Synchro Summon of his own, and promptly destroys the security Synchro into the bargain!" Melissa grinned.
227 drew his card. "I activate my trap, Descending Lost Star! I revive Goyo Predator from my Grave in Defense Position, with it's effects negated, it's Level decreased from 6 to 5 and it's DEF changed to 0," he commanded. "And you call my monsters weak," Shinji derisively snorted. "What's the point of that card?"
"Watch! I Normal Summon another Jutte Fighter from my hand, and immediately tune my Level 2 Tuner monster Jutte Fighter to my Level 5 Goyo Predator! Appear, Sniping Hazy Type-0!" 227 commanded. Jutte Fighter wasn't even on the field long enough for Shinji to see it, all he could make out was a white face with big glasses. Sniping Hazy Type-0 was a lot more memorable. It was well-armoured in a uniform that looked like a mix between soldier khaki and samurai garb, with a white metal face and glowing red eyes, wielding a police baton. Golden, flying coins orbited it.
"I'm not letting that happen! Us Commons will win with whatever tricks we have to! I activate Bottomless Trap Hole! Your monster is immediately destroyed and banished!" A massive hole appeared in the ground underneath Type-0, and the monster panicked as it fell into it. 227 growled. "When Sniping Hazy Type-0 leaves the field, I can summon it's Synchro Materials from the Graveyard! Revive, Jutte Fighter and Goyo Predator!" His two monsters from before reappeared. "And now, Goyo Predator is completely back to full power!" Predator roared to emphasise the point. "Now, while I control a 'Jutte' monster, I can Special Summon Jutte Commando from my hand!" A crimson-clad monster armed with a short dagger appeared, with 1400 ATK. "I tune my Level 2 Jutte Fighter to my Level 3 Jutte Commando and Synchro Summon! Appear, Level 5! Goyo Chaser!" Another Goyo monster appeared, slightly shorter and with only 1900 ATK. "Goyo Chaser gains 300 ATK for every other Goyo Synchro on the field," 227 commanded as his monster's ATK became 2200. 227 looked at the last card in his hand and smirked. "I activate my Spell Card, Fusion Substitute!" A Spell card depicting two orange wraiths escaping from a 'Polymerization' card as it fell into a vortex appeared. "This card's name is also treated as 'Polymerization'!"
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Shun Kurosaki, who had only been half-heartedly paying attention to the Duel up until now, shot bolt upright at the sound of the accursed card's name. "What in blue blazes?" he cursed.
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"Polymerization?" Tsukikage was surprised. "How interesting,"
"I've never heard of a card like that. But apparently our resident ninja warrior has. Tsukikage, care to give us the low down on this new development?" Melissa requested. "Polymerization is a Spell Card that allows you to perform a Fusion Summon. But this card is not Polymerization. It is Fusion Substitute. Therefore it is going to be different somehow, but I do not know how," the ninja frowned. "Ooh. How mysterious!" Melissa grinned.
"I fuse my Goyo Chaser with my Goyo Predator!" A thought struck the Security officer. "Arise, King of police, brought forth by your vassals -" A screen opened on his D-Wheel and Jean-Michael glared at him furiously. "Quit fooling around and summon the damn thing!" he barked. "Oh, ah, yes sir!" 227 nodded, abruptly cutting his summon chant short. "I Fusion Summon Goyo Emperor!" he declared.
A great regal throne appeared, bearing a young man dressed like a kabuki actor. He bore a haughty and regal expression, and looked somewhat androgynous from a distance. It had 3300 ATK.
Shinji snorted. "Nice wig, old lady,"
The serene Emperor's eyes shot open and he fumed, frantically gesturing at his controller to let him attack. "Fine! Goyo Emperor! Attack that insect!" 227 commanded, and the emperor happily responded. Phantasmal images of Goyo Predator and Chaser appeared to do it's bidding, and happily charged towards Shinji's Synchro monster. Shinji growled as he spotted an Action card in a transparent bubble. Knowing that that card could determine the fate of this Duel, he surged forwards and snatched it from midair. "I activate the Action Magic, Avoid! My monster cannot be destroyed by battle and the damage I take is halved!" He gritted his teeth as his Life Points dropped to 3600. "Wow! I'm still not quite sure what a Fusion monster is, but it sure is impressive!" Melissa grinned. "That's one way of putting it," Tsukikage frowned behind his mask.
Shinji cursed. "Damn you! Damn you and all the Tops scum you represent! I'll prove to you the strength of us Commons, right here and now! My turn! Draw!" Shinji pulled a card from his Deck and grinned. He then spotted an Action Card and accelerated again, maintaining his lead on the disgraced Duel Chaser and snatching it from it's bubble. "And once again, Shinji takes every opportunity to get an Action Card and prevents his opponent from even seeing one!" Melissa grinned. "I Normal Summon Bee Force - Lyric the Royal Musician!" A small Level 2 bee with four long arms carrying a harp appeared. "That's not strength," 227 snorted. "You wanna bet? I activate Lyric's effect! By targeting Voulge the Attack, I make Voulge a Tuner until the end of the turn!" he declared. "Making a non-Tuner a Tuner again!" Melissa squeed. "How exciting!"
"Don't expect me to let that happen!" 227 snorted, zooming forwards and snatching an Action Card of his own. He rapidly read the card text, and groaned. "Fine, I'll let it happen,"
"I tune my Level 6 Voulge the Attack to my Level 2 Lyric the Royal Musician!" Shinji commanded as the Synchro Summon procedure occurred. "Arise, Bee Force - Hana the Evil-Crushing Bow!" His monster was an armoured black bee with a large crossbow. It had 2800 ATK. "Not enough," 227 snorted. "I activate my Action Magic, Piercing Shot! Hana can attack you directly this turn! Go, Hana and attack!" Shinji commanded.
"It seems that Shinji is in a rush to end this! He hasn't even bothered with Summon Chants and attack names!" Melissa observed. "He is angry. He wants to end this here and now," Tsukikage, who was starting to enjoy his role of commentator, added.
Hana fired a shot, which whizzed past Goyo Emperor and struck 227. Even as his Life Points fell from 3900 to 1100, the Security officer barked, "Not enough! It will never be enough! You Commons scum will never be able to defeat the justice of the police!" he declared.
"Shut the hell up!" Shinji shouted over him. "You Tops scum and Security bastards, you're all the same! I'm not going to stand for your mindless preaching one second longer! I activate Hana's effect! When he inflicts battle damage to you, one monster you control loses ATK equal to the damage you took! Goyo Emperor, be weakened!"
The throned monster panicked as all the colour was drained out of it's trine, which eventually disintegrated, leaving the young man floating in midair. He flailed his limbs in panic as his ATK became a mere 500. "Hana the Evil-Crushing Bow can attack twice in one turn," Shinji leered. "Go, Hana! Prove to everyone right here and now that Security is nothing compared to the strength of the Commons!"
The bee eagerly obliged, charging in and smashing the dethroned Emperor with it's bow, dealing 2300 damage to 227. "No! This was my last chance! I will not accept defeat!" the officer raged, even as his motorbike beeped, signalling that his Life Points had dropped to 0.
"Shinji wins!" Melissa declared, then realised something. "But please disregard everything he's said. The City is united! We are all one!" she reiterated the official slogan of the Friendship Cup.
Less than a second passed after this declaration before loud boos and jeers echoed from the Commons stands.
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Only two original cards this time;
Jutte Commando
Level 3/EARTH/Warrior-Type/ATK:1400/DEF:700/Effect
If you control a 'Jutte' monster, you can Special Summon this card from your hand or Graveyard. If this card is Summoned form the Graveyard, it is banished when it leaves the field.
Bee Force - Lyric the Royal Musician
Level 2/FIRE/Insect-Type/ATK:800/DEF:1000
Once per turn: You can target one 'Bee Force' monster you control, that monster is treated as a Tuner monster until the end of the turn.
There's also Bee Force - Piercer the Target, but I haven't actually decided on an Effect for him yet. All I needed him for this time was to be Normal Summoned and immediately used as a Level 4 Tuner for a Synchro Summon. Eh, he might need it another time, so I'll think of something then.
Even though he's never said it . . . yet, I thought "What in blue blazes," really suited Shun's character. I heard it in a movie years ago and never quite forgot it, so I'm happy for a chance to use it.
Also, dub names and sub names. I have mixed feelings. In some cases, like Shun Kurosaki/Shay Obsidian, I prefer the dub, but in cases like Tsukikage/Moon Shadow, I prefer sub. For the most part, though, I prefer subbed, so, I'll stick with that for the most part. In regards to card effects, the ones that I haven't made up are all on the wiki (including anime-only ones like the Bee Forces) and I will try to stick to the OCG/TCG rulings when possible, however if necessary I will use the anime version. Ring of Destruction for example, is the anime version, since the real version couldn't have been activated when Sergei did so but the anime version could.
Anyway, since I've done a double update, review responses are at the end of next chapter. Peace!