Yuya's Treat

by Fenghuang0296

It's the perfect storm as forces converge on Fusion Dimension. The Lancers are backed up by powers and allies new and old alike, but will it be enough to take down Leo Akaba once and for all? And is he even the biggest threat? AU from episode 63 onwards. Rated T for occasional profanity and mature (violent) themes.

9. Sawatari Theatres! Rise, Evil Crow-Man!

Chapter 9: Sawatari Theatres! Rise, Evil Crow-Man!

"Good morning, everybody!" Melissa cheered. "The sun's in the horizon, and it's time for the penultimate Duel of the first round! So, everyone, give it up for Crow Hogan, versus, Shingo Sawatari!" she cheered as the audience, half of which had slept in their seats last night and most of which were still bleary from the early morning Duel.

X

"This is an outrage!" Sawatari raged. "It's the second last Duel of the first round, and I still haven't done anything! Sure, Shingo gets to Duel," he sarcastically groaned, before pausing. "Wait. I'm Shingo!"

In an instant, he blew the door down, bowling over his assistant who was about to open it, and rushed towards the stairs. "The real fun's just getting started!"

X

Yuya paused. "Why do I have a weird feeling right now?" He shrugged it off and looked at the sleeping dragonet lying in his lap. "You're adorable," he chuckled, stroking his back. "But you do look a lot like Odd-Eyes," He paused. "Hmm. I still need something to call you," The dragon sleepily yawned and opened it's eyes, looking up at Yuya. "He even has mismatched eyes like Odd-Eyes," Yuya chuckled, tickling the little dragon, who gurgled happily. "A baby Odd-Eyes . . . Odd-Eyes Junior," he decided. "Junior. Yeah, suits you,"

X

Shinji grinned, looking down at the course. "Go get 'em, Crow. Show them the strength of the Commons,"

X

"Nice to see you again, Sawatari," Crow looked up from doing maintenance on his D-Wheel, the Blackbird, and nodded as the blonde entered the room. "You too," Sawatari off-handedly agreed. "Now, if you don't mind, I have a tournament to win!" he declared, taking up a heroic pose in front of his D-Wheel and staring out of the garage door.

Crow paused and looked at him in confusion. "You know no one can see you, right?"

"Someday, someone will, and when they do, I will look my best!" Sawatari resolved, holding his clenched fist in front of his heart and tightening his other fist at his hip, staring up at the sky. "Quit it and get ready to Duel," the orange-haired Common told him. "I'm not just going to Duel. I'm going to put on a show with our monsters!" Sawatari resolved, shuffling his Deck and mounting his D-Wheel. Crow shrugged and mounted his own bike. "Whatever floats your boat," Crow shrugged.

"Now, our Duelists will appear!" Melissa cheered. "First up, a Commons from the slums, determined to follow in Jack Atlas' footsteps and rise to the top! Everyone, say hello to Crow Hogan!"

Crow looked around and smiled, before pausing at the side of the far side of the stadium. After what had happened during the Duel between Dennis and Shun last night, the stands had been repaired using modified Solid Vision systems, but the track was still shredded. "And our second Duelist, Shingo Sawatari!" Melissa continued as the blonde entered the stadium. "Welcome, one and all, to the first ever production put on by Sawatari Theatres!" he shouted at the crowd in excitement.

"We have someone else who wants to perform for the crowd? How interesting. Just like Dennis last night," Melissa smiled. "Oh, no, my fair lady. I'm not just like Dennis. Dennis was a clown and an acrobat, a stage magician as it were. I, though, am an actor!" he shouted upwards, standing up and sweeping into a deep bow as his D-Wheel drew to a halt at the starting line.

"At least I can respect his enthusiasm," Crow shrugged.

"Ooh, how exciting!" Melissa smiled. "Okay, so, as you all can see, the course is not really in any state to be used after last night's Duels, so, instead, the Duel will take place on the highways around the City! We have real-time cameras and Solid Vision viewing screens set up so that none of you will miss any of the action!" she declared. "Whoever exits through the Palace Gates first gets the first move! Riding Duel, Acceleration!"

"You got it, pretty lady!" Sawatari grinned, gunning his engine. Crow responded in kind, the sleek, aerodynamic Blackbird shooting off.

"Hey, Crow! Can you let me take the first turn? I need it if I'm going to put on a show for the crowd!" Sawatari cockily requested. Crow drew his hand and shrugged. "Alright then, if you really want,"

"Yes!" he grinned, shooting ahead as Crow backed off just enough for it to be obvious Sawatari would exit the Duel Palace gates first. "Now, everyone! Our story begins with a boat, sailing through the ocean! I activate my Continuous Spell! Abyss Stage - Treasure Ship of the Seven Lucky Gods!"

A great wooden boat sailed into Sawatari's Spell/Trap Card Zone. "But every boat needs a captain, right? So here comes Abyss Actor - Sassy Rookie!" A grotesque zombie jester appeared and waved to the audience, revealing 1700 ATK. "I activate Treasure Ship's effect! Once per turn, I can target one monster I control and place a Lucky God Counter on it!" Sassy Rookie's jester hat turned into a pirate hat and he leapt onto the Treasure Ship, taking his place at the tiller. "Monsters on the field can only have one Lucky God Counter on them, but, during my next turn, I'll draw an extra card for every Lucky God Counter on the field!"

"Wow! Sawatari begins to tell his tale and gets himself a bonus card for next turn in the process!" Melissa smiled.

"I set a card and end my turn," Sawatari smiled and gestured to Crow. "It's your move,"

"Then it's my move! Draw!" Crow declared, and immediately slapped a card onto his Duel Disk. A blue bird with a red head and 100 ATK appeared, and Crow declared. "I Normal Summon Blackwing - Jetstream the Blue Sky from my hand!"

The bird immediately vanished with a squawk, and Crow continued, "By Tributing a Blackwing, I Special Summon Assault Blackwing - Kunai the Drizzle!" A humanoid black bird dressed like a ninja with razor-sharp claws replaced Jetstream. It had 2100 ATK. "When Kunai the Drizzle is Summined through his own effect, he becomes a Tuner!" Crow added. "Now, Kunai! Attack Sassy Rookie!"

"It appears that our hero's first challenge has appeared! An evil ninja warrior seeking to stop him on his quest! Will he succeed?" Sawatari dramatised the situation. "I think not! Sassy Rookie's effect!" The actor contradicted his opponent. "Once per turn, he cannot be destroyed by battle or card effects!" Kunai the Drizzle launched a steady stream of silver blades at Sassy Rookie, but he dodged all of them, leading them get wedged in the wood of his ship. One of them blew past Sawatari's face, dealing him 400 damage.

"Not bad," Crow complimented his opponent. "I end my turn,"

"My turn!" Sawatari grinned. "Now, through the effect of my Treasure Ship, I draw two cards instead of one!" He pulled two cards from his Deck and smiled. "Here we go! It's now time for a friend to join Sassy Rookie on his quest, as he finds an abandoned girl shanghaied on a lonely island! Appear, Abyss Actor - Pretty Heroine!" A smiling green-haired vampire with pink skin and 1500 ATK, dressed like a sorceress, appeared. "I activate Treasure Ship's effect, and Pretty Heroine happily joins Sassy Rookie on his quest!" The monster joined her fellow on board his ship, gaining a counter. "Now, it's time for my two heroes to team up to take down their foe! Sassy Rookie, attack Kunai the Drizzle!" Sawatari commanded, and his monster repeated the process. "Sassy Rookie cannot be destroyed once per turn!" Sawatari reminded everyone, and he took another 400 damage. "Now, I activate Pretty Heroine's effect! During the Battle Phase, one monster you control loses ATK equal to the amount of damage one of us has taken this turn!" he grinned, as Kunai's ATK dropped to 1700.

"Incredible! Sawatari took damage to reduce Kunai's ATK!" Melissa cheered, but realised something. "Wait, it's still not enough to beat Kunai,"

"I activate the Action Spell, Flame Surge! One monster I control gains 400 ATK!" Sawatari declared, and Pretty Heroine's gloves were set alight. She giggled and charged towards Kunai the Drizzle, destroying it for 200 damage at her controller's command. "There we go! Our two heroes have worked together to take down their first foe! I end my turn!" the actor grinned.

"My turn! Draw!" Crow frowned. "I have to get rid of that boat. It's letting him draw way too many cards for my liking. Next turn, he'll get three," he groaned to himself, before looking at the card he drew and smiling. "I play Mystical Space Typhoon, which allows me to destroy Treasure Ship of the Seven Lucky Gods!" he shouted, and a vortex of energy ripped through the boat. "Oh no! A storm at sea has destroyed Sassy Rookie's ship!" Sawatari narrated in 'horror'. "Our heroes wash up, barely alive, in a deserted island," he continued.

Crow shrugged. "If you say so. While I control no cards, I can Special Summon Blackwing - Gust the Backblast from my hand!" A winged man in a green cloak appeared, Level 2 with 900 ATK. "I now Normal Summon Blackwing - Tornado the Anticyclone from my hand," a monster resembling Kunai, but without ninja garb, joined the field, 1000 ATK, "and while I control a Blackwing monster, I can Special Summon Blackwing - Oroshi the Squall from my hand!" A squat blackbird carrying a red ball appeared, 400 ATK. "I tune my Level 1 Oroshi the Squall to my Level 4 Tornado the Anticyclone and my Level 2 Gust the Backblast!" Crow commanded. 1 + 4 + 2 = 7, the screens read. "Spread your jet-black wings and soar in tandem with the roaring thunder! Synchro Summon, cut through the lightning! Cascade, Assault Blackwing - Raikiri the Rain Shower!"

Crow's ace monster with it's mechanical right wing and feathery left appeared,mane the crowd gasped. "Oh wow! A wicked bird-monster appears before our heroes! Surely, this is the Wicked Crow-Man of the North!" Sawatari narrated. "Raikiri!" Crow commanded. "Destroy Pretty Heroine!" The vampire gasped in horror as the monster attacked. "The bird-man swoops and snatches up our heroine, but because she is a Pendulum monster, she goes to the Extra Deck, not the Graveyard!" the blonde declared.

"This is so cool!" a child grinned from the audience.

"Our hero mourns the disappearance of his new friend, begging for a miracle to bring her back," Sawatari continued. "Turn end," Crow nodded, starting to grin at Sawatari's antics. "Well, Sawatari? If you want me and my monsters to play the villain so bad, I'll play along! You will never defeat my wicked black beast, puny do-gooders!" He grinned. "Frank, Amanda, Tanner. This is all for you," the duelist whispered to himself.

"Wicked Crow-Man of the North," Sawatari corrected him.

"Whatever," Crow shrugged.

"My turn! I draw!" his opponent repeated, continuing his narration. "And, suddenly, a miracle appears! With the Scale 2 Abyss Actor - Wild Hope and the Scale 8 Anuss Actor - Funky Comedian I set the Pendulum Scale!" he declared, and his Pendulum Zones appeared in blue light, bearing a thin jester armed with twin horns and a fat, four-armed ogre with a hat and a way de, grinning mouth. A crystalline 2 and 8 appeared beneath them. "Now, I Pendulum Summon! Swing between the miraculous scales and be revived, Pretty Heroine!" Sawatari commanded, and his monster was Summoned in ATK mode. "And a new hero appears to aid them! Abyss Actor - Superstar!" A tall, slim monster dressed in black appeared and took a bow, with 2500 ATK points.

"You're gonna use the same trick again, aren't you? Attack with Sassy Rookie, use Pretty Heroine's effect to lower Raikiri's ATK by the amount of damage you take, then use Superstar to destroy Raikiri?" Crow questioned. "You got it in one, partner!" Sawatari nodded. "Working together, can our three heroes take down the Wicked Crow-Man of the north? Sassy Rookie, attack Raikiri the Rain Shower!" Sawatari commanded, and his 'main character' responded in eagerness, charging and, even though its own attack failed and caused his controller to take another 900 damage points, dropping Sawatari's Life Points to 2300, he grinned at the completion of his mission. "Pretty Heroine! Lower Raikiri's strength!" The vampire happily responded, dropping the Blackwing's ATK to 1700.

"No! I am weakened! What a horrible fate!" Crow shouted, melodramatically clutching at his heart.

"Now, Big Star! Destroy the Wicked Crow-Man of the North!" Sawatari commanded, and his monster happily obliged, strutting forwards and clapping. A shockwave issued from his hands, smashing through the weakened bird, and dealing Crow 800 damage, dropping his Life Points to 3000. "Pretty Heroine! Direct Attack!" he added, and the vampire charged forwards until she was directly in front of Crow, then slapped him in the face. "Is that really necessary?" Crow demanded as his Life Points were halved. "Yep," the blonde grinned. "Turn end,"

"I will have my vengeance upon you for this insult!" the 'villain' shouted. "My turn! I draw!" He took his card and added it to his hand. "I'm not like you do-gooders! I don't have the luxury of plenty of cards in my Extra Deck! But what I do know is how to make the most of the cards that I have!" he shouted. "While I control no monsters, I can Special Summon Blackwing - Gofu the Ghostly Shadow from my hand! Come forth, my evil minion!" he declared, slapping the card onto his Duel Disk and a big, slightly blurry yellow bird appeared. 0 ATK. "When this card is Summoned, I can Special Summon two Level 1 Ghostly Shadow Tokens to my field!" Crow declared, and two smaller versions of his monster appeared, also with 0 ATK. "Now, by tuning Gofu to his Tokens, I can perform a Synchro Summon of a monster in my Graveyard!" he continued. The screens read 5 + 1 + 1 = 7, and Melissa gasped in surprise. "A Synchro Summon from the Grave!"

"Be revived, Assault Blackwing - Raikiri the Rain Shower! Destroy these puny heroes!" Crow declared, and his ace returned to the field.

"Oh no! The Wicked Crow-Man of the North has healed himself and threatened our heroes once again!" Sawatari gasped in 'shock'.

"Now, I Normal Summon my Level 2 Tuner, Blackwing - Blizzard the Far North from my hand!" A pale blue, angry-looking bird joined Raikiri with 1300 ATK and Crow continued, "And now I use his effect to Summon Blackwing - Gust the Backblast from my Grave!" The backwards-flying cloaked man returned as well in Defence Position, with 1400 DEF. "Now! I tune my Level 2 Tuner Monster Blizzard the Far North to my Level 7 Raikiri the Rain Shower!" Crow commanded, and the Synchro Summon procedure occurred, with a pulse of black energy obliterating both monsters as a new one took their place. "Spread your jet-black wings amidst gathering clouds and become the divine sword that pierces the heavens!" The orange-haired Duelist chanted as the screens showed '2 + 7 = 9'. "Synchro Summon! Descend, Assault Blackwing - Kusanagi the Gathering Storm! You will never defeat my new monster!"

A large bird with crimson metal armour and black mechanical wings appeared and screeched, revealing 3000 ATK. "He looks kinda like that Sharp Lanius thing Shun had yesterday," Melissa observed. "My monsters - er, I mean, my demonic slaves, are all one hundred percent original!" Crow retorted. "And Kusanagi gains ATK equal to the ATK of Synchro monsters used as Synchro Material for his Summon! Raikiri's ATK was 2600!"

"And now the Wicked Crow-Man has used his evil magic to evolve into a new form and become even stronger!" Sawatari continued as Kusanagi's ATK grew to 5600. "Is this the end for our three heroes?"

"It's time for the villain to claim victory over you good-for-nothing do-gooders!" his opponent shouted. "Kusanagi, attack Pretty Heroine!"

The vampire squeaked in surprise, comically pointing at herself. "You slapped me," Crow snorted at her. "Consider this payback," The monster frantically gestured at Sawatari, as if to protest, 'It was his idea!' Her controller groaned. "Way to throw me under the bus, Heroine,"

"Don't worry, this'll hurt him just as much as it doesn't hurt me!" Crow cackled, twisting his D-Wheel sideways so that it skidded down the track and he glared back at his opponent. "Go now, my foul, wicked beast! Destroy those pathetic heroes at once! Maleficent Slash of Heaven Destruction!"

Sawatari gasped as the monster raised its sword, and a thunderstorm gathered around it, charging the sword with lightning, before bringing it down in a massive sweep, creating a long, vertical charge of energy aimed straight at Pretty Heroine. 1500 ATK was no match for Kusanagi's 5600, and It passed straight through her, obliterating the monster in an instant, and impacted against the actor's D-Wheel. His Duel Disk beeped as his Life Points dropped to zero. "Evil has triumphed!" Crow cackled. "Muhuwahahahahaha!"

The two continued to follow the course back towards the stadium and Sawatari pulled up alongside Crow. "Hey, thanks for playing along," the blonde told his friend, extending his hand for a handshake. Crow let go of the controls and happily accepted it. "No problem, it was kinda fun. But did you have to cast me as the villain?"

"Well, I wasn't going to make myself the villain, now was I?" Sawatari snorted, and his former opponent shrugged. "I dunno, I think you would have made an excellent villain. You have the hair for it,"

The blonde's jaw dropped. "Whaddya mean I have the hair for it? My hair is brilliant and heroic!"

Crow grinned as they pulled back into the stadium. "Just kidding. Chill, dude,"

A rousing round of cheers and applause greeted them as the entered. "That was amazing!"

"Well done, both of you!"

"I was so excited! Sawatari Theatres is the best!"

"Yeah! I'll happily come see you again any time!"

"Crow was pretty good too,"

"Yeah! Crow was an awesome villain!"

Sawatari smirked. "Told ya," and his opponent shrugged bashfully. "Fans will say anything,"

"Well, that was an incredibly intense and enjoyable Duel, culminating in the victory of the evil Crow!" Melissa cheered. "That had better not be how I'm remembered," Crow fumed as the two D-Wheels pulled to a stop.

"And now that that's done, it'll soon be time for the final match of the first round! Yuzu Hiragi versus Megan Kashim!"

X

Yuya nodded and smiled. "Well done, Sawatari. You're better than I expected at Entertainment Duelling,"

A/N

A/N

Well, all that happened. No original cards or anything in particular I want to say at present . . . well, except for my decision to boot Chojiro from the Friendship Cup. It's not that I don't like Chojiro himself, just . . . his Cardians . . . I'll be honest, not only would I have no idea how to write a Duel with such a weird and complicated playstyle, I just don't like them. And I also can't come up with a valid reason that he would use a different archetype either, so . . . oh well. Not like he's important post-prison break anyway.

Review responses, only one this time.

Death, it's an AU from episode 64 of the anime onwards, I made that clear ages ago. I don't know why you're even reading this if you aren't into Yu-Gi-Oh.

Peace!